"My lord, you're awake!" Roland stood beside Lin Haotian at some point, his two big eyes looking at him without blinking.

"I haven't slept either!" Lin Haotian heard her footsteps while meditating. He stretched out, stood up, and asked, "The battle is over?"

"Yes, my lord, General Shao and the brothers of the Demon Warriors are cleaning up the battlefield. Roland said respectfully.

"I'll take care of it. Lin Haotian straightened the clothes on his body, cheered up, and walked towards the battlefield.

With the arrival of Lin Haotian, the Demon Martial Warrior personnel stopped their work one after another, and bowed down in unison, Shao Lin also stepped forward quickly, and arched his hand: "My lord!"

"Well, Shao Lin, you immediately send someone back to the camp to inform our army that we can continue the march, and in addition, you need to divide a wave of brothers as the front army, prepare more water, and water all the trees on both sides of the road near here. The trees had been anointed with fire oil by the Red Soldiers beforehand, and it was always right to be on the safe side. ”

"Yes, my lord! My subordinates understand, and immediately send someone back to the camp to make a living!"

Lin Haotian nodded, and asked casually with his hands behind his back, "Where are all the captives of the Red Soldiers?"

"It's all over there, it's been taken care of by the brothers. Shao Lin pointed to the east side of the forest.

Lin Haotian nodded, and said as he walked over: "I'll deal with it, you continue to clean up here." ”

"Yes, my lord!" Shao Lin replied with a bow.

It can be seen from the captured Red soldiers that this group of Red Army, which only has 1,000 people, is very tenacious in battle, and there are more than 100 prisoners, all of whom are wounded, and not a single one of them is not hung up, and more than 20 of them are seriously injured and lying on the ground dying.

After clearing this ambush, there was no longer a Red Army in the Yangou area. The Jin army can also rest assured that he can go boldly.

A few days later, the Jin army finally walked out of the Yangou and entered the central hinterland of Chikou County.

It is only 300 miles away from Tamai, the county seat of Chikou County, and even if a large army marches, it can be reached in three days at best.

Tamai is the county seat and the largest castle in Akaguchi-gun. You don't need to look at Lin Haotian to guess that now the strength of the Chikou Army must be gathered in Yujing, and the next battle of Yujing is equivalent to the last battle of your own side in Chikou County.

In order to ensure the victory of the first battle, Lin Haotian also specially ordered the whole army to rest for two days, and wait for the soldiers to recuperate mentally and physically before marching to Yujing.

After two days of rest, the Seventh Army and the New Army got up early on the morning of the third day and marched in the direction of Yujing.

From Yangou to Yujing. Even if there were small groups of Red Army stationed in the towns along the way, but as soon as they heard the news of the arrival of the main force of the Jin Army, they all fled, and along the way, the Jin Army could be said to be peaceful, successfully occupied the cities and towns along the way, and three days later, the army successfully arrived in Yujing.

Lin Haotian took a group of Jin Army generals to the front of the whole army and looked at the jade well in front of him.

It was noon. Surprisingly, the gates of Yujing were wide open. Unguarded, the people are still coming in and out, as if they don't know that a war is about to happen, and even more like they don't know that the Jin army is also coming to the city.

The golden generals who have been fighting on the battlefield for many years have never encountered this situation, and Guan He, who was beside Lin Haotian, wondered if his eyes were wrong, and couldn't help but raise his hand. rubbed his eyes vigorously, and then looked around, that's right, there were no Red Army outside the city, and there were no defenders at the city gate. People who came in and out were ordinary people.

The more he looked at it, the more strange he felt, Guan He Jiling shuddered, turned his head to look at Lin Haotian, and said in a low voice: "My lord, this is ...... Tamai is weird, which ...... Could it be a fraud?"

Lin Haotian was also confused at this time, he didn't understand what tricks the Butterfly Army was playing, the Red Army didn't fight a tough battle with its own side at all, and there was no serious problem of loss of troops, but why couldn't the defenders be seen in the huge county town?

If it is said that the Red Army did not arrange spies and eyeliner outside, and did not know about the arrival of its own army, then now that its own troops have come to the city, could it be that the Red Army has become blind and deaf from top to bottom? He narrowed his eyes and looked at Yujing City, where everything was normal in front of him, but because of this, it was just abnormal, and Lin Haotian slowly raised his hand.

