Chapter 921: Opponents

On that day, Xiao Jiwen led 20,000 troops to the border of Yongzhou, under the guise of 17,000 troops, swaggering under the banner of handsome, but in fact, he personally led 3,000 troops to attack at night.

The 20,000 troops of the Western Regions Army were defenseless, not only were they stolen from the camp and the fire was wanton, but their soldiers were all scattered in a panic, and the Western Regions Army killed more than 2,300 people, wounded more than 1,400 people, captured more than 5,400 people, and the rest fled.

On the other hand, Xiao Jiao's 3,000 troops, but 300 casualties, under this big victory, it is basically negligible, but after all, the consumption of this battle is too large, and the remaining soldiers are inevitably exhausted, so they have to cultivate for a while.

In other words, in a short period of time, the full combat strength is the 17,000 troops that began as a disguise.

Although Xiao Jiwen made a good start, the Western Regions Army also reacted quickly, intending to gather the remaining army and turn it into two battalions, east and west, looking at each other from afar, intending to defeat Xiao Jiwen.

I never thought that in the process of assembling the Middle Regions Battalion, it encountered two ambushes and suffered heavy casualties, and when the entire East Battalion was assembled, the number of people had been reduced by half, and the Western Regions Army's method of attacking and defending each other was immediately broken, and it had to be combined into an army to confront Xiao Xiu's sister-in-law, and Li Xiuning was dormant again.

At the same time, the Western Regions army outside Tianshui City was restless, and after several months of siege, it finally started the assault mode again, which can be described as tragic.

"It's a pity, it's a pity that such a handsome talent can't be used by this palace." After reading the latest battle report, Xiao Jiwen was heartbroken.

Li Xiuning and Qin Liangyu each led an army and carried out ambushes respectively, among which Li Xiuning transferred Qiu Mingyuan to Qin Liangyu as a deputy general to assist, and let him lead two thousand troops alone to hide behind, in the event of an accident, with Qiu Mingyuan's ability to lead the troops and defend well, Qin Liangyu can be guaranteed to be foolproof, in the end, this girl has not commanded the army alone, and it is natural to make some arrangements.

However, Xiao Jiaoyu will not have these on the battle report she received, so she will naturally think that Qin Liangyu is an absolute single general, thinking that she had contact at the beginning, Xiao Xiao's wife was a little itchy, but she also knew that it could only be itchy for a while.

There is no shortage of generals under Xiao Ji's command, but there are not too many such talents, especially in troubled times, not to mention that Qin Liangyu is still a woman.

Shaking his head, he put these thoughts away, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he stared at Li Xiuning's name for a long time, especially the last sentence that said that the Bingzhou army had returned to Bingzhou.

After a long time, Xiao Yao's wife slapped the table and ordered: "Someone, give the order, the whole army will be drawn out, and re-encamp ten miles away from the military camp in the Western Regions. ”

"The last general commands." Although the generals were puzzled, they still did not hesitate to carry it out out of their belief in Xiao Jiwen.

When the camp was empty, only the two female guards around them served left and right, enjoying a comfortable soft shoulder massage, Xiao Jiwen whispered to herself: "Want to calculate me? Then don't blame me for calculating you. ”

A few days later, Li Xiuning, who learned of Xiao Xiao's military situation, couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.

"Oh? is worthy of being a woman among women, but unfortunately it is not a man's body, otherwise this big beam, I am afraid that there will still be survival. Li Xiuning is a rare compliment, but unfortunately he is not there.

"What's the explanation?" Qin Liangyu asked without hesitation. If you don't understand, you don't understand, Qin Liangyu confirmed that his talent is not low and he has great potential, but he also knows that his ability needs to grow further.

"Simple, the reason why our army delayed the ambush of the Western Regions Army not long ago is that it does not want to be the existence that is targeted, the combat strength of the Western Regions Army is indeed not comparable to that of the Turks, but at this moment, it is better than the number of people, and it will be a headache to be targeted.

Everyone knows that now Yongzhou belongs to Xiao Yao, and Xiao Yao's wife led the troops back to help, and fought a beautiful battle, which is bound to attract all the attention of the Western Regions Army.

and then made the appearance of withdrawing from Yongzhou and returning to the state, also in order to paralyze the Western Regions Army and Xiao Jiwen, so that the Western Regions Army could go all out to deal with Xiao Jiwen. ”

Listening to Li Xiuning's step-by-step explanation, Qin Liangyu frowned and pondered, puzzled.

"In that case, why are we still ambushing the Western Regions Army? Even if they don't do anything, the Western Regions Army will target Xiao Yuwen. ”

"Let me ask you, aside from Tianshui City, even if the Western Regions Army is defeated by Xiao Jiao in the first battle, how many troops are left."

"About 60,000 more."

