Since the fierce battle last night, the Jin army, the Liang army, and the Xian army have suffered nearly half of the casualties of the five thousand forbidden troops, even though the battle is in the minority, but it is better to be deeply encircled, the number of people is not dominant, the number of soldiers continues to decrease, and the side with more people can always have an advantage over the side with fewer people.

"General Yanping, what are the casualties under your command." Bai Liyan (also Wei Xian) asked, and at the moment the vitality was his main concern.

"One hundred and eighty-seven were killed and three hundred and sixty-one wounded, of whom fifty-seven were seriously wounded. The medicine in the house has been exhausted, and we must get some medicinal materials as soon as possible, otherwise these seriously injured brothers may not be able to survive today. ”

"I'm afraid that the medicine can only be obtained from the palace and the big camp, and the fifth of the east of the city has turned into scorched earth, and most of the medicine shops are concentrated nearby, so it is impossible to get medicine nearby."

Bailiyan is still quite familiar with the situation in Chenling, when Yicaotang was open, there were only two small pharmacies in the west of the city, and only Yicaotang had Langzhong to sit for consultation. There are more than 10 large and small pharmacies in the east, south and north of the city, and the pharmacies in the east of the city are mainly concentrated in the surrounding prosperous areas.

While the two were talking, Jiang Jie was walking briskly, and his left hand was already bandaged and hung around his neck with a wooden plank. Although the arm is protected by chain mail, it is not omnipotent, Jiang Jie is just a fifteen-year-old teenager, just in the middle of adolescence, he fell in a hurry, and even broke his hand, it is not serious, and there will probably be no sequelae if it is dealt with in time.

"General, I just heard that the thieves suddenly retreated."

"Withdrawn?" Bailiyan was surprised, and hurriedly asked, "Retreat to the streets further south?" ”

"It's like going from South Street all the way to the east of the city."

"It's strange, isn't Gongsun Yue going to continue to surround the Minister's Mansion?"

This is not yet noon, Gongsun Yue surrounded the men and horses of the Minister's Mansion, gathered people who could continue to fight, not to mention seven or eight thousand, not counting the wounded soldiers, so quickly withdrawn, is it a trap?

Bai Liyan thought in a blink of an eye that the situation in the Legation Mansion was not good, even though he killed the rebels after dawn and won a great victory in three rounds, killing the enemy, wounding, and capturing at least five or six thousand people, but he also suffered nearly half of his own casualties. Now that Gongsun Yue has given way to the streets, the road leading to the palace seems to be unimpeded, but in fact this is the most sinister and embarrassing part.

Gongsun Yue expected that the troops of the Minister's Mansion were not much, and if he rashly dispatched the nest, unless he pulled Ji Tonghou and Li Yi, he would leave the two of them in the Hou Mansion, and Gongsun Yue might send troops to directly serve them and turn them into hostages.

If the two of them are dragged to act together, it will become a street fight with a pocket, and Gongsun Yue can use the mutinous palace forbidden army to stop him, and the final outcome may be to be fished out

But if the palace is not reinforced, Gongsun Yue will continue to increase the siege of King Xian, and finally capture King Xian alive, in fact, it is the same reason as capturing Ji Tong and Li Yi alive. And at this time, everyone is tired, and it is obvious that the side with more people has the advantage.

"General, let's chase or not!" Jiang Jie asked hurriedly.

"There's no hurry, it's not too late to see the situation clearly before making deployments. Let's go, go and see Antaihou. ”

The situation is clearly that Gongsun Yue designed to lure the snake out of the hole, and the rebels retreated to the east, and their morale was already damaged, and it was unlikely that they would return halfway to the palace to continue the battle, but only to pull to the east gate.

There are nearly 3,000 men and horses in the east gate and the people's army, and the north gate is next to the harem, after Gongsun Yue takes the harem, the defenders of the north gate can also be transferred to the battle of besieging King Xian, so that the rebels who retreated to the east gate will divide half of their troops to go to the town to defend and repair and recuperate along the way.

In this way, Gongsun Yue is very likely to transfer five or six thousand men and horses from the mutinous forbidden army to set up an ambush outside the palace, and if the remaining two thousand people in the minister's palace are rashly dispatched, they will really be planted.

