"Digging the ground to attack the city?" Yan Changkong said in a narrow voice, "What does the Governor mean to dig down the city wall?"

"Yes." Situ Rui said with great emphasis, "Digging ground to attack the city can greatly reduce casualties in our army, and it is difficult for the enemy to stop our army's underground digging. As long as the city wall collapses, Xiling will be destroyed without attacking."

"But..." Yan Changkong said, "It will take quite a while to dig the city wall."

Situ Rui nodded and said, "Of course, this governor will probably take at least one and a half months."

"A month and a half?" Yan Changkong frowned, "Governor General, if you delay another month and a half, should the reinforcements of the Guanghui Empire arrive?"

"Impossible." Situ Rui shook his head and said flatly, "It will take two months for the reinforcements of the Guanghui Empire to arrive at the earliest. Our time is enough. There is no need to worry about this at all. Instead, the barbarian cavalry cruising outside the city is now beginning to become our confidant!"

"yes."

Yan Ting nodded and said with concern, "The army's food and grass are not left. No matter how much it saves, it will last for seven days. If General Yao Mingyuan can no longer escort the military rations within seven days, the army will be in a dilemma of food being cut off. Once the food is cut off for more than three days, our army will collapse without fighting!"

Yan Changkong said in a deep voice: "The Governor and Chief of Staff mean that the barbarian cavalry that is circulating outside will never allow General Mingyuan to transport the military rations easily. Once the military rations that General Mingyuan finally collected were burned by this barbarian cavalry, we don't have to fight this battle."

Qin Qi frowned and said, "Governor General, can't we send more troops to protect the food?"

"Send more troops to protect the grain?" Yan Ting smiled bitterly, "General Qin Qi may not know that the grain collected by General Mingyuan is extremely scattered. Each grain transport team has at most dozens of large trucks. Every day, several grain transport teams will transport military grain to Xiling. If each grain transport team sends tens of thousands of troops to protect it, then our more than 200,000 troops will have to transport grain."

Qin Qi said ashamed: "The humble and stupid job made the chief of staff laugh."

"yes."

Situ Rui carried his hands on his back and looked at the dark night sky outside the tent, and said quietly, "The military rations of each cavalry team were collected from the prefectures and counties on the Sanjiang Plain. Because the division was too scattered and the army urgently needed food and grass, it was too late to concentrate first and then transport the transportation time, so it was only possible to send military rations separately. It became impossible to send troops to protect them. If the military rations transported by each cavalry team from Sanjiang arrived at the Xiling Camp safely, they must first deal with the barbarian cavalry outside Xiling City."

Yan Ting said again: "But you don't have to worry too much, because the Governor has already made arrangements!"

Situ Rui did have made arrangements, and he had already started to prepare before the Mingyue army reached outside Xiling City ten days ago. This was Situ Rui's usual style of conduct. Although Situ Rui believed that the strength of the Mingyue army could completely capture Xiling within three days, he was still prepared for the worst.

Unexpectedly, after three days, Xiling City was not captured, and the preparations that were originally intended to be in case suddenly became important.

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Xiling North City.

The night sky is dark and the long street is lonely. Meng Hu is walking slowly with the dark clouds and snow. Beside him is Zhao Qinghan, who is dressed in plain clothes, and Zhao Qinghan's head is drooping, not knowing what he is thinking.

"Miss Qinghan."

Meng Hu suddenly held his horse and stopped, turned around and looked at Zhao Qinghan, and smiled, "Just send it here."

"Um."

Zhao Qinghan said lightly, raised her delicate face and bravely met Meng Hu's bright black eyes, and whispered, "Thu, you must be careful when you leave the city. Never fight in a relationship, so as not to get entangled by Mingyue bandits."

Meng Hu smiled faintly and said, "Don't worry, Situ Ruizhi is taking the city instead of killing it all, so the Mingyue bandits did not completely surround the entire city. Although it is impossible to break through in large numbers, it is easy for more than a thousand cavalrymen of the Tiger Regiment to break through at night."

Zhao Qinghan said softly: "No matter what, you should be careful. Now you have the hope of our Western Legion and the entire Western Province. If you have a good time, I really don't dare to think about what will happen in the future..."

As he said that, two red clouds suddenly surged on Zhao Qinghan's fair pink face for no reason, and her head was lowered shyly.

Meng Hu's heart moved, and suddenly stretched out his right hand and gently lifted Zhao Qinghan's pink chin with his two fingers of food. Zhao Qinghan let out a light whisper, feeling shy, but he did not reject Meng Hu's seemingly frivolous behavior.

