Leaving from the Ten Thousand Buddha Cave, Wang Shiyi took out the information given by Miao Daoyi.

After sweeping the words on it, Wang Xingshi immediately became nervous, but said: "This Zhang Hongfan also has some skills, and he actually plans to deal with us first? It seems that I have to prepare earlier, so as not to be captured by him." ”

The persimmon picks up the soft pinch, and the Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty army is imminent, so Zhang Hongfan will have such a move, which is also a proper move.

But Wang Shixing still felt a little nervous when he saw that the other party planned to solve Handan City within half a month, but unfortunately the information was still insufficient, and he still didn't understand how the other party planned to deal with it.

With the information, Wang Shiyi also returned to Handan City.

Seeing Wang Shijian's safe return, the boulder that fell in Mao Renfeng's heart finally let go: "Fortunately, you came back in time." If I don't see you come back again, I'm afraid that I will personally lead the army to attack Jinan Mansion. ”

"Huh. I'm just going to see my old friend, what's there to worry about?" Wang Shixing smiled and said, "Speaking of which, during the time I left, what was the situation of the enemy?"

"Or as usual, occasionally send troops to provoke. At other times, I basically stayed in the barracks. Zhou Yu replied.

This went on for more than a month, and under the influence of the other party, the spring ploughing could not be carried out for a long time, and it was impossible to maintain it until the next year by relying only on the grain in the city.

It can be said that if this situation continues to be maintained, I am afraid that Handan City itself will collapse.

With a "poof", Wang Shiyi laughed, and the others turned their heads together, with a bit of weirdness in their eyes. Wang Shixing explained: "It seems that the other party is not sure to defeat us! But I estimate that he will not be able to hold out for long." ”

"Oh, why is that?" Zhou Yu asked.

"Huh. Do you know that just recently, the Song Dynasty launched an operation? You must know that just twenty days ago, Xia Gui personally led a large army and directly captured Linyi. It is precisely because of this that Zhang Hongfan is now planning an army to fight against the army of the Song Dynasty. Wang Shiyi replied with a smile.

Duan Ling was surprised, but he was full of surprise at the news: "Song Dynasty, did they really launch the Northern Expedition?" He had heard similar news before, but he just regarded it as a whisper, but he didn't expect Wang Shiyi to directly give a specific time and place.

"If that's the case, I'm afraid we'll have a hard time. Zhou Yu was nervous.

Duan Ling obviously thought of something, and asked Wang Shijian: "So that Zhang Hongfan and Boyan, are you going to solve us before this?"

"That's right, and their attack is in the middle of the past fifteen days!" Wang Shixing closed his head and replied.

Everyone knows that they have the support of the Red Phoenix Army behind them, and their development potential far exceeds that of other rebel armies, and if left unchecked, they will become a powerful force that threatens Mongol rule in the Central Plains.

For this reason, Zhang Hongfan must strangle it in the cradle.

Otherwise, why did Zhang Hongfan only target Handan City among the hundreds of rebels that appeared, and let his son Zhang Qi lead the army to attack?

"Fifteen days?"

Zhou Yu felt nervous, and asked again: "Is it possible to capture Handan City in fifteen days?"

"Hmph, if it's me, it's better to attack at this time. As long as they destroy each other first, then how can they defeat us?" Duan Ling looked disdainful and directly put forward his own plan.

He prides himself on being Xiang Yu's rebirth, and naturally he is unwilling to succumb to Handan City, so he plans to attack at this time, as long as he defeats the other party, then the other party's follow-up plan will naturally not succeed.

"No way!"

Zhou Yu said: "You also know that the other party's strength is stronger than ours. If we attack rashly, we are afraid that we may fall into the trap of the other party. Wouldn't it be tantamount to suicide to waste your troops when the time comes? Moreover, you have failed once before, and I did not blame you because I did not cause much damage at that time. But what if it hits the trick again this time?"

Duan Ling was dumbfounded for a moment, and retorted: "Then according to your intentions, let's just shrink into the city and wait for the other party to attack?"

"It's conservative, but it's our best option right now. Zhou Yu vetoed.

Because of the previous battle, he had already understood that the enemy outside the city was not an instructor above the school, but a ruthless opponent who would seize every opportunity to attack the opponent, so he naturally had to fight two hundred points of spirit.

