After rewarding the army, Lin Yuan checked the arsenal of Jiangling City again.

The arsenal has been emptied by Yang Mi.

But it doesn't matter, there are large blacksmith shops, large weapon workshops, and large armor divisions in Gangneung City, all of which can be produced on site.

Lin Yuan directly ordered them to make a batch of gold-level armor and weapons first.

Even iron artillery was in the ranks of production.

Gangneung City is very special and was an important military town in the Southern Song Dynasty.

In the entire Southern Song Dynasty, only Gangneung City could produce iron artillery.

For this kind of firearm, Lin Yuan couldn't do it, so he naturally unceremoniously let the weapon craftsman produce it.

In the next three days, Gangneung City returned to normal, doing business and doing business, engaging in production and production, and the stagnant economy finally began to drive.

On the fourth day, there were scouts returning from the direction of Dongting Lake.

It turned out that the news that Jiangling City had been captured finally reached the ears of Yang Qi in Dongting Lake.

It is said that Yang Mi was so angry that he vomited blood on the spot and vowed to skin Lin Yuan alive.

At the same time, another news also came, Zhong Xiang, at the suggestion of the ministers, founded the country with the name Chu and the year name Tianzai.

His crown prince Zhong Ziang, after hearing that Jiangling City was captured, decided to conquer it himself.

Zhong Ziang ordered Zhong Xiangchu's army in Zhijiang, Gong'an, and Qianjiang to attack Jiangling City, with a force of up to 300,000, intending to recapture Jiangling City.

"The prince is pro-conquest!"

Historically, all the prince's personal expeditions were for the purpose of establishing prestige.

Zhong Ziang is planning to use Lin Yuan as a stepping stone.

And Zhong Xiang, in order to ensure that Zhong Ziang wins, will definitely give him an army of trump cards.

When the news came, Lin Yuan fell silent.

This time, he completely angered the Zhongxiang group.

However, Zhong Ziang's transfer of troops from Zhijiang, Gong'an, and Qianjiang was tantamount to withdrawing all of Yang Mi's backups, leaving Yang Mi alone on Dongting Lake and confronting Wang Qi alone.

The battle situation on Dongting Lake may change dramatically.

After Lin Yuan learned that Zhong Ziang had a plan in his heart, he still wanted to hear the opinions of the generals.

"Prince Zhong Chu, with 300,000 troops to attack, what should we do?"

"Lord, we also have 50,000 elites, and Jiangling City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, Zhong Ziang's 300,000 army wants to take Jiangling City from us, which is tantamount to a dream!"

"That's it, let them come, I just want to lead the cavalry and kill him seven in and seven out!"

Yuwen Chengdu and Zhao Yun are both in the main battle.

Wei Yan and Huang Zhong did not speak, in fact, on such an occasion, it was inconvenient for them to speak as generals.

"I'm not worried that we won't be able to defend the city, but I just think we need to defend it?" Lin Yuan hesitated.

"The purpose of our visit to Gangneung City is for money and high-level talents, and now our purpose has been achieved."

"Moreover, I am ready to dedicate Jiangling City to the Southern Song Dynasty court, ease our relationship with the court, and then go to defend the city for the court, and the loss of our soldiers will outweigh the loss!"

At this moment, Zhuge Liang walked in from outside the door.

"Lord, the sentry horse sent out has returned, Yue Fei raised his troops a few days ago, and now the vanguard soldiers and horses have arrived at the Jingmen territory."

"So fast?" Lin Yuan was slightly surprised, "Yue Fei, this is the day when we have captured Jiangling City!" ”

After he captured Jiangling City, he immediately sent a sentry horse to Xiangyang City, and expressed his willingness to dedicate Jiangling City to the Southern Song Dynasty court and let him send troops to garrison here.

However, judging from the information reported by the sentry horse, Yue Fei had already raised troops long before he went to the table to dedicate the city.

Lin Yuan pondered, already knowing everything.

