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"Gongsun, you report the military situation first." Li Jing cheered up.

The enchanting Gongsun Lan did not have a smile on his face today, and bowed down to report heavily: "Your Highness, everyone, according to the urgent report of the flying eagle in Yunzhou, tens of thousands of Hu people besieged Li Siyuan's department to guard the cowhide pass on the sixth day of the first month of this month, the two sides fought a big battle, Li Siyuan defeated the Hu people, beheaded more than 5,000 people, the Hu people were defeated, Li Siyuan took advantage of the situation to pursue, all the way to Baishuiluo, June 11, his troops were ambushed by tens of thousands of Khitan troops ambushed here in Baishuiluo, the Shatuo army was defeated, Li Siyuan's 30,000 Shatuo army plus 30,000 auxiliaries were almost wiped outAt least more than 30,000 people were killed in battle, and the corpses were piled up like a mountain and blood flowed like a river. Now the Khitan Yu Yue Ye Lu Shilu is leading more than 100,000 Hu people to move south, pointing directly at the Niupi Pass on the Qingpo Road. The general under his command, Jeruzara, led the division out of Baidao, detoured to Zhenwu to attack the northwest of Yunzhou, and had conquered the Jingbian Military City and Wuzhou City. The Hu people's soldiers were very sharp and difficult to resist. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the camp chamber immediately became in an uproar.

Cui Yunqing asked: "Didn't the Supervision Department find out that there were only 80,000 Hu people who went south, and there were only 10,000 soldiers, and the rest were all old and weak, just trying to take advantage of the fire to rob?" Why is Li Siyuan's 60,000 horses, but almost all of a sudden? How many of the Hu people went south? ”

Gongsun Lan lowered her head and said in a deep voice: "For this matter, I will first ask King Qin for guilt on behalf of the Supervision Department, this time the information is wrong, and the crime of dereliction of duty is inevitable." It was our Supervision Department that underestimated the strength and determination of the Khitan people, and did not find out in advance, and the Khitan came prepared this time. They had done a lot of covert work before, so they were unable to find out the strength and movement of the southbound Hu people. I'm here. Officially resigned to the King of Qin. Wait for the King of Qin to deal with it. ”

Li Jing glanced at Gongsun Lan. I was also a little angry in my heart. For a long time, the various bureaus of the Supervision Department have clear responsibilities and tasks, and Li Jing is very satisfied with his performance. However, this time, the Supervision Office made a great mistake, they did not even notice the movement of more than 100,000 Khitan horses, which not only caused Li Siyuan's troops to be defeated, but also put Zhang Zimian's army in a dangerous situation. What made Li Jing even more angry was. It was on the basis of the intelligence of the Supervision Office that the General Staff and the Political Affairs Hall finally made the decision to take the risk of sending troops to the north.

Now, it was 200,000 Hu people who came from the south, not 80,000 rabble, and this huge error made the entire decision-making of the Qin army in mortal danger. Now, Li Jing has personally sent 50,000 horses into the enemy's trap, and has made Yanjing and Hebei empty like never before. In the entire four provinces of Rehe, Hebei, Beiping, and Shanxi, there are only 50,000 troops garrisoned.

Once this 200,000-strong Hu army broke through the Daibei line, then the newly established Shanxi Province could fall. Even the province of Rehe, north of Yanshan, is at risk of being lost. In case Chengde Town and Weibo Town in Hebei also take the opportunity to send troops, even the situation in the whole Hebei will be turbulent. The land north of the central river is critical. It will inevitably involve the war situation in the Northeast.

The mistake made by the Office of the Ombudsman this time will lead to extremely serious consequences.

But this is not the time to hold accountable, but to remedy and change the current bad situation. He barely maintained his composure and said, "The Supervision Office is seriously derelict in its duties, and the crime is unforgivable. However, now is not the time to pursue responsibility, so let's write down your responsibilities for the time being, and allow you to make meritorious contributions to your crimes. Gongsun, you should talk about the information you have now, I hope your information is not wrong this time. ”

"Yes!" Gongsun Lan got up, turned around and walked to the sand table in the hall.

