Ling Yi and they are so troublesome, they can't stay in Yanjing Pass for more!

Less than an hour after Ling Yi and the others left, Yanjing Pass sounded the rallying call. As a general, Han Ce stood on the platform of the generals, looking at his soldiers, all of them were majestic and high-spirited, he was very excited, he had been waiting for a long time.

There used to be wars every year, but they were only small-scale raiding teams, not large-scale wars at all, stationed in Youzhou for thirty years, Han Ce served a total of four generals before and after, and now it is his turn to be a general, and the war has finally started, this is the time for him to show his strength.

Several times, he played the emperor, asked to go to war, for the emperor to expand the territory, stabilize the border passes, but every time was Wei Zhi to stir up the yellow, once back to Beijing to report on the work, he drank a few sips of old wine, on the spot to the emperor to play the army in the Northern Wilderness, but Prince Long from the obstruction, even the emperor has the intention to send troops, that Prince Long actually teamed up with a group of old guys, said that sending troops to fight will only add killing, not conducive to the people's livelihood, not conducive to the stability of the border.

Wei Zhi's words had been echoing in Han Ce's ears that day, in front of hundreds of civil and military officials, this Prince Long actually scolded himself for "slandering and instigating the emperor, misleading the country and the people!"

Han Ce had always kept these words in his heart, which was also the reason why he was hostile to Ling Yi and the others.

This time after receiving the emperor's holy decree, Han Ce actively prepared to send troops, especially in grain and grass, Han Ce spent a lot of effort.

Although he did not personally command a large-scale war, he had read a lot of military books and knew that war was a war of attrition, so every year he wantonly collected grain and grass, especially after receiving the holy decree, in addition to pouring out his military rations for so many years, he also asked the rear supply team to draw another thirty percent of the military rations from the surplus grain of each household.

In this way, the people of Youzhou do not have enough surplus food for the winter, and they may be able to persist in winter.

Han Ce will not consider the suffering of the people, increasing the payment of grain makes Han Ce have no worries, he is ambitious, planning for so many years, waiting for this day, it is late autumn, what he has to do is to beat the army into the Far East grassland of the Northern Wilderness before the heavy snow falls, it is best to take the city of the Far East in one fell swoop.

After the heavy snow fell, he wanted to fight a war of attrition with the Northern Wilderness, which was bitter cold and could not withstand the consumption, so that in the spring of next year, after the heavy snow melted, he would still have the opportunity to push the troops forward for a distance.

As long as the city of the Far East is captured by him, then the probability of his army holding on to the grassland for the winter will be greatly increased, and there is a city garrison, even if he can't go deep into the Northern Wilderness in the coming year, he has a city to defend, and the entire Far East grassland is his, so that in the coming year, he will greatly promote animal husbandry, and he can lay the foundation for the march in the year after tomorrow, or the year after tomorrow!

This was a strategy that Han Ce had planned early on, and at the same time, it was also strongly supported by His Majesty the Emperor, that is, the reason why His Majesty the Emperor strongly supported him after he asked His Majesty the Emperor last year.

The emperor has been interested in expanding his territory for 18 years since he ascended the throne, but first the founding fathers of Wuzhi opposed it, and no one in the government and the opposition dared to refute it.

However, Yongzhou was deprived of Wuzhi and the Wujia army, and it was robbed year after year, spending a lot of national strength, and there was no spare money to start a war.

In the past few years, after Wei Zhi sent troops to reinforce Yongzhou, it was basically stable, but this Wei Zhi was the second in martial arts, no matter whether it was a big war or a small war, he always valued peace and never took the initiative to send troops.

Not only did he not send troops himself, but he also objected to them every time others invited them to send troops, which made His Majesty the Emperor very unhappy.

But there is no way to take Wei Zhi, Wei Zhi is dedicated to guarding the frontier, working hard, and the most important thing is that Wei Zhi has too many people behind him.

In recent years, His Majesty the Emperor has also secretly supported his own strength, whether it is in the army or the imperial court, and now he is basically single-minded.

After Han Ce asked for troops last year, he received a secret decree telling him that the imperial court would vigorously support him in terms of military salaries and materials.

From the original 50,000 frontier guards and 100,000 garrisons, Han Ce spent a year to develop into a powerful army of 100,000 frontiers and 200,000 garrisons.

With the support of the emperor, Han Ce has received generous support in terms of equipment, war horses and other resources, and now his cavalry and infantry are not weaker than the soldiers and horses of Bingzhou.

The most important thing is that the emperor also sent a siege force to Youzhou, you must know that the gunpowder of that army, but the sharp weapon of the siege, Han Ce has done several experiments, as long as a fist-sized bag of gunpowder, he can explode a stone of hundreds of catties, as long as it is properly arranged, the defensive city gate and city wall can not withstand the bombardment of gunpowder several times.

The only flaw was that the production of gunpowder was extremely low, and it was very dangerous to store, it took him a year, and he didn't store much gunpowder, but it was enough to deal with the city of the Far East!

