To Rule in a Turbulent World

Chapter 270 Volume 5 8 Sounds of Ganzhou

Three days later, the army set off.

You Miao personally put on the armor for Li Zhifeng in the barracks of the Yangzhou Army. The horn blew outside.

The four of them got together again, and Zhao Chao offered a bowl of wine to the army in the city.

"Success or failure, this is the battle." Zhao Chaolang said: "I am in Yangzhou, looking forward to your triumphant return!"

"Long live my emperor—!"

Long live the city down the mountain, everyone in the dark knelt down, You Miao was full of emotions, this day finally came, he had imagined countless times, what should he say on the day of the Northern Expedition, and how would he say goodbye to Li Zhifeng and his wife? Nie Dan.

However, on this day, You Miao suddenly found that she couldn't say anything, tears came out of her eyes, and she stared at everything in front of her in a daze.

The army left, and the outside of Yangzhou was desolate.

From this day onwards, Apocalypse poured out all its troops to fight the Tatars and recover the Central Plains.Zhao Chao gave Nie Dan the order to fight to the foot of the Great Wall and wait for a peace negotiation.As early as three days ago, Wuhu had learned of this matter, and the northern peoples were alarmed and mobilized their troops to prepare for a battle with Nie Dan at the foot of Mang Mountain.

The first battle is crucial. Once Nie Dan wins, there will be no danger in Guanzhong, and the duel with the Tatars is just around the corner.

You Miao returned to the political affairs hall, knowing that the battle between the Northern Front and the DPRK and China was about to begin.How many civil servants are waiting for the news from the front line, and whether the two members win or lose the battle, it will directly affect the situation of the DPRK and China.

On April [-]th, Nie Dan led his army to start the first battle at the foot of Mount Mang. Li Zhifeng led his army to break through to the north bank of the river.

According to the military report, You Miao looked at the map nervously. He was very familiar with the terrain there. Nie Dan chose a high place on the plain to fight against the coalition forces of the Xianbei, Jie, and Di clans. The opponent had a strength of [-].It was early summer, which coincided with the rainy season in Guanzhong, and it had been raining cats and dogs for days.

"If you were fighting them, what strategy would you adopt?" Zhao Chao said.

"Water attack." You Miao said: "The river water is bullish, and the plains are most suitable for water attack."

Zhao Chao held a letter in his hand and was still hesitating. You Miao said again: "Hu people are good at cavalry. The plain soil in front of Mang Mountain is soft, and it has been raining for days. It is definitely not good for cavalry to march."

Zhao Chao opened the letter and saw the marching route, but Nie Dan's reward was to lead the army into the Mang Valley.

"Running into the mountains again." Zhao Chao frowned and said, "Brother likes to fight against mountains..."

You Miao breathed a sigh of relief, the letter did not report where Li Zhifeng had gone, presumably he had other plans, if You Miao himself, he would lead the army to a decisive battle with the Hu allied forces on the plain.What is Nie Dan trying to do?

Zhao Chao said: "He likes to use the mountain as cover too much, it's not good."

Soldiers are impermanent, which was taught by Sun Yu to You Miao. As a general, the higher the status, the less he should repeat the previous combat methods, so as not to be guessed by the enemy.But You Miao knew that Nie Dan was a pragmatic man who was used to achieving the greatest victory with the least loss.After all, Mang Mountain was only their first battlefield, and there were still several tough battles to be fought.

"Let's go back." Zhao Chao said wearily: "It's not too late."

You Miao nodded and left the palace. The entire Mao County was asleep. The early summer breeze was blowing in the city, carrying a faint fragrance of flowers. There were people in the distance playing the piano gently, once, twice .

The whole of April passed by in a blink of an eye, and You Miao was staring at the military newspaper nervously every day, suffering from headaches until one night, when she just fell asleep, there was a noise outside the Political Affairs Hall.

"Your Majesty, pass on the knowledge, sir!" shouted the Imperial Forest Army outside the door.

You Miao hurriedly put on her clothes and hurriedly followed the imperial guards who sent the order into the palace. In the middle of the night, she saw that the palace was brightly lit and the courtiers gathered, but she was the last one to come.

"General Nie won the first battle." Zhao Chao said: "The army is now in Mangshan Zhiyang. Waiting for food and next instructions."

