Don't mention the Qin army here, let's talk about Bai Qi, attacking Jingbian, it is his clever plan, this trick is the strategy of "encircling Wei to save Zhao", in his days in Meixian, he is not only training the army, collecting money and grain, but also sent a lot of scout horses, and went around to investigate the movement of the court. In fact, a few months ago, the Houjin had entered the Kou once, and the court urgently transferred Cao Wenzhao from Shanxi to block the Houjin people, but Cao Wenzhao's departure also made the peasant army headed by Gao Yingxiang, Li Zimin, Zhang Xianzhong and others successfully escape from danger in Mianchidu and enter Henan.

The scale of the Houjin army's attack was not large, there were not too many people, and they met Cao Wenzhao, a fierce general, so they withdrew within a few days. Bai Qi learned about this situation and immediately became interested in the border situation of the Ming Dynasty. He studied for a long time and found that the trilateral area was the place where the Ming army focused on defending the Houjin army, and as long as this place was lost, the Houjin army could drive straight into Guanzhong or Shanxi.

Knowing this, Bai Qi felt that he had finally pinched the life of the court. At present, there are two most troublesome things for the court, one is the peasant rebel army in the northwest, and the other is the Houjin army.

Therefore, although Bai Qi did not move in Meixian, he still grasped the initiative in the war.

After he rescued Wang Qian, he heard that Hong Chengchou's brigade was preparing to attack the Qin army in Xi'an, and Wang Qianli asked him to come back for help, but Bai Qi made a strange move, not to rescue Xi'an, but to attack Jingbian.

When this method was proposed, Wang Jian resolutely opposed it, he didn't know what place Jingbian was, and he didn't understand how important that place was, in his heart, the safety of the King of Qin, the life and death of the Qin army, was the most important. When he heard that Bai Qi didn't save Xi'an, he almost jumped up and slapped the table with Bai Qi, but fortunately, Wu Xinlan held him down, which made him listen patiently.

As soon as Bai Qi's plan was finished, Wang Jian had nothing to say. He also agreed to the plan. But Wang Jian still has a little worry in his heart: What if Hong Chengchou ignores Jingbian and storms Xi'an with all his might?

For this point, Bai Qi had a plan and was confident, he sent people to disperse the wind, saying that the rebel army in Meixian County had joined forces with the Houjin army, and once the rebel army took Jingbian, it would immediately welcome the Houjin army into Shaanxi, and then join forces to fight and divide the clouds in Guanzhong equally.

Bai Qi knew that as soon as this wind blew, not to mention Hong Chengchou, even the emperor of the Ming Dynasty couldn't sit still, and the closest thing to Jingbian right now was only Hong Chengchou's men and horses, so when the emperor heard about it, he would inevitably send Hong Chengchou's men and horses to the rescue.

Everything is within the calculations of the white rise.

Wang Jian had hidden worries, but he had no choice but to do so. Despite the fact that his injuries had not healed, he also crossed his horse and went with the army.

Bai Qi personally led 2,000 men and horses, including 500 cavalry and 1,500 infantry troops, leaving 5,000 men and horses in Meixian County.

So these two thousand people went out of Meixian County and came all the way to the north, Bai Qi in front, Wang Jian in the back, and Wu Xinlan also followed, taking care of the front and rear of the Chinese army. To anyone's surprise, Bai Qi brought enough food in the army for forty days.

Bai Qi knew whether the plan to attack Jingbian could succeed, the key was whether the momentum was too big, the defenders of Jingbian were no less than 3,000 people, and his 2,000 men and horses could not be attacked no matter what, so the most important thing at present was how to make these 2,000 men and horses look like 10,000 people.

Bai Qi is a great expert in the old suspicious array, and in his previous life in the battle with the Six Kingdoms, he did not use less suspicious soldiers, and this time he is still familiar with it. He instructed the homeless people to be recruited along the way, and every time they passed through a village or town, all the men in the prime of life in the village should be recruited, and it was clear that whoever came would be fed.

Now it's okay, at first, everyone was afraid that they wouldn't be able to recruit people, but after two days of walking, new problems were in front of them, there were too many people, and there was a bit of chaos in the team.

Because the road is full of ruined villages and towns, hungry people waiting to be fed, as soon as they hear that there is food to eat, let alone follow the team, even if they climb. Due to the large number of people coming, riots began to break out among some people, and food and rice grabbing occurred from time to time.

