Global Warring States: Get the Tang Taizong template at the beginning

Chapter 254 Borrowing Troops
"You want to borrow the Xiliang Iron Cavalry? And you want to borrow three thousand?"

Xiao Lingxue was shocked when she heard Li Qian's intention.

The Xiliang Iron Cavalry were seventh-rank heavy cavalry. It was difficult for Xiao Lingxue to come up with three thousand Xiliang Iron Cavalry, which was not enough for his own use, let alone lend three thousand Iron Cavalry to Li Qian.

Although the military achievements gained by the loaned Xiliang Iron Cavalry still belong to him, it is better to have such a cavalry in his own hands.

"If you don't have three thousand, just borrow eight hundred."

"..."

Xiao Lingxue was speechless. Did he really think that the Xiliang Iron Cavalry were cabbages?
An ordinary Liangzhou lord player with three to five hundred Xiliang cavalrymen is already a local bully.

From the tone of Li Qian, it seemed as if he could easily bring out a thousand or eight hundred Xiliang cavalry.

"You have many special forces, why are you so persistent in borrowing the Xiliang Iron Cavalry?"

Xiao Lingxue was depressed.

Does Li Qian look like someone who lacks high-level troops?
The Black Armor Army, the White Robe Army, the Liaodong Cavalry...which one is worse than the Xiliang Cavalry?

Xiao Lingxue didn't understand why Li Qian was so persistent in borrowing the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.

"Have you heard of Beigong Chun?"

"Beigong Chun, a fierce general from Liangzhou during the Western Jin Dynasty? Have you recruited Beigong Chun?"

Xiao Lingxue's eyes lit up.

She finally understood why Li Qian was so determined to borrow the Xiliang Cavalry.

Beigong Chun is a fierce general from Liangzhou, and his exclusive military branch is the "Western Liang Iron Cavalry".

Only by leading the Xiliang Iron Cavalry can Beigong Chun show his true value.

"I'm afraid I don't have many Xiliang cavalry left, but I can lend you 800. But I want to know what your plan is. Even if we recruit Beigong Chun and assign him Xiliang cavalry, he may not be very effective in defending the city."

Xiao Lingxue still believed that even if Beigong Chun was paired with eight hundred Xiliang cavalrymen, the change in the situation would be limited.

The Xiliang Iron Cavalry is a cavalry unit, and cavalry cannot play an advantage in city defense battles.

Li Qian slowly stated his plan: "Raid the camp."

"Raid the camp again?"

Xiao Lingxue was shocked by Li Qian's idea.

Last time, Emperor Yuan and his men took the initiative to raid the camp and were ambushed, but Li Qian still dared to raid the camp.

Li Qian continued, "The rebels have been attacking the city for a long time, and their soldiers are tired and a little lax. This time we will surely be able to achieve extraordinary success by robbing the camp."

"That makes sense."

Xiao Lingxue thought again. The attack and defense of Chencang had lasted for more than a month. Both the defenders and the attackers were already exhausted physically and mentally. The rebels probably didn't expect that the defenders would dare to leave the city and rob the camp at this time.

Li Qian came to borrow the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, so he most likely planned to let Beigong Chun serve as the vanguard general when he raided the camp.

"Okay, I'll lend you 800 Xiliang Iron Cavalry. In addition, I'll try to borrow some more Xiliang Iron Cavalry for you from other Liangzhou Lord players. As for how many I can lend you, I'm not sure."

Xiao Lingxue thought for a while, and finally decided to lend Li Qian 800 Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and also helped Li Qian borrow troops from other Liangzhou players free of charge.

After all, Xiao Lingxue is the lord of Liangzhou and has a certain reputation among the players in the Liangzhou court camp. If she comes forward to borrow troops, there should be many Liangzhou lord players willing to lend cavalry. "Thank you very much. This time, we will be the main force for the camp robbery. I don't trust others."

Li Qian took into consideration that Emperor Yuan, his fellow soldiers, Xuanyuan clan and others did not bring him along during the last raid on the camp, and he did not trust them.

