General Lang whispered: "Are you worried that Xu Chang will take the opportunity to attack Liangzhou?"

Wei Tianqing nodded slightly and said with concern: "Xu Chang is a man with two sides and ruthless. I am worried that we will send aid to Tongzhou. Once Xu Chang gets the news, he will likely take the opportunity to kill him!" He pressed the hilt with one hand and looked solemn: "If that is the case, we will be in trouble."

The Lang General thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "Sir, according to the last general's view, the siege of Tongzhou must be rescued. Although Xu Chang had the possibility of taking the opportunity to attack Liangzhou, the possibility was relatively low. In terms of tens, the possibility of him attacking Liangzhou was less than 30%.

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"Sir, think that Xu Chang's most troublesome opponents are the other two anti-kings, the fake virtue king Zhang Shao, and the fake virtue king Qi and Shuan joined forces to deal with Xu Chang. In addition to leaving heavy troops in Jinling Cang, Xu Chang's main forces have all been mobilized to the south and are fighting against the two pseudo-kings. Not to mention that he will not easily advance north before destroying the other two anti-kings. Even if he really has such ambition, as long as we defend Liangzhou City, with his ten thousand troops in Jinling Cang, it will not be easy to break through Liangzhou." General Lang said: "The last general thinks that Xu Chang will definitely not want to put himself in a situation of being attacked on both sides. Now we are in peace with him. If he wants to tear us apart and take the opportunity to attack Liangzhou, and when we repel the Northwest Army, Xu Chang will definitely think that we will do our best to seize Liangzhou. At that time, he will be difficult to take care of the beginning and end."

Wei Tianqing pondered for a moment and said, "It's reasonable." He stared at General Lang and said, "Xue Ju, I will lead my army to rescue Tongzhou this time. I will leave you five thousand troops. You can divide some of the troops to guard Shiqiligou, and the main force stays in Liangzhou. Even if Xu Chang attacks, as long as you last ten days, I will definitely lead the troops back."

General Xue Ju was still about to speak, and Wei Tianqing waved his hand and said, "It's not that I don't trust you, but the opponent this time is Chu Huan. I am quite familiar with Chu Huan. I will lead the troops myself and make it bigger."

Xue Ju bowed and said, "I understand the humble position."

Rescue soldiers were like putting out a fire. Wei Tianqing did not delay at all. He immediately returned to Liangzhou City and gathered troops. Fortunately, the Liangzhou garrison was always ready for war and was extremely efficient. He mobilized 13,000 infantry troops and immediately drove to Tongzhou.

The messenger from Tongzhou rode a good horse and worked tirelessly. It took a whole day and a night to deliver the letter of help. Of course, Wei Tianqing's soldiers could not arrive in such a short time.

The main force of the Xishan Army under Wei Tianqing is naturally the infantry, with 13,000 troops and less than 1,000 cavalrymen. This is already half of the Xishan cavalry.

Xu Chang had tens of thousands of elite troops stationed in Jinling Cang, which could defend or attack. Wei Tianqing naturally had strict precautions. This time, he sent troops, so he naturally did not make a big move. Xu Chang could know the news one day later, and naturally he would be safer to Xishan.

Tens of thousands of soldiers set out from Liangzhou City in a very low-key manner and rushed north towards Tongzhou.

When Wei Tianqing sent troops, Xu Qing was secretly proud of him in Tongzhou City.

Xu Qing knew very well that if Tongzhou City had the current defensive power and if Chu Huan was really determined to launch an attack on Tongzhou, Tongzhou would probably not last a few days and would fall before reinforcements arrived.

Whether it is Liangzhou or Yunshan, when the letter of assistance is delivered and then sending reinforcements to reinforcements will be at the earliest four or five days later. If the Northwest Army launches a strong attack on Tongzhou, Xu Qing will not be confident that he can defend for four or five days.

Although Tongzhou City was built for a long time, it actually existed as a hoarding stronghold when it was first built. After all, it is located on a major transportation road and a strategic location. It is natural to build a stronghold. After that, it was continuously expanded to build the current Tongzhou City. It is different from those ancient cities and famous cities. The initial construction of Yunshan Prefecture City was to build a city from the beginning. The starting point was different, and the scale of subsequent development was naturally different.

On the ground of Tongzhou, Tongzhou City is naturally not comparable to other county towns. However, compared with the solid cities all over the place, Tongzhou City can only be regarded as a very ordinary city. The city walls are far less tall and strong than Yunshan Prefecture City, and its defense is not even as good as Liangzhou City.

Because of this, although there is sufficient food and grass in the city, Xu Qing did not have much confidence. Although the city was almost covered with northwestern cavalry and there were no siege weapons, there was no shortage of trees nearby. If the Northwest Army was determined to attack the city, it would forcefully recruit craftsmen nearby and cut down trees. Although it could not create complex siege weapons in a short time, simple weapons such as cloud ladders hitting wood could still be built.

But now Xu Qing's heart has been let go.

When Xu Hai returned to the city, he told Xu Qing and Chu Huan that he had agreed to the conditions and would delay the attack for three days before he launched the attack. Xu Qing was with Hu Xin and was very happy when he heard this.

