At dawn, a team with various colors of the Great Song Army flag was marching quickly and orderly on the official road leading to Lin'an. The procession between them was extraordinarily loose, but there were only 30,000 people, but the team was stretched out for more than ten miles, but each team, and even each soldier, was very regular, and the distance between them was equal, so as to ensure that the team could react and defend in the most timely manner when attacked from either side.

However, even in this still somewhat dark environment, it is difficult for anyone to really attack it suddenly, because at the very front of the team, a scout team of hundreds of people has been scattered, they are experienced and meticulous, and they can almost search every key position that the rear army is about to pass through in a short time, not to mention any ambushes, even the beasts that hide a little larger body have been cleared by them long ago, and there will be no future trouble. In such a situation, their advance speed is still far above the rear army, which shows how strong this scout army is that fights the outpost.

In today's Jiangnan territory, there is naturally only one team that can have such military literacy, the Shandong Army under Sun Tu! At this time, he was walking in the middle of the army in full armor, surrounded by ordinary soldiers, and as for his horses when he was fighting, they were led by his own guards and followed behind. The only difference between him and ordinary sergeants is that he does not carry any weapons in his hands except for the saber at his waist, but it is enough to share weal and woe with his subordinates.

It is precisely because of Sun Tu, the commander of the army, that the other generals also marched forward on foot, except for the scouts and vanguard troops who opened the way in front, which made the rapid march of the entire Shandong army appear tense and orderly, and no one complained. After all, in today's world, it is natural for generals to travel and ride horses, and there are even people who sit on their shoulders and raise their shoulders.

Thanks to this encouragement, the Shandong army was able to drive out hundreds of miles in just seven or eight days, and still maintained a strong fighting spirit and confidence, and even the queue did not slack in the slightest.

Yes, Sun Tu had actually led his army south half a month ago, not long after the letter advising Zhang Gon not to rush forward. Of course, he didn't come to grab merit, but he knew that those generals were eager to grab merit, and he was worried that they would suffer a big loss under the city of Hangzhou, so he rushed to the rescue. After all, it was a 100,000-strong army, and if there was really a mistake, the losses would be too great, and it would not be conducive to the future counter-chaos operations.

After looking at the sky that was about to light up, Sun Tu turned back to the herald beside him and said, "Pass on my military order, let everyone rest on the spot for half an hour, fill your stomach and hurry away." If my prediction is correct, we will be able to arrive in Lin'an this afternoon, and we will have a good rest. ”

Just when the heralds agreed and turned around to give the order back and forth, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves in front of them, and a moment later, a knight dressed as a scout had appeared in front of Sun Tu, and a neat turn over and dismounted, saluting and reporting: "General, there are twenty miles to Lin'an County!" Also, we just looked into the distance from a high place, and found that there seemed to be a fierce battle in the distance......"

When Sun Tu heard this, his brows quickly frowned, and after nodding at the hesitant heralds, he had already turned around and came to the side of the horse, and with a lift of the reins, he had already galloped forward with his horse. Did what he feared most really happen? If the war has really extended to the vicinity of Lin'an, then the situation of the Song army in front is quite not optimistic!

The horse neighed several times under his crotch, and his four hooves flew like wheels, and he moved forward at full speed, and after only one meal, he had already run past the front team, and then turned around, and he could see a group of people on a high slope looking into the distance, many of whom were holding telescopes called clairvoyance, and they were the scout elite of the Shandong army.

Even with the shrewdness and ability of these people, it is impossible to really see dozens of miles of land in this obscure and uncertain situation, so to have this reward, it is natural to rely on these telescopes from thousands of years later. It is said that since Sun Tu took out the binoculars in the warehouse system, almost all of them were taken by the people of the scout camp, and they regarded them as treasures, and they did play a pivotal role in the previous successive battles. After all, for the wars of this era, being able to discover the enemy's whereabouts one step earlier and make corresponding arrangements in advance will definitely increase the chances of victory by a large margin.

After discovering that Sun Tu was coming, Shi Qian immediately greeted him: "General, although the things ahead are not too real, they should be almost the same." Sun Tu nodded, reached out and took a telescope from him, and looked ahead.

Before the faint morning light shone, a large area of desolate scenery was the first to come into view, and then looked closely into the distance, Sun Tu also saw that some firelight was beating messily in the distance. I couldn't hear anything, but just looking at the movement there, I could tell that there was a large-scale battle going on there.

