V1.Chapter 277

The main forces of the Tianyuan army are stationed in Tianguan. With the arrival of Tang Yin, the Tianyuan army, which has been recuperating for many days, began to regroup and March south.

At this time, Peng haochu suggested to Tang Yin that his 400000 troops would not be able to concentrate together, and there was no need. At present, the garrison of Lehu county was less than 50000. His troops could attack Lehu County in three directions. While dispersing the enemy, he could also attack Lehu County in the shortest time.

Tang Yin felt that Peng haochu's proposal was reasonable and immediately adopted it. He ordered the 100000 plain army led by Xiao MuQing and the remaining 50000 Sanshui army to attack Lehu county from the west, and Li Wei and the 150000 Chifeng army led by Peng haochu to attack Lehu county from the East, Tang Yin himself commanded 100000 direct troops and 30000 Bessa heavy armored cavalry to attack the middle road of Lehu county.

The counselors and generals of the Tianyuan army had no opinion on Tang Yin's arrangement. The military order took effect immediately. The 400000 Tianyuan army began to leave Tianguan Group by group and go all the way south to Lehu county.

As soon as the Tianyuan army took action, Zhong Tian got the wind.

During this time, the Tianyuan army retreated back to Tianyuan county. Zhong tianben thought he could feel at ease for a while and sleep for a while. Unexpectedly, the Tianyuan army who wanted to rest for a year came back so soon. When Zhong Tian learned about this, he immediately brought Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi to discuss countermeasures against the enemy.

According to the meaning of Zhan Wushuang, the strength of Lehu county is less than 50000, and it can't resist the fierce Tianyuan army at all. Instead of staying in Lehu county to defend, it's better to give up the resistance, withdraw to Yancheng, concentrate your own manpower and start a decisive battle with Tianyuan Army in Yancheng. Zhan Wudi disagreed with his elder brother. He believed that Lehu army should stay in Lehu county and rely on the advantage of geographical advantage to kill the spirit of Tianyuan army as much as possible. In this way, even if Tianyuan army can fight under Yancheng City, it will become a tired division. At that time, his side will concentrate its manpower and go out of the city to meet Tianyuan army, and maybe it will win.

Zhong Tian doesn't understand military strategy at all. At this time, he feels that the words of Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi brothers are reasonable, and he doesn't know who to listen to. However, most of Zhong Tian's advisers support Zhan Wushuang's opinion and hope that Zhong Tian can dispatch Lehu army back to Yancheng to strengthen the defense of the capital.

Zhong Tian didn't listen to Zhan Wushuang's advice, but he didn't accept Zhan Wudi's proposal. Instead, he sent someone to Lehu county to ask the sheriff Geng Qiang what he meant. In Zhong Tian's opinion, no matter how you discuss it, you are sitting in the rear and can't fully grasp the situation. Whether the soldiers in front fight or retreat, you have to ask the commander in front.

His approach is not wrong, but the premise is that the commander in front must have at least handsome talents. Geng Qiang was born as the regiment commander. He was exceptionally promoted to the position of county head just because he was loyal to Zhong Tiancai. He was headstrong and self righteous. As the head of the army, it was OK to listen to orders, but as the commander-in-chief and commanding the battle, he was far from it.

After receiving Zhong Tian's will, Geng Qiang was also wondering whether he could withstand the Tianyuan army, withdraw or stick to it, or withdraw after fighting a few wars. After thinking about it, he felt that it was disgraceful to choose to retreat before the enemy arrived, and he could not live up to the heavy task and expectation given by Zhong Tian. Moreover, he was the landlord of Lehu county. Even if there was a great difference between his troops and the enemy, he could resist it for a while by taking advantage of geographical advantages. In addition, the 100 cities in the west of Lehu county were well defended. Since the Tianyuan army raised troops, He has also been strengthening the city defense. It is far from easy for the Tianyuan army to attack the county city.

After careful consideration, Geng Qiang wrote a reply to Zhong Tian, which was righteous and awe inspiring. He not only touted Zhong Tian, but also inferior to the pigs and dogs scolded by the Tianyuan army. Finally, he showed his determination and vowed to fight to the death with the Tianyuan army in Lehu county.

After reading Geng Qiang's recitals, Zhong Tian couldn't help nodding. He was very happy. He even circulated them to other civil and military officials to show them what loyalty and talents are. Geng Qiang is a model!

Geng Qiang's memorial also made Zhong Tian completely eliminate the idea of withdrawing from Lehu army. Instead, he gathered the central army and prepared to dispatch it to Lehu County as soon as possible to assist Geng Qiang and fight the Tianyuan army to the end.

Before the army of Lehu County withdrew, Geng Qiang began to catch strong men in Xibai city. No matter whether people were willing to join the army or not, they were first incorporated into the army and issued armor and weapons. If anyone dared to escape, he would be punished as a deserter and killed without amnesty.

Geng Qiang's ability to catch strong men is better than that of Zhong Tian. In just a few days, the Peng army in Xibai city has expanded from 30000 to 80000. At the same time, he ordered to block the whole city. No one is allowed to go in and out without his written instructions. At this time, Geng Qiang has made a posture of defending Xibai city.

