Of course, Gao Jie and the three of them didn't know that Li Yan had conquered Chaohu at this time, and their minds were all about how to break through the defense line of the thief army and kill under Anqing City.

This night, the three of them almost sleepless gathered together to discuss countermeasures, but they also had no plan for a while, and when the morning dawned, there was a report from the Malays, and the thief army dug an embankment ten miles away, trying to dig through Shitang Lake and the Yangtze River to block the officers and soldiers.

This plan is too vicious, if this road is broken, then you can only take the west mountain road, go there is tantamount to ascending to the sky, Gao Jie can not let it succeed, immediately sent two thousand soldiers and horses to rush to, to the ground found that although the thief army has not yet dug through, but has dug the road road has three or four trenches, obviously specifically for the other party's officers and soldiers.

Thinking of yesterday's incident, the officers and soldiers were angry and dared to fight with the thief army without saying a word, but the two sides were suddenly afraid and soon retreated, and the thief army's treacherous plan to dig through the rivers and lakes failed to succeed.

What Gao Jie and the three of them are afraid of is not the thousands of officers and soldiers in front of them, but the thousands of thieves in the west of Sturgeon Town, who have not known where to go since they were repulsed yesterday.

The three of them didn't dare to be careless, so they set up camp in Sturgeon Town, and then sprinkled hundreds of scouts to scout the surrounding area, even if they couldn't find the whereabouts of the people and horses, they couldn't let them touch the edge of their bed unconsciously.

The officers and soldiers withdrew from the embankment and camped in Sturgeon Town, and the thieves were nowhere to be found, leaving hundreds of troops on each side to confront each other across the trenches to monitor each other.

In this way, a day passed unconsciously, and when the three people who were helpless in the face of the thief army blocking the way, they were irritated when they received two messages when it was dark.

The first was Chang Yu's military order: to open the road to Anqing before Li Yan's follow-up troops arrived at all costs.

The second is that Li Yan has arrived in Chaohu Lake, and the Shenji Battalion and the guards are on their way.

Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing, and Liu Liangzuo looked at each other, and their faces immediately became extremely ugly.

Although the three of them had never fought side by side with Chang Yu, they had never heard him give such an unquestionable death order to anyone, and it was obvious that the little eunuch was extremely dissatisfied with the three of them!

They are usually awesome and coaxing, but they have some real skills, why are they beaten up as soon as they come up......

Embarrass! It's embarrassing!

"At most, Li Yan and Huang Chuangzi will arrive in two days, and there will be a group of people who watch jokes with them, if we are still here at that time, the old face will be lost!" Liu Liangzuo smiled, and Liu Zeqing had a gloomy face: "This is not just a simple matter of losing face, what are we doing when we come thousands of miles, isn't it just to fight for fame!" At the moment, there are so many people waiting to seize the opportunity, the Overseer will not let us waste it, and when the time comes, ......"

"Fight, fight tonight! Lao Tzu can't afford to lose this face, and he doesn't plan to let this work! Gao Jie looked at the faint lights in the distance and said viciously, on the embankment between the two rivers ten miles away, the thief army was waiting for them.

"Don't act rashly, let's think about it in the long run" Liu Zeqing shook his head lightly, his eyes looked west, the lake and the sky were pitch black, and he didn't see his fingers, but he knew where there were thousands of thieves hidden, if they launched an attack on their side, that thief army would come!

"The one who grabs the merit from the long time will arrive" Gao Jie shouted angrily: "Huama Liu, you stay here, I will kill Lao Liu and I, I don't believe that his little people are blocking us from joining forces!" ”

"Mr. Gao!" Liu Zeqing shouted: "The thief's little strength can't stop us, but have you ever thought that it was just a thief's trick to lure the enemy!" ”

"How?" Gao Jie was stunned.

Liu Zeqing looked at the river embankment in the distance: "The road between these two rivers is more than 20 miles long, and the thieves are blocked in the middle, and they are ambushed in the west to block the back road, which makes us have to divide our troops to deal with it, so let us separate the distance for more than ten miles, if there is an unforeseen situation, it is difficult to care, and secondly, even if we break through his defense line and know that there is no ambush behind him, maybe they deliberately lead us over...... You must know that after this embankment, there are still thirty miles from Anqing City......"