"However, if the eastern and western armies are divided into two armies facing each other, it will be more than 30,000 battalions, with such a posture, do you think Xiao Jiao will go on a rampage?"

"Naturally not."

"That's it, although the number of Xiao Jiwen is only 20,000, it can be regarded as a good soldier, and Xiao Jiwen herself is also a good marshal, we ambushed the Western Regions army, so that the number of the Western Regions army is only 50,000, and then divide the two battalions is not necessary, but there is no such advantage, it is the best choice, that is, simply gather in one place and confront Xiao Jiwen.

And Xiao Jiwen's side will also reduce the pressure due to the sharp decrease in the number of enemy troops. Xiao Jiwen is young, good at fighting, and has very high ability, even if she is sophisticated, she will inevitably have a little pride, and in the face of such a confrontation, of course, she will not think that she cannot win, so the confrontation will naturally be established.

It's a pity, after all, I still underestimated Xiao Jiwen, and I didn't want her to see through my plan, it seemed that she was oppressing the Western Regions Army, and she was very aggressive to camp closely, but in fact, she was just putting on a posture to fool us and others. ”

Okay, it sounds really, complicated enough, a doubt in the past, and a new question comes out, fooling us? How to fool around?

Seeing Qin Liangyu's doubts, the corners of Li Xiuning's mouth raised slightly, behind the back of his right hand, his left hand was on the handle of the knife, standing high and looking into the distance, and said lightly: "Don't forget, we are fighting the army of benevolence and righteousness, how can we completely abandon Yongzhou?" Even if it's not our territory.

In other words, if according to the first plan, the Western Regions Army and Xiao Jiwen will fight each other, and when the time is right, whether our army is attacking the Western Regions Army outside Tianshui City, or the Western Regions Army that is surrounded by Xiao Ji's sister-in-law, it is bound to win a big victory, and with this prestige, we will further improve the prestige of our army, so as to tell everyone that others are unreliable, and only we can protect everyone's safety.

As a result, one can hit the Western Regions Army, the second can weaken Xiao Jiwen, and the third can buy people's hearts. ”

Qin Liangyu opened his mouth and didn't say anything for a while, but in the end he just picked out his thumb and admired it. This is also the place where Qin Liangyu thinks that the gap is the largest, that is, the overall consideration of the overall war and even the political situation, Qin Liangyu thinks that he will be a good leader in the future to fight, but it is difficult to reach such a height of thinking.

"But now Xiao Jiwen has seen my plan, don't look at the scene to make a fuss, in fact, it is a delay, a pure confrontation." Li Xiuning said again.

"Aren't you afraid of Tianshui City's loss? After all, judging from the current military situation, the Western Regions Army has launched a fierce attack on Tianshui City. Qin Liangyu asked rhetorically.

"So Xiao Auntie is gambling, the bet is that Tianshui City can be defended, as long as Tianshui City is not lost, Xiao Auntie will be invincible. If the confrontation continues like this, Xiao Jiwen's troops will not suffer any losses, and no matter where our army fights the Western Regions Army, it will be beneficial to Xiao Jiwen.

Attacking Tianshui and relieving the siege of Tianshui, then the troops of Zhenxi Mansion will be liberated, and they will naturally be able to send troops to attack the remaining Western Regions Army.

If you choose to go to help Xiao Jiwen, Xiao Jiwen can successfully arrive at Tianshui rescue.

Moreover, what if Tianshui City is broken? Zhenxi Mansion has guarded Yongzhou for hundreds of years, rich heritage, the Jiang family is not a good fighter, once Tianshui City is broken, whether it is Zhenxi Mansion or the people in the city, they can only choose to break the cauldron and sink the boat The last blow, if the Western Regions army is all surrounded by Tianshui, it is okay, but now it is only a part, and it is inevitable that it will suffer a big loss.

At that time, Xiao Jiwen will have to face almost only the Western Regions Army that confronts it, and it is the Western Regions Army far away from the border between Yongzhou and the Western Regions.

In addition, the strength of Zhenxi Mansion has been greatly damaged again, if it can still maintain a certain degree of independence now, then in that situation, it can only choose to completely embrace Xiao Jiwen, that is to say, Xiao Jiwen will completely control Yongzhou. ”

This will Qin Liangyu understand it thoroughly, and at the same time, he was dizzy, and sure enough, it was simple to directly lead the troops to fight, this kind of thing to consider the game outside the battlefield, it is easy to talk about it if it is small, and it has a big impact, and it is really not suitable for me now.

No wonder, no wonder that brave generals like Yang Miaozhen are willing to obey Li Xiuning's orders without being dissatisfied, not because of their inferior ability to lead the army to fight, but because Li Xiuning's overall view of the overall situation.

