The reason why Ren Tianxing set the time for sending troops at night was naturally to cover the eyes and ears of the Jin army. However, their actions were discovered in time by the Jin Army spies lurking near the camp of the You Yan coalition army, and they immediately returned to the city to report to Lin Haotian.

Hearing this, Lin Haotian, who had already been asleep, immediately sat up, put on a coat, asked people to find a map, lit candles, and took a closer look, and immediately understood that the You Yan coalition army had changed its tactics and gave up attacking Jinyang in favor of attacking Songqiu, Ningding, and Taifeng around Jiangyang, and its purpose was to trap Jiangyang in the middle.

Realizing the enemy's intentions, Lin Haotian immediately sent an order, urgently summoned Chu Lianyu and the generals in the army, and asked them to go directly to his bedroom to discuss military affairs.

The order was conveyed, and it didn't take long for Chu Lianyu and the others to hurry to Lin Haotian's place, and after recently, they all asked, "My lord, what's the matter?"

"The news I just got that You Yan's two armies sent 150,000 troops, and the troops were divided into three routes, respectively heading towards the three cities of Songqiu, Ningding, and Taifeng. Lin Haotian's eyes rolled wildly, and he said expressionlessly.

Chu Lianyu's face changed, and he exclaimed: "The enemy's targets are Songqiu, Ningding and Taifeng, if these three cities are occupied by the enemy, Jinyang will be in a desperate situation!"

Lin Hao naturally knew the seriousness of the matter, and he was silent.

At this time, Shao Lin said: "Your Excellency, don't worry, the counties to which Songqiu, Ningding, and Taifeng belong have sent county troops and county armies as reinforcements respectively, and the reinforcements are almost arriving now." ”

Chu Lianyu said worriedly: "Relying only on the local armies such as the county army and the county army, I am afraid that they may not be able to withstand the regular central army of You Yan and the two countries!"

Think about the 150,000 Zhen army led by Nie Lin, fighting all the way from Shuangfeng City to Hecheng, and the local armies in various places are not opponents at all. Even the Sixth Legion was defeated, and in a head-to-head battle, its own side did not have any advantage.

As soon as his voice fell, someone at the end of the crowd chimed in: "What Mr. Chu said is reasonable, using the county army and the county army to block the central army of You Yan and Yan is tantamount to killing yourself. Kill yourself!"

The person who spoke, everyone knows, is Chen Ping, who holds the position of accompanying the army.

When he first went to Lin Haotian to see him, he was the one who retreated to Jiangyang, he said that Jiangyang is a treasure land suitable for defense, surrounded by three cities adjacent to each other, and he can attack and retreat, and he has many choices. But now. You Yan's coalition army stopped fighting Jiangyang, and attacked Songqiu, Ningding and Taifeng instead, if these three cities are lost, Jiangyang will suddenly become a Jedi from a treasure land, and at this time, Chen Ping is still talking cool words on the side, how can he not make everyone angry?

Lin Haotian also frowned, looking at him with a deep gaze.

Fortunately, Chen Ping still had a later text, and he continued: "The local armies in all counties and counties are scattered. Each blocking the enemy army is indeed seeking its own death. However, if the reinforcements of these three cities are all gathered together and work together to fight all the enemy forces along the way, then the odds of victory will be greatly increased, and there will be a chance to annihilate all the enemy forces along the way. ”

Oh? Lin Haotian really didn't expect this. His eyes suddenly lit up, and he raised his head and said, "Chen Ping, what do you have in mind, tell me in detail." ”

Chen Ping said: "Your Excellency can abandon Songqiu and Taifeng City, both of which are very close to the enemy camp. No matter which side is attacked, the main army of the enemy camp will arrive in a very short time, but Ning Ding is not, there is still Jiangyang between it and the enemy camp, whether it is to transmit news or send troops to reinforce, it will have to take a detour, which will greatly slow down the time. ”

After a pause, he said: "In addition, the position of Ningding is also very beneficial to our army, it has Songqiu in the west, Taifeng in the east, and Jinyang in the south. As long as Ningding is not lost, our army still has a way to retreat, even if it is really unable to hold Jiangyang in the most rear, it can also retreat to Ningding and then make a plot. ”

His strategy is very perfect, little by little to explain, step by step, let all the generals present have the feeling of opening the hut, people are all secretly saying in their hearts, the reinforcements of the local army in the three cities are concentrated in one place, plus their own Jiangyang side of the army, only besiege one enemy army, this battle will undoubtedly win, all the enemy army can be kept at the same time, even if their three retreats are only Ningding, but after all, there is still a way out, not to fall into a desperate situation.

