"Where are the imperial reinforcements? Where are the imperial reinforcements..."
A surprised question came from behind. Qin Liangyu turned around and found that it was Chen Shiqi, the governor of Sichuan. He was not wearing official robes, and at first glance he looked like he was rushing over after hearing the sound.
To be honest, her opinion of Chen Shiqi is actually a bit big. But at this time, she completely forgot about it and pointed excitedly outside the city: "There, there, and there are reinforcements from the imperial court!"
Chen Shiqi rushed to the battlements and looked in the direction pointed by Qin Liangyu. When he saw so many cavalry troops, he couldn't help but burst out laughing: "I've been crazy since I was young, and I hope that when Wang Shi defeats the thieves, he will have to drink three hundred cups at a time..."
When Liu Zhibo heard this, he turned around and glanced at him, wondering, was he going crazy with joy? It’s not like Mr. Zhongcheng’s usual literary talent!
But he didn't care, and turned to look outside the city again. He couldn't see enough!
However, after being disturbed by Chen Shiqi, Liu Zhibo returned to a little bit of normality.
Suddenly, he turned to look at Qin Liangyu and asked: "I wonder who is leading the army? There should be about 50,000 cavalry troops, right? Where did they come from so many cavalry troops? They should be able to win, right?"
After hearing so many questions, Qin Liangyu didn't know which question to answer first, so he simply pretended not to hear it.
But in her heart, she was also very curious about the support army outside the city!
As for whether it can be won?
Thinking of this, Qin Liangyu immediately turned to look at his nephew and ordered loudly: "Send my military order and the white pole army assembles!"
Upon hearing this, Qin Yiming immediately replied loudly: "My aunt is sitting at the top of the city. I will lead the White Army out of the city to respond. If we attack from inside and outside, we will definitely win!"
The Baigan Army is a private army, so who leads the army depends on Qin Liangyu. Because of this, her son, daughter-in-law, nephew, etc. all led the white-pole army on expeditions. Even her daughter-in-law had died in the battle, and if Zhang Mingwei hadn't traveled through time, her son would have also died in the battle.
This time, Qin Liangyu did not insist, but nodded and said: "Gather and stand by, wait for my military order!"
"My nephew, I obey!" Qin Yiming was overjoyed when he heard this and hurried away.
Seeing him leaving, Qin Liangyu turned to Chen Shiqi and Liu Zhibo and said, "Don't worry, sirs. Although there are a lot of thieves outside the city, as long as the thieves deal with reinforcements, they can look for the right moment and find the weak points." If we attack from both inside and outside, the bandit army will be defeated!"
After hearing this, Chen Shiqi and Liu Zhibo were extremely excited and nodded repeatedly.
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Compared to the ecstasy and thunderous cheers on top of the city, neither the rebels nor the bandits outside the city were happy or relaxed at all.
No matter which army it is, they are all merging together urgently to deal with the sudden reinforcements from the imperial court.
When they discovered that they were all cavalry, many of them turned pale.
Zuo Liangyu asked Hou Xun worriedly: "Military advisor, you were once the governor of the five provinces of the Ming Dynasty. Do you know where so many cavalry troops come from?"
"If there were so many cavalry, why did the imperial court allow bandits to wreak havoc... and let the rebels attack the city?" Hou Xun also couldn't figure it out. "After a while, look at the flags and you'll know! Yes! One thing is for sure, they are definitely not Sun Chuanting’s subordinates!”
At this point, he added with the same worry: "It's still early to leave the Spring Capital, so how can there be reinforcements from the imperial court?"
Zuo Liangyu also couldn't figure it out, although in fact there was only one fact, and that was that he took the risk and came in through the Shu Road without waiting for the beginning of spring.
While they were talking, they suddenly saw a chieftain driving over on horseback and asked angrily: "Didn't you say that the world is already in chaos outside? Why are there reinforcements from the imperial court? Are they all cavalry?"
"..." Zuo Liangyu was speechless. He was waiting to conquer Shu first. After the deal was done, it was impossible to contact the outside world in the short term. He was not afraid of being exposed when he deceived these bumpkin.
I just didn't expect it to be revealed so quickly. If those toasts get into trouble later, some of them will have a headache!
Thinking of this, he argued with a slight blush: "Perhaps they are Sun Chuanting's hidden troops, not necessarily the reinforcements entering Shu from outside!"
Hou Xun, on the other hand, seemed to be used to it. His lies were exposed and he did not change his tone at all. He just urged the chieftain: "The war will start soon. The inside story will be revealed after the war!"
When the chieftain saw this, he was also worried about the war, so he hurried back. As Hou Xun said, everything will be discussed after the war.
Seeing him leaving, Hou Xun looked at the imperial cavalry in the distance and said to Zuo Liangyu with a little worry: "Commander, I'm afraid this battle won't be easy!"
Seeing Zuo Liangyu looking at him, Hou Xun pointed to the chieftain's army again and said: "With these troops, they can deal with ordinary imperial troops, but on this plain, if we have to face so many cavalry troops, just I’m afraid it’s hard to have an advantage in terms of quantity!”
