Yang Congyi took 2,000 Xuanwei troops and rushed to the vicinity of Tongmian in two days, and set up camp in a leeward col to rest, so that the exhausted soldiers could get a chance to breathe.

Tongmian is not far from Yulin, the distance is only three hundred miles, and it can be rushed over in four days, but now we can no longer rush to hurry, one is to wait for the Youyi army to come to meet, and the other is to know the deployment of the enemy forces nearby.

After the whole army rested, the outpost troops quietly rushed to Tongmian, which was more than ten miles away, and brought a guard stationed here back to the Xuanwei army camp.

After detailed inquiry, it was learned that the Xuanwei army stationed in Tongmian had not been idle these days, and they had reached Yulin City as far as the north, and had penetrated dozens of miles into the territory of Li Yue to the west, and had also explored Nanan to the east, and even near the Beijiang River, and knew more about the surrounding Li Yue.

Yang Congyi focused on the west and north, and as a result, he got the information he wanted to know, Yulin City was more than ten miles to the south, and there was indeed a pass, which stood on the border passage between the Great Song Dynasty and Li Yue, called the Great South Pass. This pass is located between the two mountains and valleys about two miles wide and more than 20 miles long, whether it is going south or going north, this pass is the most convenient, and it is also the place that must be passed.

However, at this time, Da Nanguan had been occupied by Li Yue, and Yulin City also had 3,000 defenders, and the city was strong, and it was difficult to capture it with only the Xuanwei army.

There is indeed a city to the west, and a rich town. The city is thirty miles south of Da Nan Pass, and it has a large population, several times larger than Yulin City.

But when asked about the details, the prisoner was not clear, because he only let them stay in Tongmian at the beginning, and he did not plan to fight Yulin again, seize the pass, and even attack the city of Li Yueguo. Although their original intention was only to find out whether the enemy had any intention of capturing Tongmian in order to evacuate in time.

Subsequently, Yang Congyi gave them a task to explore the news of the Li Yue City in the west, the river topography, the population size, the deployment of troops, and the surrounding roads were all explored, and the same was true for Yulin City in the north, as well as Da Nanguan, and they were also investigated.

Worried about the lack of manpower, he transferred 100 people from the personal guard battalion to investigate the enemy's situation.

Beginning on the second day of the camp and resting, the whole army began to train in full swing, taking the team as a unit, climbing mountains and trees, and conducting physical and physical recovery training.

On the march in the past few days, not only Yang Congyi, but even Yuan Hua and others felt that the physical strength of the soldiers was not as good as before, and they had to rest if they couldn't walk more than ten miles, and the marching process was greatly reduced.

is about to cooperate with the elite of the palace front division, if the performance is not good, not only will they be ridiculed, once they fight with Li Yueren, the casualties will not be small. Therefore, the training is also very serious, and everyone is not willing to fall behind.

On the second day of training, Yang Congyi received news from Yao Chang and Su Zhong, and was greatly disappointed after learning the attitude of the You Yijun to control Li Geng.

If there is no Youyi army in this battle, it will be difficult for the Xuanwei army to defeat Li Yueren alone, let alone take the Great South Pass, and even Yulin City will not be able to break through. He Jianjun said it well, and he would help the Xuanwei army, and the result was such a help, no one helped to transport military rations and baggage, and he couldn't march to fight? This barren land in Quang Nam is not as populous as the north, where can you find tens of thousands of people to transport supplies to them?

The Xuanwei army has already reached Tongmian, and the morale of the whole army is high, and they are all looking forward to winning a battle. But now that the Youyi army is not coming, Yang Congyi is riding a tiger south, and he can't fight, and he can't fight it.

After thinking about it for a long time, let people go back and pass the order, and all the Xuanwei Army in Dongxing Town went north to Tongmian!

In any case, since the Xuanwei army has come to Tongmian, it is necessary to fight, even if it can't capture the city, it must kill the enemy army and boost morale.

As for the Youyi army, let them go, they are the elite of the Great Song Dynasty, with a high status, naturally they will not let go of their identities and carry food and military funds by themselves, if they want to recruit miscellaneous soldiers in Qinzhou that can be used by 10,000 people, it is impossible to do it for ten days and half a month, and the food brought by the Xuanwei army is limited, so they can't wait that long.

Six days later, Su Zhong and Yao Chang rushed to the Xuanwei army camp near Tongmian with more than 1,300 people, and the two departments met and rested on the spot.

On the same day, Yang Congyi convened all the generals to discuss the matter of facing the enemy.

Su Zhong and Yao Chang already knew that You Yijun would not come to help in the war, but Yuan Hua and the others didn't know, and after listening to Yang Congyi tell him personally, they were shocked and felt incredible, and they also had an extra layer of worries about fighting with Li Yue.

"Everyone, since we have come to Tongmian, this battle must be fought, not only to fight, but also to win!" Yang Congyi saw that everyone heard that You Yijun was not coming, and he was in a low mood and had no confidence, so he continued: "The Tongmian defenders have sent news, and now there is a big opportunity in front of us, as long as we seize it, it will not be a problem to win this battle at all." ”

"Prison Army, where are we going to fight?" Su Zhong was a little stunned when he heard this, as soon as he received the military order in Jingzhou, he immediately gave up Jingzhou City, where he had rested for most of the time, and rushed back to Dongxing Town by boat with all the Xuanwei army.

