General Lang said softly: "My lord is worried that Xu Chang will take the opportunity to attack Liangzhou?" ”

Wei Tianqing bowed slightly, and said worriedly: "Xu Chang, this person, two-faced and ruthless, I am worried that we will send reinforcements to Tongzhou, once Xu Chang gets the news, it is very likely that he will take the opportunity to kill him!" Holding the hilt of the knife with one hand, his expression was solemn: "If that's the case, we'll be in trouble." ”

General Lang thought for a while, shook his head and said: "My lord, according to the last general's opinion, the siege of Tongzhou must not be saved, and although Xu Chang has the possibility of taking the opportunity to attack Liangzhou, the probability is relatively low, and the probability of him attacking Liangzhou is less than thirty percent. ”

"Oh?"

"My lord, you think, Xu Chang's most troublesome opponent now is the other two anti-kings, the puppet king Zhang Shao and the puppet king Qi Tongzhuan joined forces to deal with Xu Chang, Xu Chang in addition to staying in Jinling Cang to guard the heavy troops, his main forces are mobilized to the south, and he is fighting with those two puppet kings, not to mention that he will not lightly advance north before eliminating the other two anti-kings, even if he really has this ambition, as long as we stick to Liangzhou City, with his 10,000 troops in Jinling Cang, it is not easy to break through Liangzhou." General Lang said: "The last general thinks that Xu Chang definitely doesn't want to let himself fall into a situation where he is attacked on both sides, and now we are at peace with him in the face, if he wants to tear his face with us and take the opportunity to attack Liangzhou, and when we repel the Northwest Army, Xu Chang will definitely think that we will do our best to capture Liangzhou, and at that time, he will be difficult to take care of." ”

Wei Tianqing groaned for a moment and said, "Reasonable." Staring at General Lang and said: "Xue Ju, this rescue of Tongzhou, I personally led the army to go, I will leave you 5,000 men and horses, you can divide a part of the troops to hold the seventeen-mile ditch, and the main force will stay in Liangzhou, even if Xu Chang attacks, as long as you hold on for ten days, my side will inevitably lead the troops back." ”

Lang General Xue Ju was about to speak, Wei Tianqing waved his hand and said: "It's not that I don't trust you, it's just that the opponent this time is Chu Huan, I am quite familiar with Chu Huan, and I will personally lead the troops, so I will have a better grasp." ”

Xue Ju arched his hand and said, "I understand my humble position." ”

Saving soldiers is like fighting fire, Wei Tianqing did not delay in the slightest, immediately returned to Liangzhou City, gathered soldiers and horses, fortunately, the Liangzhou garrison has been in a state of readiness, extremely efficient, mobilized 13,000 horse infantry troops, and immediately headed for Tongzhou.

The messenger from Tongzhou, riding a good horse, did not stop, and it took a whole day and a night to deliver the letter for help, and Wei Tianqing's soldiers and horses, of course, could not arrive in such a short time.

The main force of the Xishan Army under Wei Tianqing is naturally the infantry army, with 13,000 men and horses, and less than 1,000 cavalry, which is already half of the Xishan cavalry.

Xu Chang has tens of thousands of elite soldiers stationed in Jinling Cang, which can be defended and attacked, Wei Tianqing is naturally strictly guarded, and this time the troops are naturally not fanfare, so that Xu Chang can know the news one day later, and it is naturally a little more safe for Xishan.

Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses set off from Liangzhou City in a very low-key manner and rushed north to Tongzhou.

When Wei Tianqing sent troops, in Tongzhou City, Xu Qingzheng was secretly proud.

Xu Qing knew very well that if with the current defensive strength of Tongzhou City, if Chu Huan was really determined to launch an attack on Tongzhou, Tongzhou was afraid that it would not last for a few days, and it would fall before the reinforcements arrived.

Whether it is Liangzhou or Yunshan, wait until the letter of request for help is delivered, and then send reinforcements to reinforce, the fastest is four or five days later, if the Northwest Army launches a strong attack on Tongzhou, Xu Qing is not confident that it can hold on for four or five days.

Although Tongzhou City was built for a long time, but at the time of the earliest construction, in fact, it was only as a hoarding base and existed, after all, it is located in the traffic artery, and it is a strategic place, and it is natural to build a stronghold, and then it has been continuously expanded, only to build today's Tongzhou City, he is not the same as those ancient cities, the original construction of Yunshan Mansion City, from the beginning is to build a city, the www.biquge.info of Biqu Pavilion is different, and the scale of subsequent development is naturally different.

On the ground of Tongzhou, Tongzhou City as the core, naturally not comparable to other counties, but compared to the strong cities all over the place, Tongzhou City can only be regarded as a very ordinary city, the city wall is far less tall and strong than Yunshan City, and its defense is not even as good as Liangzhou City.

Because of this, although there is enough food and grass in the city, Xu Qing does not have too strong confidence, although almost all the northwest cavalry under the city, and there is no siege weapon, but there is no lack of forests nearby, if the Northwest Army is determined to attack the city, forcibly recruit craftsmen nearby, cut down trees, although it cannot create complex siege weapons in a short time, but simple weapons such as ladders hitting wood can still be built.

It's just that now Xu Qing's heart is down.

When Xu Hai returned to the city, he told Xu Qing that Chu Huan had agreed to the conditions and would postpone the attack for three days.

