Qi Siyuan and Xin Zhiping, who are in charge of Prince Wei's Mansion, have been a little nervous these days. According to the secret reports sent back by the Owl Guards, Niu Mandi of Luye City has sent people to contact the bandits in Jiejia Mountain, Dufeng Mountain and other major mountain villages, especially Jiejia Mountain.

Dazhai advocated Yuanyuan, who was already raising food, grass, equipment, and had the intention of further moving towards Luye City.

The envoy who rushed back from Luye reported to Qi Siyuan that Huzhou's five thousand soldiers and horses, led by Sun Jiangdong, Zhonglai and others, had gone to Jianzhou to relieve the siege of Jianzhou. And the message from Lianshan County's five thousand soldiers and horses came

The news is that they did not go to Luye City, but instead surrounded Yujiang County nearby in an attempt to cut off Luye City's source of money and food.

Since the two troops from Huzhou and Lianshan County that were originally scheduled to go to Luye did not rush to Luye City as scheduled, in this case, if the Jiejia Mountain bandits were well-equipped and well-trained, thousands of bandits rushed to the rescue.

The land was full of cattle, and the three thousand Jiangzhou soldiers who had occupied half of Luye City were in danger. There was a high possibility that they would be defeated or even annihilated. Qi Siyuan was worried about this.

After Qi Siyuan discussed with Xin Zhiping, Ximen Yushuang, Du Ruo and others, Fei Ge sent a letter to Tang Jiu Sheng, asking him to hold on to Jianzhou, and at the same time, he would mobilize 3,000 troops from Anshu County, and Wang Changlong would lead the army.

Attack Luye and support Jiangzhou Captain Cheng Rugao who has occupied half of Luye City under the stars at night. After all, Luye City is the lair of cattle, so capturing Luye City at this time is of great significance.

At this time, Qi Siyuan received another secret report from the Xiaowei. The unknown bandits from the Southwest Road were already on their way to Jianzhou. They would arrive at the gate of Jianzhou City with the soldiers and horses from Huzhou to reinforce Jianzhou. It would depend on who was faster.

Faster. Qi Siyuan was shocked. According to his original speculation, this army would most likely attack Anshu County. Now it seems that the primary target of several forces is Jianzhou.

In the main hall of Mingyi Hall of Prince Wei's Mansion, Qi Siyuan stared at the sand table map and was deducing with Xin Zhiping. Jianzhou originally had 8,000 troops, of which 3,000 could be used by the Prince's Mansion. In addition to the 3,000 troops sent by Xuantong County, Ning Zhiping

The two newly surrendered troops of Cheng Gang and Hou Jingxian had more than 3,000 troops and the 3,000 Xuantong elite troops brought by Princess Shui Ruyue, plus the 5,000 troops of Huzhou Prefecture that arrived later, the total was about 17,000

However, some troops still need to be allocated to guard the 5,000 direct soldiers and horses of Niu Mandi in Jianzhou.

The bandit Hao Zhengtong who entered the Southwest Road has more than 13,000 troops, plus more than 15,000 troops sent by Niu Mandi. The total enemy force is about 30,000. But the team sent by Niu Mandi

The cooperation with Hao Zhengtong of the Southwest Road may not be close, especially since Huo Yunsheng's tribe and Lin Guanqin's tribe show signs of internal strife, so the actual combat effectiveness of the opponent is not strong. Tang Jiu Sheng and others should be able to defend Jianzhou.

The focus now is on Luye City and Yujiang County. As long as Wang Changlong's three thousand soldiers and horses can enter Luye City before Jiejiashan's troops, Wang Changlong and Cheng Rugao can definitely capture Luye City and repel Zhang Yuanyuan's thousands of bandits.

Outside the city, the five thousand soldiers and horses surrounding Yujiang County may not be able to swallow up Yujiang. Yujiang is the largest county in Jiannan and has a lot of money and food. If they can capture Yujiang, it will be equivalent to

He gave the cow a slap on the head.

Qi Siyuan stood in front of the sand table map, looking at Luye and Yujiang, and was entangled in whether to take Luye first or Yujiang first? Luye is a symbolic city, and taking Luye will seriously damage the morale of Niu Mandi's group.

, and Yujiang is a big piece of fat. If you eat it, the grain and grass shipped from Luye City to Jianzhou may not be enough. This is equivalent to the question of whether you want face or honour.

