Lu Fang still leads the special soldiers here for daily drills.
He used the worship points accumulated over these days to exchange for ten more m21 sniper rifles.
There are thirty m21s in the team.
This made the snipers who had just received the M21 very excited.
But the rest can only be watched with eager eyes.
I don’t know when the old immortal behind His Highness will be able to use his magic and equip himself with the hundred sky-destroying crossbows that His Highness mentioned.
"Your Highness!"
It's almost noon.
A small team sent to Xuanhua Mansion to inquire about the news hurried back.
He ran straight to Lu Fang, who was watching the soldiers shooting, and whispered: "The Liao army has arrived outside Xuanhua Mansion!"
"Not long after we arrived at Xuanhua Prefecture the day before yesterday, we saw smoke rising outside the city. When we left the city, we went to the west to have a look. The Liao army was really serious. There were people all over the mountains and plains. They even brought grain trucks with them to transport the troops.
Spreads far.”
Lu Fang was shocked and asked, "Are they all grain trucks?"
The team leader who came over to report said: "That's not entirely true. We looked at the rut marks specifically. They are deep and shallow. They can't all be grain."
"Well, well done!"
Lu Fang nodded and said.
Then he turned his head and shouted towards the side where the soldiers were practicing their guns: "Old Wang, come here quickly!"
Wang Shouxing ran over in a hurry.
Lu Fang said directly: "The Liao army has arrived outside Xuanhua Mansion!"
Wang Shouxing was also inspired.
Lu Fang continued: "The team that just came back said that they brought all the baggage with the army, and the ruts on the baggage carts are deep and shallow. What do you think?"
Wang Shouxing pondered for a while and said: "Except for food and grass, the army carries nothing more than clothes, quilts, weapons, and siege equipment. Since there are deep and shallow, then the Liao army should have clothes, quilts, and tents for military camps.
The army has been captured. In this case...do they want to surround Xuanhua Mansion with troops?"
"This is the most normal way to play!"
Lu Fangdao: "Although the terrain of Xuanhua Prefecture is not as good as Suzhou, let alone Fengmenguan, it is generally easy to defend and difficult to attack. The total Liao army is only 300,000, and it is unrealistic to attack Xuanhua Prefecture by force, but they
Since we have chosen to take this road, it is impossible to detour elsewhere. The only option is to surround Xuanhua Mansion and plan for it slowly."
To the north of Xuanhua Prefecture is an endless desert.
From the moment the Liao army left Suzhou, it was destined that they would never be able to choose another route.
Wang Shouxing frowned slightly, "But if this is the case, won't the advantage accumulated by the Liao army be gone? Their plan to surround Xuanhua Mansion will not be achieved overnight. When the time comes, when the reinforcements from the Dog Court arrive,
Isn’t it dangerous?”
The northwest side will definitely not be able to send more troops, but the reinforcements from Kyoto will probably arrive in a short time.
Lu Fang fell silent.
After a long pause, he suddenly said: "It seems that we have never received any news. Is there any further news from Tie Meng and Jin Feng?"
The two looked at each other and thought of something at the same time.
Wang Shouxing asked: "Could it be that the three kingdoms of Liao, Jin, Feng and Tiemeng have already discussed it?"
"Definitely."
Lu Fang said, "If they hadn't discussed it well, they wouldn't be in this situation. After all, if they were defeated, all of them would have to break their muscles and bones."
As he spoke, he knocked on his knees and said with a smile: "It seems that our plan to fish in troubled waters is about to go to waste. This place may no longer be the main battlefield."
He put himself in their shoes and thought, if he were the commander of the armies of Liao, Jin, Feng, and Tiemeng, in this case, the best way would be to shift the focus of the attack.
Although Jinfeng is also bordered by Xingqing County, it is not far from Shangjing after all, so it may not be able to affect the situation in the northwest.
But Tiemeng had suppressed heavy troops in the northern part of Xingqing County from the very beginning.
And there has been no attack, only a confrontation with the imperial army deployed by Xu Shidao in the north.
Assuming that the Kyoto Forbidden Army has arrived in Xingqing County, what if Tiemeng suddenly launches an attack from the north at this time?
Can the Forbidden Army in Kyoto still provide timely assistance to Xuanhua Mansion?
Wang Shouxing looked at Lu Fang's face and said with a smile: "It seems that His Highness has a new idea?"
He now knows Lu Fang very well. Seeing Lu Fang's expression, he knew that Lu Fang must have something in mind.
Lu Fang said: "It's just a preliminary idea. Let's discuss it."
He pinched his chin and said, "How do you think the people in Xuanhua Mansion will respond to such a large-scale invasion by the Liao Army?"
"They should hold on and wait for reinforcements. After all, if they leave the city, they won't get any benefits at all."
Wang Shouxing said with certainty.
After these days of inquiring, they had a deeper understanding of the current military strength in Xuanhua Mansion.
The Northwest Forbidden Army, which can be considered an elite force, actually has less than 80,000 troops, probably only 70,000 at most.
It is estimated that the Northwest Forbidden Army has not been as good as before in recent years, and there has been a phenomenon of empty pay in the army.
As for the remaining tens of thousands of people, except for the Green Forest Army, which still had some fighting power, the rest, even those heroes in the world, could only be regarded as a mob.
After all, fighting is never fought alone.
Even if you are a master, among thousands of troops, especially when facing elites, the damage you can do is extremely limited.
The 300,000 troops of the Liao Army are undoubtedly considered elite.
"Then we have no chance to fish in troubled waters."
Lu Fang took over Wang Shouxing's words and said.
He originally thought that if the Liao army had not invaded in such a large scale or directly launched an offensive against Xuanhua Mansion, then they would have had many opportunities.
Whether it's assassinating Liao army generals, or surprise attacks on Liao army camps, etc.
As long as the Liao army faces a head-on confrontation with the army in Xuanhua Prefecture, it is unlikely that their small team of only 500 people will cause the Liao army to expend too much energy.
Drawing a detailed map of Xuanhua Mansion is also a plan for fishing in troubled waters.
But now that the Liao army plans to besiege the city, if the Xuanhua Mansion garrison cannot leave the city, if they continue to mess around outside, the Liao army will be able to encircle and suppress them in minutes.
Lu Fangke never thought that with 500 men and 500 guns, he could defeat the Liao army's 300,000 troops.
He picked up a branch from the ground, drew three circles, and drew a line to connect the three circles, "But what if we sneak attack Suzhou or Fengmenguan?"
"Or maybe they are attacking their heavy troops in the middle of the road between Fengmenguan and Suzhou."
Wang Shouxing's eyes suddenly lit up.
Their troops and horses are still unknown to the public for the time being, and the Liao army certainly does not know about them. If it were a surprise attack, it might not really be effective.