Early the next morning, a fierce drum beat hurriedly woke people up from their sleep, and Su Hong ran into the tent in a panic and shouted:

"General, the Black Turban Army, the Black Turban Army has attacked the city!"

Bai Liyan (Wei Xian) was taken aback:

"Which direction!"

"From the north, they are all cavalry, not to mention fifty or sixty thousand people! It is less than ten miles away from the north of the city, and just now Governor Ye Dadu issued an order to the general to rush to the north gate immediately! ”

"Got it, order all battalions to hurry up and eat."

"No!"

Baili Yan took his saber and rode to the north of the city.

I can't believe that the Black Turban Army can conjure up 110,000 horses overnight, how did they do it!

After riding a horse to the north of the city, along the horse road all the way to the city, Ye Xin and other generals are looking at the north behind the female wall, the black pressure is dusty, and it is less than ten miles away from the north gate.

"Governor, the end will be too late!"

"Excuse me, I just came to report that the enemy in the east is marching towards Shaoping, and the enemy in the north is more than 60,000 people, all of them are cavalry. General Wei, what is the explanation of this? How could the Black Turban Army transport 110,000 horses overnight, and how could it transport 110,000 people to Shaoping City within half a month with only 60,000 or 70,000 military horses. ”

"It is said that there is no such possibility, unless it is ......" Bailiyan's chest sank, and it was impossible to say that it would be impossible to get another sixty or seventy thousand people, but in this way, the Black Turban Army that was confronted by the Lei Cheng Jin Army on the front line of Gu Bai and Ikeda should be completely evacuated, unless the Jin Army released water on a large scale, it was impossible for the Black Turban Army to transfer Gu Bai and Ikeda Army to fight south.

Ye Xinmo's face darkened, and he asked in a deep voice:

"Unless what?"

"Unless there is a problem with the 150,000 Jin army in Lei City, how can it be possible to transfer another 60,000 people in a short period of time."

"General Wei is saying that the Jin army in Lei City has mutinied?"

"It seems unlikely, but the suspicion of the Jin army releasing water cannot be ruled out!"

The distance from the Yongxing River to Gubai and Ikeda is more than 1,700 miles, and it takes three or four days to fly 400 miles, while Gubai and Ikeda are less than 800 miles away from Shaoping.

If the defenders of Gu Bai and Ikeda received the order of the Black Turban Army on the west bank of the Yongxing River and marched south, and then the Black Turban Army coming from the east on horseback was two-thirds of the way to the distance, the 50,000 infantry army abandoned their horses and marched on foot, and the cavalry led the horses to quickly turn to the line of Gu Bai and Ikeda, and joined the Black Turban Army of Gu Bai and Ikeda on the south line on the way halfway, so that the possibility of the two armies reaching Shaoping at the same time could be achieved.

To put it bluntly, this person's arithmetic skills are very good at the moment, and the ability to upload and issue execution and communication is stronger.

"The last general really miscalculated, he didn't expect the Jin army to harm Xianguo so much!"

Bai Liyan gritted her teeth and said, Ye Xin snorted coldly:

"Hmph, his heart can be punished, and he will definitely ask Jin Guo to repay this blood debt in the future!"

"Now that the Black Turban Army is coming to the city, I don't know whether the Metropolitan Governor will defend it or abandon it?" Bai Liyan asked.

"If you abandon it, our army will be unjust, and our army will be unfavorable to the code, even if Chen Fei's 20,000 sailors arrive, our army will fight alone, does General Wei still have a chance to win?"

