Zhang Xianzhong and others made up their minds, and immediately recruited young people in the city, forcibly attracted the people, and finally dispatched an army of 100,000 to the north from Tongchuan, preparing to attack Baoning Langzhong.

Zhang Xianzhong and others acted like this, and the sentinels outside the Baoning Mansion had already detected it, and immediately reported it to Gao Jie, the main general in the city.

It turned out that when Monk An decided to lead his troops east to attack Liu Jinzhong after the fall of Langzhong, after careful consideration, he decided to let Gao Jie lead the soldiers and horses of the second town B battalion to garrison Langzhong in order to protect the capital of Baoning.

And he himself personally commanded the A battalion and the C battalion, as well as the troops of Ma Yuanli and Sun Kewang, and attacked Liu Jinzhong in the east together, preparing to attack the east and west with the soldiers and horses of the 11th town of the Tang Army in the east, and wipe out the 50,000 soldiers and horses of Liu Jinzhong's army.

In order to ensure the safety of Langzhong, and at the same time, in order to march quickly, Monk An decided to leave all the artillery units in Langzhong and deploy them all at the head of the city, so that in case of changes, Gao Jie could better defend the city.

Gao Jie was stationed in Langzhong according to his orders, and at this time, the state towns around Langzhong, fearing the strength of the Tang army, asked for surrender one after another, so Gao Jie was able to greatly expand his territory, while urgently recruiting about 10,000 young men to garrison Langzhong and various Guizhou towns, and at the same time, he even put the sentinel cavalry far away to the junction of Baoning and Tongzhou.

It was precisely because Gao Jie had taken such measures in advance that those sentinels who were cruising on the border were able to discover the soldiers and horses of Zhang Xianzhong's troops who were coming in time, and they returned to Langzhong with their horses and reported to Gao Jie, the main general of the city.

Gao Jie was also shocked when he got such amazing news. After a number of sentinels returned and confirmed that the news was true, he immediately sent an envoy to the eastern front line to report to Monk An.

Two days later, Monk An, who had already rushed to the Bazhou area, received the news, and for a while, he was also surprised.

Of course, he knew that Zhang Xianzhong's troops led 100,000 people to the north, and the pressure on Gao Jie, who led the soldiers and horses of Battalion B to garrison Langzhong, must be extremely great, and if there was a loss, Battalion B and Langzhong would not be guaranteed.

If this happens, the Tang Army of the Second Town, which has been severely weakened, will have to retreat from Boryeong, and this attack on Boryeong Province will ultimately fall short in the future. Moreover, it is more likely that because of the loss of Boryeong Mansion, the original offensive plan of the Tang army was disrupted, and if you want to make a new advance, I am afraid that it will not be so easy.

However, if you retreat and return to Langzhong, the plan to attack Liu Jinzhong from both sides will be completely ruined, and Liu Jinzhong, who gets the news, will definitely flee with all his might. Then, whether they retreated back to Tongchuan or went to join Zhang Xianzhong's troops, it was an unacceptable defeat for themselves.

After all, there are endless troubles after letting the tiger return to the mountain, and such a decision is really difficult to make.

Monk An hesitated, pacing back and forth in the tent, and he really couldn't make up his mind for a while.

Just when he was thinking nervously in the tent about how to act and be safe, a personal soldier came to report that Sun Kewang was looking to see him outside the tent.

Monk An was stunned, he didn't expect that at this time, this Sun Kewang would come to see him. However, he immediately asked Sun Kewang to speak.

Sun Kewang got into the account, and he didn't make much false salutes, so he said to Monk An straight to the point: "Mayor An, I have received news that Zhang Xianzhong is now leading 100,000 soldiers and horses to attack the city of Baoning Mansion in the north. I wonder how Mayor Ann plans to respond. ”

Monk An frowned, and replied angrily: "Grandma, Zhang Xianzhong actually came to such a hand, I really didn't expect it." At present, it is still undecided whether our army will attack Liu Jinzhong or withdraw to Baolangzhong after an emergency. ”

As soon as Monk An finished speaking, Sun Kewang immediately said: "Mayor An, please forgive me for saying bluntly, the current our army can only go all out to advance Liu Jinzhong, and we must not withdraw to aid Langzhong." ”

Monk An was stunned when he heard this: "General Sun, why did you say this?" Could it be that if our army comes back to help, will it be the opposite? ”

Sun Kewang sighed lightly, and then said hurriedly: "Mayor An, now the whole army is united, thinking of attacking Liu Jinzhong's troops with all his might, winning the battle, and taking the entire Baoning Mansion." If the process is suddenly interrupted and the army is retreated, the morale of the army will be greatly damaged, and this is definitely not the situation that Mayor An wants to see. ”

