The mountains and rivers have been there through the ages, but the city has changed for a while. -------Wen Tianxiang of the Southern Song Dynasty "Nan'an Army"
It is said that the Lingling Qinglong Army was in full strength and had its first try. The first group army was dispatched in full force, hoping to take advantage of the opportunity to rescue Huang Zhong and occupy Hengyang in one fell swoop.
The masterminds Zhou Buyi and Xi Zhicai, as well as the First Group Army commander Huang Gai and military advisor Pan Jun, were entrusted with important tasks this time and reviewed the training results of the First Group Army for more than half a year. Soldiers are very fast. In one day's preparation time, Lingling's military and political system began to operate quickly. Baggage, grain, weapons, and horses were continuously sent to warships from the independent naval dock. This really tested the capabilities of Jiang Wan, Chen Qun, and others. Emergency capabilities.
Jiang Wan, Pang Shanmin, Yang Huai, Gao Pei and others stayed up all night, personally directing transportation and loading and unloading at the grain and grass warehouses and naval docks. The navy pier was heavily guarded, and torches shone like daylight. Everything was going fast but in an orderly manner. The baggage and equipment were loaded and ready to go. A total of twenty large ships filed into the Xiangjiang River from the navy harbor. Under the escort of two thousand navy troops, they first entered the predetermined departure anchorage and berthed.
Very early on the third day, Chen Long, guarded by many senior generals, arrived on the high platform of the navy harbor. The high platform is close to the Xiangjiang River, and there are many sails and rafters in front of you. The cavalry division of the First Army, which is the vanguard, has been lined up on the shore, preparing to board the ship.
On the high platform, a tall blue dragon banner fluttered in the morning breeze. The morning mist filled the waterside, and the blue dragon seemed to be looming among the clouds and mist. Seeing that the time had come, Chen Long ordered the drums to be beaten. A row of tall and sturdy guards waved thick drumsticks and beat several giant drums displayed on the side of the stage. The sound of the drums was majestic, from slow to fast, sounding like raindrops. As the soldiers shouted loudly in unison, the sound of more than 10,000 sabers being unsheathed at the same time sounded like thunder. The sound of the drums stopped suddenly, and the world between heaven and earth A state of solemnity resumed.
Chen Long looked at the jungle of sabers held high in the air, feeling excited. He took the silver gentian gun from Zhou Cang behind him, and after swallowing it, a giant red dragon appeared from the gun body, circling around, which was breathtaking. Chen Long raised the dragon spear high, with the red dragon running endlessly above his head, and shouted: "My sons, today we are sending troops to sacrifice our lives and blood for the people of the world. Show your courage and move forward! Move forward!"
The sabers in the audience were all waving excitedly, "Forward! Forward!" After the cavalry division shouted, they began to line up and board the ships. Ten thousand people filled ten large ships, entered the Xiangjiang River, and sailed to Hengyang. The following twenty baggage ships followed slowly and began the Qinglong Army's first expedition to unify the world.
The archers, sword and shield soldiers then boarded the ship. When they saw Chen Long standing majestically on the high platform, they all raised their weapons and shouted, their morale reaching its peak. As the 20,000 troops boarded the warships again and sailed into the Xiangjiang River, Chen Long saw that half of the ships in the naval base had been reduced, and there were very few large ships left. He nodded and called Yang Huai, Gao Pei, Jiang Wan, and Chen Qun: "The previous military meetings did not involve the development of the navy. Today, when we sent troops on the waterway, we found out that there is a serious shortage of warships. The water system in the south is developed, and there are more and more cities waiting for us to conquer, transport troops, food, and deliver messages. There is no strong navy to No. I will leave this task to the four of you to study and come up with a feasible plan within a month." The four generals all agreed, and Yang Huai and Gao Pei were even more happy.
Chen Long then said to Yang Huai: "Please give me a list of the more famous navy generals in Jingzhou, Yangzhou and Yizhou."
