In order to eliminate Xiao Jingxuan's 120,000 troops, Yu Wenyue should have at least 180,000 troops in his hands to be foolproof.
The surrounding area of Hengzhou is vast and flat, and there is no place where tens of thousands of troops can hide.
Then, there are only two choices for Yu Wenyue. The first is to disperse and hide the army. The number of each army ranges from several thousand people.
In this case, tens of thousands of troops can be hidden around Hengzhou.
Once the time is right, Yu Wenyue will gather these armies to encircle Xiao Jingxuan.
The second is that the army is not near Hengzhou, but outside Hengzhou. Yu Wenyue has calculated the time for the decisive battle, or Yu Wenyue plans to lure him there.
At this time, Xiao Jingxuan completely immersed himself in the role of Yu Wenyue and began to think of solutions from Yu Wenyue's standpoint.
Suddenly, Xiao Jingxuan's face changed drastically, he patted his head, and he had fallen into a misunderstanding.
Just thinking about where the army is hiding, why not think about where the army comes from?
In the previous battle with Yuwen Yue, he lost almost 30,000 troops. In the battle in Yizhou, Yuwen Tuo lost another 40,000, Jizhou 10,000, and Hengzhou 5,000.
This is almost 80,000 troops. It can be said that the last war was definitely a relatively large drain on Zhao's military strength.
Although Bingzhou is prosperous, it can only raise up to 100,000 troops. However, as the capital of Zhao Kingdom, Bingzhou will inevitably leave enough soldiers and horses for defense. Then the remaining soldiers and horses will inevitably be mobilized from surrounding areas.
However, the surrounding state capitals, except for the border states, do not have many military sources.
Among the nearby state capitals, only Fengzhou has sufficient troops. However, most of Fengzhou's troops are his old troops. According to Yu Wenyue's cautious character, he will definitely not use them.
Then they will inevitably be dispatched from Yanzhou, Yangzhou, Fenzhou and other places. As long as you figure out the composition of Yu Wenyue's current troops, you can know the disposition of the ambush troops.
However, regardless of whether there is an ambush or not, this battle must be the battle to destroy Zhao.
But there is another problem in front of Xiao Jingxuan. Yuwen Clan has an existence at the peak level of spiritual connection.
I am only in the middle stage of spiritual enlightenment now. If the ancestor of the Yuwen Clan jumps over the wall in a hurry and carries out beheading, I am afraid that I will not be able to stop him.
What should we do?
Some people began to pop up in Xiao Jingxuan's mind, including his master Cui Xiwen, Emperor Jia'an, the old Taoist priest of Sanyuan Temple, the headmaster of Xuanyin Palace, Yang Yi, Yang Yi's master.
But then it was rejected by Jam Hsiao. Why?
First of all, although his master Cui Xiwen is a powerful person in the realm of spiritual mastery, he is probably still a long way from reaching the peak of spiritual mastery.
Emperor Jia'an, that's even worse. The relationship between him and his biological father is rather awkward. Besides, Emperor Jia'an has very big plans, so he probably won't take action.
I don’t know if the old Taoist priest of Sanyuan Temple has reached the end of his life. Even if he is not dead, he probably will not leave Sanyuan Temple easily.
I have only heard about the headmaster of Xuanyin Palace, but I have never met him. With Zhao Waner's relationship alone, it is unlikely that he will take action.
Yang Yi's martial arts skills are enough, let alone the relationship. However, Xiao Jingxuan knows that Yang Yi does not want to interfere too much in the world of mortals. Xiao Jingxuan also does not want to force him.
Not to mention Yang Yi's master, who has a clear heart and will not easily meddle in the world of mortals.
If these people can't do it, then how can you do it yourself?
Xiao Jingxuan thought about it all night in the study room, but could not find a solution.
In the end, we can only take one step at a time.
The number of cavalry in Youzhou is not large, only more than 10,000, plus the troops brought by Xiao Jingxuan, the total number is only more than 30,000.
This time to reinforce Hengzhou, Xiao Jingxuan did not ask Yang Xiong to accompany him, but ordered him to stand by on the spot.
Nowadays, there should be 30,000 troops in Hengzhou City, plus his own 30,000 cavalry. On the surface, the military strength is not much different from Yu Wenyue's.
As for how to fight the next war and how it will be fought, Xiao Jingxuan still needs to adapt to circumstances.
When passing through Yizhou, the scouts Xiao Jingxuan sent before began to return one after another.
The first thing that can be confirmed is that on the way to Hengzhou, there was no ambush by Zhao's troops.
Moreover, after the scouts arrived in Hengzhou, they also searched nearby and found no ambush by Zhao Jun.
However, the scouts who were exploring further afield have not returned yet.
In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of his troops, Xiao Jingxuan did not march very fast.
Although he is a little too cautious, Xiao Jingxuan still attaches great importance to Yu Wenyue.
After several days of marching, Xiao Jingxuan and his party finally arrived in Hengzhou without incident.
Yu Wenyue did not send troops to besiege the city. The entire camp was stationed in the west of the city to confront Hengzhou.
After entering the city, Xiao Jingxuan, surrounded by the Hengzhou guards, came to the tower in the west of the city.
Right in front of Yu Wenyue's camp, a flagpole was erected, and hanging on the flagpole was Huangfu Song's body.
Xiao Jingxuan looked at Xiao Ran and said.