Speaking of this, Sun Kewang lowered his voice and continued to Monk An: "And it is more likely that the morale is not high in the first place and those troops who were forced to fight with the Tang army. They are new to the world, and each of them is unstable in his mind. You can only go forward and take advantage of the victory, and you must not be in adversity, so that people's minds change. After receiving the news that Zhang Xianzhong's troops were coming to attack, there will definitely be quite a lot of people who are confused, and they may have the worry of mutiny on the way back to the army and even when they fight against Zhang Xianzhong. ”

Sun Kewang's words hit the most sensitive place in Monk An's heart, his brows became more and more furrowed, but he replied lightly: "General Sun, you have just surrendered to our army, why are you willing to say such words to this town so heartily?" ”

Sun Kewang seemed to have expected him to ask such a question, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, and replied: "Mayor An, I was the head of Zhang Xianzhong's righteous son, and this betrayal of the Tang Dynasty, it is estimated that Zhang Xianzhong wants to kill him alive." This time he led his troops to return to Shun, but the back road has been completely cut off, and there is no possibility of returning to the Great Western Kingdom, only in the next can only serve the Tang Army wholeheartedly, in order to regain fame and future, so that I have to do my best to make plans for the Tang Army, so as to do my duty. These words, loyalty can be dissected, and Mayor Wan Wang'an should not be suspicious. ”

Monk An smiled, walked over and patted Sun Kewang on the shoulder affectionately: "General Sun is too worried, An already knew that the general was loyal, so he joked." It's just that if you think that our army is going all out to attack Liu Jinzhong now, in case there is a change in Langzhong, and Gao Jie's troops can't resist Zhang Xianzhong's attack, then in such a situation, how should they act? ”

Sun Kewang's eyes were scorching, and he replied in a deep voice: "General An, this time to attack Liu Jinzhong, I don't dare to play a full package ticket." But in any case, if our army continues to attack Liu Jinzhong despite Zhang Xianzhong's approach, the possibility of victory should be extremely high. ”

"Oh, you can elaborate."

"Mayor An, now the soldiers and horses of our Tang Army, plus the troops of Xia and Ma Yuanli, have a total of more than 80,000 people, and Liu Jinzhong's troops only have more than 50,000 people, and they have to be stationed in Tongjiang and Tangshui, how can they confront our army head-on. What's more, this general will also lead his troops and horses to pretend to be the Great Western Army, if he can successfully deceive his trust, he can take it down in one fell swoop and end the battle. Even if this move is seen through by it, then we still have the soldiers and horses of the 11th Town of the Tang Army in the east, which can be jointly attacked with our army. It is more likely that Liu Jinzhong, in the case of inevitable defeat, will have no choice but to surrender as he did in Langzhong City on the next day to save his own lives and the lives of his soldiers. ”

Sun Kewang said this, paused slightly, and continued: "If Liu Jinzhong's troops are defeated or surrendered by our army, then our army's morale will definitely be like a rainbow, and all the troops will be stable. After our army gathers the rout and cleans up the battlefield, it can attack back with all its might, and Gao Jie, who is stationed in Langzhong, will be able to break Zhang Xianzhong's troops and horses. If you are lucky, it is very likely that you will kill this giant thief in battle and solve the Great Western Kingdom once and for all. ”

When Sun Kewang said this, Monk An had made up his mind, so he said loudly: "General Sun is right, there is no turning back when he opens the bow, and our army must not return halfway this time." Spread my order, after the whole army is dawn, go all out to attack the east, and we must completely defeat Liu Jinzhong's troops and wipe them all out! ”

"Order!"

Monk An's policy was set, and the whole army had no dissent, and the whole army was like a black tide rushing to Tongjiang, and after two days of trekking, it finally arrived dozens of miles outside Tongjiang City.

At this time, according to the previous plan, Monk An asked Sun Kewang to lead 2,000 cavalry, under the banner of the Great Western Kingdom, to lure Liu Jinzhong into taking the bait.

And he himself led the rest of the soldiers and horses, and ambushed here for the time being, waiting for Sun Kewang's news to come, and then making the next move.

At this time, the soldiers and horses of the eleventh town of the Tang Army have marched to the opposite side of the Xiaodang River, and the enemy army of Liu Jinzhong's army on the opposite bank is across the river, because the pontoon bridges on the river have been dismantled, so during this period of time, the soldiers and horses of the eleventh town of the Tang Army have been rushing to repair the pontoon bridges, preparing to cross the river to fight.

Liu Jinzhong, the commander of the Great Western Army, never expected that in addition to the soldiers and horses of the 11th Town of the Tang Army in front of him, there were a large number of soldiers and horses coming from behind, and such a situation was greatly unexpected by him.

