They could not stay here for a long time. After observing the terrain for a while, they quietly exited the forest and returned to the camping place. Lin Jue immediately wrote a letter and gave it to the two guards, asking them to go south overnight and follow the official road to find it.
Yang Jun's army sent a warning letter to the imperial army. However, he was not familiar with the place and did not know the name of the place, let alone the names of the hills and hills. He could only describe it in words, not in detail. But Lin
Jue believed that if Yang Jun paid attention to this matter, he would have investigated carefully and would have known the terrain of the ambush. After that, all he could do was wait.
In the early morning, the brothers sent by Sun Dayong to investigate came back and reported that a large number of soldiers and horses were coming from the north and were hiding on the hillsides and woods on the east and west sides of the official road. There were also a large number of cavalry several miles to the north.
Stay on both sides of the outer bend.
This news directly proved Lin Jue's previous judgment. The Liao people wanted to conduct a large-scale ambush here. Their purpose was not only to annihilate some Zhou soldiers and horses, but also to eat a large number of Zhou soldiers and horses.
Yang Jun's soldiers and horses were severely damaged. The appetite was indeed not small, and the intention was also not small.
Faced with such a situation, Lin Jue hoped that Yang Jun would not act emotionally, otherwise he would suffer a big loss. At the same time, Lin Jue also looked at the Liao people with admiration. The leader of the Jin Mansion was by no means an ordinary person. He should
He knew very well what would happen if he allowed hundreds of thousands of troops to arrive at the city on Wednesday to attack the city, so he decided to go out of the city to ambush. This should be the best strategy.
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Yang Jun's soldiers and horses have been marching for a day and a night. The army is advancing very fast. According to the distance calculated on the simple sand table, it is a foregone conclusion that the army will attack Jinfu City within two days.
Early in the morning, Yang Jun put on his horse and ordered the army to move forward. Today they have to walk the last seventy miles. According to the speed of the troops and horses, it should not be a problem. They will definitely be able to reach the gate of Xijin Mansion before evening.
Just when Yang Jun ordered the soldiers and horses to move out, several cavalry were galloping away in front of the official road, but it was Han Gang, the deputy commander of the cavalry vanguard army, who was galloping over with several soldiers.
"Han Gang, a humble official, has seen Marshal Yang!" Han Gang came closer, rolled off his saddle and saluted Yang Jun.
Yang Jun frowned and said: "Why don't your cavalry and horses leave immediately? What are you doing with the Chinese army? Didn't you understand my order last night? I want you to lead your cavalry to the gate of Xijin Mansion quickly and prepare the army to camp.
Matters need to be cleared to clear the way forward. Do you understand?"
Han Gang hurriedly raised his hands and said: "How dare you disrespect the military order? We were ready to leave at dawn, but just as we were about to leave, we received a letter. After reading the letter, I felt that the matter was of great importance and needed to be reported to the marshal for his decision.
, then he hurried over to see the marshal."
Yang Jun frowned and said: "What letter? Who sent it?"
Han Gang shook his head and said: "The messenger shot the letter into the camp with a headless bow and arrow, and then disappeared without a trace. My people didn't see their faces either. Here is the letter, please have a look at it, Marshal."
Han Gang presented the letter, which was a short message written in charcoal on a piece of silk. The letter was not long, and it only took Yang Jun a moment to read the letter. Then a strange smile appeared on his face.
"I didn't know that this letter was written to Marshal Yang. I read this letter without authorization and asked Marshal Yang to forgive me." Han Gang whispered beside him, because the beginning of the letter indicated that the letter was written to Yang Jun.
It is the title of 'Privy Yang's Envoy Taijian'.
"It doesn't matter, haha, it doesn't matter. Hahaha, this guy is really worried. I invaded the hinterland of Daliao with overwhelming force, and I am about to capture Xijin Mansion. Didn't I scare this guy? He actually came to do this again.
Seeking tricks, hahaha. This rat is becoming more and more ineffective. Fortunately, I used to admire him quite a lot, but I made a mistake." Yang Jun changed from laughing to laughing and cursing loudly.
"Marshal, I don't know who wrote this warning letter? I looked at the signature. It was written in a vague and cryptic way. It doesn't seem to be a lieutenant general of our army. Is it a spy planted by the imperial court in the Liao Kingdom? It is inconvenient to reveal the identity.
?" Han Gang asked.
Yang Jun laughed and said: "Elaborate work? That is not careful work. Haha, look at this guy's signature... A man who is worried about the country... Hahaha, this guy really dares to put gold in his face, he just
He is a traitor to the imperial court, but he still claims that he is worried about the country. I scolded him. He is really a shameless piece of shit. Look at this sentence, this guy actually taught me a lesson, saying that I should not have personal grudges.
As for the harm to the safety of the Great Zhou Dynasty, it is necessary to deal with the problem and the person in time. It is necessary to deal with the Liao army's ambush in time. Hahaha, try your best to make me believe his lies. It is really funny. "
Han Gang rolled his eyes and said, "I've been talking for a long time, who wrote this letter? The marshal seems to know him."
Yang Jun's laughter didn't stop, and Bai Juan was shaking and said: "Who else could it be? It's Lin Jue, the rebellious minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty. If this guy doesn't do a good job as the Third Secretary, he wants to become a mountain bandit with Prince Liang and his son. At this time
He also came to the Liao Kingdom with the intention of disrupting the situation. A few days ago, he captured Yelu Zongyuan's son and gave it to me, with the intention of confusing me and making me trust him. I was thinking at that time that he must have something up his sleeve.
