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Thousands of generals and soldiers were unable to form formations and fight in a hurry, but standing on the city wall to participate in defense is more useful than ordinary people and even rural soldiers, and they are much braver to fight.

This is what is called a newborn calf not afraid of a tiger.

Taiyuan City has been able to stick to this day, mainly relying on the joint defense of the family and children of the imperial guards.

Although the generals and soldiers of the Qing Shun Army were unable to leave the city to fight in a hurry, they could stand on the city wall and five thousand defenders could escape.

Now, Xu Huai, a dog thief, has more than 2,000 soldiers on the eastern foot of Guancen Mountain, and he dares to force him to the city of Lanzhou. Isn’t this bullying that there is no one in Lanzhou?

"What does this dog thief want to do?" Cao Shixiong looked at Meng Jian and asked.

"Xu Huai's thief wants to attack Taiyuan, but it is impossible not to worry about the retreat route being blocked by Lanzhou," Meng Jian frowned and analyzed, "He led the cavalry into the city, and he should block our troops in the city. He just waited for the remnants of the Prefecture Army and the Khitan troops to arrive, and they would replace them to attack Taiyuan!"

Gu's army was mainly infantry in the prefectures. In the wind and snow, in the snow, it was hard to imagine that the Prefectures and the Prefectures would go into Taiyuan alone to attack.

Although the Khitan remnants still have thousands of elite cavalry, Meng Jian speculated that even if they made up their minds to rely on the stormy Southern Dynasty at this time, they would not be able to use the few elite combat power left by their clan to undertake the combat mission of raiding Taiyuan so dangerous that it would be extremely likely to be destroyed by the entire army.

Xiao Linshi may have a deviant move, but who would have the generals under Xiao Linshi want to work hard for the Southern Dynasty at this time?

The old hatreds have not been calculated yet.

The only reasonable speculation is that the Gu family and the Khitan remnants thought that the Southern Dynasties could still breathe and rest, and they might send troops into Lanzhou to restrain them. They expressed their opinions that if the situation was not good, it would be convenient for them to withdraw from Lanzhou and would not suffer a big loss.

Only Xu Huai, who never knew how to write the word "death", would he think about rushing to Taiyuan without any effort.

Since the first northern expedition to Yan, Xu Huai and the soldiers of Tongbai Mountain rose rapidly, and it was not the first time that the sword was arbitrary.

                                                                                                                              

Cao Shixiong nodded slightly, approving Meng Jian's judgment.

"Jie Shuai, why are you hesitating?" The bearded general stomped his feet and shouted, "In a hurry, we can't figure out the enemy situation. We shouldn't attack Huanglongpo, but the female-mouthed child ran to the bottom of the city to shit and pee. Jie Shuai can tolerate this tone, Zhou Huan can't stand it!"

"Zhou Huan, I will lead you 1,500 steps out of the southern city to form a formation. If the enemy approaches the city, you will lead the troops to fight with it. Except for this, you must not act rashly - can you listen to it?" Cao Shixiong stared at Zhou Huan and asked in a deep voice.

Cao Shixiong was a little worried about Zhou Huan, who was irritable, but Shi Li died in battle. Meng Ping and the rising star Cao Cheng led the troops outside. The brave generals who charged in Shuozhou were actually led by Zhou Huan. Zhou Huan's troops are also the strongest combat-capable defenders in Lanzhou City.

Although Cao Shixiong was worried, he had to use Zhou Huan at this time.

"Zhou Huan is a little anxious, but he is not a fool. He still understands these principles." The bearded general stomped his feet and shouted.

In addition to Zhou Huan leading his troops to form a formation in the southern city to prepare for war, Cao Shixiong also ordered another general to lead 500-step armor out of the city to line up the array to prevent unpreparedness.

Cao Shixiong could directly mobilize the army to fight in Lanzhou City, more than 5,000.

If they really asked Xu Huai to block the city easily, not only would the Zhennanzong Palace not be able to explain it, but Zhou Huan and others would probably be unable to be frustrated. They treated Meng Jian like this yesterday, just to vent their dissatisfaction.

