First establish Zhending Mansion, raise and train soldiers and horses, and accumulate strength, and then send troops straight out of Lingqiu to take the land of Weizhou. This is Gaokan's long-established strategy, and both Lin Chong and Yang Zhi know it.
This trip was coerced by Tong Guan's military order, and the army had no choice but to take the risk of setting off from Lingshou and rush to the Pingding Army.
Originally Gaokan was unwilling, so of course he had to make a lot of plans.
The most important goal of all is to ensure that the army does not have to leave the borders of Zhending Mansion, let alone go to the Pingding Army to fight the main force of the Jin Army's elite army under Wanyan Zonghan of the Jin Kingdom.
They are just a few young eunuchs, they are just pretending to be powerful by relying on the authority of the child master. They are fine in front of their own family, but they don't care about that much when they meet the golden man.
And as long as they die at the hands of the golden man, they are dead.
Even if Tong Guan's anger persists, facing Wanyan Zonghan's army of tens of thousands of Jin men in Taiyuan Mansion, how dare he push too hard?
If Gao Kan gets anxious, let him go over to Zhending Mansion with thousands of elite cavalry from the Golden Army.
At that time, Taiyuan Prefecture was attacked on both sides, and the Pingding Army could not withstand it. The Jin Army was completely destroyed, and Tong Guan could not even escape from Taiyuan and return to Bianliang.
Therefore, anyone with some brains, when that time comes, will not send a message to reprimand, but will first stabilize the situation in Zhending Mansion.
No matter how much Tong Guan suspected that the special envoy he sent died at the hands of the Jin people, he would first allow Gao Kan to calm down the battle in Zhending Mansion.
In short, it is necessary to at least prevent the Jin people's six or seven thousand cavalry from reaching the Zhending mansion and attack the Ding army.
And what Gaokan wants is just this situation.
As long as he can stay in Zhending Mansion safely, it won't take too long. Three or two months is enough, because according to the progress of the war, the Jin army's southward attack on Song Dynasty will only take more than two months.
At that time, Wanyan Zongwang's Jin Army on the East Route to the east attacked Bianliang City. Emperor Daojun of the official family of Zhao and Song Dynasties panicked, passed the throne to the crown prince in a panic, and fled from Tokyo.
The Jin people had plundered enough in Shandong and Hebei. The Song army's soldiers and horses came northward, and it was time for Wanyan Zongwang to withdraw.
By that time, only Wanyan Zonghan's West Route Army would still besiege Taiyuan Prefecture on Hedong Road.
Gaokan's basic base has been roughly established.
If Wanyan Zonghan does not withdraw from Taiyuan Mansion, he can continue to be his Zhending ambassador, and there will be two or three years in between for him to develop slowly.
According to Gao Kan's inner plan, when the Jin army moves south for the second time, it will not be difficult for him to gather 100,000 troops at the time of Jingkang.
Even if the war situation goes well, Weizhou might be able to capture some of it.
After Lin Chong was settled, he sent someone to pass on the order. Gao Kan tidied up a bit, and then came to see the envoys who were extremely angry after being woken up by the army breaking out of camp early in the morning.
Arriving outside the camp, Gao Kan smiled, clasped his fists and bowed: "I'm the official Gao Kan, and I'd like to pay my respects to the special envoy."
There was an impatient drake's voice coming from the tent, and the guard guarding the tent let Gao Kan in.
After entering the camp, Gao Kan bowed his head in obedience, not even raising his head to look up, looking very humble.
"I wonder if my father-in-law has summoned my subordinates to come here. What are your instructions?"
"Master Gao, what are those people doing outside so early in the morning?" the little eunuch asked in a high-pitched voice, impatiently.
"I would like to inform my father-in-law that according to the original marching time limit, today the army needs to be close to a hundred miles away before they can enter the border of Huolu. It is not yet known whether they can reach Huolu City. It is the following officials who ordered them to break camp early so that the front army can be tidied up. Send it out." Gao Kan lowered his head and replied with his hands clasped in fists.
"What? You have to march a hundred miles in one day today?"
When the little eunuch heard Gao Kan's words, he became anxious and asked in shock.
"Yes, father-in-law, the army started from Lingshou and rushed to the Pingding Army. The journey is nearly a thousand miles. If we don't speed up the march, I'm afraid it won't arrive in half a month. Master Taifu is still waiting for the army to go and exterminate the gold thieves. The following officials We didn't dare delay at all, so we had to call for a quick march." Gao Kan nodded and replied.
"Today's hundred miles is also the same bumpy mountain road as yesterday?" the little eunuch asked again.
"There are many mountainous roads on this side of Pingshan. After passing the boundary of Pingshan, it is a flat road for dozens of miles to Huolu. It is not as difficult as yesterday, and the marching speed can be faster." Gaokan replied calmly.
"There are still dozens of miles of mountain roads. No, absolutely not. Yesterday's march already cost half of Dian's life. Today we have to travel so early. Who can bear it?"
The little eunuch said anxiously, and finally said: "You can go on your own!"
It wasn't until he heard this that Gao Kan raised his head and said in surprise: "My father-in-law, there is no peace in Zhending Mansion at the moment. The gold thieves have soldiers and horses in the territory. If the army goes first and my father-in-law does not follow the army, it will be in danger. "
"What's the danger? Where is the golden man?" the young eunuch asked Gao Kan with a cold face.
"As far as I know, there is a Jin army in Cigu Town, the nearest town."
Gao Kan answered honestly.
"How far is that?" the little eunuch asked again.
"It's three to four hundred miles at least. If the cavalry is marching, it will take more than a day to get there." Gaokan continued to answer.
"It takes a day to catch up. What's the point? This matter has been settled. The most important thing for you, Mr. Gao, is to lead the army to pacify the army as soon as possible. You don't have to worry about the rest. Go ahead."
The little eunuch waved his hand and gave orders.
Hearing this, a smile flashed in Gao Kan's eyes, he bowed, and after answering, he withdrew from the tent.
Before leaving the tent, I vaguely heard the little eunuch still cursing, saying, "In such a hurry, our family is regarded as those despicable warriors. If you go to die, our family will not follow you."
Gao Kan just pretended that he heard nothing, and honestly came out of the envoy's tent and returned to the coach's camp.
Not long after entering the camp, Cao Qi sent someone to report that the troops at the front of the army had been reorganized and could be sent out at any time. Gao Kan immediately ordered the army to set off.
Then he called Lin Chong and informed him that the special envoys would not accompany the army. He sent orders to the rear battalions and told them to go at full speed. They must enter Lucheng before dark. If anyone deliberately delays the advance, military law will be dealt with.
With this military order, no one in the army dared to delay the progress of the march.
Everyone was working hard and headed in the direction of Huolu City. After all, there was only one day for the army to arrive for more than a hundred miles. If you were slower, you might not be able to enter the city before dark.
After the army left for two hours, the special envoy slowly began to clean up and break camp.
They don't have to worry, they just need to go slowly towards Huolu City. By the time they enter the city, the army may have already left Huolu, and may have already entered the well.
The main purpose of rushing to the Pingding Army was to block the Jin Army from the front, so that the enemy troops and horses could be freed up to see if they could bypass the Jin Army in front of them so that they could rush to Taiyuan for reinforcements. Naturally, they needed to arrive as soon as possible.
