Most of them are gathered in the town military city, and the other attached acropolis have not many troops.

As early as the first time that the Rongguo cavalry went south to sack, the town army city had been urgently assembled, gathered troops, and was ready to defend at any time.

No wonder Fan Wenzhong is so cautious, Rong Guo was originally a nomadic man, an adult man in every household, and he was born a master of horseback riding.

After so many years of fighting with Da Rong, to be honest, Da Liang's cavalry is not the opponent of Da Rong's alien race.

If you want to exterminate the Darong cavalry, the Liangguo cavalry must at least triple the force.

Moreover, the terrain of Ningzhou is mostly plain, and this kind of flat terrain can only be resisted and maintained with the help of thick city walls such as military cities.

This time, the cavalry dispatched by Daei, with only 10,000 in the first round, sent the vanguard as usual, provoked the soldiers of the Acropolis, and by the way, ransacked some small towns and villages that were lonely.

As soon as the Acropolis soldiers attacked, they immediately ran, and the large army behind took the opportunity to go around the rear and attack the Acropolis.

The defense of the Acropolis, on the whole, is much worse than that of the military city, as long as there are more than 10,000 troops attacking the city, it will not be able to hold it for a long time.

The purpose of these cavalry is to force the large army of the military city to attack, and take the opportunity to divide the troops and capture the military city.

Don't look at the few of them, but the cavalry of Rongguo is indeed strong, in an acropolis battle seven or eight years ago.

Da Liang surrounded 5,000 Rongguo cavalry with three times the absolute strength, which was originally captured, but as a result, not only did the Rongguo cavalry escape by one-third.

Da Liang's own casualties were more than 10,000, and since that time, when they met the Rongguo cavalry again, these soldiers were always a little afraid in their hearts.

This also fueled the arrogance of the Rongguo cavalry, so every time they went south to provoke and loot.

The Rongguo cavalry must be the absolute main force, but this attack is unusual.

The main force of the military city was on the way to support, and the Rongguo cavalry actually retreated, thinking that they were outflanking in advance, maybe they would cut off the back road of the support troops.

Frightened, they retreated in a hurry, but when the reinforcements returned to the city, they were not attacked by the Rongguo cavalry from beginning to end.

On the surface, this is a good thing, but Fan Wenzhong frowned, and he obviously smelled a different smell from it.

Although it can't be said, the Rongguo cavalry is definitely not the kind of lord who can't be cheap.

Therefore, in order to understand the reason for the attack of the Rongguo cavalry, Fan Wenzhong set up the sand table, and at the same time collected and sorted out the information found in various military cities some time ago.

This time the Rongguo cavalry went south, it was definitely not that simple, although there were nearly 30,000 sergeants in the town army, but just in case, Fan Wenzhong still asked the imperial court to mobilize the elite support of the army.

The Split Mountain Army is one of these elites, and as for those young marquis, they were also ordered to bring 3,000 soldiers and horses.

Although it can't be compared to the Split Mountain Army, it is definitely not a wine bag and rice bag. It's still somewhat combat-powerful.

What are the intentions of these marquis, how Fan Wenzhong doesn't know, those princes and old comrades-in-arms in the court want to take care of their grandchildren and earn some military merits, so as to prepare for their future promotion.

This kind of unspoken rule is almost a default, even Fan Wenzhong is not easy to refuse, after all, the war is imminent, even if there is a group of wine bags and rice bags in Zhensong, Fan Wenzhong has to use it.

It's better than not having a support army under his command to use, as long as it doesn't affect combat operations, he will turn a blind eye to some military merits.

Coupled with the troops brought by these sons, there are almost 50,000 people in the town army.

In this way, even if the Rongguo cavalry attacked other military cities, Fan Wenzhong also had troops in his hands.

Don't look at Fan Wenzhong's 300,000 troops in his hands, but it is not so easy to mobilize, Da Liang's policy in Ningzhou is to focus on defense and ensure that Ningzhou is not lost.

If you take the initiative to attack, it is very likely that the Rongguo cavalry will take advantage of the loophole, you must know that in the two states of Qingyou, Rongguo has 60,000 cavalry alone, and the other troops also have 70,000 or 80,000.

If this is exploited, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Therefore, Ningzhou seems to be strong and strong, and it is the state with the most soldiers and horses among the 27 states in Daliang, but the actual situation is that it is difficult to mobilize tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

Looking at the strength of the enemy and us on the sand table, Su Qi'an could see at a glance that Ningzhou's strength was flawed, and Fan Wenzhong was able to defend it for thirty years, but it was hard for him.

Fan Wenzhong's sand table opened, and the voice fell, and the first person to be consulted was naturally Xie Cang.

After all, Xie Cang's strength is obvious to all, a few years ago, he fought with Fan Wenzhong and had some understanding of the situation in Ningzhou.

Xie Cang's eyes flickered, he looked at the sand table for a while, and said softly, "Old Fan, the juniors can't see the intentions of the Darong alien race at the moment. ”

"Judging from the intelligence, in half a month, except for the auxiliary acropolis of the town military city, most of the other military cities were also attacked, but in the end, they all withdrew halfway without reason."

"With the juniors' understanding of the Darong alien race, most of them are doing this to test our strength and prepare for the big war in the future at any time, except for this reason, the juniors can't come up with a second one."

