Hearing this, the generals were quite shocked and puzzled: What is this You army doing? Do you want to recapture the fortress? But if you only send two or three thousand men to recapture the fortress, is it because You Jun believes too much in its own strength or underestimates its own side?

Kong Qing, the general of the You army, stepped out of the ranks and said, "General Lin, the last general is willing to lead 10,000 brothers to meet the enemy army outside the fortress!"

Lin Haotian rolled his eyes, smiled indifferently, waved his hand, and said, "There's no need for that!" After a pause, he said again: "General Kong, you go on, let the brothers defending the city continue to fight the banner of the You army, in addition, don't let the enemy army release arrows when they arrive in front of the city, open the city gate, and let them in!"

Everyone was taken aback and said, "General Lin......"

Lin Haotian said: "Through the fact that I was able to blend into the Leting Army, and then smoothly entered the fortress, it can be seen that the reinforcements of the You Army to the Longding Fortress from all over the country are chaotic, and they have not been planned and deployed in advance, which is extremely chaotic. If my prediction is correct, this You army is also one of the reinforcements, and it is likely that they do not know that the Longding Fortress has fallen, so they dare to come over with great fanfare. When I let them into the city, I just want to close the door and beat the dogs, so that they will not come back!"

It turns out that this is what the adults meant! The generals nodded one after another, feeling that Lin Haotian's analysis was reasonable, since the other party took the initiative to send it to the door, this cheap party did not take advantage of it.

According to Lin Haotian's meaning, the head of the Longding Fortress was replaced with the banner of You Guo, and the armies of Jin and Xinchi were all withdrawn, and all the soldiers and generals standing guard on the city wall were all You.

In fact, as Lin Haotian expected, the You army that came was indeed reinforcements, and he didn't know that the Longding Fortress had changed hands, first, this battle was fought too quickly, and second, it was also the most critical point. The coalition forces annihilated the defenders and did not let anyone go, which completely blocked the news of the loss of the Longding Fortress.

The coalition forces did not use large siege weapons when attacking, the city defense of the fortress was not destroyed at all, the city walls were full of You flags, and the soldiers standing guard were also You Army. The reinforcements did not expect that there would be a trap in it, and they swaggered into the fortress without any defense.

If it was daytime, the reinforcements might have seen blood stains that would have been washed away in the future, but it was late at night, and even if torches were lit, the visibility was extremely limited.

After all the reinforcements of You Guo entered the fortress and the city gate was closed by the coalition forces, all of a sudden. The reinforcements shouted and killed all around, the ambush soldiers appeared at a glance, and when they looked up, the lamp balls and torches, and the bright pine trees, illuminated the fortress as bright as day, and the sudden appearance of the coalition soldiers was overwhelming. The reinforcements of these 3,000 people were surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside. The water is impassable.

The reinforcements didn't understand what was going on at all, their faces were full of surprise and confusion, and they looked completely at a loss in the face of the coalition forces that suddenly came out of their surroundings.

There was no fighting, and there is no need to fight again in the current situation, the difference in strength between the two sides is too great, if they really start. The coalition forces of nearly 100,000 people were able to trample these 3,000 reinforcements into meatloaf in just one walk.

Under the kind words and persuasion of the soldiers of the coalition army, the 3,000 reinforcements did not resist needlessly, and finally put down their weapons and surrendered.

The submission of this support force is only a trivial episode. But Lin Haotian was keenly aware of the opportunity. Since this reinforcement has no knowledge of the loss of the Dragon's Top Fortress, will there be more reinforcements on the way?

Catching turtles in the urn concocted by your own side in the same way and capturing as many You troops as possible will also cause a huge consumption to the overall military strength of Longhu County.

Thinking about this, he immediately ordered Shao Lin to send a letter to the main force of the coalition forces behind, asking them to temporarily stay in place and not enter Longhu County, so as to attract more reinforcements to gather at Longding Fortress.

Lin Haotian's strategy worked wonders, and during the two days that the coalition forces were stationed in Longding Fortress, they ushered in five waves of reinforcements, ranging from thousands to hundreds, adding up to nearly 20,000.

It wasn't until the third day that the news of the loss of the fortress spread in Longhu County. Seeing that there was no longer a coalition army to throw themselves into the net, Lin Haotian let the main force of the coalition army enter Longhu County, and set aside a part of the troops to garrison Longding Fortress to take care of the prisoners, while the main army continued to the west, approaching Huaiyang, the capital of Youguo.

