The Snowy Path of the Heroic Blade Chapter 231: Turning point

After Ning Emei left the yard, Xu Fengnian, who was slightly drunk, was cleaning up the endgame on the stone table. The two deputy marshals Zhou Kang and Chen Yunchui came together with a heavy face. Xu Fengnian already had a premonition and gestured for both. The mountain leader of the frontier army sat down, and Chen Yunchui said a bad news. Youzhou cavalry chief Tian Hengbing divided into two groups, and let the lieutenant Yu Luan knife lead the 20,000 horses to continue to detour outside the gourd mouth. The veteran led Wan Qi to stop it. The iron hoofs from Beimang and Liaodong line fought three times and retreated. In the end, only four thousand horses remained. All of them were killed in Jitoupo at the border of the two states of Youhe. Yan Wenluan had to be urgently transferred from Youbei. 16,000 elite infantrymen reinforced and consolidated the Helan Mountain defense line in the northeast of Youzhou. During this period, due to the two Huai Rivers, Cai Nan’s decision to stand still and watch the fire from across the bank caused the entire Hezhou to become useless. In the uninhabited state, head straight to the east gate of Youzhou. [Full text reading]

Chen Yunchui sighed: "Although the imperial court has long been known to be unreliable, Cai Nan, who holds more than one hundred thousand soldiers, was once Gu Jiantang's right and left arm. In the end, he didn't even have the courage to fight a symbolic battle. It is clear whether it was Cai Nan himself or the new manager who made Han Lin's civil servant secretly instructed by Tai'an City."

Jin Partridge Zhou Kang coldly snorted: “It doesn’t make a difference. Cai Nan is a dog raised by Gu Jiantang. How good is Gu Jiantang himself? It’s the same as the dog who lost his family to Liangliao, this time. Avoiding a fight, he gave Wang Sui's hands to Wang Sui. It is estimated that Cai Nan and Han Lin have a tacit understanding. The court hopes that Beiliang will die. Gu Jiantang wants to preserve his strength, so he can bargain with the Zhao family in the future. Now his surname is Gu. The real direct line of soldiers and horses under his hand, and the Duoyan Jingqi that Tang Tieshuang pulls up, is still passable. If Cai Nan's vitality is severely injured, he will never want to return to Tai'an City in this life."

Xu Fengnian shook his head and said: "Actually, Cai Nan and Han Lin want to fight this battle, but Han Lin wants to fight right away, while Cai Nan is waiting for Gu Jiantang's secret letter."

Chen Yuncui and Zhou Kang looked at each other. Zhou Kang was impatient and couldn't hide his words. He lowered his voice and asked curiously: "Master, is this the spy obtained by the water room?"

Xu Fengnian smiled and said: "In the summer escape town at the foot of Wudang Mountain, I had dealt with Yin Maochun and Han Lin's son, so I made a shameless deal. This time Han Lin took the initiative to reveal the true intentions of the capital center. , Can be regarded as showing sincerity with Beiliang."

Zhou Kang said in surprise: "This is weird. Is it possible that the brains of Zhao's children and the surname Gu are all caught in the door panels? How can they suddenly change their **** and become a bodhisattva who is kind to others?"

Xu Fengnian said, "Gu Jiantang wants to fight because of the situation. Not to mention his grievances with Wang Sui, the Dongyue horseman, this time Wang Sui swaggered away from the Eastern Front, and clearly beat Gu Jiantang's old face. No matter how much Gu Jiantang can bear it, he has to consider the leisurely crowds of the ruling and the opposition. The reason why Cai Nan was asked to make a shot later was to cooperate with the two Liao frontiers in a big fight. Before that, it was natural to ask Wang Sui to follow Our Youzhou garrison died for a while, so he and Cai Nan could take advantage of the fisherman’s profit. For Gu Jiantang, this opportunity is really great. Once successful, the situation on the border between the Liao and Liao It can be transformed from an evenly matched and lasting confrontation into the advantage of the two Liao Dynasty in an instant. As for the court... An offensive strategy requires the use of Jibei and Hezhou as bait to lure the enemy into depth. In order to complete the deployment, not only Cai Nan, but also the only private army of Lijiayan Fort in Yuan Tingshan, and the newly risen Jizhou Lieutenant Han Fang , Will become involuntary pawns."

