In the early hours of the morning, the person who was sent to reconnoiter the cadres outside Chengdu City and contact the defenders of Chengdu City came back, this is a man in Shuzhong in his thirties, short in stature, but he is agile, his eyes are bright, and he is an alert person at first glance.

"Joining the army, his name is Wei Dun, he brought back the news of the cadres, and has made contact with the defenders of Chengdu City!" Xiang Jian will take Wei Dun to report to Chen Xian.

Chen Xian looked at Wei Dun, looked at this person, nodded and asked, "What is the situation of the cadres outside Chengdu?" ”

Wei Dun'er knelt on the ground and replied: "Back to join the army, there are nearly 10,000 cadres outside Chengdu, of which 5,000 are captured or surrendered by our army. ”

"The other 5,000 cadres are 3,000 cavalry and 2,000 infantry, and the leading general is called Nie Feihu, this Nie Feihu was previously a deputy general in the Liangzhou Governor's Mansion, and he acted selflessly and was quite scheming!"

After hearing this, Chen Xian pondered, he paced in the camp tent, and after a while, he stopped and turned to a few generals and said, "It seems that the Qianjun's attack on my Sichuan and Shu land this time is not a careful plan and long-term preparation, but a temporary intention!" ”

Huang Jian was puzzled, "Why do you say that when you join the army?" ”

The other generals and officials also looked at Chen Xian, wondering why he had such a judgment.

Chen Xian said: "This can be inferred from several aspects: first, most of the cadres who attacked my Sichuan and Shu this time were cavalry, only a small number of infantry! Who doesn't know that Shu Dao is difficult to go to the blue sky? Do you need so many cavalry to attack my land of Sichuan and Shu? If you really want to talk about it, the cavalry is just an ornament here, and it will not help you to conquer the city, as long as the soldiers and civilians of Sichuan and Shu hold on to the city and passes, it is simply a fool's dream for the cadres to take Sichuan and Shu with two or three thousand infantry and 10,000 cavalry! ”

"It's a pity that this time I have experienced a months-long famine in Sichuan and Shu, with hundreds of thousands, millions of victims, and the garrisons from all over the country have also been transferred to maintain the safety of the disaster area and suppress the rebellion of the victims.

"Especially those officials and guards who are greedy for life and afraid of death, if it weren't for their weak will, greed for life and fear of death, how could the cadres and soldiers be so easy to kill the city of Chengdu?"

"If the Qianguo side has been preparing for a long time, there will definitely be a large number of infantry in Sichuan and Shu this time!"

"Second, this Nie Feihu, he was previously the deputy general of the Liangzhou Governor's Office, this is a border general, his responsibilities are the same as the new Liangzhou Governor Lu Shuang, they are all guarding the border passes, under normal circumstances, the Qianguo Imperial Court will never use the border generals to go out to fight, although they are familiar with the border terrain and situation, but their role in staying behind is greater!"

"Also, the attack on Shu was supposed to mobilize a lot of infantry, and it should be an infantry familiar with mountain warfare, but most of the people who came this time were cavalry, which is very abnormal! We all know that the Qianguo garrison in Liangzhou is mostly infantry, and there are fewer cavalry, so many cavalry are definitely not Liangzhou garrisons this time, I dare to conclude that there must be a big man from Qianguo who came to Liangzhou, the purpose is to check the entry of the victims of Shu, and then this big man found the opportunity to attack my Shudi, so he temporarily decided to send troops to attack! ”

After listening to Chen Xian's analysis, the surrounding generals all felt that many things that they didn't understand before were clear at the moment.

General Xiang was puzzled: "What big man in Qianguo needs to bring ten thousand elite cavalry guards when he travels?" ”

This is also where the other generals and officials feel very confused.

Chen Xian narrowed his eyes, "None of the other ministers have this qualification, unless they are the emperor or empress of the Qianguo Kingdom!" ”

The generals and officials of the Song Army who were present suddenly gasped one by one, and General Huang muttered: "Imperial Expedition? Chen joins the army, we are dead this time! ”

General Xiang immediately cried with a sad face: "Yes, if the emperor of Qianguo comes, the follow-up army and grain and grass of Qianguo will continue to enter Sichuan, and my reinforcements have not been seen, how can this be good?" ”

Chen Xian's eyes glared: "Look at you bear-like, the real war hasn't started yet, you are scared, are you still my soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty?" We have to work hard for the court when we get the military salary of the imperial court, and you should know this when you get the settlement fee! ”

Chen Xian said this and looked at everyone's reactions, and his tone became calm, "Don't panic, you have to make a lot of preparations before a large-scale war starts, the cadres have not made any preparations before, and there will definitely be a lack of stamina when they suddenly launch an attack, they don't have the ability to attack the city on a large scale, at least within a month or two, we just need to defend Chengdu City, they can't take us in a short time, two months is enough time for the imperial court to send troops to rescue!" ”

After listening to Chen Xian's words, the generals and officials were in a slightly stable mood.

