Hadelaji almost fainted. This result was so different from him.
Of the thousand barbarians he sent, only thirty came back.
Only one centurion came back, one thousand centurion and nine centurions seemed to be in danger.
"It turns out you were the captain who came back to cover you. Why don't you die?"
Hadleji was furious and whipped Hugofu ten times.
After Hardlucki whipped him ten times, he placed the whip on the table and stepped on it.
Hadleji stared at Hugfu and asked, "Tell me, what's going on?"
Hugfu glanced at Hadeleki gratefully. They went up with a thousand elite soldiers. If the captain of 10,000 soldiers did not behead him, it would be considered a good thing.
These ten whips scratched the Hugofu's itch, but they had to be struck, otherwise it would be difficult for Hadeleji to explain to his other subordinates.
Fortunately, Hu Gefu provided important information, otherwise he would most likely be beheaded.
"The firearms of the Southern Barbarians are really powerful, and they have set up a checkpoint on the only way to this lonely peak." Hu Gefu looked at Hadleji and said cautiously, "But there are only less than fifteen people here. This shows the strength of the Southern Barbarians. There are definitely deficiencies.”
Hadelaji had been very anxious these days, and this was the only good news he heard.
One-third of his 10,000 troops have been lost so far, and he has not achieved much success in battle.
He looked at Dingjun Mountain, there were twelve peaks in total, and fell into deep thought.
After hearing the information provided by Hu Gefu, Hadleji said to the soldiers: "Call the Han man."
Although Hadelaji did not name the person, his subordinates knew that he was calling Zhang Liang.
Hadleji had always looked down on the Han people, but at this time he had to discuss it with Zhang Liang.
Even so, he did not address people by their names and directly replaced them with Chinese, which seemed extremely rude.
Hearing that the Captain wanted to see him for something, Zhang Liang trotted over.
"There are only thirteen people in the security team guarding such an important isolated peak?" After Zhang Liang heard this, he came out of the tent and looked at the isolated peak carefully.
The solitary peak overlooks Hetan Pass, like a big insect (tiger).
It's so dangerous to go to Gufeng, but the security team has less than fifteen people guarding it?
"It seems that it is a fact that the security force is insufficient, but how many are there?" Le Debao looked at Zhang Liang and asked.
Zhang Liang waved his feather fan gently while looking at the solitary peak of Dangkou Temple.
Zhang Liang kept pinching and pinching the five fingers of his left hand, as if he were performing a Taoist priest performance.
Le Debao and Yu Kejiu couldn't help but stand in awe when they saw Zhang Liang performing to his heart's content.
Taoism has a high status in Mongolia, and Qiu Chuji, the Taoist priest of the Quanzhen Sect, was named a national teacher by Genghis Khan.
When Zhang Liang saw that the performance was almost over, he gently shook his feather fan and stroked his beard and said: "The Southern Barbarians use civility to control military affairs, and their officials are very guarded against generals."
"But Zhao Ping is a Jinshi, so why should he be guarded against?" A Han Chinese who Bao Tong disagreed with this statement.
Bao Tongnai was Yu Kejiu's chief clerk. He saw Zhang Liang pretending to show off and looked down upon him for pretending to be Zhuge Liang, so he retorted.
Zhang Liang looked him over and said, while shaking his fan: "If Zhao Ping is an ordinary scholar, the court will definitely rest assured."
Bao Tong suddenly fell into deep thought, what kind of person is this Zhao Ping?
"But Zhao Ping not only has troops such as the security team and the Sichuan Guard Army, but also the richest Zhaojiazhuang in the world." Zhang Liang found that everyone was listening to the performance attentively, and the feather fans were shaking more freely. "These are far more than those owned by ordinary literati. Wouldn't the Southern Barbarian court be suspicious of them?" "Although Zhao Ping has wealth and soldiers, he is loyal to the Southern Barbarian court." Bao Tong retorted.
