"Oh no, it's self-defeating, the Black Turban rebels must be besieging Dingyang!"

"What does the general mean?"

"The rebels have 150,000 people here, 50,000 more than previously expected, if there are only 100,000 people, it is not enough to divide the army to attack Dingyang and Guangxin. If 100,000 troops were concentrated to attack any city, it would be difficult to capture Dingyang City, which had a population of nearly 300,000 people, in a short period of time.

But now there are 150,000 people, if the rebels concentrate 150,000 people to attack Dingyang, the strength of the army is four or three times that of Dingyang City, and the Guangxin defenders are mostly new Ding, lacking armor and soldiers, and the combat strength is weak and unable to fight, so there is no hope at all. ”

One thing is certain, Qin Han must have seen the rebels and informed the Thunder King of Guangxin's situation.

Previously, Baili Yan (Wei Xian) falsely said that there were 100,000 soldiers in Dingyang City, intending to deceive the Thunder King through Qin Han. said that it was 100,000, and the Thunder Heavenly King estimated that there would not be 100,000, at best 50,000 or 60,000.

This is what Bailiyan wants to pass on to the Thunder Heavenly King, but Bailiyan forgets that these soldiers and horses have to see whose hands they are.

If Baili Yan used 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses to defend Dingyang City, the Thunder Heavenly King would not even think about besieging Dingyang. Now it is Zhang Jun, the Marquis of Dingyang, and Ye Xin, the governor of the capital, who wants to deal with them with 150,000 soldiers and horses, which is not more than enough.

In the final analysis, the Black Turban Army was afraid of him Bailiyan, and he had no worries about others at all.

On the contrary, although Bailiyan said that he was in Guangxin, Qin Han knew the situation in Guangxin well, and had just collected and captured 18,900 county soldiers and surrendered people, which had not yet been digested, and the situation was unstable.

"It's really self-defeating, Su Hong, immediately order Lu Gao and Bai He to concentrate all the horses in the pioneer camp to the south gate."

"What is the use of the general?"

"Guangxin is more than two days away from Dingyang on foot, and the rebel army of 150,000 people is still fifteen miles away from the Guangxin territory in the evening.

In this way, the rebel army will be transformed into the front army, and the army will march in a hurry, and it will not be able to reach Dingyang until tomorrow afternoon at the earliest, and our army will immediately reinforce today, and it will also arrive at Dingyang during the day tomorrow. ”

"But that won't help, what's the use of a few thousand soldiers and horses. What if the black turban thieves want our army out of the city, and they rob and kill them halfway? ”

"You, you, you, have been with Ben for a long time, and you don't use your brain. Qin Han knew Guangxin well, and the vanguard battalion only had more than 3,000 cavalry. If our army goes south with infantry reinforcements, it will be called self-defeating.

The only way to quickly rush to the aid of Dingyang is only the 3,000 cavalry of the vanguard battalion, if only 3,000 cavalry are reinforced, it is a drop in the bucket, why should the black turban thief set up an ambush and lure and eat our three or two thousand soldiers and horses, is this interesting?

Taking a step back, Guangxin has a population of hundreds of thousands, and as long as there are sufficient weapons, it is more than enough to forcibly recruit tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of men to defend the city in a short period of time. The Guangxin rebellion has now been quelled, and the black turban thieves have no way to defeat Guangxin from within.

Yesterday was blocked by our army's fire fifteen miles away, it has missed the opportunity to attack the city, at this time if it is besieging Guangxin, can only tie their own hands, Dingyang's 30,000 cavalry, at any time can wait for the opportunity to move, harassing its grain and grass, how can the black turban thief be indifferent. Hurry up and give the order, if you miss the hour, I will ask you. ”

"No!"

The rebels came from the southwest, even if they turned around after dark yesterday, it was impossible to continue to march to Dingyang City after a day of rapid marching, they also had to eat, drink and repair, plus decision-making hesitation and other time, the rebels were on the road in the middle of the night at the fastest and the latest, counting a day and a half, if Guangxin rode a horse to reinforce Dingyang at this time, he would be able to reach Dingyang at dawn tomorrow.

