The Era of Generals

"Soldiers are approaching the city!"

As soon as these words came out, Chen Ze's eyes lit up.

Four days ago, that is to say, one day after he led Meng Yang and others to leave Bo'an City, the Zhu Yan Empire launched an attack on Bo'an City!

"That……"

He looked at Mr. Jing with hope in case, but what he saw was the other party nodded slightly.

"As the lord of a city, Mr. Zheng has the right to ask for the secondment of soldiers within his authority. If there is no legitimate reason, I cannot refuse."

Mr. Jing said indifferently, "So last night, Mr. Zheng dispatched 40,000 troops to Bo'an City. I'm afraid that he has already traveled a hundred miles away, and he won't be able to chase him back in a while."

"If you had come one day earlier, I would have known about the abnormality in the Poison Mist Forest, and I might have been able to persuade some troops, but it is too late to say this now."

It really is a brother.

Chen Ze smiled wryly. The brotherhood between Zheng Yuanlong and Zheng Yuanyun was a headache for him all the time.

"The situation seems to be developing in the direction you speculated, so in your opinion, how should we deal with it?"

Mr. Jing looked at Chen Ze with a half-smile, as if he wasn't worried about the current situation at all.

"I?"

Chen Ze frowned for a moment, then said solemnly: "If Mr. Jing is convenient, I would like to know the current situation of the troops in Xiyun City first."

"Yes." Mr. Jing said directly: "Currently, the remaining troops in Xiyun City are 2,000. If the troops on the outer blockade of the Poison Mist Forest are combined, there are still 600 troops. Adding the 400 people of the city defense force, the total strength is Three thousand."

"However, one thousand of them are old, weak and disabled soldiers, so they can't be used much."

Only three thousand?

Chen Ze's heart sank slightly. He estimated that there were about 50,000 soldiers stationed in Xiyun City before, but in reality there were only 43,000 soldiers in total. Forty thousand elite soldiers left.

Even if you leave ten thousand...

While sighing in his heart, he also knew that although Zheng Yuanlong left in a hurry, he still considered the situation of the Poisonous Mist Forest, otherwise he might have to take another thousand elite soldiers away.

Although there are four to five thousand recidivists in the forest of poisonous mist, they are not well-trained troops, and even fight among each other constantly, they can be regarded as mobs at all.

In addition, the situation has been calm for so long, and the Military Aircraft Department has not received any reports from the eyeliners planted in the poisonous mist forest. Therefore, in Zheng Yuanlong's mind, leaving two to three thousand troops is enough to deal with emergencies.

Even if those criminals found out that Xiyun City's troops were empty and raised their voices, would they want to capture Xiyun City with four or five thousand people?

Siege of a city is inherently more difficult than defense of the city. With these scattered mobs, even if the number of defenders is twice that of the defenders, they will still be able to rush in without fighting behind closed doors?

The worst result is that those repeat offenders took the opportunity to break through the blockade and escape from the forest of poisonous mist and scattered like birds and beasts.

But this is also impossible.

What is more important between Bo'an City and thousands of felons?

The big deal is to wait until after the war is over, and then issue a general order to arrest people and bring them to justice.

But... the mob?

With the Zhu Yan Empire behind the scenes, this matter has been planned for a long time, I am afraid that those thousands of repeat offenders have already been trained to become elite soldiers!

Yes, a large amount of siege equipment is needed to siege the city. The spies of the Zhuyan Empire cannot bring these things in from outside. Don't forget, where is the Forest of Poisonous Mist?

It's the forest!

Catapults, battering rams, ladders...which one cannot be obtained locally?

With the current 3,000 people...

Thinking of this, Chen Ze said anxiously: "Mr. Jing, can you order the soldiers on the blockade to be withdrawn first?

"Withdraw?"

Mr. Jing frowned and said, "That's no longer blind. We are completely kept in the dark about the other party's actions."

"No!"

Chen Ze shook his head and said, "Xiyun City's troops are weak at the moment, every penny that can be saved is a penny, and we don't need to know their movements!"

"As things stand, things are going in three different directions."

He snapped out a finger, "First, my deduction is wrong. The people in the Poison Mist Forest have not reached a cooperation with the Zhu Yan Empire, and they are still in disarray. Staying inside is naturally the best outcome."

"Second!" He flicked out his second finger, "Still assuming that the deduction is wrong, the felons inside can't help but rush out of the poisonous mist forest, but they are determined not to attack the city, and at most they will run away in all directions. Although it is troublesome, it is not unacceptable in this extraordinary period."

"third!"

Chen Ze slowly popped out the third finger, and said in a deep voice: "If the inference is true and the two parties have reached a cooperation, then they will definitely come to attack Xiyun City. It doesn't matter whether they know their movements, because the other party will Actively appear in our sight."

"It's better to defend the city with all our strength than to disperse our troops. At the same time, withdrawing the soldiers on the blockade can also send a signal to the opponent, that is..."

"We have already noticed their plan and made preparations, so that the other party will not dare to attack wantonly under the vigilance of the heart, so that at least we can delay it for a while."

After a pause, he saw that Mr. Jing still had no intention of opening his mouth, and continued: "At the same time, I will send two more fast horses to chase Mr. Zheng all the way, hoping to recover some reinforcements, and rush all the way to the neighboring Qiuding City. Master Zheng must be urgent, maybe the troops are still there, so we can send more troops to help."

"Even if Qiu Dingcheng has no soldiers to help, at least it can be used as a warning, so that Qiu Dingcheng can take precautions in advance. If those people see that Xiyun City can't attack and turn to Qiuding, they won't be caught off guard."

Speaking of which, he actually didn't say a word.

The purpose of procrastinating is of course to wait for reinforcements, but at the same time Chen Ze is also waiting for his general to cool down.

Today in the battle against Gui Jianchou, he used Bai Rao's generals, and later Cheng Yu, these two generals could no longer be used today, and now there is only one Wu Anguo left, whose strength can be said to be greatly reduced.

It was almost evening now, as long as it was delayed until midnight, a new day would begin, and the general star's cooldown would end, and then Chen Ze would be able to use it.

After the words fell, Chen Ze waited for Mr. Jing's response.

In fact, until now, he still hasn't figured out the meaning of the other party. He has been talking all the time, and the other party just answered a sentence or two occasionally. Does this person really believe him, or does he have other secrets?

This doubt, Mr. Jing answered him with actions.

"Come on!"

He suddenly called out loudly, and within a moment, an orderly pushed the door open and entered.

"Order to go down, go to the tower and shoot arrows to call everyone back. Remember, every soldier who returns must be strictly interrogated, and if there is anything suspicious, he will be killed on the spot!"

Mr. Jing, who had been calm all the time, showed a sense of murder in his eyes, and the orderly trembled in horror, and rushed out in a cold sweat.

Turning around, he looked at Chen Ze and said with a smile, "Aren't you strange, why do I trust you based on your one-sided words and act according to your arrangements?"