After everyone left, Li Hao went out of the main tent and took his own soldiers to inspect to see how the imperial camp was settled.

It turned out that it was indeed the same as Xie Youde said, everything was arranged, and even the soldiers' tents were ready-made and could be moved in directly.

Then Li Hao asked Gu Tingye to come in and asked, "Can you contact the stone side as soon as possible, I want to see the real situation here." ”

After hearing this, Gu Tingye asked, "Do you suspect that Xie Youde lied to us, do you think he has a problem?" ”

Li Hao replied: "Xie Youde shouldn't hurt us, but he can only believe in three points, especially about the war, I think what he said is exaggerated, it's better to find out clearly." ”

Gu Tingye said: "Okay, then I'll look for it and see if the stone has set up a message for us."

In addition, I'm sending people around to see if I can find out what the situation is. ”

Li Hao asked Gu Tingye to arrange it by himself, and then after a busy day, Li Hao rested early.

When he got up on the second day, Li Hao was still the same, and he called Zhu Liangzu and them over first, and stayed in front of him.

Not long after they arrived, they saw Xie Youde coming to visit, saying that they wanted to take Li Hao around the camp to familiarize themselves with the environment.

It just so happened that Li Hao also wanted to see with his own eyes what the people under Xie Youde's command were like, so he readily agreed, but the others didn't want to follow, so Li Hao let them move in the camp on their own.

Then he followed Xie Youde around the circle, but the result was a big disappointment.

Needless to say, Li Hao didn't have expectations.

But even if it was the forbidden army, Li Hao saw that the equipment was poor, the morale was low, and the number of people didn't look right, so he was afraid that he would be paid a lot of empty salaries.

Its overall appearance is not only compared with the imperial camp, but also compared with the worst group of people in the western suburbs.

Li Hao was skeptical about how much combat power such an army had.

However, Li Hao didn't say anything in person, after all, this is not his command after all, and it doesn't hurt to call it normally, but it's not appropriate to meddle in military affairs.

After seeing all this, Li Hao returned to his camp, waited for the news of the stone, and began to think about how to fight this battle.

After waiting for two days, the stone came to the camp, and then Gu Tingye brought the stone to see Li Hao.

When he arrived at Li Hao's tent, Li Hao asked about what he had seen along the way, and then asked if he had heard any news about the rebels.

Stone replied, "We have been searching all the way all these days, and a few days ago we finally found the location of the rebel camp. ”

Li Hao was overjoyed when he heard this, and asked, "Where are they, and as he spoke, he took out the map given by Xie Youde and asked the stone to point out the location." ”

After reading the map, the stone pointed out the location and said, "I led the people into the back of the mountain, and I encountered several bandits, and then followed them to find them.

In addition, I also grabbed a few tongues, and found out that the main force of the rebels is now in Yihuang, and they are deployed along this mountain road, and then there are some people on Chongren's side, and the total should be seven or eight thousand people. ”

Li Hao looked at the location of the stone and found that it was in the Huangpi generation, and then asked, "Is the road in there good?" ”

Shi replied: "It's not easy to walk, Chongren's side is fine, the terrain is relatively flat, the reason why the bandits have not been exterminated is that it is close to the mountains, once the war is lost, the bandits will retreat into the mountains and forests, and it is difficult to clear them."

Yihuang, on the other hand, has complex terrain here, and there is only a road along the river in the middle.

The bandits also set up checkpoints along this road in Fenggang and Erdu, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and a few of us can go over the mountain secretly, and the team can only go from this road. ”

When Li Hao heard that there was a river, he asked: "Is this river deep, and how big a boat can it go, do you know?" ”

Shi replied, "I have seen this river, and most of the river is full of reefs, and only small boats can pass, and large boats cannot go." ”

Hearing this, Li Hao couldn't help but say: "Then it's going to be troublesome." ”

Gu Tingye also said: "Yes, this kind of terrain, it is really not advisable to attack by force, no wonder Xie Youde said to listen to our orders, it seems that he really has no choice." ”

After hearing this, Li Hao nodded in agreement, and then asked the stone: "Have you inquired about how much food they still have and how long it can last." ”

After hearing this, Shi Shi said: "I have also asked about this, and they have basically brought in the grain they looted before, saying that it is enough for two or three years." ”

After hearing this, Gu Tingye said: "Then this siege can't work, how can it drag on for so long." ”

Li Hao also had no way to do this, so he ordered someone to call Xu Ning, Yang Wenyuan, Li Yixing, and Yuan Wenshao over.

Then let the stone tell the news from beginning to end, and listen together to see if there is any place that can be used.

As a result, it was useless to listen to it all the way, but I heard from the stone that it was a completely different combat experience from what Xie Youde himself said.

Originally, the people Xie Youde brought were the last ones to arrive on the battlefield, and they had never fought with the bandits a few times in total, and they were all picking up the advantages of friendly troops all the way.

That is, it was really impossible to attack later, so he bypassed Xie Youde and led his troops to block the way out, and the rest of the men and horses went to clear the other thieves.

Wait for the rest of the place to be cleaned up, and then join forces to eliminate this group of bandits.

So since Xie Youde came here, he just blocked the road and didn't let the bandits leave, and he never took the initiative to attack.

Hearing this, Li Hao understood why the others would leave the bandit leader with Xie Youde, it turned out that he knew that he couldn't get in before he left with confidence.

After the stone finished speaking, Li Hao asked: "Do you have any idea to break this group of bandits, and I can't count on Xie Youde." ”

Hearing Li Hao's question, several people fell into deep thought, and then Xu Ning said: "This situation is really not suitable for a strong attack, and even if we have to fight with our troops, it is not enough."

As for General Xie's subordinates, I have also taken a closer look in the past two days, and it is okay to fight the bandits head-on, but it is not possible to attack the city and pull out the village. ”

Hearing Xu Ning's words, Yang Wenyuan said: "Then what should I do, do you want to learn from Xie Youde, just stay like this, and wait for the other horses to come back!" ”

Li Hao said: "That's naturally not good, so I have to think of a way to get them out." ”

Gu Tingye heard this and said: "I'm afraid this is not easy, they have been defeated by the defeated army, and now they are not short of food and grass, I am afraid that they will be determined to defend it, and it will not be so easy to come out." ”

After hearing this, everyone fell into deep thought again.

After thinking for a while, Li Hao looked up and saw Gu Tingye and Yang Wenyuan, and suddenly noticed in his heart, and said, "I think there is a way to make them willing to come out, but it may require you to take some risks." ”

Gu Tingye asked, "We, take the risk, what do you want us to do." ”

When Li Hao heard this, he looked at Gu Tingye and they laughed, and they laughed until they were worried about laughing, and then they were ready to explain.