"What?!" In the hall of the main general of the county militia camp, everyone couldn't help but be shocked when they heard Xue Wanche's words who walked in.

Even Li Chengming, who was sitting on the main seat, couldn't help but turn solemn when he heard the news brought by Xue Wanche, looked at Xue Wanche and said, "Are you sure you heard it right?" ”

"Yes, Your Highness, after we left Wannian County, the last general left a hundred scouts around Wannian County, and asked them to inquire about the news of Chang'an, this news was found by one of the teams of scouts, if nothing else, Changsun Wuji and Wei Chigong and others are afraid that they have already left Chang'an and are about to arrive in Wannian County." Xue Wanche half-knelt on the ground and hugged his fists with a solemn face.

Li Chengming frowned, this matter is indeed a bit tricky, his current soldiers and horses are only about 5,000 people, not to mention, among these 5,000 people, the elite ones are less than 1,000 people who were snatched from Hou Junji's hands before, and the rest are only some militias that were incorporated from the militia in Wannian County and this Hui County before.

Compared with the real Tang elite soldiers, there is still a big gap between these militias, not to mention that the difference in strength is too great, I am afraid that if the other party rushes into battle, my side will be directly defeated.

"Huh? Wrong! However, at this moment, Li Chengming suddenly came back to his senses, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and then he looked at Xue Wanche and said, "Xue Wanche, do you know more about the strength of the army in Chang'an, how many soldiers and horses do you say there are in the entire Chang'an?" ”

Hearing Li Chengming's question, Xue Wanche was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Back to Your Highness, Chang'an's troops are mainly based on the Sixteen Guards Northern Army, the Sixteen Guards and Horses are guarding Chang'an, and the Northern Army is defending the Imperial City, and the Sixteen Guards and Horses are only about 50,000 people around Chang'an, while the Northern Army has about 30,000 people. ”

The Northern Army, also known as the Northern Ya Sixth Army, is the left and right Yulin Army, the left and right Longwu Army and the left and right Shenwu Army, all of which are the emperor's personal guard troops.

From this, it can be seen how dangerous Li Shimin was when he launched the Xuanwumen Rebellion, you must know that at that time, Li Shimin was only able to mobilize hundreds of soldiers and horses in Chang'an, and he was able to enter the palace in one fell swoop and hold Li Yuan hostage in the imperial city guarded by tens of thousands of people, without a long-term layout plan, how could this kind of thing happen?

Of course, this is only within the scope of Chang'an's soldiers and horses, as the capital of a country, there are naturally soldiers and horses of the Gongwei Beijing Division around, only the surrounding Puzhou, Tongzhou, Huazhou, Qizhou, Jiangzhou, Henan Mansion These together have more than 60,000 cavalry, with a total strength of 160,000, accounting for a quarter of the entire Tang Dynasty.

In this way, even if Li Shimin controls all the Chang'an soldiers and horses in his hands, it is only about 80,000. In such a short period of time, it should be impossible for Li Shimin to send troops and horses from other countries to come in, so can you tell me, Li Shimin may have sent most of his soldiers and horses out to deal with this king despite the emptiness of Chang'an? Li Chengming blinked, his eyes flowing, looking at Xue Wanche and Luo Ning and the others below.

Hearing Li Chengming say this, Xue Wanche and the others, who were originally a little flustered after hearing the news, suddenly felt certain and immediately recalled.

That's right, all the soldiers and horses in the entire Chang'an are only about 80,000 now, and this time it is not Li Shimin who personally led people to recruit in person, how can it be possible to hand over most of the soldiers and horses to Changsun Wuji and Wei Chigong to bring out?

