The victory of the Jin Army in this battle was certainly due to the Seventh Army, but the greatest credit belonged to the Jin Army that had previously mixed into the camp of the Red Army.

This group of Jin troops played a crucial role at a critical moment, resulting in the 100,000 Red Army who came out of the camp to counterattack were locked up outside the camp, unable to retreat, unable to escape, and finally annihilated. Even Lin Haotian, who had a lot of complaints about Ding Feng, had to admire his foresight after listening to the battle report, and it was too unexpected to bury such a strange army within the Red Army in advance.

When discussing the reward for meritorious deeds, Lin Haotian first rewarded these Jin Jun who disguised themselves as the Red Army, rewarded their main generals with a thousand taels of gold, and gave them the title of viscount, rewarded the soldiers below them with one hundred taels of silver each, and recorded a great merit, and then, Lin Haotian rewarded Guan He, Ding Feng and Hu Xia respectively.

When everyone was rewarded, they were naturally full of joy and smiles, only Hu Xia was depressed, feeling that he was really ashamed of the reward of the adults, after all, he was not only useless in this battle, but also at fault, it was because of his improper command that he almost buried 50,000 soldiers of the Fourth Army.

Of course, Lin Haotian also saw that he was uncomfortable, but he didn't say much, no one is born to fight, no matter how good a general is, he is also trained a little bit by actual combat, this time let Hu Xia learn a lesson and dispel his arrogance, maybe it is also a good thing.

After the reward for meritorious deeds, Lin Haotian asked Zhang Yan, the chief general of the Red Army, to be escorted up.

Throughout this battle, Zhang Yan's command did not have any proper place, but he was unlucky, ran into the Seventh Army Corps, and was betrayed by the Neiying Institute that he had planted in the Red Camp. If possible, Lin Haotian also hopes to take such talents for his own use.

Seeing Zhang Yan being tied up in the middle of the military tent, Lin Haotian deliberately showed displeasure and frowned. Pointing to the guards on the left and right, he shouted: "General Zhang can be regarded as a distinguished guest of this commander, quickly untie General Zhang!"

"No need!" Zhang Yan is a person who has seen the world, as soon as Lin Haotian opened his mouth, he guessed what he was thinking in his heart, and he stood below. Raising his head, straightening his waist, he said in a shocking voice: "I surrendered to the Jin army in Xia, not because I was greedy for life and afraid of death, but I couldn't bear to watch the brothers under my command die in vain." If General Lin is really a hero, he will be happy in the next one, and he will also thank General Lin for his great kindness under Jiuquan!"

Yo! This is a tough guy! The golden generals on both sides of the big tent nodded secretly, although Zhang Yan was not a famous general in the Red Kingdom, he was still very good at commanding troops to fight. Loyalty to the Red Kingdom is also admirable.

Without waiting for Lin Haotian to speak, Guan He had already laughed out loud, he stepped forward, stood still in front of Zhang Yan, and said with a smile: "General Zhang, as the saying goes, those who know the times are handsome! Shi Huai is mediocre and cruel. Those who follow him will not end well. Guan saw this and switched to Jinguo early. Obeying orders under the account of adults, and now you are the commander of an army, I think with General Zhang's ability, it will not be worse than Guan, now the opportunity is in front of you, General Zhang must not miss it. Why don't you follow Guan Mou and serve my family together?"

Zhang Yan had never seen Guan He, and when he heard him claiming to be Guan Mou, and he was from the Red Kingdom, he had already guessed his identity. Listen to him. Zhang Yan laughed on his back, laughed for a while, and then he stopped laughing, spat at Guan He, and sneered: "You traitorous puppet and traitor, you dare to speak out in front of the general, you are also worthy?! Even if the general is broken into thousands of pieces and put into the oil pot, he is ashamed to be in the company of you and other villains!"

His angry scolding was not merciless at all, and Guan He's face was red and white for a while, and the Jin generals from the Jin Kingdom around him were all laughing secretly in their hearts, and at the same time, they were secretly praising Zhang Yan for scolding happily.

Guan He is not a Jin man, but he is in charge of the Seventh Legion, which is the strongest in the Jin country, how can he not be hated, especially those Jin generals from the Jin country, who are eager for Guan He to fall as soon as possible.

He looked down at the spitting on the armor on his chest, Guan He's eyebrows gradually erected, and his eyes turned red from bloodshot. In the Jin country, the Jin people didn't dare to humiliate him like this, how could he bear it?

Without warning, he waved his hand violently, pulled out the saber at his waist, and the blade of the sword went straight to Zhang Yan's throat, his face was full of hideousness, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Give you face, you don't have a face! Believe it or not, Lao Tzu will split you now?!"

