In the thirteenth year of Liyang, June 21

The 10,000 government army of Cangshan, which had just been integrated, ushered in a new face from the capital in the evening.

And it's hundreds of thousands.

I forgot to mention this, because Cangshan in Pingyang Mansion is a necessary place to go to General Pass, so Di Yi will send a message to let the troops of Tong'an and Pingyang, which are closer to this place, gather here.

As for the other troops, because of the distance, most of them rushed to the capital to assemble, and then Di Yi unified them to Cangshan to join forces with the 10,000 government troops of Tong'an and Pingyang.

There are more than 10,000 people, boundless, more than 100,000 people, pulling the ground and the sky, these 150,000 people and horses converge, and suddenly it is endless, that is, the boundary of Cangshan is not small, otherwise it really can't be prosperous.

However, this situation did not last long, and soon after the army converged, the various divisions began to move one after another.

The first to go was the 80,000 horses under the personal command of Di Yi, which consisted of 50,000 Jingsi battalions and 30,000 Gyeonggi town defense troops, with the goal of Jiangjunguan.

The remaining 70,000 horses were divided into three divisions, which were led by Di Yi's three generals, and Qin Qi was one of them.

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In order to prevent the leakage of military secrets, Yan Kui, these middle- and lower-level generals, did not know the destination of the other two departments, they only knew that there was an order from above, and their department, a total of 25,000 people, would be stationed in Yanlin County, Quliang, before the fifth day of the seventh month, to guard against the attack of the Zhou army, and to respond and support friendly forces at any time.

Well, that's right, Qin Qi has 15,000 more soldiers and horses in his hands, all of whom are Gyeongju's government army.

So, General Qin returned to his old business, and while leading his troops to Yanlin County, he was busy reorganizing his troops.

Because of the arrival of 15,000 new men, this time the army was not divided into five, but into nine.

The front and back remained unchanged, and the four armies of the southeast, northwest, and northwest were added, of which the Chinese army led by Qin Qi was 5,000 people, and the remaining eight armies were 2,500 people each.

As the commander of the left army, the troops under Yan Kui's command have increased by 500 people, but unfortunately they are all Gyeongju government troops with mediocre combat strength.

The 25,000 army led by Qin Qi marched from Cangshan on June 23 and entered Quliang Prefecture, passing through four counties, and arriving at Yanlin County at the end of June.

It was too late to accept the welcome of the officials and gentry of Yanlin County, and on the day he arrived in Yanlin, Qin Qi took several generals and hundreds of guards to search for camps in the territory, and continued day and night for three or four days, and finally chose a good location.

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Here, it is necessary to explain the geographical location of Yanlin County, Yanlin County is in the southwesternmost location of Quliang Mansion, bordering Tu County of Nanling Mansion, and now Tu County is occupied by the Zhou army, the other party is very likely to send troops from Tu County to attack Yanlin, and then detour to the back road of General Guan, or go straight to Quliang Mansion City.

Therefore, the front line will send Qin Qi to lead troops to Yanlin County to station for defense.

In fact, in addition to Yanlin County, Peng Kuohai, the commander of the Northern Jin Dynasty front, took the General Pass as the center and cast a steel defense line that stretched for hundreds of miles in the border areas of Guangqing and Quliang Erfu and Beiling and Nanling.

It is clear that it is to fight a battle of attrition with Ji Linbing, the coach of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

The Northern Jin Dynasty was rich and the Western Zhou people were poor, and the Western Zhou Dynasty might be slightly better in terms of combat effectiveness alone, but when it came to the grain and ordnance reserves, the Western Zhou Dynasty could not consume the Northern Jin Dynasty.

Ji Linbing wanted to take Yongzhou with a thunderous force after consuming the two mansions of Beiling and Nanling, and fight a quick victory.

But the scheming Peng Kuohai saw his thoughts, but he didn't want to, and he made it clear that he wanted to fight a war of attrition with Ji Linbing to see who could consume whom.

As long as the grain of the Western Zhou Dynasty was exhausted, the morale was weakened, and the soldiers and horses of the Northern Jin Dynasty, who had recuperated and recharged, did not dare to say that the Zhou army had a great victory, and there was great hope for recovering the lost territory.

Yanlin County's position in Peng Kuohai's hundred-mile defense line is not dangerous, but it is not a small role, otherwise he would not have sent 25,000 soldiers to garrison here.

Qin Qi, as the chief general of the defensive line in Yanlin County, naturally knew Peng Kuohai's plan, so he didn't dare to slack off, and as soon as he arrived at the place, he hurriedly found a suitable defensive camp to station.

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Not to mention, the emperor lives up to his hard work, and the location of this camp that Qin Qi is looking for is really good.

Its place is located at the junction of Yanlin County and Tu County, the topography is in the shape of a zigzag, two in front and one in the back, there are high mountains on the left and right to protect the flanks, the back is less than forty miles away from the county seat, which is convenient for supply and evacuation, even if the enemy detours to surround from the rear, there is enough space to break through and retreat.

Qin Qi took his generals to check the terrain around the camp, and then divided his men and horses into three parts, the Chinese army and the four armies of the southeast, southeast and northwest totaled 15,000 people, camped in the center of the flank, and defended the main front.

The left and right armies, totaling 5,000 men, were stationed on the dirt hill on the left front, and the front and rear armies, totaling 5,000 men, were stationed in the valley on the right front, and were mainly responsible for responding to the central army, and waiting for opportunities to attack the enemy's flank or copy the enemy's rear.

The three camps are horns of each other, each echoing each other, one side is in difficulty, and the other two parties come to help, advancing and retreating freely, and it is not in vain for Qin Qi to bother.

