When the Jinshan Mountain Pass showed a northwest-southeast direction, the Sui Army camp at the west exit was more than ten miles in circumference. This camp was different from the marching camp that was demolished as soon as it left. It was built into a permanent military fortress by the Sui Army and Tuyuhun prisoners, using stones. The built camp wall is two feet high and extremely strong. If the enemy comes to attack, it needs to be attacked like a city.
Yang Ji asked Xue Shixiong and Qian Shixiong to build this strong fortress camp for two purposes: first, during the confrontation, the Sui army not only facilitated defense, but also could avoid wind and snow; at the same time, it also cut off the hinterland of Shanshan, Qiemo and Tuguhun. Contact makes the two sides geographically and psychologically inseparable. Second, Jinshan Pass was a transportation hub for traveling from south to north and from east to west. Once Tuyuhun was captured and the Plateau Silk Road was re-opened, the Sui Dynasty could use it as a material transfer station.
In addition to soldiers, there are more than 2,000 craftsmen who have been working here for a long time. They build heavy military equipment such as catapults, rams, and nest carts here, effectively avoiding the hard work of long-distance transportation.
The main tent of the Chinese Army is an official office like a courtyard. The official office where Yang Ji handles military affairs is located on the left side of the meeting hall. At this moment, he is frowning at the map and thinking.
As soon as the door opened, a cold wind blew in the fluffy snowflakes from outside. Feng Xiaoci and Song Laosheng walked in quickly. They cupped their fists and said, "I will see you at last, your Majesty!"
"General Feng and General Song are exempt from courtesy!" Yang Ji raised his hand and signaled: "Please sit down!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Feng Xiaoci and Song Laosheng saluted Yang Shanhui again before sitting down.
Yang Ji then smiled and asked: "You have been in Liangzhou for a long time. Have you adapted to Liangzhou's military policies and combat methods?"
Both of them were under forty years old, tall and handsome. Because they both came from poor families and had little background, they were ineffective in their previous positions. It's just that they were luckier than many unknown generals from poor families, because they not only met Yang Guang, who was trying to suppress the military family, but also caught up with the battle to pacify Yang Liang. When their origins, resumes, abilities, and achievements were reported to Yang Guang Before that, he immediately became Yang Guang's key and focused training for a general from a humble family.
Although they are not members of the Wei Wang family, Yang Ji does not want these two poor generals who are loyal to the Sui Dynasty, but the premise is that they cannot make trouble unreasonably.
Feng Xiaoci was ordered by Li Jing to go to Yang Ji's tent to obey orders. Therefore, he was more familiar with Yang Ji than Song Laosheng. Hearing this, he leaned forward and said: "The military policies, training methods, and combat methods here in Liangzhou are indeed different from other places. But there are generally not many differences, and after several months of study, I have mastered it."
After a pause, Feng Laoci said seriously: "Your Majesty, I have never led five thousand soldiers, but you appointed me as a general of ten thousand soldiers during the war. Now I am very worried that I will let down your Majesty and tens of millions of soldiers." The expectations of the surname. If there is enough time, I kindly ask the king to choose another worthy person, so as not to miss the important national events."
Yang Ji did not expect that his "ambiguous attitude" at the meeting would be like this. He glanced at Yang Shanhui, who was also stunned, and asked Song Laosheng: "General Song, what about you? Do you think so too?"
"That's right!" Song Laosheng said with a bitter smile: "Three thousand people and five thousand people are actually the same, but the king suddenly asked the general to take charge of ten thousand people, which is a bit difficult."... He seemed to be afraid of Yang Ji. He misunderstood himself, and quickly added: "Your Majesty, it is not that you are avoiding the important and taking the easy, or being timid, but that you are self-aware and worried about missing important things."
The two of them are typical examples of "getting the title of general immediately". What they never dreamed of was that they would encounter this country-destroying battle less than half a year after taking office. This made them so happy that they almost woke up laughing in their dreams!
However, this important position for thousands of people made them unable to laugh.
They were not afraid of death. What they were afraid of was their lack of ability, lack of experience, and poor cooperation. In the end, they not only betrayed Yang Ji's trust, but also ruined the great cause of the Sui Dynasty. If that were the case, it would be impossible for them to atone for their sins.
"I know your abilities. If I give each of you ten thousand soldiers, you can still manage them well. You just need to put more thought into it." Yang Ji sighed secretly in his heart. Perhaps this is the biggest difference between the children of the military family and the children of the poor family. .
