The barbarians outside the city did not encircle Fengzhou at the first time, but Chen Bingbei City.

After identification, the barbarians under the city should be the cavalry of the Klutai king's army. Looking at the flag, there should be no soldiers and horses of the Khan Department.

In the face of only 50,000 barbarian horsemen, all the generals were a little relaxed. After all, there are 10,000 people in the city, plus auxiliary soldiers, young and strong, and the total strength can reach more than 15,000 people.

As the defender of the city, this force should be enough.

However, to everyone's surprise, the brute cavalry did not attack at the first time. Instead, they began to set up camp in the distance.

At this time, Lei Ben said: "General, now the enemy is still playing Lingzhou's game, it's better to ...... tonight."

Xiao Jingxuan shook his head and said, "At that time, how many barbarians were there in Lingzhou? Nowadays, how many barbarians are there? Wait and see, the enemy will not move, I will not move. ”

At this time, there were also bursts of discussion in the Klutai royal department.

It turned out that this time the barbarians dispatched more troops than last time. Because last winter was too cold.

Many cattle and sheep froze to death on the grassland. If we don't loot enough grain this year, I'm afraid that many people will starve to death on the grassland.

The generals of the Klutai royal department had great disagreements about whether to attack the city or not, and how to attack the city.

This time, the barbarians were commanded by the second prince of the Khan Department, Ullihan, and the Klutai King's Department, the Tuya King's Department, and the Teqin King's Department sent troops to assist. The royal tribe of Zari, the royal department of Voluji, and the royal department of Kereh served as reinforcements.

The barbarians claimed to have dispatched a million troops to the outside world this time, and 300,000 troops in terms of strength.

Among them, the Hutu Khan Department dispatched an army of 100,000. The three royal divisions each dispatched 70,000 troops, and the royal departments such as Zari each dispatched 50,000 troops as backup.

It can be said that the strength of the barbarians this time is far greater than last year, and last year, although the barbarians finally retreated, but in terms of harvest, the barbarians are not a big defeat.

In the end, the commander of the Klutai royal department decided to carry out the orders of Prince Ullihan and pin down the enemy.

On the third day when King Klutai sent troops to Fengzhou, Xiao Jingxuan also got the news from Longzhou.

However, from the news obtained this time, the barbarians put the main direction of attack in Shuozhou, and the enemy can be regarded as playing to their strengths and avoiding weaknesses this time, not obsessed with and attacking the city, but focusing on looting.

For not all the people were in the city, and not all the roads were blocked by the gates.

It's just that in the eyes of the barbarians, the benefits in the city are relatively large, and there is also the fear that the troops will be scattered and the back road will be cut off.

But now that the barbarians have dispatched so many troops, they are just seeking a decisive battle, so they don't believe it, as a border general, you can watch the people under your rule be killed.

After reading the content of the letter, Xiao Jingxuan also had a little headache, the barbarian's strategy this time was still quite effective, making use of his strengths and avoiding his weaknesses. The Wei army is good at defending, and the barbarian iron cavalry is also very outstanding in combat power.

Xiao Jingxuan didn't have any good way at this time. In desperation, he convened the generals and began to discuss.

But what can I do about it? Their own strength is insufficient, 5,000 cavalry, some of whom have been in the army for less than a month, except for the backbone of the army, the longest of the others is only half a year.

The same is true for the infantry, if you defend the city, the infantry is still a little useful, but if you are outside, the five thousand infantry cannot stop a charge of the five thousand cavalry.

The number of cavalry in Krutai outside the city does not match the number in intelligence, the intelligence says that Krutai dispatched 70,000 troops, but the enemy in front of him is only 50,000 when he is full, is it to act with the Khan?

But even if you know, it's useless, with Fengzhou's strength, you really can't do anything.

Xiao Jingxuan saw that the generals did not have any good suggestions, so he ordered daily exercises, strengthened training, and continued to build the city wall as for the people.

Every day, Xiao Jingxuan would go to the city to watch the movements of the barbarians, and also sent a lot of rangers around, but time passed day by day, and Xiao Jingxuan still did not wait for the time of the fighter.

On this day, as soon as Xiao Jingxuan finished inspecting the camps, he returned to the city to watch the enemy's movements.

At this time, a ranger came to the city on a fast horse, walked quickly up to the tower, and handed over a message.

Xiao Jingxuan opened the information and looked at it, fell into silence, and after a while, he said to the soldiers around him: "Order, beat the drum and gather the generals." Castle Tower Deliberations. ”

After receiving the order, the soldiers went to the corner tower of the city tower and began to beat the drums.

After a while, the generals came to the castle tower.

After the generals greeted them, Xiao Jingxuan handed them the information in his hand and asked them to circulate them one by one.

When everyone watched it, they were all indignant.

The barbarians began to plunder the people again, although this time because of the last robbery, there were not many people at the border, but the enemy gave up the city this time, the battle line went deeper, and more people suffered.