Seeing that Qi Siyuan was struggling, Xin Zhiping also came to the sand table map and asked casually, "Old Qi, if it were you who were in the same position as Niu Mandi, and you didn't have enough troops to protect Luye and Yujiang at the same time, would you protect Luye or Yujiang?"

Protect the Yujiang River?”

Qi Siyuan looked at the sand table map, struggled to the end, pointed at Yujiang and said: "I will protect Yujiang. With the money and food of Yujiang, I still have the capital to win, and Luye City, which only has symbolic significance, can be discarded if necessary.

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Xin Zhiping clasped his hands behind his back, looked at the sand table map, laughed, and said meaningfully: "In that case, Lao Qi, I dare to bet you that Zhang Yuanyuan's troops will not go to relieve the danger of Luye, but to defeat him."

The soldiers and horses of Lianshan County stabilize the Yujiang River!"

Qi Siyuan turned his head and looked at Xin Zhiping, who looked confident, and frowned: "If it were me, I would take back Luye first, and after defeating the invaders, I would stabilize the situation in Yujiang. After all, the walls of Yujiang County are tall, and it will not be possible in a short time.

It can be attacked."

Xin Zhiping shook his head and said: "It will take time to retake Luye and defeat the invaders. How could the Jiangzhou soldiers who invaded Luye City give up so easily? After they fought hard, they rushed to Yujiang.

There is no guarantee that something will happen in the city. Moreover, according to Xiaowei's news, Yujiang County has dispatched 3,000 soldiers and horses to Jianzhou. How many soldiers can be used to defend the city? After all, the night is long and the dream is many. The situation in Jiannan Road is extremely complicated now.

Change, what is Niu Mandi afraid of the most? Afraid of losing Yujiang or Luye? If it were me, when I am not strong enough, the best thing to do is to abandon Luye and save Yujiang!"

Qi Siyuan looked at Yujiang County on the sand table map, gritted his teeth, nodded and said: "Okay! Immediately send someone to inform Wang Changlong not to go to Luye, but to go straight to Yujiang, and unite with the soldiers and horses of Lianshan County to resist.

Zhang Yuanyuan’s attack will be from Yujiang first, then Luye!”

Wang Changlong, who had led his army to attack for 200 miles, happened to arrive at the intersection of Luye City and Yujiang. The messenger from Prince Wei's Mansion arrived in time and handed Qi Siyuan's autographed letter to Wang Changlong. Wang Changlong, who received the letter, acted decisively.

The army turned around and attacked Yujiang County, a hundred miles away. At the same time, he sent scouts on fast horses to deliver a message to Lianshan Colonel Xie Pengcheng, telling him to build fortifications to be on guard against Zhang Yuanyuan. He was afraid that Zhang Yuanyuan would take a detour and arrive, and Xie Pengcheng would take a detour.

It's dangerous.

When Wang Changlong and his troops had just arrived outside the west gate of Yujiang County, had just contacted Xie Pengcheng's troops, and decided to go to the village like a horn, smoke and dust filled the official road to the west. Zhang Yuanyuan led 6,000 elite bandits and had already attacked Yujiang with great momentum.

On the outskirts of Jiangxi Province, Xie Pengcheng's face turned pale with shock. Fortunately, Wang Changlong sent someone to notify him in advance, otherwise he wouldn't even have built simple fortifications.

At this time, Xie Pengcheng's 5,000 men had already built simple fortifications, but Wang Changlong's 3,000 men had not even had time to build simple fortifications. Wang Changlong simply led his troops to slowly move closer to Xie Pengcheng's camp. While moving closer, he paid close attention to Zhang Yuanyuan's camp.

After all, he and Xie Pengcheng's team had a numerical advantage after joining forces, so they were not very afraid of Zhang Yuanyuan.

The sudden appearance of Wang Changlong's troops was also beyond Zhang Yuanyuan's expectation. Yesterday, he reported that outside Yujiang County, Lianshan Colonel Xie Pengcheng had already led his troops to the stronghold, but he extremely underestimated the enemy and did not even build the simplest fortifications.

Outside the camp there were only horses and nothing else. Zhang Yuanyuan was so excited that he led 6,000 elite soldiers to attack, thinking that he would kill Xie Pengcheng's 5,000 soldiers and horses in one go, and then take over the Yujiang River.

