Shi Mao, a guerrilla general from Shangyuan City, received a report from his subordinates, saying that Liu Ji from Yin County brought 5,000 cavalry outside the west gate of Shangyuan City, and Liu Ji was preparing to bring all 5,000 cavalry into Shangyuan City to receive the order.

Shi Mao was happy when he heard this. After all, he had prepared a trap in Shangyuan City and was waiting for Liu Ji to jump inside. Now Liu Ji is finally here.

However, when he heard that Liu Ji had brought five thousand cavalry and was preparing to lead troops into the city, Shi Mao couldn't help but frown. Five thousand cavalry was definitely a fearsome force for Shangyuan City. You must know that Shi Mao had bought and robbed in recent years, and finally got more than 700 war horses and formed a cavalry team of 700 people. Shi Mao regarded it as his own flesh and would not use it under normal circumstances.

Among the border troops in the four prefectures and cities in the northern part of the Great Jin Dynasty, there are not many cavalry troops now. After all, in recent years, the grassland nomadic peoples have an absolute advantage over the Great Jin Dynasty. The border troops of the four prefectures can only passively defend, and the cavalry troops of the border troops are less and less. The border troops in each city cannot seize a large number of war horses through victory and supplement the losses in combat.

Compared with the border cavalry units in other cities in the four northern prefectures of the Great Jin Dynasty, the seven hundred cavalry are no longer small, but compared with the cavalry units under Liu Ji, the number is far inferior.

It would be fine if the five thousand cavalry led by Liu Ji was blocked outside Shangyuan City. If these five thousand cavalry entered Shangyuan City, then the five thousand cavalry could defeat more than 10,000 people under Shi Mao's command. At that time, Shangyuan City would not be the surname Shi but Liu.

Shi Mao immediately brought his men to the west gate of Shangyuan City. After climbing the city wall, he looked at the five thousand fully armed cavalry outside the city, each equipped with two war horses. While Shi Mao was shocked, he couldn't help but look a little fanatic in his eyes. As long as his plan could succeed, the elite cavalry outside the city would belong to him. Moreover, according to reliable information, Liu Ji's cavalry unit had more than 100,000,000 war horses, and another eighty-ninety-ninety infantry.

If all of these belong to me, then I will have more than 100,000 elite cavalry and almost 100,000 infantry. Even the Hu people on the grassland will not provoke me easily. I can even use the powerful army in my hands to slowly erode the four northern prefectures of Great Jin. When the four northern prefectures are in control, I can continue to advance to the hinterland of Great Jin, and take the remaining twenty states of Great Jin into their own little by little, and then I can...

"General, the prefect said that it is up to you to decide whether Liu Ji will bring troops into the city or not." A side general under Shi Mao walked to Shi Mao and reported to him, interrupting Shi Mao's daydream.

In addition to Shi Mao, the guerrilla general, there are three other minor generals in Shangyuan City, all of whom belong to Shi Mao's command. The name of this minor general is Shi Ming, who is Shi Mao's cousin and can be regarded as Shi Mao's confidant. The other two minor generals are Wance and Ding Lin, who are also Shi Mao's confidant.

Shi Mao looked at Liu Ji in front of the five thousand cavalry outside the city, pondered for a moment and said to Shi Ming: "I have someone to shout out to the outside of the city. The prefect ordered General Liu Ji to lead 500 cavalry into the city to receive the order, and the rest of the cavalry soldiers were waiting outside the city."

When Shi Ming heard this, he lowered his voice and said, "Brother, we are going to attack Liu Ji in the city and let him bring five hundred cavalry into the city. Wouldn't it add to our own trouble?"

"If Liu Ji was not allowed to bring some cavalry into the city, he would inevitably have doubts. If he turned around and left directly, all our arrangements would be in vain. If Liu Ji brought five hundred cavalry into the city, Liu Ji should be able to accept it. There are more than 10,000 soldiers in Shangyuan City. No matter how powerful the five hundred cavalry is, they cannot protect Liu Ji, let alone we still have seven hundred cavalry."

Then a military marquis on the city wall shouted to Zhang Qi, an aide to the prefect of the prefect’s office under the Xicheng Gate, “The prefect sent an order to General Liu Ji to lead 500 troops into the city to receive the order, and the rest of the troops will be temporarily left outside the city!”

Zhang Qi, who had been waiting for the reply in the city under the gate of Xicheng, heard the shouting on the city wall, and then rode his horse back to Liu Ji, "General Liu, Lord Prefect let..."

"Mr. Zhang, I have heard it very clearly. The prefect asked me to lead 500 cavalry into the city to receive the order." After Liu Ji finished speaking, he looked at Li Wenzhong, He Ruobi, Li Xin and Meng Wu, wanting to hear their opinions.

Li Wenzhong hesitated for a moment and said, "Lord, it's better to bring all five thousand cavalry into Shangyuan City to prevent any unexpected situations."

He Ruobi frowned and said, "What does Shangyuan City mean? The lord came to Shangyuan City just to receive the order. How could Shangyuan City be so cautious about the lord? If we really want to occupy Shangyuan City, can we block it with the defenders of Shangyuan City?"

Li Xin followed and said, "Lord, why not let Li Xin bring 500 cavalry into the city and help him bring the documents of the Ministry of War and the gold rewarded by the court out of Shangyuan City?"

Meng Wu also said: "Lord, there are too few cavalrymen, so it is difficult to protect lord Zhou Quan. We are just here to receive the orders. We will get the documents of the Ministry of War and the 100 taels of gold rewarded by the court and leave. Shangyuan City does not allow us 5,000 cavalry to enter the city. Then we can send the documents of the Ministry of War and the gold rewarded by the court outside the city. After we receive the orders outside the city, we will immediately return to Chengyin County. The prefect does not need to worry that we will be detrimental to Shangyuan City."

Li Wenzhong, He Ruobi, Li Xin and Meng Wu did not agree with Liu Ji's entry into Shangyuan City by just leading 500 cavalrymen. After all, Shangyuan City is someone else's place, so be careful not to make a big mistake.

Zhang Qi, a staff member of the prefect's office, quickly persuaded Liu Ji: "General Liu, the prefect has no malice towards the general. However, there are many people in Shangyuan City, and the defenders of Shangyuan City are stationed in the military camp. If the five thousand cavalry under General Liu enters the city, it will be a bit crowded. Moreover, Shangyuan City has always been guarding against the Hu people. Even if some spies from Hu people are infiltrated in the city, the number will not be too large. With five hundred cavalry guarding General Liu, it will definitely be foolproof, let alone the defenders of Shangyuan City."

Liu Ji thought to himself: In fact, what he was most worried about was the defenders of Shangyuan City.

However, Liu Ji looked at Dian Wei, Chen Hao and Chen Zhong beside him, and hesitated for a moment before nodding to Zhang Qi and said, "Okay! This general led 500 cavalry into the city to receive the order, while the other 4,500 cavalry stayed outside the city to wait."
Chapter completed!