"The additional troops provided by the imperial court will be headed south by Xin Wanhu. Calculate the time. We should be able to reach Yacheng within ten days."
Wan Yanxian tilted his body slightly to the right, leaned his elbow on the armrest of the Taishi chair, raised his head and said to Jin Ruiyun.
"Wan Hu is Hou Wancheng." Pugu Li said in a deep voice with a bright light in his eyes.
"It's him."
Jin Ruiyun raised his eyebrows first, and then showed joy.
Since the founding of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, it has been engaged in foreign wars. The power grew rapidly and became a powerful country that threatened the behemoth Chu State.
There are standing armies numbering tens of thousands of households and dozens of generals, most of whom are enemies of tens of thousands.
Many of them were of noble birth.
For example, Jin Huanshan and Jin Ruiyun are descendants of the clan, and Wanyanxian and Puguli are both prominent surnames in the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.
But there are also some ten thousand households who come from lower classes. A tough guy who fights his way up from the ranks.
Hou Wancheng is one of them. He is resolute, brave, and ambitious, and is a powerful figure among thousands of households.
"I feel relieved. When Hou Wancheng arrives in Yacheng, the four of us will work together to contain Wu Nian." Jin Ruiyun exhaled and felt much more relaxed.
New households came down, and the Meng Yuan soldiers who were damaged in the battle were also replenished.
Wu Nian had just captured three county towns and needed time to rest and recuperate.
Wanyanxian, Puguli, and Jin Ruiyun, the three ten thousand households, settled down in Yacheng with peace of mind to appease the soldiers and restore their morale.
Eight days later.
Wanhu Hou Wancheng led the Mongolian and Yuan soldiers of Wanhu under his command, as well as the Mongolian and Yuan soldiers assigned by the Mongolian and Yuan court to supplement the lost troops of the three Wanhu, and arrived at Yacheng.
Hou Wancheng left the trivial matters to his commander, and with only a small number of soldiers, he entered Yacheng and arrived at the mansion in Puguli.
In the main room.
Pu Guli, Wan Yanxian, and Jin Ruiyun stood up, bowed their hands to Hou Wancheng who entered the hall and saluted: "General Hou."
"Generals." Hou Wancheng returned the salute to the three of them with a calm fist, and then came to the left seat and sat down.
He is thirty-five years old, has a Chinese character face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, his face is full of perseverance, and he is tall and strong.
"Generals, the imperial court asked me to send this to replenish your soldiers. You will send someone to receive it later."
"I'm a rough guy, I don't know how to be polite. I just go straight to the point. We have to find a way to contain Wu Nian."
“And on the way, I already had some ideas.”
"General Pu. Can someone bring me the map and desk?"
Having said this, Hou Wancheng looked up at Puguli and said in a deep voice.
"Come here. Get the desk and the map." Puguli nodded, raised his head and shouted towards the door.
Shortly after. Three Puguli soldiers came in from outside, two of them brought a black desk, and one soldier held a silk landscape map in his hand.
The landscape map was unfolded and laid on the desk.
The four ten thousand households stood up together and gathered around the desk. They all bent down and lowered their heads, looking at the map seriously.
"Generals. The three county towns currently occupied by Wu Nian are all located in deep mountains and old forests. They are easy to defend and difficult to attack. And with the character of the Liaodong Tiger, he will definitely expand his territory outwards."
"There are only three paths he can take."
"The first is to annex the remaining Yingqing Prefecture county to the north and integrate Yingqing Prefecture."
"The second is to attack Guangyang Mansion eastward."
"The third is to attack Guangchuan Mansion southward."
Having said this, Hou Wancheng raised his head and glanced at Wan Yanxian and the other two, and all three of them nodded together.
Jiang County is located in the deep mountains and old forests in the middle of Liaodong, and the southeast and northwest can be used as breakthrough points. But Wu Nian would not attack westward, where Xiong Wuwo and Chunyuan's armies were in a stalemate.
If Wu Nian attacks to the west, he will definitely be pinned to the ground by Chun Yuan and beaten violently.
In other words, Wu Nian's outward attack routes were limited to these three routes.
"The six county towns in Yingqing Prefecture have similar terrains, and they are all easy to defend and difficult to attack. If Wu Nian integrates Yingqing Prefecture, he can fight steadily. Wu Nian should be coveted for the remaining cities in Qing Prefecture."
"In comparison, if Wu Nian attacks Guangyang Prefecture. The situation at the border between Guangyang Prefecture and Goguryeo will be much more complicated."
"If Wu Nian goes south to attack Guangchuan Prefecture, he can get a port. First, he can solve the salt problem and boil the sea directly to make salt. Second, he can build ships, contact Chu State, and obtain supplies."
"If I were Wu Nian, I would choose to occupy the entire Yingqing Prefecture to the north. Or attack Guangchuan Prefecture to the south and gain access to the sea."
Jin Ruiyun bent over and looked at the map. He put the index and middle fingers of his right hand together and clicked on the north and south directions on the map.
"Yes. Wrong too." Hou Wancheng shook his head and said.
"Oh. General Hou, what do you think I did wrong?" Jin Ruiyun had a good temper. He was not angry when he heard this, but asked very kindly.
"Wu Nian uses troops. He is good at taking things by surprise, attacking from the east and attacking from the west. We think he may expand from the north and south. If we relax the defense of Dongfang Guangyang Prefecture, he may find a way to attack Guangyang Prefecture."
"North, south, east. In these three directions, we cannot let down our guard."
"We all need to be more vigilant."
Hou Wancheng's big eyes sparkled with a cautious look on his face. He has never fought against Wu Nian, but he has studied Wu Nian.
Relaxing vigilance against the Liaodong Tigers is tantamount to suicide.
Now the four of them, ten thousand households, do not have the strength to attack the vast mountainous forest area composed of the three counties of Jiang County, Ding County, and Yuan County, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack.
They can only stick to one side and block Wu Nian's expansion.
Waiting for the Shanhaiguan line. Xiong Wuwo and Chunyuan have decided the winner. Only ten thousand households can work together to launch a thunderous strike and completely eliminate Wu Nian.
Before that, they could not allow Wu Nian to step out of his territory and expand his power.
"General Hou is right." Wanyanxian recalled the battle between himself and others against Wu Nian. Although they clearly had the advantage in terms of military strength, they were repeatedly defeated by Wu Nian, and finally became a tiger.
Wu Nian relied on the mountains to attack guerrillas unexpectedly, which was really powerful.
You really can't let your guard down at all.
"So. General Wanyan, General Jin. You will reorganize your team in Yacheng first, and then go back to Guangyang Mansion to guard it."
"General Pu. You lead your ten thousand households, ten thousand Han households, to occupy Yacheng."
"I then led my troops to Guangchuan Prefecture, built passes and strongholds, and sent troops to set up defenses."
"We work together and contact each other. Only in this way can Wu Nian be trapped in the quagmire composed of the three cities of Jiang County, Ding County and Yuan County."
"We can't let him come out. He will be a flying dragon when he comes out."
Hou Wancheng raised his head, looked at the three households, his face was extremely solemn, and he said in a deep voice.
"Um."
The three Ten Thousand Households nodded in unison without much hesitation.
