Two county towns were recovered without a single arrow, but Lin Ruhai was not happy at all.

The soldiers and generals under his command were quite excited, but when they saw the commander's gloomy face, they quietly restrained their expressions and turned into expressionless again.

However, even though Lin Ruhai knew that there was unlikely to be a fraudulent surrender, he still sent a group of people into the city to search and confirm that there was no danger before ordering the army to enter the city to rest.

After entering the city, the soldiers guarding the city were immediately called to interrogate.

But these people knew very limitedly and could not express any valuable information at all. They only knew that since the tall bearded thief retreated, another army of black-clad armor came. The number of people was unknown, the commander was ominous, the origin was unknown, but they looked well-equipped and fierce, and looked very elite.

After asking questions, a soldier guarding the city said that he saw a big "Guo" written on the banner held by one of the teams.

However, this army in black clothes and black armor only passed by for a while and quickly left.

When he left, he took away some food and property.

The rest is nothing more.

Lin Ruhai confirmed that these soldiers could not extract any valid information before he took them down, and then sat alone behind the table of the county magistrate of Huanglong County Government and meditated hard.

The valid information I get now is only two points:

One is that this army of unknown origin is black-clothed black armor, and from the description of the soldiers guarding the city, we can know that the armor style of this army is very different from the armor styles of the armor and battle robes that they know from the various countries.

In terms of color alone, the Imperial Guard of Qi, far away in Shandong, was black-clothed and black-armored, but Qi and Qin were in the east and the other were in the west, and Wei and Zhao were separated by Wei and Zhao, which was completely inextricable.

Besides, using black clothes and black armor may be a trick to deliberately confuse the public.

The second effective information is the word "Guo". Lin Ruhai thought about it and never thought that there was a general named Guo who he knew from the Qin State.

Even the general surnamed Guo in the Zhao State next door and the Wei army thought about it, but it turned out that he couldn't match the number.

Among them, there is not a single person named Guo, but they are either old guys who are about to die, or they are just gilded playboys.

After analyzing it, Lin Ruhai became less and less confident about his prospects for this expedition.

The only thing that can be confirmed is that his son Lin Yi was defeated by this army, because the time when Lin Yi went out of the war was very consistent with the time when this army passed through Yijun and Huanglong County.

It is certain that this army is definitely not a tall bearded man, and it is basically certain that it is not an army sent by the Wei people.

Lin Ruhai sneered at the rumors that it was a secret army sent by the people of Zhao.

This is okay for those who don’t know the details, but for Lin Ruhai, a long-time general who knows the situation in the surrounding countries, it is simply nonsense.

Although Zhao State is not weak, the Zhao State occupied a lot of land, the land was barren and the population was not large. Moreover, it had to face the threat of the remnants of the Mongol Yuan in the north, and also had to be on guard against the Later Jin State, which might go south to detain the pass. The Yellow River to the south was also eyeing the Wei State, a archenemy.

The Qi people, who were across the canal to the east, often made trouble.

It is not easy for Zhao State to maintain the current situation, and there is no spare time to send troops to make trouble on the land of other countries.

As for Wei, it is even more impossible.

The simplest logic is that if it were the Wei army, it would definitely spare no effort to conquer cities, kill and loot within Qin. The bigger the matter, the greater the impact on the confrontation between the two countries on the border.

However, after this mysterious army captured Yan'an Prefecture, it seemed that there was no movement, and was quietly waiting for the imperial army to attack.

This does not conform to the basic logic at all.

Moreover, there is no news about large-scale entry of troops of unknown nationality in the states and counties on the border, even if it is suspected.

As for whether it was the bandits and bandits in Qin State who were trained into an army, Lin Ruhai said that he did not look down on these people, because these people were simply a group of mobs, referred to as waste.

But after all possibilities were eliminated, this army was mysterious like a heavenly soldier and general who came down from the sky, as if it had emerged out of thin air.

This conclusion made Lin Ruhai himself feel ridiculous, but he could never think of any other possibilities other than that.

Lin Ruhai fought a war for his whole life and had seen any kind of enemy, but this time, it was the first time he had encountered such a mysterious and ignorant situation.

Although there are 50,000 soldiers under his command, Lin Ruhai still feels heavy.

My son knew that although he was a little proud, he was definitely not a mediocre idiot.

Moreover, the 30,000 troops brought out by Lin Yi, including the elite 10,000 imperial guards and 20,000 elite troops drawn from the local area.

Such an army will not be easily defeated even if it is the same number or even more elite imperial guards as the Wei State, let alone the entire army will be wiped out.

Moreover, from the scattered soldiers who escaped, they learned that Lin Yi had already broken through the gate of Yan'an City at that time, and the army had entered the city, but was ambushed in the city, and then they heard the sound of suspected dense fire of muskets.

After a short period of time, the thousands of imperial guards who entered the city never left the city again, and the 20,000 government soldiers who remained outside were also surrounded by the enemy troops surrounded from behind.

Musket?

What kind of musket can wipe out thousands of elite imperial guards in just a short period of time?

Lin Ruhai recalled the scene of the fire guns of the Imperial Army Divine Machine Camp that he had seen, and felt even more incredible.

Have a sharper musket?

The troops are at least 50,000, otherwise there would be no way to obtain 20,000 troops in a short period of time, and even set up ambushes in the city and block Lin Yi's retreat.

Even if the elite level is not as good as that of the Imperial Guard, it is not far different?

After careful analysis, Lin Ruhai inferred the above three points.

If all these are true, then the road to counter-insurgency this time would not be as smooth as Zhiqi thought.

What's even more terrifying is that the enemy seemed to have known for a long time that they would come to attack Yan'an City, so they had no interest in sending troops to occupy the county towns in front of Yan'an Prefecture City.

And it is more like a pose of opening the door to welcome guests. The doors are opened for you and the road is set aside. Just walk casually.

It is obvious that the enemy did not intend to divide troops into groups to block the imperial court's rebellion army at all levels, but instead put on a direct decisive battle.

If he had expected it well, the next two counties would still open their doors like Yijun and Huanglong counties.

Only after you reach the Yan'an Prefecture City will it be the real battlefield.

And it is likely to be a decisive battle.

One battle determines victory or defeat, one battle determines life or death, and one battle determines rise and fall.
Chapter completed!