After hearing the order from Hou Bing to surrender, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and knelt down without stopping to surrender to the oncoming cavalry.
Looking at the surrendered soldiers kneeling on the ground, Zhang Lin was also extremely excited. If these people all went into the mountains and became wild beasts like Wang Che's people, he would really be helpless. Fortunately, fortunately, they were not like the others.
Instead, he chose to surrender.
"Collect the prisoners and clear the battlefield."
Zhang Lin gave an order, and the division of labor among the entire army was clear. Those who kidnapped people quickly captured all the prisoners who surrendered in front of them.
"What should we do next?
Now that we have been exposed, there is no way we are ambush, and with so many prisoners, our food and grass cannot support them at all."
Chang Lin came there and finished cleaning. He came directly to Zhang Lin and expressed his worries.
"Now we have only two ways to go. Either go south to Guangxin to fight with Liu Wei, or send troops to Fengyang and seize the opportunity to capture it. At least we must ensure that we survive first."
Zhang Lin thought for a moment and directly gave her thoughts.
"It's a bit far to go to Guangxin with so many prisoners, but if we attack Fengyang, are we sure we can win?"
Chang Lin glanced at Zhang Lin. The two paths he mentioned were a bit difficult, and he couldn't decide for a while.
"There is far from a solution, but there is still a way to capture Fengyang."
Zhang Lin shook her head slightly. There was no way to solve the long journey to Guangxin City, but if he really wanted to capture Fengyang, he still had some ideas.
"Tell me?"
After hearing Zhang Lin's words, Chang Lin also became interested. He wanted to hear how to capture Fengyang.
"Now we will send people to take the prisoners directly to Fengyang, and then put on the clothes of Jiaozhou soldiers and find a way to trick them into the city. We don't need too many people, just two or three thousand people. It is definitely possible to occupy that place."
Zhang Lin directly expressed her thoughts, disguised herself, sneaked into the city and took advantage of the situation to capture Feng Yang.
"This is feasible, but it requires careful planning."
Chang Lin was stunned when he heard Zhang Lin's words. If he goes by what he said, there is indeed a lot of room for stealing the city in disguise.
"Well, then let's do it carefully. We will capture Fengyang and cut off the connection between Fuchuan and Guangxin City. First, let's see if there are any big fish among the enemy."
Now that Chang Lin agrees with his idea, Zhang Lin's mind has become active. If they can capture Fengyang City, not only can they find a foothold for themselves, but it will also be equivalent to inserting a nail between Fuchuan and Guangxin.
It can cut off the connection between the two places.
He did what he said, and soon Zhang Lin was identified by a group of people, and the surrendered Hou Bing was brought directly in front of him.
"Are you the captain of this group?"
Zhang Lin glanced at Hou Bing in front of her and asked him directly.
"Well, I am the captain, and it was my order that they surrender."
Hou Bing directly clasped his fists at Zhang Lin. Since he was confessed, he had nothing to say, but he still pointed out the credit for leading the crowd to surrender.
"Don't worry, I didn't call you out to kill you. I'm going to give you a building for your merits. How about that?"
Zhang Lin also smiled slightly when she heard Hou Bing's words and directly guessed what he meant. This was because she was afraid that she would cause trouble for him.
"Appreciate further details."
Hou Bing glanced at Zhang Lin, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, not knowing what the other party wanted to do.
"I want to lead the army to capture Fengyang, and I need you as a starting point. If you agree, I will guarantee you a share of the credit. If you don't agree, I will cut off the man who died with you."
Zhang Lin directly told her plan, then stared at Hou Bing with cold eyes.
"The villain is willing, I am willing to help the general capture Fengyang."
Hou Bing knelt directly under Zhang Lin's horse and agreed to his plan. As long as he could save his own life, he would dare to fight Shi Xie, let alone Fengyang.
"Okay, let's make a plan and head to Fengyang immediately."
Seeing Hou Bing's spyy look, Zhang Lin knew that the matter was settled. If such a captain cooperated fully, the hope of capturing Feng Yang would be greatly increased.
"As commanded."
Now that he had decided to surrender, Hou Bing had nothing to say and directly clasped his fists at Zhang Lin to accept his order.
Zhang Lin left a thousand men behind to escort the captives and march slowly, while he himself led an army of seven thousand eagles and hundreds of surrendered troops to speed up and rush towards Fengyang.