Zhang Liang chuckled and glanced at Bao Tong with disdain: "Yue Fei served his country loyally, and Meng Gong worked hard and shed blood. What's the result? What's the result? Yue Fei died of injustice, and Meng Gong died of suspicion."
"I disagree with this statement. Yue Fei and Meng Gong are military generals, and Zhao Ping is a scholar." Bao Tong insisted on his point of view.
"Zhao Ping is called a little saint by the southern barbarians, and with the "Da Song Zhonghua News" in hand, he has established a foothold in Wenlin. That's why the imperial court did not dare to treat Zhao Ping like Yue Fei and Meng Gong." Zhang Liang analyzed.
"Zhao Ping arranged his troops to Xi County, which has left the Nanman court with no place to criticize." Bao Tong defended Zhao Ping.
"Yes, this is Zhao Ping's cleverness, but also his helplessness." Although Zhang Liang was a Hu scholar, he couldn't help but sigh for Zhao Ping, "This is how the Southern Barbarian court can tolerate him."
"You've already talked about Zhao Ping. It should be said how many troops he has in Xi County." Seeing Hadleji frowning impatiently, Ledeburg reminded.
Sure enough, the literati were inferior to others here among the barbarians, but treated as superior to others among the southern barbarians.
Zhang Liang was rumbling in his heart, but he couldn't say it out loud.
Not only did he keep this idea firmly in his heart, he also had a smile on his face.
He bowed his hands to Hadeleji and said, "I have estimated that Zhao Ping only has 20,000 troops."
"How is this possible? Zhao Ping went through two battlefields and only had such a small number of troops." Bao Tong looked around, hoping to get the consent of others.
Of course, Bao Tong did not dare to say that he had won two wars. These two battlefields were too humiliating for the Hu people, so he had to replace them with two wars.
Zhang Liang analyzed and said: "Zhao Ping is taking the road of elite soldiers, and he would rather lack than abuse. In this way, he can not only deal with the court, but also maintain sufficient combat power."
"Where were those troops during Zhao Ping's two wars?" Bao Tong asked aggressively, not believing what he said at all.
"Xixian County is isolated outside Sichuan, and the Golden Bull Road is difficult." Zhang Liang said simply: "We are building roads. Zhao Ping not only built a galloping road between Chengdu and Jintang, but also wanted to expand the Golden Bull Road."
At this point, Zhang Liang paused for a while and said, "I heard that he also gave some of his troops and horses to Yu Jie."
"I heard that Zhao Ping's security regiment included many troops from Jiading and Xi County. How could it be possible that there were only 20,000 troops?" Bao Tong firmly disagreed with Zhang Liang's statement.
Zhang Liang looked at Bao Tong with disdain, shook his head and said: "Zhao Ping started with only four to five hundred people. Now it is less than a year since the establishment of the security group, and it has already increased to forty times. His expansion speed is unparalleled in the world. Who can catch up?"
"No matter how wasteful Zhao Ping is, he can't turn these good warriors into farmers." Bao Tong still insisted on his point of view.
Both of them insisted on their own opinions and argued with each other, but neither could convince the other.
"That's enough. You don't need to argue about Zhao Ping anymore. I guess that Zhao Ping may have 10,000 troops and horses hidden in the snow. These 10,000 troops will not be used unless it is absolutely necessary. Just follow these 30,000 troops and horses, Calculate how the Khanate should deal with it." Hadleji glared at the two of them and said coldly.
Zhang Liang and Bao Tong looked at each other, glared at each other, and then saluted Hadleji together.
Zhang Liang already had a status in this leader of ten thousand men, and he was unwilling to be outnumbered.
He bowed his hands and said: "Report to the General, in addition to the three passes in Xi County, Zhao Ping has another very critical pass, and that is Yangping Pass."
Having said this, he came to the map, pointed at Yangping Pass, glanced at everyone and said.