After finishing the instructions, he called Zhao Yun again and said: "Zilong, early the day after tomorrow, let Gao Lan's cavalry division of your second army and Zhao Hong's spear division board the ship and go to Hengyang to take over the defense and replace the first army. , so that they can continue to fight in Changsha. From now on, the defense of Lingling and Hengyang will be completed by your Second Army, and training will be strengthened on the spot. It will be hard for you to run away from both sides. After the Third Army is established, it will not be possible to gather the troops again. Too late." Zhao Yun cupped his hands and said, "I understand."
Chen Long saw that Zhao Yun was all dressed up in silver robes and plain armor, and was very energetic. He couldn't help but like him, and quietly teased him: "Brother, I think you have been very energetic recently, but have you dealt with Senior Sister?"
Zhao Yun saw that his lord, who was so majestic just now, suddenly lost his formal appearance and stammered: "Junior brother... no, no, lord, lord, it's nothing. Senior sister only practices martial arts with me every day, how can there be anything?" It’s time to fall in love. I’m full of energy, and it’s not because the lord’s Azure Dragon Army has strong soldiers and horses, and I feel like I’m following the right person.”
Suddenly he gritted his teeth and said with a gloomy expression: "If the master likes Feifei, I, Zhao Yun, will have no objection."
Chen Long angrily gave Zhao Yun a slap in the face and said: "You bastard... a worthless thing... Oh, I'm so angry, Zhao Yun obeys the order!"
The voice was loud this time, and the generals next to him all looked at him. Zhao Yun stood at attention and obeyed the order. Chen Long lowered his voice and said: "I order you to start immediately, express your feelings to Tong Feifei, and pursue your pursuit without any mistakes!"
Zhao Yunjun's face turned red from suppressing it, and he said: "Obey, obey, obey the order!" Chen Long kicked Zhao Yun aside and called Gan Ning over.
Gan Ning wore black armor, a black robe, a black face and a black beard, making him a pure black man. Chen Long ordered: "Today afternoon, order Hu Ji and Zu Lang to bring their respective detachments to gather here with you. They and Zhou Cang will serve as my personal guards for the time being. Join Liu Yong's spear division and rush to Hengyang by boat. When Huang Gai captures the city, he immediately goes into the city to help with the suppression, just in time to practice with battle. In addition, the target of our special forces is Changsha Sudai, do you understand?"
Gan Ning blinked his dark eyes, as if he didn't quite understand. Suddenly he suddenly realized: "Lord, are you saying that our special forces are the main force in killing Su Dai?" He couldn't help but rub his hands in excitement.
Chen Long said: "Exactly. As the saying goes, a bird can't fly without a head, and a snake can't fly without a head. This is called Operation Owl Leader. Our troops are precious, and no one is willing to waste them with thieves like this. If the assassination can be successful, it can be said to be twice the result with half the effort. Moreover, Su Dai should station troops. In the outskirts of Changsha County, Liu Pan and Han Xuan are being besieged. There are no city walls to protect them, so it is not difficult to kill them. If the assassination fails, it will not be too late to attack again." Gan Ning muttered that a bird cannot fly without a head, and a snake cannot fly without a head. In short, I went back to the special forces to make arrangements.
Chen Long had arranged everything. It was almost noon, and all the generals dispersed to perform their duties. Chen Long only took Guo Jia with him back to the house for dinner, and Zhou Cang naturally followed behind him to protect him. Chen Long said to Guo Jiaqi: "Fengxiao, in this battle, you will be responsible for guarding Lingling together with General Zhao Yun. With you two here, I can sit back and relax."
Guo Jia nodded and said: "Lord, don't worry. There is no sign of sending troops in Wuling in the north of Lingling, which means Liu Biao has not made any changes. This battle is expected to be over within half a month, but I can't follow my lord, which makes me regretful."
