The wish was fulfilled, Guo Rong had nothing to do, and led 8,000 forbidden troops to cross the Tong Pass and arrive at the Guanzhong. Yuan Yuan, the military minister of Yongxing, led the civil and military officials of the government, and the six town marshals such as Ruan, Changyi Shi Yi, Fengxiang Wang Jing, Yang Xin of Shanzhou Baoda, Sun Fangzhi of Huazhou Jiedu, and Zhang Duo of Tongzhou Jiedu, went out of the east of the city to cross the Baqiao and went to Lishan to welcome Wang Jia to show their grandeur.

There is a post station here on the shore of Weishui, at the foot of Lishan on the side of the official road, a group of marshals see that the forbidden army is neat, and the guards are like clouds, so they greet them. Before Guo Rong came, he heard that the marshals of the Kansai region were disrespectful and misbehaved towards the DPRK and China, and many of them still maintained the old style of the Tang Dynasty.

Among them, Jingyuan Shi Yi, whose real name is Shi Kuangyi, is 64 years old this year, and was originally a close friend of Liu Zhiyuan. This dynasty was newly established, and Guo Weibai was the master of the school, plus and served in the middle, and was named the Duke of Jin. But Shi Yi doesn't seem to appreciate it, Guo Wei has been in the country for more than three years, and Shi Yi has been prevaricating for some reason, refusing to enter Beijing to see His Majesty.

This time, Guo Rong recommended the incident in Huizhou, and sent Yang Tingzhang, the envoy of the province, to supervise, if he did not give orders, he could act cheaply. It is expected that Yang Tingzhang has done a good job, and Shi Yi has already come. But this can only show that his attitude is relaxed, this battle needs to send troops from Jingyuan, Shi Yi must send troops and food, Guo Rong intends to be subdued.

Ordered the marshals not to be polite, and to follow the king into the Yongxing military palace to discuss matters. Therefore, Wang Jia did not stop, with Zhao Kuangyin and other guards, led Yuan Long and other important ministers and marshals into the city, and the forbidden army crossed the Baqiao and drove to the north gate to temporarily station.

Wang drove into the city, Yuan Long had arranged a residence, sent a guest to lead the palace to settle in, and personally led Guo Rong to the Yongxing Military Government Office.

The Huizhou camp was announced, and the only people who actually participated in the war were the three towns of Jingnan and Changyi on the South Road and Shuofang on the North Road, while the five towns of Yongxingjun, Fengxiang, Baoda, Huazhou, and Tongzhou were only prepared for early warning, and they would be recruited at any time if necessary.

After the decree was announced, all the festival commanders thanked them for the edict. Guo Rong sat behind the handsome case in the lobby, looked around at the group of handsome people, and Ruan and Shi Yi were all old, and Yuan Long, Wang Jing, Yang Xin and others were also gray-haired, and couldn't help frowning, deeply doubting, these old handsome people were too heavy, could they really complete the mission of seizing Huizhou?

"The camp will be moved to Yuanzhou on a certain day, and the logistics grain and straw supply can be along Jingshui to the northwest, all of you are important ministers, and you hope to do your best, and you must not slack off!" Guo Rong pondered for a moment, and then said: "Yuan, Zhe, and Shi are the three Linggongs to stay, and the rest can be temporarily retired, and they will be summoned separately if there is something!" ”

Fengxiang Wang Jing and the other four people withdrew from the lobby, Guo Rong looked at Shi Yi and said: "Shi Ling Gongjiu Zhenjingyuan, when you know the strength of Qingtang Zhuqiang and the distribution of the Tuoba tribe in Huizhou, can you explain one or two?" ”

"The old minister obeys!" Shi Yi was indeed old, and he stood up slowly, bowed and saluted, but he didn't speak again for a long time, bowing his head, obviously sorting out his thoughts.

"Ling Gong is old, but he is still contributing to the country, please sit down and talk back!" Guo Rong smiled as a sign of respect.

Shi Yi pondered for a moment, but did not sit down, stood and replied: "Strictly speaking, there are three Tuoba Party items in Huizhou, and the Tuoba clan stationed in Huining can levy up to 10,000 young people; The party clans stationed in the Hechi, Haiyuan, and Xiaoguan areas, and the Tuoba clan have been married for generations, and the number of seven or eight thousand can be levied; The Liang clan stationed on both sides of the Zuli River in the southeast of Ningguan and west of Quwu Mountain is a branch of the Tangchangqiang, and its strength is the weakest, and it can also recruit five or six thousand young people.

These three divisions can send more than 20,000 troops, and if you count the Yeshi clan in the north, the total strength may be in the early 30,000s, and it may all be horse troops. However, its equipment is backward, and the mountainous terrain is not suitable for the battle of the horse army, so the odds of victory are still very high.

