Zhou Qing nodded and did not continue to ask Xue Rengui.

But the five thousand men guarding the city really made him a little worried. Just as he was about to leave, Zhou Qing suddenly stopped again.

"Brother, since we lack the staff, can we ask the people in the city to help defend the city together?" Zhou Qing and Xue Rengui said.

Since the last incident, the people in the city have become more and more friendly to the Tang army.

If they knew that Hou Junji was preparing to lead his army to attack the city, they might be willing to help defend the city.

Xue Rengui was silent, and he didn't know whether Zhou Qing said this method would work.

So the people in Shacheng had a doubled their favorability towards the Tang army because of some things, but most of them were Goguryeo after all.

Asking them to help the Tang army fight against their tribe members, Xue Rengui was worried that they would interfere.

This life-and-death matter cannot tolerate any gap.

"You'd better forget about this matter. No matter how safe it is, it's okay to ask them to prepare some logistics supplies, but it's still inappropriate to let them participate in defending the city!" Xue Rengui said slowly.

Defending the city is a serious matter. If the city is lost, it would be fine if they die.

But if Zhao Chen is involved, then they will be more destined to die.

When Zhou Qing heard Xue Rengui rejecting his suggestion, he just nodded slightly.

He was just a suggestion, and Zhou Qing himself did not believe much about the people in Shacheng.

"Then brother, I'm going to prepare!" Zhou Qing and Xue Rengui said.

"Go, you must make sufficient preparations. The city gate will be closed in the next two days. If the people have any problems, just explain to them."

"The person who caused trouble was taken away and imprisoned, so you should not be careless at this time." Xue Rengui instructed again.

Zhou Qing nodded and then took the order and left.

Xue Rengui sat on the stool with a hint of worry on his face.

Five thousand to twenty thousand, although he was defending the city, he still had no confidence in his heart.

...

Zhao Chen’s camp.

Cheng Chumo, Qin Huaiyu and Li Ke came to Zhao Chen together.

"Zhao Da, what are our next actions?" Cheng Chumo and Zhao Chen asked.

Today's victory is a small game, and Cheng Chumo feels that he should take advantage of the victory.

Just send a large army to attack Huizhen's camp.

The three of them all had this idea in their minds, so they came together.

"We don't have to do anything next. Just wait for him to cause trouble for us." Zhao Chen and several others said.

"Wait for Hui to be in trouble with us?"

"When the cavalry battalion charged today, his face turned dark. Now he is not worried that we will cause trouble for him, even if he burns the incense."

"Why do he dare to cause trouble for us?" Cheng Chumo was puzzled.

It was obvious that they won the Tang Dynasty today, why did Hui really dare to provoke them?

This is completely unreasonable.

"Brother, are you wrong? Hui Zhen's courage is scared. How dare you provoke us?" Li Ke couldn't figure it out for a moment, thinking that Zhao Chen was wrong.

Qin Huaiyu didn't say anything, but just looked at Zhao Chen strangely.

Obviously, Zhao Chen's words also made him confused.

"Although we won today, it also undermined the spirit of the Goguryeo army."

"But one thing, we only won part of Huizhen's army, and the other part of Hou Junji's orthodox leader, and they are only fifty miles away from our sand city."

"Do you think that this Hou Jun gathering inexplicably stationed his army fifty miles away from Shacheng?"

"Or Huizhen thinks that his 30,000 troops can withstand my 20,000 Tang Army soldiers?" Zhao Chen said to everyone with a smile.

When Zhao Chen said this, he suddenly felt a little surprised.

But I still couldn't believe it.

"Zhao Da, what do you mean is that Hou Junji is preparing to attack Shacheng?"

"That old guy took the wrong medicine?" Cheng Chumo said in confusion.

When it comes to Hou Junji, the hatred on his face is hard to hide.

"Shacheng is the foundation of our survival. If it is really captured by Hou Junji, then we will be finished."

"When the time comes, there will be pursuers in front and behind, we will be blocked here, so we will be trapped here." Li Ke said in a deep voice.

He also understood how important Sand City was to them.

Qin Huaiyu looked worried, and then said, "It's better to divide our troops and send some people back to guard the Shacheng, so that we can ensure that we have no worries behind us."

"Divide the troops?"

"How can this be done? We will earn 30,000 yuan in the 20,000 team, which is a bit overwhelming. If we are dividing the troops, we may be beaten by Huizhen in the front." Cheng Chumo shook his head. He did not agree with Qin Huaiyu's this

method.

But the problem now is that if troops are not sent to provide assistance, the battlefield may be captured by 20,000 Goguryeo soldiers led by Hou Junji at any time.

Now their situation is that they either go back to rescue the entire army, or they can only rely on Xue Rengui to lead 5,000 troops and horses to resist Hou Junji's 20,000 troops in Shacheng.

But 5,000 to 20,000, the defensive fortifications on Shacheng are extremely simple.

Without rescue, it is estimated that the sand city will fall in a few days.

Then...

The tent became quiet, and no one spoke again.

There seems to be no other way now.

But everyone knows that Sand City must not be missed.

"Brother, do you have any good ways?" Li Ke looked at Zhao Chen and asked in a low voice after a long silence.

Cheng Chumo and Qin Huaiyu both looked up, but neither of them thought of any useful method.

At present, I can only place all my hopes on Zhao Chen.

"Not yet." Zhao Chen shook his head calmly.

When the few people heard this, they were inevitably a little disappointed.

Thinking about the difficulties that I was about to face, I couldn't help but feel a little worried.

But after all, it was not revealed on the face.

"It's okay, Zhao Da, there will always be a solution to the matter. Now I can't think about it slowly. I guess that Hou Junji wouldn't attack Shacheng so soon." Cheng Chumo and Zhao Chen comforted.

"Yes, brother, let's think slowly, there will always be a solution. At worst, we will withdraw our troops."

"And as long as our subsequent reinforcements arrive, even if Huizhen and Hou Junji's troops are together, so what if!"

"When we start over, we will definitely kill them." Li Ke also said with a smile to Zhao Chen.

"Zhao Da, what are the next arrangements?" Qin Huaiyu asked Zhao Chen directly about the next arrangements.

Compared to the comfort of Cheng Chumo and Li Ke, Qin Huaiyu looks more like a practical man.

He just needs to execute Zhao Chen's order seriously.

"Let everyone pack their luggage and the army is ready to retreat at any time." Zhao Chen and several others said.

When I heard Zhao Chen say that he wanted to retreat at any time and asked them to prepare their luggage in advance, I could only feel a little helpless.

They thought Zhao Chen must have other solutions before, but they just wanted to hide it from him and others for the time being.

But unexpectedly, Zhao Chen actually issued an order to retreat.

Could this battle end with their retreat?
Chapter completed!