As soon as the corps walked out of the northern theater of operations, the outside world had already learned that Ling Xia sent troops to support Xu Zhoujiang, and saw that Ling Xia was willing to send troops to resist the Japanese invaders, and the people along the way were also happy to see off all the way, and everyone was praising Ling Xia's heroic deeds against the Japanese invaders.

Because Ling Xia's team was too big to hide his travels, all forces also found out about Ling Xia's traces and marching routes, and even some people paid close attention to Ling Xia every day, recording every move of Ling Xia's regiment in detail, such as Xia Yuanjie and Zhen Guogong and others, and Ling Xia didn't bother to hide it, allowing those people to secretly inquire about his whereabouts and movements.

Gangning Yilang also knew about Ling Xia leading troops to help, so he intensified his attack on Xu Zhoujiang, and attacked the city day and night with catapults, black oil, fire bullets, bows and crossbows, and Japanese robbers, but Nangong Xiongba and Zhuge Yiyan have been guarding the border gate since they learned that Ling Xia led troops to help, and the death squads counterattacked one after another, which simply blocked Gangning Yilang's offensive.

A month later, Xu Zhoujiang, the military garrison of the Japanese Invaders.

"Marshal, just now the Fifth Army has climbed the city wall, but in less than half a cup of tea, the city wall was recaptured by the battle guards, and the last general wants to capture Xu Zhoujiang before Ling Xia's reinforcements arrive, but the fighting spirit of the war guards is too strong, they are simply not afraid of death, with the current situation, a strong attack is not the best policy." The general in charge of the front-line command came to Ichiro Minato to report on the military situation.

"Let's push Xu Zhoujiang too hard, so those battle guards will not be afraid of death." With a sigh of emotion, Gang Ning Ichiro turned his head and instructed the adjutant general: "Let the troops fighting on the front line slow down the offensive, if you want to break the city, you must first release the sharpness of the battle guards, Ling Xia's reinforcements are still marching in the Western Theater at this time, it will take at least a month to come here, and we still have plenty of time." ”

When the military order of Gangning Ichiro was conveyed, the Japanese outside Xu Zhou immediately changed their siege strategy, and with the sharp decrease in the Japanese offensive, the pressure in Xu Zhou Xinjiang was also reduced, which was a good thing, but Nangong Xiongba couldn't laugh, because he found that the fighting spirit of the soldiers of the Battle Guard Army also began to weaken, and the sharp spirit that was originally condensed in the soldiers was gradually dissipating.

Gangning Ichiro is counting Ling Xia's days, Nangong Xiongba is also calculating Ling Xia's itinerary, this month's hard resistance, Xu Zhoujiang's strength has been reduced by half, because the warriors and retired soldiers who volunteered to join the army have been requisitioned, in order to keep Xu Zhoujiang, Nangong Xiongba had no choice but to start to catch the strong men, and recruit the young and strong laborers in the territory to the military camp to resist the Japanese invaders.

Time passed day by day, ten days passed in the blink of an eye, Ling Xia had been marching day and night for more than forty days, at this moment he had marched to the border of the Western Theater of Operations, according to this speed, as long as there were about twenty days left, Ling Xia's reinforcements would rush to Xu Zhoujiang, just when Ling Xia was about to enter the boundary of the Southern Theater, something shocked Ling Xia and the world.

Taking advantage of the gap between Ling Xia and Zi Yanjiang, Xia Yuantu and Xia Yuanxiao actually gave up their respective opponents, they took Xia Yuanji's handwritten letter, and under the guise of supplementing medicine to treat wounded soldiers, they deceived Gu Xiuyuan, who was in charge of defending the city, and asked him to let go of Zi Yanjiang's moat drawbridge, and took the layout route of the city gate trap from Gu Xiuyuan, intending to capture the city gate when Gu Xiuyuan was unprepared.

Fortunately, Lu Zhuweng noticed the abnormality, and closed the city gate when Xia Yuanxiao was about to lead the troops into the city, seeing that the matter was exposed, Xia Yuanxiao and Xia Yuantu brothers showed their true colors, they took out Xia Yuanji's conquest order, and announced in public: On Xia Yuanji's order, the Purple Turban Army officially crusaded against Ling Xia and Xia Ning'er, in order to avenge Xia Yuanji's house arrest and seizure of power by Ling Xia and his wife that day.

As soon as Xia Yuanji's conquest order came out, Lu Zhuweng immediately announced that Zi Yanjiang had entered a state of preparation.