As soon as Li Zhang gave the order, more than twenty soldiers rushed out of the gate of the Eagle Ridge stronghold and headed towards Beixi County and the nearest entry point from all directions.
The most indispensable thing in the Xiongying Ridge stronghold is messengers. According to Qin Feng's thinking, communication must always be placed in the most important position. Therefore, let alone the Jinyiwei messengers, even the messengers who are usually used to report military information, the number and The quality is extremely reliable.
The twenty messengers were divided into four teams of five people each, and a certain distance was maintained between the five teams. Two teams went to Beixi County, and the other two teams entered the country directly, and then parted ways on the main official road. He went to the area under the jurisdiction of the Central Plains Imperial Party and sent a letter to Qin Tianhu. On the other hand, he went straight to Kyoto to inform Emperor Liang of the general situation.
The only purpose of sending out so many messengers at once was "insurance."
After all, Sangzhou is too large and sparsely populated, so it will inevitably be infiltrated by enemy spies. No one can afford to intercept and kill the messengers halfway, delaying the military situation.
Moreover, the Winter War has already begun, and everything only needs to be carried out step by step. There is no "strategy" at all. Therefore, even if some messengers are intercepted and the military orders fall into the hands of the enemy, it will have almost no impact.
This is why there will be a large number of Jinyiwei messengers, risking their lives, rushing towards Sangzhou. During this period, it is not known how many military reports and secret letters fell into the hands of the enemy, but it is obvious that Jinyiwei Whether it's the messenger or Qin Feng, they don't care at all.
The overall situation has been decided, and mere conspiracy can no longer influence the situation.
Fortunately, Sangzhou was already under the control of Beixi County, and there were a large number of defenders stationed in various places, so no major mistakes occurred during the delivery of the order.
Since the war horses could not outrun the heavy snow, the sudden snowfall at night still seriously slowed down the communication speed.
By the time the messenger sent the military order back to Beixi County, it was already three days later.
When Xu Mo learned the ins and outs of the matter, he did not dare to hesitate at all. He immediately divided the military order into two parts and handed over all matters unrelated to military matters to Lin Quqi.
Xu Moze immediately informed King Ming and went through the necessary procedures. After receiving written support from King Ming, Xu Moze immediately sent people to contact the three generals stationed in the north.
Once Beixi soldiers and horses leave the border, the entire border defense pressure will fall on the shoulders of the former general.
After this period of recuperation, the strength of the former general and the frontier army have been greatly restored. Coupled with the military pressure from Beidi, they will all be blocked by the soldiers and horses of Beixi County. Therefore, the task of the former general is mainly The first is to prevent surrounding countries from taking advantage of the situation, and secondly to prevent Beidi from infiltrating and retaliating.
The areas under the jurisdiction of the Hussars General and the Chariot General also immediately entered a state of readiness for war. Although there was no major move, the entire army has entered into rotational preparations to support the battle at any time.
After the overall strategic arrangement was determined, Xu Mo began to mobilize troops.
Since the end of the National War, the development of Beixi County has been unprecedentedly improved. Not only the people's livelihood and economy have become the leading strong county in the entire Northern Territory, and even most of the Liang Kingdom, even the scale of troops stationed there has even surpassed that of most other counties. Most state capitals.
Under Xu Mo's urgent dispatch, in less than half an hour, the two thousand soldiers who had been taking turns waiting for battle had assembled outside the city, followed closely by the city defense camp. Although it was a camp, under Qin Feng's secret Under the operation, the number of troops in the city defense camp was 8,000!
Five thousand people were mobilized from the city defense camp and organized into the main army. Together with the previous two thousand people, they formed a vanguard force of seven thousand people, led by two deputy generals, and immediately rushed to Xiongying Ridge to join Li Zhang's troops.
After the vanguard troops leave, the next step is to dispatch the real main force.
The Beixi Expeditionary Brigade has a total of 15,000 people. Xu Mo directly transferred 10,000 people and assembled outside the city. At the same time, he also transferred 1,000 guards from the Tianji Battalion and incorporated them into the mobile battalion of the main force.
Two days later, the main force of 11,000 people was officially assembled. Xu Mo personally led it and rushed to Xiongying Ridge.
Five days later, the Beixi County army and the Sangzhou army officially merged.
Seven thousand Beixi Pioneers, 11,000 Expeditionary Brigade, plus 16,000 people who have been stationed in Sangzhou for a long time and have been assembled.
The entire army numbered thirty-four thousand men.
The size of this army is already equivalent to a regular army, but this is only in terms of numbers, and it only occupies less than half of the troops in Beixi County and Sangzhou.
In other words, the number of troops that Qin Feng could directly mobilize, excluding the three northern generals, totaled about 70,000.
These 34,000 people were the entire force for this winter war. Although it didn't look like much, it was completely enough. After all, they were only auxiliary troops. The real main force was the opposition imperial party in Beidi.
After such a long period of development and growth, the strength of the opposition imperial party has reached more than 50,000. Although the combat effectiveness is a bit terrible and cannot be compared with Qin Feng's soldiers, they learn from the barbarians and use their skills to control the barbarians. This winter war is still core strategic purpose.
Ten days have passed since the military order was conveyed to Beixi County and then the troops completed their rendezvous at Xiongying Ridge.
Even after such a long delay, Li Zhang was still in no hurry. He and Xu Mo discussed it all night, and finally carefully made the final arrangements before the war.
The 10,000 Expeditionary Brigade, composed of Beixi soldiers, remains intact, and the 1,000 Tianji Battalion guards still exist as a mobile battalion.
But the remaining 23,000 people were reorganized, with 10,000 of them as the main force, and two armies of 4,000 people each on the left and right were formed.
The remaining five thousand people were all classified as light cavalry troops.
In this way, these 34,000 people were divided into six combat units. Because this combat mission was to assist the opposition imperial party in Beidi, the vanguard unit was directly cancelled.
The left wing army immediately moved to Sanggan City to reinforce the main force of the opposition imperial party. At the same time, the heavy siege equipment equipped by the left wing was second only to the main force. Therefore, the purpose of this trip was to capture Sanggan City.
The right-wing army marched towards Nanhua City, blocking Sangqian City's current only transportation node, turning Sangqian City and Nanhua City into isolated cities at the same time.
There are thirteen important strong counties and strongholds in Zhuozhou, large and small. It is impossible to conquer them one by one, so only two important towns, Sangqian and Nanhua, were selected.
The five thousand Qingqi troops, carrying seven days of dry food, went straight into the hinterland of Zhuozhou, targeting Daqi County, the northernmost cargo transportation hub in Zhuozhou.
The main force advanced steadily along the route of Qingqi. The target was also Daqi County. They had to go through Qingqi to cut and encircle it, and could not attack the city directly.