Zhou Kang tut said: "This is a rare masterpiece in Tai'an City. Lord, the old guys of the corpse position vegetarian food, such as Zhao Wei and Yang Shenxing, shouldn't have this courage, right?"

Xu Fengnian hesitated for a moment, and his face was gloomy and unclear, "Chen Wang, a regular attendant in the province of Zuo Sanqi, Sun Yin, who had just gotten out of the Imperial College, has replaced the hermit Lu Xu with a new owner from the side of Jingan Wang Zhaoxun. Certainly It was the plan of one of these three people, but after this strategy was put forward, there was no nodding from Qi Yanglong and Huan Wen, and without the sympathy of Zhao Youling and Yin Maochun, it was destined to not be able to go out of Beijing to convey it to local Han Lin."

Zhou Kang looked weird and said: "How come it sounds like we Beiliang has inherited a great favor."

Xu Fengnian joked: "You can't say that. Tai'an City is a stubborn and willful little bastard. One day he knows that he will take the overall situation into consideration. Although in the end he still protects his own interests, it will inevitably make the adults next to him feel unexpected. ."

Chen Yunchui laughed, and said anxiously: "Will Wang Sui's army suppress the border, will it affect the Hulukou war?"

Xu Fengnian nodded and said: "Of course there is an impact, but Wang Sui still can't change the overall situation, and maybe Wang Sui didn't have this idea from beginning to end, Yang Yuanzan, Liu Gui, and Huang Songpu who came back again are all in charge of Wang Sui. The obstacle of Beimang’s military power can foreseeably rush to Youzhou. It makes sense on the side of the old woman and Taipingling. Look, as long as the Beimang east line is dragged into the quagmire by Gu Jiantang, plus the destruction of Yang Yuanzan’s army, Wang Then he was able to stand out from the crowd from just one front coach to a powerful figure who did not lose to Dong Zhuo. Until that day will be the beginning of Wang Sui's true skill."

Chen Yunchui said with emotion: “It’s not the time to lose Tiger Head City, but it’s also something that can’t be done. Liu Jinu has done well enough. The battle has been fought to this point, it’s only to see who can survive the battle better. Up."

In the established strategy of Li Yishan, Yan Wenluan, the older generations of Beiliang aides and military leaders, although it was early envisaged that Beimang would use the power of the whole country to attack Beiliang in the south, but which point is the breakthrough point to remove the rear mausoleum The two battlefields of Liuzhou, Liuzhou and Youzhou are obviously more in line with common sense than Liangzhou, which is full of soldiers and horses. However, Dong Zhuo has made two unexpected moves. Liang Tieqi's combat power advantage on the battlefield of a certain state, as well as the tactical intent of the Northern Liang Frontier Army to move around through its own well-developed post roads. Then he personally took the mid-line army, spared no effort to attack Tiger Head City regardless of loss, and during the critical period when the main elite cavalry forces outside Liangzhou Pass quietly went to Hulukou, "coincidentally" captured the expected two or three more defenders. Tiger Head City in the month.

Xu Fengnian calmly said: "In the battle between Beiliang and Beimang, there have actually been two turning points. One was when the Fuling rider Wei Liang attacked rashly. It’s a pity, because the small Fuling Captain’s cross-cutting of Qifulong Pass made both sides lose their intentions and accidentally let Beiliang escape. The second turning point was Dong Zhuo’s attempt to retake Liuzhou. As a breakthrough, tens of thousands of Dong family troops were concealed from the center line, and they were stopped by Chu Lushan’s eight thousand horses. I originally thought that Hulukou would become the third turning point for Beiliang to take the initiative..."

