Bai Qi knew that Sima Cuo had done his best, such a long barrier, and there were more than 200,000 Zhao troops on the opposite side, and 100,000 elite soldiers were already the limit.

However, even this little bit of strength could not be given to him by Bai Qi.

In addition to the troops that had already been dispatched, Bai Qi had only 155,000 men and horses left, of which 50,000 were wounded soldiers who had just retired from the battlefield and could not go to the battlefield in the short term, and the other more than 50,000 were people who had just been recruited from Hanoi, proper new soldiers.

In other words, Bai Qi's current strength is just enough for Sima Co to defend the fortress, and another one is set aside as a strategic general reserve.

But obviously, Bai Qi still has to draw troops. In a battle, the importance of reserves is self-evident, and it is obviously impossible for Bai Qi not to leave any reserve forces for himself.

Therefore, the only way is to continue to draw the barrier guard force in Sima Cuo's hands. But Sima Cuo had just sent out his 30,000 sharp soldiers.

"There are still 50,000 veterans who have retired from the battlefield in Light Wolf City, and there should be at least 40,000 combat strength after subtracting the troops who can't return due to injuries. Leave 20,000 as the general strategic reserve, and the rest will be under your command. Draw out 30,000 troops, no, 25,000 to die to me, how? After a little calculation, Bai Qi asked Sima wrongly.

Sima Cuo, who heard the words, was about to cry! Don't take such a bully. 50,000 recruits and 50,000 veterans is already the limit of the limit! Still want to scale back?

At first glance, 20,000 for 25,000 pawns doesn't seem to be that much different. But the question is, how many of the 50,000 veterans have actually returned to the team? 40,000, that's the best result, the greater probability is 30,000, and even if a typhoid accident accidentally occurs, it is possible that less than half of the team will return to Thailand.

At that time, the strategic reserve will definitely not be able to move, so he will use more than 20,000 veterans to lead 50,000 recruits to resist the more than 200,000 troops of the Zhao army? If this is the case, I am afraid that I will follow in the footsteps of the West Bank barrier.

What's more, the battle of the barrier may start at any time, but the period of the return of the wounded soldiers is far away, and Sima Cuo said that he didn't want to agree to anything.

Sima Cuo didn't dare to bet, and he couldn't bet, he had to reflect his true thoughts and the real situation in the city to Wu Anjun Baiqi.

"General Rongyu: Although there are more than 50,000 wounded soldiers in the Light Wolf City, firstly, according to the doctor, less than sixty percent of them can be cured, and secondly, even if they can be cured, it will take time. And the offensive and defensive battle of the fortress may start at any time, the victory or defeat is only in an instant, and the 70,000 elite soldiers are still trembling, if the number of troops is reduced again, I am afraid that it will be ......"

Sima Cuo deliberately paused for a moment and said: "The last general is incompetent, I am afraid that the loss of the barrier will affect the three armies!" ”

Bai Qi didn't speak, he was thinking, he knew that there might still be a certain margin in the number reported by Sima Cuo, but the margin was not much, it would not exceed five thousand people, but he wanted more.

With 25,000 people, at least 25,000 elite soldiers must be gathered to reinforce the Southern Route Army! In this way, after subtracting the battle losses, there will be 80,000 troops behind the Zhao army's flank, so that they can be sure to defend the broken barrier! Wait for the siege of the great army.

But in this way, there are only 25,000 elite soldiers and 50,000 recruits left guarding the fortress of Guangwolf City, and of course, there are 50,000 remnants, if you look at the return rate of sixty percent, only 30,000 elite soldiers can return to the team. Excluding his own reserve of 20,000 people, the total number of troops handed over to Sima Cuo was about 85,000 people.

Eighty-five thousand, how can they defend the huge barrier! It must be known that in the battle of the barrier on the west bank of the Dan River, in addition to the 20,000 casualties who retreated, the casualties in the attack and defense of the barrier alone were 60,000 or 70,000.

And now, there are only 80,000 troops, and the elite level is not as good as before, and the only benefit is that there is no longer water release, and the defensive equipment is even better! Can such troops and combat power be stopped?

Yes! Must be able to! It really doesn't work, and your own reserves can also be temporarily topped. As long as there are no mistakes in other places and the previous waves of Zhao Jun's crazy attacks are withstanded, the big thing can be decided.

Thinking of this, Bai Qi immediately said to Sima Cuo: "With the current situation of the Zhao army, it is impossible to go under our barrier in five days, so it will take some time for the decisive battle to return, so it will not be a problem for the wounded soldiers to return to the team." In addition, the strategic reserve is located in the Light Wolf City, if there is a discord, the elite will be exhausted, and the general can rest assured? ”

Sima mistakenly heard this, and immediately secretly calculated the account in his heart.

And Bai Qi's next words completely trapped Sima Coo in his ship: "Before this future, my king gave five hundred sharp soldiers, all of which were handed over to the general to defend the fortress. How is it? ”

When Sima mistakenly heard this, he was shocked, the Qin army warriors, that is the Qin army warriors, known as the Qin army warriors who can defeat ten with one enemy. The total number of Qin army warriors did not exceed 1,000 people, and the king actually asked Wu Anjun to bring half of the number of Tai.

With this elite, Sima Cuo can organize a legion that has been extinguishing fires, and reinforce the weak points of the barrier at any time, even if the soldiers are weak and weak, Sima Cuo is confident that he will hold on to the encirclement of the army.

Immediately, Sima Cuo clenched his fists and commanded: "Obey Wu Anjun's order." ”

"Good!" Bai Qi stroked his palms and sighed. The reason why Bai Qi must be recognized by Sima Cuo is not only for the respect for Sima Cuo, a highly decorated general, but more importantly, in the next battle of Light Wolf City, there is no more suitable general than Sima Cuo, who has been stationed here for several months. And when it comes to understanding the defense line of Light Wolf City, there is no higher than Sima Cuo. Although Bai Qi is decisive in killing, he is not a stubborn person.

And since Sima Cuo dared to agree, Bai Qi knew, then he was sure to hold on. In this way, the three problems were finally solved under his own deployment, and Zhao Jun would eventually fall into his own impenetrable net.

"Just." One of the generals said a little hesitantly: "Wu Anjun Rongyu, I don't know where these 25,000 elite soldiers are going to go?" ”

Bai Qi, who was in a good mood, didn't plan to hide it from the generals, after all, now that the general trend has been decided, there is no need to keep it secret.

I saw Bai Qi pointing his finger at Na Yutu and said: "To the south, strengthen the strength of the southern group to attack the west bank barrier, so as to complete the contribution barrier as soon as possible, and resist the counterattack of the Zhao army before the arrival of the encirclement troops." ”

"General, the southern group has already concentrated 100,000 troops of our army, and it is only enough to encircle the southern division of the Zhao army. One of the generals said weakly.

"It's north." Another lieutenant said slowly: "The terrain in the north is flat, which is extremely conducive to the cavalry of the Zhao army, and the general also said that the Zhao army will rush to the north and break through to it, why not supplement this force to the north?" ”