In July and August, the Iron Blood Army marched eastward to Yanbei, and the first battle started in Hexi.
The Strength Sect knew that it was no match for the Iron-Blooded Army.
Tens of thousands of defenders in the east of the river hurriedly harvested the unripe millet outside the city, and then defended the city.
Emperor Li Zhang Leng also sent envoys to support the Yanbei rebels and asked Wei Zeng to send troops to assist.
After defeating the Zhantu people, Wei Zeng had been personally training the Guanshan camp.
After receiving the news of the Iron Blood Army's eastern expedition, Wei Zeng immediately ordered troops to be sent to Guanluohe.
In less than ten days, more than 60,000 troops from Yanbei and 30,000 troops from the Strength Sect gathered at the edge of the Guanluo River.
A big battle against the Jagged Army's attack is about to begin.
"According to the report from our sect's Hexi Detective Agency, this time the Iron-Blooded Army dispatched 100,000 troops, all of whom were the elite troops who pacified Jiangnan in the past few years.
The Iron-blooded Army is coming with great force, and our sect's Hexi Army cannot confront it head-on and can only defend the city.
This time We have a total of 100,000 troops, and we are ready to fight against the Iron Blood Army.
Without further delay, let’s cross the river quickly,” Zhang Leng and Wei Zeng said quickly after their turn.
"Are these 100,000 people from the expedition to the south of the Yangtze River?
Where are Di Xianlan's 30,000 cavalry?"
Wei Zeng was worried that Di Xianlan would sneak attack on the rear, so he did not immediately agree to Zhang Leng.
"Di Xianlan didn't come this time.
He was sent to the northwest to guard against the people in Guanxi and Mobei.
As soon as our 100,000 reinforcements arrive, we will definitely be able to repel the Iron-Blooded Army."
Zhang Leng saw Wei Zeng's hesitation. explained.
"The fact that Di Xianlan's 30,000 cavalry did not come is indeed good news for us.
However, the 100,000 Jiangnan Expeditionary Force cannot be underestimated.
Although we also have 100,000 troops, we must not confront the Iron Blood Army head-on, otherwise we may only fail.
A result."
Wei Zeng said.
"Then what you mean is that Hexi doesn't want me anymore.
It's because I have you as an ally that I ordered the people in Hexi to stick to the city.
If I knew this was the result, I would have ordered the people in Hexi to withdraw.
Even if I couldn't stay with the Iron-Blooded Army in Hexi Even if we go head-to-head, we must rescue more than 10,000 people in Hexi.
As long as we cooperate with those ten thousand people from inside and outside, we will definitely be able to repel the iron-blooded army besieging the city.
I warn you that although Guanluo River is dangerous, it will not last long.
Hexi can't hold it, and Yanbei can't hold it either.
"Zhang Leng said angrily when he saw that Wei Zeng seemed to be abandoning Hexi.
"It's not that we can't go to Hexi, but that we need to plan carefully.
We don't know the movements of the Iron-blooded Army at all, so you just ask us to send troops.
Isn't that too passive?
Tell me all your news about the Iron-blooded Army.
If you have a plan, you will naturally save your ten thousand people," Wei Zengyi said with a frown.
Zhang Leng was helpless, but he also felt that what Wei Zeng said was reasonable, so he ordered his people to tell Wei Zeng all the inquiring information.
This time, the Iron Blood Army divided 100,000 troops into three routes to recapture Hexi.
The 30,000 troops on the northern route were led by Wu Deli, and directed their troops directly at the Hedong territory of the Strength Sect; the middle route, led by Bai Zhenggong, recaptured major cities in Hexi along the way and laid siege to them.
The strength sect sent 10,000 people to Hexi.
Because there were more military forces along the way, this was the slowest advance.
A general led by the south route sent troops to Hexi, and traveled lightly and simply to the south of Guanluo River as quickly as possible.
The three armies are pointing directly at Yanbei.
Once the fighting in Hexi is over, the three armies will respond to each other and directly attack the border of Yanbei.
