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Xiao Tianjian finally rushed back to the Lotus Village with Luo Li and Tietou and others on the tenth night of the first month of June, and at this time, Feng Gouzi, Liu Bao, Fu Deming and others also rushed back to the Lotus Village in advance, waiting for Xiao Tianjian's return here.

This time, Xiao Tianjian returned to Yangcheng, and did not bring back Yan Chongxi and Luo Li's two tiger generals at the same time, but left Yan Chongxi's sentry generals and a thousand new soldiers led by Diao Zheng, as well as some artillery generals and a small number of scouts in the ancient town, so that Yan Chongxi temporarily stopped attacking the territory west of the ancient town and temporarily stopped large-scale attacks, but turned to the defensive, cleared the hostile forces in the area east of Yuanqu County as soon as possible, and rebuilt the order there, and stepped up the training of those recruits recruited in the ancient town. So that it can cooperate with Yan Chongxi to form an effective combat force, and this time the artillery, birds, gunpowder and other materials they brought were all left for Yan Chongxi and Diao Zheng to use, so as to enhance their strength.

As soon as Xiao Tianjian entered the Lotus Village, he immediately summoned the remaining generals to the Juyi Hall to begin to discuss the plan to defend against the enemy this time, Feng Gouzi immediately got up and said to Xiao Tianjian: "General Qiyu, in the past few days since receiving the news, the number of officers and troops in Qinshui and Jiangxian has increased significantly, and the surrounding officers and troops are dispatched very frequently.

In the area between the north of the county and the border of Qinshui, a large number of spies and troops have also begun to appear in the area where the officials and soldiers are engaged in fine activities, Li Xuanzhu has captured more than a dozen officials and troops who are trying to enter our jurisdiction, according to the detailed confession, Pingyang Prefecture has mobilized more than 1,000 officers and troops from Yicheng, Jiangzhou, Fushan and other places, plus the local villagers, Qinshui County has gathered nearly 3,000 officers and troops, and in the past two days, it will attack our territory!

According to the news, Taiyuan has sent more than 1,000 officers and troops to Zezhou, plus the local defenders and Xiangyong in Zezhou, Zezhou may also send 3,000 soldiers and horses to us, so calculated, the government in the three directions has mobilized a total of nearly 9,000 soldiers and horses, and it is clear that it intends to go hand in hand and wipe us out!

I'm afraid that this time we will deal with the officers and soldiers again, I'm afraid it will be much more tricky than the last time! The lowly ones are waiting for the general to come back and get an idea! ”

Xiao Tianjian nodded and asked Feng Gouzi: "What is the composition of the troops when the officers and soldiers come to attack this time?" Which direction has the strongest officers and troops? ”

Feng Gouzi thought for a while and replied: "The official government mainly used the defenders of various states and counties this time, but it is not very powerful!" Basically, half of them are still Xiangyong, and the strongest is probably the group of officers and troops in the direction of Zezhou, more than half of them are transferred from the direction of Taiyuan, which should be stronger than the defenders of ordinary states and counties!

At the moment, the key is that our side is short of troops, and we have to deal with the attacks of officers and troops in three directions at the same time, and we can't concentrate our forces to deal with it, or let's just say it, I'm afraid it will be very troublesome this time! ”

Xiao Tianjian frowned, nodded and asked Feng Gouzi to sit down, turned his head to Fu Deming and asked, "Based on Mr. Fu's eyes, how should we deal with them this time?" ”

Fu Deming also frowned and got up and replied, "General Hui, I'm afraid it's really a bit troublesome this time!" According to the humble position, the west is not a big problem, although the number of officers and troops exceeds Jiang Cheng's generals by a lot, but Jiang Cheng's garrison is deep in the mountains and forests, even if the officers and troops invade in large numbers, with Jiang Cheng's troops, they should be able to stop them!

The key is that the terrain is not too dangerous in the area of Xihe Village on the side of General Li Sentry, and the official army has gathered nearly 3,000 soldiers and horses in Qinshui, once it is attacked, I am afraid that General Li will only rely on the soldiers under his command, and it will be difficult to resist the onslaught of the official army over there!

There is also Zhao Whistle General of Beiliu Village, judging from the situation of Beiliu Village, if the official army invades from Zezhou, it will be very difficult for Zhao Whistle to block the invasion of the official army in Beiliu Village!

But at the moment, we can't retreat to Lotus Village and Shuangfeng Village, because the summer harvest will start in a few days, once the official army is going to invade our jurisdiction, then we may be busy in the first half of this year, and the summer harvest will definitely not be able to go on again! In terms of our food stock, it is only enough for our Xingtian Army to support for a few months, and for the local people in Yangcheng, we will not be able to feed so many people after the winter this year! Therefore, even if you retreat to the south of the county, you must at least support it until the summer harvest is over! ”

After Xiao Tianjian heard this, he also felt a little big, the action taken by the government this time was completely out of his expectations when he first sent troops to Yuanqu County, originally he wanted to use the troops to Yuanqu County to divert the attention of the government, so that it would rescue Yuanqu County, and create conditions for the summer harvest within the jurisdiction of Yangcheng County.