Duan Ling became angry, stood up directly, and shouted at Zhou Yu: "That's good." Let me see what means you plan to use to drag on these fifteen days!" Then he turned around and left, obviously still dissatisfied, just because it was Zhou Yu who was in command now, so he could only act according to orders.

"This kid!"

Wang Shixing looked dissatisfied and complained directly: "I thought he would grow a little, but I didn't expect it to be like this." ”

Mao Renfeng also sighed, but Duan Ling was already unruly, and he couldn't convince him, so he just asked, "Then how should we prepare next?"

Although they know the opponent's time limit, they don't know the opponent's troop arrangements and the dark chess pieces that have been ambushed, otherwise, they can make corresponding countermeasures against the opponent's actions.

Otherwise, where would it be so passive?

"In any case, within this half month, please be ready to fight at any time. You know what?" Zhou Yu has no better way, and he can only tell you to prepare.

The soldiers will block, and the water will cover the earth.

The other party has clearly decided to solve themselves, and it is impossible for them to be caught, so they naturally began to make corresponding moves, after all, no matter how subtle the other party's strategy is, it still has to follow the corresponding military rules after all, and it is impossible to be without traces.

And they only need to make targeted deployments, which can naturally solve each other.

After the meeting ended, Duan Ling returned to his military tent, sulking to himself.

"Doesn't that guy understand the truth that he will get tired after a long defense? He knows that the other party will attack him, but he still sits and guards the besieged city, what kind of reason is this!"

Duan Ling scolded and scolded, but found that he could not calm his anger.

At this time, that Zhang Wu walked into the tent with a pot of tea and persuaded: "General Duan, you dissipate your anger, but don't be angry." ”

"I'd like to, but the man has to change his mind. Duan Ling snorted lightly, but shouted directly.

Zhang Wu was obviously frightened, and hurriedly said, "This, why don't you let me persuade you?" What if General Zhou will change his mind?"

"Change your mind? How is this possible!" Duan Ling smiled and said: "I have been a student of four years with him, and I have long known that this guy seems to be modest, but he is a tendon. Unless you find a mistake, change your decision decisively. It's just you, it's just a dream!"

It's not his character to sit still, and this anxiety of waiting is really a torture.

"What should we do, after all, there is not much food in the city, and if we continue, won't we all have to wait for death?"

Zhang Wu looked like he had lost his soul, and kept muttering to himself.

He didn't know that the Mongol army would attack in the near future, and if he did, he didn't know what it would become.

"Shut up!" Duan Ling was bored when he heard this, and shouted directly: "If you continue to make noise here, believe it or not, I will kick you out now?"

"General, yes, I'm sorry. It's just a general, so what are you going to do next?" Zhang Wu's heart perked up, and he hurriedly tensed his body, lest he anger the person in front of him.

"This guy is talking about it nicely, but I didn't expect it to be a straw bale. ”

Duan Ling glanced at Zhang Wu, but he was bored, if it weren't for the fact that there were no talents under him, how could he let Zhang Wu stay under him?

Although this was the case, he was unwilling to wait like this, so he gave an order to Zhang Wu.

"You know, too. Although our army has not fought with each other since the previous battle. But during this time, the other side piled up earth and built a fort three miles away from the city. If they succeed in building it, it will be a big threat to our army. In order to avoid the success of the construction of these forts, I will prepare to go out of the city and destroy them in the early hours of the morning. You go and inform the soldiers first, so that they are ready, you know?"

"The last will be ordered. ”

Zhang Wu hurriedly bowed his head and agreed, but then showed some hesitation: "But General Zhou has an order, let us guard the city gate and not send troops without authorization." If I rush out, I'm afraid that General Zhou will blame me at that time, and I can't afford it. ”

Duan Ling didn't care, and snorted coldly and shouted: "Hmph! Since ancient times, defending the city has always been based on the enemy. If you huddle under the city walls, how can you defeat the other party? You go and convey my orders, and if something happens, I will naturally bear it. He thought silently in his heart: "And since that guy plans to capture Handan within half a month, he will definitely prepare in advance, and I just took advantage of this time to check the details of the other party." ”

Seeing that Duan Ling was determined, Zhang Wu naturally did not dare to persuade him, so he had to act according to Duan Ling's orders.

In the early hours of the morning, Duan Ling also led the troops out of the city together.

The sun has not yet risen, the earth is still shrouded in darkness, and the air is filled with a thin mist, which makes people feel the breath of winter that still remains.