The left army led by Yan Kui was assigned to the earth mountain and stationed, and they were also divided with the right army, whose main general was surnamed Niu and was named Zhan.

This Niu Zhan is a lieutenant in Pingyang Prefecture, in his thirties, with a fat body, a bit like Guangshan who has lost weight twice, this person's personality seems to be straightforward and rude, but he speaks and acts very measuredly, and he is a full officialdom old oilman.

Seeing him, Yan Kui remembered his cheap big brother Huang Dahu, who was generous on the surface and had a ghostly heart.

Fortunately, this kind of person is cunning and cunning, but he easily refuses to offend people, so Yan Kui has discussed with him during this time, but he has nothing to do.

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As the days passed, it was mid-July and the weather was getting hotter and hotter.

Yan Kui and them, who were stationed in Tushan, because of the high terrain and the lack of shade, the sun was also extraordinarily sufficient, and it was less than half a month up the mountain, and everyone was dark.

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The weather was hot, Yan Kui was not wearing armor, half wearing half a set of underwear, sitting cross-legged in the shade of the tree to enjoy the coolness, accompanied by bursts of cicadas, from time to time he picked up the deerskin water bag on his waist and put it in his mouth to ease his saliva.

And Niu Zhan, who was sitting opposite him, seemed to be even more unbearable, he was already fat and intolerant of heat, and under such weather, his whole person was covered with sweat.

Yan Kui didn't care what was going on his body, and he still hung a piece of cloth, but he was simply shirtless, and he kept fanning a big pu fan in his hand that he didn't know where to go, and he didn't forget to scold and give cordial and friendly greetings on hot weather.

"I said Brother Niu, you said that it was so stuffy today, would it rain?"

During this time, Yan Kui and the other party built camps and camps together every day, practiced soldiers, and after more than ten days, they were more or less familiar, at least they were called a lot more casual, he called the other party Brother Niu, and the other party called him Brother Yan.

This is also the title between generals at the same level in the normal army, like Yan Kui and Diao Qing, there are also mutual names, but there are not many of them, they are generally from good backgrounds and pay attention to this, and the generals who climb up at the bottom are mostly called by brothers and brothers.

Yan Kui is a "turtle" who climbed up from the bottom, but he has the memory bonus of his previous life, and his essence is still literate, so he can play both sets of title rules.

can not only be compared with the treatises of the eldest brothers and brothers of military attachés and generals like Niu Zhan, but also with the titles of characters like Diao Qing.

Lu Ziye is very ............

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Niu Zhan's meaty big hand wiped the sweat on his forehead, looked up at the sky, and said with a gloomy face.

"It's hard to say, there is no wind at all on this day, and the sun is fierce, so rain is unlikely."

Yan Kui held the opposite opinion: "I asked the local guide in the camp before, and it is said that the day before we came to Yanlin, it had just rained in Yanlin on June 29.

The guide said that in previous years, unless there was a big drought in Yanlin, it rained almost once a decade in summer, and now it has been half a month since the last rain, and it is reasonable to say that it is going to rain, so I think that today's stuffiness must be a sign before the rain. ”

Niu Zhan became interested when he heard this: "Great, I've had enough of this daybreaker, hurry up and get out of the rain to cool down." ”

Yan Kui didn't pay attention to the excitement of Niu Zhan, but instead looked in the direction of Tuxian in the west, his eyes moved slightly.

Five days ago, the scouts found out that the Zhou army had sent more than 30,000 soldiers and horses to Tu County, joining the 3,000 Zhou troops who had been stationed here before, and there were now at least 35,000 soldiers and horses in Tu County.

If there is rain in the near future, will the other party take advantage of the rainy day to sneak attack the Northern Jin camp............

Although Yan Kui felt that the other party's reinforcements had just arrived, he would not launch an offensive so soon, but his cautious personality still made him vigilant.

That night, it rained heavily, and the Jin army in the Tushan camp was overjoyed, but after being happy for a while, Yan Kui immediately found He Chun and asked him to take the black-clothed guards to expand the scope of scouts to prevent the Zhou army from raiding.

God is pitiful, most of Yan Kui's system soldiers went out to play, but He Chun's black-clothed guards kept most of them, so that Yan Kui would not lose his intelligence advantage............

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At the same time that Yan Kui sent the black-clothed guards, the main force of the Zhou army, which was far away in the General Pass, also launched an offensive towards the General Pass under the command of Ji Linbing after being silent for more than a month.

And Peng Kuohai, who had been prepared for a long time, unhurriedly summoned his corporal to defend the city and firmly blocked the Zhou army outside the city.

Two hours later, the Zhou army Mingjin withdrew its troops and returned in vain, but it did not mean that the Zhou army gave up the offensive, on the contrary, from the next day, the Zhou army launched a more intense siege battle against Jiangjunguan.

Moreover, in addition to the general pass, the new Ji Lin soldiers, who received 200,000 reinforcements from the Western Zhou court, sat on an army of 600,000 and divided 300,000 troops to carry out a fierce offensive against the hundred-mile defense line built by Peng Kuohai.

For a time, countless beacon fires were set off on the borders of Guangqing and Quliang.

And Yan Kui and others, who were far away in Yanlin, also in the continuous rainy days, consciously ushered in their own enemy, the Western Zhou Congsanpin Anbei General Suoya.

Yan Kui didn't guess wrong, the Zhou army did take advantage of the rain to launch a surprise attack on Yanlin's Jin army.

But what he didn't expect was that the information Qin Qi and the others had found before was wrong, and the soldiers and horses brought by Suoya to Tu County were not more than 30,000, but a full 50,000............