The outstanding children of the military family have a very good mentality. Everyone is confident and courageous. They are not afraid of anything else but the lack of opportunities; as long as there is an opportunity, they will hold on to it.
On the other hand, a general from a poor family, as long as he is not a fool, will have many distracting thoughts. Too many distracting thoughts and worries make him lack self-confidence and courage. When his responsibilities exceed the limits he has set for himself, he often denies himself. , Take the initiative to give up great opportunities, which also prevents him from being trained and promoted.
If no one pushes him, he will never know how powerful he is and how deep his potential is!
Feng Xiaoci and Song Laosheng were moved and surprised at the same time. They said in unison: "Your Majesty, we are not capable. You..."
Yang Ji waved his hand and said: "This has nothing to do with ability at all. It's because your mentality is wrong. As long as you pass the hurdle in your heart, everything will suddenly become clear. In fact, I was a timid and fearful dude at the beginning. The reason why I am here today is entirely because of Bujia Khan. If I hadn’t been forced into a desperate situation by him and had a strong sense of responsibility, I wouldn’t have known that I was so good at fighting, let alone a good fighter. General."
Feng Xiaoci and Song Laosheng were shocked when they heard this!
After hearing too many legends and myths related to Yang Ji, millions of people believed that Yang Ji, like me, was a born god of military and war. Following what others said, they also believed that the prince in front of them was the prince. A born god of military and war. Unexpectedly, he actually said that he was a "timid and fearful playboy" at the beginning.
However, they listened, but they didn't believe it at all. They also felt that Yang Ji was using "self-defeat" to comfort and encourage themselves, and they were extremely grateful.
Yang Ji saw their faces and knew that they thought he was lying, because he had experienced this kind of thing too many times. However, what made him laugh and cry was that as long as he told the truth, even Li Jing, Xue Ju, Li Daliang, Hao Yuan and others who debuted together did not believe him. The reason was that when everyone was in a state of confusion, only Yang Ji was as stable as a mountain. , and commanded everyone to successfully attack Yin Wu and the Yue Department of the Information Department... If they are like this, others can imagine. ….And he has never lost a battle so far, so once he boasts about how he was strategizing, wise and confident, everyone actually believed him.
In this way, Yang Ji was promoted to the altar; fortunately, he was self-aware and did not lose his eyesight.
"There are Yang Changshi, Xue Shixiong, Qian Shixiong and others above you. There are three generals Yingyang and two generals Zhechong responsible for the battle. What do you have to worry about? Besides, the war is We have reached this point, and I can't change generals on the spot. You just have to be yourselves." Yang Ji glanced at them and continued: "Don't make the war so complicated, otherwise, you will be 'unfounded worries' It’s nonsense.”
Feng Xiaoci and Song Laosheng looked at each other and saluted solemnly: "Thank you very much, Your Majesty, for your guidance. I will understand, and I will obey your order."
Yang Ji asked again: "I was hesitant to speak before I saw you. Is there anything else you want to do?"
"Your Majesty! In fact, we just want to ask about the battle arrangements." Feng Xiaoci was cheered up by Yang Ji, and his mood became much higher. He held his hands and said: "Thirty thousand soldiers have been here for several years, and they have all been holding back. I wish I could defeat the enemy forces in front of me in a single battle, but I don’t know when we will send out troops to break through the enemy camp?”
Yang Ji took a piece of information from the table and handed it to him, "This is the military information sent by the scout just now. Take a look for yourselves!"
Dangjin Pass is located at the junction of the Altun Mountains and the Qilian Mountains. It is a valley with gentle southern slopes and steep northern slopes, high in the northwest and low in the southeast. One winter, the more than 30 miles between Sui Dynasty and Tuyuhun military camps were covered with three to four feet of snow. According to the military information written by the scouts, they inevitably aroused the vigilance of the Tuyuhun army. They only detected five miles northwest of the Tuyuhun camp. However, the terrain became lower and the snow became thicker towards Tuyuhun. Those who did not detect Five miles away, the snow was still five feet thick.
The snow was blown day and night by mountain rain and mountain wind, forming a layer of extremely hard and slippery ice on the surface, on which men and horses could not even stand firmly, let alone fight.
The situation is worse than expected!
Feng Xiaoci took a look at the information and frowned.
