After a day and a night of hurrying, at noon the next day, Ling Xia and Luzhu Weng finally led the Thunder Legion into Hongya Province, because the wartime situation was urgent, so Gu Xiuyuan had ordered the people in the city to move inland, and now Hongya Province has become a military control area.

There are three defensive rings in front of the Gangyue Frontier, which are the irrigation ditch, the thistle array, and the trap area, and behind the three defensive rings is a stumbling horse formation and a horse trap, and countless stumbling horse piles have been built in the plain area of several square kilometers, with these traps, there is no need to worry about the cavalry charge of the Japanese invaders.

Behind the stumbling horse array is the city wall of Hongya Province, because of the special geographical location, the three provincial capitals of Hongya Province, Guishou Province and Bailian Province are just on the front line of the Eastern Theater of Operations.

After the war started, the Japanese soldiers pressed the border, Gu Xiuyuan personally sat in Hongya Province, the commander of Guishou Province was Luzhu Weng, and the commander of the battle in Bailian Province was Zhong Shenxiu, in addition, Gu Xiuyuan was responsible for the security of the left flank, and Zhong Shenxiu was responsible for the security of the right flank in the theater.

In view of the distance between the three provincial capitals, in order to be able to transmit all kinds of information in a timely manner, Lu Zhuweng organized a general command army, set up a stronghold every 100 miles, and transmitted information day and night.

The legion was placed in the nearby camp, and then Ling Xia and Luzhu Weng went to find Gu Xiuyuan, and after the two entered the command camp of the theater headquarters, they saw five people standing inside, according to the armor on those people, Ling Xia was secretly surprised, these people turned out to be first-class military marshals.

The reason why Ling Xia was surprised was because it was rare to see a first-grade martial marshal, and those martial marshals at the level of the commander of the general army were only second-grade, and in his impression, only Nangong Xiongba, Xia Yuanxiao, Peng Tiangang, and the original four martial arts commanders of Wuyingdian were the rank of Zhengyipin.

Ling Xia was surprised, those people looked even more shocked after seeing Ling Xia, stunned for a moment, they collectively stepped forward to say hello, and exchanged a few words, Ling Xia realized that those people were a little familiar, with the introduction of Luzhu Weng one by one, Ling Xia realized that these five people were the governor of the territory.

The five of them are Kong Yikong, Lu Jianxing, Pan Futian, Ruan Moxuan, Zhen Long, when the first emperor was alive, these five people went to the imperial capital to celebrate his birthday as the governor of the territory, and when the Hongde rebellion occurred, these five people were also present, and it is because of this that the five of them knew Ling Xia.

Kong Yikong's five people were originally from the prince's camp, among which Lu Jianxing was the governor of Hong Kong and Yuejiang, all five of them were proficient in the art of war and strategy, and those who could fight well under the prince's command were the first to recommend these five people, so they were naturally entrusted with important tasks, and they jointly assisted Gu Xiuyuan to defend the Eastern Theater.

It can be said that the reason why Zhongyuan Sakurako's mid-lane army has been unable to move forward is of course related to Zhongyuan Sakurako's cannibalization plan, but it is undeniable that there is also the factor that Kong Yikong's five people work together to assist Gu Xiuyuan.

This morning, the Japanese changed their previous feint tactics and advanced their troops in a straight line, and now the Japanese have advanced their forward troops in front of the stumbling horse formation, only six or seven miles away from the city wall.

If the Wako advanced half further, the wall would be in trouble, because that distance was already within the range of the catapults, and although there were catapults in the walls, as the defenders of the city, they were reluctant to engage in a catapult battle with the enemy unless they had to.

Now that the Japanese are already in the city, the soldiers on the front line who are responsible for resisting the enemy army are already a little overwhelmed, so Gu Xiuyuan thinks that he should take the initiative to attack and wipe out the enemy's vanguard while the reinforcements of Gangning Ichiro have not yet arrived.

However, Kong Yikong did not approve of this plan, they felt that it was too risky to take the initiative to go out of the city, if they went out of the city to meet the enemy, they had to clear the stumbling horse piles and other traps in front of the city gate, which was equivalent to helping the enemy pave the way, once the enemy's cavalry took the opportunity to charge, the consequences were unimaginable.

The two sides argued for a long time and couldn't make up their minds, and finally they turned their gaze to Ling Xia, Gu Xiuyuan looked at him with a frown: "What do you think?" ”

"Me?" Ling Xia didn't expect that they would ask for his opinion, the last time he was called into the Northern Theater, although Nangong Xiongba and Mr. Dongfang received him, but in the end they sent him a task to defend the city, and now Gu Xiuyuan, these military marshals, would actually ask for their own opinions, which made him a little surprised.

"I'm now the commander of the fourth grade, how can I be qualified to dictate the war." Ling Xia shook his head and did not answer Gu Xiuyuan's words directly.

"Ling Xia, if you say that, you'll see the outside." At this time, Lu Zhuweng spoke up: "We have all heard of your military talents, the current situation is in crisis, don't shirk it, we didn't treat you as an outsider, I hope you don't shirk the responsibility on your shoulders, we can't lose this battle." ”

Hearing Luzhu Weng say this, Ling Xia fell into deep thought, hesitated for a moment, he walked to the sand table, and while carefully observing the position, he said softly: "Then I'm not welcome, may I ask everyone, how many people are in the vanguard of the enemy army?" What class is it? ”