After introducing the forces of both sides, the Chinese army's tent suddenly became quiet again.
Everyone was staring closely at the legion general in the center.
"General, what should we do when we come down?"
call!
After a long silence, Tian Hongyan suddenly stood up and said, "Order!"
Wow.
Everyone in the entire Chinese army tent subconsciously stood up and pricked up their ears nervously.
"Cheng Yongzhen, He Zizhen, Fei Xiuwen..."
"The end will be here." The three of them immediately took a step forward.
"You lead 30,000 people and set off eastward at the end of today!"
east?
Everyone in the big tent was startled.
cough.
Cheng Yongzhen coughed lightly and said, "General, are you going in the wrong direction?"
If the Yangguan Ancient Road goes further east, it will return to Tianshui and Yingling County.
"That's right. To the east!"
Tian Hongyan nodded affirmatively and drew a charcoal mark on the map.
"This is your marching route!"
Everyone couldn't help but stretch their necks.
I saw a line drawn east on the map, then turned south and then west, ending at the post road on the east-west line.
"I dare to ask the general," Cheng Yongzhen pondered, "the last three of them took a detour to Tianshui, Yingling and Laigu counties. Are they going to defend the post road or attack Dingxi county through the post road?"
"Guard!" Tian Hongyan simply said one word, "You just need to guard the post road. Ignore the war in the west."
Everyone looked at each other in confusion, and every monk Zhang Er was confused.
"Are you a little confused?"
Tian Hongyan sat back in his seat with a chuckle.
The generals in the big tent murmured for a while, "Come back to the general, the generals are a little confused."
Tian Hongyan was not surprised at all, nodded and continued speaking slowly.
"As the saying goes, a wise man is a man who knows things well. As generals, we must not only be able to fight, but also learn to figure out the thoughts here, so that we can better lead our brothers to survive and achieve promotion and wealth in the future."
As he spoke, he tapped Star City on the map.
"The general is talking about His Majesty?"
"That's right." Tian Hongyan nodded.
He changed the subject, "In the past two years, did you know that many wealthy nobles in the capital are discussing one thing?"
"This..." Everyone looked at each other with blank expressions.
There are a lot of bad things going on in Xing Ji City. One moment they are making peace with a certain country, and the other moment they are establishing a heir apparent, how can they understand this?
Tian Hongyan smiled, he was not going to whet everyone's appetite.
"Every high-ranking sect and even the six departments of Chaoyan have been talking about whether to give up the useless land of Dingxi in the past two years."
"Of course, there is no way that the Duke of Zhenguo will agree to it. In addition, this old rotten scholar with a lot of talk will definitely object to it."
"But giving up the land of a county and dividing the mountains from Xiliang to rule. This kind of news can be spread and spread a lot, which to some extent illustrates His Majesty's thoughts."
The generals in the big tent nodded thoughtfully.
If Emperor Changxing really valued Dingxi County, as long as someone dared to spread such messy news, the all-pervasive Jinlin Guards would have already come to arrest people and even executed them all.
"In fact, your Majesty wants to give up not only the barren land of Dingxi, but also..."
All the generals subconsciously looked towards the Yanzuo Fortress.
hehe.
Tian Hongyan smiled coquettishly.
"Although I don't want to admit it, the Huo family is really great in terms of fighting. Even an ordinary disciple, such as Huo Yun, can defend the heavily besieged city of Peishi with just a few troops."
"I am willing to give in."
For a moment, the faces of the generals in the big tent were not very good.
Tian Hongyan glanced at them and continued.
"It is a great good thing for any empire that border generals can fight. But if border generals have been so good at fighting for hundreds of years, it will not be a good thing for the royal family."
"So we, the Yanhui Legion, have been running around all over the country, seemingly accomplishing nothing. But at least His Majesty has confidence in us."
Everyone in the big tent looked better again.
Speaking of this, Tian Hongyan suddenly raised a question.
"Do you know why we and the Yingling Legion were both transferred to the west during the last legion's deployment?"
Everyone in the big tent was not stupid, and subconsciously looked at the two main roads leading to Luoxia Mountain, "Could it be that your Majesty meant..."
"You are right." Tian Hongyan nodded, "His Majesty originally asked us and the Yingpan Army to garrison one of the main roads."
Emperor Changxing's time was short, and he valued his reputation and did not want to leave a bad reputation in the history books, such as "abandoning the county in search of stability and refusing to save him in the face of death."
He simply transferred the two legions, Yanhui and Yingling, and told the outside world that he was sending the two legions to support Dingxi County and Yanqi Fortress; in fact, he asked them to block the Luoxia Mountain to prevent the Xiliang people from crossing the mountains and entering after the fall of Dingxi.
Just the mainland.
However, God’s calculations are not as good as those of humans.
Emperor Changxing's eighth son died in Tianshui and Yingling counties during the civil unrest, and the two counties were bloodbathed afterwards.
Kong Chunhui of the Yingling Corps didn't know whether he didn't understand the meaning above, or he was so angry that he just did the opposite. As soon as he transferred the defense, he led his troops to Dingxi County...
"But it doesn't matter." Tian Hongyan chuckled, "Xia Bangwei can defend two important roads with only 30,000 local garrison troops. We Yanhui have a total of 80,000 elite soldiers and generals, so it is impossible that we cannot defend this place."
The generals nodded subconsciously.
At this moment, a messenger came in a hurry.
"General, Dingxi County Lieutenant Xia Bang requested to pass through our camp."
Tian Hongyan waved: "Let's go!"
"Yes!" Xiaobing turned and left.
hehe.
Tian Hongyan smiled: "Xia Bang, as a Dingxi native, will go with them if he is willing to seek death."
Cough cough cough.
Suddenly, coughs could be heard from everywhere in the big tent.
Tian Hongyan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what he was doing, and his old face couldn't help but blush.
Generally speaking, the county guards and county lieutenants in various places in Yunchui are not locals.
For example, the current Governor of Mist County, Ren Jie.
He was born in the Taishi Mansion, his hometown is Xingluo, and he grew up in Xingji City.
Another example is Mo Canghai.
He is from Hanoi County. He used to serve in Canglan County or Canglan Island in the south, but now he guards Jiuyuan, Jinghu, Yumu and other northeastern counties.
As for Xia Bangwei, it happened that he was actually from Yanhui County, and he was also a fellow soldier of the Yanhui Army.
Even when the war slowed down a little while ago, he personally visited the Yanhui Army several times and had a drink and chat with many people in the big tent.
When the geese returned to the camp, Xia Bang passed by to lead the troops.
He looked up at the flying goose flag.
Above is a male wild goose flying over the Great Wall, with a bright sharp arrow in its beak.
Chabonwei silently withdrew his gaze, shouted, and hurried westward with his men.
Buzz~
Many of the soldiers recognized the Dingxi commander and knew that he was their fellow soldier, so they couldn't help but whisper to each other.
"What's going on? Don't we send troops to help Mr. Xia?"
"I do not know."
"We haven't transferred the order yet, so I guess General Tian won't send troops."
"No way. Then we just watch the other brother corps fighting to death and life in front? The generals are shameless, and I want to do it again!"
"Shut up! The generals have their own considerations. We, the top soldiers, just listen to the orders from above."
…
Amid the commotion, it took a long time for Chabonwe's more than 20,000 people to pass the camp of the Yanhui Legion.
"Everyone listens to the order," Cheng Yongzhen and a few others finally stood up, "go back immediately to pack up, and the army will set off immediately when the time comes. Anyone who dares to drag the court will receive twenty military sticks."