The General Is As Urgent As Law

After Jiang also informed Jia Da and Jia Er of the news, the three hurriedly packed up some things and went outside the camp to wait as promised.Xue Ziqin and Guo Linchong rode on the horse without saying a word. Seeing them coming, Xue Ziqin said to Jiang Ye, "Get on the horse."

Jiang was also a little puzzled. There were only five of them in front of him. Could it be that Xue Ziqin planned to support Qin Guan with five people?He wanted to ask, but he didn't dare to ask more, but it was Jia Da, who bowed to Xue Ziqin first with a solemn face, and said, "I don't know if General Xue remembers us, my two brothers, Jia Da and Jia Er, are both from Qin Guan." I am willing to go to support with the general!"

Xue Ziqin glanced at him: "Well, get on the horse and set off."

"Yes!"

The night was dark, except for the night watchmen in the barracks, everyone was asleep, Xue Ziqin and Guo Linchong were in front, Jia Dajiaer and Jiang Ye were behind, rode out of Hanzhou City, and headed straight for Yanhan Valley.

In the past few days, Xue Ziqin tortured Jiang Ye every day, letting him practice riding skills. At this time, Min Qiu's war horse was under his crotch, and it didn't take much effort to make the horse obedient. It was also thanks to Xue Ziqin's torment.A group of five people walked quickly in the night, and the sound of horseshoes echoed in the empty Yanhan Valley. Jiang Ye was riding the horse, and looked at Xue Ziqin's back from time to time.He always felt that there was something he forgot to explain, except for Wei Lin.

He didn't say anything to Wei Lin until he left Hanzhou City.

Jia Da and Jia Er said goodbye to Wei Lin, and said in a loud voice to let Wei Lin recover from his injuries, but he didn't say anything.

It wasn't until they reached the central area of ​​Yanhan Valley that Jiang Ye vaguely saw that there were people not far in front of him, and there were still many people.

Xue Ziqin's speed was very fast. Not long after Jiang Ye saw someone in front of him, Xue Ziqin pulled the reins hard, Bai Liu raised his front hooves, and his high-pitched neigh resounded through the night sky. Walk slowly towards the crowd.

Gradually approaching, Jiang Ye could see clearly that there were only a lot of people in the open space of Yanhan Valley in front of him, clearly hundreds of people.And they were all riding on war horses, and after walking in, they could still hear the sound of the armor on their bodies rubbing against each other as they moved.

Xue Ziqin rode his horse to the front of the crowd, Guo Linchong and Jiang stopped on both sides of him, and Jia Dajia followed behind.The leader of the other party saw Xue Ziqin, followed by the moonlight, and Jiang also saw him bowing his hands respectfully in front of him, and said in a full-fledged voice, "General!"

The people behind him followed suit, calling out the word "general" in unison. That voice was terrifyingly loud in the silent night, and the most terrifying thing was the aura contained in the voice.Jiang couldn't tell why, but he could vaguely sense that the group of people in front of him were probably elite soldiers.

Xue Ziqin nodded, turned over and got off the horse.

Seeing this, Jiang Ye and the others hurriedly dismounted.

The leader also got off his horse and walked up to Xue Ziqin.Only Xue Ziqin said in a deep voice: "Zhou Xiao, you come here first, and Jiang Ye, Guo Linchong, the three of you come with me."

"Yes."

Xue Ziqin led the three of them to the side, keeping a little distance from the crowd.Jiang also cared a little about these people, so he paid more attention, and saw that the four of them walked away, and everyone was still motionless, sitting on horseback one by one, let alone gossiping, not even moving.

Well-trained, that's about it.

Xue Ziqin sat on the ground, and the other three sat down. He took out a piece of parchment from his arms, spread it out and laid it flat on the ground. Xue Ziqin took out a torch from his arms. Come out and let Xue Zi pick it up.The flames immediately illuminated the parchment on the ground, and Jiang could see it clearly. It was a map, and it was a map of the two countries of Xuan and Sui. However, the map of Sui was obviously not detailed, only the city and mountains were marked. And Xuan Guo is a hundred times more detailed.

Then Xue Ziqin took the torch, approached the map, pointed to the lines on the map with the other hand, and said: "We are now in Yanhan Valley. According to news, they should have entered Qinguan. Look here, this place is full of Wuqu." The plain is high in the north and low in the south, sloped, without any shelter. But this side is close to the country of Sui, so it is more reasonable to camp here so that the country of Sui can provide timely support."

After Xue Ziqin finished speaking, he looked up at the expressions of the three of them. They were all staring at the map, and he continued to say: "The shortest way must be along Yan Hangu from the border, but if we go directly like this, They will definitely be discovered by scouts from the country of Sui, and on the frontal battlefield, 500 people will not be of much use, and they may even be attacked at the border first."

