() Ni Sigui and Jia Qingyun were already a little unable to sit still in Jiang Xujing's Zhenbei General's Mansion, and with Jiang Xujing's series of extremely drastic decisions made, the two were dumbfounded, but they regained their great confidence in Jiang Xujing. Originally, the two of them were scattered, if Jiang Xujing really wanted to divide the troops and garrison, the two of them would not be sure with their own strength, but they would join forces and mobilize almost all the military strength of the Zhenbei Military Division to fight to the death with the Yunzhou army, this situation is what they like, more than 200,000 troops against more than 100,000 troops? This is almost double the gap, and they have some bottom in their hearts. When Ye Tao's army arrived at Guiyuan and could see Guiyi City, they expected that Ye Tao had consumed a lot of troops along the way.

Although the Zhenbei Military Division gave up all the way, abandoning those towns that should not be able to hold does not mean that they let go of the Yunzhou army so easily. It is impossible to talk about the strong wall and clear the field, because the speed of the advance of the Yunzhou armies is too fast, and because the advance of the Yunzhou armies is often a few battalions rolling forward, and there is almost no pause. Under this kind of crushing attack, the Zhenbei Military Division really didn't have much time and strength to do those things that were fortified and cleared. However, some of the main granaries were emptied, those that could not be moved were burned, water sources were polluted, and fine workers were dispatched to spread rumors, and even through the snake eye of the Daoming Sect, people were sent to wait for an opportunity to assassinate, which made the entire Zhenbei Military Division yīn cloudy.

And Jiang Xujing frequently convened generals to discuss various preparations for decisive battles with everyone, and the most important thing is that Jiang Xujing really persuaded the cathars to defend Guiyi City. And he led the army out of the city to find a decisive battle, everyone was told by Jiang Xujing from the beginning, this is not a yīn scheme, a little mixed on the battlefield for two days to know what kind of situation this is, that is, to force Ye Tao to fight a decisive battle with his own side with limited forces, the victory or defeat, it was finalized in this battle, and he won, although Jiang Xujing and everyone were also very skeptical that they had the ability to launch a counteroffensive against Yunzhou, but at least the Zhenbei Military Division kept it, and Yunzhou would not have the ability to attack externally for at least five to ten years. He, Jiang Xujing, will no longer be just a general, but will have his own establishment of the Shuai Mansion in the Northland...... In fact. It's not much different from his current authority, it's just a name. Naturally, when the time comes, he also wants to expand his armaments and control the largest and most powerful military group in the entire Xiling.

And if you lose, the result is very simple, if you can run away, find a way to run away, and if you can't run away, you can only wait for death. Although Yunzhou was treated very well after capturing the captives, it seemed that it depended on whether they were willing to take the captives or not. A certain unit of Tieyun Cavalry had already understood that Suo Zheng's logistics operation was not easy, and he had completely annihilated a team of more than 2,000 people when the opponent disarmed. The extent to which the war was fought so well. Jaw-dropping.

Ni Sigui and Jia Qingyun came to see Jiang Xujing because of how many troops they could send in the battle. According to Jiang Xujing's idea, the two of them together would make up 30,000 jīng soldiers and roughly the same number of "cannon fodder troops". Jiang Xujing put together 40,000 jīng sharp cavalry, 20,000 miscellaneous cavalry, and more than 30,000 other various troops, as well as the original Zhao Li's headquarters now under the command of Jiang Xujing's nephew Jiang Chong. In addition, the 10,000 cavalry supported by the northern Kolka and other tribes to Jiang Xujing. Jiang Chong did not have any cannon fodder soldiers in his hands, which seriously affected Jiang Xujing's strategy of using cannon fodder to consume the physical strength, jīng strength and morale of the Yunzhou army, and then relying on jīng soldiers to fight the victory, so Jiang Xujing handed over to Jiang Chong all aspects of other military forces that could be gathered, including those horse thieves who were incorporated by the Zhenbei Military Division or only temporarily recruited, and the gathered private soldiers of the Hao clan totaling less than 20,000 people. The number of troops involved in the defense of Guiyi City has been expanded to nearly 60,000, and now the Zhenbei Military Division has actually gathered 300,000 troops. Although only about half of them are listed in the catalog of Xiling's million-strong army, it is indeed a huge lineup. Although it was organized temporarily, the morale was actually quite high, and it was only waiting for a big battle.

