Xin Er asked, "Feint to attack these three counties?" Qianli, what do you mean? ”

Tang Ai got up from the couch, walked to the map, took a feather fan and pointed to the southwest of Shouyang, Xiangwu, and Yanxian, crossed Taoshui, to the Bailongjiang River and Minshan area, and said: "Our army left some soldiers and horses in Shouyang to contain the Qin Lu of Longxi County, and then selected thousands of elite foot soldiers, through this route, crossed Minshan, entered Yinping County, and joined General Long Xiang. Ming Gong, is this policy possible? ”

"Master with Sect Ming? What about after the meeting? ”

Tang Ai held the feather fan on his chest, and said slowly: "You don't have to wait until after the division, before the army is dispatched, the Ming Duke can summon Yin Luo and Zhang Jingwei's troops to also sneak into Yinping County." Pu Badger Sun may have expected that Yin Luo and Zhang Jingwei would rescue Yinping, but he must not have expected that the Ming Guild would not fight in Longxi, but chose to rush to Yinping County through the rugged and difficult Minshan Mountain. This is my reality, and Pu Badger Sun does not know.

"When the Pu Badger Sun Department launched an offensive against Yinping, I had General Long Xiang and Beigong Yue's soldiers, I had my troops to aid Yinping in the west, and Yinluo and Zhang Jingwei's troops in the east.

"After the defeat of the Pu Badger Sun Division, the soldiers and horses of my three divisions immediately gathered together and went north, attacking Longxi County from the south, and leaving my foot cavalry to contain the Qin Lu of Longxi County, at the same time, attacked Longxi County from the west. Although Qin Yu was based on the three cities of Shouyang, Xiang, and Xiangwu, he was attacked on both sides, and he inevitably 'took care of one and lost the other'. As long as the troops on both sides of our two armies cooperate properly, the recovery of Longxi is just around the corner!

"The two counties of Yinping and Longxi have been restored, and it is not difficult for Wudu County to be recovered."

Xin Er also got down from the couch and went to the near part of the map, and took a closer look at the route that Tang Ai said, "crossing Taoshui, to the Bailongjiang River and Minshan area", "crossing Minshan Mountain, and entering Yinping County".

Judging from the distance on the map alone, this road is not very long, only more than 400 miles, but most of the areas are mountainous areas of Minshan, and it has to cross the two major rivers of Taoshui and Bailongjiang, it is foreseeable that the march on the road will be very difficult, this is one of them; If Tang Ai's strategy is adopted, then the soldiers and horses that can be sent can only be foot soldiers, which is the second.

It doesn't matter if you can only send foot soldiers, Yinping and Wudu are mountainous, which is not conducive to cavalry to enter the battle, according to the military report, the Pu Badger Sun Department is also mainly infantry, and when this army meets with the Koji Ball Division, and when the Pu Badger Sun Division fights, it is not inferior in terms of troops.

However, this march route is too difficult, it seems that it is only more than 400 miles, and Xin Er, who has already walked through the Shu Road once, knows that if he really wants to go down, I am afraid that it may not be enough to double the mileage, and the speed of the march on the road will be slow. In this way, the question arises, if this strategy is used, can it be rushed to the battlefield in time, before the fall of Yinping County?

In addition to this, there are two problems.

One is the question of the guide.

Even if you march on the plains, you still need a guide in an unfamiliar area, let alone a mountain march? A guide is essential. But most of the generals under the tent are locals in Longzhou, no one has ever entered Minshan, and they don't know the road, so how to solve this problem?

One is the problem of Tugu Hun Xianbei.

The Bailongjiang and Minshan areas, even if they are compared to Longzhou, are considered desolate, but this area is not a barren land, and it is also inhabited by Hu Mu. At present, the largest beard in this area is Tuyuhun Xianbei.

Tuyuhun Xianbei since more than 100 years ago, under the leadership of Tuyuhun, and Murong Xianbei separated, all the way to the west, first through the territory of Duanbu Xianbei, then through the territory of Yuwen Xianbei, and then arrived at the western boundary of Tuoba Xianbei, that is, the Hetao area west of Shengle, where they lived here for nearly 20 years, and then as this area was gradually controlled by the Tiefu Xiongnu, in order to be able to realize the ideal of independent statehood, they continued to migrate, to the southwest, through Longshan, into the current Dingxi Caohan.

Caohan is located between Huangshui and Taoshui, not far from Wushi County, and the two places are less than 200 miles apart.

After all, although they migrated on the way, they absorbed some Hu Mu from the Xianbei tribes along the way, but the overall population was still not much, so they could not form a climate in Caohan, a region with many surrounding forces and mixed Tang and Yi, and they probably stopped here for fourteen or fifteen years, so they continued to migrate southward without stopping.

Eventually, they migrated to Bailan.

The local Hu Mu of Bailan is "cowardly in the local customs, and it is easy to control the country", and Tuyuhun is the establishment of the country here.

