Everyone looked at each other, and the person who spoke belonged to the Fourth Legion and was one of the main strategists of the Fourth Legion, Zhou Tao.

Lin Haotian asked, "What is Mr. Zhou Tao's plan?"

"Divide the troops!"

"Oh?"

Zhou Tao arched his hand and said: "Your Excellency can divide the Fifth Army to go around the city to relieve the danger of the First Army, while the Fourth Army will stay near Zheng'an and wait for the opportunity to move." If the enemy army goes out of the city and blocks the Huwei army, our army can fight with the enemy in the city, there is no city defense to rely on, the enemy army must not be the opponent of our army, if the enemy does not go out of the city to block, the Huwei army can also take advantage of the situation to go to the gold mountain, welcome back the first army, and then find a way to deal with Zheng'an. ”

Lin Haotian nodded while listening, and felt that Zhou Tao's idea was very good, and then asked the generals: "What does it mean to be listed as a general?"

Jin Cheng took the lead in responding: "What Mr. Zhou Tao said is extremely true, the last general is willing to lead the Fifth Army to solve the crisis of the First Army!"

The other golden generals also nodded one after another, thinking that Zhou Tao's strategy was good and could be tried, but even Chu Lianyu did not stand up to object.

Seeing this, Lin Haotian no longer hesitated, and said in a loud voice: "Okay, just do what Mr. Zhou Tao wants, the Fourth Army will be stationed in place, and the Fifth Army will bypass Zheng'an and go to Juejin Mountain." ”

"Yes, sir!"

Lin Haotian gave an order, and all the generals ordered to leave. The Fifth Army Corps led by Jin Cheng bypassed Zheng'an and continued southward, heading straight for the direction of Juejin Mountain, while the Fourth Army Corps led by Lin Haotian set up camp ten miles away from Zheng'an.

Naturally, the Jin army's move of dividing its troops into two ways could not hide from the eyes of the Red Army, and soon, the Red State spies brought the news back to the city.

Now, the commander in command of these 300,000 local troops is Yuan Tian, the head of Shangjia County. Although Yuan Tian is a civil official, he is a military general and has quite a brain. The underworld is also strong, and he can be called a general with both civil and military skills.

Regarding the Jin army's division tactics, Yuan Tian planned to respond to all changes with the same and not move, even if the Jin army bypassed Zheng'an and rescued the first army trapped in the Absolute Gold Mountain, it would not be a big deal. Further south of Jinshi City, not only has the Red Kingdom gathered a large number of local troops, but the central army of the royal court is also rushing over, and with the current situation of the Jin army, it wants to continue to advance southward, and the momentum is like ascending to the sky.

Yuan Tian ignored the Fifth Army Corps that passed around the city, but Ma Chen was extremely dissatisfied with the inspection sent by Jiankang, and repeatedly urged Yuan Tian to send troops to intercept the Jin army.

The local armies of the four counties, totaling 300,000 people. How could Shi Huai rest assured that he would hand over to the county head commander of Yuan Tian's place, firstly, he was not at ease with his ability, and secondly, he was also afraid that he would have a heavy army in his hand and plot to rebel or suddenly defect. Therefore, Shi Huai specially sent his confidant Ma Chen to come, saying that he was assisting Yuan Tian in resisting the enemy, but in fact he was monitoring his actions.

Yuan Tian is not a mediocre person. Naturally, he knew the true purpose of Ma Chen's coming, and his attitude towards him was very polite.

After listening to Ma Chen's opinion. Yuan Tian said calmly: "The Jin army's strategy of dividing troops is not simple, if our army sends troops hastily, we will have to fight a head-to-head confrontation with the Jin army outside the city. The Jin army is famous all over the world for its courage and good fighting, and although our army has 300,000 people, most of them are local troops that have been temporarily assembled from east to west. The combat power is far from that of the Jin Army, and it is simply unable to compete head-on. ”

Ma Chen is Shi Huai's confidant, and he is also the minister who was single-handedly raised after Shi Huai became king, his loyalty to Shi Huai is undoubted, and he has only learned people. can be called a talented and rich man, but there is one point, Ma Chen is a civil official and a scholar, so it is absolutely no problem for him to manage internal affairs and formulate national policies, but it is a layman to lead the army to fight.

Hearing Yuan Tian say that his 300,000 troops couldn't defeat the more than 100,000 Jin troops, Ma Chen's face immediately sank, and he said coldly: "Why do you let Lord Yuan have such a long morale of the Jin army and destroy the prestige of my own army?" Without waiting for Yuan Tian to explain, he continued: "The First Army of the Jin Kingdom has arrived in Jinshi City, but fortunately, it is trapped in the Golden Mountain by the defenders of Jinshi City. In addition, the Jin army can also use Jinshi City as a base and continue to move south, threatening our national capital, with unimaginable consequences. ”

Yuan Tian Zhengse said: "Lord Ma, Jinshi City is just a city, even if it is lost, the impact on our country is not great, besides, the counties south of Jinshi City have gathered a large number of troops, and the central army is also going north to reinforce, and it is impossible for the Jin army to continue to go south......"

