Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1534 Sweeping Jizhou
Chapter 1532: Sweeping Jizhou
After Qin Hao dispatched troops from Jing and Jing to the north, Bingzhou Hetao had a full 45 troops. Even if 35 were transferred into Hebei at one time, there were still [-] troops left to guard the two places.

If this was before the Battle of Hetao broke out, a mere [-] troops would naturally not be enough to defend the two places, but the situation in northern Xinjiang is completely different now.

After the army left, Jizhou in the east became a battlefield, and Qin Hao's jurisdiction in the south. The only two directions that could threaten Binghe were the north and west.

The only threat in the north is Yuan Meng, and Tuo Lei's son, Kublai Khan, is still a hostage in Luoyang. Unless Tuo Lei wants his son to die, it is absolutely impossible for Tuo Lei to go south.

In addition, Yuan Meng first suffered a disastrous defeat in Hetao, and then fought against Man Qing for two years. It can be said that he has completely wiped out his background.

Therefore, even if Tuo Lei really disregarded Kublai Khan's life and death, and really gritted his teeth and sent troops to fight over, with Yuan Meng's national strength, he would not be able to dispatch many troops, and he would not be able to break through the heavily guarded Zhenbei Pass and Yanmen Pass.

In addition to Yuanmeng, the only threats facing the Qin army in northern Xinjiang are the princes of Liangzhou in the west, but they are fighting on their own, and the conflicts between them are too great. Sex is extremely low.

Therefore, in Qin Hao's view, one hundred thousand troops is more than enough. If the number of Jizhou Ming troops had not exceeded his expectation, he would even only plan to keep fifty thousand defenders.

As for the task of guarding Bingzhou and Hetao, Qin Hao naturally handed it over to Meng Tian, ​​who had shined brilliantly in the Battle of Hetao. He is now the leader of the Jin faction, so it is perfect for him to be in charge of guarding the two places.

Regarding the news of the surrender of the Ming army, Qin Hao is not ready to make it public for the time being. Although this matter cannot be concealed at all, as soon as the army passes through the Huguan Pass, the enemy's spies will immediately find out, but Qin Hao still has to try his best to cover it up to the army. All entered Jizhou.

The 35 troops can't just walk away, even if all the gates of Huguan City are open, allowing the troops to pass through uninterruptedly, it will take several days to pass through.

The Ming general in charge of guarding Huguan is Long Qie's younger brother, Long Yang. He is also very satisfied with Qin Hao, his brother-in-law, so he has no resistance to Jiang Qin.

Long Qie had already greeted Long Yang, asking him to hand over the control of Huguan to the Qin Army after the Qin Army arrived.

After all, after the war, all the food and grass will be transported into Jizhou through this, so it is not an exaggeration to say that Huguan is the throat of the Qin army. How can they continue to be controlled by these newly surrendered troops?
Long Yang's political attributes are not low, and he naturally understands the key points, so he dare not neglect this in the slightest.

As soon as Zhang Liao arrived with his army, Longyang let go of the city defenses and let the Qin army take over the great pass of Huguan, while he was going to lead the army to follow Zhang Liao to the land of western Hebei.

"Our army's movement is so big this time, and it is impossible to hide it from the spies of Han and Zhao. At this time, Yuan Shao and Han Xin must have known about it, so we must rush to the border as soon as possible before they have time to deploy defenses. The layout of the two countries of Korea and Zhao."

Guo Jia said calmly, "However, Huguan is also very important. It must be in the hands of our army's direct descendants. I also ask General Zhang Liao to select a candidate for the guard as soon as possible."

Zhang Liao nodded solemnly, and said, "My lord has already decided to sit in Huguan personally, so the people left behind won't stay too long, just wait until my lord arrives."

Hearing this, all the generals secretly breathed a sigh of relief. After all, only by going to the front line can we make meritorious service, and no one wants to stay behind.

As for the candidates who were temporarily left to guard Huguan, Zhang Liao's eyes lingered on Hu Luguang and Zhang Han first, but finally fell on Zhao Yun.

"Zilong, you will guard Huguan first, and when the lord comes later, you will lead the army to catch up."

"Promise." Although Zhao Yun was a little reluctant, he accepted it readily.

Hu Luguang and Zhang Han looked at each other, and they couldn't help but secretly heaved a sigh of relief. They didn't want to stay.

Zhao Yun temporarily took over Huguan, while Zhang Liao and Guo Jia entered Jizhou first, and [-] cavalry marched continuously for a day before passing Huguan.

Another day later, Qin Hao's guard generals, Xu Chu and Xiong Kuo Hai, led the Tiger Guard and Tie Guard respectively, and arrived at Huguan one step ahead of Qin Hao.

After Zhao Yun handed over the city defense to the two men, he immediately led thousands of elite cavalry under his command to chase Zhang Liao's army at full speed, and at this time Zhang Liao had already joined forces with Long Qie.

Zhang Liao briefly observed the cavalry under Xialongqie's command, but found that the equipment of the Ming cavalry was exactly the same as that of the Qin army.

The same armor, the same weapon, the same crossbow, and even the same type of horse.

If Zhang Liao hadn't known that this was the army that had been surrendering all the time, Zhang Liao would have thought that they were the Qin army in the first place.

"Long, see General Zhang Liao."

Seeing Long Qi salute himself, Zhang Liao hurriedly dismounted to support him, and said: "General Long Qi, you don't need to be too polite, you are a marquis, and I, Zhang Liao, are only a Viscount. There is no reason for a Marquis to salute a Viscount."

In addition to the [-]th rank system of the Western Han Dynasty, under the influence of Qin Hao, the current title of title has six more levels, namely: Wang, Duke, Hou, Bo, Zi, and Nan;

Among the Qin army, there were five marquises, plus three newly-appointed members from the Ming family. Although there were only eight people in total, there were still quite a few people with the three titles of earl, viscount, and baron.

Zhang Liao is the title of Viscount, Xue Rengui, Li Cunxiao, and Zhao Yun are Earls, and they are only one step away from the title of Marquis.

"Courtesy cannot be dismissed. Long's title is higher than that of the general, but the general is the leader of this battle, so naturally he deserves the gift of Long." Long Qi said seriously.

Seeing that Long Qi's words did not seem to be fake, Zhang Liao also secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Although Zhang Liao was the main general in this battle, Long Qi was also one of the two major lieutenants. If the lieutenant refused to accept him as the lead general and opposed him everywhere, it would inevitably have a bad impact on the battle.

Zhang Liao had heard of it before, and the rumors in the market said that Long was arrogant and not easy to get along with.

Zhang Liao was ready to endure, but he did not expect that after meeting Long Qie himself, he would behave so humbly, without the arrogance as rumored.

Seeing Long and being so reasonable, Zhang Liao had a good feeling for him. After the two armies joined up, they immediately marched towards the border, and Zhao Yun also caught up a day later.

"General Zhang Liao, General Long Qi, Yuan Shao, in order to guard against Daming, uh, no, it's our army."

A look of embarrassment flashed across Guo Jia's face, and he continued: "Sixteen strongholds and eight villages have been set up on the border.

As for Han Xin, although he did not have as many defenses as Yuan Shao, he still had nine strongholds and three camps.

Our army has a large number of cavalry. It would be too slow to destroy one place at a time if they concentrated their actions. This would also give them a chance to react.

Therefore, Guo thought that he could split up his troops, and before Yuan Shao and Han Xin could react, he destroyed all their arrangements on the border in one fell swoop. "

　The second watch arrives to make up for the guarantee that is missing on Friday.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)