Yang Congyi took out a map he had drawn and put it on the wooden board, only to see that the map was marked with many place names, and many numbers were recorded next to each place name. The crowd couldn't understand it, so they could only listen to his explanation.

"Whether there is a ranger army in this battle or not, we all have to fight. Originally, we had three choices, Yulin City, Da Nan Pass and Li Yue's Liangshan, these three places have enemy garrisons, of which Yu Lin City garrison 3,000, comparable to us, but the city is strong, difficult to break, Da Nan Pass is more than ten miles south of Yulin City, built between two mountains and valleys, the location is dangerous, the pass is also very strong, it has a history of 1,000 years, Li Yue garrison about 500 people, although there are few people but it is difficult to break through, from Da Nan Pass to the south 30 miles, is the Li Yue border town Liangshan, where Li Yue garrison about 2,000 people, but there are many people, There are an estimated 20,000 or 30,000 people If you had to choose between these three places, where would you intend to attack? Yang Congyi pointed to the map and explained, then threw the question to the generals, wanting to hear what they thought.

Everyone looked at the map, recalled Yang Congyi's words, did not speak for a long time, the north and south are the city, the middle is the pass, more than 3,000 people to attack the city is obviously inappropriate, although the defenders of the Great South Pass are few, but it is between the two cities, even if it is desperately captured, it will immediately attract the attack of the north and south cities, and the Great South Pass is only 500 people, even if the price is paid to break through the pass, the capture is not big, think about it, there is no place where they can attack more than 3,000 people.

"Prison Army, we may be able to take Yulin City." After being silent for a long time, Yao Chang suddenly spoke, and everyone looked at him.

"Oh, how do you take it?" Yang Congyi showed great interest.

Yao Chang said: "You can use the strategy of luring the enemy, with a thousand people to feint Ningming, luring the enemy army in Yulin City to rescue, and we can ambush between Yulin City and Ningming, we will be able to kill a large number of defenders of Yulin City, if the strategy is used properly, it will not be a problem to kill a thousand enemy troops, or even two thousand enemy troops, and then attack Yulin City, we should have a certain degree of certainty." ”

"If the Yulin garrison is not fooled, what will we do?" Liu Shi asked.

"If we don't be fooled, we will turn back and capture Ning Ming. Although this city is not big, it is a necessary place for Li Yue to transport military rations to the front line of Fusui, and there will be no shortage of grain and grass in the city. Su Zhong came last time, and he knew very well whether it was good or not. Yao Chang replied.

Su Zhong said: "Ningming is a small place, the city is no more than two zhang high, there is a city gate in the east and west, the city is average, it is not strong, it is not difficult for three thousand people to take it down." No, the prison army is asking us to fight Yulin, Da Nanguan and Liangshan, what is the point of fighting Ning Ming with so much effort. ”

"Isn't this a big backup goal for Yulin City, come here, you can't fight without fighting, it's good to grab some food and go back." Yao Chang also knew that something was wrong, and his voice was much lower.

"Commander Yao's idea has merit, you can't go back empty-handed when you come out to fight, you either kill the enemy, or take food and supplies. The plan to lure the enemy is very good, it is completely feasible, but I am afraid that it will not work in Yulin City, we have killed more than 1,000 enemy troops in Ningming last time, if their military rations still have to be transported by river from here, the garrison will inevitably increase dramatically, and we will be more cautious, we have more than 3,000 people, it is difficult to get benefits. Yang Congyi came out to play a round and vetoed the idea of attacking Yu Lin.

"Prison Army, is there a direct road to Da Nan Pass? If there is a road, we can sneak attack the Great South Pass, occupy the Great South Pass, cut off the connection between the two cities, and then we can ambush on either the south or north of the Guanbei to attack the enemy army. We have more than 3,000 people, Yulin City and Liangshan, no matter which way reinforcements are impossible to pour out, we have an advantage in troops, Da Nanguan is captured, they are bound to recapture, we can eat them one bite at a time. If it goes well, maybe you can capture Liangshan, recapture Yulin, and take three places in a row! Liu Shi pointed to the map, and as he spoke, his mind became windy, as if he could really take it all.

Everyone looked at the map and thought carefully, if this plan was feasible, it was really possible to go south to take one pass and two cities, and their hearts were suddenly hot.

"Even if there is a road leading directly to Da Nan Pass, I'm afraid I can't hold it. As far as I know, there is no dangerous pass that can prevent both one's own attack and local attack, and Da Nan Pass will not be an exception. If this pass was built by us, it was the Li Yue people who defended it, and if it was built by the Li Yue people, they would have taken Guangnan long ago. Therefore, taking Da Nan Pass first will inevitably lead to the attack of the enemy army in Yulin City, Da Nan Pass faces Yulin City, there is no danger to defend, and if you want to ambush them, it is impossible. When the time comes, it will be attacked from both sides, and it is difficult to say whether it will win or not. Yao Chang saw that everyone's eyes were shining, and he immediately came out to pour cold water.

Yang Congyi nodded secretly, their analysis made sense, Da Nan Pass could be taken, but it was indeed easy to be attacked by the enemy army in Yulin City. But in this battle, the Great South Pass is very important, if the Xuanwei Army wants to make a difference, this pass must be taken, otherwise no matter how they fight, it will be difficult for them to take advantage.