General Pass, the main hall of the Shuaifu

On the front line of the Anti-Zhou Dynasty, King Jing and King Duan are no longer noble, but after all, they are only the status of supervising the army, and they have no military power in their hands.

Coach Peng Kuohai personally set the reward for Yan Kui, obviously looking at Yan Kui differently and favoring him.

And the deputy marshal Di Yi's side is simpler, Yan Kui serves under his henchman Qin Qi, from the perspective of the camp, almost half of Di Yi's own people, Yan Kui is in power, Di Yi is too late to be happy, how can he step on the stumbling block.

The two main and deputy marshals are all interested in Yan Kui's ascendancy, coupled with the help of Duanwang, the prince who is bent on attracting talents, and Yan Kui's own merits are handy, even if King Jing is dissatisfied, there is no reason to refute Yan Kui's reward at this juncture.

In the end, King Jing could only sulk, and then watched the herald of the Shuai Mansion, holding the official documents that Peng Kuohai had prepared long ago and the token, official seal, and military uniform of General Yan Kui Wupin Huben, strode out of the Shuai Mansion and went to Yanlin to convey Peng Kuohai's reward order to the Yanlin Jin Army.

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After the herald left, Yan Kui's matter came to an end in the Shuaifu.

After all, now that the millions of armies of the two countries of Jin and Zhou are facing each other, and the military affairs of the Shuai Mansion are complete, although Yan Kui has made a contribution this time, it is not enough to let the Jin army generals throw away all the serious things, and he is a junior of the Later Jin Dynasty who has just been promoted to a five-grade miscellaneous general.

Yan Kui's weight at this time is far inferior to these militaristic events.

However, although Yan Kui was not discussed again, in terms of the defense line of the Yanlin Jin Army, the generals of the Shuai Mansion still carefully analyzed it for a while.

Especially after knowing that the Zhou army sent Suo Ya, the general of Anbei in the Western Zhou Dynasty, to personally command 50,000 troops to attack Yanlin, many Jin generals believed that Yanlin was likely to be one of the main attack points of the Zhou army in the future.

If this is the case, then only relying on Qin Qi to lead less than 20,000 Jin troops to defend Suoya, the defensive pressure is still quite large, and some people propose that the Shuai Mansion increase troops to Yanlin.

"Hmmm......"

Hearing this proposal, Peng Kuohai couldn't help frowning, and Di Yi on the side was also slightly surprised.

Frankly speaking, the Jin army is not rich in strength now, and the Jin army is less than the Zhou army, with only more than 400,000 soldiers and horses on the front line, and almost 200,000 fewer Zhou troops in terms of strength.

Later, Peng Kuohai pulled up a hundred miles of defense line, and invested nearly half of his men and horses at once, and the rest of the troops confronted the main force of the Zhou army at Jiangjun Pass, and the troops were already very tense.

In particular, Peng Kuohai specially prepared a group of men and horses to prevent Ji Linbing's 100,000 white feathers from flying on horseback.

This elite flying cavalry under the command of the general of the Western Zhou Dynasty can be called the first cavalry in the world, and has repeatedly made war exploits in Nanling and Beiling, which has made the Jin army suffer enough, and at the same time, it has also left a deep impression on Peng Kuohai, who participated in this battle.

Because of this, the old man was very jealous of this white feather flying horse.

Now seeing that Ji Linbing has not used the white feather flying horse since the war between the two countries at the General Pass, he expected that he would have a follow-up move, so the old man also specially prepared a soldier and horse to deal with it.

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Peng Kuohai is not wrong to think about Lao Cheng in this way, but if the already tense strength of the Jin army is done like this, the Shuai Mansion really has no troops and horses to mobilize.

Unless troops are transferred from the rear, but the rear has squeezed 300,000 to support the front line, the troops will already be stretched, and if they are redeployed, I am afraid that there will be turmoil in the local area.

Now, in addition to the transfer of the forbidden army, the garrisons in other places cannot be moved lightly, and if they move, I am afraid that there will be chaos.

But the forbidden army is guarded by the Son of Heaven, guarding the palace, how can it be sent to the front line casually, so no matter how tight the two marshals are, they can only grit their teeth to support, and they will never dare to ask Emperor Liyang for the forbidden army unless they have to.

In this case, the proposal to increase the troops of Yan Lin was obviously not a good idea for Peng and Di, the two marshals glanced at each other, and Di Yi opened his mouth to reject the proposal.

"The Zhou army is newly defeated, the battle losses are more than 10,000, the morale has been lost, and it will not be able to pose an important threat to Yanlin in a short period of time, so it is better to postpone the increase of troops."

The proposed general's face flashed with disappointment, but after all, he didn't say anything, saluted, and retreated.

Although they could not increase their troops to support, Peng Kuohai and the others still attached great importance to Yanlin, after all, if Yanlin was lost, the Jin army's 100-mile defense line would be broken, so the support had to be supported.

Since there are no soldiers to send, let's give more good equipment.

So, with a stroke of his pen, the old man distributed a large number of armor, bows, crossbows, arrows and other defensive ordnance to the Yanlin Jin army, and also divided five additional catapults, which were heavy weapons removed from the General Pass.

Because the Beiling and Nanling fell too quickly, ninety percent of the large number of defensive ordnance arranged on the border between the two provinces before the Northern Jin Dynasty was either destroyed on the spot or fell into the hands of the Zhou army.

Therefore, at present, the entire Northern Jin Dynasty front is in urgent need of catapults, bed crossbows, these heavy ordnance, each of which is a treasure, and there are about 500 catapults in the general pass at present, which is one percent of Yanlin, which is considered to be handsome and generous.

