: Delivering troops

Among the soldiers brought by the city lords of each mountain city, there were at least 12,000, including those slave soldiers, and those who had not received much training and were not even as good as the second-line garrison troops. The city lords brought them here, just to take up one more share of the spoils when they were at that time.

How could he, the Northwest King, not know about the private soldiers of the noble lords. After his years of weakening, the noble lords did not have many private soldiers. The His Yuan clan was the largest tribe in the Goguryeo Kingdom, and his troops were only 10,000 elite soldiers.

How many soldiers can those tribes that he has attacked for many years have? There are dozens of small lords and hundreds of large lords. In short, there is not one tribe with more than a thousand private soldiers under his jurisdiction.

But now in just two days, each tribe has taken away the troops left by its own tribe and has gathered five thousand cavalry and one thousand infantry. If those 16,000 people are all soldiers, that would be a real ghost.

According to his estimate, at most, the five thousand cavalry were more reliable. Among these cavalry, there were probably one or two thousand real cavalry, and the rest were probably infantry of various tribes. As for infantry with as many as 11,000 people, they must be completely the slaves and civilians of all tribes who sent weapons and came to be infantry.

However, the northwest of Goguryeo has always been a border, with wars of all sizes every year, and the tribes living here have always been fierce in their customs. Even ordinary tribes are not much different from a warrior when they pick up weapons. This time he went to ambush the Sui army, and he did not expect to rely entirely on these people.

At that time, as long as he brought tens of thousands of elite troops to raid the Sui army, even if he was just a scramble to fish and bluff, he would still be of great help to him. Moreover, if Gao Jianwu led his troops to come at that time, when he was successful, the more soldiers would naturally be able to get more military achievements and spoils.

"You bring people to the lords of the mountain city and the lords of the tribes to comfort me. I said that I thank you for your timely arrival and let them have a good night's rest tonight. Tomorrow morning, the whole army set out to rush to the Liaohe battlefield designated by King Rongliu."

After the subordinate general left, Yuan Taizuo faced the Jinshan City guards next to him. His uncle Yuan Gai Tong said, "Uncle, this battle is also a major opportunity for our tribe. You have also seen that the lords of various tribes have brought many tribesmen to pretend to be soldiers and want to get a share of the pie. Naturally, our tribe cannot miss such an opportunity. Now we have 56,000 people, uncle, you immediately summon tribes and slaves from the tribe manors and ranches near Jinshan, and also send them weapons. Even if there is no armor-type weapons, it doesn't matter. Even if you just send a knife, you can recruit as much as you can. If the number of people is not enough, you can gather people from tribes that are close to us. It is best to summon about 20,000 to 30,000 strong men, and then we will share the merits according to the people and horses, which is the most of us."

Yuan Gai Tong was also a stout man who was almost fifty years old. When he heard his nephew's idea, he laughed a few times, "It seems that the eldest brother asked you to manage tribal affairs, which is indeed true. You are not bad compared to the eldest brother. In a few years, you will definitely be able to take over your father's position as the Grand Lu, and our Yuan clan will always be the first tribe in the kingdom."

At the city of Jinshan, Yuan Taizuo gathered 30,000 troops, nearly 50,000 strong men from various tribes, and the total number reached 80,000, claiming to be 100,000. After gathering the troops and horses of each unit for a night of rest, 80,000 troops from each unit were rushed to the Liaohe section of the route designated by Gao Jianwu's military order, which was designated by the Sui people.

On the same day as them, Chen Kefu in Liaodong City also ordered the army to make meals at the fourth update and set off for the fifth update.

The information Chen Kefu got from the captives in Liao was that there were about 30,000 soldiers and horses in the northeast of the Liao people. He predicted that the Liao people might send about 20,000 to 25,000 troops. In this regard, the generals of the Liaodong Army believed that it would be possible to dispatch three divisions and nearly 40,000 troops. After all, they were going to fight an ambush, and there were too many people, which was not necessarily the best.

However, after the ambush in Liaodong City, such a plan did not work. With more than 50,000 troops and many civilians, they also ambushed more than 20,000 Liao troops in Liaodong City, and finally they fought extremely hard. Moreover, the 20,000 Liao people, according to the information in the situation, were one level different from the troops in Fuyu City.

Finally, at the post-ambassing summary meeting on the day, everyone revised the plan for the Liaohe ambush. According to the latest plan, all the troops in Liaodong City were dispatched. Liaodong City was defensive to the 1,000 military police officers of the First Division, Chen Qingtong, the military police officers of the Gendarmerie Department, and all police officers of the Police Department took over the public security and prisoners of war management in the city, and the Sui army and civilians were dispatched to assist in the defense. Until half a day after the entire army set off, Hu Hai's third division personnel were absent from An City and other cities, and after returning to Liaodong, they were taken to guard the entire city.

After setting off, all the officers and soldiers of the Fifth Division of Xincheng will join the army and rush to the ambush battlefield together. Only a small number of troops will be left in the four cities of Xincheng, waiting for Hu Hai's third division to return to defense and then divide the troops to join the defense.

The five divisions of the Northeast Army, as well as the independent light cavalry regiment, independent reconnaissance regiment, engineering battalion, medical battalion and other troops were all dispatched. The first infantry brigade of the reserve and the second cavalry brigade of the reserve will also be dispatched, with a force of 70,000. Another 30,000 strong men were drawn from the Minzhuang Camp to accompany the army, and a total of 100,000 troops were dispatched.

