Zhang Lin's doubts were quickly answered. After the Cao army withdrew, the sentry who was blocked outside quickly returned and recounted the recent situation.
"Defeat Zhang Guihou's 20,000 elite soldiers in four days..."
His heart was slightly shaken.
He believed that he could defeat Zhang Guihou's 20,000 troops with his own troops, but he would never be so fast. It is said that Sihong only dispatched 30,000 troops this time.
Thirty thousand versus twenty thousand, there is not much difference in the number of troops, but the speed of defeating the enemy is so fast.
It can be seen that the soldiers of Sihong Army are not weak soldiers without training as rumored.
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Shortly after
Before the Tang army could feel happy that the Cao army had retreated, the main force of the Sihong army went north, ignoring Zhang Guiba and Ji Ling who had retreated, and just sent thousands of cavalry to follow them.
No attack was launched.
More than 20,000 other elites slowly pressed towards the Tang army's camp.
Zhang Lin stood at a high place and could see the dense torrent approaching from a distance. The Sihong army was like a flame sweeping across the heaven and earth, capable of burning away the filth in the world.
Looking around, there is a red battle formation of more than 20,000 troops. The blood is boiling and the essence is like smoke.
"What does Sihong Wang Jing want to do?"
When the generals of the Tang Army saw this scene, they were shocked in their hearts. At the same time, they also wondered why Wang Jing did not pursue the pursuit but instead approached the Tang Army's camp.
At this time, a civil servant rode out from the crowd and came to the front of the Tang army's camp.
"My lord was invited to come to help and defeated Zhang Guihou's army. Zhang Guiba and Ji Ling left without a fight and won a great victory!"
"To celebrate the great victory, my lord invited all the generals and General Zhang to a banquet outside, and also invited General Zhang to attend the banquet!"
His voice reached the ears of Zhang Lin and many Tang Army generals across dozens of feet.
"Going to a banquet?"
Zhang Lin's tiger eyes flashed, and a sneer appeared on his face.
"Why go to a banquet? It's just a banquet without a good banquet, right?"
Someone also saw this and immediately said: "General, Wang Jing's coming north this time is not good. We can just stick to the camp and don't pay attention to them!"
"Yes, the general and Wang Jingsu have nothing to do with each other. The other party's sudden invitation must be to do us harm!"
The generals of the Tang Army came from the late Tang Dynasty, and they had seen many situations where you would kill me and I would kill you.
Sometimes when people are invited to a banquet, they stab each other with knives while drinking, and get into fights in the name of the banquet. This is not uncommon.
After hearing Sihongjun's invitation, they immediately became wary.
"Forgive me, envoy, but my general is not feeling well and cannot attend the banquet!"
A school captain received the order and stepped forward to respond loudly.
When the Sihong army officials who were dozens of meters away heard this, they didn't say anything. They just cupped their hands, pulled the reins, turned around and galloped away.
boom!
At this time, the camp on the right side of the Tang Army suddenly opened, and groups of soldiers filed out of the camp gate and ran towards the Sihong Army in the distance.
Um?
Everyone in the Tang army was stunned for a moment. Many generals and commanders saw this scene and were a little unable to react.
Zhang Lin reacted the fastest. His eyes narrowed slightly, and he suddenly showed a piercing murderous intention.
"Liang Jun, Xiao Yuanming!"
Zhang Lin gritted his teeth and read Xiao Yuanming's name word by word.
At this time, other Tang Army generals also reacted.
The Nanliang Army directly opened the gate of the village, preparing to separate from the Tang Army and join the Sihong Army!
"Wang Jing of Sihong was also a reinforcement invited by Xiao Yuanming..."
One of the generals murmured.
"General, something bad has happened... Xiao Yuanming and several generals of the Xiao family opened the gate of the village with their troops and went to Wang Jing!"
There were rapid footsteps in the distance of the valley.