When Zhang Yuanyuan led 6,000 elite troops to attack 500 miles in five days and rushed to the western suburbs of Yujiang City, he suddenly discovered that there were two soldiers and horses waiting for him on the opposite side, and Xie Pengcheng's troops had already built simple defenses. This made

Zhang Yuanyuan suddenly became nervous. It turned out that the enemy was already on guard.

Zhang Yuanyuan immediately decided to adjust his tactics, preparing to harass the two soldiers and horses first to test the opponent's strength. If the enemy is weak, he will eat the enemy. If the enemy is strong, he will wait for an opportunity to enter the city. As long as he enters Yujiang City, he can use his elite troops to strengthen the city.

General, defending the city is not easy!

Just now, when Wang Changlong led his troops to move closer to Xie Pengcheng's troops, he unexpectedly discovered that Zhang Yuanyuan's team was still in the long snake formation due to the urgent march. The head and tail of the team were cavalry, and the middle was infantry. In the long snake formation, Wang Changlong

Changlong knows a lot and must seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Since the opponent is in a long snake formation, if you send troops to attack the head of the long snake, the snake's tail will move and roll sideways. If you attack the tail of the long snake formation, the snake's head will move and come up to bite. If you attack the body of the snake, both the head and the tail will come.

They were strangled. They could only send out three troops to attack at the same time. Although Wang Changlong was good at training troops, it did not mean that he could not lead troops to fight. There were few soldiers in Anshu County, so Wang Changlong decided to do some pre-war mobilization and tied up all the brothers.

Let's fight the enemy together.

Wang Changlong stood in front of the formation and made a brief speech: "Brothers from Anshu County, coming across from you is Zhang Yuanyuan, the giant bandit of Jiejia Mountain. Zhang Yuanyuan is extremely cruel and is famous for eating people's hearts and livers alive and torturing captives!

Today we are facing him. If we are defeated by them or captured by them, we will be tortured to death by them! Only by defeating them can we have a way to survive! Defeating them is our only way out!"

When Wang Changlong saw the soldiers whispering, he loudly said: "We are soldiers and horses of Anshu County, subordinates of King Wei, and elite soldiers of Dashang. Now Jiannan is in danger, and the people of Jiannan Road are also in urgent need of our rescue. Today

As long as we defeat the giant bandits who know Jiashan, and then take over Yujiang City, we will give each of us an extra three months of salary! I, Wang Changlong, will do what I say! As long as you are willing to listen to my orders, we will definitely defeat them, you

Do you dare to fight for your future with me, Wang Changlong?"

A commander holding a halberd came out of the queue, brandishing a waist knife in his hand, and shouted loudly: "I, Fu Zhenming, am willing to follow Colonel Wang. Today we will fight these man-eating bandits!" The soldiers below also became angry. Since this group of

The gangsters eat people's hearts and livers alive, so there's nothing to say

It can fall into their hands, otherwise it will definitely be an ugly death.

Some soldiers roared: "Yes, fight them, defeat them, only by defeating them can we survive!" Soon, three thousand people roared together, "Defeat these cannibal bandits! Defeat them!"

Wang Changlong had already understood his opponent's intention. Zhang Yuanyuan's forced march in five days was to prepare for a long-distance attack and use the time difference to defeat Xie Pengcheng, who was not well prepared. However, Zhang Yuanyuan's forced march of 500 miles in five days was already at the end of his efforts. Now he could take advantage of their formation

He had no chance to change, and his footing was not stable. Wang Changlong saw that his soldiers were in high spirits, and it was an opportunity to use it. What are you waiting for? Wang Changlong immediately ordered his men to quickly form formations and attack quickly.

Wang Changlong led with two hundred cavalry, followed by the main infantry in formation, and charged directly at Zhang Yuanyuan's long snake formation. Halfway through the charge, he suddenly divided the soldiers who had been prepared into two teams of eight each.

Hundreds of people formed an infantry formation to prevent the opponent's cavalry from charging from head to tail. Three thousand soldiers and horses rushed towards Zhang Yuanyuan's central army with shouts. Wang Changlong's priests and soldiers shouted in unison: "Charge! Capture Zhang Yuanyuan alive and reward him with five thousand taels of silver."