Xiang General said again: "General, now that the cadre army is outside Chengdu, how can our army enter the city?" Moreover, the last general always felt that entering Chengdu City was no different from waiting for death, so it was better to stay outside and move the camera! ”

Chen Xian asked Wei Dun: "How did Liu Tingshi make an agreement with you?" ”

Wei Dun said: "If you go back to join the army, the assassin history says that dawn is the time when the defense of the cadres is the most lax, and the general can lead the troops to arrive outside the west city gate at that time, and when the time comes, the city gate will be opened, and the army can lead the troops into the city!" ”

"Okay, I got it!"

Chen Xian said to the others: "Do you think it will be safe for us to stay outside now?" Once the traces of our army are discovered by the cadres, the cavalry of the cadres will be dispatched quickly, where can we run? Before we could reach the surrounding mountains, the cavalry of the Qianjun army would catch up and slaughter us like chopping melons and vegetables! ”

"Even if we escape into the mountains and forests, what will these 1,600 people eat and drink? Can a few game animals feed so many people? At that time, the cadres and troops captured all the cities in Sichuan and implemented the policy of clearing the wilderness with strong walls, and we all had to starve to death and freeze to death in the mountains and forests! ”

Chen Xian's words shattered all the hopes of the generals and officials, and they could only follow him to Chengdu City to wait for help.

Why did Chen Xian have to go to Chengdu City? Because he knows his own ability, he is not good at leading troops to fight field battles with the enemy, and his ability is all in defense, so if he wants to play this ability, he must have a stage to display, and this stage has appeared, that is Chengdu City!

Moreover, Chen Xian did not think that even the most proficient general of the Song State in leading troops to fight could defeat the cadre army in the field, without an elite cavalry as a hole card, the Song army could only be beaten passively when fighting with the cadre army in the field.

"Okay, everyone go down and rest, rest for another hour and then lead the troops to Chengdu City, we must arrive before dawn, so that we have enough time to enter the city!"

"No!"

An hour later, the sleeping Song soldiers were woken up by the officers and colonels, and after some time of gathering, the more than 1,600 people marched to Chengdu under the orders of Chen Xian.

In order to minimize the danger, everyone was asked not to make a sound, not even coughing.

Fortunately, it was a starry night tonight, and although the moon was in the west, there was still starlight and moonlight shining down, which provided some light for the marching Song army to identify the direction and path.

The scouts and guard posts of the cadre army were not vegetarians, and although they were a little late when they discovered Chen Xian's Song army, they still found that they were approaching the city of Chengdu.

The news soon reached the cadre battalion.

"General, the guard post has found a group of about 1,600 Song Army infantry approaching Chengdu City, only about five or six miles away from the West City Gate!"

Nie Feihu rolled over from the marching bed, "Has this Song army finally appeared?" All 1,600 people were infantry? ”

"Yes!"

"How long will it take to get outside the West Gate?"

"Two moments at most!"

A general next to him said: "General, we have plenty of time to send troops to defeat this Liu Song army, attack with cavalry, and a charge can crush them!" ”

Nie Feihu came to the map with an oil lamp to check the terrain outside the West City Gate, and after a while, he shook his head and said, "Don't pay attention to them, just let the guard post keep an eye on them, and let them enter the city!" ”

The general who spoke just now was a little anxious: "This is a battle feat sent to the door, general!" ”

Nie Feihu raised his hand: "This battle merit is not so easy to take!" If they hadn't made contact with the defenders in Chengdu City beforehand, would this Song army have the courage to approach Chengdu City rashly? They took advantage of the dawn to come to Chengdu City must have discussed with the defenders in the city, and the defenders in the city should arrange to respond at that time, the terrain outside the West Gate is undulating, the black lights are blinding, and we don't know where the soldiers and horses are hidden, we don't need to take this risk for such a little bit of military exploits! ”

"At the beginning, His Majesty's strategy of attacking Sichuan was to bring Shu troops from all over the country, the more the better, so that we don't have to attack city by city, and wait for most of the troops in Shu to be concentrated in Chengdu City, so that our army can win in one battle, saving a lot of trouble!"

When the generals saw Nie Feihu say this, they all gave up the idea of persuading again, and hugged their fists together and said: "Everything is at the order of the general!" ”

Chen Xian took his soldiers and horses all the way to the west gate of Chengdu City unimpeded, and after raising the torch and shaking it a few times, the city gate was opened, and the army entered in an orderly and rapid manner.

As the city gate was closed again, Chen Xian and the generals and soldiers under his command were all relieved, it was so smooth, so smooth that Chen Xian couldn't believe it, and he even suspected that this was deliberate by the cadres, so many of them came to Chengdu City, it was impossible for the cadres and scouts to find out, otherwise those cadres and scouts were all waste rice buckets.