Song Yuanyan, the king of Jiaozhou, and the head of Tianluomen, were in the hall of the palace of Jiaozhou City, plotting to assassinate Xiao Ding. At this time, Xiao Ding, who was busy in Shao County, didn't know at all.

After he received the news that Song Yinpan had sent a letter to the king of Jiaozhou, asking for troops to be sent from both sides to attack Shaoxian, he immediately decided that he must destroy Song Yinpan before the soldiers sent by the king of Jiaozhou arrived.

So, he immediately gathered the generals and led his troops to Tingzhou Pass on the same day. Gao Hongxiu was left in Shaoxian County to lead a thousand Xiang troops and a thousand troops to defend the city. The remaining 3,000 troops were scattered and distributed to the ranks of the Xiang army, and the number of the Xiang army was still enough for 10,000.

Song Yinzi and the Ninth Princess still stayed in Shaoxian, after all, the front-line battlefield was unpredictable, and if they didn't pay attention, they might not be able to take care of their brother and sister.

The rest of the generals led 10,000 forbidden troops and 10,000 van troops, all of whom went to Tingzhou Pass.

Song Yinpan only has less than 30,000 soldiers, and his side now has 20,000 troops, and there are 10,000 troops led by Yue Yunfeng and Yue Yunyu brothers and thousands of original defenders in Tingzhou Pass, which can directly confront Song Yinpan's troops.

Therefore, this time, Xiao Ding did not arrange any strategic plan in advance, but brought the soldiers over first. After all, the middle march also requires a two-day journey.

Xiao Ding's side has already arranged to prepare to send troops to Tingzhou Pass. Song Yuanyan in Jiaozhou City had just discussed the plan to assassinate Xiao Ding with the head of Tianluomen, and then he wrote a reply letter to Song Yinpan, ordering Song Yinpan not to send troops to Shaoxian County for the time being, but to let him bring the soldiers and horses back to Jiaozhou first.

Song Yuanyan is not stupid, he found that almost all the previous defeats on his side were destroyed by Xiao Ding. If his hundreds of thousands of troops are gathered together, it is estimated that the deputy marshal surnamed Tian will have no way to destroy his own troops.

Therefore, he planned to transfer Song Yinpan's more than 20,000 troops back to Jiaozhou and hand them over to his own command, plus the existing troops in Jiaozhou City, even if the other party's 20,000 or 30,000 troops all came over, they must not be his opponents.

After sending away Song Yinpan's messenger, the king of Jiaozhou received another piece of good news: the envoys he sent to Dali and Da Nan to urge troops had returned.

The envoy reported to Song Yuan that the 50,000 troops promised by Dali and the 70,000 troops promised by the Great Southern Barbarians had now begun to set off, and as long as they waited for some time, they would come to the territory of Jiaozhou.

The king of Jiaozhou was overjoyed when he heard the news, and with these more than 100,000 soldiers joining, it was even more powerful. As far as the other side's troops of 20,000 or 30,000 are not enough, they are not enough to cushion the horses' hooves on their side.

Then, he wrote three more letters in succession, ordering people to make a detour to the kingdom of Dahara, the kingdom of Dajing, and the kingdom of Great Xia. Let these three countries step up their attacks on the north of the Great Song Kingdom, consume the army of the Great Song Kingdom, and make the emperor of the Great Song Kingdom unable to take care of his own side in the south.

In this way, after a long time, it is only a matter of time before the Great Song Kingdom falls.

As the king of the Great Song Kingdom, Song Yuanyan knew the power of the Great Song Kingdom and could not afford to face a war on all sides at the same time. Not only can the number of soldiers not be taken care of, but the food and grass for logistics will not be able to be supplied for a long time.

And he himself is not, occupying Jiaozhou for many years, although the soldiers gathered over the years, and the original border soldiers, have been wiped out by Xiaoding more than 100,000, but he now has tens of thousands of Jiaozhou defenders in his hands, and the army supported by Dali and Danan Barbarians can be used, and he is not worried about grain and grass, he has been operating for many years, and has already hoarded a large amount of grain and grass, which is enough for these troops to consume for several years.

