Knowing that the coalition army composed of the Hu people in the grassland this time was only 450,000 cavalry, Liu Ji suddenly felt a little relieved, and then Liu Ji hoped to end this battle with the Hu people as soon as possible, and then gather all the forces of the Jue'an army to the Western Regions. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

A month and a half has passed since the westward march of the Ju'an army captured the Smosco province of Gaochang State, but the army of Gaochang State did not launch a counterattack on Smosco Province.

However, the army of Gaochang State does not counterattack, but it is not good news, according to a variety of intelligence, now Gaochang State's eastern governor Haner Apdu, has gathered a large army, and the number is still increasing, it is likely that this unusually large army will launch an attack on the westward army occupying the province of Smosco in the near future.

What worries Liu Ji the most is that the Jue'an army will encounter a two-front battle, and at the same time as the major war breaks out between the Jue'an army and the Hu people's coalition army, the army of Haner Apdu, the eastern governor of Gaochang Kingdom, will also have a bloody battle with the westward expansion army, in that case, the situation of the Jue'an army will be very bad.

Originally, Liu Ji thought that the strength of the Hu coalition army this time would be around one million, but he didn't expect that even the Khitans had joined this Hu coalition army, but only 450,000 Hu cavalry were gathered, which was definitely good news for Liu Ji and the Juan army, Liu Ji didn't know that there was a big problem within the Khitan.

Now that the Ji'an army has two enemies, one to the west and the other to the north, since the enemy in the north is much weaker than expected, Liu Ji decided to concentrate his forces and deal with the Hu Ren coalition as soon as possible.

At this time, in the four counties of Ju'an County and Yongjing County, Liu Ji used the 200,000 auxiliary soldiers sent back by the Westward Advance Army, a large number of Jin people in the four counties of Ju'an County and Yongjing County, some of the auxiliaries in the original Ju'an County, and the Jin people who had just been rescued from various tribes of the Hu people by the Grassland Legion, and formed 20 new infantry battalions at once, each with a strength of about 15,000 people.

After thinking about it for a long time, Liu Ji decided to transfer 20 infantry captains from the original infantry battalion to serve as the lieutenants of the new infantry battalion.

The twenty infantry captains who were transferred were all second-rate generals, including Gai Yan, Zang Gong, Ma Wu and Liu Long in the 28 generals of Yuntai, and in the last years of the Tang Dynasty, Li Keyong commanded Li Keyong's command of the second Taibao Li Cunqiao, the fourth Taibao Li Cunxin, the fifth Taibao Li Cunjin, the sixth Taibao Li Siben, the ninth Taibao Fu Cunxian, the tenth Taibao Li Cunxian, the eleventh Taibao Shi Jingsi and the twelfth Taibao Kang Junli, in addition to Xie Yingdeng, Wang Junke, Lei Heng, Yang Xiong, Shi Xiu, Zhang Qing, Yang Zhi and Xu Ning, eight second-rate generals.

In order to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the 20 new infantry battalions, Liu Ji dispersed the 900 Wei soldiers selected for the third time into the 20 new infantry battalions.

It turned out that among the ten auxiliary soldiers in Ji'an County, the generals of the twenty-four generals in Hangzhou under Fang La, the seven second-rate generals of the Spring and Autumn Period of the Guards Battalion, and the seven second-rate generals and sixteen third-rate generals in the original border army of the four counties of Yongjing County, a total of forty generals, were all appointed by Liu Ji as infantry captains, and each new infantry battalion was assigned two infantry captains.

Fortunately, the weapons, armor, bows and arrows captured by the Jing'an army in all the major battles can be said to be piled up, so the 300,000 soldiers of the 20 new infantry battalions were quickly armed.

Of course, even Liu Ji himself did not have much hope for the combat effectiveness of the 20 new infantry battalions, and the formation of the 20 new infantry battalions was a last resort, and the pressure on Liu Ji from the two enemies in the west and north was too great.

In addition to the 20 new infantry battalions, Liu Ji also had a guard battalion of more than 18,000 troops, as well as 12 infantry battalions of Le Yi, Wei Xiaokuan, Gao Shun, Xu Rong, Li Xin, Meng Wu, Zhang Guiba, Zhang Guihou, Zhang Guiben, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Han Dang.

The total strength of the thirty-two infantry battalions has reached 480,000, and if the guards battalion is also counted, Liu Ji can use nearly 500,000 infantry in the four counties of Ju'an County and Yongjing County.

After communicating with Su Lie, the commander of the grassland army of the Ju'an Army, Liu Ji ordered the infantry battalions of Wei Xiaokuan, Huang Gai and Han Dang, as well as five newly formed infantry battalions, to be responsible for the defense of the entire Ju'an County, including the two gorge fortresses of the Anxing Mountains, Xishan City and Weishan City, which were unified under Wei Xiaokuan's temporary command.

The infantry battalions of Xu Rong and Cheng Pu, as well as three newly formed infantry battalions, were ordered to be responsible for the defense of the four counties of Yongjing County, and these five infantry battalions were unified under the command of Xu Rong.

Liu Ji himself personally led the Guards Battalion, plus the infantry battalion of Le Yi, Gao Shun, Li Xin, Meng Wu, Zhang Guiba, Zhang Guihou, and Zhang Guiben, as well as twelve newly formed infantry battalions, rushed to Qishankou, directly crossed the Anxing Mountains through Qishanpass, and then built a huge military camp with his back to Qishankou, preparing to block the 450,000 cavalry of the Hu coalition army here, consume the strength of the Hu coalition army, and create a fighter plane for the grassland army to completely defeat the Hu coalition army.

