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The procession marched quickly under the clear moonlit night.

Qin Shuhuai and Hong Chengchou rode side by side, and the two chatted while walking.

Qin Shuhuai said, "Lord Hong, how long do you think Han Cheng can hold on?"

Hong Chengchou frowned and said, "If the other party is only these forty or fifty thousand soldiers and horses, then it is no problem to defend it for ten days and eight days, after all, the siege ability of the Liukou is not strong." But if the number of rogues far exceeds this number, it's hard to say!"

Qin Shuhuai said worriedly, "Taiyuan is more than 700 miles away from Hancheng, right? ”

Under normal circumstances, the infantry marched 120 miles a day to the limit. However, in this world, because of martial arts and true qi, the physical fitness of soldiers is generally higher than that of infantry in history, and they can walk about 180 miles a day. However, even then it would take four or five days.

Thinking of this, he looked at the soldiers and horses behind Hong Chengchou again, and couldn't help but say, "Lord Hong, you are still rich in Hancheng, and you rushed to Taiyuan in one day and two nights, relying on ...... You must have seven or eight thousand horses, right?"

Hong Chengchou smiled bitterly and said, "There are a total of seven thousand three hundred and fifty-three war horses, and all the war horses in Hancheng are here." Don't hide it, because there are not enough horses, in fact, the lower officials only brought a little more than 9,000 soldiers and horses, less than 10,000. However, in terms of combat power, it will definitely not lose to an ordinary army of 10,000. ”

There are many war horses in Hancheng, Qin Shuhuai knew this when he visited the military camp in Hancheng, otherwise he would not have let Hong Chengchou arrive with 10,000 soldiers in one day and two nights. If he walked on his feet, Hong Chengchou wouldn't be able to walk even if he wore out the skin of his feet.

There are historical reasons why there are so many war horses in Hancheng. Because there are many plains near Hancheng, and the cavalry tactics are easy to use, so the successive Hancheng guards like to Tun cavalry, when Hong Chengchou went to rescue Hancheng, there were 3,000 cavalry in Hancheng, and Hong Chengchou himself also brought 3,000 cavalry, so there were 6,000. Later, Hong Chengchou added more than 1,000 horses through means such as suppressing bandits and purchasing, so the cavalry of Hancheng suddenly increased to 7,000, which was the most of all the cities on the three sides, and even Taiyuan City did not have as many as it. At the beginning, Yang He wanted to "dig" some cavalry from Hancheng to Taiyuan, but he was blocked by Hong Chengchou even in a tricky way.

Qin Shuhuai thought of so many cavalry, and his heart was restless again.

Hong Chengchou has 7,000 cavalry, and Cao Wenzhao seems to have a lot of cavalry, wouldn't it be too wasteful if he didn't do something?

Thinking of this, he immediately said to Li Jingting, "Jingting, you go and call General Cao, General Du, Meng Hu, and Zhang Xiao over." ”

"Yes, sir!"

It didn't take long for Cao Wenzhao, Du Wenhuan, Meng Hu, and Zhang Xiao to walk to both sides of Qin Shuhuai.

Qin Shuhuai said, "Three generals, I want to ask how many cavalry you have in your hands now?"

Cao Wenzhao said, "Lord Hui, the last general brought 3,000 horsemen this time. ”

"The last general has two thousand and five horsemen!" Du Wenhuan said.

"Lord Hui, there are 3,000 horsemen in the Wuyuan camp!" Meng Hu followed. In the army, Meng Hu commensurate Qin Shuhuai with an official position, so as not to make other generals uncomfortable.

Qin Shuhuai calculated, Hong Chengchou had 7,000 cavalry, Cao Wenzhao had 3,000, Du Wenhuan 2,005, and Wuyuan Battalion 3,000, adding up to 13,005 cavalry!

In the era of cold weapons, cavalry was also the master of the battlefield! With so many cavalrymen, I think I can do something with my toes.

"Generals, I have calculated, now we have more than 13,000 cavalry. With so many cavalry, do you have any ideas?"

As soon as the words fell, all four laughed at the same time.

Cao Wenzhao said, "Hehe, don't hide it from Shaobao, General Fang Cai and General Du are also discussing this issue." ”

Meng Hu couldn't wait to say when he heard it, "Haha, it's a coincidence, Zhang Xiao and I were also thinking about this problem." ”

Qin Shuhuai suddenly laughed, "Hehe, it seems that we all want to go together." General Cao and General Du, let's talk about your thoughts first. ”

Hong Chengchou also followed, "A few generals will talk quickly, and they will listen to you." ”

As soon as Cao Wenzhao and Du Wenhuan finished speaking, Zhang Xiao added a few points, which won praise from everyone. After listening to their opinions, Qin Shuhuai finally understood that when it came to the application of cavalry, he was far away from these professional generals, so he closed his mouth very familiarly and only listened to them.

After more than two quarters of an hour of discussion, Hong Chengchou gathered everyone's opinions, made a concluding speech, summed up the most reasonable parts of everyone's proposals, and immediately formed a combat plan. As soon as this plan came out, everyone applauded in unison.

The best generals from the three sides gathered together, and the efficiency was really not ordinarily high.

In the end, Qin Shuhuai was convinced, and he couldn't find anything to add.

With them, his only function seemed to be to give orders.

So I had to say helplessly and unwillingly, "Since this is the case, then it is decided, let's act accordingly!"

"The last general obeys!"

Several people led the order in unison.

Afterwards, they each returned to their respective units and gave a brief explanation.

Not long after, Cao Wenzhao left the large army with six thousand cavalry and disappeared into the night. Almost at the same time, Zhang Xiao also left the army with 5,000 cavalry.

In the ranks, there were only two or three thousand cavalry left.

Go ahead and run to Hanseong.

Hanseong.

More than 40,000 rogue coalition troops surrounded Hancheng impenetrably. Beneath the city walls, corpses were everywhere, rivers of blood flowed, and the smell of blood and scorching stench filled the air.

On the city wall, there were countless corpses lying on the ground, and there were some wounded soldiers who were not about to die, covering their bleeding wounds, and wailing and groaning incessantly.

The huge oil cylinders were still boiling under the licking of the fire, and puffs of green smoke were coming out - the best weapon against the infantry who climbed the ladder.

The Ming army on the city wall toppled the last siege ladder with iron poles, and then collapsed behind the battlements in exhaustion.

A brutal siege has just ended.

This was the eighth time that the Ming army defending the city repelled the enemy's attack.

In the city, the governor of Shaanxi Yamen.

The governor's yamen is actually not called the governor's yamen, but Hong Chengchou's temporary office in Hancheng. If it weren't for Han Cheng's real danger that Yang He would let him guard here, he would have gone to Xi'an by now, where the yamen of the governor of Shaanxi was located.

Hong Chengchou has two capable generals under him, one is He Renlong, the chief soldier of Shaanxi, who is brave in battle and is known as "He Maniac", and the other is Zuo Guangxian, the deputy general soldier of Shaanxi, who can be civil and martial.

Because He Renlong had been suppressing bandits in Xi'an for a long time, Hong Chengchou entrusted the defense of Hancheng to Zuo Guangxian when he led his troops north.

At this moment, the left light first sits like pins and needles.