After running out of twenty or thirty zhang, one of Cao Hongzu's personal soldiers looked back with palpitations, but saw the Jianyu cavalry turning their backs, getting farther and farther away.

He hurriedly said to Cao Hongzu: "General, the enemy cavalry did not chase after you. ”

When Cao Hongzu heard this, he grabbed the reins, circled his horse and looked back at the backs of Fan Shaozu and others, and suddenly exclaimed: "No, these three or four horsemen should be Jianyu scouts." ”

His own sword had long since been lost, and at this time, he grabbed the saber of the guard beside him and pointed forward, "Follow me to capture the captive horse, otherwise these men will lead the army back in a few moments!" ”

With their lives at stake, more than a dozen people under his command couldn't care about being tired, and immediately patted their horses and surrounded the "Jianyu Scouts".

Fan Shaozu has not had to change horses after escaping from the encirclement last night, and the horsepower has reached the limit at this time, so he was chased in a moment, and he couldn't stand Cao Hongzu's many people, and he was captured after only a few faces.

Cao Hongzu breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to order the guards to slaughter the captives, but suddenly saw that the armor of a captive led by him was bright, and he couldn't help frowning: "Still a thief officer?" ”

"Hmph, if you don't change your name, you don't change your surname, I am Fan Shaozu, the leader of the Qing Dynasty."

"Counsellor?" Cao Hongzu was overjoyed when he heard this, and turned to the guards and said, "Tie it up quickly, and take it back to Tianxing Mansion with me." It's time for Lao Tzu to run! ”

……

After reading it, Yang Tinglin and the other last officer returned King Chen's secret letter to him, and then coughed lightly and said to the generals in the account: "Everyone in Fujing Mansion should have read it." His Royal Highness King Chen's letter was just delivered this morning, and it is to invite you to discuss how our army should be deployed this time. ”

Guo Weijing, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, said first: "Lord Cabinet, according to the Di Bao, the general trend of Fujing has been decided, and the remnants of the thieves will be wiped out soon. He looked around at the officers seated, "Therefore, the subordinate officials thought that Liu Guangbi was at the end of his crossbow at this time." Our army should be held firmly. When His Royal Highness King Chen defeated the remnants of Azig and led the army out of the pass, Liu Guangbi would be defeated without a fight. ”

Zhao Yinxuan had seen the strength of the Dragon Guard, and immediately nodded and said, "What Lord Guo said is very true. The defensive line built by our army along the Baita River has been completed, and the construction of the Shazhou defensive line has also begun. Our army's resistance to the rest of the month should not be a problem, and then the Fujing army will come to help, and things can be expected. ”

Yang Tinglin nodded, and smiled at Dai Xiuyuan again: "Tingxuan's seven-line defense strategy has been effective, and now that this sixth line of defense has not been used, the thieves are already tired. ”

Dai Xiuyuan didn't answer, and hung his head for a moment before he arched his hand and said: "Pavilion Department, my subordinates think that the Shazhou defense line should be stopped. The soldiers were transferred to the area of the Baita River, and as expected, Jiannu would come to fight to the death in the near future. ”

"Oh? Why did Tingxuan say this? ”

"His Royal Highness King Chen's secret letter was followed by the situation of the Yanping War, but there were details that were not mentioned in the palace report." Dai Xiuyuan glanced at the letter in Yang Tinglin's hand and continued, "If my subordinates are not mistaken, there are 60,000 people in Fujian. As Chen Wang said in his letter, Yanping killed and captured a total of more than 12,000 people in the first battle, that is, counting the number of enemies killed in Xianxia Pass and Jian'an before the great victory, there are still no less than 40,000 captives in Fujing. ”

"It's not easy to fight in Fujing right now. His subordinates judged that Liu Guangbi would launch at the same time as the Fujing captive army and attack Shanguan from the east and west sides in order to unite the army. ”

Yang Tinglin picked up King Chen's secret letter and read it again, nodded and said, "His Royal Highness King Chen wants our army to block Liu Guangbi, which should be the same as Tingxuan's thoughts. If so, the Sandbank defense line should be completed as soon as possible. ”

