At the same time as the military parade in Kaiyuan, in the west, something not big or small happened...

To the west is the western frontier, that is, Yang Xiong's territory. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

A few days ago, Yang Xiong transferred 300,000 elite soldiers from Western Xinjiang to the imperial capital, and at the same time, Western Xinjiang was also recruiting troops and preparing to form hundreds of thousands of new soldiers.

This was originally a good thing, but when the soldiers and horses were recruited, Yang Xiong's strength would rise to a new level.

However, there was an accident in everything, just after his 300,000 troops went to the imperial capital to station, a large number of snowy people appeared on the western border.

The people of the snow region, as the name suggests, do not belong to the Central Plains, but the west of the western Xinjiang, thousands of miles away from the snowy region, where the snow does not melt all the year round, and Yang Xiong has never been unified to conquer, one is too cold, the Central Plains people go to that kind of place, they can't bear the bitterness, and the second is that there is no city there, all of them live in cellars, or in the mountain cols, forming a small tribe.

These snowy people usually look inconspicuous, like sheep, but no one expected that in the past few days, more than 200 tribes have united, gathered more than 200,000 people, and marched towards Yang Xiong's western border.

The snow region is also rich in war horses, to be precise, the snow horses, compared to Yang Xiong's Western Xinjiang war horses, the snow people are mostly hunting for a living, bow horses are skilled, after gathering, there is not much training is an elite soldier.

Yang Xiong was shocked to hear this news, of course, he ordered the county orders of all counties to prepare strictly for war and beware of a sneak attack by the snowy people, but on the other hand, he was also gathering a large army to prepare to conquer the west and eliminate the snowy people.

It took Yang Xiong five days to gather 50,000 people, 20,000 of whom were still recruits, and headed towards the snowy border.

Coming to a fortified city on the border, Yang Xiong stopped, preparing to meet the enemy here.

Zayadu and Sun Wenyang both led troops to the imperial capital, and now there are really not many generals under Yang Xiong's command, most of them are not high in martial arts, and they are still in the army.

After the army was stationed, Yang Xiong sent spies to attack the snowy army in front.

In the evening, General Ren Yang hurriedly came to report: "Report... Lord, the people of the Snow Region have trapped our two cities in a row, and more than 200,000 iron horsemen are distributed in front of us for hundreds of miles, and there is a tendency to march here. ”

Ren Yang is the only general under Yang Xiong who can handle it except for Zayadu, at least among the generals who went out this time, he is the most powerful. And followed Yang Xiong for two years.

In the lobby, Yang Xiong heard the words and stood up: "I didn't expect the speed of the people in the snow region to be so fast, in just a few days, they have already trapped me in two cities. ”

"These small tribes in the Western Regions, I should have cleaned them up one by one at the beginning, and I dared to take advantage of my army to go to the imperial capital and join forces to attack."

Ren Yang said worriedly: "Lord, we have to hurry up and think of a way, otherwise when the enemy comes, I'm afraid that our tens of thousands of soldiers and horses won't be able to resist." ”

Yang Xiong thought for a while, sat back in his seat, and frowned, "You mean, let me withdraw all the soldiers in the imperial capital?" ”

Ren Yang said: "Now it can only be like this, the western frontier is the foundation of our army, and there is no room for loss, we should first repel the enemy in the snowy region, and then plan later." ”

Yang Xiong didn't speak for a long time, and after a while, he shook his head and said: "No, I'm afraid the news of the arrival of the people from the Snow Region has spread thousands of miles away, Ling Feng will know in a few days, if I withdraw the 300,000 troops at this time, won't I give up the imperial capital?" Ling Feng's wolf ambition will not let go of this opportunity. ”

Ren Yang asked, "Then I don't know what good plan the lord has?" ”

"Let's keep it first."

Yang Xiong sighed: "Although the people of the snowy region are brave, they are only limited to field warfare, and they are never good at attacking fortifications, and they have no siege equipment, so they can't attack the city, we have 50,000 troops in our hands, and it is enough to defend the city." ”

If it is a simple offensive and defensive battle, it is really difficult to conquer like the cavalry of the snowy people, but Ren Yang smiled bitterly: "My lord, if they don't come to attack the city and blindly move forward, what should we do?" At that time, we will be in a dilemma, we can't fight in the field, what's the use of holding this lonely city? ”

"The lord has transferred all the soldiers in the western frontier to this city, the troops in the western frontier are already empty, if the people of the snow region bypass this city and go south, then we..."

