"At this time, there are only 200 soldiers and horses in Runan City!"

Yuan Li answered Liu Bei's question.

A county town has only 200 defenders, isn't this an empty city?

Liu Bei's eyes lit up, and he immediately said to Yuan Li: "Although there are only 200 soldiers, it is not difficult to break the city, but it is easy to take it without too many casualties, and this matter still needs Yuan Gong's help!" ”

Yuan Li said: "Xuande Gong wants the old man to contribute, although he said it clearly! ”

"This matter still needs someone to cooperate inside and outside Runan City!"

The two immediately discussed and finalized the details.

After everything was agreed, Liu Bei said: "Without further ado, while Cai Yang leads the army to attack Qin Feng, we will start tomorrow, and ask Yuan Gong to return first according to the agreed deployment, just when our army arrives in the city to attract the defenders, Yuan Gong's people will kill and disperse the city gate defenders and open the city gate, so the big thing will be decided!" ”

Yuan Li promised: "In this way, the old man will return immediately!" ”

After this person left, Liu Bei pulled Liu Bi and Gong Du to talk freely, which made people feel quite polite and virtuous.

Qin Feng had long known that Yuan Li would not be at ease with him, so he asked Lu Sheng to send someone to keep an eye on this old guy early, and he took over the matter of Liu Bei's convergence with Liu Bi and Gong Du, which was quickly passed back by the details.

At this time, Qin Feng was preparing to lead his troops to march to Zhipingyu, Runan County, and the two cities were only more than a hundred miles apart, and there were no other cities in between.

"Du Lieutenant, Du Lieutenant" Lu Sheng led people to gallop from the front.

Lu Sheng rode his horse to Qin Feng and reported: "Duwei, there are two news: first, Yuan Li's old guy really has other plans, Liu Bei, who had accepted Tao Qian's gift from Xuzhou back then, came to Runan with hundreds of people, and it was Yuan Li, the old guy, who was responsible for answering, they had joined Liu Pi and Gong Du and a group of bandits, and it is unknown what to do!" ”

"Second, Cai Yang, the Taishou of Runan, has led an army of 3,000 to kill in the direction of Xincai, forty miles away from here, and it should be possible to arrive before dusk in the afternoon!"

After listening to the report, Qin Feng counted the time, and said with a smile: "In that case, why don't we wait for work?" Come to the people, pass the order, let the soldiers disband and rest, make a sumptuous meal at noon, let everyone eat and drink enough, and when the enemy army arrives and the people are sleepy and tired, our army will attack again! ”

"In addition, another order will be issued, from now on, the four city gates will be closed, no one will be allowed to enter or leave, and if there is a trespasser, kill!"

"Yes!"

Cai Yang was not in a hurry to march, Pingyu and Xincai were more than 100 miles apart, and they were about to speed up their journey, and they could arrive in one day in three days, but in that case, they would definitely send food to the enemy.

The normal march was sixty or seventy miles a day, but he led the men and horses to walk only fifty miles on the first day, and then set out after camping in the field for one night.

At the beginning of the afternoon, 3,000 men and horses were marching slowly under the leadership of Cai Yang, and they could set up camp after walking for more than ten miles, waiting for tomorrow to go to Xincai City to call for battle.

At this time, the horse in front of him galloped over, wearing heavy armor, and Cai Yang, who was sitting on the back of the horse and carrying a big knife, raised his hand to signal the army to stop advancing.

"Qi Yu Taishou, the thief army of 5,000 men and horses is killing our army, seven miles away, under the banner of Qin!"

Cai Yang sneered in his heart when he heard this, "The thief army actually has the courage to go out of the city to fight? And what about five thousand centaurs, not yet a rabble? Pass the order, set up a position, and prepare to meet the enemy! ”

The surrounding terrain is open, just to set the military formation, if the military formation is not set up at this time, when the two armies meet, it will be a chaotic battle, his side is well-equipped, and the advantages of the battle formation will not be brought into play.

Qin Feng had already received the report from Tanma, and he specially took the time to take the men and horses out of the city to face the battle, and the location of the battle had already been predicted.

On the horizon in the distance, a black line faintly appeared, followed by a row of soldiers, a large area of black pressure.

"Taishou, look over there!" A pro-soldier shouted at the front left.

Cai Yang looked over and saw a large number of thieves in front of him, and the formation was rigorous and neat, the flags fluttered in the wind at a high place, and the sunlight reflected on the armor of the thief army.

"Didn't you say it was a gang of thieves? Why are these people wearing armor and armed with sharp blades and spears? And so powerful! Cai Yang was very angry.

Bo said: "Taishou, this matter is only afraid of something strange, if these thieves either have the support of local families and landlords, or have Liu Biao's support behind them, providing them with food, grass and ordnance, how can the ordinary thief army have such sophisticated armor and weapons?" ”

"Stop—"

With Cai Yang's order, the three thousand men and horses who had already set up the army formation and were slowly advancing immediately stopped.

It was no longer possible to advance, and at this time the two armies were no more than two miles apart, and they could see each other.

After thinking for a moment, Cai Yang trotted forward with a big knife and hit the horse, and soon came to the middle of the two armies and shouted: "I am Runan Taishou Cai Yang, where is Qin Feng, the leader of the thief army?" Dare to come forward and talk! ”

Qin Feng was about to beat his horse over, but was stopped by Yan Xiang: "The commander must also guard against his deception!" ”

Qin Feng nodded, patted his horse and galloped towards Cai Yang.

