According to the instructions of King Yuwen, Chen Jinchao sent the partial general Lu Guangcai to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to ambush outside the city of Gulu Pass, in order to meet General Zhao Jian and his party, and then he led nearly 70,000 horses and horses to return to Xingjing County through the original road in the northern mountains.

After seeing General Chen, King Yuwen smiled and asked, "General Chen has worked this trip, I don't know if there is any gain?"

Chen Jinchao told King Yuwen in detail about the situation in Yindu Mansion, and he analyzed to King Yuwen: "In my opinion, Tufan has given up the grasslands of the Northern Regions, and it is an imperative strategy to encroach on the Central Plains. ”

"According to the general, does Tufan now have the strength to invade the Central Plains?"

"It's hard to say this, our department has never fought head-on with the main force of the Tufan Kingdom, but only surrounded and suppressed a small part of the Tufan troops when rescuing Xingjing City, so I feel that its combat effectiveness is no longer comparable to the Tufan more than ten years ago, and it has indeed increased greatly. ”

General Chen thought for a while, and then said: "After I arrived in this county, when I organized the soldiers and people to rebuild the city wall, I also inspected the previous battlefield and ruins, and found that the weapons of the Tufan army have changed greatly, and the arrows shot by the Tufan archers left behind in the battlefield are all equipped with arrows cast from fine iron, and the smelting process is almost the same as that of the Central Plains, and even the trebuchets fired are basically solid bullets made of pig iron, which is indeed a bit unbelievable for the Tufan country that lacks iron ore resources and smelting technology. I think that when we fought against Tufan in the Northern Regions, their bows and arrows were mostly made of cow and sheep bones. ”

After listening to General Chen's words, King Yuwen walked forward a few steps with his hands behind his back, turned around and said: "You are right, over the years, it is precisely by using the iron ore resources and smelting technology of the Central Plains that the Tufan Kingdom has greatly improved its weapons and equipment, so that it has the ability to unify the various countries in the Northern Regions, and has the ambition of coveting the wolf son of the Central Plains. ”

"Oh, is the king saying that Tufan obtained iron ore resources from the Central Plains?"

"Yes, not only iron ore resources, but also all kinds of iron weapons. I had been investigating the matter a few years earlier, and found that Tufan had smuggled a large number of iron weapons from the northern county town of Jinbei in the central plains, and the scale was by no means that a private workshop could provide it, and it was likely that the royal armory was suspected of being involved in the transaction. ”

"Isn't that the crime of fornication and treason, who has such courage?" General Chen said angrily when he heard this.

"When my people had just grasped some clues, Tufanguo suddenly sent troops south, captured the northern region, including the county seat of northern Jin, took over the iron ore and weapons manufacturing plants, and made all kinds of weapons even more unscrupulously. He even began to make large armor for arming giants, and in the future, the ironclad giants would become invincible and invincible weapons in the Tufan Kingdom. ”

"Giants, is there such a person in Tufan Kingdom?" General Chen asked with some puzzlement.

"Do you remember Wu Kui, who led you to attack Yindu Mansion and disappeared halfway, he is a descendant of giants, but the real giant, known as 'Bigfoot', is a kind of wild man who lives in the deep mountains of the Northern Regions, much taller and burlier than Wu Kui. I reckon that the Bigfoot have been captured and tamed, as evidenced by the armor we have intercepted from some of the Bigfans. I have sent Zhao Jian to lead people to infiltrate Gulu Pass, first, to find out Wu Kui's whereabouts and try to rescue him, and second, to find out the situation of the giant warriors in order to find out how to deal with it. ”

General Chen couldn't help but shudder a little when he thought of the Wu Kui he saw when he rescued the county seat, and then imagined the giant warriors who were even taller and more powerful than Wu Kui.

"Another thing is that the imperial court may have learned that the Tufan Kingdom has the weapon of the Giant Warrior, so it signed an armistice agreement with the Tufan Kingdom at the cost of giving up the Western Regions. In the next step, the Tufan Kingdom may soon attack the Western Regions. ”

"This is a knife to kill people, so what should we do?" General Chen said anxiously.

