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On February 10, Wang Jingchong led 7,000 cavalry to Cangzhou City first.

As soon as he entered Cangzhou, he received bad news that Lu City, the northernmost part of Cangzhou, had fallen.

Lu City is only one hundred miles away from Cangzhou City. Wang Jingchong was surprised and happy to hear this news. He was surprised that Li Jing's cavalry came so quickly. He was happy that Li Jing finally stepped into the encirclement of the four towns with one foot.

The day after Wang Jingchong arrived in Cangzhou to take over all military and political affairs, the 50,000 infantry in the Chengde army finally arrived in Cangzhou. In the city of Cangzhou, there were 70,000 infantry, 10,000 cavalry, and a total of 80,000 troops.

At this time, he had already received news that 30,000 Wei Bo's troops were coming to reinforce Cangzhou.

Then, that night, another news came from here that Jingcheng, sixty miles away from Cangzhou, had fallen, and the Northeast Army vanguard had approached Cangzhou, only thirty miles from Changlu County to the north of Cangzhou.

Before Wang Jingchong sent troops, he ordered the two brothers to implement a solid wall and clear the fields in Cangzhou, forcibly withdraw all the people of all counties and townships near Cangzhou into Cangzhou, burning all houses and filling all wells, and not giving Li Jing a chance to replenish them.

The people who moved back everywhere were crowded with tens of thousands of German generals Cangzhou City.

Although this Lion City is fifteen miles in circumference, it can carry a limited population. Now, the streets are full of people who are migrating, and the pressure on food has suddenly increased.

Wang Jingchong did not divide his troops to defend Changlu and Zhuxian in Jingcheng, but directly contracted all his troops to Cangzhou and let Li Jing go south.

At the same time, Wang Jingchong ordered among the people entering the city to recruit young and strong men who had practiced martial arts and practiced bows and arrows. He was also given a heavy reward to encourage the German army and young men to kill the enemy. A Northeast Army's head reward of twenty stagnates. If it is an officer, the reward will be even heavier. Wang Jingchong launched a large army. The people of Cangzhou were strong in their customs and practiced martial arts. In a few days, he had already collected 20,000 young and strong men, equipped with spears, swords, bows and arrows.

With 70,000 infantry, 10,000 cavalry, and 20,000 young and strong men, Wang Jingchong's confidence increased greatly.

Then what made Wang Jingchong a little strange was that he had been preparing for war in Cangzhou City for three days. Until the 14th, he had already captured the Liao soldiers in Jingcheng 60 miles west of Cangzhou three days ago. He did not launch an attack on Cangzhou. Changlu County, thirty miles away, was still not occupied. Except for the small group of Liao army scouts, the Liao soldiers seemed to have paused in front of Cangzhou.

Wang Jingchong discussed with his counselors several times, but he could not guess what Li Jing was thinking.

Li Jing only had seven days of food and grass. It is said that Li Jingli was in the quick decision, but now four days have passed, Li Jing has only captured the two cities of Lucheng and Jingcheng, but the army has already penetrated hundreds of miles deep in Cangzhou.

Li Jing suddenly launched this war, which must have a purpose.

Wang Jingchong and his counselors could think of nothing more than a few. One was to attack Youzhou. The second was to go south to Henan by land to rescue the Eastern Capital and relieve Huang Chao's siege. The third was to destroy Guo by way of a false way. The real purpose was to seize the Yichang army, so as to connect Li Jing's northeast territory and the eastern Henan territory through the coastal areas of Hebei. Fourth, to plunder Hebei and rob the population.

These four purposes are possible. Li Jing has captured half of Lu Long now. If he attacks Youzhou at this time, it is also said. But if he attacks an important town like Youzhou, what he needs is not cavalry, but infantry that should be conducive to the besieging of the city. Moreover, Youzhou is the largest city in the north, and the besieging of the city may be long-term. Therefore, it not only requires infantry, but also more auxiliary military, civilians and siege equipment. Judging from the strength of Li Jing's 50,000 cavalry and 30,000 infantry, this momentum of light cavalry going south is more inclined to the next three.

The capture of Yichang army was to seize territory and head south to Henan. At this time, it must have been for the empty Taining army and Tianping army. When Ziqing Town was strong, it was once the land of 15 states including De, Di, Yi, Hai, Yun, Yan, etc. It was said that Li Jing was really going to rescue the Dongdu, but Wang Jingchong would never believe it. It was a bit credible that Li Jing was going to rescue the Dongdu, and to grab the territory under the banner of rescue the Dongdu.

However, this cannot completely deny the last possibility. Perhaps Li Jing sent troops this time not to target cities and land, but to rob Hebei's population. After all, judging by Li Jing's actions over the years, this guy's favorite thing is to steal people. He had snatched them several times in Youzhou, which greatly damaged Youzhou's vitality.

Everyone knows that Li Jing has territory now, and the one who lacks the most is actually population.

After thinking about it, it seems unlikely to attack Youzhou at this time. So the remaining three purposes, robbing Yichang Town and going south to Henan, must have to pass through Cangzhou and open up this passage. If so, the Chengde Army defended here and could hunt Li Jing as long as it was implemented according to the previous plan. But if Li Jing was just preparing to rob Hebei this time, the situation would be a bit complicated.

