The 6,000 elites of Changding Township are fully armed, carrying grain and grass in the early morning, of course, it cannot be an ordinary training.

The three armies did not move the grain and grass first, and the soldiers of Changding Township would drive alone, and the logistics supply convoy would not move, and the military rations carried with them could only be eaten for three days at most, indicating that the goal of the army was not far away, and it would definitely be in the place where the army could reach in two days.

The 6,000 elites in Changding Township are all infantry, and according to the situation of a normal army, even if they march in a hurry, they can only rush to a land of 600 miles in two days.

And now most of Qinzhou has fallen into the hands of the Yellow Turban Army, in Liu Yan's view, it is impossible for Changding Township to dare to provoke the Yellow Turban Army, and the target within 600 miles is only Datong County, so the target of this sudden dispatch of troops is obvious.

Almost at the same time that Liu Yan received the secret report, the entire Datong County suddenly became panicked.

The reappearance of the remnants of the Yellow Turban, the Southern Barbarian anti-Shu, has made all the officials in Datong County tense their nerves, and they don't know when the rebels will enter Datong County.

Even in Datong County, there are many mountain people rebellion, besieging and killing landlords and rich households, in the eyes of Liu Yan and others, Chu He in Changding Township has long had bad intentions, secretly trained thousands of elites, and now is forced by Deng Qing, it is very possible to raise troops against Shu.

Liu Yan even thought of why the Yellow Turban Army had not attacked Datong County, I am afraid that it had been secretly in contact with Chu He a long time ago, otherwise Chu He would not have gathered thousands of troops in less than a year.

Now I am afraid that Tianshui County will be completely controlled in the hands of the rebels.

Liu Yan couldn't help but regret that he shouldn't have stimulated Chu He, he should have thought that since Chu He had such a strong army, how could he be willing to pay the grain tax.

He originally thought that Chu He would send 50,000 stone rice grain into Datong County, and felt that Chu He should still be afraid of the power of the government, so he agreed to Deng Qing's suggestion to test Chu He.

Liu Yan also thought that Changding Township would bargain, and no matter how bad it was, he would send tens of thousands of stone rice grains over, and then he would try to slowly divide Qianyuanwei, take over the power of Chu River, and strengthen the strength of Datong County.

He never imagined that Chu He's reaction would be so fierce, and he couldn't have imagined that Chu He had already trained 6,000 generals, and might even have liaise or secret discussions with the Yellow Turban Army.

From the news sent back by the spies, it can be seen that these 6,000 soldiers and generals are all elite soldiers, and they will not be much worse than the dark horse battalion in Datong County!

Remorse is to no avail, with the speed of the Changding Township army, I am afraid that it will be able to reach outside the county seat in one night, and there is not much time for the Datong County government to prepare.

Liu Yan had just put on his robe and was about to return to the front hall of the official office to summon Su Ke and Chen Hua to come to the meeting, but as soon as he arrived in the front hall, a government official came to report, and Su Ke and Chen Hua came together to ask to see him!

Seeing Su Ke and Chen Hua's worried and hurried demeanor, Su Ke was even a little disheveled, and the straps of his official robes were not tightened, obviously he already knew the news of the dispatch of the army in Changding Township.

Su saw Liu Yan, and he didn't care about being polite, so he arched his hand and said directly in a deep voice: "Lord Liu, the lower officials received the news that thousands of soldiers and generals in Changding Township drove out overnight and came in the direction of Datong County!"

Chen Hua also had an ugly face: "I can't imagine that the Chu River in Changding Township has gathered so many soldiers and horses, I'm afraid it is not good, and even the Yellow Turban Army will take action, Lord Liu, we have to deal with it carefully!"

Liu Yan nodded, his face was also very solemn: "This official has just received the news, and he is about to notify you to come and discuss the countermeasures!"

"This Chu River is really beyond the expectations of the official, all over Changding Township, especially the place of the military camp, the defense is extremely strict, even the people of the official are difficult to go in to find out, if it is not for the army now, the official does not know that this Chu River already has such a number of elite soldiers!"

Su Ke took a deep breath: "Although Xia Guan already knew that Chu He relied on selling steel soldiers to obtain money, silver, rice and grain, there must be a lot of steel soldiers in his hands. ”

His face became extremely ugly: "The people below reported that the six thousand soldiers of the Chu River are all stubborn, and the elite soldiers among them are even more full of steel armor, holding steel soldiers, and the number is not less than three hundred!"

"Xia Guan really can't believe it, but many of his subordinates who monitor the situation in Changding Township are all of this caliber. Lord Liu, how could this Chu River have such a large number of steel soldiers and steel armor?"

Chen Hua's main book has no roots in Datong County, and he has not been here for a long time, so it is naturally impossible to send any subordinates to monitor the movements in Changding Township.