Dai Xiuyuan shook his head and said: "My lord, do you remember how long did our army retreat to Baita River and was broken through my five lines of defense by Liu Guangbi?" ”

Yang Tinglin was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously said: "Less than a month." ”

Dai Xiuyuan said again: "Jianyu carries more than 20 cannons, if you really want to break the net, it will be counted as the sandbar defense line, or it will be broken in a few days." ”

Zhu Youzhen frowned when he heard this: "Dai Guard, it was you who strongly recommended the seven-line defense strategy of the Yang Pavilion Department at the beginning, but now you say that you can't resist it?" ”

Yang Tinglin hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness the King of Yongning, don't worry, gather my 20,000 soldiers to defend the Baita River, unite as one, and teach the rest of the month to pass, with the trust of His Royal Highness King Chen!" ”

"My lord, Baita River is not well guarded." Dai Xiuyuan bowed to Zhu Youzhen again, "Your Highness, when the lower official mentioned this seven-line defense, it was not to hold on. Before King Chen left Jiangxi, he had told his subordinates that it was not advisable to stick to it, or to supply it disturbably.

"The lower official asked the cabinet to build seven lines of defense in a row, just for today.

"Since Liu Guangbi entered Guangxin, he has seen me digging ditches and walls day and night, and every time a thief attacks, our army is far away to resist. In less than a month, I retreated more than 100 miles in a row and lost five lines of defense.

"Now the captives will think that our army is too weak to fight, and that the enemy will only build defenses.

"At this time, our army is making a surprise attack, attacking the enemy's flank and rear, so that it can't take care of each other, so how can we spare the strength to attack Shanguan?"

He said and pointed to the map, "Xiaguan suggests that the Baita River should be abandoned." The headquarters of Guo Shilang retreated to the new city garrison. His Royal Highness King Yongning is suspicious of the enemy head-on, and he only needs to respond to him falsely, and retreat in battle.

"General Zhao led the army to lead the mountain to intercept the enemy's grain and grass, and if there was an opportunity, he could go north to disturb the enemy Huizhou.

"The Gui army of the Chen General Army went around to Guixi and then went south, attacking it from behind the enemy. Liu Guangbi has been accustomed to pressing our army in the past month, and he will be defenseless against surprise attacks, and he can break it in one battle! ”

Chen Zhao was born in Guangxi wolf soldiers, and his personality was the most fierce, and when he heard that he was in charge of the main attack behind enemy lines, he immediately said to Yang Tinglin: "The last general is willing to go!" ”

Zhu Youzhen rolled his eyes, and said in his heart that you dare to point fingers here with a small guard, so can you treat yourself as the king of Chen? At the moment, he snorted lightly, "Abandon the pass, but divide the troops in all directions, if there is a mistake, who is responsible?"

"According to the king's plan, build a sandbar defense line as soon as possible. Then order the whole army to gather in the Baita River to defend strictly, if there is a mistake, then retreat to the sandbank, if it is not possible, retreat to the new city. In this way, it should be safe. ”

Yang Tinglin saw that everyone was looking at him, and couldn't help but think in his heart, Dai Xiuyuan only guarded the new city, the new city is the gateway to Shanguan, and he has reached the foot of Shanguan, and only uses Guo Weijing 5,000 recruits to defend, which is very risky.

He has been greatly influenced by 10,000 yuan since Rong, and his military thinking is extremely conservative. At the beginning, Dai Xiuyuan asked him to overhaul the fortifications, and he was extremely happy, but now that he wanted to divide his troops to sneak attack, he hesitated.

"His Royal Highness King Chen's trust is the most important," Yang Tinglin finally made up his mind, "Don't seek merit but seek no fault, as long as you can block Liu Guangbi from going south, our army will be a complete victory." ”

He glanced at Dai Xiuyuan, "Although Tingxuan's strategy is exquisite, His Royal Highness King Yongning's deployment is more secure. He ordered the whole army to immediately retreat to the Baita River, except for the soldiers who built the defense line on the sandbank. ”

"Subordinates obey!"