During the war, there were too many cases of people sneaking into the city in disguise, so the messengers were stopped for questioning.
The messenger immediately took out the token certificate, and then the soldiers guarding the city let the people in.
Entering the city, it was densely packed with soldiers. The people's houses were expropriated, and the indigenous people were squeezed out.
When the messenger arrived at the commander's residence, the guards at the door stopped him again.
After checking the credentials, the guard took the password in.
Once inside, a middle-aged man wearing black armor sat under the eaves and read a book on war, which was the Art of War written by Long Chen.
"General, secret order from Linhu City!"
The guard presented it and Xu Feng accepted it.
After opening the baggage, removing the mud seal, and reading the secret order, Xu Feng said: "Call Jiang Yi."
The guard went down, and soon a general of medium stature trotted over.
This person is Xu Feng's subordinate Jiang Yi.
"General Xu."
"Immediately order 500,000 troops and rush to Linhu City. We will march day and night without any rest!"
Xu Feng ordered, and Jiang Yi immediately went out to order troops.
Linhu City was flooded by the lake for several days. Everyone knew about this, so Jiang Yi did not ask why.
Five hundred thousand soldiers and horses took only half a day to set off from the camp in the east and immediately rushed to the city facing the lake in the west.
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Linhu City.
Guitai stood outside the west city gate, looking at the lake water that kept falling, feeling very irritated.
The reinforcements hadn't arrived yet, and he was worried about Long Chen's sneak attack.
"What do you think of the situation over there in Xianhe City?"
Guitai asked Feng Erniang and asked her to inquire two days earlier.
"Xianhe City is sealed off, and the news has not been sent out yet."
Feng Erniang was also a little irritated. Her people could not deliver news inside the city, and people outside could only see the closed city gate, unable to communicate with the inside and outside.
Guitai frowned and said, "This guy is mobilizing troops."
Guiti immediately concluded that Long Chen was deploying troops. Otherwise there is no need to blockade the city.
Feng Erniang said: "But... we haven't received any news from Long Chen about troop deployment."
As soon as he finished speaking, a bodyguard came over in a hurry and said, "Holy Son, chief bodyguard, Long Chen's troops appeared in the east."
Feng Erniang was startled, and Guite immediately asked: "How many people are there? How far are they from here?"
The escort replied: "About 50,000, Long Chen personally leads the troops, more than 30 miles away from here!"
After setting off from Beiling City, Long Chen arrived at the east side of Linhu City, preparing to intercept Qingren County's troops.
Feng Erniang's bodyguards detected Long Chen and immediately reported the ghost's knowledge.
Feng Erniang felt a little strange and said, "With only 50,000 troops, what does he want to do?"
"We still have 100,000 soldiers and horses in the city. Shall we send troops to attack immediately?"
Linhu City, excluding those who are sick, will have no problem raising 100,000 troops, but it is hard to say that they may not be able to fight.
After being soaked in water for so long, eating moldy and spoiled food, fighting against the well-fed and well-fed Long family army would definitely not bring any benefits.
Gui Fei didn't speak, he kept thinking in his mind.
"Is there any news from Beiling City?"
Guite suddenly asked.
Feng Erniang suddenly woke up. Long Chen appeared in the east, which meant that Beiling City had been captured.
If Beiling City was still there, it would be impossible for Long Chen to pass through the two cities and go deep alone.
"But."
Feng Erniang should remember that everything is fine in Beiling City.
At this moment, Yu Ziming, Minister of the Ministry of War, came over in a hurry, knelt on the ground and worshiped: "Sir, I have just received news that Beiling City has been destroyed."
"Last night, Long Chen personally led the troops in a surprise attack. Tong Yuan died in the battle. Deputy General Song Guoyi led his troops to break through, but was ambushed on the way.
They suffered heavy losses and most of the remaining soldiers went to Qingren County."
It was only when some defeated soldiers arrived at Linhu City that the news spread.
After receiving the news, Yu Ziming immediately reported the matter.
