As the saying goes, "Jihua can't catch up with the changes", just when Qian Yuanshan was in high spirits preparing for the fatal blow to the Khitan reinforcements that was about to be launched the next day, two telegrams in front of him and one after him completely disrupted his Jihua. The first telegram came from the "Liangyuan" and was sent to Qian Yuan by the uncle Li Junwu in the name of the committee, but its content was an emergency report submitted by the Ministry of Intelligence.

-- Although the Khitan army now assembled under the city of Yuguan (Shanhaiguan) claims to have 100,000 elite soldiers, more than half of them are indiscriminately replenished by villagers and servants disguised as Khitan soldiers. And the 50,000 Khitan elite soldiers who were quietly replaced are still uncertain about their exact hiding place and true intentions. However, according to the news from the Bei'anzhou branch of the "Dark Feather," the target of these 50,000 Khitan elite soldiers is likely to be Juyong Pass -- although it cannot be ruled out that the other side will send some troops to test other passes between Juyong Pass and Yuguan (Shanhaiguan), especially Gubeikou Pass, but considering the need for a large force to pass through quickly, the possibility that this hidden Khitan army will attack Juyong Pass with the main force is the greatest.

The reason why the "Dark Feather" Bei'an Branch has such a judgment is mainly based on the information provided by a "dark pile" in the Bei'an Prefecture capital. This "dark pile" surnamed Jiang is Hu Cao in Bei'an Prefecture who joined the army. At the beginning, when the Khitan reinforcements were stationed in the state, they were involved in the supply of grain and grass. What attracted the attention of this Jiang soldier was the whereabouts of a large amount of grain and grass in Bei'an Prefecture -- when the Khitan reinforcements were stationed here, a large amount of grain, grass and military funds from other prefectures and counties were naturally sent here in a steady stream. It stands to reason that when the Khitan army enters the state in the east, these grains and grass should also be transferred eastward to supply the army. However, what made this Jiang join the army feel strange was that while the grain and grass gathered in Bei'an Prefecture were being transferred to Laizhou, a considerable part was also being transported to the south or west. The governor of the state government explained that there was an excessive backlog of grain and grass, far exceeding the needs of the army, and seeing that the rainy season was approaching, it was necessary to transfer and store it to the surrounding states and counties to prevent mildew. If other officials heard this, they might not have any ideas, but it just so happened that this Jiang Senjun was a household Cao who was in charge of the state capital's household registration, farming, and storage, and it was naturally impossible to hide these lies from the layman. First, more than 100 miles to the south of Bei'an Prefecture is the Great Wall, and further south is the Nanjing Road, where the war is being fought, and it is impossible to transport grain and grass there for storage. To the west, there are mountains and rivers, and the nearest larger state capital is Ruzhou, which is more than 300 miles away. Not to mention the high mountains and dangerous roads, it is quite inconvenient to transfer grain and grass, just say that this Confucian state is only fifty or sixty miles away from Juyong Pass, and now the two sides are at war, there is no reason not to transfer the excess grain and grass to their own hinterland, and accumulate it in the border state capital.

With these questions, this Jiang joined the army and began to pay attention to all the news related to the transfer of grain and grass, the transfer of troops, and the distribution of personnel, and tried to understand the truth through various channels. After some perseverance and secret investigation, he really got a lot of news, and the most important one is that the Khitan elite soldiers who marched east with the Khitan "sleeping king" emperor were only 40,000, and the remaining nearly 60,000 were all servants of the army and villagers drawn from various states and counties - these 60,000 people repaired bridges and roads, set up camps, and escorted military supplies, grain and grass were acceptable, but it was difficult for them to go into battle and fight. As for the missing 50,000 elite soldiers, although this Jiang Senjun could not find out the specific whereabouts, judging from the situation of grain and grass transfer, it is very likely that he will go straight south from Bei'an Prefecture or turn to the southwest, attacking Gubeikou and Juyongguan.