Yue Fei: Whether Lin Yuan is willing or not, he has to take back Jiangling City for the imperial court.

For the sake of insurance, Lin Yuan immediately ordered Yuwen Chengdu to lead 3,000 cavalry, escort 300,000 taels of gold, and return to Wushan City in advance.

Ordered Wei Yan to lead 10,000 reserves and 4,000 high-ranking talents to protect Jiangling City to rush north to Wushan City.

Xu Shu and Zhao Yun led 10,000 reserves, escorted 80,000 prisoners, and went to Yingzhou City.

And he, together with Zhuge Liang, led the Huben battalion and the remaining 2,000 cavalry to sit in Jiangling City.

After this, Lin Yuan sent Gao Cang to Jingmen City, responsible for contacting the vanguard of the Yue family's army.

He had to figure out what Yue Fei's attitude was.

In order to prevent panic among the people of Jiangling City, Lin Yuan also often appeared on the streets of Jiangling City.

On December 28, Zhong Ziang's army arrived first.

After arriving at Gangneung City, Zhong Ziang divided his army of 300,000 into three camps and surrounded the South City Gate, the East City Gate, and the West City Gate respectively.

He was very smart and left a north city gate alone, leaving Lin Yuan a way out.

His purpose is only to recapture Jiangling City from Lin Yuan's hands, and it is best to be able to fight without blood.

That night, a letter came in from outside the city.

The content of the letter is very simple, that is, to invite Lin Yuan to talk at the South City Gate tomorrow.

The next day, just after dawn, the sound of military drums came from outside Gangneung City.

Lin Yuan climbed the tower to look, and saw that Zhong Xiang's rebel army was practicing outside the city, they were in unison, and their momentum was neat, as if they had the shadow of a strong army.

"It's not easy for the people who govern the army on the other side!"

Zhuge Liang was also slightly taken aback when he saw such a military situation.

When the time came, Zhong Xiangjun began to walk out of the camp and formed a formation outside Jiangling City, and the army was not chaotic at all.

Not long after, a young man dressed in a black python robe and wearing a golden crown rode out of Zhong Xiang's army.

Behind him, there were dozens of generals, two of whom were particularly eye-catching, because these two people wore Manchu braids.

"Let's go, let's go down too."

Lin Yuan saw that the lineup opposite was already arranged, and immediately said to Zhuge Liang beside him.

He took only 500 cavalry out of the city.

500 cavalry crossed the moat and began to assemble, and the lineup was also very regular, especially their unified equipment, which added to the majesty.

"The prince asked Lin Ziyi to come forward and answer!"

On the other side, a sentry horse came over and was responsible for delivering the word.

Lin Yuan nodded, drove his horse forward, and when he reached 200 steps away from Zhong Xiangjun, he stopped.

"Let Zhong Ziang come and see me!"

He shouted directly.

"Bold! Dare to call the prince by his name! ”

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, please allow the last general to come out and capture this person."

The generals on the other side seemed to be very angry.

The young man in the black python robe, on the contrary, did not have the slightest anger, and drove his horse over.

After getting closer, Lin Yuan saw Zhong Ziang's face clearly.

This person is full of heaven, the earth is round, his eyes are bright, there is a heroic spirit in his eyebrows, and with the muscles on his face, he looks a little resolute.

"Lin Ziyi, long admiration!"

"Zhong Ziang, fortunately!"

When the two approached, they hugged their fists and said hello.

Lin Yuan was the first to speak: "Prince Zhong asked me today, I don't know what to see?" ”

"I don't dare to be a teacher, it's just that Brother Lin's name is like thunder, and he has long wanted to see him." Zhong Ziang said.

"Really? Now that I see it, isn't it very disappointing for Prince Zhong? The corners of Lin Yuan's mouth grinned slightly, and he smiled lightly.

Zhong Ziang shook his head, "Ziyi, you can monopolize Suizhou, take advantage of my army to go south and steal Jiangling City, you are already a masterpiece that cannot be ignored, how dare I despise it!" ”