In the early morning of the next day, before dawn, the Xirong army quietly opened the city gate, and only more than 10,000 troops under the command of Qiancheng were left to defend the city.

Just when Qiancheng sent troops, Li Luo Luocao Mountain also received an urgent report from Kuang Lizhen and Qi Shaobing in Shahu Prefecture, and more than 10,000 elite cavalry in Qiang Xingzhi's secret army, led by Qiang Xingzhi's eldest son Qiang Qingchi, took advantage of Liu Ce's Chen soldiers in Dizhou, quietly crossed the dew line, broke into Shahu Prefecture, burned and looted everywhere, and ranched the wolf camp in chaos.

When the book was passed on in the army, Qiang Qingchi had broken through Kuang Lizhi's defense line and entered the hinterland of Shahu, and there was a tendency to march towards Zhuocheng.

Li Luo summoned Ding Chu and Chi Li to discuss the matter, and after reading the urgent report in the army, Ding Chu and Chi Li frowned.

The people in the Shepherd Wolf Army have all entered Dizhou with Liu Ce and Ding, and the people who stayed in the Shuangfeng Battalion were only the rear army of Qi Shaobing, and the combat power was far from the elite of the Xirong Left Army.

Chi Li smacked his tongue and said: "Qiang Xing is so bold, General Di has more than 300,000 soldiers, and he dares to draw out the elite to raid my Shahu camp." ”

Ding Chu replied solemnly: "General, this move is really difficult to prevent. It would be better if the Xirong cavalry only plundered in Shahu, but I am afraid that he will break through the border of Shahu Prefecture and enter the land of Zhongfu, so that even if my Shepherd Wolf wins the city, I am afraid that there will be a lot of gossip. ”

Li Luo looked at the map of Xifu drawn by the army and was silent. Ding Chu continued: "General, there are still three prefectures of Huluzhou, Quanzhou and Gongzhou between Shahu and Zhuozhou, if the last general leads half of the soldiers of the Hu cavalry battalion, he can intercept him before Qiangqingchi enters Zhuozhou." ”

Chi Li hesitated and said: "General Ding, there are only more than 10,000 cavalry in Qiangqingchi, and I have hundreds of thousands of defenders in Hulu and Quangong Prefectures. Can't you stop them? ”

Ding Chu smiled bitterly: "The defenders in these states are a little overstretched even if they are clearing out the bandits, not to mention the elite cavalry of Qiangxing, not to mention blocking the attack, it is a great luck to be able to save their lives." ”

Chi Li was silent, and the defenders of the state capital were flying and domineering on weekdays. But when it comes to combat, it's not much different from the shepherd wolf.

The tent was quiet for a while, Ding Chu and Chi Li looked at Li Luo, and after a while, Li Luo raised his head and said with a slight smile: "Don't panic, I already sent a message to Zhuo Cheng a month ago, so that they can take precautions in advance." There is no danger to defend in Hulu Prefecture, but Quanzhou is mountainous. There are many cards in the state capital to guard, as I expected, the shepherd king Li Chengwen is now in Quanzhou. ”

"Huh!?" Ding Shu and Chi Li exclaimed in surprise, looked at each other, and Chi Li took a long breath and said, "General, it turns out that you have expected it a long time ago." ”

"When I arrived at Luocao Mountain, I kept thinking about what I would do if I were Qiang Xingzhi, and this was also thanks to General Di's words. Qiang is meticulous in his actions. But he made good use of the strange soldiers, and the war in Dizhou was unfavorable. If the attack is attacked, Xirong will not have much advantage, and only by making dangerous moves can we defeat our Dagan tribes. ”

Ding Chu and Chi Li breathed a sigh of relief, and Ding Chu continued: "General, how should our army respond?" ”

Li Luo said with a smile: "General Ding has already had a plan. Speak up and listen. ”

Ding Chu smiled awkwardly and continued: "Since Qiang Xingzhi has sent cavalry into Shahu, he must send troops to break the Dizhou camp and then try to lead the saint." For the sake of today's plan, the end will be that we can no longer guard the grass mountain. The left and right armies of Xirong gathered, and General Liu was afraid that he would not be able to insist that our army would come to help. ”