The man named Zhou Xiao kept looking at the map along Xue Ziqin's hand.Walking from Yanhan Valley to Qinguan, the two countries of Xuansui and Sui are closely adjacent to each other, and it is really impossible to pass quietly.Zhou Xiao bit the nail of her right thumb, as if thinking about something.At this time, Jiang was also thinking, but he had no idea about these things. He could clearly see the city and mountain range marked on the map, but he couldn't do anything about the terrain on this small map.

Zhou Xiao thought for a moment, then looked up at Xue Ziqin.Xue Ziqin was also looking at him, as if waiting for his opinion.I only heard Zhou Xiao say: "In the current situation, it is too difficult to find another way. In my humble opinion, it is better to pass through Yanzhou and go straight to the hinterland of Shangzhou," he said, drawing the route on the map with two fingers, " Then go out of the city from the side of Shangzhou, the general’s analysis just now makes sense, this area is the best choice for them to set up camp, if so, although we have taken a long way around, we can directly attack the camp from the flank.”

Xue Ziqin frowned and asked, "But if you enter the hinterland of Shangzhou from Yanzhou, it will take at least three days longer than the border."

"General, if the northern army dispatches troops, it will take half a month or 500 days to arrive at Qinguan, not to mention the march of large troops. The time will be even slower. We only have [-] people, and we will go out by day and night. We will start tonight. , you can pass through Shangzhou within ten days."

"Ten days?" Xue Ziqin was a little puzzled.

Zhou Xiao smiled, reflecting the firelight, Jiang also looked up at Zhou Xiao's face, wanting to hear him continue.Although I don't know who this Zhou Xiao is, but after listening to his analysis, I'm afraid he is not an ordinary person.He wanted to ask Zhou Xiao what his background was, but without Wei Lin by his side, Jiang didn't know who to ask.

After only a few hours of separation, I am not used to it.

"General, don't forget that the thousand borrowed brothers are all the general's personal soldiers. They have fought in the north and south for more than ten years, and they have traveled eight hundred miles a day. It's no problem."

Xue Ziqin nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, as long as we can leave the country from the side of Shangzhou, then we can have a good time with the barbarians in Wuqu."

After deciding on the marching route, Xue Ziqin put away the map, handed the torch to Guo Linchong again, and returned to the crowd.Xue Ziqin gave the order to march, only to see the 500 people in front of him, without wasting any time, without any unnecessary movements, they lit torches one after another.Two of them, before Xue Ziqin could say anything, were the first to go in the target direction after being whispered by Zhou Xiao as if giving some order.

Xue Ziqin got on his horse and shouted: "Let's go!" Then he waved his whip and ran out, followed by Guo Linchong and Zhou Xiao, Jiang Ye and Jia Dajiaer followed in this group of well-trained elite soldiers , go forward together.

Xue Ziqin's lead was not fast, and the team was not very long.The torches in the hands of the elite soldiers illuminated both sides of the avenue. Jiang was also on his horseback, advancing with concentration. With a serious expression, he only cared about driving the horse, not even in the mood for small talk.

Jiang also looked back and saw that they were so serious, and said to himself, for Jia Da and Jia Er, Qinguan is their hometown, sacred and inviolable.

More than [-] people, working day and night, marched extremely fast, and hardly did anything superfluous.Apart from finding a place to rest, eat and sleep during the day, there is only one thing to do when it gets dark, marching.Everyone prepared dry food in their bags, including Jiang Ye, who also had a memory, and brought a lot of dry food in his bag.

The dry food was astringent and unpalatable, and the bacon was tasteless, but no one complained.

At first, he felt that being in the barracks was hard work, but this time with these elite soldiers, Jiang also suddenly understood what a soldier's killing spirit is, and what an iron-blooded warrior is. To the enemy, they are absolutely the same as they are now, only obedient, only aggressive.

After marching for ten days, as Zhou Xiao said in advance, he had already reached the border of Shangzhou.

Along the way, Jiang also figured out a lot of things. For example, the two who set off first were scouts.They inquired about the situation in front, and they would ride back after a while, and not only the two of them were scouts, but two other people took turns with them.It is also because of their hard work that the road to the battlefield is unimpeded, bypassing the city all the way, avoiding the places where other vehicles and horses pass, and only passing through the deserted wilderness, saving time to the greatest extent.

Every day during the march, Jiang would think of Wei Lin.

I don't know how he is now, whether the injury is mostly healed.After two months of getting along day and night, Wei Lin has become his brother-in-law, and he is worried if he doesn't see him every day.

Shangzhou border.

Xue Ziqin had 500 troops stationed at the border for a day's rest, but the scouts didn't have to rest. 500 people, although the target is much smaller than the army, it is far less flexible than one or two people.After the scouts arrived at the border, they were sent out by Xue Ziqin to investigate, especially where the other side camped and formed their formations.Also, there were more than ten people who did not rest and were sent by Xue Ziqin to the Yuzhou next door to purchase food supplies. Of course, Xue Ziqin paid the money.