As long as the north and south attack and drag the Great Song Kingdom down, it will only be a matter of time before he waives his army north and wins the throne.

Song Yuanyan's plan is very good, but it is unknown whether it can be realized in the end. Anyway, at this time, Xiao Ding's troops had already left Shaoxian County and were heading in the direction of Tingzhou Pass.

The army marched for two days and came to the vicinity of Tingzhou Pass, at which time Xiao Ding sent scouts to carefully investigate and check whether there was any movement in Song Yinpan's camp.

When it was less than ten miles away from Song Yinpan's camp, Xiao Ding ordered to set up camp.

Yang Yueling was a little strange, so she came to Xiao Ding and asked, "Cockroach crawling deputy marshal, why don't we enter Tingzhou Pass to join the Yue brothers?" ”

Xiao Ding looked at the female man Yang Yueling and said, "This handsome man has his own clever plan, you just need to wait to win the battle." ”

Yang Yueling was happy when she heard Xiao Ding say that she could win the battle, so she asked casually: "Could it be that the deputy marshal of the cockroach crawl is going to attack the enemy camp at night tonight?" ”

Xiao Ding pondered for a while, and immediately replied: "No, no, our army is already tired, and it is not suitable to go to war. What's more, the other side must have already known about the arrival of our army, and must have been prepared for a long time. There was no need for us to attack the camp. ”

Yang Yueling saw that Xiao Ding denied her idea, and she already knew that Xiao Ding would definitely have other arrangements, so she didn't ask any more questions and went down to command the camp.

After encamping, the army drove for two days. Xiao Ding decided to rest for one night before organizing a war. So he immediately arranged for the soldiers to patrol the night, and then wrote a letter to the Yue brothers in Tingzhou Pass, and sent someone to send it to Tingzhou Pass.

After everything was arranged, Xiao Ding went back to the sleeping tent to rest.

At the same time as Xiao Ding's army arrived, Song Yinpan had also received news from Tanma in the camp. It is said that about 20,000 troops have come from the direction of Shaoxian.

Song Yinpan was a little shocked at first, and said that his side was about to send troops to attack them on both sides, but he didn't expect them to arrive so quickly.

Du Ziteng, the general under Song Yinpan, heard that the enemy troops had arrived, so he stepped forward and suggested: "Your Royal Highness, the enemy has just arrived, and it is a tired army, I suggest that tonight, we send a team to attack the camp, and we will be able to take them by surprise!" ”

Song Yinpan didn't speak, but frowned and pondered whether this plan was feasible.

At this time, the military general Yi Chunzhu next to him opened his mouth: "Your Royal Highness, the last general feels that General Du's strategy is not usable. I have fought with Da Shizi many times with Natian Xiaoding, and I know that this man is familiar with the art of war, and must have prepared for our army's attack on the camp, maybe he has already set up a trap, just waiting for us to jump in! Therefore, Your Royal Highness, you must not send troops to attack the camp! ”

Song Yinpan listened to the opinions of the two generals, and it was difficult to choose for a while, so he looked at Wu Gui on the other side.

Wu Gui saw Song Yinpan looking at him, and knew that this was His Royal Highness the Prince who wanted to ask for his opinion, so he said: "The last general also thinks that you can't go to attack the camp!" I have clashed with Natian Xiaoding several times before with Da Shizi, and each time I fell into an ambush set up by him, it can be seen that this person is the best at setting up ambushes. Therefore, I think what General Yi said is very reasonable, and we must not act carelessly. ”

Song Yinpan was hesitant about whether to attack the camp, and when he saw that two of the three generals under his command were opposed, he decided: "Forget it, I also heard that the deputy marshal named Tian Xiaoding is scheming, let's not take risks easily." Tonight we will also send more men to patrol the camp to prevent them from attacking the camp. ”

As a result, Song Yinpan, under the interference of two two hundred and five generals, lost an opportunity to attack the camp in the middle of the night that looked good.

Xiao Ding actually didn't have any traps here, and he was still thinking about it in bed, how could he wipe out Song Yinpan's troops tomorrow!