Now it's March, the weather is gradually warming, the earth is springing, everything is recovering, and the city of Changzhou on the shore of Taihu Lake and northeast of Nanshan Mountain has now been captured by Wu Yueguo's army.

The flag of Wu Yueguo was also planted all over the city of Changzhou, and the word was blown to the northwest.

Ding Deyu, the governor of the Song army, recently received news that the Jingshi naval army had moved south to Yangzhou. The next moment, for Ding Deyu and the Great Song Dynasty, now by attacking Li Congqing and supporting the name of Li Yu, the lord of the Tang Dynasty, the Song army set out from Yangzhou, then crossed the Yangtze River, landed from Runzhou, and then united with the Wu Yue army towards Jinling.

Ding Deyu said: "Now that our Great Song army has arrived in Yangzhou, it will not be long before the armies of our two countries converge and crusade against Li Congqing together." ”

Qian Yu said: "According to what the prison said." ”

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On the east and west sides of the Qinhuai River in March, the army had already assembled here and started a tug-of-war.

On the west side is Jinling's horses, infantry army and Shenwei water army, and on the east side is Lin Renzhao's army, since the first battle of Jurong, Lin Renzhao has advanced the battle line to the east side of the Qinhuai River, and his next purpose is to cross Zhongshan and go straight into Jinling City, Jiangning Prefecture.

In the camp on the east side, Lin Renzhao discussed the marching plan with the military tent at this moment, and the army outside the military tent was training soldiers and horses, and the whole battalion was full of enthusiasm.

"Lin Shuai, the battle ahead is urgent, this has been fought for more than half a month, our army has not yet taken the first line of the Qinhuai River, but there is an urgent report from the rear front, Wu Yue's army has captured Changzhou City, if it is combined with the Song army, I am afraid it will ......"

"I also know something about Wu Yueguo, and the top priority is to stop making peace, but Li Congqing stole the treasure, and now the people of the Tang Dynasty are suffering disasters, and the lord of the country has fallen to another country. I really don't know what to do, now I will enter Jinling first and kill Li Congqing. ”

"The last barrier to defend Jinling is near Zhongshan, so it's better to go directly to Zhongshan."

Lin Renzhao ordered: "Zhong Shan, quickly bring the marching map." ”

"Yes."

A scroll of maps had been lifted up by the sergeants and placed in front of the soldiers.

Lin Renzhao pinched his stubble, looked around, and said loudly: "This time, our army is going to make a big attack and go directly to Zhongshan." ”

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Outside Jinling City, not far from Zhongshan Mountain, is one of the four famous mountains in the south of the Yangtze River, has the reputation of "Jinling Yuxiu", Zhongshan is basically the place where the temples and mausoleums are located, it is the famous spot in Nanjing is the royal place, and it is guarded by the army.

Zhongshan Mountain, rising from the ground, resembles a coiled dragon, called "Zhongfu Longpan". Lined up along Zhongshan Mountain, military tents and fortifications such as defense, trenches, bunkers, Zhutai, fences, and Wubao were erected in the mountains and forests and beside the road.

"General Woo, the rebels have appeared." There were soldiers who reported immediately.

"Why, isn't it on the east side of the Qinhuai River?" Yu Yan looked at the line of defense, and the banner head army led the banners of "Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses", "Seeking Justice", "Lin" and other words appeared on the battlefield, but he saw a soldier in front holding a shield, the middle was an archer, the rear was an infantry, and the two wings were cavalry guards.

Yu Yan fought bravely, but in the Tang Dynasty, Lin Renzhao was also a generation of fierce generals, so Lin Renzhao's fame was greater, and Lin Renzhao had great military achievements, and he was also famous in the army.

Lin Renzhao rode his horse alone and came to the front of the army of Yu Yan and shouted, "Is there General Yan Yan in front? ”

When Lin Jingcheng and other generals in the rear saw it, they immediately instigated their horses to rush over, they were afraid that their commander would be hurt in the slightest, especially at this moment of battle, the opponent's sword did not have eyes.

Lu Yan saw Lin Renzhao personally riding his horse and running over, and the generals on the side immediately planned to raise their bows and arrows, preparing to shoot Lin Renzhao on the horse.

A few bows and arrows, as well as a few crossbows lifted with one hand, had been drawn into a half-moon shape, ready to wait for the opportunity to move.

Yu Yan especially admired Lin Renzhao's courage to break into the enemy camp alone, but now although the two armies are the armies of the Tang Dynasty, they are both for their own interests, so I saw that Yu Yan immediately took action to stop those generals. Although this kind of preparation can make the other party die quickly, but he is the first to disagree with this.

Yu Yan raised his head, walked out of the wooden gate surrounded by the fence, stood behind the defensive wall made of stones, and said loudly: "General Lin hasn't seen you for a long time, but your demeanor is still the same!" ”

Lin Renzhao replied unyieldingly: "General Yu is not bad, today he alone led 20,000 soldiers and horses to fortify in Zhongshan to hinder my Runzhou Qinwang's army. "He was still on a black horse.

"Haha, today I am here to stop the rebels on the orders of His Majesty, and I want to fight with the general later!" Yu Yan also wanted to try it with Lin Renzhao, but today he had to fight in the same room, and he felt a little unbearable, but the military order was like a mountain.

