Late at night, the meeting hall of the Black Deer City camp.
Everyone discussed together how to meet the enemy.
When he first learned that the city wall was about to collapse, Hong Zhenji almost collapsed. After a few days of peaceful life, he didn't expect that Heilu City would fall again.
Not only Hong Zhenji, Cui Luoxian and thousands of generals were used to defending the city, but now that there was no city to defend, everyone felt heavy.
But the situation is such that Black Deer City cannot withstand the second crossbow bolt. Three days later, the city wall will definitely collapse. The focus of the Qiancheng generals' discussion is where to garrison the next city after abandoning Black Deer City.
Everyone discussed around the map for more than an hour, but in the end they couldn't decide on a place to go.
In fact, there is no need to discuss, everyone knows the result, no matter which city is suitable.
Heilu City is the gateway to Qiancheng Kingdom. Once the gateway is knocked down, the roads behind it will extend in all directions.
There are many routes to reach Shenlin City. No matter which city they are stationed in, they cannot stop Tunu's attack.
Everyone expressed their opinions one after another, then turned around and looked at Hong Zhenji.
According to their thinking, they should return directly to Shenlin City and hand over half of Qiancheng Kingdom to Tunu.
Hong Zhenji had already anticipated what the generals would say. He looked at Xu Zhiqiong, waiting for Xu Zhiqiong's attitude.
Xu Zhiqiong remained silent, and everyone's attention was focused on Hong Zhenji again.
They are waiting for Hong Jinji's decision.
Hong Zhenji's hands were shaking.
He only served as the divine king for a few months.
Now he is about to lose half of the Qiancheng Kingdom.
Yu Shan shook his head and said: "If this half of the country is given to Tu Nu, it will be difficult to get it back."
Cui Luoxian said: "There is no city left in Heilu City to defend. I wonder what General Yu has to do?"
Yu Shan pointed to the Heilu City Road on the map: "There is a mountain to the east of the city, called Mount Xiangori. Twenty thousand troops can be stationed on the mountain. They cooperate with Heilu City. Even if the city wall is damaged, it can continue to hold on."
Taking advantage of the mountainous terrain, staying high up, and going back and forth to provide support are common defensive strategies.
After hearing these words, Hong Zhenji seemed to see some hope.
Cui Luoxian shook his head and said: "Xiangori Mountain cannot garrison troops. If troops could be garrisoned, I would have arranged for troops to be garrisoned long ago."
Yu Shan frowned and said, "Why can't we garrison troops?"
"There is no water source in the mountains."
Yu Shan was silent. He was indeed not as familiar with Qiancheng Kingdom as these local generals.
There are 20,000 troops in the garrison, and the consumption of food, horses, and drinking water is astonishing. They can barely support them if they are stationed for a day or two, but they cannot be stationed here for a long time.
The idea of ​​garrisoning troops on the mountain was rejected, and Hong Zhenji looked at Xu Zhiqiong again.
This is his last hope.
He wished that Xu Zhiqiong could say something and Heilu City could still be defended.
As a result, Xu Zhiqiong said: "There is no need to defend Black Deer City."
All the generals nodded, and Hong Zhenji lost all hope.
The Third Holy Son, Hong Huaheng, was not willing to give in. His lips moved slightly, as if he was about to speak.
Xu Zhiqiong made a gesture to signal him to be silent.
Hong Zhenji closed his eyes and was about to order the withdrawal of troops when he suddenly saw Xu Zhiqiong holding a sound transmission sign and secretly transmitting a voice to him.
Hearing the voice in his mind, Hong Zhenji was startled at first, then calmed down, raised his head, and said to a general: "Hua Heng, Cui Luoxian, Cong Ming, you stay, Yunhou, General Yu, please two of you
Stay here, General Jin Qing (Yu Xianguo Guardsman, a third-grade Suzaku cultivator), please stay for a while, and the rest of you can retreat."
The so-called rest are all local generals from Qiancheng.
The generals looked at each other in confusion, wondering what Hong Zhenji's intention was. Hong Zhenji raised his sword eyebrows and said: "Get out of here, please hurry up!"
The generals did not dare to stay long and quickly left the meeting hall.
Xu Zhiqiong used a magic circle to seal the meeting hall. Hong Zhenji ordered Qin Yan to put the servants on strict guard. No one was allowed to approach the meeting hall. This was to prevent others from eavesdropping.
A general asked: "What is so secret, and you are afraid that we will know about it?"
Another lieutenant general sighed: "You still don't understand this. The Lord Shen is discussing the withdrawal route."
The general suddenly realized: "The secret must be kept secret. If the news leaks out and the Tunu people catch up, we will not be able to return to Shenlin City."
In the meeting hall, Cui Luoxian had already drawn a route, pointed at the map and said: "Sovereign Lord, withdraw your troops along this route, which is the fastest march. I will lead my sergeants to stop the troops along the way. Before our troops withdraw to Shenlin City, the enemy will definitely not
Catch up..."
