Chapter 1121 Preparing for Counterattack

Huangfu Chaobo and others are not very clear about the battlefield situation in other places, but Guo Jia has a preliminary plan for the Tang army's next strategic arrangement for Yanbei. Of course, the specific arrangements need to wait until Zhao Yun's war. The final decision will be made after the results come out.

It is now November, and in a month at most, the first heavy snow will fall. Therefore, all the Xianbei armies in Yanbei County and Lulong County must be annihilated before the snow falls. At least they should be defeated. If it happens again, Once they have established a foothold in Lulong County after the past winter, it will be more troublesome.

Although the war is not over yet, the transportation of people from Qingzhou has started again. Soon tens of thousands of people have arrived in Yanbei County, and they must all be settled before it snows.

As for other matters, the real arrangements must wait until there is news from Zhao Yun before a decision can be made. Fortunately, the two did not wait long. In the early morning of the next day, the messenger sent by Zhao Yun arrived at Tangtougou Pass overnight and delivered the battle report to Huangfu Chaobo. Seeing Zhao Yun's battle report, Huangfu Chaobo couldn't help but be happy. It was unusual. I didn't expect that Zhao Yun could persuade more than 20,000 Xianbei troops to surrender so easily in the last battle. What's even better is that he also released all the tribal leaders back.

Guo Jia and Huang Xu, who came after hearing the news, read Zhao Yun's battle report and were both impressed. Guo Jia even smiled and said: "General Zilong really has a long-term vision. This is a plan to kill two birds with one stone. It can allow us to Controlling these tens of thousands of Xianbei cavalry more smoothly can also divide and disintegrate the power of the Xianbei Suli tribe. I believe that these tribal leaders will definitely turn against the Suli tribe after returning to the tribe, so we still need to do one thing, and that is. Try to weaken the strength of the Mijia tribe and the Queji tribe attacking Lulong County so that the strength of the three eastern Xianbei tribes is almost the same. Otherwise, it will easily lead to a dominance, which will be detrimental to us and Gongsun Zan. "

When he got excited, Guo Jia simply stopped going back to rest and walked to the map to look at it carefully.

After a long time, he raised his head from the map and asked Huang Xu for advice: "General Huang, I would like to ask how many roads there are from Longhua to Chifeng. What is the condition of each road? Could you please explain it to me in detail? one time."

Huang Xu walked quickly to the map, pointed at the map and explained in detail to Guo Jia: "Reporting to the military advisor, our department has discovered that there are two main roads and one small road from Longhua to Chifeng. They are the southern Jingxiaban. Pass through Pingquan City and take Lulong Road to Chifeng, and take Yisonhe Town in the north and all the way east to Chifeng. This road is also the route Huyanda took when he led his people to Chifeng. "

"In addition, there is a trail heading east from Siheyong to Chifeng, but for the army, it is more difficult to walk than Baihugou Pass and onto the grassland. In addition to these three roads, the army If you want to walk, you can only take a detour through the grassland.”

While Huang Xu was talking, he pointed out the conditions of each road in detail on the map for Guo Jia, including the conditions in the mountains and rivers of each road.

Guo Jia was thinking while listening. After Huang Xu finished speaking, he slowly asked: "If the general is allowed to choose, how many usable cavalry can be recruited among the soldiers of Yanbin County? Of course, the cavalry in the hands of General Zhao Yun There is no need to consider the 20,000 Xianbei cavalry and 50,000 ordinary Xianbei prisoners for the time being."

Huang Xu thought for a while and said: "Yanbei County originally had 15,000 soldiers and 16,000 guards. Among these soldiers and horses, they are basically proficient in riding skills. If they are used in the Central Plains, they can be used as cavalry, but as usual The general guessed that the military advisor wanted to have a battle with the Xianbei people in Lulong. In this case, the cavalry must have at least an intermediate level of riding skills to be qualified as a line. Only those with advanced riding skills can be included in the war camp. "

"In this way, in addition to the 10,000 cavalry taken away by General Yun Zhaoyun, we can also recruit 10,000 cavalry. As for the war horses..."

"General, don't worry about the horses. Didn't General Zhao Yun harvest tens of thousands of horses? You can just transfer them directly from there. According to the general's advice,

Ten thousand cavalry can be recruited, plus the 30,000 cavalry in the hands of General Zhao Yun, then Yanbei County can dispatch 40,000 cavalry. This number of troops is still insufficient to deal with the Xianbei army in Lulong County. "

Having said this, Guo Jia turned to look at Huangfu Chaobo and said: "Please send a message to General Gongsun, telling him that if he wants to defeat the Xianbei army in Lulong County, the Yan army will need to dispatch at least 30,000 cavalry to fight. . And General Xiaoqiang from Liucheng in western Liaoning also asked him to send troops from Jianping, and at least 10,000 cavalry would be dispatched. In this way, we can gather 80,000 cavalry, which will definitely make the Xianbei troops of Mijia and Queji strong. Injury, he will definitely be flawless in the next three to five years."

Huangfu Chaobo nodded. There should be no problem in asking Gongsun Zan to dispatch 30,000 cavalry. If it were before this year, not to mention 30,000 or 50,000 or 60,000 would not be a problem, and most of them would still be elites. It is a pity. . . On the other hand, Xiaoqiang of Liucheng, although he surrendered the Wuhuan people, is not sure if there will be any problem with dispatching 10,000 cavalry.

Thinking of this, he told Guo Jia his thoughts, but Guo Jia chuckled and said: "My lord, you can rest assured. Although Wuhuan in Western Liaoning is a fallen phoenix and not as good as a chicken, it will take ten or twenty thousand people to control the strings." For soldiers, it is still easy. Now General Xiaoqiang is reorganizing his troops and has pulled out 10,000 elite Wuhuan cavalry, which will be more beneficial to his reorganization. "

Huangfu Chaobo thought about it and realized that it was indeed the case. He handed over 10,000 elite Wuhuan cavalry to Xian Yuyin and Xian Yufu, and brought them out to fight a few battles. These troops no longer belonged to Wuhuan, but truly belonged to Xiaoqiang. My own. Thinking of this, Huangfu Chaobo responded: "Okay, I will send a letter to Gongsun Zan and Zhou Wen of Leting immediately, asking them to come and join together as soon as possible. By the way, how will the army be dispatched?"

"Start from here, go around to the west of Chifeng, and first eliminate all the Xianbei troops around Chifeng, and then turn around and annihilate the Xianbei soldiers and horses that enter the hinterland of Lulong County. Only in this way can we weaken it to the greatest extent. The strength of the two Xianbei armies." Guo Jia pointed at the Yison River town road;

After speaking, he looked at Huang Xu and said: "General Huang, please recruit these soldiers as soon as possible and rush to Yisunhe Town. At the same time, please ask the lord to order General Zhao Yun to take 30,000 cavalry to Yisunhe Town. These 40,000 cavalry We only have less than ten days to conduct reorganization and training there. Today is November 8th, and the first heavy snow of the year will fall in a month at most, so our time is particularly tight and we still need to tell General Gongsun and General. General Xiaoqiang, the two cavalry must arrive at Yisunhe Town within ten days, so that they don’t have to worry about horse power. After the two Xianbei troops in Lulong County are destroyed, there will be no horses available! "

When the two of them heard this, their eyes lit up. It was indeed true. It could be seen from the horses that they had in Siheyong Town now. In addition to the nearly 50,000 Xianbei cavalry who finally surrendered, they were in Siheyong Town. There are more than 100,000 horses of all levels. Huangfu Chaobo believes that the two of them will definitely think of this problem.