The Donghu people dispatched at least 210,000 to 220,000 cavalry, plus their tribal servants and Han Chinese slaves, totaling about 400,000.

The main force of the Wei army is more than 240,000 people, and there are more than 60,000 Xiang troops and more than 100,000 people building cities in the Jinzhou area, and there are 200,000 Xiang troops and people building camps and ditches along the way, and the Wei army and the Xiang army and the people are more than 600,000 people.

The core battlefield is from the old city of Jinzhou to the side of Yushui, a radius of more than 30 miles, if you count the flanks of both sides, transportation lines, rear grain roads and grain storage warehouse areas, as well as the cavalry cruising area, the entire battlefield is more than 300 miles away, more than a million people are either wearing armor and holding a guard, ready to fight bloodily, or shoulder-to-shoulder, transporting military rations. At the end of spring, when the spring is still cold on the land of western Liaoning, people calculate each other here, the generals deduce the tactics of war, set up the array, the soldiers are waiting for each other, many soldiers are ready to fight to the death every day, many literate soldiers have already written their wills, and sent them away, more people are relatively indifferent, they have expected such a day since the day they were soldiers, and their families have already received the settlement fee, for many ordinary Great Wei forbidden army, the current battlefield is a little larger, For them, it doesn't make a difference whether they fought in Liaoxi or Daibei, whether they fought Donghu or Qiang, the difference is whether they will be injured or killed on such a battlefield, for individuals, what kind of country's future and destiny, or the reproduction of ethnic groups, those grand things are actually not much to do with individuals, the most important thing for individuals is life and health, followed by family, many supervisors from the Beijing Division rode horses in each battalion to encourage the soldiers, and repeatedly proclaimed the importance of this battle, which is indeed useful, but it's really not very useful.

The Chinese army was led by Yue Zhi, stationed along Yushui City to Jinzhou, Yushui City and Jinzhou Old City were separated by thirty miles, the Chinese army and the front team were placed one after another, Jinzhou seemed to be the core area, but Li Guorui put Yue Zhi and Daibei, Qin Feng's soldiers and the most elite forbidden army on the side of Yushui City, its intention was quite obvious, the Wei army wanted to protect not the old Jinzhou City, but the Yushui City that had just been tamped and was preparing to build.

Yushui City, that is, the end of the Ming Dynasty in the Linghai City of Linghai City, Linghai City used to be called Jinxian, the ancient Linghe River was called Yushui, Longchuan, White Wolf Water, after the Liao Dynasty was renamed Linghe Linghe, Daling River. With a total length of nearly 400 kilometers, it is the transportation hub of the northeast and the Central Plains in ancient times, the northern expedition of the Qi State to Shanrong, the conquest of Wuhuan by Cao Wei, the entry of Qianyan into the Central Plains, the attack on the Khitan by the Northern Qi, and the pacification of Goryeo by the Sui and Tang Dynasties, all of which take the Daling River Valley as the main route of the march.

Yushui City is located more than 30 miles east of Jinzhou and is an important line of defense to shield Jinzhou. If the Wei army wants to consolidate Liao, it must build this city; And if Donghu wants to attack Wei, it must demolish this city, its importance is actually on Jinzhou City, because there is this city can be integrated with Jinzhou, Yushui City and Jinzhou City can be regarded as one, after its construction is completed, it can be directly east from the side of Yushui, isolate Yingzhou, build the old Xianzhou, the entire defense line is completed, and it is called stable.

Li Guorui had no obvious plan to build Yushui City before this, and he didn't want to fight a decisive battle in advance. When the main force of the army moved forward, it was also quite decisive and decided to rebuild Yushui City immediately.

If this battle is won, the construction of the two cities of Jinzhou and Yushui is completed, and the Great Wei can declare a complete victory.

Even if it is a stalemate, as long as Yushui City is repaired, even if Jinzhou gives up, it can still be declared that the battle has been won.

