The city of light, full of devastation, dilapidated arrow towers, dusty bunkers, stench and burnt smell in the wind, and unkempt defenders, the scenes look very bleak, but although the defenders look miserable on the outside, they are full of spirit.

The Huangzhou army defended Guangcheng and fought an offensive and defensive battle with the attacking Yangzhou army for several months, the Huangzhou army was not stubbornly defended, nor was it cut off from reinforcements, and the strength advantage of the Yangzhou army was not large, so for several months, the two sides had contacts and had a good fight.

"I went to Lingnan once, and I almost didn't get used to the snow... Come on, come on, drink! ”

"I can't get used to this soda..."

"Hey, it's good to get used to it, it's good to get used to it..."

"Chen Zhijun is coming... Oh, Master Li, come and persuade! ”

"Don't, let's ask Feng Mingfu to persuade you, ouch, Ning Langjun This is a good amount of wine... What a belly, come, the young master of the village hurry up and have another drink with Ning Langjun! ”

Tian Yilong, who was bearded, took the newly prepared "soda" of a mysterious formula in the supplies brought by the reinforcements, and clinked glasses with Chen Fozhi, Feng Xuan, Ning Changzhen and others, Li Shimo, the leader of the Hulin Army, and Tian Liuhu, the leader of the 'volunteers', was also present.

Because drinking is easy to make mistakes, today's acquaintances who are "happy to meet" will replace the wine with newly prepared 'soda' and frequently raise their glasses.

Tian Yilong followed the army to guard Guangcheng, although he was not the main general, but he took on a heavy responsibility, and Tian Liuhu led the volunteers to guerrilla outside the city, attacking and harassing the Yangzhou army besieging the city, and finally survived for several months to come to the reinforcements to relieve the siege, and among the reinforcements, there were unexpected guests.

Not to mention the Tiger Forest Army of the King of Xiyang, although he didn't expect it to be the Tiger Forest Army to reinforce, Tian Yilong was not surprised, what surprised him was that the three Hao clans of Lingbiao each sent their own family soldiers to the north to help in the war.

Tian Yilong and Tian Liuhu followed the Nanzheng of Xiyang Wang, and they had dealt with the Feng family, the Chen family and even the Ning family, so everyone is an acquaintance, so Tian Yilong really admires the courage of these three families to send people thousands of miles away.

It's not that Tian Yilong looks down on the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Feng, Chen, and Ning families, but it is really that it is difficult for the soldiers of the other clan to fight in this plain area, of course, he will not say it, but sincerely invite the three of them to get together.

Then remind the reminder again, lest the soldiers of the three families travel thousands of miles to the Central Plains to help in the war, and as a result, no one can go back after the entire army is wiped out, and the scene is too ugly.

"Our Ning clan has always fought with the Xiyuan barbarians, the Xiyuan is full of mountains and forests, large flat land is rare, there are not many horses, and the war is all about drilling mountain nests, and the clansmen are now... It's really a bit scary. ”

The first to pour bitter water was Ning Changzhen, he was the son of Ning Mengli, the head of the Ning clan, and now he has no official position, so others call him "Ning Langjun", and the Ning family lives in Anzhou, and has been fighting with the Xiyuan barbarians in the northwest of Anzhou for a long time, and is indeed not good at fighting with the enemy dominated by cavalry in the plains.

Chen Fozhi and Feng Xuan, who had served as assassins and taishou appointed by Chen Guo, often dealt with Chen Jun, but they were somewhat familiar with cavalry combat, but this kind of combat experience was limited to the area of Lingbiao Guangzhou, and in the Central Plains, this experience was completely useless.

Faced with the endless plains and the cavalry charging in groups, they only had a weak heart.

"To tell you the truth, we also drill ravines all day long, but we are not afraid of cavalry, because it is useless to be afraid, right? So, you still have to practice. Tian Liuhu began to lead the topic, "There are many ways to practice, and the Tiger Forest Army is the best at it, right, Master Li?" ”

Li Shimo laughed when he heard this: "Yes, it's easy to practice, the recruits of the Tiger Forest Army enter the camp, and the first training is to train their courage, and if they are scared for a few days, they will not be afraid of horses rushing over!" ”

What is the content of the so-called "special training", Tian Zhengyue, the general of the Hulin Army, has probably revealed it to Chen Fozhi and others, and the specific situation is handled by Li Shimo.

"Actually, a few people can be relieved, when your clan soldiers go out to fight, they must follow the Tiger Forest Army to act together, as long as they listen to the order and form a good formation, there is nothing to worry about."

Tian Yilong continued to impart experience, this experience he also listened to the king of Xiyang, and now he is borrowing flowers to offer Buddha, after all, don't let Tian Zhengyue let him remind the three Lingnan chiefs.

"The cavalry moves very fast, and the battles fought on the ridge are limited by two legs, while in the plains, the range of movement of the enemy cavalry is much wider."