Lin Renzhao said loudly: "General Yuyan, today I came to persuade General Yu, General Yu, don't be blinded by the treacherous villain, now the lord is still alive, it is the thief who usurped the throne and seized the country, General Yu can seek justice for the court and the people, and immediately let our army go, and in the future, the lord of the country will return to Beijing, and he will be grateful to General Yu." ”

"General Lin, that's just gossip, why should the general take it seriously, and now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, it is naturally for the sake of the Tang Dynasty."

"General Yu, don't be blinded by the hypocrite, the lord of the country has secretly edicted me, let me beg the thief and get rid of the traitor as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, if you don't believe it, I will give you a letter later."

"No need, thank you for General Lin's kindness, it's just that the military order is like a mountain, and it's not good for me to leave my post and let General Lin go over."

"I, Lin Huzi, will not embarrass General Yu, if I win, I will naturally not embarrass General Lu. Later, the army will naturally break through. ”

"The soldiers are rushing, for the sake of the Tang Dynasty, for the sake of the lord of the country, rushing-"

A battle has begun, Lin Renzhao rode his horse back to the queue that came slowly in the rear, looking at Yu Yan opposite, although Lin Renzhao's eyes were reluctant, but for the sake of Datang, he still had to do this.

Lin Renzhao immediately ordered to let the archers and shield bearers go up one hundred and fifty paces away, and after a rain of arrows, the other party and this side suffered a lot of casualties at the same time.

Suddenly, there was a dense sound of strings, and countless arrows were thrown into the air, flying towards the opposite Tang Army.

Suddenly there were screams on the battlefield, and the cavalry who came out on the opposite side of Yu Yan reined in their horses and turned back.

The crowd will disperse, and there will be no dust on the ground.

The battlefield began to fight, and Yu Yan relied on the large number of cavalry on this side, so he rushed around among the infantry of Lin Renzhao on the other side, so that Lin Renzhao's infantry was also injured a lot.

The Yan army also rushed out of the valley, leaving only a few hundred men in the camp opposite. Thinking that his cavalry was up to the task, he poured out.

…… Ten cups of tea, Lin Renzhao's side was retreating, pretending to be defeated, and the Yuyan cavalry chased behind, passing a valley, at this moment there are stones on all sides, and the name of the stone city in Jinling also comes from this.

"The mountains here are slightly arc-shaped, with the arc mouth facing south, winding like a dragon, which is the best place for ambushes." Lin Renzhao looked over here, as if expecting it, and then he led the army into the valley.

Seeing Lin Renzhao's army retreating, Yu Yan also paid attention to the terrain of this place, although there were many stones on the mountain, it was not suitable for an ambush, so he also led his troops into the valley.

Sure enough, when the tooth general Lin Jingcheng saw people coming in a hurry, he ambushed on the side of the stone wall.

Lin Renzhao had already led the army out of the valley.

Lin Jingcheng immediately ordered someone, and used the fire fold to ignite some of the gunpowder buried here, the sound was like the sound of a snake spitting out a letter, and after a while, the mountain rock cracked, rolling down the stone wall, and the valley was filled with a disgusting smell of sulfur.

Death also came in an instant.

The war horse that Yu Yan sat on and the war horse where the rest of the generals sat shook restlessly, and the irritation began, and as the mountain rocks rolled down, many war horses and soldiers were crushed to death, and the smell of sulfur mixed with the blood of the skull, limbs, etc., became more and more disgusting.

It was not long before the noise and messy footsteps of the valley were heard, and first a few horses rushed out, and then they saw the dense formation of infantry following closely behind, the banners being carried crookedly, and the army rushed straight in, completely ignoring the front and back, left and right.

Lin Renzhao had already set up men and horses at the mouth of the valley on both sides, waiting for the remnants of the rest of the horses to leave the valley.

When a large crowd of people rushed to the mouth of the valley, many threw away their weapons and fell on the ground and begged for mercy. Seeing this, the generals of the Tang Army on the other side saw that the general trend had gone, and countless people knelt on the ground and shouted for mercy. For a moment, the valley was like a large crop blown by the wind, and the situation was spectacular.

Soon after, it was almost dusk, and the Runzhou army captured about 8,000 cavalry, 2,000 infantry, and half of the soldiers and horses were lost.

At dusk, Lin Renzhao and others returned to the Chinese army, and the generals also gathered together with great interest.

He was defeated and became a defeated general, and he was also wounded, and the military doctor was treating his wounds.

Lin Renzhao then had his people occupy Zhongshan and moved the camp north there.

Night had fallen, the smell of sulfur and blood in the valley in the distance had not yet dissipated, and the vast Zhongshan was still covered with snow, and in the camp of the Zhongshan garrison, all the soldiers gathered around the campfire and talked about the great battle that took place today.

Today's battle made them feel very proud, but Lin Renzhao in the military tent was a little unbearable, after all, it was a fight in the same room, and the losses were all the elites of the Tang Dynasty.

Although he was wearing a suit of armor at the moment, the cold on the light armor seemed to invade his skin and bone marrow, making his whole heart feel like falling into an ice hole.

If he is allowed to kill Hu Ren, he will definitely join in without hesitation, but for his own people, he is also ruthless in his heart.

He felt that the cold moonlight was very ruthless, "Did you do something wrong, can you really do anything for the lord of the country?" ”

"No, I'm Lin Huzi, not Lin Maozi." Lin Renzhao became more and more firm in his beliefs.