Everyone pondered silently in their hearts, and Chu Lianyu took the lead in saying to Lin Haotian: "My lord, Mr. Chen Ping's plan is very good, you can give it a try." ”

"En......" Lin Haotian also felt that Chen Ping's idea was indeed the best policy, he turned his head and asked Shao Lindao: "How many local troops are there to reinforce the three cities?"

Shao Lin said: "There are 20,000 local troops reinforcing Songqiu, 30,000 reinforcing Ningding, and 20,000 reinforcing Taifeng, totaling more than 70,000 people. The local armies reinforced by the three routes are not all rabble, and there are also many generals who are good at commanding troops and have superior military force, and their combat power should not be underestimated. ”

Lin Haotian smiled, although the number of local armies is not much, as long as they have combat power, they are not cannon fodder. He pondered for a moment, then slammed down the table and said: "Okay! According to Chen Ping's intentions, inform the local army of the three reinforcements to suspend the advance first, stand by in place, and wait for the enemy to capture Ningding, Songqiu's reinforcements will attack from the west, Taifeng's reinforcements will attack from the east, Ningding's reinforcements will attack from the north, we Jiangyang, send 100,000 troops, attack from the south, besiege Ningding from all sides, and be sure to annihilate all the enemy troops entering the city!"

After hearing this, although everyone felt that their blood was surging, they also felt a chill in their hearts, Jiangyang's total strength was less than 200,000, and the troops were divided into 100,000 troops, and less than 100,000 people were left behind, what if the enemy army outside the city attacked? With only 100,000 people, could it hold off hundreds of thousands of You Yan coalition troops?

Chu Lianyu asked, "I don't know which legion the Lord is going to send?"

Lin Haotian's face turned straight and said, "Fourth Legion!"

"Huh?" all the generals gasped in unison, defending Jiangyang, the main force is the Fourth Army Corps, send the Fourth Army Corps away, leaving only the Fifth Army Corps, can that work? Compared with the local army, the combat power of the Fifth Army Corps is not much stronger than that of the local army.

Chu Lianyu glanced at Jin Cheng and said to Lin Haotian: "My lord, the combat strength of the Fifth Army is insufficient, in case the enemy army attacks the city during the period, Jiangyang is afraid that the city will be broken!"

As the commander of the Fifth Army, Jin Cheng's face flushed, but he didn't say anything. The combat effectiveness of the Fifth Army is there, in fact, it is like this, he wants to say a few tough words, but he does not have that confidence.

Lin Haotian smiled and said: "Let the Fifth Legion go to capture the city and pull out the village, it will definitely not work, but defending the city, the Fifth Legion is still not weak." The wooden people are good at bow shooting, and defending the city can maximize the advantages of the wooden people, 100,000 new troops, it should not be a problem to hold on for three days, this time, it is enough for our army to annihilate the enemy army in Ningding. What's more, I will stay in Jiangyang and will not let the soldiers of the Fifth Army face a strong enemy alone. ”

That's what Chu Lianyu was afraid of, it would be better if Lin Haotian didn't stay, it was too dangerous to stay in Jiangyang.

Before he could speak, Gu Liangyun asked curiously, "My lord, I don't know who is the deputy commander of the Fourth Legion?"

Since the establishment of the Fourth Legion, the position of deputy commander of the Fourth Legion has always been vacant, in fact, the Fourth Legion has always been directly led by Lin Haotian, and its commander-in-chief position is dispensable, but now that the Fourth Legion is going to fight, and Lin Haotian does not go with the army, then there must be a deputy commander.

Gu Liangyun's question really stumped Lin Haotian, and after pondering for a long time, he said: "Chen Ping is temporarily the deputy commander, and he will go on the expedition with the Fourth Legion!"

Lin Haotian's words made Chen Ping's official rank rise by several levels.

A few days ago, Chen Ping was just an unknown nobody, but now, he has become the deputy commander of the Fourth Army, and his position is not known how many ranks higher than before.

Chen Ping was stunned and didn't react for a long time, but Gu Liangyun walked up to him and whispered, "General Chen, don't thank you soon!"

Gu Liangyun's words finally brought Chen Ping back to his senses, and he hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to thank him.

Now, the battle between the Jin army and the You Yan coalition has gradually evolved from a hard-fought head-on conflict to a battle of wits and courage between the two sides. (To be continued......)