"After the incident, the Inspectorate launched an all-out campaign, and all bureaus worked together. Now that some information has been discovered, it is now summarized and reported to the King of Qin and you. According to the information we recently investigated, the Hu people who went south this time were not 80,000, but 200,000. With Yu Yue Yelu Shilu, who was the general of the Khitan Xinbai leading the affairs of the military state, as the marshal of the southern expedition, with Yelu Sara as the deputy marshal, and Yelu Gugu as the vanguard, a total of 200,000 horses and horses were united and brought together from many tribes such as the Xi, Xi, Tatar, Turkic, and Uighur tribes inside and outside the Yin Mountains. Among them, there are 20,000 Khitan elite cavalry, 40,000 auxiliary soldiers, 20,000 soldiers of various ethnic groups, 40,000 auxiliary soldiers, and 80,000 slaves and old and weak followers of various ethnic groups accompanying them to the south. ”

Hearing that this 200,000 southbound Hu army, among which there were 40,000 light cavalry and 80,000 auxiliary soldiers, everyone present changed color again. Even if you don't count the 80,000 assistant troops, just these 40,000 soldiers and 80,000 auxiliary troops are enough to make people shocked. No wonder a character like Li Siyuan will also be defeated in a battle.

However, Li Jing was still a little puzzled, how could Li Siyuan, an extraordinary general, chase the enemy so easily and ambush him, and almost all the troops were gone?

"Li Siyuan has been betrayed!" Gongsun Lan gave Li Jing the answer. After Li Siyuan retreated from Shuozhou to Yunzhou, there were 30,000 soldiers and horses under his command, and he also had an auxiliary army, and temporarily recruited a group of young and strong into the army, and when he guarded the Qingramp Road, he still had 30,000 soldiers and 50,000 auxiliary soldiers. After Li Siyuan was besieged by his subordinates in Yanmen last time, he reorganized his troops and horses, and many suspected officers were transferred out and strictly monitored. He even reorganized the various departments, and sent his own henchmen of the horizontal division to each department to supervise the army and monitor the officers of each battalion.

His series of measures began to work well, and he corrected many generals who were loyal to Li Keyong.

However, the most conclusive facts proved that Li Keyong's influence in the army was far beyond Li Siyuan's imagination. Many middle- and upper-level officers were monitored by Li Siyuan, but there were still a large number of middle- and lower-level officers who had always been loyal to Li Keyong. They were instructed by Li Keyong, and they kept it hidden, waiting for an opportunity.

This opportunity was when Li Siyuan and the Hu people were at war, and when the Hu people came to tackle the problem, Li Siyuan faced the battle and defeated the Hu people. Then his subordinates began to see a large number of soldiers not following the military orders, but chasing after the poor. Li Siyuan was forced to lead his troops to follow the pursuit, but the pursuit went farther and farther, but the troops never recovered. Until the troops were brought all the way into the ambush circle of the Khitans, they were almost gone.

Li Jing finally understood why Li Keyong stayed in the river so calmly, and his move was really powerful. Li Siyuan may be very powerful in leading troops to fight, but compared with Li Keyong, what he lacks is his prestige in the Shatuo army. Li Keyong can respond to every call. But Li Siyuan couldn't do that. Plus Li Keyong colluded with the Khitans. They hide a real army. Li Jing and Li Siyuan both misjudged the battlefield situation, which led to this defeat.

If Li Siyuan knew that there were 200,000 Hu people, no matter how many of the officers who were loyal to Li Keyong tried to bewitch the soldiers to pursue him, Li Siyuan would never leave the cowhide pass easily.

"Where is Li Siyuan now?" Li Jing rubbed his temples and asked.

"After Li Siyuan's army was defeated in Bai Shuiluo, he disappeared, according to our speculation, Li Siyuan should still have about 10,000 men and horses in his hands now, and these should be loyal to his subordinates. However, they were not able to return to the cowhide pass. Yelu Shilu had already set up an ambush on the way back, and Li Siyuan had either been killed by the ambush or had already turned and fled elsewhere. However, according to my speculation, with Li Siyuan's ability, it is unlikely that he will be annihilated so quickly, so it is very likely that Li Siyuan is outside the Great Wall at this time, in the range south of Yinshan Mountain, evading the pursuit of the Hu people. ”

Jing Xiang and the others also agreed with Gongsun Lan's speculation, Li Siyuan should not be defeated so easily. But. Li Siyuan couldn't come back for a short time, and now the Hu people have crossed the Great Wall. Entered the periphery of Yunzhou City.

