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Zhu Guobao wanted to go up to the city wall to observe the enemy's situation. As a government official, Fu Ruwei certainly couldn't stay in the government office, so he took Wen Shiyi and dozens of followers to the city wall.

As soon as they approached the city gate tower, they heard Zhu Guobao angrily scolding Shen Wandeng and Cui Zhen.

"You are disobedient! How are you different from military thieves?!"

It turned out that although Shen and Cui sent people to the government office to ask Fu Ruwei for orders to withdraw all the soldiers into the city.

But when Zhu Guobao arrived, he found that the two men had already withdrawn all the soldiers.

The two of them are nominally under the control of Fu Ruwei, the prefect. This is a sign of killing first and then reporting, not obeying orders.

Cui Zhen lowered his head and remained silent.

Shen Wandeng said with a cold face: "Our camp has less than 5,000 troops in total, and the enemy has more than 10,000 troops. What's the difference between dividing our troops and setting up a stronghold outside the city, or risking death?"

"Fart!" Zhu Guobao was so angry that he swore, "Don't you know how to be a military official? It's obvious that you are greedy for life and afraid of death, and want to preserve your troops!"

Shen Wandeng said: "We should try to conserve our troops when defending the city - this city is tall and there is enough food in the city. As long as we have enough troops, the enemy will not be able to capture this city!"

"you!"

Seeing Zhu Guobao and Shen Wandeng getting more and more angry during their argument, Fu Ruwei quickly stepped forward to stop them.

"Okay Zhu Tongpan, since the camp troops have withdrawn into the city, let's forget about it. We still need to quickly understand the enemy's situation and check whether there are any omissions in the city defense."

After saying this, Fu Ruwei pulled Zhu Guobao further away.

He whispered: "Shen Wandeng was a rebel before. Now that the rebels are attacking the city, we still need to rely on him. Zhu Tongpan must not push him into a hurry."

"Humph!"

Zhu Guobao snorted, acquiescing to Fu Ruwei's words and saying no more.

The quarrel came to an end for the time being, and several people began to look at the enemy.

At this time, the rebel army had already marched three miles outside Fucheng.

Although a few people don't have telescopes, they can still see some things with the naked eye on this great plain.

When we saw the rebel army marching and stopping, the troops of ten to twenty thousand people were all in order, and there was no appearance of chaos.

Both Shen, Cui, and Zhu, who knew military matters, and Fu and Wen, who did not understand military matters, all frowned and looked worried.

Fu Ruwei had some insight after all, and asked: "I'm afraid that ordinary officers and soldiers, with ten or twenty thousand people marching and stationed, may not be able to achieve this level, right?"

"If tens of thousands of people in the army can advance and retreat in a controlled manner without causing chaos, they will be considered elite."

When he said this, Zhu Guobao's face looked obviously ugly.

What he said earlier that the bandit army could not possibly number ten or twenty thousand is still ringing in his ears.

He originally thought that the thieves must have kidnapped many refugees, but when he looked around, there were no traces of refugees anywhere.

They are obviously well-trained troops!

As for the equipment of the bandit army, it is difficult to tell from such a long distance.

After watching for a while, he found that it was difficult to see anything more, so Fu Ruwei asked: "It's already early in the morning (around 3 p.m.), so the bandit army won't attack the city today, right?"

Zhu Guobao shook his head, "It's hard to say."

Shen Wandeng said: "If I were the enemy's general, I would definitely try to attack the city first."

Hearing this, the other people glanced at Shen Wandeng subconsciously, feeling that Shen Wandeng's perspective might be suspected of being a "thief".

Shen Wandeng himself did not notice it.

Just as Zhu Guobao was about to say something, he saw that after the bandit army stopped, some of them moved, but they were heading east.

Cui Zhendao: "With the Ru River outside the west gate and the south gate and the moat inside, it is not easy to attack. As expected, the bandit army should only be preparing to attack the north gate and the east gate."

Zhu Guobao nodded, "This is also a strategy to open up the network on three sides. We don't want us to defend it. Your Majesty, just in case, strengthen the determination of the army and the people to defend the city, and please send people to block the west and south gates!"

"Isn't this not good?" Although Fu Ruwei didn't understand military affairs, he knew that if he did this, he would definitely arouse doubts and resentment from the big families in the city.

Dahu said that it didn't matter what he said. There was also Prince Chong's Mansion in the key city.

If King Chong also makes trouble because of this matter, it will not end well.

Having said that, the drums to report the enemy's situation have been beaten several times. King Chong didn't go to the city wall to boost morale. He didn't even send anyone to ask.

It really is···

Fu Ruwei didn't even know what to say.

In fact, he understood that King Chong was pretending not to know the enemy's situation, lest they take the opportunity to ask King Chong's Mansion to pay for food and defense of the city.

After Fu Ruwei finished speaking, Literary Master Yi also said: "Zhu Tongpan, the bandits have only been here for a day and they have blocked the city gate, which may cause panic among the residents in the city.

It is better to wait until the combat strength of the rebel army is known before considering whether to make this decision. how? "

What Wen Shiyi said makes sense.

Seeing that no one else supported the idea of ​​blocking the city gate, Zhu Guobao had no choice but to give up.

Less than half an hour later, a detachment of the rebel army had circled around and parked outside the east city gate for a while.

But instead of trying to attack the city as Shen Wandeng said, they built a camp.

There were not many trees outside Ruyang City for building camps, so the rebels sent out men to boldly demolish the official and military camps built on the edge of the moat.

The moat is only thirty steps from the city wall and is three to four feet wide.

The farthest distance between the official and military camp and the city wall was only more than a mile, and the closest distance was only about a hundred steps away.

Therefore, seeing the rebels' actions, Zhu Guobao on the city wall was so angry that he flew into a rage.

"The thieves are so audacious! They actually dare to come and demolish the official camp! Your Majesty, please send troops out of the city to defeat them!"

Fu Ruwei asked: "What do Shen Youyi and Cui Youyi think?"

Cui Zhen looked at it and said: "Master, please see, there are three thousand rebels marching out two miles outside the city, and they are ready.

If we send people out of the city to attack the team that is dismantling the camp, and if something goes wrong, we may be left behind by the rebels, and the gain outweighs the loss. "

Shen Wandeng looked at the city and narrowed his eyes slightly, and said: "If you can gather five hundred riders and give them to me to lead, I am willing to go out of the city and give it a try!"

Zhu Guobao was slightly surprised when he heard this. He did not expect that Shen Wanteng would support his idea.

He immediately said: "I'm afraid it will be difficult to gather five hundred horses, but I can gather four hundred horses for you in half an hour!"

In fact, it is not difficult to gather 500 horses in Ruyang City.

There are more than 200 horses in the camp itself, and there are some horses in the government offices, county offices, and rural soldiers.

Most of the wealthy families had one or several horses in their homes - after all, Ruyang was located in the plains, so it was very convenient to raise mules and horses, whether riding horses or pulling carts.

What's more, there is also Prince Chong's Mansion in the city.

A conservative estimate is that there are at least dozens of good horses in Prince Chong's palace that can serve as war horses. If you count the horses and mules, it would be even more.

In addition, there are more horses kept in various royal villages outside the city.

Requisitioning horses from the big families in the city is okay, but borrowing horses from Prince Chong's Mansion is not something that ordinary people can do, let alone within a short period of time.

Shen Wandeng also understands this.

After listening to Zhu Guobao's words, he did not ask for the missing hundred horses, but said: "I must be allowed to choose riders from each camp!"