"General, General!"

Seeing that he looked like this, Zhang Rongshi stepped out, helped Xie Cheng up, and let him sit on the seat.

"Now the whole army is all tied to you alone, and you can't have an accident easily. General!"

After Xie Cheng sat down, he slowly calmed the breath in his chest, and immediately laughed like self-deprecation, and then said: "Something happened?

However, at present, Tongcheng is occupied by the Huaxia army, which is equivalent to the logistics being directly cut off, and it is impossible to get support from Lin'an.

And now, three days at the earliest and ten days at the latest, when the food in the city is exhausted, the soldiers in the city will definitely cause a commotion, and the Huaxia army outside the city, let alone attack, can wait for them to collapse completely, and then they can easily take Anqing into their hands.

"But the General. If something happens to you, what are we going to do?"

Zhang Rongshi persuaded: "And although the Huaxia army occupies Tongcheng, it may not be able to stabilize its foothold in a short time, if we launch an attack while the other party has not yet gained a firm foothold, we may not be able to recapture Tongcheng!"

Xie Cheng's eyebrows were furrowed, and his mouth was full of doubts: "This, can it work?"

"Anyway, we have to give it a try, don't we?" Zhang Rongshi encouraged.

"Okay. ”

Xie Chang took a breath, and then said: "Then I will give you five thousand soldiers and horses to recapture Tongcheng." Seeing that Zhang Rongshi took the order, he instructed again: "It's just that you must remember that if Tongcheng is heavily defended, you must not insist, you must retreat immediately." Got it?"

After several fierce battles, the Anqing defenders only had 20,000 left, and if 5,000 men and horses were divided, the defensive strength in the city would be further weakened, and it would be much more difficult to resist the attack of the Huaxia army.

Zhang Rongshi bowed down and said, "The last general understands." It's just that he didn't think so: "If you can't capture Tongcheng on this trip, then what is it like, it's better to commit suicide." I even thought in my heart: "And if it weren't for that Fan Wenhu's incompetence, how could this situation become what it is today?"

In Zhang Rongshi's heart, he blamed Fan Wenhu for the reason for Tongcheng's failure.

There is no way, this Fan Wenhu has too many black spots, and it is easy for others to suspect him, after all, he has not done anything similar in the past.

After receiving the order, Zhang Rongshi naturally immediately went out and led 5,000 soldiers and horses all the way to Tongcheng, and as soon as they started to act, they were informed by the spies who had already been arranged in the city by the Huaxia Army, and sent a letter to Tongcheng.

"Huh. As I expected, the liberation sent people to retake Tongcheng. "After receiving the news, Duan Ling looked like he didn't expect.

Gundam asked, "In that case, how are you going to deal with it?" And the Song army has not yet been absorbed, and I am afraid that it will not be useful for a while. Speaking of this, he looked at Li Debiao and Wang Guozuo thoughtfully, and did not hide his worries in his mouth.

"General Gao, General Duan, haven't we already abandoned the darkness and turned to the light?" Seeing this, Wang Guozuo was flustered, and hurriedly replied: "And this time, I will definitely look forward to the two horse heads and absolutely obey." ”

Na Li Debiao also hurriedly said: "Two generals, it wasn't because we were incompetent before, but it was really that Fan Wenhu was too cowardly, so he summoned him to be destroyed." If you two allow it, we will go out of the city to fight. ”

"Huh. ”

Gundam chuckled, and then said, "Do you want to repeat what happened before?" and stared at the two of them with sharp eyes, undisguised his disgust.

For these half-hearted people, Gundam doesn't have the slightest affection.

"General Gao, are you joking?"

Wang Guozuo's body stiffened, and then he begged with a smile: "Who doesn't know now, that Anqing is already a turtle in the urn, and it will be broken at any time." As the so-called gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, the two of us can be regarded as abandoning the darkness and turning to the light, so why should the general continue to doubt it!"

"Yes, General. I know that you Ren cares about what happened at the beginning, but that Fan Wenhu has already died, and the two of us are just his subordinates, how dare we disobey his orders. Li Debiao also defended in a low voice, but after being glared at by Gundam, he felt very weak and quickly lowered his head.

"General Gao. ”

Seeing the two of them like this, Duan Ling also interjected and persuaded: "The things of the past, let him pass." Now, they are also our people, and there is no need to be the same as before. Is it okay?" because the action was too fast, so after Duan Ling captured Tongcheng and Chizhou, the army did not lose much, but the number was only 5,000 men and horses after all, if he really confronted the other party, it would inevitably make the troops in his hands be damaged.

In order to preserve the troops in his hands, Duan Ling naturally wanted to use surrendered troops such as Wang Guozuo and Li Debiao to reduce his losses.

Seeing that Duan Ling had also spoken, Gundam had no choice but to reply, "Okay, then I'll listen to you." ”

"Good. ”

Duan Ling breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Na Li Debiao and Wang Guozuo, and said, "That Zhang Rongshi's strength, you two should also be clear. Since Xie Cheng dared to send him here, he was naturally quite sure. In that case, I can also count on it. ”

"What are you going to do?"

Gao Gao looked at Duan Ling with some curiosity, wanting to see what this person had in mind.

