For several days in a row, Liu Bei received information from the scouts, but there was not much useful information, the entire Pishan camp was tight, and a large number of sentry posts were arranged day and night, and once the scouts approached, they would be interrogated for a long time, for which Liu Bei also lost two scouts.

But even so, Liu Bei still got some information, although there are specific people in the entire Pishan camp, but in the past few days, nearly 10,000 people will enter the Pishan camp every day, Liu Bei and Jia Xu estimate that it is not long before the Shule coalition army invades Khotan County!

Moreover, the people of several other cities in Khotan County all moved into Xicheng in an orderly manner, and Puri is worthy of being the monarch of Shanshan State who worked hard, and his ability to handle government affairs is indeed good! With such a large number of migrations, there was no major chaos or deaths, and if it weren't for the loyalty of Pu Li, Liu Bei wanted Pu Li to form a security team.

Gan Ning also moved into Xicheng half a day ago, and now the entire Xicheng is defended by Xu Huang's Leopard Tao Army, Gan Ning's Shence Army and Yan Liang's Xiaoguo Army! The Hundred Battles and Black Flag Army led by Lu Bu and Zhang Ren are still reorganized and trained outside the city! The scouts sent out to chase Liaohua chased Liaohua day and night, and had already returned to Xicheng, Liao Hua learned of the situation in Xicheng and solemnly promised to return to Xicheng as soon as possible.

Three or four days later, just as Liu Bei had gathered all the civil and military generals in Khotan County to carry out the pre-war mobilization, a scout came to report.

"Tell my lord, as of last night, the last batch of 20,000 Shule troops has entered the Pishan camp of the coalition army!"

Hearing this, Liu Bei and Jia Xu couldn't help but pause!

"Lord, repentance shouldn't have been in the first place! If we had known that there were not many people in the Pishan camp, our army could have broken the coalition forces one by one, but I thought that the reason why the Pishan camp stood in Pishan was that there were tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the camp, and the most unfortunate Shule army had already entered the Pishan camp. But looking at it now, I am fallacious, and I ask the Lord to punish him! Jia Xu knelt down before he finished speaking.

Since Jia Xu followed Liu Bei, he never wanted Liu Bei to kneel, at most he wanted Liu Bei to make a bow and bow down, but this time Jia Xu knew that as a strategist, the missed opportunity was likely to miss the life of Liu Bei and all the generals under Liu Bei!

"Wenhe, this is not your fault, but the other party's commander is too tightly guarded, and I can't get important news as a scout, so we miss the opportunity. If someone hadn't done it, it should have been prepared, and if Liao Hua and the others hadn't been sent to Shanshan and Humi, no matter whether there was exact news or not, we could also fight! Liu Bei choked and helped Jia Xu up.

"My lord, Hugh wants to say this, our army still has a chance, and in the past few days, I have been thinking about the strategy of breaking the enemy at home, and found that although the strength of our army is only a quarter of the opponent's, compared with the advantages and disadvantages of our army and the enemy's army, we analyze them one by one as follows: 1. Our army is one, and the command of each army is like an arm, but the enemy army is a coalition army, and it is difficult to command smoothly. Second, our army is fighting on the ground, and the grain and grass are sufficient, according to statistics, the grain and grass in our western city can be eaten by 200,000 troops for three months! You can sit back and relax. The enemy's labor expedition made it difficult to supply grain and grass; 3. This is the end of the hot summer. Our army has a convenient water supply in the city, but it is quite difficult for the enemy to get water; ”

"Well, that's exactly what the Strategist said. Moreover, I want to send the two armies of Baizhan and Black Banner to sneak outside the city, waiting for an opportunity to cut off their food and grass, and attack their lone army. Liu Bei then suggested.

"My lord, this is very good, and there is another plan to cooperate with it. The lord can send the Hundred Battles Army and the Black Flag Army to quietly go out of the city late every night, and then enter the city in a high-profile manner during the day the next day, so that for three or four days, the enemy army is under pressure and does not dare to fight our army to the death. At the same time, the lord is recruiting a young man to help defend the city, so the gap between the two sides has narrowed a lot! ”

"Okay, since the military advisor has taken me like this, the lieutenant general will obey the order!"

"Jia Xu, the military advisor, commanded the three armies of the Leopard Tao Army, the Shence Army and the Xiaoguo Army, was in charge of the guards of the West City, and recruited the young and strong people of the whole city, and those who were willing to participate in the defense of the city wall were given rich rewards. And select the elite from the Leopard Tao, Shence Army and Xiaoguo Army to serve as the generals of the Qingzhuang Battalion, and return to the commander of the military division, Wenhe, I am allocating a thousand personal guards to you, responsible for your safety and the security of the whole city! ”

"No, Xu will live and die with the city!"

