The northernmost point of Dingxi, Xihai County.

Longzhou is already a frontier land, Xihai County is the northern border of Longzhou, its east, west and south are hundreds of miles of desert, only in the narrow area between the two tributaries of the weak water, and the coast of Juyanze in the north, there is an oasis. Therefore, although Xihai County has been established as a county since the Qin Dynasty, until now, there is still only one subordinate county, which is Xihai County. The population of the county is small.

Although the population is small and the jurisdiction is small, Xihai County has an important strategic position for Dingxi.

It is precisely because it is a desert on three sides, and only a weak water leads to the hinterland of Longzhou, therefore, hundreds of years ago, Qin and Xiongnu, and now Dingxi and Rouran, who occupied this place, who occupied the initiative in the war in the north of Longzhou. For now, if Rouran occupies this place, then Rouran can go down the weak water at any time and invade the hinterland of Longzhou; And if Dingxi occupies this place, then this place can become the Dinghai Divine Needle in the northwest of Dingxi, or a bridgehead, and the invasion of Rouran can be blocked here.

Therefore, since the establishment of Dingxi, all those who have been stationed in Xihai County are all first-class generals in Dingxi.

It was Beigong Yue before, and now it is Suo Gong.

But that Beigong Yue, because of Xin Er's appreciation, was transferred to Yinping County by Xin Er, not only got promoted, but finally left this difficult conditions, and fought with Rouran every year in the yellow sand-covered place, he was very happy, but now Longxi County has fallen, Qinzhou is in an emergency, Yinping County is in danger, I don't know which is better than in Xihai County back then? It can be said that Seon lost his horse, and he doesn't know if it's a blessing.

Not to mention Beigong Yue, on the fifth day after the failure of Pankuan's "reversal" and expulsion from the court, the news reached the Xihai County Government.

Along with this news, there was also an urgent military report from a sentry post on the bank of Juyanze in the north.

The content of the military report is: Thirty or twenty miles away from the north bank of Juyanze, a large force of cavalry was found in Rouran, and it was found that its main commander would be Wen Shilan.

Suo Gong, who had only been appointed as the Taishou of Xihai for a short time, immediately asked Fan Dan to come to the mansion to discuss the matter.

He knew that Suo Gong was close to Xin Er, because since he was sent to Xihai County by Xin Er, he had been staying in the headquarters camp outside the county, and basically did not go into the city much.

At the invitation of Sokon, Pan Dan came to the city that afternoon.

When he arrived at the county government, Suo Gong greeted him politely at the gate of the mansion.

After two salutes, they entered the hall together.

Suo Gong and Fan Dan sat down separately, and each of them had a few staff members to sit around.

Suo Gong personally handed over the military report to Yan Dan and said: "General Yan, the newly obtained military report, Wen Shilan led about 5,000 cavalry of Rouran to appear in the north of Zebei thirty miles. It seems that in three or two days at most, he will attack my Xihai County. What is the general's strategy for this? ”

Yan Dan read the military report and said: "When I was ordered to lead the troops to Xihai, the decree made it clear that the military affairs of Xihai County should be dominated by General Suo, and I was just Sasuke. The general has been in the Western Regions for many years, and he has not fallen into the prestige of the Western Regions, and he can be called a soldier who is good at fighting, and he thinks that the general should have a countermeasure. General, please command, and I will obey it. ”

Suo Gong smiled: "You can't say that. General Fan, Xihai County is such a big place, the imperial court has assigned you and me to guard it, so when it comes to captivity, you and I should discuss it, what is 'for the Lord' and 'Sasuke', let's not talk about these things! ”

Yan Dan was silent for a while, slowly folded the military newspaper in his hand, put it on the table in front of the couch in a dignified manner, then raised his eyelids, looked at Suo Gong, and said, "General Suo, I am a straight person. ”

Suo Gong said, "Yes, yes, the general is upright by nature, so I feel that I am like-minded with the general!" We're both such people. ”

Yan Dan ignored his trick and said directly: "Is the general worried that I will be dissatisfied and resentful of the general because my family was deposed by the imperial court, so that I will be passive and sluggish in this battle against Rouran, and delay the military?" ”

Suo Gong's smile remained unchanged and said, "What is General Pan talking about?" Let's set the west of the government and the opposition, who doesn't know that General Pan is a well-known loyal minister! I'm not so worried! ”

