Therefore, Baoji cannot afford to lose.

At this time, Zhiren, Wang Datong, Shangshui and others came over one after another, in addition to them, Tang Sanniang, the head of the Tang Gate, Ma Sansao, the deputy head of the Cao Gang, and others also came.

The famous people in the martial arts are gathered together, and it is also very lively.

However, when Qin Shuhuai told them the situation in detail, the huge conference hall immediately fell silent.

They are good at fighting, but when it comes to fighting, they are all laymen. Fighting and fighting, there is only a word difference, but the routine is far from the same.

After a while, Wang Datong said, "Alliance leader, you are still in charge of this march and war. You say, what should you do. ”

The others also immediately said, "That's right, please ask the alliance leader to decide!"

Qin Shuhuai thought for a moment and said, "There are two plans for the Demon Sect to attack Baoji. The first is to attack directly, and the second is to besiege but not attack. If they take the first way, it's okay, let's defend the city. But if they besiege and don't attack, then they will be in trouble. There is not much grain and grass in Baoji City, and if it is besieged, it is expected to last for half a month at most. ”

Wang Datong answered, "Then according to the alliance master, which method does the Demon Church take?"

Qin Shuhuai smiled bitterly, "I don't know either. However, to fight a war, you must prepare for the worst. We must now believe that the Demon Church has adopted the method of besieging the city. So, if we stay in the city, I'm afraid it won't be good. ”

Chang Wuji said, "Alliance leader, don't we still have a large army in other places?" can we defend the city first, and when the Demon Sect is besieging the city, then dispatch He Kegang and He Renlong to relieve the siege." ”

Qin Shuhuai said, "Now all the soldiers in southern Shaanxi add up to 100,000, and at least 50,000 of them cannot be moved, because if you don't suppress Gao Yingxiang, you must defend Xi'an and Hancheng." In this way, we have only 130,000 or 40,000 troops. As you know, if we fight in the field under normal circumstances, as long as the Demon Sect has 40,000 troops, it will be enough to deal with more than 100,000 of us in the case of the Five Elements Banner. This is still based on an ideal situation, because the troops that come to the aid can easily be detected by the Demon Cult, and it will be even worse if they set up ambushes everywhere and annihilate them. Besides, if Gao Yingxiang's side freed up his hands, he would inevitably come to help the Demon Sect, which would be even more difficult to fight. ”

Zhiren thought for a moment and asked, "Can't we ask northern Shaanxi to send some troops?"

"Northern Shaanxi is one of the important towns on the nine sides, and although there are a lot of soldiers, they cannot be mobilized at will. To transfer them, not only the consent of the governors of the three sides, but also the consent of the military department, it will take at least a month to go back and forth. Moreover, neither Lu Xiangsheng nor the Ministry of War will agree. Because northern Shaanxi now has to prevent the demon sect from going north, and it also has to prevent the Chahar Mongol tribes in the north from going south, and there is absolutely no room for loss. There are a lot of dangerous passes to be defended, and losing one of them will have a major impact on the overall situation, so they would rather fall in southern Shaanxi than risk sending troops from northern Shaanxi down. In the same way, this is especially true in Jinbei. And because Jinnan wants to guard against Zhang Xianzhong, he obviously can't be transferred. The only one who can help us now is Hong Chengchou. However, he doesn't have many soldiers, and he wants to keep Liangcheng from losing, so he can't help much. ”

"Speaking of which, there's no one to help us?" Jiren couldn't help but say.

Qin Shuhuai smiled bitterly in his heart. If there are surplus soldiers in the imperial court, do you still need us to form a martial arts alliance?

After listening to Qin Shuhuai's analysis, Chang Wuji said thoughtfully, "Since no one can save us, and we can't defend to the death, then we can only fight with the Demon Sect in the wild?"

Qin Shuhuai nodded and said, "It's not all wild. We can only take the initiative to attack, set up ambushes at all levels, and strive to make the Demon Sect lose nearly half of its troops when it arrives at Baoji City. When the time comes, they dare not attack, and they are afraid that He Kegang will wait for the army to come back, so they can only retreat. ”

At this time, Wan Yunshan said, "Master Hou, you also said just now, the Demon Sect can fight 40,000 people against more than 100,000 people in the wild, and we only have more than 60,000 horses, I'm afraid it will be enough to beat them 20,000 people, right?"

Cao Huachun suddenly smiled sharply and said, "Lord Wan, the terrain near Baoji is complicated, and it is not impossible to consume the Demon Sect layer by layer. With the wit of Marquis Qin, I'm afraid that he has already made up his mind, let's obey orders. ”

Wan Yunshan hurriedly said, "In this way, listen to the Hou Ye's strategy in the next ear." ”

Qin Shuhuai glanced at Cao Huachun, thinking that this old eunuch was really talented in the palace, and he couldn't hide anything from his eyes.

The topography of Baoji is indeed complex, the east, west, south, north and middle landforms are different, with the south, west and north surrounded by mountains, with the Wei River as the central axis to expand to the east, showing the characteristics of sharp angle opening trough. There are both mountains, rivers and plains, mainly mountains and hills, showing the pattern of "six mountains, one water and three fields".

Clearing his throat, he said, "Cao Dugong is right. The reason why we want to take the initiative is because the terrain in this area is complex and there are many hills. What's the benefit of this? One is that we are ambushing, and the other is that many formations of the Demon Sect cannot be used in the hills, so everyone is more desperate for personal cultivation. I believe that on this point, we martial arts people will not be afraid of him. In addition, now that the two armies of the Demon Sect are attacking in two ways, we can still defeat them individually. And if they arrive at Baoji City and join forces, we can only fight with them, which we can't beat. ”

As he spoke, everyone nodded.

"But now we still have a problem, and that is that the other army of the Demon Cult has not yet been found. Meng Wei reminded.

Qin Shuhuai nodded, "That's right." However, the army will either come from the north or from the south, and the brothers of the factory guard have already expanded the search area, and it is believed that it will not be long before they can find it. ”

At this moment, suddenly the news came from outside the door.

"Master Hou, there is a person who claims to be from the White Lotus Sect, saying that he has important military intelligence to report. ”

"Let him in. ”

"Obey!"

Soon, a White Lotus Sect man walked in. This person is a man of about forty a year, who claims to be Ye Laifu, the owner of the Huixian branch altar under the jurisdiction of Tianshui Rudder. Almost all of the people who have come to deliver information these times are the bosses of their respective rudders and altars, presumably this was specially ordered by Hua Shen.

After checking the identity, it is indeed correct.

Ye Laifu reported that he saw the Demon Sect army enter Hui County this morning, and it was estimated that there were about 20,000 people. They were not stationed, but continued to rush in the direction of Baoji.

That's right.

It seems that another demon cult is coming from the south. Hui County is still more than 200 miles away from Baoji, and it seems that the Demon Sect in Guchuan is waiting for the Demon Sect in Hui County.

According to calculations, if the Demon Sect in the south wants to rush to Baoji, it will have to wait at least until nightfall tomorrow.

Qin Shuhuai still has time to arrange.

The first thing to consider is the demon cult to the south.

Judging from the map, the south of Baoji is full of lofty mountains and mountains, if you start from Huixian, the only passage is along the Fengxian, Honghuapu, Huangniupu, Guanyin Mountain, Taipingzhuang line to Baoji.

So on this road, you can make a fuss.

It's just that the Demon Sect, which has already suffered an ambush loss, will it repeat the mistakes of the past?