Zhang Yan simply closed his eyes, looking completely relieved to die, at this time, Lin Haotian after the handsome case groaned.

Guan He's body was shocked, he hurriedly put down his sword, turned around and said to Lin Haotian: "My lord, this thief humiliating the last general is like humiliating the adult, it is extremely hateful, and he is innocent of death, and I hope that the lord will order this thief to be killed immediately!"

Lin Haotian only had a little bit of love for Zhang Yan, and it was far from the extent that he had to be, seeing Zhang Yan's resolute attitude, he decided to give up, and he asked the last time: "General Zhang, are you really stubborn and unwilling to lower my gold?"

"That's right! I will be a red man in my next life, and I will be a red ghost in death! I will repay the kindness of my family with my family's death, and I will die without regrets, and I hope that General Lin will be fulfilled. Zhang Yan still closed his eyes and said loudly.

"Look, my lord, this thief is obsessed and can't stay!" Guan He hated Zhang Yan so much that he added fuel and vinegar to the side.

Lin Haotian nodded, and said helplessly: "Since General Zhang is so loyal to the Red Kingdom, it is not easy for this commander to be strong. As he spoke, he turned his gaze to Guan He, and said leisurely: "Guan He, General Zhang will be handed over to you to deal with, after all, you are both red people, and it is up to you whether you let General Zhang go or stay." ”

His words seem to be very generous on the surface, but in fact, they are equivalent to pronouncing Zhang Yan's death sentence.

Guan He's heart has always been small-minded, and he has a small belly and chicken intestines, just now Zhang Yan insulted him in public, how could he give Zhang Yan a way to live, if the latter can die happily in his hands, it will be considered a good death.

Sure enough, after listening to Lin Haotian's words, Guan He was overjoyed, he first glanced back at Zhang Yan with a smile, and then bowed to Lin Haotian and said, "Thank you, my lord!"

The fourth camp that was heavily defended by the Red Army was finally captured by the Jin Army, and the 100,000 troops, including its main general Zhang Yan, were annihilated, which was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the Red Army in Panling. The strength of the army was sharply reduced from more than 300,000 to more than 200,000 at once, and compared with the strength of the Jin army that came to attack, it completely fell into a disadvantage.

However, through this battle, Lin Haotian also saw that the Red Army camp in Panling was indeed not easy to fight, and this time because of his own internal help, he won easily. However, there is no longer any internal response from your own side in the enemy camp behind, and if you want to storm it, your own losses will inevitably be not small. He summoned the generals and asked if there were any other roads to bypass the ridge.

Ding Feng and Jin Cheng both shook their heads again and again, and said: "In Zeping County, if you want to cross Panling, there is only one way, if you want to bypass Panling, you have to go to Surabaya or Tianyang County." And these two counties are under the control of the Red Army, if you want to leave these two counties, the war will have to start from scratch, then the plan formulated by the previous military and political hall will be nullified. ”

After Lin Haotian heard this, his heart was half cold, it seemed that it was impossible to choose to bypass Panling now.

He muttered thoughtfully, "Since you can't get around." We have to fight hard, but what is the way to enable our army to destroy the Red Army in Panling without paying heavy losses?"

"There's only one way!" Ding Feng continued, "Your Excellency has sent an order to the Iron Lion Army." Retreat and attack Panling, and then our army will attack Panling on both sides, so that the Red Army will be difficult to finish, and then we can easily win!"

Lin Haotian's eyes lit up, this is a good way! But after thinking about it, he frowned again. said: "With Panling as a barrier, how can my orders be conveyed to the Iron Lion Army?"

As soon as his words fell, Shao Lin stepped forward, and he said confidently: "Don't worry, my lord, this matter will be left to the last general." ”

"Can you do it?" Lin Haotian raised his brow in disbelief.

Shao Lin smiled. He said: "My lord, remember the new batch of subordinates who were recruited by the last general! Not only can they train eagles, but they are also from the Orion family, and they are good at climbing mountains and mountains, and they do not take official roads, avoid the Red Army camps, and cross the mountains between the mountains, which is not a difficult task for them. ”

Hearing Shao Lin say this, Lin Haotian also remembered that he had taken in a new batch of You Guo Orion a while ago, and at that time he also brought those people to the General's Mansion for him to see, for a man named Mu Ke.

Since Shao Lin was confident that he could pass the order to the Iron Lion Army, of course he was happy to see it happen, Lin Haotian nodded and said, "Okay! ”

"Subordinates obey orders!" Shao Lin agreed simply and retreated.

Shao Lin's self-confidence is not born for no reason, Mu Ke and his people are indeed good at climbing mountains and mountains, trekking through mountains and rivers, Panling may be the only way for others to go, but for Mu Ke and other hunters who live in the deep mountains all year round and live by hunting and collecting medicine, it is impossible to form an obstacle at all.

