Lingling County, named after Shun Burial Nine Doubtful Mountain.

Shun "patrolled in the south, collapsed in the wilderness, and was buried in the south of the Yangtze River, which was Lingling".

Lingling Jiuzhi Mountain, the mountains are high and the water is less, the population is sparse, the hilly terrain is the majority, it took Pang Tong nearly ten days to enter the territory of Lingling from Wuling.

The people of Changsha, with Lü Meng as the acting head and Wen as the deputy regiment, had Yan Baihu, Ling Cao and other generals marched from the northeast of Lingling and took over the counties in Hengyang.

The two roads of soldiers and horses harvested, along the way counties have sacrificed the city, to the end of the first month, Lü Meng got the whole territory of Hengyang, Pang Tong reached Lingling City.

Liu Du led Jiang Wan, Xing Daorong and others to watch it in the city, only to see that the military horses were overwhelming, more than 20,000 people, in Lingling City, the county soldiers had already dispersed to the counties, leaving only four or five thousand defenders.

But at this time, Liu Du was not panicked, but asked Xing Daorong: "Daorong, Cheng Pujun, where have you gone?" ”

Xing Daorong said: "I have already passed Jiuzhi Mountain, and I am hiding in the mountain at this moment, and the last general has already made an appointment with him, as long as I hold it for three days, when the other army is tired, it will be killed, and the adults only need to wait for the other army to attack when it is chaotic." As for Lü Meng's soldiers and horses, if Pang Tong's main force is defeated, it will retreat without a fight. ”

Jiang Wan said: "My lord still can't be careless, it is said that the Chenhe Chamber of Commerce has many talents, and this Pang Tong has won the trust of Yang Xi, and he must have something extraordinary." ”

Liu Du disagreed.

"Who is Cheng Pu? In the early years, he fought with Sun Jian in the south and the north, and then followed Sun Ce to fight in Lujiang, Danyang, Wujun, Jiaozhou, and now he is guarding Guiyang. ”

Jiang Wan shook his head, the name of Pang Tong has some origins in Chenhe District in recent years, how can it be so simple.

In the Pang Tong battalion, more than ten battalion-level cadres were present, and there were no famous generals, except for the soldiers who guarded Wuchang before, but all of them were recruits last year.

Yang Xi knew Pang Tong's ability, and the allocation of some famous generals hindered him and directly let him dictate.

Sure enough, after Pang Tong looked at the sand table, he didn't ask about the plan, and directly began to order.

"Liu Du does not surrender, there must be something strange, in order to prevent ambushes, immediately order the special battalion to spread twenty miles to investigate, and any clues need to be reported!"

"The four gates of the southeast, northwest, and northwest were encircled separately, and after noon, the artillery battalion began to bombard, and no longer made any persuasion to surrender."

After arranging, Pang Tong quietly looked at the sand table, and a plan flashed faintly in his mind.

"Liu Du doesn't have many soldiers and horses, even if the people in the city help defend the city, it will collapse in ten days and a half months, with Liu Du's ability, it is impossible to think of it. It is resolute not to surrender, there must be foreign aid, and it must be Guiyang Chengpu's army. In this way, he can do his best in one battle and permanently solve the Jingnan problem for Gongzi. ”

After noon, Liu Du led the Lingling officials to the head of the city, thinking that Pang Tong was going to lead the army to call the battle, but he saw that there was no general in front of the army under the city, and he only saw Pang Zida's banner erected behind the army and horses from a distance, so he wondered: "Could it be that Pang Tong is besieging but not attacking, how much grain and grass does it consume with me?" ”

Xing Daorong said: "It must be an unavailable general in his army, according to the report of the spies, at this moment, Pang Tong's leaders are all newly recruited military horses, even those battalion-level generals are all student generals who have just graduated from Chenhe University, and they dare not fight, it is normal." ”

Liu Du nodded, relieved a lot, and said to Jiang Wan: "Gongyan! Are all the people in the city organized? This battle should be a bit difficult, but with the support of thousands of people, it is not difficult to hold on for only three days. ”

Jiang Wan said: "My lord, several big clans in the city have already organized their manpower, but there is no need to worry about the rear, and even a few families have taken the initiative to contribute some family members, there are two or three thousand people, ready to call at any time." ”

"Good! After this battle, each has a reward. ”

As soon as Liu Du's words fell, suddenly the sound of whistling in the enemy formation came, and before Liu Du could see it clearly, he heard a few loud bangs, and the city wall was inexplicably blown into several gaps.