"Your Majesty, what should we do now? Cut ice to clear the way and advance step by step?" Song Laosheng next to him couldn't help but become worried after reading the military situation, and asked Yang Ji worriedly.
Yang Ji said nothing, silently thinking about the feasibility of this strategy.
Yang Shanhui, who was standing next to him, shook his head decisively and said to Song Laosheng: "General Song's method of cutting ice to clear the way is indeed safer, but it rains all day on the plateau and snowflakes are flying. When it falls to the ground, it is quickly frozen hard again. The ice surface. If we dig through the ice to clear a path, not only will we get half the result with half the effort and lose more than we gain, but it will also affect the progress of the subsequent battle."
"After all, we only have a few months to fight. This limited time does not allow us to waste it here."
Hearing this, Yang Ji suddenly had an idea. He smiled and said: "It is indeed not advisable to dig through the ice to clear a path, but we can learn from the blood knife ancestor and kill those bastards on the opposite side."
"Ancestor of the Blood Sword?"... Everyone was shocked when they heard this!
"Your Majesty, who is the Patriarch of the Blood Knife?" Yang Shanhui asked doubtfully, "What's his recipe for defeating the enemy?"
"We'll talk about it when everyone comes!" Yang Ji, of course, didn't know who the ancestor of the Blood Sword was, and said that if he wanted to know, it was also Teacher Ji. However, the enemy's and ours' camps are tens of miles apart. Such a long road will definitely not be dug, and it will also be easy for the enemy to detect, so other tactics must be used.
At the very least, the distance between the two parties should be brought closer.
Just as he was about to add the words "beat the drums to gather the generals", a guard came from a distance and reported outside the door: "Your Majesty, the scouts have urgent military information to send."
The sound of the report interrupted Yang Ji's thoughts, forcing him to return his thoughts to the present, and quickly ordered: "Let him come in and report!"
"Here!" the guard responded and left, and in less than a moment, a veteran scout was brought to the door.
The scout walked directly into the room, bowed his hands to Yang Ji and said, "Your Majesty, I am the brigade commander of the fourth scout regiment under the jurisdiction of General Xue, Zhang Meng. I am responsible for collecting intelligence on the enemy forces in Suqiannuoer. Today, when I was patrolling, I discovered something. —A very urgent piece of information.”
When Yang Ji saw that his hair was frozen, he knew that he had just returned. He smiled and asked, "What urgent information is there? Brigadier Zhang, please tell me."
Zhang Meng was a little flattered by Yang Ji's politeness. He tried hard to calm down the excitement in his heart, and then replied: "When I led my brothers to inspect and inquire, they discovered that a large sled team from Tuguhun came out of the hinterland of Tuguhun. At the southern foot of Landaban Mountain, we marched along the bed of the Hartengol River toward Lake Sugannur. There were more than 2,500 sleds, carried by mules and horses. Judging from the rut marks, those covered with oilcloth The sleigh is loaded with supplies. There are also many live sheep accompanying them.”
Having said this in one breath, Zhang Meng expressed his judgment: "Bi Gong and others suspected that this was a supply brigade sent by Tuyuhun to the enemy forces at Lake Sugannuoer. They did not dare to neglect, so they came to report."
Yang Ji's eyes lit up when he heard this, and asked: "Where is the enemy's supply brigade? How far is it from Lake Sugannuoer?"
They are here to fight, but war does not mean that you can be bold enough to attack. Especially when fighting a national war that determines the life and death of a certain side, both sides need to make a lot of preparations. When the decisive battle is about to begin, if one side fights actively and the other side suddenly becomes passive defensive, then the decisive battle will not be fought, and the confrontation can only continue until both sides lose their composure, or one side has a flaw, and the war begins. will explode.
Of course, the challenging side can also use a force attack, but the price of being strong is huge, and it may even create a chance for the enemy to win during the force attack. So this is the main reason why a big battle takes a lot of time.
