After Zhuang Shaoyou received the summons from Gongsun Du, he immediately convened a meeting, and the three chiefs and eight chiefs of the administrative hall were all present, as well as Tai Shici, Qin Ling, Zhang San and other military generals were also all present.

Zhuang Shaoyou first reported the current situation, and then let everyone discuss it.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Zhuang Shaoyou had no choice but to ask, "Mo Tie, how is your armament forged?" ”

Mo Tie rubbed his calloused hands and smiled, and said, "General, don't worry!" With my old iron, I will definitely complete the task! General Taishi's more than 1,000 sets of cavalry equipment have been built, as well as the ox tendon that was exchanged last year, and the imitation Goguryeo bow has also been completed 3,000 pairs, and the firing range is still 200 steps, which is very lightweight, much more convenient than a hard crossbow, and a number of arrows have been equipped to the cavalry battalion!

There are also 2,000 repeating crossbow machines made in cooperation with Mo Qiao, with a range of 250 paces and a number of arrows, which have also been allocated to Captain Zhang's infantry battalion, and then it takes a lot of effort to build various ship-borne weapons for warships. ”

Mo Tie first bragged, then complained, only to be glared at fiercely by the ink stone next to him.

Zhuang Shaoyou smiled and said, "Motie has worked hard! If it weren't for you, thousands of elite soldiers wouldn't be able to play it! Turning back, they have made meritorious contributions, and they also have a share of your forging factory! ”

"There are still people! Brother Shaoyou, how can you forget the merits of others? People are busy working day and night for you, building ships and armaments, you see that people's skin is wrinkled a lot, and their hands are rough, how should you reward them? ”

After Mo Qiao on the side was unwilling, he finally found a chance to speak, and the atmosphere in the administrative hall suddenly became weird, everyone in the Mo family turned their heads, pretending not to see, Mo Shi coughed lightly, and didn't know how to speak for a while, Mo Mei was smiling, looking at Zhuang Shaoyou's embarrassed appearance was very funny.

Zhuang Shaoyou was covered in sweat and hair standing on end when he heard this, why was something that was originally quite serious being made like this by him? You can't call him anymore in future meetings, it's too unserious! It's disgusting!

But he still hurriedly perfunctory: "Well, of course, you have to count Dean Mo as a part, whether it is the navy or the army, you have your merits!" ”

"Brother Shaoyou, you are so good!"

Zhuang Shaoyou didn't dare to pick up again, and everyone was silent, and after relaxing, he seemed to remember Goguryeo's offense again, and no one spoke for a long time.

Seeing that everyone stopped talking again, Tai Shici was the first to speak: "General, thanks to the general's trust, the cavalry battalion will be handed over to his subordinates, and now after months of training, the cavalry battalion has initially had combat effectiveness, so his subordinates are willing to lead his troops to Xi'an Ping to support, as long as his subordinates have not fallen to Xi'an Ping before, his subordinates dare to guarantee that Xi'an Ping will never fall!" The subordinates are willing to make a military order, if Xi Anping loses his hands in his subordinates, he is willing to be dealt with by military law! ”

Zhuang Shaoyou smiled slightly, stretched his brows and said: "General Taishi is so courageous, but this matter still needs to be considered in the long run, although the rescue of Xi'an Ping is important, it is not as important as General Taishi and your cavalry battalion!" If we don't move, it will be a thunderstorm, and we can't have too much loss of strength! This is the principle, otherwise I would rather not save Xi'anping! ”

The people below were silent, Zhuang Shaoyou was also silent, last year Goguryeo sent 40,000 troops, and gave up going south after a slight attack in Xi'an, and the troops were divided into two ways to plunder.

If Goguryeo sends troops this year, it will not be as simple as looting, and there is a seventy percent chance that it will storm Xi'anping, and then invade Liaodong on a large scale, as long as Xi'an Ping is controlled, then the two counties of Lelang will lose contact with Liaodong!

When will Goguryeo send troops this time? How many troops are sent? What are the goals? What are the characteristics of the main general? I don't know about it, and it seems that this intelligence gathering work needs to be strengthened!

At this moment, Hua Xin spoke, as the only strategist under Zhuang Shaoyou, the meaning of his existence is to give advice, and now it is his turn to perform on stage.

"General, my subordinates think that General Tai Shici's suggestion can be adopted, and Xi'an Ping must not be lost!

If Xi'an Ping is lost, it will be difficult to attack it again! This is very unfavorable to our entire southeast Liaoning! At that time, the entire plain in the southeast of Liao will be under the iron cavalry of Goguryeo!

Therefore, Xi'an Ping must be saved, and it must be fast, and the fastest way is for General Tai Shici's cavalry battalion to go to the aid at full speed! ”

When Zhuang Shaoyou heard this, he suddenly realized that he was too worried about the safety of his generals and soldiers just now, but he didn't consider the strategic position of Xi'anping, otherwise Gongsun Du would not have grabbed five thousand elites in such an enclave!

