To the north of the Daqing Mountains is the real sphere of influence of the Northern Di.
The Beidi now has a population of two million. If one in ten men is drafted, they can form a 200,000-strong grassland cavalry.
King Zhelan, with only 10,000 cavalrymen, has already caused the Dayin Empire a lot of headaches.
If these 200,000 Northern Di cavalry also headed south, Emperor Dayin Yongchang and all the civil and military officials would probably be terrified.
As the Northern Di grew stronger year by year, the government and the people of Dayin became worried and unable to sleep or eat.
The four defense zones of Yanyun Road, Hedong Road, Guannei Road, and Longyou Road directly faced the Northern Di Tartars. The imperial court had nearly 300,000 heavy border defense troops stationed in Yanyun Road and Longyou Road.
The Guannei Road and Hedong Road are blocked by large mountains and rivers, and the terrain is complex, with winding gullies and mountains and rivers inside and outside.
Therefore, it is only necessary to use a small number of troops to defend important prefectures such as Shuozhou and Weizhou in order to effectively prevent the Tartar army from moving south.
The cavalry could hardly move forward on the Hedong Road, which was full of valleys and valleys, and on the Guannei Road, which was full of loess gullies.
If the Tartars wanted to launch a large-scale military operation, they had to capture Shuozhou and then attack Jinyang.
There were many checkpoints along the way. By the time they crossed the river and entered the capital of Dayin, even an army of 100,000 would have become exhausted.
The Tartars would not be so stupid, let alone take such a risk.
If they want to invade the Central Plains, Yanyun Road will be their best breakthrough point.
But now, the Tatar army from the Northern Di Desert has appeared in Weizhou. There is only one possibility, that the Chanyu of Northern Di has begun to prepare to move south.
The 5,000 Tatars who appeared in Weizhou might have come to support King Zhelan in the battle and test the combat effectiveness of Dayin's soldiers.
After all, the Northern Di Chanyu wanted to know about the soldiers of Dayin in Hedong Road, but it was just King Zhelan's one-sided statement.
Zhao Muyun frowned when he heard that there were still 5,000 soldiers hidden in Feihu Ridge.
"Lord Zhao, the Tartars have launched five attacks on Weizhou. Lord Tong defended the city and repelled the Tartar siege."
"After we desperately tried to contact the city, they told us that there were already 3,000 casualties in the city, and the food and fodder they carried could only last for a month at most!"
Tang Yanhai continued to report.
In theory, Weizhou was also an important frontier city. Like Shuozhou, it had complete defense facilities and sufficient food and grass.
However, after King Zhelan led his troops to invade, Pei Lun dispatched more than ten soldiers from Zhechoufu to resist.
There are more than ten Zhechoufu, with nearly 20,000 people, and the consumption of food and grass is huge.
At the beginning, Jinyang could still continue to provide support with food, fodder and equipment.
However, after the Tatars connected Weizhou and Jinyang, the food and grass supply from Jinyang could no longer be delivered.
"One month!"
Zhao Muyun knocked on the table lightly.
This also means that he only has one month left.
If Weizhou cannot be relieved within a month, the more than 10,000 elite troops in Hedong Road will be completely wiped out by the Tartars!
Moreover, during this month, Tong Gu had to defend against the attacks of the Tatars.
Otherwise, before Zhao Muyun arrived, Weizhou City would have been captured and his trip would have been in vain.
"Pei Lun, that old fox, pushed me forward and promoted me to the rank of Captain of the Suppressing Enemy Army. He also threw this huge problem at me, leaving me to be roasted on the fire!"
Zhao Muyun's eyes turned cold.
The last time Fan Nan made a mistake in command, 10,000 Dayin soldiers were killed or injured in Shuozhou. As a result, he was spared the death penalty but could not escape punishment for his crime, and was exiled to Lingnan.
Now, Zhao Muyun took over the mess left by Pei Lun, which also involved the lives of tens of thousands of Dayin soldiers.
A tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind.
Zhao Muyun is now in the limelight and is a rising star.
But if he fails, more people will criticize him immediately, causing Zhao Muyun to fall from the clouds to the bottom of the valley, and his body will be gone.
The higher the position you hold, the more cautious you are about walking on thin ice!
When he was a small soldier in the border army, he longed to become a general.
But now he has been promoted to captain, commanding tens of thousands of soldiers from several prefectures, but he misses the time when he was just a soldier.
Suddenly, the tent became much quieter.
It turned out that Tang Yanhai had already finished his report.
When Zhao Muyun looked up, he found that whether it was Du Wei, Zhong Dahu, Huang Chang and other Yanzhou and Shuozhou officials, or Yin Ji, Huan Naxue, Tang Yanhai, Wang Tiezhu, Lin Feng, Wu Shangzhi, Zhao Wen and Bai Ruolan, they were all looking at him with expectant eyes.
He suddenly realized that as he held a high position, he had already unconsciously controlled the lives and deaths of the people in front of him and tens of thousands of people far away in Weizhou.
Their lives all depend on Zhao Muyun's thoughts.
Accepting the order in times of danger, I swore to stain my sword with the blood of the barbarians.
In this case, just move forward bravely. What is there to be afraid of?
Zhao Muyun met everyone's expectant eyes, his pupils narrowed, and he became extremely determined, and slowly said:
"We only have the troops from three prefectures now, and our total number is almost the same as the Tartars hiding in Feihu Ridge!"
"If you want to relieve Weizhou, you can't attack by force, you can only use your wits to defeat it."
"If you have any good suggestions, please feel free to put them forward. If they are feasible, they will be rewarded handsomely."
Yinji smiled.
Zhao Muyun started what he called the "brainstorming" mode of discussion again.
This model breaks the limitation of the previous commander-in-chief having the final say, fully mobilizes the enthusiasm of the officers under his command, and gives them a greater sense of participation.
Even if the suggestions were not adopted, they stimulated their thinking.
When they face any unusual situation alone, they can learn to think with their brains.
The last time Zhao Muyun faced the Tartar attack in Yinzhou, he adopted the opinions of his subordinates and chose to take the initiative, achieving the record of killing the silver-armored Tartar.
The group of people Zhao Muyun brought from Yinzhou were used to this.
However, Dewey, Huang Chang and Zhong Dahu were participating in such an open military meeting for the first time and were a little confused.
For military operations like this, the fewer people involved, the better. It would be best if the commander-in-chief makes the decision alone and the subordinates carry it out.
Zhao Muyun actually did the opposite and expanded the number of participants.
In addition to the generals at the level of Duwei, each Duwei Mansion was also required to send a centurion and a sergeant to participate.
This time, Dewey brought seven or eight people from Yanzhou.
After Li Jingang's army captured Hengshan City, their morale was high. After resting for a few days, they marched south towards Yuzhou City.
Once Yuzhou is captured, Linzhou, Danzhou, Tongzhou, Fangzhou and Ningzhou will collapse without a fight.
Xijing was exposed to Li Jingang.
The strategic policy formulated by Yang Yan for him to occupy Xijing and plan for the Central Plains was also initially realized.
Therefore, as for Yanzhou in the north, Hou Zongmin, one of the Four Heavenly Kings, led 5,000 people to guard Xiazhou and had nothing to fear.
Du Wei also had two hostages, Li Jingang's younger brother Li Runjin and Zhang Hong, and was not afraid of Hou Zongmin's attack at all. He could even boldly transfer part of the troops to Shuozhou to support Zhao Muyun.
At this moment, Lin Feng had already entered a state of deep thought, and a fantastic idea flashed through his mind.
He was about to speak, but Zhong Dahu spoke first:
"Master Zhao, I do have an immature idea!"
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