Haotian's five hundred elite cavalry were like the straw that broke the camel's back. With their strong help, the thousands of Haixi soldiers who were still struggling outside the east gate finally laid down their weapons and raised their hands to surrender. This
At that time, Haotian discovered that these two cavalrymen only numbered 2,000, and the commander was not Li Xiao, Fengjing's deputy, but Guanying, Haotian's subordinate when he was the commander of thousands of cavalry.
"Guanying, where did that kid Li Xiao go to me? Didn't I plan to form a cavalry team of 20,000 people? Why are there only you guys?" Haotian was also relatively casual in front of his old subordinates. That night
After conquering Dingzhou, except for a few casualties, the rest of the Rouran Cavalry's horses fell into the hands of Haotian. Since the Rouran Cavalry attaches great importance to speed, each cavalry often has more than one horse. With a slight click, Haotian suddenly
He found that he actually had more than 40,000 war horses. Considering the size of his army, Haotian only planned to form 20,000 cavalry at that time, and their leaders were Feng Jing and Li Xiao.
Guanying quickly dismounted and replied: "My lord, in order to encircle and annihilate the enemy forces in Kezhou, Mr. Luo deployed all the infantry in the city, while Commander Li led 18,000 cavalry to sneak attack on Kezhou. So.
I only have these two thousand cavalry in my hands."
Haotian raised his eyebrows: "Are you saying that Li Xiao led this army to sneak attack on Kezhou?"
Guanying nodded: "Mr. Luo said that if the enemy army leaves the city, there must be very few enemy troops in Kezhou City. Therefore, we decided to let Commander Li sneak attack Dingzhou."
"Oh?" Haotian smiled slightly. This Luo Xiang had a really good mind. I originally thought that he was only good at forbearance and strategy, but I didn't expect that he was also good at military affairs.
Xuanji stepped forward and said: "My lord, there are only five thousand enemy troops in Kezhou City. General Li took him by surprise, and his troops are far stronger than the opponent's. Taking Kezhou is naturally a piece of cake."
Haotian heard the meaning of Xuanji's words, so he said with interest: "Does the military advisor have other ideas?"
Xuanji laughed and said, "My lord has already made a plan in his mind, so why would someone bother to do whatever they want to do?"
Xin Ke's brain was not very good to begin with. Being surrounded by the two people's riddles, he suddenly became even more confused, so he opened his mouth and said: "Lord, if you have anything to say, just say it. I am a rough man and I can't listen to you."
clear."
Tianyi on the other side smiled faintly and interjected: "Could the military advisor be targeting Yanzhou? It's just that Yanzhou City has high walls and thick walls, and there are 30,000 garrison troops from the Mandan Dynasty inside. Compared with the enemy, we don't have an advantage.
, the military advisor may have a headache."
Xuanji was shocked. Although he had already seen this woman's intelligence, he didn't expect that she could see through his mind at once. But now that God's will has been spoken, he no longer held back: "Someone is really sure in his heart.
With this idea, Yanzhou is located in the middle of the Hetao. As long as we can capture Yanzhou, we can rely on Yanzhou to form a stable triangle area to compete with the other three states."
Feng Jing took advantage of the mystery to take a breath and interjected: "The total number of our troops is only 40,000. Now we have barely captured two states, and we still have to guard so many prisoners. The most we can spare for a fight is only 20,000. With two
Ten thousand troops want to capture Yanzhou, which is guarded by 30,000 people, unless..."
Haotian smiled and asked, "Unless what?"
"Tune the tiger away from the mountain, and the inside should be coordinated with the outside." Xue Sha interjected.
"Yes, that's it. If they want to capture Yanzhou, they must move their troops out of the city, or rely on the location to ambush, or take advantage of the situation like they captured Dingzhou, otherwise there is no chance at all. It's just the enemy's army
Now that we must have received the news that we have conquered Dingzhou, our vigilance must have been greatly increased. It may be difficult to conquer Yanzhou in such a hurry," Feng Jing said.
