Spring returns to the earth, the glacier thaws, and after two months of repair, the tripartite army is in good spirits and is ready to go.

At the swearing-in meeting, the three flags of "Jiang", "Lin" and "Wang" were hunting. Wang Ren was in the center, Lin Ning and Jiang Xuanche were on both sides, each of them held a bowl of spirits in their hands, and the long knife was crossed, cutting the palm and dripping blood into the bowl, which was an alliance for blood.

The soldiers shouted in unison, and the sound shook the sky. Lin Ning looked down from the point general platform, his eyes swept over the familiar faces, but what he thought in his heart was how many of these people would be left after this battle.

I hope she can bring everyone back safely.

After the swearing-in meeting, the army was drawn and the soldiers were divided into three routes.

The Youzhou army was confident that it had turned back to the north and wanted to enter Yanmen County from Changshan County, Jizhou. Fight from north to south, take advantage of the surprise, and hit the most difficult Yanmen Pass first.

The grain and grass routes have been planned in Youzhou and Jizhou, and the first batch of military supplies with the army has already left with the army.

Lin Ning led the Yanzhou army south, and they had to pass through the junction of Anping State and Sizhou in Jizhou and enter Guangping County in Sizhou.

Wang Ren led the army all the way east to Qingzhou.

Lin Ning has fewer men and horses on this road, and although the proportion of cavalry is not high, the speed of travel is not high. At this time, it has not yet reached the Flower Dynasty Festival, and the northern land is still withered and depressed.

Along the way, the villages were empty, and the people had run away due to famine and war, and the fields were full of weeds and no one cultivated them. Those who stayed in the village were the old, weak, sick and disabled, sitting outside the house with cloudy eyes, and they didn't know how to run when they saw the army, and Lin Ning, who saw it, sighed in his heart.

The spring was cold, and Lin Ning was forced to put on a fur coat by Jiang Wei, but it was not cold at all at this time. She sat on her horse and looked ahead, constantly comparing the map of this place recorded in the Kunlun Yuan Book in her mind to make sure that the army did not deviate from the established direction.

The bandits along the way are rampant on weekdays, but they are all frightened when they see such a neat army, and no one dares to come and touch the head no matter how far they hide. So the journey was relatively uneventful.

After marching until about three o'clock in the afternoon, they could no longer go any further, and they had to take advantage of the light of day to set up camp and make a fire to cook.

Even if it is a march and a war, people still have to eat, drink, and sleep, and live a life of firewood, rice, oil, and salt all day long, which is not as exciting as imagined.

After a few days of walking like this, the shadow of Guangping County finally appeared in front of me.

Quang Binh County is the administrative center of Quang Binh County, and the Taishou Mansion remains within the county seat of Quang Binh County. After crossing the giant deer on the border of Jizhou, the first city he encountered was Guangping.

In ancient times, communication was slow, and the post road was not smooth not long after the famine, so the Taishou of Guangping County only knew that there was a disaster when the Yanzhou army was approaching the city.

There are less than 1,000 defenders in Guangping County, 1,000 against 20,000, even if there is the advantage of defending the city, this battle cannot be fought.

Taishou was white-headed, and gathered a group of officials to discuss countermeasures in the Taishou Mansion, and for a while he wanted to escape and was afraid of being infamy, he wanted to fight but couldn't, and he wanted to surrender but he didn't know what the temper of the other party's boss was, and whether he would slaughter the city at every turn. It's really at a loss.

Lin Ning asked the army to be stationed outside the city, and chose a place that could be seen but could not be hit in Guangping County and set up camp. Quietly make a fire and make a meal.

That night, she sent a well-spoken soldier with a letter to shout outside the city wall, saying that General Su had a letter to Guangping Taishou. There was silence on the city wall for a long time before a basket was lowered and the soldiers were hoisted up the wall.

Early the next morning, the gate of Guangping County was opened, and the Taishou led a group of officials out of the city to greet each other. Lin Ning took Guangping County bloodlessly.

When he entered the city, Jiang Fei asked Lin Ning curiously, "What did you write in the letter?"

Lin Ning said lightly: "It's just to reason with him." There is a huge gap between the enemy and me, it is meaningless to resist stubbornly, I will be kind to the officials and people in the city, and he can continue to be the Taishou of Guangping County. ”

Born in troubled times, the world wants nothing more than this.

If there is to be a war, there will be casualties, and the two sides who die are still compatriots of the same country. She is not a belligerent person, and she wears a military uniform just to stop the war with force, and it is best to be able to surrender without a fight. If it were possible, Lin Ning would not want to see the blood of his compatriots wasted in the infighting.

Xiao Zilan has done a lot of brain-stirring things in the past ten years, one of which is to transfer the assassins of various states to rotation.

In addition to Yangzhou, which is governed by Sheng Jing, there is no history of thorns, Yongzhou Shiyuan sits in the town, and Jizhou Wang Ren's deep foundation cannot be moved. All other states have been in office for less than a decade.

Xiao Zilan doesn't trust places, and the closer he is, the more frequent bureaucratic transfers become, which directly leads to the fact that Assassin Shi does not have enough control over the state and county. If placed in a dynasty with strong central power, such a situation is undoubtedly conducive to social stability.

But now that the royal family does not have enough control over the place, the lack of power in the history of assassination has provided great convenience for Lin Ning to grab the territory.

Too guarded to keep the door clear. Lin Ning's three coalition troops raised troops, which was undoubtedly a power struggle between the family and the imperial power, and it was not an alien invasion, and it was only an internal contradiction if it broke through.

This kind of internal power change has been common in the past hundred years, even if he surrenders, he will not be criticized too much, maybe when later historians comment, they will also say that he does not want to hurt the people in the city, and would rather damage his own integrity, and is a benevolent official.

Lin Ning gave an order in the military tent that night, and the next step was to divide the troops into two routes, Lin Ning took one way to take Wei County and Ye County, and Jiang Fei took the other way to defeat Yangping and Dunqiu counties.

After that, all the way along the river to the southwest to converge in Ji County, and then divide the troops into Xingyang and Hanoi counties, and then take Luoyang, the capital of Sizhou, from the two breads.

Daring to divide troops like this, Lin Ning didn't pay any attention to the local forces in Sizhou.

There are only two places in Sizhou that have to fight hard, one is Luoyang City, which has 8,000 garrisons, and the other is Tongguan, which is dangerous at the junction of Sizhou and Yongzhou.

The Yanzhou army fought all the way along the road set by Lin Ning, and at first it was like a bamboo, until it attacked Hanoi and Xingyang counties, and encountered relatively stubborn resistance.

Lin Ning led the army on the way to Hanoi Yewang, and when passing by a canyon, Lin Ning looked around at the terrain and couldn't help but jump in his heart.

"This place is suitable for ambushes, and if the Hanoi County Taishou has a little strategic vision, he will definitely set up an ambush here. Lin Ning said in his heart.

She immediately gave the order that the army would not move forward, but would camp at the mouth of the valley and correct it in place.

Lin Ning called the four generals who followed her and said to a few people: "Although it is too early to set up camp at this time, if there is an enemy ambush in this canyon, we are very likely to fall into a disadvantageous place. And wait here until evening, and then you will climb up from the side of the canyon with me to find out. ”

If Lin Ning didn't think about the ambush, they would only have been delayed for half a day, but if there was an ambush inside, their losses would be great. What's more, people who have practiced kung fu to Lin Ning's part have very accurate intuition. Her instincts told her that if she couldn't get into this canyon, there must be something wrong.