Seeing this, the hearts of the generals on the left and right also rose to their throats, if they attacked rashly at this time, they were afraid that they would fall into the trap of the Red Army.

Lin Haotian's raised hand did not fall, but stretched out a finger and scratched his forehead slightly, and then, he snorted and laughed, shook his head and muttered: "So you are Xuanxuan! Even if you are Zhuge Liang, I am not Sima Yi!"

The people around listened to his words, all of them were in a fog, full of fog, and they couldn't understand what he was saying at all.

Lin Haotian suddenly turned his head sideways and asked, "Who is willing to enter the city to find out?"

When everyone heard this, they all shivered, and no one dared to speak, even Guan He, who had no one in his eyes, was silent at this time.

Lin Haotian looked around at everyone and said with a sneer: "What's the matter? Is just an empty city scared you all? Since you don't dare to enter the city, then it's better for Ben Shuai to go there in person......"

Before he finished speaking, all the generals around him stopped him in unison: "My lord, you can't! Yujing is the county seat, and the defenders of Chikou County are all here, and now they are putting on an undefended posture, there must be fraud in it!"

"What can I do if there is fraud? How can my Dajin soldiers be intimidated by tens of thousands of local troops?" Lin Haotian's eyes lit up.

Everyone blushed and lowered their heads in unison.

Guan He was angry, he turned his heart sideways, urged the horse to come out of the ranks, intervened on the horse, and shouted: "My lord, the last general is willing to take the lead and enter the city to find out!"

"Accurate!" Lin Haotian didn't even hesitate, waved his hand and said: "You take two thousand soldiers and give me a frontal fight into the city, I want to see what tricks the Red Army is playing!"

"Yes, my lord!" Guan He has the spirit of becoming more and more courageous, repeatedly taking the lead and losing repeatedly, this time, it was he who took the initiative to ask Ying, and he took the lead.

Guan He picked out two thousand elites from the Seventh Legion, and then led a group of subordinates to rush straight to the north gate of Yujing.

On the flat ground, the advance of the hoplites was terrifying, even if there were only two thousand horsemen, the gallop was roaring, and the ground trembling could be felt from a long distance.

Hearing the sound of rumbling horses' hooves, the people who entered and exited the city gate turned their heads to look. When they saw a cavalry rushing towards them with a cloud of dust, they screamed in fright, some ran into the city, others fled outside the city, and for a while, there was chaos inside and outside the city gate.

During the battle. The enemy situation is unknown, Guan He doesn't care about the life or death of the people of Chiguo, seeing the chaos in the city gate hole in front of him, he realized that there is an opportunity, and shouted loudly while galloping on his horse: "Brothers, charge at full speed, and kill into the city with me in one go!"

"Kill—"

Two thousand heavily armored cavalry, roaring in unison, followed. The sound of rattling was incessant, and the people raised their spears one after another, and the tips of the spears poked out of the horse's head, and the sharp edges were pointed forward in unison.

The speed of the hoplite cavalry was not fast, but it was also fast enough to make two legs, and it didn't take long for the cavalry led by Guan He to rush to the front of the city gate.

At this time, there are still countless people of the Red Kingdom here. Some of the people ran towards the cavalry, waving their arms and shouting, "Spare your life." We're not soldiers, we're just ordinary people......"

No one listened to their explanations and begged for mercy, and once the cavalry team began to charge, it could not stop at all, and even if the cavalry in front stopped charging, they would have to be killed and trampled to death by the cavalry behind.

"Bang!"

The weeping people did not finish their words. The cavalry had already approached, and the people in front were hit by the galloping horses, and they were forced to fly out, screaming and rolling with the people behind. Before they could get up from the ground, the horses of the hoplites had trampled over them mercilessly.

"We are all people...... "There are still the cries of the people in the chaotic bushes. But it soon turned into the screams of people dying again.

One by one, the war horses galloped past, and the four hooves raised by the war horses splashed layers of blood mist from time to time.

At this time, in front of the city gate, there was a river of blood on the ground, and there were mutilated corpses everywhere, and there were stumps and broken arms everywhere, which were even more terrifying than the slaughterhouse.