"Who knows who the guard of Yanzhou is?" Haotian looked around and said.
Guanying on the side quickly replied: "This is Uncle Wang Yelu Zhaochang, a veteran of the Mandan Dynasty. This man has been on the battlefield for more than 20 years. He has been steady and righteous in his military use and has rarely suffered defeats in his life. He is also quite famous among the three Northeastern countries."
He stayed here to some extent to coordinate the relations between the surrounding countries. After all, the countries outside the Great Wall are not monolithic. It is only because of their common interests that they have temporarily suppressed their internal conflicts."
Haotian raised his eyebrows again: "How did you get this information?"
Guanying quickly replied: "Back to my lord, after my lord and others left the city this morning, Mr. Luo asked his subordinates to collect surrounding intelligence, plus the confessions of prisoners in the city and his own inferences, but I don't know whether it is accurate."
"Haha, I don't see that you have some talent in this." Haotian said with a smile.
"My subordinate has always liked to collect some interesting things like this since he was a child, and use them to speculate on the root cause of things. This time it just happened to happen."
Looking at Guanying's simple face, a strange thought suddenly came to Haotian's heart: "Guanying, since you are so talented in gathering intelligence and you are also very interested in this aspect, are you interested?
Form an intelligence team for me?" Haotian has also been in the military for a long time, so he naturally understands the importance of intelligence. When marching and fighting, the most important thing is accurate intelligence, and he happens to be particularly lacking in this aspect. Since Guanying has
With that talent, why don't I give him a chance? Xuanji on the other hand nodded secretly. Haotian was able to extract this key from these few sentences and entrust Guanying with an important task, which shows that he is indeed
With a keen eye and an extraordinary mind, it seems that my choice is indeed the right one.
"Thank you, my lord. I will definitely fulfill my responsibilities and live up to my lord's expectations." Guan Ying was overjoyed and thanked him quickly.
Haotian didn't wait for him to kneel down and grabbed him: "You're welcome. If you can't train me an elite team, you can figure it out yourself. Now, let's hear what the military advisor is planning.
Capture Yanzhou."
After pondering for a while, he said: "My lord, the so-called knowing yourself and your enemy means you won't be in danger in a hundred battles. Although Yelu Zhaochang is calm in his troops, the three Northeastern countries all have their own agendas. If we want to win Yanzhou at the minimum cost, we can only start from
Think about this aspect.”
Yanzhou City Guards House. Yelu Zhaochang was sitting high on the main seat. Next to him were his two lieutenants, Fred and Sik. Kneeling in the hall was a miserable Haixi soldier.
"Commander, please send troops immediately to rescue my general." The Haixi soldier knelt on the ground and said eagerly.
Yelv Zhaochang slowly shook his head: "There is no need to rush this. Please describe the matter from beginning to end. Doesn't your general still have 30,000 elite men? Why did he suddenly ask me to go to the rescue? Could it be from the Qingfeng Empire?
Has the army moved north from Yinfeng Castle?"
The Haixi soldier shook his head: "It's not the Qingfeng Empire's army, but the enemy army in Dingzhou City."
Yelu Zhaochang was slightly startled, but he still said calmly: "I have received the news about that army, but they are only a thousand people. Even if you include the rescued prisoners, there are only twenty or thirty thousand people. But your family
The general has a total of 30,000 soldiers and horses under his command, and they are all your elite soldiers in Haixi. Even if they are one-on-one, they have a sure chance of winning. What is going on?"
The Haixi soldier quickly said: "Come back to the commander-in-chief, after my general learned that Dingzhou City was captured, he was afraid of causing a chain reaction, so he prepared to attack Dingzhou at night to regain control of Dingzhou. Who knew that the enemy was so cunning?
, deliberately leaked false news to us. Their number was not less than 30,000 as we first found out, but a full 40,000. Moreover, they caught our internal spies early on, so my general was attacking Dingzhou.
