Yanjiagou was originally just a small village, with no more than 100 households and a sparse population. But since a broker named 'Yan Laoba', relying on the fame and connections he has accumulated over many places, he has taken advantage of the disintegration of Dayan to pull up a team, and after Yan Laoba has leveled the entire Guanbei Road, he has established a new country with two hardcore allies. And this new country is called the Dark North; And the broker-born 'Yan Laoba', after ascending the throne, also gave himself an elegant official title - Yan Wuqiu.

After that, Yanjiagou, the hometown of the Yan clan, naturally became a treasure land of dragon veins; And when all the Yan clansmen moved into Fengjing City, Yanjiagou naturally became a royal cemetery. On weekdays, in addition to those old eunuchs who guard the spirit, there are only royal children who have violated the clan law and were sent here by Yan Jiuning, the clan government, to guard the tomb for the ancestors of the Yan family.

Today, this royal mausoleum, which used to be quiet and solemn, has welcomed a group of new guests.

Guo Xing, who had a deep hatred of blood, finally rested in Yanjiagou after many days of fighting and running. Of course, this is not that they are unable to fight anymore, but that they have marched so far that they have just ushered in the holy decree of Emperor Tianyou of Northern Yan.

This holy decree that came from thousands of miles is very simple: posthumously seal the general of Pingbei, and Guo Xiao, the Marquis of Pingbei, is the Duke of Beining, and deserves to enjoy the Taimiao! Guo Xing, the pioneer officer of the Pingbei Army, was allowed to temporarily take the post of general of Pingbei; If you can inherit your father's will in the future and successfully recover the entire territory of Youbei, you can inherit the position of Marquis of Pingbei before your father's death, and you will be hereditary!

On the surface, this decree seems to be an empty promise, but it is just a transgression that Guo Xing is already doing, and he uses a yellow silk holy decree covered with a jade seal to conform to the laws of the imperial court. In this way, it also helped Guo Xing avoid the criticism caused by the request in the future. Therefore, this holy decree is said to be issued to the young marshal Guo Xing, but in fact it is issued to the 50,000 soldiers of the Pingbei Army and the conservative forces in the DPRK and China.

After these superficial things were done, the eunuch who sent the decree retreated again, and took out a secret letter from his hand rather mysteriously. On the envelope of this secret letter, it was even stamped with the private seal of Emperor Tianyou.

After the young marshal Guo Xing unfolded the secret letter, he found that this was actually a handwritten letter from the fourth prince Zhou Chang'an. Of course, the word 'Yuanqing', which represents His Majesty's private seal, must also be Emperor Tianyou's attempt to express his sincerity to himself.

According to the letter, no matter what Guo Xing plans to do in the future, he can give it a go; And the Four Princes and Emperor Tianyou will do their best to support him; At the same time, Cai Xi and Cai Xianyang, the right prime minister, who had been on sick leave for half a year, even went to the court for the first time and made concessions in the palace.

For the direction after the war, Emperor Tianyou originally planned to quickly increase the troops of the Eastern Customs, and while receiving the 50,000 lone troops in Pingbei, it can also become a reasonable situation of attacking from both sides, and then blow the horn of the counterattack against Youbei! Of course, the direction of the battle is still determined by Guo Xing, and the final strategy of the reinforcements is also determined by Guo Xing.

This can really be called the best news Guo Xing has heard in recent days! The Northern Yan Dynasty was already vast and profound, but in the past hundred years, it has still been at odds with the small country of Youbei; The main reason for this situation actually comes from within Beiyan!

The civil and military officials of the court in Northern Yan can be roughly divided into two factions: one faction, headed by Cai Xi and Cai Xiangyang, the right prime minister, is a traditional conservative who advocates the development of its own economy; The other faction is the reformist faction led by Wang Fang, Wang Mubei, the left prime minister, who advocates expanding the territory. In fact, there is no fundamental difference between the goals of the two prime ministers, and the two sides only have a slight conflict in their political views and styles.

But Guo Xingwan didn't expect that the two factions, which had been arguing for nearly a hundred years, would now reach a consensus temporarily because of the death of his father and 100,000 Pingbei soldiers. Of course, it has the face of Emperor Tianyou and the four princes, but it can be regarded as an unprecedented first encounter.

At this time, Guo Xing had regained his former calm and wisdom, and under this huge good news, he was just smiling.

When the eunuch saw that he had finished reading through the secret letter, he groaned for a moment and asked softly:

"The old slave also wants to ask the young marshal for the fourth prince, about the increase of troops in the Eastern Customs, what more reasonable arrangements do you have here? If you feel that there is anything wrong, or if you have other combat strategies, and you need the cooperation of Your Majesty and the Four Princes, you can write a letter and send it to the old slave to bring back. ”

Guo Xing tilted his head and thought about it, and really wrote a handwritten letter to the eunuch. After that, he sent some gold, silver and jewelry snatched from Youbei, and politely sent the eunuch out of Yanjiagou.

It wasn't until Feng Lian also saw the Huang Aya's holy decree behind the handsome case in the camp that a hanging heart could be regarded as completely relaxed. Then he read the secret letter handed by Guo Xing, and his heart was even more overjoyed.

After Guo Xing took back the secret letter, he put it on the flame of the oil lamp and lit it, and said to Feng Lian with a smile:

"I didn't expect that Your Majesty and the Four Princes not only did not forget about our lonely defeated soldiers, but also persuaded the 'Donkey Prime Minister' Cai Xi, and it must have taken a lot of effort to come."