However, what Liu Ji didn't expect was that the 450,000 cavalry of the Hu Ren coalition army suddenly stopped more than 200 miles away from Qishan Pass, what the hell is this?

In the temporary camp of the 450,000 Hu people's coalition army, the alliance leaders of the alliance Khitan Youli King Yeluqi, Wuheng Heng Khan Shuerha, Lou Fu Great Khan Min Gray, Rouran Right Xian Wang Huhelu, Donghu Youyi King Hadan Bhat, Dangxiang Right Yi Wang Xu Rida, Shatuo Great Khan Xie Zhiyi, Ding Ling Great Khan Chaganlar, Bai Tan Great Khan Ai Keji and Limo Great Khan Qingge Ditai, all gathered in a huge felt bag.

Lou Fu Khan Min Gray frowned and asked Yeluqi, "Alliance Leader, why did you let the entire coalition stop?" We are only more than 200 miles away from the Qishan Pass in the Anxing Mountains, and if we are fast, we may be able to reach the Qishan Pass this evening. ”

The Great Khans and their leaders of the other tribes were also very puzzled by Yeluqi's sudden order to stop advancing.

Yeluqi said with a wry smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, this king has just obtained a very bad piece of information, we have seriously underestimated the strength of the Ji'an army under the command of the Great Jin Jiuhu, even if we don't consider the army of the Ji'an army in the Western Regions, the strength of the Ji'an army that our coalition army needs to face will far exceed the strength of our ten clans' coalition army!" ”

Wuheng Henghan Shuerha asked in disbelief: "Alliance leader, is the news you got reliable?" Doesn't it mean that the main forces of the Ju'an army are concentrated in the Western Regions, preparing to resist the counteroffensive of the Gaochang army? ”

Yeluqi sighed and said, "Let's let Shulugen tell you the Great Khan and the King of the Sect about the situation of the Ju'an army!" ”

Immediately, Yeluqi recruited Shulugen, one of the original four King Kongs under his command, into the felt bag.

Immediately, a tired Shu Lugen walked into the felt bag, and after first saluting Yeluqi and the Great Khan and the King of the Sect of the other clans, Shu Lugen said in a hoarse voice: "Because my brother Shu Luhe fell into the hands of the Great Jin Jiuhu outside Moxi City, so I sneaked into Ju'an County, ready to find an opportunity to rescue my brother, but unfortunately a few months have passed, I still have not found any trace of my brother, this time the Lord called all the tribes of the grassland to crusade against the Great Jin Dove Tiger, I got a shocking news in Ju'an County, so hurry up and report!" The Great Jin Dove Tiger has gathered nearly 500,000 infantry in the four counties of Jue'an County and Yongjing County, preparing to meet the combined forces of our grassland tribes! ”

Hearing that Liu Ji had deployed nearly 500,000 infantry in the four counties of Ju'an County and Yongjing County, the Great Khan and the Zong King of all the tribes in the felt bag couldn't help but gasp.

"Nearly half a million infantry alone? Is this possible? Rouran Right Virtuous King Hu and Lu shouted with wide eyes.

Hadanbat, the right-righteous king of the Donghu clan, frowned and said, "Even if you gather all the young and strong men in the four counties of Ju'an County and Yongjing County, it shouldn't be possible to gather 500,000 people, right?" ”

At this time, Shu Lugen explained: "Tell all the Great Khans and Sect Kings, that Great Jin Dove Tiger seems to have transferred back hundreds of thousands of troops from the Western Regions, and there should be no problem in gathering 500,000 infantry, the only good news is that most of the 500,000 infantry are new soldiers, and the young and strong soldiers forcibly recruited by the Juan Army in the Western Regions should not be too strong!" ”

The felt bag suddenly fell into silence, and the Great Khans and Sect Kings of all ethnic groups began to wonder in their hearts, should they still participate in this coalition?

500,000 infantry is like a big mountain, pressing on the hearts of the Great Khan and the King of the Sect, even if the combat effectiveness is not strong, it is 500,000 infantry, and according to the news obtained before, the Great Jin Dove Tiger still has a huge cavalry force active on the grassland, how many Great Jin Dove Tiger troops do they need to face this time?

Yeluqi said to Shu Lugen in a deep voice: "For the sake of this important information you brought back, this king will not hold you accountable for not resigning, you go down and rest!" ”

It turned out that in order to save his brother, Shu Lugen left the army under Yeluqi without permission and sneaked into Ju'an County, but unfortunately his brother Shu Luhe has become a puppet bodyguard, and he has been with Liu Ji all the time, but now he is sent by Liu Ji to Lian Po's side, Shu Lugen has been wandering around in Ju'an County for several months, and still has nothing to gain.

After Shulugen left the felt bag, Yeluqi looked at the Great Khan and the King of the Sect who were in silence and said, "The current situation has made our Ten Clans Alliance a bit of a dilemma, let's talk about it, what should we do next?" ”

Wuheng Heng Khan Shuerha immediately said: "Our ten clans have already met, and now the cavalry gathered by 450,000 tribes has also arrived here, what else can we do except fight hard?" ”