After hearing this, Zuo Liangyu glanced at the chaotic chieftain army and sighed in his heart.
He has spent most of his life in the military, and of course he knows that the cavalry is almost invincible on the plains!
But this is not the time to build up others' ambitions and destroy your own prestige.
Thinking like this, Zuo Liangyu looked at the dirty thieves. The military discipline was indeed much better than that of the chieftain's army, or even his subordinates. At this time, the army has been organized and is ready to fight.
So, he said to Hou Xun: "Now we and Li Zicheng's troops are like grasshoppers on the same rope, working together in the same boat. They are all old thieves and elites! Besides, they also have tens of thousands of cavalry, so they should be able to call taxi."
After hearing this, Hou Xun looked at the dirty thief, nodded with deep sympathy and said: "Now we can only hope that Li Zicheng's men can withstand the imperial reinforcements. As long as the stalemate continues and depletes the morale of the imperial officers and soldiers, this war will be over." Still have to fight!”
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However, the two of them would not have thought that Li Zicheng's men, Hao Yaoqi and Tian Jianxiu, were actually not much better than them at this time.
The sudden appearance of the imperial reinforcements, and the cavalry troops appeared on the Chengdu Plain, was a huge blow to their morale anyway. Not to mention, they don't know how many imperial officers and soldiers will follow.
In addition, they naturally knew that Liu Zongmin and Gao Yigong had joined forces to attack Baoning Mansion. They had no idea whether the imperial reinforcements had been defeated by the imperial army there.
But when things came to pass, the two of them were battle-hardened after all, so they could only put aside everything else and focus on the battle at hand first.
Whether it is Hao Yaoqi or Tian Jianxiu, they still have confidence in their own men. Although the army has been expanded, the backbone is still the elite they brought in from outside.
Coupled with the number of troops on Zuo Liangyu's side, the two of them felt that it would not be difficult to deal with the imperial reinforcements and form a stalemate!
However, this confidence did not last long.
As soon as he saw the detective horse that had gone out, he quickly came back and reported to the two of them: "Report, the imperial officers and soldiers opposite us seem to be... It seems to be..."
The military situation is extremely urgent. Generally speaking, this stuttering situation is absolutely impossible.
Those who have the habit of stuttering will not be arranged to report military information.
Seeing this, Hao Yaoqi became angry. He was already in a bad mood, so he shouted sternly: "You stutter like this, do you believe I will chop you down?"
Being frightened by him, Tan Ma immediately stopped stammering: "They seem to be Zhang Dingguo's men under the Eight Great Kings, but now they are under the banner of Li!"
"What?" Hao Yaoqi asked in surprise when he heard this: "The Eight Kings' men... Zhang Dingguo's men? This... how is this possible?"
Tan Ma did not dare to say that he was stuttering, but immediately replied: "The villain has been in contact with their Ye Bu Shuang, and they recognize one person. Looking from a distance, it seems that he is also Zhang Dingguo under the handsome flag!"
In the past, their two families had joined forces. For example, they all burned the imperial tomb in Fengyang together. It's not surprising that we know each other.
Hearing what he said, Hao Yaoqi was immediately shocked. He turned to look at Tian Jianxiu and said, "What's going on? Could it be... that the Eighth King was defeated by Duke Xingguo and recruited his men?"
Before Tian Jianxiu had time to answer, another spy horse Pegasus came to report, saying that the imperial cavalry he had spied on belonged to Zhang Wenxiu, a subordinate of the Eighth King, but the flag changed to the character "Liu".
If there are one possible reasons, then another one can rule out many possibilities at once.
The results were not over yet, Tan Ma rushed back to report one after another. Basically at this time, the news came together.
"What?" Hao Yaoqi didn't know what to say, "Even Zhang Nengqi is here!"
Three of Zhang Xianzhong's four righteous sons have come, which is enough to show that Zhang Xianzhong is probably doomed, and all his men have been recruited by the imperial court. That's why there are so many cavalry!
If it was before, they actually didn't believe that such a situation would happen.
But during the battle in Kaifeng, they had already realized that Duke Xingguo had a very powerful ability to confuse people's hearts. No, there was a brave general known as the tiger, and the general's nephew Li Guo, who was bewitched and imprisoned by the general.
Also, Li Guo's adopted son Li Laiheng, who was also a brave general in the army, led more than a thousand cavalry to defect to Duke Xing Guo!
From these aspects, it is not difficult to understand that Zhang Xianzhong's adopted sons surrendered to the court.
When they thought of this, almost at the same time, Hao Yaoqi and Tian Jianxiu looked at each other and shouted almost in unison: "Xing Guo Gong?"
If Duke Xingguo came with at least 50,000 cavalry, how could this battle be fought?
In their minds, the scene in Kaifeng City immediately appeared: launching an attack on the imperial army. That was an attack, and they simply ran over and surrendered.
That battle really left a shadow on them. I don’t know how to deal with this unorthodox style of play!
Thinking like this, the two of them asked almost in unison for Tan Ma, who was standing in front of them and looked at them in surprise: "Who is the commander of the imperial army?"