When he saw Ji Tong, Ji Tong was talking to a man in gray clothes, Bai Liyan suddenly felt familiar, and thought about it carefully, wasn't he a few people around Uncle Guang.

"Master Hou, if Wei remembers correctly, this should be Uncle Guang's personal servant."

"Oh, General Wei came just in time, this is the messenger sent by Uncle Guang, who wants to contact our army to attack Ximen."

"Attack Simon? Why the attack on Simon? ”

Bai Liyan thought that it must be Jiang Zhan's men and horses and Uncle Guang's troops together, but after thinking about it again, Gongsun Yue withdrew the men and horses besieging the Minister's Mansion to the east gate, but did not withdraw to the west gate, obviously to transfer the troops from the east gate and let the people and horses besieging the Minister's Mansion repair and rest. Because the defenders of the east gate have not been engaged in battle last night, their physical strength is basically intact.

Therefore, logically speaking, attacking the east gate is the best policy. At this time, Uncle Guang proposed to join forces to attack the west gate, and judging from the situation that the east, west, and north sides of the minister's palace were surrounded by fire, the only way to go to the west of the city was to detour south.

In this way, Gongsun Yue may fight his own ambush on the way, could it be that Gongsun Yue has expected that Gongshu Kuo is going to attack Ximen, and deliberately diverts the tiger from the mountain.

At that time, the soldiers and horses of the Minister's Mansion were robbed and killed on the way, and then they pretended to be the soldiers and horses of the Minister's Mansion, went to the West Gate to deceive Uncle Guang's men and horses, and stabbed them in the back, and Uncle Guang and Jiang Zhan's men and horses were all wiped out. I'm afraid this is what Gongsun Yue planned, but there must be an inevitable factor in it, and it must be a prerequisite for having to go, otherwise Gongsun Yue's plan is obviously unlikely to succeed.

Thinking of this, Bai Liyan asked the visitor:

"Dare to ask Your Excellency, do you know why Mr. Uncle Guang wants to attack Ximen?"

"General Huiwei, the Xian army is attacking the West Gate outside the city, if our army can attack from inside the city, the West Gate will be broken."

"Hiss......" Bai Liyan suddenly thought that Gongsun Yue's plan was indeed clever enough.

Compared with going to save the palace at this time, it is obvious that the time cost to directly open the west gate is the least, and the king of Xian can still support it for a while, as long as the west gate can be opened to bring in reinforcements, the siege of the palace is gone, so it is an inevitable option to attack the west gate together.

But the problem is that if the soldiers and horses of the Legation want to go to the west of the city, they must take South Street, where Gongsun Yue can set up an ambush in advance.

If you don't go to the west of the city to attack the west gate, but choose to reinforce the palace, the people of the Legation will inevitably be blocked and ambushed, and even if you can finally break through the siege, the price will be quite high. And Uncle Guang's equipment is worse than that of the forbidden army, and it is useless to fight outside the palace, which is no different from a drop in the bucket, which is the second point.

Third, if Bailiyan chooses to stand still, the result will be that Gongsun Yue can free his hands to clean up Uncle Guang who jumped out on his own initiative, and then continue to besiege King Xian, and the final result is still Gongsun Yue's all-you-can-eat.

This is a choice question thrown by Gongsun Yue to Bailiyan, one plan and three strategies, three strategies in the upper, middle and lower, according to common sense, we should choose the best strategy with the highest efficiency in using troops, break the West Gate, break the West Gate and introduce reinforcements, undoubtedly the least casualties, the fastest time. But obviously, this shortcut is not such an easy way to take, but it has to be taken, and if you don't take it, you are likely to fall into great passivity.

Carefully grasping the proportions, Bai Liyan suddenly found that the person who came only said that he was attacking the West Gate, and did not say anything about the other three gates.

"Your Excellency, are the reinforcements attacking the West Gate, or are they attacking the Four Gates at the same time?"

"According to the news, only Simon will be attacked."

"Shhh...... Only against Simon! ”

At this time, Ji Tong said:

"What's wrong with General Wei?"

"I'm afraid there's a fraud in this."

"Uncle Guang's design, what else does General Wei have to worry about." Ji Tong said as a matter of course.