On the same day, Shao Lin found Mu Ke and asked him to select two shrewd and capable clansmen, cross the Panling, and convey the orders of the adults to the Iron Lion Army in Chengdu.

Mu Ke received the order, according to Shao Lin's request, to pick out two young and strong young men among the clansmen, and then handed over Lin Haotian's handwritten instructions to the two, and let them cross the Panling Mountains from the mountains and mountains to Chengdu.

Mu Ke's people did not disappoint Lin Haotian and Shao Lin, and it only took them three days to get out of Panling and use a falcon to send the news back to the Jin army camp.

After receiving this news, Lin Haotian was very happy, now all he has to do is wait, wait for the Iron Lion Army to kill from the back of the Red Army, and his own side will attack the Red Army in Panling before and after, and the big thing can be done.

However, things did not go as smoothly as he imagined.

A few days later, the letter from the spies of the Jin Army was sent back again, this time from Chengdu, and the contents of the letter were written by Chu Chen, the commander of the Iron Lion Army.

In the letter, Chu Chen made it clear that the Iron Lion Army had no possibility of turning back to Panling.

It's not that Chu Chen disobeyed Lin Haotian's orders, but now the Iron Lion Army really can't retreat. Since the Zhilu Daojin army captured Chengdu, the county capital of Zeping County, the Chiguo Imperial Court was greatly shocked, and Jiankang directly dispatched 200,000 central troops to Zeping to reinforce, and at the same time Shi Huai also ordered the two counties of Surabaya and Tianyang to divide troops to reinforce Zeping.

At present, the three-way reinforcements of the Red Kingdom have advanced into Zeping County from the east, west and south, and quickly gathered in Chengdu, forming a three-sided encirclement of the Iron Lion Army stationed in Chengdu.

Now if the Iron Lion Army evacuates Chengdu and goes north to attack Panling, I am afraid that it will not be able to go to Panling, and it will have to be caught up by the Red Army. Therefore, at this time, the Iron Lion Army could only stay in Chengdu, rely on Chengdu's city defense, and fight to the death with the Red State reinforcements.

It can be said that the situation of the Iron Lion Army is much more critical than that of Lin Haotian's side, and there are three reinforcements from the Red Country. A total of no less than 600,000 people, menacing, the Iron Lion Army itself is difficult to protect, not only can not help Lin Haotian's side, but also urgently needs the Jin army with Lin Haotian to break through Panling and go to Chengdu for reinforcements.

Chu Chen's letter was sent back to the Jin army camp. The Jin generals were in an uproar, and they couldn't imagine that the Red Kingdom would gather such a large army in such a short period of time.

As the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Although the Red Kingdom is a traditional power, although it has suffered losses in the First Jinchi War and the Battle of Vayou, it has not hurt the vitality of the whole country, and the Red Kingdom has not been at war for more than 100 years, and the people are prosperous and strong. This makes the Red Kingdom have a very strong ability to replenish new soldiers, as long as the Red Country is not killed with a stick, as long as the Red Kingdom does not completely destroy the imperial court of the Red Kingdom, with the strong national strength of the Red Kingdom, the peak military strength can be restored in a very short period of time.

That's what makes the Red Country so terrible!

Lin Haotian's side was blocked by Panling, and the Iron Lion Army's side had to face the encirclement of 600,000 Red Army, and the Jin Army's advantage period for sending troops to the Red Country had ended, and now it had begun to enter a period of fierce fighting between the two armies.

The Jin army wanted to gain an advantage over the Red army. It is necessary to first destroy the main force of the Red Army in Zepyeong-gun, and in order to destroy the main force of the Red Army. It is far from enough to rely on the Iron Lion Army alone, it also has to rely on the cooperation of the whole army.

At this time, Lin Haotian had already made up his mind, even if the whole army paid a big loss. It is also necessary to break through Panling as soon as possible and join the Iron Lion Army.

Lin Haotian's order to storm Panling has not yet been issued, but Wancheng first came to pass the book of flying pigeons, the content of which is from the Military and Political Hall.

The Military Administration Hall made a detailed study of the current situation of the Jin Army, and then changed the original design of the deployment. Now they put forward a new plan for Lin Haotian, decisively abandoning Panling, withdrawing from Zeping County, and attacking Surabaya County instead.

Now the Red Army stationed in Surabaya has accepted Shi Huai's deployment, more than half of the troops have entered Zeping County to encircle and suppress the Iron Lion Army, Surabaya's troops are empty, and their own attack on Surabaya can occupy this strategic place, and secondly, they can help the New Red Army open the door to the Red Country, assist the New Red Army, and enter the Red Country.