Hong Jinki looked at Cui Luoxian with a cold expression. Cui Luoxian swallowed his words halfway.
Why is the Lord looking at me like this?
Am I mistaken?
Cui Luoxian turned to look at Xu Zhiqiong and whispered: "Didn't Marquis Yun just say that he wanted to withdraw his troops?"
Xu Zhiqiong said expressionlessly: "When did I say I was going to withdraw?"
Cui Luoxian puzzled and said: "Yunhou Shicai said that there is no need to defend Black Deer City..."
"If you don't defend the city, won't you be able to fight?"
Cui Luoxian asked: "What should we do according to the wishes of Marquis Yun?"
Xu Zhiqiong said: "Go out of the city to meet the enemy."
"Another attempt to contain and harass the city to buy time to build the city?" Cui Luoxian seemed to have guessed Xu Zhiqiong's intention.
Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said: "Don't disturb us and fight the enemy decisively!"
Cui Luoxian frowned: "Marquis Yun, don't be impulsive. There is a huge disparity in combat power between the enemy and us. We should immediately retreat to Shenlin City while the main force of our army is still intact.
If the main force is severely damaged again, it will be unable to fight again, and a country's territory will fall into the hands of the enemy!"
Xu Zhiqiong said: "Tunu's army was only 50,000, and the city was attacked in consecutive days, and more than 10,000 were lost. Now it is less than 40,000, and there are 80,000 troops with a thousand vehicles. What is the disparity in combat power?"
Cui Luoxian said: "This is not based on the number of soldiers. In the first battle, our army was 100,000, and the enemy's army was 50,000. We were defeated in consecutive battles. Did Marquis Yun forget it?"
Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said: "In the first battle, 90% of the soldiers had never experienced war, so their combat power was naturally unbearable. Now, after being tempered by several battles, their combat power is far from what it used to be."
Cui Luoxian sighed and said: "Marquis Yun, if you have a city you can't defend it, how can you fight this battle without a city?"
"If we can't defend Heilu City, it's not because we can't defeat Tunu, but because the city walls can't withstand the bed crossbows built by Xingjun," Xu Zhiqiong pointed at the map and said, "Three days later, the enemy will bring bed crossbows to attack the city. We
The army will go directly out of the city and fight with them!"
Cui Luoxian was silent for a long time and said: "Instead of going out of the city to fight, it is better to wait for the city to be defeated and fight the enemy in the streets in the city. Maybe there is still some chance of survival."
Having fought with Tunu for many years, Cui Luoxian was really frightened. If he fought on flat ground, he didn't think that 80,000 troops could resist 40,000 Tunu.
Xu Zhiqiong disagreed with street fighting: "When the city wall is breached, the morale of the Qiancheng Army will be greatly reduced. Moreover, street fighting does not take advantage of the use of force."
Cui Luoxian sighed silently, how can there be any advantage in military strength?
"Marquis Yun, fighting on flat ground, our army is no match for Tu Nu. A single charge by the cavalry can disperse our army."
Xu Zhiqiong said: "Our army also has cavalry. They just arrived today. We will use up 10,000 of them!"
Yu Shan smacked his lips and said: "This cavalry..."
Cui Luoxian asked anxiously: "General Yu, why don't you dare to tell the truth? Can those cavalry be used?"
Yu Shan went to check and found that out of the 10,000 cavalry, there were almost 2,000 that could actually fight.
There are about two thousand people who can barely fight with spears.
The remaining half can ride a horse and run with them.
This seems to be two different concepts from Tunu's cavalry.
Yu Shan looked at Xu Zhiqiong and said: "These cavalry are really reluctant to confront the Tunu cavalry."
Hong Huaheng's lips trembled, he couldn't help but wanted to say something.
Xu Zhiqiong raised his head and said: "Three Holy Sons, if you have something to say, there is no harm in speaking."
Hong Huaheng looked at Hong Zhenji.
Hong Zhenji frowned and said, "You can say whatever you want!"
Hong Huaheng pointed to the two mountains and said: "Since we have cavalry, we might as well put the cavalry on Xiangzhi Mountain. When the enemy engages us, the cavalry will rush down from the mountain, follow the mountain, and hit the enemy's flank directly."
Hong Zhenji sighed: "I just didn't say that there is no water on Xiangzhi Mountain."
Hong Huaheng said: "Master Shen, we don't have to stay here for a long time. We just need to send the cavalry up before the war begins."
Yu Shan remained silent.
Cui Luoxian smiled.
Hong Huaheng didn't know what he said wrong, so he asked carefully: "Is there anything wrong?"
Cui Luoxian confirmed again: "Your Majesty, you mean to send the cavalry to Kaori Mountain before the war begins?"
Hong Huaheng nodded and said: "I went to look at that mountain. The mountain is quite gentle. It is not difficult for the cavalry to go up. There is not too much vegetation in the mountain. There is a suitable route for charging."
