In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Ta had just returned home with Zhuo Mao, when he heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and the ground trembled, and he knew that this was the cavalry of Luzhou City.

The army sent out by Wang Qing did not have many cavalry, and there were still more than 30,000 soldiers left in Luzhou City at the moment, and the cavalry was about four or five thousand.

At the beginning of Wang Qing's rebellion, only some leaders had horses to ride, and there were no cavalry at all, in fact, even if they could occupy the entire Huaixi, it stands to reason that they would not be able to get together many war horses.

To put it bluntly, these war horses were all sent to Wang Qing by the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army twice before and sent them for nothing, and as for the cavalry on the horses now, many of them are the surrendered Gyeonggi Forbidden Army.

Zhao Ta stood in the courtyard and listened to the movement outside for a while, and then walked into the house with a blank face.

Now that they have been in contact with each other, the Song army will definitely not stay outside the city for a long time, and even if the cavalry of Luzhou goes out of the city to look for it, I am afraid it will be difficult to find.

Then another three or four days passed, the military defense in Luzhou City became more and more strict, and the battle report in front was very unfavorable, Gong Duan had already converged with the five thousand troops of Huangzhou in Gwangju at this time, and Duan Wu's army was also gathered in one place, but even so, it was still pressed and fought by the Song army step by step, and lost several battles in a row, although the casualties were not too large, but the morale was completely lost.

Wang Qing had already ordered Gong Duan's army to withdraw to Luzhou, and the atmosphere in the court was becoming more and more tense.

On this day, Wang Qing's face was gloomy like water, and he looked at the people below: "The Song army is still those Song army, and the combat power is still weak, judging from Gong Duan's battle report, although he has lost a few games in a row, but the casualties are not too many, but just like that, it still can't stop the Song army from continuing to move forward, you Aiqing tell me, what is going on?" ”

No one spoke below, even Li Zhu closed his eyes slightly, not knowing what was going on in his heart.

Seeing that no one spoke, Wang Qing's expression became more and more gloomy: "Isn't there Aiqing who can tell the truth and break the plan?" ”

Everyone lowered their heads at this time, they didn't even see the appearance of the Song army attacking this time, where can they guess the reason, probably just because Gong Duan is not helpful, but no one dares to say this, after all, Gong Duan is the generalissimo of soldiers and horses ordered by Wang Qing.

Wang Qing's eyebrows were knotted at the moment, seeing that no one spoke, he was already a little annoyed and angry in his heart, and just wanted to lift the table, but saw Zhao Ta walk out.

His expression suddenly changed, and he said, "Li Aiqing has something to say?" ”

Zhao Ta said: "Your Majesty, the minister came up with a reason, but he didn't think of any plan to break the enemy. ”

Wang Qingdao: "Aiqing is what she says." ”

Zhao Ta pondered for a moment and said: "The minister thinks that since the Song soldiers have not changed, but the war is unfavorable, the reason is that the other party's commander with troops is different, the soldiers have not changed, and the commander has changed, so this kind of thing happened." ”

Wang Qing pondered: "Aiqing means that Gong Duan's strategy is not as good as the other party? That's why you're losing and retreating? ”

Zhao Ta said: "Your Majesty, in fact, it is not that Marshal Gong is too weak, it should be that Zhao Ta is too strong, the minister heard that the previous two Song soldiers attacked, and it was also Marshal Gong who led the troops, but he won a big victory, so it can be seen that Marshal Gong met the opponent this time." ”

Everyone twitched when they heard this, and secretly said that Li Fei said a good word, not saying that his own side is weak, only saying that the other party is strong, and he must learn to use it next time.

Wang Qing was puzzled: "Then Zhao Ta'er is only twenty years old, where did he get the ability to command the army?" Could it be that there are high-ranking people under him? ”

Zhao Ta said: "This minister doesn't know ......"

Wang Qing looked at Li Zhu: "What does the prime minister think of this?" ”

Li Zhu said: "Wang, now it seems that he really underestimated Zhao Ta, the king of Qi, thinking that since he is a prince, he is naturally different from Deng Xunwu and others, but there may be some strange people from the three mountains and five mountains around him, and it is not easy to say what to say, the minister thinks that the plan for today is to wait for Gong Duan to come back, and then set up a joint camp in front of Luzhou City, so as not to let the other party besiege the city, and then try to break it." ”

Wang Qing frowned and nodded, he really couldn't think of any good way, he glanced at the two classes of civil and military forces below, pondered for a moment, and finally his eyes fell on Zhao Ta, and said: "Li Aiqing's martial arts are exquisite, and he has worked hard to defend Luzhou recently, so he can temporarily resign from his post and lead a team of soldiers and horses to prepare for war." ”

Zhao Ta hurriedly said yes.

