After finalizing the strategy of seizing the horse, Xiao Qu chased Bailiyan to the outside of the tent after the tent was dispersed:

"General Wei, can you be sure of this beauty's plan?"

Bai Liyan (Wei Xian) smiled and said:

"Is the general worried about getting caught in the middle of the battle?"

"That is, isn't this obvious, the Black Turban Army relies on Shaoping City, 30,000 people each in the north and south ten miles, and then pulls the horses to the east of Shaoping to release the horses, if our army passes through the defense line, it will be self-defeating, and the Black Turban Army will be able to gather tens of thousands of horses and horses to surround our army in a short time."

"General Xiao is right, but the key is whether the enemy stallion can be lured into the trap by our army. Once the enemy horses riot, no matter how many troops the Black Turban Army has, it will be difficult to trap us to death. The infantry army can only intercept our army, but it cannot pursue and destroy, and the enemy who pursues and destroys must be the 20,000 cavalry.

As long as the enemy's cavalry and horses rioted, even if the Black Turban Army was surrounded on all sides, its infantry was far inferior to the horses, so what did General Xiao have to worry about. ”

"Then General Wei is eighty percent sure that he will take the horses of the Black Turban Army?"

"Sort of. General Xiao returned to the camp and got as many salt cubes as he could, and Ben was going to pick out all the mares, and then you and I met again, and selected the soldiers who were good at riding and driving, and asked them to feed the mares with salt cubes, so as to strengthen the trust between the mare and the soldiers, so that they could rule tomorrow. ”

Back at the station, Su Hong, Sikong Nan, and Lu Gao were gathered together, and Bai Liyan explained what happened today and tomorrow. Su Hong is good at equestrianism, and tomorrow he will lead more than 15,000 mares to seduce the black turban army stallions, which is undoubtedly the most suitable person. When the three of them heard the news that they were going to seduce the stallion tomorrow, they were all happy.

"General Wei, this idea is really lacking in virtue, and if it really comes to pass, it will be damaged."

Su Hong said without concealment, Sikong Nanren had concerns:

"General Wei, will the Black Turban Army see through this plan?"

As long as no one leaks it, how can they know. Besides, you and the other generals only know one but don't know the other, and they only know the way but don't know the reason, and even if they are five miles away, they can hook the stallion over and believe it or not. ”

Su Hong shook his head:

"I don't believe it, this animal is not in the right eye, where can I do that."

"Isn't this over, you don't believe it, how can the Black Turban Army believe it. Okay, listen to the general. Tomorrow morning and dusk, the leopard Tao camp will be led by Su Hong, Sikong Nan and your brothers, as well as more than 2,000 people under the command of Fang Qian and Lu Zhao, will go to the pot ten miles west of Shaoping to boil water.

General Lu Gao and Long Wuying, Sikong Nan and others accompanied him, and if they saw that Ben would withdraw from the north, they would immediately come to meet us and others. At that time, the Xiao cavalry battalion will be led by the general himself, and General Xiao Qu will go to intercept it, and the three of you will know it. ”

"General Wei, why don't you explain to Bai He, Fang Qian, and Lu Zhao face to face?" Sikong Nan asked.

"This matter is very important, although the three of them will not rebel, but it is difficult to guarantee that the soldiers under his command will not leak the news, so this plan must not inform the three of them before tomorrow's action, and those who leak the word will be severely punished."

Bai He, Fang Qian, and Lu Zhao are the generals of the Black Turban Army after all, and they can only make the Ten Thousand Year Ship with care, if this plan does not work, it is a small matter to lose the mare, and after being recognized by the Black Turban Army, they ambushed and annihilated the Xian Military University in advance.

Explain clearly to the three of them, Bai Liyan and Su Hong led the leopard Tao camp to separate the mare from the herd, many stallions were fighting for the mares, seeing that the mare was moved, the stallion followed closely behind, and he had to finish his business before leaving.

In the whole day, more than 14,000 mares were brought in, and the whole army selected more than 60 soldiers who were skilled in controlling the horses, gathered them into the cavalry camp, and began to feed the horses salt after dark.

In addition to grain, grass, and jerky, the whole army also had a certain amount of salt to supplement the human body and condiments, but unlike the forward battalion, everyone had a large piece of salt for the horses to eat, so as to replenish the electrolytes lost by the horses after galloping.

After nightfall, the armies and battalions were adjusted in place one after another, and the soldiers rested in advance, Baili Yan sent the soldiers of Lu Gaolong's military battalion to take advantage of the night to touch the five miles outside the south of Shaoping City, and dug out the plows and ground nails that blocked the carriages, knife carts, and horses that were hindered, but did not move away, and stayed until tomorrow morning and dusk, and pulled them away with lasso rope hooks, so as to give the Black Turban Army night patrol sentry a false appearance, even if it was recognized, it could better show that the Xian army wanted to launch a surprise attack from outside the south of the city.

Late at night, when the supernatural powers heard that the Xian army was sabotaging, they ordered the commander Lu Ting to come:

"The last general, Lu Ting, see the Heavenly King."

