[This is yesterday's portion.] Yesterday my relatives came and there was no way, but I rushed out today, and there was a shift in the morning. In the evening, there is still today. 】

The outside of the city finally calmed down, but the city of Xinzhou was still tense.

The Liao soldiers who had been rushing around the east and west of the city for a few days suddenly disappeared, and the defenders who had been waiting for half a month on the head of the city were naturally confused. The disappearance of the Liao army is in the eyes of the people.

A military academy wearing copper and iron armor was lying on the pheasant moat at the head of Xinzhou City, looking out of the city, and beside him, the military academy wearing the same style of armor looked up at the spaceship suspended in the air of twenty zhang.

If you look at it from the perspective of people who are familiar with the armaments in the army, just from the style and texture of the armor, you can see that both of them are officers at the level of commanders. They were assigned to guard the gates and walls of the city on the west side of the city.

One person is six and a half feet tall, with broad shoulders and a broad body, and a beard, which is extremely powerful and majestic. In contrast, an officer next to him, who was also six feet tall, was not outstanding at all. Moreover, the shoulders of the shorter officers were a little narrower, and in comparison, they were even thinner.

The thin military academy withdrew its gaze from the spaceship, and half a day passed, and no news came from the spaceship, and it seemed that the Liao people were really no longer nearby. With a frown, he asked, "Do you want to go out of the city and have a look?" ”

"Straight mother thief, out of the fucking city!" The tall military academy's thick fingers pointed to the nearby village outside the city, "I don't see the smoke in the village over there." Who else will there be outside Xinzhou City besides Liao Dog? ”

"But if this is really a trap for Liao dogs, then what are they doing to make the smoke rise?"

"Who knows what Lu Dao Liao Dog thinks? Maybe you'll run into an idiot. ”

The thin military school shook his head, this is a strong argument. Whether in the Great Song Dynasty or in the Liao Kingdom, no general would be stupid enough to lay an ambush while cooking on a fire. There are fools, but there are still shrewd people down there.

"I think it's better to report it, go to that village to see what is going on, and I can rest assured."

"If it is reported, He Zhizhou will definitely say, 'Then you two will go check it out, and come back as soon as possible after finding out'." The tall military academy raised his throat and learned the voice of Zhizhou, vividly, and then his face was flat: "Do you go or do I go?!" ”

“…… Forget it. The thin military academy sighed and shook his head again, "Anyway, the other city walls can be released, and there is no need to come out first." ”

Neither of them wanted to die. With the military strength in Xinzhou City, if you go out of the city and encounter the Liao army, you will definitely die. If you change to a well-known Zhizhou, it's nothing to fight hard for him. But now Zhizhou? It's still serious to keep the city for the sake of the family!

Not to mention going out of the city, these days, the Liao army has scared Xinzhou enough to plunder the countryside coming and going outside the city. The Liao people are not good at attacking cities, but Xiurong County has not built a city for more than 60 years, and there are several walls that have been damaged by rain.

Xiurong County, where Xinzhou Prefecture is located, although it is a legitimate road, it is a pity that there is Daizhou in the north and Taiyuan in the south, and most of the military resources have been swallowed up by the two strategic places, and the Xiurong County in the right place - that is, Xinzhou City - only has leftovers.

And if you want to rely on local finance and taxation to renovate the city defense and military, there is no excess money and grain in the treasury, so that the businessmen and wealthy households can repay the service, it is even more impossible, after all, there is Daizhou in the north, Taiyuan in the south, and what is the Xinzhou in the middle of to strengthen the city defense and prepare the army? Who would have thought that Daizhou would break through the city one day.

"Alas, when Bachelor Han and Chen Zhizhou are here, why do we need to be scared here?"

"If Master Han is here, how can Daizhou lose it? Not to mention Bachelor Han, even if Taiwei Liu is here, Daizhou will not lose it. ”

"Say less." A lazy voice came from behind the two of them, "He Zhizhou is coming to patrol the city." ”

The two hurriedly turned around, and it was a young man of twenty-four or five years old who spoke, sitting on the pillar base under a large pillar supporting the enemy tower, and he was stable. He wore no armor, no helmet, a white scarf wrapped around his head, and a neatly finished white military robe, which stood out on the head of the city, where everyone wore armor and red armor.

