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As the generals argued endlessly, the tent was in a mess. Huang Zu, who was sitting in the commander's position, frowned. When he was about to shout, he saw Pang Tong shook his head gently and signaled him not to be impatient.↖ Then Pang Tong walked to the commander's case and whispered softly to Huang Zu. After hearing this, Huang Zu nodded frequently, stroked his beard and smiled without saying a word.

Just as the generals were whispering and talking, the generals sitting in front of the commander's tent sat upright, looking at their noses and their hearts, squinted their eyes and kept silent.

But seeing Wen Pin's eyes glanced at the generals who advocated withdrawing from time to time, with a look of contempt and coldness in his eyes; Liu Pan closed his eyes and pretended to be silent, as if he was turning a blind eye to the debate around him; Wei Yan raised his head and squinted his eyes at the generals, and glanced at Pang Tong who was whispering to Huang Zu from time to time, and a trace of enlightenment flashed in his eyes, so he followed Liu Pan's eyes closed and rested.

Among the people under the tent, the most relaxed expression was Xu Shu, the military chief Liu Ba, and Li Yan, who was sitting at the door of the commander's tent. Xu Shu slowly drank and had a leisurely and calm expression. Liu Ba did not like drinking, and there was a pot of tea on the table. At this moment, he was just casually fiddling with the tea art. So he picked up a cup of tea and smelled the fragrance of tea, closed his eyes and became intoxicated, and then took a sip of tea and savored it carefully. Unlike the two of them, Li Yan, who was sitting at the end of the tent, neither drank nor drank tea, but leaned against the yard pillar at the door and shook his head and dozed off.

Compared with the high enthusiasm of Jingzhou generals, Jiangdong generals seemed very quiet. While drinking, they looked around, as if they were enjoying this active atmosphere and enjoying themselves.

Obviously, they had already seen that Pang Tong was based on the war. He did not show any intention of retreating from the beginning to the end. Just now, he deliberately followed Han Song's words and talked about withdrawing troops, which was just sophistry and deception. The purpose was to let the generals completely cut off the idea of ​​withdrawing troops and retreating, unite and fight against the Western Jin army.

"Silent to you, generals, can you let Pang say a few words?" His voice was not high and his tone was very casual, but the moment Pang Tong spoke, the commander's tent suddenly became quiet, as if the generals had been waiting for him to speak, or to issue orders.

Obviously, the more than 30 generals present in the tent were all wise. They knew clearly that the nominal commander in the army was Huang Zu. But the military advisor Pang Tong was actually in charge of the army. In addition, Huang Zu had already made a statement in public, and he told the generals in a blunt manner that the military power had been handed over to Pang Tong, including him, Huang Zu, and all the generals under his command were no exception. In other words, when the army was facing difficulties, Huang Zu and Pang Tong completed the transfer of power. Huang Zu gave up the military power, and the whole army followed Pang Tong's orders.

Seeing that the commander's tent was silent, Pang Tong nodded slightly, a smile appeared on his face, and said in a calm voice: "At most half a day, the Western Jin army will arrive in Wancheng. At that time, the enemy's troops will be twice as many as our Han army, so it is undoubtedly too late to withdraw at this time and it is absolutely impossible. Since we cannot retreat completely, we can only fight head-on. This is better than being chased by the Western Liang Iron Cavalry, right? I wonder if all the generals agree?"

"What the military advisor said is very much. The last one will discuss it." Liu Pan, who had just closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, was the first to echo.

Liu Pan was beautiful in the past, so Wei Yan was naturally unwilling to fall behind: "The last time we will discuss. I am willing to listen to the military advisor's order!"

"We have no objection, let the military advisors be dispatched!" The generals bowed and responded in unison.

The overall situation has been decided, and the generals agree on the same opinion. The saying of withdrawing troops has disappeared and they are united in the fight. This is the result that Pang Tong hopes to see.

When the battle is at the forefront, it is most taboo to disagree between the generals. If the generals in command each hold their own opinions, it will inevitably lead to the uproar of the generals, and the generals have no fighting spirit, how can they be defeated? What Pang Tong did was to cut off the idea of ​​withdrawing the generals, so that they could personally feel the severe situation they were facing, work together, unite and die, and then live a life of the war. Now, this goal has been achieved, at least unify the goal and gather the morale of the army, which is the basis for defeating the enemy.

"I am grateful for the trust of all the generals, so I am disrespectful." Seeing the generals sitting upright, Pang Tong said politely and politely, and then said loudly: "As Zhuge Liang led reinforcements to Wancheng, the situation of the battle reversed. Before, our army took the initiative and attacked the city and captured the camp, but from now on, we will turn to attack and defend, shrink our troops, set up camps, and beware of the Xiliang army's sneak attack and robbery camps at all times."

Speaking of this, Pang Tong smiled slightly and said, "Generals don't be discouraged, and don't be discouraged. Defense does not mean that we have no power to fight back and let the Xiliang army slaughter. Since ancient times, there has been an inherent rule in fighting, which is that one rises and the other goes down, and the strong attacks and weak defenses. Nowadays, our troops are not as strong as the Xiliang army. Naturally, we must take the defensive stance and do not act rashly, so as not to take advantage of the enemy's opportunity. In addition, all the cities captured by our army were abandoned, and all the troops and horses were scattered were retracted, leaving only three cities leading to Fancheng to ensure the smooth supply of our army's food, grass and supplies."

