Gao Hongyi instructed the guards to report any news to him immediately, and then strode out, the brand-new black feather cloak looked bright in the sunlight, attracting many subordinates to look sideways and salute him in reverence. He walked down the avenue, through the porch, to the council chamber.

At that time, in front of the council hall, Li Zhong led a group of more than a dozen generals of the Heavenly Wolf Army with more than 1,000 households waiting there.

"General!" They stepped forward and saluted.

Gao Hongyi glanced at everyone and said lightly, "Li Zhong came in with me." ”

The maid hung his cloak on the clothes rack and carefully closed the door.

"Why didn't Pei Zheng, the commander of the Jingzhou battalion, Liang Hong, the commander of the White Wolf Battalion, Hu Sanfeng, the commander of the invincible battalion, and Jia Yuan, the commander of the horse herding battalion, come!" Gao Hongyi asked.

Li Zhong replied, "The Western Xia cavalry is wandering back and forth in various cities, we don't know which city they are going to attack, the four commanders are a little worried about their main city, so I asked them to lead the troops back to their respective main cities to defend, so they didn't come." ”

"How many sergeants from the battalions to which they belong have returned"

"All back, General!"

"Nonsense!" Gao Hongyi was a little angry, but he still tried his best to keep his voice low, so as not to hear anything from the generals outside. "When the two armies are at war, it is most taboo to divide the troops, don't you understand such a simple truth? Why didn't you report it to me? ”

Li Zhong was puzzled, "General, the Western Xia Kingdom is only a cavalry this time, and we won't fight with it, so there's nothing!" Besides, didn't you let the White Horse Camp return to defend White Horse City before? I guess the other four cities need to be defended as well! Didn't tell you. ”

Gao Hongyi became even more angry and roared, "You still dare to quibble!" I let the White Horse Battalion return to defend because White Horse City doesn't have many troops, and the other cities have their own soldiers, can they be the same? Although it is only the cavalry that the Western Xia Kingdom invades us this time, as long as the cities do a good job of defending according to the troops, the Western Xia cavalry will not shake the fundamentals! But if the Western Xia cavalry is just to test our hypocrisy, and there is still the Western Xia army or Ma Tangfeng's army coming behind, then our troops will be scattered, and the northern protector will not be slaughtered? Have you thought about it! ”

Li Zhong shook his head in disbelief, "Not really!" Checkmate. ”

"Not really! The Western Xia cavalry has been with us for so many days and hasn't left, why, you won't know! Have you forgotten what you told you before? Most likely, they are waiting for reinforcements, understand? ”

Gao Hongyi was really a little angry at this time, he had already told Li Zhong about how the Western Xia cavalry analyzed itself, and the purpose was to make him vigilant and listen to the dispatch at any time. But he didn't expect that he didn't know how to turn around, and he actually put all the four major battalions of the Heavenly Wolf Army back to the cities.

"How many people are still in the Heavenly Wolf Army in the northern moat!" Gao Hongyi tried his best to calm himself down.

Li Zhong replied helplessly, "Now there are still 6,000 people in the city defense battalion, and there is no problem in defending the northern moat." ”

"Only 6,000 people, who gave you confidence!" Gao Hongyi scolded angrily, but the matter has come to this point, and scolding will not solve the problem. At this time, a small soldier came in and handed Gao Hongyi a note, Gao Hongyi took it and looked at it, calmed down, he glared at Li Zhong coldly, and then ordered Li Zhong to call the generals outside.

More than a dozen thousand households strode in side by side, each of them dressed in armor, and their mighty posture made the originally spacious council hall much smaller.

Gao Hongyi's heart calmed a little, looked at them with a smile, and asked, "Do you know why Ben will summon you here this time?" ”

The generals looked left and right, and they all wondered, "I don't know, General!" ”

Gao Hongyi motioned for them to sit down, and then said lightly, "Ben will call you over this time, because I want to ask you a few questions to see if you know." ”

Everyone nodded seriously, and Gao Hongyi said in a deep voice, "Do you know how many troops, how many cavalry, and how many siege equipment there are in the Western Xia Kingdom?" ”

The crowd looked embarrassed and replied, "I don't know." ”

"I don't know if it's going to be." Gao Hongyi continued, "Ben General only knows that the Western Xia Kingdom is a country, claiming to have an army of 500,000!" And our northern protection is just a wild place on the border of the Jin Kingdom, with less than 40,000 soldiers, more than 8,000 cavalry, and less than 100 sets of siege equipment, which was temporarily built a few days ago in order to attack the thief king Yinglin! Therefore, it is easy for the Western Xia Kingdom to attack and destroy us with all its might, but it seems a little unworthy! In addition, how many troops does our neighbor Xihu Fu have, do you know? ”

Everyone still shook their heads, Gao Hongyi looked at them, a little helpless, but he didn't say anything, although the North Protector and the West Protector are next to each other, but the two mansions are very different, and the contacts are not frequent, or the people of the West Protector don't look down on the North Protector and are unwilling to deal with the people of the North Protector, so if they want to know more about the affairs of the West Protector, they must have a heart to do it!

Gao Hongyi said calmly, "I'll tell you!" There are 70,000 soldiers and 10,000 cavalry in the West Guard Horse Division, and there are no siege equipment, I heard that it is because they don't want to attack the city! But they were well armed, their horses were strong, and their strength was not to be overlooked.

As you all know, Ma Tangfeng, the general of the Western Protector, has always had a prejudice against me, and he is eyeing us in the north, wanting to destroy us and unify the northwest! And this time, the Western Xia Kingdom sent cavalry to invade us, which has more or less something to do with the Western Protector! Therefore, I would like to ask everyone, if the alliance of the Western Protectorate and the Western Xia Kingdom comes to attack us, will we be defeated? ”

"Nope! We have a wise and martial general like you in the North, even if they send all their soldiers, the general will take us to defeat them and return with them! Li Zhong replied loudly, and the other soldiers looked at him sideways.

Gao Hongyi couldn't help laughing, "General Li said well!" But do you believe? ”

No one answered, Gao Hongyi continued, "Anyway, I don't believe it!" General Li held the general too high, although the general is sometimes very arrogant, but not arrogant to the point of stupidity! Ben will tell you, don't say that it is the Western Xia Kingdom and the Western Protector Alliance, we are not opponents, even if the Western Xia Kingdom sends a large army alone, we are not opponents at present! That's why we have to hide from the Western Xia cavalry, and the provincial ones have angered them. ”

"But what should come is always coming, we can't hide if we want to, we can only face it head-on!" Gao Hongyi said and took out the note in his hand, "This is the flying pigeon biography that Ma Tangfeng just sent, the letter says that the two guards in the northwest are as close as a family, and the north guards are in danger, and the west guards should do their best to help."

Fifty people he sent before were actually attacked by the Western Xia Kingdom, and there were no troops to send in order to resist. Now the Western Xia soldiers in their place have retreated, so General Ma thought about us, and sent his own son Ma Chuang with 10,000 cavalry to help us overnight. ”

"What do you think Ma Tangfeng meant by writing this letter! Do you really want to help us? Gao Hongyi asked.