All in all, Tuyuhun Xianbei started from Thorn City and ended at Bailan, the entire migration distance amounted to more than 3,000 miles, which took more than 30 years, after three generations of chieftains, went through hardships, and hardships, and finally achieved the goal of founding the country.

Bailan's location is on the west side of Minshan Mountain, separated from the southern border of Longzhou by several mountains, and the two are more than 600 miles apart. Originally, this small regime of Tuyuhun had nothing to do with Longzhou or Guanzhong, but after so many years of development, Tuyuhun Xianbei's strength has been greatly enhanced, so they took advantage of the civil strife in the Central Plains and the melee in the northwest, and began to come out of Bailan and expand to the north and east, and their sphere of influence has been immersed in the south of Longzhou, the west of Yinping and Wudu County.

However, the foundation of Tuyuhun Xianbei is still too thin, when they first migrated, there were only 700 households, only 6,000 men, women, old and weak combined, and 2,000 horses, so although their strength has improved now, they are still relatively weak compared to Dingxi in the north, Puqin in the northeast, and even Ran Xing before in the east, until now, the combat troops that can be used are less than 10,000 horsemen.

Although it is less than 10,000 horses, the size is also a separatist force, which can be regarded as half of the head snake in the Minshan and Bailongjiang regions, and the most troublesome thing is that the information received only a while ago was that after Meng Lang defeated Wudu and Yinping counties, I heard that the current chieftain of Tuyuhun Xianbei was afraid of Pu Qin's military might, so he took the initiative to send an envoy and offered Pu Qin 5,000 horses, 500 catties of gold and silver.

Pu Mao reciprocated the favor, worshiped him as the general of Ning Yuan, and named him the Marquis of Jiang.

The river is the name of a water, and it is a section of the river of Taoshui. After Tuyuhun Xianbei left Caohan, the first to conquer was the scattered Qiang tribes in the upper reaches of Taoshui and the area of Yongshui,—— although they were the first to conquer this area, but because of the many powerful forces near the place, they chose Bailan as a base in the far south, which shows that the migration purpose of their independent statehood is both clear and strong.

If Tang Ai's strategy is adopted, then in the process of crossing Taoshui and crossing Minshan, in case of encountering Tuyuhun Xianbei's troops, although Xin Er is not afraid, it can be said that if there is a battle between the two sides, it will inevitably delay the arrival of reinforcements in Yinyinping County on the basis of the slow march.

Xin Er looked at the map for a while, said the two problems he considered, and asked Tang Ai: "Qianli, is there a solution to this?" ”

Tang Ai shook his fan and said: "The reason why Tuyuhun Xianbei sacrificed horses, gold and silver and Qin Lu is nothing more than that they are afraid that Qin Lu will invade them, thinking that they must not have the intention of working for Qin Yu, even if they meet them in the Bailongjiang and Minshan areas, as long as we are polite, Ai is sure that they will not take the initiative to invade our army." Ming Gong is not worried. ”

"Where's the guide?"

Tang Ai groaned and said, "The guide is indeed a problem. Wushi County is only more than 200 miles away from the northern foot of Minshan, and there should be someone in the county who has been to Minshan, and the Ming Duke can send someone to inquire privately in the county. ”

One of the tents said, "There is no need to inquire in the county, but the subordinate will go to Minshan and know the way." ”

Everyone saw clearly that it was Guo Daoqing who spoke.

Xin Er was surprised and said, "Zishan, how did you go to Minshan?" ”

Guo Daoqing replied: "Duke Ming knows that the subordinate is from Xiping County. When the subordinates were young, they traveled to the east along the Huangshui River, and the famous Confucians of Huanghe County, Jincheng County, Xingtang County, Daxia County and Wushi County all paid homage to the subordinates one by one. In addition to the study tour, encounter the famous mountains and rivers, the subordinates will also have a play, because in Wushi County, with a number of local scholars, find a few Hu Mu on the shore of Taoshui as a guide, boating Taoshui south, into Minshan, stay in the mountains for more than half a month, back and forth in the valley, roads, the subordinates know. ”

I didn't expect this Guo Daoqing to be a good tourist.

Xin Er was overjoyed and said: "Since Zishan knows the road, then this strategy can be used!" ”

Cao Fei, who had been reluctant to ask questions by name and had not had a chance to speak for a long time, finally found an opportunity to speak at this time.

He affectionately shouted Xin Er's words, first praised Tang Ai according to Xin Er's words, and then volunteered to ask for help, saying: "Young book, this strategy for a thousand miles, I think it is excellent!" This leader led the troops over the Minshan Mountain, and the task of secretly supporting the Ko Ming Sect will be handed over to me! ”

When Tang Ai heard this, although he was praised by Cao Fei, he did not feel half a point of comfort, but shook his fan and couldn't help but be stunned, his face changed slightly, and he looked at Xin Er anxiously.

