"You mean that the Qiang reinforcements stayed outside the Huangkou Valley for a while and then withdrew?"

After Xie Xuanwei took a short rest in Ruyin County, he took 30,000 Beifu soldiers to march to Huangkou Valley, where Mao Xiuzhi had laid out his pockets. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, Xie Xuan and Wei Jie's cavalry had already made peace with Mao Xiuzhi's cavalry, after listening to Mao Xiuzhi's report, Xie Xuan couldn't help frowning, among the Qiang army, it was obvious that someone had already seen through his plan!

"Great Commander, the Qiang reinforcements are stagnant five miles away from Huangkou Valley, and when the last general sends scouts to investigate, the Qiang reinforcements have already changed from the front army to the rear army and began to retreat in an orderly manner!" Mao Xiuzhi said respectfully.

"The last general is afraid of the enemy's plan to lure the enemy, and he does not dare to chase and kill and contain him!"

"You're doing the right thing!"

Xie Xuan nodded and said, but his face was not very good, according to his estimate, the number of reinforcements of the Qiang tribe should be no less than 50,000, if the 50,000 Qiang army can be eaten again, the Qiang people will be greatly injured, and after meeting with the Yuzhou army, it is not impossible to take Xuchang in one fell swoop.

In this way, the Northern Expedition has made a good start, even if it is unable to continue to go north in the future, it is enough to give Fu Jian enough deterrence!

Now that the abacus is empty, Xie Xuan inevitably has some regrets.

"Xuan Shuai, not all of Yao Chang's subordinates are incompetent, he himself is a rare military master, and he is not much better than Murong Chui, and it is reasonable not to be successful!" Wei Jie, who glanced at Mao Xiuzhi, turned to Xie Xuan and said.

"Let's wait until we go to Yiyang to meet the Yuzhou army, and then think about it in the long run!"

From the point of view of time, the Qiang reinforcements felt that Huang Chuankou should be in a hurry, and there was no time to arrange an ambush and lure the enemy, Mao Xiuzhi was more than cautious, not enterprising enough, and missed the opportunity.

If the cavalry of the Beifu soldiers who are waiting for work at this time take the opportunity to kill and chase and kill, even if they can't completely annihilate this Qiang army, they can at least be hit hard and expand the results!

Mao Xiuzhi should still be affected by the fact that he was trapped in the Eagle Sorrow Gorge during the last meeting, and he was afraid that he would make a mistake again and miss this opportunity!

"Herald, order the rear army of Ruyin County, abandon Ruyin, set off immediately, and the whole army will go to Yiyang to meet the Yuzhou army!"

After Wei Jie's finished speaking, Xie Xuan smiled slightly and issued a new military order again!

"Wang Hong listened to the order, you and Mao Xiuzhi led all the cavalry, rushed to Yiyang one step ahead, and after arriving in Yiyang, there was no need to enter the city, and set up camp fifty miles north of Yiyang!"

"Wang Hong commands!"

Wang Hong's face didn't change, he just glanced at Wei Jie gratefully!

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Because it had just rained heavily, the roads were muddy, and the marching speed of the army was greatly affected, originally from Huangkou Valley to Yiyang, it only took two days, and when Wei Jiexi Xuan led 30,000 infantry soldiers of the Beifu Army to Yiyang, it was already the evening of the fourth day, and the 20,000 rear army led by Tan Daoji and Sun Wuzhong and others arrived in Yiyang two days after Wei Jie's and others arrived.

Yiyang County is only slightly larger than Ruyin County, and there are 50,000 Yuzhou troops stationed in the city, and after the Beifu soldiers meet with it, they can only station the Chinese army in the city, and the rear army is camped outside the city east of Yiyang County.

"The eldest brother is worthy of being the first general of my Great Jin, and before he arrived in Yiyang, he let the Qiang tribe lose 20,000 cavalry, such feats are breathtaking!" As soon as everyone met, Xie Yan did not hesitate to praise Xie Xuan, and said to Xie Xuan with great admiration.

The 20,000 Qiang cavalry of Ruyin County suppressed his Yuzhou army in Yiyang County, and did not move at all, as soon as Xie Xuan came, he solved the biggest problem for him, how could he not be admired?

