The ninth son of the emperor was demoted at the beginning. I have a famous Chinese general.

"It's probably too early for the Li family. Manager Li's convoy has only been gone for a few days. The round trip will take at least two months."

"But the slaves should be here soon. Didn't the ivory dealer promise to deliver them within three months? It's been a month and a half since we left Wuwei, so they should be here soon."

Ning Quan nodded.

"Yes, I understand."

"That's perfect, there's time to build more houses."

Zhuge Liang thought for a moment and said.

"Your Highness, I have something to report."

At this time, Man Chong hurried over to report.

"Oh, what's the matter?"

"I request that the identification of bandits be suspended and all of them be sent to repair the city walls."

"In this way, our new city wall can be completed within 20 days."

"As for the matter of identification, I think it can be left for later."

Man Chong bowed.

"Yes, that's right. Repairing the city wall is a big deal, so we should stop the selection and send everyone to repair the wall immediately."

"Go inform General Xiang and have him help you keep an eye on the bandits. If anyone tries to act cunningly, kill them immediately."

Ning Quan thought for a moment and nodded.

"Here!"

Man Chong respectfully responded.

"Well, that's it, you all go get busy."

Then Ning Quan waved his hand.

"Here."

Everyone agreed in unison and then retreated.

"Twenty days, only five days left until the next lottery."

"If that's the case, it would be perfect if I could draw a heavy machine gun."

Watching everyone leave, Ning Quan muttered to himself.

..........

On the other side, Li Jing brought his generals back to the front hall and immediately held a combat meeting.

"Everyone, this battle is a crucial one. If we win, we will be able to gain a firm foothold in Hulan and even take the opportunity to expand our sphere of influence."

"If you lose, there will be no chance of recovery."

"So we must win this battle and must not lose."

Looking at everyone, Li Jing said in a deep voice.

"I obey your orders and will follow your instructions!"

All of a sudden, all the generals clasped their fists and bowed.

"Okay, let me allocate the troops first."

"General Li, General Guan, you two will command the heavy cavalry and be responsible for the charge."

"General Huo, General Lu, you two will command the light cavalry and be responsible for supporting the heavy cavalry's operations."

"The remaining infantry will be led by General Zhang Liao and General Xiang Yu, responsible for defending the city."

Li Jing looked at the generals and said.

"Follow the order!"

All the generals took the order.

"Alright, now I will explain the battle plan in detail. Generals, please listen carefully."

Immediately afterwards, Li Jing told his battle plan.

At the same time, the generals also listened attentively.

Half an hour later, the battle plan was explained and then everyone went their separate ways.

Lu Bu set out again to scout the enemy situation in the Donghu tribe.

The other generals deployed their troops and made intensive preparations.

At the same time, Xiang Yu also led his soldiers to take all the bandits to the city wall and arranged for them to build the city wall.

Several bandits disobeyed his orders and were killed by Xiang Yu.

Seeing this, the other bandits dared not disobey and obeyed obediently.

In the blink of an eye, ten days passed.

Early that morning, Ning Quan, accompanied by Li Jing and others, came to a valley about ten miles outside the city.

When they arrived here, Ning Quan summoned out one thousand light cavalry and five hundred heavy cavalry.

Of course, Ning Quan summoned far more than these, including a thousand knight attendants and five thousand auxiliary soldiers, plus thousands of war horses and mules.

Three thousand five hundred cavalrymen, five thousand auxiliary troops, and nearly ten thousand war horses and mules gathered together, and the scene was spectacular.

"good, very good!"

Seeing this, Ning Quan exclaimed with satisfaction.

All the generals were amazed. On the one hand, they were amazed by Ning Quan's miraculous skills, and on the other hand, they were amazed by the majestic and powerful five hundred cavalry.

"Okay, let's get started."

Looking at the shocked crowd, Ning Quan said with a faint smile.

"Here!"

Upon hearing this, all the generals bowed and responded.

Huo Qubing then led the light cavalry out, and including the original light cavalry, the total number of light cavalry was 1,600.

Later, Li Cunxiao and Guan Yu set off with heavy cavalry, accompanied by a thousand knight attendants, a thousand auxiliary soldiers, two thousand war horses, and two thousand mules and horses.

Heavy cavalry combat requires the support of auxiliary troops, extra war horses, and mules. Not to mention the weight of the armor, just wearing the armor would make it difficult to move without the help of auxiliary troops.

According to the battle plan, these two cavalry units will remain outside from now on, waiting for the arrival of the Hun army, and then seize the opportunity to launch an attack.

As for the remaining 4,000 auxiliary soldiers, they would of course be taken back to the city and used as infantry to defend the city.

Fortunately, there are these 4,000 auxiliary troops, otherwise Ningquan would not have enough troops to defend the city.

Ning Quan did not have many soldiers under his command. In addition to the two hundred guards given by His Highness, the three hundred people given by the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the eight hundred servants given by Li Changan, a total of only one thousand three hundred people.

Including the 1,300 Persian soldiers, there were only more than 2,000 people.

This does not include the deaths and wounded soldiers caused by the previous two battles, as well as the 600 people who were drafted to serve as light cavalry.

In addition, there are scouts stationed in various forts and outside.

The actual available troops were less than 1,500, and most of them were Persian soldiers, with only 300 Han soldiers.

It is simply a pipe dream to want to defend the city with only 1,500 people.

Fortunately, the timely appearance of auxiliary troops solved the big problem.

With the help of these four thousand auxiliary soldiers, Ning Quan felt much more at ease.

"Your Highness, what do you think that is?"

On the way back to the city, Zhang Fei suddenly pointed to the distance and said in surprise.

Upon hearing this, everyone looked into the distance and saw a convoy moving towards them.

"Your Highness, it looks like the Daqian flag?"

Li Jing raised the telescope and observed.

"The Daqian flag? Could it be that the prisoners have arrived?"

Hearing Li Jing's words, Ning Quan also hurriedly picked up the telescope to observe.

Sure enough, the prisoners exiled by the court had indeed arrived.

This was a convoy consisting of more than 30 ox carts, carrying more than 300 prisoners, and more than 20 soldiers in charge of escorting them.

At the end of the team there were seven or eight carts piled with food and various sundries.

"Haha, not bad, it was delivered so quickly."

After confirming that everything was correct, Ning Quan said with satisfaction.

What Ning Quan lacks most right now is people, and he doesn't mind even prisoners."

"You guys go back first. General Zhang will accompany me to take a look."

Ning Quan said with a smile to Li Jing and Zhang Fei beside him.

After saying that, he ran towards the prison van.

"drive……"

Seeing this, Zhang Fei hurriedly led his personal guards to follow closely.

Soon, Ning Quan arrived in front of the convoy.

"Who are you?"

When the soldiers escorting the prisoners saw Ning Quan coming, they immediately shouted warily.

"You are blind, this is His Majesty the Ninth Prince."

Zhang Fei cursed angrily upon seeing this.

"See His Highness Ninth Prince!"

"I have failed to recognize the great man, Your Highness, please forgive me."

The soldier reacted instantly after hearing what he said and immediately knelt on one knee.

"It's okay, ignorance is not a crime!"

"Are you in charge of the escort?"

Ning Quan said lightly.

"Your Highness, yes."

"My name is Wu Ming, and I'm in charge of this escort."

Wu Ming replied respectfully.