The dividing point between Qibei County and Linzi County is a hill.

It was noon, the sun was scorching, a large earthy yellow silk on the back of the hill was slowly rising, the word 'Zhang Chu' was written in white, and there was a small seal in the corner, and the name of the general Ge Ying was written on it.

Immediately after Daxu appeared, there was a boundless, cold and shining forest of spears, almost wanting to compete with the scorching sun.

In the end, there were hideous-looking figures, black surging, like a swarm of ants across the hills, and they could not be counted.

A full 80,000 rebel troops, armed with spears, under the leadership of the earthy yellow Daxu, swept over the hills like a tide, and swept towards Linzi County.

A few months ago, they were just honest farmers, untouchables, exploited and oppressed by the harsh government of the Qin Dynasty, and lived a life of animals in fear.

But on that day, someone stood up and held high the banner of righteousness, calling on the poor people of the world to rebel, and showing their cold fangs to the rulers who were high above.

It was that person who gave them confidence and courage, lit a guiding light for them, and if they wanted to live, they would follow him, if they wanted to take revenge on the tyrannical Qin, they would follow him, and if they wanted to reflexively become a nobleman, they would follow him.

A series of temptations made the people, who were as honest as lambs, finally turn into bloodthirsty hungry wolves.

Yes, since your Qin Dynasty does not treat us as human beings, then we will be a ferocious beast, tearing apart your evil lords who have anointed the people, turning your women into my women, and your wealth into mine, and in the end, we will turn over and become masters, and the evil lords of the past will become lambs to the slaughter under their hands.

With this dream in mind, the rebels have been fighting for several months, and they have been leveled everywhere they go.

Stepping on the land of Linzi County and feeling the richness of Linzi County, they believe that in less than a month, this land will be trampled by their iron horses, and the wealth of this land will also belong to them.

"Haha, I heard that Linzi County is far richer than other counties, Ge Ying, this time, we are blessed."

Under the earthy yellow da, there were two generals at the head, one was tall and majestic, with a shrewd face, and a small beard under his chin, and he was the one who spoke.

Ge Ying's appearance is plain, his face is dark, he is only in his thirties, and the folds on his face are like hills and ravines, and he looks sad.

After Ge Ying heard this, he looked at Zhou City, and said in a deep voice: "Zhou City, you can't be careless, Linzi County is extraordinary, and you will suffer a big loss if you underestimate the enemy." ”

The look in Zhou Shi's eyes moved after hearing this, he controlled the reins of the horse with one hand, touched his beard with the other, and finally laughed wildly: "Haha, Ge Ying, you think too highly of Shenwuhou, Yingchuan, Dongjun, Xue County and Dangjun have all been captured by me, it can be said that the entire Wei land has fallen into my hands, and even the old land of Qibei County of Qi has also been taken by us, so why be afraid of this small Linzi, he Shenwu Hou is only 40,000 soldiers and horses, and we have 80,000, besides, the people along the way are afraid that they will compete to vote, and it is easy to take Linzi." ”

After hearing this, Ge Ying didn't look at Zhou City, but looked into the distance, and said in a far-reaching tone: "Shenwuhou has been operating in Linzi for many years, and he has won the hearts of the people, and the people will not help us like before, besides, Shenwuhou's army is concentrated in one place, whether it is training equipment or numbers, it is much stronger than other counties, and our advantage will be lost." ”

Zhou Shi just deliberately tested Ge Ying, he was sent by King Chen to attack Wei Di, this time he came to Zi just to help Ge Ying, to put it bluntly, Zhou Shi didn't want to lose his subordinates in vain, and in addition to respecting Chen Sheng, he had other plans in his heart, so he wanted to see Ge Ying's attitude, so as not to suffer.

"You're right, it looks like we'll have to find another way, I wonder what you think?" Zhou Shi rode on his horse and asked cautiously.

Only now, he put away the contempt for Ge Ying, when Chen Sheng Daze Township uprising, Ge Ying performed exceptionally well, very trusted by Chen Sheng, but at that time Zhou City and Ge Ying were separated, not much about him, and then he was a little arrogant when he beat Wei Di, and heard that Chen Sheng asked him to help Ge Ying, somewhat unconvinced, but now it seems that he underestimated Ge Ying, at least follow him, he will not be affected by him.

Ge Ying heard the words and said: "I don't dare to judge without looking at the opponent's military strength, but Linzi City is thick and tall, and it will definitely not work to attack at the beginning, we must first fold our morale, in other ways, although their army is good at training equipment, but they have not been on the battlefield, if the morale is weak, it will become vulnerable." ”

Zhou Shi's eyes lit up after he was obedient, and he happily agreed: "General Ge is right, so it's simple, we just added some iron armor in Jibei, and then let our elite men and horses wear iron armor in front of the front, and select the strongest martial arts in the army, and then challenge in front of the city wall, as long as they dare to go out of the city to fight, we will face the attack." ”

Ge Ying heard that Zhou Shi respected him, so he also turned around and smiled: "What General Zhou said is extremely wonderful. ”

In the sound of hurried horses' hooves, a horse suddenly galloped from a distance, Ge Ying and Zhou Shi saw this, so they beat their horses together and traveled ten zhang away, and then stopped.

The rushing cavalryman obviously had good riding skills, and when he was a few meters closer to the two, he suddenly stopped his horse, immediately turned over and dismounted, knelt on one knee and hugged his fist and said: "Two generals, at present, our army is still more than sixty miles away from Linzi City, and Linzi City has found the traces of our army, and the whole city is now under martial law. ”

"Well, you immediately go and inform the sentinels now, and look for a suitable place to camp five miles outside Linzi City, and you will arrive before dark." Ge Ying nodded and said, this is not surprising to him, he has so many people marching, it is strange that Linzi is not as good as facing the enemy.

