Xue Bing looked at Wang Ping's joyful look, and even without asking, he knew how the battle was going outside. So he didn't ask the result, just asked: "How is the casualties?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Ping replied with a smile: "Return to General, our army was killed in battle, seriously injured 61 people, and slightly injured 113 people."

Xue Bing frowned and thought about it in her heart. After this battle, she lost nearly a hundred people's combat power in an instant. If Cao's soldiers attacked a few more times, the soldiers at hand would sooner or later be consumed.

I calculated in my mind how long it would take for the troops in Xigu to reach Chang'an.

For a moment, the room suddenly became quiet. Wang Ping stood quietly in front of Xue Bing, waiting for a new order, while Xin Chang sat there with his eyes closed, not knowing what he was thinking about in his heart.

Xue Bing thought for a moment in his heart, then raised his head and ordered Wang Ping: "The remaining soldiers were divided into two shifts, and they were on shifts day and night to guard the four gates. In addition, they arrested all the officials, locked them up with the prisoners of war, and took care of them in a unified manner.

"While speaking, he sneered, "Since they feel that living in their own mansions is too boring, let's change their place."

Speaking of this, his eyes just glanced at Xin Chang and said to Wang Ping: "There is no need to be arrested by the people in Xin's mansion. Just take down the guards and the people in the mansion should be kept under strict supervision."

When Wang Ping heard this, although he did not understand why Xue Bing left the Xin Mansion alone and refused to arrest him, he turned around and saw Xin Chang sitting beside him, and said in his heart: "Is it because the general reached an agreement with the Xin Mansion? So he let the Xin Mansion go?"

Originally, in his opinion, the Xin Mansion was the initiator of this battle. If Xue Bing hadn't happened to meet Xin Chang on the street and responded early, forcing the Xin family to launch an attack in advance, I'm afraid the city gate would have been taken away by him.

And he allowed Cao's soldiers to enter the city calmly.

In that case, the three thousand soldiers on his side would not be enough to disperse the defense. They could only gather together and fight Cao's army head-on. But in that case, the number of winners and losses should be 55, and it would never be as easy as it is now.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, Xinfu, the person who is provoking trouble, will definitely kill them all to prevent future troubles. But now, not only will he not kill, Xue Bing also issued such an order.

The only possibility is what agreement Xue Bing and Xin Mansion reached.

He looked up and looked at Xue Bing, waiting for Xue Bing's other orders. He lowered his head and thought for a while, and finally waved his hand to Wang Ping and said, "There is nothing else to do for the time being, so I can go by myself." After Wang Ping received the order, he hugged his fists and retreated.

As a result, only Xue Bing and Xin Chang were left in the room. Xue Bing smiled and said, "Mr. Xin has seen it, and it is not difficult for Xin's mansion. I think Mr. Xin can rest assured."

Na Xinchang hurriedly said, "Thank you, General!"

Xue Bing said again: "But. Mr. Xin can't go back to Xin's mansion these days, so he will arrange a separate residence for Mr. Xin."

Xin Chang didn't say anything, but just smiled bitterly in his heart. But he understood Xue Bing's move, proving that he was still guarding against him.

He was afraid that after he was letting him home, he would be able to come up with his family and threaten Chang'an, so he kept him by his side and monitored him at any time. However, he had no room for objection, so he nodded to show his understanding.

When Xue Bing saw Xin Chang nodded. She stopped talking nonsense and ordered to her left and right: "Take Mr. Xin down to rest!" Then she also left this house, looking forward to her original residence and returned...

Later, Xue Bing personally wrote a book, listed the matter of the pigeons on it in detail, and hurriedly sent him to Liu Bei's office with a fast horse.

The advantages of the pigeons were listed in detail, hoping that Liu Bei could continue to train the pigeons as soon as possible, and he must train a batch of pigeons that could be used before Cao Cao knew this contact information.

A few days later, Wang Ping had discovered the troops attacking Chang'an in the previous period. The chief general was not Xu Huang, but his son Xu Zhi. And.

He failed to take his life at the last moment, but only caused him some injuries. Now Xu Zhi's troops have all passed through the Wei River and stationed in Wugong County.

Moreover, he kept recruiting nearby soldiers and horses, it seemed that he wanted to set up a defensive line on the front line of martial arts to prevent the Chang'an soldiers from suddenly reaching Qinchuan from then on.

In addition, there were also letters from Qingni Pass to Chang'an. Lu Xun had successfully seized Qingni Pass and Wu Pass. Now Lu Xun has left this place alone, leaving the pass to Deng Ai and Wang Fu to guard it.

As a result, the two important passes east of Chang'an were taken down, and the east gate of Yongzhou was completely closed. It can be said that the passage from land to Yongzhou was completely stuck.

After receiving the news, Xue Bing sent someone to send the battle to Liu Bei, and on the other hand, he also breathed a sigh of relief. Especially when this good news kept coming.

Zhang Ren arrived. The 20,000 soldiers and horses he brought under his command were walking all the way from Xigu, and it was like entering a no-man. The scattered Cao soldiers encountered on the road chose to surrender after seeing his number of soldiers and horses again.