Meng Hu gently brushed Zhao Qinghan's seductive red lips, and a smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said, "Hehe, Qinghan, don't worry, the person who can kill me has not been born yet."

When Zhao Qinghan heard Meng Hu calling her name directly, her pink face turned red, but the joy at the corners of her eyebrows became stronger.

As the two of them whispered softly, they had already arrived at the north gate. In the open space inside the city gate, more than a thousand veterans of the Tiger Regiment had gathered, and they were waiting for Meng Hu with their horses. When they saw Meng Hu appear, the eyes of more than a thousand veterans immediately became hot.

"Tiger……"

A trace of resoluteness suddenly flashed through Zhao Qinghan's beautiful eyes, as if she had made some decision. She gently relaxed her sword on her body and handed it to Meng Hu, and said softly, "Take this sword with you."

“Huh?”

Meng Hu's eyes fell on the sword in Zhao Qinghan's hand. When he saw that the sword's scabbard and the handle were inlaid with more than a dozen colorful gems, his eyes froze and asked in a low voice, "Qinghan, this sword is probably a great origin, right?"

Zhao Qinghan nodded lightly and whispered: "This battle knife is called the Seven-Star Treasure Sword. It is as sharp as mud. It is useless for me to stay by my side. I will give it to you just for killing the enemy and defending yourself."

Meng Hu didn't think much about anything else, so he took the sword and said, "thank you, thank you."

After saying that, Meng Hu ignored Zhao Qinghan, turned over and stepped on the dark clouds and snow, rode his horse to the Tigers United, raised the seven-star sword he had just obtained, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, get on the horse!"

Suddenly, the closed city gate had slowly opened. Meng Hu led the seven-star sword in his hand forward. The more than a thousand cavalry of the Tiger Regiment rushed out of the city gate like a flood that broke the embankment. The iron hooves wrapped in cotton mats hit the cold bluestone pavement, and made endless dull sounds.

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Bright Moon Camp.

More than a dozen division commanders and their chiefs of staff had dispersed. Only Situ Rui and Yan Ting were left in the central army's tent. Situ Rui's eyes had never left the map spread on the table. He tapped his fingers for a moment and suddenly asked Yan Ting beside him, saying, "Yan Ting, what's the matter you asked you to prepare?"

Yan Ting said solemnly: "Report to the Governor, you are all ready."

Situ Rui nodded gently and said, "It's a bit hasty for you to only give you ten days of preparation. It's a little rushed. No flaws will be left, right?"

Yan Ting thought for a while and replied: "It shouldn't be. In accordance with the Governor's order, the mankind covered the dry firewood with a large number of dead branches and leaves, and was filled with yellow artemisia. The smell of tincture oil left in the air should have been blown away by the wind. It is difficult for Manqi to find any flaws while moving at high speed!"

“That’s good.”

Situ Rui nodded and said, "It is of great importance to induce and annihilate this group of barbarian cavalry. There is no way to make any mistakes. If a single blow is not achieved, Meng Hu's cunning will never have such a chance next time!"

Yan Ting suddenly said, "Governor General, if Meng Hu doesn't go out of the city to meet with the barbarian cavalry, wouldn't he be able to hunt him?"

"No." Situ Rui shook his head and said in a deep voice, "With Meng Hu's ability, once our army stops attacking tomorrow, he will guess that our governor has changed his siege strategy. In this way, the barbarian cavalry he reserved outside the city will play a crucial role. At that time, he will naturally leave the city to meet with the barbarian cavalry!"

As Situ Rui finished speaking, the captain of the guard suddenly entered the tent and reported: "Governor General, just now, the camp in the north of the city came to report that a team of more than a thousand cavalrymen left the city and rushed to the north."

"Very good!"

Yan Ting was excited when he heard this, "Meng Hu has indeed left the city. This time he is doomed!"

Situ Rui frowned instantly, and his face became particularly serious.

Seeing Situ Rui's solemn expression on his face, Yan Ting couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Governor, is there anything wrong with it?"

Situ Rui was silent for a while and sighed: "The younger generation is terrifying, and the younger generation is terrifying! Meng Hu could have predicted in advance that this governor would change his siege strategy. Before tomorrow, he would leave the city tonight to meet with the barbarian cavalry. This keen prediction reminded me of His Highness the Third Princess!"

"Three Princess?" Yan Ting said terrifiedly, "Your Highness of the Moon?"
Chapter completed!