After Xie Ai gave the order, he stepped on his war horse and ran towards the Blue Valley camp, he wanted to personally give Yang An an order, telling Yang An what preparations were needed to form a chariot army.

After entering the Blue Valley camp, Xie Ai went straight to Yang An's Chinese army tent and walked straight in.

"General, why are you here?" Seeing Xie Ai walking into the Chinese army's big tent, Yang An hurriedly got up and said hello.

Xie Ai looked at Yang An and said softly: "General Yang, is there any change in the army of the country opposite?" ”

"General Hui, the Daiguo army has camped five miles away from our army's camp, and there has been no change, but the last general feels that they seem to want to trap our army." Yang An said softly.

Xie Ai nodded and said: "That's right, now, the Yan army has cut off our army's waterway grain road, and the land grain route is blocked by the soldiers and horses of the country, the Yan Dynasty coalition army does have an attempt to trap our army, and our army naturally can't sit still, we must take the initiative to attack and crush the Yan Dynasty coalition army's attempt." ”

When Yang An heard this, he felt that it made sense, so he asked softly, "What are the general's plans?" ”

Xie Ai thought for a moment and said: "The 50,000 elite cavalry of the Dai Kingdom are blocked in the Blue Valley, and the general intends to launch a surprise attack on it and completely defeat this Dai Guo soldiers and horses, so as to further expand the results of the battle. ”

"General, our army is short of soldiers and horses, if we want to completely defeat the 50,000 desert iron cavalry in front of us, our army must dispatch at least 60,000 main forces, so that we can be absolutely sure, and in this way, there will not be enough soldiers and horses to defend other directions, unless. The main army of the king can reach Jinyang City, so that there is an absolute chance of victory. Yang An frowned and said.

Xie Ai waved his hand and said softly: "The main army of the king, if you want to contain the main force of the Yan army on the east bank of Fenshui, you can't reinforce Jinyang City at will, and attack the Daiguo army, it all depends on the 40,000 main forces under the command of General Yang and General Zhang, whether General Yang has confidence or not." After speaking, he looked at Yang An.

Yang An frowned. Whispered: "General." The last general should do his best, but the desert iron cavalry is extremely elite, and our army is weaker than the enemy. I'm afraid that the probability of winning is not very large. ”

Xie Ai smiled. patted Yang An on the shoulder. Zhengse said: "General Yang don't worry, the general has already prepared, five thousand elite chariots." The 20,000 cavalry under the command of the general will immediately carry out the operation and training of the chariot, and within seven days, the order must be carried out, so that the elite desert iron cavalry of the Dai country will be destroyed. ”

"Elite tanks." Yang An was stunned for a moment when he heard this, paused, and said softly: "The general's meaning is to reorganize the 20,000 cavalry under the command of the last general into a chariot unit?" ”

Xie Ai nodded, and said softly: "That's right, this is exactly what the general intended, fighting in the open area, except for building an elite warship force, our army has no better choice, this is the only choice for our army." ”

"The general, the last general's general, are all cavalry, how can they skillfully control the chariot within seven days? I'm afraid that it will take at least a few months of training before it can form combat effectiveness. Yang An Zhengse said.

Xie Ai shook his head and said: "No, our army's time is running out, within seven days, our army must launch an attack on the Daiguo cavalry, let the soldiers focus on training driving and riding, as long as they can drive skillfully and advance and retreat in an orderly manner." ”

"Report, General, all five thousand chariots have been transported to the camp." The general in charge of escorting the chariot reported to the account.

When Xie Ai heard this, he strode out of the big tent of the Chinese army, and Yang An only followed behind.

Five thousand chariots were stacked in the camp of Yang An's army, and one of them was specially pulled out and pushed in front of Xie Ai and Yang An.

Seeing that the chariot in front of him was quite domineering, Yang An nodded and said softly: "General, such a big chariot needs at least four horses to pull it before it can run!" It's not a problem to accommodate three or five soldiers in the car! ”

Xie Ai nodded and said: "I will let the craftsmen build heavy chariots, which can accommodate four soldiers, one in front is the driver, responsible for driving the chariot, the rear body can accommodate three soldiers, the two soldiers in front are holding combat weapons, responsible for killing the enemy at close range, and protecting the safety of the driver and a soldier in the rear, a soldier at the rear of the car is armed with a bow and crossbow, responsible for shooting the enemy from a distance, and equipped with a melee short sword, such a heavy chariot, and equipped with four soldiers, naturally needs four war horses, two in the front and rear, Not much slower than cavalry. ”

Xie Ai asked the craftsmen to build 5,000 heavy chariots, which could fully equip the 20,000 cavalry under Yang An's command, so that the 20,000 cavalry soldiers under Yang An's command could be transformed into a chariot army with 5,000 chariots.

"General, if such a domineering chariot can be galloped on the battlefield in a row, it will definitely make the main cavalry of the Daiguo tremble, and it will be broken." Seeing that the chariot was so domineering, Yang An suddenly had a lot of confidence.