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Zhang Yuanyuan was extremely confident in the combat effectiveness of his elite troops. He never expected that Wang Changlong, like a madman, would dare to attack his team. His team was still marching in a long snake formation. Before he could change the formation, Wang Changlong suddenly led his troops towards

He rushed over. At the same time, Wang Changlong sent someone to notify Xie Pengcheng, asking him to leave a small number of troops to guard the outside of the camp. The rest of the people saw the opportunity and came after them. They must take advantage of the opportunity to defeat Zhang Yuanyuan's troops and not give him any chance.

The opportunity for him to enter the city and defend.

Zhang Yuanyuan stood in the formation on horseback. Seeing that Wang Chenglong dared to divide his troops to fight with so few soldiers, he immediately felt that he was being humiliated. Angry, Zhang Yuanyuan immediately ordered the snakes to attack Wang Changlong's team from both sides, trying to take advantage of their numerical advantage to defeat Wang Changlong first.

Wang Changlong defeated Xie Pengcheng again. The war drums rumbled and the drums shook the ground. The soldiers on both sides shouted loudly to kill. Hao Wenzhao, the magistrate of Yujiang, and Gu Yuanli, the captain of Yujiang school who were protecting the city, looked at each other and turned pale.

The two teams that were rushing towards each other like a tide were strangled together in the western suburbs outside Yujiang City. Although the soldiers and horses of Anshu County were not as elite as Zhang Yuanyuan's soldiers, their morale was high and their combat effectiveness could not be underestimated. The two armies fought to the death, and neither one was willing to retreat.

Half a step, half an hour later, due to the small number of soldiers on Wang Changlong's side, the situation was already critical.

Zhang Yuanyuan never expected that Wang Changlong's soldiers and horses could fight with his elite soldiers for half an hour. He was extremely anxious, fearing that something would go wrong if the fight continued, which would be a big loss. Therefore, the Chinese army fiercely

To urge the soldiers, Wang Changlong must be captured through a strong attack.

Wang Changlong took off his helmet and threw it to the ground. His eyes were blood red, and he was so angry that the corners of his eyes were about to burst. Wang Changlong shouted loudly: "Brothers, if we can't kill Zhang Yuanyuan today, we will die! So we can't die."

, we can only let Zhang Yuanyuan die! Everyone works hard to move forward, Xie Xiaowei’s troops will rush forward to help in the battle, we will definitely win today! Brother, charge with me! Capture Zhang Yuanyuan alive!"

When Wang Changlong's subordinates saw that their general was so desperate, their morale immediately increased and they shouted: "Capture Zhang Yuanyuan alive!" They all rushed forward to fight for their lives.

At this time, Xie Pengcheng saw the opportunity and led 4,000 troops out of the camp to outflank Zhang Yuanyuan from both wings. Zhang Yuanyuan's troops had been fighting with Wang Changlong's men for half an hour, and their physical strength was greatly exhausted. Suddenly, a new force came from the opponent's side.

When they rushed out, they were immediately in chaos and retreated continuously. Zhang Yuanyuan knew that something was not going well, and desperately urged the Chinese army to withstand the opponent's counterattack.

The county magistrate Hao Wenzhao, who was watching on the top of the city, kept stroking his sparse beard anxiously. The muscles on his thin face kept twitching. Hao Wengui saw that Zhang Yuanyuan's troops were in a critical situation under the attack of the two teams, and he was very angry.

He waved his hands and cursed: "This Zhang Yuanyuan is just a pig. Instead of finding a way to enter the city quickly, he started a war of attrition outside the city! He has more soldiers, so he will suffer a loss now!"

Gu Yuanli, the Yujiang captain next to Hao Wenzhao, cupped his hands and said: "Master Hao, please allow me to lead a force to rescue General Zhang. If General Zhang fails, Yujiang County will definitely not be able to defend it. We have to risk it."

Save him. If he lives, Yujiang will survive. If he dies, Yujiang will be in danger!"

Hao Wenzhao hesitated for a moment, then looked at the situation outside the city. Zhang Yuanyuan's troops may collapse at any time. If the city does not send troops to rescue, Zhang Yuanyuan's team will collapse sooner or later. Hao Wenzhao gritted his teeth and said

: "Okay! This county will give you a thousand soldiers and horses. You can quickly go out of the city to rescue General Zhang!"
Chapter completed!