Taril's granary, the richer supplies on the other side of the Xiangzhang River, Wu'an's future prince...

These baits are indeed worth the risk for Gesangoro.

What's more, for them, going deep into Western Xinjiang where there are insufficient troops may not even be considered an adventure.

"This is a big gamble. If you win, there will be a tough battle. If you lose, you will be infamy even if you die. Do you really want to bet?"

Bai Shu stared at Meng Shulan with calm eyes, "Our chance of winning is less than 30%."

Meng Shulan smiled: "This gamble is definitely worth it."

Bai Shu stared at Meng Shulan for a long time, and finally stopped trying to stop him: "What do you want to do?"

"Half a month later, half of the garrison in Geluo Gobi withdrew into Nha City and half into Fenhan City. They pressed Talir's men onto the Qiuji City to create the illusion of persistence. When the Xirong army entered the situation, they were led into Qiuji City.

, then Moxi City, Fenhan City and Talir sent troops at the same time to besiege the Xirong army in Qiuji."

Meng Shulan briefly explained his plan, "The two gates outside Moxi City and Fenhan City are not only the first line of defense to defend the Xirong army, but they can also become a front line blocking the Xirong retreat."

It's not a clever tactic, or even a strategy that the opponent can predict, but it can be used to attack and retreat, which is quite safe.

If nothing can be done in the end, as long as the three cities defend together, it won't be a problem to hold on until reinforcements arrive.

Bai Shu nodded and approved Meng Shulan's plan and said: "In this way, Wu Ren will lead the army to garrison Fenhan, Qi Yuanqing and Yin Qiu will each lead 5,000 people to join the Shuangzhao garrison to form the first line of defense. Half of the 30,000 new soldiers will stay.

Taril's defense will be under my command. The rest of the people will be led by Marshal you to Moxi City."

According to Bai Shu, Wu Ren, who was familiar with the southwest terrain, went south to Fenhan, Meng Shulan, who was familiar with the northwest terrain, went north to Moxi City. Yin Qiu, who had been fighting for many years, and Qi Yuanqing, who was thoughtful, guarded the double gates to create a strong defensive situation. Bai Shu led the new troops.

It is undoubtedly the best arrangement to sit in Talil, defend Talil after the enemy invades Qiuji, and wait for Meng Shulan and Wu Ren to lead an army to encircle.

But Meng Shulan shook her head.

"In terms of familiarity with the situation in the northwest, General Bai is naturally better."

Meng Shulan said, "Since I am the coach, I should naturally be in charge of Taril. Since we want to create the illusion of persistence, the coach cannot move."

"Once the double gates are breached, Qiuji will have nowhere to fortify, and the enemy will attack Tahrir directly. The new recruits lack combat experience, and you have no experience in directly commanding new recruits in combat. If you stay, you are courting death!"

Bai Shu disagreed with Meng Shulan staying in Taril, "You have to know that you are the commander. If something goes wrong with you, it will be a blow to the morale of the entire army."

"If I don't sit in Tahrir, I will tell them directly that we have set a trap for them to exploit."

Meng Shulan asked Bai Shu, "Then what's the point of making this arrangement?"

Bai Shu didn't answer.

Meng Shulan continued: "Only when I am in Tahrir will Wen Zhemao let people fall into this trap."

"In his impression, I have always been afraid of death."

Meng Shulan smiled and said, "Tahrir, with a line of defense in front, is my ideal safe zone."

Bai Shu knew that Meng Shulan's words were perfunctory, but he did not try to persuade Meng Shulan again.

Just as Meng Shulan said, the commander's move to the city is a clear way to tell the enemy that there are changes in his army, which is not an advisable move.

"Since you insist on staying in Talir, let Shang Ming follow you."

Bai Shu finally gave in.

"It's natural."

Meng Shulan also had this plan for a long time. "General Shang is the guard of Taril, and he is most familiar with the situation in Taril. With his help, even if there are only more than 10,000 new soldiers, it is enough to support Mo Xi and Fenhan."

