Five days later, the main force of the 50,000 Song army and the Hedong Army arrived at Yongle City and began to build a wall-type camp. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yongle City is located on the west bank of the Wuding River, the size is like a medium-sized county town, with an army of 3,000 people, it is the largest military city in the Suide area, here is about fifteen miles away from the mouth of the Wuding River valley in Hengshan, located in a high place, even if the Wuding River water soars, it has no impact on the city, and the military camp is also built in a high place to prevent the Western Xia army from suddenly releasing water and causing the camp to be flooded.

At night, the generals gathered to discuss the military situation, and the master said to everyone: "The Western Xia army resists danger and defends, it is very difficult for us to attack the Hengshan River Valley, and now the Western Xia people are building a dam to block the water, this battle is not easy to fight!" If you have any opinions, please express your opinions. ”

Deputy General Yao Pingzhong got up and said: "Marshal Qiyu, the blockage of the Wuding River Valley is only a logistical burden and the cavalry is difficult to travel, but the light infantry can go over the mountains and mountains, go around the back of the enemy, catch them off guard, seize the Tiger Roaring Gorge, drain the water and clear the road, and the army is feasible!" ”

General Yang Keshi shook his head and said: "We have already used this plan five years ago, how can the Western Xia people not be guarded, if it is a detour, it is better to send a cavalry to go around the Jinning army, and you can directly kill the enemy's back!" ”

"No!"

Another partial general, Qu Ke, stood up and objected: "Our cavalry is only 5,000 people at most, and the Western Xia capture is deployed on the front line of the Jinning army, there are tens of thousands of cavalry, our 5,000 cavalry is easy to be annihilated by the enemy's concentrated superior forces in the past, and the army can only be gathered but not dispersed, please be a commander!" ”

Everyone argued about what they said, and at this time, the seed master saw that Li Yanqing had been silent, so he asked, "What is the opinion of the Intelligence Division?" ”

The big tent suddenly fell silent, and all eyes were on Li Yanqing, the young director of the intelligence department, since Li Yanqing took out the Xixia on Hedong Road, and also got hundreds of thousands of taels of silver and countless lands, the rewards of the generals were hopeful, and everyone was also impressed by Li Yanqing, and everyone wanted to hear the opinion of this young man joining the army.

Li Yanqing stood up and said unhurriedly: "Marshal Qiqi, the role of the Intelligence Department is to discover new methods or ways, according to the information collected by various spies, the Western Xia army has indeed built guard towers on several important trails across Hengshan, and it is indeed very difficult to repeat the old tricks, but General Yang's thinking is right, the enemy army is blocking the main road, we must detour the path behind the enemy army, and we believe that we must not let the flood pour down, once the flood pours out, the road is washed away, and the silt is everywhere, and our baggage will have no way to go, So seizing the dam is the best policy. ”

Seed Master Dao nodded and said to everyone: "You may not know yet, according to the intelligence analysis, Li Senjun has discovered a new trail, which can directly reach the Tiger Roaring Gorge, he has sent someone to investigate before, and there will be news in a few days." ”

Adjutant General Yao Zhongping said: "Li Senjun is very right, you can't let the enemy release water and flood water, once the road is washed away, it will be restored at least tomorrow spring, but waiting is not a way, it will make the enemy suspicious, it is better to be false and real, send a cavalry to pretend to be a sneak attack army to detour to the Jinning army, so that the Western Xia army will miscalculate, and at the same time attack the previous few small roads on a small scale, so that we can cover our real purpose." ”

This plan was unanimously approved by everyone, but the premise of this plan is whether the secret trail mentioned by the Intelligence Department is feasible, and the master Dao has also seen Li Yanqing's map, he knows Zhao Yuan very well, although Zhao Yuan is not from a Jinshi background and is narrow-minded, but he is extremely talented, otherwise he would not have followed him for more than ten years, and this path should be sure.

Master Dao pondered for a moment and said: "General Yao is right, sitting and waiting is not the way, the magic of the art of war lies in the uncertainty of the real and the virtual, I will send the army to the Jinning Army If the situation requires it, maybe it will be turned into a practical strategy, where is General Qu Ke?" ”

Qu Ke stepped forward, "Humble duty!" ”

"You can lead 3,000 cavalry to play double flags and pretend to be 6,000 cavalry to make a detour to the Jinning army, put on a posture of going to take the Jinning army into Hengshan, and set off overnight tonight!"

"Obey the order!"

Qu Kejie hurriedly went after the military order, and the division of the road ordered the partial generals Zuo Huansheng and Zhang Fu to lead 2,000 troops each to attack the two mountain roads they had walked five years ago, and arranged them one by one, and the generals dispersed.

"Li joins the army, please stay!"

The seed master stopped Li Yanqing, and Li Yanqing bowed down to salute, "Please command!" ”

"It's nothing, I just wanted to talk to you about how we can seize the dam if we find a secret trail?"

