In Jinning City, Hua Rong and all his brothers were sitting in the hall.
"According to the news from the spies, Zhong Shidao did indeed lead the Western Army back to its base, not only in Jinning but also in Lingchuan," Hua Rong said to the others.
"This is strange.
The imperial court, Xixia, and Wang Qing formed an alliance.
The Western Army and Xixia came with great momentum.
Now Xixia just defeated the Western Army but sneaked away without fighting.
What's the reason?
Why does it feel like the imperial court sent the Western Army here not to fight with us, but specifically to contain our troops here?"
Shan Shiqi said doubtfully.
"It's useless for us to speculate here about the specific situation.
It's better to truthfully report the situation here to Brother Lin and let him make a decision."
Hua Rong didn't understand the reason, so he could only send someone to tell the Western Army about the abnormal behavior.
Lin Chong.
Suo Chao and the others nodded.
Judging from the current situation, this is the only way.
Hua Rong and others were confused here, and Lin Chong, who was taking a detour to Tokyo, was also confused.
Under the guise of supporting Jeju, Lin Chong led the army and turned around halfway to Bianliang, Tokyo, preparing to give Song Huizong a blow.
Lin Chong led an army of 100,000 to join Chao Gai and others from Dezhou, and then all marched towards Kaide Mansion, preparing to capture Kaide Mansion first and then attack Huazhou.
But when Liangshan's army just arrived at Kaide Mansion, they found that Tong Guan, leading an army of 200,000, was already waiting here.
Lin Chong looked at Tong Guan on the city wall with a proud look on his face, feeling slightly surprised.
"Why is Tong Guan here?
Didn't he lead an army of 300,000 to attack Jeju?
Why are there only 200,000 people here?
Where did the other 100,000 troops go?"
A series of questions appeared in Lin Chong's mind.
Before coming, Lin Chong felt that the imperial court's dispatch of troops this time was not simple.
It was definitely not the three armies that appeared on the surface to attack Liangshan together.
There must be another plan.
Now that he saw Tong Guan appearing here, Lin Chong believed in his intuition even more.
"Master Tong, you are fine," Lin Chong said to Tong Guan with a smile.
Tong Guan clasped his hands and curled his lips and said, "Lin Chong, aren't you going to support Jeju?
Why did you end up in Kaedok Mansion?"
"Haha, Mr.
Tong has already arrived at Kaide Mansion, how can Lin Chong go to Jeju again?"
Lin Chong joked.
"Humph, Lin Chong, please don't think that I don't know your plan.
It's just a pretext to reinforce Jeju, and then attack Kaide Mansion.
The final target is Chen Bing's Tokyo Bianliang.
No matter what, I'm right or wrong," Tong Guan finished speaking.
The proud look on his face became even stronger.
Lin Chong frowned slightly after hearing this.
What Tong Guan said just now was almost consistent with Lin Chong's thoughts before setting off.
If Lin Chong had not absolutely believed in his brothers, he would have suspected that there was a traitor within.
But even so, Lin Chong was very puzzled as to why his plan of seizing the east and attacking the west was guessed by Tong Guan.
It's not that Lin Chong looks down on Tong Guan, but judging from everything before, Tong Guan is really a man with great ambitions and little talent.
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"So what?
Does Lord Tong really think that with the 200,000 troops and a Kaide Mansion in hand, he can stop Liangshan's progress?"
Humph, if that's the case, I'm afraid Master Tong has forgotten the previous lesson."
Lin Chong deliberately attacked Tong Guandao.
"Hum, I'm not allowed to engage in such a quarrel with you.
If you know what's going on, lead the men and horses to retreat immediately.
Otherwise, you will be able to look good when the time comes."
Tong Guanpi said with a smile.
Tong Guan's performance greatly exceeded Lin Chong's expectations.
He pretended to ask, "Master Tong, why are there only 200,000 troops in Kaide Mansion and the remaining 100,000?"
You must know that there are hundreds of thousands of troops behind me, and I’m afraid I can’t stop them with just 200,000 people.”
"I have no comment on where the rest of the people have gone.
As for whether they can be stopped or not, Humph, leader Lin might as well try to attack them."
After Tong Guan finished speaking, he looked at Lin Chong with a confident look on his face.
After hearing this, Lin Chong's thoughts suddenly changed, and then he said to Chao Gai and others next to him, "The army will retreat ten miles to the stronghold."
Now that the situation was unclear, Lin Chong did not dare to attack rashly.
Watching Liang Shan slowly retreat, Tong Guan said to the people next to him, "Send a message to Tokyo immediately, saying that Lin Chong will lead troops to attack Kaide Mansion."
"Yes, my lord" Lin Chong led the army back twenty miles to the stronghold.
In the Chinese army's tent, Lin Chong asked his brothers, "It seems that the imperial court's attack on Jeju was a pretense.
Including Wang Qing's attack on Daming Mansion was a conspiracy by the imperial court.
It is very likely that even Wang Qing They don’t even know that they are being used by the imperial court.”
Qiao Daoqing thought for a while and said, "It is possible for the imperial court to use Wang Qingdao again, but what is the purpose of the imperial court doing this?"
Also, since the imperial court could guess that we would attack in the east and west, why didn't they mobilize all 300,000 troops to fight us and leave 100,000 people behind?
The most important thing is where those 100,000 people went."
"Could it be that those 100,000 people were led by other generals to attack Jeju?"
Chao Gai asked.
"It is possible, but even if they really attack Jeju, it will definitely be a feint attack," Qiao Daoqing continued his analysis.
"Okay, instead of guessing here, why not send someone to Jeju to check it out?"
Lin Chong said and stood up, "Shi Qian, Geng Gong, you two go to Jeju in person to see if there are any imperial troops there.
If Geng Gong hadn’t come back to report the news, Shi Qian would have gone to Tokyo to make some inquiries to see if he could find any clues."
Shi Qian and Geng Gong stood up together and replied, "Little brother, take your orders."
After that, they quickly left.
"Brother, what should we do next?
We can't keep waiting like this," Liu Tang asked anxiously.
Lin Chong thought for a while, and it seemed that there was really nothing to do now except wait for news.
Although Kaide Mansion is not a big city, Tong Guan is currently guarding it with an army of 200,000 people.
Moreover, Tong Guan seemed to have enlightened this time.
He led a hundred thousand troops to guard the city, and another hundred thousand people set up a large camp on the left and right outside the city.
Each camp had an army of 50,000 people and was led by a general.
In this way, the two camps formed an angle with Kaide Mansion.
Their offense and defense complemented each other, making it extremely difficult to attack.
The most important thing is that there are only 130,000 people in Liangshan.
Lin Chong originally brought 100,000 people from Daming Prefecture, and joined Chao Gai in Dezhou and added 30,000 people, so it was 130,000.
But even 130,000 is a big gap compared to 200,000, let alone attacking a city.
"Stand still for the time being and wait until the news from Shi Qian and the others comes back before making plans," Lin Chong said helplessly.
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The brothers on both sides nodded after hearing this.
Although they were a little reluctant, they also knew that there was no way around it.
Seeing that the brothers were a little depressed, Lin Chong smiled and said, "Although we can't attack the city in a large scale, we can still send a few brothers to fight against the generals.
What's more, we still have a sharp archer here, looking for opportunities to shoot two arrows.
If Tong Guan can be killed with one arrow, it will be much easier."
The brothers became very energetic after hearing this, and they all had smiles on their faces: