(The sixty-third leader, Civilbridge, was born two days ago, but the manuscript has not been saved. I will add an update today)
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Under Xu Huai's subtle influence, combined with the collection and compilation of a large amount of fragmented information, Guo Junpan and the others now have a very deep understanding of the threat of the Chihu people, but it is impossible for them to predict the fall of Yunshuo or even the entire area north of the Yellow River.
The time it takes to be penetrated by the Red Husband will be so short, and it will be so unexpected.
Therefore, it was difficult for them to guess Xiao Linshi's secretive plan at this time.
However, let alone Liu Qiong'er and Xu Wuqi, nor mention that Tongbaishan was beaten like a dog before. Guo Junpan really wanted to accompany Zhufengtang on the eve of the Northern Expedition against Yan, and it was during this period that Xu Huai was captured
Chen Zixiao and Xiao Yanhan accompanied the army on the northern expedition to raid Datong. Various elaborate arrangements not only allowed the supervisory envoys to escape safely, but also rescued the remnants of the Tianxiong Army, including more than 3,000 Tongbai Mountain soldiers, from the extremely chaotic Datong City.
And safely retreated to Shuozhou.
This kind of strategy and layout truly makes Guo Junpan's fear and obedience profound from body to soul.
This is also the key to why they know that the situation is extremely complicated and strange, but they are not particularly anxious in their mentality.
Now Xu Huai said that Xiao Linshi's fundamental purpose was to lead hundreds of thousands of remaining Khitan troops, old and young, to evacuate from Yunshuo and move westward. Although the logical speculation currently presented still lacks the final link, Guo Jun concluded that,
But Xu Wuqi and Liu Qiong'er both believed it.
At least to this point of analysis, this tendency is already quite obvious.
"Duan Duan Duan!" An alarm bell came from the direction of the West City Gate.
Xu Wuqi and Guo Junpeng stopped their movements and silently counted the ringing of the bell and the length of the gap.
"Let's go to the West City Gate and have a look!" Xu Huai stood up and said.
"Another 30 or 50 cavalrymen come here to harass them. They're like ticks in their crotches. It's really annoying!" Guo Junpian complained, "If we really want to send troops out, they'll run away so damn fast and follow the wind.
Just like that, they disappear as soon as they run into the mountains - these mountain beards are getting more and more cunning, we can't send out troops to catch them at the base and beat them up, it's too difficult to drive them away!"
At first, the Mountain Hu came out to harass Shuozhou, and they looked down upon them, so they took the opportunity to annihilate two to three hundred people and capture four to five hundred horses. However, after the Mountain Hu and others realized that the Tongbai soldiers were not easy to deal with,
They became extremely slippery, often harassing them with light cavalry, and shooting at the periphery with bows and arrows. They never easily came over to attack the shield formed by Tongbai Mountain soldiers.
On the contrary, if this side cannot hold back and abandons coordinated infantry and cavalry operations, and only sends cavalry to chase and kill the harassing Shanhu cavalry, the casualties will often be greater than the opponent's due to the general's inferior cavalry and shooting skills.
Therefore, for the past two months, Shuozhou City could only turn a blind eye to the small group of Shanhu cavalry who harassed them. It was impossible to easily send people out of the city to avoid falling into the opponent's strategy of tiring troops.
Now there is a warning signal coming from the direction of Xicheng. It is clear that only a small group of enemy soldiers, who cannot reach fifty riders, are approaching. Guo Junpian feels that they do not need to pay attention to them at all. It is enough for Tang Pan, who is responsible for leading the troops stationed in Xicheng, to deal with them; if Tang Pan
If you are not near the tower at this time, there is no need to rush there.
"Go over and have a look," Xu Huai stretched out his hand to pull Guo Junpan to stand up and said, "Our way out may also be in the west!" He then looked at Xu Wuqi and asked, "Uncle Wu, what do you think?"
"..." Xu Wuqi nodded and said, "We didn't dare to send troops deep into Xishan in the past because we couldn't figure out the thoughts of people like Xiao Linshi. We were worried that Xiao Linshi might still hope that Xiao Xinhan could send troops to recapture Shuozhou, but If your judgment is correct, Xiao Linshi's real intention is to lead the remnant tribes to move westward from the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain. In fact, he wants more than anyone else to severely damage the Shanhu forces, or to expel the Shanhu tribes from the Xishan area south of Yinshan Mountain. Get out! The time left for them is very limited. We pretend not to know his plan and send troops into Xishan to clear out the mountain barbarians. He shouldn't give Xiao Xinhan the opportunity to send troops to hold us back!"
"It seems so!" Guo Junpan touched the back of his head. He had long realized that he was no longer comparable to Xu Huai. He was really far behind people like Xu Wuqi.
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Xu Huai and the others walked out of the Governor's Mansion to the gate tower of the west city. They saw Xu Xin'an accompanying Yan Xiaoyi who had visited the defense of the south city wall. Shen and Zhenei came over and said to Xu Wuqi: "Xiaoyi, Zhenxi will go first." Uncle Wu, you will be your deputy for a while..."
Yan Xiaoyi, who was born in Shen Zhen's evil world, is full of rebellious and rebellious spirit. He will have a greater sense of identity with Zhufengtang and Lifengyuan, and Xu Huai also hopes to recruit people in the future, especially hoping that they can take on the role of backbone Anyone who plays a key role must go through Lifengyuan first.
Everyone walked to the west city gate tower. On the way, Xu Huai arranged for people to find Xu Wukun, Su Laochang, Pan Chenghu, and Zhou Jing. They climbed to the west city tower and saw more than fifty cavalrymen carrying swords and bows on their backs, three or four hundred steps away from the city wall. As they stayed, from time to time, three or five groups of soldiers would approach the city wall, shouting and cursing in an attempt to lure the city's defenders out of the city to pursue them.
