Before dawn, the army set off again, after a day of rapid travel, arrived at the north bank of Honghu Shuizhai to rest, here is the junction with the territory of Jiangling Prefecture Gao Baorong, so stationed a command of the township soldiers, usually of little use, just as an early warning, now the role is to collect and guard the warship.

What the strength of Yuezhou was, the situation of the deployment, the commander of the township soldiers stationed there did not know. Zhang Yue felt very helpless, so he said to Yao Chongyu, first sent a group of troops to set off in casual clothes as fishermen, spy on the situation and then attack, but Yao Chongyu thought that this would startle the snake and delay time, so he simply attacked the whole army.

Zhang Yue thought about it and felt that it made some sense, thousands of soldiers arrived in Fuzhou, and the movement was still very big, and it was indeed inappropriate to leak the news. In this era, the geographical situation of Yueyang is very different, and he is very uncertain in his heart, so he said again, after crossing the Yangtze River and landing, he will lead three commanders to play the forward, which is agreed to by Yao Chongyu.

Many soldiers are northerners who don't know the nature of the water, taking advantage of the two-day rest, Zhang Yue asked the soldiers to get on the boat to get used to it, anyway, the lake is calm, as long as the people with a good sense of balance can still get used to it quickly, by the way, pull out the camp, and transfer the troops to the south bank of Honghu Lake to stop for one night.

There is a river embankment on the south bank of Honghu Lake, but there is also a river that leads directly to the Yangtze River, and the south of the Yangtze River is the area of Puqi Chibi in Ezhou, which is the territory of the Southern Tang Dynasty. When the army was ready, they boarded the ship and set off early in the morning, and under the cover of the morning fog, the long fleet soon sailed into the Yangtze River, and traveled 50 miles southwest along the north bank, bypassing the Southern Tang Army area, and then turned around to cross the river after going forward for a while, and landed at the Yalanyi in the Yuezhou area, it was already the afternoon Shen hour.

Yalanyi is a big town, Zong Jingcheng first led a commander to land, easily controlled the town, there was only one garrison, and there were some small officials living in the post station.

After Zhang Yue and Yao Chongyu led the main fleet to the shore, they directly led the troops into the post station, Zong Jingcheng had interrogated the small officials, and then happily ran to report: "There are still sixty miles to Baling City, Chu General Pan Shusi was originally the commander, and soon after entering Yuezhou, there are only eight commanders under his command, and the guards of Baling City are stretched, and they are also stationed in Huarong County in the north to guard Jingnan, and they are stationed in Changjiang to guard against Southern Tang, it is estimated that Baling has six commanders, and we will continue to set off tomorrow to ensure that we can open the flag and win." ”

"Hmm...... Now there are two routes of marching and attacking, do you say it is better to take the land route along the Yangtze River or the water route of the Yangtze River? Zhang Yue thought about the school examination, so he asked with a smile.

"The waterway is fast! But Uncle Pan must have a fleet patrolling the river, which is easy to expose. It is too slow to take the overland route, and the rapid march will not be able to arrive in a day, so it is better to set off by land with the forward light troops tomorrow morning, so that it can be reached after dark; The main force took the waterway in the afternoon, and could arrive almost at the same time, and it could also avoid the patrol warships and make a surprise attack. Zong Jingcheng didn't think about it, he probably had thought about it before.

"Great idea! Do as you say! Yao Zhongyu laughed, and asked Zhang Yue again: "Sixty miles a day, the cavalry is at this speed, the sky is still cloudy and not sunny, and there is still wet mud on the road, do you still decide to play the striker?" ”

"Why not?" Zhang Yue said with a smile.

"Haha...... You're not thinking, grab the city to make a fortune, right? Yao Chongyu said self-righteously.

"The city is high and the walls are thick, if you don't sneak attack, do you still want to fight a protracted war?" Zhang Yue was speechless.

"Alright! Before I came, I had already been promoted to the capital envoy, even if I made meritorious service, it was just a reward, and by the way, I just needed to make up for the soldiers, and maybe you could go back to the court to make up for your meritorious service, and then you could invite me to drink. Yao Zhong said with a strange smile.

