Before the celebration banquet began, Xing Jiamu first praised Lu Zhiyong and others, then paid tribute to Pang Qinghu, and finally comforted Liu Cang, and then began to eat and drink with everyone.

After three glasses of wine, Xing Jiamu said to Chen Yucheng beside him: "Lord Chen, how many troops can you mobilize now?" ”

Chen Yucheng said: "My lord, all the city defense troops and militia groups in my Tunliu City combined, there are at least 20,000 people who can participate in the battle. ”

Xing Jiamu said: "It's not enough, it's too bad." ”

Chen Yucheng said: "If the adults want to attack Zichang County, these people will definitely not be enough, but if they defend this cantonment, these people can at least resist 100,000 elite soldiers." ”

Xing Jiamu smiled and said: "The matter of defending the city is not in my hands, with you Lord Chen here, this matter is not my turn, Zichang County was thrown from my hands, I must take him back, and I must do my best, I can't let Gao Biying take the lead for those rebels, I want those people to know that the city is a taboo that they can't touch for the rebel army." ”

Chen Yucheng said: "If the adults want to attack Zichang County, I have an idea about the soldiers. ”

Xing Jiamu said: "Don't sell Guanzi at this time, if you have any ideas, just say it quickly!" ”

Chen Yucheng said: "Not far from my tunliu, there is a barracks under the rule of Lu'an Mansion, where there are 150,000 garrisons, the main general Sikong Hai is a fellow villager of mine, I still have some friendship with him, if the adults want to borrow troops, I can go on a trip, I want to borrow troops in the name of you and Lord Zhu, this face Sikong Hai will still be given." ”

Xing Jiamu said: "Are you talking about the Changzhi Barracks in the northeast of Zichang County?" ”

Chen Yucheng said: "Exactly! ”

Xing Jiamu said: "Okay, I'll fix a book now, and I'll trouble Lord Chen to go to Changzhi in person and hand over the letter to Sikong Hai." ”

Chen Yucheng said: "The lower officials obey the order. ”

Xing Jiamu said: "Before you leave, gather all the people and horses here together, early tomorrow morning, I will take people to set off directly from here, you don't have to come back tonight, tomorrow morning directly with Sikong Hai to lead the troops towards Zichang County, we will round at the north gate of Zichang County tomorrow morning." ”

After Chen Yucheng finished arranging everything, under the protection of Gao Hansong and fifty dead soldiers, he took advantage of the night to go in the direction of the Changzhi barracks.

When Chen Yucheng was leaving, Xing Jiamu quietly gave Chen Yucheng an order, which roughly meant that if Sikong Hai did not borrow troops, let the fifty dead soldiers control Sikong Hai and let Chen Yucheng directly take over the barracks, and as for the affairs of the court, Xing Jiamu would take care of it for him.

After receiving this order, Chen Yucheng was not surprised at all, if Xing Jiamu did not have this courage, he would not have achieved today.

After Chen Yucheng left, Xing Jiamu and the others did not continue to eat and drink, and after ordering someone to remove the wine and food from the table, Xing Jiamu briefly analyzed the current shape for everyone.

After looking at the people present, Xing Jiamu first said to Liu Cang: "You know Zichang County, you can tell me about the basic situation there, don't say anything if you have anything to hide." ”

Liu Cang said: "Zichang County has actually always been a strong outsider, except for the city wall that can resist the enemy, other defensive measures in the county can basically be described as nothing." ”

Xing Jiamu said: "Weapons, grain and grass, and secret passages or something?" ”

Liu Cang said: "There is not much grain and grass in the granary, that is, about three hundred stones, there is no one in the arsenal at all, all the weapons have been issued to the city defense army, as for the secret passage, there is one, but it is not leading to the outside of the city, and all the secret passages can also be said to be none." ”

Xing Jiamu thought about it carefully, and said to Lu Zhiyong: "As far as you estimate, how many people did Xiang Luyang and them dispatch today?" ”

Lu Zhiyong said: "As little as 30,000, as much as 50,000, but they are all cavalry, and the charge is okay, if they are defending the city, I estimate that their combat effectiveness will not be too strong." ”

Brushing his beard, Xing Jiamu said: "Fifty thousand, if they don't send reinforcements tonight, the 170,000 regular army will attack the empty city guarded by the 50,000 rebel army, this battle should not be difficult." ”

At this time, He Yue interjected: "Don't take it too lightly, don't forget, Zichang County was lost because of your carelessness." ”

Among these people here, He Yue was the only one who dared to speak to Xing Jiamu like this, because only she and Xing Jiamu had the same identity.

Xing Jiamu smiled awkwardly and said, "Okay, don't blame me, I'm not trying to find a way to remedy it." ”

He Yue said: "I'm not complaining about you, I'm just reminding you that Xiang Luyang is from the same place as us, and he is still from the army, he is better at marching and fighting than you, you had better listen to Si Konghai's opinion tomorrow, don't go your own way, after all, your knowledge is just on paper." ”

He Yue's words, although a little harsh, but Xing Jiamu had to admit that these words did sound a wake-up call for himself, he was indeed a little too conceited, since he came to this world, relying on his understanding of the world, and easily entered the center of power, he was indeed a little inflated, and he was already a little carried away, if he wasn't too arrogant, Zichang County would not have been taken down by Xiang Luyang easily.

Thinking of this, Xing Jiamu stood up and bowed deeply to He Yue, and then said sincerely: "What Doctor He taught is that Xing Jiamu has been taught. ”

He Yue didn't expect Xing Jiamu to react like this, and said with some embarrassment: "What I just said is a bit heavy, don't take it too seriously." ”

Xing Jiamu said: "I have indeed been a little swollen recently, and I hope that Dr. He will remind me more in the future." ”

He Yue smiled and did not speak.

Xing Jiamu sorted out his mood, and then said to Bai Heng, the garrison of Zichang County: "You turned out to be the military commander, tell me, if you are asked to attack Zichang County, where do you want to start?" ”

Bai Heng thought for a while and said: "If I am asked to attack Zichang County, if the strength allows, I will feign to attack the north gate, and then concentrate my forces to attack the east and west gates." ”

Xing Jiamu said: "What is the reason? ”

Bai Heng said: "The reason is very simple, whether we start from Tunliu or Changzhi, the first thing we arrive at is the north gate of Zichang County, so they will definitely focus on defense at the north gate, so the north gate cannot be the main direction of attack." ”

"And the south gate, and close to Ansai, if a war breaks out in Zichang County, Ansai will definitely send troops to support, if we attack the south gate, then we will definitely be in the situation of being attacked by the enemy, so I said, feint to attack the north gate, focusing on the east and west gates."