The counselors had a good idea, but Wang Jingchong did not believe that Li Jing dispatched 80,000 troops at one time, with the purpose of robbing Hebei and robbing the population of money and grain. After all, Li Jing's Liao soldiers were different from the soldiers and horses of other towns, such as the Four Towns of Hebei and Huang Chao. Although they were always 100,000 and 200,000 troops, their troops, except for the Old Battalion of the Orthomen, were more of the new soldiers who were quickly armed, and they sounded like a large number of people. Although most of Li Jing's soldiers may not be as strong as their Old Battalion of the Orthomen, on the whole, they were well-trained and much stronger than their army.

Last time Li Jing robbed Shunzhou, he only dispatched 10,000 cavalry. If it was just a robbery, there was no need to use 80,000 troops.

After thinking about it, he felt that Li Jing's goal was Yichang Town or Henan. But if this was the case, then Li Jing should go south quickly. After all, Li Jing only had seven days of food. He should avoid Cangzhou and go south directly to Henan.

Therefore, after the Liao army quickly captured Lucheng and Jingcheng, there was no movement suddenly, which was really confusing. Could it be that Li Jing knew that his troops were reinforced by Cangzhou and had already known the plan of the four towns to surround him and was preparing to withdraw?

This is possible. Li Jing has always liked to avoid the real and attack the virtual world. He rarely likes to fight head-on. Perhaps Li Jing did want to seize Yichang Town before and then go south. But now he sees the reactions of the four towns, and retreats in fear.

But all this is just a guess. He knew little about what happened to the north. He asked the Zanhua, who was in charge of military affairs, to send detailed scouts to both Lucheng and Jingcheng, but it will take time to wait for these detailed reports to be returned.

Before this, all Wang Jingchong could do was to wait in Cangzhou City.

On February 14th, the south of Huichang County, Zhuozhou, the south of Jumashui, and the border of Mozhou.

The two states of Mo and Ying, which are south of the Giant Horse River, have always been controlled by Lulong Town. After Li Keju's defeat, the two states were named Lulong Town, but in fact they were controlled by Li Quanzhong. After Li Quanzhong seized Yiwu Town, he handed Mozhou to Liu Yue as agreed, but in fact Mozhou was controlled by Liu Rengong.

The two states of Mo Ying have a very important position in Hebei. Here is the Juma River to the north, the canal to the southeast, and the Shituo River in the middle.

The two provinces belonged to the Jin Dynasty during the Spring and Autumn Period, and were the territory of the three kingdoms of Yan, Zhao and Qi during the Warring States Period. The Qin Dynasty was Julu and Shanggu. The Han Dynasty established the Hejian Kingdom, which was named after it was between the two rivers. The Wei Dynasty established the Hejian County, the Sui Dynasty was renamed Hejian, and the Tang Dynasty was Yingzhou.

Temporary camp on the south bank of Juma River.

Li Jing, wearing armor, sat in the tent and listened carefully to Gongsun Lan report to Li Jing about the information he had received.

"Dong Zhang Yanei had led the Wu cavalry army to capture Lucheng four days ago, and Gao Jichang Yanei had also led the Tun cavalry army to capture Jingcheng three days ago."

"How did Wang Jingchong and others react?" Li Jing asked while reaching out to bake on the brazier.

Gongsun Lan was wearing a full-body armor with a vermilion bird-like armor. The silver-white plate armor was round and full of streamline, which set off her charming face, making her whole person even more tempting. Without looking through the notepad, she replied directly: "As the prince expected, Wang Jingchong was indeed unwilling to give up Yichang Town, which was not only unwilling to spit out this piece of meat, but also intends to bite us. According to the exchange analysis of various parties sent back by the Military Intelligence Bureau, we have obtained information. Wang Jingchong almost took out all the Chengde Army this time. In Cangzhou City, he assembled 10,000 cavalry, 60,000 infantry, and 20,000 armed young and strong. In addition, he also sent 10,000 infantry to attack and defend the north bank of the Yellow River."

"The other three towns?"

"Han Jian has drawn 30,000 Wei Bo's troops to march towards Cangzhou, and is also drawing troops and horses. He will then go north in person. Li Quanzhong has also transferred 30,000 Yiwu troops to get closer to Youzhou. The purpose is to prepare to attack our retreat with Liu Yue of Youzhou, Huichang and Yongnu, cut off our way back and surround us."

"Do you want to swallow our 80,000 troops?" Li Jing chuckled, and the generals on the side laughed.

Wang Pu, the Minister of War, laughed: "Dong Zhang and Gao Jichang, fought well. Ten thousand cavalrymen fought 80,000 soldiers. It is estimated that Wang Jingchong and others thought that the troops in Jingcheng and Lucheng were our main force."

"They would never have thought that our main force was not far south of Huichang City." The central governor Lin Wei also nodded with a smile. All the four towns in Hebei received the news that Li Jing only brought food and grass for seven days and did not have a logistics and supplies camp. Therefore, it was determined that no matter what purpose Li Jing sent troops this time, he would definitely be a quick decision.

But they never expected that Li Jing had sent troops for four days, but in fact, he was only two cavalry troops. His main force of 70,000 is only fifty miles south of Huichang at this moment.

"This kid Tianxiong did a good job. He led the soldiers of the Flying Cavalry to kill all the scouts from the four towns, making them unable to understand our reality at all." Li Jing was very satisfied with Yang Shihou. Since this time, several disciples used their actual performance to prove that Li Jing's decision to vigorously promote them and appoint them as the chief generals of each cavalry was right.

Guo Chengan reminded: "Since Wang Jingchong has already entered the trap, will we start to act?"
Chapter completed!