Then Wang Qing named a few more people, and also gave an order, these people are also strong in martial arts, and they originally had other positions, but they were all exempted, and let them lead troops to prepare for war alone.

After assigning the soldiers and horses under the control of each person, some grain and grass matters were arranged, and then the dissolution of the dynasty was announced.

Zhao Ta was assigned a small army of soldiers and horses, and after going down to the court, he went to the military camp for a short handover, and then went back to his house directly.

Liyan Nazha's position as the guard of Xiping Gate has not been replaced, which makes him breathe a sigh of relief, in fact, it is not an easy thing to want to cooperate with the outside, it is not enough to control the city gate alone, and he has to find a way to break the army stationed in front of the city after Gong Duan returns.

The so-called siege of the city has always been only a strong attack on the weak, like the current situation where the strength of each other is almost the same, and the combat strength is not huge, it is impossible to have the kind of situation where the turtle retreats into the city and waits for the other side to come to attack.

Most of them had to camp outside the city, with their backs to the city, and there were a few big battles, and it was impossible to escape back to the city until something could not be done.

Once the two armies reach such a moment, it will be difficult for ordinary tactics to be effective, and they will probably fight to suppress the morale of the other side.

And at this moment, although Shouzhou has been recovered, there are still five states and one army behind Luzhou to watch and watch each other, which is actually very unfavorable to the Song army.

Especially the longer the time drags on, the advantage will often be played into a disadvantage, so the fight against Luzhou should be the same as the fight against Shouzhou, and it is best to fight quickly.

But this quick battle made Zhao Ta a headache, if his subordinates were not these unsatisfactory Gyeonggi forbidden army, if they were replaced by the Western Army, I am afraid that the previous wave would crush Gong Duan's team, and then go straight to Luzhou.

But he has no Western Army under his command, so he can only push forward steadily, as for how to arrange it under the city of Luzhou, it can only depend on the situation at the time, but Zong Ze is not the kind of coach who is only right, Zhao Ta feels that Zong Ze cannot be willing to confront the city, and there must be some other arrangements.

After returning to the house, the diet became more and more simple, it turned out that Luzhou City had completely closed the city gate since the Song army appeared outside the city that night, and the people were not allowed to enter and leave at all except for the soldiers, and the outside ingredients could not enter at all, so they could only consume in the city.

Because of last night's inspection, Zhao Ta lay down to rest after eating, and this sleep was in the evening, and when he woke up, he went out and walked to the front, but saw Yao Pingzhong and Diya fiddling with the yellow horse.

Yao Pingzhong said: "Little Diya, my yellow horse eats a lot, and if he can't eat enough forage, he can even gnaw on dry tree sticks." ”

Diya shook her head: "How can there be such a horse, if you want to say that fresh branches can be eaten, where is there a horse that eats wooden sticks?" ”

Yao Pingzhong said: "If you don't believe it, you can try!" ”

Naturally, Diya didn't believe it, so she went to the side and found a stick and said, "If you want to lie to me, big man, you will chew the stick yourself." ”

Yao Pingzhong smiled and rubbed his hands and said, "I can still lie to you a little girl!" ”

Dia handed the stick to the horse's mouth, and sure enough, the yellow horse "click, click" and bit it, and Dia couldn't help but be surprised.

Yao Pingzhong watched the horse eat for a long time, and Diya stepped forward to touch the horse's head again, but the horse didn't move, and couldn't help but wonder, thinking why didn't this horse spray people?

Dia touched it for a moment and said, "Big man, this horse does seem to be unusual, but I can't see anything strange for a while." ”

Yao Pingzhong nodded, and walked forward in wonder, but before he could get completely close, he saw that the horse opened his mouth suddenly, and a mouthful of broken wood slag suddenly sprayed him all over his face, so angry that he jumped to his feet and scolded: "This beast, you treat you best, but you spray every time, and there is no conscience!" ”

Diya was in a daze on the sidelines, and suddenly realized that Yao Pingzhong wanted to trap her, and couldn't help but say: "The horse knows that you big man is bad, who will you spray if you don't spray!" ”

Zhao Ta couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth when he saw this, coughed lightly, and the two immediately came over to salute.

Zhao Ta looked at Yao Pingzhong and frowned: "It's embarrassing, don't wash it yet!" ”

Yao Pingzhong's face suddenly turned red, and he trotted away, and Diya said at this time: "General Li, the general of my family asked you to go over to discuss the art of war, and it was inconvenient to disturb just now, so I have been waiting." ”

Zhao Ta looked up at the sky, it was already slightly dark at this time, and the jade rabbit slowly rose, and couldn't help but nod.

(End of chapter)