Ling Chong said that he was a Dubo of the Zhang Liao Department of the Xuzhou Army, responsible for guarding the Tian Fan camp. Because Tian Fan has his own personal soldiers, his subordinates can only be stationed outside the big tent of the Chinese army, but the distance is not far. The night before the Xuzhou army began to withdraw, he couldn't sleep because of something in his heart, so he put on his clothes and armor and took two of his men to patrol outside the Chinese army's tent. Suddenly, a scream came from the big tent of the Chinese army, which was particularly harsh in the quiet night, and really startled him. He was busy putting down his worries and was about to go to the big tent of the Chinese army, but he didn't want to be stopped by Tian Fan's personal guards.

Immediately afterwards, a few Tian Fan's personal guards ran out of the big tent of the Chinese army, and after a while, the generals of the Xuzhou Army ran to the big tent of the Chinese army in rags.

After dawn, the general order came out of the big tent of the Chinese army, and the whole army slowly retreated! Soon after, the news came that Tian Fan was seriously ill. Since then, Tian Fan has never appeared again.

After another two days, the Xuzhou army suddenly set up camp, and the generals demanded that the camp should be built as strong and reliable as possible.

Ling Chong, who was kneeling on the ground, moved Nuo Famu's knee and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, because the Xuzhou military camp is heavily guarded, the villain has not been able to find a chance to escape. However, their guards seem to be a little lax recently, so the villain took an opportunity to steal Zhang Liao's horse before escaping, if it weren't for the scouts under the assassin's account, the villain would definitely die, and the villain thanked the assassin for saving his life! ”

Yuan Tan and the others glanced at each other, and Liu Xian said slowly: "Why are you running away?" Listen to what you mean, you only used three or four years of hard work to get into the capital of the Xuzhou army, and even as the guard of Tian Fan's big tent, you should be very used and have a great future, why did you betray Xuzhou? ”

Ling Chong didn't answer immediately, he lowered his head, his hands began to tremble, then his arms trembled, and his whole body trembled.

Jiang Yiqu immediately took a big step forward diagonally, protecting Yuan Tan behind him, while his right hand was already holding the hilt of the sword. Ling Chong was five steps away from Yuan Tan, and all the blades on his body had been confiscated, so he would not pose any threat to Yuan Tan, but Jiang Yiqu couldn't help but be careful.

Everyone stared at Ling Chong, only to see that his emotions were getting more and more excited, and when he raised his head again, everyone saw two lines of tears in his eyes! A big man actually had tears on his face, this scene was too surprising.

Ling Chong said hoarsely: "Because, I am from Pingshou!" ”

In a word, just one sentence, the doubts in the hearts of the generals are gone. In this era, people have a very strong sense of the countryside, and no one can be indifferent when they hear that their hometown has been slaughtered. Because of this, the generals believed his words, and they had already believed seventy percent of the news of Tian Fan's serious illness. Pingshou was slaughtered, this is Tian Fan's order, he is a soldier who is a little bloody, how can such a big revenge not be avenged?

But Wenchen was not so easy to fool, Wang Zhao sneered, and said: "You said that you are a Pingshou person, that is, a Pingshou person?" It's too much of a coincidence, isn't it? ”

Ling Chong looked at Wang Zhao angrily and roared, "Why should I lie to you? ”

Liu Xian hurriedly said: "Uncle Ling, don't be excited, although Wang Beijia's words are a little ugly, but you have no evidence, how can you win our trust?" Who can prove that you are a Pingshou person? ”

Ling Chong took a few deep breaths, stabilized his emotions, and said: "I live in the innermost family of Wangzi Street, and I have only had my old mother alone since I was a child. I heard that the soldiers in Xuzhou are well treated, and the promotion of the soldiers is completely based on strength, which is obviously more suitable for people like me who have no background, anyway, I am a homeless lonely ghost, where to go to join the army is not to join the army? So I went to Xuzhou.

"There are two crooked-necked trees in front of my door, which are locust trees, and there are three plane trees in the yard that are thick with one person hugging each other. The neighbor's surname is Qi, and there are seven people in the family...... If the old grandmother of the Qi family hadn't died. The neighbor in front of him is surnamed Liu, and his family ......"

Ling Chong said in detail, and the situation around the innermost house on Wangzi Street can be described as a treasure, and it doesn't seem to be made up temporarily at all, so Yuan Tan and the others can't believe it.

After a few discussions, a scribe came out of the secret room, and he wanted to send someone to verify it.

Verification is naturally not a matter of one or two days, most of the remaining people in Pingshou County fled to Ju County, and a small number fled to a few nearby counties, Ling Chong said that the few families may not have escaped the slaughter, even if they were lucky, it is not easy to find them among the thousands of people.

Liu Xian faked a cough and said, "Ling Chong, we can't verify what you said, so we have to wait." However, there is a flaw in what you said! ”

Ling Chong was stunned for a moment, looking at Liu Xian with a confused face.

Liu Xian smiled slightly and said, "Since you said that Tian Fan is seriously ill, then ...... A scream in the big tent of the Chinese army, but how to explain it? Don't you think screams and serious illness don't fit that well? ”

Ling Chong was completely stunned, seeing Jiang Yiqu slowly draw out his long sword with a cruel smile, he stammered, "But...... But the villain did hear the screams, and the news that came out afterwards was indeed that Tian Fan was seriously ill? This...... As for why the seriously ill scream, the villain really doesn't know! ”

As soon as he said this, Yuan Tan and the others believed his words again, because, with his identity, it was not enough to know the core secrets of the Xuzhou Army, and it was not enough to know what was going on in the big tent of the Chinese army.

