Away from Changshan Pass 300 miles away from Fuping County, there is a valley called Youlong Mountain, where the mountains are stacked, the valleys are vertical and horizontal, although it is close to Wutai Mountain in Jinshuo, but there is no plank road communication between the two places, the natural danger is the obstacle of the soldiers, so that the military horses sigh and sigh, on how brave it is, and can not cross the danger to enter, only to take the road to the south, through the reed Ze Pass to be able to gallop to attack Jinshuo, but the Youlong Mountain Range, it is indeed an excellent place for the southern march to the horse to hide and rest, to this deep valley and deep forest, it is extremely difficult to be detected by the enemy scouts.

The 50,000 troops led by the vanguard army, from Juyongguan, detoured Huailai, Zhuolu, and crossed Baishi Mountain, this journey was not a broad road, 600 miles of rapid march, only four days long, to Fuping, it can really be said that people are sleepy and lacking, but after a pause here for two days, seeing that the baggage troops have arrived, the blue-faced major general Qin Balang, who was pointed by Wuwei Hou as the main general of the military operation, still did not move, and the non-commissioned officers were a little anxious.

Because of the encouragement of rapid marching, at this time 50,000 soldiers all knew that Wei Ze Pass was being attacked by the Anton army, most of them were Jinshuo people, and the safety of their wives and wives was uncertain, of course, they all wanted to immediately kill outside the pass to relieve the siege, after two days of rest, at this time the physical strength had been restored, and there were several non-commissioned officers on behalf of the soldiers, asking their respective brigade commanders for orders to assault.

And the several generals sent by Wuwei Hou to let He Ye lead, all of them are confidants, all of them are members of the Qin clan, and they know the true identity of "Qin Balang", of course, they will not question the military order because of the urgency of the non-commissioned officer, but of course they are also anxious, although the family and wife are not in Jinshuo, but this war is related to their life and death, honor and disgrace, no one wants Wei Zeguan to lose, and give the Anton Army a chance to turn defeat into victory.

Qin Ming's uncle Qin Jingyi, as the son of Wuwei Hou, was especially concerned about the safety of the family's grandchildren at this time, when he listened to the wish of his brigade commander to ask for war, he turned around more than ten times, and finally stomped his feet, gritted his teeth, clenched his fists and went straight into the main tent, knelt down in front of He Ye, who was frowning and studying the map, and pushed out with a fist: "Your Highness, the baggage has arrived, why are you still hesitating, Wuyu only led 40,000 troops, but how long can you resist Liu Hongyuan, who has to make a desperate bet at the end of the road!" ”

Liu Yan followed Qin Jingyi in, and saw that this rather impatient general did not take offense, so he slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and he also looked at He Ye with a blank eye, because although he knew some of He Ye's plans, he also didn't understand what He Ye was hesitating about.

"According to the two of you, how many men and horses do we need to defeat the main force of Anton's army with as few casualties as possible?"

Unlike Qin Ming and Eleven Niang, it is still roughly estimated that Liu Hongyuan's army has at least 200,000 horses, He Ye and Qin Jingyi, etc., and the number of enemy troops is naturally estimated more accurately.

Qin Jingyi said: "Liu Hongyuan originally led 300,000 troops, but left 100,000 troops stationed in Juyongguan and Youzhou, which has been wiped out, and Baoding garrison is nearly 50,000, and our army is three times that of Baoding, Liu Hongyuan wants to block our army from conquering Baoding and chasing after encirclement and suppression, although he ordered the Baoding army to not come out of the city, but only 50,000 troops can not stop our army for a long time, so at least from 200,000 troops, and then reinforce Baoding 20,000, in addition, Liu Hongyuan should expect that our army will come to the aid to relieve the siege, and go to Changshan without passing through Baoding, so he will definitely set up an ambush on the way, If our army is not in a hurry to relieve the siege, but to besiege Baoding through Quyang, the ambush army can also attack in time to rescue the difficulty of Baoding's pincer attack, so this ambush army should not be less than 30,000. ”

Liu Yan hurriedly said: "In this way, Liu Hongyuan's main force is conservatively estimated to have 150,000 people, unless our army conquers Baoding and annihilates these 100,000 troops, can we successfully annihilate Liu Hongyuan's troops." ”

He Ye bowed his head: "The 70,000 troops in Baoding City can't hold out, even if we have 50,000 troops to attack, it will take at least 20 days to conquer it, and 20 days is enough for Liu Hongyuan to take Weize Pass, but if the 50,000 troops directly break the ambush army and outflank Liu Hongyuan, with 90,000 troops against 150,000, the chance of winning is only 50% at most, so we can't fight hard with Liu Hongyuan, but to fight in a roundabout way, it is best to attack his grain and grass troops first, and disturb his military morale." ”

"What Your Highness has said is very true, without further ado......"

He Ye raised his arm and interrupted Qin Jingyi's words: "Don't be in a hurry." ”

He tapped lightly: "If you want to succeed in containing Liu Hongyuan, you must first break the ambush army, and strive to lose as few men and horses as possible, break 30,000 ambush troops, our losses cannot exceed 2,000, and it will definitely not work hard, so I have sent out scouts to try to find out where the ambush army is, if they are in Changshan Pass......"

Liu Yan's eyes lit up: "Your Highness wants to pass through the Broken Soul Valley and sneak attack Anton's ambush army?" ”

"How can there be a road in the Valley of Broken Souls to take the Changshan Pass?" Qin Jingyi was confused.

