It is more than 420 miles from Datong to Xinzhou, during which time we have to pass through dozens of miles of narrow and winding valleys and gorges at Yanmen Pass. We have to travel day and night in the wind and snow. Mo Lihu led a thousand elite cavalry to reach Xinzhou, which was also tiring.
It makes people turn their backs on their backs.
However, Mo Lihu did not lead his troops into Xinzhou City, but rushed directly to Liulingou Village in the north of Qizi Mountain.
Mu Chi strictly ordered him not to send troops southward from Xinzhou without authorization before the situation was ascertained, but Liulin Gouzhai still belonged to Xinzhou in a strict sense.
If something really happened, the speed of sending troops from Liulingouzhai, which is only more than thirty miles away from Taiyuan City, and from Xinzhou City, which is about a hundred miles away from Taiyuan City, is very different.
"Haishan Qianhu!"
The king appointed Yin Chao, the demoted general, as the governor of Xinzhou, marching to serve as deputy to Wanhu, and also sent a supervisory seal officer to Xinzhou. When Mo Lihu arrived at Liulingou Village, the supervisory seal officer Haishan Gang personally led a scout to reconnoiter from the direction of Qizi Mountain.
The two sides dismounted and met outside the village.
Molihu was on the road for two days and two nights. He could receive some reports on the way, but the useful information was very limited. The first time he got off his horse was to find Haishan to get more information:
"What is the situation now? How many enemy troops are fighting out of the Tianmenguan Gorge? Li Chulin and Yin Chao lead the Yunzhou Han army. Can the Xinzhou Han army hold on to the camp?"
"We lost more than ten elites before we could finally contact the Han army in Yunzhou,"
Haishan is a bit older than Molihu. He has been in the army for fifteen or sixteen years since he was a child. He has more experience than Molihu. However, he is both a direct line general of Zhennan Zong Palace, but Haishan's status is slightly inferior.
Yu Molihu, not to mention that Molihu came with reinforcements on behalf of the direct descendants of Zhennan Zong’s royal family at this time.
He stretched out his hand to scratch his itchy beard and said to Mo Lihu,
"The southern thieves came out from the Luliang Mountains very hard. At first, they disguised themselves as Luliang mountain thieves and came out from the Tianshan Gate to rob dozens of carts of grain. Li Chulin was not alert and only sent hundreds of soldiers to drive them away. Unexpectedly, thousands of southern thieves arrived at night.
They fought their way out with fire, but were caught unprepared by the Southern Bandits in two forts on the south side of the Han army's camp in Yunzhou, allowing them to get in touch with the Southern Bandits in Taiyuan City. Now the Southern Bandits transported a large number of cattle and horses to Taiyuan City for slaughter.
Judging from the situation, it seems that they are planning to assist the southern bandits in Taiyuan City to break out. Li Chulin and Yin Chao are also worried that the southern bandits in Taiyuan City may take the opportunity to counterattack after receiving supplies. At present, they have voluntarily abandoned several forts with limited defense in the north of Taiyuan City.
Concentrate the troops into the Han army camp in Yunzhou and the defenses at the two corners..."
"..."
Mo Li suddenly had a gloomy face, and he and Haishan rode up to a hill southwest of Liulingou Village and looked south.
When he received the news of the raid in Lanzhou in Datong, Cao Shixiong had already judged that Xu Huai's intention of leading the Chu Shanqi was to target Taiyuan. However, many people in the Zong Palace at that time speculated that the Chu Shanqi's intention was to attack Taiyuan.
Attracting them to go south to attack Bianliang, the main cavalry force came back for reinforcements.
Mo Lihu felt that based on his understanding of people like Chu Shanqi and Xu Huai, he did not think that people like Xu Huai would not be able to distinguish the huge difference in weight between Taiyuan City and Bianliang City. Mu Chi did not advocate groundless speculation about the enemy's forces.
intention and ignore the known information.
At this time, Mo Li suddenly reined in his horse on the hill, looked at the eastern foot of Chess Mountain, and saw a large group of Southern Dynasty soldiers and horses digging trenches, burying wood and repairing fences and walls in the valley more than ten miles away. He suddenly slapped his thigh and shouted:
"Haishan, you are right. The thief Xu Huai is here to help the Taiyuan army and people break out! We can't just sit back and watch the thief Xu Huai succeed!"
"Muchi strictly ordered us not to act rashly until reinforcements arrive!" Haishan said.
Yan Muchi sent Mo Lihu to lead his troops to the south to aid Xinzhou. The movement of more than a thousand cavalry in a group was much slower. They must send people to gallop to Xinzhou and contact Taiyuan and other places first to convey orders.
Nayan Muchi knew how overwhelmed the troops and horses guarding Taiyuan and Xinzhou and other cities were, and did not want the Qing Shun army to be defeated in Lanzhou in two days to be repeated near Taiyuan City, so that they would be completely trapped in the northeast of the river.
In the midst of his passivity, he issued several military orders, asking the garrison to fortify the walls and clear the country. Only after he mobilized new cavalry from the Huihe River Valley and the Cangtou River Valley to reinforce Lanzhou, Xinzhou would take new measures.
Although Mo Lihu led his troops to Xinzhou and automatically gained control of the troops and horses of Xinzhou and command of the battlefield, Haishan still had to give first priority to obey the military orders clearly issued by Nayan Muchi.