Xu Fengnian laughed at herself, "Now it seems to be meaningless."

Chen Yunchui said sternly: "The heads of nearly 200,000 Beimang Barbarians, especially Yang Yuanzan! Lord, would this be meaningless?!"

Xu Fengnian was silent for a moment, and slowly said: "In the Chamber, I only said some empty talk to boost morale. Since you Zhou Kang came to the door, I will open the skylight and speak some bright words."

Zhou Kang said grimly: "If you want to beat or scold, the prince is free. I can walk into this yard today. I am very satisfied without having to shut my door."

Xu Fengnian waved his hand and said: "As for the cavalry, there are currently 30,000 cavalry troops gathered by you Zhou Kang outside Liangzhou Pass, Tiefutu of Qi Dangguo and Bai Yuwei of Yuan Nanting, plus He Zhonghu Lingling. The scattered 40,000 right cavalry forces totaled more than 80,000. It can be said that most of the cavalry forces in the northern Liang border are here, and the infantry side has entered the two towns of Huaiyangguan and Liuya Fuling. Not to mention the army’s strength, Gu Dazu still has 30,000 in his hand, and General Chen also brought some Youzhou infantry. It’s not wrong that Zhou Kang is unwilling to shrink the area around the heavy mound, but Gu Dazu is worried that all the 30,000 left cavalry will be consumed in troops. There is nothing wrong with the exchange. Gu Dazu has a saying that hits the point. Now anyone outside Liangzhou Pass can die, as long as the new city can be successfully completed before the autumn of the third year of Xiangfu, then it can be considered dead. In the future, all deployments and attacks with Huaiyangguan and Zhongzhong as their respective offensive and defensive centers must be carried out around this purpose."

Xu Fengnian poured a glass of wine, dipped his finger in the glass of wine, and quickly pointed and pointed on the stone table, “I’m the first complete line of defense outside Liangzhou Pass, with Hutou City as the core. The two towns of Yafuling were used by the cavalry for involvement, and then they were sitting on the dangerous Huaiyang Pass and the defensive towns of Zhongzhong Qingyuan. As the second small line of defense under the big framework, they formed horns. Even if Hutou City fell, Not to lose all the game. Now that there is no Hutoucheng this thorn in the flesh, the Beimang army has formed a full line of spreading. At present, after the heavy tomb is removed, not only Huaiyangguan, Liuya Fuling and Qingyuan are already facing the three towns. In the siege of the Beimang Infantry Army, in my opinion, Poria cocos can be thrown away, and even Huaiyang Pass can not be defended. Only the military town of Qingyuan cannot be occupied, and the control and control of the west gate outside Liangzhou Pass has been lost. Qingyuan, not only did He Zhonghu have to shrink the 40,000 cavalry troops scattered everywhere, but also made Dong Zhuo fight Liuzhou as he wanted, so Zhou Kang, you need to help Qingyuan to intercept the diverted Dong Zhuo cavalry. , Not only to stop his troops from driving southward too smoothly, but also to fight to eat this cavalry with more than 40,000 people in one breath. For this reason, I will ask Yuan Nanting to transfer half of Bai Yuwei to cooperate with you in Qingyuan. This area forms our military advantage on the local battlefield."

Zhou Kang frowned and said: "In this way, the surname of Zhongzhong is Gu..."

Zhou Kang suddenly noticed the strange look in Xu Feng's young cast lightly, and hurriedly changed his words: "Will Commander Gu be under too much pressure? There are only six thousand iron Buddha statues and half of the Baiyu Guards. But you completely lose the initiative."

Xu Fengnian glanced at the golden partridge, and said solemnly: "So this is the price of Gu Dazu being passively beaten by the heavy grave infantry as a tortoise with the head shrinking, so that you Zhou Kang can gallop on the battlefield in Qingyuan."

Zhou Kang was silent.