After explaining clearly to Su Hong, Bailiyan took a car to the Guangxin Mansion.

Jiang Qian and Chen Yunfeng had already received the news that the traces of the rebels were unknown, and Chen Yunfeng also thought that the rebels were likely to turn around and besiege Dingyang. I was suddenly relieved, after all, I was going to besiege Dingyang, not Guangxin.

"Brother Chen, where is the young master?"

"Young master, young master and Song Ping went to inspect the city wall, General Wei is here for the rebels?"

"Exactly, it is very likely that the rebels will go to attack Dingyang City."

"Wouldn't it be better in this way, Dingyang grain and grass are enough to last for five or six months, there are thirty or forty thousand soldiers, if you recruit young and strong to defend the city, fifty or sixty thousand people will not be able to hold Dingyang?"

"Having said that, after all, the rebels have 150,000 horses, three times as much as Dingyang, under the strong attack day and night, the city can always be broken in three or two months, and then the southbound passage of Guangxin will be cut off, won't it become a lonely city!"

"But within two months, Guangxin can conquer more than 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers, if the lord is drawing troops to the north, then take advantage of the exhaustion of the rebels, and then kill from behind, and the inside and outside should be combined to defeat the rebels in one fell swoop."

"Where is it so easy!" Baili Yan scoffed.

Chen Yunfeng thought about using Dingyang City to drag the Black Turban rebels, and then fortunately, Guangxin was strong, and when the rebels were attacking the city, he killed them from the north. It's easy to think about, but how can you train elite soldiers in two months. What's more, the time has changed in two months, and who knows what the situation will be after two months.

"Brother Chen, quickly lend the horses in the Guangxin Military City to the general, and Wei wants to reinforce Dingyang immediately."

"Reinforcements to Dingyang? What can a few thousand people do? ”

"It is difficult to turn the tide of the war with a few thousand men and horses, but there are still 60,000 war horses inside and outside Dingyang City, and if they are intercepted by the rebels or starved to death in the city, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Dingyang City is now difficult to ride a tiger, 30,000 cavalry have 60,000 war horses, war horses need at least eight or nine thousand stone of fine forage every day, where Dingyang City can be supplied, must be put outside the city to feed.

If the rebels besieged the city, Ye Xin would definitely not let the horses stay outside the city, but if they stayed in the city, the horses would have to starve to death, and they would have to fight with people. If Ye Xin led his troops to withdraw, it would be tantamount to surrendering Dingyang City to the rebels.

"Brother Chen, don't miss the opportunity and never come again, 60,000 war horses are now a burden for Dingyang City, if the rebels design it this way, the consequences will be unimaginable."

"Well, I'll tell the young master at this time. However, there are only more than 1,000 military horses in the Guangxin Mansion in the city, and the rest are all in Liufeng Island and the main public army, and there are no more. ”

"Then spend money to buy horses from the city, those pack horses and horses of large families, and the caravans also have a large number of horses, and there is not much place to keep them, and everything that can be bought can be bought."

After agreeing with Chen Yunfeng, Baili Yan rushed to the south gate non-stop, and Lu Gao, Su Hong, Bai He, Lu Zhao and others gathered here to listen to the order.

"Lu Gao, are all the horses ready?"

"It's all together, and there are more than 100 horses pledged by the big households yesterday, but they are all inferior pack horses, and their foot strength is not good."

"Then it doesn't matter, how the armies and battalions are well prepared, and the number of men and horses has expanded."

"The last general's Longwu battalion is full of 4,000 people, and the two divisions of Su Hong and Baihe are also full of 1,000 people, but the recruits have not yet been trained, and there are very few people who can fight."

"All the new Ding will be temporarily incorporated into the Baggage Battalion, and will stay in Guangxin for training, and General Lu Zhao and Wu Deng's Department will be responsible for the training of the Xinding and Baggage Battalion, and they will borrow men and horses from the Guangxin Army to go to Dingyang for reinforcements."

Lu Gao, Su Hong, and Bai He had only 25,600 soldiers and horses, and the horses in the vanguard camp were seconded and purchased, and it was optimistically estimated that there would be 5,000 or 6,000 horses, and the rest of the extra posts would be filled by the Guangxin Army.