However, this scheme can also be called an illusion.

According to the prediction of the military administration, once the army of his own side withdraws from Zeping, the Red Army stationed in Panling will also withdraw from Panling and go to encircle and suppress the Iron Lion Army in Chengdu with the other three Red Army.

Therefore, if their own army wants to withdraw from Zeping, they have to withdraw with great fanfare, and in secret, quietly leave a legion to ambush near Panling, as long as the Red Army stationed in Panling retreats, this legion will seize Panling with lightning speed.

If the Red Army is not fooled, even if it sees its own army withdrawing, it will remain unmoved, and continue to stay in Panling, then the illusion of changing the attack on Surabaya will become real, and the Iron Lion Army will be used as a bait to attract the main force of the Red Army, and its own side will take the opportunity to take Surabaya and join the new Red Army.

It can be said that this move is a dual-purpose strategy, if the Red Army is deceived by the false retreat of the Jin Army, then the Jin Army will take advantage of the situation to occupy Panling, if the Jin Army's actions have not deceived the Red Army, then it is nothing, so it will change the feint attack to a real attack and occupy Surabaya.

Lin Haotian couldn't help but beat his forehead again and again after reading the plan proposed by the Junzheng Hall, this new combat plan of the Junzheng Hall is complicated to say, but it is actually very simple, it is the plan of 'Ming Xiu Plank Road and secretly crossing Chen Cang', why didn't he think of it if he was familiar with so many battle examples in history?

There was no need to think about it carefully, just based on intuition, Lin Haotian had already concluded that the new plan proposed by the Military Administration Hall was a good policy, and he immediately summoned all the generals in the army to announce this plan.

When Lin Haotian announced the new combat plan of the Military Administration Hall, he did not let the generals discuss whether this plan was feasible or not, and directly discussed the specific details of the implementation of the plan.

To make the illusion of the main retreat, and at the same time quietly leave a legion as an ambush, there is no doubt that the legion that remains will bear the heavy responsibility, and the focus of the discussion is which legion to leave behind.

First, the Seventh Army was unanimously excluded.

Whether the Seventh Legion is a cavalry legion or a heavy cavalry, it is okay to kill the enemy in front of the battle, but it still has to rely on infantry to attack the city and seize the land, and the remaining three legions of the First Legion, the Fifth Legion, and the Fourth Legion can be considered.

The first to stand up and ask for help was Ding Feng.

As far as the infantry is concerned, the combat power of the First Army Corps is second to none, and the officers and men of the whole army with Ding Feng as the leader still have a resentment in their stomachs that they can't attack for a long time, and it seems reasonable to leave the First Army Corps as an ambush.

However, Lin Haotian disagreed, the fame of the First Army was too great, and it was too eye-catching, if the First Army was not among them when the whole army retreated, it would be easy for the spies of the Red Army to see the flaws, so that their own plans would fall short, and the Fourth Army would not be able to, for the same reason as the First Army, in Lin Haotian's view, the Fifth Army was the one who should be left behind and the least likely to expose the target.

The Fifth Legion is an army dominated by wooden people, and its performance in the Jin Army is not bad, but it can only be regarded as good, and its reputation is far inferior to that of the First Legion and the Fourth Legion, in addition, the strength of the Fifth Legion is 150,000, leaving 100,000, and there are still 50,000 people to support the scene, so as not to make the Red People suspicious.

After listening to Lin Haotian's analysis, the generals nodded one after another, feeling that it made sense.

Seeing that everyone did not object, Lin Haotian made a decision and said in a loud voice: "Here, the Fifth Army will send 100,000 soldiers to ambush in the Panling area, led by me and General Jin personally. ”

When everyone heard this, their faces changed, including Jin Cheng, and they asked in unison, "My lord wants to stay too?"

Lin Haotian smiled and said: "This battle is related to the success or failure of my country's battle against the Red Army, such an important battle, how can I not be there?" As he spoke, he narrowed his eyes and said with a bright eye: "There is no problem with the plan of the Military and Political Hall, this time, I am bound to take Panling and open this gateway to the Red Kingdom!"

Seeing that his attitude was so resolute, everyone stopped persuading each other, in fact, the risk of this battle plan is not very high, as long as the Red Army is deceived, it is convenient to take Panling, and it is not impossible for the adults to stay and supervise the battle.

Without too much controversy, the Jin army finalized the new battle plan on its side, and the main force of the Jin army made the illusion of retreat, while the 100,000 Fifth Army Corps led by Lin Haotian and Jin Cheng secretly ambushed in the Panling area. As for the location of the ambush, it is too easy to find, the mountain is so big, it is no problem to hide an army of 100,000 in any corner. (To be continued......)