Yining City is located in the narrow valley of the Qinshui River, and there is a city on each side of the Qinshui River, because this section of the river is still relatively narrow, and the two cities look like one from a distance.

Before the Jinzhou city was attacked, Jinzhou Assassin Shi Wei Cang ordered to close the city gate, shrink back to defend themselves, although to ensure the safety of the White Horse City, but some soldiers and civilians in the area around Pingyang who did not have time to enter the city were unlucky, because they could not enter the city again, so they could only go east over the Heishui Ridge and come to Yining City to seek refuge.

As the largest city in the upper reaches of Qinshui, Yinyeongseong City is not as convenient as Jinju City, but various supporting facilities are also relatively intact. The east and west cities are enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people to settle in the distribution, and they are also important material storage and transfer centers in the Qinshui River Valley.

However, as the number of enemy troops arriving in Binh Duong increased, Han Zunian, the Taishou of Yining, who was sitting in this city, also knew that although the distance between the two sides was still hundreds of miles, and there was still a black water ridge between them, this city might not be absolutely safe.

Moreover, once reinforcements from the east arrived, Yining City would also become the base for the advance of the army, so when the personnel from the west rushed here, he evacuated these personnel to the Shangdang area in the east, leaving only those who could participate in the defense of the city in the city.

It turned out that Han Zunian was also quite prescient, because soon after, an order came from the east to the king of the plains, Duan Shao, who evacuated and transferred the families of the soldiers in the Qinshui River Valley to the Shangdang area, and went to Yining City to collect supplies and prepare for the arrival of the army.

In order to ensure the safety of Yining City, Duan Shao first dispatched 5,000 soldiers from the few troops under his command to Yining to assist in defending the city when the Heyang army had not retreated in a big way, which also made Yining's available troops exceed 10,000 people.

Because there was no mediocre boss like Wei Cang to hinder him in the city, Han Zunian was able to give full play to his wisdom and strategy. Although Yining's location was not the enemy's main attack, he also knew that he could not relax.

Because of the fear of being raided by the enemy army under the city and the lonely city is difficult to defend, he did not concentrate all his forces in the two cities of Yining, but arranged a certain number of men and horses along the upstream and downstream. If there are a large number of enemy troops attacking, while the city is holding on and waiting for reinforcements, the ambush soldiers outside the city can also pretend to be a large army from the Shangdang area to deter and deter the enemy.

Not to mention whether Han Zunian's arrangement was ingenious, at least at the moment, because of this premeditation, the Wei army scouts misjudged their troop strength, and there was an astonishing one-third gap between them. If such a misunderstanding can be maintained until the Wei army officially attacks the city, it will be a great benefit to the Yining defenders.

Li Tai led his troops through the Heishui Ridge into the Qinshui River Valley, and after traveling a few miles north, he saw Yining City, and after a little look, he frowned.

The location of this city is relatively tricky, located in the north of the Black Water Ridge, the terrain below is quite narrow because of the restrictions of the ditch, the width of the river valley is only a few miles, the near is only a dozen zhang, and then there are undulating hills.

Not to mention the capture of a fortified city in such a terrain, it is quite difficult for a large group of men and horses to enter the river valley, and then seeing the dense pine and cypress vegetation on both sides of the river valley, Li Tai has a word in his mind for no reason, "burn the company camp"!

Li Tai continued to climb high and look around the city between the mountains on the left, but for a while he did not form a clear idea in his mind, when his eyes swept to the group of guards behind him, he couldn't help but think about it, and said: "What is the terrain near the left side of the thief city, you and others have seen it, and what opinions they have on the siege and battle, you can speak freely!" ”

When he inspected the Bird Mouse Valley before, He Ruobi's response left a deep impression on him. Originally, he thought that these Sanwei Erlang were still young and inexperienced, and they were not yet old enough to really come in handy, and they were just sent as personal soldiers who came and went as attendants.

But after this incident, I also realized that these teenagers themselves have a strong family atmosphere, and each of them is quite endowed, and there is no need to wait until a certain age to suddenly have an epiphany, the teenager's lively and jumping ideas and views can often give people great inspiration, and sometimes even better than the old brains that are familiar but also a little rigid.

For example, after Li Tai inspected the Yining City in front of him, the first thing he did was to find out if there were any past battle examples worth learning from his past achievements, and his mind was mainly used to the differences and similarities between different battles, but there were no effective ideas based on the current battlefield environment.

After the young people heard Tang Gong's question, they couldn't help but perk up, and they even stared at each other and used their brains to think. Including He Ruobi, who was only recruited into the three guards not long ago, his thoughts were also racing at this time, and he wanted to perform again.

"The Lord of Qiqi, the valley in front of Yining City is narrow and the city is divided to the left and right, if it is attacked head-on, it is difficult to use strong soldiers and heavy weapons. As the last general can see, although the ditches and ridges around this city are rugged, they can not be called extremely dangerous, so that 2,000 elite soldiers can fly over the mountains and fly across this city, pull out the city behind it, and cut off its assistance, so that its lonely city is in danger......"

