At the foot of the mountain, Yu Yuan returned to the camp with an army of 20,000 and convened his generals to discuss the matter.

Yu Yuan said: "If you all have any good plans, you might as well talk about them." ”

In the big tent of the Chinese army, in addition to the pioneer Huyuan, there are three other generals, as well as many miscellaneous generals.

General Zuo Tie Sha said: "General, the official road of Mingshan is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack, we might as well surround him for a month, starve them to death, the art of war is cloudy, and the soldiers who surrender without a fight are really the best strategy." ”

If Tiesha's plan was in peacetime, it would definitely be a good plan, but now, it may not be possible, Yu Yuan frowned and said: "Your Majesty is eager to win, and you are anxious for good news, we are here to surround the mountain, and the war period will inevitably be extended, and if Your Majesty is to blame it then..." "Needless to say, the consequences are known to everyone.

Everyone is silent, and they can't fight, and they can't beat it, and they can't surround it without fighting, it's really difficult.

The right general Ma Lan said: "We can divide the army into two ways, no matter which way is successful, we can kill the enemy!" ”

Everyone's curiosity sudden, Ma Lan has always been full of plans, this time everyone also wanted to hear his high opinion, Yu Yuan waved his hand, signaling him to continue.

Ma Lan said: "We are now 500,000 troops are blocked out of Languan, and the strength of the army cannot be spread at all, so why not divide 200,000 soldiers and horses from Beijun to detour, and in ten days, those 200,000 soldiers and horses will appear in the rear of the thief army, and then they can be caught off guard, and they will be able to win in one battle!" ”

Ma Xun, the later general, said: "I agree with what Ma Lan said, we can't attack here in a short time, maybe the 200,000 soldiers and horses are victorious, and we are still wandering here along the way." ”

Yu Yuan stroked his beard, he had already made a decision in his heart, and said suddenly: "Then the general will arrange the next troop layout." ”

"Ma Lan and Ma Xun led 200,000 troops to make a detour from Beijun to attack the rear of the thief army."

The two got up and said, "Yes." ”

Yu Yuan said: "The rest of the people are stationed here with the general, and a thief army besieging the mountain, waiting for the opportunity to destroy it; Second, you can confuse the thief army and strive for a favorable situation for Ma Lan and Ma Xun. ”

"No." The generals stood up and made a move.

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The imperial court soldiers and horses were divided into two. The 200,000 army set off for Beijun that night, and there was still a camp of 500,000 troops outside Languan, Yu Yuan thought that this could confuse Wang Xu, but he was unexpectedly detected by Jinyiwei the next day. immediately reported to Wang Xu.

Wang Xu convened the generals to discuss the matter.

Min Ling said: "Lu Yang is attacking Beijun now, maybe the officers and soldiers are rushing towards him, we don't have to worry too much, right?" ”

Ye Xiong was also in the big tent of the Chinese army, and he said: "It is reported that among the 200,000 soldiers and horses. There were 50,000 iron cavalry, 20,000 chariots, 130,000 elite soldiers, and countless siege equipment; With such a powerful force, how could it be that they just rushed to Lu Yang, lord, and his subordinates felt that we had to take precautions in advance in case we were caught off guard. ”

What Ye Xiong said was very reasonable, Wang Xu slowly took out a map, according to the map shown. It is very likely that the officers and soldiers will make a detour to Guxi County, that is, their own rear, which makes Wang Xu feel unprecedented passivity.

"200,000 elites, if they suddenly appear in the Western Capital, then we will be in trouble, no matter what the imperial court wants, we must make plans!"

