On this day, there was news that there was something different about the Jinxuedi Auxiliary Regiment stationed east of the Outer Lake:

"General, they just replenished their troops more than a month ago, and yesterday they suddenly transferred 70,000 or 80,000 people, did they find their way into the mountains from other places and prepare to attack us secretly?" Su Hong guessed.

"Unlikely." Bai Liyan looked at the rough sand table in front of him and denied Su Hong's guess: "In the past few months, the surrounding terrain has been almost touched by our army, except for the entrance of the Xishan Cave and the outer lake, there is no third way to enter and exit the army, and it is possible to infiltrate a handful of people, and hundreds or thousands of them are simply unrealistic." ”

"Then what are they going to do when they transfer seventy or eighty thousand people, is it possible that there is another group of rebels as big as ours?"

While Su Hong was speaking, Jiang Jie came to the house:

"My lord, the old soldier who came out of the mountain came back to report, more than ten days ago, an auxiliary army of 200,000 people suddenly went east from Posong Province, and the intention is unknown."

Bailiyan was taken aback when she heard the news:

"How does the old pawn know?"

"The old pawn was on his way to the mission, and he bumped into it halfway, and then quickly returned and reported the incident."

"So many people are stirring up, the white-haired thief is crazy!"

Su Hong said, Bai Liyan thought for a moment and said:

"At best, the auxiliary corps of Posong Province is less than 200,000, and the auxiliary soldiers are tens of thousands, which is only 2560,000, and more than half of them are men and horses that have been expanded after the war, of which 60,000 have been defeated by us one after another, and even if there are 2560,000 after replenishment.

Among them, more than 100,000 people are also east of Khubigon Mountain, while the other auxiliaries are either suppressing bandits or guarding the people and repairing the city, and the troops deployed in Posong Province are only tens of thousands. These 200,000 auxiliaries appeared out of thin air, and I think that most of them are not from Posong Province, but most likely from Songdia Province, or even from Sondia Province. But what did they do when they left Posong Province? ”

"Could it be that our people are calling from the north?" Su Hong was whimsical, and he really thought that the Central Plains Coalition Army was a heavenly soldier and a general, and he was airlifted by plane.

"It's impossible, but it's possible!"

Bailiyan contradicted himself before and after, Jiang Jie and Su Hong were puzzled:

"My lord, it may be for a while, it is impossible for a while, what do you mean?"

"It's almost November, our army has been here for a whole year, and we don't know anything about the war situation in the north, I guess the situation of the coalition army must be not good, and the Jinxuedi people must have captured a large number of prisoners of war in the north and plundered the population to the south. The auxiliary legions of Posong and Songdia provinces went east, presumably preparing to take over the population that had been plundered southward. Jiang Jie! ”

"What do you command?"

"Go, immediately summon Lu Gao, Sikong Nan, and Bai He to come to discuss the matter."

"No!"

……

"Su Hong!"

"The end will be."

"Strengthen the vigilance east of the cofferdam and be ready to store water at any time."

"No!"

When he was young, Lu Gao, Sikong Nan, and Bai He came to the house.

"What is the general calling me for?" Lu Gao asked.

"According to my judgment, the coalition army is not in a good situation in the north, and the Jin Xuedi people have captured a large number of prisoners and are on their way to Posong Province, and the number is probably very large.

"This plan is very good, if this can be done, our army will be like a tiger with wings!"

Sikong Nan agreed, and Lu Gao was very worried:

"Where did the food, grass and ordnance come from, besides, our army only has 10,000 people available, how can we deal with hundreds of thousands of people."

"You don't know about this, according to what Ben will learn from Figos, the Jinxuedi divide the prisoners of war and the captives into three, six, nine and so on, and the first ones are the fastest young men and prisoners of war, then the old and weak, and then the craftsmen.

In order to speed up the march, every 5,000 people were in a team, 2,000 people were guarded, and each team was five miles apart, and the main force of the escort team was located in three places in front of the prisoners, in the middle and behind, which were not evenly distributed, so as to speed up the pace of the march.

Even so, it would take them eight to ten months to travel from the south to the south, and more than a year if they were to travel from the bar. If hundreds of thousands of prisoners were lined up, they would not be able to walk 10,000 miles in two years.

According to my judgment, most of the auxiliary troops dispatched by the Jin Xuedi people are for escort and will not break up the legion, so our army will not have much resistance in this attack, and only need to avoid the main force of its legion and attack its escort queue.

As for the grain and grass, Ben Jiang hadn't thought about it for a while. But at present, human life is more important than food and grass, and with people, everything else is easy to do. ”

In the middle of the war, the Jinxuedi would escort the looted resources and captives back to their homeland. Usually after the reorganization of the meritorious soldiers, disabled veterans, and disabled battalions, they set out two months before the ice and snow melt in the Cheongak Mountain, and after eight to ten months of trekking, they have covered 7,000 to 9,000 miles to arrive in Po Song Province. During this period, the altitude gradually decreases from north to south, and the temperature rises, which is conducive to the hiking trail of hundreds of thousands of people.

After all, the captives were not free men, and the speed of the march could not be a regular march, it must have dragged slowly, so the speed could not be too fast.

Agree on the plan with the generals, and Bailiyan will send troops to prepare to go out of the mountain.

At the same time, the weapons institute of Po Song Province produced the latest weapons, which were only equal to those of steel.

Kabias waved the long sword in his hand and said with admiration:

"Guda is afraid, this is really a good sword!"

"Although the sword is good, it is very expensive, and the silver coins cost to make four ordinary swords for a good sword like this, which is very expensive."

"Then why can the northerners make equipment in large quantities, are their weapons falling from the sky, and say that they have a lot of gold."

"No, as far as I know, the cost of the northerners to build a good iron sword is only half of ours. And this is not the best iron, according to reliable sources, in a country called Xian in the north, it is possible to make high-quality iron called steel, and this kind of iron weaponry can easily cut our best iron sword into a deep gap, and can easily cut bronze weapons and ordinary iron swords.

The newly made sword used in the weapon has been compared with the steel sword of the northerners, and this sword still cannot leave a gap in the steel sword, on the contrary, the newly made good sword still leaves a gap. It can be seen that the latest smelting technology of the Beiren is more exquisite than ours. ”

"Then find a way to steal it, can't you?"

"It's difficult, you know."

"Well, how many of these weapons can we produce next year?" Kabias asked.

"Unless the province stops producing all other weapons, it will be difficult for the province to complete even 5,000 pieces next year."

"So little!" Kabias was taken aback and asked, "What if we go all out?" ”

"If the province only produces long swords, it will be less than 60,000 pieces. If only spears or lances were produced, more than 150,000 pieces might be produced. But then we can't do anything.

In addition, the chain mail we just produced requires twenty of us to work for fifteen days, while as far as I know, the country of the northerners only needs half of our time, and the country of Xian is even less. If a large number of chain mail were to be produced, the province would need to expand its arsenal and recruit more than 100,000 people to meet the demand. ”

"Can't we think of a way, let's say a captive, we can let them do it for us first. More than 300,000 people will be escorted back to the mainland this time, and if it is put into production, the annual output will be very considerable. ”

"It won't be possible in a short period of time." Gudapa denied, and then added: "They are not a meek herd of sheep, they are very dangerous beasts, they need to be domesticated before they can be effective, and the only way at the moment is to transfer the descendants of the Central Plains and the people of Fan, and let the prisoners of war take their original jobs." ”

"Is this going to work, I don't want to have no food growing in the fields at this time next year, and there won't be a drop of wine in the wine shop."

"Temir's Honor Corps can temporarily not return to the homeland and settle in our province, so that we can increase the main army of more than 200,000 men, and at the same time deal with the prisoners and mobs."

"It will also increase the burden on our coffers."

"Now is not the time for gains and losses, Kabias, we should take a long-term view. Don't forget, there are more than 10,000 rebels in the Cupigon Valley, and the Legion of Honor can deal with them better. ”

"But they're stuck in the valley, aren't they."

"It's best not to underestimate them, I always have a bad feeling that we should have other backup plans."

"Come on, Gudapa, after the arrival of Temir's Honor Corps, plus the auxiliary regiments of Sundia and Kannai, we have hundreds of thousands of people, can't we deal with a mere 10,000 people. They are trapped in the valley and will soon freeze to death and starve to death, and they will soon be incapacitated. I believe that after the beginning of spring next year, they will soon be able to annihilate them. ”

"The lessons of last year should not be forgotten!" Gudappa cautioned: "A backup plan should be made as soon as possible just in case. ”

"Alright then, hopefully it will be useful before they are exterminated next year."

Gudappa and Kabias are at odds, and although he eventually convinces him, Gudapa is well aware that his top boss is just a depraved aristocrat who is good at sociing and flirting.

The temperature is dropping day by day, and the ground outside the valley is covered with a layer of snow, which is one foot deep and one foot shallow, leaving a lot of footprints.

"My lord, sixty miles ahead I found the camp of the Jinxuedi people, about 50,000 people. Did our army take a detour? Jiang Jie said.

"No, continuing to the east is their dense defense area, and it will be difficult for our troops to move in. The order was given to retreat fifteen miles to the southwest, to let the forest out, and let the heavy snow cover the footprints so that they would not be exposed. ”

"No!"

Explain Jiang Jie in detail, Bai Liyan found Lu Gao and Bai He:

"Sixty miles to the east, there are Jinxuedi people stationed on both sides of the Chi Road, and our army immediately retreats fifteen miles to the southwest to give way to this place, so as not to be exposed."

"And then?"

Lu Gao hurriedly asked, and Bai Liyan replied with only one word:

"Wait!"

"Wait? When will we have only enough food and grass for twenty days, and now we have been out of the mountains for six days, and we can only last for fourteen days. Lu Gao worried.

Bailiyan pointed to the sky, and then pointed to the snow-covered mountain on the north side of the road ten miles to the west:

"There will be a blizzard in the near future, so we will sit and wait for the snow to fall heavily, and then blow up the mountain and close the road."

"Blowing up the mountain and closing the road, how much gunpowder does it take to blow up the mountain!"

Bai Liyan's cheeks twitched, and then she said:

"Even if you pile up 10,000 stones of gunpowder, you won't be able to blow up the mountain. It's the snow that blows up, causing an avalanche! ”

Lu Gao had never seen an avalanche, and even since he went south to fight, there were few avalanches along the way, Bailiyan pointed to the mountain, and Lu Gao thought that the mountain was going to be blown up.

"But the road closure won't help!" Lu Gao said again.

"Of course, the road closure will not help, only when they pass through the avalanche, burying the road closure will have a miraculous effect, then the gate will cut off some of its men, so that they can not care about each other, and then our army will kill from the side, surprise."

Ten miles to the west and north of the road is next to a steep hill, and once the snow collapses, it will cover a mile or two from north to south or even longer, and the road extending from west to east will be cut off.