Chizhou.

Looking at the battleship sailing on the Yangtze River, Duan Ling suddenly frowned: "It seems that this Fan Wenhu also has some skills, and he has laid so many troops here." ”

"That's nature. ”

Gao Gao replied: "This place is located on the edge of the Yangtze River, and it is an important pass to Lin'an. If Lin'an wants to send supplies to Anqing, it needs to pass through this place, and then enter Zongyang Water through Zongyang Town, which is the fastest transportation speed after the Changfengsha ferry is blocked. ”

After Duan Ling heard this, he felt annoyed: "So to speak. If we're going to get through here, we're going to have to disturb them?"

"That's right. This place is a transportation artery, and there are quite a few people under our command, about 5,000. If Chizhou is not captured, it will be difficult to cross the Yangtze River. Gundam nodded and replied.

"It's just that if you want to capture Chizhou, you will inevitably alarm the enemy. If that Tongcheng Fan Wenhu is alerted, it won't be good. Duan Ling replied: "If this is the case, then we must act as soon as possible, otherwise if the other party reacts, then we are afraid that we will be under siege." ”

"Seven days!"

Gouda replied, "It's only seven days at most. Otherwise, when the other party reacts, then we will be really bad. ”

In this medieval era, the speed of news transmission was far less than that of later generations, and if the news of their actions reached Anqing and Lin'an, it would take several days just to come and go, and it would take at least ten days for the large army to move quickly.

Duan Ling was naturally quite clear about this, and immediately ordered: "It's better to be sooner than later, since that's the case, let's start tonight." ”

"Hmm!"

Gundam nodded yes, and he was also quite impressed by Duan Ling's decision.

Now that the strategy had been decided, the two immediately went back and passed the news to their subordinates to get ready.

When the stars rose at night, the city of Chizhou was already shrouded in darkness, and the soldiers in the city had already rested, although the war in Anqing was rumbling, but for them here, the war did not seem to have spread, so there was no one on guard. In Duan Ling's opinion, the city defense system of Chizhou is undoubtedly the same as a sieve, and it can be captured casually. Under the cover of the night light, their group quickly stepped into Chizhou and controlled the place, including the government and soldiers.

When the night recedes and the sun falls, the people of the city don't seem to know this, and still follow the usual trajectory and start a new day.

And on the Yangtze River, more than a dozen warships rode the waves and also entered Chizhou.

They were supply ships from Lin'an, loaded with food and munitions for the Anqing garrison, and they needed to pause here for a while until they were corrected before sending these supplies to Anqing Mansion.

But as soon as they entered the ferry, they were stunned by the rush of soldiers.

"Everyone, don't move. ”

The soldiers who appeared out of nowhere jumped onto the boat one by one, and the guns in their hands were also aimed at them, so that they hurriedly raised their hands in fear, and let these people tie themselves up, and the food and ammunition in the boat were naturally directly laughed at.

"Who are you, why did you suddenly hijack the ship? Don't you know that this is the cargo ship of the Yuan army?"

The leader of the army was terrified, and although he was threatened with a gun, he puffed up his chest and shouted directly.

Seeing this person stand up, Duan Ling immediately took off his clothes, revealing the Huaxia Army shirt he was wearing underneath, and said with a smile: "Ha." Then let you see clearly that it was the Huaxia Army who captured you. ”

"Huaxia Army, you, why did you get here?"

Hearing this, the man's face turned pale, obviously he didn't expect this Huaxia army to come here.

Duan Ling replied disdainfully: "Why not?" looked around at the food and supplies in the cabin, and the corners of his mouth immediately grinned: "Along the way, I was worried that the grain and grass were about to run out, but I never thought I would meet you? ”

More than half a month has passed since they left, and in this half month or so, in order to prevent the leakage of traces, they have been hiding their actions, and they dare not communicate with the people of that town, and the food they carry is naturally consumed.

If this batch of grain had not been seized, I am afraid that they would not have been able to hold on for long.

Hearing this, the man suddenly vomited blood, and jumped on the ground, as if he wanted to fight Duan Ling for his life, but after a burst of gunshots, he also shriveled to the ground, without any life.

Duan Ling snorted lightly, kicked the man's body aside, and said, "I don't know what is dead or alive, do you think you can still resist?"

"Someone fled. I didn't react, and he escaped. ”

Even a soldier looked ashamed and replied in a low voice.

"Is that really the case?" Duan Ling stared at and saw that thirty zhang away from here, a person was struggling to swim towards the opposite shore, his movements were quite flexible, and he was obviously also a martial artist.

The soldier next to him asked, "General, do you want to continue chasing?"

"No!"

Duan Ling shook his head in annoyance and replied, "He has already gone far, and it is too difficult to pursue." Forget it. Thinking of the food in the ship, he was also a little comforted, and replied: "It is already lucky to be able to capture such a batch of arms and food." What's more, he didn't intend to hide this action, so he didn't care much about the man escaping.

Even if the other party told the news to Na Fan Wenhu, at best, it would make the other party a little vigilant, and it would not change the entire battle situation.

