The news of the arrival of the reinforcements from Yunshan Mansion, Chu Huan knew earlier than Xu Qing, and even the strength of the reinforcements from Yunshan Mansion, Chu Huan was also clear.

Tongzhou is a strategic location, which is too important to Xishan, as Chu Huan expected, Liangzhou not only sent troops to rescue, but Yunshan Mansion has also transferred reinforcements.

The main force of the Xishan Army is in Liangzhou, and the strength of Yunshan Mansion is far from enough to compare with the reinforcements of Liangzhou, but it is the Xishan Praetorian Guard that sits in Yunshan, and it is far beyond the Liangzhou soldiers and horses in terms of equipment and combat effectiveness.

Chu Huan's ranger scouts had already found out, and the reinforcements from Yunshan were personally commanded by Qiao Mingtang, with a total of 5,000 people.

In fact, the Praetorian Guards guarding Yunshan, but there are only 3,000 people, Yunshan naturally can't mobilize all the soldiers and horses, but Qiao Mingtang is deeply rooted in Yunshan, and has a good relationship with the local gentry.

Of the 5,000 men, 2,000 were elite Janissaries, and the remaining 3,000 were mainly composed of strong men in the courtyards.

Qiao Mingtang was obviously not very clear about the situation in Tongzhou City, and acted cautiously, and after arriving at Xiaoshangang, he did not immediately advance to Tongzhou City, but stopped at Xiaoshangang.

"Chu Du, Qiao Mingtang's soldiers and horses have arrived." Xu Shao's expression was solemn, "The soldiers and horses that attacked Liangzhou have not yet returned, so it is not appropriate to fight Qiao Mingtang at this time." ”

Chu Huan said: "We can't act rashly, Qiao Mingtang's side, we won't act rashly, right, is there a problem with the camp?" Send people in and out every day, so that they don't see through it. ”

Xu Shao said with a smile: "Don't worry, the last general promises that until now, they don't know that we have secretly transferred troops to leave." ”

Chu Huan bowed slightly.

Bluff to attack Tongzhou, lure the Xishan Army to rescue, take the opportunity to ambush in the middle of the road, once the plan is implemented smoothly, defeat the Liangzhou reinforcements, and attack Liangzhou.

This plan, Chu Huan had already formulated a detailed strategy with Pei Ji before capturing Xigu Pass.

Chu Huan is a rather casual person on weekdays, but once he has a goal, he is a person who is tenacious and determined to achieve the goal, and in order to achieve the goal, he will definitely make a detailed plan.

Attacking Xigu Pass is already a complete face-to-face with the Qin State, and in such a situation, Chu Huan will naturally not be afraid of it, but Pei Ji has already analyzed the next troubles for Chu Huan after taking Xigu Pass.

Tongzhou is a must-take place in the northwest, but just by taking Tongzhou, Chu Huan knows that it is difficult to hold it, unless the entire southern region of Xishan is controlled, the safety of Tongzhou can be guaranteed, so if you want to take Tongzhou, you must take Liangzhou, as long as you control Liangzhou and Tongzhou in your hands, you can stabilize your position in the pass.

As the enemy expected, Chu Huan lacked grain and grass in his hands, and he was not able to mobilize a huge military force to enter the customs to fight, especially the cavalry, although the mobility was strong, it was an invincible killing weapon on the battlefield, but the consumption of cavalry far exceeded the needs of the infantry, Chu Huan had tens of thousands of cavalry under his command, but the grain and grass were unable to support the cavalry corps in the entire northwest to enter the customs to fight.

Chu Huan gritted his teeth and mobilized 7,000 cavalry, which had already reached the limit, in addition, Pei Ji led 8,000 infantry soldiers to secretly enter the pass, and 15,000 infantry cavalry from the northwest had already reached the limit.

For Chu Huan, this plan can be regarded as a big gamble, once it is implemented smoothly and successfully, and it will occupy the two states in the south of Xishan, if it lays a base in the pass, it will play a vital role in the future strategic deployment, but once the plan fails, and Tongzhou and Liangzhou cannot be captured, the Northwest Army can only retreat to the outside of the pass, and Tongzhou will also quickly strengthen the defense, and then find an opportunity to take Tongzhou, it will be very difficult, and from then on, The trade risk of the northwest to the customs will also be under the threat of Tongzhou, and at least for a few years, the northwest will not be able to enter the customs and compete for power.

It's a gamble, but it's a gamble that has to be made.

Ambushing Wei Tianqing and attacking Liangzhou must be foolproof, and it will definitely be completed, even if Wei Tianqing is repulsed and retreats to Liangzhou, this plan will end in failure.

Therefore, at the Liuzi River station, Chu Huan invested the maximum number of troops that could be invested at the moment, 8,000 foot soldiers secretly entered the Liuzi River area, and thousands of cavalry urgently transferred from the pass to fight together, although so, it still could not guarantee a complete victory, so Chu Huan secretly transferred 3,000 cavalry from the headquarters of the city and quickly assembled with Pei Ji's department.

In fact, the soldiers and horses under the city now are only 2,000 cavalry, and the more than 1,000 soldiers who are the pawns of the horses, Chu Huan is just used to make a move, Chu Huan has no hope for the combat strength of these people, and he is even worried that once the fight starts, these people are very likely to defect.