Zhang Meng smiled excitedly: "Lord, 200,000 soldiers and horses want to capture the Western Capital, the imperial court is really whimsical, and our strength is not what it used to be." If he has the courage, he will come! Grandpa was trying to loosen his shins. ”

Everyone smiled, and Li Zhi said: "The current western capital is indeed not to be attacked, the city wall has been increased by nearly one zhang, and the enemy's siege equipment is simply out of reach." ”

Wang Xutu put the map away. Said: "I'm not afraid of the elite soldiers of the imperial court, but I don't know if others are afraid or not, do you remember how we captured the royal city?" ”

Li Zhi thought for a while and exclaimed: "Does the lord mean that our officials will learn from Liu Yang and open the door to surrender?" ”

Everyone couldn't help but be worried, and Zhang Meng said angrily: "Who dares to open the city gate without permission." I'll smash him! There is also Liu Yang's kid, the lord shouldn't keep him, I think he was born with a backbone in the back of his head, and sooner or later he will rebel, and it will be a disaster to keep it. ”

Wang Xu didn't think about Liu Yang's matter, Wang Xu also wanted to kill him, and what he hated the most was this kind of person who opened the city and surrendered; But thinking about it on the other hand, if there is no Liu Yang, when can Wangcheng be captured, so, after all, people still have great merits, and they can't be killed, and besides, if Liu Yang is beheaded, who will dare to surrender in the future?

"Let's not talk about Liu Yang for the time being, let's talk about the 200,000 officers and soldiers first, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, I want to return to the Western Capital tomorrow."

As soon as Wang Xu's words fell, Min Ling said, "Then what should I do here?" There are also 300,000 court elites here. ”

"Huh." Wang Xu smiled: "Just leave you alone to garrison this place, and join forces with Qiancang to resist the 300,000 army of the imperial court!" ”

Belch... The muscles on Min Ling's face twitched violently, 20,000 PK 300,000!

Seeing the declining look on Min Ling's face, Li Zhi smiled and said: "General Min doesn't have to worry, it's not that you want to fight hard with the imperial army, you just need to find a way to send some food to the troops in Qiancang after a month, as for resisting the officers and soldiers, there is Qiancang." ”

Min Ling breathed a sigh of relief and arched his hand: "Don't worry, the lord will swear to complete the task to the death." ”

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Wang Xu also led the army back to the Western Capital that night, in order to hide people's eyes, he still left tens of thousands of troops outside the official road of Mingshan, but in fact, only Min Ling led the headquarters to garrison, that is, 10,000 people.

For a long time in the following, Yu Yuan didn't attack the official road much, he just went to that path every day to insult and then withdrew, sometimes attacked, but after the death of more than a thousand soldiers, Yu Yuan ordered to withdraw, as if he had no intention of attacking the mountain, Qiancang was also a little puzzled, but he didn't care too much, his task was to stare at the mountain, and he didn't say anything.

Ma Lan and Ma Xun's 200,000 soldiers and horses have now entered the hinterland of Beijun, but the two of them got a shocking news that Lu Yang is actually here, and he has connected several cities, looking at his formation, he wants to occupy all of Beijun.

The two got in touch with the prince of Beijun, who had already paid attention to it and sent 100,000 troops to suppress the thieves, and after discussing it, they decided not to take care of Lu Yang, because the strength of Beijun was very strong enough to deal with Lu Yang. After a two-day delay in Beijun, the two led the army to move on, and their goal was Hexi County!

Wang Xu returned to the Western Capital four days later, when everything was as usual in the Western Capital, and nothing had changed.

After returning to the Western Capital, Wang Xu went straight to the Academy of Science and Technology, and what he is most concerned about now is this secret weapon, which can be said to be directly related to the victory or defeat of this battle.

As soon as he came to the Science and Technology Institute, Li Si walked out with a sad face: "Lord, the saltpeter is gone." ”

Wang Xu's body shrank suddenly: "What about the mountains outside the city?" ”

"Not anymore."

Wang Xu took a deep breath, this time it's a big trouble, if there is no secret weapon, then it will be a little difficult to defend the city, and you have to face hundreds of thousands of imperial army troops, how can you protect yourself? (To be continued.) )