Although Zhang Changen has not yet been able to face the Fu Han army, he has already felt the strength of the Fu Han army, especially the Fu Han army that is currently appearing in Linxiang, the combat power is more rapid than that on Huang Feng Mountain before, and the Hunan Qing army has declined a lot because of the replenishment of many young and strong, but the combat power has declined a lot, in this case, he can only choose to delay time as much as possible.

It's just that at the moment, the Fu Han army can't be allowed to continue to attack south, otherwise it will be easy to cut off the back road of the Qing army in Yuezhou. At that time, it would be difficult for Zhang Changen to retreat, and he could only fight a life-and-death battle with the Fu Han army.

Troops must be sent to defend the back road! Zhang Changen finally made up his mind, he didn't have the idea of living and dying with Yuezhou, and the emperor didn't let him live and die with Yuezhou, as long as he could drag the Fuhan army, which also made Zhang Changen have no psychological pressure, out of this consideration, Zhang Changen sent one of his generals, Zhang Cheng, to lead five battalions of Fubiao, a total of more than 4,000 people, to Chenglingji garrison.

The location of Chenglingji is very critical, it is a connection point connecting Yuezhou and Luoxiao Mountain, but there was Chang'an and Taolin in the flank cover before, it is not so important, but now Chang'an and Taolin have been taken by the Fu Han army, if Chenglingji is taken again, Yuezhou and Luoxiao Mountain will be directly cut off, and then it will be too late.

As soon as Zhang Cheng received the order, he immediately led his troops to set off, but what he didn't know was that at this time, Chenglingji had been occupied by Ning Yu first, and set up a heavy ambush, waiting for the arrival of the defenders of Yuezhou.

The reason why Ning Yu set up an ambush here is to consider many factors, judging from the character of Zhang Changen, this person is extremely cautious, if it is difficult to lure it out by ordinary methods, he can only create an illusion for him, so that he can take advantage of it.

This illusion is divided into two layers, the first layer is the more than 3,500 Fu Han troops under Luoxiao Mountain, who passed the information of the main force here to Zhang Changen in Yuezhou by blocking the Qing army in Luoxiao Mountain, so that he could relax his vigilance. The second layer is a regiment led by Dong Ce, as long as they occupy Taolin, they will bring a second signal to Zhang Changen, that is, the back road of the Fu Han army is preparing to outflank the Qing army in Yuezhou, which can make him vigilant.

At this stage, Zhang Changen will naturally set his sights on the Chengling Rock, which was not so important, and Ning Yu set up an ambush here. In addition, if Zhang Changen wanted to support the Qing army in Luo Xiaoshan, he would also pass through here, and if the Qing army in Luo Xiaoshan wanted to return to Yuezhou, he would also pass through Chenglingji.

Out of this consideration, Ning Yu had already set off at night before the battle of Luoxiao Mountain officially started, came to Chengling Rock, and waited outside Chengling Rock for a whole day, until Wang Xuan's messenger set off, and then marched into Chengling Rock, and at this time it was dark again.

Chengling Ji south of Sanxiang, north control Jinghan, choke Dongting Lake through the throat of the Yangtze River, has always been a place for soldiers to fight. And there was only the sentinel of the Qing army here, and Ning Si, the commander of the guard battalion, took a look at it, and quietly touched the position of the Qing army with dozens of people.

At this time, the Qing soldiers in Chenglingji did not have much vigilance, and no one could have imagined that the Fu Han army bypassed Luo Xiao Mountain and came to this place, and the soldiers of the Fu Han army pulled out the bayonets on their waists, and wiped the necks of these Qing soldiers one by one, and then stripped off their coats and coats.

A soldier of the Fu Han Army frowned at the pile of fishy and unpleasant clothes, and then looked at the military uniform on his body with some reluctance, "My lord, why do we have to change into the clothes of a clear dog?" ”

Ning Si just snorted, "Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and change, there is still a battle waiting for us to fight." With that, he instructed the soldiers to bury all the corpses, and there was no trace of them except for a faint smell of blood in the air.

It was completely unrealistic to want to ambush 4,500 people on Chengling Rock, so only 500 people hid on Chengling Rock and used mountain rocks to cover up, and the rest scattered to other places outside Chengling Rock to ensure the effect of the ambush.

Ning Yu was lying on the highest hillside of Chenglingji at this time, and from this position he could clearly see the movements around him, although there were still many flaws under the temporary disguise, but under the cover of the night, he would not feel much weird.

Ning Si took some people from the guard battalion, wearing the uniforms of the Qing army, pretending to be the Qing army guarding Chenglingji, looking in the direction of Yuezhou from time to time, although his face was still very calm, but his palms couldn't help but pinch sweat stains.

Time ticked by, and as the sky became completely dark, a fire dragon slowly wriggled from the direction of Yuezhou, but it seemed so dazzling in this dark night, long in a row, as if endless.

Zhang Cheng led his personal guards at this time and walked in the middle of the team, he vaguely felt a little uneasy, but he didn't find anything at night, except for the wind around him, he couldn't hear anything else.

It's just that the closer he got to Chenglingji, the more panic Zhang Cheng felt in his heart, and he subconsciously looked at the Qing soldiers stationed on Chenglingji, wearing a gown, standing weakly on the wall as usual.

"Who are you?" A rough voice came from the wall, and there was a thick sleepiness, as if he had just woken up from a dream.

This greeting lifted Zhang Cheng's spirits, and he immediately patted his horse to greet him, and said loudly: "This official is Zhang Cheng, the general of Hunan Fubiao, and he came to take over Chenglingji on the order of Futai, please open the gate of the village quickly." ”

A few torches appeared on the city wall, and in the light of the torches, there was a stout sound and shadow, although he was wearing a shabby Qing army uniform, he looked majestic, which made Zhang Cheng a little strange, why such a man was stumbling here and wasting his life.

The man said loudly: "It turned out to be General Zhang, and the villain is the general Qian, who is stationed in Chenglingji, and I saw the general in the adult's mansion a few days ago, but I didn't expect to see you again this time!" ”

Zhang Cheng tried hard to recall this person's voice in his mind, but found nothing, and became impatient at the moment, and hurriedly said: "Since you are stationed here, please open the door quickly, if you delay the military plane, you will not be spared." ”

The man looked hesitant, "Lord Futai also instructed the villain, this place is a strategic place, do not neglect the thief to take advantage of the loophole, if the adult has a heart, then come forward and let me take a look, I know the adult, if it is really an adult, the small one will open the door again." ”

Zhang Cheng was furious when he heard this, and he just wanted to wave his army to attack this city Lingji, but in this way, the matter would be big, so he had to take a few steps forward and let his soldiers light torches, so that the whole face could be seen clearly.

"Keep your dog's eyes open and see if it's your grandfather or me!"

When the man of Zhaiqiang Mountain heard this, he was not afraid, but laughed loudly, and then said loudly: "Lord Zhang's golden-faced villain naturally knows it, and when we meet for the first time, there is no way to repay it, so these grenades will be given to you." ”

As soon as the words fell, before Zhang Cheng understood what he meant, a large group of Qing soldiers appeared on the wall, each of them holding a black iron ball in their hands, lit it with a fire breaker, and then threw it down together.