Deng Qiang, the eunuch of the prison army, was better, looked in the direction of the enemy's retreat, and said worriedly, "They are going in the direction of Dalu City, are they going to abandon us and directly choose another way?" ”

"I can't." Furukawa's face was shocked, and he shook his head hesitantly.

"Probably not, if we don't fight here, go to Taru City, then we will face the danger of being attacked from both sides at any time. Besides, isn't there news from the court? Shiheng Dadu is coming with an army of 200,000, if they go to Talu City, they should be able to meet just right, at that time we are flanked from both sides, and they will not be able to get any benefits. Ning Wenfeng, who had not spoken, finally spoke, and denied Deng Qiang's worries with one mouth.

"So what are they going to do over there? Shouldn't we retreat south if we retreat? Could it be that he really wanted to lure us out of town? Deng Qiang nodded in agreement, but a new doubt arose.

"To the north, there is not only the city of Taru, but also the city of Shi." Ning Wenfeng's face changed slightly, and when he said the last two words, his expression had already turned red. Although he is the least likely, it now seems that there is only one plausible explanation.

Ning Wenfeng's words attracted the common eyes of the three of them, and Guhe said: "Impossible, you said that they were going to attack Shicheng, they are crazy, Zhonggong is there, and Shicheng City is high and strong, how can it be so easy to attack?" ”

"Not bad." Shi Wanshan, the chief soldier, spoke again: "And we are still behind them, if they attack Shicheng now, aren't we afraid that we will stab them in the ass and cut off their retreat?"

A while ago, Yang Chendong sent people to send grain and grass into the city, although it was not Shi Wanshan's face, and if his estimate was good, it should be an agreement between the loyal duke and the emperor, but there is one thing that cannot be denied, that is, he really saved nearly 200,000 of their soldiers, and he wants to admit it. If Warat and Iri-ri really wanted to cross over and attack the city, then it was also possible that he would lead a large army to cut off the enemy's retreat and inflict heavy losses on them.

"Yes, the Five-Star Army has helped us a lot this time, if something happens to them, we can't ignore it." Furukawa nodded silently. It is said that the more upright the person, the more grateful he is, and now he is on his body to be well expressed.

"Send scouts out of the city, instead of us talking here, it's better to send someone to scare them, seeing is believing." Ning Wenfeng's mind was still clear enough, and in the face of the chaos that he couldn't understand, he still decided to send someone to take a look at the field, and then he would get the most authentic answer.

"Okay, send all the scouts out." Shi Wanshan nodded in acquiescence, and in his heart he was also very curious about what they were going to do.

The combined forces of Wara and Yili put their total of 300,000 troops (Jingzhou City and Shajing City each left 5,000 cavalry, and lost nearly 10,000 infantry when they attacked Sanbula Chuan City before), calmly left under Sanbula Chuan City, and went straight to Shicheng, which was thousands of miles away.

As early as the moment they began to act, the scouts of the Five-Star Army, who had been mentally prepared, received the news, and then fed back to the city. Yang Chendong, who was accompanying the sixth lady Luan Xiaoyu to lunch, only had a slight pause in the chopsticks in his hand after hearing Yang Er's report, and then continued to eat as if he was nothing, with a confident smile on his face from time to time.

Luan Xiaoyu sat on the opposite side, and there was no trace of worry on her face, although the number of 300,000 troops reported by Yang Er just now did startle her, but thinking of all the miracles she had seen since she met her eldest brother, she was convinced that this time her man would still create miracles.

Through the issuance of the Shicheng Yang newspaper, news of the 300,000-strong army under the joint command of Warat and Yili Ali quickly spread in the city.

Yang Chendong has adopted an extremely open policy for public opinion, and even at his request, Yang Bao has a special column on current affairs, where everyone can express their personal understanding and opinions on current current affairs. It is precisely because of this that anyone who has lived in the city for more than a year seems to be able to say something about the Yang family. Over time, it has become a habit to discuss military information, and it is no longer strange.

It was precisely this foundation that had been laid a long time ago, and after Shicheng Yang Bao said this astonishing news the next morning, there was far less panic in the city than imagined. Some of the few people originally wanted to buy more rice for storage, but when they saw the piles of rice piled up in front of the various grain stores in the city, they did not have any worries. Only those who had fields outside the city were worried, so they sent some representatives to the city lord's mansion to inquire.

Soon, the promise came out. Tian Khan said that all the losses this time would be made up by the Five-Star Army, and they would compensate for the losses after the war. The city lord also emphasized that these compensation was not taken out by the Heavenly Khan, but needed to be repaid by Wara and Yili, and the city lord's mansion was just supporting them in advance.

