After Ling Heng arrived in Jiangxia, he conspired with Xu Liang to attack on both sides. And in a valley to the north of Jiangxia, Ling Heng met Lian Cheng'an, who had gone out of the city to fight.

Ling Heng had already ordered the troops to attack in all directions, and what was strange to him was that Lian Cheng'an with eight thousand soldiers and horses was just standing motionless in the valley, as if he was waiting for someone.

"General Ling, can you come out and see you?" Lian Chengan shouted to the front of the valley.

A general beside Ling Heng hurriedly said, "General, don't go, I don't know what tricks he plays?" ”

Ling Heng snorted lightly, "I'm also his senior, as soon as he is a fledgling young general, I can still be afraid of him." So he grabbed the horse's belly, and with a "driving" sound, he jumped forward. When the soldiers saw him going alone, they were not at ease, so they followed.

Lian Cheng'an saw Ling Heng riding alone, and he went to meet him alone.

"General Lian, this is the first time I have seen a brave and resourceful young general like you, and I appreciate it, so I came to see it, I don't know what happened to General Lian?" Ling Heng looked directly at him and said lightly.

Lian Cheng'an arched his hand and said: "General Ling, these soldiers behind me are all well-known men, and they are also bloody warriors of Dahuan, now that the Yuan Kai brothers are in turmoil, my brothers and I don't want to die for their brothers, and the court is very determined to quell the rebellion.

The Yuan brothers could not comfort the soldiers in the past, and they could not appease the people in the future, and now Dayan is afraid that they will invade the territory, and the Yuan people will lose their hearts and will be defeated sooner or later. And our brothers can't accompany them to death, even if they die, they have to die on the battlefield of resisting Yan! ”

As soon as Lian Cheng'an's voice fell, the soldiers behind him said in unison: "Resist Yan Di!" Defend the territory! ”

Ling Heng stared at Lian Cheng'an with a calm expression, unable to speak for a long time, while considering his motives, while at the same time being shocked by him and the soldiers behind him. He remembered that he had also been shaken by the high blaze of riding alone to the camp, how could he doubt and reject the young general in front of him who was full of sincerity and enthusiasm?

Seeing that he was silent, Lian Cheng'an continued: "General Ling, General Xu has broken through from the south gate, and I have already brought out the elite troops in the city. The gates of the city, which had been under siege for a month, were broken today, and the general could understand what was going on. We don't want to see the two sides continue in this stalemate. ”

Ling Heng finally breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "General Lian's sincerity is so good, Ling has a sense of guilt. He immediately dismounted, and even Cheng'an dismounted.

The two approached each other, Ling Heng grabbed his arm, and said loudly: "Although we have all served as generals under General Yuan Kai, we are also Dahuan's soldiers, and we should fight to defend the country!" ”

As soon as his words fell, the soldiers on both sides shouted in unison, "Defend the frontier and defend the country!" Defend the country! ”

Ling Heng looked at the impassioned and enthusiastic soldiers, and he was also very excited in his heart, and then said to Lian Chengan: "Right now, what is General Lian's plan?" "Since he has decided to take refuge in the imperial court, he has also made arrangements in Jiangxia City.

"General Ling asked, Cheng'an dared not to speak out, I have ordered the secret sentinel in the city to keep an eye on Yuan Shu, we can go into the city first to capture Yuan Shu alive, assist General Xu to calm the turmoil in the city, and then plot against Xiakou." Lian Cheng'an replied.

"Okay, just according to General Lian's words!" Ling Heng said with a smile, it was best to catch Yuan Shu.

At this moment, a sentry behind Ling Heng rode over and "reported ......."

"What's the matter?" Ling Heng asked.

