Chapter 888: The Alliance
On the third day of the second month of the tenth year of Pingguang in the Yan calendar, there are still five days before the big year of the ancient calendar.
Outside Linyang Pass in the northwest of Yan Kingdom, where the border of Yanqing is connected, it was originally very empty, except for the simple outpost towers built on both sides, there were no other buildings, but today at this junction, a huge tent has been set up, and this tent is still twice as large as Han Mo's marshal camp.
Five or six miles north and south of the camp, there is a cavalry of hundreds of people, compared to the Qingguo cavalry in the north, the Yan cavalry in the south is more energetic.
Although the Qing army was ordered not to launch an attack on Nanyang Pass, after the Wei army stabilized at Nanyang Pass, they began to attack the Qing army's positions again and again.
After the Qing army missed the opportunity to capture Nanyang Pass, he guessed that the Wei army would definitely counterattack after stabilizing its position, so it was time to build fortifications day and night, and the time was in a hurry, nothing more than digging some pits, and then transporting a large number of logs across the open field where the cavalry was impacted, in order to stop the Wei cavalry from charging, although the project was not big, but it did bring great trouble to the Wei army, and the Qing army under the leadership of Lin Chengfei, fought continuously, and thwarted the Wei army's attacks again and again.
But the losses of the Qing army were extremely heavy, and Lin Chengfei knew very well that if this continued, the Qing army would collapse sooner or later, and he himself didn't even know how long it would be able to hold on.
But just two days ago, an extremely strange thing happened.
Shangjing City actually sent a decree with a flying pigeon, ordering the front-line supervisor and general Lin Chengfei to negotiate the military alliance with the general of the Northwest Army of Yan State.
Not to mention the matter of the alliance with Yan**, it is extremely rare to say that the Feixin decree is an extremely sacred order for any country, and a special person will be arranged to pass the decree to show its sacredness. It is rare in the world to only use carrier pigeons to fly to transmit the holy decree, but Lin Chengfei also felt another message from it, that is, the Qingguo Imperial Court was very eager for this proposal, hoping that the military alliance would be formed as soon as possible.
Lin Chengfei naturally understands the situation of Qingguo very well, Wang Yanping's troops were ordered to withdraw the army, and the two counties and three counties in the northeast were ceded to the northern barbarians, which made Lin Chengfei extremely sad and angry, and the situation of the southwest front he was guarding was also precarious, even if he was a strong-willed front general, he was full of gloom about the future of Qingguo.
He led the army to fight hard with the Wei army, and he was always worried about the movements of the Yan army, and now the Qing army was facing the Wei army and the Northern Barbarian attack alone, and the situation was critical, he really didn't know whether the Yan State in the east would take the opportunity to rob.
Although the two sides had just formed an in-law and nominally become allies, Lin Chengfei never believed that in-laws were the solid foundation of the alliance between the two countries, and he knew better that when great interests appeared, any alliance was just a piece of waste paper.
Therefore, although he was under huge military pressure on the southwest front, since Han Mo returned to the northwest from Yanjing City to quell the chaos, he did not dare to easily mobilize a single soldier of the army in the south of the town.
The Wei people are terrible, but the Yan people are equally terrifying.
When he saw that the will of Shangjing City stated that he would form a military alliance with Yan State, Lin Chengfei was skeptical, but there was also a trace of excitement in his heart, if the people of Yan State were really willing to send troops to help, it would be really undesirable for Qing Guo.
He is good at military affairs, but he is not a political idiot, and he faintly feels in his heart that the Yan people sent troops because they didn't want to see the Western Wei really defeat the Qing State, thus destroying the balance of power in the Central Plains Continent, right?
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Han Mo rode the Absolute Shadow, followed by more than a dozen cavalry guards, all of whom were knights from the Divine Bow Battalion, and Ling Yun, the commander of the Divine Bow Battalion, personally led the escort. On Han Mo's left and right, one was Tie Kui, the new chief soldier of Linyang Pass, and the other was Jiang Siyuan, the minister of the Qincha with a somewhat ugly face.
