"Then come here, and I'll ask you. The soldiers of Chu who increased their troops in Yuanjiang City looked like new soldiers or old soldiers? But after all, he was promoted by order in danger, so although Leon was terrified at this time, his basic sanity was still there.

Because he also knew that the Chu army was training the new army in Wuling not long ago.

So if the additional troops are all some new troops, then let alone 5,000 people, even if all the 30,000 new troops in Wuling come, he Leon is not afraid.

After all, the combined training time of those new pawns is less than a month, and in such a short time, it is estimated that they will not even be able to learn the most basic flags on the battlefield. Even if they all came to Yuanjiang City, they would not dare to take the initiative to attack him.

Then the purpose of these new troops coming to Yuanjiang City is nothing more than that the Chu army wants to use this method to put pressure on him.

But if it is not a new soldier but an old soldier who comes to help, then he Leon must also issue an order for martial law in the whole city and prepare for a hard battle with the Chu army.

"This ...... According to the subordinates, the black-clothed thieves who came to help in the past two days had a neat and unified military formation and high morale, and they didn't look like recruits who had only been trained for a month. But there is a kind of momentum of a hundred battles, which makes people tremble when they look at it from afar. ”

"This, could it be said that the King of Chu is going to launch an all-out attack on Tianlin Road so early. But now at this time, it is the busy season of farming, and they have just occupied Jiangxia at the beginning of the year, how can they recover their spare strength so quickly. This, this doesn't make sense! ”

Hearing the words of the scout under the tent, Leon frowned deeply, and said so self-consciously, but he felt a little puzzled.

Forget it, whether it's a recruit or a veteran, I'll know if I go and see it for myself. If the Chu army were to launch a full-scale attack on Tianlin Road so early, it would not be enough to increase the number of troops by only three or five thousand, and they would definitely increase their troops again.

Thinking so secretly in his heart, Leon looked at the north with his hand in his hand, and he also made up his mind.

……

Early the next morning, on a hidden dirt slope where the scouts under Leon's tent often used to investigate the movements of Yuanjiang City, the leader of Yiyang Prefecture, Wanhu Leon, couldn't help but dress up as a pawn today, and came here with more than ten elite soldiers.

"General, the reinforcements that the black-clothed thieves came to the first two days will only arrive in the afternoon, and the hour is still early, why don't you rest first."

Scout Baihu looked at Leon who didn't blink his eyes, and couldn't help lying next to his general, and said with such concern.

But in this regard, Leon just waved his hand to indicate that he was fine. When the scout saw this, he didn't say anything anymore, but looked around from time to time with a pair of eyes, guarding for his general.

Going deep into the enemy territory to find out the news, this kind of thing sounds legendary, but what Leon and they are doing at this time is boring and difficult.

After all, in such a situation, they can't just talk casually, and they can't walk around and make a fire without permission. Therefore, at this time, Leon and the others just had dry food that was not delicious at all, and waited in this place for several hours.

"Look, General, the fleet is coming!" A scout with good eyes was the first to discover the Chu army fleet from Wuling City, so he couldn't help but point at his own general, Leon.

And Leon looked in the direction pointed by the scout's finger at this time, and he couldn't help but see a fleet of ships slowly heading in the direction of Yuanjiang City.

"Very well, they're starting to disembark." A pair of eyes were fixed on the approaching fleet, and then when he saw the soldiers on this fleet began to disembark one after another, Leon's heart couldn't help but speed up the beat.

"This ......" A pair of eyes stared closely at the approaching fleet, watching the soldiers who disembarked from the ship quickly and orderly assemble on the shore under the command of their respective generals, and Leon's originally soothing hands couldn't help but clench into fists.

"Now, listen to my military orders, the goal is Yuanjiang City, and the whole army will set off and enter the city!" After the two thousand Chu soldiers and soldiers assembled, a thousand households on a war horse shouted and gave the order to set off, not noticing that there were still people secretly watching them on a hidden dirt slope.

As for the more than 2,000 Chu soldiers who quickly assembled, when they heard the Qianhu officials on their horses shouting and giving the order to enter the city. It was also a long queue, neat and orderly, and rushed towards Yuanjiang City not far away.