Liu Du was shocked, and hurriedly asked about the situation left and right, but he didn't know what was going on, only to see the city head, howling one after another.

After a while, there was another roar, and the originally broken city wall exploded inexplicably, and the defenders ran away, all terrified.

On the other side, Pang Tong personally commanded.

"Artillery battalion, ready! Ignition! "The commander of the artillery battalion ordered.

Pang Tong shouted next to him: "Attention! Avoid the castle towers, don't blow up important people, save it for a lot of use! ”

The artillery battalion shelled several rounds and changed another round of manpower, because the sound was too loud, Yang Xi had a rule that the artillery battalion soldiers should be changed every five rounds, so as not to affect their hearing.

After only two rounds of such changes, the city wall was already in tatters, and even a section of the twenty or thirty-meter city wall had been blasted into slag.

"Thunder from the sky! Thunder from the sky! ”

The people in the city, who were about to help, saw a black ball falling from the sky and blowing up the city wall, and some people began to shout.

The bombardment continued, and suddenly some people in the city knelt down and cried: "It is not good to defend the city, and the heavens will punish you with thunder!" ”

For a while, the people knelt down one after another, crying and shouting.

When the defenders on the city wall heard this, they were already panicked, and they were even more panicked at the moment, and some even lost their weapons and ran to the city to dodge.

After three rounds, the city wall was broken, and there were few defenders left, only the city tower was still standing alone.

Liu Du only felt that God had made a big joke with him, which was really inexplicable.

Pang Tong ordered the bombardment to stop, and the army slowly marched forward.

Xing Daorong wanted to lead the troops to stop him, but when he looked back, only two guards were still behind him, and the military horses on the city wall died early, and they ran away, and there was no one left.

It wasn't until Pang Tong's thousands of military horses were close at hand that Liu Du reacted, but at this time, Pang Tong ordered and said: "The officials on the city tower are all tied up, but those who do not surrender will be killed on the spot!" ”

Liu Du was dreaming, Xing Daorong was about to struggle, and his hands were directly clasped, but Jiang Wan was honest, shook his head and sighed.

Jiang Wan stretched out his hands and was about to tie them up when Pang Tong appeared.

"Jiang Gongyan, the son explained, if you get Jiang Gongyan, you need to be polite, please come with me!"

Jiang Wan was originally calm, but at this time he was inexplicable.

His reputation is not obvious, but he is not a driver in a county, and he is young, only in his twenties, and he has never been out of the township, how can there be such a big and distant peak figure Yang Xi knows him, and he specially named him.

"Could it be that the last expedition to Wuling attracted its attention?" Jiang Wan felt a little strange in his heart.

Why Yang Xi deliberately explained that he would not hurt Jiang Wan, but it made sense. According to legend, Jiang Wan was born in Yijiawan on the bank of the Juanshui River, his background is not high, according to the composition, he should be a rich peasant, and the landlord is not counted, but later he worked hard and practiced martial arts, which is famous in the township.

This kind of poor talent, but can not be killed indiscriminately, this is the talent who can best understand Yang Xi's system, as long as it is done, it is a resolute supporter and executor.

And Jiang Wan also has two talented cousins, one is named Liu Min, and Jiang Wan are both well-known for their talents. Houguan to the left guard, General Yangwei, once assisted Fei Yi to repel the Wei army's 100,000 army, and sealed the Yunting Marquis.

The other is called Pan Jun, the word Chengming, an important minister of Wu State, an official to Taichang, the Marquis of Liu Yang, and once led the army to break the Wuxi barbarians.

Of course, these two are only thirteen or fourteen years old at this time, but they can start to develop education, which is a gifted person, a potential stock.

However, it was said that Pang Tong arranged Jiang Wan into his own account, put the others in prison, and began to prepare the next step.

Liu Du and Chengchi, for Pang Tong, are pediatrics, and there is no need to think about it, but when the army is marching and fighting, this bombardment has become a burden, and it is the real war to deal with Cheng Pu.