Li Xingzai was obviously stunned, with a question lingering in his mind.
"Inconvenient?" Cheng Dalei asked.
"How many people do you have now?" Li Xingzai asked without answering.
"Seven to eight hundred." After finishing speaking, Cheng Dalei added: "They are all elite soldiers and strong generals. One can defeat a hundred."
"You didn't know I would come, so..." Li Xingzai asked slowly: "If I don't show up, you will have to use seven to eight hundred people to execute the plan."
"Is it missing a little?" Cheng Dalei asked tentatively.
Li Xingzai slapped his forehead, feeling speechless for a while.
"How about it, borrow it or not?" Cheng Dalei.
"I can lend you soldiers, but there are still many inaccuracies in your plan. I need to know all the details." Li Xingzai said: "For example, how to set up an ambush in the canyon, and can you transport so much gunpowder?"
"Hey, you are a great person. You can see the problem at a glance." Cheng Dalei said: "Do you remember the Battle of Bingzhou?"
"Of course I remember, that's when I lost my leg."
"When I retreated from Bingzhou, I hid a batch of gunpowder here. Now is the time to use it."
"You counted it as this section at that time?"
"It may not be completely accurate. Are you prepared for any trouble?"
Li Xingzai was completely speechless. If he didn't believe Cheng Dalei, how could he explain this huge batch of gunpowder.
Cheng Dalei raised his head and found that Li Xingzai was looking at him so intently that it made Cheng Dalei's whole body go crazy.
"What's wrong?"
"Cheng Dalei, you are actually quite ugly." Li Xingzai said seriously.
"Hey." Cheng Dalei shouted: "We are familiar with each other. If you talk nonsense like this, I will still beat you."
"Because you are ugly, people often forget how scary you are."
Cheng Dalei didn't notice, and Li Xingzai finally sighed softly.
Cheng Dalei's appearance is indeed far from handsome. He has a sturdy back and a rugged face. It is not unheard of to scare a child to the point of crying. But a man's appearance is not very important. The dignified Lord of Liangzhou affects countless lives and deaths with every move he makes.
In controlling the direction of the empire's situation, Cheng Dalei has his own majesty.
Li Xingzai gathered his energy and said: "Let's not worry about the details of this battle for now. If everything goes according to your plan, this battle can be won. But it still won't hurt the foundation of the Rong clan. Then what? What are your plans?"
"If we can win this battle, we can firstly destroy the prestige of the Rong clan, and secondly, it can boost the morale of the Chang'an defenders. After this battle, Qin Man will arrive with a large army, and we will be able to do more by then.
"
Li Xingzai's eyes lit up: "Qin Man is coming, how many soldiers and horses will he bring?"
"Ten thousand." Cheng Dalei raised a finger.
Li Xingzai was speechless for a while: "Cheng Dalei, you really cherish your troops like gold."
"It's okay, human life is precious."
"You are so frugal, but you know that Chang'an City may not be able to survive?"
Cheng Dalei nodded and said: "Li Xingzai, the Rong tribe's plan to send out a large army to go south is not trivial. Even if you and I have the means to change the world and display our eighteen kinds of skills, the Rong tribe still cannot be underestimated. If we want to completely defeat the Rong tribe, we must do it
This is a bloody battle, and only by investing all the wealth that you and I have worked hard to save over many years can we have a chance of winning."
"It's difficult." Li Xingzai nodded.
"Everyone must be prepared to live a hard life." Cheng Dalei said: "Now it's just a matter of taking one step at a time."
Li Xingzai sighed and said, "Let's talk about it. How are you going to fight this battle?"
The two of them calmed down and determined the details of the battle in detail. Based on the current intelligence, they continued to overturn the plan and start over.
Cheng Dalei is careless and careful. If he hadn't had this ability to calculate, he might not have been able to get where he is today.
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The Rong tribe stationed in Lizipo belongs to the Xiong tribe among the eight tribes of the Rong tribe. There are more than 20,000 people stationed here, some of them are the Rong tribe's own troops, and some are composed of civilians and surrendered soldiers.
The main reason why the Rong tribe stationed troops here was to guard against the troops coming from the west to support Chang'an. The main troops coming from the west were the Liangzhou soldiers under Cheng Dalei.
Therefore, when the Rong people were keeping an eye on the difficult nut of Chang'an City, they were also watching every move in the empire.
The leader of Li Zipo's soldiers is called Yan Huahu. Li Zipo's soldiers are responsible for defense rather than attack. This area is already on the periphery of the battlefield. And everyone in the world knows that the Rong people are good at attacking but not good at defending.
When you attack a city and seize territory, you are naturally invincible and can plunder property. However, the party responsible for the defense may not be able to use it in the entire war.
If he cannot go to the battlefield, he will not have the opportunity to make meritorious deeds. This can also explain Yan Huahu's status among the Rong people.
Yan Huahu's own family knew about his own affairs, and he was quite self-destructive. After setting up camp at Lizipo, he did nothing but abuse the captives all day long. He ordered his men to rob women everywhere and send them to the camp for Yan Huahu's debauchery and pleasure.
"Report, report..."
A scout quickly walked into the tent, and Yan Huahu was exposing two women who were having sex in the tent. Yan Huahu had a ferocious appearance, a fat body, a bare figure, and a slap on his chest to protect his chest hair. Under his torture
, those two imperial women are already dying, I am afraid they will die more than live.
"What's up?"
Being blocked from a good thing, Yan Huahu was a little irritable and yelled with a sullen face.
"Report, report... there is an imperial army approaching five miles northwest."
"Imperial Army? Which army does it belong to? Whose troops are it?"
"It's hard to tell for the time being. There should be two thousand troops."
Yan Huahu frowned and suddenly laughed loudly: "Surely someone who is not afraid of death will come to my door. Bring my weapons and let me meet them for a while."
Yan Huahu was neatly dressed and ordered three thousand men and horses. When he was ready, the enemy troops had already attacked the camp.
Since the Rong tribe entered the pass, it can be said that they have won consecutive battles and rarely suffered defeats. Even if they have suffered losses, they are just indifferent and cannot be said to be defeated.
In this way, it increased the morale of the Rong people and also boosted their arrogance. Facing the enemy force that came over, Yan Huahu did not choose to defend, but took the initiative to attack.
Attack is always the best defense.
Yan Huahu believed in this and rushed out with three thousand tiger and wolf cavalry. Two thousand versus three thousand, a man riding a black bull rushed out from the enemy camp, holding a big ax in his hand.
The best result was that Yan Huahu was defeated. When more men and horses from the camp rushed out, the enemy chose to retreat and set up camp ten miles away.
After that, this strange group of people blocked Yan Huahu's outward passage and started harassment battles nearby. They came to attack them every two days. When they wanted to fight them, they immediately retreated.
Yan Huahu's good life was completely destroyed and he was extremely disturbed. In the end, he had to send someone to spread the news and send it to the Rong tribe's base camp.