The purpose of this cavalry is very clear, that is to disrupt the enemy's camp, attack the flanks and small groups of troops, if they can burn the opponent's food and grass, it will be even more likely to win.

Along the way, you can continue to hear news from the Qinguan War.In the battle of Qin Guan, the situation is so urgent that it cannot be delayed.Wei Yuanting has ordered the army to withdraw, leaving only the guard general of Qinguan and [-] remnant soldiers to fight against each other, and instead focus on defending the hinterland of Shangzhou.Of course Xue Ziqin knew his intentions, he just waited for Xue Changfeng to come to clean up the mess, and he would not give up a single soldier, so he would be happy at leisure.

Three scouts went out, and one came back first, and this one brought back a lot of news.

"General!" After the scout came back, before he had time to rest for a while, he went directly to report to Xue Ziqin, "The places where Suiguo and Wuqu camped are just as the general expected, but Wuqu has a large number of people and a large camp, with four camps each in the east, west, north and south. Surrounding the big camp in the middle, it looks like an iron barrel, and the Sui people seem to be stationed on the border of other countries, and they are not with the Wuqu people."

"How many people are there in Wuqu?"

"What my subordinates heard was that there were 5000 troops. Now about half of the people in Qinguan are still fighting against General Wei. According to observations in the barracks, there may be about 3000 people."

Hearing this number, Xue Ziqin's face became even more gloomy.Zhou Xiao started biting his nails again, and Jiang was also watching not far away, and couldn't hear the specific content, but seeing Zhou Xiao's performance, it was probably something bad.After a few days of observation, he had already discovered Zhou Xiao's little habit. Once he was thinking, he would start biting his thumbnails.

Xue Ziqin previously estimated that Wuqu's population should be slightly smaller than that of Suiguo, because Wuqu was originally a nomadic barbarian, and the number of people in the whole clan was not very large.But if he is really judged correctly, then there are more than ten thousand people in this situation.Now if Wei Yuanting stands still, and only 500 people are fighting against [-] people, it is a lie.

"Go and rest first." Xue Ziqin said, and then asked Zhou Xiao, "What do you think?"

"Hmm..." Zhou Xiao thought for a while, "The general is worried. The combined forces of the two parties may exceed [-] people, but I think there is something wrong with it."

"Oh?"

"It's reasonable to say that Wuqu and Suiguo cooperated to attack Qinguan. Once Qinguan is completely occupied, it will be of great benefit to the Wuqu clan, but it is not so important to Suiguo."

Xue Ziqin thought for a moment when he heard the words, and said, "Go on."

"Qinguan is not a rich place. Its geographical location is not as useful as Yanzhou, especially Shangzhou. If you want to get it all in your pocket, it is just a dream. It is a bad idea to start with Shangzhou. General, if you are General Sui, what do you want to achieve in this battle?"

"Naturally, we want to cede the land and pay compensation, and then we can nibble at Yanzhou step by step." Xue Ziqin said, and he figured out the general idea as soon as he said this, "You mean, Wuqu is the one with a large number of people, and Suiguo just wants to take advantage of it." Robbery?"

"It's possible." Zhou Xiao said, "Wuqu is a group of barbarians on the grassland, but they are strong in combat. They all grew up on horseback and are good at riding and shooting. But even so, Wuqu gathered 5000 people, I'm afraid he is doing his best. Wu Qu is doing his best, and the only possible reason is that Sui Guo didn't plan to help."

Zhou Xiao said, looked at Xue Ziqin, and finally came to a conclusion: "Sui Kingdom will send at most 2000 people, and it should be a wait-and-see trend. The alliance between the two parties is more about taking advantage of each other, but Wuqu How can I be afraid if I declare a great country? I am afraid that the two parties will form an alliance and attack suddenly, and it will be difficult to guard against."

Xue Ziqin nodded, and after thinking about it, he said again: "Then Hanzhou City, is Suiguo planning to lose it? This is unreasonable." As soon as he finished speaking, he realized that something was wrong.Zhou Xiao nodded at him: "They are afraid that the general will be stationed in Hanzhou City, and they dare not start a war at will. It should be true, but if they know that the general is not in the camp, they are likely to strike. Even if they don't strike, if Qinguan completely falls, Wuqu Invading the hinterland of Shangzhou, I am afraid that the imperial court will make peace and exchange Hanzhou for Qinguan."

"What's the benefit of doing this?" Xue Ziqin asked.

He couldn't figure out why he had to go around like this, it was time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the city was exchanged just to make peace.

With a serious expression, Zhou Xiao said, "If Xuanguo asks for peace, it will be unavoidable to pay compensation and cede land."

Xue Ziqin immediately understood the meaning: "I'm afraid there are experts in Suiguo who are giving advice. It can be seen just by persuading Wuqu to dispatch so many troops."