"Brother Yan is too famous!" Xie Xuan said with a smile.

"It's just that Brother Yan missed the opportunity this time, which inevitably disappointed the eldest brother!"

Xie Yan was stunned, but Wei Jie's smile nodded, Xie Yan would not be unaware of the news of the Beifu soldiers' capture of Ruyin County, and he would not be unclear about the movements of the Qiang army in Xuchang City, the Qiang reinforcements went out of Xuchang and rushed to Ruyin to support, Xie Yan did not take the opportunity to send troops, cut off the back road of the Qiang reinforcements, and let them return to Xuchang safely, this is the meaning of disappointment in Xie Xuan's mouth!

"Big brother, forgive me, Xie Yan didn't think about cutting off the back road of the Qiang reinforcements!" Xie Yan blushed slightly and said apologetically!

"It's just that Yiyang's city defense is weak, if Xie Yan leads the troops out of the city, the city will definitely be empty, if Yao Chang takes the opportunity to send troops from Xuchang and directly approach Yiyang, Yiyang will inevitably be lost, and then our two armies will have to retreat!"

Xie Yan can lead an army by himself and guard Yuzhou, which has his own uniqueness, and he is not a stupid person, and he soon reacted to what Xie Xuan said.

Xie Yan is not Mao Xiuzhi, he is a member of his Xie family, Xie Xuan naturally doesn't have to worry too much when he speaks, and then Xie Xuan continued: "Brother Yan can think so, presumably Yao Chang can also think of it, at this time, you only need to plant flags in the city, lay down suspicious soldiers, and then quietly lead the troops out of the city, this matter will definitely be done!" ”

"Xiao Yan, when facing the enemy, don't stick to the old rules, you must act at the opportunity, move with the camera, and then make a decision on the spot, so that you can anticipate the enemy first, and be invincible!"

"Big brother, Xie Yan has been taught!" Xie Yan couldn't help but be embarrassed, Xie Xuan said that he didn't think about it, but he didn't make a decision on the spot, and made a mistake similar to Mao Xiuzhi!

"Now that the Beifu soldiers and the Yuzhou army have met, what is the big brother's plan next? Is it to take advantage of the situation to recover Xuchang? ”

Xie Xuan shook his head slightly, and said: "Xuchang was once the capital of Han, the base camp of a generation of heroes Cao Mengde, the city defense is strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are tens of thousands of Qiang troops in the city, and the strong attack is only to add casualties, which is really unwise!" ”

"Xiao Jie, what do you think?"

Wei Jie pondered slightly for a moment, and then said: "As Xuan Shuai said, Xuchang City is strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and directly attacking Xuchang is the next strategy!" ”

"However, we can adopt the strategy of encroachment, take Nanyang first, and after capturing Nanyang, then divide the troops into two roads, and approach Pingdingshan and Luohe, at that time, Yao Chang will definitely not be able to sit idly by, and will definitely go out of the city to fight with us!"

"Will Yao Chang sit idly by and watch us capture Nanyang?" Xie Yan pondered for a moment and said suspiciously.

"Of course not, Nanyang and Xuchang are on the same page, Yao Chang will definitely not sit back and watch Nanyang fall into our hands!" Wei Jie, with a slight smile, said.

"The Qiang tribe has no water division, we can let the water division led by Liu Senjun enter Rushui from Huaishui, along the Rushui Chen Bing Pingding Mountain and Xuchang, so that the Qiang army in Xuchang City will not dare to move, and can only watch us capture Nanyang!"

"Xiao Jie's plan is exactly what I want!" When Xie Yan nodded silently, Xie Xuan said with a smile.

"Originally, my plan was to eat the 50,000 reinforcements of the Qiang people, and then directly attack Xuchang City by land and water, and directly attack Xuchang City, but now this plan is no longer feasible, and this roundabout cannibalization plan of the small order is the best strategy to capture Xuchang at the moment!"

"The herald obeyed the order, and urgently ordered Liu Gaozhi for eight hundred miles, and he commanded the water division, and went straight to Xuchang along the Rushui, and he must put the Beifu Bingshui Division under the nose of the Qiang army in Xuchang City within ten days!"