It can be said that this shows the remarks of the entire Liaodong Army from Chen Kefu to the generals, and also shows some concerns about this ambush. This is not a battle against the Liaodong City ambush, but a field battle. At that time, they will not have a tall city wall to surround the Liao people, and they will have to rely on these new recruits to siege the Liao people.

Although all the generals expressed some concerns about this battle, no one proposed to give up the ambush. Everyone understood that although the ambush was a bit risky, it was the best defensive method at present. The best defense was to attack, take the lead and defeat them one by one. Instead of waiting for the Liao people to gather their troops little by little, they would then attack and control others.

If the new recruits cannot win such an ambush battle full of advantages, then if they change to a hard-to-hard city defense battle, it will probably not be much better. Although the city defense battle has strong cities to rely on, it is equivalent to losing its tactical advantage, and at that time they will definitely face the Liao people with superior strength than their military strength.

This battle is imperative!

Fortunately, according to time calculations, Chen Kefu and his Northeast Army had reached about a day earlier than the Liao people, and they could rest fully and wait for their work. All the sayings were that there was still a great chance of victory here, and this time Chen Kefu also made his old job, bringing 70,000 troops, 30,000 strong people, and many other catapults, crossbow beds, etc., but he didn't believe that the 30,000 Liao people could fly to the sky.

Jinshan near the middle section of the Liaohe River is only one and a half days away from Liaodong City, and two days away from Jinshan City. Liaodong is mountainous, and Jinshan is a large mountain range, with rolling mountains, and a few people can cross the mountains. If you want to cross a large army, you must pass through one place, that is Jinshan Canyon.

There are several passages from Liaodong City to Liaoshui, but there is only this passage from Jinshan City to Liaoshui. This is also an ambush battlefield that Chen Kefu and others only chose after considering it for a long time.

The Jinshan Canyon is more than fifty miles long and has a relatively broad terrain, which cannot be considered very steep. However, if an ambush is fought, it will add a lot of advantages to the Liaodong Army than the plain war. There were originally Jinshan Guards built by the Liao people here, but in the Sui army's three conquests of Liao, three constructions and three destructions have already become ruins.

After Chen Kefu joined the troops in Xincheng, he led his troops to Jinshan Canyon for a moment. After arriving at the canyon, Chen Kefu hurriedly summoned the generals to assign combat tasks according to the previous combat plan.

In order to prevent the Liao people from exploring their troops, Chen Kefu sent the entire reconnaissance regiment early to conduct reconnaissance within a hundred miles of Jinshan Canyon. Once the footprints of the Liao people's army were discovered, they would be closely monitored and reported.

In order to make it more safe, on the night of the arrival of the army, Chen Kefu ordered that all soldiers of the army should not make fires or make noises, and that they would eat prepared dry food.

In the temporary command headquarters at the foot of a mountain, Chen Kefu and other generals at the regiment level and above made the final and final deployment.

"Order! Guo Xiaoke led the second infantry brigade of the reserve, 4,000 cavalry, Luo Lin led the Light Cavalry Independent Regiment, 2,000 cavalry, Shen Guang led the cavalry reconnaissance battalions of the first, second, fourth, fifth and sixth divisions, and a total of 2,500 cavalry, Lu Shishen led the cavalry battalions of each regiment in the sixth division, with a total of 1,200 cavalry, and a total of more than 20,000 cavalry from each division, and the total number of more than 20,000 cavalry were deployed in the East Ridge of Jinshan Canyon. Be careful to ambush and hide and strictly prevent the enemy from discovering it. When all the Liao soldiers and horses entered Jinshan Canyon, they took the lead in leading the army to attack, cut off their retreat route, disrupted the Liao formation, and divided their troops. The unit was commanded by General Li Benlei!"

"Register! Mao Yi, Chen Feng, Chen Lin, Chen Gui, Chen Shan, Cui Shi and other generals, the 27 infantry battalions of the 1st, 2nd and 63rd Divisions, set up a formation in the valley to the north. When the attack was launched, attack from the north of Jinshan Canyon, block the enemy's way forward, and advance to the Liao soldiers. The unit is commanded by Mao Yi, the commander of the First Division!"

"Order! Li Shimin and Li Xuanba led the 6,000 infantrymen of the Third Regiment of the First Infantry Brigade of the Reserve, Zhang He, Liu Tiezhu, Zhang Biao, Wang Bin, Chen Fu, He Dayong, the generals, the 4th and 5th Divisions, 9,000 18 infantry battalions. The two units had a total of 15,000 light and heavy infantry as surprise soldiers, and they were ambushed on the Nanling in the middle section of the canyon. As soon as the attack was launched, they immediately rushed straight to the Liao army's midfield and cut off the entire Liao army from the middle, so that their heads and tails could not be taken care of each other. The unit was commanded by Liu Tiezhu!"

"Order! Chief of Staff Li Jie was in charge of the engineering armed forces battalion, the medical battalion, and the 30,000 men were in charge of large-scale equipment such as catapults, crossbow beds, and hidden in the valleys on both sides. Once the attack was launched, the catapults and crossbow beds were used to attack the enemy array."

"I personally led the remaining infantry and cavalry to more than 20,000 people, carrying drum horns, rolling up the flags, and climbing to the North Mountain to serve as the general reserve team of the entire army. All generals and soldiers must strive for their own efforts and advance after hearing the drum! One battle will be successful!"
Chapter completed!