Wen County.

The surrendered soldiers and horses have been collected and can be used.

And just as they were about to attack Yingxian, the spies suddenly came in a hurry to report.

"Lu Guogong, Marquis Qin, Luo Xiaobai of Ying County took 5,000 soldiers and horses to Mengzhou City, and they lost Ying County."

After hearing the news, everyone was a little shocked, but Cheng Yanjin suddenly became happy.

"Okay, okay, it seems that Luo Xiaobai is just a coward, when he saw that we killed Chen Buyi, he became scared and fled by himself."

Cheng Biting Jin was a little proud, but Qin Tian frowned slightly, and chuckled: "Lu Guogong, is this really the case?" ”

"Isn't it?" Cheng Yanjin asked rhetorically.

Qin Tian was speechless and shook his head.

"Of course not, our purpose is not to gain or lose in one city or one place, what we want is to destroy the rebels' new forces, only in this way can it be regarded as victory, but now that the rebels have left Yingxian and gone to Mengzhou to meet Li Yiyu, then do you think Mengzhou City is still easy to capture?"

Speaking of this, Qin Tian added: "This Luo Xiaobai is a smart person. ”

Hearing Qin Tian's words, Cheng Yanjin pursed his lips, but at this time, he also knew that Mengzhou's soldiers and horses had increased to 10,000, and with their current 15,000, it would definitely be difficult to attack.

So he didn't defend anything, but asked: "So what now, to attack or not to attack?" ”

Originally, they also wanted to destroy the rebels in Yingxian, increase their soldiers and horses to 20,000, and then attack 5,000 in Mengzhou, so that they were four times larger than the enemy, and they could basically attack the city.

But now that there are 10,000 in Mengzhou, they are not even twice as many as the enemy, and it is definitely not cost-effective to attack the city.

Even, even in a hard battle with the enemy, they don't have much advantage.

In their army, except for the 3,000 soldiers and horses brought by Cheng Yanjin, who had strong combat effectiveness, the other 12,000 were all rebels who surrendered, and they had not experienced professional training.

In Mengzhou City, Li Yiyu's 5,000 soldiers and horses were all some extraterritorial soldiers and horses built by the previous crown prince Li Jiancheng, who were attracted by him, and their combat effectiveness was not weaker than Cheng Yanjin's soldiers and horses.

In this case, their advantage is even less obvious.

Of course, Qin Tian is not thinking about these now, if he can really have a tough battle, with his use of formation, the enemy who can also fight will be defeated.

But the key problem is that Li Yiyu may not go out of the city, but will choose to defend the town.

Qin Tian held his chin and thought, Cheng Yanjin walked back and forth in the camp tent.

"Xiaotian, do you mean, to fight or not to fight?"

Cheng Yanjin was a little impatient, but Qin Tian was not in a hurry, and only at the end did he speak: "Fight, you can't give the enemy a chance to breathe." ”

They don't have time to spend time with the enemy, if they can't destroy the rebels, I'm afraid that the vassal kings in all parts of Datang will be ready to move, and at that time, it will become a disaster for Datang.

Therefore, even if Mengzhou's bones are difficult to gnaw, they must rise to the challenge.

Seeing Qin Tian say this, Cheng Yanjin finally felt a little more comfortable.

"Fight and fight, are you still afraid of them?" As he spoke, Cheng Yanjin ordered: "Gather soldiers and horses, and follow me to Mengzhou." ”

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Fifteen thousand soldiers and horses were quickly assembled.

They did not stay in Wenxian for long, and directly led their troops to Mengzhou.

Mengzhou City was only a day's distance from Wen County, and at noon the next day, they came to five miles outside Mengzhou City.

And when they came, they did not rush to attack the city.

The long journey made them all a little tired, so the first thing they had to do was to recuperate, and after half a day's rest, they would attack the city again early tomorrow morning.

And when the Tang army was camping in Wuli outside Mengzhou City, on the side of Mengzhou City, Li Yiyu had already learned the news that the Tang army was coming.

However, he was not too nervous, in his opinion, the Tang army only had 5,000 more soldiers and horses than them, but he had Mengzhou City as a barrier, as long as he didn't go out and fight hard, he still had the ability to fight.

"Command to go down, hold the city tightly, and not be negligent or careless."

Since the appearance of the Tang army, Mengzhou City has entered a tense state of alert, but the Tang army's side is not so nervous.

After setting up camp, they will rest directly, and when it is almost evening, they will cook and eat, drink wine and eat meat.

After eating and drinking, they went straight to rest, and they didn't seem to have the slightest intention of attacking the city.

And these situations also quickly spread to the city of Mengzhou.

After Li Yiyu heard this, he frowned slightly, because he felt that these Tang troops were too casual, right?

"General, the last general, it seems that these Tang troops are nothing more than this, they are not enough at all, why don't you give the last general 3,000 soldiers and horses tonight, and the last general will go to attack the camp, and he will definitely kill the Tang army without leaving a piece of armor."

A burly man stood up, he was Fang Liang, the first fierce general under Li Yiyu, and when Li Yiyu was attacking the city, Fang Liang could be said to be his most powerful assistant.

At this time, Fang Liang stood up, but Li Yiyu was still frowning, and after a long time, he said: "No, there is Qin Tian in the Tang army, this Qin Tian has always been scheming, don't be careless, I'm afraid that they just deliberately did it for us to see, wanting to lure us to attack the city, after all, Qin Tian is not stupid, his little soldiers and horses want to capture Mengzhou City, it's just whimsical." ”

Li Yiyu was very cautious and didn't dare to be careless, although Fang Liang was a little unimpressed, but at this time, Li Yiyu said so, and he didn't propose to attack the camp again.

At this time, Li Yiyu said again: "This Qin Tian once invented a balloon, similar to Kong Ming lantern, which can load people into the air and then sneak into the city. ”

Li Yiyu still knew a little bit about Qin Tian's use of hot air balloons in the battle with Tuyuhun at the beginning, in his opinion, it was simply a siege weapon, so in order to avoid Qin Tian's old tricks from repeating, he wanted his people to be cautious and observant.

After Li Yiyu gave the order, the soldiers did not hesitate and hurriedly followed Li Yiyu's instructions.

As the night deepened, Li Yiyu looked at the night and suddenly sighed.

"I don't know when Mr. Lu will be able to come back, I hope he can borrow grain and grass."

Li Yiyu said to himself, but soon he showed a light smile, he felt that he was really worried, how could Lu Sanqian not be able to borrow grain and grass?

What's more, his rebellion was supported by that person, and Lu Sanqian was that person's adviser before, just lent it to himself.

But when Li Yiyu thought about it like this, he suddenly felt a little uneasy in his heart.

In the end, there is Qin Tian on Tang Jun's side, this is a difficult character to deal with, he really has no self-confidence.

The night is getting deeper and deeper, and after autumn, the night breeze is getting cooler.

(End of chapter)