Reinforcements have arrived."

Hearing what Meng Shulan said, Baizhu felt a little relieved.

Since then, the entire counterattack plan has been launched.

In mid-March of the fourth year of Qianyuan, Shang Ming and Yin Zhiming led the people from Western Xinjiang behind the Geluo Gobi and along the Ming River to withdraw into Taril. The Geluo Gobi garrison began to withdraw and separated at Shuangzhakou, half of which supported Nhacheng.

, half of them retreated to Fenhan.

On the third day after the Geluo Gobi garrison withdrew, scouts came to report that the Xirong and Nanchuan Qiang people formed a large army in Geluo Gobi and pursued the retreating troops from Geluo Gobi to Shuangzhakou.

Bai Shu adjusted his strategy in time and divided half of the Geluo garrison that was supposed to support Nha City into the double gate defense line to form a defensive trend.

At the same time, Kelsangoro led his army to attack the city gate of Yacheng. The Erjun garrison deployed troops for reinforcements, but Kelsangoro failed to attack the city.

Wen Zhemao led a combined army of Xirong and Qiang people to attack Shuangzhakou. He used the river water to roll tung oil into Shuangzhakou and attacked it with fire.

At the end of March, the defense line at the double gates was broken, and the fire stopped all day and night.

Qi Yuanqing, Yin Qiu led the remaining army back to Talil.

Wen Zhemao stationed his troops at the two gates but did not pursue them.

Kelsangoro once again attacked the city gate of Nha City. Nha City was in danger, and Moxi City sent troops to reinforce it; the Qiang people launched attacks on Fenhan City and the Southwest Joint Defense Battalion from blindsen and Nanchuanzhou and other places. Under the miasma, Fen

Handeng has too much time to take care of itself.

In early April, the fighting situation in Yacheng and Fenhan was at a stalemate, and they were unable to return reinforcements.

Wen Zhemao sent troops to Qiuji, and in one day he captured the empty city of Qiuji and sent troops to Talil.

Meng Shulan led his men to close the city gate tightly and defend the city.

In mid-April, Daliang's reinforcements landed at the dock in Yuhuai Sea.

"Marshal, the food supply in the city has bottomed out."

Qi Yuanqing reported to Meng Shulan with a bitter face, "It's not an option to continue like this!"

The current situation is much different from what they originally planned. The troops in Moxicheng and Fenhan City were trapped, and Daliang's reinforcements encountered a storm at sea, so their landing was postponed until this time.

With a strong enemy in front and no reinforcements behind, Tahrir has become an isolated city.

"His grandma! Wen Zhemao's grandson actually asked people to pour tung oil and fire into the Minghe River! Otherwise, why would Shuangzhao Pass be so easy?"

When Yin Qiu thought about Wen Zhemao's fire attack, he felt very angry.

The tung oil floated on the surface of the river and followed the current to the gate. Together with the straw boats loaded with straw and dry firewood, the fire spread directly down the river and even reached Qiuji!

"I was negligent in this matter."

Meng Shulan took the responsibility and said, "The Minghe River is wide, so the fire attack will definitely require a lot of oil. Nowadays, it is difficult to transport grain and grass, so transporting oil is thankless. But we have forgotten that although Nanchuan Continent is not rich in yield, it has many tung trees.

It is not difficult to transport large quantities of tung oil from Nanchuan Island."

Shang Ming also remembered something: "Wen Zhemao stayed at Shuangzhao for five days before attacking. In addition to waiting for Kelsangoro and Qiang to put pressure on Nhacheng and Fenhan, he was probably waiting for the oil to arrive."

This was indeed unplanned, but it caught them completely off guard.

"The matter has come to this, there is no point in talking about it anymore."

Qi Yuanqing interrupted a few people, "The main thing is what to do now? We are frugal with the remaining food in the city, which is only enough for three days. The people in the city have been without food for two days. If we continue like this, we won't wait until Wen Zhemao attacks the city.
Chapter completed!