"My lord, the fifty thousand Qiang cavalry from Liangzhou will arrive in less than three days!" Wang Meng replied.
The ones attacking this time are not the northern princes, but the southern princes. If these 50,000 Qiang cavalry are used properly, they will definitely be an overwhelming force. After all, Liu Xiucai had several cavalry. Even with the addition of several princes from the south, that's it.
Moreover, Li Xiang also hoped that Liu Xiu and the others could work harder to consume more of these Qiang people. The Qiang's unrest in Liangzhou was one of the reasons that indirectly destroyed the Eastern Han Dynasty. Li Xiang didn't want Qiang chaos to become his trouble in the future.
The famous generals A Shu, Wang Baobao, and Yang Dayan who were originally borrowed from the grassland of Li Xiang's army, plus those generals who came over from Xi Xianbei after the death of Yelu Abaoji. The most important thing is that Huo Qubing, who has just reached the age of fifteen, is the general of this Qiang cavalry.
There was no way, in Luoyang, Huo Qubing was so noisy that he seemed to be a little overlord and a lawless lord. Li Xiang simply sent him to the military camp a year ago, and gave him the gift like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Eight hundred cavalry played.
However, this boy was restless when he arrived at the military camp. As soon as he joined the military camp, he happened to hear that Su Dingfang was about to start a war, and he was clamoring to go to the battlefield to make contributions.
Li Xiang was also helpless. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty could train this boy to be docile, but why did he become a lawless master when he came to him?
However, Li Xiang did not refuse his request. He was a natural cavalry commander and should lead the cavalry in all directions on the battlefield.
According to the original history, when Huo Qubing was 17 years old, he participated in the Battle of Monan for the first time and achieved the title of "beheading 2,028 captives, becoming prime minister, and responsible for the household. Capture Ji's father Luo Gubi" such a record.
Although it is a few years earlier now, it is still not as early as Li Xiang himself went to the battlefield!
Wei Zifu firmly opposed Huo Qubing's decision to go to Liangzhou battlefield after hearing about it. In Wei Zifu's eyes, Huo Qubing is just a child!
But Huo Qubing is also a stubborn leader, and he finally convinced Li Xiang to let him go to the battlefield. Naturally, it is impossible to give up at this time and give up so easily.
In the end, it was Li Xiang who stepped forward to smooth things over and casually gave Huo Qubing four powerful generals to protect Huo Qubing's safety. This was able to appease Wei Zifu.
The four fierce generals given to Huo Qubing were none other than the four brothers of the Demon family, Mo Li Qing, Mo Li Hong, Mo Li Hai, and Mo Li Shou.
Although these four brothers are not outstanding individually, they are just peerless generals with a basic strength of 103, but when they join forces, they are definitely worthy of fighting even against the first-time god-level generals!
Although Huo Qubing was given a backdoor, allowing him to jump directly to the rank of captain as soon as he entered the military camp, the four brothers of the Mo family were also four captains, and their qualifications and achievements were far from what Huo Qubing could compare with now. of.
As a captain with no qualifications or merits, he was given four captains as his subordinates. This was the first job in the Jin army.
In fact, in order to prevent the four generals of the Demon Family from becoming psychologically unbalanced and from causing rifts in their relationships with their subordinates, Li Xiang directly opened the treasury and asked the four of them to go in and choose a weapon to appease the four of them.
At the same time, it also implies that these four people are just asking them to temporarily help them take care of their juniors, and they will be transferred out later to give them the opportunity to make contributions.
After all, Huo Qubing was just a kid at that time, and the only reason for her success was that her aunt was Wei Zifu.
Otherwise, just relying on this relationship to directly put pressure on the heads of the four generals of the Demon Family who have made great contributions will inevitably cause the generals under their command to become alienated.
But now, Li Xiang has told them that by transferring them, they are not really going to be Huo Qubing's subordinates, but to help him take care of his juniors. This is a favor to his master, but the effect will be different if he says it like this!
If they go, it is equivalent to letting their master owe him a favor. In the future, when they get promotions and salary increases, they will have to take priority.
If the boss asks you for help, few people will refuse as long as they are not stupid.
Even if you suffer a little loss temporarily, this little loss is actually a good thing. How can the boss really let you suffer a loss for no reason? You will definitely get double compensation later. For example, the four of them each got one shot at the beginning. Divine weapon.
"Where's Qi Jiguang? His navy is in place, right?" Li Xiang asked again. Only by making all preparations to arrive can the success of this battle be ensured to the greatest extent.
Wuguan is surrounded by the precipitous Shaoxi Mountain to the north and the stunning ravines of the Wuguan River Valley to the south. There is a branch of the Yangtze River named Xiangjiang River, and the Xiangjiang River branches out into several tributaries, among which the Danshui River and the Zhejiang River surround the mountain range where Wuguan is located.
The Zhejiang River is on the right, and the Danshui River is on the left. It is tens of miles away from Wuguan on the Wuguan Mountain Road. The Zhejiang River is surrounded by the Wuguan Mountains. To the east of the Zhejiang River are many counties in Nanyang. As for Danshui, it is close to the Hanzhong area.
Southwest of Danshui is the Shangyong area, which was the northeastern gateway of Liu Bei's power. Later, Mengda surrendered to Wei, and the Shangyong area was also acquired by Wei.
The first battle of this troop dispatch was a surprise attack. In order to ensure speed and surprise, it was necessary to use the power of the navy to cross the river as quickly as possible.
Therefore, Li Xiang asked Han Shizhong's deputy general Qi Jiguang to detach a naval force and come secretly. In Wuguan, Chang Yuchun had already ordered people to build ships secretly.
At the same time, Qi Jiguang was transferred here to prepare for the formation of the Yangtze River Navy after capturing Jingxiang. With Qi Jiguang's talent, it would be a pity to always be Han Shizhong's lieutenant! Only by taking him out alone and serving as the leader of a navy army can he be worthy of his talents.
"My lord, General Qi's 10,000 navy troops secretly arrived near Wuguan last night and hid themselves. They can take action immediately just waiting for the lord's order!" This time the answer was not Wang Meng, but Liu Bowen.
In the past few years, Li Xiang's goal of expanding the army has been completed, and the navy has expanded from 10,000 to 30,000. This time, although Qi Jiguang divided his navy into ten thousand, it still did not affect the strength of the Yellow River navy.
In addition to the 100,000 soldiers and horses in each state, Li Xiang established the Guangcheng and Lantian camps in Sizhou and Yongzhou respectively, and stationed an additional 50,000 soldiers and horses in these two places.
Therefore, to launch a surprise attack on Jingxiang from these two places, there is no need to mobilize troops from other places in the early stage, and it can be as concealed as possible. Li Xiang had already considered this when he set up these two camps.
"Okay, that being the case, without further ado, let's send an order to Yue Fei and Chang Yuchun to take action as soon as possible!" Li Xiang nodded with satisfaction.
