Cold water off.
Although Xin Huang got the position of guard commander by inheritance and was usually very pampered, Xin Huang was definitely not a fool to have been in this position for twelve years.
Under his hands, he had already spread a lot of information within a fifty-mile radius of Lengshuiguan.
Before the rebels came out of Laoxingwei, Xin Huang's men learned from the fleeing people that the rebels in Hefei had already been dispatched.
As the scouts came one after another, the news they brought back gradually became clearer.
The sentinel observed the bandit camp from a distance. The rebels dispatched about 30,000 to 40,000 troops this time.
This data looks scary.
But in fact Xin Huang is not worried.
Regardless of the actual number of soldiers in his guard station, there are only more than three thousand.
It's a lot less than others' 30,000 or 40,000.
But it is impossible for all thirty or forty thousand rebels to be soldiers.
In the Battle of Kunyang, Liu Xiu defeated Wang Mang's 400,000 troops and wild beasts.
Not to mention that Wang Mang couldn't gather so many people at that time. According to the estimates of the Song Dynasty, Wang Mang had 100,000 people at that time. It stands to reason that Liu Xiu's 7,000 or 8,000 troops wanted to attack 100,000 people, so there was no objection to using an egg against a stone.
But why did Liu Xiu win, and at a very small cost?
That's because in ancient wars, the standard configuration was a soldier with three auxiliary soldiers behind him.
These three auxiliary soldiers should help the soldiers pick up weapons, back armor and scattered gadgets.
Therefore, in Xin Huang's estimation, the number of thieves that could actually be fought would only be 10,000.
Although there is still no advantage compared to four or five thousand compared to ten thousand.
But he is guarding the key point of the road that must be passed by the rebels. The thieves want to bite off his [hard bone], haha!
"What's going on over there in Jincheng Village?" Xin Huang turned to look at Mr. Xiong.
Mr. Xiong was the teacher he had just recruited this year. He usually taught his children how to read. Occasionally, Xin Huang found out that this man was also knowledgeable in the art of war, so he took the old master along with him during this expedition.
Mr. Xiong cupped his hands and said: "Sir, those people took over Jincheng Temple and now they have built it like an iron barrel, making it impossible to attack easily!"
At this time, Sun Qianshi, who was a guest general, said worriedly: "Master Xin, after all, the coastal defense camp was built by Zhang Bingxian himself. If something goes wrong, Master Bingxian will not be able to explain it! Moreover, the soldiers of these coastal defense camps can They were all recruited by Mr. Xu personally..."
Before he finished speaking, Xin Huang smiled and said: "Brother Sun, you have misunderstood me. The reason why I sent these people to Jincheng Village is because I want them to be enemies with us?"
"This group of people were just weak-kneeds a few years ago. How can they be effective? If they break the rules in my camp, will I punish them?"
"It just so happens that Jincheng Village is far away from the official road. The thieves are in a hurry to go south and will not make a special trip to attack. Even if they go, it will be a partial attack. Although I am not showing good intentions to them, I am still taking care of them."
"When the time comes, Master Bing Xian and that Mr. Xu won't blame me, right?"
Although Sun Qianshi knew that he was looking for an excuse, it made sense, so it was hard to persuade him.
But he came here with the Haiphong Battalion, but for the past two days, Xin Huang had been dragging him to have a banquet at Lengshuiguan. He said goodbye several times, but was stopped by Xin Huang.
Seeing that the rebels were coming soon, Sun Qianshi couldn't stay here any longer, so he handed over his hands and said: "Sir, I will go to Jincheng Village today and leave those soldiers to fight against the enemy alone. I don't feel at ease!"
Xin Huang had no friendship with him in the first place, but now that he was determined to leave, he smiled and said: "In that case, then..."
"Mr. Xiong, go get twenty taels of silver and give it to Sun Qianshi as Cheng Yi!"
"Oh! Mr. Xin, you are really embarrassing this official!"
"Hahaha, we are all Paoze, what does this money mean? When I go to Yangzhou, I will make my brothers spend money!"
"Easy to say, easy to say, definitely!"
…
Sun Qianshi packed up his things, took a dozen soldiers with him, took the stall at Lengshuiguan where there was no siege, and hurried down the mountain.
Just half an hour after he left Lengshuiguan and descended the mountain, the vanguard of the Hefei rebels surrounded the small Lengshuiguan.
At this time, Sun Qianshi didn't know that something had happened behind his back.
The soldier apologized and said with a smile: "Sir, you have a better mind. In the past two days, we have not been able to eat well in the customs, and we have not been able to sleep. We are afraid that we will suddenly be surrounded by those damn rebels!"
"Yes, sir, I heard from those people in Xin'an Guard that Jincheng Village is quite remote and there is no way the rebels can get there."
Seeing that Jinchengzhai was about to arrive, Sun Qianshi glared and cursed: "I'm a few foodies, do you think I'm just like you? I went down the mountain to hide from thieves?"
Everyone: "..."
Sun Qianshi stopped talking and looked ahead worriedly.
There were some things that he couldn't tell Xin Huangming. Xin Huang looked down on these regiment training soldiers because he thought that these regiment training soldiers were just thugs raised by rich young masters!
Sun Qian didn't know whether he was a thug or not, but he knew Xu He very well.
Xu He is by no means one of those wealthy young men who would raise some private soldiers to act as a force and bring trouble to the countryside when they get interested.
According to his observations along the way, the soldiers in the coastal defense camp were even more capable than the soldiers in the garrison.
Not only do they endure hardships and stand hard work, but they also obey orders and prohibitions.
Not to mention his Xin'an Guards, even the Yangzhou Guards under Commander Chen would probably be no match for these people if taken alone.
Moreover, whoever Xu He is, he will definitely be an official in the future, and that official will definitely not be young.
Xin Huang arranged the team training to Jinchengzhai. If something went wrong, Xu He would definitely have 10,000 ways to make him suffer.
The reason why I rushed here.
In addition to drawing a clear line with Xin Huang, I just thought that if I could climb this big temple of the Xu family, in the future...
Just as he was riding on the horse and thinking about the problem, the soldier who was leading the horse suddenly reined in the horse and said nervously: "Master Sun, listen, there seems to be the sound of killing and firearms."
Hearing this, Sun Qianshi was startled and listened carefully. Sure enough, there seemed to be a faint shout of killing coming from the wind, accompanied by the shouting of killing and the sound of explosions.
Following the direction of the sound, it was Jincheng Temple that he was about to go to.
The soldiers drew their swords to protect Sun Qianshi. One of them said: "Sir, what should we do? Are we still going over?"
past?
Didn't that hit the muzzle of the gun now?
Sun Qian said, "Send someone over to see what's going on."
After two sticks of incense.
The soldiers sent out turned around and found a group of people hiding in the woods.
"Sir, rebel, rebel..."
"how many?"
"There are countless people. Jincheng Temple is densely packed with people. At least there are five or six thousand people!"
Sun Qian's heart sank.
Between five and six thousand, this group of coastal defense battalion's mechanized soldiers only numbered over a thousand, and most of them had never even seen the thieves!
Can they, can they withstand it?
