In the afternoon of the same day, Bai Liyan (Wei Xian) was appointed as the envoy of Antai Hou Ceying The news reached the Guangxin army camp, Jiang Min was frightened and uneasy, and scolded Zhao Xun for being a treacherous and shameless person.

"Zhao Xun Pifu An dares to betray Gu, he Dare!"

"Lord, Zhao Xun's matter should not be accidental, he took refuge in the lord at the beginning, but now it seems that it is just an expedient measure." Luo Song Pavilion Road.

"So what, he can't get out of it!"

"Don't be impatient, Zhao Xun is a man who takes care of the overall situation, and now he has a heavy army, Beihai County all rely on the military strength of Guangxin City, Zhao Xun will not be convenient for the lord to meet at this moment."

"That's to settle accounts after the autumn!"

"This is not necessarily, the lord has already won over Wei Xian, as long as the lord guards himself and makes great achievements, Zhao Xun will never have the determination to meet each other. King Xian is only half of the country left, and the population of Beihai County accounts for a quarter, and the finance and taxes account for forty percent. ”

"So what, Lone was trapped by Zhao Xun in the Guantang Canal and couldn't move, how to make a miraculous achievement."

"This matter is also simple, the lord ordered the county lord and Chen Yunfeng to refuse to send troops on the grounds of protecting the city, Beihai County will be independent without the help of Guangxin soldiers, if Pucheng is lost, there will be no land passage between Beihai County and Lei City, then the lord will please transfer north to Beihai County to reject the enemy, Zhao Xun will never refuse the lord."

"What if Zhao Xun doesn't allow it?"

"Absolutely not!" Luo Songting affirmed

"Why?"

"Pucheng is the gateway to Thunder City, if Pucheng is lost, the Jin army that gathers Thunder City will inevitably march east to defeat Pucheng, Zhao Xun will never let this happen, Guangxin does not send troops, Zhao Xun is helpless, so he can only let the lord go north to rescue."

"But in this way, will Zhao Xun hold a grudge against Lonely."

"Zhao Xun is jealous and hateful, the lord refused to attack Ruitian first last time, and now Zhao Xun has not broken with the lord on his face, and he still takes into account the overall situation and the lord's face, so he can only let Chen Yunfeng and the county lord lead the army south in the name of completing the marriage, and take time to Guangxin, so that Zhao Xun has nothing to say."

"Is this okay? Will it be taken advantage of by black scarf thieves? ”

"There is no such possibility. Guangxin City is far away from Pucheng and close to Dingyang, and Dingyang City will not sit idly by and watch Guangxin City fall. However, for the sake of safety, the lord ordered his wife to go south with the princess's family, and left thousands of elite soldiers to assist in the defense of Guangxin, so that the Guangxin defenders could only defend but could not help, and Pucheng would inevitably be trapped by the Black Turban Army. ”

"When is the best time to do it?"

"Now that the autumn harvest is over, the Black Turban Army has not been rectified for more than half a year, so before next year's spring ploughing, the Black Turban Army is unlikely to use troops on a large scale, and it is safe for the county lord to go south to complete the marriage, but it is not opportune, I think that when after the spring ploughing next year, before the Black Turban Army rises again, the county lord will go south in the name of marriage, so that Zhao Xun has nothing to say."

"Okay, that's what Mr. Iro does."

That night, Bailiyan rode to Zhao Xunzhong's army camp and consulted with him on the matter of clearing the wilderness.

"Zhao Shuai!"

"Excuse me, come and sit down."

"Xie Zhaoshuai." Bai Liyan sat down and continued: "Zhao Shuai, the king must have informed Zhao Shuai about the matter of the strong wall and clearing the wilderness. ”

"Gao Xun has been here three days ago, and Ben Shuai is about to listen to you in detail, this strong wall is clear, how to strengthen the wall, how to clear the field, how our army is deployed, and how to close. Although you have strategy, you have little experience in military affairs, and this commander is still not at ease. ”

"Zhao Shuai Mingjian, the king Yu Zhao Shuai's Jianbi Qingye is not all the content, which involves a lot of things, and it is difficult to achieve results in a short time, so you need to have a long-term plan."

"How long was that?"

"Two years or three years!"

"So long!"

"Yes, the Black Turban Army has become a general trend, relying only on the battle of arms, the Xian State will definitely suffer from it, and after the war, the countries will compete for hegemony, and the Xian State will be difficult to protect itself, so it can only seek the maximum benefits for the Xian State at the minimum cost before the Black Turban Army is destroyed."

"What's the benefit?"

"People! Dingkou, which is directly under the jurisdiction of the Black Turban Army, is the greatest interest of the Xian State. ”

Bai Liyan said in detail, and told the matter of buying grain, borrowing horses, prospecting, and buying knives...... Zhao Xun was skeptical:

"Shhh...... Wei Xian, are you really sure? ”

"Eighty percent, eighty percent sure, if Antaihou is looking for it, it will be one month soon, and two months if it is slow, and there will be news within three months."

"You, that's amazing." Zhao Xun sighed, and then said, "Then where do you plan to build an acropolis on the Yongxing River?" ”

"Yongxing River passes everywhere Wuping is undoubtedly the narrowest, close to Ruitian, Wuping built a city, Ruitian is the Wuping Acropolis, but although the Wuping River section is conducive to the river crossing, but the distance from Changqu is too far, land transportation is inconvenient, in the next plan to build the new city on the Guantang Canal."

"Why Guantangqu?"

"Guantang Canal is located on a high slope that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are dams and canals for irrigation, and the height difference is conducive to the construction of waterwheels, and Guantang Canal has wind all year round, and can build windmills, which is extremely convenient. The most important thing is that there is an iron ore underground in the east of Changqu, which is close to the Guantang Canal, and it is very convenient to transport it by large ships or chariots and horses. ”

"Iron Ore!" Zhao Xun was taken aback: "The news is accurate? ”

"The king has sent miners to find the iron vein from the boundary fifteen miles northeast of Changqu, and it is estimated that the mine should be opened to smelt iron this month."

In fact, there is still a point that Bailiyan did not say thoroughly, after he was reused by King Xian as the envoy of Antai Hou, the relationship between Zhao Xun and Jiang Min broke down publicly, although it did not reach the point of directly turning his face, but Luo Songting was bound to plan a retreat for Jiang Min.

Guarding the Guantang Canal not only has no military achievements to be gained, but over time will be trampled on the head by other guest troops, which is not conducive to the establishment of prestige and status of the Guangxin Army. It is regarded as his son-in-law, and the dowry given to Jiang Min is only this time, not an example.

"Zhao Shuai, before Antaihou explored the coal mine, our army had two to three months of preparation time, and I plan to use the pioneer battalion and the Lu Gao Forbidden Army as the foundation to compile and train the new method of cavalry warfare, so as to adapt to the strong wall and clear field that will begin next year, I don't know what Zhao Shuai wants?"

"Yes, first allocate 3,000 cavalry veterans, with a radius of 300 miles from Ruitian Race, if there are results in battle within three months, this commander will allow you to implement the strong wall and clear the wilderness."

"Thank you Zhao Shuai!"

Once the city of Guantang Canal rises from the ground, a group of defensive fortresses with Guantang Canal as the core will be established along the entire Yongxing River, and a city fortress will be established in Wuping in the future, and the entire section of the Yongxing River will be impregnable.

There are iron mines in the north and black soil in the south, relying on the Yongxing River for a long time, the Black Turban Army's eastward strategy will be difficult to move an inch.

The Yongxing River could not be broken through, and the Black Turban Army was bound to go north to attack Beihai County, detouring behind the back of the Lingling, so that Jiang Min and the Black Turban Army would consume each other, and let the Xian Army withdraw from the Yongxing River and launch an attack to the west, completely destroying the rear base of the Black Turban Army.

In mid-to-late November, based on the 2,000 men of the vanguard battalion of the Guangxin Army and the Lu Gao Forbidden Army, Zhao Xun allocated 3,000 elite cavalry to form a new cavalry army.

The two battalions of Baotao and Longwu were reorganized and expanded into cavalry, each with 2,000 soldiers and horses, and the rank of the commander of the army was according to the military system, and he should be the governor of the left and right. Considering the influence, Bailiyan was tentatively designated as the commander, Sikong Nan was appointed as the commander of the Baotao Battalion, Lu Gao was appointed as the commander of the Longwu Battalion, Bailiyan led the cavalry of 1,000 Xiao Cavalry Battalion, and Su Hong was appointed as the commander of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion.

At the beginning of December, most of the warships of the Xian Army entered the upper reaches of the Yongxing River to reorganize and train the navy. In addition to the 20,000 sailors equipped with small boats, 30,000 sailors equipped with large warships were incorporated into the infantry army to fight, and suffered heavy losses, and the salty army's naval division, which once dominated the Beihai, collapsed.

On the ninth day of December, Bailiyan led an army of 3,000 out of Ruitian and attacked 120 miles to the west, encountering a 10,000-strong baggage team of the Black Turban Army.

"General Wei, ten miles west of the front, I found a 10,000-strong baggage camp of the Black Turban Army." Su Hong said.

"Pass my general order to release scouts ten miles to the south and ten miles to the north to find out if there are any reinforcements."

"No!"

Baggage battalions are usually 5,000 for one battalion and 10,000 for one battalion, with independent baggage battalions and grouped baggage battalions. The independent baggage battalion is a team of 5,000 or 10,000 people, which is responsible for transporting supplies alone, and the baggage battalion stretches for dozens of miles before and after, and the people are tens of thousands to 100,000 people, divided into a number of 10,000 baggage battalions, each battalion is spaced three or five miles apart, so that the materials are transferred in a mighty way.

After the Black Turban Army retreated to Taoli, it switched to internal affairs mode and resumed farming, and its logistical pressure was greatly reduced. Bai Liyan judged that this group of 10,000 people was very likely to be an independent baggage battalion, and there should be no other baggage battalions before and after.

Half an hour passed, and scouts returned one after another:

"General Wei, according to the scout's investigation, the gang has not found a group of troops for ten miles north and south of the camp." Su Hong said neatly.

"Very good, today is the first day of our army's opening, where is Sikong Nan!"

"The last general!"

"Your 1,000 Leopard Tao Battalion and the General Xiao Cavalry Battalion immediately formed a formation and prepared to rush and kill."

"No!"

Seeing that Sikong Nan was ordered to go, Lu Gao urged him to immediately go forward and ask for battle:

"General Wei, why didn't the last general send you?"

"This is General Lu's first battle, and I will deliberately arrange for the general to watch the battle, and I am familiar with the methods of our army's cavalry warfare, and it will not be too late to order the general to lead the army to charge and kill next time."

"The enemy has more than 10,000 people in the baggage battalion, and General Wei only uses 2,000 cavalry to charge and kill, so the combat power is too thin."

Bai Liyan smiled faintly and disapprovingly:

"Back then, the general only captured more than 400 horse thieves with 150 horsemen, but now there are only more than 2,000 guards in the baggage camp. General Lu doesn't need to say it anymore, the general can press the formation in this battle. ”

The escort transportation is fully responsible for the escort transportation, and the escort goods are usually gold, silver, jewelry, weapons and ordnance and other valuables.

The escort is mainly carried by the people, and the escort of the 10,000-person baggage battalion usually does not exceed two thousand, and the probability of being equipped with cavalry is not very high, and the people themselves are also equipped with simple farm tools such as sickles and hoes and pitchforks as self-defense tools, and only a small number of people are equipped with bronze blades, but the main escort force still needs to protect the security.

Bai Li Yan only brought 3,000 men and horses out of the fortress this time, the first battle was very important, Lu Gao's 1,000 men and horses only had ten days of assault combat training, it was difficult to familiarize Sikong Nan and others with Bai Li Yan's cavalry tactics, it was necessary for him to watch the battle and feel the new cavalry tactics on the spot.