The 2,000 hoplite cavalry headed by Guan He rushed into the city from outside the city with a single charge, and after entering the city, Guan He took the lead and galloped forward all the way, and along the way, he did not know how many people were killed and trampled and injured on the red ground.

It was not until Guan He led his army to the capital of Zhengzhong County in the city that he reined in his horse, raised his broadsword at the same time, and ordered the cavalry behind him to stop.

He raised his eyes to look at the county capital, where the gate was closed and undefended, and his brow furrowed, and then he turned back and asked, "Brothers, have you found any enemy troops in the city?"

The generals looked at each other, then shook their heads one after another, and said in a gossipy voice: "General Hui, I'll wait...... I didn't see the enemy!"

"Yes, General, it seems that the enemy army is not in the city, otherwise we would have all hit the county capital, how can we not even see a single red soldier?"

Guan He, like the soldiers below, fought all the way from outside the city to the center of the city, and he didn't see the red soldiers and red generals.

He muttered in his heart: What kind of battle is this fighting! He took a breath, urged his horse to the gate of the county capital, raised the big knife in his hand, aimed it at the gate of the county capital, and slashed down.

"Click!"

The gate of the county capital opened, and when I looked inside, it was empty, and I couldn't see a ghost.

Guan He gritted his teeth, turned his head sideways and shouted: "Let me go in and search! Be sure to get a living person out for me!"

"Yes!" the soldiers of the Seventh Legion divided more than 200 men, urged their horses to rush into the county capital, and searched everywhere.

As a result, after some searching, it was found that the county capital was completely empty, there was no one, and even some gold and silver were removed, and now this is an empty mansion.

Until now, Guan He did not believe that the Red Army had really withdrawn from Yujing, so he ordered his subordinates to disperse throughout the city to search, and no matter what, he had to find a Red Army and ask what was going on.

However, the officers and soldiers of the Seventh Army searched the whole city in the same way, and they could not find the Red Army at all, and even the big and small officials and wealthy merchants in the county town ran away, and now there are only some ordinary people left in the city. In the end, Guan He had no choice but to let people go out of the city and truthfully report the situation in the city to Lin Haotian.

The Red Army all evacuated Yujing, which made Lin Haotian somewhat surprised, such a large county town is located in the center of Chikou County, the Red Army said to give up, do they have the determination to fight to the death with their own side?

What is the other party's plan, Lin Haotian is confused now, but it is a good thing to be able to occupy Yujing without spending a single soldier or a single knife or shot.

Lin Haotian immediately ordered that the Seventh Army be stationed outside the city, and the new army would be stationed in the city. He himself led the generals of the Jin army into Yujing.

The Jin army occupied Yujing and could not say that there were no casualties, after all, Guan He led the heavy cavalry into the city and trampled on a lot of local people, Lin Haotian entered the city to understand the situation, and immediately asked people to post a notice to compensate the innocent victims, his main purpose was to appease the Chi people.

No matter what the hell the Red Army is playing. It's always right to take one place and consolidate it on your side.

Inside the county capital.

After Lin Haotian finished dealing with some trivial affairs, he asked Shao Lin and Tong Lei: "Do you two know where the main force of the Red Army has gone now?"

Shao Lin and Tong Lei both shook their heads, some time ago, the spies of our army mainly focused on the exploration of Yangou, and ignored the movements of the Red Army on the Yujing side.

Seeing that the two of them couldn't answer, Lin Haotian frowned and said, "Go check immediately, within five days, I must know where the main force of the Red Army is!"

Shao Lin and Tong Lei had straight faces. Hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Yes, my lord! My subordinates will send someone to investigate!"

"En!" Lin Haotian waved his hand to the two of them, then tapped his forehead and muttered, "Where did the Red Army flee to......

Soon, the question in Lin Haotian's heart was answered, and within five days, the Jin army spies sent back the news that Yujing's Red Army had all withdrawn to the junction of Chidi and Chiguo, and was now stationed in Guankou City.

Sekiguchi Castle is an important town on the border of the Red Kingdom. It is also the most important gateway to the Yan Country.

The location of Sekiguchi Castle is relatively special, and it is adjacent to Makuno Mountain on one side. It is adjacent to Blackhead Mountain on one side, and it is just between two mountain ranges.