At present, Longhu County, two of the three counties in the territory have basically become empty counties, and all the troops are concentrated in Xinyu County.

The westward advance of the coalition forces was very smooth, and it took only four days to approach Xinyu County.

This is already the most rearmost line of defense in Huaiyang, and the troops gathered in the county have exceeded 300,000, and these more than 300,000 troops are scattered in Huaning and Tongcheng.

Huaning is located in the northeast of Huaiyang, Tongcheng is located in the southeast of Huaiyang, these two cities are like two horns growing out of Huaiyang, if the coalition forces ignore these two cities, directly take Huaiyang, You can attack from three sides, besiege the coalition army.

Therefore, even if Huaiyang is close at hand at this time, the coalition army can only fight steadily and steadily, and take down the two cities of Huaning and Tongcheng first.

On how to attack Huaning and Tongcheng, the generals of Jin, You, and Xinchi gathered together to discuss the next tactics and strategies.

Song Hao was the first to express his position and said: "Our army has millions of people, and according to the information we have obtained, the strength of Huaning and Tongcheng has not exceeded 200,000. ”

He said with confidence and confidence, and now the coalition forces do have such strength.

Lin Haotian smiled indifferently and asked, "The soldiers are divided into two ways, how do you divide them, who is the same as whom?"

The tactics that Song Hao said were not something he came up with by himself, but the result of prior consultation with his subordinate generals.

Hearing Lin Haotian's question, he said calmly and unhurriedly: "Among our five-way army, the brothers Jin Jun and You Jun are recognized as the strongest in battle. In my opinion, the Jin army is still alone all the way, You and the New Red Army are all the way, the former takes Huaning, the latter takes Tongcheng, the two armies are equal in combat power, and it should be easy to capture these two cities. ”

Lin Haotian didn't answer immediately, lowered his head, looked at the map intently, and drew a few times with his fingers from time to time.

Although the Jin army had fewer troops on this road, the strength of Huaning attacked was also weaker than that of Tongcheng, and Song Hao's distribution was obviously well thought out. There is some truth to it, and it is also a feasible tactic.

He thought it was feasible, but the generals below were in a hurry.

Others may not know the strength of the New Red Army, but they know it well, and they have fought with them before, and the soldiers of the New Red Army are all in vain. In fact, they are vulnerable, and if they are in company, they will not only have to be used as swords by others, but they will also be dragged down if they don't get it right.

It's a pity that there is no main general on You Jun's side to speak for them, so they can only fight for it themselves.

Kong Qing took a deep breath and was about to speak out against it, when Ding Feng, the commander of the first army of the Jin army, said first: "The absolute superiority of the troops must be divided into two ways. Dividing Huaning and Tongcheng, judging from the end and the future, this is asking for trouble!"

Don't look at Song Hao's heroic appearance, but his heart is not broad-minded, after listening to Ding Feng's merciless opposition to his tactics, his face immediately sank, sneered, and asked in a strange manner: "Oh? So General Ding has a better strategy to break the enemy?"

In Ding Feng's eyes. Except for Lin Haotian, he has never been able to tolerate others, even if Song Hao is the king of a country. But in his opinion, he is just an ordinary man who is difficult to become an ordinary man.

He smiled slightly and said: "Instead of dividing the troops, it is better to work together to specialize in one city, whether it is to conquer Huaning or Tongcheng, and then you can directly take Huaiyang." Of course, this is just a trick, and its purpose is to lure the You army from another city to come to the rescue, and as long as they leave the city, I can kill them immediately. Annihilate it outside the city!"

Lin Haotian nodded his head as he listened, feeling that Ding Feng's strategy was much more secure than Song Hao's. Fight a city together, with the strength of your own million-strong army, whether it is to fight Huaning or open the city, you can easily take it, and if you divide your troops to capture these two cities, I am afraid that the battle may not be easy.

Song Hao asked unconvinced: "What if the other city does not send troops to rescue?"

Ding Feng smiled and said, "If that's the case, it's even simpler, we can turn the virtual attack into a real attack, and take Huaiyang in one go!"

At this time, Lin Haotian replied casually: "Let's do it according to Ding Feng's tactics! Our army will first take Huaning, and then march towards Huaiyang, if the You army in Tongcheng rescues, we will come back to the carbine, if not, we will take Huaiyang!"

"Okay! Since Brother Lin also agrees, then it is decided. Song Haotian nodded in agreement.

