With a slight cough, Yang Su drew everyone's attention away: "Your Majesty, the news I just received is that Xue Yantuo's tribe has given up attacking Youzhou and is only plundering the periphery of Youzhou. Yu Wenxian's army is no longer going north.
Stop at the river."
Li Xingchen frowned.
Li Xingchen knew that Xue Yantuo's tribe bullied the weak and feared the strong.
But these guys were timid enough. Yu Wenxian mobilized his troops to go north, and they fled far away. If it were the Turks who were like wolves and tigers, they would have attacked with all their strength.
However, Xue Yantuo's tribe is weak after all, so being cautious is not a disadvantage.
Now the problem naturally arises.
What will Yu Wenxian do next?
The army was already halfway there, but the Xueyantuo people gave up crossing the Great Wall and went south, and only looted some gaps inside and outside the Great Wall. In fact, it was difficult to affect the Northern Zhou Dynasty's basic position in Youzhou.
In other words, the current Xueyantuo people are not a serious problem for Yu Wenxian, and it is not a good thing to mobilize troops. Especially the Xueyantuo people have no intention of going deep into the heart of the Great Wall, so even if the Northern Zhou army goes north, it will only consolidate the defense line of the Great Wall.
Yu Wenxian may not have the confidence to launch a large-scale war and break into the grassland.
After all, the big man was still watching behind him, so Yu Wenxian probably wouldn't even dare to use the cavalry on a large scale easily.
Now that the problem of the Xueyantuo people has been solved, Yu Wenxian is most likely to change the focus and continue to settle accounts with the Han Dynasty.
"What does Taiwei's Mansion think?" Li Xingchen knew that the staff of Taiwei's Mansion must have made some plans in their minds. When they received the news, they should have realized that this winter would not pass easily.
"Your Majesty, the staff basically believe that Yu Wenxian will choose to return to the army and confront us." Zhang Xutuo stood up and said, "But the main difference now is where Yu Wenxian will choose to start the battle."
Li Xingchen nodded slightly: "Let's talk about it in detail."
Zhang Xutuo immediately walked to the map, stretched out his hand and gestured: "Now the confrontation between our Han Dynasty and the Zhou people relies on the river. Especially now that the river has not been frozen, our navy can even come and go freely, so Yu Wenxian directly withdraws the army
There is not much chance of reaching the north bank of the river. Although our army has no intention of attacking, once the Zhou soldiers and horses attack, they will definitely be in an invincible position."
Li Xingchen did not interrupt him, but just made a gesture to continue.
Zhang Xutuo then said: "But we don't rule out that Yu Wenxian will take the opportunity to strengthen the defense on the north bank, and when the river freezes after winter, he will quickly launch attacks on our south bank."
After a pause, Zhang Xutuo pointed to the north again: "In addition, the Taiwei Mansion believes that Yu Wenxian may take advantage of the opportunity that the army has mobilized to move north to solve the nail we embedded behind him to level the city!"
Li Xingchen raised his eyebrows. In fact, Li Xingchen had been worried about this since he learned that Yu Wenxian led his army to the north. Pingcheng is really important. It can suppress Jinyang to the south and Youzhou to the east. It can be said that it is beyond the Great Wall.
An important town, this was the place where the Northern Wei Dynasty became strong and powerful. Politically, it is also a symbol of Xianbei's roots. Therefore, after Pingcheng fell into the hands of the Han army, the Northern Zhou Dynasty was full of criticism. If it were not for the efforts of the Han civil servants to suppress it, I am afraid that Pingcheng would have started to revolve around it.
The battle has already broken out.
Now that the armies of the Northern Zhou Dynasty have been pulled to the north and deployed along the Youzhou line, it is completely possible to leave the Great Wall to the west to attack Pingcheng. In this way, they can also interact with the Jinyang defenders who leave Yanmen from the south.
Cooperate with each other to form a pincer attack on the Han army in Pingcheng.
Yu Wenxian used an overwhelming force to attack Han Qinhu, so he had a good chance of winning.
Once Pingcheng is captured, the Northern Zhou army can attack the Hetao to the west, overlooking Guanzhong, and go south to fight the Han army relying on the river without any worries. In contrast, Li Xingchen has to worry about whether the enemy will
Cross the river from the upper reaches to attack your heart.
"What do Yang Aiqing think?" Li Xingchen looked at Yang Su.
Yang Su naturally knew that Li Xingchen would ask him, and immediately said in a deep voice:
"I also think that the latter is very possible. For Yu Wenxian, every inch of land in the north is precious at this time, and even every soldier is important. Therefore, the troops and horses are so aggressively drawn to the north. If they retreat without fighting,
Not only the morale was greatly reduced, but also the transportation of food consumed a lot. Going north this time was equivalent to returning in vain. Even if Yu Wenxian could explain himself, he could not explain it to the army, the government and the public. As an emperor, he now lives in a corner.
, the most important thing is to stabilize the morale of the military and the people. How can the army achieve the role of calming people like this?"
"So attacking Pingcheng to consolidate defense and appease people's hearts is the only choice." Li Xingchen laughed, "Why do I feel that we have become Yu Wenxian's tools?"
Yang Su laughed and said: "Your Majesty, this is of course just Yu Wenxian's wishful thinking. If Pingcheng can be taken down so easily, then Han Qinhu and Niu Hong will both be fools. Not to mention Yuwen
Xian simply doesn't have the guts to attack Pingcheng with an overwhelming army. Even if His Majesty doesn't intend to give him a black tiger to rip out his heart, he himself is still afraid."
Li Xingchen nodded, that's true.
Yu Wenxian pulled all the troops to Pingcheng. Isn't Yecheng behind him at the mercy of others?
Although the Han army is now on the defensive, does a tiger that hides its fangs really have no fangs?
Li Xingchen took advantage of Yu Wenxian's weak defense in Hebei and slapped him. If Yecheng was not protected, it would not belong to the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
This kind of city on the plains has few natural dangers to rely on except the big river. Without a large number of troops stationed there, it will naturally be of no help.
"So I think it is more likely that Yu Wenxian will personally lead the army south to garrison Yecheng, and at the same time send a partial division out of Juyong Pass to cooperate with the Jinyang defenders out of Yanmen Pass to attack Pingcheng. The number of people should not exceed 100,000, and even if there are more cavalry,
It should not exceed 50,000." Yang Su said directly, "Currently, the number of available soldiers in the north is only about 200,000. Yu Wenxian can mobilize half of the troops, which I think is the limit."
After saying that, Yang Su showed a wry smile. I'm afraid it won't stop this winter.
Li Xingchen frowned. Stop making trouble. The Han army in Pingcheng has 30,000 infantry, and 10,000 of them are field soldiers. The so-called field soldiers are the soldiers and horses of the Han Dynasty who specially cultivated military camps in Hetao. Some of them are former Yang Jian.
Although some of the prisoners under his command were from good families, they had not received much formal military training. These field soldiers were originally responsible for transporting food and equipment. They were more than capable of defending the city, so there was no need to think about field battles.
There are still more than ten thousand cavalry left, which can be called elite. The troops are led by veteran generals of the Han cavalry, and they have also absorbed the cavalry who were once under Yang Jian's command. They are not without the ability to fight against the Xianbei cavalry.