Chapter 327: Borrowing Soldiers

The Northwest Wolf Milk Mountain Range stretches for more than 10,000 miles from north to south, like a high wall specially built by the heavens separating the two empires of the east and west. These two powerful empires are like the two favorite sons of the heavens, and the heavens do not want to see fratricide, so they created the wolf milk mountain range to prevent the two brothers from meeting.

But I don't know why, the heavens left a green gorge to connect the east and west. This Qingxia became a link in the war, and the armies of both sides passed through it to reach the territory of the enemy country. First of all, the 700,000-strong army of the Great Sui swept across the Qingxia, and the plough court swept the caves to cut off the Mandu flag from the map of Mengyuan. The plot of Cairo suddenly turned down, and Li Yuanshan, the general of the Great Sui Right Xiaowei, colluded with the Mengyuan people to bury 700,000 Sui troops on the grassland of 2,000 miles of Mandu Banner.

Closely followed by the rebels and 300,000 wolves rode through the Qingxia, and in just a few months, the three northwestern roads were cut off from the map of the Great Sui. It seems that the Mengyuan people have no loss, but the Great Sui has injured their muscles and bones.

Li Yuanshan was promoted as the generalissimo by many rebel leaders, and he looked proud, but in fact...... Since the Mengyuan cavalry entered the customs, he has not been happy for a day.

He had been operating in the Northwest Three Provinces for many years, and the three governors were all rebel leaders, so he did not encounter too fierce resistance to control the northwest of the Great Sui. The soldiers of the county were in the hands of the governor, and the other two guards who were originally stationed in the northwest had disappeared. Therefore, Li Yuanshan did not want the Mengyuan people to enter the customs, and he assisted the Mengyuan people in slaughtering the 700,000 troops of the Great Sui was already a generous gift to the Mengge Khan, but the Mengyuan people obviously did not intend to return to their homes with such satisfaction.

The 300,000 wolves of Mengyuan with the special service Koketai Menglie as the marshal rode into the northwest of the Great Sui, and they did not fight any of them, but they continuously transported a large number of material resources back to Mengyuan through Qingxia. Perhaps from the very beginning, Meng Ke Khan knew that his cavalry did not do much in the hinterland of the Central Plains, so he did not think of taking advantage of Li Yuanshan's rebellion to divide part of the country from the Great Sui.

Meng Yuan's army was more like a group of bandits, robbing whatever they saw.

Gold, silver, jewelry, food, armor, women, and strong men.

And Li Yuanshan didn't dare to offend the Mengyuan cavalry, and watched as the wealth that belonged to him was sent back to the grassland by the Mengyuan people like ants.

At this time, he realized that Meng Ge had treated him like a monkey from the beginning.

Mengyuan people cooperate with him, not because he has great strength, nor because he covets the rivers and mountains of the Great Sui, from the very beginning, Mengyuan people know what they want to do. Having someone destroy a Mandu family who was not very obedient in the first place was not a bad thing for the Koktaimeng family, and a piece of grassland could be divided among more useful people. And the Mengyuan people of the high city and big wall of the Great Sui are not interested in guarding it, they can't do without horseback.

So what they want is supplies.

Li Yuanshan successfully turned the Northwest Three Roads into his territory with the help of the Mengyuan people, but now this territory has been riddled with holes by the Mengyuan people. Even if these three rivers and mountains belong to him alone in the future, what else will be left?

Those Mengyuan people saw food like mice. Seeing a woman is like a wolf.

During this period, the army of the Great Sui was only deployed on the other side of the Yishui, and at the same time mobilized a huge fleet to patrol back and forth. It is estimated that the imperial court is still planning a counteroffensive, but after all, the transfer of troops is not a matter of a while. Li Yuanshan was not worried about this, because he was familiar with the way of doing things in the imperial court. The army has not moved the grain and grass first, and if it wants to fully supply hundreds of thousands or even millions of troops, it is easier said than done, it will take a lot of manpower and material resources and time.

What he was worried about was Meng Yuan's sabotage, and what he was worried about was the secret collusion of other rebel leaders.

Now that the military power is in his hands, those governors naturally respect him. But these few people also have more than 100,000 county soldiers in their hands, which is not only a help but also a threat to him.

Since he wanted to rebel, Li Yuanshan never thought about sharing the world with anyone.

What also gave him a headache was that the remnants of the Sui army, which were defeated on the Mandu Banner grassland, seemed to have reorganized a lot of people in recent days, and they hid somewhere in the Wolf Milk Mountain, killing them from the mountains from time to time to disturb the rear. Within a month, two granaries and four county towns had been broken by the Sui army and burned to the ground. And I don't know where those war horses of the Sui army got from, they actually formed a cavalry team with strong mobility, which came and went without a trace.

According to the military intelligence, although the cavalry of the Sui army was only about 5,000 people, it was elusive and left after a battle. And the purpose of this cavalry going out to make trouble is nothing more than to attract the attention of the Li army, and then another infantry of the Sui army will attack another place, and the same will be stolen and stolen supplies and leave immediately.

Although this Sui army did not pose any real threat to the Li family's army, it kept flying around like a fly, lingering.

Everywhere is not smooth, Li Yuanshan has no smile on his face every day these days.

Yin Poshan, one of the seven generals under his command, walked into the study quickly, and called out the generalissimo with a somewhat ugly face. Li Yuanshan glanced at him and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Yin Poshan hesitated for a moment and said cautiously: "The Sui army in the Wolf Milk Mountain attacked Xiangcheng two days ago and robbed a lot of armor, grain and grass...... Fan Zeng didn't. ”

"What?!"

Li Yuanshan raised his head violently, his eyes were incredible.

Fan Zeng was one of the seven generals under him, and he was cautious and cautious in his use of soldiers. At the beginning, Li Yuanshan sent him to garrison Xiangcheng, where the granary was located, because he was safe enough, but who would have thought that the generals he valued would still be broken.

"The Sui army was wearing the clothes of the Mengyuan cavalry who I didn't know where to get it, and deceived the gate of Xiangcheng and killed it. Fan Zeng's men were routed before they could be organized...... According to the defeated soldiers, the generals of the Sui army led by them were...... It's Lee Hyo-jong. Fan Zeng led hundreds of his own soldiers to fight to the death, and was finally killed by a cold arrow. ”

"Li Xiaozong!"

Li Yuanshan smashed the desk in front of him with a snap of his palm, and the anger in his eyes couldn't help but overflow.

"I didn't kill him, but he came to provoke me......"

"Generalissimo...... Our troops are distributed in various counties, and we can't draw too many soldiers and horses to deal with the Sui army in the Wolf Milk Mountain. As...... It's better to ask Meng Lie to send troops. ”

"Him?"

Li Yuanshan was stunned for a moment, and then slowly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I'll go see him later!" ”

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Wolf Milk Mountain

There is a large natural clearing in the dense forest, which is not visible from the outside. This is the temporary garrison of the Sui army, and the remnants of the Sui army gathered here at this time have exceeded 40,000. In the past few days, Yang Kai, the king of Xujun, and Jin Shixiong, the general of Zuo Xiaowei, have been sending people out to search, and gradually the team has formed a scale.

Two months earlier, Yang Kai, the king of Xujun, and Mou Liangbi, the secretary of the military department, personally rushed to the 100,000 mountains of the Northern Liao Land to meet the Great Khan of the Northern Liao Land, and finally persuaded him to support 5,000 good horses. Wanyan Chongde, the prince of Northern Liao, even personally led the elite of 800 Han cavalry to join the Sui army, and it was he and Li Xiaozong who led the cavalry to constantly harass the rear of the rebels during these days.

Today's Wolf Milk Mountain has become the base of this surviving army.

This mountain used to disgust the Sui people, but now it has become their umbrella. There are countless prey in the mountains, there is a water source, and there is no problem for them to set up camp here. The location of this camp is extremely secretive, and there is only one way up and down the mountain, and it is quite a long way to go out, so it is relatively stable.

It has been encamped here for more than seven months, and the Sui army has cut down trees, built fences and watchtowers, and built wooden houses, which are now beginning to take shape.

The soldiers of the Sui Army, whose morale had recovered from the blow of defeat, had become more and more comfortable these days. They kept going out to fight the rebels, and the rebels were led by the nose and embarrassed.

Yang Kai, the king of Xujun, also regained some smiles on his face, at least he could still be loyal to the Great Sui now.

"The next place we want to fight must be a place that Li Yuanshan will never think of!"

The military department Shangshu Mou Liangbi looks black and thin, where is there still a little bit of the once white and pure literati appearance. But now he is a lot stronger.

He unfolded a map, pointed to a marked place, and said, "I suggest this place." ”

"Pingyang?"

Yang Kai was stunned, and couldn't help but shake his head and said, "It's too risky...... Pingyang iron ore is the foundation of Li Yuanshan, and the armor and equipment of the rebels are all made by Pingyang iron ore over the years. In order to defend this place, Li Yuanshan must mobilize heavy troops. Moreover, the Mengyuan people are also bound to win the Pingyang iron mine, and the reason why Li Yuanshan has not let go of the control of the iron mine to the Mengyuan people is that he wants to use this to negotiate terms with Meng Yuan! ”

"That's right"

Li Xiaozong said: "Li Yuanshan colluded with the Mengyuan people to rebel, but the Mengyuan people are now a burden, not only did they help Li Yuanshan deal with the scattered resistance in various places, but instead of helping Li Yuanshan deal with the scattered resistance in various places, he became the biggest moth, constantly digging Li Yuanshan's foundation." Li Yuanshan must pay a lot of money if he wants to let the Mengyuan people get out of the customs, and Pingyang Iron Mine must be among them. ”

"I think Master Mou's idea is good!"

Cui Luoshang, who had been promoted to general, said: "Even we feel that it is impossible to fight this place, and Li Yuanshan naturally thinks so. And our purpose is not to occupy this place, just to grab supplies, and to fight and leave, there should not be much difficulty. ”

Yang Kai shook his head: "You still have to be cautious, the defenders of Pingyang Iron Mine are the most elite men and horses under Li Yuanshan's command. It is said that the thousand-man Jingbu Battalion under his command has been transferred there, and even if we can have losses, we will definitely not be a few. ”

"Shizi, what do you think?"

Mou Liangbi looked at the prince of Northern Liaodi, who had been sitting quietly on the side.

Sitting in a group of Han Chinese, Wan Yan Chongde looks particularly eye-catching, especially his bare forehead and big braids behind him.

"Jinyang Palace"

He got up and walked to the map and pointed to a place: "The materials, equipment, equipment, and armor here are no less than those in Pingyang, and they are more important in terms of status. After all, this is the palace of His Majesty the Great Sui Emperor, once we recover it, even if it is only a short day, for the people of the three northwestern provinces, this is also a major event for them to think deeply! ”

"I think ......"

Wanyan Chongde paused and said: "It's still the old way, General Li and I led the cavalry to attack Pingyang and feint, try our best to be more realistic, if Pingyang is attacked by us, it will be good." Wang Ye and General Cui led troops to attack Jinyang Palace, but Kaiyuan City is a big city, and it is not easy to defeat it. ”

Everyone turned their eyes to Yang Kai, waiting for him to come up with an idea.

"Just do as the prince said, besides, it's time for us to send someone to the southwest to see Luo Yao. If Luo Yaoken borrowed troops, by the time the imperial army arrived, we might have recovered a large area of the country. A safe man must be sent in this matter...... Cui Luoshang, don't go this time, choose an elite armor soldier as an escort, and you go to see Luo Yao! ”

"Good!"

Cui Luoshang nodded: "Even if Luo Yao is only Chen Bing in Huangyang Dao, Li Yuanshan will have to divide his troops!" Then we will be able to do a lot. But he has been playing dumb, and it is not easy to get him to send troops. Don't worry, even if I kneel down and ask him to march north! ”

Yang Kai nodded, stretched his body and sighed, "The people we sent to Chang'an are probably about to arrive." ”