Of course, neither Cheng Feng nor Xiao Shilian would be naïve enough to think that the Northern Zhou Dynasty would be ignorant of this, after all, there is no wall in the world that is breathable, and Zhang He's intensified exploitation and suppression are undoubtedly retreating the entire Ba County into dire straits.

But it is precisely because of this that Zhang He does not have the strength to be able to divide Ba County, because with only one person and his henchmen, without the support of the family and the people, he is tantamount to killing himself.

What's more, the more Zhang He exploited from various families and the people, the more he could naturally give to the Northern Zhou court. In this era when money was far more important to the Northern Zhou Dynasty than a remote state and county, Zhang He's approach was naturally in their hands, so it was reasonable for the Northern Zhou court to turn a blind eye.

Xiao Shilian never thought that these conquerors had any mercy, especially in recent years, in order to prevent the original Xianbei tradition from being completely sinicized, the Northern Zhou Dynasty even set off a counter-tide of "Xianbei", which oppressed and attacked the Han officials in the court.

Reaching out and patting Cheng Feng's shoulder, Xiao Shilian said with a cruel smile: "We will definitely let Zhang He walk around without eating." ”

Cheng Feng was stunned for a moment, and then nodded solemnly. When Xiao Shilian said this, there was a rare trace of warmth in his heart, a kind of warmth that was suddenly understood after many years of grievances and injustice, and at this moment, Cheng Feng also understood why Dai Cai, an old colleague he was familiar with, would surrender very neatly.

That guy was no less wronged than himself.

Although Xiao Shilian hasn't told himself how to fight this Ba County until now, in Cheng Feng's opinion, those are not important. As a Shangguan, Xiao Shilian has a reason and obligation to maintain military secrets, and Cheng Feng wanted to know what he was doing before, more out of distrust of Xiao Shilian.

Now that he knew that everyone had the same goal, there was nothing to ask, just do his best to do his part, and immediately he walked up to a higher rock next to him, and stretched out his hand to the mountains and rivers in front of him.

Listening to Cheng Feng pointing to the mountains and rivers outside Bajun City, Xiao Shilian didn't say much, just smiled slightly, and didn't know what he was thinking in his heart.

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Upstairs in Bajun City.

Zhang He sneezed twice in succession, and had to reluctantly close the official document in front of him, he hadn't slept well for several days, so his eyes were slightly black, and he looked very haggard. And the soldiers walking around outside the city tower were also telling Zhang He that Zhan Yun was pressing towards the head of the city in Ba County.

Since Li Xinchen took the three counties of Linjiang in one fell swoop, Zhang He has made all the preparations he can, not only advancing his troops and horses to Lao Ya Mountain to Tongluo Gorge, but also constantly asking for reinforcements from Luzhou and Shu County in the rear.

Li Xinchen killed all the way to Linjiang County with lightning speed, so the soldiers and horses in the three counties of Linjiang and Fuling County could not be counted on - in fact, Zhang He did not intend to count on it, in his opinion, those guys who did not know how to be flexible were only cannon fodder in front, and it was impossible for him Zhang He to really rely on the left arm and right arm of Xiongba County.

But now Zhang He found that the matter seemed to be more serious than he imagined, and there was basically a letter asking for help from the first-line sailors and land divisions from Lao Yashan to Tongluo Gorge, but at least what could comfort Zhang He was that these places could still send letters for help, indicating that they had not yet fallen into the hands of Li Xinchen.

What really worried Zhang He was the Nanchen army that was crossing the river in the east of the city at this moment.

The banner of bravado and the humble bamboo raft were undoubtedly the biggest provocation to Zhang He, but Zhang He did not dare to go out of the city, because the army in his city was only more than 1,000 people, and the enemy's posture should be three or four times that of his subordinates.

And that Xiaozi general flag is telling Zhang He who is the one who commands the troops.

Xiao Shilian is not a guy to mess with, and Zhang He has not yet dared to challenge Xiao Maha's eldest son and one of Nan Chen's youngest miscellaneous generals with a thousand men.

Of course, Zhang He saw that Xiao Shilian's command didn't seem to be carrying any large equipment, and he was secretly relieved in his heart, he couldn't care about anything else now, as long as Xiao Shilian didn't attack the city, thank God.

And Zhang He's performance was taken into the eyes of several generals standing respectfully next to him, and they subconsciously glanced at each other, and couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Zhang He's fear of Li Xinchen and Xiao Shilian is clearly written on his face, and everyone has seen his difficulty sleeping and eating in the past few days, facing the two young and famous Nanchen generals, Zhang He feels fear and worry is a normal reaction, but these generals never thought that Zhang He's fear had reached this level.

Is this still the high-flying and invincible Zhang He from before?

In the past, Zhang He asked the army to set up camp on the line from Lao Ya Mountain to Tongluo Gorge, and directly gave up all the key points in the future, which used to be a lot of criticism, but at that time, the generals could still explain Zhang He's caution, but today it is obvious that Zhang He's performance has broken all their illusions.

Zhang He didn't notice that his hands were trembling slightly, and when he saw a scout rushing in, he almost subconsciously stood up: "What's the situation, is Xiao Shilian not planning to attack the city?" ”

The scout was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly replied: "Qi Yu Assassin History, the enemy soldiers are divided into two routes, one way directly to the east, and the other is still on the south bank of the river, there seem to be signs of going west, but the enemy is in a hurry, and he has no intention of attacking Ba County." ”

"It's good if you don't attack the city, it's good if you don't attack the city······" Zhang He patted his chest lightly, but his expression immediately changed, "Where do you say you are going?" ”

Not only did Zhang He realize something, but the faces of the generals around him also changed slightly. From Ba County to the east, you can directly outflank the rear road of the defenders of Lao Yashan along the main road.

"Thorn history, this Xiao Shilian clearly wants to cooperate with Li Xinchen to break through the defense line of Lao Yao Mountain!" A lieutenant walked out quickly, with a look of worry that could not be concealed, "We can't sit idly by and watch the thousands of brothers in Lao Yashan be cut off!" ”

"It's not just Lao Ya Mountain, I'm afraid that Xiao Shilian's move, and the sailors of Causeway Gorge will not be spared, and then there will really be no barrier in this Ba County!" The other battlemaster looked a little panicked as well.

For the current Ba County, even if there are only a few Meng Chong in the water division, it is better than nothing. If even the sailors are lost, then the enemy's warships can stop on the river and directly attack the head of Bajun City with bed crossbows and trebuchets!

As for the foot soldiers of Lao Ya Mountain, not to mention, they were a small number of troops under Zhang He's command who could pull out the field battle, if they were surrounded in Lao Ya Mountain like this, it was a very serious question whether Zhang He could hold Ba County before the reinforcements arrived.