Chapter 175: Plan before you act
Yan Kingdom is adjacent to Yuyang County.
Starting from Jixian County, two days later, Jiang Xiaobai led the Youyan Army to Yuyang.
The soldiers who were in charge of staying in Yuyang and waiting, pursued Su Li, Yan Rou and others against the anti-thieves, chased the anti-thieves out of Yuyang County, and entered the Bohai Kingdom, and sent the news to Jiang Xiaobai in 1510.
On the eve of his departure from Jixian County, Jiang Xiaobai sent a letter to Yan Rou, asking him to persuade Su Li to rectify his soldiers and horses, and wait for him to come to Yuyang, and take a two-pronged approach to encircle and suppress Zhang Chun, Zhang Ju and other anti-thieves.
"My lord, the leader of Suli is so greedy for merit, I am afraid that something will happen."
Xu Shu was worried that Bohai State was under the jurisdiction of Jizhou and connected to Qingzhou, and Qingzhou was rampant.
Those thieves on the side of the trouble, in the face of the encirclement and suppression of the imperial court, have always been in the same spirit.
If the thieves in Qingzhou received the news, intervened sideways, and entered the Bohai Kingdom, then this civil strife, which originally belonged to Youzhou, would affect the three states.
"Chief Sully is too impulsive." Xu Shu felt a headache.
"My lord, the leader is righteous, since he promised to send troops to Youzhou to suppress thieves, he will definitely do his best, and he is also kind."
Although he knew that it was his own leader who did something wrong, Que Jiji, as a person from Xianbei in the east, could only defend Su Li at this time.
After this period of contact, Que Ji has a deep understanding of Jiang Xiaobai's strength, whether it is the tiger general under his command, or the formidable Ghost Flame Army, it makes Que Ji want to tie Eastern Xianbei and Jiang Xiaobai tightly together, hugging his thighs tightly, and he can't pull it apart.
And Jiang Xiaobai had clearly formulated a complete plan to suppress the thieves, and sent someone to inform Su Li and Yan Rou in advance, but now Factor Li insisted on going his own way, causing many incidents for no reason, and Que Ji was worried that Jiang Xiaobai would be dissatisfied because of this.
"Xianbei warriors are like tigers and wolves, fierce and fierce, the leader of Suli relied on 30,000 elites to defeat 100,000 anti-thieves one after another, if I were him, maybe I would also want to take down the heads of Zhang Chun, Zhang Ju and other anti-thieves in one go."
Jiang Xiaobai smiled and spoke, he said this to dispel Que Ji's worries, Que Ji heard the deep meaning of his words, and immediately bowed down to him.
"I'm causing trouble for you."
"We're allies, and it's too much trouble to talk about." Jiang Xiaobai's smile was as brilliant as the spring sun.
After resting in Yuyang County for half a day, Jiang Xiaobai took the Youyan Army to start again, all the way to the south, and two days later, the army arrived at Quanzhou Canal.
Here, it is the junction of the two states of Youyou and Hebei.
Further on, it is the boundary of Jizhou and enters the territory of Bohai State.
There are traces of war smoke in the Quanzhou Canal, which should be left by the Eastern Xianbei when they fought with the anti-thieves.
As far as the eye can see, there are corpses everywhere, and there are wild dogs, wild wolves and other fierce beasts gnawing at the corpses.
In the sky, flocks of crows let out a terrible wail, and occasionally crows fell to the ground and pecked at the corpses on the ground.
"Get out of here, get out of here!"
A crow landed on the corpse of a Xianbei warrior, and when Que Ji saw this, he was immediately furious and stepped forward to drive the crow away.
"Brother Cheng, you asked someone to bury the corpses of these Xianbei warriors, they were warriors in their lifetime, and now they are heroic souls, and they shouldn't end up in the wilderness."
"I'll do it." Cheng Yuanzhi nodded.
Seeing Cheng Yuanzhi turn around and arrange people to gather the corpses of Xianbei soldiers everywhere, Que Ji's eyes were ruddy, and he saluted Jiang Xiaobai deeply.
