"Brother-in-law, what are you still hesitating about, taking advantage of the fact that the state army is not firmly established, quickly send troops to take back the Flying Fox Pass, I'm afraid it will be too late." Ma Yuan urged urgently.

Lin Li snorted coldly and said, "Make up for the dead, do you think this prison is so easy to make up?" The reason why the state army dared to attack must have been fully prepared, and now that the Flying Fox Pass is in danger, at this time I will take the reckless past, wouldn't it be self-defeating. Stand down, I'll decide. ”

After driving Ma Yuan away, Lin Li immediately ordered the four gates of Guangchang to be closed, and all the troops immediately climbed the city wall to prepare for battle, and at the same time sent fast horses to report the situation of Guangchang to the Zhenbei general Lu Zhao, asking him to send troops to support.

Lin Li is still a relatively cautious person, otherwise Lu Zhao would not have sent him to guard Guangchang, but the use of nepotism will cause the Flying Fox Pass to be easily lost. However, Lin Li did not attack rashly, the Flying Fox Pass guarded the Flying Fox Path, and he had to defend himself by virtue of the danger, if he lost the danger, even if he sent more soldiers over, it would be useless.

What's more, he didn't have many soldiers and horses in his hands, and if he poured out, Guangchang would fall into a situation where there were no soldiers to defend, so he simply gave up the idea of recapturing Flying Fox Pass, and devoted himself to guarding Guangchang City, waiting for Lu Zhao's reinforcements.

After Wang Jin took the Flying Fox Pass, he immediately flew to report to Yanghu, and Yanghu soon arrived with a large army. Wang Jin proposed that the army take a break at Flying Fox Pass, maybe the Jizhou army would make a comeback and carry out a counteroffensive, and the state army would take this opportunity to give him a head-on blow.

Yanghu took a look at the terrain of the Flying Fox Pass, and said: "The danger of the Flying Fox Trail is all in the Flying Fox Pass, and now the Flying Fox Pass has been obtained by us, and the Jizhou Army wants to counterattack again, that is, to attack the strong with weakness, if Lin Li knows the art of war, he will not dare to attack rashly, and it is the best choice to defend Guangchang." The order was given, and the army marched quickly, and immediately attacked Guangchang City, so as not to give the enemy a chance to breathe. ”

Yanghu's judgment was correct, and when the state army marched eastward and killed under Guangchang City in one go, he found that Guangchang City had already been closed with four gates, and the defenders were waiting for it.

Yanghu also did not ink, and even omitted the practice of going to the city to scold, and directly ordered the infantry battalion to start attacking the city, obviously Yanghu had seen Lin Li's appearance of defending Guangchang, and then went to call the battle at this time, inducing Lin Li to fight, almost in vain, in order to quickly solve the battle, Yanghu launched an attack on the city as soon as he arrived in the city.

Because the infantry battalion is lightly armed, so the heavy equipment is left behind, did not come with the army, and now the infantry battalion can use the siege equipment, only the simple ladder, but Yanghu did not suspend the attack because the siege equipment did not arrive, but ordered to launch an ant-attached siege to take Guangchang as soon as possible.

The importance of taking Guangchang is self-evident, as long as Guangchang is taken, the eastward marching corps of the state army can smoothly march out of the Flying Fox Trail, if it is blocked on the narrow Flying Fox Road, then no matter how many troops can not be used.

The defenders of Guangchang City are not afraid, but Yanghu is more worried about Lu Zhao's reinforcements, if Lu Zhao comes to help quickly, then the situation will inevitably become serious, as long as Guangchang is taken as soon as possible, it is possible to turn passive into active.

Although the conditions for the siege were very rudimentary, the siege momentum of the infantry battalion was not affected, and they launched a charge without fear of death, launching wave after wave of attacks on the city of Guangchang.

The sword and shield soldiers are the main force of the siege, they hold the shield one by one, under the cover of the archers, they try their best to climb the ladder, rushing towards the city, their morale is very high, the fierce impact, to the defenders of Guangchang City to rely on a lot of pressure.

Lin Li's face turned a little pale, he had already estimated that the attack of the Bingzhou army was premeditated and prepared, so he didn't dare to attack rashly and adopted a steady strategy, but he didn't expect the offensive of Bingzhou to be so fierce, and the entire army under the city was like locusts and ants, swarming and dense, and his scalp was a little numb.

However, Lin Li was also a person who had experienced the battle formation lightly, and he was not crushed by the momentum of the Bingzhou army, he personally risked the arrows, stood on top of the Guan Tower, and personally commanded the battle.

There is such a backbone as the main general, the defenders of Guangchang City are naturally also vigorous, the city battle was originally the side defending the city has an advantage, as long as the fighting spirit of the defenders does not collapse, after all, there is still a battle power, so although the infantry battalion has an advantage in strength, but the defenders rely on the strong city, stubbornly defending, the two sides have been fighting for a long time, and have fallen into a stalemate.

Lin Li's letter for help was quickly delivered to Lu Zhao, who was on the front line of Jingcheng Pass.

At this time, the Jingcheng Pass, the fierce battle was in full swing, and the offensive of the state army was quite fierce, even if Lu Zhao personally led the army to help, the state army did not show any signs of retreating, but the attack was more vigorous, Lu Zhao had to deal with it with all his might, strictly defend it, and ensure that the Jingcheng Pass was not lost.

At this moment, he suddenly received an urgent document from Guangchang, Lu Zhao couldn't help but be stunned, he really couldn't figure out the strategic intentions of the state army, according to the normal military route, attack Jizhou, the first choice is Jingcheng, the route of the Flying Fox Trail is more partial, it is more suitable to hit Youzhou, and it is a little far away to hit Jizhou, even if Guangchang is captured, it is difficult to threaten the security of Jizhou.

And Jingcheng is different, once Jingcheng Pass is lost, the gateway of the entire Jizhou will be opened, so the defense of Jizhou, Jingcheng Pass is the top priority, Lu Zhao almost concentrated all the troops that Jizhou can mobilize to Jingcheng Pass to ensure that Jingcheng Pass is not lost.

But at this time, the Bingzhou army suddenly attacked Guangchang, Lu Zhao was a little puzzled, the fierce battle at Jingcheng Pass was in full swing, and this move of the Bingzhou army was too abnormal, even if they took Guangchang, it would be difficult to threaten Jizhou for the time being.

This is clearly Cao Liang's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, in a vain attempt to weaken the garrison of Jingcheng Pass, well, this can't be fooled, the defense of Jingcheng Pass is the most important.

The current battle situation is very stalemate, one wrong step, then you have to lose everything, Jizhou's troops are limited, if the state comes to attack with all its might, Lu Zhao will not be able to reach at all, he has already asked Sima Shi for reinforcements, but even if Sima Shi sends reinforcements, it will take a little time, so during this time, Lu Zhao must hold steady.

So Lu Zhao wrote a letter to Lin Li, telling him that the target of the Bingzhou army's attack was Jingcheng, and the attack on Guangchang was only a partial division of the Bingzhou army, which was a suspicious soldier, so he didn't have to worry, as long as he firmly held the city, it would not be long before the Bingzhou army would naturally retreat.