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"What urgent news?" Magistrate Wang couldn't help but ask

"Sir, there is news from Fucheng that many Rongdi cavalry are gathering in the direction of Fucheng." The messenger said.

"What, do they still want to attack Fucheng?"

"I don't know about my humble position. General Liu just asked me to come look for you. You will know after you go."

"Then go."

Magistrate Wang followed the messenger and set out for the city tower. Zhao Laoer also followed, but he could not enter the city tower. After all, it was an important military location, and civilians like Zhao Laoer were not qualified to enter.

He mainly went to the county to inquire about the latest news. If there was anything that did not involve military secrets, he believed that Magistrate Wang would inform him in time.

At this time, only Liu Wenshan was present in the hall.

Magistrate Wang looked at Liu Wenshan, who was standing in front of the map with his back to him, and said, "Brother, what's going on? I heard that Rong and Di troops are gathering in Fucheng."

Liu Wenshan turned around: "Brother Wang, you are here, the situation seems not good. Over at Dingyuan City, Rong Di did not gain much advantage in attacking the city last time. The vanguard troops left more than 2,000 corpses and withdrew. Rong Di I also know that Dingyuan City cannot be taken down for a while, so it seems that I want to find another breakthrough."

"Brother, what you mean is that they want to abandon Dingyuan City and attack Ning'an Fucheng as the next best option?" Magistrate Wang asked with a shocked look on his face.

"It seems like this. After all, if they can't take down Dingyuan City in a short time, other relief teams from our country will arrive. Their purpose is to grab supplies to survive the disaster period, and they are not trying to fight a decisive battle with our country.

Therefore, grabbing Dingyuan is robbery, and grabbing other places is also robbery. As long as they don't go too deep, anywhere near the border may become their target. Liu Wenshan said, pointing to the map of the border area.

"So what do we need to do?"

"You should know the current defense situation of Ning'an City. To capture Ning'an City in a short period of time, at least 100,000 troops will be needed.

I will send scouts to investigate and report the latest battle situation at any time. The tens of thousands of people currently wandering around Fucheng are not enough to pose a threat to Ning'an Fucheng. My main direction is the movements of Rong Di in Dingyuan City. Liu Wenshan replied.

"Brother, what you mean is that the Rong Di army from Dingyuan direction will join forces with the 30,000 troops currently roaming around Fucheng and attack Fucheng together?" Magistrate Wang reacted and said in horror.

"It looks like this. They can't retreat so easily. They have to achieve their strategic goals. Otherwise, why would they raise an army and mobilize all the troops for nothing? Let's wait for the news first." Liu Wenshan raised his head and looked at Magistrate Wang and said.

Magistrate Wang nodded helplessly, then walked out of the tower and briefly explained the situation to Zhao Laoer, and asked him not to rush back tonight. The surrounding area is not safe now. There have been several incidents of gangsters killing people and robbing money. Wait. We'll go back after dawn tomorrow.

Zhao Laoer also followed Magistrate Wang's suggestion and spent the night there to deal with him when he returned to the county government office. Anyway, the county government offices are all men now, so there is nothing to avoid.

Early the next morning, Zhao Laoer had just eaten a steamed bun and was about to set off back to Shatian Village. But before leaving the county government office, I heard a rush of drumming.

Although he didn't know what the sound of the drums meant, he also knew that something big was happening.

He hurriedly ran to the city tower, and along the way he saw countless armed figures of soldiers running towards the four city gates.

When Zhao Laoer saw this situation, he broke out in a cold sweat. There was no time to think about it and he went straight to the tower.

Before he reached the city tower, he met the Yamen sent by Magistrate Wang to inform him. "Brother Zhao, the county magistrate asked me to inform you that you should stay in the county office and not come out."

"Brother, what happened? I was fine just now. When I heard the drums, I ran out to go to the tower to have a look." Zhao Laoer asked nervously.

"Second Brother Zhao, the Rong and Di armies have besieged Pingyang County."

The officer's words immediately made Zhao Laoer almost sit on the ground and said intermittently: "No. Didn't you say... that we were preparing to siege the city? How could it... turn into a siege of Pingyang County?"

At this time, Liu Wenshan and the supervisor were standing on the east city wall looking towards the city.

Magistrate Wang stood aside with a gloomy face, and Liu Wenshan snorted and said: "These bastards are really good at playing. They pretended to besiege Ning'an City during the day, and then marched in a hurry at night to attack Pingyang County. This is a brilliant move. The secret crossing of Chencang on the plank road was not bad, it seems that there are experts.

Fortunately, scouts were sent out, otherwise the enemy would not have been discovered until right under their noses. Then there won't be enough time to prepare. "

"Brother, we only have 5,000 people. The scouts came to report the direction of the distant city and sent 50,000 Rong and Di troops. In addition to the more than 30,000 troops already around Fucheng, almost 80,000 Rong and Di troops besieged me in Pingyang. County seat. What should we do?" Magistrate Wang said anxiously.

"Now we can only defend. I hope reinforcements will arrive as soon as possible, but it will take at least three days." Liu Wenshan replied

This is all we have now. It is impossible to let the soldiers from the city come out or the defenders from several nearby counties to come out. Otherwise, Rong Di will take advantage of the loopholes behind his back, and no one will dare to bear the crime of losing the city.

The troops deployed in the northern border were always sufficient, and at least they would not be surrounded by 200,000 Rong Di. However, by chance, the Rong Di invaded just as the most proficient Long Xiang cavalry rushed to the aid of the Western Region.

Although the Longxiang Iron Cavalry has a small number, only 30,000, and has always maintained this number, its combat effectiveness is equivalent to 100,000 or even 200,000 ordinary troops.

This was formed by Qiao Benwang, the previous imperial master of the Empire Pillar. The horses of the Longxiang Iron Cavalry are all strong war horses from the Western Regions, and the personnel are the best in the army selected from every army competition. The equipment is also the best in the army. of.

There are more than 800,000 regular troops in the Dali Kingdom, which is equivalent to selecting the 30,000 people with the strongest overall strength from more than 800,000 people.

Therefore, if the Longxiang Iron Cavalry were still stationed in Rongdi, the northern border, they would not be so unscrupulous in breaking into the northern border defense line, so that Dingyuan City was besieged. You must know that the Longxiang Iron Cavalry is best at field combat.

If Long Xiang's iron cavalry is here, he really won't be afraid of siege, he can just go out and do it.

Just the high-defense armor they wore, ordinary swords and guns couldn't penetrate it at all.

Rushing into the enemy's position is like a wolf rushing into a flock of sheep, a direct method of chopping up melons and vegetables.

But before March, there was a rebellion in Dali Kingdom's vassal countries in the Western Regions. The eldest princess joined forces with the generals to launch a coup and wanted to become the queen.

However, the coup failed, and the armies of the two sides faced off. However, the rebels were powerful, after all, the general controlled most of the country's army.

Therefore, the old king had to ask for help from the suzerain country, and as the suzerain country, Dali State sent the most powerful and mobile Longxiang cavalry to assist in the battle.

In fact, there is no need to send out all the Longxiang Iron Cavalry, but there are unavoidable reasons.