Feng Lian also nodded when he heard this, and then expressed his opinion on the plan to increase the troops mentioned in the secret letter:

"Since Cai Xiang is mentioned in the letter, presumably the additional troops of the East Customs should also be his old man's army, which was transferred from various state capitals."

When Guo Xing heard what Feng Lian said, he asked in great surprise:

"Oh? How so? ”

Feng Lian also spread his hands and said to the young marshal who was leading the troops for the first time:

"Isn't that obvious? Our Northern Yan Dynasty has always lacked excellent war horses, and now that the war has begun, the war horse business in Mobei and Youbei has been cut off, so naturally there is no extra cavalry to adjust. You must know that our 8,000 cavalry, plus the 20,000 Yanyun Iron Cavalry under the command of Juling Marquis Xu Ronghuan, are already all the cavalry troops of our Northern Yan; Since the letter of the fourth prince did not mention anything about the Giant Spirit Marquis, it is clear that it is impossible for him to answer us! Moreover, the increase in troops at the East Customs is also to prevent Yan Chongwu from taking advantage of the false pass, and the cavalry defending the city has no effect! ”

Guo Xing nodded, and then said to Feng Lian:

"I also said in my letter to the four princes that let the additional soldiers bring more grain and grass, and only guard the East Customs! My nephew plans to wait for the arrival of my Northern Yan army, and let Liang Zongti lead all the soldiers of the Pingbei Army to re-clean the territories near the Eastern Customs; And you and I and the eight thousand brothers, once there is no worry about the rear, you can turn this Guanbei Road upside down! ”

Guo Xing's words fell into Feng Lianye's ears, although he felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't think of any reason to refute him for a while. Indeed, except for the defeat of Kaipuhe, after this battle, Guo and Feng did not even encounter any decent resistance; Even if Puhe was defeated, it was all because of the unfavorable geographical location and the bombing of the auxiliary battalion!

Feng Lian also thought about it for a while, and finally threw out a question:

"What if the army led by Yan Chongwu catches up with us?"

Guo Xing's eyes flashed, and after a few sneers, he replied:

"The Flying Bears catching up with us? It looks like we're chasing him now, right? If Uncle Feng knew where the dog thief Yan Chongwu was, Xing'er couldn't wait to capture this thief alive now! And, to tell you the truth, the reason why my nephew will settle here is because he uses the ancestral tomb of the Yan family as a hostage, and he is hooked by Yan Chongwu! ”

Feng Lian also thought about it, and said quite worriedly:

"But this Yanjiagou terrain is dangerous, it is a valley area surrounded by mountains on three sides, and there is only one way in and out. If you lure the enemy into an ambush, it is still an excellent terrain; But all of our 8,000 brothers are cavalry... This terrain is not conducive to the charge of war horses, and we do not even have the tools to set up an ambush except for the blade in our hands and the longbow at our waist...... Otherwise, we will change the garrison in another place, wait for the other party to enter the urn, and then block the exit, and kill from the outside to ensure that no enemy can escape! ”

In fact, what Feng Lian also said is a truth that even the veterans in the army understand. The reason why cavalry is the strongest class of troops is nothing more than the unrivaled ability to impact and maneuver in open terrain; But once you enter the village in the narrow valley, you will fall into the embarrassing situation of 'the war horse can't open its legs, and the soldier can't open the knife'.

"Just now, I have asked the eunuch to bring back a letter to the fourth prince. In the letter, I made an appointment with the Fourth Highness, and asked Liang Jing and the additional troops to return to the Donghai Customs with great fanfare, and have a banquet with the army that came to help them all day long, so as to make us rampage in the enemy's territory, and they are as stable as Mount Tai both offensive and defensive; And we are in this Yan Jiagou, waiting for Yan Chongwu's army to surround us and others. This Kangjiagou is only a day's journey from the East Customs, and the Flying Bear army arrives here, and it will take at least a whole day for the 50,000 troops to enter the valley. That is to say, as long as we can survive the day's journey by relying on layers of resistance, then the army of the East Customs will arrive in time to seal the retreat of the valley; At that time, the thief Yan Chongwu and the 50,000 Flying Tiger Army under his command couldn't escape! ”

Guo Xing's strategy can really be described as ruthless and poisonous! He first used the royal ancestral tomb as bait, so that Yan Chongwu had to be ordered by the emperor to hunt down and kill himself and his 8,000 cavalry; and then used himself as bait, making the other party think that he had captured an excellent fighter that could encircle and annihilate his own side; Then he also asked all the troops to make a posture of holding the East Customs to paralyze the enemy, and induce the Flying Bear Army to boldly wave their troops into the valley, so as to achieve the ultimate goal of encircling and annihilating the entire army of Yan Chongwu.

But although this plan sounds interlocking, it is a bit taken for granted......

"Young marshal, your plan is indeed exquisite, but once we enter the valley as bait, then these 8,000 cavalry will become 8,000 soldiers, and whether they can withstand the attack of 50,000 troops in one day is still a matter of opinion; Even if he can successfully surround the valley mouth, then the dog thief Yan Chongwu will inevitably fight to the death when he has no way out. The Flying Bear Army under his command are all veterans of Tiger Ben, and although our eight thousand brothers are not wine bags and rice bags, after all, the number is too small......

Guo Xing knew that Feng Lian was also worried about something, he looked at the old general Feng with gray sideburns, and after thinking about it carefully, he chuckled:

"General Feng, there's nothing wrong with what you think. But he is sinister and cunning, and it is best to use soldiers to copy people's back roads; So the nephew did the opposite, calculating himself!