As a result, he didn't think that the government simply came to govern others in the way of others, and simply ignored Yuanqu County, and directly transferred troops to invade Yangcheng again, so as to attack him and save him, so that he had to turn around and deal with the officials and troops who invaded Yangcheng, and he was also tied hand and foot because of the problem of Xia Harvest, and fell into a situation where he could not advance or retreat.

So Xiao Tianjian closed his eyes and thought for a while, and after a while, he suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes once again returned to the firmness he had before, and the frowning brows just now also relaxed, and once again returned to the previous expression of not being surprised.

Several subordinates sitting in the hall saw the change in Xiao Tianjian's expression, and they all realized that Xiao Tianjian must have thought of a way again, so their hearts were also relieved, so they hurriedly looked eagerly towards Xiao Tianjian.

Hehe sneered and said: "There is nothing too troublesome about this matter, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and the officers and soldiers have a lot of troops, but for our Xingtian Army, they are just a group of rabble!" Moreover, this time they came by dividing their troops, no matter how many troops there were, in terms of the coordination ability of the officers and troops, it is impossible to succeed if they want to achieve the simultaneous advance of the three soldiers! We can give them a breakdown and see what they can do to drive us to death!

What's more, the official army is increasing, and we are also increasing the troops, according to my opinion, the reason why the government came up with this method must be to think that I attacked Yuanqu this time, and I took away most of the main forces, thinking that they are really empty of troops now, so they will resort to this kind of plan to force me to save, and want to take this opportunity to destroy the summer harvest on our territory!

Hum! Thinking beautifully, how could they have expected that now we have opened up the connection between Yuanqu County and Yangcheng County, and our main force is not in Yuanqu County, if the official army wants to take this opportunity to give us a salary from the bottom of the kettle, then let them come! ”

After everyone listened to Xiao Tianjian's words, their hearts were like taking a reassuring pill, in this matter, even Fu Deming felt very tricky, so everyone considered the problem, but did not take into account their advantages, in the face of the invasion of the official army, although the action of Yuanqu County involved part of the strength of the Xingtian Army, but it was limited to Yan Chongxi's sentry who remained in Yuanqu County at the moment, and most of the strength of the Xingtian Army was still in Yangcheng, which was probably not thought of by the government.

And judging from the government's operation, they involved the defenders in many places, and wanted to pinch together so many stragglers and brave soldiers to attack Yangcheng together, and from the perspective of the government's ability to coordinate in the middle, it was difficult for them to do a tight three-way cooperation, and the reason why Xiao Tianjian was full of confidence that the Xingtian Army could resolve this crisis was based on this.

When he saw that the faces of these subordinates regained their composure, Xiao Tianjian continued: "There are advantages and disadvantages, although the government has mobilized a lot of troops this time, but how to deploy these soldiers and horses in a unified manner is not easy for the government, Feng Gouzi also said that the official army this time is from the three roads to attack our control area, but did not arrange the personnel to be dispatched in the center, the two routes of Jiangxian and Qinshui are dispatched by the Pingyang Mansion in the center, and Zezhou has always been alone!"

As long as they don't start to invade Yangcheng at the same time, then for us, there will be time to break them one by one, and although we can't concentrate all the soldiers, but in any direction, we can now gather two sentinel soldiers, plus the scout team and cavalry, as well as a thousand recruits on Liu Bao's side, if necessary, and then gather a group of township soldiers, in terms of strength, it is not necessarily less than the official army, not to mention that our Xingtian army generals are all experienced soldiers, I dare not say that we can deal with the officers and soldiers with one as ten, But at least one-on-one, we can account for more than eighty percent of the odds!

What we have to do now is to determine in what direction to start with, force the government to be unable to march together, and then create conditions for us to defeat them one by one!

I'm afraid this matter has to be judged by you, Feng Gouzi, we should be the first to eat the best officers and soldiers along the way! ”

After Feng Gouzi heard this, he suddenly felt full of confidence, they were all very nervous in the past few days, and felt that Xiao Tianjian was not here, they seemed to have lost their backbone, and after encountering such a thing, they were a little overwhelmed, but as soon as they saw Xiao Tianjian come back, this backbone came back again.

Such a big thing, for Xiao Tianjian, it seems like no one else, just in a short time, he has identified the advantages and disadvantages between the enemy and me, and has come up with a way to deal with it.

So he got up and replied: "With the judgment of humble duty, the first to do it is probably the official army of Qinshui County, although the official army of Jiangxian County has been assembled, but they dare not enter the mountain easily, and Zezhou, more than 1,000 officers and troops transferred from the Taiyuan direction should have just arrived in Zezhou, with the laziness of the official army, even if they arrive in Zezhou, it will inevitably drag on for a few days, so the biggest possibility at present is that the official army of Qinshui will start before the other two official troops and attack our territory!" ”