Two days later, on the road from Yongcheng to Huangyuan City, a team of people is rushing or pulling the plow to the west, some of these people are temporarily organized, and some are the Tuntian soldiers of various prefectures, since receiving Guo Qi's order, Song Yiming did not dare to have the slightest slackness, immediately organized the people to make the plow, and at the same time collected the big animals from all over Yongzhou.

Huangyuan City, the city lord's mansion.

After Ling Jing entered the city, he handed over the people to Tang Bi for placement, and went straight to the city lord's mansion to meet Guo Qi, the king of Yong.

"Humble and respectful to the lord."

"Ling Jing has worked hard all the way." Guo Qi smiled and helped Ling Jing up and asked, "It's going well along the way!" How many people have been organized? ”

"My lord, this humble post has brought more than 20,000 people and 18,000 ploughs, all of which have been handed over to General Tang Bi to be placed in the city."

"I'm afraid that's not enough!" Guo Qi frowned and said, "Plus the existing ones in Huangyuan City are only more than 25,000 planes, so it seems that there will be a few more trips." ”

"My lord, how many good things have you seized this time, so many climbing plows are not enough, but you tried it when you came, and the weight of this climbing plow is twice that of an ordinary carriage." Ling Jing asked Guo Qi.

"You'll find out in a moment." Guo Qi said with a smile: "Fifth son, send someone to inform Hu Qiong, Tang Bi, Zhuo Yidao, Cheng Yong, Chen Shan and others to go to the lobby to discuss matters." ”

"No! Commanded by humility. ”

When Guo Qi took Ling Jing to the lobby, everyone arrived, and after two days of rest, everyone's physical strength and mental outlook had also recovered, and everyone was full of energy and high morale.

"Tang Bi, let's talk to the big guy! How many good things we got in this battle. Guo Qi asked, sitting on the handsome chair.

Tang Bi took out the account book he was carrying and opened it and said: "My lord, this time, our army has seized a total of 137,328 taels of gold, 5,156,350 taels of silver, and 123 boxes of various gold and silver jewelry and jewelry, with an estimated value of about 3 million taels;

In addition, 438,320 stone of grain, more than 50,000 sets of iron and leather armor of all kinds, 66,853 spears, 137,820 scimitars, 57,832 crossbows, 23,000 shields, 500,000 arrows, and more than 1,200,000 arrows......

There were 21,827 fine horses, 29,230 mules, 4,679 donkeys, 87,250 oxen, 263,257 sheep, chickens, ducks, and geese...... (note 1)"

After Tang Bi finished reading, Guo Qi said: "In addition to what Tang Bi said above, we also rescued more than 30,000 people, most of whom were young and strong, and captured more than 6,000 women of Xirong age and killed more than 10,000 Xirong men......

Starting tomorrow, we will transport all the things in Huangyuan City back to Yongcheng, just follow the road when Ling Jing came, go east along Huangshui, from Huangyuan City to Yongcheng There are more than 100 miles, and it is impossible to reach it in one day, and a transfer point is needed in the middle, I think it will be set in Huangyang, which basically belongs to the location between Huangyuan City and Yongcheng; In addition, all baggage priority is given to the transportation of grain and grass, followed by weapons......"

"My lord, this one is so rich, and the entire Xijon Khanate is not so rich!" Ling Jing exclaimed.

"You can think about this too much, most of these things are not the private property of the Zhifu Ministry, but the large army prepared by the Xirong Khanate for the next spring to attack our Daqi."

"What?" Ling Jing was shocked: "Lord, is this news reliable?" ”

"Of course it's reliable, this is the news that this king got from the mouth of the young patriarch of the Fu tribe." Guo Qi sneered: "Now that we know the news, we can deploy in advance, and this time all the materials of the Xirong army have been robbed by us, and this king wants to see how he will attack in the spring of next year." ”

"My lord, Xirong's intention to start a war with me is very important, and I think I should report it to the court as soon as possible, and ask the court to send more troops and horses." Ling Jing suggested.

"This king will report to his father." Guo Qi said; "Xirong attacks Daqi, and my Yongzhou bears the brunt, and we must block the Xirong army from my Yongzhou, otherwise the Yongzhou that this king and you have worked so hard to build will be destroyed in the war."

"My lord, the last general thinks that it is not difficult to keep the Xirong army out of Yongzhou." Hu Qiong stood up and said: "Isn't this current Huangyuan City just the barrier of Yongzhou!" The last general asked for orders to lead a group of soldiers and horses to garrison Huangyuan City. ”

Guo Qi shook his head and said: "Although Huangyuan City is strong, it is too far away from Yongcheng to travel a hundred miles, Xirong will attack in a big way, and it will definitely not go straight to this road, our troops are limited, if we scatter and arrange, I am afraid that we will take care of one and lose the other!" ”

"The Lord is right." Hu Qiongyan said: "I don't know what the lord's strategy is? ”

"For today's plan, it can be divided into two steps, the first step is to take advantage of this winter to take the initiative to attack Xirong and destroy all the tribes in Xirong near my Daqi frontier; Second, in the spring of the coming year, we should shrink our forces, focus on defense, and wait and see what happens. ”

"The first point is easy to say, but this is the key to defense, where is the key to defense?" Tang Bi asked Guo Qi suspiciously.

Guo Qi walked to the map and said: "Look, this is my map of the western frontier of Daqi, if Xirong attacks Yongzhou, there are three roads to go, two big roads and one small road; The two major roads are located in the west, respectively, along the Weishui attack and along the Huangshui attack, but the road along the Weishui attack is tortuous, and if the Xirong army wants to attack Yongzhou, it must first break through the Chencang Pass; This north road is just a small road, it is impossible for a large number of men and horses to attack, at most it is a partial division of thousands of people, as long as our army holds the hundred miles of the city, there is no need to worry about the back road;

Therefore, this king believes that the main offensive direction of the Xirong army is the middle road, that is, eastward along the Huangshui, which is also the reason why Xirong has hoarded so much grain and grass in Huangyuan City......"

"But my lord, there is only one Huangyuan City that can block the front of Yongzhou in the middle road!" Zhuo Yidao said.

"So we want to build another pass between Wangyuan City and Yongcheng, and the location is in Wangyang." Guo Qi pointed to the location of the map and said: "You see, this Huangyang Town is only more than fifty miles away from Yongcheng, and the terrain here is narrow, there are high mountains on both sides, and the water passes through the middle, the key is that it is located in the northwest of Wushan Town, and the establishment of a pass here can not only block the eastward advance of the Xirong army, but also prevent the Xirong army from sending troops from the flank to attack Chencang Pass. ”

"The lord is clever." Ling Jingyan said: "But my lord, building a pass requires a lot of masonry and wood, and this cold winter season is not conducive to building a city!" ”

"The masonry and wood are easy to do, just demolish the entire Huangyuan City, and all the masonry and wood will be transported to this king to build another new city in Wangyang."

Ling Jing looked at Guo Qi casually, and knew that Guo Qi had actually thought of these things a long time ago, but he didn't say it directly.