As soon as Xie Cang's words fell, he immediately attracted a burst of sighs.

What is embarrassing is that there is a son-in-law brother who follows Zheng Liang, named Zhou Kang, and his grandfather is a national prince.

"Huh, I thought Brother Xie had some lofty opinions, speaking of which, it was the same as Brother Liang's thoughts, it was really in vain."

"I think that the retreat of the Rongguo cavalry halfway, in addition to being tempted, is more also to see their own strength, knowing that the defense of our military city is strong, even if it is attacked, it will be in vain in the end, and the troops will be wasted in vain, so it is very interesting to retreat."

"Zhou Kang's words, I agree, Rongguo and we have been fighting for so many years, the two sides have long been familiar with each other, this kind of temptation is not once or twice, maybe it is the same routine operation as usual, Boss Fan doesn't have to worry."

"Yes, and this time we are here, the troops in our hands are sufficient, if the Rongguo cavalry dares to attack the town of the army, he will definitely not return."

“……”

Brother Gongzi's voice, someone took the lead, talking one after another, that look like a light breeze, as if this war was a trivial matter.

Others may not have seen it, but Su Qi'an clearly felt that Fan Wenzhong's suppressed inner anger was rising.

But these boys, who are not interested at all, continue to state their opinions here, and are not ashamed.

That feeling was like pointing at the country, and everyone said it red-faced, and finally, when the atmosphere of conversation reached a peak, Fan Wenzhong's angry voice suddenly sounded.

"Enough, you little bitch, shut up the old man! If you don't understand, let the old man stay aside, if you dare to talk nonsense, even if you are the grandson or grandson of those old guys, the old man will let you get out! ”

As soon as these words came out, suddenly, the noisy lobby immediately quieted down, and the boys who were talking eloquently just now were immediately silent.

At this time, Zheng Liang smiled and reassured, "Old Fan, this matter is wrong for them, the juniors apologize to them for Fan Lao, they are also out of kindness, the first time they went to the battlefield, they are a little open-mouthed, and I hope Fan Lao will forgive me." ”

"In this Ningzhou war, all the younger generations respect Fan Lao."

Zheng Liang's words made Fan Wenzhong feel a lot less angry, he softened his face, looked at Zheng Liang, nodded slightly, and didn't care about anything.

Suddenly, his gaze turned, fell on Su Qi'an, and said, "Little guy, although the old man doesn't know you, but he can be valued by Xie Doll, you must have something special, they all said their own opinions, you can also talk about it." ”

Being named by Fan Wenzhong like this, Su Qi'an was shocked in his heart, but he quickly adjusted, glanced at Xie Cang, and then his eyes fell on the sand table, and he was silent for a while, and then spoke.

"The younger generation is not very familiar with these military and other things, if there is anything wrong, don't blame it."

"I heard so much from Fan Lao and Hou Ye just now, I think there is some truth, but there is one thing that the younger generations don't understand very well."

"Everyone has said that with the strength of the Darong cavalry, they will never make a loss-making deal, but they just did it, if I were the commander of the Rongguo cavalry, I would directly attack Zhenyuan City, not the so-called attached acropolis."

"Attacking Zhenyuancheng? Xie Cang, who are you bringing with you? It's naïve to want to attack the military city, what a joke. ”

When Su Qi'an's voice fell, he was ridiculed by a son-in-law.

The Zhenyuan City mentioned by Su Qi'an is also one of the top ten military cities, in terms of military strength and defense, it is basically the same as the Zhenjun City, and its position is also in the back position.

It is very difficult to rely on 10,000 cavalry to attack the city.

Su Qi'an was not angry at the question, but nodded and said softly, "Well, what Marquis Zhao said is right, this point is Su Mou's whim, since we all know that attacking the military city is futile, then why do the Rongguo cavalry waste time to do the so-called temptation?" ”

"Hehe, this is not simple, our army is evenly distributed, once any military city, even if the acropolis is attacked, there will be two waves of support troops to support it at the first time." Zhao Houye said bluntly.

"Well, that's right, since that's the case, so..."

"Therefore, they can use the efficient maneuvering of cavalry to repeatedly harass and evacuate, so that the support troops are always exhausted and unable to return to the city, even if they can return to the city, there is always a unit that is pinned."

"In addition to the temptation, their goal is actually to contain the support troops, this time it is 10,000, next time it is 20,000, or even 30,000, when the time comes, there will always be a military city with insufficient troops, so as to take it in one fell swoop!"

Su Qi'an was just halfway through his words when he was picked up by Fan Wenzhong.

is worthy of being a battle-hardened veteran, and during the conversation between Su Qi'an and Zhao Houye, he realized the intention of the Rongguo cavalry.

His eyes flickered, the expression on his face changed, and he shouted to the subordinates beside him.

"Quick, quickly send me the military report of the Darong cavalry's attack on Ningzhou within a month."

The subordinates didn't dare to be careless when they saw Fan Wenzhong like this, and after a while, they found a military report from Ningzhou within a month.

Fan Wenzhong's eyes flashed, he quickly flipped through it, and then compared the sand table, and marked the route of the Darong cavalry's attack on the military city little by little.

Almost half an hour later, Fan Wenzhong looked at the dense small red flags on the sand table, but his face changed, and a deep voice sounded.

"It's not good, their target is really Zhenyuan City!"