But Bai Liyan (Wei Xian) obviously has a lot of confidence, but it doesn't look like he is pretending at all.

"Could it be that General Wei has food?"

The corners of Bailiyan's mouth raised:

"Oh, no!"

Luo Songting, Chen Yunfeng, and Jiang Qian's eyes were staggered, full of absolute disbelief. If it was two years ago, Jiang Qian definitely didn't believe it. But now, whatever Bai Liyan says, they have to be careful for three points. Bailiyan asked for 20,000 people when he opened his mouth, but he said that he had no food in his hands, so he didn't believe it even if he killed Jiang Gan.

At this time, there was a cough outside the door, Jiang Min came quietly, everyone stood up, and they all saluted together, and they all called anything in their mouths, Luo Songting, Chen Yunfeng, Wang Jiu and others called the lord, Jiang Qian and Jiang Rong called their fathers, and those who called Jiang Gong were naturally Bailiyan.

"Excuse me."

"Thank you, Lord ......"

After the ceremony, Jiang Min dragged his heavy steps, and suddenly stopped and looked at him when he passed Bailiyan:

"Wei Xian, the thieves are coming, you have a plan to defend against the enemy."

"Gong Jiang, I just heard the news from Mr. Luo, the number of soldiers in the city has suddenly reached 90,000, Wei thinks that the rebels may have other plans."

"Oh, how so?"

"Qin Han knows Guangxin well, our army has gathered 90,000 people, of which more than 30,000 are veterans who are close to the battlefield, and more than 50,000 people are either new or weak county soldiers, but no matter what, the number of our army is so large that the rebels will definitely be able to expect it.

According to this calculation, the 200,000 rebels must have all their main forces to attack Guangxin before it is possible to capture Guangxin. Now only 100,000 people have come, and 90,000 people have attacked our army, even if our army's combat strength is worrying, but 100,000 people have absolutely no possibility of breaking through Guangxin.

Therefore, Wei thought that the rebels must be waiting for our army to run out of grain and grass, but Guangxin grain and grass can still supply more than 700,000 people for half a year, if the rebels only besiege the city with 100,000 people, if our army trains 10,000 or 20,000 elite soldiers in March, and cooperates with the 30,000 cavalry of Ding Yang Ye Dadu Governor to go out of the city to fight, how can the 100,000 rebels be the opponent of our army. ”

"Oh, what does General Wei think the rebels are going to do?"

Wei thought that the rebels were afraid that they were going to use Pucheng as a bait to lure the Jin army into the sea to attack Pucheng, and before Ye Dadu Governor gave up Pucheng, it was also Wei's suggestion to lure the Jin army into the Beihai war.

Now, the rebels also intended to draw the Jin army into the North Sea war, but the motive is unclear. Now besieging me with 100,000 men and 90,000 men, isn't it child's play? ”

In siege warfare, the exchange ratio of the attacking and defending sides is more than one to two or even higher, so the strength of the attacking side must be at least twice that of the defender to attack the city, and more than three times the strength of the army to be safe.

Nominally, Guangxin recruited more than 40,000 people, including more than 30,000 veteran soldiers, and more than 10,000 county soldiers, surrendered soldiers, and labor battalions, and the actual combat strength was only equivalent to 40,000 or 50,000 experienced veterans at best, and the rebels attacked the city with 100,000 people, and the victory rate was not large.

Moreover, it is an important town besieging a population of 700,000, and there are at least 100,000 potential living forces, even if they fight for attrition, the rebels can't fight Guangxin, at most Guangxin has more dead people, and there is absolutely no possibility of conquering Guangxin. What's more, the generals sitting in Guangxin are not idle people, and there is no reason to attack.

The rebels are now not only coming, but only 100,000, unless they are besieged but not attacked, waiting for Guangxin to run out of food and grass. However, Guangxin faces the sea in the north, not to mention that it can get supplies from the sea, Guangxin grain and grass can still support more than half a year, and it is not difficult to train 20,000 soldiers in the city in three months, which is obviously unreasonable.

At this time, Luo Songting said:

"What General Wei said, Luo Mou had already explained the details to the lord last night, and I don't know if General Wei can notice something."

"What?"

