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"General Ji Ling, don't worry, this matter was expected. ∮"

Sima Yi raised his hand and signaled Ji Ling not to be impatient. He smiled unfathomablely: "When I was ordered to come to Yingchuan this time, the later general (Zhuge Liang) had already sent a letter to Your Majesty, asking Your Majesty to dispatch General Zhang Liao, who was stationed in Hefei, to lead the cavalry of Wuwei Camp to north to reinforce, and also ordered Zhou Yu, the governor of Yuzhou, to lead troops to Yingchuan.

By this time, Your Majesty's military order has been issued for two days. If nothing unexpected happens, at most, the iron cavalry of the Shuofeng Camp and the 50,000 county government soldiers under the tent of General Zhou Yu will arrive, and in three days, General Zhang Liao's Wuwei Camp will also come. Because of this, I predict that neither the Jingzhou army nor the Cao Ren army will attack the South Gate, because they are worried that General Zhou Yu will appear behind them at any time. Therefore, as long as we try our best to defend the city, it should be no problem to hold on for two days. If the three of you have no objections, we will act separately without further ado." After saying that, Sima Yi waved to Guan Yu and then whispered to Guan Yu.

After hearing the sound, Guan Yunchang nodded slightly and walked to Ji Ling with an expressionless face, without saying a word, but Ji Ling knew that Guan Yu was waiting for him to send troops. After all, before Sima Yi arrived, the 25,000 defenders in the city were all under his tent. Although Sima Yi is in charge of the army, Ji Ling has to go and issue orders to mobilize the troops. Who made Sima Yi arrive?

Seeing Guan Yu standing beside him, Ji Ling felt much pressure, especially Guan Yu's eyes that were as cold as frost, which made him inexplicably frightened, frightened and uneasy. So he wanted to ask Sima Yi. Can Governor Zhou Yu really arrive within two days, but now Guan Yu stood by his side coldly, making him feel uncomfortable. So he stopped talking and took Guan Yu to the Nancheng Military Camp. He transferred eight thousand soldiers to him and sent the plague god away as soon as possible. What's more, Ji Ling also knew that the war in Ximen was critical and could not be delayed for a moment. It was the right way to let Guan Yu lead his troops to reinforce.

As soon as Ji Ling left, the prefect Chang Lin and Sima Yi looked at each other and said softly: "The Yangdi City will be handed over to Zhongda. As long as there is still a possibility, Zhongda must be sure to defend this city and never withdraw its troops lightly. After all, this is a county city with more than 100,000 people. But if the situation is critical and cannot be defended, the virtuous brother does not have to hesitate. Just lead the troops out of the city. Brother Yu is the county magistrate appointed by His Majesty. Once the city falls, I have no choice but to live and die with the people of the whole city without regrets." After speaking, Chang Lin looked resolute and his eyes were firm. Obviously, it was not a hypocritical attitude, but a sincere statement, loyalty and righteousness.

Sima Yi was stunned when he saw this. He felt quite uneasy and felt a little ashamed. As Chang Lin said, if things were not done, the city could not be kept, Sima Yi really wanted to lead his army to retreat. But after seeing Chang Lin's righteous and awe-inspiring expression, Sima Yi changed his attention instantly and made up his mind to defend the city. Even if he did not do his loyalty for Li Li, he would do his best to the friends he had made sincerely.

"Don't worry, brother, I will stay in this city for three days no matter what, waiting for General Zhou Yu to lead his troops to help. But the ugly saying goes ahead. If General Zhou Yu has not led his army to arrive three days later, even if I have the intention to station in this city, I am afraid I can't do anything. Please give me a clarion in this section."

Sima Yi's frank words moved Chang Linwen very much: "It's enough to have a good brother. Brother Yu is a scholar. Even if he climbs the city tower, he can't help. Therefore, I led the county government's subordinates to recruit young and strong men to help the soldiers guard the city overnight. I will give this old face. I will definitely summon 30,000 young and strong men to my subordinates before noon tomorrow. Brother Yu is here to go, take care of me." After saying that, Chang Lin turned around and walked into the lobby. Soon, the originally silent county magistrate's mansion became noisy, and a group of subordinates under the county government rushed to the lobby one after another.

This scene made Sima Yi feel hot and he secretly praised, "Chang Bohuai is really a talent!"

Chang Lin, whose courtesy name was Bohuai, was from Wen County, Henoi. He was poor when he was young, and he was studious and talented. He was a fellow villager with Sima Yi. He was three years older than Sima Yi. The two met for many years and had a close relationship with each other. In order to avoid the war, Chang Lin avoided disasters in Bingzhou, cultivated mountains and was self-sufficient. After the war, Sili was valued by Lu Su, the governor of Bingzhou, so he was regarded as a filial and honest person. He became the county magistrate in Shangdang County and was transferred to Hedong Prefecture three years later. Due to his outstanding performance in the battle of Jizhou, he was valued by Li Li. Two years later, he became a Bie Jiao of Yuzhou and also served as the prefect of Yingchuan. Now his term of office is about to expire. It is said that he will go to Chang'an to serve soon and enter the court.

It is worth mentioning that Sima Yi once hid in Hedong County for half a year. During this period, he lived in Changlin's mansion, and then he insisted on going to Bingzhou to surrender to Cui Yan. Changlin was worried that something happened along the way, so he personally sent him to the Bingzhou Governor's Mansion. This is the unknown personal friendship between Sima Yi and Changlin, which can definitely be called a life-long friendship.