"I'm afraid of wolves and tigers, then you still beat a bird's egg, hurry back to Jinan to enjoy happiness" Gao Jie said angrily, but Liu Zeqing was angered: "Okay, you say it here, we will fight how you say, but if you lose the battle, you will carry it!" ”

"Carry it, carry it, I don't believe that the Lord can cut off Lao Tzu's head!" Gao Jie yelled, and when Hua Ma Liu saw that the two were arguing, he hurriedly played a round: "If you lose a battle, you won't cut off your head, and besides, General Gao and the Lord Governor still ...... brothers" and said to Liu Zeqing: "Be careful, but General Gao's words are not rough, the former is afraid of the wolf and the tiger is nothing, fighting and fighting, this battle is always going to be fought, rather than consuming this and not being able to think of a way, it is better to fight first Maybe there is a turnaround."

Seeing Huama Liu say this, Liu Zeqing had no choice but to respond: "Then let's do what Mr. Gao said, Huama Liu, you hold the back road, and I will kill him with Mr. Gao."

"Isn't it over if it's so refreshing" Gao Jie smiled, walked to Liu Zeqing's side and patted him on the shoulder: "I know that you have fire in your heart, and Lao Tzu is also angry in your heart, let's kill the thief and put out the fire."

Liu Zeqing smiled slightly wryly and looked up at the sky: "Don't worry, it's not too late for dawn."

At the same time that the military order reached the hands of Gao Jie and the three of them, Chang Yu on the other side of the Yangtze River led his troops to arrive outside Tongling City, Wu Sangui, Ma Ke, and Wang Tizhong went out of the city to greet each other.

After entering the city, it was dark, and there were few celebrations in the yamen, in addition to Chang Yu, Wu Sangui, Ma Ke and the commanders of Dongchang, even Wang Zamao also went to the table, which was quite cramped and excited, and the toast was more complimentary, so that the king frowned secretly, and looked down on this guy.

There was not much gossip during the banquet, mostly military affairs, Wu Sangui and Wang Tizhong, Ma Ke and the three of them talked in detail about the battle in the past few days, which caused the generals to exclaim and admire, and Chang Yu also nodded, and then the topic revolved around the current situation.

Bai Wang saw that the army of officers and soldiers had arrived, and the siege was hopeless, so he retreated ten miles south of the city to choke the main road to the south, stationed troops and the foot of the mountain on the east side, and at the same time sent a small group of soldiers and horses to attack the city.

Chang Yu listened carefully, frowned and asked, "Is there only one way to Chizhou?" All eyes were on the king, and he was the one who knew best, after all, he had come from the south.

Wang Tizhong nodded vigorously: "The east side is full of deep mountains and old forests, just such a road by the river, the widest is only more than a hundred steps, the widest is only a dozen or twenty steps, the east hills and the west side of the river beach are more than ten miles long, and there is a big river blocking the road around the mountain pass, what is the river called......

"Qingtong River" Wang Zamao hurriedly interjected.

"Yes, Qingtonghe! After crossing the river to the south, there are potholes everywhere, the west side is the river beach, the east side is more water, the road surface is not wide, and the Chizhou capital city and Tongling City are generally on the riverside, and there is a big lake in the north of it, called Pingtian Lake, which is very close to the Yangtze River, only a few hundred meters apart is also a dangerous place, Bai Wang has to have that fortified ......"

The people who listened to Wang Tizhong's words frowned, and said that even if Bai Wang was defeated at the mountain pass in the south of the city, he could set up a defense line on Qingtong River if he retreated, and even if he broke it again, he could retreat to Pingtian Lake to fortify.

"It seems that it is really not easy to touch Chizhou City" Chang Yu smiled bitterly and asked: "Can you send a group of soldiers and horses from the mountains to copy the road behind?" ”

Wang Tizhong shook his head: "The eastern mountain range stretches endlessly, I don't know how deep it is, and I don't know if there is a road, and even if there is a road, there is a big lake in the south of this mountain, and it can't be crossed at all, and the Qingtong River is connected to that big lake, and the lake is very ......."

Listening to a lot, Chang Yu already has a 3D map of Tongling and Chizhou in his heart, the Yangtze River in Chizhou is northeast to the south of Tongling suddenly turned to the north, Tongling is close to the Yangtze River, its southeast mountains are reckless, low mountains and hills are endless, to Chizhou there is only a narrow mountain road that sticks to the foot of the river, around the mountain is a big lake, and you have to stick to the river to go to Chizhou......

But obviously, Bai Wang will use these terrain to block it, and if he wants to go to Chizhou, he will have to pass through at least three lines of defense!

Chang Yu set his eyes on Li Muxian: "Does the Dao Chief have a good plan?" ”

Li Muxian smiled bitterly and shook his head: "There is no other way than to attack."

"General Wu, what do you think of General Ma?" Chang Yu looked at the two again.