After gasping, Sun Tu's face became more and more serious, and he turned back suddenly, and said to Dong Ping's subordinates who had already followed: "It seems that the situation is even more unbearable than we thought, the army in front should have been defeated and retreated, and the rebels are still pursuing, their losses must be huge, even Lin'an may not be able to keep it!" ”

As soon as these few sentences of judgment came out, everyone present looked nervous, and some people even whispered: "How is this possible? ”

This result was indeed too unexpected for everyone to accept. Although they also did not agree with the reckless advance of the Song army of the Third Route and attacked Hangzhou, they also felt that these 100,000 soldiers and horses could last for ten days and a half months, at least they could wait for themselves to rush over.

But now it's good, how can they be counted as having only two or three days to rush to Hangzhou to start the war, and they were actually defeated and lost, and they were chased and killed and fled back to Lin'an? So how badly did they lose in Hangzhou, and how big did they lose before they ended up in such an embarrassing end?

Even Sun Tu couldn't figure out what the problem was for a while, but he had no intention of dwelling on it, so he only stared at these generals and swept his gaze to these generals: "Everyone fill their stomachs on the spot first, take a short rest, and then rush to Lin'an as soon as possible!" We must arrive before Lin'an is lost, repel the pursuers, and save our robes! ”

"Whoa!" After the generals agreed in a low voice, they hurried back to make arrangements. And Sun Tu turned his gaze to Shi Qian again: "You will lead the brothers of the scout camp to rush over first, you don't have to make direct contact with the enemy, just find out their specific situation." ”

"Yes, let's go!" Shi Qian didn't say anything, after holding his fist, he quickly ran to his mount, and with a whistle, more than 100 cavalry scouts rushed out at full speed, and went to Lin'an along the official road.

Seeing them disappear from sight, Sun Tu's five fingers pressed on the hilt of the knife suddenly tightened, the development of this battle was out of his judgment, and a sudden and hard battle was about to begin!

￥￥￥￥￥

It is still ten miles away from Lin'an City, and on the plain, a desperate fight is in full swing. At this time, the strength of the two warring sides had been drastically reduced, and the Song army was only less than 30,000 people left, and the Wu army that pursued them was only a little more than 10,000. However, the morale of the latter was obviously much higher than that of the former, and the Wu army was pressing the Song army to retreat one after another, killing countless enemies, and even being able to send troops and horses to attack the Song army from both sides, which caused the Song army to panic even more.

In the Song army array, there are only two of the three main generals left, Ren Shifan has disappeared, Zhang Gon and Xu Shen are covered in blood, the former even broke an arm, the whole person has fallen into despair and madness, only relying on some loyal subordinates to continue to fight to the death, so that they were not killed by the enemy army who stared at them, but the situation is also quite not optimistic.

Although Xu Shen was better, his face was pale because of excessive blood loss, and he didn't even have time to replace the big knife full of gaps in his hand, but he desperately resisted the weapons attacking from the front and side, his steps faltered, and he already regretted that he was about to vomit blood.

They were so miserable in this battle that they lost more than half of their soldiers and horses on the way from Hangzhou in just one day and one night, which was a result they never thought of when they set off......

In fact, if it was only defeated by the Wu army head-on under the city of Hangzhou and retreated in embarrassment, the damage of the Song army would not have been so great. But who would have thought that the enemy had made a more vicious arrangement early in the morning, and when they were desperate to flee for their lives regardless of casualties, 20,000 soldiers and horses were actually killed in the treacherous valley ahead, but this became the last straw that broke the camel's back, causing the Song army to completely collapse, and it was difficult to organize even a decent defense and offensive.

It wasn't until they paid an extremely heavy price that even Ren Shifan didn't know whether he was alive or dead, and disappeared completely, that they finally broke through the bloody road and fled. But the enemy still pursued closely, and along the way, countless soldiers fell under the enemy's sword.

Although Lin'an was in sight now, Xu Shen knew very well that with less than 3,000 troops in this city, he would not be able to turn the tide of the battle at all.

"I'm going to die here this time...... Knowing this, I should have listened to Sun Tu's advice and not made such a risky move...... At this time, the only one who can save us is the Shandong army, they are still in Huzhou, how can they appear in Lin'an, which is hundreds of miles away......" Countless thoughts came from Xu Shen's heart, but in the end there was only one conclusion - if you want to live, you can only save yourself!

"Brothers, we have no way back! If you want to survive, you can only retreat into Lin'an to defend safely if you want to repel this rebel army first! Everyone, rush with me again, kill! Xu Shen had already made up his mind at this time, and with a loud shout, he actually rushed out in front of his head regardless of the danger.

And the soldiers of the Song Army behind him, whether they were originally from Jingnan, Jinggi or Huaibei, finally put aside their respective identities at this time, gritted their teeth, burst out with their last will to survive, and slaughtered the enemy again......