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Chapter 993 A painful blow! (2)
King Changping's daily task is to check the defenses of all places in the morning and evening to avoid any loopholes.

On the second day after Mu Liunian's army arrived in Qing County, He Shaobai led his army all the way to Yunzhou, gathering local troops along the way, and dealt a painful blow to Cangming's army that night.

Five days later, He Shaobai's subordinates beat up some Cangming stragglers in batches.They were forced to retreat to Qiyang County.

And He Shaobai quickly led his troops to block another gate of Qiyang, forcing them not to go any further west.

Taking this as a boundary, He Shaobai sent people to wipe out the Cangming forces that had been trapped outside Qiyang County one by one, accumulatively, more than [-] people were wiped out.

It can be said that these seemingly sporadic results of He Shaobai's battles are extremely powerful to Ziye's soldiers.

In this way, it doesn't make much sense for Sangqiu Zirui to guard Yunzhou. It's just that at the critical moment, it is necessary to see which direction needs support, and then send troops to help.

After Mu Liunian arrived in Qing County, he was not in a hurry to start a war with Huangfu Dingtao, but to integrate the troops of the two sides first.

Xu Zeyuan didn't say anything. Before he came, he had received an order from Sangqiu Zirui. This time, Mu Liunian would definitely send troops again. What he had to do was to cooperate with Mu Liunian with all his strength.

The troops of the two sides were said to be integrated, but in fact, they just arranged for Xu Zeyuan's troops to defend on the left side alone.

This time, Mu Liunian did not really integrate with He Shaobai's troops like he did more than two years ago.

In two years, Xiao Yunfang is not the only one who has improved.

Mu Liunian's thinking is also more mature. At the same time, Xu Zeyuan is a member of Sangqiu Zirui. He knows this very well, so he doesn't value Xu Zeyuan's people very much.

And the left side is a place with relatively good defense facilities. If the Cangming army wants to attack them from there, it is really looking for a dead end.

In other words, it was tantamount to putting Xu Zeyuan in a safer place where there would be no battles for a while.

Xu Zeyuan naturally understood his thoughts, knowing that he was not his direct army, so it was naturally impossible to gain his full approval.

Even so, he didn't have any complaints, who made himself not belong to others?

Mu Liunian brought an army of 30 this time. After reuniting with the local soldiers, it was only 50 troops. At this time, the opponent's strength had already increased to 70.

The distance between the two sides is less than thirty miles.

With an army of 50, against Cangming's 70, the odds of winning seem to be not great.

Before, Huangfu Dingtao almost engulfed Ziye's 30 army in the first battle, and it was still under the condition that the strength of the two sides was almost equal.

Mu Liunian was more careful when he dispatched troops this time.

On this day, Huangfu Dingtao sent a vanguard to provoke. Many soldiers in Ziye were eagerly gearing up, wishing they could jump off the city wall immediately.

Mu Liunian briefly thought about it, then ordered Mu Heng to lead his troops out of the city to fight, and made it clear that it was just to test the strength of the opponent, not necessarily to win.

Mu Liunian stood on the tower to watch the battle, and more than ten miles away, Huangfu Dingtao also stood on their temporary watchtower, watching the battle seriously.

The two sides did not fight for a long time, and it was only half an hour in total.

In this battle, Mu Heng used a new formation in their army, and the effect was considerable.

After Ming Jin received Ming, Mu Liunian squinted at the appearance of the opponent's troops when they evacuated, and frowned slightly.

Qinglong saw his master's displeasure, "My lord, what's wrong?"

"This time, our confrontation with the opponent was obviously very hasty. It can be said that we ignored the provocations outside for several days. Today, we ordered Mu Heng to meet him on the spur of the moment. In this battle, although we fought beautifully, you can see that even if the opponent retreats, they haven't messed up their formation. What does this mean?"

"The other side has an ambush?" Qinglong guessed.

Mu Liunian shook his head, sighed softly, his expression slightly concentrated, "I'm afraid that the strength of the Cangming army has improved a lot compared to before in the past two years, plus the opponent's large number of people, our total With only 50 troops, whether they can stop him is a question."

Qinglong was also taken aback, he had been with his master for so long, it was the first time he heard the young master say something like this, to grow others' ambitions and destroy his own prestige.

"Young master, should we find a way to transfer all the troops?"

Mu Liunian shook his head, "Others don't know, don't you know, I still have a trump card in my hand."

Qinglong froze for a moment, nodded and smiled, "Exactly, in the past two years, the Pioneer Battalion has expanded from the original 500 people to 2000 people. Their strength is really not weak. It is two thousand against two Ten thousand, it may not necessarily be a disadvantage."

"That's right. It's just that what my Vanguard Battalion is good at is raiding and disrupting warfare, not this kind of head-to-head combat. Therefore, we have to find a way to destroy part of Huangfu Dingtao's main force first."

"What do you mean, son?"

Mu Liunian spread out the map and asked someone to call Xuanwu over.

"Look here, although the terrain here is a bit dangerous, it is not a big problem for our well-trained vanguard soldiers. If our people can bypass here and hide in the Behind them, then our odds of winning are much greater."

"But son, even if these 2000 people go around the enemy's back, we have to send out bait first, right?"

"That's right! Xuanwu, take our vanguard battalion to this location, and then tomorrow night, we will harass the enemy's rear. Of course, it would be best if we could burn their food and grass. However, we had two years ago A vanguard battalion has been dispatched, so I fear they might be prepared."

Xuanwu was silent.

If the 2000 elites in the Mu family army are treasures in the hands of the prince, then the [-] people in the vanguard battalion are the prince's eyes.

(End of this chapter)