Of course, Guo Peng would not tell Le Jin that this was his appointment with Cai Mao and Zhang Yun.

After the coordination of Liu Biao's forces, Zhang Yun was the main general and led 30,000 troops north to attack Runan County and Yingchuan County.

Liu Biao originally wanted to fight in person, but was strongly opposed and wanted to appoint Liu Pan as the head coach, but was rejected, on the grounds that Liu Pan was too irritable.

In the end, Liu Biao had no choice but to accept the plan with Zhang Yun as the head coach and Liu Pan as Zhang Yun's deputy. At the same time, Liu Biao also saw clearly that these people did not want to expand the war at all. At most, they could only accept the result of the symbolic Northern Expedition and were unwilling to fight with Guo Peng.

Liu Biao was very annoyed, but there was no way. Without the support of these people, his Northern Expedition Army could not fight very far.

If you attack it, you will harass it, at least you will send troops.

With Nanyang in hand, Jingzhou's defense line is complete and Xiangyang is safe. When will Nanyang County be unable to be protected, that is the most dangerous.

The offensive plan of Liu Biao and Sun Ce was determined. Liu Biao was a feint attack, while Sun Ce was a real fierce attack. For Sun Ce, this battle could even be said to be a battle of founding a country.

At the end of August, Liu Zhang's army, whom they wanted to help, finally fought against the Liangzhou army in Hanyang County and Wudu County.

After almost two months of long journey, Liu Zhang's army crossed thousands of mountains and rivers, and finally fought against the Liangzhou soldiers who had already prepared for a long time at the end of Qishan Road.

The vanguard of Liu Zhang's troops fought with Ma Teng and Han Sui's troops in Hanyang County. Ma Teng and Han Sui continued to form an alliance and led the warlords of Liangzhou to form an alliance to fight against the Shu army.

The two major warlords led Chengyi, Li Kan, Yang Qiu, Ma Wan, and other warlords to resist the attack of the main force of the Shu army in Hanyang County.

It has to be said that when the Shu army encountered a counterattack from Liangzhou soldiers who had been prepared at their destination, the leaders of the Shu army did not expect it. In addition to Fa Zheng, they did not expect that the Liangzhou people were ready and led their troops to take the initiative to counterattack the Shu army's attack.

Their target, Ji County, had been closely guarded by Liangzhou soldiers, and Liangzhou soldiers were all prepared. The Shu army was suddenly attacked and caught off guard. The vanguard was defeated for a while.

This surprised Pang Xi and Fa Zheng.

"How could the people of Liangzhou come prepared? Could it be that they got the information about our attack in advance?"

Pang Xi looked at Fa Zheng.

Fazheng was very surprised.

"Our marches are so secretive, all in the deep mountains. How could the people of Liangzhou know in advance?"

Fa Zheng did not think of this, so he suddenly faced the situation where Liangzhou people were prepared. Fa Zheng gritted his teeth and persuaded: "The situation has reached this point now. Our army is in a difficult position and has to face it head-on. If he retreats at this time, he will inevitably suffer a crushing defeat. If he takes the initiative to attack, he still has a chance to win!"

Pang Xi thought it was true, and this Northern Expedition was also led by him. If it failed, the consequences would be unimaginable.

So Pang Xi took a desperate bet, led the main force of the Shu army to attack, and launched a fierce battle with the Liangzhou soldiers near Ji County.

A great battle was fought from morning to dusk, and both sides did not decide the outcome. With Fa Zheng's preparation, the Shu army set up more crossbows to deal with the charge of the Liangzhou soldiers. The Liangzhou soldiers lacked strong crossbows and were shot by arrows and could not raise their heads. They were in a very embarrassing state and could not attack the Shu army formation for a while.

As night fell, both sides returned to the camp and prepared to fight again tomorrow.

Pang Xi and Fa Zheng were surprised by the preparations made by the Liangzhou people, and Ma Teng and Han Sui were also surprised by the number of powerful crossbows of the Yizhou people.

"No matter how they knew, now our purpose has been exposed and there is no way out. The thieves in Liangzhou must have concentrated their main force in Ji County to prevent us from coming out. So it's just right. If we can defeat the Liangzhou soldiers head-on, the land in Longyou will be my own! "

Fa Zheng comforted Pang Xi in this way.