Because of the successful experience of following his father across the thousand-mile path to attack Jiexiu City, He Ruobi soon thought of a similar combat idea, and at the same time did not forget to give himself the opportunity to go into battle to kill the enemy, and continued to say: "If the Lord thinks that this plan is acceptable, the last general will also attack with the army." Today, our division and brigade invaded the thief land, the eastern thieves and soldiers were all based on the city to defend, the military and civilians in the territory were shocked and suspicious, once they bypassed the border city wall and attacked the inside, the crowd was frightened away, and no one dared to fight, better than attacking the enemy! ”

Li Tai didn't know what style He Ruobi used soldiers in history, but when he heard that this kid's brain was full of risky tactics to copy the enemy's back road, he couldn't help but sigh at the great impact that he had on people for the first time in his life. I tasted a bite of sweetness in my ignorance, and I will have an endless aftertaste for the rest of my life, and I want to repeat it again every time I encounter a suitable opportunity.

"The rear of Yining City is connected to important places such as Rongzhou and Wusu of thieves, and there are also Shangdang cities, which are not easy places to take. The thief's mouth must be heavily armed at the moment, and if we know that our division and brigade will enter the Kou Shang Party, we will inevitably go west. The stronger the thief, the more difficult it will be. ”

Li Tai said this, and gave some hints to everyone: "Although I ask why I am planning to attack the city today, you don't have to focus on one city and one place. Why does our army need to seize this city, why do thieves have to defend it, and even why did this battle start and how it ends? Seeing a falling leaf and knowing that the year is about to twilight, the field of vision is limited, and the pattern needs to be large. ”

After hearing this, everyone thought more carefully, and after a while, Gao Gong said with some hesitation: "The last general will think about it and gain a little, which may not be accurate, and I implore the Lord to correct it." ”

"Be bold!"

When Li Tai heard this, he smiled and encouraged.

"Yining City is really located in a majestic terrain, if the soldiers defending the city have the heart of stubborn resistance, it will be difficult for our army to conquer this city in a hurry. Since it is difficult to settle things quickly, it is better to move calmly and slowly. Today's military aircraft are located because we are in a hurry to stabilize the enemy, the Lord is leading the army eastward to expand the results of the war, and the thief is coming west to save the city that is bound to perish. Since I have encountered such a fortified city, why should I rush to annex the city to the enemy? It is better to stand there and wait for the thief to leave the city. ”

After Gao Gong was encouraged, he also bravely explained his thoughts in detail: "The river valley here is narrow, it is difficult to allow the army to enter, and there are many hidden dangers if you barely enter here, in order to get out of danger as soon as possible, you must storm the city, if you do this, you will be in the middle of the city to stubbornly defend the arms of the stubborn thieves."

But in fact, the army does not need to rush forward, and the thieves can set up a strong city to garrison Qinshui, so why can't I? It can make the armies divide the way, choose a place to build a city along the Qinshui, and confront the thief Linhe. I don't join the party, and the thief will lose peace! After the establishment of the state, our division and brigade are here to strangle the way of the thieves to the west, and the main force goes south or fights in Changping, enters the party, or plunders Hanoi, and swallows Heluo, what can the thieves do? ”

Li Tai listened with great interest at first, but the more he listened, the more he felt that something was wrong, he was sure that he had not revealed the core strategic plan to these Sanwei Erlang, but Gao Gong's mouth was stunned, and he almost shook out all his sinister thoughts!

However, Gao Gong's idea is still a little too optimistic, underestimating the enemy's reaction intensity, although the current Northern Qi is in a passive state strategically, but it does not mean that its monarchs and soldiers have completely lost their subjective initiative, not long ago Hu Luguang also sneaked up on the back road of Hedong.

But this idea is also worthy of affirmation, especially if I don't let the thief come to me, since you are more anxious, then you should move more.

After listening to the two of them in succession, Li Tai couldn't help but feel that the children of the poor were in charge early. Although He Ruobi's thinking is more radical, and Gao Gong's thinking is a little conservative, they all have one thing in common, that is, since the city in front of me can't be knocked forward, then I won't knock it first, put aside the plan of storming, and choose another way to pinch you!

Proper detours and abandonment are a kind of wisdom, and many people who have experienced countless lessons and have been hit on the head may not be able to understand this truth. Life only knows how to be brutal, then it is a waste that is boiling, but if a general does not know how to base himself on reality and adapt measures to local conditions, the cost will be much greater.

"Then there is no need to rush to attack the city, choose a place to build the city downstream first, so that the division and brigade can hold on to the thief near the river!"

The main purpose of Li Tai's eastward march at this time was to control the Qinshui River Valley, so that Yang Zhong could capture Jianzhou without distraction, and Yining City was only a fortress in the upper reaches of Qinshui, and his forces were limited to the north of Heishuiling and could not go south, so it would not affect the Wei army's occupation and control of the lower Qinshui River Valley.

After returning to the temporary camp on the west side of Heishui Ridge, Li Tai arranged for his soldiers to go to the Qinshui River Valley below Yining City to choose a place to build the city, but a suitable location had not yet been selected, and the team that went to investigate reported that a considerable number of enemy troops had been found in the lower reaches of Qinshui!

After learning of this, Li Tai was shocked, could it be that the enemy army had already seen through his strategic concept, and he was just posturing before, inducing Yang Zhong's troops to advance eastward and then ambush the Qinshui River Valley to cut off his back road?

For a while, he didn't have time to weigh and think deeply, and he was busy dispatching thousands of elite soldiers from the mountains on the south side of the Heishui Mountains into the Qinshui River Valley, killing in the direction where the enemy army was discovered.