"Yes, it's for Warat and Yili to compensate us."

"Tian Khan is so good to us, and he gave us land, a house to live in, something to eat, and hope for the future, but some people just don't like it, and always want to grab benefits, even so, we fight with them."

"Fight, but I don't know if I need people when defending the city, I'm only in my forties, and I'm still very powerful, although I can't go into battle without training, but it's no problem to help carry the oil and take the bow and arrow."

"And me, I'm not yet forty years old, I can carry it on my shoulders, I can draw a bow in my hands, and if I need it, I'll go up to the city tower and fight these decisive battles that should be worth tens of millions."

"Count me in, I have five brothers in my family, even if I don't have it, I can live the same, if you need to, you can go up to the city tower to help, well, it's free, we can bring our own food."

In front of the City Lord's Mansion, after those farmers got the promise, they suddenly felt the cuteness of the five-star army. In return for the gift, they also showed their own attitudes one by one, and they really had money to contribute and make a strong contribution. And this atmosphere soon formed a trend throughout the city, and for a time there were many people who asked to help defend the city. There were nearly 500,000 people in the city, and almost everyone except some children and the elderly had registered, and the number reached more than 300,000.

When this matter was reported to the hands of the city lord Yu Mian, and he excitedly told Yang Chendong the news, the latter couldn't help laughing. "Yu Mian, see no, this is the power of the people, their thoughts are actually the simplest, whoever is good to them, they will be good to whom? In this case, we will have more than 300,000 new troops, and will we not be much more than the enemy? What else is there to fear. ”

"Yes, yes, what the sixth young master said is extremely true." Yu Mian nodded excitedly.

"Before, I was worried that the strength to defend the city was insufficient, but with the support of the people of the whole city, I will have no worries, hahaha." Yang Chendong finally saw the strength of the people, and with these people doing logistics work, plus the main force of the New First Army plus those reserve officers and soldiers in the logistics division, as well as the prisoners and containment soldiers, he already had enough confidence to fight against any force. You must know that not long ago, they had just taken in nearly 60,000 Beiming deserters, and this force alone was already very large.

Even though their goal was already very clear, some of the actions in the first city were not hidden, and the outer city gate and the inner city gate were closed one after another, making a posture of strict defense to the outside.

Shicheng's performance fell into the eyes of the Warat scout cavalry outside the city, and they quickly reported the news. After learning about it with April, they were all relaxed. Although Shicheng's movements were so fast, it was somewhat unexpected to them, but with less than 40,000 troops trying to block their 300,000 army, I don't know whether it should be said that Tian Khan is conceited, or they have no way to retreat, and they insist on hitting the stone with the egg.

He also rode on his horse first, looked at Apri on the side and asked, "Prime Minister, how should the current situation be described in the language of the Han people?" ”

After pondering for a while, Aprilio gave the answer, "It should be called not knowing the time, or it can be called the mantis arm as a car." ”

"Haha, that's a good point, the prime minister is really knowledgeable. By the way, there won't be any problems with the Northern Ming Army, you must know that our back roads are in their hands, and there must be no problems. He laughed first, and said worriedly.

"Emperor Beiming's side has already agreed, and he will definitely not repeat it at will. What's more, in his eyes, we and the Five-Star Army are their enemies, and he will definitely not interfere in such a good show of watching the tiger fight from such a mountain. When it comes to this issue, Alipu can be described as very confident.

"That's good, then we will start the city, I heard that the gold and silver there are like mountains, the grain is like snow, and there are groups of slaves, haha, I didn't expect this Tian Khan to be a good man once, and prepared so many good things for us." Those who have no worries are also happy first, and at the same time, they are also looking forward to it.

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Sanbuwa Chuan City.

The scout cavalry sent out reported one by one, and after confirming the fact that the gate of the city was closed and the combined forces of Warat and Yili Ali were advancing step by step, they quickly reported back to the city. Shi Wanshan, the chief soldier, immediately invited Gu He and Ning Wenfeng, two deputy chief soldiers, to prepare for the attack.

"They dared to jump over us and attack Shicheng, which is simply not taking us seriously, even if it is so, this time give them a good look. General Furukawa, give you 30,000 horses, once the attack and defense of Shicheng begins, you immediately lead troops to capture Shajing City and Wenfeng, and give you 30,000 horses to capture Jingzhou City, we will cut off the back road first. Shi Wanshan's face was furious.