A few embarrassed Nanliang Army generals ran over. They were Zhang Lin's men recruited from the Nanliang Army, and they had been completely subdued by Zhang Lin.
When Xiao Yuanming led his troops out of the camp, they subconsciously resisted and suffered some hardships.
"Quickly go to Guanzhai Gate and hold back the Nanliang Army!"
one of the lieutenants shouted.
Several captains quickly took orders and led their troops towards the east camp gate. Unfortunately, their actions were too late. The camp gate had already been opened and the Nanliang Army had already left the camp.
Sihong Army also sent a cavalry team to respond.
The Tang Army General could only watch the Nanliang Army file out and did not dare to stop them by force.
The Nanliang Army that left the Tang Army's camp numbered about 10,000 people. It only accounts for half of the total Nanliang soldiers and horses, and the other half has been annexed by Zhang Lin through various means in these days.
Xiao Yuanming's orders could not control them.
At this time, in the Sihong military camp, pigs and sheep were being killed, and the smell of meat was fragrant. They were indeed preparing for a banquet.
I saw Wang Jing sitting at the top, with Zhu Wu, Bu Zhi, Li Kaifang and other civil and military generals on his left and right sides. They were either wearing long-sleeved broad robes or wearing majestic armor.
On both sides of the high platform where the banquet was being prepared, two teams of guards stood meticulously, with their backs straight.
"The Nanliang Army has left camp!"
A civil servant came back and reported in a low voice.
Wang Jing nodded slightly. Xiao Yuanming was quite sensible. When he defeated Zhang Guihou and headed north, he sent an envoy to contact the other party. When Zhang Lin knew that Zhang Guihou was defeated, he sent an envoy to contact him.
Xiao Yuanming also received a letter from Wang Jing.
He had already made up his mind, so he did not hesitate too much. After receiving the letter, he followed Wang Jing's instructions and directly opened the gate of the village and led the troops and horses he could control out of the camp.
In full view of the public, he switched to Sihong.
At this time, the Tang army had just suffered heavy losses, and seeing the Nanliang army defecting to Sihong, the morale of the entire army would definitely drop to the extreme.
As long as Wang Jing orders the attack.
Mai Tiezhang and others led a group of elites and could break through the Tang army's camp in less than half an hour.
"My lord, Zhang Lin doesn't want to attend the banquet!"
The envoy who just went to report in front of the Tang Army camp also came back.
A sneer suddenly appeared on the faces of Li Kaifang, Mai Tiezhang and others. Zhang Lin was quite arrogant. Even at this time, he still refused to surrender.
If Zhang Lin opens the door at this time, he will flee with his remaining tens of thousands of troops. How could my lord be stingy about the position of a general?
This opportunity was missed.
When the Sihong army comes and breaks the camp directly, Zhang Lin will be a prisoner!
"I don't know how to praise!"
"My Lord, please give me five thousand soldiers and horses to break down the camp and capture Zhang Lin to apologize!"
Mai Tiezhang stood up and shouted loudly.
Wang Jing waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.
"There is no need to start a big fight. Today, we will clean up the dust for Xiao Yuanming and celebrate the merger of Liang Jun and our army. Whatever happens, we will talk about it tomorrow!"
Just saying.
An announcement came from outside. Xiao Yuanming, Xiao Mian and other generals of the Xiao family, as well as several generals with foreign surnames, a total of nine people, led by personal guards, arrived at the camp.
Xiao Yuanming's fists were clenched in his sleeves, feeling a little nervous.
When he entered the camp, he saw with his own eyes the well-trained and vigorous energy of the Sihong soldiers, which made him feel much more at ease.
soon.
He then came to the high platform, and with a slight movement of his eyes, he saw a young man in brocade clothes sitting high. The opponent was not wearing armor, but was wearing a brocade robe, with a golden crown binding his hair, and he was full of heroic spirit.
This is Wang Jing of Sihong Army.
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