What the spies brought back was not the main battlefield of the front line, but the news that another city was surrounded.

Mengcheng is the closest city to Dingcheng. Like Weicheng, it is the auxiliary city. Because it is not far from the largest Dingcheng, there are not many soldiers. This time the front-line commander was surrounded, and everyone thought that the soldiers and horses of Changguo were also gathered towards Langkou Mountain, and there was no time to take care of it, so he also pulled away many soldiers and horses of Fucheng.

But I never thought that at this moment, Changguo could even mobilize his troops, bypass the front line, and pounce directly on the back.

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

The sound of drums was stirring people's hearts. Beard stood at the school grounds and held a big knife on the stage, motionless. Unlike him who was usually tyrannical, he today had a serious face and was quite powerful as a general.

The drum beats were fast and the gathering was fast. In just a moment, more than 20,000 new recruits were assembled, and the veterans in the city gathered on the periphery.

Beard took out a military order and said loudly: "The commander will go on the battle and leave this order. All the troops in the city will be dispatched by me."

"Here!"

Everyone responded loudly, although the new recruits were puzzled by the bearded coach suddenly seemed to have a very high position, but seeing that many veterans didn't say much, they naturally didn't dare to speak.

"Gate General Liu Shunde obeyed the order!" He shouted loudly.

Someone immediately left the list: "The last one will be here!"

"Teach the first, the second gun barracks lined up outside the city!"

"Abide by the order!"

The man immediately led the new gun barracks out of the city.

"General Yamen Zhou Tianci obeyed the order!"

"The last one will be here!"

“…”

He pointed the generals on the stage, and led the commander of the left-behind general in the city, divided the 20,000 new recruits and took them out of the city.

"First Cavalry Battalion!"

He looked at Yang Fanhai and other twenty people, with 20 recruits, and there were 20,000 new recruits, and naturally there were more than one of them in the cavalry battalion. They were the first cavalry battalion by number. At this time, the school ground had all been dispatched, and only more than 20 of them were left standing here.

"Yang Fanhai is the captain, follow me to fight!"

Yang Fanhai was stunned. He didn't expect that he would choose himself as the captain temporarily, but at this time he could only ride a horse and respond loudly: "Abide by the order!"

With a bearded horse, he was holding a big knife in his hand, and was about to set off. The military supervisor on the side stepped forward and said with some concern: "Is it not enough to bring only 20,000 new recruits? It is more reliable to bring another 5,000 veterans."

Bearded and shook his head: "Changguo was extremely ruthless this time, and the front line was anxious. He actually sent people to the rear of our army to invade. I'm afraid there are more plans in it. I'm worried that their troops will be more than what we see."

"The Dingcheng defenders are less than 30,000. If I take away five thousand, I will be able to catch the troops even more. Once the opponent uses the strategy of luring the tiger away from the mountain, it seems to be surrounded by Mengcheng, but in fact it is a decisive city, it will be troublesome."

"Dingcheng cannot be misunderstood, everything is done to supervise the army!"

Although Dingcheng military personnel have not had a good relationship with the military supervisor, everyone can only face the crisis together at this moment.

With a bow, he led the First Cavalry Battalion out of Dingcheng and ordered the army to launch it and headed towards Mengcheng.

Dingcheng was not very far away in Mengcheng. After marching quickly, he arrived at Mengcheng area in the early morning of the next day.

Beard did not rush to send troops, and asked the army to stop and rest at a distance of only thirty miles from Mengcheng. At the same time, he sent a large number of scouts to investigate the news about the enemy army.

In the camp, listening to the information sent by the spies, his beard kept sliding on the map with his fingers, frowning. Yang Fanhai and Xu Fan stood aside with spears, motionless.

Beard was just a cavalry commander, so naturally there were no guards. Now that he was leading the army to fight, there must be someone around him, so he simply used the first cavalry battalion of his direct line as guards.

After looking at the map for a long time, his beard and frowned, as if the situation was extremely bad. Xu Fan was very active, and after looking at it for a long time, he couldn't help but ask, "Master Qi Governor, what's going on?"

This time, Beard did not scold him for asking what he shouldn't ask, but shook his head and said, "The situation is quite bad."

He pointed at Mengcheng with his finger and said, "The 30,000 troops in Changguo surrounded Mengcheng and were attacking, but the offensive was not very fierce. Mengcheng's defenders had only more than 3,000 people. If the opponent attacked with all his might, Mengcheng would have been taken down at this time."

"Will they besiege the city and attack the aid first?" Xu Fan asked.

Beard nodded: "I'm afraid that's exactly that!"

Xu Fan frowned: "Thirty thousand people besieged the city, leaving at least five thousand people to correspond to the city, and the remaining people can be only 25,000. Our army also has 20,000 people. With 25,000 to 20,000, will the other party really be so sure to win?"

"And this is a plain. Our team can sprint rapidly. The gap between the five thousand people is completely negligible. Even if we are all recruits, these 30,000 people will not be able to eat us."

"Not bad!" Beard nodded, then looked at Xu Fan in surprise and asked, "Have you fought a war?"