According to Yang Ji's battle plan in Zhangye City, the western battlefield was to concentrate heavy troops and heavy siege equipment to annihilate the enemy's main force on the confrontation front, disintegrate the morale of the Tuguhun soldiers and dispel the will of the Tuguhun people to resist, and then advance into the enemy's territory with light equipment. However, judging from Murong Fuyun's deployment, the opponent does not intend to fight a huge decisive battle, but adopts a tactic of clearing the field, defending at all levels, and luring the enemy deep. The core idea of this tactic is actually to "save people and lose ground" , both people and land are gained; if the land is lost and people are lost, both people and land are lost."... If Yang Ji went deep into the enemy's territory and followed the rhythm of Tuyuhun to fight, or divided his troops and advanced, he would have fallen into Yang Guang's first expedition to Goguryeo. The tragedy - the key fortress could not be conquered, and the Chinese army and supplies were held back by the enemy. The partial division penetrated deep into the hinterland, resulting in a stretched front line and a lack of food and grass supplies. When the surprise troops responsible for transporting supplies were defeated first, it directly shook the morale of the partial division. , resulting in the annihilation of more than 300,000 troops.
Even if Tuyuhun could not defeat the Sui army, he could still delay the Sui army until winter and use the weather to force the Sui army back.
Faced with Tuyuhun's defensive policy, Yang Ji was not helpless. After all, in addition to the main battlefield of Qilianyuan, his eastern battlefield also had three confrontation points. As long as a certain Sui army broke through one point, this army could quickly Pull out another one from behind, the two armies merge, pull out the third one, and then put pressure on the shore of Xihai Lake, causing the opponent's military morale to collapse and forcing Murong Fuyun to accept the fight.
However, there are many ways to undermine the morale and morale of the Tuyuhun army. There is no need to wait for the eastern battlefield. If he waits for friendly forces to tear apart the defense, then Yang Ji does not need to mess around.
And the news sent by the scout was so timely.
Zhang Meng was afraid that his introduction would not be complete, so he pondered for a long time, and then introduced in detail: "Your Majesty, the Hartengol River is an inland river. The river water is formed by the confluence of ice and snow melt water and spring water. The river bed reaches the south of Ulanda Ban Mountain. It disappears in the middle of the foothills. From where the river bed disappears, you can only reach Lake Sugannuoer by traveling westward for about two hundred miles."
"When I came back to report, the enemy's supply brigade had just arrived in the middle of the Hartengol River, which is more than 70 miles away from the end of the river bed. Their speed was not fast, and it is estimated that they have not reached the end of the river bed yet."
Yang Ji asked again: "How many troops are there to protect the enemy?"
"Your Majesty!" Zhang Meng replied: "The army has about three thousand people, but the accompanying herdsmen and horsemen are all young and strong. If they are also counted as soldiers, then the enemy's accompanying troops will be five to six thousand people. .”
Upon hearing this, Yang Ji immediately ordered the guards waiting outside the door: "Come here, call Zong Luohu and Xue Wanche to me."
Zong Luohu was a general with a background as a thief. Before Yang Ji arrived in Liangzhou, he specifically attacked foreign caravans in the north of Liangzhou, causing great headaches for the Sui and Turkic armies. He was very good at such attack tactics.
Although Xue Wanche is powerful, he is still very green in leading troops to fight, but he can learn from Zong Luohu.
After a while, Zong Luohu and Xue Wanche quickly walked into the room and saluted: "The last general Zong Luohu/Xue Wanche meets the king!"
"No courtesy!" Yang Ji said to Zong Luohu: "General Zong, the scouts discovered that a supply brigade in Tuyuhun is marching towards Lake Wugannuoer. There are about five to six thousand soldiers and auxiliaries. I will give you three thousand. Soldiers of the victorious army, ask Pei Xingyan to help me in the battle, you must help me destroy this enemy army and destroy the enemy's supplies."
Zong Luohu and Xue Wanche clasped their hands and said, "I will obey your orders!"
Yang Ji then said to Zhang Meng: "Commander Zhang, if you lead General Zong's troops to find this team, as long as you successfully destroy the enemy army, I will reward you heavily."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust." Zhang Meng saluted with great joy, and took Zong Luohu and Xue Wanche to prepare.
After Yang Ji finished making arrangements, he added, "Summon the generals above the general to discuss matters."
It was time to talk about the Blood Knife Ancestor at this moment, which would have aroused the vigilance of the Tuyuhun scouts, so they stopped beating drums to gather the generals.
"Here!" The guards outside the door dispersed after hearing this.
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The Two Monkeys version of "The Secret of the City" is very classic, especially the Snow Valley section, where Teacher Ji and Six Monkeys are the absolute protagonists. As for Teacher Ji's Blood Knife Ancestor, compared to other characters, he is completely decent and cannot be hated at all. .
Bihai Siyun reminds you: Remember to collect after reading this
