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Zhang Zimian, the father of Zhang Yu in Jinzhou City, who had been waiting for him but did not arrive, was leading 20,000 cavalry led by the generals of the Qin army, Wang Yanzhang, Gao Siji, Yang Shihou, and Song Wen, and quietly hid in the Shijie Valley outside Yanmen Pass, southeast of the Gray River in Shuozhou, and north of the Great Wall.

A few days ago, Zhang Zimian, who had been going south from Yunzhou to sweep away Shatuo's power, received an urgent order from Qin Jing to return quickly, retreat to Yunzhou, wait for backup, and meet the 200,000 Hu people who went south.

After receiving this urgent order, Zhang Zimian immediately instructed the Military Intelligence Department to provide the latest military intelligence report on behalf of the north, and then ordered an inventory of equipment, grain and grass. On the same day, he ordered Shenwuchuan City, south of the Shuozhou Great Wall, to cut off the thumbs of all Shatuo prisoners of war, discard them in the field, and then burn all the materials that could not be taken away in the future, and then the whole army returned north.

Yanmen's Shatuo Tanma had been hiding in the distance to watch the Qin army's westward expedition soldiers return north, until the Qin army had withdrawn from the Great Wall, and then they hurriedly reported back to Cheng Huaiyi of Yanmen, and the Qin army had left Shuozhou. It's just that what these Shatuo people don't know is that Zhang Zimian did take 20,000 cavalry out of the Great Wall and returned to the north, but what they didn't know was that on the night of the next day, Zhang Zimian quietly crossed the Great Wall with 20,000 soldiers in batches, returned to Daishuo, and quietly hidden.

Zhang Zimian was planning a ferocious attack, and for this, he even did not hesitate to disobey the military orders of Li Jing, the king of Qin, and put his son Zhang Yu in danger.

As an excellent marshal, he will judge the situation and make the most suitable choice.

And now. Zhang Zimian believed that he should not retreat north.

Excellent marshal. You must not allow the enemy to lead you by the nose.

200,000 Hu people went south. Li Siyuan's defeat did not frighten Zhang Zimian, he believed that this was not a big crisis for Li Jing, the king of Qin. He believed that Li Jing was capable of dealing with the Hu people in the north, and he sent his troops this time to deal with the Shatuo people, so he did not give up on his enemies. He's waiting for a great opportunity.

Hu marched south and defeated Li Siyuan's soldiers and horses, which was an excellent opportunity for him.

However, although Zhang Zimian was very trusted by Li Jing after entering Qin, he was a recent voter after all. Now the 20,000 elite cavalry under his command are nominally under the command of him, the marshal of the Western Expedition. But in fact, the military masters of the 20,000 and fourteen cavalry are not small, they are Li Jing's three right-hand men Wang Yanzhang, Gao Siji and Yang Xiongxiong, as well as the former Dengzhou Assassin and Qizhou Assassin Song Wen.

These four people are not ordinary generals, and they are all in the country. And he is also full of prestige in the Qin army, can he implement his decisions. The key is to get their support.

When Zhang Zimian gathered the four military masters again, the first sentence of Wang Yanzhang, the iron spear general, was very unkind, and he saluted Zhang Zimian with a dark face: "Zhang Shuai, now that the Hu people are moving south, Li Siyuan's army is defeated, Yunzhou is surrounded, and the King of Qin urgently ordered us to return north, but Zhang Shuai took us to hide in this valley, but why?" ”

"Ben Shuai is waiting for someone!"

The white horse silver spear Gao Siji leaned over and hugged his fists: "I don't know how long the marshal will have to wait, if it is too long, I am afraid that the marshal of Jincheng will not be able to wait that long." A person from the Military Intelligence Department said that the Hu people had divided 50,000 troops to besiege the cities of Jincheng, Yingcheng, Hunyuan, Heyin, and Huairen. There we only have 10,000 auxiliaries to guard the cities, and there is a huge disparity in strength, but it is our logistics base, and it is also our only way to retreat. ”

"Ben Shuai heard that the King of Qin has gathered troops and horses, and is urgently entering Daibei, with the King of Qin here, Yunzhou does not have to worry."

