Bai Qian stood in the center of the room, looking at Bai Minzhong, Ding Ci, Ding Jian and a large number of Jingnan's leading figures.

After months of fighting with the Liang army, the flames of war have finally burned to the heart of Jingnan, Jiangling Mansion. In fact, by this time, most of the entire Jingnan had almost fallen into the hands of the Liang army.

If you want to say regret, there may be people here, and there are also people who hate Ding Jian for leading Jingnan to the brink of destruction, but at this point, everyone can't afford to have any resentment.

When life and death are at stake, it is superfluous to say anything else, and what everyone has to do now is to unite tightly to defend this last place of shelter and survive.

In the past few months, the Jingnan army has caused huge casualties to the Liang army, and I heard that Dai Chao swore that after breaking the Jiangling Mansion, he would kill the Ding family and the Bai family, and the chickens and dogs would not be left.

At this time, it is not only the Ding Bai family that can still sit here, but also other big families, but they all have an inseparable relationship with the Ding Bai family, and they can't choose themselves clearly at all, the Ding family and the Bai family are finished, and they are no better. There is no choice but to grit your teeth and continue to support.

And those half-hearted families with bad intentions have long been uprooted by Ding Jian. With the lesson of Hezhong Mansion, this time Ding Jian was not merciful at all.

The heart is soft for a while, and in exchange for it, it can only make things pay a greater price in the end.

"There are 10,000 people stationed in Dangyang, and 6,000 have returned, and 5,000 people have returned to Xinye, and 3,000 have returned." Bai Qian's face was a little solemn: "The original Jingnan army in Jiangling Mansion had 10,000 people, and these nearly 20,000 people are our last core force." Although there are more than 20,000 young people who have been temporarily mobilized, everyone knows that they are unable to undertake important tasks. ”

"In this way, we still have 30,000 people, and if we put together the families and nursing homes of each family, we can always make up a thousand and 2,000 people, and these people are all good hands. We were able to defend Dangyang Xinye for so long, and finally took the initiative to retreat, which shows that the Liang army is not so powerful, and the city defense of Jiangling Mansion is much stronger than that of Dangyang and Xinye. An old man with gray hair and beard breathed a sigh of relief.

"Old Qin, that's not how the account is calculated." Bai Qian looked at the old man with a wry smile and said: "Jiangling Mansion is indeed more fortified in terms of city defense, but the city is also larger, and there are more places where we need to divide our troops to garrison. When we entered these two places, we evacuated all the people in these two cities and turned them into purely military fortresses, which is not feasible at all in Gangneung Province. ”

The old man surnamed Qin's face suddenly changed greatly: "Are you saying that we are more dangerous now than we were at the beginning?" ”

Bai Qian nodded: "Yes." At the beginning, the Liang army attacked Dangyang and Xinye, but it was only two partial divisions of Dai Chao, but now, Dai Chao came from the whole army, totaling more than 50,000 people. Therefore, the situation faced by Gangneung Mansion is much more dangerous than that of Dangyang. ”

"What can I do, what should I do?" The old man surnamed Qin trembled his lips and said in a trembling voice.

Bai Minzhong stood up, glanced at everyone, and said, "Okay, everyone, things have come to this point, and you can only do your best to fight." There is no way to retreat, what Qian'er said just now is the most unfavorable situation, but Jiangling Mansion is the nest that we have been operating for many years, as Qin Lao just said, the city defense is strong, the grain and grass are sufficient, there are countless weapons and armor, there are strong cities to rely on, and there are people to fear, this battle, we may not necessarily lose. ”

Ding Ci also stood up and said: "Everyone, one is prosperous, one is lost, at this last moment, we must hold on, I know that each family still has some power left at the bottom of the box, and now, it's time to take it out." The sons and nephews of each family must be strong and persistent, and be the pioneers of the army, we old guys, we can't lift knives, but we can also go up to the city wall to beat drums and cheer. It's just a fight to the death. ”

"Fight to the death!" Everyone in the room stood up and shouted loudly.

After everyone left one by one, Lieutenant General Bai Min's eyes fell on Ding Jian.

"Yueyang, will there be reinforcements coming over? Zheng Wenchang's sailors have thousands of people, and if they come to help, it will greatly relieve our pressure. ”

Ding Jian shook his head slowly: "Zheng Wenchang can't come." Now, Zhu Youzhen with his main force pressed towards Yueyang, he even gave up Yunxi City, and withdrew all his troops to Yueyang, if it were not for Zheng Wenchang's involvement on the water, Yueyang would definitely not be protected. ”

"What are we going to do?" Bai Min was a little anxious, and he was completely different from the calm and calm in front of everyone before.

