The Summoning of the Troubled Times at the End of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 53 Training, the situation in Taihang

Half a month later, Yang Guang finally ordered to return to Luoyang, the eastern capital.

Since Gao Qi made the most outstanding contribution in this battle, Yang Guang specifically stated that Gao Qi will be dispatched by Gao Qi in the future.

In the end, at Gao Qi's request, Yang Guang left Li Shimin to continue serving as the governor of Xihe County to assist Gao Qi.

And the most important point is that Yang Guang left Zhang Shigui and Su Dingfang to Gao Qi as the mainstay against the Hu people.

This couldn't help but make Gao Qi secretly happy. Others don't know the ability of Second General Su Lie, but Gao Qi knows it very well.

In fact, the reasons why Gao Qi asked to keep Li Shimin were nothing more than two points.

One is that because of the intrusion of Genghis Khan Temujin and Wanyan Aguda outside the Great Wall, the pressure on Gao Qi doubled.

Having Li Shimin as a deputy can at least relieve Xu's pressure.

The second is that Gao Qi knows that Li Shimin will be his great enemy in the future, so now he can improve the goodwill between the two parties, I believe it will be useful!
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After Yang Guangnan returned, Gao Qi focused on military affairs.

Since tens of thousands of Hu horses were captured in this World War I, Yang Guang ordered to distribute part of the captured horses to the various frontier armies participating in the war.

Among them, Yanmen County, where Gao Qi was located, got [-] horses.

So far, the total strength of the Yanmen Army has reached 3, including [-] cavalry.

Therefore, Gao Qi assigned Zhao Yun and Zhang Shigui, who were good at commanding cavalry, to command the cavalry respectively.

And Zhao Yun formed a light cavalry named 'Flying Eagle'; and Zhang Shigui formed a heavy cavalry named 'Falcon Cavalry'.

The number of light cavalry is [-], and the number of heavy cavalry is [-].

Next, Gao Qi appointed Zhang He as the commander-in-chief of the infantry, with Su Lie and Huang Zhong as his assistants, and stepped up his military training.

In the end, Gao Qi also personally appointed Wenpin as the general guard of Yanmen Gate, leading [-] troops to guard the pass city and monitor the outside of the Great Wall.

As for his good brother Chen Dao, the captain of the personal guard, Gao Qi did not forget that the task given to him was to train an elite guard army to come out.

After all the military affairs were properly arranged, Gao Qi turned his head and said to the civil servants.

Among them, Zhong Yao is in charge of all internal affairs of Yanmen County, assisted by Fazheng, and Zaozhi is in charge of all farming affairs in the county.

All arrangements are in place, and Yanmen is gradually getting on the right track.

Gradually, as time passed, due to the serious loss of Turkic vitality in this battle, Gu Yi, whether it was Temujin's succession or Wanyan Aguda, did not rush out of the army, but was preparing the army for war.

And since everything in Yanmen County has just begun to develop, both sides have tacitly chosen to avoid war.

For a time, the frontier fell into a brief peace.

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Taihang Mountains, the Taihang Mountains have many east-west horizontal valleys, which have been the main roads for transportation and the thoroughfare for business and travel since ancient times.In ancient times, there was the famous "Eight Xings of Taihang".

But today, in the Taihang Mountains, there are three bandit-like armies stationed opposite each other.

These are the three teams after the split of the Yellow Turbans, the Zhang Yan Division, the Huang Chao Division, and the Cheng Yuanzhi Division.

Among the three pillars, Zhang Yan's army is the weakest with only 2 troops, but the victory lies in the fact that Zhang Yan took the lead to advance into the mountain and occupied favorable terrain.

Although the strength is weak, the geographical advantage can be said to be easy to defend and difficult to attack, and self-protection is enough.

And Cheng Yuanzhi's department also has [-] yellow scarf warriors, so its strength is at the same level.

And the most powerful one is Huang Chao, because Huang Chao has the most soldiers. After entering the mountain, relying on his own ability, he wiped out bandits in the mountain one after another.

Therefore, today's Huang Chao has more than [-] soldiers, and his strength should not be underestimated!

Department of Cheng Yuanzhi
"Now the Huangchao Department is getting stronger and stronger, and its strength is far superior to our army. What should we do?"

"For the current plan, we can only persuade Zhang Yan to form an alliance with our army to resist Huang Chao."

I saw that the person who spoke was slender, with a sparse beard on his chin, and he cupped his hands and spoke lightly.

This person is Cheng Gongying, who has burst out of the list, and his implanted identity is Cheng Yuanzhi's army member.

"Hey! Form an alliance with Zhang Yan. Zhang Yan was abandoned by Huang Chao at the beginning, and he hated me, the Yellow Turban. Will he agree to form an alliance?"

Hearing this, Cheng Yuanzhi couldn't help sighing, and said slowly.

"Don't worry! Shuai Qu, Zhang Yan is not a fool. He should be able to see that if one of our troops is destroyed, the other family will not be able to stand alone against Huang Chao's attack."

"Our two armies can only unite and fight against each other, we cannot unite and divide, otherwise we will definitely not be Huang Chao's opponent, and sooner or later it must be annexed."

Hearing this, Cheng Gongying cupped his hands and analyzed it gradually and carefully.

Hearing that Cheng Gongying's words were reasonable, Cheng Yuanzhi immediately praised him, and then he didn't dare to neglect, and immediately sent envoys to Zhang Yan's troops.

A few days later, as Cheng Gongying expected, the envoy returned and explained to Cheng Yuanzhi Zhang Yan's willingness to form an alliance to fight Huang Chao's request.

"Report, Commander! Our military scouts have sent a report that Zhang Yan's department and Cheng Yuanzhi's department have reached a consensus to form an alliance to jointly resist our army."

In just two days, news of the alliance between Zhang Yan and Cheng Yuanzhi reached Huang Chao.

Hearing this, Huang Chao couldn't help but become pensive.

After a while, Huang Chao stood up slowly, with an indifferent smile on his face.

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"Report, Commander Qu! Huang Chao raised an army of [-] and rushed towards our army."

In Zhang Yan's department, a scout was urgently reporting to Zhang Yan the news that Huang Chao led the army to attack.

After hearing this, Zhang Yan couldn't help but snorted coldly, and said, "It's so fast!"

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Yan immediately summoned the soldiers under his command to take their positions and prepare the army for battle.

After Huang Chao's army arrived at Zhang Yan's defense area, they did not launch an attack immediately, but felled trees wantonly and built camps.

Zhang Yan, who was on the Guancheng, heard and thought about this scene, and couldn't help but be puzzled, and secretly said: "What is Huang Chao trying to do? Could it be that he wants to trap me to death?"

"But Taihang Mountain is densely covered with roads, can it really trap me? It's impossible for Huang Chao not to know this truth."

"Since this is not the reason, then what is Huang Chao's real intention?"

Just to say, Zhang Yan suddenly had many questions in his head, and he was at a loss!
Since there was no solution, Zhang Yan did not dare to lead his army to attack rashly, and raided Huang Chao's army, fearing that he would miss Huang Chao's plot.

Therefore, shutting down [-] soldiers can only watch Huang Chao's army cut down trees and build camps.

But he didn't dare to be negligent if he wanted to, so he quickly wrote a letter asking for help, and ordered his cronies to come to Cheng Yuanzhi for help.

Seeing that Huang Chao's army was building camps and doing nothing, Zhang Yan couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

But the Huang Chao army below did not dare to go out to attack their own side, so they couldn't help speeding up even more, and they were all in full swing.

But after a long time, the scale of the camp has taken shape.

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"What, you said that Huang Chao led the army to attack Zhang Yan in a big way, so why didn't our army get any news?"

It is only said that after Cheng Yuanzhi received Zhang Yan's request for help, he couldn't help opening it and looking at it, his complexion changed drastically, and he asked eagerly.

"Because Huang Chao's army did not launch an attack, but cut down trees and built camps outside our army pass, trying to trap our army to death."

Hearing this, Zhang Yan's cronies couldn't help but tell the truth one after another.

"Okay, you go down and rest first, and I will discuss with the general about the plan to send troops to rescue Zhang Yan."

After hearing this, Cheng Gongying on the side fudged Zhang Yan's cronies back.

When Cheng Yuanzhi saw it, he couldn't help wondering: "Military division, what do you mean?"

"Because there is something wrong with this matter, sending troops rashly will suffer a lot!"

(End of this chapter)