Zhang Xian's reply was simple: I will take the fort in early February. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Lian Wu saw Zhang Xian's reply on the twentieth day of the first month, Lian Wu didn't say anything after reading it, he didn't bother to say anything, Zhang Xian was pure nonsense, but because of these days, his indifference to Qin Bai and the generals' ridicule of Qin Bai, Lian Wu felt a little uncomfortable, so he didn't hit Qin Bai again, and threw the letter to the master, who was the best at speculating about the thoughts of the alliance leader, so he overwhelmed the letter at the back and would not make it public.

Zhang Xian is telling the truth, but at this time, people who don't trust each other will listen to the truth as a lie, Zhang Xian wants this effect, even if Lian Wu wants to buy Zhang Xian, but with this sentence, Lian Wu also dispelled that idea, an arrogant person, disdainful of general knowledge with him.

Qin Bai didn't know the content of Zhang Xian's letter, nor did he know what Lian Wu was thinking, he was very low-key and silent now.

Because of Mu Bai's defeat, Lian Wu didn't seem to have the luxury of seizing the gold mine.

He hated the madman to the core, because Mu Bai's deputy Mu Chun wrote a detailed report on the process of this defeat and then sent it over, of course, the report was completely different from the facts, and the responsibility was put on the madman.

What to say, they are already in place, ready to attack the gold mine, the madman found out their intentions, suddenly preempted, afraid of a dispute, they conceded, and took on the task of blocking the reinforcements, because a certain link needs the cooperation of the madman, what lure the enemy deep, and work together to annihilate it, but the madman only cares about attacking the gold mine, does not really cooperate, out of a small number of people perfunctory, as a result of the link has a problem, so that the situation is uncontrollable, they sacrifice themselves regardless of grievances, etc., fight to the end, unable to return to the sky, only to suffer a fiasco.

No matter what, Lian Wu believed it anyway, because Mu Bai was a god general, how could he fail easily, and he would definitely be a madman who was greedy for profit and would not cooperate.

Defeat is defeat, the start was unfavorable, Lian Wu, in order not to affect morale, ordered the two pro-armies, took the acropolis, and cleared the obstacles to attacking the capital.

These two battles were fought very fiercely, one day and one night, tens of thousands of casualties on both sides, and the two route armies lived up to their expectations and finally took the two acropolis.

The momentum of the rebel army was high, and Lian Wu's army advanced another hundred and fifty miles, and it was already possible to see the tall walls of the capital city.

It was at this time that Lian Wu received a letter that made him painful and happy.

The madman was defeated, retreated eighty miles a day and a night, and was chased by the black-armored iron horseman, who had no way to enter the ground and no door, and was about to be surrounded and annihilated.

Mandu was in Donghai City, far away, and he had never been to the mainland, all the way down, lost, the ghost and god messenger ran behind the madman, and actually saved the dying madman.

Miao Xin saw that there were so many men and horses in the rebel army, and he didn't dare to be careless, plus he was really tired from attacking all the way, so he took advantage of the situation and returned to the military city.

"Haha. The madman should not die, Mandu saved him, and gave an order to let them join forces and besiege the military city. ”

"Tsk. ”

Qin Bai opened his mouth, but finally didn't say anything.

Lian Wu didn't notice Qin Bai's actions.

Qin Bai lamented in his heart, Lian Wu didn't say what the reason was, but he knew that Lian Wu had an idea, he let the remnants of Mandu and the madman besiege the military city, which was a stupid thing in itself, 60,000 iron horsemen, if they were well prepared and the terrain was flat, not to mention that they had less than 400,000 men and horses, even if they added 100,000, they would not be able to trap people, and they would simply go to death.

If these more than 400,000 elite troops, he Qin Bai commanded, might be able to defeat these 60,000 iron cavalry, or trap them.

But these 400,000 are not even as good as the local troops of the vassal states, and even the god of war will definitely be defeated.

The combat power of 60,000 iron cavalry is terrifying, the Chu State spent a huge amount of money to establish, and it is more powerful than the iron cavalry of the Qin State, and the cavalry of the Qin State is not more than 10,000, of course, not counting the scattered cavalry in the various armies, it is almost 50,000 or 60,000.

The 10,000 heavy armored cavalry of the Chu State has not yet appeared, if you add the 10,000 heavy armored iron cavalry, with the cooperation of 60,000 light cavalry, on the southern flank of the flat Qiman Mountain, even if the million army is under his surprise attack, it will be defeated.

Qin Bai was bitter in his heart, he really wanted to help Lian Wu, but he was not trusted, and he would not even tell him about the general military situation, which was usually calculated by him through army transfers.

He understood Lian Wu's intentions, and he was still fighting the idea of gold mines, because Mu Bai's remnants did not come back, and this kind of command method of reversing priorities was undefeated.

This also shows that Lian Wu has no confidence in victory.

He didn't make up his mind to break through Shangjing and overthrow the Chu Dynasty, he just wanted to take the opportunity to loot more property, and if he couldn't break through Shangjing, he wouldn't be busy.

The commander has such a mentality, thinking about defeat before fighting, and without the determination to win the battle, there is no reason to be invincible.

How did he say this, he wanted to persuade Lian Wu to send people to lead the black-armored iron cavalry to the Qiman Mountains, so that the cavalry could not give full play to its advantages in the terrain, so that it could be trapped, or defeated and lured the enemy, and directly led the black-armored iron cavalry hundreds of miles away, during the siege war, the attack and harassment were stranded, so that they could not return to help as soon as possible, this is all a superior strategy, overthrow the Chu Dynasty, everything is yours, a gold mine, why care about sooner or later.