The soldier complied, got up and rode away.

Ge Ying and Zhou Shi stayed in place, and when the follow-up soldiers and horses followed, they said loudly: "Someone, pass the order, speed up, and be sure to reach the outside of Linzi City before dark." ”

"No!" The herald on horseback next to him suddenly agreed, immediately turned his horse's head, galloped back, and shouted: "The general has an order, the whole army hastened!" ”

At this time, Linzi City has entered a state of full preparation, Dong Peng in the city is leading a team of city guards to strictly arm, not allowing the people in the city to go out at will, but anyone who has green skins wandering on the street, or the slightest suspicion will be immediately arrested, and then thrown directly into prison, in order to prevent enemy spying, to the unified review after the war.

And on the Linzi city wall, there are also tens of thousands of soldiers standing guards, there are concave holes on the outside of the city wall battlements, almost three meters a, the whole city wall is around a week, there is fire shining inside, just like a fire dragon wrapped around the city wall, the original invention of this thing is the Mo family, the principle is very simple, is to dig a hole on the outside of the city wall, and then put the oil basin to ignite, reinforced with bluestone around it, the use is the same as the ordinary city wall torch, just for lighting, but this thing has an advantage over the torch, not only save labor, It also hides the soldiers on the city walls well to avoid being used as a live target by the enemy.

At this time, Zhao Jun and several generals were standing on the city gate tower in military uniforms, looking at Zhang Chujun who was busy camping several miles away from a distance by the light, and it would take a long time for 80,000 soldiers and horses to camp just in the camp, but not far away, they left 20,000 people on guard in place, worried that the city would send troops to kill them by surprise.

Zhao Jun frowned, far away, he could feel the oppression brought by the boundless 80,000 rebel army, and the anger in the hearts of these 80,000 people, as if he wanted to tear the Qin Dynasty in half.

This is the first time that the Zhao army has been on the battlefield, but the opponent encountered is not simple, although the training of these 80,000 soldiers is short, but there is a madness to destroy everything**, and they are all killed on the battlefield, on the other hand, some of their subordinates unconsciously clenched their weapons, their eyes were nervous, and they had to tighten their teeth.

Although Wei Yu was nearly fifty years old, his health was not bad, and his eyesight was excellent, he stood next to Zhao Jun, observed the enemy army several miles away from a distance, and then said: "The general of the enemy army is not incompetent, looking at the order of his camp and the transfer of sergeants, it is clear that he has a degree of control, and he should be a person with rich experience in commanding troops and a cautious nature. ”

"Well, that's what the advisor said." Zhao Jun nodded, he also saw it, he was saying that Ge Ying had outstanding achievements and was a good general when Chen Sheng first started the army, and it was said that Zhuge Liang was actually his descendant, but it seems that he died early in history, and it seems that his arrival changed his fate.

"I'm afraid that he will do something, boss, give me 10,000 horses tomorrow, and when I go out of the city, I will kill him without leaving a piece of armor." Cao Wuxian listened to it next to him and asked for battle with an unconvinced face.

Guan Ying followed with a fist: "Master Hou, I only have eight thousand, and I will capture Ge Ying for a lifetime." ”

Yingbu stood up with a gloomy face and said proudly: "I only need five thousand." ”

At this time, Tang Li, Zhou Chang, Lu Ze and Yu Ziqi glanced at each other, and at the same time hugged their fists and said, "Master Hou, we are going to fight." ”

Seeing this, Zhao Jun nodded with satisfaction: "You are commendable for your bravery, our army will win this battle." ”

After saying that, Zhao Jun turned his gaze to Wei Yu again, wanting to hear his opinion.

Wei Yu smiled, turned to point to the nervous soldiers around him, and said, "Everyone, the defense of the city is still like this, in a real battle, who can guarantee that it will not make mistakes on a large-scale battlefield?" Soldiers, fierce ways, are also related to military affairs, so the movement of every soldier and soldier must be cautious. ”

The generals were stunned when they heard this, although they were still not convinced, but they couldn't refute it, Zhao Jun nodded secretly, the most difficult thing is to command a large army to fight, not to mention that it is still an army that has never been on the battlefield, even if it is Han Xin, I am afraid that he may not dare to guarantee that the 40,000 soldiers who have not been on the battlefield will fight like an arm.

"This group of unpromising people, the Northern Army is screaming when they start fighting, but look at their bear-like appearance, when will they be able to win meritorious service." Guan Ying, Yingbu and Cao Wuxian fought in the Northern Army, and they all hated iron and steel.

Zhao Jun shook his head and smiled bitterly, and finally said: "Okay, what the military advisor said is reasonable, since we have the city wall to rely on, why do we want to go out of the city to fight him to the death?" He will come, and we will take his life on the wall. ”

"Tang Li, the people of the counties, and the Langxi County, have you all instructed you?" Zhao Jun asked again, what he was most worried about was that the rebel army would induce the local people to rebel, and then he would be passive.

Tang Li hugged his fists and said: "All counties have been ordered, and the officials are ordered to strictly restrain the people and be vigilant at all times, I have also been to Langxi County, and the county guard Huo Ying has urgently recruited 5,000 people, plus the original 5,000 county guards, as well as Qingzhuang, a total of more than 10,000 people will be strictly defended, and we will be notified in time if there is a change." ”

"Hmm." Zhao Jun nodded, Langxie County is in the south of Linzi, Dongjiao County is behind Linzi and Langxi, if Langxie falls, then Dongjiao County will not be unsafe, and once these two counties fall, they will strategically fall into a besieged situation, which is extremely unfavorable.

(To be continued)