"There are three barriers on the periphery of Yunzhou: Cowhide Pass, Yunzhong Guard, and Baishan Mountain, in addition to Jingbian Army and Wuzhou City in the west, and Qingsai Army and Tiancheng Army in the east. But now we know that the Jingbian Military City and Wuzhou City in the west of Yunzhou have been broken by a group of troops and horses led by Jeruzala, and the Jingbian Army and Tiancheng Army in the east are also estimated to be difficult to protect. Yelu Shilu's strategic layout is very clear, that is, the troops are divided into three routes, the Chinese army directly attacks Yunzhou, the left and right two roads of soldiers and horses capture the four outer cities of Yunzhou, and surround Yunzhou on three sides at the end of the road to break it. Then surround and eat Zhang Zimian's corps in Shuozhou, after taking Shuozhou, gather the Shatuo army in Yanmen, counterattack Ulzhou, and then go all the way north to fight in the four states in front of the mountain, and the most rear-end target is still the military capital Guan and Yanjing. ”

Gai Yu pinched his beard and said suddenly: "The Khitans are encircling Wei to save Zhao, they sent such an army south during the Northeast War, it is impossible for them to run to help Li Keyong clean up the portal." They would never come to the Central Plains to fight the grass valley in the early stage of such a decisive battle. The Khitans are planning to encircle Wei to save Zhao and force us to send troops and horses from the Khitan steppe or the Bohai battlefield back to Hebei. ”

"The Northeast Battlefield is very important, and now that the war is imminent, the prelude to the Feng War has begun, and we must not send troops and horses back from the Northeast." Jing Xiang said.

Li Jing also nodded, although the Qin army invested four legions with a total of 350,000 horses in the northeast battlefield, but compared with the northern Rongdi coalition army, there was not much advantage, and the two sides were on a front of thousands of miles, gathering millions of troops in the battle, and it was absolutely impossible to have troops for the transfer of troops to the south. On the battlefield in the north, there is a turnip and a pit, and if the army is transferred back at this time, it is very likely to cause other troops to be tightened, or even collapse on the whole front.

The Khitans hoped that Li Jing would send troops back to help, so that they would have an extra advantage on the battlefield in the northeast.

Li Jing can't do that!

"How about sending troops and horses from Shandong to the north?" Li Liang proposed, "Draw troops and horses from Jianghuai into Shandong, draw troops and horses from Shandong into Hebei, and then draw troops and horses from Hebei into Daibei to reinforce the battle." ”

"No, how many troops do you have to mobilize? Moreover, Jianghuai and Shandong had to defend against Huainan Gaoyu, Henan Huangchao Army, and Hebei Weibo and Chengde Town. The soldiers and horses themselves have already reached a fairly low level, how can they be transferred again. Li Zhen objected, involving the military movement of several provinces and regions, which was too big. At this time, there was a big war in the north, and the south became more and more stable. If it is mobilized together, Gaoyu, Huangchao, and Hebei Domain also begin to move, then it will be a big trouble.

"Hu Lu is powerful, and our army cannot send more troops and horses to compete with Daibei at the moment. According to a certain foolish opinion, it is better to let General Zhang Zimian retreat into Ulzhou before the thieves are surrounded, concentrate troops and horses, resist the city, and fight a defensive battle with Hulu. At a critical time, we can even retreat to the military capital. In short, the key is to keep the Northeast War situation, as long as the Northeast War can achieve the most decisive victory, then wave troops to recapture Daibei Mountain. Don't fight with thieves for a while, look at the distance! ”

Li Zhen's proposal is full of conservatism, but also steady. If the battle line is stretched too long, the string of the Qin army will collapse too tensely, and the risk will increase a lot.

The Qin clan still had many enemies, Sha Tuo, Chengde, Wei Bo, Huang Chao, and Gao Biao

If we do not spare half of our strength in fighting on all fronts, then it is possible to attract these enemies to take advantage of the opportunity to attack. At that time. But it's really going to get out of hand. Whenever. It is most correct to leave a little spare energy.

The army in the north cannot be transferred back, the army in the south is not suitable for transfer, and Hebei has no troops to send, so it seems that the Qin army has no other choice but to give up Daibei and withdraw its troops as soon as possible.

Just withdraw Zhang Zimian's army at this point, which means that the Qin army's dispatch this time has completely failed. Not only did it waste a lot of money. Moreover, it will lose one Li Siyuan in vain, and even Datong Town will be lost again.

Li Jing was unwilling in his heart, and he knew very well that in the current situation, he was afraid that he would really abandon Li Siyuan and withdraw Zhang Zimian, and the Hu people would not give up, and they would take advantage of the victory to march and attack Ulzhou, Wuzhou, Xinzhou, Ruzhou, and Yanzhou. Fight all the way to Junduguan, and even Yanjing.

"Respectfully, the Counselor. How many soldiers and horses are there in Hebei now? Li Jing looked up and asked.

Jing Xiang was taken aback, but he still replied seriously: "Get rid of Zhang Zimian's army and go out to fight 50,000 horses, and now in the entire four provinces of Rehe, Beiping, Hebei, and Shanxi, all the soldiers are added to 50,000 people. ”

50,000 horses, which seems to be a lot, but it guards the land of thousands of miles from Shanhaiguan to the Yellow River. These tens of thousands of horses are guarding the four provinces.

