Since he knew that Tao Qian intended to urge Zang Ba to intercept him, around this issue, Han Lie immediately convened the generals and discussed the matter.

"At the moment we have nearly 200,000 people, the strength is only 6,000, if the enemy attacks, we have no defense, and if we walk further south for a day or two, we will enter the border of the Taishan group, that is to say, we will face the enemy's attack and harassment at any time, if once the army of the Taishan group of people is pressed, our victory today will be wiped out at any time." Han Lie's expression was somewhat solemn, Taishan and the group were all soldiers, although the overall strength was not very strong, but Zang Ba Sun Guan and other ten fierce generals gathered together, there were 30,000 or 40,000 horses, once the realm was pressed, the 200,000 horses that were finally collected were afraid that they would really be ruined.

For the generals, this is undoubtedly a serious topic, in the face of the enemy that may appear at any time, although it is said that the soldiers will come to block the water and cover the earth, but at the moment, for the generals, protecting this group of coerced people is the key to the victory or defeat of the war.

If it was just for self-preservation, Han Lie could now concentrate all his forces, abandon all the people, and take advantage of the fact that the Taishan group had not yet reacted, and march lightly and rush back to Licheng.

But if Han Lie did this, then what was the point of sending troops this time? The root cause of this dispute is obviously the 200,000 population, but anyone with a little vision can see the potential of the 200,000 people, and once settled, it is enough to achieve a pastoral guard.

"Instead of being beaten passively, it is better to take the initiative to strike, out of Langya, the north of Junan is Xintai, Xintai's Taishan Kou leader Wu Dun, the smallest strength, we can seize the opportunity to eat him, and we will be able to deter this enemy." Xu Huang marched to fight, and he always advocated attacking first, and it was not his personality to be beaten passively.

"Taking the initiative to attack, although it is a good way, but at the moment we are not aware of the enemy situation of Xintai, is it too risky to attack rashly?" Zhao Yun hesitated slightly, but it was not that Zhao Yun was timid, but because he acted cautiously.

"I'll go to Xintai to investigate, if it is feasible, take Xintai, after all, Xintai's geographical location is critical, if we can capture Xintai, we can send troops to garrison it, completely contain this choke point, so as to stop Zang Ba Sun Guan on the front line of Kaiyang and Dongping, so that we can drag the enemy and buy a certain amount of time for us to withdraw to Licheng." As a native of Qingzhou, Tai Shici traveled to the three counties of Langya in the east of Taishan in his early years, so he is also quite familiar with the nearby geography.

Guo Jia, who was sitting on the left, was wearing a white robe and a hat, and he had no beard, although he didn't say a word, his restrained eyes took in everyone's words and deeds.

Guo Jia was still very surprised at first that Han Lie's account had gathered several fierce generals, and through the words and deeds of these people, Guo Jia found that Xu Huang, Zhao Yun, and Tai Shici in the tent were all talented generals with both civil and military skills, and Dian Wei, who was five big and three coarse, although vulgar, was also a fierce general of the three armies, as for the younger Xu Sheng, although he was a little immature, he was also extraordinary, and he would be a general in time.

And as the leader of this group of people, Han Lie is even more ambitious, and he is also an unborn fierce general, a small force, there are so many beautiful jades, Guo Jia never expected it at first.

As a celebrity and a military advisor with the title of ghost talent, Guo Jia's vision is naturally undoubted, especially his ability to perceive people's hearts, which is very accessible.

He firmly believes that with the group of people in the account, plus his own assistance, he can achieve the cause of the king, as long as it is not unlucky, it is definitely not too difficult.

Because he first arrived, Guo Jia didn't know much about the surrounding terrain, and he knew very little about the Taishan group, so he kept silent, but from the conversation between Tai Shi Ci and Xu Huang just now, he grasped the key.

So when he saw Han Lie's gaze, he bowed slightly, knelt down, folded his palms and said: "Lord, I think what General Zi Gongming said is reasonable, and being beaten passively will do more harm than good; Since we want to take the initiative to attack, we must seize the entry point, and what General Ziyi said about taking Xintai is in line with the current situation. ”

"However, the premise is that we must find out the defense situation of Xintai's soldiers and horses, and strive to go down with a drum, if you can't go down with a drum, the enemy reinforcements arrive, then you will be alone, and then you will fall into a crisis."

Guo Jia said this, paused and said: "This matter, I think Miss Zhang is feasible, this person has a team of female warriors, all of them are athletic, good at assassination and spying, if the lord can let her take action, we can take Xintai, it will definitely increase the chance of success by half." ”

"Ugh." Han Lie was stunned for a moment, although it was a little difficult to let him beg Zhang Yao, but thinking about Guo Jia's proposal, there was no doubt that there were huge benefits, and in the face of the gaze of the generals, Han Lie, who gritted his teeth, had to nod and said, "Let's do this matter." ”

"The lord is wise." The generals retreated.