"Have you ever seen clearly, where are the soldiers and horses who came later?" Liu Jinzhong shouted at the sentry horseman.

"General Yu, the person who came is Zhang Kewang, the king of Pingdong, who is leading more than 300 cavalry, coming from the west and asking to see General Liu." The sentry said hurriedly.

"Oh? How could there be such a thing? How could Sun Kewang only lead a few hundred cavalry to us? Liu Jinzhong looked suspicious, and asked again: "Then have you ever asked why they are here, and what is the appearance of each of them?" ”

"General Yu, King Pingdong and his entourage, all of them are dusty and dusty, with a panicked look, he only said to Zaixia, they are coming urgently from Langzhong, and they can't say much about the specifics, just want to meet the general quickly."

Liu Jinzhong was silent when he heard this, and a cold color flashed in his eyes, and he said: "In this case, let him enter the account to meet each other, but only he is allowed to enter the account, and the rest of the cavalry will be placed outside." ”

"Order!"

Sun Kewang, who was allowed to enter the meeting, heard the news that Liu Jinzhong was only allowed to enter the account alone, and his heart couldn't help but feel a pang.

Sun Kewang took a deep breath, and a grim expression welled up on his face. He knew that he had no way to retreat, so he had to move forward desperately and win in danger.

If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger!

Since he has changed his court to serve Tang Jun, he naturally has to work hard to win the first merit of this service, thinking that he is sincerely serving. At this moment, it is ready to be sent and has to be sent.

However, he quickly calmed down, and without saying anything, he followed the soldiers to Liu Jinzhong's tent.

After entering the account, Sun Kewang suddenly found that there were a lot of guards in the tent, and they all looked at each other with cold faces, and Liu Jinzhong, who was nominally his own subordinate, did not react to his own entry, but looked at the map on the wall with a cold face.

At this moment, Sun Kewang already understood everything.

His plan to raid and deceive Liu Jinzhong has completely failed.

Liu Jinzhong's gang must have received a messenger sent by Zhang Xianzhong, who conveyed to him the news that Ma Yuanli and himself had already surrendered to the Tang army. And it is estimated that he has been asked to lead his troops to urgently retreat to Tongchuan or Chengdu, so the current Liu Jinzhong is just planning to deceive him and arrest him smoothly.

In the entire Chinese army's big tent, there was no sound, and even a needle could be heard falling to the ground. But it is a sword and a sword, murderous, and full of an extremely depressing atmosphere.

Sun Kewang took a long breath, tried to control the agitation and uneasiness in his heart, and pretended to calmly walk slowly from this dangerous aisle to Liu Jinzhong, who was looking at the map on the wall.

About ten steps away from Liu Jinzhong, Sun Kewang stopped, and then said slowly: "General Liu, Sun is here, I really want to say something heartfelt to the general." ”

Hearing that Sun Kewang did not deceive himself as he expected, Liu Jinzhong also knew that Sun Kewang must have guessed that his plan had been exposed, so he didn't want to say anything nonsense, but went straight to the point and came to persuade him to surrender.

A cold look flashed on Liu Jinzhong's face, he turned around abruptly and scolded Sun Kewang: "Sun Kewang! Thanks to the emperor's trust in you, he recognized you as the head of the righteous son, and was crowned the king of Pingdong, but he didn't expect that if you didn't go well for a while, you would betray the lord and be ungrateful, and rebel against the old master! Until now, he is still colluding with the Tang Army, and now he is still with the Tang Army who wants to lure and hold the general hostage here! Ben Jiang is really blind, why didn't he see that you were such a ruthless and unrighteous wolf-hearted dog! Now it seems that you, a thief, are even more shameless, more shameless, more despicable, and more ungrateful than Ma Yuanli, who led the army to surrender to the Tang army! Zuo Liangyu scolded sharply, and the horizontal flesh on his face trembled.

Sun Kewang's heart was surging with bitterness, but he still tried to maintain a calm look on his face: "Alas! General Liu, I also have a lot of hardships in my heart for this incident, and it is really difficult to tell you all about them here. So far, I have done this, in the final analysis, just for self-preservation, but also for the whole army to not continue to die in vain. And General Liu, your current situation has been surrounded by the Tang army in front and back, even if you put on your wings, where can you escape? How worse are you than I was before? Therefore, I came to you this time, and I just hope that you can be like me, repent, and correct in time. In this way, you will not lose your official title and other rewards, and your soldiers will be able to survive because of this, and you will not be killed by swords. With all these benefits in front of you, why are you so stubborn, General Liu, and you are determined to fight the Tang Army to the end? ”

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