Xu Fengnian reminded: "I Beiliang cares about Qingyuan's gains and losses, and Dong Zhuo can probably see whether Qingyuan will become a trap for the Beimang besieged city. This requires your left cavalry to judge for yourself after arriving on the battlefield. At that time, I hope you can withstand the military merits of thousands or even tens of thousands of people. Once you fall into the interception of the main force of the Northern Mang Cavalry, you should know that no one has the ability to become a soldier, and there is no way for you to change it. Thirty thousand cavalry troops were sent to the Qingyuan battlefield, and after the Zuo Cavalry Army and half of Bai Yuwei were surrounded by Beimang, let alone Qingyuan, the heavy graves were not defended. Me, Dazu Gu, and General Chen, can only be one. He retreated to He Zhonghu's army, and behind him there was only a city that hadn't broken ground for a long time."

Zhou Kang suddenly asked in a low voice: "In the first battle of Qingyuan, the attempts of the enemy and us are still not hidden. I believe that with Dong Zhuo's eyes, the possibility of Beimang barbarian wanting to fight for help is very high. All the 30,000 left cavalry under my command will be dispatched, and even Bai Yuwei will also cooperate. In this case, Lord, or else we simply set the target directly as the Northern Mang Ambush? I have confidence in our crossbowmen, at home On the site, you can definitely find the back of the Beimang Barbarian. What's more, even if you meet on a narrow road and need to fight against each other, Dong Zhuo’s crow column is not enough! Don’t worry, lord, Zhou Kang promises that I will definitely not come from your temper. Just listen to Gu Dazu, all the Zuo cavalry fights are focused on conserving troops."

Xu Fengnian shook his head without hesitation and said: "In this game in Qingyuan, I just tried my best to prevent me from being too passive. We gamble once on the sand table, but we can’t. Beimang can afford to gamble, can afford to lose, and at the worst, can lose another bet, but we can’t squander a chance."

Speaking of this, Xu Fengnian asked with a smile: "General Zhou, the toad is dying and the snake is full, do you feel very aggrieved?"

Zhou Kang laughed and said: "Worthy is a bit of a wimp, but at least he is an old man who has followed the general in the blood of spring and autumn for many years, knows the severity. But to be honest, after arriving in Beiliang, the wind After so many years have passed, Gu Dazu might not have been able to stop me if it hadn’t been for the prince’s arrival at Zhongzhong this time."

Chen Yunchui, who has not spoken much, said thoughtfully: "You really need to introspect one or two things. Lord, you have seen and heard about today’s Chamber of Commerce with your own eyes and ears. Apart from Commander Gu, I’m afraid I will be included. I can’t bear it. Yeah, in the past 20 years, our Northern Liang Frontier Army has competed with the Northern Mang Barbarians~IndoMTL.com~ Not to mention the battles of hundreds of people, we have never lost once in the battlefield of more than 10,000 people. So this time Hutou City was suddenly lost, and the result of the battle that was about to be obtained on the Hulukou side was greatly reduced. We seemed to be a little confused at once. We can't get it back, maybe we will suffer a big loss this time. Lord, it's me, Chen Yunchui, who said flattery, you came in time for this trip."

When Xu Fengnian sent Zhou Kang and Chen Yunchui to the gate of the small courtyard, he said to Zhou Kang for no reason, "If Dong Zhuo had two or more large-scale ambushes in Qingyuan, your left cavalry In the choice of the retreat direction, you may wish to consider the west side. If it doesn’t work, go around in a circle and return to Shigetsu."

Zhou Kang was stunned on the spot, "Western? Lord, not far to the west, is it about to border with Liuzhou border?"

Xu Fengnian did not speak.

Zhou Kang suddenly brightened his eyes and asked cautiously: "The prince is talking about the Liuzhou war, can we win it?"

Xu Feng laughed young: "Kou Jianghuai and Shi Fu are the kind of generals who can turn the tide. As for whether they can do it, and whether they can make Qingyuan Cavalry War the first place in the Liang Mang War Three turning points, let us wait and see."

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