Chapter 1216 Arriving Outside Tianjing Pass

After arranging for two thousand soldiers and horses to be stationed in Tunliu City, Tian Yu immediately summoned a group of generals to discuss matters. Soon, Lu Zhong, Shi A, the cavalry captain, the infantry captain and the crossbow troop captain all rushed to the prefect's mansion.

After everyone arrived, Tian Yu said: "Everyone, now we have finally captured Changzi City. It can be said that we have completed half of the king's task of conquering the upper party. This is worthy of celebration!"

When everyone heard this, they all laughed. After everyone slowly calmed down, Tian Yu said: "General Shi, I remember that there should be a Shadow Guard stronghold in the eldest son city that is connected to the country. I don't know where it can be contacted. get in touch?"

"Generally speaking, the Shadow Guard's capital strongholds in other countries can contact all counties and cities in the country, while the county and city strongholds in other countries can only contact the headquarters of the royal city. Just because of the king's Shangdang war, I have already announced it at the beginning of the year. We started to add contact points to the Changzi City stronghold, and now we have established three contact points with Hanoi, Weijun and Hedong." Shi A stood up and responded;

"Great, if I guess correctly, the king should be in Huai County at this time, so after the meeting is over, I would like to ask General Shi to send the king a report on our capture of Changzi and Tunliu, as well as the arrangements for the subsequent war. A detailed report.”

Shi A nodded to express his understanding.

"Okay, now the eldest son and Tunliu have been brought under our control. However, the old thief Zhang Yang has retreated to Huguan County, and he should have gathered a lot of troops. It is no longer something we can capture. So what happens next? The purpose is to send troops south to support the king's army into Shangdang, and then gather the army to quickly capture Huguan County until the entire Shangdang is under control. "

"After careful consideration, I decided to leave an additional 5,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry to garrison in addition to the 2,000 infantry in Tunliu City, the 2,000 infantry in Xuushi City, and the 1,000 garrison at Gaoping Pass. In the county town, the rest of the troops were led by General Lu and went south to Tianjing Pass to support the king's army heading north. "

As soon as Tian Yu finished speaking, everyone present was shocked. You must know that a total of 25,000 troops were dispatched from Hedong this time. Although the number of troops lost so far is less than a thousand, but evenly divided like this If they come down, the troops and horses in the county will be obviously insufficient. With five thousand infantry and two thousand cavalry, it would obviously be very difficult to defend a county like Changzi.

Lu Zhong immediately stood up and objected: "No, General Tian, ​​five thousand infantry are too few to defend the county. If Zhao's 10,000 reinforcements arrive in Huguan County, Zhang Yang will gather soldiers and horses from several more counties. It is very likely that we will send troops south to attack the county city. If the county city is lost, then our time will be in vain, and it will also affect the king's entire deployment. "

"Yes, yes, five thousand infantry is really too few. Besides, there are nearly 10,000 Zhao army prisoners in the city. General, please think again!" Several other generals also tried to dissuade him;

Zhang Yang suddenly escaped, leaving Tian Yu with six to seven thousand Zhao soldiers captured in Changzi City. In addition to the Zhao soldiers who had been captured one after another, now there are only Zhao soldiers captured in Changzi City. There are more than 10,000 people. Now Tian Yu only led 5,000 infantry to defend. If something happened to the prisoners, how could these 5,000 men control them?

"It doesn't matter. These soldiers know that our army has entered Shangdang and Zhang Yang has also escaped. They will have no other thoughts. When the time comes, we will select thousands of people from among them and assign a group of soldiers to lead them to break up and mix. I believe it only takes ten days and a half to reach combat strength," Tian Yu added;

"It's just that these newly surrendered prisoners are trustworthy?" Lu Zhong asked doubtfully: "Well, the army going south does not need too many soldiers and horses. I will leave another thousand Iron Eagle sharp soldiers for the general. No matter what, for these Surrendering troops is also a shock."

Originally, the two men did not bring many soldiers and horses. After dividing them among several places, Tian Yu only had these few soldiers and horses in his hands. After thinking about it, Tian Yu agreed to Lu Zhong's request. Later, Tian Yu ordered the cavalry captain to send all the cavalry out and explore the surrounding city passes.

And the situation in Huguan County was closely monitored.

After the discussion, everyone began to get busy. After having lunch, the army heading south, led by Lu Zhong, headed towards the south of Xuushi County. After the army left, Tian Yu, escorted by his personal guards, went to the military camp where the prisoners were held. He wanted to select four thousand soldiers from there, and then transferred a thousand soldiers from the military camp and mixed them into a school. The troops and horses used these few days to reorganize and train in order to deal with the possible attack from Zhao Jun.

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In Huai County, it was only in the afternoon that I received the pigeon letter from Changzi City. After reading Tian Yu's compilation, Huangfu Chaobo breathed a long sigh of relief and finally captured Changzi City. As for Zhang Yang running away again, to Huangfu Chaobo, this is nothing at all, just run away.

Handing the seal in his hand to Guo Jia, Huangfu Chaobo wrote on a piece of paper the news that Changzi City had been breached, Zhang Yang had fled to Huguan City, and Lu Zhong's army had gone south, and then handed it to a relative. Wei, asked him to rush to the army in front of Tianjing Pass, and he himself had to prepare to set off tomorrow to rush to the army in front of Tianjing Pass.

There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, Huangfu Chaobo's Wang Jia set out for Tianjing Pass under the escort of the trap camp and the Tiebei camp.

It was more than 120 miles from Huai County to Tianjing Pass, and more than 50 miles of it was a difficult valley road. In addition, it would take Lu Zhong's troops several days to reach the north of Tianjing Pass, so Huangfu Chaobo was not in a hurry to get to the camp in front of Tianjing Pass.

It took two days for Huangfu Chaobo and his party to get to the foot of Tianjing Pass. Looking at the camp that stretched for several miles in the narrow valley, Huangfu Chaobo couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief. After so many days of delay, they were finally going to enter Tianjing Pass. Outside the camp, Huang Wudie, who had already received the news, was leading a group of generals to wait outside the camp. When they saw Huangfu Chaobo coming, they all bowed and said, "We, the humble servants, welcome the king!"

"All the generals, please stand up. Thank you for your hard work!"

"Thank you, your king!"

"Okay, General Huang, General Dong, how is the situation of the Zhao army in Tianjin Pass?" Looking at Huang Wudie and Dong Fang, Huangfu Chaobo asked;

"Reply to the king!" Huang Wudie bowed and replied, "After receiving the king's letter in the evening the day before yesterday, I immediately sent people to the front of the pass to publicize this matter. It can be seen that although the generals of the Zhao army still don't believe it, the morale of the soldiers has obviously dropped a lot compared to the previous few days. Now the inside of the pass should be a little unstable. I believe that in the next two days, when General Lu's army appears behind the pass, it should be possible to persuade the defenders to surrender smoothly."

Huangfu Chaobo nodded. It would be best if they could persuade them to surrender smoothly without bloodshed. Thinking of this, he said: "Let's go, my dear ministers, follow me to Guanzhong to check it out!"

"Yes!"

The group quickly passed through the several-mile-long camp and came to Tianjing Pass a few hundred steps away. At this time, the Zhao army in Tianjing Pass had already discovered the abnormality outside the pass. With the voices of "Greetings, King" from the Tang army camp outside the pass, the king's flag appeared on the open space outside the pass. At this time, the Zhao army soldiers in Tianjing Pass knew what happened to the Tang army outside the pass.