"I will personally command the Hundred Battles Army and the Black Flag Army, and a thousand people will guard outside the city in search of fighters! Lu Bu and Zhang Ren led the Hundred Battles and the Black Flag Army to follow me respectively! ”

"No." Lu Bu and Zhang Ren promised one after another!

After that, everyone arranged a matter separately, and then Liu Bei led a thousand personal guards out of the city to join Baizhan and the Leopard Tao army.

For the next three days, Bai Zhan and Bao Taojun all put on makeup and changed their clothes, and entered the city in different costumes every day during the day, and secretly went out of the city every night!

And Liu Bei garrisoned the entire battalion, pretending to be 10,000 cavalry!

Four days later, the scout came to report: "Lord, the 100,000 troops of the Pishan battalion have been drawn from the camp, and the target is from Xicheng, and the leader of the army has a word written on it." ”

"It seems that it is the king of Shule who personally conquered it, and this battle is not easy. It would take a few more days for the coalition forces to reach the outside of the West City. ”

"My lord, the entire coalition army stretches for dozens of miles, and it is estimated that it will take three days to reach the outside of Xicheng!"

"Is there a cavalry among them?"

"There are about 50,000 cavalry!"

"Okay, let's go and investigate!"

Then Liu Bei called the generals to discuss the matter.

"Just now, the scouts came to report that the Shule coalition army has a total of about 100,000 troops and has drawn camp towards my Khotan County, including 50,000 cavalry, and the army stretches for dozens of miles, I want to meet it, I don't know what you think?" Liu Bei said straight to the point!

"Lord, a certain also has this intention, before a certain and the lord attacked the army at night and won the battle, this time we should also be able to!" It was Lu Bu who spoke! Before, Lu Bu and Liu Bei attacked Wei Chi's army at night.

"But I'll choose a place to attack, and the enemy's front army will be cavalry, and the rear army will be infantry."

"My lord, Ren thinks that we should attack the enemy's rear army and cut off the enemy's rear army, then first, we can block the enemy's cavalry with the enemy's foot soldiers, which can provide time for our army to rush and kill, and secondly, it can also provide time for our army to leave! And I think we should attack the enemy at night," Zhang Ren suggested.

"I also want to attack the enemy at night, but when and where will I attack the enemy at night?" Liu Bei stared at the marching map and was quite distressed!

"The lord is more worried, since it is a night attack, the enemy army will set up camp, we only need to find out where the foot soldiers are to attack the camp, and as for the location, the sooner the better, preferably tonight, because once the enemy army is close to Khotan, the patrol manpower will be increased at night, so the sooner the better!" Zhang Ren continued to suggest.

"Okay, according to the proposal of the second senior brother, the two of you will return to the army and prepare, set off within half an hour, and hunt and kill enemy scouts along the road!"

After Lu Bu and Zhang Rennuo left, Liu Bei began to rectify the guard camp, and then half an hour later, Liu Bei led the army to leave and galloped north!

At this time, Jia Xu in Xicheng had also received the information of the scouts, so he began to make the final war mobilization!

In recent years, due to the weakening of the control of the Han Dynasty, the countries in the Western Regions have begun to conquer each other, so the people of all countries have become quite numb to help defend the city or the coming of war, and it is relatively easy to mobilize young and strong to defend the city. And after these four or five days of training, they have been able to assist the army in throwing corpses, returning wood, pouring oil, and other matters!

At the same time, Jia Xu appointed 1,000 pro-guards as the Khotanese law enforcement team, and issued a military order in the city:

1. Whoever gathers a crowd to make trouble during the war shall be killed;

2. Whoever commits a crime during the war shall be killed;

3. Whoever bullies the weak during the war and kills;

4. Whoever communicates with the enemy during the war shall be killed;

5. Whoever raises prices during the war shall be killed;

6. Whoever cowers and retreats during the war shall be killed;

7. Whoever does not obey orders during the war shall be killed;

8. Whoever deceives the people during the war shall be killed;

9. Whoever fails to report during the war shall be killed;

10. Whoever disobeys the manager during the war will be killed!

The common people in Xicheng call it the "Ten Killing Order", but this order is in one place, and the entire Xicheng is in order, which is in response to a common saying: "In troubled times, you have to use heavy codes!" ”