Chapter Ninety-Nine: Preparations for War

Liu Yuan's order made the entire Tianshui even more panicked, and even many merchants took down the plaques and stopped operating, and the entire Tianshui City was shrouded in terror.

Outside Tianshui City, in just two days, more than 1,000 people poured into Liu Yuetian's dock fort.

More than 1,000 people arrived, and Liu Yuetian still had more than 400 loads of food, which was enough, but there were not so many places to live, but fortunately, many of these people were young and strong young people, and they cut down more than 100 trees in just one day's work, and then built some simple wooden houses indiscriminately, as long as they could accommodate themselves, they were satisfied.

Liu Yuetian was not stingy, and all the food and drink were provided for free, which made these people grateful to him, and in a short period of time, the loyalty of more than 200 people increased to more than 40, all of whom met the conditions of first-class soldiers.

"There are more than a thousand people, of which three hundred and fifty-six have more than forty loyalty, and the number of first-level soldiers I can call is more than a thousand, but it is far from enough to deal with five thousand Great Qin Iron Cavalry, Brother Shi doesn't know what's going on!"

It had been five days since the Great Qin envoy left, and the entire Tianshui had been blocked by Liu Yuan, and no one could come out, and Liu Yuetian and Shi Le had also lost contact.

"And Chang Yuchun, the thousand infantry is also the key!"

Liu Yuetian stood in front of the dock fort and looked into the distance, and suddenly, a small dot appeared in the distance, and in the blink of an eye, he came to the front, it was Zhang Xingsan.

"Line three, how's it going?"

"Master, Chang Yuchun and that General Xu Da are here!"

Sure enough, two horses came running behind, it was Chang Yuchun and Xu Da, and after a while, the two arrived in front of Liu Yuetian.

"Brother Xu, Brother Chang, you are finally here."

Liu Yuetian walked two steps to the other party's horse, and Lu "Red Top", who was sitting on Chang Yuchun, saw the master's happy four hooves jumping and almost lifted Chang Yuchun down, and Xu Da on the side was jealous when he saw it.

"Okay, okay, Redtop, you go play with Rhubarb first."

Liu Yuetian patted the horse's back, and the red top ran to the side happily.

"Your Royal Highness, it is said that Lu Nai is a peerless horse, why did you appear three horses at this time, by the way, there are two chasing BMWs, these three BMWs alone are worth a fortune, where did you get it, I don't know if you can tell me, I can also get one."

Xu Da jumped off his green horse, and didn't ask anything else about Lu directly to Liu Yuetian.

Chang Yuchun followed Liu Yuetian for ten days to get a Lu BMW, Xu Da almost wanted to snatch this horse for himself when he saw this "red top" at first sight, but there was no way! BMW has an irresistible temptation for military generals, just like the arrogant Xu Da is "shameless" at the moment.

"Haha, General Xu, it's easy to talk about the war horse, let's go to the house and talk about it."

Xu Da's temperament is the same as Chang Yuchun, he is a bold person, and he never beats around the bush when he speaks.

"Your Highness, why did there be so many people in Dock Fort in just a few days?"

Chang Yuchun asked puzzled.

"Don't mention it, the people in the city got the news a few days ago, saying that the Great Zhou army is coming to Tianshui, they are all people who escaped from the city, and I will take them in if they are homeless."

"Your Highness is really benevolent, but with so many people, this food and shelter are all problems."

"That's right, it's all a mess now, but they are also poor people, as long as they can give a full meal, they will be satisfied, but if there is a big war in Tianshui, I am afraid that I will not be able to completely shelter here."

"Is the Great Qin Army confirmed?"

Chang Yuchun then asked.

"I personally went to Jincheng County to investigate, and now it has been determined that the five thousand cavalry are stationed there, and they are practicing every day, and I am afraid that they are already on the way to Tianshui now, Brother Xu, where is your troops?"

"Your Highness, my 1,000 men and horses have already arrived in the forest fifteen miles away, and it will only take an hour to reach Tianshui, and now we are waiting for your order."

Xu Da replied.

"Okay, but don't be in a hurry first, let the Great Qin Five Thousand Iron Cavalry and Liu Yuan's elite collide first, and we will kill him by surprise at the critical moment."

At this moment, a fast horse came from the direction of Jincheng County, and it came to Wubao like the wind, and immediately sat a young man about twenty years old, who jumped down and ran quickly to Liu Yuetian's house.

"Report to Your Highness, the Great Qin army was found a hundred miles away, they are coming towards Tianshui, I am afraid that there are thousands of people from a distance, I hurried back, it is estimated that they will arrive in Tianshui in five or six hours."

"Brother Sun, it's hard work, I've written down your credit, go down and rest!"

This young man's name is Sun Chi, originally just a child of a peasant family in Tianshui, followed his parents to come here, Liu Yuetian found that Sun Chi was young, but he was cautious and cautious, and the system also determined that he had the potential of a famous minister, so Liu Yuetian ordered him to monitor the Daqin army on the official road to Jincheng County, of course, Liu Yuetian made a Lu BMW for him to ride, even if he was discovered by the other party, he couldn't catch up with him.