"Your Highness is wise!" Xue Wanche half-knelt on the ground, looked at Li Chengming with admiration, and hugged his fists and said, "The last general was confused when he heard the news just now, and after listening to what His Highness said, the last general suddenly realized, it seems that this matter is indeed fraudulent." ”

"You get up first!" Looking at Xue Wanche, who was still kneeling on the ground, Li Chengming first asked him to get up, and then shook his head and said, "However, although there is fraud in this matter, this king feels that it is impossible for Li Shimin to send too few people to send him to death, even if these people come over this time, even if there are not 50,000, I am afraid that there are 20,000 or 30,000." ”

"Your Highness!" Xue Wanche thanked him, and then stood up from the ground, with a solemn face, "What His Royal Highness said is very true, although Li Shimin is a great rebel, he is also a rare handsome talent, and since he has sent out the eldest Sun Wuji and Wei Chigong, he must have come prepared this time." ”

"Your Highness, we don't have many soldiers and horses in our hands, and the city wall here in Huixian is too low to be suitable for defense, the last general feels that we should retreat temporarily, avoid its edge first, and wait for enough soldiers and horses to make plans." Xue Wanche thought for a moment, and then clenched his fists and suggested to Li Chengming.

Hearing Xue Wanche's words, Li Chengming just smiled indifferently, turned his head to look at Luo Ning, who had been silent on the other side, and said, "Luo Ning, what do you think?" ”

"Your Highness, your humble majesty has no ideas, your highness will let your humble go and let your humble fight and your humble will fight! Humble yourself and obey your Highness's commands. Luo Ning was clean, and stood up and said directly.

Hearing Luo Ning's words, Xue Wanche next to him couldn't help frowning slightly, and always felt that there was something in Luo Ning's words.

And Li Chengming, who was sitting on the main seat, listened to Luo Ning's words, but only smiled indifferently, it was obvious that compared to Xue Wanche, Luo Ning had not yet departed from his identity as a guard of the East Palace.

It can't be said that Luo Ning's thinking is bad, and it can't be said that Xue Wanche is bad, after all, everyone's identity is different, so naturally their thoughts are different.

There is a saying that the ass decides the head?!

Li Chengming smiled indifferently, then looked at Xue Wanche and said, "Xue Wanche, how happened to this king who asked you to recruit craftsmen to build a stone-throwing cart before?" ”

Xue Wanche didn't know why Li Chengming suddenly asked about it, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said, "Back to Your Highness, according to Your Highness's orders, the last general has summoned more than 200 craftsmen from Hui County to urgently build a stone-throwing car." In addition, the last general also found more than 150 stone-throwing trucks in the equipment warehouse of Huixian, and after those craftsmen saw them, these stone-throwing trucks only needed to be slightly repaired before they could be used. ”

"More than 150 stone-throwing trucks?!" Hearing Xue Wanche's words, Li Chengming bowed slightly, and then said, "It should be about the same, you go and ask those people to speed up the repairs immediately, and also, immediately go to the county to gather some craftsmen from the blacksmith shop, this king needs as many nails, iron fragments and the like as possible, by the way, and collect some clay pots, the size is arbitrary." ”

"This ...... Yes, Your Highness! Listening to Li Chengming's instructions, a hint of hesitation flashed on Xue Wanche's face, but in the end, he took the order with his fists clenched.

"By the way, these things are not worth much, so we will use the money we got in Wannian County to buy them, and we are not allowed to disturb the people, do you hear?" Li Chengming thought of it a little more, and looked at Xue Wanche and ordered.

"Yes, Your Highness!" Xue Wanche hugged his fists.

"Well, go ahead, come back again when this is done, this king will let you see something, and then decide whether to fight or run, how about it?" Li Chengming looked at Xue Wanche indifferently and smiled.

Hearing Li Chengming's words, Xue Wanche was stunned, and then a touch of curiosity rose between his expressions, thinking of the miracle of the king of Runan County, who seemed to be an immortal descending from the earth, and his originally somewhat uneasy heart seemed to have settled down a little, and after bowing down again and saying "yes", he hurriedly left.

Looking at the back of Xue Wanche leaving, Li Chengming's eyes flickered, and then said to Luo Ning, "Luo Ning, go and ask someone to bring some of the three powders of ground saltpeter, sulfur and wood charcoal." ”

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