After that, Di Xin asked Xizi to tell her the difficulties she had encountered in practice these days and help her answer them one by one.
By the time Xizi left after finishing his work, it was completely dark.
Nothing happened all night.
Early the next morning, Emperor Xin had just finished his breakfast when Laifu came in and announced that the Commander-in-Chief An Jun had sent someone to the General's Mansion and asked His Highness King Yu to go to the Commander-in-Chief Si Yamen to discuss important matters.
Di Xin did not waste any time and asked Laifu to prepare the carriage and set off directly.
The General's Mansion is Emperor Xin's private residence in Yanqueguan, and generally does not bear office responsibilities. The last time the Turkic cavalry invaded Anjun Mountain and reported to the General's Mansion, it was because that time was a test of Emperor Xin's personal abilities.
The real office addresses are all in the Sansi Yamen, and the most important military affairs are naturally the Commander-in-Chief's Yamen. Even the general Zhenguan will need to come here for discussion when the war comes.
Because the Commander-in-Chief Si Yamen has the most complete information and a sand table to deduce the battle situation, and new information passed back by the scouts will be sent to the Commander-in-Chief Si Yamen as soon as possible.
It didn't take long for the carriage to arrive at the Yamen of the capital commander, and then Di Xin was led to the conference hall by Lu Ran, the capital commander who had been waiting at the door.
In the hall, surrounded by the sand table, all the generals, including An Junshan, had solemn expressions.
Di Xin walked around the sand table and walked to the main seat vacated by Anjunshan very naturally. After scanning around, he asked: "What happened?"
Anjunshan Wengsheng said: "When the soldiers were patrolling yesterday, they discovered that Turkic scout cavalry appeared around Yanque Pass."
Di Xin's face gradually became serious, and he asked: "Scout cavalry? How many did you find?"
"Your Highness, please take a look."
Anjunshan pointed to several places on the sand table, not far from Yanque Pass, and said in a urn voice: "Here, here and these ones all have traces of Turkic scout cavalry."
It covers almost all the arteries leading from Yanque Pass to the outside.
Di Xin narrowed his eyes slightly: "Have you sent any scouts to investigate?"
"have."
An Junshan took a deep breath and pointed farther away: "Yesterday, when the Turkic scout cavalry was discovered, our scouts were sent out. This morning, the scouts sent back new information."
"In this place, less than a hundred miles away from our last major defeat of the Turkic army, the coalition forces of the Ashina tribe, Gaochang, Tuguhun and other Turkic tribes gathered here, numbering about 40,000 people."
"Moreover, the scouts took the risk to investigate further and found that there were troops from other Turkic tribes on their way to join together."
Di Xin sighed casually: "It's coming with such force!"
"Yes, it is indeed coming with force."
Anjunshan took the words and continued: "About three months ago, we killed 20,000 Turkic troops and forced the Turks to retreat deep into the grassland. We thought that the Turks would not be able to invade southward this year, but we ignored a problem."
After Di Xin saw it, he added: "The Turks are different from Da Li, who have a large population. Their soldiers are only soldiers when they start a war. In normal times, most of them are the main herders at home."
"We killed 20,000 Turkic cavalry, which means that the Turks have lost 20,000 young men who can graze. Although the grass is fertile today, there are fewer people grazing. The Turks will definitely be short of food in winter."
"Without enough food to survive the winter, they have only one choice, which is to invade Dali from the south and plunder, even if this will seriously damage their vitality."
An Junshan finally said seriously: "Because they have no choice."
The atmosphere in the hall became more solemn, and there was no choice, which meant that this war was inevitable.
Nowadays, the lives of the people at the border are getting better and better. This battlefield is likely to bring the border back to its original state. This is something that no one here wants to see.
"Sir, I have a question."
A young general standing at the bottom suddenly spoke up. Di Xin recognized him. He was the one with the most weapons on his horses among the 800 cavalrymen who raided the Turkic army at the beginning, except for Anjunshan.
I heard the young general ask in confusion: "Sir, I remember that the Turkic soldiers we killed were all from the Ashina tribe. Even if there is a shortage of food this year, they should be from the Ashina tribe. Why are other tribes this time?"
Got involved.”
An Junshan just snorted coldly: "The Ashina tribe was originally the largest tribe in the Turks. Do you think they would allow their own tribe to have insufficient food?"
Now everyone understood.
The Turks are a mixture of many tribes, and these tribes do not coexist peacefully. On the contrary, if they can, they do not mind letting other tribes disappear, and add people, cattle and sheep to their own tribe.
As the strongest tribe in the Turks, the Ashina tribe has never been dared to offend, but it is also in the spotlight. Once it weakens, other tribes will inevitably attack it.
The Ashina tribe lost 20,000 men last time. Whether it was to replenish the population, deter other tribes, or make up for the upcoming food gap, they would definitely take the initiative to attack other tribes.
And other tribes will not be willing to be swallowed up by the Ashina tribe, and they don't even mind dragging other tribes into the water in order to prevent their own tribe from disappearing.
But if this fight continues, even if a winner is born, it will definitely suffer heavy losses, so they will definitely find a way to stop the Turkic civil war.
The best way to resolve internal conflicts is to move them outside.
And what better goal is there than a distance that is not far away and has plenty of food?
Dali's border officers are not afraid of fighting. Even in the past few months when there has been no fighting, they have not relaxed their military training.
But therein lies the problem.
The reason why there have been more and more caravans in Yanque Pass in the past few months is that besides having more favorable policies than other places, the most important thing is that there is no war here.
Once a war breaks out, regardless of victory or defeat, all the efforts made by the border officials in the past few months will most likely be in vain.
"so."
Di Xin, who was standing in the main position, came to the conclusion: "Try not to fight this battle at Yanque Pass. We have to find a way to intercept the Turkic army outside the border."
To put it simply, we need to take the initiative.
All the generals fell silent, and even An Junshan did not speak to express his objection or agreement.
It is true that they don't want Yanque Pass to return to its former desolation, but the Turks have many cavalry, and because they have been nomadic since childhood, their cavalry is stronger than that of Dali.
Under the protection of the city wall, the Dali soldiers could withstand several times the Turkic army, but once the army left the city gate, the contrast would be reversed.
In the case of a frontal charge, the Turkic cavalry was enough to disperse the Dali army several times its own, not to mention that the number of Turkic troops gathered now far exceeded the soldiers and horses stationed at Yanque Pass, and even almost caught up with all the troops stationed at Yanque Pass.
The troops are strong.
Once you leave the city, you will definitely be defeated.