"One more thing. Lin Haotian opened his mouth and said: "Everyone has heard about it, the Yanchi Second Army has broken the You Army in Shima County, and now it is also marching towards Huaiyang!"

"Hmph!" Song Hao sneered and said, "I heard about it! If it weren't for Yan Chi transferring the 400,000 reserve troops stationed in Anguo to You Guo, how could they have broken the You Army?"

The battle between the Yan-Chi coalition army and the Central Army of You Guo in Shima County was extremely fierce, and the two sides were originally 400,000 against 400,000, but later with the addition of the local army of You Guo, the situation of the two sides was evenly matched, and the balance of victory began to tilt in favor of the You army.

In desperation, the Yan-Chi coalition forces had no choice but to urgently transfer their 200,000 reserve troops to alleviate the current precarious situation.

With the participation of a total of 400,000 reserve troops in the Yan-Chi army, the Yan-Chi coalition army has an overwhelming advantage. The two sides began a face-to-face battle with the Legion in Shima County.

In this battle, the two sides fought and rested, and fought fiercely for five days, and finally ended with the defeat of the You army and the complete victory of the Yan-Chi coalition army.

The battle was so tragic and so large in scale that the number of soldiers killed and wounded on both sides alone exceeded 400,000, and the entire battlefield stretched for dozens of miles, with corpses piling up like mountains and rivers of blood.

During the war, even Tian Yu, the commander of the Central Army of Youguo, died tragically in the chaotic battle.

After this battle, the 400,000 You Central Army and the 200,000 local army led by Tian Yu collapsed on all fronts, suffering heavy casualties, while the Yan-Chi Coalition Army took the thunderous momentum and occupied the entire territory of Shima County while chasing and killing the You army.

In the next westward advance, the You army, which was greatly injured, could no longer organize an effective blockade, and was chased and beaten by the Yan-Chi coalition army.

Now, the Yan-Chi coalition army has passed through Shima County and entered Linqiao County, as long as it passes through Linqiao County again, it can also approach Huaiyang.

Lin Haotian looked at the indignant Song Hao, and said: "No matter what, Yan Chi has broken the main force of the You army, and we must rush to Huaiyang before the two armies of Yan and Chi, so this battle must be resolved quickly!"

No matter how poor You Guo is, Huaiyang is the capital after all, and there is a lot of wealth in You Guo, whoever can enter Huaiyang first will undoubtedly take You Guo's wealth for himself, Lin Haotian doesn't want the fat that has been bitten to his mouth to be taken away by others.

Song Hao also thinks the same. Fortunately, the distance between them and Huaiyang is now much closer than that of the Yan-Chi army, and there are only two obstacles left in front of them, Huaning and Tongcheng, and it is not impossible to defeat Huaiyang before the Yan-Chi coalition army arrives.

After everyone discussed the next tactics, they immediately took action, the Three Kingdoms Alliance. Nearly a million troops began to march towards Huaning.

Huaning is one of the acropolis of Huaiyang, but it is also a large city, with more than 150,000 defenders inside, and the main general will be Li Ning, the lieutenant general of You Guo.

Li Ning can be regarded as a meritorious and famous general in Youguo, he was born in an ordinary family, but he was able to sit in the position of lieutenant general in the hereditary power, which shows his extraordinary ability.

Most of the battles he commanded before were won by less, and the weak defeated the strong. Nie Lin arranged him in Huaning, and his intention was also obvious, hoping that he could create another miracle and help him withstand the westward advance of the coalition army.

Although Huaning's city defense is not weak, and the main general is a famous general of Youguo, but the Three Kingdoms Alliance has millions of people, how can they take a mere city in their eyes.

After the coalition army arrived in Huaning, the company camp had not yet been set up. Song Hao couldn't wait to propose that the whole army launch a fierce attack on Huaning.

Lin Haotian also intended to try the depth of the other party, and Song Hao rarely took the initiative to ask for battle. He pushed the boat down the river and let the New Red Army take the lead, and the Jin and You armies pressed for it.

Song Hao didn't take Huaning in his eyes at all, since Lin Haotian arranged for him to be a pioneer, he would not give in and gladly accept it.

Soon, under Song Hao's transfer. The New Red Army launched an all-out onslaught on Huaning City.

Before the soldiers of the New Red Army moved forward, they first used all the stone throwers in their respective armies, and in order to maximize the blow to the defenders and city defense, the New Red Army also specially borrowed more than 100 city-breaking crossbows from the Jin Army.