But Pang Xi was very worried.

"The Liangzhou cavalry team is strong, and our army lacks a cavalry team, which is difficult to deal with. If we continue, it will be difficult to conquer Ji County. Our army has difficulty in food and grass, and we cannot fight a protracted war. After a long time, we can use up all the food and grass. How can we fight this battle? Xiaozhi, why are they prepared for it?"

There are also Dharma-correcting doubts like Pang Xi.

Fa Zheng's initial plan was to attack him and take down Hanyang County, and use it as a base to quickly expand the results of the battle and attack him and prevent him from preparing, so that Liangzhou's soldiers would be defeated if they could not exert their strength and good combat advantages.

The rapid push of Longyou forced the Liangzhou people to surrender, so as to occupy all Longyou and quickly occupy the major intersections of Longshan Mountain. If Guo Peng could not react, he could block the Longway and slowly digest Liangzhou. In this way, two or three years later, the overall situation has been decided.

But the first wave is now blocked, and the first plan cannot be realized. The two armies are still in a confrontation, and there is still some distance to completely capture Hanyang County.

Keep fighting, even if you can win, can you get other Liangzhou parts?

If you can't catch them all by Longyou, you will be caught off guard, and the follow-up strategy will not be able to continue to advance.

hateful!

Fa Zheng gritted his teeth fiercely, his heart full of indignation.

He couldn't figure out who leaked the news of the Shu army's advance, which made the army end up in such a passive situation.

Unlike the situation on the Shu army, the Liangzhou army was excited because they withstood the first wave of attacks from the Shu army and did not lose Hanyang County, so they could naturally gain an advantage.

As long as they continue to resist and prevent the Shu army from seizing their territory, it will not take long to force them to withdraw their troops, and Liangzhou will naturally be safe.

The warlords of all sizes were still very grateful to their wise self and stood together at critical moments, not hostile to each other, but to fight against foreign enemies together.

We should do this in the future, not only when dealing with Liu Zhang, but also when dealing with Guo Peng.

Ma Teng and Han Sui guarded Longdao and controlled the important intersection. While guarding Guo Peng to take advantage of the situation, they used their main force to fight against Liu Zhang, which was considered to be a delay in both sides.

So Ma Teng and Han Sui had the advantage.

Faced with Pang Xi's shaken situation, Fa Zheng could only keep cheering him up and supporting him to continuously launch an attack on the Liangzhou army.

After Guo Peng's attack, the Liangzhou army's fighting will and combat effectiveness were greatly reduced. Faced with the powerful crossbow of the Shu army and the attacks of this technologically rippled army, the Liangzhou horse team was unable to cope with it.

The Liangzhou spearmen who were originally proud of Ma Teng and Han Sui were completely damaged in the battle with Guo Peng. Although the remaining armies also had their own elite troops, they were in a cooperation with each other in the war.

It doesn’t mean that your elite and mine are our elites. Such simple addition cannot be counted on the battlefield. The different combat habits of their respective armies cannot be bridged with each other in a short period of time. In this way, there will be big problems in cooperation.

This kind of cooperation problem will occur in various senses, including when facing the attack of the Shu army formation with unified orders, the Liangzhou army formation cannot make uniform resistance, cooperate inappropriately, and cannot resist the Shu army formation.

As a result, the Liangzhou soldiers were defeated repeatedly on the battlefield, losing their troops and losing their generals, losing the possibility of continuing the field war. They had to retreat to Ji County and defend the city to the death.

The Shu army began to attack the city, and the Liangzhou army also relied on the city to resist without giving in a single step. The two sides fought back and forth, and gradually became a tug-of-war.

A month has passed and the situation has not changed. Although the Liangzhou soldiers have lost their troops and are defeated, the only ones who have been beaten can only defend the city, the Shu army still failed to capture Ji County.

During this period, Guo Peng received a letter from Guo Jia.

Guo Jia told Guo Peng in the letter that Guo Peng would not have to care too much about Liu Zhang and Liu Biao. These two people would not be able to go north after all. They were just dead bones in the tomb, and the gatekeeper dogs would never be able to succeed.
Chapter completed!