When Zhang Liao saw Ailang leading a group of people to strode, he quickly stepped forward and bowed, "King of Qin!" Ailang walked straight into the hall and sat down, while the generals were standing on the left and right.

Ailang looked at Zhang Liao standing on the left head and asked, "Wenyuan, what's the situation now?" Zhang Liao clasped his fists and said, "I received a military report not long ago. Sun Jian, Sun Ce and his son all raised 70,000 troops from Cangwu and were coming to Guiyang County. The general was planning to rush to Guiyang County." Ailang thought for a moment and asked, "Will they play the trick of attacking east and west again? On the surface, they were going to Guiyang, but in fact they were going to Yuzhang to regain Chaisang?" Zhang Liao shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be. The general's scouts closely monitored the opponent's army and logistics and supplies movements. All the other party's mobilizations were targeted by Guiyang County. It is really hard to imagine that they were actually going to Yuzhang to attack Chaisang. The general thought that Sun Jian could not openly repair the plank road and secretly cross the Chencang without our side's awareness."

Ailang felt that what Zhang Liao said made sense, nodded, then frowned and muttered: "I originally thought that Sun Jian and Sun Ce would go to fight Chaisang, but I didn't expect that they would concentrate their strength to fight here. In this way, the troops here seemed a bit insufficient!" The reason why Ailang said this was because the Qin army had been deployed to fight Chaisang so far. Due to the lack of food and grass, and the need to resist the coalition forces formed by Cao Pi and others, Ailang was able to mobilize troops to defend the south, and the total strength was only 90,000 troops.

Although some troops have advantages over Sun Jian, don't forget that Sun Jian has 150,000 troops of the Southern Barbarians as allies. In this way, the Qin army is at a disadvantage in terms of total military strength. Therefore, in order to resist the enemy's attack, the Qin army divided 90,000 troops into two parts, of which 30,000 were in Chaisang, commanded by Zhou Yu to resist the attacks launched by Sun Jian and Sun Ce from Yuzhang, and another 60,000 were arranged in Guiyang County, Lingling County and other places to resist the attacks of the Southern Barbarians. At the same time, they were waiting for an opportunity to use surprise troops to attack Cangwu south to support Chaisang.

However, the current situation is different from what was expected before. Sun Jian actually concentrated his efforts to attack Guiyang County, which became the situation where Sun Jian's 70,000 army plus the 150,000 army of the Southern Barbarians jointly attacked the 60,000 Qin troops in Jingnan. This formed an absolute advantage for the Qin troops in Jingnan, and the situation suddenly became very unfavorable to the Qin troops.

Ailang stood up and paced back and forth in the hall, looking a little worried.

At this moment, an officer rushed in anxiously. As soon as the officer came in, he reported to Ailang, who was standing in the middle of the hall: "General is not good..." However, before he finished speaking, he found that it was not General Zhang Liao but King Qin who was standing in the middle of the hall. He was shocked and immediately changed his words: "King Qin, it is not good! Wuling County has been lost!..."

Everyone was surprised when they heard this. Ailang asked in disbelief: "Why did he lose?" Then he asked in annoyance: "What did Dong Xi do?"

The officer said: "General Dong Xi has been killed by Meng Huo!..." Everyone was shocked when they heard that Dong Xi was dead. Zhang Liao frowned and asked: "What's going on? Dong Xi has three thousand defenders in his hands, and he relies on the city to defend. He shouldn't have lost this way no matter what!"

The officer clasped his fists at Zhang Liao and said, "I heard that it was because the Nanman soldiers around General Dong Xi assassinated him while General Dong Xi was sleeping! Not long after, the Nanman took the opportunity to attack the city. The defenders in the city had no leader. Although they resisted with all their might, they were finally captured because of no one to dispatch! Now the defeated general has fled to Changsha! Lord Zhuge sent villains to ask the general to make a quick decision!"

Zhang Liao couldn't help but look at Ailang, wanting to wait for Ailang's instructions. Ailang frowned and said, "Wuling County's fall, the Southern Barbarians can attack Changsha eastward. There are not many defenders in Changsha. If they are captured, we will become a turtle in the jar!" Zhang Liao frowned and nodded, saying, "The current situation is not good for us. The last general thinks,..." Ailang saw Zhang Liao's appearance of wanting to say something but stopping, and said, "Wen Yuan said nothing, don't hesitate!" "Yes, the last general thinks that our army's flanks are exposed, and Sun Jian and Sun Ce's army are about to come to the city. For the current plan, it is probably best to give up Lingling and Guiyang counties to retreat to Changsha!"

Ailang paced back and forth in the hall, frowned tightly, looking a little annoyed. Everyone's eyes moved as Ailang moved.

Ailang stopped and said resolutely: "Okay! Let's give up Lingling County and Guiyang County for a while, and the military and civilians of the two counties, as well as food and supplies, immediately retreat to Changsha!" Everyone agreed with their fists. Zhang Liao said again: "After the Southern Barbarians seized Wuling County, they must advance east at full speed, and after Sun Jian and Sun Ce learned about the withdrawal of our army, they will inevitably send light troops to pursue it! The last general believed that two elite troops must be sent to delay the speed of the enemy's advance!" Ailang pointed out

Nodded and said, "My handsome Wen Chou and three thousand elite cavalrymen went north to intercept the barbarian army!" He looked at Zhang Liao and asked, "Is there anyone in Guiyang who can shoulder the heavy responsibility of cutting off the rear?" Zhang Liao clasped his fists and said, "General Han Dang is enough to take this position! The last general's idea was to immediately ask Han Dang to lead three thousand elite soldiers to go south and enter the Qitianling south of Guiyang to rely on the mountain to resist Sun Jian's army, and buy time for the retreat of the military and civilians!" Ailang nodded and said, "Okay! Just do it!"