"I handled the case of Tangzhou before, and I have already been promoted beyond the specifications, and this meritorious service is also deserved, if I want to be promoted to the capital, I only won one Yuezhou, I'm afraid it's almost there!" Zhang Yue was also very self-aware and replied with a smile.

"It's okay! At that time, the old man will ask for merit for the two, and the promotion will make it a sure thing! Liu Tao, the young eunuch of the Shaofu and the envoy of the guest province, also came over and said with a smile.

"Before the thing is done, let's start to get Longwangshu, this is not very good, let's discuss how to fight!" Zhang Yue took out the map provided by Li Hongyi in Anzhou and spread it out on the desk, and several people surrounded him and looked at the map to discuss the battle plan.

The next day, the fifth watch of the day, the riverside was full of fog, and the figure could not be seen clearly dozens of steps away, Zhang Yue ordered the first three commanders, did a good job of pre-war mobilization, abandoned heavy weapons, except for the first commander wearing iron armor, the rest were disarmed and lightly armed. Each soldier took only a sword, a shield, a spear, a bow and arrows, two meals of dry food, and drinking water.

Under the cover of the fog, the soldiers lined up out of the Yalan Station, and Zhang Yue did not ride a horse, but personally led the team to trot forward in front, taking advantage of the fog to disperse for a while, which meant that the possibility of being found was smaller.

As a result, by noon the fog would dissipate, and we had advanced for more than 30 miles, reaching Chengling Pass, 30 miles west of Baling. Guancheng is built near the river and against the mountain, which looks a bit of a natural danger, but Guancheng is very low, and it looks dilapidated and in disrepair.

Zhang Yue did not directly lead his troops over, but first sent a guide to take Yang Shouzhen to the capital, carrying a bag of hemp, and pretending to be two or three groups of foot caravans. The commander of the Chu army guarding the pass was originally a capital head, and he ran down the city tower to ask for money as usual, but was captured and coerced by Yang Shouzhen to open the pass.

Actually succeeded in winning the level, what a army this must be! Zhang Yue's heart blossomed, and then led the troops into the pass to take over the defense, and found that the disarmed defenders actually had five or six hundred people.

Yang Shouzhen went to set up defenses, Han Sheng took Zhang Zhixing and Chen Jia to the receiving warehouse, and He Ju hung the commander of the Chu army under the eaves and beat him so much. was violently beaten by a young descendant, and the commander in his thirties was so angry that his face was swollen with shame, and he refused to speak, and scolded loudly: "You northerners! When my family comes, you will look good! ”

Interrogating prisoners is not like this, Zhang Yue couldn't stand it anymore, pulled He Ju, Xuanlu swung his gun, pointed the tip of the gun at the heart of the commander, and personally interrogated: "Honest reply!" Spare you from dying! How many troops are there in Baling City? ”

The tip of Sen Leng's spear glowed with cold light, penetrating into the breastplate little by little, the commander gritted his teeth, and watched the tip of the spear in front of him, oozing a drop of blood, and gradually felt the approach of death, and finally became afraid, and replied with a pale face: "The general spares his life...... Yes...... There are eight conductors! ”

"Are you sure it's eight conductors?" Isn't it six, Zhang Yue asked coldly.

"The villain doesn't dare to lie, there are indeed eight commanders, all of whom are recruits who have recently expanded ...... Pan Du"

"Pan Du Envoy? actually promoted himself...... What is your name? Willing to surrender? Zhang Yue's heart moved, and he began to calculate, if the cost of the attack was too great, he might not be able to attack it, maybe he could deceive the city gate and enter with a drum.

"The villain's cheap name is Zhang Yucheng, and he is willing to surrender to the general!" The commander finally relented.

"Excellent! Go and pick 200 men to lead the way for me, and if you succeed in taking the city, your commander will correct you, understand? ”

"Babble, chatter! The villain is going to do it? Commander Fang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, turned around and flew away.

"Did you see it, you have to come directly to the ruthless ......" Zhang Yue patted He Ju's shoulder, and smiled proudly: "You go and see those people, don't let them run away!" ”

Two quarters later, the three commanded the forbidden army, plus Fang Yucheng and the two, and gathered together in the city. Zhang Yue shouted: "Brothers! Take Baling City, I invite everyone to drink! Let's go! ”

Roar Roar Roar ...... The soldiers were grinning, bearded, and baraned, and howled like wolves.