"But what about Jincheng, don't we have to worry?" Yang Shihou sneered, Zhang Zimian was very appreciated by King Qin, this time he was the marshal of the Western Expedition, but Yang Shihou was not convinced by him, if he wanted to be admired, then the other party must show real skills. In the past, he didn't see the so-called requisition of the grass thieves who were old sesame seeds and rotten grains. Besides, exterminating some grass thieves is not a good thing. However, Zhang Zimian actually dared to disobey King Qin's military order, which made him a little impressed, wasn't he afraid that the master of the four armies would directly leave him and return north?

Zhang Zimian stroked his beard and said slowly: "Jincheng, don't worry. As long as Ben Shuai waits for someone, even if Jincheng is lost, it doesn't matter. ”

Even Song Wen was surprised: "It's okay if Jincheng is lost?" I don't seem to understand, doesn't Zhang Shuai know that Jincheng is our only way out? ”

"No!" Zhang Zimian shook his head, "We have another way to go." ”

"Other way, what way?"

"Who is Zhang Shuai waiting for? Could it be that he is a local guide, and he knows what shortcuts he takes? ”

Gao Siji's four generals were all confused.

The situation in Jincheng is critical, and the situation in Yunzhou is critical, but at this time, Zhang Zimian can still hold his breath and take them to squat in the valley here, who is he waiting for? Is he really not afraid of Zhang Yu and Jincheng having an accident?

At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps outside the tent, and the marshal's personal guard shouted outside, "Report to the marshal, there is an urgent military intelligence report from the military intelligence department." ”

A burst of joy suddenly flashed on Zhang Zimian's calm face, "Please!" ”

"Report, military situation emergency, found movement in Yanmen Pass, early this morning, a team of soldiers and horses in Yanmen Pass, is coming to Shuozhou."

"How many?"

"About a thousand people, all cavalry!"

Hearing that there were only a thousand people, Zhang Zimian sighed with some disappointment, "Well, this marshal has already known the way, closely monitor this army and horses, continue to monitor Yanmen, and if there is any movement, there will be a report immediately." ”

"Yes!"

Yang Shihou's heart moved, and he looked at Zhang Zimian and said: "The marshal took us to hide here, is it the idea of the Shatuo people who want to fight the Yanmen army?" ”

Zhang Zimian nodded.

He was indeed fighting the idea of the Shatuo people, and Li Siyuan was mutined by his soldiers and horses, and was forced to retreat from Yanmen to Yunzhou. The two states of the Xin Dynasty in the Yanmen Pass fell back into the control of Li Keyong, and after Zhang Zimian cleared the Shatuo rebellion in Shuozhou, he wanted to continue to go south, but Yanmen was dangerous, with only 20,000 cavalry. But he was not at all sure that he would storm Yanmen.

At this time, the Hu people marched south. Li Siyuan was defeated. The situation in Datong was critical, but it made Zhang Zimian see an opportunity. According to the normal situation, he should follow Li Jing's order at this time to lead the army north to return to Yunzhou, then the land of Shuozhou is empty again. He did not believe that the defenders of Yanmen would miss this great opportunity to 'recover' Shuozhou. Especially when Li Keyong was not in Yanmen at this time, there were not many generals in Yanmen Town who could live in the town.

As long as he has returned to the north by fraud, he believes that the Shatuo soldiers on the Yanmen side will eventually come out of the customs to recover Shuozhou. And at this time. He suddenly killed again, and hit the Shatuo people by surprise and unpreparedness, but it was an excellent opportunity to annihilate the Guanshatuo people. There are not many Shatuo people in Yanmen at this time, if they can lead them into Shuozhou to annihilate most of them, then it is not impossible for him to take the opportunity to kill under Yanmen Pass and attack Daizhou. As long as the action is good, this is even a great opportunity to win Yanmen Town in one fell swoop.

There is such a good opportunity in front of us, and it is a great opportunity. How could Zhang Zimian miss it. Even because of his plan, the pressure on Yunzhou's side has temporarily increased. The son on the Jincheng side may be in danger, but if it is compared with the benefits that the entire plan can get, annihilate Yanmen Shatuo and seize Yanmen Town, everything will be worth it. Even if it would make him disobey King Qin's orders, even if it might put his son in danger, he thought it was worth it.

Li Jing made him the marshal of the Western Expedition, so he had to focus on the overall situation of the entire war.

