Since the death of Emperor Yan, the reactions of the states of Great Yan have been mixed. Like the six states controlled by the Seven Great Families, acting with the will of the Seven Great Families, like the Liu family of Ningzhou, they are building momentum for the third prince Ji Hongchang; is like Shangzhou Wei, who is running for Ji Zhao; Like the Cui family in Qingzhou, he is naturally working hard for Ji Qian. In addition, it is a fiefdom of a big feudal king, like Xizhou and Xining Prefecture, which belong to the Governor's Mansion of Jiping and Xizhou, like Jiwen's Luzhou, like Ji Qingchen's Northern Liao Prefecture, and the three prefectures of Beirong are actively preparing for war.

Among these armies, there are three forces that are quite obvious, these three strengths are Xue Ju in Xizhou and Xining Prefecture, Ji Wen 100,000 elite cavalry in Jinzhou and 100,000 elite soldiers in Yizhou Ji Hongchang.

Xue Ju served in the Privy Council and the Ministry of War before, but no matter how strong his previous military exploits were, because there were Bai Jin and Li Muzhi in the Privy Council, and Liu Pingyuan in the Ministry of War, it was difficult for him to get ahead. When he went to Xizhou to take up his post that year, he was also reluctant, because there was a Ji Ping on his head, and he felt uncomfortable.

But after Ji Ping fell to Ji Ping with both soft and hard treatment, his bad luck was removed.

Because of the lack of generals around Ji Ping, he is very capable in this regard, so he was appreciated by Ji Ping, let him lead the army of the Xizhou Governor's Mansion, which used to be only tens of thousands, and slowly increased to more than 100,000, three years ago Ji Ping expanded the army and horses, adding 100,000 new troops.

In this way, the number of the army of the governor of Xizhou reached 260,000, which can be described as a strong army.

And the general who commanded the more than 200,000 horses was Xue Ju, so Xue Ju was full of spirit at this time. After receiving Ji Ping's secret letter, he asked the deputy general to lead 60,000 troops to garrison Xizhou, and he led 100,000 cavalry and 200,000 troops to King's Landing.

Xue Ju thought that his 200,000 army was not enough to compete with Ji Qingchen's 600,000 Northern Liao elite cavalry, but he would not fall behind in the face of Liu Donglou's Ningzhou Iron Cavalry and Xu Zizhang's 100,000 elite cavalry.

And he also felt that as long as he could lead the army to King's Landing City, shock Ji Qian's 100,000 Xiao cavalry guards and 100,000 Yulin cavalry, and let Ji Ping successfully ascend the throne and become emperor, he would make the first contribution, and the future Privy Council would definitely be his, and the rank of general and marquis was indispensable.

For Bai Jin, the first person in the Dayan military, Xue Ju is still very convinced, after all, Bai Jin has no defeat before, and his military achievements are brilliant, which is not something he can compare, but for Li Muzhi, the second person in the military, Xue Ju is quite unlucky, Xue Ju feels that Li Muzhi is indeed a great leader and has a lot of achievements, but the reason why he is in a high position is because the Li family is one of the seven great families of King's Landing. The reason why Xue Ju doubted Li Muzhi's ability was because Li Muzhi had a history of defeat before, and it was a big defeat, and the defeat was very miserable.

Therefore, Xue Ju will not be afraid of Ji Qian's army of 200,000.

Therefore, after the army left the Xizhou Governor's Mansion, he ordered to rush non-stop, only taking the official road on the way, and the marching speed was very fast, and it took more than ten days to leave Xizhou and set foot on the border of Ganzhou.

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Yizhou has many mountainous roads, so the army of Ji Hongchang, who is stationed in the Yi tribe, received the news as fast as Xue Ju in Xizhou, but the speed of the march is not as fast as Xue Ju.

In addition to saying that Xue Ju is earnest, this has something to do with the defensive object between Xizhou and Yizhou. Xizhou defends Xishu, Xishu is quite afraid of Dayan, only defend and not attack, Xue Ju as long as he leaves a part of the soldiers and horses, it is enough to deal with Xishu, but Yizhou is different, the Yi people often invade Yizhou, Yizhou is very difficult to defend against the Yi army, and this time it will be even more powerless to transfer troops to King's Landing.