Chen Long smiled and said: "It's such a small battle, why do you need to act in filial piety? But there is something you have to think of for me. I have never known how to recruit Liu Ba and Liu Zichu. Now my policy agenda has been It’s clearly laid out in front of everyone, I wonder if Zichu’s mind has changed?”
Guo Jia hurriedly said: "I will do this myself, my lord, don't worry."
Chen Long and Guo Jia had a simple lunch at Huang Mansion. After the meal, the women came out to say goodbye one after another, all being careful. Chen Long said goodbye one by one, and finally said to Zhang Ning: "Everyone in the Lingling clan may be inextricably linked to Luoyang officials. Some are normal and some are abnormal. They need to be screened by the spy team of my beloved wife."
After saying goodbye, Guo Jia followed Chen Long and disappeared into a carriage. Just as he turned the corner, he suddenly heard a voice in front of him: "Junior Brother Long!"
Chen Long felt bad and had to step out of the carriage. He saw a beautiful woman in front of the carriage wearing a peach red outfit, with watery red eyes, and sitting pretty on the horse. Who was it if it wasn't Tong Feifei?
Having just called out to Senior Sister, Tong Feifei jumped off his horse and flew in front of Chen Long. He said in anger and joy: "Junior Brother Long, you said you didn't go to see Master when you came back. My father blames you!"
Chen Long said hurriedly: "I'm not too busy. I just have a little free time now, so I'm going to see my master. Please ask my senior sister to lead the way." After saying that, he turned around and pulled a horse, bridle it with Tong Feifei, and waved to follow behind. .
Tong Feifei stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "My father likes peace and quiet the most, but don't use such a large group of people." Chen Long asked Zhou Cang to lead the guards to the dock to wait.
Tong Feifei drove the horse very slowly, and Chen Long followed closely beside him, not daring to open his mouth to tease the senior sister. After walking in silence for a while, Tong Feifei, who has a lively and happy personality, couldn't help but break the silence and said: "Are we two dumb? You just have nothing to say to me."
Chen Long said cautiously: "Senior sister, it seems that you have found the wrong person to talk to, right? Zilong must have endless things to say with eldest sister."
Tong Feifei smiled and said, "Although Junior Brother Long is well-behaved, he's not as fun as you." He regained a bit of his usual aggressive style. Immediately his expression darkened, as if something had touched his mind.
Chen Long observed people's emotions. As the saying goes, it is most difficult to accept the kindness of a beauty. It would be easy for him to accept Tong Feifei, but it would undoubtedly damage the relationship with Zhao Yun. But just refuse it directly, because I'm afraid Tong Feifei won't be able to accept it, so I'll be forced to do it. Tong Feifei can do anything.
The two fell into awkward silence again, and it took a long time before Tong Feifei said: "Junior Brother Long, swords and arrows have no eyes, so be careful in everything you do."
After greeting and saying goodbye from Tong Yuan, Chen Long put aside all his worries, rode straight to the dock, met Gan Ning, Liu Yong and others, boarded the ship and set off.
Fu Tong's cavalry division disembarked at the predetermined location, and the warships that followed put down their horses, and more warships carrying infantry hurried past and headed east of Hengyang. Huang Gai ordered his horse to pick up the bells, and ten thousand cavalry galloped ten miles to the south city in the dark to wait for orders. Two thousand of them harassed the troops at the west city gate and quietly went around to the west of Hengyang. They only waited for the sound of killing at the south city gate and then pretended to attack the west city.
As the sky grew brighter, Huang Gai divided his troops into two groups. Fu Tong led the first group of 2,000 people and slowly marched to the flat ground five miles away from the city. Here, the horses sprinted and they could reach the city gate in a short time. The defenders had no time at all. Pull up the drawbridge.
