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20,000 horses, that is, the strength of 4 guards, Li Xiuwen now sits on the eight provinces and one state in the south of He1, in addition to the nearly 20,000 horses in Cizhou City, there are also 9 guards.

Among them, Xuanwuwei has expanded to 10,000 people, which is equivalent to the strength of two guards, and the total sum should be regarded as the strength of 10 guards, about 50,000 people.

In addition, there is also the 1 guard left in Kaifeng by the Zhou Palace.

But these 9 guards have only started training not long ago, except for Xuanwuwei, who has been training for a little longer, the other guards have been training for less than two months, so how much combat power can they have? Do you really have to rely on them to fight now?

Li Xiuwen didn't have much confidence in them, and was worried that once someone was afraid to fight, the phenomenon of fleeing from the battle would affect other soldiers and then drag down the entire team.

Sun Chuanting had a different opinion on this, only to see him brush his beard and say: "The elite division may not only come through drills, when I was in Shaanxi, the people were in turmoil, how much time could I have to train soldiers and horses?" ”

Li Xiuwen thought about it carefully, it is indeed such a truth, it is important to practice systematically, but extraordinary measures must be used in extraordinary times, where is the time for you to train your troops in times of war?

It is true that his Shenji battalion has been trained, but at that time it was in the capital, so there would be so much time to train the army, and it was impossible to train the army like this if it was really placed in a place like Shaanxi or Huguang.

Most of the time, it is tempered in the battlefield, and those who have gone through countless large and small battle formations and can survive can be regarded as elite.

Before Li Tang raised the army, the men and horses in his hands were also untrained, and they were all recruited temporarily. But don't people still snowball all the way into Chang'an?

However, Li Xiuwen still has a concern in his heart, that is, once the 20,000 people in the vicinity are transferred, then the future will be empty, and it will be easy for people to take advantage of the emptiness. What if Hong Chengchou divides his forces and bypasses Cizhou City to attack the rear?

According to his thoughts, Xuanwuwei is going to stay in Kaifeng, but he can transfer the 1 guard of the Zhou Wangfu who was originally left, and at least 10,000 people must be left to defend Kaifeng City, right?

After all, Kaifeng is a place of four wars, and his family is in the city, so he must not be lost.

"The Land of the Four Wars?"

Sun Chuanting shook his head and said with a smile: "Those who win the Central Plains win the world, since ancient times, why should the general worry?" Xuanwuwei has been practicing for a long time, and just staying to defend the city is not overkill? You only need to leave a guard to keep the seal open. Only by concentrating 20,000 combatable soldiers can we be more sure of defeating this force outside the city! ”

"This ......"

"I'll keep Kaifeng!"

Sun Chuanting's words rang loudly in his ears: "The city is in the people, the city is broken - people are dead!" ”

Li Xiuwen was shocked in his heart, he knew that Sun Chuanting's analysis was very reasonable.

Offense is the best defense!

Only by fighting against the odds can we get rid of the situation that we are now trapped in Cizhou.

Only by fighting against the odds can you increase your chances of victory.

Then, take a big gamble!

Sun Chuanting took his token and went back to transfer troops, and then he would stay in Kaifeng to defend the city. Not long after he left, Li Xiuwen received news from the Beijing Division: the imperial court had increased its troops by 20,000 again and rushed to the south of He1.

Estimating the approximate marching speed, it should have passed Baoding Mansion at this time.

Sure enough, Sun Chuanting's judgment was very correct!

Assuming that he still chooses to defend Cizhou, and the other party besieges it in several ways, Cizhou City will be broken sooner or later. It is also possible that the Ming army will make a detour to the Daimyo Mansion and directly penetrate the Kaifeng City, or choose to come from the west of Mountain 1 and enter the Huaiqing Mansion.

Either way, it's very bad for yourself.

Only by striking first and relieving the siege of Cizhou can we have a chance to change the current situation of the war. As long as he defeats Hong Chengchou's men and horses, he will be able to sit back and relax in the future, and there will be no future troubles.

The elite of the Ming Dynasty is indeed not much!

Li Xiuwen left a guard to garrison Kaifeng, Huaiqing Mansion left a guard to guard Miyang, and the remaining Xuanwu Wei 10,000 horses, as well as Weihui Mansion and Zhangde Mansion two guards of the guard, all transferred to Cizhou.

A few days later, all the people had arrived in Cizhou.

"Kill—"

In the early morning of that day, before the sky was bright, Cizhou City had opened its four gates, and took the initiative to start a decisive battle with the people outside the city, and the sound of killing shook the sky everywhere outside the city.

The direction in which Li Xiuwen's main force attacked was Cao Bianjiao's camp, which caught the enemy by surprise.

This was Sun Chuanting's idea, Li Xiuwen had deliberately avoided Cao Bianjiao in order to avoid losses, but he actually gave the other party an illusion.

All the generals of the Ming army believed that Li Xiuwen would never attack Cao Bianjiao's camp.

Soldiers are treacherous, but the truth is false, and the virtual is real.

Cao Bianjiao didn't expect that the other party would come at him this time. However, his men and horses were indeed battle-hardened, and only at first they appeared a little flustered, and soon organized an effective resistance.

However, He Renlong is not a vegetarian, although the other party is behind the gate, it may not make him afraid. He shouted, rode his horse and kicked over a fence, and led a group of his own soldiers straight into the enemy camp, and the long-handled broadsword in his hand slashed left and right, cutting down several people in a single charge.

"Straight thief, don't be arrogant, I'll fight you!"

Cao Bianjiao shouted violently, and led a team of personal soldiers to kill He Renlong, and stabbed the spear in his hand at the door of He Renlong's face.

He Renlong turned his head to dodge, and secretly said that it was dangerous, and the long-handled broadsword in his hand also slashed diagonally towards the opponent's left shoulder.

"K-"

There was a sound of gold and iron clashing, and Cao Bianjiao picked up his spear and slashed back from behind He Renlong.

He Renlong leaned forward, lay straight on the horse's back, dodged a shot at this tricky angle, rode the horse and passed him, and the long-handled broadsword in his hand was slashed backwards.

"Bang Chang - "

Cao Bianjiao blocked with a spear, but the long knife slid towards his left hand holding the spear. He instantly let go of his left hand, raised a kick and kicked at He Renlong's horse's belly.

"Whew-"

He Renlong's crotch was in pain, and he neighed and rushed forward, widening the distance between the two.

Cao Bianjiao turned defense into offense, hit the horse and chased out, the spear in his hand shook out a dazzling spear flower, and stabbed towards He Renlong's heart.

He Renlong didn't have time to turn back, and he was about to be stabbed by him, but fortunately, several personal soldiers chased after him and blocked this fatal killing move for him.

"Sinister boy, dare to sneak attack grandpa, accept your life!"

He Renlong was not convinced, and turned his horse's head and rushed towards Cao Bianjiao again. The two of them have been back and forth, and the fight is inseparable, but now the competition between them can no longer affect the battle situation.

Soon after the two sides started the war, Li Xiuwen's last reinforcement, Xuanwuwei's 10,000 horses, arrived.

The morale of the Ming army was frustrated, and they did not last long before they collapsed and fled for their lives.

There were not many soldiers who died at the hands of the enemy, but they were in disarray, trampling each other with more dead and wounded.

Li Xiuwen immediately ordered: take advantage of the victory to pursue and capture Hong Chengchou and Cao Bianjiao alive.

It made him regret that when he cleaned up the battlefield, he found that Hong Chengchou had already left here and disappeared. However, because of He Renlong's entanglement, Cao Bianjiao failed to escape from the battlefield and was captured. (To be continued.) )