"In any case, I have to return to Tongyuan City immediately, and I must not lose my trust in the king of Zhenxi, let alone the people of the world. Although the territory of Gulu Pass and the Northern Regions was not lost from my hands, I cannot escape the blame, if I let the Western Regions be taken by Tufan, what face will my King Yuwen have to face the people of the Central Plains. ”

"Okay, I'll go and gather the team immediately, follow the king back to defend Tongyuan City, and definitely drive Tufan out of the Western Regions. ”

After King Yuwen beckoned General Chen to sit down in front of the case, he said to him: "I have made arrangements, you don't have to go back to Tongyuan City with me, judging from the current situation, the Tufan army is pressing, the disparity between the enemy and our forces, coupled with the giant warriors of Tufan, Tongyuan City and even Xiamaguan City are difficult to hold, even if all our soldiers and horses return to defense this time, it will be nine deaths, and it is difficult to protect the Western Regions." Therefore, I only took 50,000 horses back to defend Tongyuan City, so that Tufan was afraid that there were still 100,000 soldiers and horses behind my department, and did not dare to attack Tongyuan City with all his troops, so as to contain them. ”

"Then you asked me to lead a team to besiege Tufan from behind, so as to form a flanking attack?" General Chen asked.

"No, it's just an illusion that the enemy has that. After the battle of Tufan to attack the Western Regions began, the 100,000 soldiers and horses you led, let Zhao Jian and Lu Guangcai each lead 40,000 soldiers and horses, and attack the two county towns closest to Xingjing County, Heqing and Jiangxing, and you led 20,000 soldiers and horses to quietly go west and take the county seat of northern Jin. ”

General Chen nodded his head again and again, but he didn't understand, he asked: "The county town of northern Jinbei is an important town of the enemy's military industry, with heavy troops to defend, and the terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, why only send 20,000 troops to attack, while the two small county towns of Heqing and Jiangxing each send 40,000 troops to attack, is it a bit top-heavy to send troops in this way?"

King Yuwen smiled and said: "The county seat of Jinbei is located in the mountains, the terrain is dangerous, and there are heavy troops to defend, even if you are given 100,000 troops, you can't capture it in a short time, so you can only outwit." Although the two cities of Heqing and Jiangxing are small, they sent heavy troops to take them quickly and create a coercive situation for Tufan, and the Tufan troops in the cities in the northern region will immediately gather to rescue. Our army only captured the city but did not defend it, and when the enemy came to the rescue, he took the initiative to abandon the city, Lu Guangcai led the team back to defend Xingjing County, and Zhao Jian went west to join you to defend the county seat of northern Jin. ”

"Then how do I outwit Jinbei City?"

"General Zhao Jian previously intercepted four trucks of enemy goods on the way, it was the giant armor built in the county town of northern Jin, which was originally transported to the front line of the Central Plains, and was intercepted because of the accidental collision with our army, and the customs clearance documents are readily available, now in the hands of Zhao Jian, you wait for him to get the documents after he returns, and take four carts of goods to the county seat of northern Jinbei, after deceiving the city gate, he managed to lead 20,000 people to rush into the city, quickly control the iron ore field and arsenal, and form a confrontation with the enemy, and then Zhao Jian's 50,000 horses rushed to the inside and outside, and the city can be under also. ”

After hearing this, Chen Jinchao couldn't help but applaud, and shouted "Clever plan, wonderful plan!"

Subsequently, King Yuwen immediately ordered the two lieutenants Luffy and Qin Huaitian to gather 50,000 soldiers, pack their bags, and follow him back to Tongyuan City after an hour. Before leaving, he confessed to Chen Jinchao: "After taking Jinbei County, you must defend it to the death, and if you have to abandon the city as a last resort, you must do one thing well." ”

"Destroy the iron mines and arsenals, right?" said General Chen, with confidence.

"Hehe," Yuwen Wang said with a smile: "Then there is no need, you must know that it is not easy to develop an iron mine, how can it be easily destroyed, you only need to take away all the skilled workers in the mine and arsenal with the army, without skilled skilled workers, there is no way to produce an iron mine for a while." ”

Chen Jinchao clenched his fists and replied: "Please rest assured, the king has been remembered in his heart." ”