"Xiao Ran, go to Zhao Jun's camp and tell Yu Wenyue that the king has arrived, and then bring back the body of General Huangfu. If he doesn't give it to him, tell him that if he doesn't give it to me, I will be alone tonight.
Go and get it alone."
"Yes, I will obey your orders."
After Xiao Ran accepted the order, he opened the west gate directly and rushed from the west gate to the enemy camp alone.
About half an hour later, Huangfu Song's body was lowered from the flagpole and put into a carriage.
Xiao Ran drove the car himself and returned safely from Zhao Jun's camp.
When the body arrived, Xiao Jingxuan personally walked down the tower to greet him. When he saw Huangfu Song's body, Xiao Jingxuan's eyes turned red.
Huangfu Song's body was almost beyond recognition, and dense arrow holes could be seen on the dried body.
This is like being pierced by thousands of arrows. Xiao Jingxuan took off his cloak, covered Huangfu Song's body, and said to the people around him.
"The order goes down and the whole city is put into lockdown and a curfew is imposed for three days to see off Duke Zhongyong."
As Xiao Jingxuan's decree was issued, all the soldiers and civilians began to take action, and the entire Hengzhou instantly turned into a huge mourning hall.
In the city guard's mansion, Xiao Jingxuan set up a simple mourning hall for Huangfu Song for the soldiers to pay their respects.
By the time the sacrifice was over, it was already three days later.
On this day, Xiao Jingxuan ordered the entire army to attack and fight to the death with Zhao Jun.
As Xiao Jingxuan's military order was issued, all the soldiers began to leave the city one after another from the city gates and lined up in an orderly manner in the west city.
As the news from Hengzhou City reached Zhao Jun's camp, Yu Wenyue looked in disbelief.
You must know that Yu Wenyue at this time has an army of 80,000 people, while Xiao Jingxuan only has more than 60,000 people in his hands.
According to Xiao Jingxuan's character, how can he fight a head-on battle? Xiao Jingxuan's fighting style is mostly to win by surprise.
Yu Wenyue was caught in a dilemma for a moment. If he retreated, the infantry in his camp would inevitably become the targets of the Yan army's massacre.
But if he doesn't retreat, he will definitely have to fight in a bloody battle with Xiao Jingxuan, and he doesn't know if the ambush he prepared can reach the battlefield.
Once the losses on our side are too great, the consequences will be serious. At that time, Qin, Liang, Wei, Man, and Yan will all attack together.
In Yu Wenyue's imagination, Xiao Jingxuan would definitely gather armies from all over Youji before launching an attack.
In fact, Yu Wenyue had already thought of ways to deal with it, such as encircling the point to provide reinforcements, luring the enemy deep, ambushing on all sides, etc.
But I just didn't expect that Xiao Jingxuan did not follow the routine and came directly to a decisive battle.
The current situation does not allow Yu Wenyue to think carefully and must make a decision as soon as possible.
Yu Wenyue slapped Shuai An and ordered the whole army to form a formation and fight to the death with the Yan army.
In fact, in this situation, Xiao Jingxuan was forced to do it. He had no choice but to be a strong man at the peak of the Divine Realm. He couldn't handle it. He might as well just give it up.
As long as the Zhao army in front of him is severely damaged, Yu Wenyue will definitely not dare to continue fighting, and he will not be able to use subsequent moves.
At that time, you can continue to recuperate, or go south to attack Wei, or go north to quell the barbarians.
When the time comes, with the help of luck, he will definitely break through to the peak of spiritual power soon, and then turn around and destroy the Zhao Kingdom.
The two sides had a tacit understanding and did not attack each other during formation.
After the two sides formed their formations, Xiao Jingxuan rode one person at a time and began to drive towards the middle of the two sides.
Seeing Xiao Jingxuan's appearance, Yu Wenyue was not to be outdone and began to drive forward.
After the two parties met, Xiao Jingxuan looked at Yu Wenyue in front of him. He smiled and said: "General Yuwen, make a deal."
"Oh, please tell me, His Highness King Yan?"
"Tell me, who is the spy? And how he ambushed Huangfu Song. According to the truth, I will be merciful on the battlefield later and release all the prisoners and return to the country after the war. How about that?"
"Ha...ha, I really don't know why King Yan is so confident? Now I have more than 80,000 soldiers under my command, and you only have 60,000. The morale of our army is high, but the morale of your army is low. No matter how you look at it, you are the one asking for help.
I'll let you live."
Seeing Yu Wenyue laughing, Xiao Jingxuan also laughed.
"General Yuwen, your ambush should not have reached the battlefield so quickly. My reinforcements are less than half an hour away. Tell me, who has the upper hand?"
"Impossible? Where did you get the reinforcements?"
Xiao Jingxuan looked at Yu Wenyue's stern expression and didn't explain much.
"General Yuwen, I don't know if you want to do this deal or not?"
Yu Wenyue finally fell silent and did not refute Xiao Jingxuan.
Xiao Jingxuan continued: "General Yuwen, if your 80,000 troops are buried here, then the Zhao Kingdom will be destroyed in a matter of seconds. Think twice. Don't ruin the lives of the entire Yuwen clan just because of impulse.
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After a long silence, Yu Wenyue said: "Ding Weiran."
After saying this name, Yu Wenyue turned the horse's head and returned to the camp.
Xiao Jingxuan also had a gloomy face and began to return to the family formation.