In order to accomplish such a goal, even if there were constantly Xiang soldiers and people who were killed under the attack of enemy cavalry, and nearly 1,000 people were killed and wounded every day, Li Guorui was unmoved, in addition to strengthening the flank protection to prevent Donghu rangers, the action of building the city was non-stop day and night, as long as it took about ten days, it could be completed.

The garrison is spread out along the pine, tower and other mountains, and move forward one after another, wait for Li Jian, Li Enmao and others to move up, after taking over the defense, the rear team of the garrison and the Chinese army will meet, can continue the defense of the newly built Yushui City, the garrison is mainly the Beijing camp forbidden army, although the equipment is good, the combat experience is insufficient, and the will is not tenacious enough, and it is also quite suitable for performing such a task.

Li Guorui has already taken all aspects into account, and in terms of the situation he sees now, it seems that there is chaos under the banner everywhere, but in fact, it is just like its deployment, and the forbidden army of each ministry is carried out according to the military order, and there is no chaos.

The sound of artillery is the means for the Wei army to communicate with each other, determine the distance and range, these cannons are all bamboo cannons, made of iron slaps, a cannon is about two or three hundred pounds of weight, can be stuffed into the shotgun projectile, the power is not small within dozens of steps, it is difficult to hurt people if it exceeds fifty or sixty steps, its lethality is far from the divine arm bow that can shoot through the cotton armor within two hundred steps, for the Wei army forbidden army equipped with a large number of divine arm bows and crossbows, waist crossbows, and a small number of bed crossbows, it is really tasteless, it is a pity to abandon it. It is used as a cannon contact, or to alarm the enemy when attacking, this is quite a practical function, so a certain number of small artillery will be deployed in each army, on the plain on the side of the riverbed of Yushui, near the mountains, inside and outside the city of Jinzhou, from time to time there will be artillery sounds, if a large number of enemy cavalry attack, the cannon sound will sound one after another, it is also magnificent, the commander of the Wei army, the general, can also use such a sound to respond and deploy the army.

Li Guorui had already heard the sound of artillery coming from the direction of Jinzhou, and he didn't care too much.

The main force of the Donghu cavalry is crossing the river one after another, it should be above Jinzhou and Yushui, a few days ago, there were 10,000 Donghu cavalry tentatively wanted to cross the river between Jinzhou and Yushui, these cavalry were defeated by the Wei soldiers of the front battalion, after all, no matter how strong the Hu cavalry is, there is no possibility of defeating the main force of the Wei army when crossing the river. The soldiers of the front battalion were deployed along the side of Yushui to Jinzhou City, and the Hu cavalry who crossed the river directly faced the impact of Chang Zhen and the Wei army's iron cavalry, and it was impossible to successfully cross the river.

Along the side of Jinzhou and Yushui, there are wooden fences and tent areas everywhere, the Wei army did not dig a ditch and erect a strong wall, but came with a sharp spirit, so it is unlikely that the Wei army planned to build a deep fortress in advance, and because the progress was too rapid, or the Donghu people hesitated, the expected big battle under the city of Jinzhou did not break out, when the main force of the Wei army first arrived, the Donghu rangers and sharp soldiers quickly retreated, and did not insist on fighting outpost battles with the Wei army's front army, and insisted on the main force of their own side.

When the Wei army was based on the line between Yushui City and Jinzhou, the general trend of connecting each other from end to end had been achieved, and then the Wei army mobilized a large number of Xiang troops and Minfu to come and build a camp...... If he can win a big victory without working hard, Li Guorui also hopes to get such a result. If the battle line is stable, the two cities are successfully built, and the long base is dug up, only more than 100,000 people need to be left to garrison the two cities of Jinzhou and Yushui, and a small number of forbidden troops and box troops are stationed in the forts of Songshan and Tashan, and then 10,000 or 20,000 people are left to guard Ningyuan.

Able to withdraw most of the Minfu and Xiang army, more than half of the forbidden army, and complete the goal of building the city, even if there is no bloody battle with the Donghu people, there is no military merit to shoot, Li Guorui can still calmly report to the imperial court, the Son of Heaven and the two governments, will definitely not hesitate to reward the marquis.

