Shi Yi led more than 1,500 cavalry from his headquarters to the east defense line, that is, the camp where the Chuqiu and Chemen clans were stationed.

Approaching Yingkou, the two team leaders who had already received the news greeted each other hand in hand.

Looking at the tentative gazes of the two patriarchs, Shi Yi nodded slightly.

The two breathed a sigh of relief and introduced Shi Yi into the big tent.

"It seems that General Shi has been completely trusted, and the old thief of Gongshan didn't send someone to monitor the general, but I don't know why the general came?" The patriarch of the Chuqiu clan showed a look of flattery.

"The cavalry of the Eastern Battalion broke through from you one after another, destroying several waves of frontal offensives of the Gongshan clan, and I saw that the old patriarch of Gongshan was suspicious of you here, so I recommended myself to come over to make up for the defense." Shi Yi unceremoniously sat on the main seat in the tent.

And the two patriarchs stood in front of Shi Yi with a natural expression.

"By the way, the letter I asked you to convey earlier?" Shi Yi asked.

"We have sent it to the East Battalion, and King Jing should already know the whereabouts of those Jiuqu cavalry." The patriarch of the Chemen clan said respectfully.

"That's good."

"General Shi, are we really going to stop the cavalry of the Eastern Battalion?"

Shi Yi chuckled: "What? Scared? When you were asked to deal with Guan and Bao Erjun, why didn't you hesitate? ”

The patriarch of the Chuqiu clan sneered: "Guan and Bao's battalion are in the mountains and forests of Yizhou all the year round, and the two of them have been rampant and domineering there for many years, our people have been grudging for a long time, and we are of course willing to deal with them, but King Jing has always treated us politely, and his old man's men are strong and strong, how dare we offend." ”

Shi Yi smiled faintly, Dugu Jing was kind to them? That's just an appearance, if these people knew that General Bao Er's actions were all instructed by Dugu Jing, I don't know what the expressions of the two would be.

"If we don't stop them again, I'm afraid that the Gongshan Patriarch will have to send people here, so it will be inconvenient for us to act, and we have to prepare for a big counterattack immediately."

"Going on a counterattack?" The two patriarchs glanced at each other, they thought of King Jing's promise at the beginning, and their breath became short.

The patriarch of the Chemen clan frowned and said, "But if you want to stop King Jing's cavalry, wouldn't the frontal pressure on the Dongda Battalion be very great?" ”

Shi Yi said: "Don't underestimate King Jing's ability, even if you let the Gongshan clan fight for another month, it is impossible for Dongdaying to fall." ”

The patriarch of Chemen said curiously: "General Shi, you see that this counteroffensive is about to start, you might as well reveal it to us, so that we can have a bottom in our hearts, how many people are in the East Camp now?" ”

Shi Yi glanced at him: "What do the two patriarchs think?" ”

The patriarch of the Chuqiu clan said with a wry smile: "The old thief of Gongshan once wrote to the two of us personally, and he told us that the five front battalions of the Dongda Battalion are no longer here, and there are only more than 20,000 people in Dugujing's main force here, but after such a long battle, where can I still believe his nonsense." After a pause, after a slight estimate in the heart of the Chuqiu patriarch, he stretched out his finger: "In my opinion, to firmly hold the camp, there is still room for a counterattack, and there should be five forward battalions in the Dongda camp." ”

"Impossible!" The patriarch of the Chemen clan shook his head and said: "You are too exaggerated, how many people are there in the entire Yizhou, where did King Jing come from so many troops?" I think the three strikers are up to the top. ”

"There are less than 20,000 people in the three forward battalions, can they survive until now?" The patriarch of the Chuqiu clan disagreed.

The patriarch of the Chemen clan glanced at Shi Yi's face and snorted: "Brother, don't put the soldiers of the Dongda Battalion on par with our people, with their combat quality and King Jing's command ability, the three front battalions are enough." ”

"Not bad." Shi Yi said: "Three front battalions are indeed enough, but you all guessed wrong. ”

The two patriarchs looked at each other, and the two of them were shocked: "Is there only two front battalions?" King Jing's army is really terrifying! ”

"Nope." Shi Yi looked at the west and said slowly: "I don't mean that you say too much, but less, in fact, there are a total of Feng camps in the East Camp now." ”

Shi Yi took a deep breath, and under the incredulous gazes of the two patriarchs of Chu Qiu and Chemen, Shi Yi slowly spit out two words: "Ten branches!" ”

……

"Ten! Ten battalions?! ”

Xiang Hao screamed.

Shen Ye also gasped, and he asked in disbelief, "Have you heard it wrong?" ”

Su Yan shook his head, his face was also shocked: "At first, I thought that the wounded soldiers of the East Battalion deliberately gave me false information, but I asked people in different positions one after another, including grooms, militiamen, and guards, and their answers were all the same, and judging from the team they belonged to, they were indeed from different front battalions." ”

"Will they tell you so much detail?" Shen Ye wondered.

Su Yan explained: "I was holding General Xiang's token in my hand, and those wounded soldiers on the east side thought I was the general of Beifu, so they all told the truth. ”

It turned out that after Shen Ye and the others returned to the tent, Su Yan was bored in the tent, so he excused himself to look for Dugu Shao and touched the east side of the camp alone, where Su Yan finally saw the wounded soldiers they had been unable to find.

Xiang Hao grabbed his hair, and his voice trembled a little: "Ten front battalions!" Where did King Jing find so many people? ”

Su Yan said: "It is impossible for one Yizhou alone to produce so many people, I am afraid that this is the sergeant recruited by King Jing from the three states of Dongzhili in recent years." ”

"Why not the four states?" Xiang Haoqi said.

Su Yan was silent for a moment, and then said, "It's Sizhou, I made a mistake." ”

Shen Ye didn't notice Su Yan's abnormality, he thought of a deeper layer at this time, and said with a heavy heart: "What I care more about is why King Jing wants to expand so many front battalions. ”

Xiang Hao thought of the identities of Shen Ye and Dugu Jing, and his face became a little embarrassed: "Could it be that King Jing had already expected this day, so he started to garrison troops a few years ago." ”

"There are ten forward battalions here, plus the original five forward battalions outside, this is a full fifteen forward battalions, counting the headquarters of the East Battalion, not counting the militia and logistics soldiers, this is nearly 150,000 people! To deal with a clan of the hundred tribes, it takes so many people? Su Yan's tone was very cold.

Xiang Hao was dumbfounded, he actually knew what Shen Ye wanted to say, but after all, this involved internal disputes in the royal family, and he, a general of Beifu, could only pretend to be stupid.

Su Xian didn't care so much, he said bluntly: "Your Highness, it is only a matter of time and night for the strength of the eastern camp to defeat the Gongshan clan, and Your Highness doesn't have to worry about it anymore, as soon as the war is over, we will secretly leave." ”

"Are you afraid that King Jing will harm me?" Shen Ye asked softly.

Xiang Hao's face was pale, and he secretly complained in his heart: "Is Your Highness forcibly tying me to his side?" Can't you conspire on something so important? ”

Su Yan Zhengse said: "In addition to dealing with the imperial court and dealing with the saint, I don't know what reason King Jing has to expand the ten front battalions!" ”