Walking to the top of the fort following his memory, Duan Ling clasped the long knife in his left hand and stared at the soldiers patrolling in the distance.

Even in the early hours of the morning, there were still a large number of soldiers patrolling, the braziers erected high also illuminated the fort within ten feet, and there were two or three soldiers on the central watchtower staring at everything below, and if they found any movement, they would ring the bronze bell above.

This is enough to prevent any infiltration.

When Duan Ling saw this scene, he couldn't help but admire: "That guy also has some skills, and he actually sets it up so keenly. ”

The attack camp and the defense camp are the subjects that must be taught in the military school set up by the Red Phoenix Army, and if they can't pass, they will be directly declared unqualified, so Duan Ling is also quite proficient in this point, if he directly does this in the face of those rabble, he can completely defeat it.

But Zhang Qi is the son of Zhang Hongfan, and he has been taught all kinds of military tactics since he was born, but he can't be attacked by this means.

However, Duan Ling's purpose today was only to harass, so he didn't care very much.

The first and second companies remained in place as an echo. Three companies followed me, ready to fight. ”

Turning his head sideways, Duan Ling deliberately lowered his voice, and the soldiers behind him listened to it and closed their heads one after another to show their understanding.

Under Duan Ling's rigorous training, they also initially knew some tactical coordination problems, and they would not rush directly at once.

Under the cover of the middle of the night, Duan Ling slowly moved his pace, narrowing the distance between each other, and when the distance was right, he rushed directly to it first

The sound like a bell immediately spread everywhere.

The soldiers rushed out and charged together, and immediately plunged their spears into the body of the patrolling soldier. With the rush of blood, these soldiers froze to the ground, and there was no possibility of struggling.

A bayonet carved with a blood groove is capable of inflicting great trauma in an instant, and few are able to escape from it.

Of course, this action was also discovered by the watchtower, and the sound of the bronze bell ringing "dong dong" also spread throughout the fort.

Then an army rushed out of the battery.

Duan Ling stared at it and was shocked: "It turned out to be Zhang Jue? I didn't expect this guy to come out in person?"

Zhang Qi reined in the war horse, and after seeing Duan Ling by the light of the fire, he immediately smiled and said, "Hmph." As the so-called praying mantis catches cicadas and yellow finches behind, you want to take advantage of this time to sneak attack, but did you expect that I would lay heavy troops here in order to be able to take you down!" The war horse under the crotch roared to the sky, and then moved its four hooves, and took Zhang Qi on his body to kill Duan Ling.

"Is it just you?"

Duan Ling was fearless, the long knife on his waist had already been started, and he snorted coldly: "It's a pity that if you want to capture me, you will have to have at least ten times more troops." ”

The long knife shook, and the sword soared, but it directly blocked all the attacking guns.

Zhang Jue's expression moved slightly, and he secretly thought: "This guy's strength is also strong, not much weaker than me." Cheering up his spirits, he once again urged the war horse under his crotch, and the spear in his hand was wrapped in thousands of dust and sand, and all of them swept towards Duan Ling.

The wind and sand force the face, making it difficult to open your eyes.

But Duan Ling was not afraid, he just sank into the dantian, and the long knife in his hand gathered infinite silver rays, and he shouted angrily.

"Crazy Knife - Ten Directions of the World. ”

Suddenly, the swords flew out, all swept towards Zhang Qi.

Zhang Jue was stunned for a moment, and thought to himself: "What a guy, you actually used all your strength at the beginning?" Knowing the power of the other party's move, he quickly jumped into the air and avoided this sweeping and fierce move.

Despite this, the war horse under his crotch was difficult to support, and with a "boom", it was directly cut in half.

In the distance, the fort bore the brunt of the attack, and the wooden towers on it were all destroyed and turned into a pile of broken wood, and on the foundation of the stone hammer, there was a knife mark that was large enough to fit half of the palm of the hand.

Such a sword power naturally shocked everyone on the spot.

In the distance, the Duan Ling drank violently, but said, "Everyone, retreat immediately!"

Hearing the order, everyone retreated one after another, without the slightest hesitation.

Seeing that the other party wanted to escape, Zhang Qi wanted to continue the pursuit, but at this moment, in the darkness in the distance, there was a continuous sound of gunfire, and the entire army was blocked, and he could only watch the other party retreat.

"Next time, next time it will destroy you. ”

Zhang Qi was resentful, staring fiercely at Handan City in the distance, venting his anger.