Chapter 517: The First Battle (1)

Originally, she still thought that she wanted to tactfully ask why this Tang Yun had been entangled for so long, but before she could think about how to speak, Tang Xuan saluted with a big grin: "I'm sorry for making you wait for so many days, my uncle is really too worried, but it's a bit rude." ”

Xu Mu is also a straight person, and hurriedly replied: "It's okay, it's okay, anyway, the weather has been warm and dry in recent days, and the soldiers haven't complained much." ”

Tang Xuan couldn't help but ask, "How many of you are there?" ”

Before Hagi Niang could open her mouth to stop it, Xu Mu said honestly: "Three thousand archers, five thousand infantry, one thousand cavalry, two thousand Yunnan horses, and about two thousand baggage soldiers, all of them are fledgling young men, most of them have never seen blood, and they haven't fought any actual battles along the way, to be honest, I have a little drum in my heart." ”

Tang Xuan was very happy, and said happily: "Great, with the strength of you and me, we should be able to fight with that Huan Xiu, have you ever heard of this Quanling City, it was built by Wu General Huang Gai in the past, and it was the most solid, and now with your soldiers and horses, it is safe." ”

Xu Mu hadn't come back to his senses yet, but Hagi Niang keenly grasped the key words in his words, and asked gently: "Xuan Xiaolang, is this Huan Xiu the one who was approved by the first emperor to marry Princess Wuchang as a husband?" ”

Tang Xuan realized that he had missed his mouth, so he could only stubbornly reply: "That's right, this Huan Xiu is the younger brother of Nanjun Gong Huan Xuan, and it is said that he is also a handsome person, so he is in harmony with the princess Qin Se and is very harmonious." ”

Xu Mu was a fool, and now he understood, and hurriedly asked: "So, you have received the news, that Huan Xiu will come to attack Quanling City?" ”

Tang Xuan stood there with his mouth open, unable to justify himself, so he could only pour beans into a bamboo tube and clearly repeat all the contents of the anonymous letter in the morning, and finally under Hagi Niang's questioning, even his uncle's worries were told to them in one by one.

If Tang Yun was here, he was afraid that he would be able to vomit blood in a few minutes.

Xu Mu said disdainfully: "Tang Mingfu is really thinking too much, our army is famous, and I, Xu Mu, am also from the aristocratic family of the Xu family in Yingchuan, not to mention the remoteness of this place, it is not what the king wants, it is the previous two states and counties, but it is just because he saw that he was too incompetent, so he left some soldiers and horses to help him defend, how can he be greedy at all?" ”

Tang Xuan didn't have any unnatural color, but smiled with relief, nodded and said: "I think so too, a chaotic minister and thief like the Huan family, everyone will be punished, everyone is out of righteous indignation, why care about these details?" ”

The slave also agreed, but Hagi Niang frowned and said, "Xuan Xiaolang, who may have written the anonymous letter you said?" Do you know any kind people in your family who have a lot of dealings with the Huan clan and have a close relationship? ”

If this person was well-intentioned, if he deliberately made Tang Yun take precautions, so that both sides would lose, then this intention was too insidious.

Tang Xuan shook his head, obviously not thinking at all.

It is obviously a very troublesome thing for an army of tens of thousands of people to enter the city, on the one hand, it is necessary to prevent someone from taking advantage of the chaos to enter the city, on the other hand, it is necessary to find a place to build a military tent, and the military horses need someone to feed and manage the photos, Xu Mu and Tang Xuan soon got busy non-stop, and Liu Huaijing, who was a quartermaster, was also directing everyone to move food with a pen, and he was very busy.

Hagi Niang said to Jinu and Liu Muzhi without worry: "Originally, we expected that the most likely to come should be Bian Fanzhi's Nankang County government soldiers, but this time Huan Xuan sent Huan Xiu stationed in Jiangzhou to come, but I am afraid that in order to be able to solve the battle quickly and take care of us as soon as possible, so I can concentrate on planning how to seize power and other major events, so I am afraid that Huan Xiu may be out of the nest and set foot on Quanling City desperately." ”

Liu Muzhi nodded and said: "I also think so, instead of letting Bian Fanzhi and us tug of war, it is better to use three times and five times the strength of the troops, in one fell swoop, the soldiers are expensive and fast, and the grain and grass are all consumed, although it seems to be a bit exciting, but this is very much like something that Huan Xuan can do." ”

Hagi Niang was just a little worried, but when she heard him say this, she was even more discouraged, so she could only turn her head and ask Jinu: "Jinnu, if it is really as Liu Muzhi said, Huan Xiu besieges the city with five times the force, can we resist it?" ”

There was not the slightest fear in Jinu's eyes, but instead revealed a kind of enthusiasm like fire, and nodded solemnly: "Although our army has no actual combat experience, but Huan Xiu's army has also been stationed in Jiangzhou for many years, and almost no one has been on the battlefield. ”

Liu Muzhi shook his head and said: "Relying on the strength of the city wall alone is not a long-term strategy, if they surround us, won't we be starved to death in the city." ”

Jinu's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "I'm really afraid that he will have troops in one place, so it will be difficult to fight, if he dares to divide his troops to surround us, I have my own plan to break him." ”

His eyes were as bright as the stars, full of confidence and eagerness.

As long as you are a hero, you can't be buried forever, and what some people say about "being out of time" is just a self-deprecating remark for people who don't know how to seize opportunities.

Hagi Niang looked at his increasingly heroic appearance, and a vague shadow seemed to float in her heart, but she couldn't see it clearly.

Although he had long expected that Huan Xiu's army could not be few, however, on the city wall, looking at the endless banners from a distance, the billowing smoke and dust that almost connected to the sky, Hagi Niang was still taken aback, from that posture, the army led by Huan Xiu was innumerable, not to mention, this is just the leading cavalry, and the infantry and baggage should still be behind.

Seeing her pale face, the slave hurriedly comforted her and said: "Don't get me wrong, this march is easy to smoke and dust, and it seems that there are many soldiers and horses, but in fact, those behind are just dust, and their number is not as many as you think." ”

In his opinion, this Huan Xiu's whole army is nothing more than that, and it has come all the way, and there is no discipline, just asking for the word "fast".

Huan Xiu relied on his many soldiers and generals, but he was afraid that he didn't take this small Quanling City in his eyes at all.

From the time he could see the smoke and dust, in less than an hour, Tang Yun received a report from the soldiers, saying that Nahuan Xiu had sent someone to scold in front of the city.

Even Hagi Niang, I faintly felt that something was wrong in my heart, Luling to Lingling was not a sudden arrival, they were marching in a hurry, not to mention three or five days, Huan Xiu didn't let the sergeant rest first, so he hurriedly came to challenge, isn't it a bit unscientific?

"Slave, slave?"