It's just a pity that he has been waiting here for five days, and the Shatuo people from Yanmen have not come out yet. They were cautious, and seemed to have received orders to hold out.

But Zhang Zimian was still waiting, he believed that it was impossible for the generals of Yanmen to refuse such a temptation, and they would definitely come out. Just now, he finally became more convinced. Although Yanmen only sent a team of 1,000 horses, it seems that it only sent a scout. But the more this is the case, the more it shows that the Shatuo people in Yanmen will soon make a big move.

Sending out scouts was just a careful scout before and after they set out.

Yang Shihou, Gao Siji, Wang Yanzhang and Song Wen were all shocked, no one thought that at this time, Zhang Zimian would still have such a plan. Bold, very bold. However, they have to admit that this plan is indeed very feasible.

"Over there in Jincheng?" Gao Siji hesitated and said, "Do you want the last general to lead the headquarters to reinforcements?" ”

The Jinzhou guard, but it was Zhang Zimian's sister-in-law Zhang Yu who was guarding the town, and it was also the logistics grain and grass ordnance replenishment base of the Qin army in Shuozhou, and it was also the only way for them to retreat north if the Yanmen Shatuo people resolutely did not come out. Gao Siji's proposal was not only for Zhang Zimian's consideration, but also for the consideration of the whole army.

After Zhang Zimian was silent for a while, he shook his head with difficulty.

"No!"

They did not have many men and horses, only 20,000 light horsemen. Even if it is thin to deal with the Yanmen Shatuo army, how can it be divided at this time, not to mention, the return of 5,000 cavalry may not be able to change anything.

"Concentrate on one thing!" Zhang Zimian said: "Taking Yanmen Town is our biggest victory. Ben Shuai will send a messenger to tell Zhang Yu to abandon Jincheng and return to Ulzhou. ”

The first night of the first month of July was Zhang Zimian's sleepless night.

The military intelligence department reported that the cavalry of 1,000 people had occupied Shenwuchuan City, and then sent a team of cavalry back to Yanmen Pass.

If nothing else, Yanmen Pass will make the most difficult decision the day after tomorrow, whether to send troops and recover Shuozhou. Zhang Zimian thought that it was very likely that troops would be sent, and the only thing he was worried about was that he didn't know how many troops would be sent to Yanmen Pass. If they feel that the situation in the north of the present is very good, they may go out of the north in a big way to echo the Hu soldiers. If they only send a part of their troops out of the customs at the end of the day, then their plan may not be of much significance.

However, Zhang Zimian still made a tense arrangement and prepared for the Shatuo Society to send troops in a big way.

After a busy night, the 20,000 light cavalry of the Fourth Army of the Western Expedition were fully prepared for battle, and then, when the scorching sun had risen in the sky, they finally rode a flying horse to report.

"Shatuo made a big move, with about 20,000 cavalry and about 50,000 infantry auxiliaries with the army." Tanma was drenched in sweat and panting, and reported loudly.

20,000 cavalry, 50,000 auxiliaries? Zhang Zimian was taken aback, how could the Shatuo people still have so many soldiers and horses? If Sha Tuo really has so many soldiers and horses, he will have 20,000 cavalry, how can he fight? It can't be, it can't be. Zhang Zimian calmed down and carefully analyzed in his heart, and in the end, he believed that among the army that went out, only the 20,000 cavalry at most were Shatuo soldiers, and only a few of them were real cavalry, and the rest were just mounted infantry. And the so-called 50,000 auxiliary soldiers, it is more likely that after the Shatuo people drove away Li Siyuan this time, the forcibly recruited people were auxiliary soldiers, and this time they were brought out of the customs, one is to transport grain and grass, and the other is to bluff to strengthen their prestige.

If this is the case, even if the Shatuo people have a mighty 70,000 people, he is not afraid at all. The 20,000 elite cavalry of the Qin army are fully capable of defeating this rabble. Moreover, Yanmen sent so many people out of the pass at once, which means that there must not be many soldiers and horses left in the pass at this time, and Yanmen Pass is extremely empty.

As long as the rabble army of this pass is defeated, and then take advantage of the victory to go south, there will be a great chance to take Yanmen, and then take the more empty Xindai Erzhou.

"Pass the order, the whole army is ready to attack!" Zhang Zimian clenched his fists and waved heavily. (To be continued......)