Chapter 88: Marching to Jingnan
Half a month passed by, and on this day, Nie Zefeng and Jia Xu were discussing matters in the hall.
Jia Xu reported on the movements of the princes in the past few days.
"The battle report of the fierce battle between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan has been reported."
"Tell me quickly, how is it?"
"Well, originally Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan were fighting, and both sides were evenly matched, but I don't know who came up with the idea for Gongsun Zan, and he did not provide any help to the city surrounded by Yuan's army. He himself explained that if the defenders pinned their hopes on reinforcements, in the future,
Who dared to fight hard? So in the future, the city surrendered to the wind, and Yuan's army won successively. Finally, they dug tunnels to Yi Jing, and Gongsun Zan burned himself to death."
Listening to these, Nie Zefeng's heart suddenly shook, because he was the only one who knew that Gongsun Zan's death was because of his few words. He was filled with emotion and said: "Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao."
"My lord, are you sad about the death of your sworn brother?"
Nie Zefeng turned around and shouted: "Fighting with courage is also important. Since we don't have a good strategy, we can only rely on courage to fight."
"What the Marquis said is absolutely true. At that time, Huo Qubing had never read Sun Tzu's Art of War, but he captured more than 2,000 cavalry with 800 warriors in the first battle, wiped out the Hexi Corridor in the second world war, and sealed the title of Lang Juxu in the third battle. All he did was rely on two words -
-courage."
"Where's the person coming?"
The messenger outside the door came in and replied: "The Marquis has given orders."
"Order the generals to carry out the plan according to the plan. When passing the order, add a sentence to them. Let me work hard to win the target. Those who do not win will be killed."
"yes."
Nie Zefeng waved his hand, and the soldiers pushed them out to lead them.
Jia Xu asked: "Master Hou, why don't you go into battle in person to kill the enemy this time?"
"Wen He, if you don't want to compete with me for credit, please ask the generals to go into battle to kill the enemy. I am waiting for good news from you on the commander's seat."
"Master Hou, you have matured a lot."
"Yeah?"
"Just tell us to wait and see."
The first of these generals to go out was Gao Shun. Lu Bu had returned from the bloody battle in Lingling and needed to rest for a few days. Then Zhang Xiu and Ma Chao led their armies to set off.
Let us say that the first general to go on an expedition was Shi Gao Shun.
The general looked at the high Jiangling City, as if he had been looking at something, but he had not expected it. The deputy general Gao Lian next to him asked: "General, what are you waiting for?"
"I, I want to see if the Lord will come."
"General, the Marquis's last military order is that the general will not accept your order. Why did the princess come to see us off?"
But Gao Shun, who was confused, never gave up his hope of seeing Nie Zefeng. However, after what the deputy general said just now, he gradually gave up his stubborn idea.
Gao Shun was about to ride away, but suddenly a horse flew out from Jiangling City. A cavalryman shouted: "General Gao is slow, General Gao is slow."
Gao Shun turned back to the cavalryman who was running toward him. In a blink of an eye, the cavalryman ran up to Gao Shun's horse panting and said: "General, I am giving this battle flag to the general on the order of the Marquis."
Lieutenant General Gao Lian passed the rolled battle flag, and the soldiers beside him slowly opened the battle flag with him, and saw the words "General Anxi Zhonglang."
"General Gao, the Marquis asked me to tell you that after the general captures Wuling County, you can hang this flag on the top of the city."
After Gao Shun read it, he was grateful after hearing it. He immediately rolled down his saddle and bowed, saying: "Thank you so much, Lord Marquis."
He held the battle flag with both hands, and then said to the cavalry: "Please go back and tell the Marquis that the final general will capture Wuling City."
The cavalry turned around and ran back to Jiangling City.
Gao Shun held the battle flag, and the deputy general Gao Lian beside him was as excited as Gao Shun. Gao Lian shouted: "We must win, we must win, we must win."
Then came the soldiers around him, and finally the infection spread to the entire army. "We must win, we must win..."
Chapter completed!