"What Mr. Hua said is reasonable, but if it is just a cavalry battalion to help, is it too thin? Goguryeo has tens of thousands of troops, and there are many elites, and when the time comes, not only will it not be able to save Xi'anping, but it will put our cavalry battalion into it. ”

"Hehe, the general is extremely worried! So the rest of us are going to go with us! ”

"Together? How to go together? Don't? Oh! What a high opinion, sir! Hehe! ”

Hua Xin saw Zhuang Shaoyou and instantly understood, he was very relieved, there is a smart lord who doesn't have to bother himself, as a strategist to give advice is the greatest value of his existence, if his suggestions are always not adopted, it is the biggest failure of the strategist!

Zhuang Shaoyou listened to Hua Xin's analysis, suddenly brightened up, and stood up: "Everyone, since it is imperative to rescue Xi'an, then we must set off as soon as possible!" Now I will arrange the deployment of this operation!

First of all, General Tai Shi Ci led the cavalry battalion to rush to the west bank of Mazi Water at full speed, and General Tai Shi could see the opportunity to act!

Captain Zhang took your infantry battalion to board the ship with me, and the ink commander sailed the battalion to take me to the sea and rushed to Mazishui!

This trip to Xi'anping, the land route is about 500 miles, and the sea route is more than 100 miles from the north wharf of the city, so it is agreed that the land and water armies must meet at Mazishui within three days, and then make plans!

Mr. Guo is still responsible for logistics support, we have a merchant ship in our hands, Mr. Guo can requisition at will, and the rest will be handed over to those merchants to do maritime trade!

The affairs of the county will be handled by the three of Youmoshi, Guoyuan, and Luoyu!

In addition, send another person to Beifeng County to inform our army's battle plan, so that they can prepare for battle, in case Xi'an Ping is lost, we must stop Goguryeo in the southeast Liaoning Plain!

Let's all go back and get ready, and we'll leave early tomorrow morning! ”

In the early morning of 17 March, the various armies that had been prepared moved one after another, and Tai Shici's 4,000 cavalry battalion was fully armed, and no one had a set of cavalry equipment, carrying a bow and a small quiver on his back, containing 30 arrows, and two large quivers on his horse, each containing 50 arrows.

According to Tai Shici's requirements, the key training of each cavalry is to ride and shoot, and to do 100 shots in the process of Pegasus

And the arm strength of the cavalry is extremely high, normal soldiers will lose their strength when they fire twenty arrows in a row, while Tai Shici requires his cavalry to do so that thirty arrows in a row do not droop! You have to have the strength to continue cutting people!

The cavalry trained by Tai Shici can be called an absolute elite, the only thing missing is actual combat experience, and a soldier who has not been stained with blood cannot become an elite soldier in the real sense!

Five days and five hundred miles, I have to say that it was a great test for the cavalry battalion! Fortunately, the southeast of Liaoning is all plains, and it is easier for horses to gallop.

Ink selected 1,000 people from the 1,500 sailors to take the warship, and then carried the main generals such as Shangzhuang Shaoyou and Zhang San's 2,000 infantry battalion, and the space on the ship was tight.

A warship, the standard crew of a three-masted warship is 180 people, which can carry nearly 400 people if it is dense, and the standard crew of a four-masted warship is 300 people, and it can reach seven or eight hundred if it is dense, so this 1,000 sailors and 2,000 infantry can barely squeeze in, and the remaining 500 sailors are waiting in the county for the launch of the new ship and their return on Sunday, if they have time, they will hurry over to support.

Two days later, Zhuang Shaoyou's fleet passed near Hongya Town, and finally received news from the intelligence department that Gongsun Du transferred 12,000 troops from all over Xiangping, and the cavalry was defending the river on the south bank of Liaoshui.

On March 15, the Goguryeo army was dispatched, and the Goguryeo king Gao Nanwu commanded 70,000 troops and 30,000 cavalry, all of which were elite men equipped with bows.

Zhuang Shaoyou was immediately frowning when he received the summons, he really didn't expect the king of Goguryeo to be so bold that he would lead an army to conquer in person, an army of 70,000!

And 30,000 of them are cavalry, but their own cavalry battalion took shit luck to get 4,000 people, and now don't say that in the face of 70,000 troops, even if you face those 30,000 cavalry alone, you can't stop it!

The worst thing is that Gongsun Du can't spare his hands now, and he is inseparable from that damn Wu Huan.

70,000 troops surrounded Xi'anping, although Xi'an Ping is dangerous, but after all, there are only 5,000 people, it has been two days, and they will have to arrive in a day at the earliest, whether Xi'an Ping can resist is difficult to say, if they arrive at that time, Xi'an Ping is lost, they have to face the sweep of 70,000 troops, the situation is worrying!

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In Xi'an Pingcheng, Gongsun Yan looked at the tide of Goguryeo army under the city, and frowned, if it goes on like this, it will not be able to hold it!

What kind of madness did Goguryeo have this year? Unexpectedly, he attacked Xi'an Ping and refused to give up?

Gongsun Yan was originally stationed in Beifeng County, but later Zhuang Shaoyou formed an alliance with Gongsun Du, and Beifeng was no longer critical, so Gongsun Du transferred Gongsun Yan to Xi'an Ping to reinforce him.