Qin Wen did not notice anything strange about Xi Zhicai and continued to order: "In this battle, Yang Ye will be the main general, Wang Meng and Wen Tianxiang will be the deputy generals, and Xi Zhicai will be the military advisor. They will lead a total of 100,000 elite troops. They will not seek to annihilate the enemy, but
Please drag the Yuan and Meng armies to Yinchuan County.
As long as we can delay it for a month, another 100,000 reinforcements will arrive in Hetao. By then, under the encirclement of 200,000 troops, the 70,000 Yuan Mongolian Iron Cavalry will surely be wiped out."
Qin Hao was worried about Murong Ke's invasion of Hetao, but he did not expect that the Jin army was not considering retreating from the enemy, but wiping out the invading areas, and they had already made a careful plan.
Qin Hao still underestimated the power of the Jin army. Although Qin Wen's men only had talents from the Three Kingdoms, their abilities may not be inferior to those summoned by Qin Hao, but when united together, they were definitely not inferior to any group.
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Zhenbeiguan.
After Yang Ye received Qin Wen's flying pigeon message, he summoned the generals overnight to discuss the military situation.
"Temujin and Yang Jian colluded, Murong Ke led 70,000 cavalry, and detoured to Liangzhou to attack Hetao. My lord ordered me to lead 40,000 troops and go to Yinchuan to take charge..."
Yang Ye kept his story short, but the amount of information was so large that all the generals couldn't help but take a breath, and for a while the hall was full of discussions.
After a long time, Yang Dalang stood up and said: "Father, there are only 60,000 troops in Zhenbeiguan. You took 40,000 away. With only 20,000 troops, I am afraid it will be difficult to withstand Temujin's 100,000 troops outside the pass."
Temujin personally led an army of 200,000 people this time. One moment he concentrated his troops in front of Yanmen Pass, and the next moment he divided 100,000 troops to Zhenbeiguan Pass. However, he only acted as a deterrent but did not attack the city.
Therefore, before knowing Temujin's true purpose and whether he would attack the city, the Jin army did not dare to make any changes and could only concentrate their forces on the two northern passes.
If there are enough 60,000 defenders in the pass, Yuanmeng will naturally not attack the city if they cannot attack it. But if 40,000 troops are suddenly transferred from the pass and there are so many defenders suddenly missing, it will be difficult to protect Temujin.
There will be no forced siege of the city.
Of course Yang Ye also knew about this problem and immediately explained: "Zhenbeiguan is built on the Yinshan Mountains and is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Even if there are only 20,000 troops, as long as the defender makes no mistakes, it will be enough to defend it for two months.
As for the choice of guard after I leave..."
As he said that, Yang Ye began to scan the generals in the hall. The generals couldn't help but be overjoyed when they heard the words. They raised their heads and raised their chests to try to get Yang Ye's attention, but Yang Ye's eyes finally fell on his sixth son, Liu Lang Yang Yanzhao.
on the body.
"Lao Liu, after my father leads the army and leaves, Zhenbeiguan will be handed over to you."
All the generals couldn't help but show disappointment when they heard this. Although Yang Dalang and other brothers were also a little disappointed, they still congratulated his brother together.
"It's crucial to guard the border this time."
As he spoke, Yang Ye looked serious and said in a deep voice: "Old Liu, if you can't hold Zhenbeiguan, you don't have to go home again."
Being chosen by his father as the guard general, Yang Liulang was overjoyed at first, but after hearing these words, he felt a chill in his heart. Then he shouted with determination: "Don't worry, Governor, Yang Yanzhao is willing to issue a military order. If Zhenbeiguan cannot be defended, we will definitely
Extinction from the world."
Yang Ye couldn't help but nodded when he heard this. He didn't want to force his son, but the responsibility was too heavy and he couldn't bear half a mistake, so he had to push his potential.
Yang Yezhong's use of his own son as a general was not entirely out of selfish motives. Although there were many partial generals and lieutenants under his command, none of them could take on the important task of guarding the pass. Relatively speaking, it was the sons who he personally taught.
The most reliable.
Among Yang Ye's many sons, including Shilang Yang Zaixing, who was far away from Jingzhou, most of them were more than brave but lacked wit. It was no problem to charge into battle, but they were not ready to become the leader of an army and lead the battle.
Among them, Liu Lang was the only one who was the most stable and the most capable of being a general, so Yang Ye chose him to shoulder the important task of defending the city.
"Da Lang, Er Lang, Si Lang, Wu Lang, Qi Lang, you will lead the army together with this governor."
"promise."
"Yang Yanzhao, where is Qin Yu?"
The two of them stood up together and shouted: "The end will be here."
"Yang Yanzhao is the chief general and Qin Yu is the deputy general. You two will guard Zhenbeiguan together without making any mistakes."
"promise."
Since the situation was urgent and could not be delayed even a second, Yang Ye summoned the army that night to prepare for departure, and led the army to Yinchuan early the next morning.
At the head of Zhenbeiguan City, Yang Liulang wore the dragon scale armor given to him by his father and watched his father lead the army away with great reluctance.
Yang Liulang is not a sentimental person, but for some reason, he always has a bad premonition in his heart at this moment, as if his father and brothers will never see each other again after they leave.
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Qin Yu patted Yang Liulang from behind, but Yang Liulang was shocked.
"What's wrong?"
Qin Yu looked puzzled and asked: "It's not easy to become a guard, but why are you still looking so miserable?"
"Have it?"
Yang Liulang was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Maybe I'm overthinking it!"
When Yang Liulang turned to look at the army again, he saw the rising sun, the marching team getting longer and longer, and the shadows getting longer and longer.
At the same time that Yang Ye led the army to Yinchuan, Murong Ke also arrived at Shuofang County. Wang Meng, who had received the appointment from Qin Wen, was rushing to Yanmen Pass as quickly as possible, but he encountered 40,000 marching troops halfway.
Yanmen Jin Army.
Wang Meng knew that his old lord Qin Wen would appoint his deputy general for this battle, which must be the result of his lord Qin Hao's secret efforts, but from the side, it also indicated that the crisis was so great that even he, a civil servant, had to lead the army.
After converging the army, Wang Meng led the army to the front and looked in the direction of Yinchuan. He couldn't help but murmur to himself: "Murong Ke, right? What kind of skills do you have that the lord can value you so much?"
In order to deal with Murong Ke's 70,000-yuan Mongolian cavalry that went deep into the hinterland, the Jin army paid unprecedented attention this time. General Yang Ye, deputy generals Wang Meng and Wen Tianxiang, and military advisor Xi Zhicai, the elite army alone numbered 100,000, and there were also
One hundred thousand troops are being recruited.
This was an unprecedented large-scale operation for the Jin army.
Yinchuan County, located at the southernmost end of the Hetao, has a total of ten newly built county towns. Among them, in addition to Yinchuan, the most fortified city, there are two medium-sized cities, and the other seven cities are only small towns.
After the prefect Mi Yuan (Qu Yuan) received the news that Yuan and Meng were about to invade, he quickly moved all the people outside the city into the city, leaving no chance for the Allies to supply food and grass.
In addition, Qu Yuan also selected the young and strong among the people in the city, took out the armaments sealed in the warehouse, armed and trained the people to prepare for a desperate defense.