Let's say the army directly under Tang Yin's command. The senior civil servants and military generals of the Tianyuan army are almost all in the directly subordinate army. Even if the soldiers below have not joined the army for a long time, with these generals, their combat effectiveness can be improved to a higher level, not to mention the amazing Besar cavalry.

The army directly under the central road must first face the Shangbei County of Lehu county. Lehu county is also a big county with three counties, namely Shangbei, Qingshan and Baoqing.

The troops directly under commander Tang Yin arrived at the junction of Jinguang county and Shangbei county and were stationed temporarily. Lotte and Aijia both reported the information of Shangbei county to Tang Yin.

Because Geng Qiang arranged most of the troops of Lehu army in the west of the county, the troops of Shangbei county were relatively empty, but there were about 8000 Peng troops stationed in the county.

After hearing the information from Lotte and Aijia, Tang Yin sneered and said proudly, "how dare a mere 8000 enemies block our 100000 troops?" Then he asked, "who is the head of Shangbei county?"

AI Jia replied: "back to adults, the county's first name is" Mao an ". After Zhong Tian's usurpation, he was dispatched to the upper North County. It must be Zhong Tian's confidence.

"Whether he is Zhong Tian's confidant or not, those who dare to block our army will be killed!" Tang Yin said to Qiu Zhen, "Lord Qiu, you arrange an envoy to go to the county seat of Shangbei county and persuade Mao Ankai to surrender. Otherwise, our army will let him die without a place to bury!"

"Yes, my Lord!" Qiu Zhen nodded.

According to Tang Yin, Qiu Zhen sent a civil servant with a low position to linqiao, the county seat of Shangbei County, to persuade mao'an to surrender.

After the envoy was sent out, it was like a stone sinking into the sea. No news came back. Until two days later, Tianyan spy brought the news back. It turned out that although the envoy saw Mao an after he arrived at linqiao City, the latter not only did not accept his own persuasion, but also killed the envoy. Now his head is hanging on the head of linqiao city.

Tang Yin's eyes widened when he heard this. His anger burned from his heart to his forehead. He lifted his leg and kicked the table far in front of him. He gritted his teeth and said, "the thief dares to kill my envoy. I will break his body!" With these words, he sent orders to the whole army to start the camp and pull out the stronghold and march towards linqiao city.

Seeing this, Qiu Zhen hurriedly stopped and said, "don't be impulsive, sir. Mao'an won't understand the truth that the two armies fight and don't kill envoys. By doing so, he is obviously angering our army. His purpose is likely to lead our army to attack. Maybe he has set an ambush on the way. Adults can't move forward rashly!"

"Ambush?" Tang Yin smiled and asked, "there are only thousands of enemies, but our army has more than 100000. Even if the other party ambushes halfway, what can it do to me?"

After hearing his question, Qiu Zhen couldn't answer. Yes, there were only thousands of enemies. Even if they were in ambush, they would attack more than 100000 troops with random stones.

Seeing that Qiu Zhen frowned and stopped talking, Tang Yin asked Lotte and AI Jia again, "did you two spy on the enemy's ambush on the way?"

Lotte and Aijia looked at each other, shook their heads and said, "I didn't find the enemy ambush!"

"Hum!" Tang Yin sneered. He didn't even find the ambush in the sky eye and the underground network. That's not wrong. The enemy must be shrinking in linqiao city. He waved his hand, cut gold and said, "march!"

At the command of Tang Yin, the directly subordinate army and Bessa cavalry began to set off and went straight to linqiao, the county seat of Shangbei county.

Along the way, under the leadership of Tang Yin, the troops directly under Tang Yin were unstoppable and occupied several towns in Shangbei county. Moreover, these towns had little resistance and most of them were attacked without blood.

Tang Yin wanted to invade linqiao city and capture Mao an to dispel his hatred. He repeatedly ordered the whole army to hurry, while he led 10000 light cavalry to the front with his two brothers, Wu Guang and Zhan Hu.

The heavy Armored Cavalry of infantry and besa can't run faster than the light cavalry. With Tang Yin's forward rush, the camp of the whole direct army has been greatly elongated. Often, the light cavalry under the command of Tang Yin has invaded a town, while the direct army has just started in the former town. Between the two cities, there are direct soldiers rushing forward everywhere.

Under Tang Yin's rampage, the marching speed of the troops directly under Tang Yin was really amazing. It took only a short day to reach linqiao city from the junction of the two counties, which was quite a "three hundred a day and six hundred a day".

The city of linqiao has been vaguely visible. Tang Yin, the commander of the light cavalry, sat on the horse, sneered and asked, "who wants to take the lead and attack the city of linqiao first?"

As Tang Yin's words had just fallen, the official yuan Biao urged his horse to come forward, lifted his spear, stepped in to salute, and said, "my Lord, my subordinates are willing to go!"

"OK! Yuan Biao, I'll give you the lead. Don't let me down!"

"Don't worry, sir. It's just that the enemy doesn't come out. If you dare to fight, I'll kill one and kill a pair of me!" Shangguan yuanbiao shakes his long gun and pulls out three glittering gun flowers.

"Ha ha --" Tang Yin smiled up and nodded at Shangguan yuanbiao.

When the latter was about to drive his horse to rush to linqiao city to beg for the enemy's curse, he suddenly heard someone in the rear shouting with a long voice: "report, sir! Something bad ―"