The sky is high and the clouds are clear, the sun shines on the earth, and skylarks flying high in the sky fly over from time to time. When they fly over the large wilderness beside the canal, they are suddenly stimulated by the fierce fighting sounds below and bypass this area.
The water in the canal to the west is rolling, and there are boats on the water connecting the east and west banks.
All kinds of materials and equipment are continuously transported to the camp in the east.
At this time, in the vast wilderness to the east, the two armies were colliding and fighting fiercely. The fighting lasted for more than ten miles, and soldiers screamed and fell to the ground every moment.
Arrows shuttled back and forth, spear arrays stabbed at each other. The sound of weapons piercing the body and the roaring and fighting sounds are endless.
There were also a small number of cavalry on both sides of the army biting back and forth. The bloody smell and evil spirit of the battlefield almost reached the sky. In just a few days, both sides lost many soldiers.
Under the banner of the military formation near the west side, Zhang Guiba held a riding whip in one hand, with a fierce look in his eyes, staring at the battle ahead, wishing he could break the riding whip.
He already knew that Zhang Lin defeated Hou Jing and Yang Kan defeated the 100,000 Wu army with a cavalry surprise attack.
The canals and rivers were smooth, and the Huai Army's ships were rushing back and forth. Naturally, military intelligence and battle reports were transmitted very quickly. After learning that Zhang Lin and Yang Kan had defeated powerful enemies respectively.
Zhang Guiba was under great pressure.
Originally, he only wanted to fulfill the military orders given by the king and hold back Pang Shigu, so he never had a real fight with Pang Shigu's troops after leading his army north.
But now Zhang Lin has killed Hou Jing, and even Yang Kan has defeated a hundred thousand Wu troops. The two generals made great achievements respectively.
But he, Zhang Guiba, still failed to solve Pang Shigu in front of him...
Indeed, Wang Jing just asked him to hold Pang Shigu down, and did not issue a military order that required him to defeat the opponent. After all, he did not have as many troops as Pang Shigu.
No one can say he is incompetent when he uses a weak force to hold back the enemy.
But after this war is over.
He dragged Pang Shigu to complete the military order. It can only be said that he fulfilled the basic abilities of a general. It is not considered a meritorious service at all. It is far inferior to the achievements of Zhang Lin and Yang Kan.
If this continues, Zhang Lin, Yang Kan and others will continue to make meritorious deeds and will soon surpass him.
There is no need to mention Yang Kan. Although he has not been in the Huai Army for a long time, with his own strength and reputation in history, everyone thinks that he will be reused soon.
As long as you make meritorious deeds, it is normal to become a general or even a general of some rank.
Zhang Guiba didn't want to compare with Yang Kan.
But Zhang Lin was different... Zhang Guiba's Cao army and Zhang Lin's Tang army fought back and forth, and they forged a lot of grudges. After joining Wang Jing, the two became generals respectively.
The old grudges made the two of them unwilling to listen to each other in the Huai army.
The last time he attacked Furong of the former Qin Dynasty, Zhang Guiba failed to capture the Qiang troops and horses, and in the end Zhang Lin took advantage of the cavalry.
After that, Zhang Lin kept using this incident to damage Zhang Guiba's reputation, saying that he was incompetent in leading troops, and finally asked him to lead troops to support him, constantly ridiculing him.
Generals in the army value military exploits and face most.
Zhang Guiba has been holding his breath in his heart. Now he encountered the same situation as last time. The main battlefield battle has ended, but the partial division he led is still fighting with the enemy...
"General, the second general is here!"
While Zhang Guiba was gritting his teeth secretly, a close guard stepped forward to report.
"Second brother is here?"
Zhang Guiba was slightly startled, and quickly sent someone to invite them over. Soon Zhang Guihou arrived at the Chinese army under the leadership of his personal guards.
At this time, Zhang Guiba's headquarters was located on a mound, surrounded by heavily guarded armored guards.
There are three thousand of these armored elites. They are all old subordinates selected by Zhang Guiba from the grass army. They are the elite among the elite.
"My second brother came suddenly. Did something big happen?"
Zhang Guiba asked.
Zhang Guihou came under the banner, looked at the battle situation in the distance, frowned, and said: "My elder brother guessed it right. The king has personally led his troops south to Qinghe. Yang Xingmi was defeated and died. Now Yang Wu has been destroyed!"
Zhang Guiba was shocked when he heard this.
"Yang Xingmi was defeated and died?"
He already knew that one hundred thousand Wu troops were defeated by Yang Kan's surprise attack, but as the king of Wu, Yang Xingmi had more than one hundred thousand troops under his command.
And after reading Yang Xingmi's historical information, Zhang Guiba admired this contemporary Jianghuai overlord.
Not everyone can rise up as an ordinary person in the late Tang Dynasty and become the overlord of a separate kingdom.
The more contemporaries one has, the more one admires the princes, famous ministers and generals of the same generation.
People in other eras, if they want to understand a person's true abilities, can only observe a few deeds recorded in history books. The results obtained in this way are definitely one-sided.
Only contemporaries understand each other best.
Such is the case with Zhang Guiba.
He knew how difficult it was for Yang Xingmi to rise in the killing fields of the late Tang Dynasty. However, this overlord of the Jianghuai River in the late Tang Dynasty was easily defeated by the Huai army in a battle and was directly defeated and died.
He originally thought that Yang Kan's surprise attack on 100,000 Wu troops was just an accident, and that he was still far from annihilating Yang Xingmi and completely defeating him.
It will take at least a year or two of back and forth to successfully destroy it.
but……
It's so fast!
If the person who told this news was not his second brother, Zhang Guiba would have thought that someone was joking with him, and he was stunned for a moment.
After a while.
His heart suddenly moved and he asked: "The king asked you to come..."
Zhang Guihou said silently: "The king asked me to urge my elder brother to deal with Pang Shigu as soon as possible!"
Although he had already expected it, Zhang Guiba's face still felt a little hot when he heard Zhang Guihou say this.
Zhang Guihou added: "Brother, Zhang Lin has made great contributions many times now, and Yang Kan, Fei Ju, Lu Zhongheng and others are also making great contributions... We can no longer retain our strength!"
"The king must be aware of our retaining our strength. Just because he didn't say anything doesn't mean he doesn't know!"
Zhang Guiba looked a little bad and fell silent.
After joining the Huai Army, the original Cao Army was constantly reorganized, and Zhang Guiba only retained 10,000 troops.
These 10,000 soldiers and horses are all veterans he selected from the many grass troops.
The custom in the late Tang Dynasty was that soldiers served as generals, and each military governor established a separate empire. Zhang Guiba also subconsciously regarded his headquarters' 10,000 troops as his base.
In his mind, as long as the 10,000 soldiers and horses of his headquarters are still there, he can always maintain his position.
It was just as he thought at first.
He was appointed as a staff general, a senior general in the Huai army. He has repeatedly become the enemy of the general in charge.
At this time, he faced Pang Shigu, but he never sent out his own elite troops.
Every time he sends troops to fight, he always lets the other two troops take the lead to avoid the loss of his own soldiers as much as possible.
However, everyone is not a fool.
The generals and colonels he sent to lead the battle were unwilling to act as cannon fodder, and they were also somewhat ineffective in their work.
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