"Since the rebels only have 100,000 soldiers and horses to attack, which is not enough to conquer Guangxin in a short time, it is only possible to besiege the city. The siege of the city not only cannot trap Guangxin, but may also backfire, so that Guangxin can get a respite. General Wei had considered that the rebels would attack Thunder City. ”

"Attack Thunder City? Hiss...... I would like to hear the details and ask Mr. Luo to give advice. ”

"Don't dare to teach it, it is indeed child's play for the rebels to attack Guangxin with only 100,000 people, but it is more than enough to besiege Guangxin. As long as the rebels besiege Guangxin and prevent the news from entering, and then secretly send troops and horses from outside the city to besiege the Jin army in Pucheng, what will be the result? ”

"Mr. Luo is saying that the Jin army stationed in Lei Cheng will go all out to help the Jin army that captured Pucheng, so that Lei City will become an empty city."

"Exactly, the main force of the Lei Cheng Jin army rushed to the aid of Pucheng, and it was impossible to cross the river from the Guanling ferry by boat. At this time, a strange army of rebels went to attack Thunder City. The grain and grass of Leicheng can be used by 150,000 Jin troops for a year, once the Jin army loses Leicheng, where does the Jin army's food and drink come from. ”

"Hiss......" Bai Liyan was taken aback: "It's really vicious, if the Jin army in Pucheng is besieged by the rebels, if our army goes to the rescue, there is no power and no benefit, not to mention, it may be taken advantage of by the rebels and set up an ambush outside the city or halfway." If it is not saved, the Lei Cheng Jin army will go out and fall into the plan of diverting the tiger from the mountain. ”

"Exactly, and the Jin army has coveted my Pucheng and Guangxin for a long time, and this time it must be to take advantage of the rebels to capture Pucheng in one fell swoop and move heavy troops, at least sixty or seventy thousand horses. At this time, if the rebels bit back, how could the Jin army have imagined that the rebels would suddenly counterattack with heavy troops. ”

"Well, that makes sense. The Jin army has always been greedy, as long as it is profitable, it will be willing to take risks and take advantage of the fire, speaking of which, it is still to send troops to relieve the siege of our Xianguo, which is really harmful to others and themselves. ”

"Now that Luo has a plan, I don't know what General Wei wants."

"Oh, I want to hear about it."

Luo Songting rarely told his mind in front of outsiders, and this was the first time Bai Liyan heard his true thoughts from Luo Songting.

According to Luo Songting's judgment, the Black Turban Army's plan was to lure the Jin army, divert the tiger from the mountain, and capture the Lei City occupied by the Jin army, so as to obtain grain and grass supplies from the Jin army nearby, and supply its rebels to fight in Beihai County for a long time. The second is to let the mouth of the Jin army eat down the entire Beihai County and drag down the material supply of the Xian Kingdom.

Xianguo is now in a severe shortage of grain and grass, and the shortage in Beihai County alone is more than 2 million stones, and if it is not alleviated before next spring, a large-scale grain shortage will inevitably break out in spring.

Third, more than 100,000 Jin troops lost their nests, and it was inevitable that there would be local garrisons and supply grain and grass, which aggravated the internal contradictions between the Jin army and the Xian army. There are 700,000 people in the Guangxin territory, and they have withdrawn into the city to avoid the war, plus the soldiers and horses who have returned to reinforce the army, there are 7340,000, and the food consumption has increased greatly.

In this way, the only city that can support the Jin army in a short period of time is Dingyang. However, Dingyang has a fatal problem, Dingyang has a population of only 300,000, and its grain and grass reserves are far inferior to Guangxin's due to this year's extinction, which can only support until this winter.

Now Ye Xin's 30,000 cavalry is stationed in Dingyang, Zhang You's Beihai Qinwang army is stationed in Dingyang, nearly 40,000 more mouths out of thin air, if the Jin army of more than 100,000 people moves to Dingyang, not only Dingyang will be occupied by the Jin army, but the extra 100,000 mouths will eat up all the grain and grass in Dingyang within two months.

