Pan Haoran was defeated and died. A brief description of his retreat to Yizhou City was dominated by Pan Haoran's second son Pan Yun, defending Yizhou City to the death. Wang Haogu used Xingling Prefecture as his garrison and established Yizhou Prefecture. It was a month later when these news came back to Gaoyang. At this time, Yulin and the five western counties headed by Gaoyang were firmly controlled by Yun Zhao. Strictly speaking, Yizhou is now divided into three parts. Wang Haogu is backed by the Mongolian people and controls most of the territory of Yizhou.

However, the brief description controls the territory within a radius of hundreds of miles around Yizhou City. Although the brief description shows that the territory is small, Yizhou City has a huge influence in Yizhou, and the base of hundreds of thousands of people also makes his power not to be underestimated. However, Yun Zhao quietly controlled the western border without eyeing attention. So far, neither Wang Haogu nor Sutra have turned his attention to this place. Indeed, compared with other places in Yizhou, the poor western region has little strategic value.

Although the five western counties, including Yulin, did not go to Xingling on the Mid-Autumn Festival night of August 15th, Wang Haogu did not take care of them for a while. He focused his eyes on the brief description of Yizhou City. If he did not remove this thorn in his eye, Wang Haogu's rule in Yizhou would not be justified.

So after September, the Huo Zhenting army to which Wang Haogu belonged, Yao Changkun's army divided into two groups and began to approach Yizhou City. At this time, Yun Zhao had already used 3,000 Gaoshan soldiers who had completed the training to enter Anqing and replaced the third battalion led by Meng Yao and Ding Qiu.

After defeating Tutuo, the third battalion made a supplement. This time, the third battalion expanded to 5,000 people, and these 5,000 people entered Gaoyang. Yun Zhao's control over the five western counties such as Gaoyang reached a new level. The locals in the five western counties, who had great dissatisfaction and hostility towards Yun Zhao's policy of treating the Gaoshan tribe and the Dayue people equally, saw that another 5,000 Anqing troops entered, immediately stopped and accepted this fact helplessly.

Yun Zhao is now a bird gun replacement. In Anqing, he maintained a garrison of 10,000 people, forming a stalemate with Tuotuo. Moreover, his ambiguous actions with the Mongol Yuan court made the Mongol Yuan not have the strength to destroy Anqing. If Anqing is really going to be defeated, it is probably not something that Tuotuo's troops can accomplish, but to transfer other troops, he is a little reluctant. Although Yizhou was taken and Wang Haogu surrendered, the war in Taizhou became increasingly fierce. Before the Great Yue Central was fully reflected, the Mongol Yuan court defeated Feng Congyi and the fourth prince Li Xiao like the autumn wind swept the fallen leaves. Thus, he swept the ten northwards in one fell swoop.

The six states formed a situation of confrontation with Dayue to the north and south. If the war dragged on longer and longer, it was very likely to attract more Dayue guards. Therefore, the most urgent task was Taizhou. Under the unified command of Feng Congyi, it seemed difficult to win quickly. Therefore, Wuda had just settled in Yizhou and transferred all the troops of Tatar and Heshuote to the Taizhou battlefield, leaving only 5,000 Mongolian cavalry in Yizhou. As a symbol of the rule of the Mongol Yuan, as for Yizhou, Wang Haogu and the Brief Stories will now be allowed to fight. As long as Wang Haogu transports food to Tanzhou on time every month, the Mongol Yuan court will not hesitate to give him some support.

In the west, Yun Zhao originally brought more than 3,000 people. After the 5,000 elite troops of the Fourth Battalion entered, the troops directly under Yun Zhao in the five western counties reached nearly 10,000. In addition, the new recruits recruited by Su Dingfang in the west are under training. Once there is a combat mission, Yun Zhao can quickly organize an army of 20,000 people.

Now, what bothered Yun Zhao was the soldiers' weapons, armor and other issues. As for war horses, don't think about it for the time being. After destroying the Meng Fei tribe, Yun Zhao had an unexpected gain, that is, he captured a group of elephant servants who were specially trained by the Meng Fei family and dozens of war elephants that were not fully trained in the railing. This thing can still be scared when necessary. Yun Zhao immediately exempted this group of people, exempted their slaves from borrowing them, and summoned all of these elephants into the army, asking them to continue to train these elephants so that at some point in the future, these elephants could still play a role. Of course, Yun Zhao did not have much hope for them. The elephant was huge and could indeed play a good combat power on the battlefield, but once he faced a fast mobile cavalry and an infantry array equipped with a large number of heavy weapons, his power would be limited.

In order to solve the problems of soldiers' weapons and armor, Yun Zhao must expand outward and take over Guangchang County, Yizhou. This county has rich iron ore resources and has always been the main source of Yizhou's fine iron and the iron material supply site for the former Pan Haoran's army. In addition to the rich iron ore here, there are also countless iron smelting shops, as well as official weapons workshops and private iron tools workshops. These skilled craftsmen are even more coveted.