The previous series of actions had already allowed him to see Duan Ling's level, and he already had the demeanor of a famous general.

Duan Ling smiled: "It's very simple. Doesn't he want Tongcheng? Then I'll give him Tongcheng!"

"Hand over Tongcheng?" Wang Guozuo and Li Debiao were stunned, unable to figure out why Duan Ling acted like this.

Duan Ling explained: "It's very simple. You also know that that guy came here this time, naturally, to recapture Tongcheng and completely wipe out us. Because only by completely annihilating our army can we eliminate the threat to logistics and ensure that the supply from Lin'an will not be affected. That's why I'm using this as bait to get them to take the bait. ”

"In that case, let me wait to go together. With the 10,000 troops of our army, it will not be difficult to completely defeat the other side. Li Debiao asked.

The 5,000 men and horses of the Huaxia army, plus the soldiers and horses of Tongcheng and Chizhou, have reached 10,000 at present, although most of them are useless troops, but it is not impossible to completely defeat Zhang Rongshi with these soldiers and horses.

"No way!"

Duan Ling shook his head and flatly refused: "Indeed." With the current strength of our army, it is true that it can defeat the other side, but it cannot completely annihilate it. If that guy breaks through and delivers the news to Lin'an, then what? Yes, then Boyan will definitely send a large army to encircle and suppress it. With such a small number of troops in our army, how can we fight against the other side, we will only fall into a double siege. ”

"That's remarkable. Gundam replied.

No matter what the outcome of the battle is, they are still in the middle of the enemy army after all, if they attract the attention of Boyan, then the whole plan will be completely ruined, and if they want to take Anqing at that time, it will be difficult to do.

"That's right. ”

Duan Ling immediately said his plan: "So I plan to feign defeat first and give up Tongcheng." That Zhang Rongshi will naturally be overjoyed when he sees the capture of Tongcheng, but he is worried about the threat of our army, so he will naturally chase and kill all the way. In this way, we can lure them to the area of the gorge and the mountains, and then the soldiers and horses who are ambushing here will be dispatched together. In this way, it can be flanked back and forth and completely annihilated. ”

"Oh, if so, it would have taken him by surprise. Gundam's eyes lit up and he laughed.

Such a tactic is also to bully that Zhang Rongshi who does not know the enemy's situation, so he can set up such an ambush.

After hearing this, Li Debiao and Wang Guozuo were also pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly said: "General Duan, I will naturally listen to the order and help you annihilate that Zhang Rongshi in one fell swoop." ”

"Of course. Duan Ling replied with confidence.

Once the plan had been decided, the defenders of the city naturally began to operate.

On the one hand, Duan Ling asked the original soldiers in the city to change into the uniforms of the Huaxia Army, and on the other hand, he ordered Gao Gao to take the Huaxia Army to Xiashan and ambush there, while he took Li Debiao, Wang Guozuo and the original soldiers to garrison Tongcheng, waiting for the arrival of Zhang Rongshi.

By noon the next day, the dust was rolling in the distance, and it was Zhang Rongshi who arrived in Tongcheng with his five thousand troops.

Before crossing the horse and coming to the city gate, Zhang Rongshi stood a hundred feet away, and shouted at the city gate from afar: "You are the Chinese general who killed Fan Wenhu and captured this Tongcheng?"

"It's down there. ”

Duan Ling laughed, then patted Li Debiao and Wang Guozuo who were standing next to him, and said, "Seriously, I still have to thank these two people for help, otherwise I wouldn't have taken this city so easily." It's just a pity for you, you came all the way, isn't this sending you to death?"

"That Fan Wenhu betrayed the court, and he deserved death. I also respected the mandate of heaven, so I killed that guy. Wang Guozuo straightened his waist and shouted.

Immediately afterwards, Li Debiao also replied loudly: "And the Empress Dowager Xie also issued an edict asking us and other Song ministers to be under the command of King Jin." If you know each other, you will also join us under the command of King Jin, and you will not be killed. ”

The two of them didn't want to say this, but under the coercion of Duan Ling, they couldn't make their own decisions, so they had to stand on top of the city like Duan Ling and shout at that Zhang Rongshi.

"Shameless!"

Zhang Rongshi was immediately annoyed, and opened his mouth to shout: "At that time, you were greedy for life and afraid of death, and we waited for you to accept you, and you and knights were not treated badly. Now you have treacherously killed the old master, and now you are even more abetting the abuse, and want to help the thief occupy my land and take away my mountains and rivers? ”

"Humph!"

Duan Ling was not discouraged, but replied: "That Tartar originated in Mobei, I don't know my temple of Chinese codes, let alone the beauty of my Chinese etiquette, and now I am in the Central Plains, and the person who asks for it is just to let me wait for the Han family to be a slave and a maid, and serve the people of his clan." You are also a Han'er, but why do you devote yourself to a foreign race, not ashamed, but proud? You even helped him to slaughter my people's sons? If I were like you, I would have committed suicide long ago, why should I be in this world? If they abandon the darkness and turn to the light, it will be right!"

"What bastard, I'd like to see if your knife is as sharp as your tongue?"

A shout of anger had already made Zhang Rongshi's blood boil and his face hideous, and he just wanted to kill Duan Ling.