When he was young, he followed Wuweihou to guard the northern frontier, and he was quite familiar with the terrain of Yanzhao, of course, he knew that the Broken Soul Valley was located, which was located in the west of Huolu County, just southeast of Changshan Pass, but the reason why the Broken Soul Valley got its name was precisely because under the cliffs, the torrents were turbulent, and there was no way to pass at all.

"The Valley of the Broken Soul is not without a road, since the seizure of Changshan, His Royal Highness has repeatedly gone deep into the mountains and forests to explore the way, once met the elderly Orion, has lived in the Valley of the Broken Soul for sixty years, according to the Orion, there is indeed a path to the bottom of the cliff, His Royal Highness and I have verified together, although the road is rugged and difficult, if you stumble, you will fall into the abyss, so it is inaccessible, but for the sergeant, it is not so dangerous."

"But even if there is a path to the bottom, how can you cross the rapids? You can't even build a wooden bridge in that place! ”

"It didn't work before, but now it does." Liu Yan said excitedly: "Last time, I went deep into the valley with His Royal Highness, and I saw that the water was shallow and gentle, not at all as Orion said, turbulent and unpredictable, Daqi, tracing the stream, only to find that the upstream did not know when the landslide occurred, it was actually the rockfall that blocked the turbulent water, and now the sergeant is not to say, even a child can easily cross from the shallow stream." ”

Although the old year said that he had been fighting for a year, He Ye was not idle, not only in Changshan, but also around the passes in Zhaozhou and other places, he also measured it with his footsteps, but of course it was not for the sake of touring the mountains and rivers, but for discovering shortcuts in order to formulate military plans.

At that time, Liu Yan also slandered His Royal Highness that this was useless, Wu Weihou's subordinates, but many scouts who were familiar with the path, where did they need to do it themselves? But I never expected that natural hazards would change because of natural disasters, and old experience could not create new fighters.

"Don't get excited." He Ye glanced at Liu Yan: "If you want to get the deer, you must often be in front of the mountain pass, so many of us have passed, can we not alarm the ambush scouts?" This time, we can't clear the scouts one by one, so even if we find out that Liu Hongyuan really set up an ambush in Changshan Pass, we can only take the road to the north first, pretend to be in Baoding, confuse the enemy scouts, and then divide the army to go around Raoyang, and cross Hengshui and Gucheng to avoid the scouts and enter the Valley of Broken Souls. ”

The key to the sneak attack is in the word "steal", and in order to achieve the prerequisite of this "steal", it is natural to take a big detour, and if He Ye's 50,000 troops are all "gone", the ambush army in Changshan Pass will inevitably have some embankment, although the number of people is large, but the sneak attack will not succeed, so that the casualties will increase, so why make a detour, it is better to directly attack Changshan Pass.

"I'm thinking that the sneak attack on the ambush is only the vanguard department, and the remaining 30,000 horses and horses must stay in Baoding to help the main force of Guangyang quickly conquer Baoding and support Weize Pass." He Ye said again.

This trade-off is simple to say, but it is quite difficult to make a decision.

"Only the vanguard army outflanked Liu Hongyuan?" Qin Jingyi glared, trying to restrain the doubts surging in his heart: "Your Highness, even if there is no loss in the Wuyu Department, and there are no casualties in the Vanguard Department, if you count 60,000 people in a full battle, how can you contain 150,000 enemy troops?" ”

"With the deterrence of the vanguard army against the Anton army, it doesn't matter if there are fewer 30,000 people." He Ye raised his eyebrows, confident that "Qin Hou only has 100,000 troops in his hands now, but Baoding City has at least 70,000 troops, if they can't hold on, it will be very difficult for Qin Hou to conquer it in time, so Qin Protector leads these 30,000 troops, and he must attract the south gate of the enemy branch in Baoding at any cost, so as to cause the north gate to be weak and successful." ”

Although Qin Jingyi still had doubts in his heart, but thinking of the glorious past of the King of Jin who was almost undefeated, and even the strategy of quickly seizing Youzhou from the bottom of the kettle this time, even his father Wuwei Hou sighed again and again that he was bold and careful.

He Ye saw that he persuaded this, and then explained to Liu Yan: "As soon as we enter the Valley of Broken Souls, the road is rugged and horses can't walk, although we can walk, but after annihilating the ambush army, we can't just rush to Weize Pass on foot, once the plan is made, these follow-up matters will be arranged by you." ”

War horses can't enter the valley, so they need to go around a long way to Changshan Pass, otherwise after He Ye's 20,000 troops annihilated the ambush army, they not only have to run to Weize Pass with their legs, but also rely on their legs to attack and kill Liu Hongyuan's army, and they are fighting the idea of containment, the premise is that they must flee immediately if they take advantage, and the human legs can outrun the horse's legs? So war horses are a must, and this is quite important.

This is the case with the battle, although the strategy does not seem to be very complicated, but if you want to implement every link in place, it is not so simple, for example, Shi Niang can't consider this detail now, after she returned from Ruan Ling, she heard that "Wang Jingu is not allowed to fight", and she screamed in her heart, and five days have passed since she counted the days, so she couldn't help complaining, His Royal Highness King Jin, where are your reinforcements? How long it will take, I really can't hold it!