A scout horse came back and gestured that the city gate was open. Fu Tong drew out his saber and pointed forward. Two thousand horses started to move at the same time. They reached high speed in a moment and suddenly reached the city gate. There were only a few hundred soldiers guarding the city wall. When a large number of horse troops suddenly appeared on the horizon, there was chaos. There were people pulling the suspension bridge, people closing the city gates, people firing cold arrows, and people blowing horns. It was a chaotic and unorganized situation. Obviously, there was no one. The general will guard the place. Fu Tong took the lead. Seeing that the suspension bridge was slightly tilted, he jumped onto the suspension bridge, cut the rope with a knife, chopped open a few cold arrows, and rushed into the half-closed city gate. The cavalry behind them swarmed in, slashing and slashing with their sabers. The soldiers guarding the gate instantly settled their accounts and opened the city gate passage. Fu Tong dismounted and led the cavalry to the top of the city. In a melee, he annihilated dozens of defenders and the rest surrendered. Fu Tong took a look at the top of the city. On the horizon, the following six thousand cavalry led by Huang Gai were already coming like a tide and quickly approaching the south gate.
The defenders in the city heard the horn and knew something was wrong at the south gate. Gu Jian made a prompt decision and led the three thousand troops and horses he had just assembled to go straight to the south city. Suddenly, the horn from the west gate sounded again. Gu Jian was shocked and quickly divided a thousand The soldiers and horses arrived in the west city, and the remaining two thousand troops hurried to the south city. Suddenly the horn of the east city gate sounded again.
Gu Jian personally led the remaining 1,000 troops to attack Nancheng. Unexpectedly, he encountered Huang Gai's 6,000 cavalry entering the city. Poor Gu Jian was rushed away by a horse before he could understand the situation and fainted. by the road. A thousand troops and horses were rushed away. Wherever there was any resistance, they all threw down their weapons and surrendered.
The six thousand cavalry refused to surrender and went straight to the east city along the main road in the city to meet Liu Min and Liu Xian's troops. Fu Tong ordered a thousand cavalry to guard the south gate and led a thousand cavalry to accept the surrender. He pulled over a soldier to interrogate where Gu Jian was. Unexpectedly, the soldier pointed at a sleeping person on the roadside. Fu Tong put his palms in his hands and laughed and said, "Commander Huang, this great achievement is very convenient for me." After that, he had Gu tied up. Built to overwhelm the guards at the south gate.
Huang Gai's 6,000 cavalry, like a tide, rushed in from behind the 1,000 troops rushing to the East City Gate. Unfortunately, the 1,000 troops also collapsed instantly, and not a single soldier was able to reach the East City Gate. Huang Gai rushed to the city gate, ignoring the rain of bullets on the city wall, and divided his troops to attack the city tower along the stairs. He led hundreds of people, rushed to the city gate, instantly cut off the door bolt, and then cut off the traction rope of the suspension bridge. The suspension bridge crashed After falling, the infantry saw the opportunity and surged in like a tide. Seeing that the situation was settled, Huang Gai returned to his horse and entered the city again, roaring: "Cavalry men, follow me!" The cavalry withdrew from the city head one after another, and the infantry who entered the city climbed up the stairs like ants to the tower and continued to destroy them. The enemy at the top of the city.
Huang Gai's six thousand cavalry turned the city upside down. The happiest thing was that the one thousand Fu Tong cavalry who followed behind them picked up countless trophies and gathered many surrendered troops along the way. Huang Gai led his army to kill the defenders of the West City again. Seeing that the situation was over, the defenders of the North City waved the white flag and surrendered.
The battle lasted for less than an hour, and Nuo Da's Hengyang City had fallen, and the five thousand defenders were wiped out. By the time Chen Long arrived, Huang Gai had already finished reorganizing his army, posted a notice to calm the people, and put the entire city under martial law. More than 4,000 troops surrendered, not even one escaped from the city, and the captured grain, grass and baggage had not yet been counted. Seeing the extraordinary fighting power of the Qinglong Army, Chen Long smiled and nodded, and ordered Gu Jian to be brought to the court. Before Gu Jian could figure out who had raided Hengyang, he was carried to the lobby by Fu Tong in a daze. He looked at Chen Long and said, "Who is your honor?"