No, it really came true today. It turned out to be to prevent me from marching into Xijin Mansion. It seems that this guy has colluded with the Liao people for a long time. What a cruel trick, even Yelvshi's life was not considered. It was so cruel. In order to save Xijin
Yelu Zongyuan was ruthless enough to keep the throne. His own sons were given to Lin Jue as bait."
Han Gang knew who Lin Jue was, but he was confused about what Yang Jun said. From his tone, Marshal Yang seemed to be saying that Lin Jue had colluded with the Liao people and was a traitor. But he also accused the Liao country of
The prince captured him and gave it to Marshal Yang as a favor? This is too confusing. How could such a bizarre thing happen?
But once people are preconceived, they will regard any bizarre things as inevitable. Yang Jun is in this state now. Yang Jun preconceived that Lin Jue was here to disrupt the situation. He had been thinking about Lin Jue catching Yelvshi.
The motive for giving it to him was that Lin Jue was humiliating him at first, but now he entered into his own speculation and made up this bizarre fact in his mind. But Yang Jun himself did not think about the details and logical deviations in it, and he also
Instead of thinking about all the irrationality in this, I really thought that Lin Jue had a conspiracy to hinder the actions of his army.
"Marshal Yang means that we don't need to pay attention to the warning in this letter at all? Should we investigate it. If there is an ambush, then we have to be careful. After all... the letter says there are noses and eyes." Han Gang said.
"Hehehehe, if he wants to lie to people, how can he not say that he has a nose and an eye? I even suspect that in order to prove that his words are correct, he may even let the Liao people deliberately expose their feet, making us think that they have an ambush, so as to achieve the goal of letting us know.
Our purpose of stopping here is that the Liao soldiers in Jin Mansion were probably so scared that they wet their pants. Knowing that our army was approaching the city and knowing that their doom was coming, they asked Lin Jue to come forward and try to make us give birth to a child.
Doubtful. Hehe, how can such tricks fool me? They are just trying to buy time to mobilize reinforcements for rescue. How can I give them this opportunity? Han Gang, the investigation is necessary, but even if something strange is found,
There is no need to make a fuss. How many troops can the Liao people have? There are only a few hundred thousand in the Xijin Mansion. Even if they are all dispatched, it will only be a few hundred thousand. The Liao people are really stupid enough to give up the advantage of the city and come out to fight with me head-on.
On the contrary, the commander gets what he wants. You return to the camp immediately, gather the army and set off. This guy is trying to seduce you with his sweet words, but it is all nonsense to me, and I will not believe a word he says."
As Yang Jun spoke, he balled up the Baijuan letter in his hand and threw it to the ground.
Han Gang pondered and said: "Marshal, should we rather believe that there is something than that that it doesn't exist? If there is really an ambush, we cannot suffer a loss. I would like to suggest that..."
Yang Jun's face sank and he shouted: "Han Gang, when did you become so cowardly as a mouse? Did the Battle of Zhuozhou make you shrink so much? How can you make such a small fortune? Then how can I hand over the cavalry?
Do you take it? I have told you that this is their strategy. Therefore, the purpose of setting up a suspicious formation is to delay our attack on Xijin Mansion. They want to delay the time to wait for reinforcements, how can they be allowed to succeed. Han Gang,
I order you to arrive at the gate of Xijin Prefecture before midnight in the afternoon and make preparations for setting up camp without delay. If you hesitate to patrol and delay the opportunity, I will severely punish you."
Han Gang didn't dare to say any more nonsense after hearing this, and hurriedly bowed and said: "I obey your orders, I will rush back and leave immediately."
The army set off and moved forward quickly. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers, horses and baggage vehicles stretched for nearly ten miles. The cavalry in the front cleared the way. The Chinese army was the main force of 150,000 infantry, and behind it were thousands of baggage vehicles.
Because this official road was an important official road for the Liao Kingdom from Xijin Prefecture to the Sanggan River Ferry, and was used to transport a large number of soldiers, horses and supplies, it was built quite flat and wide. It was convenient for soldiers, horses and supplies vehicles on weekdays.
Scheduling. At this moment, it is the guarantee for the rapid advancement of hundreds of thousands of troops and vehicles in the Great Zhou Dynasty. The official road is wide enough to accommodate six vehicles running parallel, and the narrow part is also ten feet long. If it is not for the purpose of bypassing the hills and mountains here,
If the terrain is different, the distance of the official road should be at least doubled.
The road was easy to walk, and although the cavalry in the front was fast and fast, the baggage vehicles in the rear did not fall behind due to the rugged road, causing the situation of lagging behind. The entire army basically kept a distance of ten miles from each other, like a giant dragon.
Winding around the hills and mountains.
Han Gang led 70,000 cavalry at the forefront of the entire army. The speed of the cavalry was much faster than that of the infantry and baggage troops at the rear. Although there was a suspicion that the troops and horses were out of touch, in order to arrive at the gate of Xijin Mansion before Shen Shi
, but couldn't care less. So, soon, the distance between the 70,000 cavalry and the Chinese army at the rear was seven or eight miles away.
Although he received clear instructions from Yang Jun not to pay attention to the warning sent by Lin Jue, as a leading general with rich combat experience, Han Gang did not dare to take it completely lightly. Not only did he send hundreds of people
A team of pathfinding cavalry was formed, and the 70,000 cavalry were also divided into several teams, keeping a distance from each other, and maintaining mutual support and charging formations. If they encountered any situation, they could respond quickly to avoid congestion and chaos.
The good news is that hundreds of cavalry are rushing forward, and all the news is good news. The surrounding mountains and fields are quiet. In late spring, the mountains and fields are green with trees and mountain flowers blooming everywhere. The scene is very pleasant. The cavalry are trotting away on horseback.
Okay, my expression is very relaxed, talking and laughing is very relaxing.