When he heard Su Ke say this, he was stunned for a moment, and said in a lost voice: "How is this possible?"

"Now an ordinary steel knife costs at least 1,000 taels of silver, and if you have steel armor all over your body, you can't take it without 10,000 taels of silver, how can this Chu He equip steel soldiers and steel armor on three hundred soldiers?"

"If the three hundred soldiers are all equipped with steel soldiers and steel armor, wouldn't it cost millions of taels of silver?"

Chen Hua was quite clear about the price of steel soldiers, because he spent 1,200 taels of silver to buy a twelve-pound steel sword and give it to the guards around him to protect him.

The current steel soldiers are all calculated by the catty, one catty of steel and ten catties of silver, and the children are not bullied, not to mention the bows and crossbows and steel armor that are controlled.

A set of 100 catties of full-body steel armor can't even be taken down for 10,000 taels of silver.

Su Ke smiled bitterly: "Lord Chen, the official also thinks it is impossible, but the people below say so, and the official does not dare to deceive Lord Liu." ”

As he spoke, his face turned slightly pale: "If it is really as the spies said, the six thousand elites of Chu River are all steel armor for self-defense, and their hands are strong, and we are in Datong County, I am afraid that it will be ......."

Liu Yan waved his hand and said with a sigh: "There is no point in talking about this now." ”

"No matter what, the county cannot afford to lose, we have to be prepared to prevent thieves from attacking the city!"

Saying that, Liu Yan summoned the officials again, and ordered in a deep voice: "Invite Zhao Yiyi and them to the county office." ”

He paused and added, "Don't snub them." ”

Although it was late at night, the enemy would not set the time for attacking the city, so Datong County had already taken precautions, and there were elite guards guarding the city gate day and night, patrolling everywhere.

Although Deng Qing was still outside with his family at this time, the military power was in the hands of Liu Yan, and without Deng Qing, he would not affect the deployment of the army.

The rapid and piercing sound of warning gongs continued to ring throughout the county.

The people in the city thought it was an ordinary drill at first, but then they heard it clearly, and the gong sounded continuously, and it was not a drill!

The townspeople were immediately frightened, and they all woke up their families and children, took out the belongings they had packed in advance, and were ready to flee at any time, or hide in hidden places such as cellars.

Everywhere in Datong County, the lights are constantly lit, and there are soldiers and generals who gather the people and rush to all parts of the city wall, and under the order of the officials, they will move the wood and rolling stones on the city wall and prepare for battle.

The generals on duty, although they seemed a little flustered, were still under the command of their respective officers, and they were in their places to guard the city.

Liu Yan, the county order, still has some skills.

Although the soldiers and horses of Datong County were a little slack and lazy in the past, the Yellow Turban Army was eyeing the Yellow Turban Army, and after the failure of the Yellow Turban Army, Liu Yan found the problem and vigorously rectified the generals, and the effect was quite obvious.

Slingers, sword and shield bearers, archers, etc., went up to the city wall, and the cavalry of the Black Horse Battalion also wore armor and hung bows and carried knives, and appeared to be well-trained and quickly concentrated near the city gates.

The sleeping generals in the barracks were all awakened, although they did not need to be stationed in the city defense at the first time, but they were also ready to prepare everything under the command of the officers, put on armor, polish their swords and guns, and were ready to participate in the battle at any time.

In Liu Yan's opinion, although there are a lot of 6,000 soldiers in the Chu River, and the spies also say that the elite under the command of the Chu River are all strong and persistent, as long as there is no movement on the side of the Yellow Turban Army, it is impossible to capture Datong County by relying on the 6,000 infantry of the Chu River alone.

After all, Datong County is also a strong soldier during this time, many elite generals of those noble families have been forcibly recruited and transferred into the army, and their combat power is not weak, and the Black Horse Battalion has not been damaged in the battle against the Yellow Turban Army, and the strength of Datong County has not been damaged, and it can even be said that it is stronger than before.

Now in Datong County, there are more than 7,000 soldiers who can fight, and tens of thousands of auxiliary people.

It really came to the last step, the 100,000 people of Datong County, under the strictness of the army, may not be able to go to the battlefield to fight, Chu He wants to capture Datong County with 6,000 infantry, it is a little naïve.

Moreover, Liu Yan knew that the soldiers and generals in Changding Township were actually ordinary farmers and hunters in the past, although Chu He was called a prodigy, but the realm was only the strong bone realm, and the really powerful one was Jiang Wei of the blood condensation realm.

Liu Yan asked himself, this Tibetan spirit Confucian student, with the blessing of luck and the help of the Great Seal of Shu, even if it is difficult to exert all his strength in the army, it is still no problem to deal with a Jiang Wei.

