Jiangxia County, Prefecture Lingcheng, County Ya.

"Lord, lord! What a happy event! ”

Pang Tongyi hurriedly walked into the county government with a happy face, and then looked at Yuan Yao and made a look, Yuan Yao waved his hand to order the waiter to retreat, Pang Tong turned around and closed the door of the room, and then said softly: "Lord, General Zhang Xutuo sent a sentry to send back the news, he obeyed the order of the lord, temporarily handed over the city to Yang Hong to guard, and has personally led a thousand elite cavalry and two thousand foot armor to secretly cross the river from Chaisang." ”

"After converging the three thousand elites allocated to him by General Li Siye, General Zheng led the six thousand elites to continue the secret march day and night, and now they have arrived at the area of Xiajun County along the border of Jiangxia County, and all the soldiers and civilians of Xiajun County were moved away by Sun Bofu, and there was no one around to hide it, so General Zhang temporarily camped in Xiajun County, and was waiting for the next military order of the lord!"

Yuan Yao had been waiting for this news for many days, and when he heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, and said with a smile: "Hahahaha, General Zhang really didn't disappoint me, it seems that this battle is about to come to a real end!" ”

"Yes, the lord sent troops to Jiangxia in mid-September, and now it is almost mid-November, and the army has been fighting for nearly two months, and now it is winter, and the sky is getting cold, I'm afraid it will snow soon, and this battle should be over!" When Pang Tong said this, he smiled, and then said: "The Jingzhou army has been outside the state tomb for nearly 20 days, and its army has been attacking our state tomb for a long time, and the morale of the soldiers is low and the fighting spirit has decreased. On the other hand, the morale of our army is high and the fighting spirit is vigorous, if it were not for the lord's intention to suppress it, I am afraid that the three generals would have already gone out of the village to fight back! ”

Yuan Yao smiled proudly and said: "Hahahaha, Liu Pan's generals are all veteran generals for many years, and the Jingzhou army is also an elite division, even if our army defeats it in Zhouling, it will be difficult to wipe it out, if Liu Pan and others lead the defeated army to retreat to Baling, it will be even more difficult for our army to take Baling!" On the contrary, as long as General Zhang can surprise attack and capture the city of Baling, the back road of the Jingzhou army will be cut off and will be defeated, and then our army will only need to chase the dead and chase the north, so that we can not only reduce the casualties of our army, but also take the city of Baling, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone! ”

"What the lord said is very true!"

Pang Tong responded to Yuan Yao's words, and then said: "Our army generals Yue Fei, Gan Ning, Wei Yan, and Yang Zaixing are all on the battlefield of Zhouling, Zhang Dingbian is confronting the Jingzhou army in Jingling, Li Siye is being restrained by Jiangdong soldiers and horses in Chaisang, and the Jingzhou army thinks that the generals of our army have their own uses, and they must not have imagined that the lord will send General Zhang Xutuo to lead the army to run hundreds of miles to attack Baling City. My lord, do you want to send an order to General Zhang now, so that he can surprise attack Baling City? ”

Yuan Yao pondered for a moment and said: "That's fine, although the place under the Jun is hidden, but there is also a risk of exposure, as the saying goes, the soldiers are fast, and now the fighter is just right, so immediately send an order to General Zhang to let him enter the army." Send an order to Zhang Xutuo, telling him that the first priority in this battle should be to capture Baling, but if the city cannot be attacked, don't do more entanglement under the city, so that he will immediately turn around and go north, so that he can return to the army and join forces with our army to break the Jingzhou army outside the city of Zhouling! ”

Pang Tong bowed down and responded: "No, the minister receives the order, and this will make people go to pass the order!" ”

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Changsha County, Xiajun Land, in a hidden camp.

The sentry rode to the camp from a distance, and after talking to the sergeant on duty, he hurriedly rushed to the big tent of the Chinese army, bowed down and said: "General, my subordinates have sent a message to the state mausoleum, this is a military order issued by the lord!" ”

Inside the tent, there was a majestic general dressed in iron armor, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, burning eyes, and a resolute face, this person was none other than Zhang Xutuo, a general transferred by Yuan Yao from hundreds of miles away!

Zhang Xutuo took the letter from the sentry rider, and after reading it, he was immediately overjoyed, and then raised his head to look at the generals, laughed and said: "Hahahaha, gentlemen, the time for you and me to make contributions is coming!" If this battle is successful, tens of thousands of Jingzhou troops will lose their way back and be in a dilemma. ”

Zhang Xutuo pressed his sword and shouted: "Now that the fighter plane has arrived, can you dare to attack Baling with me?" ”

When the people in the tent heard this, they were overjoyed and bowed to each other, saying, "I am willing to go, and I am willing to die in the service of the Lord!! ”

Zhang Xutuo looked at the enthusiastic generals, and his heart was surging, the moment for me Zhang Xutuo to become famous in the world has finally arrived!

Zhang Xutuo took down the excitement in his heart, and ordered loudly: "Okay, pass the order, let the soldiers rest during the day, and after the sun sets, take the path to Baling!" ”

The generals responded in unison: "No, we will receive the order!" ”

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Zhang Xutuo's army is a new force, and the morale is high and the spirit of war, the army set off from the place of the lower place after dark, the soldiers only hurried for a night of time, and arrived near the Tiger Ridge, Zhang Xutuo saw that the sky was about to dawn, so the army found a mountain forest near the Tiger Ridge and ambushed it.

At this time, the Jiangdong army had retreated, and Yuan Yao's army was suppressed by the Jingzhou army in the area of Zhouling City, and the land of Baling could be said to be invincible!

The defenders guarding Baling City are also very relaxed in their hearts, in their opinion, as long as the army in front is not defeated, they will not be in any danger, as for whether the army in front will be suddenly defeated, this is even more impossible, after all, this time the generals who led the army to attack Jiangxia are all rare generals in the Jingzhou army!

In the eyes of the Baling defenders, the Jingzhou army has such a lineup and so many soldiers and horses, even if it can't capture the city, there is still no problem in retreating.

The defenders in Baling City were very slack, almost defenseless, and even the sentry riders who went out of the city to patrol did not run far, but only returned after dealing with the errand, and the Baling defenders also because of this, instead of finding the traces of Zhang Xutuo's army at dawn, they also let Zhang Xutuo lead several horsemen to the nearby city to find out a lot of military information!

In Zhang Xutuo's anxious waiting, the sky finally slowly darkened again, Zhang Xutuo waited patiently for Brother Xiaoliang's time as a precaution, and waited until late at night, then led the army to kill Baling City!!

At this time, it has been winter for a long time, and although it has not snowed yet, it is already very cold.

The Baling defenders left only a few unlucky sergeants to guard the city wall, and the rest of the defenders all returned to the camp to rest, and even these sergeants on duty slept by the fire and did not seriously inspect the city wall......