"Damn, these people must be old pawns of the black-clad thieves. Now that the black-clad thief's pawn training has been less than a month, it is impossible for them to train the recruit to this level! On the hidden dirt slope, Leon secretly observed, and then couldn't help but make a resolute judgment, and hurriedly left this place and returned to Yiyang Prefecture to report the matter.

But unfortunately, his judgment and the real facts at this time are obviously at odds with each other.

But, he can't be blamed for that. After all, who let Chu Jun's training plan be formulated by Zhang Shihua himself. So when he saw this recruit who was used by Zhao Jian as a trick, Leon was really fooled.

In fact, the new troops that Zhao Jian is training now, at this time, are just neatly arranged. In Zhang Shihua's words, this group of recruits is completely a group of vases, which are of no other use except for being good-looking.

And then, sometimes something just like that. This new recruit, who only has the role of a vase, has successfully deceived the eyes of the leader of Yiyang Prefecture. And let "seeing is believing" confirm that his Yiyang Prefecture is the number one target of the Chu army.

At this time, a group of recruits easily deceived the leader of Yiyang Prefecture. Then on the side of Xiangyin Prefecture, facing the real elite of the Chu army, Wanhu, the leader of Xiangyin Prefecture, was naturally frightened by Zhao Wei's methods at this time.

At this time, he even sent a letter of help to Chang and Sha, saying that the black-clothed thief was menacing, and once he came south, it was very likely that his soldiers and horses would not be able to resist it.

In this way, the plan that Zhang Shihua and Zhao Ziyu had previously formulated was naturally realized almost perfectly at this time.

Then on the day of the beginning of May of the fifteenth year of Zhizheng, Zhang Shihui led nearly 12,000 soldiers and horses under his command and reorganized 8,000 troops, a total of 20,000 troops to the north of Tianlinlu. The Tianlin side of the road can't help but have a feeling of being embattled.

It is the southernmost part of Tianlin Road, Hengshan, Youzhou, and Liling Prefecture, which were easily taken by Zhang Shihui.

The whole process went smoothly and it was not like attacking the city, but like an armed march on one's own territory.

However, as Zhang Shihui led the army to continue to go north, after the panic, Chang and Sha also made some reactions.

For example, order all the road governments south of Tianlin Road to come north to support, and order other states, counties, and stations within the territory of Tianlin Road to hold their territory.

But this kind of nonsense order that has no practical meaning is obviously of little use, especially the one given to other road governments.

After Zhang Shihui completely cut off the connection between Tianlin Road and the south, such an order could not leave Tianlin Road at all, and it was intercepted by Zhang Shihui and them.

Therefore, at this time, even though Chang and Sha were anxious, at this time, they could only watch Zhang Shihui lead the army to approach little by little.

Of course, in this process, Chang and Sha naturally also asked for help from Jiang and Xixing provinces in the west, and planned to mobilize all the soldiers and horses stationed in Yiyang Prefecture and Xiangyin Prefecture to Chang and Shacheng to defend Changsha, the seat of governance.

But at this time, going to Jiangxi and Xi for help obviously had no result.

After all, the Yuanmeng court clearly stipulated that there was no central order, and the army of the province could not leave the province without permission under any circumstances. With the resurgence of the Tianwan Army into Jiangxi at the beginning of the year, it has long made Jiangxi Youcheng burn your head. In the current Jiangxi Province, the rebels in their own territory have not been wiped out, let alone supporting their neighbors at this time.

As for the transfer of some of the soldiers and horses from Yiyang Prefecture and Xiangyin Prefecture to the south, this is indeed a good way.

But when the authorities have developed to this point, the Chang and Sand sides want to mobilize the troops and horses of these two places in a word, do you think it is still possible?

In such an era, no one who can become a general in charge of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses will be an idiot.

Now anyone can see that Tianlinlu fell into the hands of the Chu army, but it was just a matter of time. In this way, these generals, who have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in their hands, can still have some loyalty to the bosses of Chang and Sha.

Therefore, the order issued by Changsha at this time not only failed to mobilize the troops of the two places, but also caused the leader of Xiangyin Prefecture, He Sanzhu, to directly send an envoy to the Chu army to respectfully surrender the table.