"General Lu Ting is exempt, and this time he is looking for the general to come, because he has a military plane to teach him. The Xian army wants to take our war horse in the east tomorrow, General Lu Ting led 10,000 infantry troops out of the city tonight, went to the grassland to meet with General Shen Duchi, and ordered General Shen Duchi to transfer 10,000 cavalry, ambushed in the grove twelve miles southeast of Shaoping, and when the Xian army entered the grassland in a big way, he cut off its way back from behind, and then General Lu Ting's infantry army formed a formation with an infantry army on the spot, dividing the Xian army into two, the general can understand? ”

"The last will understand. However, the elite cavalry of the Xian army, this dispatch will inevitably pour out, our army's horse infantry army is only 30,000 people in the grassland, this may not be able to annihilate the Xian army in one fell swoop, right? ”

The Divine Power Heavenly King sneered:

"The Xian army still has more than 40,000 empty horses and more than 10,000 donkeys, and it must be to prevent our army from robbing their horses, so at least seven or eight thousand people must be left to guard the horses, and the Xian army that plundered our horses this time is at most 20,000 people. In addition, this Heavenly King has already ambushed a force of 10,000 men and horses in advance in the grassland, and when General Lu is attacked by the enemy, these 10,000 men and horses will appear to help in the battle. ”

"I see, the Heavenly King's clever calculation is really a step ahead, and the end will be admired."

After Lu Ting retreated, the Divine Power Heavenly King moved the camp to the gatehouse in the east of Shaoping City overnight, waiting to see what happened after the main force of the Xian army was surrounded.

At this time, the Xianjun army successfully removed the horse-drawn carriages, knife carts, and horse-rejecting horses outside the south of the city, and opened a safe emptying area that was one mile wide and half a mile long.

Sikong Nan, Lu Gao, Bai He, Fang Qian, Lu Zhao and others led people to prepare 200 marching pots, which appeared ten miles west of Shaoping City, buried in the stove and added water and salt and green ears, and the air gradually filled with a salty aroma of rice ears, which made the horses restless.

"Su Hong, it's all ready!"

"General, everything is ready, the saddle and reins have been removed!"

"Very good, first let the barricades be pulled away with lassoes and rope hooks, and then drive the horses through the gap as quickly as possible, and I will intercept General Xiao Qu three miles behind. Remember, the closer you are to the Black Turban Meadow, the slower the speed becomes, and if you notice that the Black Turban is restless, drive the mare to the north, and you must not hesitate. If the stallion doesn't move, drive the mare closer, but don't engage the enemy, you know! ”

"Su Hong understands!"

Su Hong led 500 people from the Leopard Tao Battalion to clear the obstacle first, and the rest of the people waited for the mare to follow behind, and slowly moved eastward.

After a while, Ye Xin personally led 10,000 people from his headquarters to Chen Hanxin's camp, and Baili Yan estimated that Ye Xin personally led the army to confront him, most likely to see Chen Hanxin's attitude. After all, Chen Hanxin was a general of the Xian Army, and he was the main general involved in the Chuanyangguan Mutiny. If you can pull him back, maybe you can kidnap some people.

However, this kind of thinking is a bit wishful thinking, in addition to him, Chen Hanxin's department has other commanders, and most of the soldiers under him are not from Xianguo, and it is more difficult to get Chen Hanxin to pull people over than to ascend to the sky. Even if he had the heart, there was no such possibility, and if Ye Xin went like this, he would hurt Chen Hanxin if he didn't do it.

Imagine if the horses were successfully robbed by the Xian army, who would bear the responsibility. With the consistent style of the Black Turban Army, the King of Heaven is obviously a god and a man, which is right, so someone has to carry a black pot on his back, and Chen Hanxin obviously has to bear the brunt.

The roadblock is clear and very smooth, without the plough and ground nails that fix the barricade, and under the drag of the lasso and rope hook, a gap of up to one mile wide and half a mile wide is opened, and thousands of mares are driven by Su Hong and other horsemen, and rush through the gap, bypassing Shao Pingcheng, and rushing to the pasture twenty miles away.

More than 3,000 people from Xiao Qu's department followed Baili Yan and led the Xiao cavalry battalion to maintain a constant speed, three miles away, chasing after the mare.

The Divine Power Heavenly King ascended to the heights and looked into the distance, and faintly saw tens of thousands of black shadows breaking through the barricades and heading eastward in the morning and dusk, but he couldn't see whether the cavalry or the horses were clear. It just so happened that the scout came to the city on horseback and came to him panting:

"Report, report to the king of heaven, the Xian army suddenly broke through the barricade five miles south of the city and is heading east!"

The Divine Power Heavenly King was relieved and was about to ask, when the scout said again:

"But ......"

"But what's the matter!" Shentong asked calmly, thinking that he had a plan.

"Respect the Heavenly King, there were only one or two thousand Xian troops in the past, and the others were war horses!"

"War Horse!" The supernatural power was shocked, and a dark cloud suddenly appeared on his face behind the mask, and he hurriedly asked again: "Can you see clearly?" ”

"The subordinates can see it clearly, there are indeed only war horses, and the number is less than one or two thousand."

"Shhh...... What's going on! ”

When the supernatural powers were puzzled, another fast horse came from under the city, and the scout strode over and said quickly:

"Report, report to the king of heaven, the Xian army of about 5,000 people has just broken through the gap five miles south of the city, followed by the front brigade of horses, and is moving eastward."

Hearing the news, another group of Xianjun troops broke through the gap, and the heart of the divine power was slightly relaxed, and he immediately asked:

"How big is the gap in the passage of the Xian army?"

"About a mile or so."

Shentong thought to himself, the width of one mile is enough to pass through hundreds of war horses at a time, and it is reasonable to pass thousands of horses one after another, but I don't understand why the Xian army wants to drive the war horses outside Shaoping City, is it possible to use horses to impact the infantry formation? So what is the significance of this battle?

It is customary to use horses to attack the marching array, but horses are social animals and are more suitable for groups, and in the case of a herd of horses in the vicinity, foreign horses may not necessarily act according to human will. What's more, there are 10,000 cavalry on guard in the pasture, and it is difficult to use horses to attack the infantry tactics.