Hu Xin clapped his hands and smiled, "Your Madam is unparalleled in wisdom. In this way, we will give us three days. After three days, if Chu Huan finds that the situation is wrong, he will launch another attack. We only need to hold on for one or two days and reinforcements will arrive." He smiled proudly and said, "Although the general is not sure about defending for five days, he has to hold on for two days. There is absolutely no problem."

Xu Qing smiled and said, "The so-called arrogant soldiers will be defeated. Chu Huan captured Xigu Pass and defeated Da Xizhang. He really thought he was invincible in the world and thought everyone was afraid of him." Fu Xu smiled and said, "He really thought that his official was afraid of him and wanted to surrender. Hu Qianhu. Although Chu Huan is amazing, he is still young after all. When the young man is full of energy, he is too self-righteous!"

Xu Hai said: "He has doubted it too!"

Xu Qing smiled and said, "I have expected him to suspect, Xu Hai, you are doing well." He said to Hu Xin: "Hu Qianhu, how many people have the strong men in the city recruited?"

Hu Xin said: "There are already three thousand people. The generals have been assigned to the city heads. Lord, the generals beg him to let these people eat their stomachs in the past few days. Three days later, before the reinforcements arrive, we will inevitably fight with the Northwest Army. Before the fight, we must give the officers and soldiers in the city a high morale."

"That's right." Xu Qing said: "The three thousand stones of grain that were ready to be transported to Xigu Pass. Since even Da Xi Zhang is gone, the enemy is in front of him, you can call it out." He said to Xu Hai: "Xu Hai, you can handle this matter and transfer the grain from the warehouse. The batch of grain will be handed over to Hu Qianhu for call."

Hu Xin hurriedly said, "Sir, there is no need to be like this. Nowadays, there are only more than 4,000 strong men. Even if you last ten days, it will only be a few hundred stones!"

"Hu Qianhu, don't worry, the soldiers guard the city to the death and will definitely let them eat and drink." Xu Qing smiled and said, "We have nothing else now, there is no shortage of food. The Northwest Army will compete with us!" At this point, he suddenly stopped and seemed to think of something. Xu Hai and Hu Xin looked at each other, and then asked softly: "Sir, what's wrong?"

Xu Qing looked at Xu Hai and asked, "Xu Hai, when you arrived at their camp, did you see the food?"

Xu Hai recalled and shook his head and said, "I didn't see that they had any place to stockpile food!"

Hu Xin had already said: "Sir, they are the cavalry first. If you want to win the lead, you will definitely not bring much food. The grain team should be behind!"

Xu Hai had already said: "Before I left, my brother told me to pay attention to checking their movements. When I arrived at their camp, I saw them eating."

"Hu Qianhu!" Xu Qing turned to Hu Xin and asked in a low voice: "If you were Chu Huan and Xu Hai came to your camp and asked you to delay the attack on the city for three days, what would you think?"

Hu Xin said: "Sir, if it is a general, the general will feel that there is a fraud in it and will not easily believe it, and they will also suspect that the general is delaying time and waiting for reinforcements." He smiled and said: "But as the lord said, Chu Huan is young and energetic, and thinks that the lord is really afraid of him and will kill the general and surrender to Xiancheng. After waiting for three days, he will be defeated without attacking. Chu Huan is naturally willing to give it a try."

"Since Hu Qianhu and Chu Huan launched an offensive against Tongzhou, he should be very clear about the deployment of our Xishan Road." Xu Qing said thoughtfully: "He should know that if Tongzhou persists for four or five days, reinforcements will arrive."

Hu Xin nodded slightly, and seeing that Xu Qing's face was no longer as relaxed as before, he couldn't help asking: "Sir, have you found something wrong?"

Xu Qing looked at Xu Hai and asked, "Did Chu Huan ask you about reinforcements?"

"In order to win the trust of him, I told him that we have sent two messengers for help." Xu Hai also vaguely felt that something was wrong, "Brother, is it that my brother did something wrong?"

Xu Qing slowly walked to the edge of the chair, sat down, thoughtfully, muttering to himself: "No, everything is going too smooth!" His eyebrows were shocked and slapped his thighs, "I understand!"

"grown ups?"

"If I were Chu Huan, I would definitely take Xu Hai down and take him as a hostage." Xu Qing's expression became solemn: "But he easily let Xu Hai return, that means he is already fearless!"

Hu Xin and Xu Hai obviously hadn't understood it yet, so they looked at each other. Xu Hai had already asked: "Brother, are you saying that he agreed to delay for three days, and has other intentions?"

"We are delaying time, and he is delaying time, too." Xu Qing's face turned slightly pale. "I always thought that his purpose of delaying time was to wait for reinforcements behind him, but now it seems that things will not be so simple!"

At this moment, I heard footsteps coming from outside. A man appeared outside the door and said, "Sir, I discovered the Northwest Army Rangers outside the other doors!"

Hu Xin frowned, but Xu Qing was already sad and said, "No, big things are not good, big things are not good!"

"Brother, what exactly?" Xu Hai was also nervous, "You can make it clear."

"Chu Huan is indeed cunning." Xu Qing stamped his feet and said, "I just remembered that something was wrong, and he had already taken action first. Do you know what the Rangers appearing outside the city are for?"
Chapter completed!