That's why it's so slow!

As for the chief general who commanded Ji Hongchang's army in Yizhou, it was Liu Yan, a disciple of the Liu family, he was Ji Hongchang's cousin, and he was another member of the Liu family after Liu Donglou who was expected to shine on the lintel.

When Liu Yan received Ji Hongchang's secret letter, he first led the army to attack, killing several Lingnan Yi stragglers who often invaded Yizhou, and fiercely shocked the Lingnan Yi tribe before leading the army north to King's Landing.

It's just that because of the mountainous roads in Yizhou, the marching speed is much slower.

However, he was not worried that his march speed was slow, because he knew very well that no matter how many soldiers Ji Hongchang had around him, his life was not in danger. Because once Ji Qian and Empress Cui and Cui Jingsheng of King's Landing City are unfavorable to Ji Hongchang, Ningzhou Iron Cavalry will definitely go south, Ningzhou is only separated from King's Landing by a northern capital, and the cavalry marches day and night, and it only takes seven or eight days to reach King's Landing City. Even if Ji Qian and Empress Cui and Cui Jingsheng want to deal with Ji Hongchang, they have to weigh the strength of Ningzhou Iron Cavalry.

As for what worries Liu Yan, it is the Northern Liao Jingqi.

The three kings jointly competed for the throne, this is because of Ji Qian's strength and forced to do so, if the problem of Ji Qian is solved, the three kings should figure out how to solve Ji Qingchen. And Ji Qingchen has 600,000 Northern Liao elite horsemen around him, even if the army of the three kings together is less than 600,000, this is the big trouble of the three kings.

Of course, Liu Yan was only worried about Ji Qingchen and did not consider Ji Qian, because he was confident that as long as Ningzhou Iron Cavalry went south and his 100,000 elite soldiers went north, he could defeat Ji Qian's 300,000 army in King's Landing, and Ji Qian, Empress Cui and Cui Jingsheng were not afraid.

Therefore, his marching speed is not fast, but he is not in a hurry, he also tries to save the physical strength of the soldiers on the march, because he wants to give Ji Qian a dismount on the day he arrives in King's Landing, so that Ji Qian can see what a real elite soldier is, he asked himself that his elite cavalry may not be as good as the Northern Liao elite cavalry who fought with Beirong, and he still has a chance to win against Ji Qian's army.

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The third army is Ji Wen's 100,000 elite cavalry, and the commander of this cavalry is Xu Zizhang, who used to be Ji Qingchen's general in Northern Liao, because of Pei Wenju's relationship, he has not fallen to Ji Qingchen.

And just three years ago, because of the lack of generals when Ji Wen formed the new army, he and Ji Qingchen asked Xu Zizhang to his side, Xu Zizhang was already very loyal to Ji Wen, and when he returned to Ji Wen's side, he naturally worked hard to serve Ji Wen, and Ji Qingchen was very important to him, and gave him the task of forming a new army of 100,000.

Xu Zizhang belonged to Xiang Ziyu in terms of resourcefulness and army command when he was in the Northern Liao Governor's Mansion, and he was a typical Confucian general, and because he had lived in Northern Liao for a long time, he was well versed in the cavalry tactics and training methods of the Northern Liao cavalry.

Therefore, he returned to Ji Wen's side, and when he was ordered to form a new army for Ji Wen, his ability was displayed, coupled with Ji Wen's full support, it only took him three years for Ji Wen to train a cavalry whose combat effectiveness did not belong to the Northern Liao elite cavalry. Of course, there is still a big gap between this army and the Northern Liao elite cavalry, but against the other cavalry, they are definitely sure to win, not to mention that there are 30,000 heavy cavalry, which is even more amazing.

This time, Ji Wen secretly left King's Landing City and arrived in Jinzhou, because of the assassination of Ji Qian, Empress Cui and the dead soldiers sent by Cui Jingsheng, he was delayed a lot of time, and it took two more days to mobilize a large army after arriving in Jinzhou. Therefore, when he led the army to the north, it was already ten days later.

