One of the orders is for the two armies to meet at the Divine Spring! The second order is for Munda to return to the Poisonous Insect and Poison Ivy tribes and bring over all the men, women, old and young!
The population of these two tribes is not large, but together they have about 100,000 members! If some are too old or too young, it is relatively easy to recruit 70,000 to 80,000 people.
Then, the Song Army under Shen Tang and 70,000 to 80,000 people from these two tribes secretly gathered in the land of Shenquan! Then, the general took out the spare weapons and equipment and dressed up the tens of thousands of people from these two tribes. The real main force under Shen Tang's command simply escaped from the golden cicada's shell and quietly entered Hanzhou and sped away in the direction of Jiulong, Pengzhou.
Shen Tang originally had 110,000 troops under his command, 10,000 of whom had already entered the Tibetan land, and the remaining 100,000.
In the previous battles, although there was some damage, there were also reinforcements from the two tribes, so the strength has not diminished.
Of the 100,000 troops, only 40,000 actually remained, and the remaining 60,000 troops had quietly left under the leadership of Shen Tang.
Among them, 20,000 horses merged with the 70,000 to 80,000 people of the two tribes, and approached Maozhou. This was also the nearly 100,000 Song Dynasty army that the Qiang people saw!
This large army is not for fighting, but just to confuse the Qiang people.
Therefore, except for the surrounding phalanx, which is the real Song army, the other tens of thousands of people are all pretended to be people from the two tribes!
There is a mighty army of nearly 100,000 people, and the Qiang people don’t have clairvoyance. How can they detect the reality of these 100,000 people?
They can only analyze the Song army and horses from the marching formation, the smoke from the stoves, the size of the camp, etc. Therefore, unless there is a real battle, Shen Tang is not afraid that they will discover the real situation.
As for the other 20,000 troops, they were divided into two groups again!
After Shen Tang's 'main force' enters Maozhou, they will definitely be able to attract most of the Qiang people's power and attention.
As long as this large army continues to approach Wenshan, the Qiang people will gather in the direction of Wenshan whether they like it or not.
At this time, it was time for the other 20,000 troops to take action.
The reason why the Qiang people have been able to occupy Maozhou for many years is firstly because of the strong strength of the Qiang people, and secondly because the entire Maozhou area is blocked by mountains and rivers. Except for two passages, it is almost impossible for humans to travel anywhere else.
As for these two passages, one is at Wuweishan in the north of Maozhou, and the other is at Jizongguan in the east of Maozhou! As long as these two important places are guarded, the interior of Maozhou will be as stable as Mount Tai.
Shen Tang's real plan is that when the 'main army' has attracted most of the Qiang people's strength and energy, the 20,000 troops will separately raid these two important places! When these two important places are captured, Even if the Qiang people react by then, it will be difficult to snatch it back.
If this can be achieved, then when entering Shen Tang, they can use their troops arbitrarily against Maozhou, and when retreating, they can guard the two areas and block the Qiang people within Maozhou and not come out to cause trouble for themselves.
"General, the road ahead is winding and difficult. Do we need to take a detour?"
This 'main' army was led by Shen Tang to the steady Bian Xilai!
After hearing the report from the scouting horses, Bian Xi waved his hand calmly, "There is no need to detour, let the army in front clear the road, and send more scouting horses to detect the movement in all directions!"
Except for the two important places of Jizongguan and Wuweishan, it is certainly not impossible to enter Maozhou from other directions, but the road is just difficult.
But Bian Xi's purpose was just to delay time. Furthermore, these two important places were guarded by Qiang people. How could he and others be allowed to pass by easily?
Moreover, it will also affect the plans of myself and others.
With a hundred thousand men and horses, they can even break mountains and crack rocks, let alone just clear roads.
As for whether you can walk five miles or fifty miles a day, it doesn't matter to Bian Xi at all!
The day passed slowly like this, and before the sky got dark, Bian Xi found a flat place early for his troops to camp!
"General Qi, there is a group of 500 Qiang troops rushing toward us.
Now, they are still twenty miles away from us, and they will arrive outside our camp in about two-quarters of an hour! There are detective horses spying on them now, please make a decision, general!"
As soon as Bian Xi entered the camp, his personal guards came to report.
Upon hearing the news, Bian Xi's face was not only not shocked, but rather a bit surprised.
"Third brother is indeed a mastermind!"
Bian Xi murmured to himself, and then said, "Just continue to monitor them. If they arrive, you can let them enter the front camp.
If you want to see me, just bring the person in charge here, and others can just stop him."
"As you command!"
After the guard left, Bian Xi couldn't help but recall what Shen Tang said to him!
Before leaving, in order for the plan to go smoothly, Shen Tang specially pulled Bian Xi out alone and explained it in detail!
"Brother, the most important thing for you to lead your troops to Maozhou this time is to buy me enough time! Nowadays, the Qiang people, as the top local clan, do not want to consume their own strength at all, but want to sit back and watch.
Song Dynasty and Tubo fought against each other, and finally reaped the benefits! Therefore, unless they are forced to do so, they will never fight with our main force! After all, once they fight, even if they win, their strength will also be
If the damage is serious, they will also lose the qualification to compete in Chengdu Fulu, which is something they will never accept."
"They want to delay, and we also want to delay.
Therefore, the eldest brother should be appropriately tough, but cannot force the Qiang people to a dead end."
"When our troops enter Maozhou, the Qiang people will definitely send people to stop them.
Since sending a large army is not possible, then it is very likely that he is a lobbyist! In the entire Maozhou, the most suitable person to be this lobbyist is the prefect of Maozhou.
After all, on the surface, Maozhou still belongs to the Song Dynasty, and the Qiang people are also people of the Song Dynasty."
"No matter what the attitude of the Maozhou prefect is, the eldest brother only needs to insist that he will never retreat, but he must also leave some room for maneuver.
It is enough to make the Qiang people think they can hold us back, but also attract their energy..."
With Shen Tang's explanation, Bian Xi immediately thought when he heard the report that this must be the lobbyist Shen Tang said.
After all, a mere few hundred Qiang people, no matter how arrogant they are, are not qualified to challenge a hundred thousand troops.
Two quarters of an hour passed quickly, and the guard just entered the military tent again.
"General, the visitor claims to be Ye Mao, the prefect of Maozhou, and wants to see the commander-in-chief!"