Yan Dan kept a straight face and said solemnly: "General Suo, I won't go around the bend with you. Don't mention that the family was wronged and wronged, and was framed and deposed by the conscription, but only said that the general of the conquest relied on his soldiers and horses, dominated the court, insulted the clothes, and killed the clan, as long as Dan is in the day, I will be inseparable from him! However, the internal affairs of my Dingxi are also, and the invasion of Rouran is also the external trouble of my Dingxi. I will not delay or affect this battle against Rouran because of my conflict with the captivity. Believe it or not, that's what I say. ”

Suo Gong stretched out his thumb and praised: "General Fan is really a loyal minister!" Dedicated to the country, I admire and admire! ”

How could he not be indignant at his father's demotion from the court? However, what he said was also his true words. He was not in the mood to listen to Suo Gong's flattery, so he just followed his own words and said bluntly: "If the general has any strategic deployment, please give orders." ”

Suo Gong did have the deployment to face the battle, so he said his idea: "Rouran was defeated by the combined forces of Wei and Tuoba Xianbei last year, and his vitality was greatly damaged, so the soldiers and horses that invaded my Xihai County this time only had more than 5,000 horses. General Fan, you and I have two combined troops, totaling more than 3,000 cavalry, although it is not as many as Wen Shilan's troops, but our army is well-equipped, enough to be one enemy and ten, so I am not worried about whether we can hold Xihai County. The only thing I'm thinking about now is whether we can wipe out the Wenshilan! ”

Yan Dan said: "Annihilation? He asked Sokon and said, "How to wipe them all?" ”

Suo Gong said: "I and the general, together, have a total of 2,000 foot soldiers and 1,000 cavalry. I will lead the infantry to guard the county seat of Xihai; I personally led the cavalry, went out of the city to the west, crossed the desert, went around to the north bank of Zezhi, and chose a place to lurk. When Wen Shilan attacked my county, I rushed from behind to attack it. In this way, the general and I should cooperate with the inside and outside, and we may be able to wipe out all the Wenshilan troops by the weak water river! …… Does the general think it's okay? ”

Yan Dan frowned and said: "Although the Rouran cavalry is not only the elite of the cavalry in Dingxi, but also more than 5,000 horsemen, Wen Shilan is a famous general of Rouran, I have fought with him, this person is indeed not good, the general only leads a thousand horsemen, if he rashly attacks him, in case of defeat, how is it good?" ”

Suo Gong smiled: "The main force I led is only a thousand horsemen, but when I raided, it was not only a thousand horsemen!" ”

"What does the general mean?"

"I will summon Hu Mu around Daze for use, how to say, I can also summon three or two thousand horsemen to use Hu!"

Yan Dan pondered for a moment and said: "If Hu Mu can summon three or two thousand horsemen, the general's strategy is feasible." ”

When Suo Gong heard that he did not object to his plan, he got up, waved at Dan, and said, "Then the county seat of Xihai will be entrusted to the general!" Without further ado, I'll lead the cavalry out of the city tomorrow!" ”

Before Suo Gong left the city, he first signed a joint letter to the court with Pan Dan, reporting to the governor's mansion the deployment of Rouran's attack and Suo Gong's response. Suo Gong also had a secret letter and sent it to Xin Er.

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When he received Suo Gong's secret letter, Xin Er had just led his troops to Wushi County.

After reading Suo Gong's letter and knowing what Yan Dan said to Suo Gong, Xin Er sighed unconsciously and said: "Ah Gong is loyal and selfless, Suo Gong is brave and daring. ”

Soft and worry-free, Qinzhou is very worried.

Three days ago, before arriving at Wushi County, Xin Er received two military reports from Qinzhou on the way to the march.

One was sent by Zhang Daochong, the Taishou of Wudu.

After the fall of Longxi County, Meng Lang led the main force of the Qin soldiers, joined forces with Ran Seng Nu and others, and turned to attack the county of Wudu County.

Zhang Daochong and Li Liangbing were outnumbered and couldn't resist.

Li Liang proposed to cut the Qin camp at night, hoping to temporarily stop the offensive of the Qin army, but his night slash, like the last time, was still a failure, not only did he return in vain, but also lost more than 100 elite soldiers.

The two had no choice but to learn koji ball, break through, and originally wanted to retreat to Yinping County, but the way to retreat was blocked by the Qin soldiers, and in desperation, the two had to leave less than a thousand soldiers to go to Qiu Chi Mountain.