The cavalry moved very fast and arrived outside Fengyang City in one day.
"Everyone dismount."
Feeling that it was almost done, Zhang Lin directly left four thousand cavalry waiting outside, while the remaining three thousand followed the prisoners and headed towards Fengyang City.
Zhang Lin always held a short sword in her hand, always pressing it against Hou Bing's back. If he made any move, she would kill him without hesitation.
Hou Bing didn't resist Zhang Lin's move, because he would have chosen to do it if he were him, and he wanted to help Zhang Lin win Fengyang from the bottom of his heart. He never thought of making any small moves.
After all, Yuan Shu's army is approaching now, and he doesn't want to accompany Shi Xie to death, so that doesn't matter.
After traveling for a period of time, I finally saw Fengyang City, a semi-fortress-style city built by Shi Xie with a lot of money to fight against Lu Bu.
"This city is not easy to fight."
Looking at the towering city wall in front of her, Zhang Lin also took a breath of air. Without the help of an insider, it would not be easy to capture such a strong city wall even if she had 20,000 people.
"Well, Fengyang City was not big to begin with. Later, Lu Bu attacked. In order to deal with Lu Bu's threat, Shi Xie spent a lot of money to strengthen the defenses of Fengyang City again, and it became what it is now."
Hou Bing directly introduced the situation of Fengyang City to Zhang Lin.
"No wonder, let's go to the suspension bridge."
Zhang Lin nodded, all that was meaningless. As long as he could capture this place, he believed that with thousands of soldiers and horses, he would be confident to stop even if 30,000 to 40,000 enemies came to attack.
"clear."
Hou Bing took Zhang Lin directly to the suspension bridge.
"who?"
The soldiers and horses on the city wall had long seen the arrival of Zhang Lin and others. Now the Hou soldiers came over, bent their bows and arrows, and shouted to them.
"With your dog eyes blinded, you can't even recognize me?
I am Hou Bing, please open the city gate quickly."
After hearing the shouting on the city wall, Hou Bing immediately cursed.
"What do you want to do?"
The short knife in Zhang Lin's hand was thrust forward. He didn't understand that if you give a number, just give a number. Why would you scold someone?
Are you trying to do some trick?
"Sir, don't panic, you will know later."
In response to Zhang Lin's questions, Hou Bing remained unhurried and just stared at the city wall.
"Hou Bing?
Didn’t you follow General Shisong south to support Guangxin?
Why did you come back again?"
Not long after, a head poked out from the city wall and asked the Hou soldiers below.
"Stop talking, my soldiers have all run away. General Shisong sent me to retreat back the same way and gather the scattered soldiers. Xu Fang opened the door first and let me go in and rest."
Hou Bing still looked the same, talking to the head that had just popped out with a carefree look.
"Hey, those new soldiers are not easy to lead. If you can be the captain of that new army, you will be unlucky for eight lifetimes. Just wait."
Xu Fang, the captain in charge of guarding Fengyang, glanced at Hou Bing and then at the dusty soldiers and horses behind him, no longer suspicious.
"Open the city gate."
Xu Fangchong said to the team leader next to him and asked him to open the city gate directly for the Hou soldiers outside.
"promise."
After receiving the order from the Hou soldiers, the troops did not hesitate and ran directly down the city wall to carry out the order.
"Will it work or not?"
Zhang Lin glanced at the city wall, a trace of anxiety flashed in her eyes. If this trick was seen through by the enemy and Chen Cang could not be infiltrated secretly, then they would have no choice but to give up Fengyang, abandon the prisoners and run towards Guangxin City.
"Sir, don't worry, I won't make fun of my own life."
Faced with Zhang Lin's anxiety, Hou Bing smiled slightly and didn't take it seriously at all. In his opinion, there was no problem with his words or the state of his troops, and there was no way that there would be any flaws that could be seen through.
"Crunch."
The suspension bridge in front of them slowly lowered, and then the heavy door slowly opened.
"Isn't this open?
Let’s go into town.”
Looking at the passage that appeared in front of him, Hou Bing grinned from the corner of his mouth to his ears. Now that the city gate was open, his life was at least saved. As for whether he could take the city next, it was not his problem.
.
"Slowly enter the city. After entering the city, we will divide ten teams to control the city gate. The remaining people will follow me to fight on the city wall."