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When the three armies are encircled, even if Yanbei has more than 100,000 troops, it will be difficult to resist it.
"It seems that the Iron-Blooded Army is coming directly to us in Yanbei.
The three groups of people are attacking in separate directions, just to prevent us from looking at each other.
If they are surrounded, we will have no choice but to retreat from their sharp edges.
But we can retreat After just a few steps of retreating to Shifeng City, the defeat is already certain.
It seems that we still have to go to Hexi, and we will definitely not let them regain Hexi smoothly."
Wei Zeng decided.
"As long as Brother Wei decides to send troops, I will know that I have seen the right person."
Zhang Leng said with a sigh of relief.
"There is no problem in sending troops, but how to plan still needs to be discussed.
I heard from Cha Yi that the people in your sect did not obey orders, marched in a very chaotic manner, and fought independently during the war.
Fighting alone is a problem, let alone two people.
The army is cooperating in the battle," Wei Zeng said with concern.
"That was all in the past.
In the past few months, I have stepped up training of the army.
They are now able to follow orders and prohibitions.
There is absolutely no problem in cooperating with friendly forces."
Zhang Leng explained quickly.
"I will personally bring 40,000 troops to Hexi this time.
I also asked General Zhang to bring some troops with me.
With General Zhang personally commanding, there must be no problems."
Wei Zeng said.
"Okay, I will personally lead the troops and let you go.
But we have gathered 100,000 people, why not send them all?
They are only 30,000 people along the way, so they should be able to win easily."
Unable to refuse, Zhang Leng agreed to go in person He led the troops, but he still had doubts about Wei Zeng only sending out a part of his troops.
"The enemy troops are attacking in three directions.
If we transfer all the troops to Hexi, and the enemy troops attack Yanbei all the way, and outflank our rear route with the other way, will we still have a foothold by then?
Do we really have to go around like rogue bandits?
Escape If we ignore Hexi at all, wait for them to gain a foothold, and attack Hedong and Yanbei in three directions, then we will not care about each other, and we will inevitably fall into great passivity.
"This attack on the Iron-blooded Army in Hexi is not to drive the Iron-blooded Army out of Hexi, but to inflict certain casualties on them and disrupt their plans.
We are destined to be unable to defend Hexi, but the war in Hexi is ours The key battle is whether we can defeat the Iron-Blooded Army."
Wei Zeng explained.
"Brother Wei is good at planning.
I guess Brother Wei already has a perfect plan."
Zhang Leng felt dizzy after hearing this, but he couldn't say he didn't understand, so he praised it.
"There is no perfect strategy.
But there is only one principle in using troops to fight: fewer can defeat more, and weakness cannot defeat strong.
The key to victory is the change in strength."
Wei Zeng said.
"Brother Wei, can you explain in more detail?
I'm a little confused.
There are more iron-blooded soldiers than us, and their combat effectiveness is stronger than us, so aren't we bound to lose?"
Zhang Leng asked confused.
"The right time, the right location, and the right people are the three important conditions for victory.
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The Jagged Army is an elite force that has fought in hundreds of battles.
The recent annihilation of the Jiliu Mountain Rebel Army can be regarded as a high morale.
It can be said that the right time is on their side; we are in a defensive position, and Guanluohe Due to the natural dangers, we can use the geographical advantages to deal a certain blow to the Iron-Blooded Army and weaken their spirit; as for people and people, one is the issue of troop formation, and the other is the issue of morale.
"As long as we disrupt the Iron-Blooded Army's plan to separate and attack together, the Iron-Blooded Army will inevitably experience a certain amount of chaos.
As long as we can seize the opportunity and eliminate part of the enemy's army, we will definitely reduce the enemy's morale.
And the key to all this is Hexi.
There are more than 30,000 people in the middle of the Iron Blood Army.
We dispatched nearly 60,000 people this time.
We can make them retreat by using more attacks and less force.
At this time, the other two groups of enemy troops will either take the opportunity to attack Yanbei or support the troops in the middle group.