Jiang Siyuan's injuries had just healed, and since he arrived in the northwest, although he had to assist Han Mo in handling military affairs in the northwest, he was actually completely overridden by Han Mo in rough ways, and he had no right to make any decisions about the Northwest Army.
But this time to talk with Qingguo, Han Mo changed his normal situation, and very ceremoniously invited this Lord Jiang out, and in the camp, he was very modest to show that he himself was just a martial artist, and he was really not good at negotiations, and Lord Jiang was the imperial history of Yan State, and his eloquence was outstanding.
Although Jiang Siyuan felt that Han Mo's arrangement must be something else, the order of the military department from Yanjing City Feixin did let Han Mo and Jiang Siyuan negotiate with the Qingguo people on the issue of sending troops, so Han Mo arranged it like this, but Jiang Siyuan could only obey, but deep down in his heart, he also felt that if he could get as much benefit as possible for Yan Guo in this negotiation, he should also become a meritorious man.
The group approached the big tent, and saw a group of people galloping from the opposite side, the first one was dressed in pitch black armor, but as agreed in advance, the main general was not wearing a weapon.
Han Mo guessed at once that the black-armored general must be Lin Chengfei, the current front-line general of Qingguo.
On Lin Chengfei's left and right, there was also one person each, on the left was also a military general, and on the other side was a middle-aged man dressed in civilian service, there was still some distance from the big tent, Han Mo raised his hand, and the cavalry of Lingyun and the Shenbow Battalion behind him stopped their horses and did not continue to follow, and the cavalry guards on Lin Chengfei's side also stopped, three people on each side galloped to the front of the big tent, three or four steps away, they all stopped together, they all stopped their horses, they didn't speak for a while, just looked at each other, Lin Chengfei took the lead and said: " This is General Han, right? ”
Han Mo saw that Lin Chengfei was less than forty years old, with a square appearance and a Chinese face, according to ordinary people, it was a righteous face, but this face looked like a sense of exhaustion from his bones at this time, but that feeling of exhaustion could not hide his iron-blooded might.
"It's Han Mo!" Han Mo arched his hand and said with a smile: "Han Mo has long heard the name of General Lin, and everyone in the world is called the Tiger Thunderbolt, when I see it today, it really deserves its name, and it really has the power of a tiger!" ”
Lin Chengfei laughed and said, "General Han said he was joking. General Han is young and can take on this role, but it is admired by the general! ”
The two sides introduced the people around them, but the Wenchen of Qingguo was the supervisor of the army Yu Hai, and the military general was Deng Guozhong, the deputy general under Lin Chengfei.
Yu Hai was extremely enthusiastic about Han Mo, and he gave up his hand again and again, and the words of praise were endless, which made Han Mo even wonder if the Lord of the Prison Army had memorized these words before he came.
The two sides dismounted and entered the big tent together, and the tables and chairs had already been prepared in the tent, and although the conditions were difficult, there was still food and wine here.
For the sake of safety, before the two sides met, they sent people to carefully inspect it here, and this is bound to be a meeting between the two sides, so they have to be careful.
After taking his seat, there was a slight silence, and Lin Chengfei took the lead and said: "My emperor has sent a will, your country has done a moral act, and you want to send troops to help, your brotherly alliance between our two countries, such a righteous act, I will express the highest respect to your country here!" ”
Han Mo said with a smile: "The princess of the contempt country is now the queen of your country, your country is equivalent to the contempt country, the family is in trouble, and when she encounters a strong enemy, she naturally wants to send troops to expel her, General Lin doesn't need to thank you!" ”
When Lin Chengfei heard this, he immediately frowned slightly.
