Qin Hu asked Wen Tiren to go to Wannian County to investigate the case because he had something to do in the afternoon and he was going to mobilize his troops to prepare to rescue Zhang Xutuo.

He had already made up his mind in the morning, this time he would send Su Dingfang as the general to fight against thieves, and he would also take away part of the Xiaoguo Army, at least two thousand people.

After Wang Chenghu left, Qin Hu discussed with Su Dingfang. He believed that the troops must be dispatched quickly this time. It was best to ration grain and grass from the east capital and then go north along the canal.

After some careful thinking, Qin Hu pointed to Hejian County on the map and said: "Dingfang, there is no need for you to fight with Dou Jiande. This place is now where Dou Jiande is stationing grain, and his main force is currently occupied by Zhang Xu."

Tuo and others were restrained in Pingyuan County, separated by the Yongji Canal, a straight-line distance of five hundred miles."

"Here is Dou Jiande's General Ge Qian's 100,000-strong mob. After you go there, surround Wei and rescue Zhao, and concentrate all superior forces to attack Ge Qian's army. Dou Jiande will definitely abandon Pingyuan County and return to Hejian County. When the time comes, you can encircle Wei and rescue Zhao.

Ji Qu set up an ambush and defeated Dou Jiande!"

"Surround the site for reinforcements?"

Su Dingfang's eyes lit up. He had never heard of this word before.

In fact, in history, Sun Bin was the best in encirclement and support, but Sun Bin did not invent this term, so Su Dingfang was confused all of a sudden.

Qin Hu didn't explain the terms to him, but just said: "I asked Lei Yongji to go with you. You first let Dou Jiande's vanguard go, and then asked Lei Yongji to stop Dou Jiande crossing the river at all costs for seven days, regardless of Dou.

No matter how elite the army is, it must be seven days old."

"The emperor gives you ten thousand people, you give Lei Yongji a thousand people, and you keep nine thousand for yourself. No matter how many people his vanguard army has, they will definitely feed me within seven days. If you succeed,

Ge Qian in the city must have thought that Dou Jiande was finished, and the only option was to surrender or run away."

"And after Dou Jiande learned that the granary Hejian County was lost, he would definitely stop crossing the river, turn around and attack Zhang Xutuo again. I would let Zhang Xutuo repeat his old trick and retreat three hundred miles back to attract his vanguard army to break away from the main force.

, and then encircle and annihilate them. In this way, no matter how elite Dou Jiande's army is, if it suffers continuous severe blows, it will not be able to make a big wave for a while."

"The young Marquis has a clever plan and has mastered the use of troops. Ding Fang is really impressed with his admiration. However, although this plan is flawless, there is one link -"

"Yes, the biggest flaw in this strategy is the quality of our army. If Lei Yongji cannot block Dou Jiande's 200,000 troops in a dangerous place for seven days and seven nights with a thousand soldiers, then everything will be in vain, and you will be the last person destroyed.

and him, but I still believe Lei Yongji has that strength."

"After all, the terrain at Yongji Canal Ferry is difficult, and his Xiaoguo Army is extremely elite. I will give you all the sophisticated equipment of the Kubu Division to take away. You can build as many crossbow chariots as you want along the river.

The fortifications are waiting for Dou Jiande to arrive and thousands of arrows will be fired."

"Dou Jiande and Ge Qian don't know how many of you there are. You can definitely be called an army of 100,000 people."

Su Dingfang smiled naively: "I know that from ancient times to the present, there is a battle that is not about winning in danger, and a foolproof calculation does not exist at all. This is a business of narrow escape, and I will listen to the little Marquis."

"I also have a new type of weapon for you to bring, but there aren't many. Come with me."

After Su Dingfang and Qin Hu arrived at the iron smelting plant, they saw a long weapon that looked like a hedgehog. It was quite heavy when they reached out and grabbed it.

"This weapon is called a mace. If you encounter a cavalry team with neat armor, you can use this weapon to hit their horses on the head. When their formation is not chaotic, the mace will be used in conjunction with the spearmen to hit the horses, and the effect will be absolutely

Even better. It’s just that only elite soldiers can use this kind of weapon.”

Su Dingfang touched the mace and felt that it should be very reliable.

Qin Hu studied with him for a while, and then said: "The troops you want, five thousand are our former veterans, who can be of great use, and there are also two thousand Xiaoguo troops under Lei Yongji. In addition, when you arrive in Dongdu

Afterwards, Da Xi will kindly give you 3,000 more county troops, for a total of 10,000 troops, and you can set off tomorrow."

"From Chang'an to Luoyang, all military rations are supplied by the local government. When you arrive in the Eastern Capital, Da Xi's Goodwill Society will open the Luoyang warehouse and recruit 30,000 civilians to go on the road with you. This is the fastest plan."

Although the Yu Dynasty has reached this point, because the foundation has been laid well, there is no need to worry about the issue of military rations. There is no need to worry about the equipment of the Treasury Department and the Driving Department. What needs to be worried about now is the war horses. Shandong

The racecourse in Longyou, Hebei Province is basically empty now.

They all died in Liaodong.

It is too expensive to buy horses from the Tuque and Khitan people, and the cycle of raising them yourself is too long. Therefore, except for the Xiaoguo Army, the total number of cavalry in the Yu Dynasty has dropped sharply to less than 10%.

The loss of Fu soldiers with combat experience is almost the same. Therefore, the hundreds of chain Zhechong Fus across the country are now useless. Most of the people recruited are ordinary people. These untrained people can jump

When you get on the horse's back, you hug the horse's neck and tremble. You need to practice.

This was the flaw of the Yu Dynasty.

Therefore, the new soldiers Qin Hu trained some time ago, as well as the Xiaoguo Army, Taiyuan Army, and Liangzhou Army, are the four strongest armies in the entire Yu Dynasty at present.

However, Qin Hu's recruits were distributed across the country, led by Zhang Xutuo, Gao Shida, Sun Xuanya, Qin Shubao, Dong Chun, Su Dingfang and others, and the total number was only about 12,000 at most.

These twelve thousand people have been carefully polished by Qin Hu. Their weapons, armors, equipment, and war horses are all second only to the Xiaoguo Army, and their individual soldier quality may not be worse than that of the Xiaoguo Army, so this is what he

A trump card for speaking tough words in the court.

Qin Shubao devoured 20,000 Liangzhou troops. The combat effectiveness of this mixed Hu and Han army is indescribable, but how loyal they are is hard to say. They are pure mercenaries. They only fight for money.

So don't put too much hope in them.

"After we go out, we must step up our military training. Except for the elite soldiers and horses, everything else is just a cloud. While I have the Treasury Department and the Driving Department in my hands, I will do everything possible to give you the best resources in the country.

, you just beat me hard from the front, make more military exploits, and don’t let others find fault."

"The final general will follow the young marquis to the death."


Chapter completed!