Thinking of Zhang Yao's cold gaze, Han Lie smiled bitterly, but he had to face it, that girl Han Lie had never seen her smile since she knew her, her eyes were cold, and she had an expression of rejection from anyone thousands of miles away, it was really difficult to raise the meaning of intimacy.

Thinking of the identity of this female Yellow Turban Saintess, Han Lie smiled dumbly and remembered the popular homonym 'Golden Leftover Girl' in later generations, but isn't it, the general kind of 'Golden Leftover Girl' is a princess with a cold appearance, which is difficult to approach, and finally left herself as the 'Golden Leftover Girl' among the elite.

Zhang Yao and Diao Chan still have free and independent tents in Han Lie's army, and the women's team of forty-seven people under her account is still Zhang Yao's personal unit.

"Please tell Miss Diao Chan that Han Lie wants to see her." Outside the big tent, Han Lie was the first to speak.

After a while, Diao Chan walked out, looking at Han Lie who was looking up at the moon in the night, Diao Chan stepped closer and said, "General Han asks to see him late at night, I don't know what is important?" ”

"You girl, why do you want to imitate Miss Zhang's cold appearance? No matter how we say it, we also know each other, and I really miss the days when we were really fixed, there was no sword and sword, and there was no bloodshed and sacrifice. Han Lie turned his gaze and looked at Diao Chan, whose face was already as beautiful as a flower in front of him, but his eyes were a little more unfamiliar, and his face showed a soft color.

"General Han came to see me in the middle of the night, not just to catch up with the past, right?" Diao Chan was unmoved, his eyes looked directly at Han Lie, and he looked defensive.

Han Lie, who originally wanted to play the emotional card, saw that this girl didn't enter, so he had to smile bitterly: "I think you also know that Taishan Kou will attack us at any time, but my troops are limited, if you want to protect the people from losing, I'm afraid it will be difficult to do. ”

"What? Is the life of our sisters not fate? Diao Chan replied coldly, turned around and left.

"Who says your lives don't matter? Every life is important to me, but are you willing to see the people who have come along the way experience another war disaster? If I didn't care about their lives, I could have led the army away at this time and left them to fend for themselves, but I can't, and I believe you don't want to see such a catastrophe, right? Han Lie looked at Diao Chan's back and said in a serious voice.

Diao Chan, who paused, did not answer Han Lie, and walked straight into the camp.

"Looks like we'll have to find another way." Han Lie shook his head, he really had nothing to do with a woman like Diao Chan Zhang Yao.

"Sister, Han Ziyang hoped that we could help him, but I refused him." Walking into the big tent and looking at Zhang Yao who got up, Diao Chan spoke.

"How did he ask us to help him?" Zhang Yao asked rhetorically.

Diao Chan immediately said Han Lie's request, Zhang Yao pondered for a while, and said, "You go and tell him that I can agree to his request, but the premise is that in the future, I can set up a Taiping Taoist Temple and preach the congregation within his territory." ”

"Huh?" Diao Chan was stunned for a moment, and she didn't understand what Zhang Yao meant, but under Zhang Yao's gaze, she quickly reacted and said, "What my sister said is true?" ”

"Go ahead." Zhang Yao nodded.

Zhang Yao's request, Han Lie did not refuse, but he did a little obstacle, that is, preaching is okay, but it cannot be preached for nothing, and instilling that set of demagogic ideas into the people must be positive and persuade people to do good.

In fact, the original intention of Taiping Dao was originally a kind of religious belief for goodness, and Zhang Yao had no objection to this.

After the two sides reached an agreement, at dawn, led by Tai Shici, Zhang Yao personally led a team of female warriors under his subordinates, riding the fast horse prepared by Han Lie, and rushed all the way to Xintai City.

On Han Lie's side, he continued to lead the team to continue to move forward. When camping on the night of the second day, Diao Chan and the two female warriors who domesticated sparrowhawks left behind were immediately sent to Han Lie's tent after receiving the letter sent back by Zhang Yao.

The letter was written by Tai Shici, and this letter was described in great detail, and it was obvious that Tai Shici and Zhang Yao had successfully mixed into Xintai City.

According to Tai Shici's letter, Han Lie learned that Xintai had a population of more than 47,000 people, 5,000 elite soldiers, 3,000 people stationed in the city wall, and actually 12,000 people, these people were divided into four groups, taking turns to be responsible for the maintenance and repair of the city wall and guarding the work.

It was also the dereliction of duty of these city gate guards that made money for the purpose that Tai Shici and others were able to enter the city smoothly after giving a little bribe for entering the city.

It can be seen from the content of the letter that Tai Shici has a great grasp of taking the city, and now he has mixed into the city with a team of 50 elites, plus Zhang Yao's team of more than 40 people, as long as he seizes the opportunity and cooperates with the outside, he will definitely be able to capture one of the gates of Xintai City in one fell swoop, and lead a large group of men and horses into the city.

"My lord, make a decision." After reading the letter, Guo Jia nodded and said.