After sitting in the main hall for a while, Ni Sigui and Jia Qingyun, Jiang Xujing's arms, were finally invited in. It's only been two days, Jiang Xujing's jīng god is even worse, for those officers who command hundreds or thousands of people, maybe what they need is training, morale, supplies and other relatively small levels, when fighting, it is nothing more than using the limited forces in their hands to make the greatest use of the tactical level, but at the level of Ni Sigui, Jia Qingyun and even Jiang Xujing, it is more necessary to pay attention to the various changes in the overall situation, especially Jiang Xujing, the military documents sent to the imperial court will take at least two or three days to receive a reply, But in less than half a month, almost half of the Zhenbei Military Division fell into the Yunzhou army and fell into the hands of Ye Tao, which was far faster than everyone expected. And now, the hedgehog is concentrated in the most lush, rich and heavily guarded land in the entire Zhenbei Military Division, and a large area of land is vacated for the Yunzhou army to occupy in order to achieve a campaign purpose, to disperse the Yunzhou army, lengthen the supply line of Yunzhou, and make the Yunzhou army tired. However, Jiang Xujing was not sure at all at the moment, what he did was right. And once he fails in the battle of Guiyuan, if he can survive and return to the imperial court, what awaits him can only be the end of dismissal and resignation.

"You're here, and I'll keep you waiting." Jiang Xujing greeted Ni Sigui and Jia Qingyun into his study. The attendant immediately took the steaming tea. Jiang Xujing is not good tea. So the tea I eat is also the brick tea in the army. But since it is here in Jiang Xujing, even if he cooks grass leaves, no one will say anything bad. "Just now I ordered four teams of jīng to set off. Prepare to attack and harass the other party's baggage grain and grass delivery. You guys...... What are you here for? ”

Ni Sigui stood up, clenched his fists and said, "The last general, the last general and General Jia are here for the battle matters that the marshal said." Dashuai, Guiyuan is where the Zhenbei Military Division is located, and Guiyi City is an important town that the Zhenbei Military Division has been operating for I don't know how many years. But if you want to fight, it's better to fight early. Otherwise, the Yunzhou army is raging, and even if we win the battle in the end, this lush situation of returning to the original state will not be restored in a few years or more than ten years. ”

Jiang Xujing waved his hand and said, "You sit down...... I know some of the opinions of the two of you on my division of the jīng soldiers and the ordinary army, everyone wants to be assigned to the jīng soldiers, they don't want to be in the front, and use their lives to pile up a chance for our Zhenbei Army Division to win. But...... I don't know how dangerous it is to let the Yunzhou army in. And return to the original...... It's my heart's work. If you have to rely on human life to exhaust the Yunzhou army, why is it something I am willing to do? These troops, these sons, have also followed me and us for so many years. There are a lot of veterans and newcomers, and they may not be very brave in battle, but what they usually do is more or less effective, and I can't bear it. However, fighting against the Yunzhou army, this feels ...... Although we are all people who have fought for decades, in the face of the young generals of the Yunzhou army, it seems that we don't know how to fight anymore. Ordnance, Training, Morale...... We are not far apart from each other, if it were not for the fact that we would have such a big advantage in terms of troops. I definitely won't choose to fight, in fact, don't look at our superiority, but I really don't know what will happen when we fight. Able to fight hand-to-hand with the Yunzhou army. It is true that those terrible fire oil bombs and the like can be avoided, but the Yunzhou army has clear armor and sharp blades, far superior to ours. I pinned my hope that because of the armor and blades of these students, the opponent would tire up faster. And the Yunzhou army has never fought with manpower since it was led by Ye Tao, and I also hope that after suffering considerable losses, the young people of the Yunzhou army will be impatient and unable to hold their breath. I will feel frustrated, and the morale of the Yunzhou army will fall, of course, this is just my wishful thinking, and it still depends on whether such a thing will happen when there is a real war, but in this kind of chaos, taking charge of the army, is what we old guys are good at, isn't it? ”

A light smile appeared on Jiang Xujing's face, and his vigorous and tired face became vivid. "I only want to ask you a few things: first, have your troops been divided, second, can and dare those ordinary soldiers fight to the death, and third, are you determined to put the whole army in and fight for a miserable victory...... If we can win, our Zhenbei Military Division will be able to maintain peace for at least 10, 15 or even more years in the direction of Dongping. We have plenty of room to reorganize our army to deal with the future, and of course, we may not be old enough to do such a thing, but we will at least return home with a big victory. If the imperial court really worked hard, it should know that the kind of army in Yunzhou was really strong. In the future, my Xiling army will gradually become like that. As long as you can survive this year...... Now, the south is under attack from Chūn, and it is also very weak to deal with it, and there are no troops to support us in the short term. Only on our own, at all costs, can we win this battle. ”

Jiang Xujing's words touched Ni Sigui and Jia Qingyun a lot, Jiang Xujing is indeed a very practical person. Indeed, when it comes to fame, he is indeed very important, but who is not like this? But at this time, Jiang Xujing confessed these things to them, after all, he regarded the two of them as arms and confidants.

Jia Qingyun's heart was hot, he stood up and said: "Don't worry, after the army is reorganized on my side, there will be no problems with the front army, I will definitely send a strong deployment to unify the army, as long as the commander needs it, even if the whole army is dead, I will never take a step back." ”