Chapter 140: Gathering Troops at the Creek Pass
The news that the 30,000 Wuheng Heng troops came from outside Xishankou was sent to Chengyin City by Zhang Guihou, the leading captain of the infantry stationed in Xishankou. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Liu Ji, who got the news, immediately summoned Le Yi, who led the troops stationed in the city, and Su Lie and Wei Xiaokuan, who led the troops stationed outside the city, to the county government in the city.
Very happy Yi, Su Lie and Wei Xiaokuan came to the county office, and were taken into a study by Sima Shixiu of the Ministry of Guards, and Liu Ji was frowning and walking around the study.
Seeing the three of them entering the study together, Liu Ji hurriedly said: "Zhang Guihou sent someone to deliver the news, about 30,000 Wuheng cavalry have arrived at Xishan Pass, and our robbery of the 9 Wuheng tribes should be exposed!" Now that the Wuheng army has come, General Ben is ready to immediately raise troops and horses, rush to Xishankou overnight, and stop the Wuheng army outside Chengyin County, what is your opinion on this? ā
Le Yi, Su Lie and Wei Xiaokuan listened to Liu Ji's words, looked at each other, and all nodded at Liu Ji, and then Le Yi first said: "Lord, since it is impossible to avoid fighting with this Wuheng Heng army, then you can only fight hard with the Wuheng Heng army, and the terrain of Xishankou is favorable to our army, and the subordinates agree with the lord's battle plan to block the enemy outside Chengyin County!" ā
Su Lie followed and said: "Lord, in the pasture south of Xishan Pass, there are tens of thousands of war horses, as well as a large number of horses, cattle and sheep, once the Wuheng Heng army crosses the Xishan Pass and enters the pasture that we have just used, it will be too great a loss for our Chengyin County, so the subordinates also agree to the plan to block the enemy in Xishan Pass!" ā
Wei Xiaokuan then said: "Lord, although there are 30,000 Wuheng cavalry this time, but we also have more than 23,000 troops in Chengyin County now, as long as we deal with it carefully, and the terrain of Xishan Pass is advantageous, there should be no problem in blocking this Wuheng army, but my subordinates suggested that we had better fight quickly, if it is delayed for a long time, the Wuheng people will definitely send reinforcements, according to the information we have obtained, the Wuheng tribe in the entire grassland can at least gather a huge cavalry group of more than 500,000." ā
Liu Ji saw that the three generals who were used by him as advisers all agreed to engage the Wuheng army at Xishankou, and immediately ordered: "Le Yi, you and Zhang Guiba will continue to defend Chengyin City with your two infantry, and you must be careful to guard against the cavalry of the Hu people coming from the east, south, and west, in addition to Xishankou, there are many roads leading from the grassland to the territory of the Great Jin, Su Lie and Xiaokuan, as well as the four infantry of Zhang Guiben, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and Han Dang outside the city, rushed to the pasture overnight with this general, After converging the six cavalry of the ranch, let's go to the stream pass together! ā
"Yes, my lord!" Le Yi, Su Lie and Wei Xiaokuan shouted in unison.
Zhou Lanqi, Zhou Lanxin, Lin Xiya and Lin Xiwen, the four daughters, learned that Liu Ji was going to personally lead the army to Xishankou to fight against the 30,000 Wuheng cavalry, and they all asked to follow Liu Ji to Xishankou to help, but Liu Ji categorically refused.
Although Zhou Lanqi and Zhou Lanxin are second-rate generals, Lin Xiya and Lin Xiwen's force value has also risen very quickly recently, Lin Xiya has reached 33 points, Lin Xiwen has reached 36 points, and she is no longer a weak woman who is powerless, but Liu Ji will never let the four women go to the battlefield, if something happens, Liu Ji will die of distress.
Liu Ji has decided that when the situation in Chengyin County is more stable, he will send someone to take his father and sister to Chengyin County, and then marry the four daughters into the family after the father is revealed.
Besides, there are more than fifty third-rate generals under Liu Ji's command, and there is no need to let his future wife go into battle to kill the enemy!
After returning to Chengyin County from the grassland, Liu Ji's army eliminated three Hu cavalry that were about to return to the grassland from Xishan Pass, and Liu Ji absorbed more than 700 soul points from it, plus the remaining soul points before Liu Ji, which was enough for Liu Ji to summon two second-rate generals.
But Liu Ji felt that there were only two chances, and he didn't grasp it, so he decided to summon a third-rate general, with Liu Ji's current 34 points of force value, the chance of success in summoning a third-rate general is one-in-eight, and with a soul value of 800 points, he can definitely successfully summon a third-rate general.
In the end, Liu Ji really succeeded in summoning a third-rate general, but he only succeeded in the eighth summoning, and his luck was a little bad.
Tang Wu, force value 67, intelligence value 80, commander value 83, general of Chu during the Warring States Period, 28 years of King Huai of Chu, 301 BC, Qi, Wei, Han jointly attacked Chu, Tang Wu as the main general of the Chu army, defeated and killed, and the state of Chu immediately became a fragmented situation.
Although it took 800 soul points to successfully summon Tang Wu, a third-rate general, Tang Wu's intelligence and commander values are very high, and they have reached the first-class level, Liu Ji thinks that 800 soul points are still worth it, and Tang Wu was temporarily appointed by Liu Ji as Sima of the Ministry of Guards.
Liu Ji took the four infantry and two cavalry of Chengyin City, as well as his own guards, and rushed to the direction of the Anxing Mountains overnight on the night of March 3, 426 of the Great Jin Dynasty.
When the army led by Liu Ji arrived at the ranch about thirty miles away from Chengyin City, the six cavalry of the ranch were already ready to go.
However, considering that there were still nearly 30,000 Hu people, old and young women and children in the pasture, they needed to be guarded, so Liu Ji ordered Yang Zaixing, Zhou Kai, Hua Xiong, Wu Liang and Zhao Ben to follow him to Xishan Pass, and Cheng Yi's cavalry continued to stay in the ranch to prevent nearly 30,000 Hu people's old and young women and children from making trouble.
When Liu Ji came to Xishankou with seven cavalry and four infantry, as well as the Guards, the sky was only dark, and Liu Ji discussed with several generals under his command, and built the camp south of Xishankou.
The passage of the whole Xishan Pass is only about three miles, and the mountains on both sides are not suitable for ambushing, and if you want to fight with the Wuheng Heng army in the Xishan Pass, you can only fight head-on, and the widest part of the passage in the Xishan Pass is about 200 steps, and the narrow place is even only about 70 or 80 steps, which is not suitable for the army to camp.
If the camp is placed north of Xishankou, it will directly face the peak of the Wuheng cavalry, and the topography of Xishankou will be wasted, so the large camp can only be placed south of Xishankou.
Counting Zhang Guihou's infantry that was originally stationed here at Xishankou, the army of Chengyin County gathered a total of more than 19,200 people here in Xishankou.
On the opposite side of the army in Chengyin County, the total strength of the Wuheng army was more than 28,000 cavalry, and in terms of troops, the army in Chengyin County was at a disadvantage.
But on the battlefield, not the side with more people will definitely win, when Liu Ji came to Xishankou with the army, he firmly believed that he would be able to defeat the army of the Wuheng tribe, and he must also defeat, otherwise the foundation that Liu Ji had finally established in Chengyin County would be ruined!