Xiao Jingxuan looked at the generals and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the enemy's rangers have crossed Longzhou and penetrated deep into Gyeongju, Ningzhou generation, hundreds of thousands of people have left their hometowns, we must do something, we can't let the enemy go on so rampantly." ”

The generals were silent for a while, Lei Ben looked around, and arched his hand and said: "My lord, now that we have limited manpower, and there are cavalry from Klutai outside, we can't do much, if we are not careful, I am afraid that Fengzhou will ......." ”

Xiao Jingxuan thought for a while and said: "I have made up my mind, pass on my general order, the cavalry will attack with my south gate tonight, and the important task of defending the city will be temporarily taken care of by Lei Ben, and Wei Ming will assist from the side, and the generals shall not disobey." ”

After speaking, he handed the matching sword in his hand to Lei Ben and said: "If there is a person who does not respect the general's order, it will be killed." ”

After speaking, he glanced at the general with a warning eye.

Seeing that everyone was ordered, Xiao Jingxuan said to Lei Ben gently: "Lei Ben, I will hand over Fengzhou City to you, be careful in everything, as long as you hold Fengzhou City, you will be a great achievement." ”

Lei Ben said excitedly: "The last general will take the order, and the city is here." ”

Xiao Jingxuan nodded. "You and I are relieved, cautious, and courageous, but remember, don't go out of the city, no matter what the situation outside, hold Fengzhou."

After speaking, he said to the generals of the cavalry: "You go back and prepare immediately, each of you carries three days' dry food, go down and prepare." ”

After everyone retreated, Wei Ming stayed, Xiao Jingxuan said to Wei Ming: "Wei Ming, you are my last line of defense in Fengzhou, if Lei Ben is at ease to defend the city, you have to help him with all your might, but if he wants to go out of the city, I want you to act cheaply." ”

After speaking, he took out a letter from his bosom and said: "This is the warrant I wrote, if Lei Ben insists on leaving the city, you will show the warrant and take over the power of city defense." ”

Wei Ming respectfully took the warrant and said, "The last general will live up to the general's trust." ”

After arranging these, Xiao Jingxuan looked into the distance and said lonely: "I'm not rational, the most important thing I should do now is to defend the city, but I can't watch the barbarians wreaking havoc, I have to do something, even if it costs my life." ”

When he was young, Xiao Jingxuan rode a horse, at the gate of the southern city, looking at the five thousand cavalry behind him, Xiao Jingxuan said: "Everyone, follow me out to fight to the death." I can't guarantee that I'll be at the forefront, but, I promise, I'll be the last to retreat. Let's go. ”

After speaking, the city gate slowly opened, and the drawbridge at the city gate was slowly lowered.

Xiao Jingxuan quietly left Fengzhou City with everyone, and the army drove south.

Xiao Jingxuan's goal this time is simple, that is, to eliminate the enemy's raiding rangers.

Now in the territory of Great Wei, although Xiao Jingxuan is not familiar with the terrain, most of the cavalry under Xiao Jingxuan are from the surroundings, and they know the terrain well.

Xiao Jingxuan placed the army in a mountain village near Lingzhou, and then sent out ranger sentries in all directions.

For the safety of the army, on weekdays, Xiao Jingxuan did not allow the army to leave the station, so he waited for three days, and finally a ranger came back to report that he had discovered the barbarian raiding army.

The army was small in number, about a thousand men, and the march was not fast because of the large amount of grain and grass and the people who had taken it captive.

When the sentry pointed out the enemy's location on the map, Xiao Jingxuan frowned.

The surrounding space is empty, which is too suitable for cavalry combat. In case there is an enemy ......, thinking of this, Xiao Jingxuan continued to look at the map.

After a while, Xiao Jingxuan stood up and said to the five guerrillas around him: "Everyone, this time, Zhao Hu, Lu Xu, Ye Xiong, and Xu Ce will go with me to intercept and kill them.

Li Xiaoyun stayed here, this place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, extremely unsuitable for cavalry combat, I want you to set up more traps in the mountain pass, and accept us and others into the mountain at any time, these mountains behind us are our last reliance.

Gao Xiaohui, you take someone to set up an ambush here, in case I am ambushed, you are responsible for answering it.

From now on, the ministries are moving as planned. ”

After speaking, Xiao Jingxuan took the three soldiers and horses and marched towards the destination.

After leaving the mountain, Xiao Jingxuan began to be cautious about his whereabouts, trying to avoid the main road and set off from the small road.

In this way, Xiao Jingxuan led everyone to a necessary path for the enemy in advance.

It was a slope, not steep, and suitable for cavalry charges.

Xiao Jingxuan is quite satisfied with this place.

After inspecting the battlefield, Xiao Jingxuan said to the accompanying generals: "This time you must completely annihilate the enemy, Zhao Hu, you are at the front of the slope, once you see us attacking, you will take advantage of the boulders and stakes to knock down the boulders and wooden stakes, block the enemy's way forward, and trap the enemy to death."

Then from front to back, launch a charge, Lu Xu, you are in the tail, block the enemy's rear road, and charge from back to front.

I personally led the rest of the men and horses to charge directly down from the middle, striving for a decisive battle. ”

Xiao Jingxuan's strategy is actually very simple, and he doesn't know if it will work or not, most of his subordinates are recruits, and they don't know what the result will be.

However, now that the arrow is ready to be fired, there is no other choice.

After arranging these, Xiao Jingxuan and the others looked for hidden places around this slope and lurked, and for this reason, the horse's mouth was covered.

Now it's up to us when the enemy arrives.