Mt. Makuno and Mt. Kurotou are separated by fifty li, and there is a plain area of fifty li between them, and Sekiguchi Castle is located in the middle of the plain. It can be said that the city is not steep, and there are no natural dangers to rely on, but its location is extremely important.

It has also been used as a military fortress by the Yan Kingdom for a long time. Not only is the city high and the city defense strong, but also has been hoarding heavy troops for many years, and now, almost all the local troops of Yankou County are gathered here.

According to the information found by the spies, it is inferred that the defenders in the pass city are currently close to 100,000. Among them, a large number of remnants of the Central Army of the Red Kingdom were mixed.

A small border city in Chidi seems insignificant, but Lin Haotian can't abandon it.

Guankou City failed to completely block the passage between Chidi and Yanguo, but it was just located in the center of this passage, it was like a nail driven here, whether it was the Jin army attacking Yan Guo in the south or the Yan army attacking Jin Guo in the north, it would be such an important strategic place, Lin Haotian would certainly not give up, even if there were more Red Army troops stationed in it, no matter how difficult the city was, he had to do his best to firmly control it in his own hands.

Feeling that the future battle in Guankou City would not be easy to fight, Lin Haotian's Seventh Army and the New Army were stationed in Yujing for a long time, and at the same time, he sent a message to the First Army and the Third Army Corps attacking Hengshui and Zhuyang Counties, and urgently transferred the two armies to Chikou County to fight the last battle with the Red Army stationed in Guankou City.

Lin Haotian led his army all the way to Yujing and captured most of Yankou County, and now looking at the whole battle, he suddenly found that the main force of the Red Army had never fought a head-to-head confrontation with his side. The battle between the two sides has always been the main attack of the Jin army, and the Red army retreated and delayed time with the tactics of harassment and ambush.

Before, he couldn't understand why the Butterfly Army was delaying time, but now, he roughly understood the intention of the Red Army, and the other party was buying time to defend the pass city.

More than 100,000 troops were stationed in it, and the war did not know how long it would last, the Red Army had too many things to hoard, in addition to grain, grass and armaments, it was definitely indispensable to defend the city needed to roll wood, stones, medicines and other things, these to hoard in large quantities, naturally it takes time, come to think of it, this is the main reason for the Red Army's delaying tactics.

It can also be seen from this that the Red Army that retreated to Guankou City planned to hold on here for a long time, and Lin Haotian also had a reason to mobilize the First Army and the Third Army to rush to Chikou County.

It is estimated that it will take at least a month for the First and Third Legions to arrive in Yujing, during which time the Seventh Legion and the New Army can fill in the recruits and replenish their respective provisions.

Lin Haotian only lived in the county capital for a few days and couldn't stay, on this day, he took Shao Lin, Tong Lei, and Luo Lan to travel in casual clothes and wander around the city.

Tamai is a county town, and its area and prosperity are second to none in Chikou County, and because of the border with Yan Province, there are many merchants living in Tamai Castle with a Red Country accent.

Lin Haotian and the four of them came out very early, just in time for the market in Yujing East City, there were many vendors on both sides of the street, and people came and went on the road, which was very lively.

He, Shao Lin, and Tong Lei just looked east and west, and didn't buy anything, but Roland bought a lot of gadgets, and his face was also smiling.

Walking out of the market, Lin Haotian looked up and saw that there was a restaurant in front of him, he patted his stomach and said with a smile: "After shopping for a long time, my stomach is also hungry, let's go, let's go eat something." ”

Shao Lin, Tong Lei, and Luo Lan nodded in unison, and followed Lin Haotian to the restaurant.

The façade of this restaurant is not small, and the inside is also spacious, divided into two floors, front and back.

Lin Haotian and the others went up to the second floor to find a place by the window and sat down, Shao Lin and Tong Lei sat opposite Lin Haotian and Luo Lan, one person inspected the window, and one person looked around, even if the red ground was too peaceful, the two of them did not dare to be too careless.

Roland's face was still full of excitement after he sat down, and he put all the things he bought aside.

Lin Haotian glanced at her with a smile and secretly laughed at the woman...... Then he turned his head to look out the window at the street. (To be continued......)