Under the continuous blows of the stone thrower and the city-breaking crossbow, the walls of Huaning can be said to be blooming everywhere. Stacks of arrows that have been smashed and shot through are everywhere. After a long period of fierce attacks, the soldiers of the New Red Army lined up in a neat phalanx and began to advance in the direction of Huaning City.

When the phalanx of the New Red Army was less than twenty meters away from the city wall of Huaning, the stone throwers and city-breaking crossbows in the rear stopped firing.

As soon as their side stopped, the soldiers and soldiers of You who had already taken refuge under the city immediately rushed to the city wall and launched a fierce counterattack on the New Red Army camp that was close at hand outside the city.

You Jun's arrows were extremely ferocious, round after round of arrows, and the rain of arrows fell overwhelmingly, and at the same time, the stone throwers arranged in the city had begun to start, smashing huge stone projectiles into the coalition camp.

The New Red Army also launched a counterattack, and the archers fired arrows at the city wall, and the besieging soldiers covering their side set up ladders and climbed the city wall.

The two sides were fierce and cruel in the shooting, the defenders were condescending, and there were arrow stacks to cover, so they naturally had a huge advantage, and the new Red Army outside the city was different, the soldiers were all exposed to the arrows of the You army, and there were countless casualties in the arrows.

However, the new Red Army attacking the city this time was very tenacious, mainly because Song Hao had issued a death order, and the officers and men of the whole army could only advance, not retreat, and if they violated the order, they would be dealt with by military law.

He also doesn't want his country's army to be seen as a vain wine bag and rice bag, if he can't seize the opportunity to show a certain combat effectiveness now, then he may really not have a chance to show it again in the future.

It was precisely under the impetus of this psychology that the New Red Army exerted all its strength in the siege battle.

If the New Red Army had such a strong desire to win and the will to fight from the beginning, then they would have won a lot of victories in the Battle of Vayou, and now they are ashamed and brave, but they just ran into the famous general Li Ning.

Li Ning has made a perfect deployment for Huaning's city defense, fully prepared, under his command, the resistance of the You army is also extremely tenacious, the city wall, the You army first prepared a large number of planks and bamboo poles, when the coalition army outside the city released arrows, the You army defended with wooden planks, not only to minimize the damage, but also to take materials nearby, pull out the arrows nailed to the planks and reflect back to the enemy, and when the coalition army erected the ladder, the You army picked up the ladder with bamboo poles, and did not give them the opportunity to climb, at the same time, the rolling wood at the head of the city, The rocks continued to roll down like snowflakes, and the stone throwers erected in the city were also constantly hitting the rear camp of the New Red Army, which brought huge casualties to the soldiers of the New Red Army.

The siege battle began at noon and lasted until noon, when the New Red Army, with a total of more than 400,000 troops, was forced outside the city by more than 100,000 defenders.

So far, Song Hao, who was watching the battle, was really anxious, and cold sweat oozed from his forehead.

How could it be so difficult to fight a mere Huaning city with only more than 100,000 defenders? Why couldn't our own army of more than 400,000 attack it?

Song Hao was puzzled, Lin Haotian squinted at him from the side, and saw that he had no intention of retreating, and wanted to attack like this, he nodded secretly, and then shook his head again.

Nodding his head is because Song Hao finally has a bit of the courage to lead the troops to fight, and shaking his head is because he thinks that he is too desperate to save face, and he knows that he can't fight, so he insists on fighting.

He pondered for a moment and said indifferently, "Brother Song?"

Song Hao didn't seem to hear it, and he still stared intently at the battlefield ahead.

Lin Haotian had no choice but to raise his voice and call him again.

"Huh?" At this time, Song Hao finally came back to his senses, looked at Lin Haotian with a full face, and asked, "What advice does Brother Lin have?"

Lin Haotian said: "Don't fight anymore, our army has come from afar, tired all the way, and the enemy army is waiting for work, and is fully prepared, and if the attack continues, I am afraid that not only will there be no gains, but it will also increase the casualties of the soldiers!"

Song Hao had already had the intention of retiring from the army, but he didn't want to quit, first, he couldn't get off the stage, and second, he also felt unwilling.

Song Hao frowned and said, "Brother Lin, now that we have been attacking for so long, and the defenders have suffered heavy losses, wouldn't retreating at this time give the enemy a chance to breathe?" In my opinion, our side should all go out and take Huaning in one go!"

Lin Haotian smiled secretly in his heart: The enemy army has suffered heavy losses? Why didn't I see it!(To be continued......)