So, Duan Ling asked the soldiers to unload such a batch of munitions, grain and grass and transport them to the city for safekeeping, and he also began to arrange the city defense of Chizhou, after all, since the person had fled, the other party's men and horses were only afraid that they would return soon, which needed to be vigilant.

If this Chizhou is replaced by Duan Ling, this kind of sneak attack will not be tolerated.

Moreover, the soldiers of Nachizhou are also unusable, but there are only 3,000 soldiers and horses, and more than half of them are soldiers who cannot fight, so naturally they also need to be eliminated and re-selected a group of people who can fight.

If only the soldiers under his command fought against the other party, it would be intolerable for Duan Ling, so he naturally had to make good use of those surrendered troops and let them play their best role.

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Tongcheng.

Compared with the beacon fire in Taihu Lake, it is much quieter here.

Living here, Fan Wenhu did not restrain his temperament, but gathered all the people in the army, and drank and had fun every day, which was really unhappy. At this moment, however, he was tense, holding a glass of wine in his hand, and looked at the herald who had broken into the banquet with a look of astonishment.

"What did you say?"

couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, Fan Wenhu glared at the person in front of him angrily, and scolded directly: "What you said before, say it again?"

"General Qiyu. The Huaxia army suddenly appeared and captured Chizhou, and the grain and munitions I escorted were also directly robbed by them. The herald's body trembled, and he explained what had happened before.

After hearing this, Fan Wenhu also frowned, and asked again: "Then do you know who is the person who led the army?"

"General Qiyu. According to the investigation, the leader is Duan Ling and Gundam. The man's body trembled, and naturally he hurriedly told the news he heard, for fear that he would be a step slower and anger the person in front of him.

"Tall?"

Hearing the news at first glance, Fan Wenhu lost his mind for a while, and the wine glass in his hand fell in response, and it was smashed directly with a "bang", and the wine was poured all over the ground, and no one was sorry.

After listening to it at the table, his face was also full of horror: "General Gao?

They weren't very familiar with Duan Ling, but as former Song Army officers, they all knew the name of Gundam, and for some reason, they had worked with Gundam.

The herald snapped back and said, "That's right, it's Gundam." ”

"He, why is he here?"

Fan Wenhu seemed to be unable to bear the fear in patience, and fell directly on the seat with a "bang", and the muscles on his face were also trembling, obviously very afraid of Gundam.

There was no way, when he cooperated with Gundam to support Xiangyang, he fled because he abandoned the army, which directly caused the other party to join the Huaxia Army, which made anyone feel annoyed when they thought about it. Now that Gundam is coming with an army, it is clearly aimed at him Fan Wenhu.

For this question, the herald naturally did not know anything except shaking his head.

"General!"

Hearing the news, the military attachés present were also horrified, and even someone stood up and complained, "Now that Gundam is here, it must be for our Tongcheng." If we don't prepare in time, I'm afraid we will be taken down by the other party. ”

"That's right. Please also sit down quickly and decide. Don't wait until he arrives to make plans, or it will be too late. ”

The others also stood up, and they all prayed to Fan Wenhu.

The previous betrayal was not only Fan Wenhu, as Fan Wenhu's subordinates, they naturally could not escape the blame, if they were caught by Gundam, they would definitely not be happy, and they might even be killed by the other party.

In order to save their lives, they naturally desperately hoped that Fan Wenhu would make a decision.

They have never been weaker than anyone else in their fight for their lives.

At this time, a person next to him interjected and asked: "By the way, how many troops do they have this time?" You must know that Chizhou is located in the heart of our army, and if you want to go deep into it, its strength will definitely not be too much. ”

"It's about five thousand. ”

The herald replied.

"Five thousand?"

After hearing the news, Fan Wenhu immediately relieved his heart and said with a smile: "It's only five thousand, what is it?" As a former envoy along the Yangtze River and the governor of Anqing, Fan Wenhu was not short of soldiers, and there were thirty or fifty thousand at the peak, although after being put into the command of the Yuan army, most of the troops in his hands were taken over by others, but he also had nearly eight thousand soldiers and horses in this Tongcheng.

With 8,000 soldiers and horses against the 5,000 soldiers and horses of the Huaxia Army, it is naturally not a problem.

The rest of the people also laughed and said: "It's just 5,000 soldiers and horses, and they want to attack us secretly? ”

"And since that Gundam is here, this time I will definitely ask him to come and go, so that he understands that I am not easy to mess with. Fan Wenhu added confidence and encouragement.

When the generals heard this, they shouted: "That's right. This time, there will be no return to the Gundam. "They are also very afraid of Gundam, so naturally they want to kill it as quickly as possible.

However, at this moment, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door.

All the generals turned their heads to look at the man, and the man immediately knelt down and replied: "General Qiyu, that Gundam is currently leading three thousand soldiers and horses to besiege the water army of Zongyang Town. It was difficult for Nali Debiao to resist, so he specially asked me to rush to Tongcheng and beg the general to send troops to support. ”

The words settled, and in the huge banquet, everyone was stunned and fell into silence.