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After being stationed in Fengcheng for more than a month, Xia Heyu's army finally left this small city where residents from all over the place were mixed.

From the end of summer to the beginning of autumn, Fengcheng has been closed and very peaceful. Even when Xia and Yu left, there was no big disturbance. The people in the city just stood on both sides of the road which was not wide, like rows of trees, Watching quietly.

The summer banner has two sides, one is at the head of the team and the other is at the end of the team.There was no wind that day, so the flag just hung down, and the big "Xia" character was hidden in the folds of the flag, a little lazy.

If they win this march, the world will be in their hands, but if they lose, everyone in the team may lose their lives.Xia Heyu couldn't predict the outcome of the matter, but since he had reached this point, he might as well try again, although this time the price was very high.

In fact, Jiang Linyuan's guess was correct. Shi Jinyu also received a copy of the letter that Qi Xingzhe sent him at the same time. Except for the change of the name of the greeting, the basic content of the letter was almost unchanged.However, unlike Jiang Linyuan, Shi Jinyu immediately gave an accurate answer after receiving the letter. He wanted to cooperate with Qi Xingzhe to get rid of Xia Heyu together.

Within a few days, Qi Xingzhe received a reply letter from Shi Jinyu with a clear attitude. Of course, he did not make a decision immediately, but was watching, waiting, waiting for a reply from Xia Heyu.But Qi Xingzhe waited and waited, and he didn't wait for Lai Xia Heyu's reply for a long time, and when he was about to lose patience and was about to accept Shi Jinyu's cooperation, Jiang Linyuan's letter with unclear meaning was delivered.

Qi Xingzhe read the letter from beginning to end, and tasted it, but he didn't understand what Jiang Linyuan was talking about. After reading it again, he became even more confused.Having lost his patience for a long time, he simply threw the letter aside, wrote a reply letter to Shi Jinyu, formally established the cooperative relationship between the two, and personally led the troops to the capital.

Coincidentally, the three forces met at this critical moment.

The distance between Fengcheng and the capital is not too far away. It didn't take long for Xia Heyu's army to arrive near the capital.One thousand cavalry, [-] infantry, a mighty team, stood outside the high walls of the capital, waiting for Xia Heyu's order to attack.

On the city wall, there were guards arranged by Shi Jinyu, and densely packed archers lined up on the battlements, and the tips of the arrows shone coldly in the sun.

Xia Heyu led the soldiers to stand far away from the city wall, out of the range of the bow and arrow, but he just stood like the leader and did not issue orders.Xia Heyu is hesitating, because he only found out the embarrassing situation he is in now.

"Approximately how many people are there in Qi Xingzhe's troops at the rear?" Xia Heyu asked the correspondent soldier who reported from the side.

"Roughly counted, there are about 1 horses." The signal soldier replied.

Xia Heyu bowed his head in silence for a while, holding in his hand the letter of challenge that Qi Xingzhe had sent not long ago. At this moment, he was under attack from both sides, and was about to be caught in the middle and beaten.

"What if we persuade them to turn around and cooperate with us?" Xia Heyu asked Jiang Linyuan who was beside him.

Jiang Linyuan shook his head, "It's too late. Judging from the current situation, our army is the best to destroy. Once our army is defeated, he will gain Shi Jinyu's trust and have a reason to enter the capital. Why bother to attack again?"

Xia Heyu's hand holding the letter of war was tightly gripped, and his knuckles were as white as fish.

"Zhang Ling!" Xia Heyu called out suddenly. He had a thousand worries in his heart, but there was only one way out.

Hearing Xia Heyu calling him, Zhang Ling ran from behind Xia Heyu to his eyes with a playful smile, and said, "General, you think of me. I have been waiting for you to call me for a long time."

Xia Heyu saw that Zhang Ling was still laughing carelessly at this moment, with a look of confidence, and his heart was relieved a little, and he said after a long breath: "I will divide half of your troops, go to the rear to hold They're here for a while, and I'm here to try and make it as quick as possible."

Zhang Ling shook his hand, "Half of the troops is too much, I can't use them, don't they have 1 people, then I can also bring 1 people, I, Zhang Ling, have never lost in a one-on-one duel .”

"Don't talk big to me, I won't forgive you if anything happens." Xia Heyu thought Zhang Ling was not serious, pointed at his nose and whipped him.

Zhang Ling rolled his eyes and flattened his mouth and said, "Understood, General, but I really don't need half of the troops, but you should give me more cavalry, after all, you don't need them to attack the city."

Xia Heyu hesitated for a moment, squinted at the sun hanging high in the sky, and then said: "Then it's up to you, be careful in everything."

"Hey." Zhang Ling rubbed the back of his head and smiled, then approached Xia Heyu mysteriously, and said, "General, we have to talk about something first."

Xia Heyu looked at him sideways and frowned, and asked, "What's the matter? Don't let me take advantage of you, kid."

