For the last statement, Long Ju naturally didn't believe it, tens of thousands? I'm afraid that it was just that the person was frightened to say nonsense, if there are tens of thousands of black riders everywhere, then count the number, this black rider must have at least 50,000 people.

The number of black cavalry in the entire Mo family is only 50,000, and he doesn't believe it if he wants to say that the Mo family will send all this cavalry army to Xingzhou.

As far as the Mohist dynasty is concerned, no one should have such courage. Moreover, the grain team with no more than 1,000 black cavalry raids with no more than 1,000 people looks like killing chickens with a cattle slaughtering knife, which is overkill.

But in any case, these days, it is an indisputable fact that the black cavalry haunts everywhere, and this black cavalry can hide from the eyes of the Tang army and sneak into the border of Xingzhou, which is enough to prove that the elite of the Mo family is not good.

"Yesterday it was from Wildfire Plains to Jinyufeng, and now it extends to Luntai...... There is an interval of nearly three hundred miles in between, how many people are there in the black horse?" Long Ju's eyes were deep, "I can easily see through the key points of the difficulty in the transportation of grain and grass for my Tang army, it can be seen that this leader is not an ordinary person, maybe it is Wang Xuanwei who broke out of the siege a few days ago." ”

"If that's the case, it's troublesome. He muttered in a low voice, "The black cavalry is the elite of the Mo family, if the Mo family restores Wang Xuanwei's position as a general and puts the black cavalry in his hands, then wouldn't he be like a tiger?"

The general's eyes were equally solemn, and he responded in a low voice: "Yes." However, according to the reports we have received these days, it is very rare for the Black Horsemen to attack our troops of more than 1,000 men, and in the opinion of the last general, their number is estimated to be around 5,000, and after they are scattered, it is naturally impossible to have enough troops. ”

"I'm afraid that it may not be, how dare the 5,000 cavalry force pull the battle line to such a point......? For now, these actions are just petty fights. Burning some of the grain and grass looted from everywhere will not really cut off the food of my army after all. They must have other intentions. ”

"What attempt?"

Long Ju sighed and said, "It's not clear. Maybe...... Is it to divert our attention and slow down our attack on Xingzhou? But what's the point of doing that?"

"But no matter what, you can't be led by the nose by them. Long Ju made up his mind, "Attacking Xingzhou is the top priority, as long as Xingzhou is defeated, it is equivalent to controlling the northeast of the Mo family, and my Tang Kingdom can really gain a foothold here, when the time comes, let alone 10,000 black horses, even if it is 30,000 black horses, it will be difficult to shake." ”

Long Ju suddenly asked about something else: "How is Pinggu's condition?"

"It's still the same. Guo Kai, an old horseman, has no brains, and his means of being a turtle are a must, and he has no movement at all in the valley. The general said with some resentment: "General, why don't we take someone to attack, that old horseman won't last long." ”

"Don't be reckless. Long Ju shook his head and said: "Although Guo Kai has no overall view and can't be the commander of the three armies, he has also put a lot of effort into keeping the city, and the Mo family court gave him this state city because he was good at defending the city." If he is in the city, this state is like an iron wall, and 100,000 horses may not be able to conquer it. ”

"But he still came out, wouldn't it be easy to kill him?"

"How much impact will killing him have on the tide of the war? Now that he has left Xingzhou and is now cowering in Pinggu, he is a useless lone army, and he does not deserve our attention. He pondered for a moment, as if calculating something: "Calculating the time, he should run out of food in Pinggu, if he still plans to hold on, then he can only kill the horse......"

The general was obviously in a hurry, and immediately said: "His more than 10,000 are all cavalry, at least more than 10,000 horses, even if he kills a batch a day, he can hold it for a long time, are we always around like this?"

Long Ju had already made a judgment in his heart, so he didn't worry about this, but smiled slightly: "You take it for granted, you must know, what a cruel thing it is to kill horses, if he does this, the morale of the cavalry under his command will definitely be greatly reduced." ”

He raised his hand, put the black flag that was inserted in Pinggu and represented Guo Kai in his hand, and rotated it gently: "The cavalry under his command followed him on the expedition but was besieged by us in vain, and at this moment, when the mountains and rivers are exhausted, he must have a grudge against Guo Kai." In less than seven days, even if those people don't rebel, as long as our people attack it, they will definitely not listen to Guo Kai's order to resist desperately...... Therefore, our army only needs 20,000 people to attack Pinggu, and it will definitely succeed in one battle. ”

The general's eyes lit up, and he immediately praised: "No wonder the general only left 30,000 people to guard Pinggu, it turned out that he had a plan in his heart, it was really ......" He thought for a while, gave a thumbs up and said: "Resourceful......! Battle-hardened!

Long Ju smiled when he heard this, and waved his hand: "A big old man, don't learn from other literati to pat on the back, it's like pouring a bottle of soy sauce into a cup of tea, panic." You still have time to read more books, except for the first word, everything else is something that the donkey's lips are not in the horse's mouth. ”

The general scratched his head, hehe smiled, he didn't object to what Long Ju said, but if he wanted to let him go to study specifically, he naturally took it as a deaf ear, in his opinion, he could go to the battlefield with a spear, and if it was those literati, where could they do it?

Anyway, they all ridiculed in the army, thinking that the more they read, the more cowardly they became, so he just listened to a few words and patted himself on the back, so he didn't want to really turn himself into a literati.

"Then general, when are we going to seize Xingzhou?" the general felt a surge of blood in his chest, "The surrounding counties have made us scattered, and the grain and grass have basically been snatched clean, and this is not going to fight Xingzhou...... When?"

"It's been about a few days. ”

However, this sentence was not answered by Long Ju, at this moment, at the door of the big tent, a sturdy figure was slowly opening the tent door and walking inside, the light drifting around behind him, his face was a little hazy.

However, Long Ju reacted immediately, immediately knelt down, and said in a deep voice: "General!"

Xiang Chu nodded, looked at the general who was also kneeling in a hurry, waved his hand lightly, and said, "You go down first." ”

"Yes. The general immediately stood up, moved quickly, and was eager to run in three steps and two steps as he left.

"General, why did you come so quickly?"

Long Ju has already gotten the tip, and naturally knows what happened in Jinzhou, and he didn't express any opinion on what Li Yu did, after all, there is a shadow of Yang Taizhen behind this, not a simple dispute of opinions in the army.

After all, this is because of Xiang Chu's grade, although he was the commander of the Southern Army before, and this time he went out and took on the position of commander of the three armies, but his grade has always been only the third grade, and he has not been additionally promoted.

Wang Xuanwei, the general of the Mo family, and Sima Gao Changgong, the general of Jing Wu, both of them are the commanders of the three armies of their country, and the soldiers and horses of the whole country are under their jurisdiction.

The reason why Xiang Chu was able to lead the army this time was mainly because Cai Yong, who was supposed to lead the troops to the battle, was in turmoil, and he was already under house arrest in the mansion at this time, so it was naturally impossible for him to continue to lead the troops.

"It took a lot of time to chase Wang Xuanwei, and it was a hundred miles away to turn back, and there was Li Yu in the army, so he would naturally mobilize the army of Jinzhou, so I rode directly to Wuqi. ”

When Li Yu was mentioned, Long Ju couldn't hear Xiang Chu's resentment, and was slightly strange, but he didn't think much about it, just smiled and said, "How about the general and Wang Xuanwei fighting?"

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