It was precisely because Sima Yi and Chang Lin had a close relationship with each other and were in love with brothers that when he discovered that Yingchuan County was most likely the contact location between the Northern Wei and Southern Han countries, he took the initiative to ask Zhuge Liang for orders to support Yingchuan prefect Chang Lin. As expected, Sima Yi's judgment was extremely accurate. On the way to Yangdi City, he met the Jingzhou army disguised as a disguise and mixed into the city. The strong Jingxiang accent. For Sima Yi, who was knowledgeable, as long as he heard these people speak, he would immediately know their origin.

It was certainly pleasant to discover the enemy's whereabouts, but Sima Yi was unsure whether he could defend Yangdi City. So, after finalizing the plan to defend the city, he followed Guan Yu's army and quickly rushed to the west gate.

The West Gate of Yangdi.

"Kill——!" When the man in black moved away the deer antler barricade with his hands, he saw their leader, a burly man in black, throwing away the short knife in his hand, grabbing the spear on the ground, shouting loudly, jumping over the barricade, and heading straight to the city gate corridor to kill the general. The burly and strong leader in black was the brave general of Xu Shu, Jiujiang Zhou Tai Zhou Youping.

It was precisely because Zhou Tai was ordered to sneak into the city as an internal response that Jiang Qin outside the city was willing to lead his troops to cross the river first and launch an attack on the city gate as soon as possible. He and Zhou Tai were brothers who shared weal and woe. Since he was a water thief, they have been together and fought side by side, and then led their troops to surrender to Sun Ce. It has been more than ten years since he was a water thief.

Since learning about the marriage between Liu Biao in Jingzhou and the Sun clan of Jiangdong, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin have been holding back their anger, feeling depressed and unhappy. They have been living under others for a long time. In addition, the young master of Jiangdong, Sun Shao, was weak, had disagreements in civil and military affairs, and was worried about internal and external troubles. This made the Jiangdong generals in Jingzhou army feel confused about their future and the future of Jiangdong for the first time. An indescribable sense of loss filled his heart, and there was a faint sense of sorrow that was greater than the loneliness of death.

With the second batch of 50,000 Jiangdong troops crossing the river north and being included in the Jingzhou army again, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin clearly realized that the Jiangdong army was really about to end and completely became a vassal of Liu Biao in Jingzhou. Just when the Nanyang War ended, no matter what the result was, Jiangdong would be annexed by Liu Biao in Jingzhou. The foundation of the Sun family in Jiangdong was passed to Sun Shao. This was because the Jiangdong army had a total of 120,000 troops, and now they have sent 80,000 north to participate in the war twice, leaving only more than 30,000 troops left behind in Jiangdong. How can this number of troops stabilize Jiangdong and resist the hundreds of thousands of troops under Liu Biao in Jingzhou? How can we not perish?

It is precisely based on this frustrating situation that when Xu Shu sent Zhou Tai to lead his army to sneak into Yangdi City in disguise, he agreed without thinking. Because he had no choice, he could not refuse, and he had to rely on others to have the awareness of obedience and driving. Although he could not accept the fact that Jiangdong was annexed by Liu Biao, he was just a general who led the army to fight. Even though he had the heart to turn the tide, he had no ability to change the world. What if he could do?

It is this unprecedented confusion that made Zhou Tai not know who he fought for, who he fought for, and what he could win for Jiangdong after winning this battle. But the reality forced him to take one step and rush forward with a tough bullet. Therefore, he knew that taking a step back was hell, but he did not know that going forward was an abyss.

"Snatch the city gate and kill with me!" Jumping over the roadblock, Zhou Tai raised his spear and shouted loudly to rush into the corridor, trying to open the city gate. However, the moment he stepped into the corridor, the intuition of fighting and fighting for many years forced him to pause, and an unprecedented sense of crisis surged into his heart, prompting him to stop his charge, and his tiger eyes looked around the corridor with sharp eyes. At this moment, he saw small holes like honeycombs on the walls of the corridor, with light shining in the gaps.

"No! There is an ambush!" Just as Zhou Tai shouted, the originally bright honeycomb hole suddenly darkened, followed by a screaming sound of breaking through the air: "Swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish!"

"Bang———Puff puff puff!" The bowstrings were bursting, and the thunderings were shocked. The dense arrows shot out from the walls on both sides of the corridor, instantly piercing the body of the warrior in black. At this moment, the nearly a hundred men in black who rushed in front did not even scream, and they were stabbed into hedgehogs by the dense arrows like locusts. However, when the arrows shot out were all rushed straight to the door, the warrior in black was caught off guard and had no time to dodge, and there was no time to wield weapons to resist, so he was shot in the head and died immediately.

If the hidden arrows shot from these honeycomb holes are blood-sealed, then the crossbow arrows bursting from both sides of the wall are killing weapons for soul-seeking life. But the crossbow arrows about four feet long and as thick as javelins penetrate the corridor. The powerful and domineering huge impact force prompted the crossbow arrows to shoot out from the left wall, and then penetrate all obstacles blocking the road ahead until they penetrated into the right wall. The crossbow arrows in the right wall hole are the same, only in different directions.

So, when crossbow arrows suddenly appeared in the corridor, no one in black-clad men who entered the corridor had stood up again. In the blink of an eye, nearly two hundred men in black-clad men who rushed into the city gate were all killed by arrows, and more than fifty of them were penetrated by crossbow arrows and nailed to the wall like meat skewers.

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Chapter completed!