After hearing such important news, this Jiang Senjun naturally did not dare to slack off, and immediately wrote a detailed report on the relevant situation and handed it over to the hall master of the "Dark Feather" Bei'an Prefecture Branch through secret channels. The hall master of the Bei'an Prefecture branch hall also did not dare to delay, and immediately listed this information as 100,000 urgent, and sent it to the "Liangyuan" and to Zheng Zhiwei, the head of the Foreign Affairs Section of the Ministry of Intelligence, as quickly as possible. After Zheng Zhiwei received the report, he thought that the matter was very important, and on the one hand, he ordered the "Dark Feather" Bei'an Prefecture Branch to continue to pay close attention to the matter, and report it as soon as there was new news. On the other hand, he reported the contents of the report to Zhang Xiaofei, and went with Zhang Xiaofei to meet the only committee member here - Li Junwu. Soon after Zhang and Zheng met Li Junwu, an urgent telegram of 100,000 yuan marked with three A's was sent to Qian Yuanshan, who was far away on the front line of Yuguan (Shanhaiguan), Xu Shao'an who was in Juyongguan, Zeng Zhilin who was in the West Mountain, and Zhang Weixin who was in Youzhou City. …,

After receiving this urgent telegram from "Liangyuan", Qian Yuanshan secretly lamented that it was too easy to win the first battle of Baoxingzhuang, which made him somewhat underestimate the enemy's thoughts on the issue of dealing with Khitan reinforcements. I only thought that I could repeat the scene of Baoxingzhuang under the Shanhaiguan, and intended to rely on my absolute superiority in Jishu to "complete the battle", in order to end the battle of Youyun as soon as possible, and achieve the ultimate goal of "Building the Foundation No. 1 Operation Jihua" - to establish a place that belongs to the foundation of the crossing team itself, but ignoring that the opponent is a brave and warlike nation after all, with a group of generals who have experienced a hundred battles, it is impossible for everyone to be like that straw bag Xiao Siwen who does not know soldiers and does not know how to fight. After the main force of the Youyun Khitan Army was completely annihilated, it also entered the eight states in front of the mountain in accordance with the operation that was no longer in line with the development of the war situation.

On the other hand, this telegram also solved a puzzle that had been plaguing Qian Yuanshan since the Khitan reinforcements marched eastward and stationed in Laizhou -- why did the Khitan reinforcements go near and far, and let Juyongguan, which is only 400 miles away from Bei'an Prefecture and only more than 100 miles away from Youzhou City, not leave, but would rather walk hundreds of miles more and go south to Youzhou City through Yuguan (Shanhaiguan). Now it seems that this move is likely to be after the main force of the Youyun Khitan army was completely annihilated by their own side, and the Khitan reinforcements who originally planned to go directly south to Juyong Pass, in order to avoid the edge of the crossing group armament - that is, the so-called "mysterious army" in their mouths - adopted the strategy of attacking the east and west, and diverting the tiger from the mountain. Trying to use the Khitan Emperor's golden signboard and the 100,000 army mixed with true and false, to attract the attention of the crossing team to Yuguan (Shanhaiguan), and then attack Juyongguan and Gubeikou with 50,000 elites, and then either go straight to the heart of Youzhou City, or detour to the side of Yuguan (Shanhaiguan), and attack the Khitan army outside the pass, and surround the crossing team in the pass.

However, Qian Yuanshan sighed and sighed, but he didn't care very much about the Khitans' strategy of attacking the west. Of course, this does not mean that Jiang Senjun reported the situation because he was looking for trouble, and that the "Dark Feather" Bei'anzhou Branch reported the news to "Liangyuan" at a speed of 100,000 urgently, and it did not mean that the Intelligence Department handed over the report of the Bei'anzhou Branch to Li Junwu and telegraphed to the generals in front to cause chaos for the brothers. Whether it is Jiang joining the army, the "Dark Feather" Bei'anzhou Branch, the Intelligence Department and the uncle Li Junwu, they are all doing their duties and completing their work. As for whether this news will be useful to the generals at the front, whether it will decide the development of the war, and whether it will be as urgent as they think, it is up to the people at the front to make a judgment and come up with a response plan -- this is also the responsibility of the generals at the front.

