Xiao Yao and the three of them didn't dare to stay, so they directly found three good horses, ran all the way, and headed directly towards Xizhou City.

Xiao Yao could only secretly pray that there was no war on the Xizhou side, otherwise the three of them would encounter more trouble.

It's just that in Xiao Yao's back and forth journey, Xizhou's side has already undergone tremendous changes.

Peng Shan stood on a hillside behind Xizhou City, and behind him was a light cavalry of about 1,000 people.

"Little Lord, are we going to reinforce it, the coalition forces of the following Tusi can't resist." An officer next to him asked.

"We have to wait a little longer, the cavalry of the imperial court has not yet appeared, we can only join the battle group when their cavalry appears, otherwise we will not be able to play the role of surprise attack if we leak too early." Peng Shan said calmly.

"I didn't expect that the infantry army in the Jiangbei camp was so powerful, and we had twice as many people as them, but we still couldn't resist."

"Most of the peasants and hunters in the army of each Tusi do not understand how to cooperate with each other at all, so they can only fight on their own, and the infantry army of the Jiangbei battalion is a group of eight people, forming a small battle formation, spears, broadswords and shields cooperate with each other, and eight people can almost exert the combat effectiveness of twenty or thirty people on our side. Therefore, we must not underestimate the battalion soldiers of the imperial court. Peng Shan explained to his subordinates.

"Then what should we do, if it goes on like this, even if the other party doesn't have a surprise soldier, the coalition forces of those toasts can't resist, and once they start to rout, it will be troublesome."

"Command the archers to prepare, but not to shoot indiscriminately, but to shoot the spear-wielding men of each of their squads." Peng Shan immediately gave the order.

While Peng Shan was directing the battle on his side, the Xizhou garrison army camp was a busy scene.

In the big tent, the crown prince and the prince sat in the first seat, and the generals who had no tasks sat on both sides, waiting for the assignment of tasks at any time, and from time to time there would be sergeants to report the latest battle situation.

"Lord Taiwei, it seems that this Peng's toast in Xizhou wants to resist to the end." Dewey was sitting beside the prince at this time, and when he saw the prince's eyes, he asked.

A lot of words are inconvenient for the prince to ask directly, so he has to do it for himself, and he sealed the East Palace to wash the horse, and he became the prince's neighbor, originally the East Palace washed the horse only from the fifth grade, but considering Dewey's identity as a military captain, his official rank also reached the third grade, and a false name of the prince's attendant was added.

Zhang Taiwei obviously knew that this was Dewey asking himself for the prince, this is the trouble of being the prince's teacher, many times even if the master and apprentice sit opposite, they can't talk directly, but have to pass the word through a third person, because of the identity of the prince, for uncertain things, you can't take a light statement, otherwise once you say the wrong thing, it will be troublesome.

This Dewey is still interesting, although he is a close follower of the prince, but he is also very polite to himself, and never does anything out of line, and never encourages the prince to interfere in military affairs, and military actions are decided by himself.

"The imperial court has mobilized 50,000 battalion soldiers this time, 50,000 government soldiers, and 100,000 army soldiers, so we must go all out and take Xizhou, once the city of Xizhou is broken, then the remaining toasts will naturally flee from the wind, but once we form a confrontation with Peng's toast outside Xizhou city, this will greatly affect the morale of our army, and Peng's toast also sees this, so they will definitely resist desperately." Zhang Taiwei said.

"Then the defenders of Xizhou will hold on to the end?" Dewey continued.

"They don't necessarily want to hold on to the end, they just want to rub the sharp spirit of our army, but we have to cut off their back road, so that they have no way to escape, and annihilate the Xizhou defenders in one fell swoop, otherwise let them flee to the mountains, and we will not be able to find it." If our army occupies Xizhou, it is equivalent to controlling the gateway of Miaojiang, on the one hand, it can recruit other Tusi nearby, and on the other hand, it will be directly approaching Phoenix Mountain. Zhang Taiwei further said.

"It's just that Peng's toast will have already arranged a retreat?" Dewey asked the prince what he was most concerned about.

"They must have already arranged a retreat, so we are like now, while besieging the city, on the one hand, sending heavy troops to clean up several major official roads that they may escape into the inland of Miaojiang, and on the other hand, attacking the various teams that came to aid Xizhou, we just want to encircle the point to send reinforcements, step by step, so that Peng's Tusi will either go out of the city for a decisive battle, or will be trapped and killed by us in Xizhou City." Captain Zhang began to explain the combat intentions in detail.

"My lord, some people in the forbidden army also want to try their skills, and several captains have already come to the prince to ask for battle." Dewey asked another question.

Zhang Taiwei looked at the prince, and the prince was looking at Zhang Taiwei, looking like Zhang Taiwei was in full charge.

In fact, Zhang Taiwei always felt that the prince was a little weak, but after watching it in the past few days, he had a lot of different feelings, first of all, the prince knew how to measure himself very well, and many words were said by this Dewey, which was equivalent to giving Zhang Taiwei room to refute, otherwise the prince would say it directly, and it would be really difficult for him to refute.

