If the Northern Zhou army was allowed to rob the city, then their more than 2,000 people would really have no way to advance or retreat, and unless they plunged into the water, they would really have to sit and wait for death.

Xiao Shilian snorted and drew his sword directly: "Afraid? I don't know how to write this word yet! ”

Li Xinchen looked at the steady stream of troops marching north, although these soldiers still had a tired look on their faces from a long march, but their eyes were all the same perseverance, they had witnessed too many victories and miracles along the way, and naturally they had no doubt that Li Xinchen and Xiao Shilian led them to the next victory.

"Don't spread this in advance, so as not to cause panic," Li Xinchen cautiously ordered, "Boqing, you march directly from the south gate with the vanguard, and if the enemy has already rushed into the city first, find a way to storm the city gate, if not, you can't retreat." ”

Xiao Shilian nodded solemnly, turned around and left, he knew very well that the most precious thing now was time, and a late cup of tea might block all hopes.

"Chen Zhishen!" Li Xinchen shouted after him.

"The last general!"

"You take a team of soldiers and horses around the west of the city, intercept and kill the barbarian scouts, try to ensure that the road is smooth, and send scouts to the north of the city, if you encounter the enemy's forward or main force, report quickly." Li Xinchen said in a low voice.

Chen Zhishen hurriedly agreed. And Li Xinchen followed up with an order: "Once Boqing's attack is unfavorable, we can't stay too long outside Zhangshan County, even if the road is rugged, we have to find a way to turn into Jingshan, this is the only way to live, and now is for you to keep this way of life, do you understand the weight of responsibility?" ”

After beating a spirit, Chen Zhishen said solemnly: "I will not disgrace my life!" ”

Seeing a famous general turn around and leave, once again with only Li Ping left by his side, Li Xinchen took a deep breath.

Since the beginning of the public security, I have gambled again and again, but fortunately, God favors me, and I have more or less grasped the pulse of some history, so that I can succeed every time.

This time, may it be the same.

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"The Zhang family has nothing to do with you if you don't catch the pseudo-queen, because this Zhang family should still be in the city now." Xiao Maha said in a deep voice, "The most important thing is not the Zhang family, but in Xiao Yue, as long as Xiao Yue is caught, at least it can make the city sergeant unstable." ”

Pei Zilie breathed a sigh of relief, if you want to say that Ji Nan's biggest regret and omission in the First World War is naturally that he did not find Xiao Yue's original wife, and the rest of the concubines were arrested, and it was not as important as this original wife, and those imperial relatives also had their own opinions about the whereabouts of the Zhang family, which caused Li Xinchen and others to be difficult to judge at that time.

Now that this Zhang clan is still in the city, it can at least be said that the first battle of Ji Nan is over.

"Why aren't Boqing and Shizhong with you?" Xiao Maha also found the biggest problem at this time, "The two of them are still behind?" ”

Pei Zilie hurriedly said: "The last general was about to report this matter, Boqing and Shizhong had already taken the rest of the soldiers and horses north to Zhangshan County, intending to cut off the road from Xiangyang to Jiangling in the south to buy time for attacking Jiangling. ”

"What?!" Xiao Maha's face changed slightly, and he immediately walked straight to the side of Yutu, his eyes fell on Zhangshan County, he had to admit that the points picked out by these young hairy boys were really tricky, this Zhangshan County guarded the nearest road from Xiangyang to Jiangling, as long as Wei Chi Yuan wanted to go south, he had to go from here.

But with more than 2,000 people defending an empty city, facing an army that is likely to be ten times their size, what is the difference between this and sending them to death? Xiao Maha immediately said coldly: "Isn't this nonsense?!" Why don't you stop them?! ”

Deter? Pei Zilie's face was bitter, with the temperament of Xiao Shilian and Li Xinchen, even if he really wanted to stop it, he couldn't stop it, not to mention that Pei Zilie was also very in favor of this plan, but he didn't catch it when he caught the lot.

"Shizhong and Bo Qingyan should take the general as an example and do what the general did when he galloped across the field, and Bo Qing is brave and Shizhong is resourceful, the two of them cooperate together, they will inevitably advance or retreat, and the general does not need to worry too much." Pei Zilie said in a deep voice, "What's more, this Zhangshan County is located between Jiangling and Xiangyang, and it is a place where soldiers must fight, and only by cutting off Zhangshan County can Wei Chi Yuan be hindered, so the last general thinks that there is nothing wrong with advancing like this!" ”

Pei Zilie has always been a person who has something to say, when he broke through outside Luliang, even if Xiao Maha was already in charge of the army, Pei Zilie still dared to question him face to face Wu Mingche's whereabouts, and now he naturally did not hesitate to answer this question.

Xiao Maha sighed softly, Xiao Shilian and Li Xinchen are very similar to his style back then, not to mention that there were 2,000 people at the beginning, even if Xiao Maha only had more than ten personal guards around him, he still dared to rush into the enemy's army, and this kind of thing was not done once or twice.

The Southern Chen army was able to break through the Northern Qi defense line and later the Yuwen Xin army in the early stage of the Battle of Luliang, all of which relied on Xiao Maha's bravery.

Now that he is the main general, he is beginning to hesitate more. Looking at Pei Zilie at the moment, Xiao Maha nodded: "You are in such a hurry to come over, it must not only be for the sake of Uncle Chen's practicability, but also to guard the lonely city with 2,000 soldiers, it is too risky, so let's send another 5,000 soldiers and horses to you first, and go north to support Zhangshan County lightly." ”

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"Shimayi, it's Shimayi!" On the empty street of Zhangshan County, a Northern Zhou Sentinel who was carefully riding his horse forward to search was the first to spot the enemy who suddenly appeared at the other end of the street, and he couldn't help but exclaim.

And before he could finish his sentence, an arrow had already whizzed and pierced his chest. Several Nanchen scouts came out of the alley, beckoned to the main force over there, and immediately continued to run forward.

Zhangshan County is actually not big, after all, it is only a small county town, and it cannot be compared with Xiangyang, Jiangling and other important border towns. And this Zhangshan County was actually the land that Western Liang obtained from the Northern Zhou Dynasty when he asked the Northern Zhou Dynasty to expand its territory as the foundation of the country.

It's just that Xiliang was originally a small country, and in order to prevent Nanchen from being even more reckless and strong in the wilderness over the years, the whole country has spent all its energy to build a defense line around Jiangling, where is there still time to manage these surrounding states and counties?

What's more, the Northern Zhou Dynasty will not be so generous, these states and counties seem to be not small, but in fact they are all war-torn places, most of the residents in the city are either going south or north, basically there are few people, and the government warehouse is even more empty, so after Xiliang took over these states and counties, it was even more regarded as chicken ribs, and it could only be left to be deserted in this way, only a few officials in the city were responsible, and the rest of the army and government were all indebted.