Three days have passed since I arrived in Xinshi. In the past three days, Wancheng's army has not moved south again.

Despite the humiliation, at least for now, the Chung Ling army has a place to stay. With the development of the Green Forest Army in Xinshi over the years, it has gathered more than 30,000 people. Although the equipment is poor, and most of the soldiers are just some outcasts, relying on the green forest mountain as the core, they have also resisted several encirclements and suppressions by the imperial court.

Now, Liu Xuan, as well as the Chung Ling Army led by him, can be regarded as completely subordinate to the Green Forest Army.

Although the Liu clan that lost Liu Liang still has a slight complaint about it, and has already shown some dissatisfaction, but fortunately, under Liu Liang's accumulated power for many years, it still has not completely broken. After all, the general trend is in front of us, even if you don't belong to the Green Forest Army, what else can you do?

Xinshi is also a township under Nanyang County. On the territory of the new city, there is a green forest mountain. Although it is not high, it can accommodate tens of thousands of horses up and down the mountain. After being accepted by the Green Forest Army, the Chung Ling Army was given a flat area between the valleys for them to station.

And now, in the camp tent of the Chungling Army, several principals of the Chungling Army have gathered together, and even Li Tong, who had just woken up from a coma, was forced to hold on to his injured body and sit in the crowd.

"Lord, according to the report from the city, the more than 2,000 cavalry returned to Wancheng after the pursuit was fruitless. But now, the army in Wancheng has begun to move again. It seems that the army should be heading south soon. Ren Guang hurriedly walked in from outside the tent and reported to Liu Xuanyu.

Although Xiaoyuelou was captured before, Liu Xuan's hidden power was still deeply rooted in Wancheng after all. Even though those swordsmen had all been killed, the remnants of the intelligence network, Wang Mu had just arrived, and it was impossible for them to be uprooted and swept away in an instant.

Therefore, after being driven out of Wancheng, Liu Jiu can still get information about Wancheng, although it is not very detailed.

"I knew it would come sooner or later. Although I don't know why, that Wang Mu has always wanted Ah Xiu's life. Liu Xuan said coldly.

"I'm sorry, my lord......" Li Tong's left arm was broken, tightly wrapped in a white cloth, and hung on his chest. When Xiaoyue Tower was raided, although Ren Guang desperately rescued him, he still fell into a coma. He had just woken up from a coma shortly before.

At this moment, he was bowing his head with guilt on his face, not daring to look directly at Liu Xuan's gaze.

He claimed to have no last resort, but this time he gave a completely wrong result, how could Li Tong not blame himself?

"No...... It's not your fault. Liu Xuan shook his head instead: "You're right, it's my fault." ”

Li Tong's whole body was shocked, and he looked up in surprise.

"The results of your divination are all right." Liu Xuan laughed self-deprecatingly: "We did easily occupy the south gate, and Zhang Fang was indeed killed." If you want to blame, you can only blame me for asking these two questions when I asked you to divination. ”

"Yes...... That's also because of my incompetence......" Li Tong still felt guilty: "If I wasn't only good at calculating such trivial things......"

"Everyone has their own strengths, and it's good that you can calculate the little things so accurately. It's just that...... I'll make more of my own judgment in the future. Liu Xuan gently patted Li Tong's shoulder: "Okay, let's not talk about this." Let's take a look at our relationship with the Green Forest Army in the future. ”

"Strictly speaking, we are now part of the Green Forest Army...... Liu Xiu smiled bitterly: "Brother, have you forgotten that we have belonged to them?" ”

"Hmph...... What is a momentary victory? Liu Xuan snorted disdainfully: "Wang Kuang and Wang Feng are just tools for us to live temporarily." In the end, it must be me who will win the world! ”

"Because the boss ...... It's the man who bears the destiny of heaven! Liu Ji grinned and laughed.

More than 7,000 people, after three years of preparation, and after careful planning, the blow that they thought would be won was completely seen through by the other party and suffered a great defeat, so that they lost their troops and fell to the point of defecting to the Green Forest Army.

If it had been another army, I am afraid that I would have been depressed and panicked at this moment. However, none of the few people in the camp now have the slightest depression in their hearts, but everyone is high-spirited.

Because they had all seen those two miracles with their own eyes.

If the first hailstorm can barely be called a coincidence, then the second time the river broke off and re-flowed without warning, which can only be regarded as a complete destiny.

Therefore, although there are only more than 2,000 remnants left in the Chungling Army, they are full of incomparable confidence in Liu Xuan from top to bottom.

"So, how many troops are expected to attack?" Liu Jiu looked at Ren Guang.

