Several large battalions of the Chuzhou army stationed inside and outside Liyang City were agitated like water dripping into a pot of boiling oil before noon.

The camp is full of swords and guns, and the flags are hunting.

Seeing that Wang Wenqian, who rushed back from Yangxian, had a white cloth wrapped around his forehead, and blood seeped out, Zhao Zhen asked with concern: "Lord Wang, what's the matter with you?" ”

"The horse ran too fast, and the car overturned on the rocks, but fortunately the people were fine." When Yin Peng learned the news of the Chishan Army's movements, he and Wang Wenqian were in Yangxian, and they rushed to Liyang all the way non-stop, and they suffered a lot of hardships on the way.

Last time he rode a fast horse, Wang Wenqian's thigh meat was ground to blood, and he was injured for almost a month, this time Yin Peng specially put on a carriage to make Wang Wenqian a little more comfortable, but he didn't want Wang Wenqian to urge the groom to speed up all the way, and the wheels and stones overturned, but fortunately he only broke his forehead and was not seriously injured.

Wang Wenqian didn't care about saying that there were some of these things, and asked Zhao Zhen: "What news is coming back from the direction of Langxi?" ”

"There are 6,000 foot soldiers and 500 cavalry in the first capital of the Chishan Army, and there is no change in Nantang Village, but the 9,000 foot soldiers in the second capital, the guard battalion and more than 200 cavalry around Han Qian have all been pushed to Langxi City in the afternoon, and yesterday afternoon, Gu Zhilong didn't know what happened, and suddenly led the guards of the Ya Army to leave Langxi and return to Xuancheng," Zhao Zhen quickly retold the letter that was gathered to him at this time, and quickly retold it to Wang Wenqian, "At this time, in Honglinbu, south of Langxi City, That is, at the post road pass connecting Xuancheng and Langxi between Magu Mountain and Shifo Mountain, and at Baima Chong, ten miles north of Honglinbu, our horse exploration found that there were more than 1,000 generals of the Chishan Army......"

"Although I don't know why Gu Zhilong suddenly left Langxi with his personal guards, Han Qian must attack Langxi City so that he can take root in Guangde and Langxi!" Wang Wenqian saw that the whole army was ready to dispatch in the camp, and said to Zhao Zhen, "General Zhao, no matter what, you must lead your troops to break through the blockade of the Chishan Army on the front line of Nantangzhai, and you must not ask Han Qian to take Langxi City!" Otherwise, the situation on the southern front will be ruined! ”

Zhao Zhen knew how much pressure the southern front would face next after Langxi City fell to the Chishan Army, but he thought of another possibility and asked hesitantly: "Lord Wang has sent people to Langxi several times to see that Gu Zhilong has been rejected from the city, will Gu Zhilong have already secretly defected to Yueyang, and what kind of trap has he set with Han Qian waiting for us to step in?" ”

Gu Zhilong inexplicably led his relatives to leave Langxi City, and Han Qian unexpectedly went to gnaw on Langxi's hard head, how could Zhao Zhen not worry that it might be a trap for Han Qian and Gu Zhilong to lead them into?

According to Zhao Zhen's meaning, they should wait for the Chishan Army and the Xuanzhou Army to kill in Langxi City, and confirm that there is no fraud before considering sending troops.

"Gu Zhilong waited for the price and sold it at this time, he had no reason to rush to conspire with the Chishan Army to earn us seven or eight thousand soldiers and horses at this time," Wang Wenqian said categorically, "You and I led the troops out of Liyang, and before arriving at Nantang Village, it was almost dusk, and when Han Qian really attacked Langxi City or fake Langxi City, there would be definite news coming back from the front of the horses!" We must not sit and wait in Liyang and waste half a day, then no one will have the situation evolve in which direction! ”

Zhao Zhen thought about it, he really had to wait for the exact news in Liyang City before leading his troops out of the city, and he would have to delay for half a day. As for the Chishan Army, it was possible to take Langxi City, where Gu Zhilong and his descendants were transferred out, in more than half a day.

At that time, if they want to attack the Chishan Army, which has Langxi City to defend, it will be much more difficult.

After the Jinling Incident, Gu Zhilong devoted himself to Langxi City as the northern gateway of his Xuanzhou to operate, and the reserves of grain and armor were extremely abundant.

Thinking about how strong the Chishan Army with 30,000 soldiers would be after surviving the most difficult moment, Zhao Zhen's heart felt a chill.

That may directly mean that their strategy since crossing the river has failed, and they may be forced to retreat to the north of the Yangtze River.

Zhao Zhen didn't dare to have the slightest slackness, and immediately sent an order to go down, and the battalion army would immediately set aside the camp and advance south along the official road to reinforce Langxi, so that Han Qian's plot could not succeed.

Wang Wenqian changed to a carriage and went with the army.

"How could Gu Zhilong make such a fatal mistake?" Although Yin Peng also believed in Wang Wenqian's judgment, he was puzzled as to why Gu Zhilong suddenly took the guards of the Yanya Army away from Langxi and what happened in Xuancheng.

Whether Langxi City has Gu Zhilong's tooth army guards or not, the degree of defense can be said to be a world of difference.

Yin Peng really doubted that without Gu Zhilong's tooth army guards, Langxi City would be better able to carry than Shangjiabao under the strong attack of the Chishan army.

"How do I know?" Wang Wenqian spread his hands and said, anxiously looking at the mountains to the south.

Fortunately, this question did not entangle Wang Wenqian, Zhao Zhen, and Yin Peng for too long, and Gu Zhilong sent a messenger asking for help to fight a bloody way out of the blockade of the Chishan Army, came to Wang Wenqian, and presented Gu Zhilong's letter asking for help.

"This son is so ruthless!"

