Zhao Xie was born in a turbulent family and became a monk and joined the army halfway.

Even though he learned a lot from Pei Jian later and was already a qualified general, he was still a little unconfident in himself, so he seemed very cautious whether he was defending the city or fighting.

This kind of caution cannot be said to be a bad thing, because in some cases, the general must be cautious.

But sometimes, the generals must dare to take risks.

In this regard, Zhao Xie is much worse than Pei Jian.

Hearing Lin Zhao's words, Zhao Xie and others stood up. They looked at Lin Zhao and said in a deep voice: "Let's wait, listen to the prince's orders!"

"My opinion is, let's wait another day."

Lin Zhao said slowly without expression: "The Copper Coin Guard will send back the follow-up news. Tomorrow, as long as the Tubo people are still retreating tomorrow, we will think that they will return to Tubo all the way and will not look back!"

"If this is the case, we will form a semi-encirclement of the Northwest rebels in accordance with the previously agreed constitution and together with the Shuofang Army, we will form a semi-encirclement force against the Northwest rebels, even if we cannot surround them all in the center, we will still pinch their tails!"

"Even if their heads run away, their tails will remain in the Han family, do you understand?"

The current situation is that neither the Pinglu Army nor the Shuofang Army could go around behind the Northwest Army and completely surround them. If you want to completely surround them, your troops were not particularly strong.

Therefore, Lin Zhao’s imagination was to fight a head-on battle with these rebels first, and when they retreated, they would use the troops that had been ambushed in advance to cut off the rebels in the northwest in half!

At that time, the half of the rebels who were intercepted will have the chance to be eaten by Lin Zhao!

After eating up half of the rebels, the northwest will be in stagnant for at least ten years. If the two governors, Xiao Cheng or Hu Yanzhi, could be left behind, the court would send some people to take them back to Hexi and Beiting.

By then, the northwest can be stable for decades.

With decades of stability, Lin Zhao could turn around and rectify the rivers. When he sorted out the Central Plains, he could start to completely solve these neighbors with the power of Middle Earth.

Of course, with Lin Zhao now, unless he drives all the Pinglu army in the Qingzhou base camp of Youzhou, he will not be able to do that.

Zhao Xie took a deep breath and looked at Lin Zhao.

"Prince, Chang'an Imperial Guard, is still cruising outside the pass. If you really want to fight, will you let them fight this first battle?"

It was a few months ago that Lin Zhao led the imperial guards to Sanguan. During these months, Zhao Xie's Pinglu army still defended Guanzhong, but this imperial guard left Guanzhong under the leadership of Zhao Fuping and fought guerrilla warfare with the rebels near the rebels.

The imperial guards are not strong in combat. If they encounter the main force of the rebels head-on, they may be defeated at once. However, Lin Zhao has a powerful intelligence system. With the help of the intelligence system, this imperial guard perfectly avoids the main force of the rebels in the northwest and only contacts a small group of rebels.

The reason why Lin Zhao made such arrangements was that, on the one hand, he wanted to improve the combat effectiveness of this imperial guard as soon as possible, and on the other hand, he wanted them to cultivate feelings in the battle and truly let Zhao Fuping lead this army, so that he could take this imperial guard for his own use in the future.

Lin Zhao was silent for a while and shook his head slightly.

"The first battle is to fight."

He looked at Zhao Xie and said, "This imperial guard will be part of the Pinglu army in the future, and their combat effectiveness is not enough. If they want them to fight head-on with the main force of the rebels, they will feel resentful."

"Our people fight first and let them go later, so they have nothing to say."

Zhao Xie had no objection to Lin Zhao's supremeness. He lowered his head and said, "Everything is followed by the prince's arrangement."

"alright."

Lin Zhao sat down again, then glanced at everyone, and said, "Let's discuss a plan to send troops according to my wishes. If the news of the Tubo people's retreat is confirmed tomorrow, the Pinglu army will go out to Guanzhong early the morning after tomorrow."

"Do you guys have any questions?"

Zhao Xie and others bowed respectfully to Lin Zhao: "I will obey the order."

"Okay, sit down."

Prince Yue narrowed his eyes and said slowly: "This meeting is still chaired by General Zhao, and I will listen to it."

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The next day, the Tongqian Guard confirmed the news that the Tubo people retreated.

Then the Pinglu army began to prepare for the war in full. The next morning, Zhao Xie personally led 20,000 vanguard troops, left Guanzhong from Sanguan and approached the main force of the Northwest rebels.

At this moment, the two sides have been in a confrontation for half a year, and Lin Zhao has already figured out the position of the main force of the rebels, or the main force of the Hexi Army.

The purpose of his troops this time was to first meet the Hexi army head-on.

If the Hexi Army wins, the Northwest Rebels will have nothing to be afraid of. At that time, whether it is the Shuofang Army or the Chang'an Imperial Army, they can surround the Northwest Rebels.

If you lose...

If you lose, the Pinglu army can also take advantage of the firearms to retreat, then seduce the Northwest rebels to go deeper, and then make the next decision.

However, neither Lin Zhao nor Zhao Xie believed that Pinglu Army would lose.

With the current combat effectiveness of the Pinglu Army, if the Hexi Army and the Tubo people join forces, Lin Zhao would still be a little afraid. However, now, facing only one Hexi Army, Lin Zhao is very confident.

After all, this main force of the Hexi Army is not the entire force of the Hexi Army, but only most of the Hexi Army.

About 50,000 or 60,000 people.

There is not much difference in number with the Pinglu Army.

After the main forces of the two sides collided, they would not be entangled for too long, so Lin Zhao was not worried that other forces of the Hexi Army would be surrounded.

While the Pinglu army left Sanguan, Lin Zhao sent people to inform the Shuofang army in Huizhou quickly.

Although the Pinglu Army had only about 20,000 people first dispatched the pass, but the number of people exceeded 10,000, making it difficult to hide its tracks. In addition, there were also some people in the rebels who kept staring at Sanguan. Therefore, when the Pinglu Army left the pass, someone sent the news back to the Northwest Army's tent and sent it to the hands of Xiao Cheng, the governor of Hexi.

After receiving the news, the Hexi Jiedushi was shining in the commander's tent.

He looked towards Guanzhong and laughed: "The turtle has emerged."

In the past few months, the Pinglu army guarding Sanguan has been unable to defend it. With the advantage of firearms, it has blocked the northwest rebels from Guanzhong, and it is indeed like a big turtle.

At present, the big turtle stretched out his head and was about to start biting people.

Xiao Cheng is also a veteran of the battle formation. Although he was excited, he was not impatient. After sitting in the tent and thinking carefully, he ordered: "Add to the tent and discuss matters!"

As the commander's tent beat the drum, the Hexi generals quickly gathered in Xiao Cheng's tent.

After the Hexi generals arrived, Xiao Cheng did not rush to "convene a meeting", but ordered several personal guards: "Go and invite the governor of Huyan, General Kang to come."

Hu Yanzhun and Kang Dongping were not in the Hexi Army camp at this time, and were dozens or even more than one hundred miles apart, so it would take at least half a day to shout.

Therefore, it is impossible for these two people to participate in the "military meeting" of the Hexi Army. Xiao Cheng himself did not want them to participate in the affairs of the Hexi Army.

Therefore, after giving orders, he looked at the generals in the tent and spoke slowly.

"Everyone, this big turtle of Pinglu Army has emerged today."

"I'm summoning you to discuss with you how to kill this big turtle!"
Chapter completed!