In the table, this He Sanzhu He Wanhu not only expressed his willingness to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, but also said that he could "drive the king". Of course, at this time, He Sanzhu also put forward a little "small request" of his own. Therefore, he and Chu Jun are still in the stage of bargaining.

And the leader of Yiyang Prefecture, Wan Hu Leon, at this time, although he did not have such a knowledge of current affairs as He Sanzhu He Wanhu. But judging from his disobedience to the order, it is obvious that he has also given birth to a wavering heart and has the idea of sitting and watching.

Therefore, in such a situation, it only took half a month for Zhang Shihui to lead the army to break the four cities of Hengshan, Youzhou, Liling Prefecture, and Xiangtan Prefecture, and go all the way north to the outside of Chang and Shacheng.

Changsha City, compared with some friends who are familiar with history and local residents of Changsha and Changsha, also know that in ancient times, Changsha and Sha were most famous for its system of one city and two counties.

And this so-called one city and two counties is along its east and west gates, and this city is divided into two halves at once. The northern half of the city is Chang and Sha County, and the southern half of the city is Shanhua County.

But Zhang Shihui doesn't care about this. Now he is just thinking about occupying this ancient city, and everything else is not in his consideration.

"Come on, tell me about Ye Ziming, all those people are called, I have something to order." After coming to Chang and Shacheng outside, after building a camp for the army on a high slope in the south of the city that is convenient for water access and relatively flat terrain, Zhang Shihui sat in the big tent of the Chinese army, and couldn't help but give such an order.

Hearing his words, his guards hurriedly obeyed the order, and they couldn't help but retreat quickly.

"Wait for the last general, meet the general!" A moment later, Ye Ziming and the other five generals quickly came to the big tent of the Chinese army. After entering the big tent of the Chinese army, these people couldn't help but immediately kneel on the ground and respectfully saluted Zhang Shihui.

"All right, get up, all of you." Although he looks down on this group of generals from the bottom of his bones, he still needs them to help now, and he will not show his disgust to them. So when he saw them salute, Zhang Shihui, whose face was as pale as water, couldn't help waving his hand and signaling them to be exempt from courtesy.

"General Xie!" In this regard, Ye Ziming and the other five people thanked each other before they dared to get up from the ground.

"Tomorrow, General Ben will prepare to attack Changsha City. And now, there are more than 10,000 soldiers in Changsha City. Our army has the advantage of strength, and the momentum is like a rainbow, and it is easy to take this city. Therefore, when the siege of the city is to-morrow, you will be the vanguard.

General Bai Xibai and I will press for you. At that time, I hope that you will do your best not to ruin the prestige of my Chu army. Wait, do you understand? ”

"The last general will understand! The last will wait for tomorrow to do his best, and death will not be whirled! Although Ye Ziming knew that Zhang Shihui was simply used as cannon fodder, the situation had evolved to this point, even if they were given ten more guts, they would not have the heart to fight back again.

Therefore, for Zhang Shihui's order, Ye Ziming and the five agreed without thinking about it.

In this regard, Zhang Shihui couldn't help but nod with satisfaction. Then he patiently encouraged them two sentences, made certain promises for them, and after mobilizing their passions, he waved them to retreat.

……

Early the next morning, the deafening sound of war drums sounded again outside Chang and Shacheng.

And with the earth-shattering sound of war drums, the thousands of soldiers outside the city who had just surrendered to the Chu army couldn't help but organize an offensive formation, and under the cover of catapults, they carried ladders and pushed tall chariots to attack Chang and Shacheng not far away.

"Archer, lead the string, prepare, release the arrow!" Looking at the enemy troops surging like a tide, Wei Liang, the deputy envoy of the Propaganda Department of Chang and Shacheng, roared, and more than 5,000 pairs of bows and crossbows made a loud sound, and the arrows like rain couldn't help but rush into the enemy group.

"Whoosh~Whoosh~~Ah! Yes!! With the sound of arrows breaking through the air, the screams also rang out. These new subordinate armies did not have the sophisticated equipment of the Chu army, and the number of casualties in this wave of arrows alone reached hundreds.