However, the coarse porcelain soup bowl in his hand that can bury his face in is even more conspicuous. He poured vinegar-mixed soup cakes [noodles] into his mouth, but he didn't delay at all, "There is no shortage of villains around Zhizhou, if what you say reaches Zhizhou's ears, there will be no one to send me money at the Ming'er gambling table." ”

Hearing this young man speak, the two commanders immediately closed their mouths vigilantly, looked left and right, and there was no one nearby. Relieved and relieved a little, he leaned over, rubbed his hands and sighed: "Brother Qin, in fact, if there is the master of the old village of Lingzun Qin, it will not be lost in Yanmen Village." ”

"Don't interrupt and pay off the gambling debts you owe me." Qin Wan glanced sideways at the two people who were smiling, flipped his hand, and poured the last bit of soup into his stomach. wiped his mouth with his hand, put down the basin-like sea bowl, and said hatefully: "Yanmen is lost, Daizhou is lost, and Xinkouzhai is also lost, it's time to say this, it's useless!" ”

Qin Wan's words are not good, and the tall and thin second military academy is not annoyed, that is a very real fact. When it comes to bow horses, Qin Wan is just mediocre, but his vision and insight make everyone around him admire.

Qin Wan relied on his father, who was the eunuch of Xinzhou, as a backer, and he occupied a good position as soon as he came, but he did not have outstanding martial arts, and it was generally difficult to be accepted by his colleagues, but the actual situation was just the opposite, less than half a month after coming to Xinzhou, he was very convinced by him. If you don't have any skills, how can you rush Qin Ji to do a paving soldier, or is he in a hurry with a gold medal?

"Brother Qin." The two commanders sat down next to Qin Wan, "According to you, why did the Liao dog outside the city suddenly disappear?" Is it a trap or is it really gone. ”

Qin Wan asked his soldiers to come up and take the bowl away, and stretched out his hands and feet comfortably, "Of course I'm leaving." ”

"But what about the smoke on the Dawangzhuang outside?" The tall military academy immediately asked.

"That's a lie! At most, there are three to five hundred. Those people are just used to stare at Xinzhou City, saving us from the bad things of Liaogou who attacked Chitang and Shiling in the back. If the whole army were to go out of the city, they might be able to scare them all away. ”

“…… So where did the Liao dog go? The Skinny Military Academy asked.

"Southside." Qin Wan moved his body and let the sun continue to shine on his body, "Probably the idea of hitting Shiling Pass and Chitang Pass." ”

"How is that possible?! Yanmen Pass was captured by Liaogou while people were unprepared. How can it be possible to capture Shiling Pass and Chitang Pass now?! ”

"Shiling Pass, Chitang Pass, Baijing Village. From Xinzhou to Taiyuan, all the way in the valley, there are a lot of pass military villages, but you say, how many times have these passes been repaired after Emperor Taizong? In the year of Qingli, a beacon volcano city was built after the old pass of Shiling, and the broken city wall was rebuilt in Chitang Pass, nothing more. ”

"Xinzhou City hasn't been repaired for decades. Liaogou really wants to have the ability to attack the city, so he will come directly to attack Xinzhou City, what is the detour? ”

"Only by going to Shiling and Chitang Pass can the Liao army hope to capture Xinzhou City." Qin Wan didn't explain much, and asked rhetorically, "Sending 2,000 people to support Xinzhou, how do you say that Wang Jingluo will arrange the men and horses in Taiyuan?" ”

“…… How is it arranged? ”

"Shiling Pass supports two thousand, Chitang Pass puts two thousand, Baijing Village puts another thousand, from Xinzhou to Taiyuan, divides troops from village to village, and guards until Taiyuan City."

"Not really, right?!" The Skinny Military Academy was shocked,.