In this way, these Cao soldiers could not stop this army even for a moment.

In addition, the 20,000 people did not need to divide their troops to stay everywhere, because Zhang Ren received the order to clear all obstacles from the road from Chang'an to Xiegu as soon as possible, and at the same time, they rushed to Chang'an in the shortest time to consolidate the defense power of Chang'an and Tongguan.

As for these captured counties, there are naturally follow-up troops responsible for occupying and maintaining them.

When Zhang Ren arrived in Chang'an, Xue Bing personally went out of the city to welcome him into the city.

After the generals entered the generals in public, Xue Bing looked at the people present. In addition to Wang Ping who had been following him, there were Zhang Ren who had just arrived and Deng Zhi who was accompanying him. In addition, Mi Fang was also in the army. However, this person is now arranging military horses to settle in Chang'an and replace the original four-gate guards, so he is not in the hall.

After looking back and forth, he immediately ordered: "Zijun, immediately lead five thousand troops to Tongguan, and at the same time, he exchanged General Zhao and Xue Ze for the same time."

When Wang Ping heard this, he immediately said, "The last general is given the order!" After saying that, he immediately took the military talisman and went out of the hall. At this time, Mi Fang was arranging the troops to enter, but he wanted to move faster and take away the five thousand soldiers before the troops completely rested.

When Xue Bing saw Wang Ping leave, he immediately said: "Bomiao immediately prepared his troops and selected 7,000 soldiers to rest for a long time. When General Zhao Yun and General Xue Ze return, they will send troops immediately."

Deng Zhi also took the order when he heard this. As a result, only Zhang Ren was left in the hall. Zhang Ren stayed for a while, and saw that Xue Bing had no orders to him, but instead asked him to sit down, he asked, "What kind of thing does General Xue have to hand over to me?"

Xue Bing smiled and said to Zhang Ren: "I do have a heavy responsibility to General Zhang. I wonder if the general thinks that this city in Chang'an is heavy?"

Zhang Ren said: "Chang'an is located in the east of Yongzhou, and it is the gateway. It is also a capital of many generations, how can it not be revered?" After saying that, he suddenly understood in his heart and asked: "General Xue's intention is to guard Chang'an?"

Xue Bing said, "Yes!" Then he reached out and took a picture from the side, spread it out and rushed to the table. It turned out to be a map. He looked up and called Zhang Ren to approach him, pointing to the picture and said to him: "Now our army is to occupy Chang'an, Tongguan and Qingni Pass.

It can be said that the east gate of Yongzhou has been completely closed,"

He drew a circle on his hand, circled Chang'an, Tongguan and others all over the place, looked at Zhang Ren, saw him nodding, and expressed his understanding, so he continued: "And with the arrival of General Zhang's large army, Chang'an and Tongguan, which had weak troops, strengthened.

In this way, the first step of the Northern Expedition has been achieved.

Xue Bing said this because no one knew the specific strategy of this Northern Expedition except those who attended the meeting. Even if most people know, they only know a small part, but do not know the entire plan.

Like Zhang Ren, all he knew was that a surprise attack on Chang'an, and after receiving the letter, he would immediately lead his troops to Chang'an.

As for why he wanted to go to Chang'an? What should he do after he arrived in Chang'an? How would the army take action? He didn't know anything, so he could only guess by himself.

Xue Bing also knew about this situation, but in order to carry out the next strategy, he had to tell Zhang Ren in detail about the next action.

With his fingers on the northwest of Chang'an, Xue Bing continued: "The next second step of the strategy is the key part of this Northern Expedition. It can be said that the previous several battles can only be regarded as small-scale wars, and the role of these wars is to lay out a plan.

A game that can make the second step go smoothly.”

After looking at Zhang Ren again, he saw him staring at the map intently. He first looked at Tianshui, then looked at Xigu, and then looked at Chang'an. After looking at all these places, he said suddenly: "So that's it. General Xue means to put the troops in the designated place and lay them into a net.

When all the troops arrive at the designated location, they will start to close the net and destroy all the enemy troops in the net."

Xue Bing smiled and said, "General Zhang said nothing badly, that's exactly what he said."

Zhang Ren said again: "So, it's time to close the Internet?"

Xue Bing didn't say anything, just nodded.

Zhang Ren continued: "Is the general who ordered Deng Bomiao to reorganize his army? Is he going to lead the army to attack?"

Xue Bing nodded and said, "Yes, just wait until the troops are prepared, I will lead the army across the Wei River and take directly to Wugong and other places. The king's army first joined forces with General Wei to attack Chencang, and then erode Qinchuan, Liangzhou and other places."

Zhang Ren looked at the map and asked again: "It's just that the general asked the last general to guard Chang'an? He just listened to the general's intention, but he wanted to wait for General Zhao Yun to return before sending troops. Why not let General Zhao guard this place?"

Xue Bing said: "General Zhao must also lead his troops to attack. I want to divide the troops with General Zhao, and use the technique of splitting and attacking together to take the northwest of Chang'an.
Chapter completed!