The reborn general girl is the emperor

Chapter 166 Uncontrollable
The granary in Tahrir, the richer supplies on the other side of the Xiangzhang River, the future prince of Wu'an...

These baits were indeed worth Gesangoro's risk.

What's more, for them, it may not be an adventure to go deep into the western border where there are insufficient troops.

"This is a big gamble. If you win, there will be a tough battle. If you lose, you will die forever. Do you really want to gamble?"

Bai Shu stared fiercely at Meng Shulan with calm eyes, "Our odds of winning are less than [-]%."

Meng Shulan smiled, "This gamble is definitely worth it."

Bai Shu stared at Meng Shulan for a while, but finally stopped her: "What do you want to do?"

"Half a month later, half of Glogobi's garrison troops withdrew into Yacheng and half into Fenhan City, and put Tahrir's men on Qiuji to create an illusion of solidarity. Wait for the Xirong army to enter the game and lead them into Qiuji City , and then Moxi City, Fenhan City and Tahrir sent troops at the same time to besiege the Xirong army in Qiuji."

Meng Shulan succinctly stated her plan, "The two gates outside Moxi City and Fenhan City are not only the first line of defense to defend the Xirong army, but also can be turned into a front to block the retreat of Xirong."

It's not a clever tactic, even one that the opponent can foresee, but it is safe to advance and attack, retreat and defend.

If nothing can be done in the end, as long as the three cities defend together, it won't be a problem to last until the reinforcements arrive.

Bai Shu nodded in approval of Meng Shulan's plan, and said: "In this way, Wu Ren will lead the army to garrison Fenhan. Qi Yuanqing and Yin Qiu will each lead 5000 people to join the Shuangzhakou defenders to form the first line of defense. Thirty thousand and half of the recruits will stay in the tower. Lille's defense will be under my command. The rest of the people will be led by you, Marshal, to Moxi City."

According to Bai Shu, Wu Ren, who is familiar with the terrain in the southwest, went to Fenhan in the south, Meng Shulan, who was familiar with the terrain in the northwest, went to Moxi City in the north, Yin Qiu, who had fought for many years, and Qi Yuanqing, who was thoughtful, guarded the double gates, creating a solid momentum. Baishu led the recruits It is undoubtedly the best arrangement to sit in Tahrir, defend Tahrir after the enemy invades Qiuji, and wait for Meng Shulan and Wu Ren to lead the army to encircle them.

But Meng Shulan shook her head.

"In terms of familiarity with the situation in the Northwest, General Bai is naturally better."

Meng Shulan said, "Since I am the coach, I should naturally sit in Tahrir. Since I want to create the illusion of solidarity, the coach naturally cannot move."

"Once the double gates are breached, Qiu Ji will have nowhere to fortify, and the enemy will attack Tahrir directly. The recruits are not experienced in combat, and you have no experience in directly commanding recruits in combat. If you stay, you will be courting death!"

Bai Shu disagreed with Meng Shulan staying in Tahrir, "You have to know that you are the coach. If something goes wrong with you, it will be a blow to the morale of the entire army."

"If I don't sit in Tahrir, I will tell the other party directly that we have set up a trap for them to exploit."

Meng Shulan asked Bai Shu, "Then what's the point of us making this arrangement?"

Bai Shu didn't answer.

But Meng Shulan continued: "Only when I am in Tahrir, Wen Zhemao will let people get into this trap."

"In his impression, I have always been afraid of death."

Meng Shulan smiled and said, "Tariel with a line of defense across the front is my ideal safe zone."

Bai Shu knew that Meng Shulan's words were perfunctory, but he didn't try to persuade Meng Shulan again.

As Meng Shulan said, the move of the commander-in-chief is to tell the enemy that there is a change in his army, which is not advisable.

"Since you insist on staying at Tahrir, let Shang Ming follow you."

Bai Shu finally gave in.

"It's natural."