Cao Shixiong now also needs to confirm whether the previous speculations are reasonable through the engagement level, rather than guessing in the city.

Now no one dares to easily deny the strength of the Chushan Cavalry. Although the number of people is small, its combat effectiveness may not be much worse than the elite cavalry of the Chihu people of the same size.

However, Cao Shixiong was not afraid of fighting against the city.

On the one hand, he transferred more crossbowmen and a limited dozens of bed crossbows to the west and south city walls. On the other hand, he arranged infantry out of the city to carry side vans, iron chariots, heavy shields and other combat equipment to form formations under the city. At the same time, he ordered waves of step armor to be ready for the inside of the city gate, and prepared for rotation and response.

They were so strict in the city that if the dog thief Xu Huai rushed over directly to the city, Cao Shixiong would ask him to taste the bone in Lanzhou, which was still a bit hard, and he wouldn't have gnawed it as soon as he wanted to.

The Chushan cavalry, like a torrent, stopped about six miles from Lanzhou City, gathered and closed. Finally, a team of cavalry divided into two major groups, one of which was mainly concentrated on a flat hill in the southwest of Lanzhou City, and about two thousand steps away from the quilt tower in the southwest corner of Lanzhou City. Since they directly attacked the West City Gate, they could also join forces with another cavalry concentrated in the south of Lanzhou City to attack the South City Gate.

"What do they want to do?" Seeing that Chu Shan cavalry's main force stopped so far away and rectified the array, but he was no longer approaching the city. Cao Shixiong looked at his left and right in confusion.

He is also a person with a firm mind and claims to be among the heroes in the world. However, he suffered too many losses and too much losses in the hands of the dog thief Xu Huai. And Xu Huai's army is indeed unreasonable and unpredictable, which makes him unable to maintain confidence at this time.

However, Meng Jian and others could not answer Cao Shixiong's question.

If Cao Shixiong cannot figure out Xu Huai thoroughly, can they figure out thoroughly?

If so, will Lanzhou suffer so much loss in the hands of this dog thief repeatedly and suffer such a big loss?

"Jingshuai, look over there!"

Someone pointed to the south of the city and dozens of cavalry emerged from the Chushan cavalry array and rushed towards the south gate.

At first, the distance was far away and I couldn't see the faces of these people, but when the dozens of riders were getting closer and closer, and when they saw the faces of some of them, Meng Jian almost moaned.

"Jie Shuai, it's the second young master, the young master! Xu Huai's dog thief put an iron chain on the second young master, the young master's neck!" Someone shouted in grief on the top of the city wall!

"Jie Shuai, please order Zhou Huan to withdraw from the city. Don't be trapped by Xu Huaigou thief!" Meng Jian shouted in a hurry and advised Cao Shixiong to withdraw the troops from the city immediately.

"Shut up!" Cao Shixiong roared and ordered Meng Jian to shut up, shouting, "Prepare armor and horses, and the generals will follow him out of the city to kill the Xu Huaigou thief! If you don't kill this thief today, you will not give up!"

Why didn’t Cao Shixiong want to withdraw Zhou Huan’s troops?

The key is, even if he could bear to see his second son die in front of Lanzhou City under the butcher knife of the thief Xu Huai, who had already led his troops to form a formation under the city, would he obediently obey his orders and withdraw back to the city?

Zhou Huan would not withdraw, and he could not allow Zhou Huan's troops to sacrifice outside the city.

Zhou Huan led his troops to save him the two sons of Cao Shixiong, and was annihilated by Chushan cavalry in front of Lanzhou City. However, Cao Shixiong ordered the city gate to be closed and looked at all. Which martial artist will obey his mobilization in the future?

The only correct choice at this time was to use military families to defend the city wall. He personally led 5,000 infantrymen to fight Xu Huaijue to the death. Even if he fought all the five,000 infantrymen, he would bite the Chushan cavalry and bite them.

Only in this way can the foundation of the Qing Shun Army not be shaken.
Chapter completed!