"Impossible." The tall military academy shook his head and laughed.

"Wang Jingluo really wants to be smart enough, he won't just send 2,000 people to Xinzhou, or he won't send them at all, and if he wants to send them, he should have 20,000 soldiers and horses." Qin Wan shook his head, "Now I can only beg him not to do this." ”

"Twenty thousand? Taiyuan doesn't have so many soldiers and horses! ”

"That's why we don't send them at all. Even if 2,000 reinforcements had to be sent, those 2,000 should be directly placed on the Shiling Pass. ”

Shiling Pass belongs to Xinzhou, Chitang Pass belongs to Taiyuan Mansion, two parallel passes, only more than 20 miles apart, each other is the trend of horns. Guarding the two passes, Taiyuan can be worry-free. However, the soldiers and horses of Taiyuan Mansion to support Xinzhou were not placed on Shiling Pass, but were sent to Xinzhou City. In other words, Qin Wan would never do this. There is no shortage of these two thousand men and horses in the city of Xinzhou, what is lacking is a rear with heavy troops. If the two passes can be held firmly with heavy troops, the Liao army's actions will not be so unscrupulous.

"Xinzhou is too close to Daizhou, and there is no danger in the mountains, so it is difficult to defend. Since you can't hold Xinkou Village in time, you don't have to expect to be able to keep the entire territory of Xinzhou. If you can only hold the two cities of Xiurong and Dingxiang, more than 2,000 soldiers and horses are the same as not much. It is better to use heavy troops to hold Shiling Pass and Chitang Pass and protect Taiyuan. With Shiling and Chitang behind them, it is not a problem for Xinzhou City to guard for a month. For a month, reinforcements arrived early. ”

Qin Wanzheng was talking, and a group of people approached faintly at the other end of the city wall, and two pawns ran over in a panic, "Taishou is here, Taishou is here." ”

The two commanders, one tall and one thin, hurriedly straightened up, and Qin Wan also jumped up suddenly, flashed into the enemy building, and summoned two of his personal entourage, asking them to help put on the armor of the awkward hands.

Qin Wan tidied up his clothes, thinking about his own plans in his heart. He was no longer ready to stay in Xinzhou City, and if possible, he was ready to leave the city today. He didn't tell these thoughts to outsiders, but only told his brother Qin Ji.

Qin Wan's father, Qin Huaixin, died of illness on Kuizhou Road before he could rise to the status of being able to make up for his descendants, and the merits accumulated over the years were still a little short, and Qin Wan's previous merits made him a military attaché. It's just a miscellaneous level, and it's one level away from the quality officer, which is the so-called non-entry.

It is a good grievance to serve as a commander in the third shift, but on Qin Wan, it is still thanks to the elders in the army to take care of him. Otherwise, there are so many positions in the commander, why can he be the commander of the most elite cavalry commander? - The number of troops in the military register is five hundred and thirteen, and most of the commanders in the Northern Army are almost around this number, but the actual number of cavalry commanders can reach as many as 370 people, but it is rare! Even if Han Gang joined forces as a general in Hedong back then, the average commander of one infantry army among the generals was only about 400, and the cavalry commander was usually only 300.

It's just that how willing Qin Wan is? Qin Wan plans to pull his men out of the city, he knows the geography of Daizhou well, and his father Qin Huaixin has a reputation in Daizhou, he went to Daizhou, with the cavalry brought out of the city as the core, it is not a problem to pull up a group of people. The cavalry is trapped in the city, and the war horses consume grain and grass in vain, not to mention, and when the siege lasts for a long time, they may be killed and eaten meat, which is too wasteful.

As long as the cavalry of one capital is enough, I don't know how many avenues and paths there are between Xinzhou and Daizhou, and it is not difficult for Qin Wan to avoid the Liao army.

Now the only question left is to convince Zhizhou.

After tidying up his clothes and armor, Qin Wan walked out of the enemy building, looking at Zhizhou and his party who were getting closer, he took a few deep breaths and calmed down.

How to say that? It's just a matter of wealth and danger.