Cui Luoxian said: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for speaking frankly, have you ever fought in a war?"
Hong Huaheng shook his head and said: "I have never fought a battle, but I have read the military manual. This is how the battle was fought. At that time..."
"Let's not talk about then, let's talk about now!" Cui Luoxian said, "Let's send the cavalry to the mountain. Then Tunu knows that there are cavalry on the mountain, and then they don't take any precautions on their flanks, leaving us to fight? Is there such a cheap thing?
"
Hong Huaheng shook his head and said: "Of course that's not the case. We sent the cavalry to the mountain and we definitely can't let Tu Nu know about it."
Captain Cui Luoxian sighed: "My lord, do you know how much noise ten thousand cavalry makes when moving? Do you know how many enemy scouts and spies there are outside the city?"
Ten thousand cavalry were sent to the mountain, and you still want to keep it from being known? Even if I use my stealth and silent skills, I can't do it!"
Yu Shan looked at Xu Zhiqiong and said, "Is there anything Miss Tao can do?"
Xu Zhiqiong shook his head.
Ten thousand people were sent to two mountains silently.
Unless the entire Onmyoji is moved here, Tao Huayuan and the Onmyoji here alone will never be able to do it.
Hong Huaheng pursed his lips and said, "I don't know how to fight, just think of me as nonsense."
Xu Zhiqiong suddenly raised his head: "I'm looking for someone to do this."
Cui Luoxian said in astonishment: "Marquis Yun, don't make fun of me!"
"I was just joking with you. I thought of a way to send 10,000 cavalry troops to Mount Kaori to ensure that the enemy wouldn't notice."
Cui Luoxian stared at the map for a while, with a gleam of light in his eyes.
"If Marquis Yun is really capable, he can fight this battle."
This is a very effective tactic. For example, when Chu He and Xu Zhiqiong were fighting, Yuchilan rushed out from the side, kicked Chu He down, and then the two men surrounded them.
Yu Shan thought for a while, shook his head and said: "If our army is fighting the enemy at the foot of the mountain, and the cavalry on the mountain swoops down, it will be difficult to distinguish between the enemy and ourselves in the chaotic army. I am afraid that our army will also be affected."
Yu Shan's worries were justified. Yuchi Lan rushed too hard and knocked down both Xu Zhiqiong and Chu He.
This situation will lead to a melee, which will definitely not be advantageous for the inexperienced Qian Chengjun.
Cui Luoxian dotted on the map and said: "If you don't fight at the foot of the mountain, go a hundred steps away from the mountain and fight with the enemy."
Let Xu Zhiqiong stand under the city and Chu He stand at the bottom of the mountain. When Yuchilan rushes down, he will only knock down Chu He but not Xu Zhiqiong, and then the two of them will go up to fight.
Yu Shan calculated on the map for a moment and said: "A hundred steps away from the bottom of the mountain, there are only about 80 steps left from the bottom of the city. The army cannot be deployed at all."
Cui Luoxian thought for a while and said: "In addition to the 10,000 cavalry, our army also has 70,000 infantry. I led an army of 20,000 to meet the enemy at the bottom of the city. The rest of the sergeants were hidden in the city.
When Tunu's army rushes up and the two armies are fighting fiercely, General Yu leads his cavalry to make a surprise attack from the mountain and rush straight into the enemy's main formation. When the enemy's army is in chaos and the troops in the city leave the city, follow me and attack them together, and we may be able to completely annihilate the enemy.
military."
For example, Xu Zhiqiong and Chu He were fighting, and Yang Wu was hiding behind him. Yuchi Lan rushed up and knocked Chu He down, and Yang Wu also rushed out and beat Chu He together.
Good strategy!
Yu Shan nodded slightly, then became a little worried: "Tu Nu knows that our army's strength is definitely more than 20,000. If we see that our army's strength is too small, I'm afraid the enemy will be on guard."
Cui Luoxian said: "Spread the news and say that most of our troops have fled. Our troops are used to fleeing. The enemy will definitely believe it."
As he spoke, Hong Zhenji's expression turned ugly.
What do you mean our army is used to running away? Cui Luoxian doesn't know how to speak.
Yu Shan still has some concerns: "There are many famous generals in the Tunu army. They have been fighting on the battlefield for a long time, so I'm afraid they will still be wary."
Cui Luoxian nodded and said: "If you want to completely disarm the enemy, unless..."
Halfway through his words, Cui Luoxian stopped talking.
Yu Shan also understood what Cui Luoxian meant: "This is to..."
It's hard for him to say it.
In the end, it was Xu Zhiqiong who said it bluntly: "As long as the Lord God personally leads his troops to fight under the city, the enemy will definitely let down their guard."
Hong Zhenji raised his eyebrows and said, "What do you mean by this? Are you asking me to be used as bait?"