Zhong Qinghan was born extraordinary, and was smart and studious since childhood, and later worshiped in the Jixia School Palace, where he studied under Sun Mu, a master of the art of war, and was a descendant of the military family. At the age of sixteen, he commanded 10,000 black crows to kill 60,000 Mengxi coalition troops, made great achievements, and was crowned the county lord of Donghai by the current Xia Emperor.

It's just that, because of her body, she can't practice martial arts, and in addition to a handmaid around her, she doesn't even have a considerate speaker, let alone a friend.

If you really want to count it, Su Ziheng can barely count one.

Therefore, no matter what method he used to defeat the Meng Yuan army this time, he must have paid a lot of price, if the Meng Yuan army attacked again, what would Su Ziheng use to resist?

For the sake of his safety, Zhong Qinghan still decided to persuade him to return to Xining City with him this time.

Seeing Zhong Qinghan's solemn appearance, Su Ziheng suddenly smiled, nodded without hesitation, and said, "Okay!" ”

"But you go first, and I'll be there. After all, there are still a lot of things in the Zhuangzi that need to be packed and taken away, and they can't just be thrown here casually. Also, I just sent someone to inform the villagers of Dalei Village that they may evacuate together at that time. ”

Zhong Qinghan bowed his head and said, "Yes, how long will it take you?" I'll send the Crows to escort you back to the city. ”

Su Ziheng was stunned for a moment, and hesitated: "Won't this delay your marching time?" Don't miss the big thing. ”

Zhong Qinghan said: "No, this place is already very close to Xining City, but it is only a dozen miles away, and it only takes half an hour to arrive on horseback." Just now, I came all the way from Helan Mountain, and I had already spent a lot of physical strength, and I ambushed the Mengyuan army again in the middle, and the soldiers were already very tired. ”

"It's better to take this opportunity to take a good rest and eat something to replenish your strength. I heard that the Meng Yuan army has sent troops to surround Xining City, and even if we want to enter the city, we will have to tear a hole in the dark before we can enter it. ”

Su Ziheng frowned when he heard this, and asked in surprise: "Is the situation so unbearable now, actually letting the Meng Yuan army besiege Xining City?" "From the outbreak of the war to the present, it has only been half a month, how can there be a one-sided situation?

In the past half a month, Su Ziheng has been busy with the construction of Sujiazhuang, and he has not sent anyone to inquire about the changes in the battle situation outside? If Zhong Qinghan hadn't told him about it just now, I'm afraid he would have broken into the encirclement of the Meng Yuan army in a daze.

Zhong Qinghan smiled bitterly, "This time, the Mengyuan Empire launched a total of 200,000 iron cavalry to attack my Liangzhou, and their army is twice as large as the Western Liang Army and the Zhongjia Army combined. And I don't know where the Meng Yuan army learned about a secret road through Helan Mountain, directly bypassing the three counties of Kang, Ding, and Sichuan, and using tricks to defraud the two counties of Kang and Sichuan, so that the Meng Yuan army was able to drive straight in. ”

Su Ziheng listened to her eloquently quietly, and couldn't help asking: "Even so, it won't let people surround the capital of Liangzhou, right?" ”

Zhong Qinghan said lightly: "Don't look at the menacing Meng Yuan army, in fact, he won't be able to take Xining City for a while, let alone the entire territory of Liangzhou." Their main force is now dragged in Tanggu County by the Xiliang Army and the Zhongjia Army, as long as they can hold Xining City without losing it, the Mengyuan Army will not be able to hold out for long. ”

"Huh? Why? ”

Zhong Qinghan smiled: "Because they can't provide food and grass, even if they drag, we can drag them down." ”

"I see!" Su Ziheng nodded knowingly. For Xining City, which has strong walls and sufficient food, as long as it is not attacked from the inside by the enemy, it will hold on for a year and a half, and there will be no problem at all.

As for after that, Su Ziheng didn't believe that the Great Xia Imperial Court would watch the entire territory of Liangzhou fall into the hands of the Mengyuan Empire, and not send a large army to rescue! Perhaps, at this moment, the rescue order of the Great Xia Military Department has been issued, and all localities are summoning rescue troops to rush to Liangzhou.

Su Ziheng and Zhong Qinghan were talking about the current situation in the study, and the crow army outside was being vigorously entertained by Su Jiazhuang. Everyone is holding a big bowl and eating fragrant horse meat, drinking a thick salty broth, and then a few white flour steamed buns, which tastes so refreshing.

After everyone in the Black Crow Army had eaten and drunk enough, the servants in Sujiazhuang also packed up the precious gold and silver, and also packed up the sundries of the car, which were all dispensable things on the surface. The truly valuable ones had already been placed in the warehouse of the base space by Su Ziheng.

Those who couldn't take it away were also instructed by Su Ziheng to hide it properly by the housekeeper Qian Lu and lock it in the underground vault. Leaving only an empty shell where the house is.

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More than 4,000 people headed towards Xining City, and when they reached a forest outside the city, Zhong Qinghan ordered the team to stop and sent Leng Huo to inquire about the news.

At this time, it is getting dark outside, and tired birds can be seen from time to time. A few miles outside the city was a newly built military camp, with a bright bonfire and the neighing of war horses could be heard from time to time.

Looking at the direction of Xining City, the city head is also planted with bright torches, the position of the entire city wall is illuminated, the drawbridge on the moat has been pulled up, and the city gate is closed, as if it is waiting for a battle.

Zhong Qinghan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, "Fortunately, Xining City has not been lost. Although these people are not strong in battle, they still have the ability to defend the city. ”

What she feared most now was losing a gate, or the two armies were fighting. If this is the case, the more than 2,000 Crow Army can be free to enter and exit the battlefield like a fish in water, but the more than 1,000 civilians brought by this may be dangerous.

Soon, the cold fire went and came back. According to his report, the four city gates are all closed, and now the main siege of the Mengyuan army is the northeast and south three gates, and the west gate is not guarded by many people.

Zhong Qinghan frowned slightly, and muttered in a low voice: "Is there a lack of one in the third circumference?" I can't see that the main general of the Meng Yuan army on the opposite side is quite proficient in the art of war. ”

"Cold fire, you can really see clearly, the other three gates are brightly lit, only the west side is dim?"

Leng Huo nodded yes, Zhong Qing smiled coldly: "In this way, the main force of the Meng Yuan army this time should be ambushed in the west." Do you want to lure the people of the city to break through from the west and then encircle and annihilate them in one fell swoop? ”

Su Ziheng suddenly opened his mouth and said: "The art of war has clouds, the real is virtual, and the virtual is real." How could Miss Qinghan be sure that the west was the ambush place of the main force of the Meng Yuan army, instead of going the other way around? ”

Zhong Qinghan smiled and said, "I didn't expect Ziheng that you also know the art of war?" It is true that this is said in the military book, but it should also be discussed in light of the actual situation. The way of reality is not absolute, in fact, it mainly depends on how the master with the troops is used. ”

Zhong Qinghan pointed in the direction of Xining City and explained: "Sun Tzu's art of war has clouds, 'Ten will surround it, five will attack it, and double it will fight.'" 'Xining's city walls are high and fortified, and the number of defenders is no less than 20,000, and if the Meng Yuan army wants to attack the city head-on, it needs at least 200,000 troops to gather. ”

"But now their main force is being dragged in Tanggu County, and there are only forty or fifty thousand people who can come to attack Xining City at the moment. Looking at the tight defensive posture of Xining City now, their sneak attack must have failed. ”

"Therefore they can only outwit, not attack!"