When the sun was about to set, they finally arrived fifteen miles outside the city, and everyone crouched on a hillside, and saw the vanguard of the Yizhou army from a distance.

This unit specially chose an open area as its garrison, and stood in the distance to watch, the number of people can be said to be clear at a glance, and it seems that there are indeed only about 5,000 people.

However, behind this clearing is a sparse woodland, and there are many small hills around it, which is not only convenient for enemy troops to hide and fight, but also difficult to reconnoitre, and it is very easy to hide a few troops in it.

Fang Ling's heart was bright, no wonder Zhu Baolin was so sure that this was a bait, it seemed that he was quite familiar with the surrounding terrain, Qingzun City was a dangerous pass between the two mountains, if he refused to defend it, with a force of 10,000 horses, it would be very easy to defend it for ten days and a half months. But if you fight, in such a hilly area, it is easy to be eaten by the opponent in batches.

At the same time, Gu Shaofeng is not a fuel-efficient lamp, deliberately threw the fat of these 5,000 men and horses here, if it is a bold general, it is very likely to act at night and make a surprise attack or something, thinking that with 10,000 against 5,000, the battle can be solved in a very short time.

It's just that if there are ambushes around, then the people who are afraid of being swallowed up are the people and horses of Qingzuka City.

If Zhu Baolin didn't fight, then Gu Shaofeng could at least analyze that this person had a cautious personality and was very likely to defend the city, so he would find another way to break the city.

Fang Ling silently observed the five thousand men and horses, all of them were strong and strong, strictly disciplined, with long and short weapons, as well as bows and arrows and crossbows, in addition, there were also siege ladders and battering rams in the open space, these people alone were quite difficult to deal with.

After staying for a while, Fang Ling told Shen Huantian and the others to be careful, continue to investigate, and then crossed the garrison with Lu Bei and entered the scope of Jingui County.

Bantai County, Wu County and Jingui County are distributed from west to east, almost in a straight line, parallel to Qingzuka City, and the distance is more than 20 miles.

Golden osmanthus is a variety of osmanthus, its flowers are golden, the taste is strong, Jingui County is famous for the abundance of golden osmanthus, now when the flowers are blooming, no matter the avenue and trail are full of flower fragrance.

However, the advent of the war makes people have no time to enjoy the beautiful scenery in front of them, Jingui County, which is located next to the small river, has now been occupied by the Yizhou army, and there are tents outside the city, and people come and go in the camp.

Fang Ling roughly calculated, there were more than 2,000 soldiers stationed outside the city alone, so Fang Ling was even more convinced that the people stationed outside Qingzun City were bait, because a small county like Jingui County, the population was only tens of thousands, and the number of county soldiers was only four or five hundred at most, and a thousand soldiers stationed here were more than enough.

Of course, this judgment is not absolute, because there is another possibility that there are so many people defending the city, that is, Gu Shaofeng is here!

The gate of the county seat is wide open, and the soldiers of Yizhou State stand outside the city gate, strictly checking the road guide and household registration of the entrants, and the packages they carry will also be opened for inspection.