In fact, the Khitans' strategy of attacking the east and west is a good strategy, and if they are fighting against the original army of this era, then they are likely to be defeated or even defeated because the main force is attracted to Yuguan (Shanhaiguan) and cannot return to Juyongguan and Youzhou City in time to help Juyongguan and Youzhou City, especially if their own forces are smaller than the opponent's forces. But this trick doesn't work very well when it comes to crossing team armaments. First, by virtue of its absolute superiority in Jishu, the crossing team is completely able to do more with fewer enemies in the case of defending the pass, and will not concentrate their own forces on a certain point in order to block the enemy's heavy army group. In this way, the Khitans' attempt to attract the main force of the crossing group to Yuguan (Shanhaiguan) through Shengdong, and then taking advantage of the emptiness of the western road defense to carry out a surprise attack was a failure from the beginning - because the crossing group would not adjust their own forces for this purpose at all.

Second, when the committee and the military department allocated the first-line defense forces of the Great Wall, they adopted a plan of dividing troops and highlighting key points. The key points are Yuguan (Shanhaiguan) and Juyong Pass - Yuguan (Shanhaiguan) has 5,000 defenders here, and Juyongguan has reached more than 5,000 defenders after being strengthened by Zeng Zhilin's department. In other words, the two points of "Shengdong" and "Attacking the West" selected by the Khitan reinforcements are the key points of defense through the team's armament, no matter which point the Khitan reinforcements attack, they will encounter strong resistance, and they are even likely to be counterattacked like the Battle of Baoxingzhuang, and then repeat the mistakes of Xiao Siwen's department. …,

Now, the only thing that worries Qian Yuanshan is the Gubei Kou, which is located between two defensive points. Due to the narrow and narrow roads here, it was not suitable for the attack of the large corps, nor was it suitable for the defense of the large corps, so the troops deployed here by the crossing group were very limited, only one company of the "Flying Dragon Army" (one company of the "Wolf Tooth Battalion") and more than half of the battalion of the "Security Army" (two companies of the Ten Battalions of the Fourth Regiment), and an 82 mortar platoon (three 82 mm mortars) of the artillery company of the "Wolf Tooth Battalion" temporarily reinforced to them, with a total strength of less than 500 people. Although it is uncertain how many men and horses the Khitans sent there, Qian Yuanshan felt that he should still make necessary reinforcements there in case of accidents. However, considering that although Gubeikou is at the junction of itself and Xu Shao'an's defense area, in terms of subordination, the troops there are still under the leadership of Xu Shao'an, and according to the signature at the beginning of the telegram, Xu Shao'an must have also received this telegram and already has a corresponding response plan. If he sent such a reckless telegram to the other party to make a suggestion, saying that there was a certain gap between himself and Xu Shaoan, even if there was no disharmony between the two, this kind of stunned suggestion would make the other party feel unhappy. didn't remind the other party of this, Qian Yuanshan always felt unreliable in his heart - after all, it was the army he brought out single-handedly, and it was handed over to Xu Shaoan, who had been serving in Kaifeng and had almost no contact with the current "Flying Dragon Army" and "Security Army", Qian Yuanshan was always a little relieved.

After thinking about it, Qian Yuanshan, who couldn't let go of his feelings, still decided to give advice to the other party, but changed the way he made suggestions. He did not send a telegram to Xu Shaoan directly, but went out of his room to find Wang Kunjun, intending to send this telegram to Xu Shaoan in the name of the other party. In this way, it can not only achieve the purpose of reminding Xu Shaoan, but also avoid the embarrassment caused by his direct suggestions.

When Qian Yuanshan walked into Wang Kunjun's room, the other party was sitting behind the table, looking at a few copies of newspapers on the table, obviously thinking and judging the content of the telegram. Although I can't see the specific content of the copying newspaper, I think it should be the telegram about the Khitan people's desire to attack the west - after all, the telegram sent by the "Liangyuan" side to Qian Yuanshan Wang Kunjun will not be without a copy here.

However, to Qian Yuanshan's surprise, when he sat down next to Wang Kunjun and proposed to the other party that he wanted to send a telegram to Xu Shaoan in his name, Wang Kunjun waved his hand and said: "I'll talk about this matter later, brother, I still have a telegram here, you can take a look at it first." ”

As he spoke, Wang Kunjun picked up the top one of the stacks of newspapers in front of him and handed it to Qian Yuanshan.