As long as we can prevent them from entering Yanbei and retreat to a safe area, the Iron Blood Army will surely regroup by then.
The opportunity has come, even if they cannot defeat the Iron Blood Army, they will never cross the Guanluo River again," Wei Zeng said in detail.
"Brother Wei said it well.
I didn't expect Brother Wei to be so insightful in leading troops in battle.
But Zhang Leng was impressed."
Zhang Leng said with a smile.
"Since the incident, eldest brother has always talked to me some truth.
Although sometimes I think he is pedantic, he has indeed learned a lot."
Wei Zeng replied.
"Since Brother Wei already has a countermeasure, let's choose a day to send troops.
We can discuss the specific matters later.
I will go back to the camp to prepare."
After Zhang Leng finished speaking, he left.
He decided to recruit some scholars around him.
Although those scholars had bad habits, they were still very useful in governing the country and making suggestions.
Three days later, Wei Zeng led 40,000 troops, and Zhang Leng led 20,000 troops to cross the Guanluo River to support the 20,000 people from the Strength Sect who were surrounded by the iron-blooded army in the middle.
At the same time, in the iron-blooded army camp on the middle road, Bai Zhengzheng was asking a friend from Shifeng City about some things about Yanbei.
His friend asked.
"Mr.
Wang, that Wei Zeng was able to rise up with a group of hungry people, and was able to defeat the Jingnan Army and our army of 30,000 people.
What kind of role is he?
Why have I never heard of it before?"
Bai Zhengzheng asked.
"I asked around and found out that the man was originally an orphan from Yanbei.
His whereabouts have been elusive for many years.
A few years ago, a group of people gathered in Yishan, and they got the name Mobei Flying Eagle.
In fact, he was just a bandit. .
Last year, everyone gathered in Shifeng City.
Considering the opportunity for the refugees, I joined forces with the down-and-out scholar Qi Weilun to rebel.
In fact, that person's power today was entirely due to luck.
Because Qi Weilun was an old friend of mine, I introduced him to the adults in Shifeng City.
Defend Then the city lord and the general who defended the city were in trouble.
If the city lord and the general were still there, he would never succeed.
As for the Jingnan Army, they are just a group of country bumpkins who only know how to kill people and steal money.
They have made people angry and their failure is inevitable.
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As long as the general invades Yanbei, he will definitely have no choice but to run away.
In my opinion, we don't have to be as cautious as we are now," Wenwen said when he saw that the 100,000 iron-blooded troops were divided into three groups, and they were marching step by step, and their marching speed was a bit slow.
"Then the 30,000 people our army marched to Yanbei also failed because of luck. 30,000 elites from hundreds of battles, but not even the dregs were left in less than a month.
I have never seen this kind of luck."
Bai Zhengyi frowned.
Said the head.
"Isn't that because the yellow-clad rebels attacked from behind?
This is luck."
He asked.
"I have been dealing with the Power Sect for more than ten years.
They are just a ragtag group.
Even if they gather more than a hundred thousand, my iron-blooded army of 10,000 men can easily defeat them.
With a sneak attack, our army of 30,000 people can be completely defeated.
I don't believe it.
Sir, if you want to defeat the enemy, you must fully understand the enemy.
I know you want to fight back to Shifeng City, but what's the use of just venting your anger?
I brought you with me to understand the situation in Yanbei.
This makes me very embarrassed," Bai Zhengzheng said.
Wen's face changed after hearing this, and he wanted to defend himself, but he didn't know what to say, so he had to retract his grievances and tell Bai Zhenguan about Yan Bei's situation as objectively as possible.
Bai Zhengzheng listened to Dao Dao's explanation and thought about it carefully.
Not long after, a letter came from Tanma, saying that tens of thousands of enemy troops had crossed the Guanluo River and reached the border of Hexi.
"It seems that the enemy can't keep calm anymore.
Let General Hu lead 10,000 soldiers to teach them a lesson."
Bai Zhengfa ordered with a slight smile
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