However, Jinju is adjacent to King's Landing, and the road is very flat, which is convenient for Ji Wen's cavalry.

Therefore, Ji Wen and Xu Zizhang led 100,000 elite horsemen to the north, and it only took three days to leave Jinzhou and set foot on the King's Landing boundary. Seeing the 100,000 elite horsemen beside him along the way, Ji Wen, who has always been a scholar, was also full of spirits, and said to Xu Zizhang beside him, "Zizhang, you said that the 100,000 army of this king has arrived in King's Landing, can you move back to our previous disadvantage?" ”

"Your Highness, I'm afraid this is a little difficult!" Xu Zizhang thought for a while and said.

"For what?" Ji Wen asked puzzled. He has 100,000 elite cavalry around him, and there are 30,000 heavy cavalry, plus Xu Zizhang's ability to command the army, against Ji Qian's 100,000 cavalry, the winning ticket is against Shang Ji Qian's 200,000 army in King's Landing, his 100,000 army, plus the 60,000 fine cavalry of the Three Kings originally in King's Landing, the 160,000 army is not far behind Ji Qian's 200,000 army, but what would Xu Zizhang say that?

"Your Highness, you may have been a little negligent." Xu Zizhang thought for a while and said, "The Northern Liao cavalry is indeed invincible in the world, this is an indisputable fact. However, when the Northern Liao army was first built for Beirong, it was formed for the Beirong cavalry, and after the defeat of Beirong, the formation of the army was to prevent the railway cavalry from leaving the country from going south. Therefore, the Northern Liao army was mainly cavalry, mainly fighting on the battlefield and long-distance running, and was not good at attacking and pulling out villages, let alone defending and defending cities. ”

Xu Zizhang said this, paused, and continued, "Therefore, if we can fight with the army of the Eighth Prince after arriving at King's Landing City, even if we only have 160,000 horses around our side, we are still seventy percent sure that we can defeat the 200,000 army of the Eighth Prince, but if we attack the city and capture King's Landing City, our 100,000 elite cavalry may not be as good as 30,000 or 40,000 foot soldiers." ”

After Xu Zizhang's analysis, Ji Wen, who thought carefully for a while, finally understood the shortcomings of his 100,000 army. It is true that the Northern Liao army was built against Beirong in the early stage, and all the cavalry was formed, and when Beirong was defeated, it was to expand the army in order to leave the country, and it was still for the iron cavalry to leave the country, so the cavalry battle was very prominent, and attacking and defending the city was their weakness.

And his 100,000 elite horses were born with the Northern Liao elite horses, and the weakness was even more obvious!

After figuring this out, Ji Wen was not discouraged, and said lightly, "As the saying goes, when the moon is full, it is lost, and when the water is full, it overflows, there is no perfect thing in the world, let alone an army that is the way to kill?" Before, the king imagined the Northern Liao army too terrifyingly, but he didn't expect them to still have weaknesses. ”

"Yes, the Northern Liao Iron Cavalry and the Beirong Iron Cavalry have weaknesses." Xu Zizhang said, "However, some people turn a blind eye to these weaknesses and can only be defeated, while some people can make up for the weaknesses of their own army by virtue of their own command and command skills." ”

"The latter of Ji Qingchen, the king of Northern Liao, is undoubted-" Xu Zizhang sighed and said, he deeply understood this, because Ji Qingchen's understanding of cavalry warfare and the use of cavalry warfare have reached the god-level level, even if the Northern Liao and Beirong Iron Cavalry now have the weaknesses he just said, but as long as Ji Qingchen leads the troops, this elite cavalry can also attack the city and be invincible.

"Yes!" Ji Wen nodded slightly, deeply agreeing with Xu Zizhang's statement, and heard himself muttering, "This time I went north to King's Landing, I don't know what the outcome of Lu Dao will be, but it is best to avoid being an enemy of Lao Jiu." ”

Xu Zizhang on the side didn't speak, but he agreed with Ji Wen's meaning, and he didn't want to be an enemy of Ji Qingchen.