In November, heavy snow fell from the sky, and the entire Liangzhou was covered with ice and snow, and the wilderness was white.
"Our army has a variety of cotton, uses cotton clothes to supply the Northern Expeditionary Army, sets up braziers in the military tents, and uses hot water to scrub the bodies of the sergeants.
Sitting by the stove, Pang Tong picked up a cup of ginger tea warm on the stove and drank it in one gulp, his mouth full of heat.
"Cotton comes from the Western Regions, the lord was rare in Jiangdong in his early years, but now it is planted for our army, but cotton is a thing, I am afraid that it can still be mass-produced in Liangzhou."
Zhuge Liang stroked his beard and smiled.
"Kong Ming, our army has been in Wudu for half a month, you can have a strategy to break the enemy" "Only half."
Zhuge Liang was silent for a moment and grinned.
"Half" Pang Tong was slightly stunned, and then asked intently: "Where is the other half?"
"It was you who immediately led an army of 30,000 to the north to help General Liu Pan capture Anding County."
"Now the street pavilion has been obtained by our army, I took advantage of the night to lead the army to the north, relying on the benefits of the sleigh, the march is not slow, but now General Huang Lao has led 20,000 troops to attack Tianshui County, Gan Ning and 10,000 troops to guard the Qishan road, if I lead another 30,000 troops to attack Anding County, Kong Ming will only have 50,000 horses left, I don't know if it will be enough" Zhuge Liang smiled, and shook the feather fan lightly with one hand, "I have 10,000 Nanban Wudang Flying Army, as well as 10,000 elites of General Liuzan, and Yan Yan, Huang Quan, Ling Bao, Lu Xun, Liu Bi Zhulu soldiers and horses, 50,000 elites, although there are 100,000 people on the opposite side, but the enemy that can be worried about is only the 40,000 or 50,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry and more than 30,000 Qiang elite cavalry, and the rest are all foot soldiers, Xiliang Iron Cavalry is unparalleled in the world, perhaps only the former Wenhou and the state iron cavalry can match it, but the foot soldiers are not as good as the Jiangdong Army." ” As he spoke, Zhuge Liang pointed to the Qishan trail on the sand table beside him: "Although our army has wooden oxen and horses to cross the mountains and mountains, but now the weather is very cold, and it is difficult for the people who transport grain and grass to pass, and the grain and grass in our army are only half a month's needs, Shiyuan, if you don't look for an opportunity to fight with it, I am afraid that our army can only return to Hanzhong." ” Pang Tong's pupils shrank slightly, "Go to the street pavilion for one day, attack and stabilize for five days, I will be able to lead the army back within ten days, but Kong Mingru can hold on for ten days."
"As long as Ma Chao dares to lead the army to attack, our army has plenty of food and grass, not to mention ten days, not a month or two."
Zhuge Liang looked confident.
"Very good, then I will immediately lead the army out of the camp today."
"Wait."
Zhuge Liang stretched out his hand to pull Pang Tong, he pointed to the sand table with one hand, and rubbed his fingers back and forth in the two ravines, "This is a small road to Andingwei Street Pavilion, and Chang'an can also come to Anding to help the army all the way, Shi Yuan thinks that General Zilong can keep Ma Dai and Zhang Xiu out of Chen Cang." ” Pang Tong smiled bitterly, "General Zilong's troops are all elites in a hundred battles, if most of them are killed in Hanzhong, after the battle of Hanzhong, they also know the battle formation, if they surround Chen Cang, and fight with Zhang Xiu and Ma Dai outside the city, with strong troops, there is no doubt that they will win, but General Zilong has the right to act cheaply from the lord, if he leads the light cavalry to the north, attacks the counties, and cuts off the enemy's food routes, I am afraid that the foot soldiers who stay in Chen Cang are very likely to be taken advantage of by Ma Dai and Zhang Xiu. ” "I have already sent a letter, but after Zhou Yu saw through the method of our army's flying birds to transmit the letter, our army can only rely on horses to pass the book in this cold and frozen land of Liangzhou, and I am afraid that it will take more than half a month before this letter is sent to Chen Cangjun."