Meng Shulan also had this plan long ago, "General Shang is the defender of Tahrir, and he is most familiar with the situation in Tahrir. With his assistance, even if there are only more than 1 recruits, it is enough to survive Moxi and Fenhan. Reinforcements have arrived."

Hearing what Meng Shulan said, Bai Shu felt a little relieved.

Since then, the entire counterattack plan has been launched.

In the middle of March in the fourth year of Qianyuan, Shang Ming and Yin Zhiming, together with the people from the west of the Glogo Gobi and along the Ming River, withdrew into Tahril. , Half of them withdrew from Fenhan.

On the third day after the Geluo Gobi garrison withdrew, scouts came to report that Xirong and Nanchuanzhou Qiang formed a large army in the Glogobi, and pursued the evacuated troops from the Glogobi to Shuangzhakou.

Baishu adjusted his strategy in time, and divided half of the Geluo garrison that was supposed to support Yacheng into the double gate defense line, forming a defensive trend.

At the same time, Gesangoro led an army to attack the gate of Yacheng, and the garrison battalion of Er County mobilized troops for reinforcements, but Gesangoro failed to attack the city.

Wen Zhemao led the combined army of Xirong and Qiang to attack Shuangzhakou, and used the name of the river to roll tung oil into Shuangzhakou, and attacked it with fire.

At the end of March, the defense line at the double gates was breached, and the fire lasted for a day and a night.

Qi Yuanqing and Yin Qiu led the remnants back to Tahrir.

Wen Zhemao garrisoned at the double gate, but did not pursue.

Gesangoro attacked the city gate of Yacheng again, Yacheng was in danger, and Moxicheng sent troops to reinforce; Hancheng is too busy to take care of himself.

At the beginning of April, the two battles in Yacheng and Fenhan were stalemate, and they were unable to return to aid.

Wen Zhemao sent troops to Qiuji, captured Qiuji's empty city in one day, and sent troops to Tahrir.

Meng Shulan ordered people to close the city gate and guard the city.

In mid-April, Daliang reinforcements landed at the Yuhuai Sea Wharf.

"Marshal, the food in the city has bottomed out."

Qi Yuanqing reported to Meng Shulan with a bitter face, "It's not an option to keep on like this!"

The current situation is far from what they planned at the beginning. The troops of Moxi City and Fenhan City were locked up, and the Daliang reinforcements encountered a storm at sea, so they postponed their landing until this time.

Tahril, which has a strong enemy in front and no reinforcements in the back, has become an isolated city.

"It's his grandma! Wen Zhemao's son-in-law actually made people pour tung oil into the famous river to attack him! Otherwise, how could the double gate be so easy?"

When Yin Qiu thought of Wen Zhemao's attack, he felt very angry.

The tung oil floated on the surface of the river, followed the water to the gate, and with the straw boat full of straw and dry firewood, the fire went directly down the water, and even spread to Qiuji!
"It was my oversight."

Meng Shulan took the blame and said, "The Minghe River has a wide surface, and the fire attack must require a lot of oil. Now that food and grass are difficult to transport, transporting oil is thankless. I forgot that although Nanchuanzhou is cold and not abundant, it has a lot of oily tung trees. It is not difficult to transport a large amount of tung oil from Nanchuanzhou."

Shang Ming also remembered something: "Wen Zhemao stayed at the Shuangzhakou for five days before attacking. Apart from waiting for Gesangoro and the Qiang Kingdom to put pressure on Yacheng and Fenhan, he is probably waiting for the oil to arrive."

This was indeed something that was not planned, but it caught them by surprise.

"The matter has come to this point, and it is useless to say these things."

Qi Yuanqing interrupted several people, "The main thing is what to do now? The remaining food in the city is frugal, and it is only enough for three days. The people in the city have been out of food for two days. If this continues, before Wen Zhemao attacks the city, we You will starve to death yourself."

(End of this chapter)