At four o'clock in the morning, Chen Yunfeng sent the military horses, and requisitioned more than 1,000 horses from the city, barely enough to get 6,000 horses.

Jiang Qian knew that Bailiyan borrowed the war horses of the Liang army and did not return them, so he did not follow his good intentions, and without waiting for Bailiyan to borrow troops, this guy had already arranged the soldiers and horses properly, and also brought people to occupy more than 1,000 war horses brought by Lu Zhao and Wu Deng in the pioneer battalion.

6,000 people went straight to Dingyang from the south gate, and Baili sat in the chariot at high speed and spun at high speed, and the bumps along the way made people shout unbearable. The wildfires along the way are still burning, but they are not as big as last night, and the water network of Beihai County is crisscrossed with ditches, and it is impossible for the fire to burn indefinitely when encountering the water network.

Hurricane rushed into the dark, less than forty miles away from Dingyang City, the team of 6,000 people was sparsely pulled, the temporary number of pack horses, pull horses fell down the brigade nearly ten miles, Baili Yan ordered Bai He to lead the troops to break off and collect the people and horses that had fallen behind, and the team repaired on the spot overnight, and then went on the road before dawn tomorrow.

"Oops, it's really upside down!" Lu Gao helped Bailiyan out of the chariot, and the two flesh flaps on his buttocks were almost as hard as iron plates.

"General, this is a chariot gifted by the king, and it should be different from other two-wheeled cars." Lu Gao asked.

"It doesn't matter if this chariot walks slowly in the city, if you really want to walk on the official road and gallop all the way, in fact, it is more sinful than a two-wheeled carriage."

"But isn't that four wheels?"

"Four wheels have four wheel benefits, two wheels have two wheel benefits, and they are not to be confused. Walking slowly on a flat road on four wheels is naturally more stable and comfortable than a two-wheeled car, but if you want to gallop, it is actually a two-wheeled car with convenience. ”

Just as he was talking to Lu Gao, there was a sudden agitation, and dozens of people in the pioneer battalion heard the news:

"Go and see what's going on."

"No!"

Lu Gao climbed on the war horse, went to investigate, and found that Su Hong was leading people to ride a horse to the west, at this time it was dark and could not see clearly, and when a moment passed, Su Hong led people to arrest two people back:

"Su Hong, what's the situation?" Lu Gao asked.

"Just now, I found two figures in the grass, and under the capture, there were horses and swords, General Lu, look!"

Su Hong ordered someone to throw the two cloth-clothed men off the horse, and Lu Gao raised the fire to take a look, only to see that these two people had a capable face, and they were by no means ordinary people.

"It's a scout of the rebels!"

"Xu is so, or quickly hand it over to General Wei for disposal."

Seeing Bailiyan, Su Hong went to the bottom of the story in detail:

"The two of them lay their horses in the grass at that time, about a hundred paces away from us, but they were unexpectedly discovered by our sentry, and when they fled, they were captured alive by the general, and two short swords were found from his body."

"Bring them both."

"No."

Su Hong ordered someone to escort the two of them to him, and Bai Liyan looked at the two of them carefully, and it was almost certain that they were scouts in disguise.

"You!" Pointing to a person kneeling on the right, Bai Liyan said, "Which country?" ”

The man held his head high and didn't speak, and Bai Liyan said to the person on the left: "What about you, what country are you!" ”

Both of them kept their mouths shut, and Bai Liyan was still calm:

"It seems that there is a bit of a scout's backbone, Su Hong, let the two of them go."

Su Hong and Lu Gao were taken aback:

"General, I'm afraid this is inappropriate."

"The two of them have already explained in detail, why should Ben keep them, or cut them down?"

"Explain clearly?" Lu Gao looked confused: "But I didn't say anything." ”

"What do you want me to say about you, after following Ben for so long, you can't use your brain. What are the two of them doing in ambush not far from the official road, could it be that the Black Turban rebels can know that our army is heading south from Guangxin? Of course, it was to rob and kill the messenger sent by Ding Yang to Guangxin. And it was a scout sent out after the rebels camped. ”