Han Ce stood on the podium and looked at the army he had carefully cultivated, very excited.

"Today, I am not your general, I am just your comrade-in-arms, we are brothers and sisters who want to fight together on the battlefield, you are the soldiers I have worked hard to cultivate, I will eat and sleep with you!"

"Tomorrow, I will accompany you to fight side by side, we will fight in the Northern Wilderness, we will fight bloodily, we will expand the territory, I will accompany you to fight and die together!"

"The day after tomorrow, when the dawn shines on the earth, we triumph together, on this vast grassland, we are the real eagles, here is our heaven and earth, here, we accept the reward of His Majesty the Emperor together, I will accompany you to be rich and noble!"

"We are not afraid of death, we are born to fight, to kill ......"

Han Ce shouted with his real arms, igniting the blood of all the soldiers, like a huge wave, sweeping in all directions: "Kill, kill, kill ......"

The deafening shouts of killing turned this grassland into a bloody boil!

Han Ce looked at the soldiers in the audience in high spirits, raised his hand, and signaled everyone to be quiet!

After cheering, Han Ce said in a loud voice with a serious expression: "The generals will listen to the order!"

"The last general listens to the order!" A total of more than a dozen generals knelt down in front of Han Ce, and all the soldiers in the audience waited solemnly.

"Lu Anshuang listens to the order, you immediately escort the grain and grass, and you must rush to the border before midnight to prepare supplies for the big war, and the subsequent affairs of transporting grain and grass will be collected and escorted by you in consultation with Youzhou Thorn Shi Ma Boliu, if there is a slight mistake, it will be asked for you!"

The general who was defeated by Sun Ze before endured the pain on his body, stretched out his hand to Han Ce, and took the military order: "The last general will receive the order, and he will not disgrace his mission!"

Han Ce added uneasily: "Tell the Ma family, this time His Majesty the Emperor will send troops with the strength of the whole country, if they dare to make trouble in the rear, I don't mind transferring troops to exterminate their Ma family first, just enough to raid the family to supplement military expenses, and if you go outside, you must first settle inside!"

"Yes!" Lu An ordered with his fists clenched!

"Let the supply troops set off now, there is no need to delay here!" Han Ce ordered Lu Anshuang again!

"Yes!" Lu Anshuang stood up and ran towards the camp, where his supply team was already waiting for him.

"Levi listens to the order! You lead 80,000 cavalry to set off immediately, be sure to reach the border before sunset, be on alert in advance, and always pay attention to the dynamics of the Northern Wilderness!"

A dark and tall general took over the military order: "The last general takes the order!"

"Zhu Qiang obeyed the order! 70,000 infantry stepped forward steadily, stationed in the place where the cavalry passed, guarded the supply routes, and cooperated with the siege corps to attack the city when they met the city, and cooperated with the cavalry to start a battle!"

"The last general commands!" A sturdy man took over Han Ce's military order!

"Wang Weimin obeys the order! 30,000 crossbow troops and infantry are ready to support the cavalry and attack the city at any time!"

"The last general commands!" another tall general took over the military order!

"Tian Wanxian listens to the order! The 20,000 troops of the siege corps will accompany me, pay attention to protecting the siege equipment and gunpowder, and the siege and camp will depend on you!"

"The last general commands!" At this time, an obscene general stepped forward to receive the order!

"The whole army will start immediately, and launch an attack tomorrow morning!" Han Ce pulled out the long sword hanging from his waist and shouted to the sky!

All the generals got up after receiving the order, showed their weapons one after another, and shouted as the soldiers in the audience shouted: "Kill, kill, kill......"

There was another deafening shout, and the whole army was excited

After shouting, I saw Li Wei, the heroic general of the cavalry corps, jump off the platform, turn over his horse, pull the reins, and shout: "The cavalry corps is attacking!"

All the cavalry mounted their horses one after another, and galloped towards the outside of the barracks with Levi's gallop!

Several other generals also began to send troops with an order! The battle in Youzhou officially began on the evening of 8 September.

On a hill far away from Yanjing Pass, Ling Yi commanded to the ruffian's soldiers: "Herald, report the situation here to General Wu of the Bingzhou Light Cavalry in Beiwei Pass!"

"Yes!" a herald rode towards the North Coast Pass!

Ling Yi asked a few officers beside him, "You say, do these Youzhou soldiers and horses know that they were betrayed?"

Hao Jun replied: "You should know that even if they don't receive the information, we send the horse steward to the light cavalry, they will definitely find a way to inform the Youzhou army, but I don't know what they can do!"

Ling Yi also nodded in agreement: "This Youzhou is a bow and no turning arrow, even if they know that they can't send troops, they spend so much energy, they won't stop fighting!"

Zhang Cheng also had this opinion: "Youzhou has been increasing taxes and military rations in recent years, even if they are planning for this day, they will not withdraw their troops for any reason, and it is child's play to march and fight!"

"Let's go, let's go and help them see the situation on the border first!" Ling Yi turned on his horse.