Yongcheng, in front of the Yongwang Mansion.

"Li Wu, is the lord here?" Tang Bi asked when he saw Li Wu, who was about to leave the mansion.

"Lord, in the study!"

Tang Bi didn't answer when he heard it, but hurriedly walked to the study in the palace.

"Bell, bell, bell......"

"Come in."

"The last general, Tang Bi, see the lord." Tang Bi saluted.

"Get up! What's the matter? Look at you running sweaty. ”

"My lord, the sentry cavalry has reported that the Xirong army has set up a large camp in Huating, and it seems that it intends to stay there for a long time."

"How many are there?" Guo Qi asked calmly.

"There are about 10,000 horses, under the banner of the Ministry of Waiting, and there are baggage teams arriving one after another, carrying grain, grass and ordnance."

Guo Qi rolled his eyes and thought, "This is not nonsense! What could be delivered to the barracks was not food, grass and ordnance. ”

"Tang Bi, immediately send elite sentry cavalry to Huating, try to find out the deployment of the Xirong army, as well as the location of the grain, grass and ordnance stored in the camp."

"No! The last general commanded. ”

After Tang Bi left, Guo Qi whispered: "The news you sent should be now." ”

Leng Yue walked out from behind the screen on one side and said, "Lord, what are you going to do with it?" ”

"If you don't eat the meat that is brought to your mouth, you won't eat it for nothing."

"Lord, among the Xirong army who came this time, there are a thousand elite cavalry bearded sword knights under the command of Murong Chui." Leng Yue reminded.

The Bearded Knife Knight was the most elite unit of the Xirong Khanate, which was trained by Murong Chui, and its combat method was expressed in four ways: 'Hurry and Hurry First', which means that it is good at marching quickly, taking it by surprise, and striking first; Once in the battle between Xirong Khanate and Beidi in Hexi, Murong Chui led 15,000 Hudao knights to take the lead in ambushing Xiakou Mountain, annihilating 70,000 elites of Beidi, while his own losses were only more than 1,000 people, making Hudao knights famous in the first battle.

"Just let this king try, is it the sword of the bearded knight that is fast, or the sword of this king." Guo Qi said disdainfully.

Two days later, in the tent of the Chinese army in the Yongbei camp.

Guo Qi sat on the handsome seat, and the generals of the Yajun Guard and the Hussar Guard were arranged on both sides (except for the two mansions led by Hu Qiong), and everyone's eyes were focused on Guo Qi's body, and at this time, Guo Qi's fingers were constantly tapping on the handsome case in front of him.

"Let's talk about it! What do you think of the Xirong army stationed in Huating? Guo Qi asked suddenly.

"Lord Yu, the Xirong army stationed in Huating must be to attack our Yongzhou." Sun Guoqing said.

"You're not talking nonsense! If it's not to beat us, is it to enjoy the mountains and rivers! Guo Qi scolded with a smile; Say something useful. ”

Tang Bi walked to the front of the map and said: "Lord, you see, with Huating as the center, you can go west along the path to Baili City, and to the south you can go to Huangyuan City to point directly to Huangyang Pass, and our army has attacked Huating, where the terrain is steep, although there is no Huating Town, but as long as you set up a large camp on its original site, it is still easy to defend and difficult to attack; He thought that the Xirong army was likely to want to use Huating as their food and grass camp. ”

"Yes, that's a good point; It's basically the same as the king thinks; So what do we do now, you say? To fight or not to fight? ”

"My lord, if we attack Huating now, we will let the Xirong army know that we already know the location of their grain and grass camp, even if we can burn all the grain and grass ordnance of the Huating camp, it will not have much impact on the Xirong army's next operations, but if we raid Huating again at the critical moment when the two armies are fighting, maybe it can still play a key role." Tang Bi continued.

"My lord, the last general thinks that what General Tang said is very true, Huating will fight in the future, and it will be more beneficial than fighting now." Zhuo Yidao agreed.

"The last general also agrees not to fight now." Sun Guoqing also agreed.

……

"I didn't expect you all to agree." Guo Qi said: "But this king thinks that we should fight." ”

"This ......" everyone was puzzled and looked at each other.

"I know you don't understand." Guo Qi stepped down from the handsome position and said: "But whether this Huating can be beaten or not, it must be beaten; First, we have insufficient troops, and when the enemy attacks on a large scale, we may not be able to draw up enough troops;

Second, we also need actual combat training, this time we have to face the real Xijon elite, including the bearded knights, so that we can get to know our opponents well; The third is to see if we can take this batch of grain, grass and ordnance, now we are in Yongzhou and there is a great shortage of food......"

Guo Qi's reasons are a bit far-fetched, but who made Guo Qi the prince! Since Guo Qi has decided to fight, then those of them who are subordinates can only follow!

"The lord is wise, and we will obey the king's command." The crowd spoke together.

"The herald, the soldiers of the three provinces of the Yajun Guard, and the soldiers of the Hussar Guard of the Five Mansions will make food tomorrow on the third watch, and the fifth watch will set off, and the troops will send to Huating." Guo Qi ordered.

"No! But my lord, from which way do we go? Tang Bi asked.

"Take the north road, through the mountain paths; Tang Bi ordered you to lead a thousand soldiers and horses to go first and be the vanguard of the army. ”

"No! The last will obey the king's commandment. Tang Bi knelt down on one knee and said.

In the early morning of the next day, Guo Qi led 9,600 soldiers from Bafu to leave the Yongbei camp, and slowly drove north into the vast mountains. In the mountains, the snow has melted in some places, but the roads have not completely dried up, and have become muddy, which is known to cause the Yong army to march very slowly, and can only advance twenty or thirty miles a day.

Stopping and stopping all the way, by the time Guo Qi led his army to the vicinity of Huating, it was already half a month later, and Guo Qi hid his army of nearly 10,000 in several mountain cols near Huating.

"My lord, all the ministries have set up camp, and the guards of the big camp have been arranged." Tang Bi reported to Guo Qiyu.

"Well, what's the Xijon Army's movement recently?"

"All this is the same as before, except for some baggage teams from the west, there is nothing unusual; The Xirong army in the barracks does not come out every day, but it is a strong fortified camp, and if it is attacked, I am afraid that there will be huge losses. ”

"What should you see?"

"The last general thinks that he can only outwit, not attack; It is best to be able to move at night. ”

Guo Qi nodded and said, "It's not early, let's go and rest early!" ”

"By the way, the lord has something else?"

"What's the matter? Let's put it bluntly. ”

"Lord, we don't have much grain and grass, we only brought twenty days of grain and grass for this operation, according to the previous plan, when we arrived at Huating, there should have been a grain transport team arriving, but they haven't arrived yet."

"It's normal not to arrive, you have also seen it along the way, the army is so difficult, let alone the grain transport team, send someone to pick it up, you must ensure the safety of the grain transport team."

"No, the last will obey."

After Tang Bi left, Guo Qi muttered: "Grain transportation team, grain transportation team, ...... grain transportation team"