Wu Shun led his troops to be stationed in Xingyang City, preparing to completely take this new territory.
The cavalry units of the Wuling Army were all sent out by Wu Shun, and there were still some places around Xingyang that needed to go through the motions.
There will be no new major war here for the time being, because Cao Cao is newly defeated, as long as Wu Shun does not take the initiative to attack, Cao's army will inevitably choose to hold on.
And now Wu Shun is not in a hurry to attack Cao Cao.
Because rabbits will bite when they are forced to be urgent, Wu Shun doesn't want to be too pressing.
"It's not good to move Cao Cao for the time being, so let's play with Liu Biao."
Wu Shun made a decision in his heart.
Gan Ning and Wen Ping were already preparing in Changsha at this time, waiting for Wu Shun's order to attack.
Wu Shun didn't let them wait for a long time, and after Zhuge Liang dealt with the matter at hand, he temporarily entrusted the logistics to Yang Youcai.
He himself, according to Wu Shun's orders, went to Changsha to join Gan Ning and them, and prepared to attack Jingzhou It stands to reason that Wu Shun should not fight on two fronts, because this will disperse the forces of the Wuling Army and increase the consumption of strategic materials and logistics pressure in Yizhou.
However, the war in the north went well, and Cao's army chose to hold on, not daring to raise the idea of counterattack.
The Wuling Army in the north has strong troops, which is enough to ensure that the northern battlefield is safe.
Opening up the second battlefield at this time was not decided by Wu Shun by patting his head on the spot.
Yizhou's established strategy is planned in this way, and now there is Sun Ce on the opposite side of Jiangxia, and the situation is very good.
If you don't do it at this time, you will miss the opportunity.
Waiting too long can easily cause allies to lose trust.
In July, Zhuge Liang swore a northern expedition on the bank of the Xiangjiang River and attacked Liu Biao The Jiaolong Fleet under the Wuling Army left the Xiangjiang River, entered Dongting Lake, and cooperated with the Xuanwu Corps of the Wuling Army to capture various important places along the coast of Dongting Lake.
The war in Jingzhou began, and the whole world was shocked Many people thought that Wu Shun was crazy, and he was holding Cao Cao in the north, and he dared to use more than 70,000 people from two legions to attack Jingzhou.
There is also this person who thinks that Wu Shun is very happy, and the Wuling army will die if he is warlike In short, the opening of the second battlefield of the Wuling Army made some people who hoped for the defeat of Wu Shun see the hope of the defeat of the Wuling Army.
In mid-July, Zhuge Liang led the army to Liankeba, Qiubaling, and the Jingzhou army was defeated.
Cai Mao was again defeated by Gan Ning's troops and fled to Jiangling in a hurry.
At the end of July, Zhuge Liang sent Gan Ning to lead the Jiaolong fleet to the east to attack Chibi and support Sun Ce, who was attacking Jiangxia.
As early as when the Wuling army came out of Dongting Lake, Sun Ce had already launched an attack.
It's just that Jiangxia is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Zhang Yun is heavily defended, although the Jiangdong army is brave, it is helpless.
The army won successive battles, and the news spread to the north, and Wu Shun ordered Zhuge Liang to reward the morale of the Wuling army of the three armies, and they marched all the way In Xingyang City, the generals discussed how to deal with Cao Cao, and discussed the battle situation in Jingzhou.
What made Wu Shun feel relieved was that Gan Ning selected the elite from the navy and formed a 2,000-strong navy marine.
This team made a lot of great contributions in this battle, and Zhuge Liang was able to easily conquer Baqiu and Baling, and the naval army and marines made great contributions "Second General, the name of the Marine Corps has been very loud recently, I'm afraid it will overshadow the glory of the White Tiger Battalion."
Dongfang Qiang quipped.
The new military branch that Gan Ning came up with is indeed very strong.
Water warfare and land warfare are very proficient, and they can really do it when they get on the ship, they are elite sailors, and they are elite foot soldiers when they get off the ship.
It is said that Gan Ning also wants the Marines to learn to ride and fight, and it can be said that his brain is very open. was emphasized by the East, Zhang Xiong was unwilling.
"In the East, no one can hide the glory of the White Tiger Battalion."
The White Tiger Battalion has always been the representative branch of the Wuling Army, and it is also the elite unit with the most credit.
From its inception to the present, it has maintained an establishment of 2,000 people.
Never changed There is no need to change that Xingyang can be captured smoothly, and the cavalry attack has a certain promoting effect, but more is the White Tiger Legion's courage to kill the enemy.
Of course, the long-range strike force of the Suzaku Legion also contributed a lot.
"Second brother, in the next battle, the White Tiger Battalion must play a greater role, because here, except for the White Tiger Legion, there is only no strong siege force."
Wu Shun explained.
"Big brother rest assured, I am here, no matter where the big brother hits, he can break through" Zhang Xiong said domineeringly.
In fact, there are more than 10,000 foot soldiers of the Qilin Legion here to attack the city.
But when Wu Shun usually uses the Qilin Legion, it is a feint The tradition of the Wuling Army is like this, once the war starts, directly use the strongest combat power and go all out to fight Do not give the enemy the slightest chance This is responsibility to oneself and respect for the enemy But usually, the enemies of the Wuling army would rather not have this respect.
They wanted the Wuling Army to send some ordinary county soldiers to fight, so that they could also earn some credit.
It's a pity that the Wuling army went to war, and the county soldiers only had two tasks, logistics to transport food and patrol.
Even the defenders of the city are guarding those who are relatively safe.
Dangerous cities and checkpoints are usually guarded by elite legions.
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"My lord, the army has been rested, and most of the Xingyang area has been pacified.
It's time to attack Zhongmou. ” Xu Shu proposed.
The Wuling army has not moved for so long, giving Cao Cao enough time to prepare.
If it weren't for the White Tiger Legion that needed to be replenished, Xu Shu would not have agreed to Wu Shun's step-by-step approach at all.
It is good to completely pacify the Xingyang area, but it also gives Cao Jun time and opportunity.
At this time, Zhongmu and Changshe may have made Cao Cao into an iron bucket.
"Well, it's time too.
I don't know if Cao Cao dares to fight our Wuling army head-on.
It is said that the big families donated a lot of private soldiers to him. ” With Wu Shun's understanding of Cao Cao, Cao Cao will not let go of those family's private soldiers.
"If Cao Cao is smart, he will use private soldiers to consume our army."
Fa Zheng spoke.
The private soldiers of those families are, to put it bluntly, private armed, and illegal.
Moreover, the existence of private soldiers will affect Cao Cao's prestige.
Only when the private soldiers donated by those families are consumed, the families without self-protection will hug Cao Cao tightly.
"Prepare the legions, we have to fight Zhongmu, and we can't give Cao Cao too much time."
Wu Shun emphasized.
"Obedience" The crowd answered.
The war in Jingzhou is going well, and the northern army has also been rested and replenished.
At the beginning of August, the cavalry units returned from all over the place to gather.
After resting, Wu Shun ordered to sail in the direction of Zhongmu, preparing to fight Cao Cao again.
After the oath was sacrificed, 20,000 White Tiger Legions, 20,000 Vermilion Bird Legions, 50,000 Qinglong Legions, 20,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry, 20,000 Qilin Legions, a total of 110,000 horses, moved to the Zhongmu area in two ways At this time, Zhongmu had 30,000 Cao troops stationed, and the general who defended the city was Cao Ren, the famous general of the Cao army.
Cao Cao himself led 50,000 troops and personally stationed in Changshe.
Cao's army wanted to use the two cities of Zhongmu and Changshe as horns to resist the Wuling army and defend Xudu: