Outside Suoyang City.
Zhong Shiheng was leading the military generals to pay homage to the dead soldiers in Suoyang City. A fast horse rushed over from the direction of Yumen Pass, galloped in front of Zhong Shiheng, reined in the horse, and jumped off the horse.
"Same knowledge, Kou Shu's secret order, the whole army up and down, rush to Yumen Pass within one day."
The captain of the commander jumped off the horse back, and quickly counted the commands to be conveyed by Kou Ji.
After listening to Shi Heng, he frowned slightly.
Chen Yao took a few steps forward, and when he came to Shi Heng, hesitated: "One day ... Is it a bit rushing?"
Zhong Shiheng nodded and said, "I'm a little rushed..."
Zhong Shiheng subconsciously looked at the captain who was delivering the order.
The captain who passed the order hurriedly said: "Kou Pongmi said, this is the Privy Courtyard!"
Jiu Shiheng smiled bitterly and nodded, "Understand ..."
Seeing Shi Heng looked at Chen Yao counseling and smiled bitterly: "We secretly made a dead order. If we rushed over late, he would be angry."
Chen Yaozi nodded.
Jiu Shiheng ordered to the people around him: "Put up things, or order the emergency army, you must rush to Yumen Pass tomorrow."
The vice general of Shi Shiheng heard, hesitated, "Tonight ..."
"No rest tonight."
Under the command of Shi Heng, the army quickly opened and rushed to Yumen Pass.
Noon the next day.
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses escorted hundreds of thousands of captives into Yumen Pass. For a moment, Yumen Pass was full of people.
Kou Ji ordered Du Yan to set up a camp at the place outside Yumen Pass to the north, and put some soldiers and captives in it.
After everything is settled properly.
Kou Ji, Sei Shiheng, Chen Yao counseled the three, and then sat together, and began to discuss soldiers.
After sitting down.
Kou Ji slowly said: "Jiao Siluo and Yuan Shan lead 350,000 soldiers and horses, and they should arrive at Yumen Pass at noon tomorrow. Before that, we will gather the people from Xiliang City, Ganzhou, Suzhou and other places.
Withdrawn cleanly.
So after the soldiers of both sides entered Hexi, they did not encounter any resistance.
The soldiers and horses in hand were not damaged.
What we have to face is 350,000 elite soldiers and generals, so we must prepare early."
Zhong Shiheng pondered and said: "We at Yumen Pass have strong soldiers and horses, so we are not afraid. There may be some dangers on the Yang Pass side. At present, there are only more than 30,000 elite soldiers guarding Yang Pass. Not only do we have to face the enemy forces to attack, but we also have to attack them all the time.
Be on guard against the Liao soldiers hiding in Shazhou.
Once the Yangguan war breaks out, Di Qing will most likely face a flanking attack."
Kou Ji said solemnly: "General Chen will go to Yangguan with Yongzi. The 80,000 forbidden troops should be able to hold Yangguan."
Both Zhong Shiheng and Chen Yaozi were stunned.
After thinking about it for a while.
Chen Yaozi nodded.
The main force of the enemy should come back to attack Yumen Pass. There should not be too many troops to go to Yangguan.
If the 80,000 Forbidden Army adheres to Yangguan, there should be no problem.
It was just that when Chen Yao went to Yangguan, the power of Yumen Pass was relatively weakened.
Don't look at Yumen Pass nearly two to 300,000 soldiers. The real stroke is only one of the town West Army, and the rest are local soldiers.
The combat effectiveness of the local soldiers is more than one star than the Forbidden Army.
If there is only one forbidden army, in the face of Qingtang's 300,000 elite, it will be very difficult.
But neither Yangguan nor Yumenguan can be lost.
Therefore, even if the Yongzi heads led by Chen Yao counsel are assigned, the battle of Yumen Pass is very difficult and the score is distributed.
Kou Ji seemed to see what they were thinking, and said to them: "You don't need to worry too much. No matter how many soldiers and horses Qingtang has, they can't break Yumen Pass and Yang Pass.
We must not only resist their attack this time, but also counterattack and annihilate them in one fell swoop.”
Zhong Shiheng and Chen Yaozi looked at each other and shook their heads in unison.
"It's okay to block them, but it's a bit difficult to counterattack. Unless we have an extra forbidden army now."
Chen Yaozi said seriously.
Zhong Shiheng nodded in agreement.
Kou Ji said calmly: "There are no forbidden troops, but there is a group of heavy armored cavalry."
Zhong Shiheng and Chen Yaozi looked at Kou Ji in astonishment.
Before the Song Dynasty, there was a heavy armor riding, but after the firearm was innovated. After the firearm entered the army, the heavy armor ride was abolished. Among them, the soldiers were also allocated to the Zhenbei Army and the Jingse Army.
The armaments of the heavy armored cavalry were also sold by Kou Ji at a very shady price.
Nowadays, there are no heavy armored cavalry in the Song Dynasty.
Chen Yaozi may not be aware of this matter.
But Zhong Shiheng, who was in the Privy Council, knew clearly.
Seeing Sei Shiheng and Chen Yao, he looked at himself in doubt, and Kou Ji said faintly: "To this day, I will not conceal you. Yuanshan is all our people from beginning to end."
"Don't ... If Yuanshan is our person, don't help us resist the Qingtang people, how can I help the Qingtang people to fight us?"
Chen Yaozi asked suspiciously.
Kou Ji chuckled lightly and said, "The Yuanshan tribe helped the Qingtang people deal with us. It was my order."
Zhong Shiheng and Chen Yaozi looked shocked.
The Yuanshan tribe is just a branch of the Song Dynasty, not a part of the Song Dynasty.
The people in Yuanshan secretly gave the enemy to the enemy, and the risks were quite large.
Arrange their own people to be the way, sometimes anti -water will appear.
Arrange outsiders to go to the way, the chance of anti -water is greater.
Zhong Shiheng and Chen Yaozi looked at each other.
Chen Yao stared at Kou Jidao: "Forgive the officials, what do Kou Pomi control the people who control Yuanshan, and let them have your life to you?"
Kou Ji did not answer the question of Chen Yao, because he couldn't tell the truth about the truth about the truth.
Kou Ji just said calmly: "Whether I can make the people of the Yuanshan tribe obey my orders, you will know when they arrive. At that time, I will give each of you a command arrow.
You can issue command arrows depending on the situation on the battlefield.
Give them instructions to rebel.
Before the arrows were not issued, they still pretended.
So even if they encountered me from the Great Song, they would kill the killer when necessary.
So when to release the arrow is very important."
Seeing Kou Ji and Chen Yao, he was unwilling to confess, and did not ask more.
Since Kou Ji didn't want to tell them the truth, there was certainly a reason why he didn't want to speak.
They made a tacit decision not to rely on the Yuanshan tribe's troops.
Then against the Qingtang people, they will rely on themselves.
On the premise of relying on their own soldiers and horses to block the Qingtang people, they will light the command arrows to make the Yuanshan tribe rebel and give the Qingtang people a severe blow.
If people from the Yuanshan tribe rebel, they will recognize the people from the Yuanshan tribe and regard them as one of their own.
If the people of the Yuanshan tribe do not rebel, they will regard the people of the Yuanshan tribe as enemies and treat them together with the Qingtang people.
After Kou Ji handed over the war at Yangguan and Yumenguan to Zhong Shiheng and Chen Yaozi, he gave each of them a command arrow and asked them to start deploying their troops.
As the troops begin to deploy.
Both Yangguan and Yumen Pass have entered a state of tense preparations.
But Jiao Siluo, whom they regarded as their formidable enemy, was hesitating whether to attack Yumen Pass and Yang Pass.
After nightfall.
A grassland of 20 miles away from Yumen Pass.
The 350,000 soldiers and horses of Qingtang and Yuanshan are stationed here.
Inside the Chinese army's tent, the lights were brightly lit.
The King of Qingtang's servant sat at the head of the table, his brows furrowed.
Anziluo was sitting on his right hand side, his face was not very good.
Yuan Shan sat on Jiao Siluo's left hand side with a gloomy look on his face.
The other generals sat on both sides.
Jiao Luo frowned: "The news that the Liao Kingdom was involved in the enemy just sent someone to send someone, and the black sweat Wang Yusufu was defeated as early as the month ago.
The Black Khan King Yusufu has led the remaining troops to escape from Shazhou.
Now Shazhou and Guazhou have returned to the hands of the Song Dynasty again.
In addition, the Song General Song, who defended Yangguan in the month ago, went out of the country to meet the Liaoning country in the face of the enemy, and almost chopped Xiao to fight against the enemy. Xiao Xiao's enemy now led the residue to hide in Shazhou. "
An Ziluo hesitated for a moment and asked, "Should we fight Yumen Pass and Yang Pass?"
As soon as this remark came out, the crow in the tent was silent.
This time they led the soldiers to Hexi, and the soldiers entered Yumen Pass and Yangguan.
, Welcome their allies into the Song Dynasty and divide them together.
But now both allies have been defeated.
They attacked Yumen Pass and Yangguan, not only will not get any help, but they even have to damage the soldiers for this.
Whether or not to attack Yumen Pass and Yang Pass has become a big problem.
The atmosphere in the tent was very dignified, and he sighed in his heart. He headed Yuanshan and asked: "The leader of Yuanshan thinks, Yumen Pass and Yangguan, do we fight or not?"
Yuan Shan asked: "We are about to attack Yumen Pass and Yang Pass. Is it necessary to discuss this now?"
"Of course it is necessary. If we don't attack Yumenguan and Yangguan, we can immediately lead our troops to the Song Dynasty to attack the city, plunder the land, and search for gold, silver and jewelry.
If you hit Yumen Pass and Yangguan, we will fight here for a long time.
Not to mention the loss of troops and generals, it is difficult to say whether there will be any remaining strength to attack the Song Dynasty and seize the territory and collect gold, silver and jewels."
A general in Qingsang was gloomy with a sullen face, and the sound of stunning.
Yuan Shan sneered and said: "Do you think that if you abandon Yumen Pass and Yang Pass and go to Song Dynasty to attack the city and seize territory, the Song soldiers in Yang Pass and Yumen Pass will watch peacefully?
You are not afraid that they will go out of Saizhou, attack me in Yuanshan first, and then go to the eyes of your Qingtang? "
"you!"
General Qingshan was angry with Yuanshan's words.
But he just stared at Yuanshan with a blow, but couldn't say a little refutation.
Because what Wonsan said makes sense.
Song Bing in Yumen Pass and Yangguan added more than 300,000.
More than 300,000 soldiers and horses can do many things in the Western Region.
If they are putting in Yumen Pass and Yangguan, they will attack the hinterland of the Song Dynasty.
The soldiers and horses of Yumen Pass and Yangguan will inevitably be killed from Shazhou and go back to their old nests.
Once the old nest was pulled out, they became homeless orphans.
Even in the Song Dynasty, they tossed the Great Song.
At that time, Song Bing was surrounded by all sides, they would be cold.
When the time comes, it will be useless no matter how much they attack the Song Dynasty and seize more gold, silver and jewels.
"Yumen Pass and Yang Pass still have to be fought. Only by winning Yumen Pass and Yang Pass can we safely go to the Song Dynasty to attack cities and seize territory."
Jiao Siluo sighed and said quietly.
In fact, he was not willing to attack Yumen Pass and Yang Pass.
Because it is a very unwise choice to fight an offensive and defensive war with the Song people, especially if the Song people defend and attack by themselves.
Song people were good at guarding it.
The people of Song Dynasty guarded the pass.
Liao and Black Khan sent millions of soldiers and horses one after another, but they did not attack Yumen Pass and Yang Pass.
It can be seen that Yumenguan and Yangguan are two strong bones.
Although they have 350,000 troops and horses, and are more than a little stronger than the troops of Liao and Heihan, they may not be able to successfully capture Yangguan and Yumen Pass.
Even if Yangguan and Yumenguan are captured, a lot of troops will probably be lost.
Jiao Siluo didn't want to fight, but after listening to Yuan Shan's analysis, he understood that it would be impossible not to fight.
Failure to fight would be equivalent to installing a time bomb in the rear that could set off a storm at any time.
Once the time bomb explodes, everything they planned before will be in vain.
Therefore, even though Yumen Pass and Yang Pass are difficult to chew, they are still big.
Yuan Shan successfully persuaded Jiao Si Luo, who decided to attack Yumen Pass and Yang Pass.
The other Qingtang generals did not object to this matter.
Seeing that everyone agreed to continue attacking Yumen Pass and Yang Pass, Yuan Shan said: "Since we have decided to attack Yang Pass and Yumen Pass, let's discuss how to attack and how to divide our troops."
The distance between Yangguan Pass and Yumen Pass is not far.
If you want to fight, naturally you have to fight together.
Since they have enough troops, there is no need to focus on just one place.
After Jiao Siluo heard Yuan Shan's words, he pondered: "Xiao Pidi wrote to me saying that if we send people to attack Yangguan, he will lead troops to attack the other side of Yangguan and form a flanking attack with us to help us.
Break through Yangguan as soon as possible.
Therefore, it should be easier for the soldiers and horses to attack Yangguan.
There are a huge number of Song soldiers here at Yumen Pass, and no one is cooperating with us, so we can only attack from one side, and the pressure should be greater."
When the people in the Chinese army's tent heard this, they all nodded.
Jiao Siluo's eyes fell on An Ziluo and said: "Ziluo, you lead a troop to attack Yangguan."
Just when An Ziluo was about to clasp his fists and salute, he heard Yuan Shan suddenly say, "King Qingtang, let me lead the soldiers and horses of my Yuan Shan tribe to attack Yangguan."
Jiao Siluo frowned slightly.
The reason why he did not send the soldiers and horses of the Yuanshan tribe to attack Yangguan was because he wanted to keep the cavalry of the Yuanshan tribe to attack Yumen Pass with him.
If the soldiers and horses in Yumen Pass rush out to engage them in hand-to-hand combat, the Yuanshan tribe's cavalry will be a big killer.
With the help of Yuan Shanbu's cavalry, even if he cannot break through Yumen Pass for a while, he can still ensure that he will not be hurt by the soldiers and horses rushing out of Yumen Pass.
Seeing Jiao Siluo's hesitation, Yuan Shan asked with a smile: "King Qingtang won't worry about me, right? If King Qingtang doesn't trust me, then I can lead my troops to be powerful."
Jiao Siluo forced a smile on his face and said: "Chief Yuanshan is joking. How could I not trust you? I just think that if the cavalry of Yuanshan tribe can stay at Yumen Pass, they will cooperate with me."
Our army should be able to capture Yumen Pass faster."
Yuanshan shook his head and smiled, "Then King Qingtang is wrong. My Yuanshan cavalry gallops in the Western Regions, but everyone in the Western Regions knows the name of my Yuanshan cavalry.
Once the people in Yumen Pass see my Yuanshan Iron Cavalry, they will definitely guard the pass and will not leave the city.
In this way, if the King of Qingtang wants to gnaw down Yumen Pass, it will probably be difficult for him to reach the sky.
It would be different if I rode the Yuanshan Iron Cavalry to Yangguan.
My Yuanshan cavalry went to Yangguan. If Zhong Shiheng in Yumen Pass wants to challenge you, he might send his troops out of the city to challenge you.
King Qingtang should know better.
Once the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty leave the city, they will be far from the opponent of our tribal warriors.
The more enemies come out, the greater our hope of victory."
When Jiao Siluo heard Yuan Shan's words, he frowned and remained silent.
Seeing this, Yuan Shan smiled and said: "The reason why I took the initiative to go to Yangguan has my own considerations. One is to have a showdown with Di Qing, the new general of the Song Dynasty.
I heard some people from the Song Dynasty who went to Yuanshan tribe to do business said that Di Qing used to be the commander of the cavalry army of the Song Dynasty.
I just want to see if the cavalry army he leads is more powerful or the cavalry army I command is more powerful.
Secondly, if I attack Yangguan, I may have greater confidence.
Di Qing is a man who is good at using soldiers and strange moves, and also likes to show off his prowess.
Previously in Dali, when he attacked Tengchong Prefecture, he led thousands of people and launched a surprise attack, opening the way for the Song Dynasty's army.
In Yangguan a few days ago, Di Qing led his troops and horses to rush out of Yangguan and faced Xiao in a head-on battle outside Yangguan.
If I led the Yuanshan cavalry to Yangguan, Di Qing might meet Lie Xinqi and lead his troops out on his own initiative.
At that time, I will lead the Yuanshan cavalry to contain Di Qing's troops and horses head-on. The other troops and horses, as well as the Liao soldiers and horses, will be able to take the opportunity to break through Yangguan.
If Di Qing doesn't come out, we can prevent Di Qing from rushing out with his troops and disrupting our plan.
It can be said that leading the Yuanshan Cavalry to Yangguan was far more effective than leading the Yuanshan Cavalry to Yumenguan."
Yuan Shan finished speaking.
Half of the people in the Chinese army tent nodded in agreement.
Jiao Siluo's frown also relaxed a lot.
Jiao Siluo discovered that he had been persuaded by Yuan Shan once again.
He found that he was a little inferior to Yuan Shan and his eloquence and wisdom.
Being able to persuade a group of people repeatedly means that the strategy in this person's mind is far beyond that of the group of people in front of him.
If such a person were alive, it would not be a good thing for Qingtang.
Yuanshan and Qingtang are adjacent to each other. If he tried his best to plan Qingtang, Qingtang would inevitably bleed.
Jiao Siluo took a deep look at Yuan Shan. He felt that after learning about the war to conquer the Song Dynasty, he would inevitably have a fight with Yuan Shan.
Jiao Siluo was thinking about something in his mind and said nothing.
Yuanshan couldn't help but said: "King Qingtang won't worry about me, right? If King Qingtang feels that I can't take Yangguan with the troops of Yuanshan Department alone, he can assign General An Ziluo 50,000 troops and horses to let him win."
He went with me to attack Yang Pass.
We have 100,000, and Xiao Pidi also has 70,000 to 80,000 remnants of the army. Put them together, and the number is not small.
If we attack from both sides, we should be able to capture Yangguan very quickly."
After Jiao Siluo heard Yuan Shan's words, he temporarily put aside his thoughts. He smiled and said to Yuan Shan: "Since leader Yuan Shan has taken the initiative to ask for help, how can I not agree?"
Speaking of this, Jiao Siluo looked at an older man in the tent and ordered: "Kemanyi, you take 50,000 soldiers and horses from your tribe and follow General An and Chief Yuanshan.
Go to Yangguan."
The tribal leader who was replaced by Kemanyi was stunned for a moment when he heard Jiao Siluo's words, and then bowed politely, "I will obey the Zanpu order..."
Jiao Siluo nodded with satisfaction and said to everyone in the Chinese army's tent: "Drink to your heart's content tonight, tomorrow leader Yuanshan and General An will lead their troops to attack Yangguan, and the others will follow me to Yumenguan."
If we win this battle, those people in Yumen Pass will let you take your permission."
As soon as these words came out, a burst of cheers broke out in the Chinese army tent.
For the Qingtang people, population is also one of the spoils of war.
People in the Song Dynasty were good at learning and farming, and they also knew some handicrafts.
For the Qingtang people, the Song people were the best slaves.
The powerful enemies around the Song Dynasty often broke into the Song Dynasty to hunt grass and valleys. In addition to robbing gold, silver, jewelry and food, they also plundered the population wantonly.
The reason why they frequently plundered the population of Song Dynasty was.
It is because, in their eyes, Song people are the best slaves.
After they brought the Song people back to their tribe, they could not only let the Song people help them work, but also sell them out in exchange for a lot of money.
Jiao Siluo handed over the distribution rights to the Song people, which was equivalent to giving them a large amount of money to distribute, and they were naturally happy.
Amidst the cheers of everyone in the Chinese army's tent, Jiao Siluo ordered people to serve wine and meat.
Everyone cheered, drank and ate meat.
It lasted until the early morning of the next day.
Everyone went back to their tents to sleep.
The next morning.
After getting up.
The 350,000 soldiers and horses were divided into two groups according to Jiao Siluo's allocation last night, and went to Yangguan and Yumenguan respectively.
There are one hundred and five hundred soldiers and horses heading to Yangguan.
Among them, the Yuanshan tribe has 50,000 troops, the Akruyi tribe has 50,000 troops, and An Ziluo has 500 soldiers.
After one hundred and five hundred soldiers and horses were on the road, Yuanshan handed over the command of his troops to the nine commanders of Yuanshan's cavalry. He rode his horse to An Ziluo's side and asked with a smile: "General An, what do you think?"
,How should we fight this battle?"
An Ziluo heard Yuan Shan's question, pondered for a moment, and said seriously: "It's hard to say... The situation on the battlefield changes day by day. I need to arrive at Yangguan and confirm the strength and deployment of troops in Yangguan.
Only then can we decide how to fight.”
Yuan Shan smiled and nodded: "General An is so cautious in fighting, he is worthy of being a rare famous general in Qingtang."
An Ziluo laughed dryly, "Chief Yuanshan is so complimentary."
The more An Ziluo interacts with Yuanshan, the more he feels that Yuanshan is a person who looks carefree but is actually very secretive.
For this kind of people, An Ziluo didn't dare to be disrespectful, let alone belittle them.
Yuan Shan laughed and did not talk to An Ziluo. Instead, he turned to ask Krui, who kept his head down and rode forward.
"What do you think, Chief Cruy, how should we fight this battle?"
Kruy seemed to be distracted.
After hearing Yuan Shan's words, he was stunned for a moment, and an ugly smile appeared on his face, "It's up to you two to decide how to fight this battle. I have no objection."
Chapter completed!