The soldier hurriedly dismounted and said, "General, Mu Shizi has defeated Xu Xiaoyuan's 20,000 soldiers and horses, and Xu Xiaoyuan is coming towards Jiangxia with the scattered soldiers. ”

Ling Heng glanced at Lian Cheng'an when he heard this, and seeing that there was a trace of pain in his expression, he said in surprise: "General Lian? ”

Lian Cheng came to his senses, sighed slightly, and said slowly: "General Ling, Jiangxia City will be handed over to the general, General Xu is my old master and my benefactor, let me deal with it!" That expression revealed the oldness and maturity that shouldn't have belonged to him.

Ling Heng said briskly: "Okay! I am waiting for the good news from General Lian in Jiangxia City! He looked at Lian Cheng'an with a faint smile, and there was no trace of doubt in his eyes.

Lian Cheng'an glanced at him deeply, and arched his hand: "Thank you for the general's success, and thank you for the general's trust, Cheng'an will definitely live up to his mission!" ”

With that, he jumped on his horse and led the soldiers behind him in the direction of the valley to the north. And Ling Heng did not hesitate, stepped on the back of the horse and led his men and horses towards Jiang Xia.

Lian Chengan marched all the way north with his troops, and after about half a day, he received a report from the scouts in front that Xu Xiaoyuan's troops had been heading this way.

"General, there are about 20,000 chasing soldiers behind Xu Xiaoyuan!" The scout said.

"Okay, let's explore again!" Lian Cheng'an's eyes were as clear as water, and he commanded lightly.

Then he turned to the soldiers around him and said: "Brothers, General Xu is not far ahead, General Xu is a good general, but he should not follow the Yuan clan to make trouble, since you have returned to the imperial court with me, I hope you can stick to your faith and fight with me to the end!" ”

"Yes!" Some of the generals around him replied in unison.

"Good! Then our troops were divided into two routes, and we stood on the hills on the east and west sides, and when the army was halfway through, we sent troops to attack. Lian Chengan shouted.

"Yes!" Then Lian Cheng'an ordered the two generals to take half of the troops, and he took the other half of the troops, and drove separately towards the mountains on both sides.

Although Xu Xiaoyuan's men and horses were scattered a lot, there were still more than 10,000 people following him. In addition, Mu Xiaohe still followed closely behind them with more than 20,000 horses, so Xu Xiaoyuan was already a little exhausted.

Xiahou Xuan looked ahead, pointed to a mountain and said, "General, there are two mountains over there, why don't we divide our troops into two ways and occupy the mountain, so as to temporarily block this chasing army!" ”

Xu Xiaoyuan touched the sweat on his face and nodded, "You face east, I face west!" ”

"Yes!" Xiahou replied, and then said to the soldiers behind him: "Soldiers, follow me to the mountain in the east. As he spoke, he slammed his horse's belly and drove forward. And Xu Xiaoyuan also led the other half of the army to the west.

But a moment later, Mu Xiaohe also led the troops to follow. There is also a force sent by General Qiu Shaoping to Yanghe

"Shizi, Xu Jun is running towards those two mountains, wanting to intercept our army!" Scout reports.

Mu Xiaohe nodded, staring at the two tired centaurs, with a faint sigh at the corner of his mouth. He looked up at the sky, it was getting late, could it be that there must be a fierce battle here today?

Sure enough, just as the Xu army approached the mountain, there were ambushes behind the mountains on both sides, and people and horses on both sides ran out from behind the mountains, and shouts came from afar, which showed that the two sides were already fighting.

Seeing this, Mu Xiaohe immediately ordered: "General Yang, you lead half of the men and horses to besiege Xiahou Xuan on the east side, and I will meet Xu Xiaoyuan!" ”

"Yes!" Yanghe is used to being arrogant and indulgent on weekdays, and only serves Qiu Shaoping in Suijun, but now he sees Mu Xiaohe making an empty city plan, and admires his bearing and courage in his heart, so he obeys Mu Xiaohe along the way. At present, as soon as Mu Xiaohe gave the order, he immediately led the men and horses to the east to kill.

At the same time, Mu Xiaohe also galloped towards Xu Xiaoyuan with the other half of the soldiers and horses. (To be continued.) )