Yang Xiong's expression was clear, and he nodded: "What you said is not unreasonable. ”

"You can let the imperial capital out, I... Alas, isn't it too cheap for Ling Feng's kid. ”

"Hehe, lord, there should be a trade-off, compared with the Western Xinjiang, the imperial capital is just a ruin."

Ren Yang said: "Even the little emperor is willing to give up, is the lord really reluctant." ”

"Although the imperial capital is a thousand-year-old capital, it has now become a ruin, useless, and cannot be repaired for several years, and furthermore, our army is far away in the western frontier, and there are thousands of miles of Yangtze River in the middle, and Yu Qinglong is eyeing at it, the imperial capital will be lost sooner or later, and sooner or later it will be the meat in Ling Feng's mouth."

Yang Xiong was stunned for a moment, and chuckled: "Ren Yang, I didn't expect you to have such knowledge, but I underestimated you before." ”

"The lord praised it."

Ren Yang said modestly.

Yang Xiong thought for a while and said: "Let's discuss this matter later, I want to think about it carefully, the transfer of troops is a matter of great importance, and we must not be careless." ”

"You stand down first."

"No."

Ren Yang turned and left.

Yang Xiong thought about it all night, but it was difficult to make up his mind after all.

What Ren Yang said seemed to be very insightful at first glance, but Yang Xiong thought about it carefully and couldn't make a decision, why? Because now the western frontier is recruiting new soldiers, when it comes to recruits, there is no shortage of food, Zayadu and Sun Wenyang are preparing tuntian in the imperial capital, in order to raise the soldiers of the western frontier, once the imperial capital is lost, the soldiers will not be able to recruit, the imperial capital will also be lost, and more importantly, without the imperial capital, how will they fight to the Central Plains in the future? With Yu Qinglong's army in the way, it is estimated that it is difficult to even cross the Yangtze River.

After some thought, he finally decided not to use the soldiers of the imperial capital.

And just as he had just made up his mind, the front line came to report that the snowy army had arrived, a full 150,000 people, and was heading here.

He didn't dare to hesitate, he called Ren Yang and went to the city to prepare to resist the enemy.

Everything was arranged, it was already evening, but even in the evening, the people of the snow region still came, overwhelming the army of 150,000 people, and came directly to the city.

There were no siege engines, no heavy weapons, just simple cavalry, and no armor, just like a farmer carrying a knife and a bow on his back.

When Yang Xiong saw it, he couldn't help but sneer, he has been fighting for decades, and it is the first time he has seen such an opponent and such an army, can this also be regarded as an army? It's almost like a bandit.

"Hehe, these are looking for death!"

"The lord should not be careless, the people in the snow region are skilled in bows and horses, and they are definitely not easy to provoke, we should take defending the city as the top, and we should not go out of the city to rush the enemy."

Seeing Yang Xiong's contemptuous look, Ren Yang hurriedly reminded.

Yang Xiong said: "Of course, I won't go out to kill the enemy, let's defend the city here and see how he breaks it." ”

"My lord, there will be a plan in the end, maybe it will work."

"Do you have a plan? Where does the plan come from? ”

Yang Xiong asked.

Ren Yang said: "I think that the snowy people are not good at attacking fortifications, there are no siege equipment, and it is difficult to kill them, we should have more than enough to defend the city, but we can't beat the snowy people too hard, otherwise they will be afraid, at that time, if the snowy people bypass here and go straight to the rear of our army, it will be a big deal, the last general suggested, use new soldiers to defend the city, as long as the good life is arranged, it should be no big problem, as long as we drag on here for two months, we can transfer troops from Jincheng, two months later, there should be 50,000 new soldiers to send, by then, Let's try to break the enemy again. ”

"Okay, just do as you say!"

Yang Xiong said: "Pass the order, hang up the battle card, in case of siege, the second level of combat readiness is enough, as long as you don't break the city, it's up to you." ”

After speaking, Yang Xiong turned around and left.

He couldn't even be interested in dealing with these snowy people who didn't even have equipment. (To be continued.) )