Feng Erniang's face was full of astonishment.
Sure enough, Long Chen has already sent troops.
The ghost didn't say anything, he looked at the lake and thought.
"Counting the time, the reinforcements from Qingren County should be setting off."
"Send the order, the whole army is marching out, follow me to fight!"
Gui Tai immediately made a plan, decisively abandoned Linhu City, and led all the troops and generals to besiege Long Chen.
Beiling City has been lost, Linhu City has been flooded, and the soldiers in the city cannot be used.
At this time, the wisest thing to do is to abandon Linhu City and lead all the troops to attack Long Chen from front to back.
The purpose of Long Chen's appearance in the east was very simple, he wanted to intercept Qingren County's reinforcements.
Those reinforcements didn't have a powerful commander. Even though there were many of them, they were just like a bunch of sheep when they met Long Chen.
Guitai gave up on Linhu City and chose to lead an attack with his troops. In this way, he was attacked from the front and back. Long Chen, who was only 50,000, was attacked by almost 1 million soldiers and horses, and he could be trampled to death.
As for the coach, it is not a problem for Gui Tai to lead Li Chengdao and his gang to beat Long Chen.
On the other hand, if you are reluctant to leave Linhu City and only bring a small number of troops to fight, with Guitai leading the troops and the empress leading troops from behind for a sneak attack, the troops and horses in the city will not be able to be saved.
Therefore, it is the best policy to abandon Linhu City and go to war.
Gui Fei is very decisive in doing things.
Yu Ziming immediately bowed and said: "I accept the order!"
In fact, Yu Ziming also felt that there was no need to hold on to Linhu City, since Beiling City had been breached anyway.
Guitai said to Feng Erniang: "Take care of yourself and leave immediately!"
Feng Erniang immediately went back to pack her things.
Yu Ziming immediately sent orders to the three armies to prepare for battle .
When the news came out, everyone was confused. Are we still going to fight at this time?
Yan Xi asked: "Yu Shangshu, are you going to fight now? Where are you going?"
Yu Ziming said: "I just got the news that Long Chen led troops to appear 30 miles to the east. The Holy Son has an order to go out to fight, and together with the reinforcements from Qingren County, kill Long Chen!"
Wu Hongying felt strange and asked: "Long Chen, is he crazy? How dare he go deep alone?"
Yu Ziming said: "Tong Yuan is dead. Long Chen attacked Beiling City last night."
Wu Hongying looked at Yu Ziming in shock and said, "Long Chen attacked Beiling City last night? Did Tong Yuan die in the battle?"
Yu Ziming said helplessly: "The soldiers and horses in the city are not available. There is no other way. Long Chen took advantage of it."
If Linhu City's soldiers and horses are intact, once it is known that Long Chen is attacking Beiling City, Gui Fei can take Xianhe City directly.
In this way, Long Chen loses more than he gains.
However, there was something wrong with Feng Erniang's intelligence, and the soldiers and horses in the city were not good enough, so Guitai could only watch.
"Get ready."
Yu Ziming sighed slightly.
Yan Xi and Wu Hongying immediately ordered all the soldiers and horses in the city to prepare for departure, leaving those who could walk and those who couldn't.
Li Chengdao was in the yard. When he heard the news of the army's departure, he immediately asked Zhong Gui to take care of it.
Xuanjizi was drinking tea with Chunxiu in the attic. Hearing the noise downstairs, he opened the window and saw the army leaving.
Bu Zining ran up from downstairs and said breathlessly: "Master, Beiling City is lost, Tong Yuan is dead, and the Holy Son has ordered us to leave."
Xuanjizi asked in shock: "Why did Tong Yuan die?"
Bu Zining said: "Long Chen attacked Beiling City last night, and Tong Yuan died in the battle."
"I just said that Long Chen is leading 50,000 troops to the east. The Holy Son means to abandon Linhu City. The entire army will go east and besiege Long Chen with the reinforcements from Qingren County, catching him off guard."