Yang Fanhai looked at the map without saying a word because he couldn't understand it very much, but Xu Fan was talking very well, so he naturally had this idea.

Xu Fan immediately smiled: "I thought I was familiar with military books and proficient in strategy when I was young. What's this? Everyone in our place called me a genius Xu, but I was not lucky these years. Now I finally have the opportunity to use my abilities. Master Kaiser, if you are in a difficult situation and don't know what to do, you might as well let me command this battle!"

"You turtle grandson!" Beard grabbed the inkstone on the table and smashed it.

Among the recruits, this guy is indeed a talent, but every face is always felt that it is unreliable.

After scolding, he felt a little moved and asked again: "In your opinion, how should we fight this battle?"

I was worried and couldn't make up for it. Maybe it was a real solution to ask this young boy.

"I really want to command!" Xu Fan laughed, and when he saw that his beard was about to smash things again, he quickly turned a serious face, stretched out his finger and pointed at the map and said, "In my opinion, the number of 5,000 gun barracks and sword barracks is stationed ten miles away in Mengcheng, and then 5,000 stations in Mengcheng ten miles away, taking care of each other, so that the enemy dare not attack the city with all his strength."

"Then use archers and cavalry to harass each other, and further disperse the opponent's energy. One thousand cavalry will sweep this area and cut off the supply of Changguo."

"Wait, there is another thing you don't know!" interrupted Xu Fan, pointed at the cavalry he mentioned and said, "No scouts sent in this direction have come back. I am now worried about whether there are any soldiers and horses hidden in this direction."

That was the direction of the attack of Changguo, and there were many woods, which was very suitable for hiding troops.

Xu Fan touched his forehead, thought deeply, and shook his head and said, "There is the real one, the weak one, the weak one. The soldiers and horses of Chang Kingdom came from this direction, and there is no need for them to do so. We must beware of this direction."

"As far as you see?" asked Beard.

Xu Fan pointed to the place and said, "In my opinion, there is no large army in this place. The other party just sent a large number of scouts here to specifically snipe our scouts, making us think that the direction is dangerous, attract our attention, and disperse our troops."

Beard frowned and nodded slightly: "It's not unreasonable, but as you said, it's true, it's false, and it's true. If he deliberately made us think about this to ignore it, but there were actually a large number of people there, what would it be?"

Xu Fan laughed: "This is easy to deal with!"

He pointed to Yang Fanhai and said, "This guy is very capable. If you ask him to lead a cavalry over and see, it's enough for only three or two hundred people. If there is any situation, the scouts should not be able to keep him, so he can come back to report his life. If there is no situation, lead those three or two hundred people to sweep this area, and all the people in Fanchang will be intercepted and killed."

"Don't you want a thousand cavalry?" Yang Fanhai couldn't help asking. He couldn't quite understand what these two people said, but it seemed very interesting and listened with all his heart. At this moment, he heard that the original thousand cavalry had become two or three hundred, so he naturally asked.

It’s not that he thinks he has few people and is dangerous, but he just doesn’t understand why this is happening and wants to figure it out.

Xu Fan smiled slightly: "If you don't go, you will naturally have to go before, but if you lead the team, there will only be two or three hundred people. You can stand up to seven or eight hundred. How about it, I can look at you."

Yang Fanhai smiled and said no more.

Xu Fan laughed again: "Actually, I think your ability to command troops is enough at most one hundred. Three or two hundred is the limit. If you have more, you can't bring it to you at all."

Yang Fanhai smiled again, and didn't care.

Beard looked at the map and thought for a moment, nodded: "It's so good, but Yang Fanhai doesn't have enough experience. In my opinion, it's better to send an experienced leader, and he will follow him to fight."

Xu Fan shook his head, "Master Qi Governor, you're such a waste of time. Speaking of experience, are the scouts you sent out not enough experience? Why didn't none of them come back?"

He pointed to Yang Fanhai and said, "This guy is playing with wild beasts in the mountains. His intuition is beyond ordinary people. When he is dark in front of him, his experience is useless and requires his intuition. If you take him in the future, it is equivalent to binding shackles on the tiger, which is counterproductive."

"In the mountains!" Bearded and looked at Yang Fanhai and asked, "Aren't you in Bingcheng?"

"There are mountains in Bingcheng!" Yang Fanhai smiled embarrassedly and said nothing. Who knows where the direction of Bingcheng in Bingcheng is?

Beard didn't ask much, thought for a moment, and nodded again: "That's it!"

Where did you come from paper and pen? Write down the military order, put it on the general's seal, and hand it over to Yang Fanhai. He said in a deep voice: "Yang Fanhai, please use our military order to transfer 300 cavalry to set off and see what is going on in this place."

"Abide by the order!"

Yang Fanhai took the order and was about to withdraw from the tent.

"Wait!" Beard called him again, and said with a serious reminder: "Remember, your first task is to see if there are ambushes here. If there are, don't fight and come back as soon as possible. If not, make other plans."

"I understand!" Yang Fanhai nodded.

Beard patted his arm again: "Safety first!"

"Thank you, Lord Qi, I understand!"
Chapter completed!