The official camp covers an area of thousands of acres, and a two-zhang high board wall is built around it, and the soldiers can stand on the board wall, which is actually equivalent to a simple city wall, but it does not have the strength and width of the city wall, and it will collapse when it is violently hit by a battering ram or trebuchet.

Tang Huai led a group of cavalry back to the camp, they turned over and dismounted, and walked quickly towards the camp.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, the planting master Dao was listening to the reports of the two intelligence department members who had received the latest information they had received.

"This morning, the scouts found that the main force of the Liangshan Army, about 50,000 troops, appeared in the area of Baiqiu Ridge, which is the junction of Yunzhou and Jeju, and another army of about 20,000 people was killing from Renqiu County in the direction of Juye County, about 80 miles away from Juye County."

"How far is Baiqiu Ridge from Juye County?" The seed master asked.

"About eighty miles, Dashuai, this shouldn't be a coincidence, both armies are eighty miles away from Juye County."

"Is it a coincidence, I will judge, I want to know how many garrisons there are in Juye County?"

The two soldiers glanced at each other, and both said helplessly: "There is no accurate information yet." ”

"Accurate information is already available!"

Uncle Zhang appeared at the door of the big tent and walked in, "I just got the scout's latest information about Juye County. ”

The two soldiers hurriedly saluted, Uncle Zhang waved his hand to let them retreat, he stepped forward and said to the planter: "There are eight thousand defenders in the city, the main will be Lin Chong, all of them are infantry, most of them are leather armor, but there is also a small part of armor. ”

"Is the information accurate?"

Uncle Zhang nodded, "It should be accurate, Tang Huai grabbed three spies to confirm the information." ”

Seed Master Dao showed a worried look on his face, walked a few steps with his hands in his hand, and said for a while: "Eight thousand Liangshan soldiers are not terrible, but what worries me is that the main general who guards the city is actually Lin Chong. ”

"Lin Chong has been leaving the forbidden army for almost ten years!"

"It's been ten years, I'm very familiar with his father-in-law Wang Jin, according to him, Lin Chong is not only strong in martial arts, but also good in the art of war, which can be regarded as both civil and military, and he guards Juye County, even if we capture the county, I'm afraid we will pay a huge price. Besides, there are two giant wolves eyeing the city eighty miles away, waiting for us to be frustrated in the siege. ”

Uncle Zhang laughed, "Dashuai won't be ready to attack Juye City so passively!" ”

Seed Master Dao also laughed, "Actually, I've been thinking about a question, how many troops are there in Sucheng County?" ”

"The intelligence says that there are 50,000 main forces in the Baiqiu Ridge area, 20,000 troops west of Rencheng County, plus 8,000 troops in Juye County, if the total strength of 100,000 troops is calculated, then there are more than 20,000 troops distributed outside."

"Zhang Sima forgot their Liangshan lair, how many troops should be on the mountain, and at least 10,000 sailors, if you count the 10,000 troops that were exterminated in Hebei, has Zhang Sima thought about it?"

Uncle Zhang pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Is the big marshal saying that Sucheng County is empty?" ”

Seed Master Dao nodded, "I don't think it's an ordinary emptiness!" ”

.........

On the night of the black rumbling, a cavalry of more than 1,000 people was galloping towards Sucheng County, the wind was blowing past their ears, and each cavalryman pursed his lips and looked at the front with a solemn expression......

The first rays of sunlight shone on them the next morning, and they had galloped more than 400 miles in one day and one night, and arrived at Dong'e County, Yunzhou, which was still more than 60 miles away from Xucheng County. ”

The cavalry dismounted one after another and led their horses to the river to drink, at this time, Niu Gao stepped forward and saluted Li Yanqing and said, "Is the commander looking for me?" ”

Li Yanqing nodded, pointed to Dong'e County, which was about two miles away, and said, "You take a few hundred brothers to the county seat and get some forage." ”

"This will reveal our whereabouts!"

"I know you can leak a little bit to him, and say that there are five thousand troops headed for Sucheng."

Niu Gao suddenly woke up and nodded hurriedly, "I understand, let's go to the county seat!" ”

He shouted twice, and then ran to Dong'e County with 300 soldiers, Dong'e County is a small county, there is no army stationed, only dozens of township soldiers are responsible for guarding the city gate, the township soldiers saw that it was the officers and soldiers coming, so frightened that they hurriedly reported to the county.

Dong Azhi County was no longer appointed by the imperial court, but by Song Jiang, and the county was so frightened that his legs were weak, and he hurriedly ran up to the city tower, and said, "Excuse me.... Is there anything wrong with the military masters? ”

"We came from Qizhou, passed by Guixian, and asked Guixian for some forage and grain!"

"May I ask for many times grain and forage, the grain needs to be eaten by 5,000 people for two days, and the forage is enough for 2,000 war horses, how much do you calculate?"

