"What?!" The landlord of the county militia camp was shocked when everyone heard Xue Wanche's words coming in.

Even Li Chengming, who was sitting on the main seat, couldn't help but look solemn when he heard the news from Xue Wanche, looking at Xue Wanche and said, "Are you sure you heard it wrong?"

"Yes, Your Highness, after we left Wannian County, we will leave a hundred scouts around Wannian County and ask them to inquire about Chang'an. This news was found by one of the scouts. If nothing unexpected happens, Changsun Wuji, Yuchi Gong and others may have left Chang'an and are almost at Wannian County." Xue Wanche half-kneeled on the ground and clasped his fists with a serious face.

Li Chengming frowned. This matter was indeed a bit tricky. His current army was only about 5,000. What's more, among these 5,000 people, the less than a thousand people who were snatched from Hou Junji before. The rest were just some militias recruited from Wannian County and this Hui County militia.

Compared with the real Tang Dynasty elite soldiers, there is still a big gap in the military strength. I am afraid that if the opponent rushed to the battlefield, he would be defeated directly.

"Hmm? No!" However, at this moment, Li Chengming suddenly recalled, and a flash of inspiration in his mind, and then looked at Xue Wanche and said, "Xue Wanche, you know more about the troops in Chang'an. How many soldiers do you think there are in Chang'an?"

When Xue Wanche heard Li Chengming's question, he was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Go back to Your Highness, Chang'an's troops are mainly the Northern Army. The Sixteen Guards and Horses guard Chang'an, the Northern Army guards guard the Imperial City. The Sixteen Guards and Horses are only about 50,000 around Chang'an, while the Northern Army has about 30,000 people."

The Northern Army, also known as the Northern Ya Six Army, is the left and right Yulin Army, the left and right Longwu Army and the left and right Shenwu Army, all of which are the emperor's personal guards.

From this we can see how dangerous Li Shimin was when he launched the Xuanwu Gate Incident. You should know that at that time, Li Shimin could only launch hundreds of troops in Chang'an. He could actually enter the palace in one fell swoop in the imperial city guarded by tens of thousands of people and control Li Yuan. Without long-term planning, how could such a thing happen?

Of course, these are just soldiers and horses within the scope of Chang'an. As a capital of a country, there are naturally soldiers and horses surrounding the capital. The surrounding Puzhou, Tongzhou, Huazhou, Qizhou, Jiangzhou, and Henan Prefecture have a total cavalry of more than 60,000, with a total force of 160,000, accounting for one-quarter of the entire Tang Dynasty.

"In this way, even if Li Shimin controls all Chang'an troops, it is only about 80,000. In such a short time, Li Shimin should not be able to send troops from other troops in. So, tell me, may Li Shimin send most of the troops to deal with me regardless of the emptiness of Chang'an?" Li Chengming blinked his eyes, his eyes flowed, and looked at Xue Wanche, Luo Ning and others below and said.

After hearing what Li Chengming said, Xue Wanche and others, who were already a little panicked after hearing the news, were immediately calm and immediately reminiscented.

Yes, there are only about 80,000 soldiers in Chang'an now. This time, Li Shimin didn't lead people in person to fight in person, so how could he hand over most of the soldiers to Changsun Wuji and Yuchi Gong?

"Your Highness is wise!" Xue Wanche half-kneeled on the ground, looked at Li Chengming in admiration, and said with fists, "Mo Jiang was confused when he heard this news just now. After hearing what Your Highness said, Mo Jiang suddenly realized that it seemed that this matter was indeed deceitful."

"Get up first!" Looking at Xue Wanche who was still kneeling on the ground, Li Chengming first asked him to get up, and then shook his head and said, "However, although this matter is a fraud, I think that Li Shimin cannot send too few people to die. Even if these people don't come here this time, I'm afraid there will be 20,000 to 30,000."

"Thank you Your Highness!" Xue Wanche thanked her, and then stood up from the ground with a serious look on her face. "What Your Highness said is very true. Although Li Shimin is a ruthless person, he is also a rare handsome talent. Moreover, since the company commander Sun Wuji and Yuchi Gong were sent out, he must have come prepared this time."

"Your Highness, we don't have many soldiers and horses in our hands, and the city walls in Huixian are too low and not suitable for defense. The last general thinks we should retreat temporarily, avoid their edge first, and make plans after we have enough soldiers and horses." Xue Wanche thought for a moment, then clasped his fists and suggested to Li Chengming.

Hearing Xue Wanche's words, Li Chengming just smiled indifferently, turned his head to look at Luo Ning, who had not spoken on the other side and said, "Luo Ning, what do you think?"

"Your Highness, you have no idea. Your Highness let the lowness go and leave, let the lowness fight, and let the lowness fight! Everything obeys Your Highness's instructions." Luo Ning was clean and stood up and said directly.

When Xue Wanche next to him frowned slightly when he heard Luo Ning's words, he always felt something in Luo Ning's words.

Li Chengming, who was sitting in the main seat, listened to Luo Ning's words, but just smiled indifferently. It was obvious that compared to a general like Xue Wanche, Luo Ning has not yet left his original identity as an escort of the East Palace.

It cannot be said that Luo Ning’s idea is not good, nor can it be said that Xue Wanche is bad. After all, everyone has different identities, so naturally they have different ideas.

There is a saying that the butt determines the head?!

Li Chengming smiled indifferently, then looked at Xue Wanche and said, "Xue Wanche, what happened when I asked you to recruit craftsmen to build a stone throwing cart before?"

Xue Wanche didn't know why Li Chengming suddenly asked about this matter, and quickly clasped his fists and said, "Go back to Your Highness, Mo Jiang, as His Highness's instructions, has summoned more than 200 craftsmen from Hui County and are urgently building stone throwing cars. In addition, Mo Jiang also found more than 150 stone throwing cars in Hui County's instrument warehouse. After those craftsmen saw it, these stone throwing cars only need to be slightly repaired and used."

"More than 150 stone throwing cars?" Hearing Xue Wanche's words, Li Chengming nodded slightly, and then said, "It should be almost done. You should ask those people to step up the renovation immediately. Also, go to Hui County to summon some craftsmen from the blacksmith shop. I need to try my best to get nails, iron fragments, etc. By the way, I will collect some pots, sizes and other pots."

"This... is, Your Highness!" Listening to Li Chengming's order, a hint of hesitation flashed across Xue Wanche's face, but finally he clasped his fists and accepted the order.

"By the way, these things are not worth much. Just use the money we got in Wannian County before to buy them, so that the people will not cause trouble. Have you heard that?" Li Chengming thought of another point and looked at Xue Wanche and ordered.

"Yes, Your Highness!" Xue Wanche said with his fists.

"Well, go, come here again after finishing this matter. I will let you see something. When the time comes, decide whether to fight or run, how about it?" Li Chengming looked at Xue Wanche calmly and smiled.

Hearing Li Chengming's words, Xue Wanche was stunned, and then a hint of curiosity arose when his expression flashed. Thinking of the magic of the Prince of Runan who seemed to be an immortal who had descended to earth, his originally a little nervous heart seemed to have calmed down a little. He bowed and said "yes" again, and then left hurriedly.

Looking at Xue Wanche's back as he left, Li Chengming's eyes flashed for a moment, and then said to Luo Ning, "Luo Ning, go and have some of the ground saltpeter, sulfur and wood and carbon powders."

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