Xie Ai smiled and said softly: "The position of the big camp is limited, let the soldiers, divided into three waves, take turns to practice day and night, after seven days, we will see the results, and the entrances and exits of the large training ground will be closed, we must not let the Daiguo army know that our army is practicing chariot formations hard, otherwise, the Daiguo cavalry will be prepared, in this way, it will be difficult for our army to win a big victory." ”

"Rest assured, the general knows what to do." Yang An said confidently.

Subsequently, Yang An summoned one-third of his soldiers and asked them to work in groups of four, tether their horses to the chariot, and let them board the chariot and begin training.

More than 1,500 combat vehicles were all concentrated in the center of the training ground for training, and in order to defeat the enemy army, every soldier trained very seriously.

Xie Ai and Yang An, standing on the training platform, looked at the more than 1,000 chariots lined up in several rows, galloping in the training ground with great momentum, and they were very satisfied.

"General, in the opinion of the last general, if the five thousand chariots are all gathered together, it is difficult to train in a short period of time, but if they are dispersed into small units of medium number, which are commanded and operated separately by the commanders of each battalion, it may be much easier." Yang An said softly.

"General Yang's meaning is to take the battalion as a unit, let the battalion owners train the 250 chariots under their command, so that these 250 chariots can advance and retreat to a certain extent, so as to form a 20 chariot groups with a certain degree of advance and retreat." Xie Ai said in surprise.

He was very satisfied with Yang An's proposal, although Yang An divided the 5,000 chariots into 20 independent combat units, ostensibly to make the chariot troops appear scattered, but to let the 5,000 chariots attack and turn at the same time requires long-term training, and it is difficult to achieve results in a short period of time, and let each battalion train 250 chariots alone, the scale is small, and the difficulty of training is naturally much smaller, and within seven days, it will be easy to complete the task.

Yang An hugged his fists and said: "Yes, general, it is easier to disperse training, the last general is sure that within seven days, the men and horses of our twenty battalions can all easily control the chariot, and the last general on the battlefield, only need to command the twenty battalion masters under his command in turn." ”

Xie Ai smiled with satisfaction and said loudly: "Okay, General Yang's mention is very good, and the general thinks it is feasible, besides, the terrain of the Blue Valley is not very open, and it is more conducive to command with battalions as a unit." ”

Yang An nodded, and then ordered the soldiers who were training to immediately disperse into battalions and conduct training in multiple locations on the training ground.

Seeing that the soldiers were training in full swing, Xie Ai nodded with satisfaction, and after watching for an hour, he rode back to Jinyang City under the protection of the guards.

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In the direction of Qi County, Hua'an Ba Camp advanced thirty miles in the direction of Jinyang City, and set up a camp, here, from Jinyang City, there is a distance of two days at most, and it is naturally a distance of two days from the main force of Murong Ke's Yan army, but if it is a cavalry attack, it can be reached within one day.

The reason why Hua'an did not dare to continue to move forward was mainly because of the strong strength of the main force of the Yan army, with the current strength of Hua'an, if he confronted Murong Ke's main army head-on, he would definitely not be able to take advantage, and he would not fall into the situation of the whole army being scattered, after all, there were too many cavalry under Murong Ke's command.

However, Hua'an is eager to know about the internal situation in Jinyang City, although the smart people who are placed next to Xie Ai and other generals will send back some news from time to time, but these news are far from meeting Hua'an's needs.

For this reason, Hua'an sent his henchmen and soldiers to Jinyang City secretly, in order to get in touch with Xie Ai and other generals, if Jinyang City is in an emergency, Hua'an intends to send some soldiers and horses, overcome many difficulties, take the Longshan Trail, and reinforce Jinyang City at any cost.

"Report, Wang, Jinyang City has just sent back the news that the Yan Dynasty coalition army has formed a situation of encirclement on Jinyang City on all sides." A general walked into the big tent of the Chinese army and reported loudly.

When Hua An heard this, he immediately walked to the map and asked loudly, "How is the Yan Dynasty coalition army arranged?" Also, the arrangement of our army. ”

The general walked to the map, pointed to the map, and reported: "Your Majesty, the 170,000 main cavalry of the Yan State are all assembled on the east bank of Fenshui, and there is a possibility of crossing Fenshui at any time. The main army of the country is divided into three routes, 80,000 main desert iron cavalry stationed in the north of Mengshan, 50,000 elite desert iron cavalry blocked at the exit of the Blue Valley, at any time, it is possible to launch an attack on the Blue Valley, another 20,000 cavalry stationed in the southwest of Longshan, blocking the Longshan trail, our army is stationed in the direction of the Blue Valley with 40,000 main cavalry, Mengshan and Longshan are each stationed in the 20,000 reserve corps, and the rest of the men and horses are stationed in Jinyang City as a reserve, ready to respond to all parties at any time. (To be continued......)