"Chao Yi, after receiving the military order, took his own troops and the troops of King Yu Dang, a total of more than 10,000 troops, and began to hold back the Xiqiang people who were supporting the tribe. In this way, Ling Juguanli would There are only more than 40,000 Liang cavalry and more than 60,000 Liangzhou infantry."
Jia Zhou's tone was not very sure.
"Of course, again, this is just a number on the surface. The art of war, the reality of the enemy and ourselves, accounts for five points."
Xu Mu nodded. In his hand, there are only more than 10,000 Shuqi. Of course, this does not include Wei Feng's white armor cavalry and Chai Zong's Dingzhou cavalry.
If you want to enter the cold, you must break the order and stay in the pass. There is no point in taking detours. In the decisive battle of a large army, food roads are equal to lives. The army is devious and deep, and if it is cut off from food routes and fails to achieve the strategy of supporting war with war in a hurry, the whole army will inevitably be wiped out.
Xu Mu did not dare to take this risk. In other words, it's far from time to give it a try. God is a dirty thing, and no one can guarantee that luck will be so good every time.
"Dong Wen will definitely rely on his orders to stay at the pass, urge the people, and lay out layers of fortifications." Xu Mu raised his head and looked at the generals in the military tent.
The biggest difficulty in this expedition was undoubtedly the tens of thousands of Liangqi. Coupled with the flat terrain, they almost had the upper hand.
Jia Zhou frowned and said, "The desert land buffering in front of Lingju Pass is open and flat. Fire and water tactics are useless. There are no trees to block the horses, and there are no other obstacles. The cavalry can maneuver and see far away. , under the long wall-style charge, the defense of the gun and shield array is useless. For now, we can only use long-range power to counterattack and kill Liangqi."
"Lord, military advisor, can you build fortifications to resist horses first?" Fan Lu interjected.
Xu Mu and Jia Zhou both shook their heads.
"If you can consider it, Dong Wen will definitely consider it. Although this Dong Yixiao has a violent temper, he is not a mediocre person. Therefore, he will not leave such a big flaw."
Jia Zhou pondered for a moment, "For the current plan, I suggest that your lord arrange the encounter at night. In this way, at least Liang Qi's visual advantage will be broken."
"What Wen Long said makes sense."
In fact, Xu Mu already had a preliminary plan, and if he cooperated with Jia Zhou's night attack strategy, he might be able to succeed.
"Previously, when Brother Sheng returned to Shu, the lord left five hundred empty carriages." Jia Zhou smiled, vaguely seeming to guess Xu Mu's intention.
"You can't hide it from Wenlong."
Jia Zhou sighed slightly, "The terrain is advantageous. Under Liangqi's charge, the advantage of the shield formation is lost. Therefore, the lord must find another way to make a shield formation. But Dong Wen may not be fooled by this kind of shield formation." "
"I will make another plan for my lord. There are still some scattered towns in front of the pass. My lord can send a group of troops to occupy these scattered towns."
Xu Mu hadn't spoken yet, but Fan Lu couldn't help but speak.
"But military advisor, these are deserted towns and have no strategic role. No matter how much they occupy, Thief Dong may not pay attention to them."
"Fan Lu, it doesn't matter." Xu Mu laughed, "The military advisor does not mean a few scattered towns, but the large shield formation of our Shu army."
"Big shield formation?"
"Hey, Fan Beard, don't be so careless. You're not as good as me, really." Si Hu, who was probably watching Fan Lu deflate, clapped his hands and applauded happily.
He looked like he wished that everyone in the world would become stupid.
…
"Uncle Clan, how many days has it been?"
"Lord, it's been ten days since our Liangzhou army entered Lingju Pass." Dong Yuan was nearby and hurriedly replied, "There are nearly a hundred scouts sent to help the tribe."
Dong Wen suppressed his anger and put a faint smile on his face again. If it weren't for fear of weakening the morale of the army, he would have scolded the Xiqiang woman.
"Don't worry, maybe it will arrive tomorrow -"
"Report!"
Dong Wen stopped his voice and looked up at the several Liangzhou scouts who had entered the pass.
"speak!"
A few scouts who walked to the top of the city knelt down and clasped their fists.
"Report to the lord, eighty miles southeast of the pass, an army of Shu people was discovered!"
"Southeast? What's Xu Mu doing here?" Dong Wen frowned.
Dong Yuan next to him thought for a while and suddenly laughed.
"Lord, there are several scattered towns in the southeast of Lingju Pass. If nothing unexpected happens, the commoner thieves will take over these towns. But please rest assured, lord, these scattered towns are all deserted, let alone food and grass. All the luggage and even the people have fled. Moreover, the city walls are so low that they cannot be used as a place to station troops and food."
"Thieves in common clothes couldn't attack the gate, so they went to make some small profits?"
"Uncle, don't be careless." Dong Wen didn't sneer at all. Eating a cushion makes one wise, and his tree of wisdom has been growing taller and taller.
"Yu Rong, you lead two thousand Qingqi, mainly for exploration. Be sure to pay attention to the movements of the Shu people."
"Lord, two, two thousand?"
Dong Wen narrowed his eyes, "What?"
"My subordinates take orders!" Liang Jiang Yu Rong hurriedly cupped his fists to take orders.
"Remember, no matter if there is any news or not, ten horsemen will be sent back every half hour."
Only when Yu Rong was far away did Dong Wen take a step forward. Surrounded by many generals and counselors, he walked a few steps forward and reached the edge of the city.
"Sima Xiu persuaded me to move to the royal capital, but how can I hand over the ancestral land of my Dong family to commoner thieves!"
…
The general who led the troops sent by Xu Mu was Fan Lu. The person originally wanted to send was Yu Wen, but he couldn't help but mocked Silly Hu for his superior intelligence. In anger, he issued a military order and went ahead.
He only brought eight thousand infantry. Although it's not too far away, Ryoto will eventually detect him no matter what.
"General Fan, we saw Liang Gou's sentinel."
Riding on the horse, Fan Lu frowned and resisted the intention of killing the enemy and making meritorious deeds.
"Molly, keep marching."
According to his lord's wishes, his mission this time was to choose a deserted town as a place to garrison.
"General Fan, there are veterans from the front army who can report back. There is at least one battalion of Liang cavalry from the Liang people, and they are near where I am waiting."
"First Battalion?" Fan Lu scratched his beard and then paused, inexplicably thinking of Si Hu's grin. What if something goes wrong this time, and he is defeated and returns to the camp to stand with Silly Hu, and is called the "Shuzhou Shuanghan".
"Damn... how far is the nearest Sanzhen?"
"Less than thirty miles."
"Let the shield array be on the side, and pick five hundred people's divine bows in the middle. If Liangqi approaches, form a formation to block the horses and shoot them in turn."
"General Fan, if Liangqi is only here to investigate——"
"Then Mo Li, continue marching to the deserted town."
…
"Send ten cavalry back to Juguan to report to the lord, saying that I, Yu Rong, have discovered the Shu people's army. By the way, do you recognize the bearded general from Shuzhou?"
"It seems to be Fan Lu, the general from Western Shu in Shuzhou."
"The portrait of a reckless man." Yu Rong stretched out his hand and pointed at the outline of the Shu army in front.
"If it hadn't been for the Lord's order, I, Yu Rong, would have dared to use two thousand cool cavalry to kill this reckless general, leaving his armor behind."
Whether it was out of arrogance or to inspire military morale, countless cool knights behind and around Yu Rong all cheered.