Ren Guang nodded: "As we originally knew, the strength in Wancheng was about 10,000 people, including more than 1,000 cavalry. But this time, the troops brought by Wang Mu were 30,000. The two sides combined, even if a part of the city is left to defend the city, the subordinates think...... The troops capable of attacking us will not be less than thirty thousand. ”

"Thirty thousand? How could Wang Mu bring 30,000 people! Liu Xuan frowned and looked at Ren Guang: "On the night we attacked Wancheng, if Wang Mu's men had 30,000 people, it would be impossible for us to escape!" Besides, we had been in Wancheng until then. He brought 30,000 people into the city, how could he hide it from our eyes! ”

Ren Guang shook his head guiltily: "Until the night we launched the siege, Wang Mu's direct troops were only five hundred, and they were those soldiers with giant shields and crossbows. When they entered the city, they were all dressed in civilian clothes, and their weapons were disguised as goods brought into the city, just to deceive us into the city. As for the remaining 30,000 people, they arrived in Wancheng within three days. ”

Liu Xuan clenched his fists tightly.

This is indeed a game, a huge, well-planned game.

Just to catch yourself all.

The intelligence network he had before had penetrated deep into the entire Wancheng. If the army had arrived from Chang'an, he would not have been unnoticed. And Wang Mu is obviously very aware of this. Only brought 500 people into the city lightly, concealed his information, and only waited for the night when he raised his army to launch a counterattack, which shows that Wang Mu's understanding of him and his strategy for this battle are by no means idle.

This is a terrible opponent!

"Thirty thousand...... If you only rely on the Green Forest Mountain and defend with all your might...... Maybe there's a chance to win. Liu Xiu looked at her brother with a wry smile on her face.

The current strength of the Green Forest Army should also be thirty or forty thousand people, but even if the number is comparable, the combat power will never be at the same level. After all, it is an army gathered on the basis of a group of displaced people, and it can only be regarded as a very ordinary level in terms of equipment and training. Liu Xiu had already come to a conclusion in the past two days of observation, and it was not even comparable to the level of the Chung Ling army.

At present, the only way to do this is to rely on the green forest and the mountains, and the whole army will stick to it. In that case, despite the difference in combat power, it is not impossible to fight. In fact, in the past few years, the Green Forest Army did resist Zhang Fang's encirclement and suppression in this way.

"Seemingly, that's all there is to it." Liu Xuan nodded: "Then...... Let's wait for the new Korean army in Wancheng to attack with peace of mind. ”

But to Liu Xuan's surprise, the imperial soldiers and horses of Wancheng seemed to be ready to go south out of the city, but they stopped moving and stayed in the city again.

Wancheng to Xinshi, but more than 100 miles. Even if the army marched, it would only take two days at most. According to Wang Mu's previous actions, he shouldn't have reacted so slowly.

Liu Xuan and others spent half a month in confusion before they got a report from Wancheng.

New reinforcements have arrived.

According to the time calculation, it was after Liu Xuan and others escaped from Huang Chunshui that Wang Mu changed his mind and no longer planned to confront Liu Xuan with only his existing strength, but decided to finish his work in one battle, and with an overwhelming difference in strength, the Chungling Army and the Green Forest Army were wiped out.

Nearly two months later, it was the first month of the fourth year of the emperor, and the troops gathered in Wancheng had gradually approached 100,000 people.

Such a gap in strength is no longer something that the Green Forest can withstand. Even if you rely on the defense of the green forest mountain, it is impossible to win.

Fortunately, there are other rebels in this vicinity.

In the area of Nanjun in the west, there are more than 10,000 righteous soldiers led by Wang Chang and Cheng Dan, known as Xiajiang soldiers. Chen Mu, Liao Zhan and others gathered more than 5,000 people in the southeast area, called Pinglin soldiers. Although they were both anti-reckless rebels before, they were all fighting separately and did not have much contact with each other.

After all, before, the main force of the imperial court was fighting against the Red Mei Army in the north, and there were not many troops stationed in Wancheng. Even if they fought on their own, Wancheng's Taishou Zhang Fang did not have the ability to destroy any of them.

However, now Wancheng's sudden increase in troops has made everyone feel the pressure, and the situation has forced them to unite.

When Wancheng had just begun to increase its troops, Wang Kuang and Wang Feng sent envoys to contact the two rebel armies of Xiajiang Pinglin. No matter how unfamiliar they were before, everyone also knew that since the imperial court had gathered 100,000 people in Wancheng, it was impossible to just target the Green Forest Branch.

This time, it's going to be a decisive battle.

After uniting the two rebel armies of Xiajiang Pinglin, the total number of the Green Forest Army has reached more than 50,000 people. But the problem also exists - with the addition of the two rebel armies in Xiajiang Pinglin, the current situation will never allow the rebel army to retreat to the green forest mountain as a battle plan.

Otherwise, if Wang Mu used a part of his troops to defend the Green Forest Mountain, and the rest of his troops went to sweep the Pinglin of the lower river, then Wang Chang, Chen Mu and the others would instantly turn into rootless water.

At that time, they who have lost their base will also become vassals of the Green Forest Army, just like the current Chung Ling Army.

Therefore, although the leaders of the rebels met together in Xinshi and discussed together for three days, they were still unable to reach a compromise.

Decisive battle at Huang Chunshui! That's the final conclusion!

Although Wang Kuang and Wang Feng were not willing, they could not convince the leaders of the two rebel armies in Xia Jiang Pinglin anyway.

And Wancheng's army finally began to move.

Heading all the way to the south, their target was indeed the new city occupied by the Green Forest Army.