After a short time, he rode to Cai Yang, "Cai Taishou, now that you and I are fighting each other, what else is there to say?" ”

Cai Yang observed Qin Feng and saw that he was so young, so he immediately asked: "Qin Feng, I have no grievances with you, why are you making trouble in my realm?" ”

"Ru Boundary? Hahaha······ I don't understand the truth, we are just to survive, thousands of people under my command want to live can only grab a piece of land, selected Cai Taishou's Runan County, I really don't want to go, and I hope Taishou forgives, it's better for you and me from now on the well water does not violate the river water, can you? ”

"Bold!" Cai Yang was confused, a bandit had a whimsical idea to follow him on his territory without violating the river water, he pointed at Qin Feng and said angrily: "I miss that you are young and have a great future, give you a chance to surrender with your men and horses, otherwise Hugh blames my army for attacking and the jade will be burned!" ”

The smile on Qin Feng's face slowly disappeared, "Cai Taishou, I can't help but exalt myself too much, now that the two armies are facing each other, and before a single arrow is fired, you want me to lead my troops to surrender?" It's too naïve, I want to see what you can do to force me to surrender before the battle! ”

"Besides, Cai Taishou probably doesn't know yet, Pingyu City is only afraid that it has been broken by Liu Bei and Yuan's family at this moment, and the back road of Taishou has been broken!"

Cai Yang didn't believe it at all, "Isn't it ridiculous that the clown who jumped the beam wants to use such clumsy means to mess with our army's heart!" In this case, you and I will speak with bows and swords on the battlefield! ”

After saying that, he turned his horse's head and galloped towards his own military formation, and Qin Feng also turned around and returned to his own formation.

Cai Yang returned to the front of the formation, once again reorganized the formation and prepared to wave the army to attack, at this time the sound of rapid horse hooves came from the side of the military formation, a knight lying on the back of the horse desperately hit the horse, and soon came to Cai Yang, but did not wait for the horse to stop, the person had already fallen.

Cai Yang was shocked and commanded the soldiers: "Quickly help him up!" ”

The knight was supported by several soldiers and dragged to Cai Yang, Cai Yang saw that this person had collapsed, and he had a bad premonition in his heart, so he immediately asked someone to feed this person water and drink.

The knight, who had drunk a few sips of water, had some strength and said, "Taishou, Pingyu City has been broken by the Yuan family and Liu Bei Yingwai!" ”

Cai Yang was struck by lightning, and he didn't come back to his senses for a while.

"What Qin Feng said turned out to be true, how did he know?"

Cai Yang quickly guessed that Qin Feng had a connection with the Yuan family, what was the purpose of telling him about this matter? mess with his army's heart, or do you want him to fight to the death with the Yuan family and Liu Bei?

He quickly made a decision, and immediately shouted, "Someone! Go and tell the bandits on the other side that it is getting late today, and they will retreat ten miles back and set up camp, and fight again tomorrow! ”

"No!"

A lieutenant with a few cavalry rode to the front of the Flame Army and shouted: "Listen to the thief army, my family Taishou said, it is getting late today, the two sides retreat ten miles back and set up camp respectively, and fight to the death tomorrow!" ”

After saying that, he turned around and ran away with a few minions.

Qin Feng asked Yan Xiang with a smile: "Mr. Yan, what does Cai Yang mean by this?" ”

"Only then did someone gallop from the rear to the front of Cai Yang's army, before the horse arrived, the person fell down, if it is not bad to speculate, I am afraid that Liu Bei and Yuan Li have already captured Pingyu, Cai Yang learned that the nest was lost, he wanted to run!"

Qin Feng looked around, and saw that Cai Yang had already given the order, and the rear army of his team had begun to retreat in the direction where they came, only the front army remained in place, and after a while, the front army also began to retreat, and the team was scattered but not chaotic.

Chen Zhi, who was riding a horse, asked, "Commander, do you want to take advantage of the situation to attack?" ”

Qin Feng shook his head: "Although Cai Yang's army retreats and is not chaotic, it can turn around at any time to meet it, and the rear army can quickly turn around and counterattack, at this time, it cannot be pursued, if it is pursued, it is right in Cai Yang's arms!" The order was given, the whole army camped on the spot, and sent scouts to hang behind Cai Yangjun, monitor their every move, and don't let them escape! ”

"Order!"

Cai Yang, who was withdrawing his troops, also quickly received a report from the team behind the palace, and heard that Qin Feng did not lead the army to retreat, but chose to camp in the same place, which made him frown.

"Uncle, are we going to leave overnight immediately?" Captain Qin Qi asked.

Cai Yang thought about it for a while, shook his head and vetoed this idea, "No, their sentry is not blind, this person already knows that our army has lost Pingyu City, as long as we don't camp ten miles away, this person will soon catch up with soldiers and horses, the news has leaked, the soldiers' hearts have been shaken, once Qin Feng leads the army to chase and kill, we are afraid that we will not be able to resist!" ”

Qin Qi was a little worried, and said, "If you don't leave, do you really want to camp ten miles away?" At this time, the soldiers knew that there were not many people who had an accident, and if they set up camp, everyone would inevitably know about it, and then the morale of the army would be completely chaotic! If we don't kill it back now, then the thief will definitely not be prepared! Besides, this is just a bunch of thieves, even if they put on the armor, how much more can they increase their combat power? ”

Cai Yang waved his hand: "I have seen it, the opponent's army formation is neat and the morale is high, which shows that Qin Feng is proficient in the method of military training, which should not be underestimated!" ”

Qin Qi thought that Cai Yang was looking too highly at Qin Feng, "Qin Feng, just a bandit leader, how can he know the art of war?" Uncle only promised me 1,000 soldiers and horses, and I could bring back his head! ”

"Don't be reckless! If you fight alone, I don't worry that you will lose, but you can lead your troops to march and fight, you are still far away! ”