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Chapter 964

Next, of course, it is the starring time of the Ximen official, the Ximen official's hand is pulled, and then after a lot of horns, everyone finally understands what this Ximen official means.

Before, wasn't the Sixteen Guards of the forbidden army of the Tang Dynasty to suppress and surround Cao Hu'er's army, with Youxian Palace and Xu County as the central dot, forming an encirclement? And the army used in this encirclement is the left and right leading guards, the left and right Xiao guards, and the left and right military guards among the sixteen guards of the forbidden army, with a total of 200,000 troops.

The distance between the left and right military guards and the garrisons of the right leading guards in the northeast is less than two hundred miles away from Jinyang, that is to say, if the left and right leading guards set off from their stations and go straight to Yunzhou, the straight-line distance will be less than a thousand miles.

And if the cavalry of the left and right leading guards, plus the cavalry of the left and right guards located in the south of Youxian Palace, you can casually make up 50,000 or 60,000 elite iron cavalry, after all, the 16 guards of the forbidden army in the imperial capital are the elite of the ** team of the Tang Emperor, so whether it is weapons and equipment or other things, they are all stronger than other armies.

Especially in the configuration of cavalry, it is far stronger than the local garrison troops, why? It's very simple, why did the Tang Dynasty want to concentrate heavy troops in the imperial capital, it is because this is a strategic strike force, once there is a rebellion somewhere in the Tang Empire, then the forbidden army of the imperial capital Sixteen Guards is the best counterinsurgency force and main force.

In this era, marching and fighting need to pay attention to timeliness, and naturally, compared with infantry, cavalry's mobility is naturally far stronger than that of infantry. Therefore, whether it is the Sixteen Guards of the Forbidden Army of the Tang Empire, or the Forbidden Army of the Northern Ya, the proportion of cavalry has almost reached more than sixty percent.

The minimum establishment in non-wartime periods, one guard and horse is 25,000, and out of 25,000, 15,000 elite are cavalry, now you can see it, is it difficult to make up 50,000 or 60,000 cavalry with the left and right leading guards and the left and right guards?

Of course, it is not difficult, it can be said that it is relatively easy to dispatch 60,000 elite cavalry. And with the mobility of the cavalry, if you want to run thousands of miles, it will only take five or six days to reach Yunzhou.

And if you want to start from the Tang Imperial Capital, it will be different, after all, although the cavalry has strong mobility, the problem is that the high-intensity attack on the road too far will cause the non-war wear and tear of the war horse. Therefore, in the case of such a long-distance march of more than 2,000 miles, the speed of the cavalry is not much faster than that of the foot soldiers with better endurance.

In addition, the land of Yunzhou is half grassland and half mountainous, and Zuo Yu Linwei itself is already a pure cavalry unit, so if you think about it, there will inevitably be a large amount of grain and grass reserves. Therefore, as long as Yunzhou is notified in advance, so that the other party can respond in advance.

Then, these 50,000 or 60,000 elite cavalry can go north lightly, because Yunzhou and Jinyang and other places can carry out the supply of baggage and grain and grass, which can naturally reduce the burden of the war horse and reduce the burden of the war horse......

As for the blank space left by the six horses after they left, what should I do? Simple, even very simple, you can first draw some cavalry from the left and right guards to rush over to assist in the defense, and the left and right guards of the Beijing Division, the right Yulin Guard and the Beiya Forbidden Army can directly draw cavalry from it to rush to the periphery of Youxian Palace, when it can make up for the weakness of the encirclement caused by the departure of a large number of cavalry in the shortest possible time.

As for the rest of the foot soldiers, they can send a part of them south to defend Lanting County to protect those princes, after all, it is the land south of the Yangtze River, which is not conducive to the march of war horses, and the cavalry is easy to adapt to the water and soil when they go there, so they don't need to go.

In this way, it is really the best of both worlds, and after listening to the coherent explanation of the Ximen officials and the meticulous arrangement, everyone invariably silently praised the outstanding IQ of the Ximen officials in their hearts.

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Of course, there were also officials who jumped out and put forward various opinions, but the Ximen officials said a few words, and directly sent those guys away with the ideas that had already been cleared by the manager. In a word, the strategy of the Ximen officials is indeed the most feasible, the fastest march, and the most timely strategy to rescue Yunzhou.

