Because of the delay in reinforcements, the second line of defense has already been almost taken, so although the reinforcements came up in the face of artillery fire because of the relationship between the warlords, the second line of defense was finally taken.

"Let the artillery extend the artillery fire to the fourth line of defense, and by the way, let the 7th Regiment also go up."

"Yes!" Although he took the order, Zhu Qinglan still hesitated. "But the governor, if the 7th regiment also goes up, our defense here..."

"Isn't there still a guard battalion? Leave the defense to them. And if there is really anything, you can also make the troops in front withdraw. ”

"If there is something really going on, can they still withdraw in time?" Although he thought so in his heart, Zhu Qinglan still nodded. "Understood."

At this time, the two regiments in front had rushed to the third line of defense, and although they had been reduced to more than 2,700 people due to battle damage, their morale showed no signs of weakening at all. At this time, the reinforcement of the 7th Regiment, which served as a reserve, made the whole army even more imposing.

"My lord, let's withdraw first..."Looking at the Sichuan soldiers who were about to rush in front of him, the adjutant on the side persuaded.

Nodding, understanding that now was not the time to be a hero, Wang Tianjie took his personal guards and retreated from the third line of defense to the fourth line of defense.

At this time, in addition to the cavalry regiment responsible for taking the bottom in the rear, the four infantry regiments on both flanks also slowly pressed up.

"You say, can we really hold out to the Governor's reinforcements?" Looking at the Sichuan army that came up from the encirclement, Wang Tianjie glanced at his adjutant.

"I don't know," the adjutant had only a wry smile on his face.

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"Get out of the way, get out of the way, emergency military intelligence, get out of the way, emergency military intelligence !!" On the outer defensive position of Tongliang, a soldier galloping on a horse shouted to a dozen Shu soldiers blocking the road.

Hearing that it was an urgent military situation, more than a dozen soldiers hurriedly removed the barricades blocking the road.

"Thanks!" Leaving such a sentence, the cavalry continued to gallop in the direction of Tongliang County.

Looking at the cavalry that was galloping away, a dozen soldiers looked at each other, and finally a soldier who looked to be in his early twenties spoke first. "What are you talking about, what's the urgency?"

"I don't know, but the direction he's coming from is Tongnan, maybe something happened over there..."

"It can't be that Tongnan has fallen, right?" A seventeen or eighteen-year-old soldier said in a bit of a panic.

But then a veteran retorted. "Impossible, there are 30,000 people over there in Tongnan!"

"Could it be that Tongnan has won the battle? Have you already driven the Sichuan army back? ”

"Hey, that's even more unlikely than the fall of Tongnan!"

Just when the dozen or so soldiers were speculating and joking with each other, the soldier who was galloping on his horse had already rushed to the county office of Tongliang County.

"Who?" As a temporary headquarters, naturally the soldier could not be allowed to break in casually, so as soon as he arrived at the gate of the county office, several soldiers stepped forward to stop him.

"I'm from Tongnan, and I have an urgent military situation to report to the governor!" The soldier who understood this took out his identification documents and hugged his fist at several soldiers. "Please hurry up, brothers, it's really a very important emergency military situation."

After reading the documents, I was sure that there was no problem, and then I looked at the soldier's appearance in a hurry, and the soldier at the head nodded. "You wait a minute, I'll go in and report it."

"Thank you very much."

It didn't take a few minutes for the soldier to run out. "The Governor is inside, you can come in with me."

At this time, Zhang Peijue was discussing the matter of arming with Yang Shukan and others, and after seeing the soldier come in with a dusty person just now, he beckoned them to come over. "I heard you have an emergency military situation? Tell me, what's going on in Tongnan. ”

"Governor, our army has been surrounded by the Sichuan army in Tongnan, and Lord Wang sent me back to ask the governor to send troops to rescue!"

"What?" Zhang Peijue stood up in shock, as did several other people. "How did you get surrounded? Isn't there only 20,000 people in the Sichuan army? ”

Originally, Zhang Peijue heard that it was an emergency military situation, and thought that at most, Tongnan couldn't bear it, but the encirclement? Isn't there only 20,000 people in the Sichuan army? How can you surround 30,000 people?

"That's the case, I have lost one of the five lines of defense before I came, if the governor doesn't send troops immediately, I'm afraid Lord Wang won't be able to hold out for long..."

"Wait a minute, let me ask you, how did the battle situation in Tongnan become so erosive? Didn't Zixiang still have naval guns removed from the gunboats? Yang Shukan, who felt a little strange, interrupted, no wonder he thought so, after all, it was less than a day.

"The Sichuan army has a weapon that looks like a bomb, but it is easy to use and as powerful as a cannonball. Every time the Sichuan army rushed up, they threw that kind of weapon, and it was useless for the brothers to hide in the trenches. As he spoke, the soldier stole a glance at the leaders of the Elders' Association on the side. As for the guns removed from the gunboats, it is said that some officers opened their guns without authorization to expose their positions, which attracted the attack of the Sichuan army's artillery group, and as a result, the naval guns removed from the gunboats were blown up into the sky before they could play their role..."

Although the soldier did not explicitly say what the officer's name was, from the actions of several leaders of the Elders' Association just now, Zhang Peijue still guessed that the officer was from the Elders' Association. Zhang Peijue can guess it, and others can naturally guess it, but now is not the time to be held responsible, so Zhang Peijue can only handle it lightly.

"Let's talk about Tongnan first, now that Tongnan is besieged by the Sichuan army, what should we do now?" Saying that, Zhang Peijue rubbed his temples, but such a thing happened on the first day, and he really didn't expect it.

With a few wry laughs, Yang Shukan also rubbed his head. "Now we can only send troops to rescue, otherwise Zixiang's 30,000 people will be gone, and we may not be able to support much time."

"That's right!"

"Governor, you must send troops immediately!"

None of you here are stupid, and you naturally understand the truth of cold lips and teeth.

"Okay." Nodding, Zhang Peijue looked at Zhang Dasan. "Brother Zhang, you go and gather troops now."

"Governor, how many people do you want to bring?"

"Two towns, I'm afraid it won't work if it's missing."

"Understood!"

After Zhang Dasan left with a few people, Zhang Peijue looked at Yang Shukan. "Brother Cangbai, the affairs of Tongliang County will be handed over to you..."

"Please rest assured..."

"Pay special attention to the people who will be in the party..."

"Understood..."

Half an hour later, with the assembled 2 town troops, Zhang Peijue rushed in the direction of Tongnan, but 3 hours later, Zhang Peijue, who had already completed half the distance, learned from the mouth of a group of defeated soldiers that the 30,000 Shu troops in Tongnan had all surrendered.

At this time, Yan Guang was wiping the corners of his mouth with a tissue. "It's delicious."

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