Wang Rong took the integrated Bingzhou army all the way east, quickly advanced along the official road, crossed Wuzhou City, which had been surrounded by the Northern Army, and came to the territory of Pingcheng.

Wang Rong appeared on the Yungang Mountain in the west of Pingcheng with the military generals of Bingzhou, standing here, you can overlook the whole picture of Pingcheng and its surrounding terrain.

Li Sujie looked at the scenery under the mountain and said with emotion: "What a treasure of feng shui!" ”

Zhang Gengxiao nodded and said approvingly: "This Pingcheng is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and the middle is a basin. ”

Wang Rong listened to Zhang Gengmi's words, noncommittal, the altitude of Yungang Mountain and Baishan Mountain is not high, even if the Ji army is in the Pinggang Pass, he can send troops over the mountains and mountains, appear behind the Ji army, under the attack from both sides, the Ji army will be annihilated.

Wang Rong looked at Pingcheng in the distance, his voice did not fluctuate in the slightest, and said calmly: "In the Pingcheng garrison, there are 5,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry soldiers. The general who defends the city is Li Mubai's clan, Li Xi, whose life is unknown and his ability is unknown. ”

An Hao was shocked in his heart, this young commander of the Bingzhou Army was really inconspicuous, and he figured out the situation of the troops in Pingcheng so quickly.

Chang Wo didn't care, he said loudly: "General, just say, how to fight." Our army has the advantage of strength, and it is completely possible to surround it in the city, and the army will rush up and annihilate it in the city. ”

An Hao looked incredulous, and unconsciously moved away from Chang Wo a few steps, with a look of I don't recognize this stupid person, he bowed to Wang Wei and said: "General, "Sun Tzu's Art of War" cloud: Therefore, the method of using soldiers, ten rules to surround it, five to attack it, and multiple it to divide it, the enemy can fight, if there is less, you can escape, and if you don't, you can avoid it." Now our state army is only 20,000 more than the defenders in the city, and it can't even be twice as large as the Ji army, not to mention that the Ji army is guarding itself behind closed doors, and it is even more impossible to divide it by double. Therefore, the last general thought that our army should be mainly besieged, and our army had many cavalry, so it was completely possible to repeat the story of Wuzhou City, encircle the point and send reinforcements, and annihilate the Daijun Ji army that advanced westward. ”

Wang Rong looked at An Hao, shook his head, handed him a military report, and while he carefully read the military report, he said to the surrounding generals and colonels: "General An's idea is very good, but it can't be implemented here. According to the intelligence, the cavalry of the Daijun Ji Army accounted for two-thirds, and its marching speed was very fast, and it was less than 100 miles away from Baishan Mountain. ”

According to the military newspaper, the Daijun Ji army that marched west reached as many as 100,000 people, and once it arrived in Pingcheng, the newly formed Bingzhou army was very likely to be defeated in the first battle, which was a nightmare for an army.

Wang Rong rubbed the handle of the "ten thousand enemies", and looked at the generals from the Western Governor's Mansion who were full of fighting spirit, Yuan Tiangang and Wuluo, two muscular men, and their minds were to kill and kill with soldiers. The old dog is more steady, but the fire in his eyes can't be faked. The old wolf was expressionless, and he looked like he was acting according to orders.

Wang Rong withdrew his hand from rubbing the handle of the knife, shook off the cloak behind him, and said: "We do not surround Pingcheng, we set up a camp ten miles outside Pingcheng, the camp should be strong, there should be a trench dug outside the camp, the trench should be full of bamboo sticks, and the wall of the wall is placed with antlers. ”

An Hao listened to Wang Rong's words, his eyes widened, and he asked in disbelief: "General?!" It's hard to win. Now we have to build a hard village, which is not enough time! ”

Wang Rong looked at An Hao, smiled and said to the old dogs: "Brothers! It's time to show your hand to the brothers in Linwo County and Yunzhong County, old dog, old wolf, take the brothers and do it! ”

The old dog replied with a smile: "Oh! Checkmate! ”

In this way, under the nose of Li Xi, the commander of Pingcheng, the state army quickly set up a camp, and the scale was not small.

The adjutant general standing behind Li Xi asked with a confused expression: "General, what is this Yongjun going to do?" ”

Li Xi said with a relaxed face: "What are you doing?" Of course, it's on the defensive, and I, the Li family, have already led the Daijun cavalry west to support, and it will arrive the day after tomorrow at the latest. The Yong army besieged the city, and it will be attacked from inside and outside. If the troops are divided, they will be broken by our Ji army with superior forces. You say, does the Yongjun have any other way to go except to defend themselves? ”

Wang Rong sat in the big tent of the Chinese army that was the first to be erected, looked at the sand table in front of him, and said to the generals in the tent: "This is ten miles away from Pingcheng. The open space in the middle reached eight miles, and it was completely a battlefield suitable for fighting. ”

The old dog asked suspiciously: "General, this terrain is too peaceful, and there are many cavalry in the Ji army, and our strength has just reached one-third of the Ji army, so the chances of winning the head-on attack are not great." ”

The wind in early winter had not yet reached the point of biting, Wang Rong sat in the big tent of the Chinese army, wrote a letter of war. The state army built the camp in two days, and at this time, a large cloud of smoke and dust had filled the east of Pingcheng. The commander of the leader has the banner written "Broken General Li", and one of his generals is dressed in red armor, with a long beard on his chin, and a heavy iron spear on the iron hook on the side of the horse, and behind him is a large group of Daijun cavalry.