"Xu Huai, a thieves like this, is best at attacking quickly, but he can't use common sense when using troops."
Mo Li suddenly said in a deep voice,
"Did you expect that he led his troops into Lanzhou and Haishan? He led his troops through the Luliang Mountains and attacked Taiyuan so fast? Did you expect from Haishan? He led his troops into the northern part of Taiyuan, and that night he set off fire to attack the south.
Did you expect to tear apart the company's blockade and siege of Taiyuan City, Haishan? If you didn't expect it, couldn't you summarize the military characteristics of Xu Huai, a thief? We really have to delay it until follow-up reinforcements arrive, Xu Huai
This thief may have brought hundreds of thousands of Taiyuan soldiers and civilians to the Luliang Mountains! How will you pursue him then?"
"The Southern thieves are all lightly armed, with only four to five thousand horses. Even if they are slaughtered to supplement food, they can only support the hundreds of thousands of Taiyuan soldiers and civilians for ten days and a half," Haishan said. "However, the movement of these hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians must be slow.
, As long as General Muchi leads the reinforcements into Lanzhou to intercept them in time, we are not afraid that they will be able to escape! Is it possible that this little meat can support them in crossing the Luliang Mountains and escaping into Guanzhong?"
"What if they capture the Han army camp in Yunzhou? How much food and grass is stored in the Han army camp in Yunzhou at this time?" Mo Lihu asked.
"..." Haishan was stunned for a moment, and said with a guilty conscience, "There are more than 6,000 defenders in the Han army camp in Yunzhou. The southern thieves may not dare to bite this hard nut in a hurry, right?"
The Han army camp in Yunzhou not only had to support the consumption of Li Chulin's troops in the siege of Taiyuan City, but also the grain and materials needed by Yin Chao's troops and part of the grain and materials needed by the main force going south had to be transferred from there.
As the seal supervisor of Xinzhou, Haishan was mainly responsible for organizing hard labor, chariot and horse teams, and transporting grain, fodder and other materials from the north to the south. He knew that the grain reserves in the Han army camp in Yunzhou currently exceeded 100,000 shi.
Haishan could hardly imagine how bad the situation they would face would be if the Yunzhou Han army camp fell into the hands of the southern thieves.
"What we can think of, Xu Huai, the thief, can definitely think of it. But what we thought Xu Huai, the thief, can't do, but we are often wrong," Mo Lihu said, "In your opinion, the Han army in Yunzhou is too big
Is it true that the camp cannot be taken down by force?"
Haishan's expression also became serious.
He had never thought that the southern bandits would attack the Han army camp in Yunzhou before, and he had not thought about many things in detail. But now that he thinks about it carefully, is it really impossible to attack it?
The Han army camp in Yunzhou seems to have six thousand soldiers and horses and tens of thousands of hard laborers, but the sources are too mixed.
More importantly, when will the Yunzhou Han Army give people enough confidence?
"Li Chulin made a big mistake by voluntarily abandoning the fortresses in the north of Taiyuan City!" Mo Lihu said, "If you don't voluntarily abandon the three fortresses in the north of the city, even if Yin Chao does not send reinforcements from the south, it will take time for the southern thieves to attack and they will lose their troops.
, and at the same time, the southern thieves did not have enough space to launch an offensive against the Han army camp in Yunzhou in the north. Now, good thing, idiot Li Chulin took the initiative to help the southern thieves clear out the battlefield in the north of Taiyuan City - we can't do nothing
,Haishan, how many people have you gathered here?"
"..." Haishan was full of bitterness. In addition to retaining the necessary garrison in Xinzhou, he concentrated all the troops that could be assembled in Xinzhou to Liulingou Village, but there were only two hundred cavalry and six hundred surrendered to the Han army.
In front of them, in the valley at the east foot of Qizi Mountain, the Southern Bandits first gathered more than a thousand soldiers and horses to deploy for defense. But today, several groups of Luliang bandits ran out of the mountains and gathered in the enemy camp at Qizi Mountain.
The number of enemies in Qizi Mountain exceeded 1,500.
And more importantly, they still don't know how many southern bandit soldiers and horses are hiding in the canyon to the west of Tianmen Pass.
Lingjinggou Canyon fell under the control of the Southern Bandits. They wanted to understand the situation in Lanzhou, and the reconnaissance cavalry would need an extra four to five hundred miles. This makes them still do not know how many Southern troops will pass through Lanzhou in the future.
Come to Taiyuan to kill...
"..." Mo Lihu said resolutely, "It doesn't matter whether Xinzhou City is defended or not, but if the Taiyuan soldiers and civilians are ordered to retreat westward through the Luliang Mountains, the strength of the southern thieves in Guanshan will be greatly increased - you will immediately defend Xinzhou City.
The troops and horses were mobilized overnight, and we rested overnight and attacked the enemy on the east side of the chess piece mountain early tomorrow morning."
Mo Lihu led his troops south from Datong. They traveled 450 miles in two days and two nights in the wind and snow. The generals were also extremely exhausted. In contrast, the southern army was waiting for work at the eastern foot of Qizi Mountain and repaired a simple camp.
They also dug protective trenches.
No matter how confident Mo Lihu was, he would not dare to launch a non-stop attack on Chushanqi's camp at the eastern foot of Qizi Mountain right now.