"If you don't give up, the grain and grass in the city can still support 210,000 people for two months, in addition to military horses and medium horses, there are more than 20,000 donkeys, pack horses, and inferior war horses, which can be killed for meat or roasted into jerky, so that it can still support one month. However, the last general advocated withdrawing from Shaoping before the enemy was encircled. ”

"Withdraw!" Ye Xin was taken aback, and the generals around him were also stunned. Ye Xin said: "If we withdraw, our army will lose all its achievements." ”

"Definitely. Most of the soldiers of the Black Turban Army came from the north were infantry troops, and there were very few cavalry. Our army only took 30,000 elite horsemen and all the donkeys and horses out of the city, and the rest were left to the Black Turban Army. ”

The city is dead, people are alive, 30,000 people defend the city, 110,000 people besiege the city, besiege but not fight sooner or later will be trapped to death, only find a way to jump out of the encirclement, earn a respite, and then the driver attacks, in order to turn defeat into victory.

"And then?" Ye Xin continued to ask.

"Metropolitan Governor, do you know what the Black Turban Army has eaten in a hurry all the way?"

"Shhh...... You mean......"

"Exactly, in order to catch up with our army, they came all the way to eat rations loaded with horses, and followed without any logistical baggage. Therefore, the Black Turban Army that chased Shao Ping's army would not have more than one day of surplus rations at most, while the enemies of Gu Bai and Ikeda should have four or five days of rations with them, and the two armies could last for about three days.

The closest city to Shaoping is Anxing and Jinnong, and further away is Mogao. The enemy must have transported grain from these three places to the south, but the speed could not catch up with the Black Turban Army on horseback.

The only way was to get the horses out of the soldiers, and then go north to load the grain, and then go south again, so that the rations of the 100,000-strong army for a month could reach Shaoping in three to four days.

And if our army abandons the city to cut off their supply of grain and grass, once the 110,000 troops of the Black Turban Army enter the city, Shao Ping will have a population of nearly 300,000 and 300,000 mouths. ”

"Wonderful, wonderful!" Ye Xin's eyes lit up, and he praised again and again: "No wonder Zhao Shuai values General Wei so much, he is really flexible and endless." If it's the governor of Pontus, where would you expect this? ”

"Most of the governors have won the award, and it is imperative that the top priority should be to send troops out to stop the Black Turban Army from besieging the city, and at the same time, its infantry is still less than a day's journey from Shaoping, even if it is forced to march, it will have to arrive at Shaoping City in the afternoon, and our army should withdraw from the west gate and the south gate at the same time, so as to get out of danger safely."

"Okay, General Wei led the vanguard battalion of his headquarters and the 5,000 men and horses of General Xu Jin out of the city to meet the enemy, so that they cannot besiege the city."

"No!"

Bai Liyan received the order, and then rushed back to their respective stations with Xu Jin. On the way, Xu Jin asked worriedly:

"General Wei, this plan is not too dangerous!"

"The art of war is a sinister way, how can there be a comfortable and frank reason. Our army was paralyzed by the Black Turban Army last night, and if we had started to retreat last night, why should our army be so embarrassed. ”

The Black Turban Army deliberately camped a day's walk away from the east of the city last night, intending to paralyze and lure Shao Ping's cavalry out of the city to steal the camp.

The cavalry who stole the camp went out last night, not to mention that it was unsuccessful, and even if it succeeded, it would not be too late to return to the city this morning, so it might be killed by the cavalry from the north of the Black Turban Army halfway through.

What's more, there is absolutely no possibility of success, once the stealing camp fails to retreat, it will be covered by the Black Turban Army and the whole army will be wiped out on the way, so that the Xian army defending the city will only have 10,000 people, and the Black Turban Army will immediately launch a strong attack, and it will definitely conquer Shaoping within three days, which is the sinister place of the Black Turban Army.

If you jump out of Shaoping, the 110,000 troops of the Black Turban Army will have to carry the huge burden of Shaoping's population of more than 100,000 people, and in order to hurry, there will be no heavy grain and grass to follow, especially the people and horses from the Yongxing River, who were almost looted by the Xian army along the way, and all those who could not be taken away were burned, and the civilian power that could be mobilized was almost zero.

Based on the experience of the Xian army, one war horse could carry ten days' rations and one soldier, and another vacant war horse could carry fifteen days' rations, for a total of more than twenty days' rations.