"I thank you for these Xianbei sons who died in battle."
"Don't do this, Que Ji Chief, this is what I should do."
Jiang Xiaobai said: "You eastern Xianbei crossed the border and cleared out the thieves for me, speaking of which, the death of these Xianbei soldiers is inseparable from me, and when this happens, I will go to the Mobei grassland in person to visit the parents, wives and children of these soldiers." ”
"My lord's benevolence and righteousness are incomparable." Que Ji's expression was moved.
Jiang Xiaobai led the army to be stationed in Quanzhou Canal, and he spent half a day to bury those Xianbei soldiers who died in Quanzhou Canal.
In total, there were more than 800 Xianbei soldiers, who died in the Quanzhou Canal.
In comparison, the death toll of the anti-thieves was several times that of the Xianbei soldiers, and according to incomplete statistics, the number of deaths of the anti-thieves exceeded 5,000.
Eastern Xianbei fought more with less, and was able to achieve such a remarkable record, which was very powerful.
However, before Jiang Xiaobai and Que Ji had time to celebrate, they received news that Xianbei in the east was trapped in Pingyu Canal and was in danger.
Hearing that Su Li was in danger, Que Ji felt like he had been hit on the head, so he immediately asked Jiang Xiaobai for help and asked Jiang Xiaobai to send troops to rescue him quickly.
"Don't be impatient, the leader of Que Ji, this matter is not urgent."
Xu Shu ordered the soldiers to take the map of Youzhou, and while he opened his mouth to appease Que Ji, he looked at the map and said to Jiang Xiaobai: "Lord, Pingyu Canal is only half a day's journey from our current location, but Shu suggested that the lord conspire and then move." ”
"Mr. Yuanzhi, the leader of Suli is in danger, and he can't be delayed at this time." Que Ji shouted eagerly.
Su Li is the supreme leader of the Eastern Xianbei, and if he makes a mistake, the entire Eastern Xianbei will be in chaos.
The leader of the central Xianbei, Kebi, can covet the eastern Xianbei for a long time, if Suli dies here, I am afraid that it will not be long before the more than 20 tribes of the eastern Xianbei will become vassals of the central Xianbei.
Because of this, after hearing that Su Li was trapped in the Pingyu Canal, Que Ji was so out of shape.
"Leader Queji, I can understand your mood at this time, don't worry, I will definitely do my best to rescue Leader Suli."
With Jiang Xiaobai's assurance, Que Ji's out-of-control emotions were finally calmed down.
Seeing that Que Ji was quiet, Jiang Xiaobai looked at Xu Shu and motioned for Xu Shu to continue.
"First of all, we have to figure out one thing, the leader of Suli led 30,000 Xianbei soldiers to chase and kill the thieves all the way, from Changli to Youbeiping County, from Youzhou to Jizhou, why was he suddenly besieged by the thieves?"
"Could it be that the thieves deliberately retreated and lured the soldiers of Xianbei in the east into the middle of the army?" Cheng Yuanzhi said.
Xu Shu shook his head: "If Zhang Chun really lured the enemy deeper, then the price he paid was too great, all the way from Yuyang County to Quanzhou Canal, we all saw with our own eyes, there were corpses of thieves along the way, not to mention nearly 10,000 people." ”
"Could it be that Zhang Yan, the leader of the anti-thieves in Qingzhou, led the army to sneak into Youzhou, and Zhang Yan and Zhang Chun joined forces to trap the eastern Xianbei in Pingyu Canal with the disparity in strength?" Zhao Yun said.
"It's possible, but it's unlikely."
Xu Shu: "If Zhang Yan leads the army to arrive, he will inevitably have to cross the Plains County before he can enter the Bohai Kingdom, then the question is, why didn't the Plains County Guard and the Prime Minister of the Bohai Kingdom notice it?" ”
"Assuming that Zhang Yan didn't follow too many people around him, so no trace was discovered, then after he and Zhang Chun converged, the meager troops that suddenly added in couldn't control the battle situation at all."