Yu Hai had already asked eagerly: "General Han, but I don't know when your country is going to send troops?" Now that the Wei people are strong and strong, our Qing army has suffered heavy losses, and I am afraid that I will not be able to hold on to ......! ”
Before he finished speaking, Lin Chengfei had already coughed and glanced at Yu Hai.
When negotiating, it is most forbidden to show one's own eagerness and difficulties, and a real master negotiator will not only not reveal his own weaknesses, but will try his best to cover up his own urgency and weakness as a bargaining chip for negotiation.
Yu Haikou was eager, and even bluntly said that Qingjun was difficult to support, but instead of hiding his own difficulties, he exposed his shortcomings, which was a taboo in negotiations, Lin Chengfei naturally immediately interrupted him with a cough.
Yu Hai obviously reacted, knowing that he had made a mistake, and the expression on his face was suddenly quite embarrassed.
Han Mo had already pretended to be surprised and said, "What's the matter, your country is in big trouble?" I thought your country would be able to last more than half a year...... This...... I really didn't expect that! ”
Lin Chengfei smiled indifferently and said: "General Han, you and I are a brotherly alliance, we are also brothers in the alliance, and the general will tell you the truth, the pressure on my Qing army is indeed very great, and it has been attacked by the Wei army repeatedly, but the losses are not small, General Han said that we can still support it for half a year, which is a compliment, but three or four months, it can also be supported." And the current offensive of the Wei army is blocked, morale is low, Ben will not be ready to defend all the time, if possible, Ben will launch a large-scale offensive in the near future, counter-defense for the offensive, to catch the Wei people off guard, Ben will be very confident in this counteroffensive! ”
When Yu Hai heard this, he couldn't help but look at Lin Chengfei.
In the past, I only thought that this Lin Chengfei was awe-inspiring and a fierce general on the battlefield, but I really didn't expect this guy to talk big, but he was so full of neutrality.
With the current strength of the Qing army, the strength is far weaker than that of the Wei army, and the combat effectiveness is even lower by a grade, even if the troops are transferred from the south of the town to replenish it, it may not be able to launch a so-called large-scale attack on the Wei army, let alone with the pitiful tens of thousands of troops on hand now.
The Qing army is now able to resist the Wei army, firstly, it is indeed Lin Chengfei who is good at defensive battles, and secondly, because the Wei army does not have Sima Qingtian, and the offensive ability is greatly reduced, and another reason is that the Qing army itself does not know that Shang Zhongli is dead, and Lin Chengfei once used the "Shang" word flag fluttering on Long Mountain to inspire the Qing army soldiers to fight bloodily.
Han Mo's face relaxed, and he said with a smile: "I see, General Lin, as soon as you say this, the general will be relieved." If you can't support it now, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”
Lin Chengfei smiled calmly: "General Han, rest assured, my Qing army has enough ability to fight to the death." Now that your country has sent troops, you and I will merge to attack Wei, then we must be victorious! ”
"This ......!" Han Mo's expression became solemn, and he said: "General Lin, it is inevitable that my Dayan will send troops to help your country, and this general even hopes that he will be able to send troops to help your country tomorrow and drive the Wei people back, but it's just ...... I, Dayan, will not be able to send troops in the next month or two. didn't wait for the other party to speak, and already smiled: "Fortunately, your country can still support it for three or four months, but it's too late!" ”
Lin Chengfei changed color slightly.
Support for three or four months?
Support a fart.
According to the current situation, as long as the Wei army continues to maintain the offensive, it will take less than a month, and the Qing army will definitely retreat on all fronts.
But he didn't expect that Yan Guo, the young commander, would instantly grasp this conversation and sell his shelf.
Yu Hai had already said urgently: "General Han, your country can't send troops in a month or two?" That...... Why is that? ”
When Han Mo heard this, his face showed sadness, and he said, "This matter, this will ...... Hey, Lord Jiang, you can explain the difficulties of our army to General Lin and Yu Jianjun! ”
S: The number of chapters in this chapter is very auspicious, "eight eight eight",! ~!