"Kong Ming, why don't you lead the army to fight with the Xiliang army in a dignified manner" Pang Tong pointed to the outside of the camp, "Now that the new chariot has been transported to the tent for a long time, after you got the design drawings of the new repeater crossbow before you sent out the army, you have been mixed with those craftsmen sent from Jiangdong, and I don't know what has been developed."
Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, "Without him, this time it is a sharp weapon to deal with the Xiliang Iron Cavalry." ” "With 50,000 against 1230,000 soldiers, Kong Ming, if you are defeated, Wudu County is lost, Tianshui, Anding and Hanzhong lose contact, when the time comes, how to be good" "Can't be defeated."
Pang Tong smiled and pointed at him, "Then I will go north, to seize stability, and ignore you, after I take stability, I will go north, go to Xiliang, and bring down the entire Liangzhou, reopen the Silk Road, and find a trade route for my Shu Jin." ” "Then I wish Shiyuan an early success."
Pang Tong strode out of the tent, waved his hand with his back to him, "Then you will knock it out, when I capture the war horse in the north, you should not be envious in Sili." ” Zhuge Liang sent Pang Tong reinforcements, glanced at the guards outside the tent, and "Immediately summon the generals Yan Yan, Huang Quan, Ling Bao, and Liu Bi to discuss matters in the tent." ” "Whoa."
After a while, the horses outside roared, and several generals turned over and dismounted, each walking towards the big tent.
"The last general has seen the military division."
The first person is Gan Ning, who is stationed near Qishan and takes care of the grain road.
"Military division, you ordered us to come, but we want to fight a decisive battle with that Sun Quan Xiaoer" Gan Ning looked excited, the army has received good news from Qingzhou in the past few days, and the Jiangdong Army can be said to have driven straight into the front line of Qingzhou, Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Zang Ba and other Jiangdong generals have made a great reputation on the battlefield of Qingzhou, but since he Gan Ning entered Shu, he has lost a lot of soldiers, but it is not as good as Yan Yan's meritorious deeds, how can he be willing.
"Xingba came just in time, tomorrow's decisive battle, I ordered you to fight Ma Chao, you are not allowed to win, can you?"
Gan Ning's whole face suddenly turned red, "The military advisor is laughing at me for robbing twenty truckloads of military rations for Ma Chao that day."
Zhuge Liang shook his head suddenly, "Xingba, I didn't have this intention, that day Ma Chao robbed the grain with light horses, relying on the benefits of the horses, if you hadn't arrived in time, we would have gone into battle on an empty stomach now, and it was not your crime to be robbed by him." ” "But I fought with him for one hundred and twenty rounds, I still want to capture him, if the Japanese army division of tomorrow let me have a fair duel with him, although I am not as good as General Zilong can beat him by one and a half moves, but I will not be defeated."
Saying that, Gan Ning glanced at the generals in the tent, "I am the former general of the army, if there is a duel on the battlefield tomorrow, and I lose to Nama Mengqi before the two armies, I am afraid that the morale of our army will also be affected." ” Zhuge Liang stretched out his hand and pressed down, "General Xingba, you are the general of our army, since the battle of Xunyang, perform military exploits, this battle, our army of 50,000 against 1230,000 soldiers, if you win, you can counterattack Chang'an in one fell swoop, and include the land of Liangzhou and Zuo Fengling under the rule of my Jiangdong, if you can further capture Chang'an, Liang Zi will be the king of Wu, and ask for merit for the general, this strategy has grievances to the general, if the general is unwilling, then I will" said, Zhuge Liang's eyes turned to Yan Yan on the side.
Gan Ning's face was anxious, and he took a step forward suddenly, "Strategist, then I will take over this matter." ” Suddenly, there was laughter in the tent.
Gan Ning's face turned red, but he scratched his head, but he didn't care
.
: