Tanggu County, Mengyuan military camp, Great Khan Palace.

Great Khan Munch quietly listened to the report of the spies below, "Great Khan, I have searched the villages within a radius of ten miles, but I have not found a single figure, and there is no food in the villages. ”

After Meng Ke listened, he looked at the more than a dozen commanders in the big tent and the left ministers Yelu Zijin, Bo Yalun and others, "What do you think?" ”

Yeluzi Jin saluted Meng Ke and said in a deep voice: "Great Khan, the Xiliang Army is planning to use a strong wall to clear the wilderness, and not let me wait to fight to raise the war. For now, it is necessary to get food first, otherwise the army will not be able to hold out for dozens of days. ”

Yelu Zijin went out with the army this time, mainly in charge of logistics, so he was very clear about the current military rations, "In addition, what we have to guard against is that they will attack our grain road, since the Xiliang army has a strong wall and clear the field, then it means that they also know the current situation of our army, and they know that military food is our biggest weakness, and it is not surprising that they will fight the idea of the grain road." ”

Bo Yalun echoed and said, "Brother Huang, Zuo Xiang's words are reasonable. Now all we have to do is to hurry up and launch an attack on them, and the war must not be protracted for too long. We were already on an expeditionary war, and it was difficult to supply food, and we had planned to use war to feed the war, but now it seems that this road is not working, so we have to think of another way. ”

Meng Ke nodded, "In this way, the expulsion of the people of the Xia Kingdom should be accelerated. We must not let them sit idly by and watch us consume too much, but we must also let them taste the taste of food that cannot be supplied. ”

"Great Khan Shengming!"

Everyone in the tent responded in unison.

Munch frowned, "Although they have adopted the strategy of clearing the wilderness, we can't sit still like this, and we can't pin all our hopes on the grain road. In case the grain route is really cut off by the Xiliang army, we should also have a way to get food. ”

Bo Ya Lun pondered for a moment and said, "If this is the case, we can only divide the army into two ways. One stayed here to continue to attack Tanggu County, and the other way bypassed here and went straight to Xining Province. ”

Bo Yalun walked to the location of the map hanging in the big tent, pointed to the current location of Tanggu County, and then circled half a circle to the right, and finally stopped at Xining Mansion.

"I don't believe that once Xining Mansion fails, Zhonggang will still be able to sit? As long as he withdraws his troops, our army can chase and kill him in the back. ”

Everyone nodded thoughtfully, and a captain of ten thousand said in surprise: "Princess Yongning's plan is clever, but how to divide the troops, and who will lead the troops?" ”

Bo Yalun smiled faintly: "This, it's all up to the imperial brother's arrangement." ”

Meng Ke thought for a moment and said, "After all, this is the main battlefield, even if the troops are divided, at least two-thirds of the troops must be left here." On the one hand, it is against the Xiliang army; On the other hand, it is necessary to ensure the safety of the grain route behind, and to send more people and horses to transport grain. ”

"In addition, it seems that it is not enough to divide the soldiers into two roads, and they must be divided into three roads."

Boyaron was surprised and asked, "The soldiers are divided into three ways?" Brother Huang, what is the third way for? ”

Munch said with a smile: "You don't need too many men and horses on the third road, 10,000 cavalry is enough, mainly to spread within a hundred miles to search for food." I don't believe that the Xiliang Army's strategy of clearing the wilderness can be implemented hundreds of miles away? ”

Hearing this, Zuo Xiang Yelu Zijin praised: "The Great Khan's plan is very good, if you talk about a hundred miles of rushing to fight, there is no army in the whole world that is stronger than our Mengyuan Iron Cavalry." ”

Munch had a smug look on his face, "Then it's decided, now let's arrange who will command the three people." First of all, the Chinese army, naturally led by me himself, a total of 120,000 troops continued to attack Tanggu County; In addition, a total of 50,000 troops were raided into Xining Mansion, which were led by Princess Yongning and Jebe and Shi Mo Ming'an; The rest of the army took turns to go out in search of food. ”

"What do you think?"

The crowd bowed and saluted, "Follow the orders of the Great Khan!" ”

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After receiving the new military order, Bo Yalun returned to his tent, retreated the left and right guards, and left Ji Xiaohan alone.

She began to think about the military order arranged by the imperial brother just now, originally she proposed to divide the troops into two ways in order to solve the problems encountered in front of her, and did not want the army to stalemate here.

The two armies have been fighting each other for too long, and it will be a severe test for either side. Don't look at the geographical advantage of the Xiliang Army, but this year Liangzhou also suffered a locust plague, and it can be said that the crops were not harvested.

Once the Western Liang army could not drive the Mengyuan army out of Liangzhou as quickly as possible, it would also be a serious test for their logistics. In particular, they still have the drag of hundreds of thousands of victims, if those who were expelled by the Mengyuan army are not properly resettled.

Obviously, in order to survive, they will definitely rise up. If such a thing really happened, the war would change from a battle between the two armies of Meng Yuan and Great Xia to a three-way melee.

If the situation deteriorates to such an extent, in the end, no matter who wins, there will be no real winner.

Because the purpose of Meng Yuan's troops is to snatch the food for the winter, once the war is fought for too long, the food will definitely be consumed quickly, even if they win in the end, it means that they can't grab it.

If the Western Liang Army wins, I am afraid that at that time, the entire territory of Liangzhou will be devastated, the white bones will be exposed in the wild, and there will be no rooster crow for thousands of miles.

The three-way melee is definitely the heaviest casualties of the disaster rebel army, because they have no supplies, no weapons and equipment, and no professional training, I am afraid that in the end, one hundred people can survive, which is already good.

After pondering for a long time, she came back to her senses and began to think about writing a letter to Su Ziheng. Ever since her brother Munch offered to send troops out in search of food, she had noticed that things were slowly getting out of her control.

According to the calculation of the range of 100 miles, Sujiazhuang is also within this range, if it encounters the search army, judging from the topography of Sujiazhuang, it will not be able to block the attack of Meng Yuan's iron cavalry at all, which is not the same as the siege of the bandits at the beginning.

Therefore, Bo Yalun wanted to protect Sujiazhuang's ideas before Meng Yuan's search army set off. Otherwise, when she proposed to Su Ziheng to stay in Sujiazhuang, it was not to protect him, but to harm him.

It's just that what Bo Yalun didn't expect was that since she left, Sujiazhuang had undergone earth-shaking changes. Su Ziheng not only built Sujiazhuang into an impregnable existence, but also developed many powerful weapons, and was already ready to face the attack of Meng Yuan's iron cavalry.

After writing the letter, Bo Yalun handed the envelope and a token of his Yongning Princess Mansion to Ji Xiaohan, and cautiously advised: "Xiaohan, after you and the army open together, find an opportunity to leave the team and hand over this letter to Su Gongzi." ”

"After you arrive at Sujiazhuang, don't come back for the time being, stay there to protect Su Gongzi's safety. If you encounter a search army, you will show this token to the leading generals, so that they must not disturb Sujiazhuang. After the palace leads the army to attack Xining, I will go to see Su Gongzi in person. ”

Ji Xiaohan knelt down on one knee, took the envelope and token, and replied in a deep voice: "Honorable Order, Your Royal Highness Princess." ”