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"With these weapons, coupled with the abilities of Qin Qi and Yan Kui, 20,000 horses can almost block Suoya for a while."

Nodding, looking at the list of ordnance in front of him, the old man stroked his beard under his chin, smiled with satisfaction, and then looked at Di Yi next to him, his heart suddenly moved, and he said,

"Di Shuai."

Di Yi hurriedly turned sideways: "Don't dare, the old handsome can call me a word." ”

Among the generals of the four parties, although Peng Kuohai is nominally the last general, his qualifications are very old, and the old Peng Laoshuai is the same generation as the former Northern Jin Dynasty general and the British Duke Cao Wei.

Strictly speaking, Peng Kuohai is also a veteran of the Three Dynasties, but in the Taizu Dynasty, Lao Shuai was just a small seven-rank partial general, and later in the Taizong Kanghua Dynasty, he slowly rose, until ten years after Emperor Liyang ascended the throne of this dynasty, he finally climbed to the position of the general of the Quartet.

Throughout the life of the old marshal, there have been countless battles, but there has been no great merit, and the previous efforts to turn the tide in Nanling and Beiling can be said to be one of the brightest moments in life, so the old marshal will be at this age, and the official position is still behind Di Yi, who is more than 20 years younger than himself.

But official position does not mean ability, the old marshal has fought all his life, after hundreds of battles large and small, his understanding of the military command has already been perfected, otherwise he would not have let the Zhou army suffer repeated losses, and guarded the border with a high life span of nearly seventy.

Now he is worshiped by Emperor Liyang as the commander of the anti-Zhou Dynasty, commanding 400,000 troops on the front line to fight this national war that is almost on the national fortune of the Northern Jin Dynasty.

Di Yiguan worships the former general, is a military giant, and is also one of the most trusted confidants of Emperor Liyang, it can be said that now the general Cai Hua is defeated and died, Di Yi, the former general of the head of the Quartet Generals, with the support of Emperor Liyang, faintly has the meaning of the first position in the military general system of the Northern Jin Dynasty.

But even with such a status, Di Yi still didn't dare to make a mistake in front of Peng Kuohai.

There is no way, the old handsome's ability, qualifications, seniority, merits, and prestige are far higher than him, if he is not too old, this first place really won't be Di Yi's turn.

Now, among all the generals in the Northern Jin Dynasty, except for the old British Duke Cao Wei, who can stabilize Peng Kuohai, the rest of them have an honest respect for Peng Kuohai.

Even the late former general Cai Hua had to shout softly when he saw the old general.

That's the benefit of being old and having seniority.

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Peng Kuohai saw Di Yi with a respectful face, and his heart was slightly used.

When people are old, sometimes they don't think so much about their rights, but in terms of face and reputation, they are not allowed to be sloppy at all.

Di Yi was worshiped as the deputy marshal of the army by Emperor Liyang in the past, although he was known as the assistant commander, but the power was not ambiguous at all.

But I didn't expect that Di Yi had followed Peng Kuohai's intentions in everything since he arrived in General Guanzhong, even if he had different opinions, he would never hurt the face of the old handsome, and some sensitive issues were discussed with the old handsome alone in private, and he was very supportive of the majesty of the old handsome on the surface.

After getting along for a period of time, Lao Shuai has more and more good feelings for Di Yi, and his attitude towards him has become more and more friendly.

"Fuzheng (Di Yi's word), the old man plans to let you go to the Quliang defense line to supervise the battle, this time the Yanlin incident reminded the old man, the hundred-mile defense line is too long, we are sitting in the general pass, the Guangqing defense line in the north is okay here, but the distance on the Quliang side is a little far, which is not conducive to command.

Therefore, the old man plans to send you to Quliang Liangshui County to sit in the town, supervise the battle and command Yanlin, Liangshui, Jixian and other battle points, we are short of troops, so we can only let each other support each other when the crisis is in crisis, you are staring at Quliang here, the old man is looking at the general Guan and Guangqing, and it is bound to drag this battle until winter. ”

After that, the old handsome's eyes flowed, and the essence flashed, and when it was winter, it was time for them to fight back.

As the deputy marshal of the army, Di Yi knew the old marshal's battle plan, and also understood what it meant to drag the Zhou army into winter, so he nodded solemnly, and shouted in his mouth.

"Don't worry, I will leave for Liangshui tomorrow, Di is in Quliang for a day, and Zhou Jun will not be able to take the Quliang defense line for a day."

"Okay."

The old man slapped the table happily, his gray hair and beard trembled: "Fuzheng is worthy of being my great general, he has a good courage, and the old man is waiting to celebrate you." ”

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Di Yi smiled faintly, thanked the old man for his kindness, and was about to turn around and sit down, when a clear voice suddenly came from below.

"Old handsome, Le Yan is not talented, I am willing to go to Liangshui with Di Shuai and do my best."

King Jing expressed his wishes with a serious face, but King Duan next to him frowned tightly.

Based on his understanding of his fourth brother, this guy's purpose of going to Liangshui is definitely not pure.

Isn't it for Yan Kui?

King Duan looked at King Jing with a smile in his eyes, his heart tightened, and he also stood up: "Old handsome, Di Shuai, Le Zhi also wants to go to Liangshui to help fight." ”

“？？？”

Not only the generals in the hall, but also Peng and Di were a little confused, when did this small Liangshui County become a fragrant bait, and it actually attracted the two princes to fight to go.

Isn't it a drunkard's intention to drink?

Di Dashuai, who has been stationed in Gyeonggi in recent years and has some understanding of the dispute between the two kings, suddenly felt cold, and an idea flashed through his mind.

These two don't want to win over Ben Shuai, right............