After Ba County was down, the gate of Yizhou was already open, Xiao Lan did not rush to enter the army, but instead cleaned up the soldiers and horses in the surrounding areas of Ba County, completely controlled Ba County, and Yan Yan's surrender made all this go very smoothly.

After Xun Yu finished dealing with the affairs of Jingzhou and was ordered to come to Ba County, Xiao Lan immediately ordered Gan Ning to be the left vanguard, leading 10,000 elite soldiers, out of Fuling to Luocheng, Wei Yan as the right vanguard, leading 10,000 elite soldiers, out of Linjiang to Luocheng, Dian Wei led 5,000 elite cavalry, and responded to the two vanguards, Xiao Lan personally led 50,000 troops to march in the center.

A county seat on the way from Ba County to Luocheng in Linjiang City, however, this county is very large, according to the spies, there are 5,000 defenders in this city, and the guard is named Lei Tong, who is quite capable of the guy, Wei Yan, who was robbed of Yan Yan by Gan Ning before, now only hopes to be able to fight with this guy.

It's a pity that Wei Yan marched all the way and drove for two days, and when he arrived at Linjiang, he found that the defenders in Linjiang City were long gone! Wei Yan deliberately asked people to ask the people in Linjiang City, and only then did he learn that after the news that the Taiping army had broken through Ba County some time ago, Lei Tong, the defender of Linjiang City, withdrew from Linjiang City early with 5,000 defenders.

Hearing this, Wei Yan couldn't help but feel depressed, although he was a pioneer, it was impossible for him to really go all the way to Chengdu like this! The farthest can only be stopped when the attack on Yucheng comes, and only when Xiao Lan's follow-up army comes and gathers troops can it have a decisive battle with the Yizhou army.

Annoying, the battle still has to continue, Wei Yan took the vanguard army into Linjiang City, and then sent a message to Xiao Lan's army in the rear to ask for countermeasures.

On the other side, Gan Ning also rushed to Fuling with a large army, and like Wei Yan, he also suffered the treatment of people walking away from the city, and it took almost no effort for him to occupy Fuling. However, after all, it is not as good as Wei Yan. With Xiao Lan's southern expedition to the north, he presided over the huge war for Yangzhou and Jingzhou, and he has become more and more mature and can take charge of himself. After resting in the city for one night, Gan Ning continued his journey the next day.

Gan Ning didn't know why the Yizhou officials and soldiers would give up these cities so easily, he found many people to ask, but he never asked why, and he couldn't figure out the joints. But Gan Ning would not stop because of this, but, just in case, before the march, he sent hundreds of scouts to explore the way ahead, and only after making sure that there was no problem did he continue to advance. But until he was already approaching the city, there was no accident.

Luocheng is the most difficult pass to Chengdu, and if you take Luocheng, the road behind it will be smooth. At that time, the Yizhou army is bound to have a final decisive battle with the Taiping army, so as long as the city is taken, the mission of the vanguard army will be completely completed.

Gan Ning looked ahead anxiously, it was almost dusk, he had already asked the soldiers to camp on the spot, ready to rest, and most of the scouts sent out before had returned, and they had not received any useful news. Looks like there shouldn't be anything going on tonight!

Thinking of this, Gan Ning's heart was a little relieved, and he turned around and prepared to return to the camp, but at this time. A Taiping Army soldier who had been guarding behind him suddenly widened his eyes, looked outside the camp, and exclaimed, "General, look! ”

"Huh?" With a deep groan, Gan Ning looked back and saw several cavalrymen rushing back towards the camp. Gan Ning's eyesight is not bad, and he can see at a glance that this is the scout he sent to remove before, but these scouts obviously have wounds on their bodies!

"There is a situation!" Gan Ning, who was a little lax just now, suddenly turned nervous, and hurriedly shouted to the guards behind him: "Pass my order!" All troops on alert! ”

Hearing General Gan Ning's order, the personal guard soldier was slightly stunned, and quickly reacted, and immediately received the military order and turned away.