But he knew that he was telling nothing, and he would provoke the ridicule of the generals.

Zhang Xian played this time is the snipe and the clam compete for the fisherman's profit, as for how much profit can be obtained, it has to change with the change of the situation, Lian Wu Lian under the two acropolis, the momentum is like a bamboo, but the southeast was defeated, the three-way rebel army was disabled by two roads, although the madman and Mandu received the order of the alliance leader, let them jointly besiege the military city, but the two saw the fierceness of the cavalry, hesitated.

Lian Wu was annoyed and sent a message that if they couldn't trap the black-armored iron horse, they would not have their share in the reward for meritorious deeds in the future, and the two had no choice but to move forward cautiously.

The Seventeenth Route Righteous Army and the Sixth Route Righteous Army approached the military city step by step, Miao Xin got the report, thought about it and commanded.

"Send more people to monitor, our logistical supplies have not come up yet, and we are not on an expedition, waiting for them to get close before attacking. ”

"Wow. ”

At this time, there was a report from the Malay Exploration that a rebel army had been found in the Qiman Mountain, which was moving towards the mountain behind the gold mine.

"Hehe, don't give up, please General Guo. ”

After a while, Guo Fuchun arrived.

"Immediately gather 10,000 people, abandon the horse for a single knife and a crossbow to set up an ambush in the mountains behind the gold mine, and if you don't wipe out all those rebels, you will also be driven into the deep mountains and old forests, and let Song Jia cooperate with you. ”

"General Miao, don't be embarrassed for me, I mean don't make it difficult for me to deal with that Song Jia, or take our own people to be more down-to-earth, besides, take away Song Jia's 10,000 troops, the tens of thousands of slaves and miners just sent over, what if you rebel?"

Guo Fuchun was promoted by Miao Baichuan by virtue of his military exploits, he did not have a family as a backer, a Han warrior relied on a knife and a gun to work hard, and met a good general, so Miao Xin asked him to find Song Jia, a side branch of the royal family, to cooperate, not to mention that it was really difficult for him, the tens of thousands of slave miners he said had just been sent were the part of the rebels who surrendered in Panlongkou.

"Then aren't there the 15,000 people who just came back, alas, forget it, you go to Wei Mingtao, just say what I said, he can bring as many people as he can to help you. ”

"That's pretty much it. ”

Wei Mingtao and Guo Fuchun were from similar backgrounds, but Wei Mingtao was not as lucky as Guo Fuchun and did not meet an enlightened general.

Don't look at Song Jia is a side branch of the royal family, the same arrogance, he looks down on Guo Fuchun at all, Guo Fuchun went to him, purely to find himself awkward.

The 10,000 people gathered by Guo Fuchun were all elites who were skilled in horse warfare and foot warfare.

Guo Fuchun led the people away, and Miao Xin sent out another 30,000 horses, and these 30,000 people were ambushed on the left and right, waiting for the rebels to arrive.

Lian Wu defeated two acropolises, his confidence swelled, and the army continued to press, ten miles away from the capital and began to set up camp.

The joint operation is connected for more than 100 miles, and at night, the lights are bright, and the people shouting and neighing are extremely spectacular, but this scene gives great psychological pressure to the people in Shangjing.

King Chu Wei came to the gate tower of Dongcheng City and looked at the joint camp outside, his face gloomy.

A group of generals arched the left and right.

"Why did you abandon the two Acropolis?"

King Chu Wei said coldly to the two generals of the Du Protector Army and the Reserve Army.

"Your Majesty, this is the strategy of the great general, who deliberately gave up the two acropolis to the rebels. ”

"Oh, General Song. ”

"The minister is here. ”

Song Xin stepped forward and bowed with one leg and a fist.

"What's the best way to retreat from the enemy?"

"The king atoned for his sins, but the ministers could not say. ”

King Chu Wei was displeased, and Yao Linci whispered beside King Chu Wei.

"It's a crowded place, and it's for secrecy, so I can't say it. ”

"Oh, that's right. ”

King Chu Wei looked left and right, there were indeed many people here, in addition to the generals in the army, there were also a number of people from major families to accompany him.

"General Song, get up, I believe in you. ”

Song Xin got up and retreated to the side of King Chu Wei, his heart sank slightly, and in the king's words, it could be seen that he was afraid of the strength of the rebels, because he only talked about the strategy of retreating from the enemy, not breaking the enemy.

The temperature has turned back in the capital these days, but the night will still freeze, King Chu Wei stood at the head of the city and looked at the rebel joint camp outside the city, silent for a long time, his body trembled slightly.

"Your Majesty, the night wind is cold, and there is a great general here, so let's go back. ”

"Okay, then go back. ”

King Chu Wei descended the city wall surrounded by a group of guards.

Song Xin looked at the patriarchs of the major families who followed King Chu Wei, as well as the ministers, and shook his head secretly.

If these big families can unite as one, why are the rebels rampant, now the rebels are coming to the city, they are all panicking, and they are praying to King Chu Wei to repel the rebels as soon as possible, they don't really want to exterminate the rebels, as long as the rebels are driven out of the area where their interests are involved, the rest is not something they worry about.

To tell the truth, they also hoped that King Chu Wei could exterminate the rebels, but they did not dare to put it forward in name, so that King Chu Wei would ask them more materially, and they were unwilling to use it to fund King Chu Wei.

Each has his own mind, how can the traitor be destroyed?

They are now in a hurry to push the rebels back because their interests have fallen to the places occupied by the rebels, and the longer the rebels stay, the greater their losses. (To be continued.) )