On this day, Yang Heng promoted the tent in the Central Army.

Yang Heng was in the middle of the commander's case, and the generals stood on both sides.

Yang Heng looked down, then picked up a command arrow and said to the generals below: "The army has been rectified. When we go south immediately, we will fight to the death with the enemy. I wonder which general is willing to open up roads for the front vanguard, and build bridges when encountering mountains."

As soon as Yang Heng finished speaking, his second disciples rushed out and bowed their hands.

"Master, the last general is not talented, and he is willing to lead the troops first."

Yang Heng looked at him and frowned, then waved his hand and said, "You have just entered the army with shallow experience, so you should not be a pioneer, retreat."

After hearing what the master said, he dared not refute and quickly returned to the class.

Then Yang Heng's eyes passed by his apprentices and fell on the veterans.

Among them, one of the generals could stand out, and this person was the guerrilla general Guo Yun.

Guo Yun was originally a general under Han Ming, but with the change in the atmosphere in the military camp, he had abandoned Han Ming and defected to Yang Hengde's command.

It was just when Yang Heng was employed that he naturally accepted Guo Yun's favor.

Guo Yun came out so anxiously this time because he wanted to show his skills in front of his new master.

Yang Heng knew that Guo Yun was not good at martial arts, but he was mature and persistent, cautious in using troops, so that he could be the pioneer. Yang Heng was relieved.

"Okay, then Guo Yun will lead the troops of his headquarters as the pioneer."

After saying that, Yang Heng handed out the command arrow in his hand. Guo Yun took the command arrow a few steps forward, then clasped his fists to Yang Heng again, then withdrew from the central army's tent and began to rectify the troops.

Next, Yang Heng glanced down again and finally set his eyes on Erya.

"Erya, you are my junior sister, but you should also work hard in this military camp. From now on, you will be the escort officer and the army to transport grass. Don't be careless!"

Erya was a little reluctant after hearing this. She originally wanted to show her face on the battlefield this time, but she didn't expect that her senior brother would directly arrange herself as the position of the grain custody official. It seemed that from now on, she would never show her power on the battlefield again.

Standing beside Erya, the golden cicada pattern, saw Erya not going to receive the order, quickly said in his ear: "This is your senior brother who only believes in you and handed the entire army's life into your hands. You must not let your senior brother down."

Erya turned her eyes and thought about it. From now on, she only has the whole of tens of thousands of people, including food, clothing, housing and transportation. It seems that the senior brother is really very dear to him.

So she took a step forward and said in a crisp voice: "I will receive the order."

Yang Heng handed the arrow to Erya, and then he felt relieved. The reason why he asked Erya to suppress food and transport grass was because he was afraid that Erya would make any mistakes in front of the two armies.

After all, Erya was the first person to follow her. If something really happened, how could she explain it to her parents?

Therefore, in Yang Heng's thoughts, this time, Erya made some contributions and rewards with him, that's it.

Next, Yang Heng said to the generals below: "The remaining generals will be rectified immediately, and the troops will be the central army with me, and set off south immediately."

With Yang Heng's order, the religion below clasped his fists and bowed, "I will follow the orders of the general."

Then the entire military camp began to become chaotic, and countless people shouted and neighed, one after another.

Then a team of people left the barracks and slowly headed south along the official road.

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The news of Yang Heng's army just set out when the news reached the King of Song in Kaifeng City.

It’s not because Yang Heng did poorly keeping secrets. After all, in ancient times, it was not easy for tens of thousands of troops to be dispatched and could not be covered up.

After receiving the news that Yang Heng's army was heading south, King Song also began to concentrate his army. Therefore, before he could wait for Yang Heng's army to arrive at the city of Kaifeng, King Song had already assembled a hundred thousand troops in Kaifeng Prefecture.

Moreover, these 100,000 troops are not the newly recruited scattered soldiers and scattered soldiers. They are all old soldiers who have been involved in fighting with King Song, and they can be considered to be able to fight.

Therefore, King Song believed that this time he would be able to defend Kaifeng and repel Yang Heng.

As for defeating Yang Heng and taking down his head, King Song never thought about it.

After all, the current war is not only a conflict between soldiers, but also the power of the commander and the powerful people under his command.

On the side of King Song, although there are many generals and these generals under their command are proficient in martial arts, they are completely outsiders in terms of Taoism.

Isn’t that a joke for these ordinary people to deal with the national teacher of the Great Zhou Dynasty?

Therefore, this time, King Song's head was very clear, that was, he would do his best to defend Kaifeng until Yang Heng's food and grass were exhausted, and he had to retreat in the end.

King Song's strategy was widely supported by his generals, because when they attacked Xiangfu County last time, they had already seen Yang Heng's power. This time they knew that Yang Heng came to attack them were frightened. Now King Song demanded to defend the city without fighting, which was exactly what they wanted.