After that, they immediately fell into a tight siege. At that time, the general was leading the infantry with General Jin Shituo to the rear, but he was also frantically besieged by the enemy, and all five thousand soldiers were wiped out. Under the order of General Jin Shituo, the general had no choice but to
Break out and go to Pu Shuai to ask for help."
Breaking through? I'm afraid he escaped before the battle. Yelu Zhaochang smiled contemptuously in his heart, but his face remained expressionless: "Since your general already knows that Dingzhou has been captured, why didn't you inform me?"
The Haixi soldier was sweating profusely and didn't know how to explain it. He naturally understood what his general was thinking, but how could he express it in this situation?
"I'm afraid your general wants to drive away the enemy and then monopolize Dingzhou, right?" Yelu Zhaochang said coldly.
The Haixi soldier broke into a cold sweat again, but he still said bravely: "How dare we, the subordinates, dare to make random guesses about the general's actions?"
Fortunately, Yelu Zhaochang didn't dwell too much on this matter. He snorted a few times and then said, "Did your general ask you to move reinforcements to rescue him?"
"No. The general said that from the day he put on armor and went into battle, he had the consciousness to die in battle. It was just that one general was incompetent and exhausted the three armies. The general was worried that there were only 5,000 infantrymen led by General Jin Suhan in Kezhou City. If
After the enemy has defeated our army and takes advantage of the situation to attack the city, Kezhou will definitely not be protected. Therefore, I hope General Commander will rush to help Kezhou immediately."
Yelu Zhaochang raised his eyebrows slightly. He didn't expect Jin Lianghe and his men to be so knowledgeable. He nodded and said, "You can go down first."
The Haixi soldiers raised their heads in fear: "Then, has the commander decided to rush to help Kezhou?"
Yelu Zhaochang ignored the eagerness of the Haixi soldiers and said coldly: "Your mission has been completed. As for whether to rush to help Kezhou, that is my commander's business."
After the Haixi soldiers retreated, Yelu Zhaochang asked the two people beside him: "What do you two think of this matter?"
Fred took a step forward and said: "Commander, I always feel that this matter is a bit strange. There are only 40,000 soldiers in Dingzhou City, even if they can defeat the 25,000 soldiers in Jinlianghe, Jinlianghe will not be able to defeat them."
They are not ordinary people. If they are defeated, the opponent will also suffer heavy losses. The general believes that with the tragic victory, they will not be able to capture Kezhou, which is still guarded by 5,000 Haixi soldiers. "
Yelu Zhaochang turned his eyes to Sik: "Have you seen it?"
Sik hesitated for a moment and said, "The general agrees with General Fred's view. I doubt that the other party is planning to move the tiger away from the mountain and conquer the state openly, but secretly he is plotting against me, Yanzhou."
Yelu Zhaochang nodded, but then shook his head: "What the two generals said is reasonable. Since Jinlianghe has been defeated, it is reasonable for the enemy to take advantage of the situation to attack Kezhou. But it is difficult to say that they
There is no idea of moving the tiger away from the mountain. After all, as long as Yanzhou is captured, Kezhou will inevitably fall under the attack from two sides."
The two looked at each other, and then Fred asked tentatively: "What does the commander mean?"
"We must reinforce Kezhou." Yelu Zhaochang said firmly: "If the opponent really successfully captures Kezhou, then the opponent can use the two states as a base and rely on the Yinfeng Castle behind to form a strong challenge to our army.
We are all newly occupied territory here, and we don’t have any foundation here. If the enemy army takes advantage of the opportunity to advance northward, then these mobs will definitely follow. Therefore, we must assist Kezhou as soon as possible and gather the power of the five states to cover our ears with lightning speed.
They can take back Dingzhou and return to the confrontation with Yinfeng Castle. Only in this way can the stability of the occupied area be ensured. Moreover, this is on the other side's territory after all, although they may have suffered heavy losses in the fight with Jinlianghe.