Ma Chen said: "The First Army is the most elite army of the Jin Kingdom, even the Huwei Army has been lost in the hands of the First Army, its combat power can be imagined, no matter what, we must now make every effort to prevent the Jin Army from aiding the First Army, if General Yuan is cowardly, then the official will personally lead the army out of the city and block the Jin Army." ”

Alas! Yuan Tian sighed secretly, who is the one who is improving the morale of the enemy army and destroying his own prestige? The First Army Corps has suffered a great loss of vitality after the battle of the Absolute Green Mountain, and even if it is rescued, how can it still have the strength and strength to continue the southern expedition? Now insisting on going out of the city to fight the Jin army is tantamount to self-destruction.

He shook his head and said, "Master Ma, now our army must not go out of the city to fight with the Jin army, and our army does not have the strength to fight with the Jin army outside the city!"

"Hmph!" Ma Chen snorted coldly and said, "It seems that Lord Yuan's fear of the Jin Army is deep in his bones, and since this is the case, then this official has to doubt whether Lord Yuan still has the ability to command an army of 300,000." As he spoke, he pulled out a roll of brocade from his cuffs, carefully unfolded it, first arched his hand to the side, and then said: "The king's edict is here! The king has made it clear in the edict that if Lord Yuan's command is unfavorable, this officer has the right to take over all the affairs of our army, including the right to command!"

Yuan Tian's face changed suddenly when he heard this, his eyes drooped, and he looked at the king's edict in Ma Chen's hand, speechless for a long time. Yuan Tian knew that the purpose of the king sending Ma Chen over was not simple, but he didn't expect it to be so direct and distrustful of himself.

"What's the matter? Lord Yuan doesn't believe that this is the king's edict, you can take it and identify it carefully!" Seeing that Yuan Tian didn't speak for a long time, Ma Chen immediately handed the edict to Yuan Tian's face.

This is the king's edict, even if Ma Chen has the courage to do so, he will not dare to fake it. Yuan Tian knew very well in his heart, he subconsciously took two steps back, and said in a low voice: "Xiaguan doesn't dare." ”

Ma Chen put away his handbook expressionlessly and said, "I'll ask Lord Yuan one last time, do you want to lead the army to stop the Jin army?"

Now Yuan Tian is really out of line, Ma Chen has the king's edict in hand, if he insists on refusing to send troops, I am afraid that he will really forcibly deprive himself of his military rights. It doesn't matter if he has military power or not, the key is that Ma Chen is only a civil servant, where will he lead the army to fight, and he will lead the army to fight, I am afraid that his own 300,000 troops will be killed by him. In a desperate situation, Yuan Tian finally turned his heart sideways and bowed his hand: "Xiaguan...... Yes!"

Ma Chen's face finally showed a smile, nodded, and said, "Without further ado, the soldiers are fast, Lord Yuan will lead the army to meet the enemy now!"

Under Ma Chen's compulsion, Yuan Tian, who didn't want to fight, could only choose to fight helplessly.

However, he did not take all the 300,000 troops out of the city, but left 50,000 soldiers behind and ordered them to escort the people in the city to leave the city and move south.

There was no need to wait for the two sides to start fighting, Yuan Tian already had a premonition that his side would lose this battle, and in order to prevent the red-eyed Jin army from slaughtering the city, he felt that it was still necessary to evacuate the people in the city first.

Let's say that the Jin army learned that the Red Army in Zheng'an City took the initiative to go out of the city and tried to block the Huwei Army passing around the city, Lin Haotian was overjoyed, and Zhou Tao's tactics of dividing troops really worked wonders. He did not make any delay, and immediately sent someone to send an order to the Fifth Legion to prepare for the battle, and he himself personally commanded the Fourth Legion and rushed in the direction of the Fifth Legion.

The total number of troops of the two countries exceeded 500,000, and they formed formations in the plain area 30 miles west of Zheng'an City, and opened up their postures to prepare for a frontal battle.

This was the largest battle since the outbreak of the Jin-Chi War, with both sides having about 250,000 troops, but the composition of the generals was very different.

On the Red Army side, there are all local coalition troops, some people are wearing orthodox Red Army armor, while some people are still wearing cloth clothes and trousers, the whole military appearance looks extremely untidy, even the military flag is not unified, and the flags of the four counties and thirteen counties are all mixed together.

On the other hand, the Jin army is all the central army of the Jin country, as far as the eye can see, the Jin army with black helmets and black armor is overwhelming, and the red tassels above the head form a red ocean, even if it is a formation, the Jin army looks more imposing than the red army, the soldiers are holding their heads high one by one, standing straight, whether they look straight, horizontally or obliquely, the arrangement of the soldiers is a straight line.

Lin Haotian was in the camp of the Jin army, sitting on the tall carriage, he squinted in front of him, leaned forward, first looked at the Red Army camp opposite for a while, and then sneered, and said proudly: "Firefly fire, dare to compete with the sun and the moon?" As he spoke, he ordered: "Order Jin Cheng, the entire Fifth Army will advance and attack the enemy from the front!"

"Yes, sir!" the herald replied simply, flicking his whip and urging his horse away, while the drums in the camp of the Jin army were beating loudly, and the roar of the horses shook the eardrums. (To be continued......)