"Report!"

The cavalry saw Ye Shaolong from a distance, hurriedly roared, and then jumped down from the horse and knelt directly in front of Ye Shaolong: "Qiqi Marshal, five miles away from the suburbs of the capital, I found that the army was coming towards the capital!" ”

Ye Shaolong was slightly shocked, and said in a deep voice: "Do you know which force it is, and how many soldiers and horses there are?" ”

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The cavalry shook his head: "Marshal Qiqi, it has not yet been discovered!" ”

"Pass my order, find out everything at once, and there must be no mistakes!"

"Yes!"

The cavalry replied, and immediately remounted his horse and galloped away.

Ye Shaolong returned to the imperial study, summoned Su Can and the iron tower to come to discuss, and waited for the spies outside to find out the situation.

Soon after, a spy came to report that the attacking army was the Taiyuan army. And not only the Taiyuan army came, but then spies came to report, saying that the east gate and the south gate had also discovered the enemy.

If it was just the Taiyuan Army, Ye Shaolong might still be able to support Yejiabao's reinforcements. But now that I found out that there was someone else hiding in the dark, it was really critical!

As soon as Tie Ta heard that the east gate and the south gate had also discovered the enemy's situation, he did not hesitate to stand up and ask for battle: "Marshal, the enemy at the east gate and the south gate, my cavalry battalion can repel them, please allow the cavalry battalion to fight!" ”

The cavalry battalion now has almost 4,000 troops, which can be said to be the main force in Ye Shaolong's army now, and it is also an absolute weapon for attack. The enemy forces of the East Gate and the South Gate have been found to be the Zhangjiakou Army.

After pondering for a moment, Ye Shaolong finally nodded and agreed with the tower: "The Zhangjiakou army has already hooked up with the foreign army, and now we are going to enter the capital, and this Zhangjiakou army has posed a threat to us." ”

After a pause, Ye Shaolong said viciously: "Tie Ta listens to the order, this battle must completely attack the Zhangjiakou army, no matter what means you use, you must give them a cruel lesson." ”

"Yes!" Tie Tower's face showed a hideous color, with Ye Shaolong's words, he can now let go of his hands and feet and do it without any scruples.

After the tower left, only Su Can and Ye Shaolong were left in the house, and the only cavalry battalion in the army that could fight was taken away by the tower. This also means that Ye Shaolong does not have any army in his hands to go out of the city to meet the Taiyuan army.

In this regard, Su Can was worried, and hesitated to ask Ye Shaolong for advice: "Marshal, all the cavalry let the iron tower take away, so how should we deal with the Taiyuan army." ”

Now Su Can has 4,000 musketeers in his hands, and without the cover of cavalry, the musket battalion can only be used as a defender, relying on the city wall to fight the enemy.

The defense is enough, but it is impossible to go out of the city to face the battle, so after a long time, the capital will be in danger.

Su Can's worries, Ye Shaolong also understood in his heart, but he had other plans, and explained with a smile: "Brother Su, don't worry, the Zhangjiakou army is not worried, the tower should be able to repel them soon." As for the Taiyuan army, although it is powerful, as long as we hold on to the cavalry battalion of the iron tower to help, we can strike at the Taiyuan army at that time, so your worries are not a problem. ”

After thinking about it for a while, Su Can also felt that Ye Shaolong was reasonable, and then he didn't say anything more, and left to go down to defend the city.

Ye Shaolong was not idle, and after changing into armor, he personally led the remaining infantry battalion to join the defense.

This time the Taiyuan army was menacing, and he had to be cautious. It would take half a day for the Yejiabao army to come to help at the earliest, during which time he had to make sure that the capital was safe.

The West Gate is the direction from which the Taiyuan army came, and Su Can is guarding it, so Ye Shaolong doesn't have to worry about it for the time being. The east gate and the south gate are where the Zhangjiakou army is located, and the iron tower goes out with cavalry, and the matter of defending the city falls to Ye Shaolong.

With the remaining 2,000 infantry and 1,000 troops at one gate to defend the city, it is obviously a bit thin. Fortunately, the Zhangjiakou army could not attack the city at all, and a city gate guarded by 1,000 troops was enough.

Ye Shaolong heard that the tower was out of the city from the east gate, so he glared at the east city. As soon as you go up to the attic on the city wall, you can see smoke and dust billowing in the distance, and the sound of horses' hooves like thunder is moving to the east.

At this time, a soldier came to tell the enemy, saying that General Tieta had brought 4,000 cavalry to meet the enemy, and asked Ye Shaolong what to do next.

Ye Shaolong replied indifferently: "Close the city gate, except for my Yejiabao army, no one is allowed to open the door." ”

"Yes, Dashuai!" The soldiers were ordered to go down and make arrangements.

Ye Shaolong did not stay at the east gate for a long time, and after inspecting it, he went to the west gate. As soon as I went up, I could see the flag fluttering in the distance, and a large army was coming, stopping about five miles from the west city gate.

"How? Can you see how many soldiers and horses the Taiyuan army has come this time? Ye Shaolong found Su Can and saw that he was observing with a telescope, so he asked casually.

Su Cantou didn't look back, still looking at the Taiyuan army: "It should be no less than 30,000, and when I go, I can see that they are carrying a lot of siege equipment." It seems that they will not retreat easily this time, and there is a good chance that a fierce battle awaits us! ”

"Thirty thousand?"

Ye Shaolong frowned, then snatched the telescope of a general beside him and looked at it himself.

I saw that the flags in the Taiyuan army were fluttering, and the dense soldiers and horses could not be seen at a glance. In front of the Taiyuan army, Ye Shaolong quickly found the siege equipment that Su Can said.

There are indeed quite a few, and they still look very new, and they all seem to have been made in a hurry.

Su Can put down the binoculars, looked at Ye Shaolong and said with a wry smile: "Thirty thousand is only a lot and a lot, but I don't know if all of them are regular troops, or if they have requisitioned people to make up the number." It's a pity that the tower is not there, if he is there, he can let the cavalry battalion go to test the reality of the enemy. ”

"Wait, the tower has already gone out of the city to face the Zhangjiakou army. As long as their side fights, the Taiyuan army will definitely attack immediately, and then they can find out their reality. But what about the ammunition of your musket battalion, is it enough? ”

Defending the city, now Su Can's musket battalion is definitely the main force, ammunition is the key, if the ammunition is not enough, it will be sad.

Su Can smiled: "It is not a problem for the ammunition to last for three days, fortunately, a lot of it has been collected from Baoding City." Otherwise, it's really not enough to deal with such a big scene! ”

"Hmph, it doesn't take three days, just survive today. If the Taiyuan army can't capture the city gate, then they will defend us next! ”

The ammunition was enough to defend for three days, and Ye Shaolong already had nothing to worry about. Yejiabao reinforcements will arrive within half a day, and when the time comes, they will attack the Taiyuan army inside and outside, and they will definitely be able to kill him without leaving a piece of armor.

Although the Taiyuan army has more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, as Su Can said, I don't know how many people are temporarily requisitioned in it.