Chapter 1122 Three Families Jointly Send Out Troops

Lulong County, Pingquan City, Gongsun Zan received Meng Yi, the prefect of Yanbei County of the Tang Army who came from Chengde, in the county government office.

"I am under the command of Yanbei Governor Meng Yi to pay homage to the Duke of Yan!"

"I am exempted from the courtesy by the prefect! This time the prefect came to Pingquan from Chengde, but what is Tang Gong's important business?"

"Back to Duke Yan, I came here on the order of my lord to pay homage to him. I have a few things to tell Duke Yan."

"But it doesn't matter!"

"Yes, one is to let Duke Yan know that our Tang army has repulsed the Xianbei army of the Suli tribe at noon yesterday. At present, the Suli army has withdrawn from the Yanbei boundary and entered the grassland."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall was E Ran. Gongsun Zan was even more shocked. He patted the case in front of him and said, "The Tang army has actually repelled the Xianbei army? There should be more than 100,000 soldiers in the Suli army." Right? The Tang army suffered a lot of losses?"

"Back to the Duke of Yan, our army lost about ten thousand infantry, and the Xianbei army had less than eighty thousand soldiers who retreated to the grassland. However, they were all soldiers and horses of Suli's trusted tribe. The total army that invaded Yanbei was about two hundred thousand. , more than 30,000 of them died in the battle, and the remaining 20,000 soldiers and 50,000 civilians were captured by General Zhao Yun." Meng Yi bowed and replied, unable to conceal his inner happiness.

Gongsun Zan was startled and stood up from his seat. He looked at Meng Yi with an expression of disbelief: "Is this really true!?"

"Don't dare to deceive Duke Yan!" Meng Yi replied respectfully; after that, he recounted the story of the war at Gongsun Zan's request.

After hearing this, Gongsun Zan was speechless for a long time. After a long time, he said: "Dong Guo of Tang sent the prefect here, is there anything else?"

"Back to the Duke of Yan, the second reason why I came here is to accept the order of my lord. My lord said that he wants to unite the Duke of Yan and General Xiaoqiang from Liaoxi. The three families will jointly send troops. Before the heavy snow falls this year, Drive the main force of the Xianbei army out of Lulong."

"Is this true?"

"No joke, my lord's words are gone. If Lulong County is lost, Yanbei County will definitely not be able to survive alone. That's why three military strategists jointly sent troops to annihilate the Xianbei army that sent troops to Lulong as much as possible."

"Sure enough, Duke Tang still values ​​affection and righteousness as before. Please tell me clearly, Grand Administrator, how do you want me to unite with you according to your military advisor's opinion?" Gongsun Zan was overjoyed when he heard this and quickly stood up and asked Meng Yi;

Upon seeing this, Meng Yi explained Guo Jia's strategy to Gongsun Zan and others in detail. After listening to Gongsun Zan,

He did not agree immediately, but fell into deep thought. He was originally a strong person, and it was obvious that he did not have an advantage in sending troops this time. In this way, the master-slave situation in the subsequent war would be clear. You know, for him, he is not too willing.

Guan Jing stood up and asked: "Why go around from Yanbei to Chifeng instead of sending troops directly from Pingquan to the north? Isn't it more straightforward to send troops in this way?"

"The intention of Military Advisor Guo is that since the Xianbei people have sent out a large army to attack, they will take this opportunity to annihilate most of them in Lulong. If most of the Xianbei army is destroyed, I believe that Lulong and Yanbei will be safe for several years. Lulong Unlike Yanbei, the northern part of Lulong is all grassland. If the main force and rear camp of the Xianbei army cannot be defeated first, the main force will definitely escape, and it will not be easy to send troops to pursue it. "

"One more thing is," Meng Yi paused deliberately at this point, then looked at everyone. After the army all focused their attention on him, he slowly said: "You know, this time the army , How many supplies, cattle, sheep and horses did General Zhao Yun get at Suli Barracks? "

"How much?" everyone asked in unison;

"There are about 100,000 cattle and sheep, 50,000 to 60,000 horses, and countless other supplies!" Meng Yi saw that Gongsun Zan and others were already satisfied, so he opened his mouth and said;

"Oh my God!"

"More than 100,000 cattle and sheep!"

"Fifty to sixty thousand horses of all levels!"

After hearing this number, both civil servants and generals were stunned. These harvests alone were enough to restore the Yan Army cavalry to their former glory, not to mention that there were other large amounts of materials, money and food in the Xianbei rear camp. If they could seize Even if you capture a part of it, the harvest will be huge.

"How will the gains from this battle be distributed?" Guan Jing asked quickly;

"It will be distributed according to the number of troops sent by each family and the proportion of battle losses after the war. Of course, all the troops sent this time are cavalry, and all cavalry riding skills must be intermediate or above." Meng Yi replied;

"Prefect Meng, please wait a moment. We will discuss it carefully and give you a reply shortly." Gongsun Zan saw the look Guan Jing gave him and quickly said to Meng Yi;

"I'll resign first!" After hearing this, Meng Yi quickly saluted Gongsun Zan, and then exited the county government office under the guidance of Gongsun Zan's personal soldiers.

After Meng Yi retreated, Gongsun Zan looked at the people in the hall and said, "How is it? Do you think this strategy of the Tang Army is feasible?"

"My lord, I have thought carefully about it, and the Tang army's strategy is indeed feasible! I agree with my lord and the Tang army to jointly send troops!" Guan Jing, as Gongsun Zan's chief adviser, must be the first to express his position.

The rest of the people also nodded, Gongsun praised: "Okay, don't prepare early, set off as soon as possible. I think the intention of the Tang army is to get rid of Lu Long's Xianbei dogs before the heavy snow falls, so as to avoid changes over time, but There are indeed some objections to the number of troops sent!" At this point, Gongsun Zan looked at Shan Jing, the governor of Liaoxi, and said, "Shan, how many cavalry can the Liaoxi commander send? I mean the cavalry that meets the standards mentioned by the governor of Liaoxi?"

Shan Jing calculated silently in his mind, and said: "Five thousand, I can dispatch five thousand cavalry, but the war horses are still insufficient, and the current number should be six thousand."

There are currently three thousand cavalry in Liaoxi, one thousand of which are Shan Jing's personal soldiers, with one person and two horses, and the other two thousand cavalry are one person and one horse, so Shan Jing said that there are six thousand fewer war horses.

Gongsun Zan also calculated in his mind and said: "Now there are five thousand white horse volunteers and twenty-five thousand ordinary cavalry in Pingquan City. Another five thousand will be selected from the infantry, a total of 40,000 cavalry will rush to Yanbei County to join the Tang army. As for the missing war horses, we will first borrow or buy them from the Tang army, and we must complete them all."

"My lord is wise!" All the generals bowed in response;

Just after Gongsun Zan made the plan to send troops, that night, a team of messengers rushed from Leting to Yangle and delivered a letter of invitation to Xiaoqiang, the actual controller of Yangle. After seeing Huangfu Chaobo's letter, Xiao Qiang agreed to the request to send troops without saying a word. However, as for the number of troops, he decided to send 20,000 troops, and he would personally lead 5,000 Wuhuan cavalry and 15,000 ordinary Wuhuan cavalry. As for the generals, in addition to Xianyu Yin and Xianyu Fu, there were also Nanlou and Loufan. As for the military and political affairs of the three cities of Yangle, Zhou Qiang handed them all over to Yu Fan.