In the end, General Duan Lao came to a conclusion after consulting with a cadre of generals, and immediately started to act according to the plan of the Ximen officials, ordering the left and right leading guards, the left and right Xiao guards to gather the cavalry, and each guard was led by a Zhonglang general The elite cavalry, and then the left leader of the army, Zhang Heng, the left general of the guard, will move quickly in the direction of Yunzhou from now on, and must rush to Yunzhou within five days, and obey the orders under the account of Li Youwen, the princess of Zhaoyang.

At present, the left and right Weiwei and right Yulin Wei, as well as the Beiya Forbidden Army, who are still in the Beijing Division, also dispatched all their cavalry and rushed to the direction of the left and right leading guards and the left and right Xiaowei at full speed, and must rush to the location to join the defensive circle within five days, and must continue to maintain the suppression and encirclement of the Cao army in the encirclement.

As one military order after another was issued, the famous commanders were busy running around, and these civil and military ministers present finally breathed a sigh of relief, well, the big problem was finally solved.

With the arrival of the 50,000 or 60,000 elite cavalry, coupled with the soldiers and horses of the surrounding prefectures and counties, plus the 40,000 elite of Zuo Yu Linwei, no matter what, it can ensure the safety of Yunzhou. After all, with Li Youwen's already full military skill tree, there are 100,000 soldiers and horses under his command to rely on the city defense, and it will naturally not be a big problem to deal with the 150,000 Qihu soldiers and horses.

Otherwise, General Duan Lao would not have sent only one General Zuo to rush over and let the reinforcements obey Li Youwen's military orders.

"Brother Zhongxiong, with your strengths, you really shouldn't stay in that armory prison." Zhang Jiuling was finally able to breathe a sigh of air, relaxed and leaned on the couch railing, sat in the front hall of his house, and stayed with Ximen Zhongxiong and Zhao Zhongxian, drinking a little wine and bragging and farting.

"There's no way, after the secret illness was gone, the younger brother I thought about rushing back to the capital to see if I could rejoin the army, but unfortunately the holy order was hard to disobey......" Ximen Zhongxiong shook his head helplessly, the Son of Heaven is now unconscious, and he has fallen into the hands of Cao Hu'er's thief, and his promise to himself naturally cannot be counted.

"Anyway, now that the big problem has been solved, we can finally breathe a sigh of relief." Zhao Zhongxian looked very nervous, picked up the warm wine on the table, and drank it all.

When Ximen Zhongxiong saw Zhao Zhongxian's posture of being drunk today, he couldn't help but roll his eyes and smile helplessly. "Want to breathe a sigh of relief? Hehe, that's hard. I don't want to think about it, Cao Hu'er's bastard is still in the area of Xu County, and he is vigorously recruiting soldiers and horses, and now there is another news, I think you don't know it, Brother Xian, the second prince of Qihu, who is located in Totuohai, has already sent a large army south a few days ago and captured the three counties of Hetao......"

"Huh? When will the news come?! Zhao Zhongxian's eyes suddenly widened, he sat down, and lay down, why didn't anyone tell him about such a big thing?

"This is just now, General Duan quietly told me, this news General Duan has only just learned about it, and he is sending people to investigate to prove whether this news is true. However, in the opinion of the younger brother, this news cannot be faked. Ximen Zhongxiong rubbed his forehead and sighed leisurely.

"Now the situation in the Tang Dynasty is becoming more and more dangerous, there are Qihu Hu's tiger and delay outside, and Cao Hu'er is chaotic inside, and the ministers have their own ideas and interests, and it is difficult to twist into a rope. Hum...... If it is true that Tukun took the three counties of Hetao, it would be fine, if it was ......"

"What if? Is there anything wrong here? Zhang Jiuling also sat up straight, and asked curiously towards Ximen Zhongxiong, Zhang Jiuling still trusted this Ximen Zhongxiong's keen sense of smell in military affairs.

Ximen Zhongxiong sneered with a gloomy face. "If Tukun, the second prince of Naqihu, did not take advantage of Cao Hu'er's army to capture the three counties of Hetao, but directly obtained the three counties of Hetao from Cao Hu'er, do you think there would be a big problem?"

Hearing this, Zhao and Zhang couldn't help but gasp, and they lay down a big groove in their hearts.

"If that's the case, obediently, if Cao Hu'er colludes with the Qihu people again. That's really too big a thing......" Zhao Zhongxian couldn't help but stand up and paced around the room with a gloomy face.