Although he is the prince's protector and the prince's nominal teacher, his contact time with the prince is very limited after all, and what Taiwei Zhang is most worried about on this expedition is that the prince will interfere in his military affairs.

It's just that the crown prince not only did not interfere in specific military affairs, but also insisted on stamping the prince's seal behind his big seal on various military orders regarding logistics supply, which was equivalent to strengthening the authority of his own orders.

Therefore, Zhang Taiwei is very satisfied with his student, who knows how to advance and retreat, and knows how to measure proportions, and on the question of the commander of the forbidden army asking for war, the forbidden army originally came this time simply to protect the safety of the prince, so he did not have the right to mobilize the forbidden army, this right is in the hands of several forbidden army commanders accompanying the prince, in fact, it is in the hands of the prince himself, and now the prince is consulting his own opinion on this issue, it is by no means a matter of several forbidden army commanders asking for war.

Almost all of them believed that this time the imperial army would be victorious, so the generals of the forbidden army who came with the army also had the intention of participating in the war and making meritorious contributions.

Moreover, these commanders are generally the children of powerful people, their military quality is not high, and the forbidden army has been stationed in Gyeonggi for a long time, and the actual combat effectiveness is estimated to be not much different from that of the government soldiers, and it is not comparable to the battalion soldiers at all.

But it is not good for the prince to directly refute these people's requests, because the prince also needs the support of many important ministers in the court, so this black face can only be done by himself, who makes himself the prince's teacher.

"The forbidden army Su Wei Jinggi, this time I came to Xizhou, it was also for the prince of Su Wei, so without the edict of my general and the prince, the four battalions of the forbidden army accompanying me are not allowed to leave their posts without permission and participate in the war privately, if anyone violates the military order, then I have to use the sword of Shang Fang, cut first and then play." Taiwei Zhang's words were not loud, but several of the forbidden army commanders in the tent shivered.

Because this Taiwei Zhang has done several things like cutting first and then playing, he will not care about the family behind him, and now he is the prime minister's front-line military affairs with Shang Fang's sword in his hand, and he will not have any scruples.

Dewey saw that Taiwei Zhang was very cooperative with him, and basically completed the task assigned by the prince, and suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, and the intrigue of this officialdom was much more troublesome than doing intelligence work.

At this time, a sergeant suddenly ran into the big tent, bowed down and reported: "Report to your lordship, the first battalion of the cavalry of the Jiangbei battalion was suddenly attacked by a thousand light cavalry from Xizhou. ”

"What about the casualties?" Taiwei Zhang's face did not change, and he asked calmly.

"There are not many casualties in our army, because Lord Zhao Han has been on guard for a long time, but the few small Tusi coalition troops that were surrounded were rescued by them." The sergeant continued to preach.

"Order Zhao Han to organize the cavalry to attack in rotation, the infantry to defend together, and the poor Kou Mo to chase, but when you encounter that cavalry again, you must keep an eye on them."

The sergeant was ordered to go down immediately.

"Where is the commander of the Divine Machine Battalion?" Captain Zhang asked the generals in the tent.

A skinny officer in his forties immediately stood up.

"The last general Gu Gonglei listens to the order."

"You quickly send a team of Shenji battalion men and horses, go to Zhao Han's cavalry garrison to find a suitable place to ambush, if the opponent's cavalry comes to rob the camp tonight, be sure to cut off their retreat with a bow and crossbow." "The last general commands." The general immediately went out to arrange military affairs.

"Where is the commander of the firearms battalion?" Mrs. Zhang continued to arrange.

A tall, red-faced general stood up, "The last general, Li Yuanzai." ”

"You quickly send a battalion of firearms to ambush behind the Shenji battalion, and once the enemy appears, use firearms to stop their cavalry from escaping."

"The last general commands." The general also left the Great Tent.

"Ryan." Taiwei Zhang looked at Ryan beside him.

Ryan immediately stood up, "The last general." ”

Tonight, you lead a group of infantry troops to ambush outside the city of Xizhou, and we will eat this cavalry that has come to rob the camp in one fell swoop. Captain Zhang commanded.

Watching Ryan leave, Dewey felt that the prince was looking at him again, so he immediately understood the intention.

"Lord Taiwei, will Peng's Toast definitely come to rob the camp?" Dewey asked.

"Yes, because they don't have many cavalry, if they retreat to the mountains, the cavalry will lose their effect, so they will definitely give full play to the mobility of the cavalry at this time, but they will not necessarily rob Zhao Han's military camp, in fact, the best place to rob the camp is us, but I don't know if they dare to come?" Taiwei Zhang looked at the prince this time and said.

The other party's cavalry came here to rob the camp, which endangered the prince's safety.

"With the four commanders of the forbidden army, organize the men and horses of the headquarters, and garrison them according to the pre-determined defense area, if anyone's defense area is broken through tonight, they will come to see them tomorrow." Taiwei Zhang swept his gaze at the few forbidden army commanders below.

Several people immediately received orders and went out to arrange military affairs.

This task is related to the safety of the prince, and even if the prince is not in danger, it is a sin in itself to show bad behavior in the battle to defend the prince.