Taking out a map, Tian Yilong first clicked on the location of Guangcheng, and then clicked on the location of the hanging gourd: "The hanging gourd is about two hundred and fifty or sixty miles away from the light city, if it is an army of 3,000 people marching on foot, how long do you think it will take to get from the hanging gourd to the light city?" ”

"About nine days."

Chen Fozhi, Feng Xuan, and Ning Changzhen all said the same answer, they all really led troops to fight, so they knew that under normal circumstances, the daily journey of the army was about thirty miles, and the faster it could be forty miles a day.

"And what about the cavalry?"

"Uh, about two days?"

Chen Fozhi replied, Feng Xuan nodded silently, Ning Changzhen didn't speak, because the Ning clan had been fighting with Xiyuan Barbarian in the mountains and forests all the year round, and he had no experience in cavalry long-distance raids.

"Then, in fact, the enemy cavalry outside the Hanging Gourd City only needs a day and night to rush outside the Light City."

Ning Changzhen blurted out when he heard this: "So fast! ”

Tian Yilong nodded, his face solemn: "Galloping three hundred miles day and night to break the enemy, this is the combat ability of elite light cavalry, although not every cavalry can do it, but as long as there are hundreds of such elite cavalry, it is not difficult to break thousands or even tens of thousands of troops who are caught off guard." ”

"That is to say..."Ning Chang really calculated, and then asked: "Even on the outskirts of Guangcheng, if my unit is more than thirty miles away from the city, it is very likely that the opposing cavalry will be wiped out by a single surprise attack?" Didn't even run back to report the news? ”

"That's right."

"Uh... So what to do? ”

"When marching, you should release the rangers, guard the surroundings, be ready to form a formation at any time, if the enemy cavalry is coming, quickly form a formation to protect yourself, release a signal, and wait for reinforcements to come to the rescue."

Tian Yilong is not intimidating the other party, marching on foot in the plain area where there are known enemy troops, you must be careful and careful, who will let your own horses not many?

Riding on foot, that's similar to a rabbit kicking an eagle, it's a desperate move.

Ning Changzhen only felt that the pressure was getting stronger and stronger, but he couldn't help but ask: "I don't know how many troops there are in the enemy army besieging the hanging gourd?" ”

This returned to Tian Liuhu and replied: "In this year's war, I am embarrassed to see people if I don't report my troops.... Belch... The exception for the Tiger Forest Army... Let's put it this way, the enemy army outside the Hanging Fortress City, which claims to be more than 100,000, should include the numbers that were exaggerated after the army was young and strong..."

"In my opinion, the enemy army besieging the hanging gourd should always have thirty or forty thousand soldiers, and the elite soldiers don't know, as for the cavalry... Since it was a traitor who went out in person, and under the name of 'Imperial Expedition', there must be thousands or even tens of thousands of cavalry. ”

"So much!" Ning Changzhen only felt cold sweat on his forehead, he felt that the momentum of hundreds of cavalry rushing up was not small, and the thousands of cavalry would only be more ferocious, if tens of thousands of cavalry rushed over, would the infantry fighting with them survive?

"No one can figure out how many cavalry the traitor has, I think if the number is less, where will the traitor's face go? Besides, the hanging gourd is related to the situation in Henan, and as long as the traitor is not stupid, he will inevitably take a large number of cavalry to the south to deter the states and counties of Henan. ”

"Of course, if there are really 10,000 cavalry, it is impossible to gather outside the hanging gourd, and no one can stand it if people eat horses and chew, presumably these cavalry are scattered to the surrounding states and counties to station, eat, and then assemble according to the order, otherwise the horse manure of these horses alone can make your water smell."

Tian Liuhu's insight has already surpassed the one-acre and three-point land of the 'Shaozhai Master', although his so-called insight is also obtained from listening to the chatter of King Xiyang.

King Xiyang likes to give examples, satirizing those who only want to fight, especially the arrangement of "10,000 cavalry stationed in the town for several months", Xiyang King thinks that it is completely nonsense, because so many horses can drown and urinate the town every day, Tian Liuhu is deeply impressed.

"These cavalry are likely to be one person and two horses, so they have a wide range of activities, so don't think that you are safe in Light City."

This time it was Chen Fozhi and Feng Xuan's turn to be surprised, the Lingbiao Chen Jun they had seen, the horses of his cavalry were not as large as one man and two horses, they didn't think that Tian Liuhu and Tian Yilong were deliberately talking big and scary.

The Wei Chi clan has such a strong cavalry, and now they are surrounding the hanging gourd like an iron bucket, so how should they break the siege? Just going north with such a big grin, what is the difference between that and sending him to death?

"There is always a way." Li Shimo smiled, "Now let's think about special training first, I don't know if your clan soldiers, do you have enough clothes to change?" ”