After a pause, Pang Tong clearly saw that the generals showed reluctance, obviously unwilling to give up the city they had already obtained, or that the money they had forcibly plundered had not been transferred out in the city, so he was in a dilemma, but he did not dare to object in public. Seeing this, Pang Tong suddenly turned his head and asked Liu Pan, "Where will the subsequent army be now, and when will it be possible to join our army?"

After hearing the sound, Liu Pan was not surprised at all and immediately replied: "At noon, the whistle cavalry will report. The subsequent army will now arrive in Xinye and will be able to meet our army in at most two days." After saying that, Liu Pan looked at the general who was just calling for withdrawing the army with contempt, with a look of disdain.

At this time, Xu Shu, who had not spoken, said in surprise: "We have reinforcements too? The military advisor has hidden us so much trouble! If we had known there were reinforcements, how could we be afraid of?" This sentence came to the hearts of the generals. Since there were reinforcements, why should we retreat?

Sure enough, when hearing reinforcements coming from behind, the generals were excited, their spirits were flying, and their spirits were full of vitality, and their spirits were completely renewed. When they noticed the changes in their expressions, Pang Tong looked at Xu Shu with a meaningful look, his eyes were very strange, and only the two of them could understand. Then he smiled in a mysterious light: "It was not that Pang intended to hide the generals, but the subsequent army was originally among the Northern Expedition Army, but the departure time was a little later. When we led our army to launch an attack on Nanyang County, it was when His Majesty mobilized 200,000 troops to reinforce.

All the generals know that in order to prevent our Southern Han and Northern Wei from joining forces, the Western Jin Dynasty had always had heavy troops in Sili, with a total strength of no less than 300,000. Facing the heavy defense of Sili, Pang Tong, no matter how arrogant I was, would not dare to attack Nanyang County with more than 100,000 troops alone? Therefore, in order to ensure the success of the Northern Expedition, Your Majesty mobilized 80,000 Jiangdong Army and 250,000 Jingzhou Army to form the Northern Expedition Army. It was just because he was worried that the Western Jin Dynasty would conduct detailed investigations in advance, so he did not announce it secretly. In addition, it would take some time to mobilize more than 300,000 troops to participate in the war, and it would take time to raise food, grass and supplies. Therefore, we led more than 100,000 troops to take the lead, and the subsequent army would arrive later."

After a little explanation, Pang Tong's face suddenly changed, and he said with a solemn expression: "Reinforcements arrived in two days. During this period, we will avoid their edge, stand firm in the camp, and avoid not fighting. Do the generals have any objections to this?"

Liu Ba, the chief clerk of the army, responded and said: "The military advisor Rong Bian, as far as I know, the military advisor had a close relationship with Zhuge Liang in the past, and had been classmates for more than ten years, and was in the same mood as his brothers. He heard that during the Warring States Period, the king of Jin, Chong'er, was fighting with the Chu army. He kept his promise that he had made that year and retreated three times before the war started, and then retreated ninety miles first. Now, our southern Han country is a country of etiquette and never rude. This time, the military advisor met with the former battlefield. Although they were their own masters, they could not ignore the friendship of the past. Therefore, "When he said this, Liu Ba stopped and did not continue.

After hearing this, Pang Tong frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and sighed softly: "Well, Pang is three years older than Kong Ming. In his past relationship, he retreated thirty miles this time to serve as a family member. He could send orders to siege the soldiers to withdraw their troops. The central army camp then moved ten miles, set up camp in Xipingao, and sent envoys to submit a letter of war. In addition to explaining this matter, the two armies fought decisively in twenty days!"

"Ah!" The generals under the tent were surprised when they heard the sound and turned their attention to Pang Tong. The two armies were inevitable. After all, such a large-scale battle would sooner or later start a head-on battle. What surprised the generals was that Pang Tong had to retreat thirty miles because he took into account the friendship between his subordinates and the army. This was too much of a joke. However, the generals recognized Pang Tong, the actual commander of the three armies, because he was a person who valued love and righteousness, and this item alone was unanimously recognized by the generals.

In an instant, dozens of eyes were staring at Pang Tong, but Pang Tong turned a blind eye and waved his hand and ordered: "Tonight, the Central Army camp retreated ten miles, and the siege army retreated thirty miles. All the generals went down to prepare."

"No!" Seeing that Pang Tong's expression was decisive, the generals did not dare to say more, and stood up to leave and quickly left the commander's tent.

After a while, the general's tent became quiet again. At this time, there were seven people left in the tent, namely: Huang Zu, Pang Tong, Xu Shu, Liu Ba, Wei Yan, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin.

"Thank you for your help, my brothers, otherwise I would have been in charge of the army and I would have to show my shame in public." Seeing the generals leave, Pang Tong bowed and bowed to Xu Shu and Liu Ba.

"It's just a matter of raising hands, why do you need to thank me?" Xu and Liu said politely.

Immediately, the seven people sat down at the tent, Pang Tong sat in the upper right head, Huang Zu sat opposite, Xu Shu and Liu Ba sat down at the lower head, and Wei Yan and the three generals of Wei Yan sat down in sequence next to Huang Zu. At this time, Pang Tong asked Liu Ba: "Are the Xipingao camp ready?"

Liu Ba was not good at speaking and said, "Don't worry, military advisor, everything is ready, you can enter the camp tonight. After the army leaves, construction will start here overnight. It will be no problem to hide 5,000 soldiers before dawn tomorrow. Then they will rest during the day and start digging late at night, and they can complete their mission within half a month."

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