Ailang ordered the order and everyone took action immediately. That night, Ailang and Wen Chou led 3,000 elite light cavalry to go north quickly, preparing to intercept and kill them on the way to advance eastward by the barbarians.

As soon as Han Dang received the order in Guiyang, he immediately ordered the deputy general to lead the military and civilians, food and supplies to retreat north to Changsha. He himself led 3,000 elite troops to quickly leave Guiyang City and head south into Qitianling, crossing the official roads in Qitianling to set up camps to prepare for the battle.

Sun Jian's army marched very quickly. Just as Han Dang had just set up a defensive front, the scouts in front heard an urgent report that the vanguard of Sun Jian's army had arrived, and the leading general was Jiang Qin, who had been brothers with Han Dang.

Before Jiang Qin led 5,000 vanguards to the Qin army camp, Jiang Qin saw the 'Han' flag flying on the Qin army camp, frowned, and shouted, "Han Dang! Come out and talk to me!"

Han Dang walked up to the high ground and saw Jiang Qin who was immediately in front of the army. His past events surged in his heart. Han Dang clasped his fists and said, "Brother Jiang Qin, don't be fine?" Jiang Qin stared at Han Dang and shouted sternly: "Han Dang, I used to think you were a brother, but you were ungrateful and begged for honor! I am so shameless!" Han Dang smiled bitterly and said, "Brother, you don't have to say this! I owe Sun Jian and his son. The bloody battle I had in the past has been paid back. Now, Sun Jian and his son are not owed each other! The King of Qin has been as kind as a mountain, and the King of Qin is a great hero. Only the King of Qin can reorganize the country and let the people return to the peaceful years! I have already sworn that I will serve the King of Qin for the rest of my life! So, don't talk about the past!"

Jiang Qin was furious and shouted sternly, "Shameless! He is so kind to betrayal! Come out for me, I want to take off your head!" Han Dang couldn't help but get angry and shouted, "Am I still afraid that you will not succeed?" He immediately rode his horse off the hill, ran out of the camp gate, and immediately stood between the two sides. Seeing this, Jiang Qin shouted loudly and urged the war horse to rush towards Han Dang. Han Dang frowned and urged the war horse to meet him. In a blink of an eye, the two generals started a big fight! His former friend has now become an enemy who has sacrificed his life to fight. The blade is at the beginning, and he has no mercy at all! After thirty or forty rounds, he will not decide the winner.

Han Dang seemed timid, and suddenly turned his horse to run away. Jiang Qin was angry and how could he let him escape. He immediately rode his horse to chase him and roared loudly: "Rebellious villain! Don't escape!" Han Dang just ran to the camp gate. In a blink of an eye, Han Dang had already rushed to the camp gate, suddenly turned his horse to turn his head, bent his bow and arrow to shoot an arrow at Jiang Qin who was rushing towards him in a fierce manner! Jiang Qin did not expect this move, caught off guard and got an arrow in his chest, screaming and rolled off the horse's back! Han Dang took this opportunity to step forward and put a big knife on Jiang Qin's neck. Jiang Qin covered his chest and glared at Han Dang, calling him a despicable villain. Jiang Qin had iron armor protection on his chest, so Han Dang only injured him but did not take his life.

More than a dozen officers and soldiers rushed up behind Han Dang, tied up Jiang Qin and dragged them into the camp. Seeing that the chief general was captured, Sun Jianjun panicked and turned around and fled.

Speaking of which, Sun Jian and Sun Ce were leading the army to the Qitianling Ridge, and the continuous mountains of Qitianling Ridge were already in sight. At this moment, the two saw many people running backwards in front of them. They looked closely and saw that it was the vanguard army led by Jiang Qin. Sun Jian and Sun Ce suddenly felt bad in his heart, and Sun Jian ordered the army to stop advancing.

After a while, the defeated soldiers rushed to Sun Jian and Sun Ce in panic and reported to Sun Jian and Sun Ce: "Lord, Major General, it's not good! General Jiang Qin fought with Han Dang in Qitianling, and was shot by him and captured alive!" The two were shocked, and then became furious. Sun Ce cursed: "What a villain who is carrying the Lord and asking for honor! I will take off his head today!" Then he clasped his fists at Sun Jian and said, "Father, I will lead the army to kill this rebellious!" Sun Jian nodded and reminded: "Be careful! Han Dang is still a little conspiring!" Sun Ce said proudly: "What can he do to me?" Then he led thousands of elite troops to advance to Qitianling.

Just as the battle in Qitianling began, the three thousand elite cavalry led by Ailang Wenchou crossed the Zishui River from the towering Xuefeng Mountain north of the towering snow-capped mountains, and drove straight to Hutou Mountain, preparing to ambush the barbarian army on Hutou Mountain. The capital of Wuling County is in Yuanling, while Hutou Mountain is more than a hundred miles east of Yuanling. Both are on the south bank of Yuanshui, which is a must-pass place for the eastward entry into Changsha County from Yuanling.

However, shortly after Ailang Wenchou led the Jingqi to cross the Zishui River, the scouts in front came to the front, saying that the barbarian army had passed Hutou Mountain and was about to arrive in Yuannan. The so-called Yuannan is now Taoyuan County, Hunan Province, more than a hundred miles east of Hutou Mountain. After passing Yuannan, you can enter the Dongting Lake area and attack Changsha from the Shuoxiang River in Dongting Lake area.
Chapter completed!