What the spies brought back was not the main battlefield of the front line, but the news that another city had been besieged.

Mengcheng is the closest city to Dingcheng, and like Weicheng, it is an auxiliary city. Because it is not far from the largest Dingcheng, the number of soldiers and horses is not large. This time, the front-line commander was besieged, and they all thought that the soldiers and horses of Changguo were also gathered towards Langkou Mountain, and they had no time to take care of anything else, so they also drew away a lot of soldiers and horses from the auxiliary city.

But he never thought that at such a moment, Changguo would be able to mobilize troops and horses to come out, bypass the front line, and pounce directly to the rear.

"Knock knock!"

The drums beat in bursts, stirring people's hearts, and the bearded man stood on the stage of the school field with a big knife in his hand, motionless. Unlike the tyrannical man he usually does, today's beard has a serious face and is quite powerful as a general.

The drums beat rapidly, and the assembly was very fast, and within a few moments, more than 20,000 recruits were assembled, and the veterans of the city were also gathered on the periphery.

The bearded beard took out a military order and said loudly: "The commander is on the march, leave this order, and I will dispatch all the people and horses in the city." ”

"Whoa!"

Everyone responded loudly, although those recruits didn't understand why this bearded sect leader suddenly seemed to have a big official position, but seeing that many veterans didn't say much, they naturally didn't dare to speak.

"Yamen General Liu Shunde listens to the order!" shouted loudly.

Immediately someone came out of the ranks: "The last will be!"

"Lead the first and second spear battalions and wait in line outside the city!"

"Yes!"

The man immediately led the new spear barracks out of the city.

"Yamen General Zhou Tianci listens to orders!"

"The last general!"

“......”

The bearded man ordered the generals on the stage, led the army with the generals who stayed in the city, divided the 20,000 recruits, and brought them out of the city.

"1st Cavalry Battalion!"

The beard looked at Yang Fanhai and the other twenty or so people, there were 20,000 recruits, and the cavalry battalion was naturally not only them, according to the number, they were the first cavalry battalion. At this time, the school has been dispatched, and only more than 20 of them are still standing here.

"Yang Fanhai is the captain, come with me!"

Yang Fanhai was stunned, he didn't expect that he would temporarily choose himself as the captain, but at this time, he could only ride out of the queue and respond loudly: "Obey!"

The bearded man turned over and got on his horse, carrying a big knife in his hand, and was about to set off, when the overseer on the side stepped forward and said with some concern: "Wouldn't it be enough to bring only 20,000 new soldiers? ”

The beard shook his head: "Changguo is extremely ruthless this time, the front line is scorching, and he actually sent people to the rear of our army to harass him, I'm afraid there are more calculations in it." I'm afraid they're more than what we see. ”

"The garrison of Dingcheng is less than 30,000, and if I take 5,000 with me, the strength will be even tighter. Once the other party uses the strategy of diverting the tiger from the mountain, it seems to besiege Mengcheng, but in fact it is to set the city, it will be troublesome. ”

"Dingcheng cannot afford to be lost, everything has a labor supervision army!"

Although the relationship between the Dingcheng military personnel and the prison army is not good, everyone can only face the crisis together at this moment.

With a salute, the bearded beard led the first cavalry battalion out of Dingcheng, and then ordered the army to send it out in the direction of Mengcheng.

The city of Mengcheng was not very far away, and after a hurried march, it had already arrived in the area of Mengcheng in the early morning of the next day.

Bearded did not rush to send troops, and stopped the army to rest only thirty miles away from Mengcheng, and at the same time sent a large number of scouts to reconnoiter the news of the enemy army.

In the tent, listening to the information sent by the spies, the beard kept sliding his fingers on the map, and his brows were tightly locked. Yang Fanhai and Xu Fan stood aside with spears in their hands, motionless.

The beard was just a cavalry governor, naturally there were no guards, and now that he was leading the army, there must be someone around him, so he simply used the first cavalry battalion of the lineage as a guard.

After looking at the map for a long time, his beard and brows were tightly knit, and it seemed that the situation was extremely bad. Xu Fan was very active, and after looking at it for a long time, he finally couldn't help but ask, "Lord Riding Governor, what's the situation?"

Instead of scolding him for asking what he shouldn't have asked this time, he shook his head and said, "The situation is quite bad." ”

Then he pointed his finger at Meng Cheng and said: "Changguo's 30,000 horses have surrounded Meng Cheng and have been attacking, but the offensive is not very fierce. The defenders of Mengcheng are only more than 3,000 people, and if the other party attacks with all their might, Mengcheng has already been taken at this time. ”

"Will they besiege the city first?" asked Xu Fan.

The beard nodded: "I'm afraid that's exactly the case!"

Xu Fan frowned: "30,000 people besiege the city, at least 5,000 men and horses will be left in the city, and the remaining available men and horses are only 25,000." Our army also has 20,000 troops, and with 25,000 against 20,000, can the other side really be so sure that they can win?"

"And this is a plain, our men and horses spread out in formation, and they can sprint rapidly, and the difference between the five thousand people is completely negligible. Even if we are all new soldiers, these 30,000 people will not be able to eat us. ”

"Not bad!" The beard nodded, then looked at Xu Fan with some surprise and asked, "Have you ever fought?"

