Tong Ling watched the troops rushing towards the inner city with a blank expression.
He could almost expect that the closer the soldiers approached the inner city, the more likely their queues would be to be cut by countless ruins between the inner city and the outer city, becoming more and more chaotic. Then the defenders of Jiangling inner city would launch short attacks through the passage between the gullies and kill these soldiers.
Yesterday was a fierce battle, and this morning, it was still a fierce battle, but until this time, it was not possible to truly climb the city to fight. All the rushing cars, cars and ladders have not yet played a role.
Just to break through from the outer city to the inner city, Ling Tong had already lost two or three thousand soldiers' lives, and the number of minor and serious injuries was even more frequent.
Not far from Ling Tong, the soldiers replaced by the front line were sitting or lying down. All the soldiers were exhausted, almost all of them were injured, and they were moaning endlessly.
When facing Zhang Liao's assault under Hefei City, Ling Tong led his troops and 300 followers to siege and helped the evacuation of Wu Hou. Ling Tong himself fought with Zhang Liao himself and died in a moment. He also suffered many severe injuries. Relying on his outstanding water nature, he was dived by Arc to save his life.
Wu Hou commended Ling Tong for his hard work, so he promoted Ling Tong's official position and doubled the troops to his headquarters. However, for Ling Tong, these troops could not be compared with the elite troops he had cultivated and recruited for many years. They were just some consumables.
So Ling Tong watched these soldiers fight to the death along the gullies below the city without any turmoil, and slowly calculated who should be sent to the next group.
This way of filling in the lives of people is of course a very stupid way to attack the city. Ling Tong didn't understand at all, and what the meaning of doing this was. Although this could put uninterrupted pressure on the defenders in the city, the price was too heavy. However, since Lu Ziming, the Grand Superintendent of the Front, had made a clear request, Ling Tong didn't mind doing this.
Ling Tong's father Ling Cao followed Sun to fight against rebellion for many years and died in battle when he followed Wu Hou to fight against Jiangxia Huang Zu. Ling Tong himself inherited his father's military strength and was always regarded as a confidant and important general of Wu Hou.
But Ling Tong knew that he was far behind Lu Meng and Lu's discussions. In the past two years, Wu Hou had only discussed the plan for this surprise attack on the alliance. Lu Meng and Lu Wen had discussed it. There were many inside stories that outsiders had no way to understand. Even Wu Hou's close servant occasionally made a mistake outside, but he was immediately recalled and killed by Wu Hou.
Therefore, Ling Tong only sent his subordinates to the front continuously, and then watched their flying flesh and blood mixed with the blood and blood of the defenders.
Even this kind of death battle without any scruples and lacks practical purpose changed all the generals and schoolmen around him. Ling Tong was always at ease, and even took time to have lunch and took a nap for a while.
While planning the afternoon offensive, a messenger rushed over and bowed: "With the urgent military information, the Grand Superintendent asked General Ling to come to the Central Army to discuss immediately!"
Ling Tong pointed at the generals and schoolmasters in front of him: "After Wang Sima withdrawing, you can go to Wei Cai, and then Feng Sima. You must take turns to attack, and you cannot leave a chance to breathe in the defenders!"
The subordinates gritted their teeth and responded solemnly.
Ling Tong then rode his horse towards the direction of the central army.
The central military camp is about three miles away from the outer city and close to the river. It is very large in scale and is highly vigilant. There are several camps that cannot even Ling Tong approach at will. It is said that when a special fleet of ships got up this morning, it is not known what Lu Meng had placed here.
When Ling Tong approached the Central Army's tent, the sound of fighting was gradually replaced by the sound of the roaring rivers against the shore. This made Ling Tong, who had been fighting for a long time, feel a little uncomfortable. He stood outside the Central Army's tent and was stunned before entering the tent.
Lu Meng was sitting upright on the throne of the chief general, staring at the two military newspapers in front of him. In front of him, two messengers bowed.
Because the tent is dark, Ling Tong couldn't see what was written on the letter, and he felt that the handwriting was sloppy, and the edges of the letter were covered with red labels. This means that both military newspapers were urgent and were a major matter on the front line.
"Zi Ming, what are you asking for me?" Ling Tong bypassed the messenger and sat down under Lu Meng.
Lu Meng bowed a little and handed the two letters to Ling Tong: "Please read the public record."
Ling Tong looked at the first letter and was surprised: "Xie Jing's troops were attacked by the enemy?"
The letter was obviously a temporary book, and it was hard to explain it clearly in just a few words. Ling Tong immediately looked at the two messengers: "Who are you General Xie's subordinates?"
A messenger cheered up: "I am."
"To clarify, when and where, and what happened?"
"General, our troops rested in Tuokou last night. They crossed the Jushui River in the early morning this morning and then advanced towards Yiling. Chen Shi was about to reach the Yangxi Ferry, and suddenly encountered a sudden attack. Our army was caught off guard and was immediately shaken. Therefore, General Xie asked me to come back quickly for help!"
Ling Tong went behind Lu Meng without seeing any other place, took out a map from a cabinet, spread it out with a loud bang, and then clicked a place on the map: "Yangxi?"
“It’s this place.”
"How can the enemy attack you?"
"The enemy army had about thousands of soldiers and the troops were extremely well-armed. They had already arrived at the Yangxi Ferry, scattered and lurked in various swamps and depressions, and suddenly launched an attack, so our army was unprepared."
Ling Tong looked back at Lu Meng, turned around and asked, "Thousands of people? Well-armed soldiers? Who are the enemy generals?"