Now Yuan Tan has already thought that something is likely to happen in the Xuzhou military camp, and after the fact that Ling Chong is from Pingshou is confirmed, this matter will be certain! It's just that what happened in the Xuzhou camp is difficult for Yuan Tan to verify.

Yuan Tan couldn't help but feel excited, if the situation was true, his chance would come. No matter what happens, if the main general changes, the morale of the army must be unstable, the morale must be low, no matter how elite the army has no morale, is it not as vulnerable as mud? Take advantage of this opportunity to defeat the Xuzhou army, then ...... The number of Langya's Koyi Department is not large, and he is the old department of Hebei, Ju County is likely to be able to take it! Don't think about these for the time being, just say that by defeating Tian Fan and defeating the White Tiger Legion, Yuan Tan will be able to prove his ability and let his father see who is his most promising son. This temptation is not something that Yuan Tan can withstand.

Yuan Tan is Yuan Shao's eldest son, but in order to smoothly pass on the position to his youngest son Yuan Shang, Yuan Shao passed him to his brother Yuan Ji, who died early, a few years ago, and sent him to Qingzhou. This trick is poisonous, in terms of name, Yuan Tan's qualifications to compete for the inheritance of the four states of Hebei have been seriously weakened, far inferior to Yuan Shang.

This is like a competition for the position of the patriarch, although the brothers of the same clan in this era are qualified to compete, but the most advantageous is naturally the old patriarch's son-in-law! In the case that the old patriarch is strong enough and has a son-in-law, no uncle or brother of the same clan can successfully succeed the patriarch. Yuan Tan can only prove himself through his unremitting efforts, prove that he is the most powerful competitor, if he can make Yuan Shao regret it and include himself in the ranks of his sons-in-law, it is naturally good, even if he can't, he can at least get the admiration of Yuan Shao's subordinates, and then be loyal!

So, he worked very hard. In fact, he has always done very well, when Yuan Shao handed over Qingzhou to him, he only had a plain, and after a few years of hard work, Yuan Shao owned the entire Qingzhou. It's a pity that since he met Tian Fan, he has been passive everywhere, and a big defeat a few years ago made him lose all the results of his previous efforts and was completely beaten into the abyss of pain. Yuan Shao's letter of reprimand made him disheartened for a long time.

He is unwilling, why should I, as the eldest son, only have a place in Qingzhou, and I have to work hard through my own efforts? And that little kid Yuan Shang, what does he have? Isn't it just that he looks more like his father when he was young, and his mouth is sweeter? With these, he can stand behind his father with a smile and wait for his father to fight the world for him? Is it because he is the son of Yuan Shao's wife Liu, and his mother died early? It's not fair!

As long as he can kill Tian Fan, he can be ashamed! As long as he kills Tian Fan, he can get supreme glory! As long as he defeats the White Tiger Legion, he will become famous all over the world!

He was looking forward to the confirmation of the news, and at the same time he did not forget to prepare. The armies of Linjiang, Dong'anping, and Xi'an were preparing for the expedition with all their might, and at the same time, a large number of strong men in the city were recruited and prepared to take over the task of defending the city. As soon as the news is confirmed, he will immediately set off with his army.

Finally, Ling Chong's identity was confirmed, and he was very lucky, and the few neighbors he mentioned had survived, and they could prove that Ling Chong was a Pingshou person, and he had lived with his mother since he was a child, and after his mother died three years ago, he disappeared......

Everything is true, it seems that something really happened to Tian Fan.

Jiang Yiqu received Yuan Tan's order, immediately explained the defense of Dong'anping, and then rushed to Linjiang by boat.

The ship passed through the water gate and went out of Dong'anping and entered Zishui. As long as you cross the width of Zishui that is not more than 100 steps, to the opposite bank, and then walk less than 100 steps is the east gate of Linjiang.

It was morning, and there was fog on the river, and although it was not large, only vague shadows could be seen from a little distance.

There are many boats on the Zishui River, most of them are small boats with a length of three or five zhang, which were originally used as ferries, but now they are requisitioned by the army, and a row of wooden planks with shooting holes are installed on both sides of the ship, and wooden planks are also erected on the top to temporarily serve as warships. Now on the Zishui River, many ships are galloping across the river, and the soldiers are shouting trumpets, or dancing knives and guns, or constantly shooting arrows at a certain target, practicing water warfare diligently.

Looking at these seriously trained soldiers, Jiang Yiqu was very satisfied. He believed that these soldiers would be competent for the next battle, although in the real big rivers, they were nothing at all, but in the shallow and narrow Zishui, when the Xuzhou army had no warships, their strength was enough!

For the Xuzhou army, if you want to threaten Linjiang, there are two ways to choose. First, go to Laiwu and cross the valley between Taishan and Yishan, but there is the Great Wall built by the Qi State, and there are small cities built on the Great Wall, which can be described as impregnable. The second is to cross the Zishui. But it's not easy to cross the water!

Although the upper reaches of Zishui are narrower, they are deeper, the current is turbulent, and the reefs are dense, and it is a fool's dream to cross the river. Only from the upper and lower reaches of Dong'anping, where the river water slows down, can the river be crossed, and then threaten Linjiang. But with these half-finished water armies, who can easily cross the river? There is a sturdy Dong'an again, hehe, it's enough for the Xuzhou army to drink a pot!