The amount of food for the soldiers is one-and-a-half or even twice that of the ordinary people, and the hundreds of thousands of Jin soldiers can eat the food of more than 200,000 ordinary people, if the mouths of the hundreds of thousands of Jin soldiers are hung on the milk bottle of Dingyang, the food will inevitably be exhausted within two months, and then the rebels will surround Dingyang City again, and hundreds of thousands of people will not starve to death.

"No, if the Jin army moves to Dingyang, Dingyang has nearly 450,000 people and more than 200,000 soldiers, and the rebels can use 200,000 people to surround Dingyang? Besides, Guangxin can't see death without help. Baili Yan said.

"That's the case, but General Wei don't forget, if Leicheng is lost, it is not only a matter of grain and grass for the Jin army, but the sharp blade wedged between Xianguo and Changsun State will be pulled out, and the rebels can transfer the garrison of Xianxi, Sangbei, and Sangnan counties to besiege the city without any scruples, and even draw tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from the Yongxing River, at that time 300,000 people will besiege the city, besiege but not attack, and starve to death. At that time, the rebels besieging Dingyang will have less than 300,000 people, and our army will be helpless. ”

"And what does Mr. Luo mean?"

"Attack him!" Luo Songting said decisively.

"Attack him, what kind of attack?"

"If the rebels besiege Guangxin, our army will go out of the city to attack him."

"In other words, use Guangxin to drag the 100,000 rebels outside the city."

"Exactly. But not now, but after the rebels ceded Pucheng, attack him. Don't let it have a respite from drawing troops. In this way, there are only 100,000 rebels besieging Pucheng, and the Jin army will not pour out of Leicheng. And our army's 30,000 cavalry at Ding Yang took advantage of the momentum to attack his back, killing him and turning his back on his horse. ”

"Shhh...... This plan will be sacrificed by Guangxin's military strength to complete the Jin army, what benefits can Guangxin get? ”

"Hehe......"

Luo Songting smiled and did not answer, and then Chen Yunfeng said:

"Our army can do a slow attack, so that the Jin army and the rebels are exhausted."

"But if the Jin army attacks Pucheng, there will inevitably not be much grain and grass with it, and the rebels will besiege Pucheng for a long time, and the Jin army is afraid that it will not be able to hold it."

At this time, Luo Songting took over the conversation and said:

"General Wei is extremely worried, the key is the Jin army's grain and grass. When the Jin army captured Pucheng, our army took a boat from the north gate to the sea, and in the name of the labor army, transported 50,000 stone grain and grass to the Jin army, which could provide him with 70,000 or 80,000 horses to hold on for more than a month or two. ”

According to Luo Songting's meaning, it is necessary to let the Jin army hold Pucheng, but not to make it too easy for the Jin army, so he has to give him some pressure, and then let the Jin army in Leicheng send some soldiers and horses to relieve the siege with the cooperation of the Xian cavalry.

At the same time, in order to alleviate the pressure of rescuing Pucheng reinforcements, Guangxin took the initiative to attack the rebels besieging Guangxin.

As long as the rebels besieged in Pucheng hold out for a month, after the Jin army and the rebels are dead, the battle situation at this time will become 100,000 rebels in Pucheng and the Jin army can not get out, and at the same time, the 100,000 rebels besieging Guangxin are dragged by the Guangxin army, unable to withdraw from the main force of the rebels at the first time and gather troops to besiege Pucheng.

In this way, the 200,000 soldiers and horses of the rebels were actually divided into two, not to mention the surprise attack on Thunder City, it would be good to be able to get out.

In this way, it also avoided the situation that the Jin army occupied Pucheng and sat back and watched the rebels attack Guangxin and saw death without help, while the Jin army was besieged and the Xian army was also unable to save from death.

The reason why the rebels dared to snatch food from the tiger's mouth was that they took advantage of the discord between the Jin army and the Xian army, and ate the psychology that the Xian army was surrounded and the Jin army did not save it, and the Jin army was surrounded and the Xian army did not save it.

Therefore, last night, Luo Songting asked people to use a big ship to transport 50,000 stone grain and grass from the north gate overnight, and docked at the coast of Lincheng first, so as not to expose the intention of transporting grain after the rebels besieged the city.

Luo Songting did the opposite, indirectly attacking the Black Turban Army to aid the Jin army, but not saving it, and using the Jin army to consume the rebels.