Hu Longshi's expression changed: "Brother Lingxiu, do you mean that the demon thieves and the Tiandao Alliance have joined forces to surround us and eat our entire army?"
Zhu Lingxiu sighed: "When I was chasing just now, I was actually thinking that these bandits were organized before the demon thieves landed on Wulindu, and they gathered from scattered lairs in the mountains. Before gathering,
, we even had a good time, at least the food was good, and none of them looked like they hadn’t eaten well in months, what does this mean?”
Tan Daoji gritted his teeth: "It means that these bandits were organized and concentrated some time before the demon thief attacked here, and they completely cooperated with the demon thief's actions this time."
Zhu Lingxiu shook his head: "No, Brother Daoji, I don't think so. With this kind of organization of bandits and thieves, it will take at least a month or two to mobilize these thieves scattered all over Jingzhou to Ma Tou."
We gathered near the camp. In the past month or so, we had been informed several times by Wei Liujin and the village chiefs of other villages that there was something unusual happening nearby. They then sent troops to search, but nothing was found. Long Shi, am I right?
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Hu Longshi nodded: "Yes, more than half a year ago, there were often reports of small groups of bandits and Qiang horse thieves robbing villages, and we also eliminated many small groups of bandits. However, in the past two months, although there have been occasional
There was such news, but there were very few bandits who directly attacked villages and robbed food. We thought they couldn't stay any longer and dispersed on their own or starved to death, but we didn't expect that they actually scattered and hid."
Tan Daoji shook his head: "No, it's not that they were scattered and hiding. Someone should have provided them with military supplies, and at the same time let them concentrate, build weapons, and assemble soldiers and horses."
Zhu Lingxiu said in a deep voice: "This person or force is very powerful and terrifying. He actually did this in Jingzhou under our eyes. Presumably, he used the food and grass from some secret strongholds left by the Huan family.
And ordnance reserves, there is another problem, that is, even if he has these reserves, how can he gain the trust of these frightened bandits and be willing to follow them?!"
Tan Daoji looked outside the formation. The gap in the fence that had been opened just now was being closed again, and more than a hundred auxiliary soldiers were pouring kerosene on the corpses of bandits scattered everywhere outside the formation.
Then they were thrown together to form a small pile of corpses, and dry firewood was piled on them to prepare for burning on the spot.
The corpses of ordinary people were carried back to the formation. The women and children who had survived the disaster were crying loudly in front of the corpses of their relatives. The sound of crying was unbearable.
Tan Daoji sighed and said: "Unless the people who let these thieves come to Jingzhou have the tokens of their leaders, they can gain the trust of these thieves. Now we know that those who asked Gou Lin and Huan Qian to attack Jingzhou, on the surface,
It was Yao Xing of the Later Qin Dynasty who did it, but behind it, there was actually the shadow of the Tiandao League. This time the Tianshi Dao raised their troops, they also received strong support from the Tiandao League. However, they were closer to Doupeng. As for these people from
The thieves from the north were probably brought by the black robe. The black robe should be Murong Chui who died in Guanggu, because he had been besieged by Brother Jinu for many years and could no longer command and help these thieves from the Later Qin Dynasty.
That's why our Daogui brother can defeat them so easily."
Zhu Lingxiu said in a deep voice: "So, Murong Chui, the black robe, is finished in Guanggu City. Can a new black robe come out to reorganize these rabble-rous thieves and even make them stronger?"
Tan Daoji looked solemn: "Although I don't want to admit such a thing, after analysis, it should be the speculation closest to the truth. This guy who succeeded the black robe probably has a lot of power in Jingzhou, at least he is familiar with it.
The secret reserve location left by the Huan family relies on these to feed these bandits and make them work for them. In this way, what we have to face in this battle is not only the 30,000 crazy thieves of Tianshi Dao, but also possible
There are more than ten thousand of these Tiandao Alliance soldiers and horses."
Hu Longshi took a breath of air: "Are there so many thieves? It's unlikely."
Tan Daoji shook his head: "It is correct to predict that the enemy will be broad. When Huan Qian and Gou Lin attacked, they each had more than 20,000 troops, and the total number was about 50,000. When we defeated these two groups of thieves, we beheaded less than 20,000
, in the past year or so, the bandits have been suppressed everywhere, and probably more than 10,000 people have been captured, and there should be about 15,000 remaining. Considering that some people may have broken up and returned to their hometowns, or fled Jingzhou, the remaining
There are approximately 8,000 to 10,000 troops, plus some of the new black robe's own troops, so we must be prepared to face at least 10,000 thieves in this battle."
Zhu Lingxiu gritted his teeth: "Then they suddenly attacked the nearby villages to capture the people, then cut off our return, cooperate with the demon thieves, and annihilate us all?"
Tan Daoji shook his head firmly: "I don't think it's like it. Logically speaking, the way to use troops is to show weakness and hide one's strength, so as to be surprised. In this battle, the demon thief never sent an army to our rear.
They used all their main force to attack our front army and the middle army. According to previous battle reports, they even dispatched super ghosts in the front army in order to overwhelm the front army and counterattack the middle army. Fortunately, this move was given to the third brother.
We saw through it and withstood it, but now the pressure from the front army and the Chinese army is still very high."
"But the demon thief and our front and center armies are just in a stalemate, and we can't tell the winner for the time being. Our rear army currently has about 4,000 troops. If the Tiandao Alliance has more than 10,000 troops, then we will face an unfavorable situation.
It's a small pressure, but they can't figure out our reality now, so they deliberately want to use these thousands of bandits to drive the villagers to our place, in order to see clearly our reality, and in addition, they want to lure us out of the battle.
, set up an ambush outside the formation and eliminate our main force. Once we lose more than two thousand people outside the formation, they may attack our army by force."
Zhu Lingxiu gritted his teeth: "Brother Daoji's analysis is too reasonable. It should be like this. Whether it is the thieves of the Tiandao Alliance or the demon thieves, I am afraid that our army would actually send troops from Jiangling so quickly and concentrate the main force of the army.
They were overwhelmed by the decisive battle here. In addition, Lu Zongzhi's Yongzhou troops and horses may return at any time, and even the troops and horses brought out by Xiao Shitou to the south of the Yangtze River may appear at any time, whether they are monsters, thieves or bandits.
Dare to expose all your strength, because once your strength is exhausted, you will be powerless in the face of a surprise attack from our army's reinforcements!"
This chapter has been completed!