In fact, it's not just Sun Chi, there are now more than 2,000 people living in Wubao, and there is chaos all day long, how can Liu Yuetian manage it alone? He selected more than a dozen capable young people from the 2,000 people to manage for him, these people were all from peasant families, and their original origins were unknown, but under Liu Yuetian's system, their good abilities were discovered, and they would definitely become famous ministers and generals in time.

"Brother Xu, the Great Qin army is about to arrive, what can you do?"

Liu Yuetian asked.

"Five or six hours! Your Highness, my more than 1,000 people can't confront the Great Qin 5,000 iron cavalry head-on, and there is no possibility of a sneak attack halfway, first, there is not enough time, and secondly, this road is an empty desert, and the infantry has nowhere to hide, and the opposite side can only fight hard is to kill themselves, so I think these soldiers can only sneak attack at close range when the other party is attacking the city, so this can take advantage of a little advantage"

Xu Da is good at using soldiers, but it doesn't mean that he can win all battles, and the confrontation between him and Fu Jian's more than 200 cavalry was just a draw.

The way of using troops, this arrangement of troops is important, but more important is to use the surrounding environment, now the environment does not allow it, if he forcibly attacks, he can only be sent to death.

"In addition, His Royal Highness should also pay attention to it, although the strength of the five thousand iron cavalry of Daqin is strong, but the power of the cavalry is only in the field, and attacking the city is not his strength, so we have to make two preparations, one is that the Daqin army will break through Tianshui with one attack, and there are only 20,000 troops in Tianshui City, which is definitely not the opponent of Daqin, at this time, my army can follow and reap the benefits, but maybe Daqin can't attack it for a long time, then there will be some trouble, if we sneak attack the Qin army is undoubtedly helping Liu Yuan, what should we do?"

Xu Da has been in battle for a long time and knows all kinds of battle situations very well, and he must make arrangements in advance before the big war to be prepared.

"Hmm!"

Liu Yuetian nodded again and again when he heard this, he always thought that the Great Qin army would defeat the other party with a devastating momentum, but he didn't expect that this siege battle was very different from the field battle, although the cavalry was strong, it was useless to attack the city, which he didn't take into account.

"General Xu, you're right, your thousand elite soldiers can only be used for sneak attacks, Liu Yuan's occupation of Tianshui can be said to have the advantage of time, but my subordinates have secretly rebelled against Liu Yuan's nephew Liu Hu, this person will give Liu Yuan a blow at a critical moment, and then it will be our chance."

"Liu Hu? Who is he? ”

Xu Da asked.

"This person is Liu Yuan's nephew, who previously commanded the elite troops of Tianshui, but he made a mistake and was dismissed by Liu Yuan.

"Chess pieces?"

Xu Da and Chang Yuchun secretly looked at each other, this Liu Yuetian had already had an attempt at Tianshui, even if there was no Qin army attacking, he was afraid that he would have to eliminate Liu Yuan in the future, this skill is not something ordinary people can do, it seems that the other party is a figure like Liu Che, the king of Hanzhong.

"Of course it would be nice if that were the case......... Then we will only assume that Liu Yuan can't hold Tianshui, and then there will definitely be a big battle between the two sides in the city, and now there are three forces, the first force is the iron cavalry of Daqin, and they are the most powerful.

The second force is Liu Yuan's troops, although they are numerous, but their combat effectiveness is insufficient compared to Great Qin.

The third-party force is my 1,000 infantry plus Liu Hu's soldiers, and the strength is also the weakest side, and it is not easy for us to get an advantage between the two, but our advantage is that we are hidden in the shadows, and we can attack it by surprise. ”

Xu Da listed all the advantages and disadvantages of the enemy and me, and then analyzed them tactically one by one, which was really clear and clear, even the small stove on the side and everyone else heard it clearly.

"In this way, even if everything goes according to our plan, we won't have any advantage in the final battle of forces."

Liu Yuetian frowned slightly.

"We don't know the combat effectiveness of Liu Yuan's troops, and they must not be stronger than my subordinates, but Daqin's army is famous, they have strict military discipline and very high combat effectiveness......... However, the battlefield is changing rapidly, and the stronger side may not be able to defeat the weaker side, and this time we still have a chance to win. ”

The war is like this, although his own strength is the weakest side, Xu Da does not think that he must lose.

After everyone discussed the countermeasures, Xu Da was about to leave in a hurry, and Liu Yuetian led the Lu horse that Sun Chi rode before.

"Brother Xu, I don't have anything to give you, this Lu horse is named Chiyan, so I'll give it to you."

Xu Da almost jumped up when he heard this, Chang Yuchun was also speechless on the side, he still didn't figure it out, why the rare Lu Ma was like a horse here in Liu Yuetian, and he made a horse after a while, could it be that the other party is really a fairy and has the ability to turn stones into gold?

"Chi Yan, Chi Yan, okay, you will follow me in the future, I promise to let you eat and drink spicy, haha!"

Xu Da stroked this red flame Lu Zhen couldn't put it down, and at the same time, his loyalty to Liu Yuetian was rising, reaching forty-six in the blink of an eye.

Xu Da turned over and got on his horse, and left quickly as soon as he gave his hand to everyone.

"Little stove, tell me to go down, everyone will cook at once, and give me a full meal to recuperate."