Yang Fanhai looked at the map and didn't say a word, because he couldn't understand it at all, but Xu Fan was talking about the Tao, which naturally made him have such thoughts.

Xu Fan immediately smiled: "I think I was familiar with military books when I was young and proficient in scripture and strategy, what is this, people in our place call me genius Xu, but my luck has been bad over the years." Now that I finally have a chance to use my skills, Lord Rider, if you don't know what to do, you might as well let me command this battle!"

"You turtle grandson!" grabbed the inkstone on the table and smashed it.

Among the recruits, this guy is indeed a talent, but every positive shape all day long, always feels reassuring.

After scolding, his heart moved, and he asked again: "In your opinion, how should this battle be fought?"

I'm worried and it's hard to make a decision, maybe it's really a way to ask this hairy boy.

"Really let me command!" Xu Fan laughed, and when he saw that his beard was about to smash things again, he hurriedly changed his face, stretched out a finger and pointed to the map and said: "In my opinion, the number of five thousand spear battalions and sword battalions is stationed in the direction of ten miles away from Mengcheng, and another five thousand are stationed in this direction ten miles away from Mengcheng, taking care of each other, but the enemy does not dare to attack the city with all their might." ”

"Then harass with archers to further distract the other party. A thousand cavalry swept through this area, cutting off the supply of Changguo. ”

"Wait, there's one more thing you don't know!" Beard interrupted Xu Fan, pointed to the cavalry sweep he said, and said: "None of the scouts sent from this direction have returned, and I'm just worried about whether this direction is hiding Changguo's soldiers and horses." ”

That was the direction from which Changguo was attacking, and there were many woods, which was very suitable for hiding soldiers and horses.

Xu Fan touched his forehead, thought deeply, and then shook his head and said, "The real is virtual, and the virtual is real." The soldiers and horses of Changguo were already killing from this direction, and there was no need for them to do so, and we would also have to guard against this direction. ”

"What do you see?" asked Bearded.

Xu Fan pointed to that place and said: "In my opinion, there is no army in this place at all, the other party just sent a large number of scouts here, specifically to snipe our army scouts, so that we think that the direction is dangerous, attract our attention, and distract our troops." ”

The beard frowned and nodded slightly: "It's not unreasonable, but as you said, the truth is false, and the truth is real, if he deliberately made us have such thoughts to ignore there, but in fact there are a large number of people hiding there, what should we do?"

Xu Fan laughed: "This is easy to do!"

He pointed at Yang Fanhai and said, "This guy is quite capable of fighting, you let him lead a cavalry over to take a look, as long as there are three or two hundred people." If there is a situation, the general scout should not be able to keep him, and he can come back to restore his life. If there is no situation, he will lead the three or two hundred people to sweep this area, but all the people and horses of the Changguo country will be intercepted and killed. ”

"Aren't you asking for a thousand cavalry?" Yang Fanhai couldn't help but ask. He didn't quite understand what the two men were saying, but it seemed to be very interesting, and he listened attentively. At this moment, when he heard that the original thousand cavalry had become two or three hundred, he naturally asked.

It's not that he thinks he has few people and is dangerous, but he doesn't understand why this is happening and wants to figure it out.

Xu Fan smiled slightly: "If you don't go, you will naturally have to go before, but if you lead the team, there will only be two or three hundred people, and you can top seven or eight hundred, how about it, look up to you." ”

Yang Fanhai smiled and didn't say more.

Xu Fan sneered again: "Actually, I think that your ability to command troops, at most a hundred is enough, three or two hundred is already the limit, and if you have more, you can't bring it at all." ”

Yang Fanhai smiled again and didn't care.

The beard looked at the map and thought for a moment, then nodded: "That's good, but Yang Fanhai is not experienced enough, in my opinion, it is better to send an experienced leader, and it is better for him to follow the battle." ”

Xu Fan shook his head: "Lord Riding Governor, you are doing this too much." Speaking of experience, aren't the scouts you sent out inexperienced, and why haven't any of them returned?"

Then he pointed at Yang Fanhai and said: "This guy grew up playing with wild beasts in the mountains, and his natural intuition is beyond ordinary people." This kind of experience is useless when his eyes are black, and it is precisely his intuition that is needed. If you take him in the future, it is tantamount to tying shackles on the tiger, which is counterproductive. ”

"In the mountains!" looked at Yang Fanhai and asked, "Aren't you in Bingcheng?"

"Bingcheng also has mountains!" Yang Fanhai smiled and didn't say much, who knows which direction this Laoshizi's Bingcheng is.

The beard didn't ask much, thought for a moment, and then nodded: "That's it!"

Where is the pen and paper, write down the military order, stamp it with the general's seal, hand it to Yang Fanhai, and say in a deep voice: "Yang Fanhai, you take my military order to send three hundred cavalry to set off, and let me see what the situation is in this place." ”

"Yes!"

Yang Fanhai received the order and was about to withdraw from the camp.

"Wait!" Bearded called out to him again, and said with a serious face: "Remember, your first task is to see if there are ambushes here, and if there are, don't fight, and come back as soon as possible." If not, make other plans. ”

"Understood!" Yang Fanhai nodded.

The beard patted his arm again: "Safety first!"

"Thank you, Lord Rider, my subordinates understand!"

Yang Fanhai retreated, ordered 300 cavalry, left the camp, and headed south.