Li Xiang, who had been staying in Jiuyuan County for several months, appeared in Zhangye County, accompanied by several generals.
Zhang Qingyun, who is responsible for guarding Zhangye County, said: "All materials have been prepared, and each legion will arrive at the designated location in accordance with the order."
"Everyone is here, it will be easy to handle!" Li Xiang looked at the clear sky: "The war on the small grassland must not be postponed any longer. We must deal with each other between summer and autumn. When winter comes, we want to come down from the grassland.
It's not that easy.
Youzhou and Bingzhou, as well as the King of Qin stationed over the Qinling Mountains, they will not let us attack the grassland unscrupulously!"
"Next, the logistics will all depend on you!" Li Xiang retracted his gaze and patted Zhang Qingyun on the shoulder: "Everything in the northwest is also left to you!"
Wherever Li Yi was sent to the barren mountains, Li Xiang himself had to take charge of the small grassland. Now the only internal affairs staff in the entire northwest and Xiliang was Zhang Qingyun.
Others don't seem to believe it at all. Of course, the Northwest Yamen doesn't need many people. Those more important areas are under the control of Xiliang headquarters officials.
What Zhang Qingyun needs to do is to coordinate these people and bring out all the power of these people.
"Do not worry!"
This is not the first time Zhang Qingyun has been entrusted with an important task, and he firmly believes that Prime Minister Li has already made complete preparations. All he needs to do is to coordinate with non-headquarters officials.
Those important areas are now in the hands of Xiliang Headquarters. Without orders from Li, he can't intervene at all.
He didn't think about intervening in those places. All he had to do was take care of the logistics supplies.
"That's it, Zhangye County and the northwest are handed over to you." Li Xiang walked towards the outside of the city lord's palace with a few generals following him: "Wait for my triumphant return."
Outside the city lord's palace, the soldiers of the Flying Bear Army had been waiting for a long time. During the time that Prime Minister Li was recuperating, the Flying Bear Army was also recovering. The Flying Bear Army suffered heavy losses in the last battle.
In the past nearly a year, they selected more than a thousand people from the Xiliang cavalry to fill up the Flying Bear Army again.
The news of Prime Minister Li's arrival in Zhangye County had spread out soon after Prime Minister Li arrived. However, the Feixiong Army and Xiliang Cavalry following Prime Minister Li were out of place compared to other armies.
Even the soldiers from Xiliang headquarters still looked a little weak in front of the Flying Bear Army.
While the major forces were collecting information about Prime Minister Li, they would naturally not leave behind Prime Minister Li's personal guards, so when they saw the flag of the Flying Bear Army appearing, they knew that Prime Minister Li had arrived.
Xiliang King Li Xiang has arrived at the edge of the grassland and announced that the war is about to begin. The Xianbei people on the grassland do not have the ability to take the initiative to start a war.
Some are just forced to respond.
The armies in Youzhou and Bingzhou are also actively mobilizing. On the border of Liangzhou, both sides have accumulated a large number of troops.
blackwater city
"General, everything is ready!"
A wet soldier in front of Li Tu said.
Li Tu nodded and smiled with squinted eyes: "My lord has entrusted me with guarding the entire southern front, and I have the obligation to hold the front.
My lord once said that the best defense is to attack, and they in Youzhou Bingzhou must have thought that we would passively wait for them to attack."
"This is our opportunity!" After Li Tu became the commander-in-chief of the southern theater, he sent Li Xiang to his seventh and eighth legions of nearly 500,000 troops.
They were arranged on various fronts in the south, just like Youzhou and Bingzhou, as they thought, but he concentrated his own headquarters forces on the edge of Heishui City.
In the camp where we are now, the enemy also knows that there is a military camp of Xiliang headquarters here, but the armies of Youzhou and Bingzhou prefer that Xiliang only uses this place as a defensive point.
Therefore, the number of troops in Youzhou and Bingzhou around Heishui City is about 80,000, which is very small compared to the nearly two million soldiers in Xiliang, Youzhou, and Bingzhou in the southern theater.
But if you open the map and look at it, you can see that two million people are placed in the vast land of Youzhou Bingzhou and Liangzhou southern theater. There are only some important military towns with more than 20,000 troops stationed there.
As for the number of people exceeding 50,000, there are only a few counties where they are located, but nearly 80,000 people have gathered around Blackwater City.
This is enough to show how much Youzhou and Bingzhou attach importance to this area.
It's a pity that they don't know how many troops Xiliang has deployed here.
"On the Bingzhou side, we focus on defense. On the Youzhou side, we have to use offense instead of defense!"
Compared with Bingzhou, the terrain of Youzhou is flatter. At the same time, the land bordering Youzhou and Bingzhou is much less. More importantly, they are both very narrow and long.
Those solid and prosperous cities are far away from Liangzhou, so attacking Youzhou is much easier than attacking Bingzhou.
"You should also go back and take a rest, tonight is destined to be a sleepless night!"
"yes!"
The soldier bowed respectfully and walked out of the big tent. The raindrops falling from the sky slapped the tent, and the whole world was shrouded in continuous mist and rain.
People in Blackwater City did not feel the slightest hint of war. Although Youzhou and Bingzhou were heavily armed in the distance, more than a month had passed since the troops from these two areas arrived.
The war still didn't break out, so the people in the city continued to live their usual lives without being disrupted by the arrival of these troops.
Darkness slowly eroded the light, and soon the entire land fell into darkness. The heavy rain continued to fall, and the rustling sound of rain enveloped everything.
The soldiers stationed in the city patrolled the city diligently, and the soldiers in the military camps were ready to fight at any time. The spies sent by Youzhou and Bingzhou were working carefully, and they were always monitoring the troops in the city.
Once there is any disturbance to the army in the city, they will spread the news as soon as possible.
shabu shabu shabu....
In the rain, Li Tu led the army into two groups. One army walked towards the Bingzhou Military Camp. However, instead of directly attacking the Bingzhou Military Camp, they laid an ambush on the way from the Bingzhou Military Camp to the Youzhou Military Camp.
The other army, the main force led by Li Tu himself, rushed towards the barracks of the Youzhou army. A bridge had been built across the turbulent river.
Rumble....
Thunder and lightning.
The rain is getting heavier and heavier, and the soldiers can only move forward with the help of weak light. Fortunately, the food in Xiliang is good, no one has night blindness, and everyone has good cultivation.
Otherwise, in such a dark night, someone might disappear.
Xiliang soldiers carry nothing but armor, swords, and shields. On such a rainy day, long-range weapons and war machinery are basically useless...