Jiguo Dai County is rich in war horses, and it is also rich in cavalry. The Ji State invested a lot in the Daijun cavalry, a full set of cavalry armor, and the war horses were dressed in leather horse armor. The Daijun cavalry was extremely powerful, and once resisted the onslaught of the wolf guards of the Badbeard Khanate head-on, and turned defeat into victory.

At the east gate of Pingcheng, Li Xi stood respectfully at the door, bowed to the general wearing red armor and said, "Nephew, meet uncle." ”

General Chijia looked at the respectful Li Xi and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a few years, Xi'er is getting stronger and stronger." ”

Li Xi said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a few years, but Uncle Clan's body is much better." ”

The Red Armor General shook his head and said, "Let's go into the city and talk about it." ”

Hearing this, Li Xi hurriedly stepped forward to hold the war horse under the seat of General Chijia, and the Daijun Ji army also entered Pingcheng one after another.

When everyone sat down, General Chijia sat on the main seat with Li Xi's support, and said to Li Xi, who was standing aside: "It's been a few years, and the spear wound that was pierced by the captain of the Wang family in Lishisai was only sixty percent better, and my injury is now a barometer, as long as it hurts, it is a rainy day, which is more accurate than anything else." ”

The general of Chijia is the famous general Li Mubai of the Ji State who killed Master Wang Rong back then, and his body is like a normal person at this time, and he can't use force.

Li Xi picked up a letter from the side and handed it to Li Mubai, who took the letter and asked, "What is this?" ”

Li Xi replied, "War book." ”

Li Mubai listened to it and unfolded the letter with great interest, and read it, the letter was not long, only one line: "At noon tomorrow, the victory will be decided on the battlefield outside the city." ”

Li Mubai raised his head, looked at Li Xi and asked, "Who led the Yongjun army outside the city?" ”

Li Xi replied: "Uncle Yu, the banner of the Yongjun outside the city has the words 'Bingzhou' written on it, and the signature on the letter is 'Wang Rong', which I think should be the western governor of Shuofang County of Yongguo, who has recently become famous. ”

Li Mubai continued to ask, "Do you have the details of this person?" ”

Li Xi replied: "This person was born in the Wang clan of Dongxiang in Pinyang, and he was promoted to Dubo in the war of Yong's attack on Yu. Later, he followed Qin Ke to Shuofang County to conquer the Northern Army, and later Shuofang County established the Western Governor's Mansion, with him as the Western Governor, in resisting the southern invasion of the Qiangwei Khanate, he successively defeated the Xiong Ben Army and the Wolf Guard, and annihilated as many as 200,000 Qiangmen before and after, and the Mighty Qiang. ”

Li Mubai listened to Li Xi's description, and his smiling face gradually became serious. He looked at the war book in his hand again, and muttered to himself: "Pinyang Dongxiang Wang Clan? ”

In front of his eyes, the middle-aged man who was the enemy of him a few years ago was also the Wang clan of Pinyang Dongxiang, didn't it have anything to do with it?

Li Xi bowed and saluted: "Uncle clan, should we or should we not be in this war book?" ”

Li Mubai reacted from his contemplation and sighed: "Don't be afraid, it won't work, our army has more than 120,000 people, and it is very demoralizing to retreat and dare not fight in the face of only 40,000 or 50,000 people." ”

Li Xi listened to the words of his uncle, understood, and said, "Then how many people are appropriate to dispatch tomorrow?" ”

Li Mubai raised his hand and rubbed his chin, and said, "There are 50,000 cavalry, 50,000 foot soldiers, and more than 20,000 people are left to defend the city." ”

Li Xi bowed and saluted: "The last general is ordered!" ”

Outside Pingcheng, in the camp of the state army, the fifth candidate stood respectfully below, waiting for the general Wang Rong at the top to finish the report.

Li Sujie and Zhang Gengxiao's faces were very bad, and Li Sujie asked in a deep voice: "Fifth, are you sure?" The person who came was Li Mubai? ”

The fifth candidate nodded and said, "According to what the inspectors have found, it is indeed him. ”

Zhang Gengxiao's expression was very flustered, he looked at Wang Rong, who was sitting on the top and watching the intelligence and fell into contemplation, arched his hand, and saluted: "General, this Li Mubai is a famous general of the Ji country, and a few years ago, he annihilated our Yongguo army in Lishisai, Linhe County, and now our army is facing it head-on, and the difference in strength is so great, this battle is not easy to fight." ”

General Wang Rong put the newspaper aside, and said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, it's not that bad." ”

The faces of Li Sujie and Zhang Gengxiao turned bitter melon color, and they were slandered in their hearts. But no matter how worried the two were, the two armies of Yongji finally fought against each other at noon the next day.

The white fields are vast, and all kinds of wild grasses on the official roads and field paths are mixed, growing luxuriantly, and when the wind blows, the air is filled with the earthy smell of earthy grass and trees.

The two armies assembled in the wilderness did not rush closer, but were assembling, and Wang Rong rode on his war horse, standing on the hillside, looking down on the large array ahead.

It was the first time that Wang Rong was able to see the entire battle so clearly, and every soldier and every detail came into view.

The 45,000 men of the state army formed a large formation, which stood in front of them in the shape of an inverted product. The Ji army was arranged into a fish-scale formation, and the two sides had been arrayed for more than half an hour, and they did not take the lead.