Thinking that Cao Fei and Tian Ju were called "two honest people" by Ji He, and were bluntly reprimanded as "stupid men" by Tang Ai, how could Xin Er rest assured that such a heavy task would be given to Cao Fei again? He glanced at Cao Fei and said with a smile: "Old Cao, you have fought with Lu Ming and Yao Tao, and you are more familiar with them than me, and I will still do the work of helping Mingzong, and you and General Tian will stay in Wushi County and feint to attack Longxi County." ”

Cao Fei said: "Young book, crossing Minshan Mountain and going deep behind enemy lines, this is a dangerous task, you are the chief general of an army, how can you take the risk yourself?" ”

Zhang Shao also said: "Ming Gong, the son of a daughter, can't sit down." Ming Gong is not only the chief general of our army, but also the dry city of my Dingxi, and it is not appropriate to take risks. If you don't, let the end be born! ”

Xin Er shook his head and said, "You have been in the Western Regions for a long time, and when you come, you are not familiar with the mountain roads; Second, you are not familiar with Mingzong; Third, you have never fought with the Qin soldiers before, and I have walked through the Shu Road, I am familiar with Mingzong, and I have also fought with the Qin soldiers, so it is better for me to lead the troops into Yinping and assist Mingzong. ”

He paused, looked at Cao Fei and Tian Ju, and said, "Old Cao, after I lead the troops south, the remaining troops will be led by you, supplemented by General Tian and Captain Zhang. After pondering for a while, he was not worried about Cao Fei, and said with Zhang Gu and Yang Hezhi, and said, "Changling, Bozhu, Qing and the two don't have to go south from me, and you two will also stay in Wushi and be a staff officer for Cao Lingjun." ”

Zhang Gui does not have outstanding military talents, but he is smart and strategic, and at the critical moment, he may be able to give Cao Fei an idea, and Zhang Gui is Xin Er's first-class confidant, leaving him behind, Xin Er will also be much more relieved.

Yang Hezhi, through this period of contact, Xin Er felt more and more that he seemed to be reusable, but he was a person who usually talks loudly, and if he put it on his real character, he might not be able to do it, so he just took this opportunity to test his true ability.

Xin Er has always been decisive, and since he recognized Tang Ai's suggestion, he made a decision to personally lead the troops to aid Yinping and leave Cao Fei to feint to attack Longxi.

Next, the elite soldiers were selected from the Xiner headquarters, Cao Fei's department, and Tianju department, and a total of 5,000 soldiers of the infantry army were selected.

The soldiers of the 5,000-foot army were mainly soldiers from the Jian'er Battalion and other units who had attacked Shu from Xin'er, and they, like Xin'er, had walked through the Shu Road and had experience in crossing mountains and mountains, which should help reduce the time of marching on the road. And different from the previous return to Shu, this time's destination, at least Yinping County, Pingwu County two strongholds, although the two counties stored in the grain and other military supplies are not much, but in the short term is still enough, therefore, it is also out of the reason for reducing the time on the road, Xin Er is not prepared to bring too much baggage, only to send an order, ordered to prepare with him to go south of the battalions, with enough arrows. In addition, in order to cross the Taoshui and Bailongjiang rivers, Xin Er ordered a batch of sheepskin bags to be temporarily made, which were folded and carried on the soldiers' bodies when not in use, and inflated when they were used to float in the water.

At the same time, Xin Er sent people to Hanzhong County immediately, and ordered Yin Luo and Zhang Jingwei to lead their troops to Yinping County on the day they received the letter, and cooperate with the siege of Pu Badger's Sun Department in the coming day.

Because from Wushi County to Hanzhong County, it is necessary to pass through Qinzhou, that is, Longxi and Wudu, the two counties that are now controlled by Qin soldiers, so for the sake of insurance, Xin Er first used the "military code" to write the text, and secondly, he sent more than one messenger, he sent a total of three messengers.

According to legend, Jiang Ziya invented "Yin Fu" and "Yin Wen", but the form of these two military codes has its own defects, so Xin Er relied on his later generations to create a more advanced "password" in his spare time, that is, the reverse cut phonetic method. He composed two poems, one with a total of fifteen characters, and the initials of these fifteen characters were numbered from one to fifteen; There are a total of 36 characters in a poem, and the finals of these 36 words are also numbered in turn, from one to thirty-six, and then different numbers are used to represent different tones. In other words, whether it is a military order or a military report written in this way, it is only a series of numbers, and only those who know those two poems can know the meaning of the words through these numbers. In this way, even if they are intercepted by the enemy, they can only be confused and unable to understand. In fact, the thing that Xin Er "created" was the "reverse cut code" invented by Qi Jiguang during the Ming Dynasty in his original time and space.

Under the supervision of Xin Er, it only took three days to complete all the preparations for the south.

On the morning of this day, Xin Er divided his army with Cao Fei, Zhang Shao, and Tian Ju, and personally led the selected 5,000 foot soldiers to leave Wushi County, secretly went west to the east bank of Taoshui, and crossed the river to the south.