The Great Wei was beaten on the ground by the Donghu people after Wuzong, and was invaded many times by the Donghu people in the past thirty or forty years, and the loss of money should be calculated in hundreds of millions, and the people who were killed and plundered were calculated in millions. Once Jinzhou and Yushui City are built, if the Donghu people are added with a strong chain, if the old ones are repaired next year

Xianzhou, the Donghu people from the grassland detour is quite difficult, from Liaozhou, at least to walk more than 2,000 miles to reach the north of Jizhou, this is already an almost impossible task, even if the Donghu people from top to bottom are willing to be so crazy, the Wei army to wait for work, how much advantage can the Donghu people who came to come by a detour of 2,000 miles?

"Before that, the Donghu people were afraid that they wanted to wait for their work and fight with us under the city of Jinzhou." Yue Zhi, who was wearing a big red cloak, strode to Li Guorui's side, and after saluting with a fist, he said: "But our advance is too fast, the attack is too sharp, and its deployed outpost has not been able to withstand it, but what is its plan, now it is really falling behind." ”

Li Guorui nodded lightly, the past ten days have been the most tense moment in his life, no matter what, from the battlefield, he is gambling with the lives of more than 200,000 soldiers of the army, and at the same time, he is also gambling with the national fortune of Great Wei and the luck of Huaxia. Now it seems that the bet can almost be won.

At present, more than 100,000 Xiang troops and people are building camps and walls on the side of Jinzhou and Yushui City, digging long trenches to isolate multiple battlefields, so that the Donghu cavalry will not have a chance to succeed. The Wei army's defense of the wall is a long attack and a short attack, and there will never be any accidents.

Li Guorui said softly: "As long as the long base is completed and the city is successfully built, you don't have to worry about any accidents." ”

Yue Zhi nodded, hesitated for a moment, and still said: "I promised the soldiers before, and each person would be rewarded with twenty yuan, but now only five yuan is sent to the soldiers. ”

"Don't panic." Li Guorui smiled and said, "I have already written to the third division, find Zheng Yumin to file a lawsuit, and ask him to ship the money within three days." If he is slow and misses a major event, he is afraid that his life will not be guaranteed. Even if this matter goes to the two mansions, when it comes to the palace, Zheng Yumin can't say it clearly, he knows that the military plane is important and will not delay. ”

This is also right, at this time, the soldiers of the forbidden army came to take advantage of their sharp spirit, on the one hand, the war has dragged on for a long time, although the imperial court is overwhelmed, and ordinary soldiers are also eager to fight a battle to solve the previous standoff. After the battle, whether it is to garrison in the city, or to be transferred back to Yuguan, Jizhou, or back to Hebei, Hedong, Qinfeng, in short, there is no need to work hard in the ice and snow here in western Liaoning, and the city is also stationed in the house, making a brazier to bake the fire, which is much stronger than suffering in a cold tent.

In addition, there was a promise before the war that each soldier would be rewarded with at least twenty yuan, which was more useful for ordinary soldiers of the forbidden army than a hundred times of encouragement from the prison army.

It is natural and natural to be paid as a soldier.

The predecessor of the Great Wei Dynasty was the Five Dynasties, when the feudal towns were in trouble, the Son of Heaven was all strong soldiers and horses, and the local feudal towns were numerous, and each feudal clan had the tradition of soldiers constantly rebelling. When Taizu of the Great Wei Dynasty went on the Northern Expedition, at the beginning it was also a group of heroes, but Taizu was good at financial management, with the time of communication between Fujian and Zhejiang and Guangzhou, money and wealth such as the water of the rivers and rivers continued to roll in, Taizu must reward the soldiers at the time of each battle, the morale of the Wei army is like a rainbow, there are many reasons for Taizu to win the country, the military system, the official system, the official system, the financial endowment, the military law, the general, the official and the official have something to say, it is the most eye-catching one among the heroes at that time, and it also has a siphon effect on talents, the Wei army is stronger and stronger, and it is the world, but among many reasons, Taizu's abundant wealth can reward the three armies to stimulate morale, which is also the most important reason.

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