Seeing Gu Zhilong explain the reason in the letter, Wang Wenqian, Zhao Zhen, and Yin Peng all gasped, they couldn't understand why Gu Zhilong left Langxi City so easily, and they didn't expect that Han Qian would use his grandfather, second uncle, and others as bait to transfer Gu Zhilong, a tiger, to leave the mountain.

"The Chishan army stationed in Nantang Village has all come out of the village to line up, what are we going to do?" At this time, the forward general sent someone to beat the horse back to report.

"Kill it!" Zhao Zhen said without hesitation.

Since the garrisons of Nantangzhai have all gone out of the village to form a formation, they have no way to bypass it, and they can only defeat the Chishan army guarding Nantangzhai in order to open up the channel to reinforce Langxi City and meet the Xuanzhou soldiers.

Speaking of hatred, the Chuzhou army had more than 2,000 elite cavalry and nearly 3,000 sturdy war horses lost in Han Qian's hands before and after the southern front, otherwise, they gathered three or four thousand elite cavalry but they could bypass the interception of the defenders of Nantangzhai at a faster speed and rush directly to the outside of Langxi City.

Of course, in any case, this battle must be fought and won.

Since the Jinling Incident, the Chuzhou Army has sent people to contact Gu Zhilong many times, but Gu Zhilong has always been ambiguous and sold at a price.

If this battle can be won, not only can Han Qian's conspiracy be thwarted, not only can the Chishan army be severely damaged, but also Gu Zhilong's subordination will be won, and the situation since the Chuzhou army crossed the river will take a big step forward again after this battle.

Their reinforcements from Jintan, Danyang, and Yangyang will take a day to a day and a half to reach the battlefield, but even if the Huzhou soldiers do not move, the soldiers and horses of the Chishan Army on the Eastern Front will have to drag on for a day and a half or even longer to reach the battlefield.

On the battlefield at the western foot of Jieling Mountain, the Chishan Army is only 65,600 people, even if the Chishan Army is the first elite, but no matter how elite it is, it is extremely limited, after all, there are only more than 1,000 old soldiers, and the other generals have only gone through the experience of one or two bloody battles, and even half of them are fighting with long bamboo poles and simple rattan shields.

And behind Zhao Zhen, there are 8,000 elite Chuzhou troops.

As long as he no longer looks at the end of the battle like Shangjiabao, and is finally taken advantage of by Han Qian, Zhao Zhen believes that he dares to risk his life to fight this time, and the odds of victory cannot be low.

Zhao Zhen was also like a chicken blood at this moment, and asked Wang Wenqian to stay in the rear to supervise the formation, and he took 4,000 soldiers and horses of the Chinese army, and after meeting with the forward department, he wanted to personally beat the war drums to launch an attack on the defenders of Nantangzhai.

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The battle on the south side of Honglinbu was the first to be fought.

Honglinbu was originally located between Langxi and Xuancheng a rather important town, is the necessary place between Xuanshe and Huhang, and the paper and stone inkstone produced by Honglinbu are quite famous, marketing Huhang, Surun and other places, the local commerce and trade are extremely prosperous and rich, but the surrounding mountains are undulating, robbers are infested, large families then pay money, and recruit 300 township soldiers to train anti-theft all year round.

Zhao Wuji led 400 cavalry to the south side of Honglinbu in the early morning, more than 300 villagers in Honglinbu were frightened, but they couldn't figure out the situation, and they didn't dare to go out in the town.

By noon, more than 300 horsemen galloped from the valley road at the southwest foot of Shifo Mountain to attack Zhao Wuji's defense line that they had temporarily established in front of the pass.

"All of them got on their horses and marched north to break through the Honglin Township soldiers. Han Donghu, you can't use a crossbow, but remember that we only have a stick of incense to kill the villagers in Honglinbu! Zhao Wuji took the Tuomu bow from behind him, held it horizontally in front of him, and shouted.

Zhao Wuji completely ignored the Xuanzhou soldiers who were clearing the obstacles in the pass in the south, and ordered all the 400 cavalry who had rested for half a day and recovered some strength to get on their horses and fight.

They have no conditions to fight a defensive war, and the obstacles such as antlers and horses made in half a day are filled into the pass, which can't stop much time - although there are only more than 300 Xuanzhou soldiers from the south, as long as Gu Zhilong is not willing to give up such an important bargaining chip as Langxi, more and more Xuanzhou soldiers will soon be killed from the south, and then they can easily hold the big shield and move forward while clearing these obstacles.

At this time, if they formed a formation to fight a defensive battle, in addition to guarding against the enemy army in front of them from breaking through, they also had to resist the attack launched by the Honglinbu township soldiers from the north, and the taste of being attacked by the enemy on their backs would be even more uncomfortable.

And once a stalemate is formed, they only have more than a thousand foot soldiers from the north to reinforce in a short time, while Gu Zhilong can transfer seven or eight thousand soldiers and horses from Xuancheng - how long can they hold on to it at that time, and can they support it until the moment when the main force of the third capital captures Langxi City?

It is necessary to use the sharpest means to take advantage of a little time difference to break through the Honglinbu Township soldiers and Xuanzhou soldiers who have been attacked from the north and south, and then defend the pass, so that it may be slightly easier.

Honglinbu township soldiers saw that the number of Chishan troops who entered the southern pass in the early morning was not large, and at this time, there were a large number of Xuanzhou soldiers from the south to kill, they launched an attack from the north, first, the Xuanzhou soldiers sent scouts to cross the mountains and ask them to cooperate with the attack, and second, they also thought that they could make a big bargain, where did they think that the Chishan army cavalry in the southern pass completely abandoned the Xuanzhou soldiers and cavalry who were marching north through the canyon in the south, and rushed towards them like a raging tide......