The camp tent is like a cloud, but it is just to hide people's eyes, and the two thousand cavalry in Chu Huan's hands are naturally more than enough to deal with Tongzhou City, but at this moment, the five thousand reinforcements led by Qiao Mingtang have arrived, and they have formed a huge threat to the Northwest Army under Tongzhou City.

Chu Huan knows very well that he can deceive for a while, but it is impossible to deceive all the time, until this time, the results of the battle in the south have not been delivered, and at this moment he still has to withstand huge pressure, waiting for Pei Ji's troops to quickly return to help, although Qiao Mingtang is cautious, he will not be conservative enough to miss the fighter, once he knows that Chu Huan is here and real, Qiao Mingtang will definitely fight with all his might.

Qiao Mingtang led the troops to help, and he did have the heart to fight with the Northwest Army.

The Northwest Army broke through Xigu Pass and approached the city of Tongzhou, but it surprised Qiao Mingtang, after receiving the letter for help, Qiao Mingtang did not hesitate, and immediately mobilized troops and horses to help.

Although there are not many soldiers and horses, Qiao Mingtang knows very well in his heart that the strength of the soldiers and horses entering the pass from the northwest will never be too strong, and gathering all the soldiers and horses in Xishan may not be impossible to fight to the death with the Northwest Army.

It's just that fighting to the death is the last choice after all, Qiao Mingtang has such psychological preparations, but he doesn't want to gamble unless he has to.

He naturally understands the truth that he killed 10,000 enemies and lost 8,000 himself, the Northwest Army is brave and good at fighting, and if the Xishan Army really fights with it, even if it repels the Northwest Army, its own casualties will inevitably be very heavy.

The best result was that the Northwest Army saw the arrival of reinforcements, and had no choice but to withdraw westward.

Arriving outside the city, Qiao Mingtang was slightly relieved to see that Tongzhou City was still hanging with the "Qin" flag, Tongzhou City had not yet been breached, so it had a better chance of winning.

He naturally already knew where the camp of the Northwest Army was, but he did not immediately send troops to attack, for the Northwest Army under Tongzhou City, Qiao Mingtang was not clear, knowing that the other side could not be defeated in a hundred battles, at this time, he had a limited understanding of the enemy, and it was definitely not Qiao Mingtang's character to attack rashly.

"Your Excellency the Governor, the Northwest Army is more than ten miles away, and it seems that there are not a few people." Xiao Moyun, the director of the Xishan Military Department, followed Qiao Mingtang as a deputy general this time, and after the soldiers and horses arrived at the small hill, Xiao Moyun immediately led the light cavalry to find a place on high ground to observe the camp of the Northwest Army from a distance, and the continuous camp tents surprised Xiao Moyun very much.

In the makeshift tents, the generals of the army stood on either side.

Qiao Mingtang glanced at Xiao Moyun, but asked, "Have the soldiers and horses of the Wei Command ever arrived?" ”

"I haven't seen the head of the health control department yet." Xiao Moyun said: "Lord Governor, it stands to reason that they should also arrive, isn't it!" ”

"What?"

"Is it because the guard system didn't send troops?"

"No way." Although Qiao Mingtang was dressed in golden armor, the governor of Xishan in military uniform did not have a murderous aura, but he had the demeanor of a Confucian general, and his jade-like face looked quite dignified: "The Wei Commander knows the importance of Tongzhou, and if he receives a letter for help, he will definitely send troops!" ”

Xiao Moyun said: "It should be here today at the latest." ”

Qiao Mingtang instructed: "Continue to send people to investigate, and when you see the soldiers and horses of Liangzhou, come to report immediately, yes, let the scouts sent remember that if you see the soldiers and horses of Liangzhou, tell Wei Tianqing, don't act rashly, let alone launch an attack on the Northwest Army without authorization." ”

"Xia Guan understands."

There was a map on Qiao Mingtang's desk, which was a map of the entire Xishan Road, and he stared at it for a moment before he said: "Chief Xiao, after dark, send someone close to the Northwest Army camp to investigate and find out two things." ”

"Your Excellency, please command."

"First, we must find out where the grain and grass of the Northwest Army are." Qiao Mingtang said solemnly: "This governor wants to know how much grain they have now and where the storage place is. ”

"Yes."

"Second, send someone to check the war horses of the Northwest Army." Qiao Mingtang said: "Look at how many of their war horses appear here, the cavalry in the northwest is very brave, we must figure out how many cavalry they have here." He glanced at all the generals under him, stared at one person, and said, "Master Pang!" ”

An old man over fifty years old came out of the queue and arched his hand: "Your Excellency! ”

"You are brilliant, this governor wants you to go to the northwest camp to meet Chu Huan, on the surface to persuade Chu Huan to withdraw from the army, but to find out what the situation of the northwest camp is now." Qiao Mingtang stared at Chief Pang's eyes, "Would you like to?" ”

Chief Pang's face changed color slightly, he opened his mouth, but he didn't make a sound, Qiao Mingtang's brows tightened, "You don't dare to go?" ”

"No, the subordinates are willing to go!" Director Pang was helpless.

Qiao Mingtang's face softened a little, "The two armies are fighting, if you don't cut it, Chu Huan won't do anything to you, we have to wait for Wei Tianqing's reinforcements to arrive, so you go to the northwest camp, first, you can delay for some time, and second, you can take the opportunity to check the reality of the northwest army camp, if you can figure out how many soldiers and horses are here in the northwest, it will be a great achievement, and this governor will definitely be rewarded." ”――

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