"Yangping Pass is the throat connecting Xi County and Jinniu Road, but Yang Ping Pass is a section below the Han River. Without Yang Ping Pass, Xi County will become an isolated city. Zhao Ping must defend it to the death. In order to face the situation north of the Han River Of the 150,000 troops of the Khanate, General Zhao Ping should station at least half of his troops here to prevent Yangping Pass from being lost."
"Yangping Pass is too small and cannot accommodate so many people. I think it is already a problem to accommodate five thousand people." Bao Tong also pointed at Yangping Pass and said.
Zhang Liang pointed to the position in front of Yangping Pass and argued with reason: "In order to protect Yangping Pass, Zhao Ping built a town here and named it Wuhou Town. It will not be a problem to accommodate ten thousand people."
"Is it possible that a town can accommodate ten thousand people and also need a weapons warehouse?" Bao Tong sneered and shook his head.
Zhang Liang pointed to Tiandang Mountain, which is closely adjacent to Yangping Pass, and said: "Tiandang Mountain can still be used to deploy troops."
"There is also Yangtianwa in Dingjun Mountain where we can station troops. Where can we station troops in Tiandang Mountain?" Bao synchronously pressed forward.
After all, Zhang Liang had just arrived at the barracks and lacked understanding of Tiandang Mountain.
Under Bao Synchronous pressure, Zhang Liang thought for a while and said: "There is also Zhang Lucheng here, which can also station troops."
"Zhang Lucheng is Zouma Ridge. How many people can a mountain that can just walk horses accommodate?" Bao Tong still did not let Zhang Liang go.
It was Hadeleji who came to relieve the siege. He looked at the two of them and said, "Zhang Lucheng, Tiandang Mountain and Wuhou Town are calculated as six thousand troops. So how many people should be in Dingjun Mountain?"
Zhang Liang made a slight mistake, and he was pressed forward by Bao just now.
He had to be cautious at this time, thought for a while and said: "Dingjun Mountain Yangtianwa can station 10,000 troops, so the county has 14,000 troops."
"Who can calculate this? The key now is how many troops are on each peak of Dingjun Mountain?" Hadleji asked, staring closely at Zhang Liang.
Zhang Liang pinched his fingers and calculated.
Zhang Liang thought for a while and said: "Yesterday, there were only thirteen people and seven monks on the solitary peak of Dangkou Temple. If the monks were replaced by soldiers and horses, there should be twenty. Later, a formation of Nanman troops came up. If There are no temples on the isolated peaks, and the capacity of each peak to hold two hundred troops is already the limit."
"Isn't this Lone Peak more powerful than this?" Bao Tong thought for a while, then went out to look at Dangkou Temple Lone Peak, shook his head and said.
Zhang Liang also went out to look at the isolated peak and said: "The isolated peak is not as good as the plains. We have to consider the water source and food issues. Especially the water source is the key. The reason why Ma Su lost his street pavilion was because of the lack of water and food on the mountain."
These words made Le Debao, Yu Kejiu, Hade Leji and others deep in thought. They were also calculating how many troops could be deployed on a mountain peak.
"Indeed, these solitary peaks cannot accommodate many troops. I estimate that there should be about a hundred people." Le Debao also went out to look at the solitary peaks, thought for a while, and finally said.
Yu Kejiu went out to observe the peaks carefully, nodded and said: "The number of troops placed on these peaks is only about a hundred people."
"So how many troops can be accommodated in the valleys between the peaks?" Hadleki glanced at the crowd, eager to know the answer.
Zhang Liang thought for a while and said: "The valley is flat and there may be water sources. It should be more than double the amount."
"Although the valley is flat, it is more difficult to attack. The security team built a small pass on it, as well as forts and the like." Le Debao went out, looked at it with squinting eyes, and shook his head.
"There is no other way now. The mountain peak is both an advantage and a disadvantage for the Southern Barbarians. How many troops are needed to capture it?" Hadleji seemed determined and wanted to try it with troops.
After all, the Hu people have 50% of their army here, and the most important thing they lack is military strength.