Zhixian quickly calculated in his heart, and said: "Then a hundred stones of grain and a thousand loads of forage, is it okay?" ”

"Yes! Get out of the city. ”

The magistrate did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly ran to raise grain and grass, and after a while, the city gate opened, and dozens of ox carts sent grain and grass out, and Niu Gao led the ox convoy to the army station.

At this time, the magistrate hurriedly said to the left and right: "Immediately send a pigeon letter to inform Sucheng, saying that there are 5,000 officers and soldiers coming to Sucheng, including 2,000 cavalry!" ”

Li Yanqing paid the ox cart drivers 500 wen each, and asked them to follow him to Xucheng County, and the team rested for an hour, and then continued to march south along the official road.

.........

Xucheng County is indeed very empty, there are only 3,000 troops in the city, Song Jiang wanted to fight a decisive battle with the 30,000 troops of the Seed Master Dao, and bet on the 80,000 army, resulting in the emptiness of Xucheng County.

There was chaos in the city of Xucheng, Wang Yingzheng led the army to the city, he was anxious, while sending people to the eldest brother Song Jiang with an urgent express report of 800 miles for help, on the other hand, he forcibly recruited young and strong people to defend the city in the city, many soldiers took the opportunity to loot the shops, and the Sucheng County was uneasy.

Wang Ying stood at the head of the city and looked to the north, when two cavalry spies rushed from a distance and shouted under the city: "General, we have found officers and soldiers, and there are still more than 20 miles away from the county seat!" ”

"How many troops?" Wang Ying asked at the head of the city.

"It seems that there are only more than a thousand cavalry!"

Wang Ying was stunned, how could there be only 1,000 cavalry, didn't Dong'e County say that there were 5,000 men and horses?

A general next to him said in a low voice: "This must be the vanguard of the enemy army, and the main force of the brigade is behind!" ”

Wang Ying nodded, this made sense, and he hurriedly asked again: "How many people have been sent to the Lord Gazette?" ”

"Two teams of messengers have been sent!"

"Send another team of messengers, be sure to ask the owner of the village to come back quickly!"

Three more cavalrymen rushed to the main army of the Liangshan Army two hundred miles away with Wang Ying's 100,000 urgent requests for help.

Li Yanqing knew very well that the purpose of his trip was not to capture Xucheng County, he knew that it was impossible to occupy the county seat with only a thousand cavalry, and no matter how careless Song Jiang was, he would not let Xucheng County become an empty city, and there would always be thousands of people.

As long as he let the army appear in the area of Xucheng County and cause some kind of huge pressure on the county, Song Jiang will send troops to help, and even withdraw the army, after all, the families of all the important generals of the Liangshan Army are in Xucheng County, and Song Jiang cannot afford the consequences of Xucheng County being breached.

It was not until after dark that Li Yanqing led a thousand cavalry to be late, but he did not go to the city, but divided the cavalry into three routes, one route led by Wang Gui to the large military camp located about ten miles south of Xucheng County, where it was originally the Xicheng of the imperial court, and now it is where the military office of Liangshan of the Song River is located, and now there is no army in the military office and the military camp.

The second route was led by Niu Gao with 300 cavalry to Jishui Wharf, where there were more than 100 warehouses, which were important material storage places for the Liangshan army, and he also asked Niu Gao to set fire to all the warehouses, and the third road was led by Li Yanqing, who led the army to ambush on the way to the warehouse, waiting for the opportunity to ambush the soldiers of the Liangshan army.

Wang Ying waited at the head of the city for a whole afternoon, but he could not wait for the enemy army to come in a big way, he was really tired, so he went down to the city to rest first.

At this time, Wang Ying was sitting alone in the room drinking, and tonight he was under a lot of pressure, so he didn't find a woman to accompany him for the first time, so he drank alone to relieve his boredom.

At this time, there was a rush of running outside the door, and a soldier hurriedly reported: "General Wang, there is a fire outside the city!" ”

Wang Ying stood up in fright, opened the door and asked, "Where is the fire?" ”

"It's the docks, and there's a fire on the barracks."

Wang Ying only felt that his head was 'buzzing!' With a sound, the dock caught fire, and the enemy must have burned down the warehouse, and he hurried to the west of the city, rushing up the city wall in one breath, and the scene in front of him made him stunned.

I saw that the wharf five miles away was on fire, the smoke was billowing into the sky, and the monstrous fire formed a sea of fire, which was the situation that dozens of warehouses were burned at the same time, and dozens of warehouses could store a large amount of grain, grass and various materials! How do you explain to your eldest brother?

Wang Ying turned his head to look south again, the south military camp was also in flames, the biggest flame must have been that the military office was also burned, Wang Ying wanted to cry without tears, so anxious that he stomped his feet, what should I do now?

At this moment, the dock warehouse suddenly burst into flames, and there was an earth-shattering explosion, the whole earth shook, and the city wall also shook, Wang Ying stood unsteadily, sat on the ground, and saw a huge fireball soaring into the sky, red flames soared into the sky, and it was clearly visible hundreds of miles away, and some soldiers shouted, "It's the firearms hangar, the firearms hangar exploded!" ”