This Qiuchi Mountain is the birthplace of Ran Xing before, the mountain is dangerous, only one way can lead to the top of the mountain, and the top of the mountain is a flat land of about 100 hectares of size,—— the royal family of Xingguo Ran was the first to be called the king of 100 hectares, this 100 hectares is from this, on the top of the mountain, the spring water comes out of the ground, the land is fertile, enough to be self-sufficient. In the past years, whenever they encountered foreign invasions such as the Xiongnu Qin State and the Li clan in Shuzhong, when the Ran clan was not an opponent, they would often retreat to Qiuchi Mountain, relying on their danger, drag until the enemy was exhausted, and then either take the initiative to attack, or wait until the enemy retreats by himself, and then they will go down the mountain to regain the lost territory. This was the only good strategy for the Ran family to preserve the "tinder" before, but now, it was learned by Zhang Daochong and Li Liang, and in turn, it made Meng Lang, Ran Seng Nu and others fall into a difficult situation.

In embarrassment, the whole territory of Wudu fell, and there was only one Qiuchi Mountain, but Dingxi still fell into an absolute disadvantage.

Another military report was sent by Kojiqiu, who had arrived in Yinping County.

After Zhang Daochong and Li Liang were forced to go up the mountain, Wudu was basically occupied by Qin soldiers, and the large army of Qin soldiers under Meng Lang began to march south again to attack Yinping County.

Yinping County, like Wudu County, has a mountainous territory. The jurisdiction of this county is northwest and southeast, northwest to southeast, 3780 miles long, northeast to southwest, the widest part is more than 200 li, and the narrow place is also 100 li, but in such a large area, there are only two jurisdictional counties, and the large area in the west is mainly the Minshan Mountain Range, which is full of mountains and mountains, and only those two counties are in the southeast, one is Yinping County on the north bank of Baishui, and the other is Pingwu County about 60 miles south of Yinping County.

As a result, when the Qin soldiers invaded on a large scale, the two counties of Yinping and Pingwu, especially Yinping County, which was on the northern front and bordered Wudu County, were vulnerable to the Qin soldiers' concentrated fire attacks.

Although the Qin soldiers have not yet launched a large-scale offensive, the pressure on Kojiqiu, Beigong Yue, Wang Shuwang and others is already quite large.

This is the negative side of the Koji ball army report, and there are also advantages.

On the plus side: it was rumored that the commander of the Qin army attacking Yinping County would be Pu Badger Sun, and as for Meng Lang, he seemed to have left Qinzhou and rushed to Hedong County to join Pu Mao with the elite of 20,000 Qin soldiers.

Koji Qiu analyzed the reason why Meng Lang left Yin Ping and did not play and changed to Hedong County, and guessed that it should be due to two points.

First, because Longxi and Wudu have been down, Meng Lang may think that the situation in Qinzhou is generally decided.

Second, more importantly, it should be because the war between Wei and He Hun is becoming more and more intense, and He Hun is attacking fiercely, in order to protect Yanzhou, the eastern barrier of Yecheng, Wei has to transfer some troops in the west, that is, the western border of Wei has temporarily appeared in a situation where the troops are relatively empty, so in order to seize this favorable opportunity, Meng Lang no longer continues to stay in Qinzhou, delaying time.

Wudu and Yinping were in danger like fire, Xin Er didn't pay much attention to Xihai County, Suo Gong's secret letter, he only read it once, then put it aside, picked up the two military reports sent by Yinping and Wudu again, and read them carefully a few times.

Inside the spacious tent, the spring light from outside spills in.

Xin Er's face was solemn.

Regardless of whether Meng Lang had left or not, the more than 20,000 Qin soldiers who were left by Meng Lang to garrison Longxi County were in danger, and they really blocked the front of Xin Er's department. But it was said that the total number of infantry cavalry led by Meng Lang to attack Qinzhou this time was forty or fifty thousand cavalry, and he took away 20,000 cavalry, and those who stayed in Wudu County and besieged Qiuchi Mountain were nearly 10,000 to say the least, and the Pu Badger Sun led the attack on Yinping County, according to the estimation of Koji Qiu, there were about 10,000 people, and this was not already 40,000 foot riders? Why are there more than 20,000 Qin soldiers in Longxi County? Where did the extra Qin soldiers come from? It was temporarily summoned by Meng Lang from the Aden, Hou Nian and other departments of Nan'an, Tianshui and other counties, such as Di, Qiang, and Xianbei.

Although these soldiers recruited from Hu are not elite soldiers, just like the Hu herds on the shore of Juyanze, they also have a certain combat effectiveness and cannot be regarded as ordinary miscellaneous soldiers.

How can we break through the interception of the Qin soldiers in Longxi County as soon as possible and as soon as possible, recover Longxi, rush to the aid of Yinping, and counterattack Wudu?

After thinking about it for a long time, he summoned Cao Fei and others outside the tent.