During the period when Yang Heng advanced, King Song worked hard to organize defense, and it can be said that the arrangement of Kaifeng City was as solid as a rock.

When Yang Heng's army arrived ten miles below Kaifeng City, Yang Heng discovered that the King of Song had almost dug out of Kaifeng City, which was a pothole.

Faced with so many trenches, it would probably take some time for Yang Heng to arrange a large army to attack the city, otherwise his engineering equipment would not be able to be pushed down the city.

The golden cicada pattern that had been following Yang Heng, looked at the defensive posture of Kaifeng Mansion opposite, and felt a bad premonition in his heart.

It seems that the opponent is trying to defend the city to the death. If this is the case, with the more than 40,000 troops under his command, he would probably have exhausted all attacks in a big city like Kaifeng City in just a few rounds.

And the most important thing is that the men under their command are not enough to surround the entire Kaifeng City, so the King of Song in the city has almost no worries about food and grass.

Yang Heng looked at the high wall opposite, sighed, and said to the Jin Cicada Wen next to him: "Don't think about this for now. Go and lead the generals to camp. Let's take a night off first and make plans tomorrow."

Jin Cicada Wen nodded, then turned around and returned to the military camp.

Over the past period of time, the generals under Yang Heng's command have known that Jin Cicada Wire is Yang Heng's wife, and this person is resourceful, so as time goes by, Jin Cicada Wire's prestige in the army has increased.

Now when Yang Heng was away, the Golden Cicada Pattern was in charge of the overall situation, and the nominal deputy general Shouming in the military camp can only be a puppet now.

However, Shouming still respects his teacher very much and respects the master's wife Jinchanwen, but the orders passed by Jinchanwen are always approved without any change after he has passed.

Yang Heng, who was observing secretly in the dark, was quite satisfied with Shouming's attitude. If he continued to persevere like this, he might not be unable to support him as a king in the future.

Just as Yang Heng set up camp to rest, there was also a heated discussion in Kaifeng City.

The topic they discussed was whether to attack the camp tonight.

According to past experience, when the enemy arrives at the city after a long journey, they must be trapped in people and need to be repaired urgently. If the camp is attacked, it will definitely achieve good results.

This opinion was endorsed by most generals.

However, Zhao Hong, who was famous all over the world during this period, strongly opposed it.

"King, our horse exploration has clearly explored Yang Heng's army during this period. Yang Heng did not only know how to practice Taoism, but not about military affairs, so he will not leave us such a big flaw."

King Song, who was sitting on the throne, nodded after hearing this.

He knew very well about Yang Heng's army. Yang Heng was cautious all the way and marched no more than 40 miles a day.

And when he encounters a ravine, he will temporarily set up a camp and then send people to inquire. He will not dare to pass until he finds out that there is no ambush on the mountains on both sides of the mountain.

Therefore, along the way, Yang Heng broke through several ambushes by Zhao Hong.

That is, Zhao Hong, who retreated early when he found something wrong several times, did not let Yang Heng grab the tail. If it were someone else, he would have been discovered by Yang Heng long ago.

Because of this, Zhao Hong is now a little afraid of Yang Heng. This Taoist priest not only has strong magic power, but also has made great achievements in military command. He did not find any flaws in him along the way.

In fact, this was also what Zhao Honggao saw when he saw Yang Heng. With Yang Heng's talent, if he wanted to command tens of thousands of troops, he might not be able to follow him. The real command of the army was the golden cicada pattern beside Yang Heng.

Along the way, Yang Heng was almost a puppet who sent the order. Jin Cicada Pattern suggested to Yang Heng that Yang Heng would send the order word for word, which allowed the army to come to Kaifeng City safely.

However, Zhao Hong's suggestions did not receive the support of the generals below.

Although these generals also knew Yang Heng's power, they still had the intention of taking chances because they also knew their weaknesses. If Yang Heng had allowed him to attack like this, they might not be able to last long with Yang Heng's Taoism.

It would be better to take advantage of Yang Heng's foothold tonight and suddenly attack and defeat Yang Heng's army. If this is the case, Yang Heng will have only one person at that time, and he will not be able to retreat even if he doesn't want to retreat.

Although King Song agreed to Zhao Hong's judgment, he was also moved a little as he saw that all the generals below supported the night attack.

Finally, after thinking about it, King Song thought it would be better to attack at night. As long as he did not send out the main force, he would fail and not suffer any major losses. He could still rely on the walls of Kaifeng City and the people in the city to stalemate with Yang Heng.

"Don't argue anymore, I have made up my mind to attack Yang Heng tonight."

After saying that, he picked up an arrow from the table and looked down.
Chapter completed!