"Well, what should we do now?" Qin Liangyu thought about it, if this is the case, how to choose is really difficult enough. If you don't take the initiative, then all aspects of the plan in advance will be completely wasted, and you won't get any benefits. But if it is a direct attack, it is equivalent to helping Xiao Jiwen. Don't look at the alliance now, but in fact, it is a potential enemy, and sooner or later there will be hostilities.

"Wait, let's see the situation for the time being, after all, it's not our own territory, and it won't hurt to fight or die with us. But ......" Speaking of this, Li Xiuning's eyes were bright, and he said: "There are not many interesting things in the world, isn't it a beautiful thing to have a fierce opponent who can be called an opponent?" ”

On that day, Li Xiuning led the army to completely retreat to the state, the Vermilion Bird flag fluttered, and he went farther and farther, and there was a great posture of returning directly to Taiyuan, but in the end, there was only a pretense left. Li Xiuning led most of the army and secretly re-entered the Yongzhou territory to hide, was it really a joke to explore the terrain of Yongzhou in a large area and in detail?

Since the big and small Qiao are now in the capital of Tanzhou, and the communication is inconvenient, all this is naturally not something that Zhou Shaoyu can know, and the current Zhou Shaoyu will just enter Qianzhou from Chenghuizhou.

It is true that the most conventional way is to enter Qianzhou from Xingwu County or Xuefeng County, both of which are feasible and convenient. But in the same way, it is also the most exposed.

Therefore, the safest route is the muddy mountain road from Qianzhou to Chenghuizhou, which Zhou Zaixing explored by himself when he returned from Shuzhou. Fang Jinzhi and Liang Hongyu, who were the first to set off, also took this path.

In the mountainous area of Qianzhou, the population is relatively weak, and both agriculture and commerce are backward. In ancient times, Qianzhou even belonged to the territory of the Miao family and other ethnic groups, but with the development and rise of the Central Plains Dynasty, it was gradually driven further south, and as a result, Qianzhou also completely belonged to the imperial court, and there was no existence of various Tusi like the Ming Dynasty in China.

At this time, the composition of the population of Qianzhou, there are not many pure ethnic minorities, basically either moving south or integrating, and thus forming a lot of unique local customs and culture, but probably not too far from the Central Plains.

Qianzhou covers a wide area, at least more than Tanzhou and Chenghuizhou, really, the latter two states together, can be worth Qianzhou, but because the population is relatively small, the agricultural economy is not developed, it is not much in the county seat of Qianzhou, and each county occupies a lot of place.

Because of this, Fang Jinzhi and the others all occupied a small piece of territory, and they were never discovered.

In fact, it is precisely because of the lack of attention of the imperial court that there are villages in Qianzhou that gradually gather on their own, and they cannot even be found on the map of Daliang, and the population living in them is naturally not registered in Daliang, so the possibility of being found is even lower.

Chenghui Prefecture is up to Qiannan County in Qianzhou, and it is also one of the largest counties in Qianzhou, and the county seat of Qiannan County is close to the north of the county border, and then north is the capital city of Qianzhou.

It's to do something in the south of Qiannan County, and it's not a matter.

At least, Fang Jinzhi and Liang Hongyu, who led a large number of propaganda teams, have secretly occupied more than ten villages in the south of Qiannan County in a short period of time, with a total population of more than 15,000.

The reason why it is so smooth is also because Qianzhou is more or less considered to be far away from the emperor, and it is not taken seriously, and the officials who are officials here will not be very dedicated, especially in the more than 300 years since the founding of the Great Liang Dynasty, the government has gradually eroded, and most of the officials are very greedy, which naturally makes the local people even more dissatisfied.

And after Gao Yuyao divided the kings, King Qian took office, and this one was not very in charge, and basically everything remained the same, so that the original officials were honest at the beginning to see the situation, but later they intensified.

Originally, what if King Qian wanted to take care of things one day? directly changed people, how can you reap the benefits in the future? While you're in power now, let's catch it.

It is also thanks to the fact that the impact of the drought and flood in Qianzhou was not too great, and did not cause a large-scale famine, otherwise, Qianzhou would have been chaotic a long time ago. Rao is like this, and the people of Qianzhou are basically struggling on the survival line.

In this case, a group of people suddenly appeared to give food and drink, all kinds of benefits, can you not support it?

In fact, Li Qing's plan according to their set was also simple, first instigating the people to rise in the form of a chaotic army, and then occupying the land of Dressing Prefecture, and finally sending troops from Tanzhou to 'recover' on the grounds of sending troops to aid King Qian, and it was logical to occupy it.

Anyway, with the little personal guards of King Qian, and the local erosive defenders, there is no threat at all, just a suitable reason.

PS: Some book friends asked why they didn't update it yesterday.,Okay,Very distressed.,I slept again!! Boredom, boredom...... Anyway, from today onwards, the baby will officially start to run four.,Ah,Annoying, boring...... So, then ask for a wave of tickets or something on your birthday, well, it's sauce purple.