"What is taking advantage of the fire to rob, that's called rewarding meritorious deeds." Zhang Ling said, "If the general wins the throne, he will give me a higher official position. I will not refuse to grant feudal titles and titles."

Xia Heyu had nothing to do with Zhang Ling, smiled helplessly, nodded and said, "Okay, okay, I promise you, right?"

"Come on, it's a deal." Zhang Ling said cheerfully, and was about to count soldiers, but Jiang Linyuan grabbed his sleeve.

"Deputy General Zhang, delay if you can, retreat if you can't, and don't love to fight." Jiang Linyuan didn't know why, but at this moment, he really wanted to tell Zhang Ling this sentence.

Zhang Ling smiled and said, "Young Master Jiang, don't worry, what am I doing in battle? I still owe someone money for drinks, and I'm waiting to come back to pay the debt."

Hearing what Zhang Ling said, Jiang Linyuan felt relieved, nodded and said, "That's good." In a blink of an eye, Zhang Ling had already stepped on the horse and went to the end of the line to order soldiers.

At the end of the team, Xiao Sha was leaning on a cart of grain and grass, and was pointing his fingers boredly. He only cared about the grain and grass in his charge, but he didn't know anything about the current situation of the team.

"Xiaosha."

Xiaosha was holding his middle finger that couldn't be bent, when he heard Zhang Ling's broken brass voice yelling his name, when he looked up, he saw Zhang Ling straddling his four-footed snow horse , smiling at him.

Xiao Sha straightened her body, and asked Zhang Ling, "What are you doing here?"

"Why else? Let's go to war." Zhang Ling smiled, "Do you want me to take you with you?"

Xiaosha gave him a white look, and said: "Who wants to go with you, what if I leave the food? You should go and play by yourself."

Zhang Ling nodded in satisfaction, and said, "That's right. As expected of the person I promoted, he knows what he should do. You have to take good care of the food and grass, and I'll leave first."

"Go, go." Xiao Sha waved his hand without raising his head, and continued to play with his fingers.

Zhang Ling pulled the horse's reins, looked back at the long line, and then led the people behind him to the rear.

After turning around, the smile on Zhang Ling's face disappeared in an instant. After fighting for so many years, this was the only battle he felt a little tricky.

Although he promised Xia Heyu and Jiang Linyuan that he would not love to fight, after all, this was the last step Xia Heyu had to take, and he naturally wanted to be able to delay Qi Xingzhe's army.

It's not difficult to hold back the enemy, but now he doesn't understand Qi Xingzhe, Qi Xingzhe's army, let alone the terrain here, if he wants to hold back, he may have to fight hard.

Before setting off, in order to leave enough troops for Xia Heyu, Zhang Ling actually ordered less than 7000 soldiers, at most [-]. Although he brought He Fei and other fierce generals, the disadvantage in numbers is still hard to ignore .

In the distance was a plain, dyed yellow by the autumn sun, Zhang Ling ordered his men to line up in formation, waiting for Qi Xingzhe's army, which was as big as an ant in the distance, to approach.

Xiao Sha was still fiddling with his fingers at this time, but the more he fiddled, the more he felt that Zhang Ling had some problems today.

Zhang Ling never took the initiative to report to him in previous wars, no matter how big or small, but today he made an exception and said such a thought-provoking sentence, which is not like him.

Thinking of this, Xiaosha's heart trembled. After handing over the food and grass to a soldier he trusted, he ran to the leader of the team to find Jiang Linyuan.

"Jiang...Brother Jiang." When Xiaosha ran to the head of the team, Xia Heyu was arranging troops to attack the city. The crowd was a little chaotic, and Xiaosha managed to find Jiang Linyuan.

When Jiang Linyuan heard Xiaosha's voice, he quickly turned his head and asked, "What's wrong? What's wrong with the grain and grass?"

"No." Xiaosha shook his head, "Zhang Ling, why did he go?"

Jiang Linyuan frowned, "Did he say something to you?"

"It's not like I said anything." Xiao Sha said, "Anyway, I want to find him."

Jiang Linyuan was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and after a while he stretched his brows and said softly, "He's at the back."

Xiaosha nodded, clenched his fist secretly, raised his eyes to look at Jiang Linyuan, turned his head and left.

Jiang Linyuan stood where he was, surrounded by a mess of soldiers, suddenly his heart was blocked and he couldn't breathe.

Behind the front line, Qi Xingzhe's army was slowly approaching, and a black mass of soldiers came rolling in dust.

A small officer next to Zhang Ling couldn't stand it anymore, approached Zhang Ling and whispered: "Deputy General Zhang, looking at the situation, we may not be able to fight."

Zhang Ling turned his wrist, and the tip of the gun in his hand was already pressed against the man's throat, and said, "If you are afraid, I can make you never be afraid now."

The man trembled twice, shrank his neck back, and stopped talking.

"Give me orders." Zhang Ling raised his gun, patted the man on the head with the tip of the gun, and said: "In this battle, anyone who shows bravery will be rewarded with five thousand silver, and anyone who retreats and escapes will be killed immediately."