Outposts. You, Fu Tianliang, Zhang Bao, and Wu Shun were holding a military meeting before the battle.

Together, you look at the battle map you drew after your interrogation.

You say, "Let's look at where we're in right now." According to what is known now, this was not an impromptu raid, but the official beginning of a large-scale southern invasion of the Begi people. The Beji people have decided to attack the northern defense area of the northern and southern Han at the same time with the two main forces of Dasuo and Wendamu. The combat goal of the first step is to seize our Yantang Pass and enter Huaizhou Mansion, and seize Wangyuan Pass of the Northern Han Dynasty and enter Zhongzhou Mansion. The enemy that our side directly faced on the northern front was tens of thousands of horses and horses of the Great Rope Division. ”

"The enemy soldiers who attacked Cui Jiaji and carried out the massacre the night before yesterday were the vanguard troops of Zuoxian Wang Dasuo, about 3,000 people, all of whom were cavalry, the main general Hesse, and the deputy general Huna. The unit participated in many raids and plunders in the south, and had rich experience in fighting with the Han army and had strong combat effectiveness. At present, Hesse led 2,500 enemy troops stationed in Cuijiajili, and the deputy general Guna led 500 troops to be stationed in the Han army camp at the Wentao Department at Huangsang Yukou. ”

"The task of the Hesse Ministry was to seize and hold the Huangsangyu Pass, occupy the transportation hub of Cuijiaji, establish a supply base, and prepare for the subsequent advance of the army. Not far behind them was the second forward force, the most elite of the Great Rope Division, the Mongina Division, with five thousand men and all cavalry. They were the ace troops who had invaded Han land for many years, and Mongina was a famous general in the enemy army. ”

"Behind Monjina was the tribe of six thousand men of Gumma, the eldest son of Dasuo and the eldest grandson of King Khan. The combat effectiveness of this unit was not strong, and it was mainly transport troops, carrying a large number of baggage and transporting yaks. ”

"Behind it, there is the main force of Dasuo, mixed cavalry and infantry, with an administrative strength of 5,000 people, a total of 60,000 people, advancing in three ways, arranged in a zigzag pattern, and responding to each other."

"This is the situation of the enemy."

"Here's what happened to us: In the sneak attack the night before, the Cui family gathered the defenders and almost all of them were wiped out, leaving only fifty people who were on duty at some of the hilltop outposts that night. These fifty people, plus the combat strength of the Xinhan Army in Qingfeng Village, totaled five hundred and fifty people. The food storage at Qingfeng Village camp can support us for about six or seven days. At Yu Wentao's camp at Huangsangyukou, there was more food, but it was now occupied by the enemy. We also had a lot of crossbows and a lot of gunpowder. ”

"Within a radius of 100 miles, the force we may use is the more than 2,000 Linshui defenders under the command of my uncle in Linshui Town, of which 500 are cavalry of good quality. However, we are not able to join forces with them now, because after the Hesse occupation of Cuijiaji, the surrounding traffic has now been blocked, and even if it is a detour, it is impossible for us to rush through the blockade without fighting with the Hesse Ministry. Even if we could contact them, we would have gathered less than 3,000 troops in a few days, and in a few days the enemy would reach this area with 15,000 men. Five times more than us. ”

"To sum up again: our five hundred and fifty men are now besieged among the three thousand men of the Hesse and the five thousand men of the Mongina department, and I believe that Jingyun has already told the enemy of the existence of the Qingfeng Village camp. It's just that he hasn't been to the camp and doesn't know the specific location and combat strength of the camp. As soon as the rain stopped, the Hesse Ministry would search the mountains to clear us of us. ”

"Even if both enemy forces were willing to ignore us and just trap us in the mountains, we would only have enough food to last for a maximum of seven days."

"Do you understand our situation? In a nutshell, we are now in a desperate situation, and if we don't move, we are waiting for death. ”

"If you understand, I'd like to hear your thoughts, how should we act?"