According to the intelligence analysis of Liu Jiande, his father has always wanted to pacify the surrounding barbarians and restore permanent stability to the people, and the two generations of father and son have been working hard towards this goal.
Although the eastern border has been unable to formally send troops due to the imperial ban, it is impossible for Liu Jiande and his son to wait until there is an opportunity to send troops before starting preparations.
In addition to sending troops, many preparations that will not be prohibited by the court should have already started in advance.
And this includes the penetration and understanding of the surrounding barbarians.
In fact, even if you don't plan to send troops, you still need to collect intelligence about the surrounding barbarians, because only in this way can you judge in advance the approximate time when the surrounding barbarians will invade the Dali border and start dispatching troops in advance.
Before the Turks were exterminated, northern Xinjiang also sent scouts deep into the grasslands.
Liu Jiande and his son must pay more attention to the collection of intelligence in order to be able to conquer the day.
Over the years, although some information has expired due to timeliness, new information has been updated.
Therefore, the eastern border is the most familiar with the Goguryeo and Uighur tribes, and they are familiar with the methods to complete the expedition as quickly as possible and have already made various plans.
And multiple filings after each plan.
Now that Liu Jiande has provided information about Goguryeo, they may be able to speed up their march.
Di Xin looked at Liu Jiande and thought to himself, it seemed that he had not lost anything by agreeing to his request to join the army, and he even made a little profit.
Then he thought of the border lands in the south and western regions.
Since the eastern border areas have as much information as ants on Goguryeo and Uighur, the soldiers in the other two border areas should not be much more familiar with the barbarians they believe in.
If they could obtain the intelligence they had collected over the years, then this expedition would really get twice the result with half the effort.
"Then please leave it to Master Liu."
Di Xin was the first to react and thanked him.
The generals standing at the bottom also had a good impression of the commander of Jiande City who came to snatch their achievements.
Since we can provide indispensable help, we should get corresponding credit.
Soon, with the information provided by Liu Jiande, the march plan based on the new march route was basically discussed.
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After the plan was discussed, the generals exited the tent and made preparations before the army set off.
But Ouyang Xuan and Liu Jiande were still retained by Di Xin.
Now that we have chosen to re-plan a march route from Fenghua Valley to the capital of Goguryeo, there is one more thing to do before that.
That is the division of troops.
Now that there are soldiers brought by Liu Jiande, the two thousand immortal troops currently stationed in Hu City will be a bit of a waste.
When there were only three people left in the tent, Emperor Xin asked: "Master Liu, although Hucheng has become an enclave now, after the victory of the Goguryeo capital, the grain and grass supplies transported from northern Xinjiang must be
You can’t just give up on the place you’ve learned.”
"There are two thousand people garrisoned in Hu City now. I need you to select two thousand people from the soldiers you brought to Hu City to garrison in place of those two thousand people."
Although it sounds unpleasant to say, due to the divine generals and formations, the combat power of Emperor Xin's soldiers is indeed far greater than that of Liu Jiande's soldiers, and they are more suitable for attacking rather than guarding the rear.
Liu Jiande also knew this and did not refuse.
He cupped his hands and said, "I humbly obey my orders."
"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Liu."
Emperor Xin continued: "Master Liu, please send the soldiers to Hu City later and ask them to give an order from my king to the soldiers currently stationed in Hu City."
Liu Jiande followed Di Xin's topic and asked, "Your Highness, I wonder what the order is?"
"The soldiers currently stationed in Hu City should not come directly to join the army after being replaced with the task of guarding the city."
Liu Jiande was stunned by Di Xin's words.
If you don't come to join the army, what else will you do?
And Di Xin also gave his promise at this time.
He ordered: "Let the two thousand soldiers be broken into pieces, divided into small groups with the general Shen as the leader, and then follow the old march route starting from Hucheng, and harass various parts of Goguryeo along the way."
"Use sparrow fighting to attract the attention of the Goguryeo army."
Liu Jiande understood.
His Highness King Yu had previously destroyed 40,000 Goguryeo soldiers in Hucheng, and now that he had gathered his reinforcements, the number of soldiers had exceeded Goguryeo's current strength.
In this case, although two thousand soldiers joining the large army can bring some help, the effect is not that great.
On the contrary, if these two thousand soldiers are used as surprise troops to harass Goguryeo, it may have unexpected effects.
And at the very least, with these two thousand soldiers broken into pieces, after absorbing part of Goguryeo's energy, Emperor Xin's real army will press the border, and he will encounter less trouble.
"I humble my duty and obey my orders."
Liu Jiande slightly arched his hands to show that he accepted the order.
After that, the three discussed some details, and Ouyang Xuan and Liu Jiande also exited the tent.
The valley soon became lively and noisy.
An hour later, after packing up the camp, the army assembled in the valley.
Among them, the immortal army from Northern Xinjiang served as the front army, while the soldiers brought by Liu Jiande followed the soldiers from Northern Xinjiang.
After the two thousand soldiers sent to Hucheng set off, what remained here were 6,500 soldiers from the eastern border.
Among them are 5,000 infantry and 1,500 cavalry.
As the capital commander of Jiande City, Liu Jiande would naturally not go out with the army in his personal capacity.
Those infantry were the troops used to garrison the rear. The reason why Liu Jiande brought some of the cavalry this time was not to defend the city, but to accompany Emperor Xin in the expedition against Goguryeo and Uighur.
Although they may not be able to match the northern Xinjiang cavalry in terms of combat power, they are not without the strength to fight against the same number of Goguryeo and Uighur tribes.
After the army was assembled, Di Xin said a few words briefly and waved his hand to signal the army to set off.
"Set off!"
"yes!"
With the soldiers from the northern Xinjiang in the front and the soldiers from the east behind, a large number of people came out of the Fenghua Valley in a mighty manner.
After casually crushing to death a few bandits who came to die without realizing the situation, the army began to march towards the belly of Goguryeo.
After marching for two days, Emperor Xin's expeditionary army finally encountered the second city in Goguryeo.
The war is about to break out.
At the same time, Liu Jiande was also ready for his first battle to assist His Royal Highness King Yu in pacifying the barbarians.