"Master Hou, have you ever thought about why the reinforcements only attacked the West Gate, and why Gongsun Yue couldn't set up an ambush on our army's way to the West Gate. Moreover, there are only more than 2,000 soldiers and horses left in the Legation's Palace, and if it comes out, the Legation will inevitably be empty. If some men and horses are left behind, the soldiers and horses who go to the west gate are not strong, and if Gongsun Yue sets up an ambush on the way, will he not break the soldiers and horses of the minister's palace. ”

Uncle Guang did not know the situation of the Minister's Office, and it was very likely that he optimistically estimated the strength of the Minister's Office. And if the Xian army only attacked the West Gate, it would be a bit strange here.

The siege is surrounded on all sides and the city is sieged on all sides, one of which is the main attack, and the remaining three sides are feints or auxiliary attacks, and it is unlikely that only one city wall will be attacked, unless it is a rare special case like Ding Yanghou.

Ye Xin only has 20,000 soldiers and horses, and attacking the West Gate with 20,000 cavalry is inevitably a bit big, and even the siege equipment needs to be prepared for a few days, where is it possible to attack the city today, Zhao Xun's army of more than 300,000 people, it is impossible to have rich manpower for reinforcement of Qiling.

Even if the Liang army came to help the siege of the city, it was a little unreasonable to provide simple siege equipment such as ladders and rushing cars, and only attack the West Gate. Moreover, there is a moat in the city of Chenling, and how many people will die just by crossing a moat, let alone attacking the city.

After thinking about it, he hesitated, but the people who came repeatedly urged Ji Tong to send troops to attack Ximen as soon as possible.

"General Wei, do you think this matter is acting according to the strategy of Uncle Guang?" Ji Tong asked.

"If it is Wei, he will never act like this, Gongsun Yue is clever in this plan, he will not be able to go to our army, if he does not attack the West Gate, he can only moths to the fire to reinforce the palace, no matter what kind of decision, the chance of victory is not great."

Knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, he prefers to go to the tiger mountains, and Bailiyan has this feeling in his heart at this time. I knew that there was a dug pit in front of me, but I had to drill it, and I couldn't do it if I didn't drill it. But how many soldiers and horses should be left behind in the Legation's Palace?

Of the 2,000 captives, soldiers, and wounded prisoners who had been captured, all of them were now detained in the back garden, and although their hands and feet were tied, at least 300 people had to be left to take care of them.

In addition, the huge mansion and female dependents also had to leave the guards to guard, leaving more troops to attack the West Gate and not enough troops to defend the minister's mansion, but they had to be copied by Gongsun Yue, thinking about the dilemma.

"Master Hou, can Wei think about this matter for a moment?"

"General Wei has always been resolute and resolute, why did he hesitate at this time."

"In case Gongsun Yue sets up an ambush in the middle of the road, our army will definitely go before and there will be no return, so we have to be cautious in this matter."

At this time, the person said:

"When they came down, the rebels had already retreated, and only a few people's troops were still doing evil on the street, and there was no main force of the rebels.

"Whether it's too much worry or caution, it's a critical moment at this time, and we can't afford to wait for the slightest mistake, and if we are a little careless, all the efforts we have made before will be wasted."

Without elaborating on the reason, Bai Liyan turned around and went to the atrium to find Gao Xun, he knew the situation of Ye Xin's department best, if Ye Xin attacked the city, he could know some inside information.

Gao Xun hid all night last night, and was taking care of the wounded in the atrium at this time.

"Brother Gao, how is the condition of the wounded soldiers?"

"Minor injuries are acceptable, serious injuries lack medical treatment, and the virtuous brother has excellent medical skills but can't get out, which really hurts them."

Bai Liyan looked at the seriously injured, most of them were injured in the abdominal cavity and chest cavity, this kind of large deep trauma, even under modern medical conditions, the survival rate will not be very high, and even some organs and tissues need to be removed, leaving serious sequelae.

Bailiyan has been trying to improve it based on the current technical and material resources, create some conditions and resources, and establish a relatively feasible basic medical and health system.

It was originally planned that after the Battle of Shaoping, the fighting eased somewhat, and the two sides entered the stage of mutual recuperation, and this month they should have started to recruit medical officers and Langzhong for a one-year intensive training to achieve the ability to deal with moderate trauma, reduce the mortality rate of the Xian army, and improve the care of the war wounded.