Bai Qi was angry, he was originally a demon king who killed people without blinking, and at this time, he dared to make trouble in his team, and it was worth it. So he led the guards to arrest more than 20 rice grabbers on the spot, all of them were tied up in front of those hungry people, one by one, and all of them were beheaded.

At this moment, all the hungry people were frightened, and immediately became well-behaved, and no one dared to come forward to rob them.

stabilized the order in the army, Bai Qi began to make a big noise, and constantly sent fine works to various places on the road to let off steam, and on his own march, every time he passed a county town, he had to show off his might, although he did not attack the city, but he was always on the edge of the city, and deliberately let the officers and soldiers in the city see clearly.

The officers and soldiers of these county towns counted carefully, and there were no less than 5,000 people in Baiqi, although many of them were new people, but all of them did not wear uniforms, and they could not distinguish which were soldiers and which were ordinary people, as long as they were young men, they would be considered anti-thieves.

As a result, there were Tang newspapers flying to Hong Chengchou from all over the country, and the fastest move was still the Jingbian guard. Bai Qi had just set off for two days, and he got a report that the wind blowing from the fine workers had already blown here. Not only did he get the news, but the counties along the road also heard the news and wrote to remind him. It is impossible for these county towns to come to the rescue of Jingbian, because they are still too busy to take care of themselves, and all counties are tightly closed to the city and stubbornly defend the county seat, and they are afraid that they will get angry in vain and enter the city, and the chickens and dogs will not be left.

In order not to be held accountable by Hong Chengchou, the officials in these counties boasted more and more about the white people, some said that they were five or six thousand, some said that they were seven or eight thousand, and some simply said that there were more than 10,000 people.

The Jingbian guards couldn't sit still, he only had 3,000 men under his command, and Jingbian's defense system was outside the Great Wall, and the defense inside was far less solid, so he had to rush 600 miles to report to Hong Chengchou. At the same time, he strengthened the city walls and fences, prepared more bows, arrows and firearms, and prepared for battle.

Bai Qi's intimidation worked, and Hong Chengchou was really not sure, as soon as Jingbian was lost, it was really like stabbing the lungs of the court, because he took Zuo Liangyu and came to help non-stop.

Hong Chengchou's men and horses are all cavalry, and they move quickly, and Bai Qi also intends to let him catch up, because attacking Jingbian is a false move, and as for the Houjin army, Bai Qi doesn't look down on those people.

In the eyes of the Qin people, all the grassland tribes were barbarians, all the Xiongnu, and their subordinates were defeated two thousand years ago.

Bai Qi marched while sending a horse to inquire about Hong Chengchou's news from afar, and finally on the fifth day, the news of the official army rushing to the aid came from the horse, and Hong Chengchou and Zuo Liangyu's 3,000 cavalry were less than fifty miles away from them. Fifty miles behind these 3,000 cavalry, there were more than 7,000 infantry, and it seemed that Hong Chengchou believed that Bai Qi had tens of thousands of horses, and he moved into the nest.

As soon as he heard the news, Bai stood up and ordered the whole army to stop and camp on the spot. At this time, they were backed by the Malian River, with Huachi to the north, and the area was a large hilly area, with undulating slopes and poplar forests growing on the slopes, which was conducive to defense and not conducive to cavalry charge.

Bai Qi selected a place as a camp, and the whole army began to camp, and Bai Qi ordered to cut some wood to make it into a horse and deer firewood, in case the cavalry rushed to the camp. The land in this place is desertified, and it is not easy to dig trenches, so these things are prepared to block the officers and soldiers.

After the whole army set up camp, Bai Qi found Wang Jian and Wu Xinlan to discuss countermeasures.

Wang Jian said excitedly: "Finally, we can have a field battle with the surname Hong, but we have fewer cavalry." Bai nodded: "General Wang, how do you think this battle should be fought?" Wang Jian smiled: "There is a general here, I don't want the class to get an axe." ”

Bai shook his head: "I do want to hear the general's advice. ”

Wang Jian thought for a moment before he said: "There is a lot of sand in this place, and when the cavalry rushes over, the speed is much slower than that on the grass, so their advantage is reduced. We can use the terrain to fight. ”