Whether he guessed wrong or not, but after arriving in Tianshui Town, Chen Mo felt a lot more relieved, at least he got out of this "cage", and then he withdrew or defended, and the initiative was with him.

The army did not set up a barracks, and after entering the city, after arranging a shift change, they leaned directly against the city wall, or lay down in some horn, and fell asleep.

Chen Mo pulled those soldiers who used to be the Qingzhou Army, and looked at the affairs of the army in detail, some things, they had to be ashamed to ask and take the initiative to learn, although the cultural level of these soldiers was not necessarily high, but the experience was rich enough, and they usually saw the routines of many generals.

Everyone discussed together, combined with the various things encountered, plus the reference of the map, and on the whole, they all gained something.

Sometimes a few words solve a puzzle that has been bothering us for a long time.

There is a good saying, three stinkers, race over Zhuge Liang, the wisdom of everyone is always stronger than the individual.

Under the brainstorming of everyone, Chen Mo figured out what to do in the future.

There are still two paths, retreat and defend.

Among them, retreat is the best policy.

After all, Yuzhou is not their territory, and the people are not united with them, and the supply of grain and grass is difficult, and the risk factor is too great.

But if you retreat, you have to consider whether the above will blame, at present, Chen Mo is still in the name of the Heavenly Master Army, and it is difficult to escape the blame for the rash withdrawal of the army when Yang Minggui did not order the withdrawal of the army.

Now Yuan Youchun was ambushed and defeated along the way, Yang Minggui's subordinates plus Chen Mo, but there are six generals, and there is no news from the other roads.

If you keep it, food is a problem, and you have to ask Yang Minggui to allocate food.

Secondly, Tianshui Town is relatively desolate, sparsely populated, difficult to supply, and not suitable for defending, so it is necessary to find a big city of 10,000 people.

All in all, it depends on Yang Minggui's reply.

Regarding Yuan Youchun's death, Chen Mo had already sent a message back from the flying pigeon.

After doing this, Chen Mo asked the soldiers who were once Qingzhou Army to hurry up to sleep, recuperate, and have to change shifts at noon.

Chen Mo leaned against the wall, holding the Tang knife and narrowed his eyes.

Xia Zhining sat on Chen Mo's right hand, she loved to be clean, and when she sat down, she still blew on the ground.

She looked at the long sword in her hand with a complicated expression.

This month's military life was not as good as she imagined.

In addition to the inconvenience of life, the corpses that can be seen everywhere, the homeless refugees, the children who have lost their parents, the scene of rivers of blood.

Burning, killing and looting, inhumane.

In this scene, Xia Zhining originally thought that she had seen the suffering of the world, but compared to the war, it was a small thing.

Xia Zhining finally understood that her father would not let her enter the army, except for the exception of not having a female leader, on the battlefield, women were inferior to men in all aspects.

Especially in the barracks, which was full of men, there was a woman with strange and even burning eyes, like a hungry beast trying to eat her in its stomach.

She also realized that what she longed for was not to go into battle to kill the enemy and lead the troops into battle.

It is the kind of high-spirited killing of the enemy described in the book, the strategy of leading the troops to fight, the honor obtained after victory, and the envious and admiring gaze.

Even after the killing, she would be stunned, the bloody scene of blood spraying out, the warm feeling of blood spraying on her face, was far from being comparable to whipping people.

In her heart, she was already disgusted with this war that harvested human lives.

From liking war to hating war, Xia Zhining didn't use a month.

She looked at the young man next to her, and in the past month, she seemed to have reacquainted with someone.

The current teenager and the teenager in Pingting County seem to have a sense of separation.

Or, the boy he knew before was just the tip of his iceberg.

Her thoughts drifted far away, and gradually became a little heavier, her eyes slowly closed, leaned on Chen Mo's shoulder, and fell asleep.

Until she was woken up by a scream.

She felt like she had slept for a long time, and it seemed as if she had only squinted for a moment.

"County magistrate, just now the spies came to report that the enemy army was found on the Tianshui Road, and there were thousands of people. Judging by its outfit, it is the imperial court's control of the people, and it should be in the same group as the Yuzhou army we met before. As soon as Sun Meng came over, he told such an astonishing news.

Tianshui Road is the official road a few miles away from Tianshui Town.

"What time is it?"

"It's just past the hour."

Chen Mo frowned, that is, it had not been an hour since they arrived in Tianshui Town, and this person came.

"Looks like you're right." Xia Zhining had already sobered up a little and said.

"Wake up the soldiers of the two guards, and go up to the city wall to defend the city." At present, the whole army is still in a state of exhaustion, and it is not realistic and too risky to go out of the city to fight.

"No."

Soon, the drums in the city were beating, and the soldiers who were napping and resting suddenly woke up, and at this time, the orders were also passed over layer by layer, and after learning about it, they quickly boarded the city to defend the city.

Boom Boom!

The sound of uniform footsteps sounded outside the city, and the black armor of all colors emitted a chilling light under the reflection of the sun.

Rows of dark shields were erected, and spears with eight armor-piercing edges pointed diagonally to the sky.

The crossbowman in the rear, raising the crossbow of the god arm, aimed at the city wall.

After the crossbowmen, dust and smoke rose everywhere, the war horses neighed, there were more than a thousand horsemen, and there were thousands of soldiers as ambushes beside them.

But anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is an elite army.

"Special mother, it's actually a god arm crossbow, this kind of lethal weapon is available, this shouldn't be Yuzhou's Xuan Leopard Ride, right?" Sun Meng was a little dumbfounded when he saw this scene.

Although the Qingzhou Army is more famous, it is because it is close to the north, participates in many battles, and is talked about a lot, so its reputation spreads widely.

But in terms of being well-equipped, a unit called the Xuanbao Cavalry in the Yuzhou Army definitely crushed the Qingzhou Army, because the Xuanbao Cavalry said that it was from the imperial court, and it was better to say that it was the private army of the Liang family, and some of it was money.

Among them, the Xuan Leopard Cavalry led people to be frightened, not its cavalry, but its divine arm crossbow.

This crossbow is the body of the crossbow, the sandalwood is the crossbow, the iron is the head of the Dengzi spear, the copper is the horse's face and teeth, and the hemp rope is tied with silk as the string.

The body of the bow is three feet two inches, the string length is two feet and five inches, the arrow feather is several inches long, and it shoots more than 340 steps, and it can shoot through heavy armor when it enters the elm wood half-pipe.

Inferior martial artists have to hate this crossbow.

However, the cost of the Divine Arm Crossbow is extremely expensive, and the manufacturing method is also a secret, and not all armies can afford to equip it.

"Didn't they respond to King Qin's army and leave Yuzhou?" In Sun Meng's opinion, since the prefect of Yuzhou responded to the army of King Qin, then the Xuanbao Cavalry would also leave with the prefect of Yuzhou, but why is he still in Yuzhou now.

When they were ambushed in Luoqing Mountain that day, because the other party was not equipped with a divine arm crossbow, they did not recognize that it was a Xuan Leopard riding it.

"It seems to be more serious than I expected, if I guessed correctly, the response of the prefect of Yuzhou to the army of King Qinwang is a fake news, it is deliberately led to the Heavenly Division Army to be deceived, and after the Heavenly Division Army goes deeper step by step, it will be exterminated, and it has been planned for a long time."

At this moment, Chen Mo felt that the other armies under Yang Minggui were afraid that they would be more auspicious, and he had no idea of defending it now, even if Yang Minggui did not order the retreat, he would have to leave.

He is only 2,000 men and horses, in the encirclement that people have planned a long time ago, what will he fight?

"County magistrate, can you shoot them?" Sun Meng had seen Chen Moshen shoot, and wanted Chen Mo to shoot an arrow to shock morale first.

Chen Mo shook his head, if he looked at it, the other party had already taken more than four hundred steps according to Tianshui Town.

The range of the Cloud Chaser Arrow is one hundred and twenty steps.

Although at a distance of 400 paces, with Chen Mo's strength, he can also shoot, but the accuracy is gone, let alone lock the enemy to aim.

And just as Chen Mo was speaking, the Yuzhou army outside the city had already shouted.

"Put down your blades, open the gates, and don't kill those who descend!"

"Those who descend will not be killed!"

Thousands of Yuzhou soldiers shouted in unison, and the evil aura that gathered together was almost condensed into substance.

Chen Mo looked at the general who was riding on a tall horse, and he couldn't see his face clearly, but he could see the red number "245" on his head, and he was temporarily relieved.

As long as the strength of the main general did not surpass him, Chen Mo was not afraid of the other party forcibly attacking the city.

"Don't worry about them, Shen Yongwei is in charge of guarding, Shen Wuwei hurry up and rest, and take turns to change shifts after two hours." Chen Mo ordered.

"No."

After that, Chen Mo beckoned Han Wu to carry the fire pot bomb to the city.

This time, Chen Mo also brought a hundred fire pot bombs, which were intended to be used at a critical time, and they had been hidden before to be useless, if they attacked the city, they could use it.

Chen Mo instructed Sun Meng and Han Wu: "As soon as they get close to the city wall, throw a few fire pot bombs down, and remember to shout Lei Gong to help me after lighting the fire." ”

"No."

……

"Why are you shouting Lei Gong to help me, is it some kind of martial arts mantra?" Xia Zhining stared at the clay pot behind the battlements and wondered.

"Heaven must not be divulged." Chen Mo smiled and flicked Xia Zhining's head, and said, "Hurry up and rest, and follow me out of the city at night to break the enemy!" ”

"Out of the city to break the enemy?" This level of horror made Xia Zhining forget to rub her head, after all, children know that when they encounter someone who can't be beaten, they hide in their homes.

Although Tianshui Town is not an important town, if it is defended by the city, it will take 10,000 people to fight it, and it is unwise to go out of the city to fight.

"I have a bad premonition, since the prefect of Yuzhou responded to the army of King Qin is fake news, then the troops in Yuzhou are sufficient, think about it, a rabbit that runs into the urn, will you let it run?" Chen Mo wanted to talk about turtles, but it was not good to use turtles to describe himself.

"No, it won't." Xia Zhining said subconsciously.

"That's right." Chen Mo tapped his left fist and right palm, and said: "Wait for the other Yuzhou troops to come over again, and surround Tianshui Town like this, then there will be no chance to go out of the city and break the enemy, you know, we are on someone else's territory, they can wait for reinforcements, and we can't wait." ”

Hearing this, Xia Zhining was shocked and realized the seriousness of the matter.

(End of chapter)