In addition, here in Datong County, Su Ke and Chen Hua are all Tibetan Confucian students, and among the generals, there are also a few strong people in the Blood Condensation Realm, and in terms of high-end combat effectiveness, Datong County will never be afraid of the soldiers and horses of Changding Township!

It's just that the news from the spies is really amazing, six thousand elites, more than half of them are in armor, and they basically hold iron and steel soldiers, such a super luxurious configuration, which always makes Liu Yan a little uneasy.

That Chu He is not a fool, if he is not a little sure, how can he use all his troops and pull out overnight!

Therefore, although there was no trace of the Changding Township army, Liu Yan and Su Ke and others all went up to the city wall together, looking at the direction of Changding Township with solemn expressions.

Black falcons continue to fly back to Datong County with brocades.

The marching speed of the 6,000 infantry in Changding Township was really beyond Liu Yan's expectations, and it actually reached a terrifying speed of eighty miles per hour!

Liu Yan's face became more and more solemn, the speed of eighty miles per hour is nothing to those who practice martial arts, the problem is that the six thousand infantry in Changding Township have no one left behind!

In other words, even the slowest man in the infantry can run a distance of more than 200 miles in one night!

The only good news is that the spies monitoring Fenglai County have not sent any news, and there is no movement from the Yellow Turban remnants.

If the Yellow Turban Army and Changding Township join forces, Liu Yan will not have any confidence that he can hold Datong County.

As far as Chu He is concerned, the current speed of the march is relatively satisfactory.

Each hour is eighty miles, which is converted into the unit of the Hereafter, which is twenty kilometers per hour.

The Qianyuan Guards are all carrying out weight-bearing cross-country training for a long time, this speed is nothing at all, you must know that the quality of the people in this world is much stronger than the soldiers of the later generations of the earth, and the rapid march of the army in the later generations is more than ten kilometers per hour.

But the three thousand mountain bandit troops in Niujiao Mountain and Wolf Head Mountain, with this speed, made Chu He a little surprised, it seems that Chu Shi, Chu Yuan and others have really put a lot of effort into training them.

Of course, for the people of Niujiao Mountain and Wolf Head Mountain, the performance of Qianyuanwei shocked them again.

The people of the two mountains, who have been eating enough rice and meat recently, have a lot of training, and often go over the mountains and mountains, and the speed is not slow.

Moreover, they do not carry much weight on their bodies, most of the mountain bandits are wearing iron-inlaid steel leather armor, iron knives and wooden shields in their hands, and the weight is basically no more than fifty catties.

But the Qianyuanwei is different, those elites whose whole body is in the steel can, the battle armor is so complete that they even have face armor, which can be regarded as armed to the teeth, just a pair of full-body steel armor, weighing more than 100 catties.

Coupled with twenty or thirty catties of Mo knives, steel bows, steel guns and other equipment, and more than ten catties of jerky and fried noodles, it can be said that everyone is rushing with about one hundred and fifty catties of supplies.

Even if it is an ordinary abyss guard and reserve, the weight is about 100 catties.

Such a heavy burden of the Qianyuan Guard, between the march is still extremely neat, disciplined, silent, and easy to maneuver, obviously not the limit of their march.

For this alone, the bandits of the two mountains made their scalps tingle, and they really didn't know how these Hidden Abyss Guards were trained.

Looking at the well-disciplined Qianyuan Guard, which was like one between the marches, the mountain bandit troops couldn't help but be awe-inspired, and their expressions were a little solemn, Chu Yuan and the others also strictly ordered their respective troops not to make noise, lest their own soldiers and horses be looked down upon by the Qianyuan Guard.

Six thousand infantry, like a black dragon, circled in the mountains, did not light torches, only with the help of the moonlight, in the direction of Datong County at an astonishing speed.

From Changding Township to Fenglai County, the distance is about 350 miles, and there is no need to pass through Datong County, so a detour, at least 50 miles more, Chu He did this, and he had the idea of deterring Datong County.

After all, Changding Township is a township in Datong County, and it is the 6,000 soldiers under the command of Chu He, and it has a lot to do with the people in Datong County.

The most important thing is that the Chu River should take Datong County and even Tianshui County as a base, and Dingkou is the most important strategic resource.

As a last resort, Chu He does not want to face each other with Datong County, if he can let Datong County know the strength of Changding Township and surrender without a fight, it is the best choice.

"It's coming!"

Li Yan and the others on the platform are condescending, and their sight is the best, even if it is more than five o'clock in the morning, the sun has not yet risen, but the cultivators have keen eyes, and the moonlight is also bright, and a few miles away, Liu Yan and others found the troops in Changding Township.

Seeing this army with his own eyes, Liu Yan fell silent all of a sudden, and his face became extremely ugly.