In the afternoon of the same day, Yang Zhi led hundreds of vanguard troops to meet the brigade. The two battalions of cavalry of the Qin Ming Department and the Shibao Department were guarding on the left and right flanks. In the middle were Chao Gai's own soldiers and 30,000 infantry. In addition, there are 10,000 people, doing some miscellaneous work and other auxiliary work. There is a way that when there are 10,000 people without borders, it is impossible for an army of 50,000 to enter the city, not to mention that there are so many soldiers and horses stationed in the big place in Anxian County.

The military horses were busy in an orderly manner, pressing down on the big camp, and the construction of the horse trenches was meticulous.

The drum of the three-way gathering will sound, the generals will gather, and the leaders of each department will come. Chao Gai Dama Golden Dao sat in the center, Zhu Wu and Gongsun Sheng sat on both sides, and other civil and military generals lined up on both sides.

Chao Gai said: "Battalion Commander Yang, Battalion Commander Luan, Battalion Commander Sun, your three sentinels went first, and there were several fierce battles one after another, and it was hard work." ”

"Thank you, Governor." Three generals.

"Although you and the three battalions of military horses have not been injured, they have also reduced their strength by one or two hundred, but I am afraid that the current war will not be able to rest for a few days. After three days, you and the three of you will divide into three directions and detour to the rear of Yangquan, and you don't need to fight fiercely, you just need to cut off the exchange of grain and grass letters between the two places. ”

"Order." Each of the three took the token and went down. Their soldiers need to recuperate, and their horses need to be replenished.

Qin Ming came out of the queue and asked for battle: "Governor, our army has arrived, when will we fight Yangquan." ”

"Brother Qin Ming is still so short-tempered, the army has just arrived, and the soldiers still have to recuperate. Arrange the nearby things first, and then get closer to other things, Master Zhu, you can tell the big guy. Chao Gai said.

Zhu Wu cleared his throat and said: "The Qin Ming Department patrols and clears the remnants of the bandits between the three counties, mainly to appease them, supplemented by extermination. Shi Bao was in charge of the Eight Thousand Tian Tiger Army, which was captured by the vanguard army, and all the officers above the middle level were kept in solitary confinement, and the others disrupted the formation and built roads, and the task was relatively heavy, and the official roads in the three counties should be renovated in a short period of time. 20,000 engineers are at your disposal for the time being. ”

"Yes, yes." Qin Ming and Shi Bao got the order to go down. The preparations for the start of the big war must be done well, these things seem to be miscellaneous things, but they are very important.

Li Kui shouted: "Brother, what about us?" What do we do? ”

"You and Wu Song's two battalions of infantry are the main force of the siege, and the current three-day mission is training, eating, sleeping, and nothing else. In the evening, the battalion commander Lu arrived with his troops, and at the same time, a batch of equipment from Jingcheng County was escorted, which could be used when he hit Yangquan. Chao Gai said.

Luda Shanshiqi arrived when it was dark, and Luda carried a big Zen staff to find Chao Gai to restore his life.

"Brother, I didn't miss you for a while." Ruda said.

Chao Gai said: "Brother Luda, Brother Shanshiqi fought against Tian Leopard, hard work. Are all the wounded soldiers arranged? ”

"It's arranged, they are all recuperating in the customs, and the medicinal materials are sufficient." Ruda said.

Behind it were a hundred two-horse carts, the frames covered with red cloths. Opened up is a cast iron red-coated cannon, this cannon is not big, two thousand catties a piece.

The two battalions of Wu Song and Li Kui each had 50 red-coated cannons and 200 tiger squat cannons.

"Now there are a total of 200 red-coated cannons, 400 tiger squat cannons, and thousands of small cannons. In the past few days, he has become proficient in the red-coated cannon, and Yangquan City has given An Shirong a surprise, and Tian Hujun, who is going to fight this battle, is frightened. Chao Gai said.

Chao Gai was not idle, and began to restore the magistrates of the three counties, and there were always big local households who liked to come out and stand up to make temporary county orders. The county order, the capital head, these two are indispensable, after all, they are only temporary, and the war needs a peaceful and stable rear. With the deterrence of tens of thousands of troops, the assistance of Gongsun Sheng's military division, and the use of a big stick and a carrot in the other, the place was quickly pacified and law and order was maintained.

After three days, the road was almost repaired and the place was settled.

In Yangquan City, An Shirong was a little anxious and asked, "How is the spies who went out, do you have accurate information?" ”

Fang Shun shook his head: "Go to Weisheng, the spies who sent the letter in Taiyuan should all be dead." Now, Yang Zhi, Sun An, and Luan Tingyu have cut off the traffic arteries with their men and horses, blocking the news. As for the spies in the direction of Dingan, they were also hit hard, but two came back, reporting that the Jeju army was repairing the roads in the three counties, appointing officials, and so on. ”

As he was talking, Tanma came and said, "Report, the general is not good." Three thousand enemy cavalry swooped down, killing and wounding more than half of our sentinels outside the city. ”

"Who is the one leading the troops?" Ellswin asked.

"One surname Qin, one surname Shi." The sentry said.

An Shirong sighed: "Qin Ming, Shi Bao, two fierce generals." Order all the cavalry and sentries outside the city to return to the city, and not to make fearless sacrifices. ”

In the afternoon of the same day, the army traveled six miles away from the east gate of Yangquan, and the camp was several miles long and wide, with fences, tents, and torches. Chao Gai, Qin Ming, and Shi Bao took more than 5,000 cavalry to call for battle outside the city, and this situation was not really fighting, or fighting the generals first, chatting.

An Shirong did not show weakness, ordered 5,000 cavalry out of the city, and opened it one by one. However, it is certain that the five thousand cavalry of An Shirong are all lightly armoured, and the armor and weapons are not complete. Look at the opposite side, at least half of them are heavy cavalry. The light cavalry is suitable for guerrilla fighting, and if you can't fight, you can fight, and if you can't fight, you can run. The heavy cavalry is suitable for charging, and it is completely defeated by Ansrong. But he can't show the slightest cowardice at the moment, once he shows cowardice, it will affect the morale of the army.

Chao Gai rode on the dark clouds and stepped on the snow and followed Luo Ping to the front of the battle, and hugged his fist towards An Shirong: "General An, it's good to come over and talk." ”

An Shirong took Fang Shun by his side and rode a horse to the front of the formation.

An Shirong is not very old, in his thirties, about the same age as Chao Gai.

Chao Gai said: "Tian Hu is the people of the world who are suffering from the army, not to mention that General An is a person who understands, even if Tian Hu succeeds, will he do better than Zhao Guan's family with his temperament?" ”

An Shirong sighed: "The government oppressed the people, knocked out the bones and sucked the marrow, and the people's grievances could not be stretched, and this has led to today's situation in the long run." If the world is peaceful, who would want to do such a thing. In fact, I understand that the so-called rebel army can't succeed at all, but some things must be done by someone, and I have to touch the egg when it touches the stone. ”

Chao Gai sighed: "Tian Hu's method is not a good way, the Jeju Army is a good way, develop science and technology, pay attention to people's livelihood, reform the rule of officials, and expand externally." Only in this way can we make the Chinese nation stand on the top of the world, and our horizons should be broadened, instead of looking at the projectile land in front of us all day long. ”

An Shirong said: "The arrow is on the string, and I have to send it." If I lose this battle, I still hope that the governor will treat the people of Yangquan well. ”

"General rest assured, Chao Gai never kills indiscriminately." Chao Gai said.