"Looking at the military flag, it is General Left."
"Hiss..." Ling Tong gasped: "It's really General Left Yuan? Did you read it wrong?"
"It's true that it's General Left."
Ling Tong suddenly looked back at Lu Meng: "Ziming, why did Lei Yuan arrive in Jingzhou? It's not that he..."
Lu Meng waved his hand calmly: "It's not time to discuss these things, you can read the next military newspaper."
Ling Tong opened another letter with a snap and was surprised again: "The Zhijiang garrison reported that Lei Yuan had broken Xie Jing's troops and rushed to Zhijiang. Is the Zhijiang garrison Xu Ling also dead?"
He shouted again and again, asking another messenger: "General Xie's troops were defeated? Are you sure?"
The messenger kowtowed and hurriedly said, "General Xie's troops fled from all directions. We have asked many people, and they all said that General Xie was killed by the enemy general!"
Ling Tong said sternly: "Zhijiang City is not far from Yangxi Ferry, and Xu Ling has sufficient troops. Why not go to rescue?"
"My school captain only heard the sound of killing in the direction of Yangxi. When it was time for rescue, General Xie's troops had collapsed. The enemy cavalry drove away the defeated soldiers and chased them along the way, as if the landslides collapsed and the ground was cracked. Captain Xu was rectifying reinforcements under the city, but first was destroyed by the defeated soldiers, and then trampled by the enemy cavalry... Captain Xu died on the spot, and Lei Yuan's troops were heading straight to Zhijiang! Please send reinforcements quickly, otherwise Zhijiang will be unable to be protected!"
Ling Tong sneered repeatedly: "What a Lei Yuan!"
He turned around and stood in front of Lu Meng and shouted: "Lei Yuanding had already realized something was wrong! That's why he acted so quickly! This guy's purpose is Zhijiang! If he snatched Zhijiang from Zhijiang, he could rely on Yiling in the west and echo the defenders of Jiangling City in the east! Ziming, this person is good at fighting and should not underestimate the enemy. I will take my headquarters and go to fight immediately!"
Before he finished speaking, another messenger rushed over: "Report to the two generals, the defenders at the Tuoshui Ferry were attacked by barbarians. The captain Zhai Dan died in a fierce battle, and the defenders were defeated. The enemy infantry and cavalry brigade divided into five routes and crossed the river!"
The Tuoshui Ferry is fifteen miles east of Zhijiang. When Cao's army besieged Jiangling, it built a camp here. This time, the Jiangdong troops attacked, and Zhai Dan led two thousand elite troops with brave generals. They temporarily stationed at the former site of this camp to block the western section of the Tuoshui.
Ling Tong had just judged that Lei Yuan was going to capture Zhijiang City, and then he heard the news and couldn't help but grit his teeth: "Zhai Dan is finished? The enemy continues to come east? Is he so arrogant?"
Tong Ling hesitated to look at the messenger, then Lu Meng was planning his subsequent response. There was a turmoil outside the tent. The fourth messenger rode his horse straight into the central army and rolled his saddle in front of the tent.
"What's the matter!" Ling Tong asked irritably.
"Reported to Governor Lu, General Ling, and the troops of the enemy general Lei Yuan continued to go east. His vanguard Ma Dai wades on the river beach in the eastern section of Tuoshui. He was attacked by our military camp. The captain Shen De half-crossing and is now fighting fiercely. The captain Shen ordered me to report to the governor to send reinforcements quickly and must defeat them along the Tuoshui coast!"
"good!"
The eastern section of Tuoshui is located in Bailizhou south and is located on the important road connecting the north and south. The person responsible for guarding this place is the senior general who followed the Sun family's three generations, the Wuwei School Commander Shen De.
Previously, Wu Hou conquered Wancheng, and appointed Shende as the governor of Wancheng, responsible for the defense of this important town in Jiangbei. Shende's subordinates had 3,000 troops, most of them recruited refugees from Jianghuai. Many of them were experienced and tough and war-resistant veterans. This time, Wu Hou specially transferred him from Jianghuai to enrich the first batch of attacks into Jingzhou.
Finally, good news came, and Ling Tong breathed a sigh of relief: "Shen De is worthy of being a long-time general. If he does this skill well, he will definitely be able to entangle the enemy!"
He urged Lu Meng: "Ziming, don't worry about Jiangling for the time being. The opportunity must not be missed. I will set out now to assist Shen De and fight this Lujiang Leiyuan!"
Lu Meng coughed lightly: "How many people can you transfer now?"
Ling Tong calculated his fingers and then said, "It's okay to have three thousand people, of which there are eight hundred soldiers. If Ziming still has enough room here, he might as well transfer Song Ding or Xu Gu's troops to help me. In this way, with the Shende troops, there will be eight thousand people!"
"Song Ding still has important matters, so he can't leave. I'll let Xu Gu go with you." Lu Meng made a very quick decision.
Ling Tong was about to set off, and the fifth messenger ran towards Lu Meng and Ling Tong:
"Report! Captain Shende was killed by the enemy's formation, and the camp was broken. Captain Shen was defeated and could not fight again. Lei Yuan, with the iron cavalry as the leader, was heading towards Ji Nancheng!"
In a moment, five messengers reported urgently. From Chen hour, Lei Yuan's troops marched for 60 miles, broke into three military camps with strong forces, and killed four generals, crossing the Zhijiang River like thunder and reaching the surroundings of Jiangling!
Chapter completed!