The Black Turban Army has one person and one horse, in order to be in a hurry, the baggage can't keep up at all, and it is necessary to carry fifteen days of rations, not to mention such a rapid march, and it can't bring so much, from Yongxing River to Shaoping, it will take fourteen or fifteen days to hurry up, and the food and grass of the Black Turban Army have been exhausted along the way.

The journey of the Black Turban Army from the north was short, and there should be three or five days of surplus food, but there was no baggage to follow. The nearby grain transportation also had to be transported from Jinnong, Anxing, and Mogao north of Shaoping, which were bound to be unable to keep up with the speed of the cavalry and fall behind.

The Xian army jumped out of Shaoping at this time, focusing on logistics support, even if its 110,000 people occupied Shaoping, there was no food and grass available, and there were nearly 300,000 people, what use could it be.

Hurriedly rushed back to the station, Sikong Nan, Su Hong, and Lu Gao had already ordered troops to stay in the school field, and Bai He, Lu Zhao, and Fang Qian also gathered their men to guard the school field.

"General Wei, how is the enemy situation!" Sikong Nan asked urgently.

"The Black Turban Army brought 40,000 men and 20,000 cavalry on horses from the Ikeda and Gubai lines, and 50,000 infantry troops from the east, totaling 110,000 horses."

Everyone was taken aback when they heard the news, and Lu Gaomo said with a dark face:

"Are the Jin troops in Lei City blind!"

"Alas...... If we have 35 million people, thirty or forty counties, of course, we can watch the tiger fight from the wall, the Jin army is to kill the Xianguo alive, let me and the Black Turban Army consume each other, and when the Black Turban Army is destroyed, the Jin State will completely swallow the Xian State. ”

"A bunch of dog stuff!" Su Hong scolded.

"So what's going on now, is it war or defense?" Sikong Nan asked.

"Withdraw!"

Baili Yan said, Sikong Nan was taken aback.

"What!"

"The situation is too hasty to explain to you in detail, Brother Sikong, you will first lead 200 men and horses to take down Wang Quan and the other heads, and then Miss Liao, who will take you, will join with General Bai He, Fang Qian, and Lu Zhao, and withdraw with the army."

"General Xie!"

Thinking of the person and heart who would use Wang Quan's head to win Miss Liao, Sikong Nan couldn't help but weep with gratitude.

As soon as Sikong Nan turned around and left, Baili Yan ordered Su Hong to temporarily take over the command of Sikong Nan's Leopard Tao Battalion, and then said to Bai He, Fang Qian, and Lu Zhao:

"Three generals, our army is about to abandon the city, and there are really some people who can't stand Shao Ping. If the three generals decide to join our army and withdraw from Shaoping with our army, what will the three think? ”

The three of them each glanced at each other, and Fang Qian said suspiciously:

"General Wei, abandon Shao Ping, how are the local people good."

"You can't take it away now, but I could have put my words here, and it won't be long before the enemy is rampant."

The three of them were suspicious, especially Bai He, who had just followed Sikong Nan and was about to flee in a blink of an eye, and this reversal was inevitably too fast.

At this time, Lu Zhao said:

"General Wei, please command, the Black Turban Army's deeds, I, Lu, must not do it anymore."

"The general understands the righteousness, and Wei admires it. In this way, when our army entered the city, it brought 80,000 donkeys and horses, in addition to 60,000 of which were Xianjun war horses, there were also 10,000 inferior war horses, pack horses, and more than 10,000 donkeys.

The three of them immediately selected the better horses from the horses to be mounted, and took them with good women, acquaintances, and family members who were willing to go. At the same time, send two groups of men and horses, and load the remaining horses and donkeys with as much ration as possible. The rest of the rations that could not be taken away were distributed to the local people on the spot. ”

The grain and grass in Shaoping City is only enough for 200,000 people to spend two months, and now one-third of it has been removed, and the remaining two-thirds are all scattered to the common people.

When the Black Turban Army entered the city, the grain and grass in the whole city was only enough for 300,000 people for 20 days, and they had to compete with the people for food.