As the saying goes, the state has its own laws, and the military has military regulations. According to the regulations of the seventeen laws and fifty-four beheadings in the Northern Yan Army; The crime of "lying about the military situation" alone is enough to string together the six sentry horses of the filthy people and light the sky lanterns! But their original slave origin, which was humble to the bone marrow, has now become a lifeline of atonement!

These six people are greedy for pleasure and forge military aircraft, which can be called nothing; And its sexual greed for wine and lust, in the villages and towns along the way, it can be called immoral. But these six people are so unbearable, how can they be so virtuous that they can take on an important post in the Shenshi Army? The answer is also very ironic, just because they were the fallen brothers of the Khan King of the Shenshi tribe, and they were deeply trusted and respected by Chaolu. Although Guo Xing didn't know if they had made a promise with Chaolu to "be rich and noble, don't forget" or something like that, he was also the little marquis of Beiyan after all, and the thinking mode of those inherent official systems had long been deeply integrated into his blood, so how could he forget the truth of taking precautions?

Therefore, this felony that was enough to light the sky lantern, Guo Xing could only raise it high, drop it gently, and punish them with a bloody cane in public, and then demote them to pawns in front of the battle; And he himself had to personally lead his cronies to carefully re-explore the terrain ahead.

I don't know if I don't know it, I was shocked when I saw it, it turned out that the complexity of the terrain ahead is far beyond what I know on the map!

From Taining County to Fuyu City, according to the shortest route on the map, the two places are about 400 miles apart. However, this section of the road is the southeast section of the Zhongshan trade road opened up by Fu Ye when he was in office, and along the way you can avoid the dense forest and dangerous river that can be guarded by bandits and bandits, although the official road is slightly narrow, but it can also be called a smooth road.

According to the results of Guo Xing's field investigation, this nearest official road can be called the best choice for the Shenshi Army to advance! Because even on the narrowest stretch of the road, they are not in danger.

Broadly speaking, this section of the official road is in the north-south direction; On the west side is the treasure land of the fishermen on Zhongshan Road - dry lake; To the east, there is the surging and bending mother river in the north, which is mixed with the same river. Although the official road is narrow, there is an endless water surface on the left and right sides, and there is no naval army on the three roads in the north, and there is no place where the ambush army can be preset!

However, just as its advantages are obvious, so are its drawbacks. This trade route, sandwiched between a dry lake and a mixed river, is extremely narrow at the entrance and halfway; If you look at it from the map, it is as if the whole army is lined up in a queue that can accommodate five people to advance side by side, and enter the gourd mouth in turn; Although the road was flanked by endless water, it was certainly not able to accommodate a large number of enemy ambushes; However, due to the narrow passage, it will invisibly slow down the already slow march.

Even after passing through the narrowest stretch of the road, it is surrounded by scattered lakes and ponds, not plains; In the face of such a battlefield environment, at least in the northern section of the entire Fuyu County, the main combat force under his command, the Mobei cavalry, could only be completely changed to infantry.

If you want to try your best to avoid the loss of combat strength, the whole country bypasses this section of the northern border of Buyeo, which is too rich in water sources, and chooses to transfer the whole army and talk in a big circle; The most optimistic estimate is that the plan to attack Buyeo City will also be postponed until midsummer and early autumn.

Therefore, there are only three roads in front of Guo Xing at the moment.

Either the whole army quickly passes through this gourd mouth, but it is necessary to accept the result that the marching ranks are indefinitely lengthened and the cavalry is completely reduced to infantry; Either the whole army will immediately turn around and detour to the south of Buyeo City, and then launch this siege battle.

There was another option, which was to leave the infantry and the baggage battalion, slowly pass through the mezzanine, and camp at the bottom of the relatively wide gourd; When the light and heavy cavalry relied on the advantage of the war horse under the crotch, they quickly went around to the south of Fuyu City to outflank it, and then the second infantry and cavalry army reunited in the west of Fuyu City, preparing to attack the city.

However, if you choose to divide the soldiers into two ways, there is also a disadvantage that cannot be ignored.

Although it was dangerous for the cavalry to penetrate deep into the enemy's territory, fortunately, the men and horses of the Zhongshan Governor's Army could not catch up with them at all. Therefore, a lone army driving the enemy for hundreds of miles does not pose any danger; So the problem was with the infantry vanguard and the baggage battalion that marched according to the original plan. Although they could camp in the northern border of Buyeo, after all, they were also a nine-line mixed team composed of outlaws from the Huashen Sect and forcibly recruited militia auxiliaries from all over the country; If the Fuyu guards dare to give it a go, and when their foothold is not stable, they will lead the whole army of Fuyu out of the city and fight a "counter-charge......

Guo Xing is almost certain that if the general of Fuyu County is a defender of the city, he is also a hard bone like Wan Zhihai; At that time, this rabble is really likely to be annihilated by others in one fell swoop!

After convening the generals of his cronies to discuss, Guo Xing finally finalized the third strategy for marching - dividing the troops to move forward. Guo Xing did not forget the fiasco of the last time the Pingbei Army divided the troops, and this time he found that the third strategy seemed to be the most dangerous, but in fact it was the safest way.

Due to the second strategy of turning around the whole army, the delay of fighters is too long, so it has been excluded in the first place; Although the first strategy seems to be safe, because the gourd mouth is too narrow, once the enemy is blocked head-on, then your own side will be clamped by the terrain and completely unable to spread out the front, and the advantage of troops and troops will also be lost.

As for whether there will be a brave general like Wan Zhihai in Fuyu City, maybe it will, maybe not, Guo Xing doesn't care at all. Because if you look at the overall situation, a brave and loyal general like Wan Zhihai, no matter what era it is placed in, is definitely a rare existence. Moreover, such a brave warrior may be able to influence the direction of a battle; But the impact on the overall situation is almost negligible.

Besides, such unborn heroes are not cabbages grown in the ground; If the guards of the three roads in Youbei are all as tough as him, then how dare Mobei rob the people of Youbei year after year?

Moreover, although the combat quality of his own infantry army was extremely inferior, after all, he was also an outlaw cultivated by the Huashen Sect, and his strength was several times that of the enemy; Even if there is no danger to defend, the two armies will fight in the field, and the ratio of mutual consumption such as two for one, or even three for one, is not a loss for the Shenshi tribe! After all, the entire Zhongshan Governor's Mansion army is only 60,000, and more than 30,000 elite soldiers must be left to defend the capital of Zhongshan, Qingshan City! If the 30,000 elite soldiers galloped north to aid Fuyu City, then their cavalry would not need to act according to the original plan, and they could immediately divert and attack Qingshan City, where the defense was empty, completely turning the entire Zhongshan Road upside down.

Anyway, there are two cavalry units that make a detour, and when they are finished, they run away, and no one can catch up with them!

At this point, the army of the Shenshi tribe was divided into three routes; An infantry army composed of 90,000 followers of the Huashen Sect and 100,000 auxiliary soldiers of the Minfu entered the Hulu Valley according to the original plan, and slowly marched along the bank of the Mingtong River to the north of Fuyu City; The 8,000 lightly armed rangers and the 2,000 heavily armored cavalry turned their heads backwards at the same time, dividing into two roads in succession, bypassing the lakes and rivers that were not conducive to the galloping of war horses.

The battle has developed so far, Guo Xing has already played a bright card, and then it will be the turn of Youbei Sanlu to take over.

It stands to reason that this should have been the internal affairs of Yu Shuo, the general of Taining, and Gu Hui, the governor of Zhongshan Road. Even Yan Qinghong's approval is not needed, and it is not Yan Shuqing's turn to ask.

However, a detailed summary of war preparedness, written by Gu Hui and dictated by Huang Yumei, is still placed in the study of the former Prime Minister's Mansion......

After Shen Gui finished reading the secret report, he asked Li Le'an to take a detailed map and carefully explore the topography of the gourd mouth road; After he looked at the trend of the mountains and rivers on the chart, he frowned without saying a word.

"Why don't you speak? Is there too much blood flowing, and your head is a little dizzy? Why don't I make you a casserole of pork liver porridge? ”

Yan Shuqing did not intend to make a stumbling block for Li Le'an, the reason why she raised this question was because she had already thought about it several times back and forth, and each time she came to a conclusion, it was just like what Ding Shuo had asked for in the book. She also agrees that the enemy army divides its own forces, which is the perfect time for her side to blow the horn of counterattack!

is obviously such a clear and straightforward opportunity, why did Shen Gui fall into long-term thinking instead?

"Hmm...... With only the small strength of the Zhongshan Governor's Army, it is impossible to inflict a devastating blow on the Shenshi Army, and there is even the possibility of injuring itself. At present, our side tends to be obviously weak, and we cannot afford to consume it at all, whether it is national strength or military strength. ”

"Didn't you order the Qi Yuan army under Li Zilin in advance to go down the village along the east bank of the Tongtong River?"

Shen Gui raised his eyebrows, looked at Yan Shuqing strangely and said:

"Huh? You know that, too? Yes, the Qi Yuan army has indeed assembled on the east bank of the Tongtong River. But they will never set foot on the Zhongshan Road...... At least until the fall of Qingshan City, Li Zilin will not send a single soldier. ”

"Obviously, they are all from Youbei's own family, but he Li Zilin dares to wait for the price at such a critical juncture, is he blinded by lard?"

Shen Gui looked at Yan Shuqing with a smile and didn't say anything more on this issue; Instead, he stretched out a finger and pointed to the circuitous route west of the dry river on the map, saying:

"Moreover, the hundreds of thousands of foot soldiers who are responsible for rhyming baggage, although they seem to be extremely fat, are also readily available; But in fact, they don't have a few taels of meat on them! These people are either militia auxiliaries recruited from all over the country, or Huashen Sect believers who have been deceived by the source of the divine stick Zhangyuan, even if they die 108,000, I am afraid that for Di Ting, they are not even a drop in the penny; So in my opinion, the biggest piece of fat that appeared in this division of troops was the two light and heavy cavalry! You know, this is the family foundation of the Shenshi tribe! If we can take the opportunity to completely eradicate these two cavalry, then we don't need to worry about this big trouble of the Shenshi tribe......"

"Everyone understands the truth, but once the Mobei people run away, no one can catch up with them, so how can they eradicate the word?"