Wang Xu military camp.

After dinner, all the generals above the rank of lieutenant gathered in the big tent of the Chinese army, which was an important meeting held by Wang Xu, and it was necessary to discuss a strategy to break the enemy.

Due to the large number of people, the big tent of the Chinese army was crowded, Wang Xu frowned, and immediately dismissed some, leaving only a few important generals.

The main members of the meeting are: Sun Yu, Huang Quan, Li Zhi, Qin Shuang, Jia Hui, Zhang Meng, these are the first to follow Wang Xu, in addition to these six people, there are Sun Yu, Huang Quan two people found two young generals in the siege of the city recruitment, they were originally the captain of the county, good martial arts, enough to be a general, since the fall of the county, the two of them surrendered to Wang Xu, one is called Qiancang, one is called Min Ling, so, at this time, in addition to Wang Xu, there are eight people in the big tent.

All the generals at the rank of captain withdrew from the big tent, Wang Xu breathed a sigh of relief, there were too many people, until now, he didn't know how many people he had.

Looking at Sun Yu, Wang Xu asked, "Let's talk about it, how many soldiers do we have now?" ”

Sun Yu and Huang Quan looked at each other and smiled, both of them were happy, this kind of policy of free expansion of the army is really good, the two have already discussed, and they must carry forward this policy in the future and continue.

"My lord, now we are truly strong."

Sun Yu slowly took out a bamboo slip from the armor around his waist, unfolded it and read: "All the armies gathered here, with a total of 95,000 troops, including 5,000 cavalry and 90,000 infantry; 60,000 sets of armor, 70,000 spears, 5,000 longbows, 80,000 arrows, 40,000 shields, 80,000 swords, and 100,000 deniers of grain. ”

After reading the records on the bamboo slips in one breath, Sun Yu raised his head and said: "This is not counting the troops and armies of our various counties, if they are all equipped, how can there be more than 100,000 troops, and the grain and grass are inexhaustible, even if we fight here for a year, we don't have to worry about the depletion of grain and grass." ”

Wang Xu was really taken aback after hearing this, even Zhang Meng and Jia Hui were speechless in surprise, this number of troops is too much, Wang Xu never thought that he would think that it would be good to have 50,000 soldiers, but now there are more than 100,000.

Wang Xu stood up and said happily: "Okay, now that we have more than 100,000 heavy soldiers, Zhou Yi's kid won't live long." ”

Zhang Meng said excitedly: "Now you have to do a good job." Looking at Wang Xu, Zhang Meng said loudly: "Lord, this time you can't let me stay in the rear to watch the battle, if that's the case, you might as well cut me down now." ”

There was laughter in the big tent, and Wang Xu didn't mind him, so he had to say: "If you have the opportunity, you will definitely be a pioneer!" ”

Zhang Meng heard this, and immediately nodded with satisfaction, in his heart, nothing is as important as fighting and killing, it is a kind of enjoyment that others can't understand, especially the feeling of a sledgehammer hitting the enemy's head, just thinking about it can make him excited.

Huang Quan said: "With the addition of the two thousand personal soldiers brought by the lord, we now have a total of 97,000 troops, 5,000 garrisons in Qingyang County, 5,000 garrisons in the valley in front, and a total of 87,000 left in the camp. ”

After a pause, Huang Quan said: "But 80,000 of these 87,000 are recruits, and my subordinates are worried about this combat effectiveness." ”

When it comes to combat effectiveness, everyone's faces darkened, there is no way to compare recruits and elite soldiers, often 20,000 recruits fight against 10,000 veterans, and it is always the recruits who suffer, because they don't know how to survive on the battlefield, they don't know how to set up formations, and many people vomit when they see blood, and they can't adapt to the bloody scene on the battlefield at all.

Wang Xu came to the desk and sat down: "The recruits are nothing, aren't the veterans also from the recruits, I believe that after the battle of Wangcheng, these tens of thousands of people will become veterans, and it will take a process." ”

Huang Quan said: "If it is peacetime, it doesn't matter if the recruits and veterans are recruited, but this battle is extremely important, Zhou Yi's strength is not what it used to be, and it is very difficult to take the royal city and achieve the effect of training soldiers." ”

At this time, Ye Xiong walked in from outside the tent, he had been in the dark, and when Wang Xu set off from Languan, he rode a fast horse and walked in front, in order to find out the news in the royal city in advance.

Seeing Ye Xiong's arrival, Wang Xu was overjoyed and immediately said, "What's the matter, what's the situation in Wangcheng?" ”

Ye Xiong first saluted, and then said: "Zhou Yi has been expanding his army in the royal city during this time, and has recruited 30,000 troops so far, and he also got the news that Zhou Yi purchased a large number of war horses from Hexi County, which is worth tens of thousands, so at this time, in the royal city, there are a total of 80,000 infantry troops and 10,000 cavalry, and among these 90,000 people, 60,000 are elite soldiers, and their real strength has surpassed ours." ”

Jia Hui said: "If you want to break through the royal city, it is indeed a little difficult, they have a strong city wall defense, divided into the outer city, the inner city, a total of two moats, not only that, the royal city is the administrative center of Guxi County, the necessary equipment to defend the city is inexhaustible, and the grain and grass are enough." ”

Before Jia Hui finished speaking, Zhang Meng became dissatisfied: "Net increase in the prestige of others, what if there is a city wall?" We have an army of 100,000 in our hands, what are we afraid of? What if we have food, don't we have it? ”

The corners of his mouth crossed a trace of disdain, Zhang Meng looked at Wang Xu on the main seat, and said: "If the lord believes in me, he will give me 50,000 soldiers, and I will personally take the lead in attacking the city, so I don't believe that I can't cross the city wall." ”

Wang Xu chuckled and shook his head, everything will be easier when it comes to Zhang Meng, if the 50,000 army can capture the royal city, is it necessary to be so troublesome, I am afraid that Lu Yang's border army would have eliminated Zhou Yi a long time ago.

Ignoring Zhang Meng, Jia Hui continued: "Our siege equipment is too rudimentary, and I am afraid that we will not be able to attack the city with only those cloud ladders. ”

This is also what Wang Xu is most worried about, the recruits are not terrible, the most terrible thing is that there is no sharp attack weapon, the wall of the royal city is no more than other small counties, it is more than four zhang high, if you use a ladder, I am afraid that the soldiers have not climbed to the top of the city, they will all be smashed down.

Think about when Zhou Yi captured the royal city, there were less than 30,000 soldiers in the royal city at that time, but Zhou Yi had 100,000, and he used so many trebuchets, and in the end, there were still a lot of casualties.

Looking at the present, there are 90,000 defenders in the royal city, which is an extremely terrible number, if you blindly attack, I am afraid that more than 100,000 people will not have any effect.

Wang Xu looked at Sun Yu: "How many siege equipment do we have now?" ”

"There are more than 200 sturdy ladders, all of which are placed in the back camp." Sun Yu said truthfully.

Wang Xu sighed, no matter how strong the ladder is, it is only a ladder, and the effect is the same, if it is next to a few boulders of the enemy, it will be broken.

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