Gan Ning personally led the rest of the guards to the gate of the camp, and after a while, the scouts had already rushed back, and when they saw Gan Ning, they couldn't help but look relieved, a seriously injured scout, when even if he fell off the horse, fell to the ground, blood sprayed wildly, and convulsions continued.

Seeing this, Gan Ning hurriedly stepped forward, supported the wounded soldier, and said, "Quick!" Carry him to the medic for healing! ”

"No!" Several guards hurriedly carried the seriously injured scout down, and the rest of the scouts also jumped off their horses one after another, they all had some wounds on their bodies, and the blood had already soaked the armor next to the wounds, but at this time, they couldn't care about this, when even one of the scouts stepped forward and clenched his fists and shouted: "General! Oh no! In the direction of Luocheng, the official army of Yizhou is massing on a large scale, and they seem to be trying to conduct a decisive battle with our army on the front line of Luocheng, and there are already a large number of vanguard troops marching towards us. ”

"Huh? The official army of Yizhou is being assembled? Gan Ning's face changed, although he had already expected it in his heart, but after learning the news from the scout's mouth, he couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly asked, "How many enemy troops are there?" How far is it from here? ”

The scout hurriedly replied: "The villain has a rough estimate that the number of enemy troops is at least 10,000 or more, and the time when the villain encounters the enemy army is about an hour ago, according to the distance calculation, I am afraid that it will not take half an hour, and the enemy army will approach our army camp." ”

Gan Ning frowned, originally thought that the Yizhou officials and troops would be forced to fight a decisive battle with the Taiping Army after the Taiping Army broke through the city, but he didn't expect that the Yizhou officials and troops had already succeeded, and they actually wanted to fight with the Taiping Army on the front line of Luocheng.

"Pass my general's order, and the whole army is ready to meet the enemy!"

The Taiping Army is no longer the original miscellaneous army, and after long-term training and repeated battles, today's Taiping Army is definitely a rare elite division in the world. Therefore, although Gan Ning's generals were in a bit hasty, the Taiping army moved very quickly, and soon, the 10,000 vanguard army was already standing in front of the camp, and the formation was rigorous, not only defensive, but extremely attacking.

The best defense is to attack, although according to the intelligence of the scouts, the opponent may have more soldiers and horses than the Taiping army, but Gan Ning has absolute confidence that he can defeat the enemy army!

The Taiping army array was only a moment, and there was a shouting and killing sound in front of it, and under the sunset, I saw a huge army rushing towards the Taiping army!

And in front of this army of soldiers and horses, several flags are fluttering in the wind, Gan Ning is strong, and his eyesight is extraordinary, only to see that most of those flags have a big "Li" character written on them!

"Lee? It should be Li Yan, the captain of the soldiers and horses in Yucheng, right? Unexpectedly, the official army of Yizhou really wanted to fight a decisive battle with the Taiping army here! A cold light flashed in Gan Ning's eyes, the long knife in his hand tightened, and he immediately shouted coldly: "Come on, since you have the courage to come, I will let you have no return." ”

Seeing that the Taiping army was neatly lined up, the Yizhou official army had also expected it, and the vanguard general Li Yan couldn't help but praise: "Sure enough, it is worthy of being a Taiping thief who can sweep the world, and in a short period of time, he can list such a lineup, which is really not to be underestimated!" ”

"My lord! It's just a mere Taiping thief, what's the difference between it and the original Yellow Turban thief, let the last general lead the troops to charge the battle later, and he will definitely break the enemy army with one blow! Just behind Li Yan, a young general with a gun immediately shouted loudly, obviously dissatisfied with Li Yan's praise of the Taiping Army.

"Presumptuous!" Li Yan immediately glared at the gun-wielding young general fiercely, and said coldly: "The Taiping Army can sweep the world, how can it be idle, even the old general Yan Yan has been defeated, how can we underestimate it at all?" Don't look at the slight numerical advantage of our army, but under the frontal impact, it may not be able to win? Fortunately, Master Jia has already set up a plan, we only need to obey the orders to attack the enemy formation! ”

As he spoke, he glanced back at the fifteen-thousand-strong army under his command, took a deep breath, and shouted: "All the soldiers obey the order, the whole army will attack, and attack the enemy formation!" (To be continued.) )