Hu Xin clapped his hands and smiled: "My lord's wisdom is unparalleled, in this way, it will give us three days, and after three days, if Chu Huan finds that the situation is not right, and wants to attack again, we only need to hold on for a day or two, and the reinforcements will have arrived." He smiled proudly and said, "Although I am not sure that I will hold on to the end of the five-day time, if I want to hold on for two days, there is absolutely no problem." ”

Xu Qing said with a smile: "The so-called arrogant soldiers will be defeated, Chu Huan defeated Xigu Pass and defeated Da Xizhang, so he really thought that he was invincible in the world, thinking that everyone was afraid of him." Fu Xu smiled: "He really thought that the official was afraid of him and wanted to surrender, Hu Qianhu, although this Chu Huan is good, but after all, he is still young, and when young people are in high spirits, they are too self-righteous!" ”

Xu Haidao: "He also doubted it!" ”

Xu Qing smiled: "This official has long expected that he will be suspicious, Xu Hai, you have done a good job." Xiang Hu Xin said: "Hu Qianhu, how many people have been recruited by the strong men in the city?" ”

Hu Xin said: "There are already 3,000 people, and the last general has been assigned to the heads of the cities, my lord, the last general implores the adults to let these people eat their bellies in the next few days, three days later, before the reinforcements arrive, we will inevitably have a fight with the Northwest Army, before the fight, we must let the officers and soldiers in the city have high morale." ”

"That's right." Xu Qingdao: "The three thousand stone grain that is ready to be transported to Xigu Pass, since there is no trace of even Da Xizhang, the enemy is current, and it can be called out." Xiang Xu Hai said: "Xu Hai, you go to handle this matter, transfer the grain from the warehouse, and hand over the grain to Hu Qianhu for use." ”

Hu Xin hurriedly said: "My lord, there is no need to be like this, the people who defend the city now, even the strong men, are only more than 4,000 people, even if they last for ten days, it is only a few hundred stones!" ”

"Hu Qianhu, don't worry, the soldiers will defend the city, and they will definitely let them eat and drink." Xu Qing said with a smile: "We don't have anything else now, there is no shortage of food, and the Northwest Army is comparable to us!" Speaking of this, he suddenly stopped, as if thinking of something, Xu Hai and Hu Xin glanced at each other, and then asked softly: "My lord, what's wrong?" ”

Xu Qing looked at Xu Hai and asked, "Xu Hai, when you arrived at their camp, could you see the grain?" ”

Xu Hai recalled, shook his head and said, "I didn't see a place where they hoarded food!" ”

Hu Xin had already said: "My lord, they are cavalry first, if they want to take the lead, they will definitely not bring much food, and the grain team should still be behind!" ”

Xu Hai had already said: "Before the little brother left, the elder brother told me to pay attention to their movements, and when the little brother arrived at their camp, he happened to see them eating. ”

"Hu Qianhu!" Xu Qing turned his eyes to Hu Xin and asked in a low voice, "If you were Chu Huan, Xu Hai arrived in your camp and asked you to delay the siege of the city for three days, what would you think?" ”

Hu Xin said: "My lord, if you are the last general, the last general will also feel that there is fraud in it, and he will not believe it lightly, and he will also suspect that the adult is delaying time and waiting for reinforcements." Smiled: "But as the adult said, Chu Huan is young and vigorous, high-spirited, thinking that the adult is really afraid of him, he will kill the last general and surrender the city, wait for three days, then he can break himself, Chu Huan is naturally willing to give it a try." ”

"Hu Qianhu, since Chu Huan has launched an offensive against Tongzhou, he should be very clear about the deployment of troops and horses on our Xishan Road." Xu Qing said thoughtfully: "He should know that as long as Tongzhou lasts for four or five days, reinforcements will arrive." ”

Hu Xin bowed slightly, seeing that Xu Qing's face was no longer as stretched as before, he couldn't help but ask, "My lord, did you find anything wrong?" ”

Xu Qing looked at Xu Hai and asked, "Did Chu Huan ask you about reinforcements or anything like that?" ”

"In order to win his trust, the younger brother has sued him, and we have sent two messengers for help." Xu Hai also faintly felt that something was wrong, "Big brother, is it possible that the younger brother has done something wrong?" ”

Xu Qing slowly walked to the chair, sat down, thoughtfully, and muttered to himself: "No, it's too smooth!" His eyebrows were startled, and he slapped his thigh, "This official understands!" ”

"Your Excellency?"

"If I were Chu Huan, I would definitely detain Xu Hai and take him hostage." Xu Qing's expression became solemn: "But he let Xu Hai return lightly, which means that he has nothing to fear!" ”

Hu Xin and Xu Hai obviously hadn't understood yet, they looked at each other, and Xu Hai had already asked, "Big brother, you mean, he agreed to delay for three days, and he has other intentions?" ”

"We're dragging time, and he's dragging it out." Xu Qing's face was already slightly pale, "This official has always thought that his purpose in delaying time was to wait for reinforcements from behind, but now it seems that things will not be so simple!" ”

At this moment, I heard footsteps outside, and a person appeared outside the door, and said: "Lord Qiyu, outside the other gates, I found the rangers of the Northwest Army!" ”

Hu Xin frowned, but Xu Qing was already crying and said, "It's not good, it's not good, it's not good!" ”

"Big brother, what the hell is going on?" Xu Hai was also nervous, "You can make it clear." ”

"Chu Huan is really cunning." Xu Qing stomped his feet and said: "As soon as the official remembered that something was wrong, he had already made the first move, do you know what the rangers who appeared outside the city were for?" ”R1058