"Great!" You Miao breathed a sigh of relief, thank God.

Ping Xi said: "The military newspaper is here, and the messenger is just sending it back."

"Let me see." You Miao said.

With 300 people killed in battle, You Miao's heart skipped a beat. Although under the situation of 10 people against [-] Hu people, this can be regarded as a great victory.However, before facing the [-] Tatar cavalry, the number of deaths was slightly higher.

He read the military newspaper carefully, and learned that Nie Dan was indeed attacking with water, but he lured the enemy into the valley. On a night of heavy rain, he dug embankments to release floods, and subdued the coalition forces of the three clans by using the flood.

Immediately afterwards, the Hu tribe threw away their helmets and armor and escaped from Guanzhong. Li Zhifeng led an army to intercept in Xiliang, captured King Di and King Xianbei in one fell swoop, and forced Kaesong, several cities on the western front, to surrender.Sanhu is over, most people fled to Yanbian and Da'an, no longer have the will to fight.

After You Miao received the military report, he immediately ordered Li Zhifeng to garrison the three cities on the western front to rectify the army and not to advance rashly.Waiting for the next wave of grain and grass.At the same time, a troop transfer order was issued, but as soon as the troop transfer order came out, it immediately aroused unanimous opposition from the courtiers.

"The Yizhou army has been stationed in the south for many years." Ping Xi frowned and said, "It is absolutely impossible to transfer to the capital at this moment!"

The ministers seemed very strange that You Miao would make such a decision.

"It is very dangerous to have no soldiers in the court." You Miao said: "If the northern front is delayed for a year, and the front needs to be supplemented with soldiers, what supplies do we need to supply General Nie Dan? There are already [-] Imperial Forest troops left in the capital, too. It's dangerous!"

Tang Hui also objected: "Most of the Yizhou army is infantry, not used to the northern soil and waters, sir, have you considered this matter? If [-] Yizhou troops are mobilized to come to Maocheng, it will take a long time to train troops. What's more, Nie The general is victorious in the first battle, and he can replenish the source of troops in Hanzhong..."

You Miao pondered for a long time, even Zhao Chao objected to You Miao's proposal, and replied: "Conscription is fine, but it is not appropriate to transfer troops."

"The recruits are all recruits." Li Yan rarely agreed with You Miao's proposal: "What can you do after being sent to the battlefield? Most of the Yizhou Army are family soldiers, and with a little training, they can become familiar with riding and shooting. And The gentry in Yizhou are used to defense, not to attack..."

Li Yan was right. Most of the troops in Yizhou were family soldiers raised by the local tyrants. Once the southern barbarians invaded, the family soldiers could group up to protect the counties and villages.Long-term repeated defense battles and tug-of-war have tempered the quality of defense.

You Miao nodded and said: "That's right, so I want to transfer the Yizhou Army in the south to Hanzhong to guard the three cities of Xiliang for General Nie and use it as a food and grass base."

As soon as the words came out, the courtiers knew You Miao's plan. After regaining the lost land, the former city had to be guarded. Zhao Chao thought for a long time and knew You Miao's trade-off - it was impossible to ignore it completely.The ethnic groups outside the Great Wall are accustomed to guerrilla warfare. If Nie Dan just leaves, the three ethnic groups will surely make a comeback.

But at this time, it is necessary to distribute some of the general's merits. Whoever is sent to defend the city is very particular. If there is no accident, You Miao intends to take the initiative to share a piece of the pie with the southern gentry.In this case, whoever enters the city first is equivalent to owning most of the interests of Hanzhong.

This is a difficult choice, Zhao Chao had to decide to postpone the discussion.

In the next few days, military newspapers came one after another. Nie Dan asked the court to send someone to take over and urged the food and grass. Finally, Zhao Chao accepted You Miao's proposal and sent three imperial envoys to lead [-] Yizhou troops to the north. , to take over the recovered cities.

In May, when Nie Dan moved to Guanzhong, Li Zhifeng made a bold proposal to distribute all his [-] cavalry in the three cities to recuperate, and led [-] Yizhou troops to occupy the Yellow River area.

At this moment, the whole north has become tense, Batu has selected new generals, and is preparing to go to the south to fight Nie Dan.