Chi Li also nodded and said: "After resting for such a long time, Xirong did not send another soldier to Luocao Mountain, it is expected that my Shepherd Heavenly Wolf will not stop easily, so I simply gambled and let the Holy Guide fall into our hands, and I am not in a hurry to fight with us in Luocao Mountain." Chi Li paused slightly, glanced at Li Luo, and continued: "But we have the ancestral mountain saint as a hostage, and the Xirong army has to fight, one is in a hurry and one is slow, and our army can be calmly arranged." Looking at the secret report sent back by Shuoxi, if the right army of Qiancheng still can't save Shengyin, I'm afraid that Kala's throne won't be kept. ”

Li Luo continued: "Qiancheng may have known the news of Qiang Qingchi's light cavalry into Shahu, and at the latest today, he will definitely send troops." First, we want to break through the army of General Liu and General Hucha, and second, we need to intercept our army before we withdraw to the Shuangfeng camp, so that Shengyin will not be taken back to the Shahu camp. Qiang Xingzhi's plan forced us to fight, and did not give Qiancheng a chance to breathe, the two armies originally did not fight, but let Qiang Xingzhi force out a situation where they could fight and retreat. If we and General Liu are allowed to retreat to the Shuangfeng Battalion, it will be difficult not only for Qiancheng, but also for Qiang. ”

Chi Li frowned and said: "If we withdraw our troops, General Liu and General Hucha will be unable to support them alone, and Qiang Xing can send troops to severely damage my Shepherd Sky Wolf, and then try to double the peak battalion, so that the right army of Qiancheng will have no way to retreat except for fighting to the death." This Qiang is very calculating, once our army retreats to Shahu, he will also have the city to die in place, maybe the Xirong royal court will also ask him to lead his troops to battle. ”

Ding slashed his beard and said in a muffled voice: "My son led the cavalry into Shahu, and Lao Tzu definitely couldn't sit still, but I don't know when and where Qiang Xingzhi will send troops." ”

Li Luo said with a smile: "Now that his deeds have been revealed, the Hu cavalry camp is far away in Luocao Mountain, and he can't reach it, and the person he is trying to do must be the Dizhou camp of General Liu and General Hucha." Qiang's courage is so great, it is expected that we will not retreat without a fight. In this case, we don't have to make wedding clothes, give him a big gift in vain, General Ding, you and General Chi will order the troops and horses on the hour, and send troops immediately. Dizhou is surging, how can we be missing. ”

Chi Li and Ding Chu were suddenly arrogant, responded in unison, and turned around and walked out of the stone house.

Five days later.

The Hu cavalry camp was 300 miles away from Liu Ce and Hu Chajing's troops, and they settled down in a hidden place with a back mountain.

Li Luo looked at the map in his hand, his brows furrowed. Chi Liding, together with the generals of the Hu cavalry battalion that day, Lu Dingyuan and Shi Zechen, gathered in the big tent of the Chinese army, and they all looked solemn, looking at the map on the table and were silent. After a long time, Chi Li let out a long breath and said, "What is the reputation of this Qiang Xingzhi?" ”

Li Luo looked up at Ding Chu and asked, "How are General Liu and General Hucha?" ”

"Back to the general, before our troops were dispatched, the last general and General Chi personally sent the general's military order, ordering General Liu to lead his troops to withdraw to Shahu. Tanma reported that the right army of Xirong had been in contact with General Liu in the past few days, and the two armies had fought several times, each with damage, but General Liu and General Hucha had already expected that Qiancheng did not take half of the advantage, and now it is deadlocked on the north bank of the dew three hundred miles away. After pulling out the camp, Qiancheng was anxious, and the Xirong cavalry attacked day and night, but they were all repelled by General Liu, but the Xirong cavalry was good at attacking, and in the past few days, our army has suffered quite a lot of casualties. (To be continued.) )