The only thing that is worrying is that the Baohanqiang in Lanzhou, Taozhou, and Hezhou, and the Danchangqiang in Weizhou, Minzhou, Danzhou, and Diezhou, these two Qiang tribes were under the jurisdiction of the eastern province of Tubo in the Tang Dynasty, and the remaining forces are still very strong, and the number of young and strong people can be levied 50,000 or 60,000.

and the remnants of Yeguhun in the area of Shanzhou and Qinghai Fuqicheng, and the remnants of the Qiang Department of the Qinghai Road in Tubo; There are also the eight departments of Songfan Qiang and Xishan in the central and northwest of Jiannan Shu, which are collectively called Qingtang Qiang. ”

Guo Rong nodded again and again when he heard this, and while he was still pondering, Wang Pu behind him spoke: "In this way, Qingtang Qiang is powerful, but he is scattered all over the place, so dare to ask Shi Linggong, can he send an envoy to pacify, or even separate their connections with each other?" ”

"Before the war, there is no need to send envoys to alarm them, but they can fight quickly, and then send caravans after capturing Huizhou, and traffic the Lanzhou Baohanqiang branch on the border of Huizhou, and the Tangchangqiang branch in Longxi, Weizhou. Because the Qiang people are scattered and independent, and do not belong to each other, as long as the two parts of the border of Huizhou are stable, the distant tribes want to come over, and they have to agree. ”

"Lone understands! When is the right time to send troops? Since Shi Yi has a good attitude, Guo Rong is also happy to humbly ask for advice.

"Since entering September, the Qiang Department of the Huizhou Party has gone south out of Xiaoguan and Shimen Pass, frequently testing the defense and trends of our army, but the Tuoba Bogu headquarters has not been able to shrink; The Qiang Department of the Liang clan in the southeast has recently had close trade with the Xiongwu army of Qinzhou, and exchanged the skins of cattle, sheep and horses for a large number of soldiers, which can be seen to be preparing for war. ”

"This Meng Chang is really hateful! Eating inside and out, who is the current Xiongwu Festival of the Shu Army? Guo Rong asked angrily.

"Han Baozheng! This person is brave and knows the soldiers, and he is also the envoy of the Northern Court of Xuanhui, and he is a martial artist, and his secret assistance to Huizhou Qiang is a bad thing. ”

"Your Highness! Meng Chang has always been arrogant, but he doesn't have to pay attention to the Shu army, he should enter the army as soon as possible! Wang Pu opened his mouth to persuade when it was applicable.

"That's it!" Guo Rong thought about it, there was no need to be angry about this matter, so he turned his head to look at Zhi Congruan and said: "I don't know how many troops can be sent by the two Linggongs of Zhe and Shi?" ”

Zhi Congruan had been listening, and then he replied first: "Back to Your Highness!" The Jingyan army can send 12,000 troops! A part of the grain was raised by itself, and it was necessary to rely on Yuan Yuanjun to supply it in the later period. ”

"The four military states of Jing, Yuan, Yi and Wei are relatively poor, and they can send 5,000 elite soldiers! Yang Tingzhang brought 500 horsemen and was in Jingzhou, but there were 5,500 people! Shi Yi said.

"Very good! What day is it today? Guo Rong turned his head and asked Wang Pudao.

When Wang Pu heard this, he understood in his heart that Guo Rong was going to give an order, so he replied seriously: "Go back to Your Highness!" September 15th! ”

"Wenbo! The military order was drafted for the deployment of the camp in Huizhou: it was tentatively scheduled for mid-October, and the troops were dispatched at the same time on both routes. The south road was dominated by 17,000 troops from the two towns of Jingnan and Jingyuan, and 8,000 troops from the forbidden army were the backbone, with 25,500 troops dispatched; Feng Jiye of the North Road and Zhang Yue had a forbidden army of 4,000 people, and ordered him to send 15,000 troops to expel the Yeci clan and attack the Tuoba clan with the South Route Army. The two Linggong can return to the town tomorrow to prepare, and go to Yuanzhou Baiquan to assemble as soon as possible. ”

"Obey the military orders!" Zhi Congruan and Shi Yi glanced at each other, clenched their fists at the same time, turned and retreated.

The date of this dispatch is very vague, mainly because the north and south roads are far from Huizhou, the Lingzhou of the North Route Army is adjacent to Huizhou, and the Yongxing Army of the South Road is more than 800 miles away from Yuanzhou, if the marching speed is fast, it will take half a month, if it rains on the way, it will be a big trouble, and it will cause all kinds of inconvenience, so the date is not clear.

"There should be no problem with the preparation of grain and grass in the Yongxing Military Government, Yongxing, Fengxiang, Baoda, and Jiatonghua are a total of five towns, and the follow-up reserve force is tentatively set at 30,000, of course, Lone does not want to recruit you to fight." Guo Rong looked at Yuan Lu and smiled, because that meant that the war was not going well. (To be continued.) )