If they sold him out during the raid, Li Qian would have to face millions of rebels alone. No matter how brave and skilled he was, he would inevitably end up in defeat in Maicheng.

Xiao Lingxue had cooperated with Li Qian before, and Xiao Lingxue didn't want the Liangzhou rebels to continue wreaking havoc and threatening her Liangzhou City, so Li Qian still trusted Xiao Lingxue.

"With only the two of us and a group of average players, it would be extremely dangerous to rob the camp. I think Xuanyuan, Jiangzuo Meilang and others may not be on the same page with Emperor Yuan, Yuzi Tongpao, Pinglu Jiedushi and others. It would be better to win over Xuanyuan, Jiangzuo Meilang and a few other strong players to act with us."

Xiao Lingxue's eyes were bright, and he pointed out a method to Li Qian, which was to divide Emperor Yuan and his group.

During the last raid on the camp, Emperor Yuan was the leader and the other lord players followed suit, but that doesn’t mean they would obey Emperor Yuan’s orders.

In fact, Xuanyuan and Jiangzuo Meilang knew each other, and they acted together, but they did not necessarily obey Emperor Yuan.

The Xuanyuan clan's territory was in Jizhou, adjacent to Emperor Yuan's Bingzhou and Pinglu Jiedushi's Youzhou, so they might become enemies in the future.

Therefore, Xiao Lingxue proposed to recruit a group of powerful lord players including these two to join the camp robbery operation to increase the chances of winning.

Li Qian nodded, agreeing with Xiao Lingxue's proposal.

The combined forces of him and Xiao Lingxue were less than 20,000. It would be very dangerous to go out of the city and rob the camp with such a small number of troops.

If we can win over lord players such as Xuanyuan and Jiangzuo Meilang, gather 50,000 to 60,000 elite soldiers, and go out to rob the camp, there is a great hope of winning and delaying the rebels' siege progress again.

Li Qian and Xiao Lingxue went to the Xuanyuan camp, and Jiang Zuo Meilang happened to be there.

Xuanyuan and Jiangzuo Meilang are two of the top ten lord players in the Eastern Han Dynasty. They each have a group of powerful generals behind them. Lian Po, one of the four famous generals in the Warring States Period, Xiang Yan, a member of the Xiang family who has been a general for generations in the State of Chu... and many more generals that Li Qian doesn't even know.

They are tens of thousands of miles away from Li Qian's territory in Xinye. Li Qian has no conflict of interest with them for the time being, so Li Qian's understanding of them is limited.

Since they are among the top ten lord players in the Eastern Han region, they naturally have a group of powerful generals.

However, both Xuanyuan and Jiangzuo Meilang had worried looks on their faces.

In the attack and defense of Chencang, they also suffered heavy losses under the fierce offensive of the rebels.

At this time, there were still more than 20 days left before the 80-day deadline to hold Chencang, and they were not sure they could hold Chencang.

"Raiding the camp?"

Xuanyuan and Jiangzuo Meilang looked at each other, still feeling frightened.

The last time they followed Emperor Yuan to raid the camp, they were ambushed by the main force of the rebels and were almost wiped out. Now Li Qian was actually planning to raid the camp again.

"This time we attacked on all fronts and achieved a surprise victory."

Li Qian knew the concerns of the two men, so he changed Emperor Yuan's method of robbing the camp and combined the real and the fake.

Xiao Lingxue also said, "The rebels have been attacking the city for more than a month. The city defenses have been basically destroyed. I'm afraid it will be difficult to hold out for more than 20 days. It would be better to raid the camp again and burn the rebels' siege equipment. By then, even if the rebels rebuild the siege equipment, it will probably be too late. This is one of the few ways we can defend Chencang."

Xuanyuan and Jiangzuo Meilang pondered for a while, and the two looked at each other again, and finally made up their minds: "Okay, we can cooperate with you and fully cooperate."

Xuanyuan Shi and Jiangzuo Meilang joined, and the remaining troops of the two of them added up to nearly 20,000 people.

In addition, Li Qian and Xiao Lingxue recruited a group of ordinary players and gathered 50,000 soldiers to rob the camp.

(End of this chapter)