To the south is Ji'an Mansion occupied by the Ming army, and to the north the Laochao Linjiang Mansion City was also captured by the Ming army, and the east and west are continuous mountains, and the army cannot pass. Although Feng Shuangli's army still had as many as 30,000, there was no way out.

The army's food and salary originally relied on Linjiang Mansion to transport supplies, and now Linjiang is lost, thinking that the army's food and salary is about to be cut off, although the army can be sent to the mountains to collect food, there are many villages in the depths of the nearby mountains, but under the coercion of the Ming army before and after, where can it be enough to rely on food to supply? And how could the Ming army allow him to collect food safely.

When an army is short of food, it will collapse in a short time, and any general who leads troops knows the consequences.

The only thing to do now is to march quickly, conquer Linjiang Mansion before the grain runs out, and recapture the grain.

According to the defeated army, the Ming army was not many in number, and relied on the "Leifa" raid to defeat their own army, and then lost Linjiang City. Although the rout was conclusive, saying that the Ming army would "five thunder Dafa", thunder fell from the sky with a wave of his hand, and ordinary people couldn't resist it at all, but Feng Shuangli didn't believe it at all. What thunder, what five thunder Dafa, at most it is a more powerful firearm.

In order to prevent the spread of fear, Feng Shuangli ordered to kill the rout soldiers who spread fear, and then marched towards Linjiang City.

The total strength of the Ming army is not more than 10,000, but there are still 30,000 people, and there is not much difficulty in conquering Linjiang City. Even if they can't defeat Linjiang City, it is expected that the Ming army will not dare to go out of the city for a decisive battle, so that they can bypass Linjiang City and flee north to Nanchang. The mountains in Linjiang Mansion are gentle, and there are more flat land, so it is not too difficult to get around Linjiang Mansion City.

Feng Shuangli had to hurry up and escape Linjiang before the Ming army in Ji'an broke through Xiajiang City, otherwise if he fell into the Ming army's attack from the north and south, the only thing waiting for him was the annihilation of the whole army. When retreating, in order to block the Ming army in Ji'an, Feng Shuangli left 2,000 soldiers in Xiajiang City, but the opposite side was tens of thousands of Ming troops, Feng Shuangli did not know how many days Xiajiang City could be defended.

In Ji'an Mansion, responsible for leading the army to confront the thief army is Yan Yingyuan's general Wang Cheng, the former general rose with the promotion of Yan Yingyuan's official position, and was promoted to general in just over a month, responsible for leading 20,000 troops to maintain pressure on the Xiajiang River and prevent possible attacks by the thief army.

The Xiajiang River is the narrowest part of the Ganjiang River, the terrain is dangerous and easy to defend and difficult to attack, Wang Cheng carefully commanded the army, and did not show flaws after Yan Yingyuan led 10,000 people to leave, nor did he give Feng Shuangli a chance to take advantage of.

The most confidant, Wang Cheng, who was very clear about Yan Yingyuan's strategy, was naturally very clear, but he didn't expect Yan Yingyuan to progress so quickly, and in just half a month, he actually captured Yuanzhou and conquered Linjiang Mansion. Therefore, when his subordinates reported that the thief army in Xiajiang City had reduced a lot of suspicious main forces and retreated, Wang Cheng didn't dare to believe it, and he thought that it was the thief army's tricks that tempted him to attack.

After confirming that the main force of the thief army had indeed withdrawn from Xiajiang, leaving only 2,000 men to defend the city, Wang Cheng immediately led the army to attack Xiajiang.

However, because the Ming army was a hasty army, the combat power was really not good, and there was no experience in attacking the city, and the terrain of Xiajiang City was dangerous and easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Therefore, what Feng Shuangli was worried about did not happen, and all he actually faced was the 10,000 Ming army that occupied Linjiang City.

When he arrived not far from Linjiang Mansion with his troops and heard that the Xiajiang River was still in his hands, Feng Shuangli let out a sigh of relief, calmed down, and then began to consider whether he could defeat the Ming army and recover Linjiang.

Because even if he can lead the army to retreat to Nanchang safely, he will definitely have to face Zhang Xianzhong's anger. The 50,000 army was defeated by the 30,000 patchwork Ming army, the territory of several prefectures in Ji'an Linjiang and Yuanzhou was lost, and the two prefectures of Ganzhou and Nan'an lost contact, Feng Shuangli could imagine how fierce Zhang Xianzhong's anger was!

The Ming army in the city is only 10,000 people, maybe it is not too difficult to fight, Feng Shuangli thought.

What Feng Shuangli didn't expect was that the Ming army in the city did not defend the city, but actually opened a large formation outside the city, and planned to fight with him!

Who gave them so much audacity? He dared to face his 30,000 army with only 10,000 people, and even gave up the thick city to go out of the city to fight?

Could it be that the "Five Thunder Dafa" is true? The Ming army really summoned thunder, so they dared to go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with themselves. At this moment, even Feng Shuangli couldn't help but be suspicious.

However, when the Ming army lined up in a neat line, holding Ming's weapons, and slowly approaching him with his back against the city, Feng Shuangli had no choice. He had no way back, and he would not be able to pass through Linjiang safely without defeating the Ming army in front of him. And as the governor of His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Western Kingdom, he could not allow himself to flee without a fight.

What Feng Shuangli didn't know was that the reason why the Ming army abandoned the fortified city and didn't defend it had to go out of the city for a decisive battle was because the current two leaders were bold people.

Liu Neng shouldered the heavy trust of Chen Yue, and urged Yan Yingyuan's Ming army to launch a fierce attack on the thief army from the south, so as to relieve the pressure on Jiujiang City.

And Yan Yingyuan experienced a series of battles and was also a little inflated, with thousands of grenades sent by Liu Neng, coupled with the eagerness to show himself in front of the Duke of Qi, after a little persuasion by Liu Neng, he decided to fight a decisive battle with the thief army.

"Most of the army of the thief army is under Jiujiang City, and the main force south of Nanchang is only this Feng Shuangli and these tens of thousands of people, as long as Feng Shuangli's tens of thousands of troops are broken, there will be no more thief army garrison from Linjiang to Nanchang.

If Lord Yan can wave his army to attack the city of Nanchang in a short period of time, it will inevitably shake the thief army, and it will also greatly relieve the pressure on the Jiujiang army. ”

Liu Neng's persuasion made Yan Yingyuan deeply convinced, so he resolutely gave up Linjiang City, and the whole army went out of the city to attack the thief army several times his size.

Feng Shuangli is a veteran of the Western Army, extremely experienced in combat, 30,000 troops lined up in a circular array, the front is two rows of shield soldiers, with thick shields to strictly guard their own defense line, behind the shield soldiers are several rows of pikemen, sharp spears stretched out from the shield, the whole array is like a thorny turtle. Such a defense, not to mention the infantry of the Ming army, even tens of thousands of cavalry could not easily break through the defense.

Of course, Feng Shuangli still left 5,000 elite soldiers behind the battle as a reserve, once the Ming army was exhausted from attacking, he would put in the reserve to directly attack the Ming army's flank, and he would definitely be able to defeat the Ming army in one fell swoop!

Out of fear of the "Five Thunder Dafa", Feng Shuangli did not order the initiative to attack, but adopted a more conservative defensive counterattack strategy, he was determined to look at the reality of the Ming army first, and then decide on the next tactics.

However, it was precisely because of this conservative tactic that he could not give full play to the advantage of the number of troops and lost the opportunity to win, which made him deeply regret it when he thought about it countless times in the future.