Hua Mulan also knew that Zhao Junsheng's decision was right, judging from the current situation of Qianguo, at most, it could only support the logistics supply of the two-way attack, and this was extremely reluctant, Zhao Junsheng's decision to send troops to Yunzhong to solve the problem first was also after careful consideration.

She was silent for a moment and asked, "Is the specific time for sending troops set?" ”

Zhao Junsheng took another sip of wine and burped, "The army is making preparations for the expedition, and the preparations are almost complete, but the date has not been set yet, I am waiting!" ”

Hua Mulan wondered, "What are you waiting for?" ”

"Wait for the attitude of the Southern Dynasty!"

On the twenty-fifth day of the first month, Zhao Junsheng finally received information from the secret branch of the black-clothed Wei Jiankang, and the emperor of the Southern Dynasty, Liu Yikang, clearly rejected the idea of jointly sending troops to attack Qianguo proposed by the envoys of Wei.

This news was transmitted to Qianjing in the form of a flying pigeon, and Zhao Junsheng immediately ordered the army to march the next day after receiving the news.

50,000 cavalry marched on the road to open a distance of more than ten miles, the ranks of the flags are innumerable, every once in a while the sound of drums sounds, the march road is boring, the soldiers will show fatigue in both mental and physical strength after a period of march, at this time the drum band in the army has played a very good role in mediating the atmosphere.

The sound of drums sounded, and the soldiers immediately became excited.

Zhao Junsheng was draped in a big coat, sat on horseback with his eyes closed, and let the war horse carry him forward.

Wei Jing, the righteous son next to him, couldn't help but ask with doubts in his heart: "Father-in-law, the child doesn't quite understand, why did the father-in-law lead the army to attack Yunzhong Road with only cavalry and not foot soldiers, although the cities of Yunzhong, Huaishuo, and Woye Town are not as thick as the city walls, they must have suffered heavy losses if they can attack the city with cavalry!" ”

Zhao Junsheng can be said to have poured out of the nest this time, Gao Xiu and Zhang Xing want to defend Bingzhou and Hedong respectively, Zhao Junsheng previously sent more than 10,000 people to these two places, because it is mainly to defend the city, so most of the infantry sent are infantry, at this time the infantry left in Qianjing has been less than 20,000, this is the last barrier in Qianjing, until the last resort, these 20,000 people must not move.

Zhao Junsheng listened to Wei Jing's doubts and said with a smile: "There are troops attacking the city, and there are more than 10,000 people under Gao Jinzhi stationed in Pingcheng, all of whom are foot soldiers!" There are also infantry in the hands of the high repairers of the state, and if the siege force is insufficient, it can also be drawn from the state! Now that the state has not yet been attacked, Xi Wei's men and horses are still on the march, according to the news of the black-clothed guard, the troops he brought this time are about 12,000 people, and it is more than enough to defend him with Gao Xiu's troops! In fact, what I'm most worried about is Xue Andu's side, he may be attacked by Buliu Guli and Leather Leopard with nearly 80,000 horses at the same time, his pressure is too great! ”

Wei Jing thought for a while and asked, "Why didn't my father-in-law lead his army south and go west out of Tongguan to attack Pi Leopard and Buliu Guli?" ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "There are three reasons, now I will only tell you the first two, and the last one you can think about yourself: first, there are two ways to go to Tongguan from Qianjing, one is to cross the river to Henan and then go all the way west out of Tongguan, and the second is to cross the Taihang Mountain after going south, and cross the river from the east of the river to Guanzhong, no matter which road is far away, especially with such a large cavalry team of our army, it is extremely difficult and time-consuming to cross the river and cross the mountains and mountains; Second, such a large-scale southward movement of our army will inevitably arouse the vigilance of the Southern Dynasties, and it may make them misunderstand that we are going south to attack them, and they originally had no intention of jointly sending troops to attack our country, but if our army goes south on a large scale, it may be! ”

There is a third reason, Zhao Junsheng didn't say it, and Wei Jing couldn't figure it out by himself.

"The father-in-law's idea must be to fight all the way to the west, first lay down the clouds, and then wave his army westward to fight the two towns of Huaishuo and Woye, so as to solve the road to Daqian; Then the army waved south, crossed the Hetao area and went south to fight Xi Dependents, under the attack of the righteous father and Gao Xiu, Xi Dependents only had the share of defeat and retreat; After solving the problem of Xi Xuan, the army went south to relieve the siege for Zhang Xing and Xue Andu, attacked the leather leopard and the Buliu Guli army, and finally killed Chang'an City, it must be like this! ”

He is not the only one who has the same cognition as Wei Jing, although Zhao Junsheng did not say it, most of the generals and colonels in the army think that Zhao Junsheng should think like this.

However, when the army arrived at the camp outside the Flying Fox Pass, Zhao Junsheng made an unexpected decision.

He called Bai Jinguang, Liang Yi and Wei Jing over and ordered: "Tonight, you will lead 20,000 cavalry to return along the original road with a month's worth of grain and grass, and when you reach the fork in the road, you will turn south and go to Xiangzhou to stand by!" ”

Bai Jinguang was puzzled, "Is the king worried that General Xue and General Zhang will not be able to hold Tongguan and Hedong?" ”

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "Don't ask so much, just carry out the order!" ”

"Yes!"

Late at night, Bai Jinguang, Liang Yi, Wei Jing and others brought enough dry food for a month to lead the army of 20,000 to return along the same route.

Early the next morning, Zhao Junsheng led his army through the Flying Fox Pass and rushed to Pingcheng for reinforcements.

After two days of marching, the army arrived at Yangyuan, east of Pingcheng, and at this time Pingcheng was being attacked by the army led by Lai Daqian.

Zhao Junsheng led the army to rest outside Yangyuan City, and ordered the Yangyuan County Commander to come over to report the battle of Pingcheng.

"Chenyang Yuan County ordered Xiang Yuan to meet the king!"

Zhao Junsheng looked at the county order in front of him and asked, "When did the people and horses from Daqian arrive in Pingcheng, and when did they start attacking the city?" ”

"Back to the king, I arrived five days ago, and I have been besieging the city for more than three days! According to the news obtained by the minister, Pingcheng is still stable, and no progress has been made in coming to Daqian! ”

The report of the county order Xiangyuan is basically the same as the report on the black guard, Zhao Junsheng is relieved, with Gao Jinzhi's generals, with more than 10,000 infantry, he will definitely not be able to defeat Lai Daqian, who has 20,000 border cavalry, but if he wants to use 10,000 infantry to guard Pingcheng, which has high walls and thick walls, Lai Daqian will be blind outside Pingcheng even if he has 100,000 troops.

"Command the whole army, continue to advance, and go straight to Pingcheng!" Zhao Junsheng gave the order to continue the march, he now has 30,000 cavalry in his hands, and he can not panic in any situation, although he may not be able to run rampant in the world, but in the face of the 20,000 cavalry who came to Daqian, he was really not afraid, and he should be afraid of Daqian.

But Zhao Junsheng thought wrongly, Lai Daqian was not afraid of him, and Lai Daqian did not think that his military talent was inferior to Zhao Junsheng, and now the Great Wei court and the princes and armies of all walks of life are sending troops to crusade against the Qianguo, it is when he is loyal to the Great Wei court, even if he dies in battle, the whole army is gone!

The news that Zhao Junsheng led the army to reinforce Pingcheng was soon learned by the scouts sent by Lai Daqian, who immediately stopped attacking the city, and the whole army retreated to the camp ten miles outside the city.

In the big tent, Daqian and the generals quietly listened to the sentry and finished the news they had received.

Lai Daqian asked: "Zhao Junsheng really only brought 30,000 cavalry this time?" ”

"The subordinates and others have investigated very clearly, and there will definitely be no mistakes!"

Lai Daqian's second son came to mention and said: "Father, Zhao Junsheng has 30,000 people, and we have 20,000 people, and the soldiers of our army are fierce and fierce, one by one!" In the child's opinion, we can take the initiative to attack, if we wait until Zhao Junsheng leads the army to arrive at the city of Pingcheng, then it will be our army's turn to be passive! ”

Lai Daqian thought for a moment, and immediately ordered: "Qiu Yuan, you lead three thousand men and horses to stay and keep an eye on Gao Jinzhi and his men and horses in the city, if they want to go out of the city to join Zhao Junsheng, let your father contain them!" ”

The eldest son came to Qiu and agreed: "Father, don't worry, there are children here, and Gao Jinzhi can't afford to make big waves!" ”

"Don't be careless, be careful!" Come to Daqian to explain.

"Yes, the boy remembers!"

Lai Daqian let the soldiers rest well for the night, and the next morning let the soldiers have a full meal, and then led the army of 16,000 men and horses to the east to meet Zhao Junsheng.

Neither side has anything to hide, Zhao Junsheng does not need to cover up, and he is justified in meeting the invaders with an upright and righteous army; Lai Daqian thought that he was a crusade and did not subordinate, and he thought that his strength was not weaker than Zhao Junsheng.

On the way to the march, the general Da Boyi was still a little worried and said to Lai Daqian: "Marshal, after all, Zhao Junsheng has 30,000 horses, and our army is only half of them, and there is a huge difference in strength. ”

Lai Daqian shook his head and said: "Although what you said is true, you have ignored two points: first, our army is a crusade against the subordinates, and the morale of the soldiers is strong; Second, the cadres and troops have traveled a long distance, and their spirit, spirit, and strength have been seriously depleted, how can Zhao Junsheng beat our army with a tired army? ”

Da Boyi heard that Daqian said this, and it was not easy to say anything, but in his heart he was a little disapproving, although the morale of our army is strong, but it is not necessarily that the morale of the cadres is low, let alone that they are physically and mentally exhausted, the cadres have always had many horses, and they can change the physical strength to protect the horses at any time on the way, and as long as the cadres and soldiers camp regularly every day, and the marching speed does not exceed the normal marching speed, then there is no such thing as physical and mental fatigue.

"Newspaper—"

"King Qiqi, come to Daqian and lead 16,000 cavalry and horses to our army, without any cover, fifteen miles away from here!" A horse galloped over to report to Zhao Junsheng.

When Zhao Junsheng heard this, he turned his head to look around, pointed to the front and ordered loudly: "Continue to march for three miles, and line up in the empty wasteland three miles ahead to prepare to meet the enemy!" ”

"Yes!" The herald agreed and conveyed the order.

Both sides are more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, such a large-scale frontal battle must have a wide battlefield, at this time here is surrounded by farmland, farmland ridges and ravines are vertical and horizontal, not conducive to cavalry galloping, in such terrain is only suitable for small-scale battles, large-scale frontal battles must not be carried out, has not yet fought with the enemy will lose combat ability because of the horse's heel, how to fight?

The distance of three miles is not too far, and the officers and men of the cadres and soldiers soon began to change horses in the open area, feed and water the horses, and eat some things themselves.

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