"Don't be in a hurry." Ding Ci took a deep breath: "Jian'er, do you want to make some arrangements in advance and send some women, children and children away in the family first?" ”

"Absolutely not!" Ding Jian shook his head and said: "Once we do this, we are afraid that the people of Jiangling Mansion will immediately fluctuate, and the morale of the army will be lost." ”

"If we don't do this, if the city is broken, won't we fall into the same fate as Eyue Qianfeng!" Ding Ci said in a low voice.

"We're going to win!" Ding Jian is full of confidence.

"Jian'er, this is a vicious battle, and it can't be won by talking about it." Bai Minzhong was a little annoyed, "Since you came back, we have been doing everything according to you, but at this time, we have to make some follow-up arrangements!" ”

Ding Jian smiled and said, "Father-in-law, thank you for your trust, I say this for a reason." But there are some things that are so important that I can't say right now. Since you have trusted me for so long, please continue to trust me as you did in the past until this last minute. ”

"Life and death, family honor and disgrace, how can you let me rest assured?" Bai Minzhong sighed.

"Father-in-law, I am not only a courtier of the Tang Dynasty, I am also the son of the Ding family and the son-in-law of the Bai family. Ding Jian said in a deep voice. "We will win this last battle. I also ask that you still give me full authority to command this last battle. ”

"What do you want to do?" Bai Minzhong asked.

"On the day the Liang army arrives, I will lead the main force out of the city, with my back to the fortified city, and fight a decisive battle with it!" Ding Jiandao.

"Are you crazy? Qian'er has already said just now, even if we defend the city, we are all powerless, and if we go out of the city to fight, wouldn't it be self-defeating? Giving up what is most advantageous to us. Bai Minzhong exclaimed.

"Father-in-law, please trust me."

"What do you have to rely on? Can't even we two old guys say it? Ding Ci was also a little angry.

Ding Jian hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "Father-in-law, father, we have reinforcements." But the matter is too big, please forgive me for not being able to say it now, in this battle, what I want is not only to defeat Dai Chao, but also to counterattack into Shannan Dongdao, capture Xiangyang, and completely drive Dai Chao out. ”

Ding Ci was dumbfounded, it had come to this point, he really couldn't imagine where Ding Jian's confidence came from.

Bai Minzhong listened to Ding Jian's words, his eyes blinked for a moment, but he was silent thoughtfully, looking at Ding Ci and still questioning, he pulled Ding Ci and said: "Okay, in this case, this last battle will be under your full command, Bai Ding's two families, as well as those families who have always supported us, but they all bet on you, if you lose, we will all be finished with you." ”

"Father-in-law, don't worry!" Ding Jian bowed slightly, "Then the little son-in-law will go down to do things." ”

"You go, on the day of the battle, someone Bai will also be stubborn and stubborn, and he will be the first for you. Although Bai is more than half white, he has not let go of his kung fu. ”

"With his father-in-law, Jingnan's morale will inevitably rise." Ding Jian smiled and saluted, turned to leave.

"In-laws, are you really so relieved?" Looking at Ding Jian's back, Ding Ci swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "If something leaks, Ding will die and will not be able to atone for his sins." ”

Bai Minzhong smiled: "This kid, his mouth is really tight, but he forgot, his father-in-law Lao Tzu has led troops to fight all his life, he is so sure, naturally he is a little afraid, even if he doesn't say it, I can't guess a thing or two?" ”

"Where is his dependence?" Ding Ci asked again and again.

"Guess!" Bai Minzhong laughed a few times, but turned around and walked away. "Since Jian'er didn't say it, even if I guessed correctly, I wouldn't tell you."

Ding Ci looked at Bai Minzhong's back in a daze, and only then did he react and hurriedly chased after him.

"In-laws, in-laws, you tell me, Jian'er is a square braincase, I go to ask him, he will definitely never say it, you tell me, otherwise I won't want to fall asleep these days." Ding Jian stomped his foot and chased after him.

In response to him, Bai Minzhong laughed happier.

Bai Minzhong has led troops to fight for half his life, and his thoughts are indeed much more than Ding Ci's. Ding Jian insisted that there were reinforcements, he thought about the surroundings, and he really couldn't think of any reinforcements that could make Ding Jian so sure?

What Ding Jian wants is not only to defeat Dai Chao, but also to achieve a complete victory, counterattack Shannan Dongdao and even capture Xiangyang, so this support force must not only be there, but it must be unexpected by Dai Chao. Otherwise, a veteran of marching and fighting like Dai Chao, even if he fails, he will not lose nothing in such a situation.

So who this support army is, it's almost ready to be called.

Although Bai Minzhong really couldn't believe that such a thing would happen, looking at Ding Jian's demeanor, he had to believe it.

It can only be the reinforcements sent by Zhu Youzhen to Jingnan, and the soldiers and horses commanded by his general Tian Guofeng.

Why Tian Guofeng became Ding Jian's dependence on the opposite side, Bai Minzhong couldn't figure it out.

If he guessed that Tian Guofeng was really Ding Jian's backhand, then Jing Nan would indeed win this battle.