"How many unity soldiers are there in Hebei, and how many township soldiers are there?" Li Jing continued to ask.

According to the records of the Ministry of War, the Qin Domain now has a total of 200,000 unity soldiers and 150,000 township soldiers, and the unity battalion of the four provinces has a total of 80,000 township soldiers and 70,000 township soldiers. However, at present, of the 400,000 horses of the six major army corps on the expedition, half of them are united soldiers and township soldiers, and half of these 200,000 are transferred from Hebei and other four provinces. At present, there are still 50,000 united soldiers and township soldiers in the townships of the four provinces! ”

50,000 soldiers, 50,000 township soldiers, even if Li Jing took them all, it would only be 100,000, plus Zhang Zimian's 50,000, it would only be 150,000, and it was not even as large as the number of Hu people. Besides, it was impossible for Li Jing to take all these soldiers away.

The soldiers of the three passes of Mozhou and the river must not be transferred, and they have to guard against Chengde and Weibo. The soldiers of Shanhaiguan and Jundu Pass and Lu Longsai cannot be transferred, these are the three gates of Yanjing, and there is no room for loss. If you want to send troops, where else can you transfer them?

Li Jing thought about it, the Yanjing garrison and his guards could be transferred, in addition, the martial arts hall and military academy students could be transferred, the senior cadets of the Scout School could be transferred, and a group of marines could be transferred from the naval division. Well, by the way, there's also a troop adjustable.

"Staff Envoy Gai, the last time the Wuhu came to surrender, how happened to the reorganization of the Wuhu soldiers and horses, and how many soldiers and horses have been reorganized now?"

"Back to the King of Qin, Wuhu came to vote for a total of one million people, including 200,000 soldiers and horses of various tribes, and after the first verification, 100,000 people have been selected, and the plan is ready to be expanded into the original troops. Some of the soldiers are still being trained. ”

Hearing that there were 200,000 tribal soldiers, Li Jing's face couldn't help but move. Although the five tribes suffered heavy losses in the new defeat, the so-called 200,000 soldiers actually included a large number of old and weak. After entering Qin, the old and weak have been eliminated and 100,000 young and strong have been selected. Among them, 40,000 of the most elite were cavalry, and 60,000 ordinary were infantry, and after receiving a year of new training in the Qin army, they were dispersed and supplemented into the existing armies.

It has been less than half a year since this unit received the new training of the Qin army, but this is indeed a large military force. Originally, they were going to supplement the troops in the Northeast, Hebei, and Jianghuai in turn after half a year. Now, Li Jing can't help but have a new idea.

"From the Yanjing garrison and the king's guards, as well as the cadets of the various martial arts halls and military academies, as well as the cadets over the age of fourteen in the Scout Academy, all of them have been gathered, can you get together 50,000 people?"

Jing Xiang lowered his head and counted carefully, "Back to King Qin, it's almost this number, if Yanjing City only leaves 10,000 people to garrison, and gathers all the military academy cadets over the age of fourteen, and then sends 10,000 unity soldiers and 10,000 township soldiers, the exact number should add up to about 50,000." ”

The Qin army has a large number of military academies at all levels, and implements a professional soldier system, with three levels: combat soldiers, unity soldiers, and township soldiers, as well as student soldiers, and has a strong ability to mobilize in wartime.

"Very good, now you gather these 50,000 people, immediately reorganize them with the 100,000 trained soldiers and horses of Wuhu, and reorganize them into 30 integrated armies, cavalry into 12 armies with 60,000 troops, and infantry into 18 armies with 90,000 troops. Since the Khitan is aggressive, let's fight him to the end. This time, Lao Tzu not only wants to beat these 200,000 Hu people back to his hometown, but also takes all of Daibei into his pocket. Li Jing shouted in a deep voice, with a resolute face.

Cui Yunqing exclaimed: "Your Highness, please think twice, it's too risky to be so desperate." Moreover, the reuse of 100,000 Hu soldiers in this battle is only afraid that the Hu people may not be able to fully trust, and the army will be reorganized before the battle, I am afraid that it will be difficult to have a tacit understanding. Such an army, though 150,000 people, is no different from a rabble, and it is too risky. ”

Li Jing said loudly: "It's not that this king is bent on taking risks, but now we have no choice, and there is no way to retreat, so let's fight." The teacher doesn't need to say much, the king has made up his mind, and three days later, he will lead the army to conquer in person! (To be continued......)