, but their troops can be easily replenished and they will be able to regain their combat effectiveness quickly. Therefore, it is better to rush to Kezhou sooner rather than later."
Sik said with some worry: "But we only have 30,000 soldiers in our hands." Since the coalition forces could not occupy the Yinfeng Mountains at one go, and there was intrigue within the coalition forces, after occupying the Hetao, all parties agreed that each party would only leave one soldier.
A team of 30,000 people. Although Yanzhou was not the capital of Hetao, due to the agreement, Yelu Zhaochang still only had 30,000 soldiers.
Yelu Zhaochang said: "The enemy's army is only 40,000. Excluding battle losses and necessary remaining troops, the number of troops they can mobilize will never exceed 20,000. The walls of Yanzhou are high and the city is thick. As long as 15,000 infantry are left, if the opponent does not have
We can't even hope to capture it with special means. Of course, we don't rule out their idea of surrounding the point for reinforcements, so I decided to lead 15,000 cavalry to Kezhou. As long as Jin Suhe is not a fool, then this battle will be won.
.”
Fred was still a little worried: "What if Kezhou has already fallen by the time the commander arrives?"
Yelu Zhaochang smiled and said: "If Kezhou falls, then I will retreat to Yanzhou. With the strength of Dingzhou's troops, they can't even think of leaving my five thousand elite cavalry in the field."
Sik is obviously more thoughtful than Fred. He is still thinking about what Yelu Zhaochang just said: "Commander, what is the special method you are talking about?"
Yelv Zhaochang looked at Sik and nodded appreciatively: "Yanzhou's defenses are sound. If the enemy wants to capture Yanzhou with 20,000 troops, the only way is to cooperate inside and outside. And in Yanzhou City, except for the 200,000 Qingfeng
There are still more than 30,000 prisoners of war among the people. Therefore, I will leave you with 15,000 infantrymen. Please keep a close eye on me."
"What should we do if there is something wrong with those people?" Sik asked with red eyes.
"Kill!" Yelu Zhaochang said coldly, while the two people on the side nodded in agreement.
At this moment, a soldier came in and reported: "To report to the commander, there are continuous scattered Hercynian soldiers coming outside the south gate, all of them cavalry. The guard of the south gate sent someone to ask the commander what to do.
"
Yelu Zhaochang frowned slightly: "What happened? How did they come to Yanzhou? Since they are Haixi soldiers, why didn't they go to Kezhou?"
The soldier replied: "Come back to the commander, they said that General Jin Suhe who stayed in Kezhou was afraid that there were enemy spies among these defeated troops. Kezhou's troops are currently weak, so as a precaution, they asked them to come to us for help.
"
Yelu Zhaochang was slightly happy: "It seems that this Jin Suhe is really not a fool. He is much smarter than his idiot boss. It's also hard for these defeated soldiers, from Dingzhou to Kezhou, and from Kezhou
From Zhouzhou to Yanzhou, it is more than two hundred miles, and only the cavalry can do it."
Sik understood and said quickly: "The commander-in-chief means to take in these defeated troops?"
"Of course, we, the three Northeastern countries, have always been on the same side. Since they have come to defect, how can we ignore them? Haha, when the time comes for me to help defend Kezhou, they will be able to point out Jin Suhe to his face for disregarding the soldiers for his own selfishness.
Life or death, that's the best thing."
The two Sikhs understood and laughed. There are only 5,000 troops in Kezhou City now. When 15,000 cavalry enter the city, it will not be difficult to turn against the guests. In this way, the Kingdom's land in Hetao will have one more state. I am in
This deputy general has been in the position for a long time. If he can do this, he might be able to be released and become a local emperor.
After laughing, Yelu Zhaochang said: "Since those soldiers are coming towards us, let the Haixi soldiers who came first go to help defend the South Gate. Anyway, they are all Haixi soldiers, and they will guard the gate.
, the possibility of spies coming in is much smaller. It’s just the cavalry that’s coming now. I guess in a few hours, some infantry will also arrive, right?”