Originally, there were a lot of armor and weapons in Anqing. With the expansion of Yun Zhao's army, the once-filled warehouse was already empty. Yun Zhao estimated that if he did not get enough iron materials and fine iron quickly replenish weapons, once a major war broke out and the supply could not keep up with the consumption, the Anqing border army would have to go to the battlefield with bamboo swords and wooden guns.

Each of the Gaoshan soldiers who went to Anqing was equipped with a spear and a machete, and the others were owed. No one could think of the armor. Even the third battalion of the Anqing Border Army, which had just been reorganized, only half of the soldiers only hung a piece of breastplate on their chests. Only the original veterans were equipped with chain mail. In Su Dingfang's training camp, nearly 10,000 new recruits were really training with bamboo swords and wooden guns.

Taking over Guangchang is an urgent task. Even if you know that Wang Haogu will not let this place go, Wang Haogu is an authentic native of Yizhou. He must be aware of the importance of Guangchang. After controlling Yizhou, the first priority is to station troops in Guangchang to ensure that Guangchang is in his hands and provide him with endless iron materials.

Yun Zhao's intention to attack Guangchang has also caused a lot of controversy within. Whether it is successful or not, the real power and appearance of the five western counties will be displayed in front of Wang Haogu and Brief Stories. No matter who the two are, they will not regard Guangchang as nothing. This will put Anqing border army in the fire, and may cause fire to burn. Internally, especially in the civil servant system headed by Zhao Xu and others, it is believed that the current western part cannot be Wang Haogu's opponent, which angered Wang Haogu. If his army is attacking, the Anqing border army will definitely not be able to stop it. The brief description of Yizhou City is definitely happy that Wang Haogu and Anqing border arms will sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight.

However, in the military, all the generals were excited and demanded to attack Guangchang and take down this strategic point. As a general in charge, everyone would feel uncomfortable when they looked at their poor looks.

"Guangchang must fight!" Yun Zhao, as the supreme commander, made the final decision. "Wang Haogu threw himself into Meng and controlled Yizhou. His sight will definitely be sent to the west at a certain time. Even if we want to be a turtle, we can't do it for long. Instead of waiting for him to attack us after everything is ready, it is better for us to take the initiative to attack. Taking advantage of his current foothold and being in a state of great difficulty, he caught him off guard and took Guangchang. We will have sufficient iron supply, and the soldiers can get sharp weapons and solid armor to take their combat power to the next level."

"Everyone, we have won the five western counties in order to exert greater strength in the future anti-Mongolia cause. If we were to retreat now, even Wang Haogu would not be able to fight against the more elite Mongolian army in the future. With the Mongolian army against the enemy, it would be difficult for us to win. Therefore, there is no need to shrink our hands and feet. We will be in Guangchang and try Wang Haogu's quality. At the same time, I am also sure that once the brief description knows our letter, he will soon send a messenger to contact us. Now in Yizhou, I, he is at an absolute disadvantage. Two weak people joining together to fight against Wang Haogu is also a good choice. If we had Guangchang in our hands at that time, we would have an advantage in talking about rebellion with the brief description."

After Yun Zhao had made the decision, all those who had different opinions immediately began to discuss the possible problems this action could cause. In which aspects should be prevented in advance, how many civilians, mules and horses needed to be dispatched by the army, how much food should be collected, and how much is the people who have learned about the necessity of this war and the interests of the war on the people of the five western counties. In short, it is necessary to be united in the whole country and fight against the enemy together.

Yun Zhao was very satisfied with this state. Before making a decision, he allowed any different opinions to be expressed or argued. Even if he slapped the table and slapped the board, rolled up his sleeves and swung his old fists, he would not matter, but once a resolution was formed, everyone's ideas would be unified and the strength should be carried out in the same place.

The final conclusion is that since you have to take action, the faster the better. The civil servant system is responsible for logistics coordination. Yun Zhao personally led 3,000 troops from the Third Battalion and Yan Xiaoyi's cavalry to attack. The other 2,000 people from the Third Battalion were stationed in Gaoyang, headed by Wang Qiang. At the same time, a group of veterans were drawn from it to serve as grassroots officers among the new recruits, so that the newly summoned 10,000 new recruits could form combat effectiveness as soon as possible.

Su Dingfang originally suggested that he would lead some new recruits this time, but after thinking about it for a while, Yun Zhao still denied this proposal. This time, there is a fierce battle in Guangchang. Wang Haogu would not give up Guangchang easily. If the war is too cruel, it will easily cause the new recruits to suffer serious losses.

Yun Zhao decided to take the old third battalion to attack with the old war. If he didn't fight, he would have to beat Wang Haogu to the point of pain. He could not launch another attack in a short time to achieve his goal.

As the vanguard, the 3rd battalion of Su Dingfang was as the second echelon after the repair was completed. Once a stalemate was formed in front, it immediately led the army to support it.

In mid-September, Yun Zhao led his army out of Gaoyang and headed straight to Guangchang. Almost at the same time, Xingling Wang Haogu also sent an army of 5,000 people, led by his powerful general Gundam and rushed to Guangchang. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support is my greatest motivation.)
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