Xishan is located to the north of Guanchuan Mountain, south of Yinshan Mountain, west of Huihe River, and east of the Yellow River. It covers a wider area than Tongbai Mountain, but its population is much sparser.
According to the information collected so far, the total number of Xishan Tibetan people is less than 20,000, and they are divided into thirteen tribes. They are nominally vassal to Khitan and under the rule of Xijing Road. However, their special geographical location determines that they have been in Khitan for a long time. He has a good relationship with the party members.
Comparatively speaking, the Tibetan tribes located in the Huihe River Valley and at the southeastern foothills of Yinshan Mountain were more loyal to the Khitan, and they were also the main force that gathered in Datong City to severely inflict heavy damage on the Tianxiong Army.
Although the Tibetan people in Xishan were small, and even the major and minor rebellions that had been launched in the past were suppressed by the Cao brothers in Shuozhou, they had long been secretly supported by the party members, and the armed forces and armor of the tribesmen were not weak.
Although the Thirteen Mountain Husbands are basically nomadic tribes, the Khitan took strict precautions against them and restricted their migration. Over the years, they have gradually become semi-villages, but in terms of production and management, they still focus on animal husbandry.
After all, the Western Mountains are full of hilly plateaus and valleys, are arid and have little rain, and the streams are short and shallow, making them far less conducive to agricultural cultivation than the Huihe River Valley.
In two months, Shuozhou not only figured out the situation of the Thirteen Mountain Barbarians, but also figured out the twists and turns of the topography of the Xishan Mountains and mapped them.
However, the Thirteen Shanhu tribes have extremely close internal connections, and the total number of soldiers they can mobilize is extremely high, perhaps as high as five to six thousand.
In this case, Xu Huai wanted to lead the soldiers from Tongbai Mountain deep into the Western Mountains and inflict heavy losses on the Shanyue tribe. It would definitely not work if he had fewer troops, but if he brought too many troops deep into the Western Mountains, the defense of Shuozhou would become a problem.
Although the imperial court has been slow to give a formal explanation to the soldiers of Tongbai Mountain, and it is expected that they will be named only when Cao Shixiong officially rebuilds the Tianxiong Army, but Xu Huai has already made arrangements for the auxiliary soldiers.
There are more than 3,400 soldiers in Tongbai Mountain, and the number of combat troops is only about 2,600. The rest of the troops are organized into labor camps. In fact, in addition to work such as construction, there are quite a lot of manpower to protect Zhufengtang and Li.
Required for Feng Yuan and Yue Yu Tower.
With only this few soldiers, it is really a bit stretched to use.
Of course, more importantly, Xu Huai had never thought that Wang Fan would recommend Cao Shixiong to take charge of the military and political power of Lanzhou in the west wing. He thought that it was natural for Zhu Lan to go to Lanzhou and lead the military and horse supervision. Really?
In that case, what would Xu Huai do if he went into Xishan to attack Shanhu forces regardless of casualties?
Just because the Shanhu people frequently come out to provoke provocations in Xishan, they have to fight to the death with very little capital. What else can they do if they don't have enough food to hold on?
However, time has changed, and Cao Shixiong is in charge of the military and political affairs of Lanzhou. Once the Red Husbands move south, Cao Shixiong will inevitably surrender to the enemy and block the southerly evacuation route of Tongbai Mountain. Xu Huai, like Xiao Linshi, is actually eager to open the Xishan Pass at this time.
In this case, once the red cavalry moves south and becomes unstoppable, they can withdraw into Xishan at any time, or go from Xishan to Fuzhou or Yanzhou, or take the road from Guanzhong back to Tongbai Mountain.
This also means that the southern evacuation channel will abandon the Lanzhou, Taiyuan, and Jinzhou lines and transfer to Guanzhong for deployment.
Of course, the first condition is to severely damage the Shanhu tribes that dominate Xishan, or to drive them out completely.
In addition to the necessity of marching into Xishan at this time, Xiao Linshi's hidden plan also provided them with extremely favorable conditions for attacking the Shanhu tribes. There was no need to think too much about whether Shuozhou City would be attacked by Datong soldiers and horses.
No worries.
"Since Cao Shixiong is the coach of the West Wing, of course we cannot act without permission. Mr. Pan will draft a letter and send it to Kelan," Xu Huai said, "In addition to the soldiers' pay and grain, we also need to fight for Lan Gu.
The garrison will cooperate with us in fighting from the south..."
Even if Cao Shixiong was destined to surrender to the Red Husbands, it would not be possible at this time.
Therefore, when Cao Shixiong was rebuilding the Tianxiong Army and needed the cooperation of Tongbai Mountain soldiers, Xu Huaide stepped up his time and tried every possible means to get as much grain and grass from Lanzhou as possible and transport them to Shuozhou for storage.
Cao Shixiong is in charge of the military affairs of Lanzhou on the west wing, and also has the power to rebuild the Tianxiong Army. He will inevitably transfer the Qingshun Army, his direct line, to Kelan and Ningwu. At this time, he may regard Zhu Run, Xie Zhong, and Lei Teng as the three
Troops and horses are obstacles.
Xu Huai requested that the Langu direction be able to cooperate in fighting from the south, which might prompt Cao Shixiong to transfer Zhu Run, Jie Zhong, and Lei Teng, or one or two of them, to garrison in Langu County to the west of Guanchuan Mountain and south of Xishan Mountain.
, once the situation changes drastically, this will undoubtedly be a situation that is beneficial to the soldiers of Tongbai Mountain...