Li Yanqing shook his head, "To make a decision, you must have a full grasp of the intelligence to have a reasonable plan, and now you don't know anything about the dam, and no matter how much you talk about it, it's just talk on paper." ”

"At least we can think about who to let take the dam!"

Li Yanqing suddenly understood what the marshal meant, and immediately bowed down and said: "I am willing to lead the intelligence battalion to seize the dam, please approve the marshal!" ”

Seed Master Dao secretly praised Li Yanqing for being smart, he wanted to leave this opportunity to Li Yanqing, Li Yanqing is both civil and military, but his biggest weakness is his lack of actual combat experience, if you want to cultivate him, you must give him more opportunities.

The seed master Dao is old, but he is still worried about the country and the people in his heart, he can only do his last bit of residual heat to cultivate a group of pillars of the Great Song Dynasty, Li Yanqing is also one of his extremely important talents.

"It's not enough to rely on the three hundred soldiers of the intelligence battalion, I'll let the partial general Liu Jian lead a thousand elites to accompany you, and the two of you can discuss seizing the dam."

"I understand the humble position, will the marshal wait for the spies to reply before acting?"

"I'm afraid it's too late, you can lead the army to wait in Siwu Village first, and when the spies come back, they will definitely pass by there."

"Pack up a little and set off overnight!"

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At dusk, Li Yanqing was arranging for the next 10 days to join the army in the big tent, and although he was the commander of the intelligence battalion and had no problem carrying out the order, he was also the head of the intelligence department to join the army, and he had to make proper arrangements for the follow-up matters of the intelligence department.

At this time, a soldier said at the door of the big tent: "Qi Qi joined the army, someone is looking for it outside!" ”

Li Yanqing walked out of the big tent and saw a young general standing outside, only seventeen or eighteen years old, about the same as Li Yanqing, tall and tall, strong and powerful arms, slightly dark skin, and a pair of handsome eyes, but Li Yanqing had never seen him.

"You're—"

The young general stepped forward and smiled slightly: "Under Liu Kuan, I have long admired the prestige of Li joining the army." ”

It turned out that he was the famous anti-gold general Liu Jian in history, the youngest son of the general Liu Zhongwu, after the gate, Liu Jiang famous generals came out in large numbers, such as Liu Zhongwu's younger brother Liu Yanqing, the famous anti-gold general Liu Kuan, Liu Yanqing's son Liu Guangshi is one of the four generals of Zhongxing.

Although Liu Jian is young, he has already served as the governor of the border village of Suideqing and has been appointed as a partial general, and he is one level higher than Li Yanqing in terms of military rank, but his official rank is the captain of Zhengqipin Zhiguo, which is only half a level higher than Li Yanqing.

Liu Jian is famous in the Northwest Army not because he is the son of the general Liu Zhongwu, but because he is strong and outstanding in archery, known as the first arrow in the Northwest Army, two years ago he did not participate in the archery and horse competition because of the death of his mother, and he did not have the opportunity to compete with Li Yanqing.

"Of course, Yanqing has heard of General Liu's name for a long time, and this time the Tiger Roaring Gorge attacked, I hope General Liu will take care of it!"

"Each other! Each other! I'll just ask Li to join the army, when is it better for us to leave? ”

"Is General Liu ready?"

"It's ready, it's resting, and it's ready to go."

"The brothers of the intelligence battalion are also resting, so they are setting off at the right time, what does General Liu think?"

Liu Jian smiled slightly, "Then it's a word, we are meeting at the gate of the camp." ”

It was nine o'clock in the evening, at night, Li Yanqing and Wang Gui led three hundred intelligence soldiers to the gate on foot, this mission was to go over the mountain, the soldiers did not ride horses, nor did they wear heavy armor, they were all light soldiers, each soldier wore a sword, a bow and arrow and a shield on his back, and a roll of military blanket, a water bottle and a bag of dry food, even the most basic light soldier equipment, it was also a weight of twenty catties.

Liu Qian's 1,000 troops are the same, they are all light soldiers, and his soldiers are also selected elites, and the two armies are combined to have strong combat effectiveness, which can completely compete with 5,000 enemy troops.

Liu Jian also has a deputy general, named Du Yong, about 30 years old, is Liu Kuan's father's old subordinate, has participated in several battles against the Western Xia, has rich experience, the seed master Dao specially arranged for him to accompany him, that is, let him take care of the three young generals.

Wang Gui and Du Yong each led the army in a formation, Li Yanqing and Liu Jian rode in front, talking about the operation in a low voice, Liu Jian carried a big knife, had the courage of ten thousand people, excellent archery, strong martial arts, he was a fierce general, and he was much inferior to Li Yanqing in terms of strategy.

Therefore, although Liu Jian's official position is slightly higher than Li Yanqing's, and he has more soldiers, he has explained very clearly that Li Yanqing is the main general in this operation.