At the top of Puchang City, the defenders watched the Song army outside the city whistling past and heading west along the avenue, and couldn't help but be stunned.

The soldiers guarding the tower rubbed their eyes and said to the people around them: "What kind of army is that? Where did they come from? Is there an army going to pass by us recently? Why don't you come into the city? I saw a ghost!"

The soldier next to him said, "Go and report to the city lord! Why are you saying that?"

Qin Xianpeng looked at Puchang City not far away, sneered, urged him to dismount and head straight west.

Gaochang had not yet obtained the news that a large number of Song troops entered Yizhou City and was completely unprepared. When they thought, Juyan was 1,55 miles away from Yizhou, and it would take one or two months to arrive. There was no news. Unexpectedly, after the railway was built to Yizhou, Zhao Zi's tens of thousands of troops arrived in Yizhou in just a few days, followed by 50,000 troops led by Zhang Ji led by Du Zhongxiao.

When there was still a sing and dancing in Gaochang, a large number of Song troops passed Guigukou. The first one was Zhao Zi's 5,000 troops, each carrying ten days of food, one man and two horses, and no matter what, they went straight to Gaochang City. Following behind were more than 10,000 troops from Zhang Jie's troop, carrying light artillery, preparing to besiege Puchang, Baochen and Liu Zhong. Behind, Zhao Zi's large troops, who led the cannons, headed straight to Gaochang City.

Upon hearing the report, Puchang City Lord Amali suddenly stood up and widened his eyes and said, "What army? There is no war in Gaochang recently. Yizhou has offered to the Central Plains officials - wait, is it that the Central Plains army has entered Gaochang?"

How could the soldiers who came to report know? They just said: "The team seems to be extremely large, I'm afraid there are more than 10,000 people! What's wrong? The city lord will see it in person. The Central Plains has always been etiquette first. If you enter Gaochang, you should send envoys first."

Amali did not dare to neglect, so he hurriedly brought the guards and followed the soldiers who reported the news to the city to the Wanglou. At this time, half of the troops of Zhao Zi's troops had passed. Amali looked closely and saw the word "Song" on the flag and said to the soldiers: "You don't know the words of the Central Plains, no wonder you don't know who is coming. Looking at their flag, the one who came must be the Song army in the Central Plains."

The soldiers said: "How come the Song army in the Central Plains suddenly came to Gaochang? The city lord, should he leave the city and ask?"

Amali said angrily: "They have no intention of stopping at all. What are they asking? - Close the city gate quickly and do not enter or exit!"

The soldiers next to him agreed and hurriedly ordered people outside the city to enter the city and close the city gate. After closing the city gate, Amali felt at ease. He thought about it carefully and said, "If there is no news, why did a large Song army enter the country?"

Puchang City is only a village in the Central Plains. Not only is it small, but the city wall has not been built for many years and has collapsed a lot. It is surrounded by farmland and a flat horse. It is the season when wheat is ripe, and the harvest is coming to an end. Many farmers are harvesting wheat in the fields, watching a large number of troops pass by.

Some people came over and rushed to the city, but found that the city gate was closed and calling the door outside the city. For a moment, it was a mess outside the city gate.

Amali paced back and forth on the Wanglou and said, "What should we do? What should we do? There are less than one hundred soldiers in the city. Should we stop the enemy? Or do we send someone to report to Gaochang?"

The soldiers on the side said, "City Lord, those people are just passing by and not coming to attack the city. Look, they are all heading west."

Amali said impatiently: "How can I not see it? Going west is Gaochang, they clearly want to take Gaochang! What should we do? Should we wait until they occupy Gaochang and come back to deal with us?"

No one around spoke, and the upstairs seemed very quiet for a moment.

Amali was extremely upset and didn't know what to do for a moment. The Song army outside the city saw that there were a large group of people, at least a few thousand people, and dozens of soldiers in his city, how dare they fight? It would be better to hide in the city and see how they fought. But when the Song army attacked Gaochang, was there no one behind him? The Song army in Yizhou could not come out and leave it alone.

It took most of the day before the Song army's team was completely over. There was no shadow around him again, and it seemed like a dream just now.

Amali looked outside and after a while, he said, "So quickly order the people in the city to go out to collect the uncollected wheat. That is our military ration! After collecting the food, closing the city to guard it. This is a strategy to strengthen the walls and clear the fields! No matter what the Song army does, we just need not open the city gate!"

The people next to him said good, and ran to pass the order, while ordering to open the city gate. The people blocked outside the city gate were already scared by the army just now, and they just wanted to hide in the city. How could they obey the orders to harvest wheat? The people from the city lord's mansion had a quarrel with the people who harvested wheat.

Amali returned to the city lord's mansion, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. He called his confidant and sent more than a dozen people to the Guigukou to find out how many people the Song army had come. If only the thousands of people just passed by, he would just ignore it, and all the trouble would be from Gaochang. If there was a Song army brigade behind him, then be careful and close the city gate as soon as possible.

Zhang Ji's troops followed behind Zhao Zi's vanguard. When marching, they ordered the reconnaissance cavalry to go out four times and be distributed ten miles before the army. Within ten miles, they would be detained first and then dealt with carefully after the war. Since joining Du Zhongxiao's army, this is Zhang Ji's first command of a war, so he was extremely cautious. After passing Guigukou, he marched quickly and asked the vanguard troops to surround Puchang as soon as possible.

Li Liang led his team to gallop in front, searching for the target in the visual range while running towards Puchang City. As he was moving forward, a soldier suddenly said, "Look, there are five or six cavalry coming there, it seems to be a spy from Gaochang people!"

Li Liang looked closely and the five or six cavalry in front seemed to have found him. He slowed down and was patrolling at a distance of two miles away. He couldn't help but shout: "Go around on both sides and capture these five or six people! The general ordered the scout cavalry to come out and not allow the enemy scout cavalry to watch my movements!"

The people next to him shouted loudly, and as he divided more than a dozen people to ride towards Gaochang Detective Cavalry in front. Li Liang ordered the remaining twenty people to slow down and move forward. He hoped that Gaochang Detective Cavalry in front would not retreat in a hurry to find out the truth.

This place is not far from Puchang City. If the enemy retreats, it will be difficult for Li Liang's people to catch up. However, in that case, they will not be able to detect how many people came from the Song army, and the large troops behind are not exposed.

Dianba Dagan looked at the Song army in front, stopped the horse, and said to the people under his command: "The ones coming in front must be the Song army. Look at their outfits, they are similar to the army that just passed. We have few people, so don't get close, just look at them from a distance."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the other party split up and surrounded him from both sides. He was shocked: "General Song was really a powerful general, Jiang Ran sent people around him. What should I do? Why not retreat."

The soldiers next to him said, "It is difficult to explain to the city lord when they see the enemy."

Dianbadagan Road: "If we don't retreat and fall into their hands, wouldn't it be worse? Let's retreat first, just don't enter the city."

Seeing that there were about fifty Song troops opposite, these Gaochang detectives were guilty. After hearing Dian Badagan's words, they stopped persevering and slowly retreated.

When Li Liang saw it, he said to the people around him: "These Gaochang spies knew that they could not beat us, so they began to retreat. They were just lucky and wanted to continue to reconnaissance us. They walked slowly and waited for the people next to them to go up and cut off their backs. We rushed up and captured them in one fell swoop!"
Chapter completed!