As long as the grassland's troops are divided, its strength will be weakened by half.
The troop strength ratio will reach one to one.
With the old marquis personally leading the army, it is very likely that we will win the battle in one go.
Even if Caoyuan's target is not Zhenbei Pass, if the hundreds of thousands of troops left outside the pass are defeated, then their attack on Wei will be meaningless.
Therefore, the idea of dividing the army will definitely be postponed, and all efforts will be focused on dealing with the soldiers at Zhenbei Pass.
So the general did not hesitate at all and said, "My Lord, I obey your orders!"
After saying that, he walked out of the general's mansion and began to convey orders.
As for the Marquis of Shenwu.
After making this decision, there was no relief on his face, and he still looked serious.
In his mind, there was an idea that the reason why the grassland army split up was most likely to force him out of the city and then start a war directly.
After all, before, the Zhenbei Pass army had been in the city, and the enemy was not good at attacking cities and suffered too many losses. Only on the grassland could they exert their best combat power.
Therefore, the best way is to get yourself out of the city.
Even if this is a plan that the other party has already made.
But for this.
Marquis Shenwu could only respond in this way. Only in this way could he prevent the grassland army from splitting up.
Immediately, he took a deep breath, put on a set of armor, and then without any hesitation, led his soldiers out of Zhenbei Pass.
For a moment, war drums thundered, flags fluttered, and hundreds of thousands of troops rushed out like a torrent, bringing with them thick smoke and dust.
Before this, everyone was actually ready, and now there was no panic at all when setting off.
After all, the war has been going on for several months.
For the soldiers of Zhenbei Pass, it is just a matter of choosing when to fight the decisive battle.
Many of them are very clear that many of them may not come back from this battle.
But so what?
Once the grassland army breaks through Zhenbei Pass, not only themselves will die, but also thousands of civilians. Besides making meritorious contributions, didn't they join the army to defend their country?
Now, it's just doing my job.
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at the same time.
In an area of the grassland with abundant water and grass.
A large army is resting to feed its horses and keep its energy up.
In the center of the army, Song Hongzhi was holding a feng shui map and looking at the location marked on it.
This is a map of the grassland, but unfortunately the locations on it are very vague. In some places, you can't even tell the north from the south. There seems to be no difference between having it there and not having it there.
But Song Hongzhi still unfolded it and looked at it carefully.
Ever since he led his army out of Gaoyang, he has been marching non-stop towards the Keqin area.
That is where the ten Khans of the grassland gather. As long as we launch an attack, we will surely reap huge results.
However, because we had received news in advance that the ten khans would not gather for long, only one day, so we had to choose the right time. If we alerted the enemy, all our plans would be ruined.
In particular, he also knew that a large army was approaching from outside Zhenbei Pass. In order to relieve the pressure on Marquis Shenwu, he had to hit the target with one strike.
It was for this reason that Song Hongzhi slowed down his pace and did not rush to his destination immediately.
Instead, he wandered around the grassland.
As for his army, they had no food supplies after leaving Gaoyang, but this did not pose any problem for him at all.
Although it seemed like he was wandering around aimlessly during this period, Song Hongzhi could find the gathering places of some small tribes on the grassland almost every day, and he could eat wherever he could find them.
All this surprised the soldiers under his command.
Especially Chen Xian, who had been in the army for many years and had fought in the grasslands, but each time he retreated due to lack of food and fodder.
But there was no such problem when following this young champion marquis. It seemed that he knew where to get supplies and where there was water. Although we were marching and fighting, apart from the fact that the food was a little poor, we hardly encountered any problems.
And now, the reason they stopped and stationed was just to wait, waiting for the scouts they had sent out before to bring back news.
"It's almost done." At this time, Song Hongzhi put away the feng shui map in his hand and glanced at the vast grassland.
Then he lowered his gaze to another direction.
really.
Soon after, a black dot appeared on the horizon.
It was a man and a horse, who arrived in front of Song Hongzhi's army at the fastest speed.
This is a scout, but his body shape and attire are completely different from those of the Central Plains people, because scouts are people from the grassland.
That's right. In the past few days, Song Hongzhi has eliminated small tribes on the grassland one by one. He did not kill some of them, but directly incorporated them. It is precisely because of this that the number of people under his command has not decreased, but increased.
For some grassland tribes, they are not as powerful as the Eighteen Tribes and can only graze honestly.
However, because they are too weak, they are easily enslaved by larger tribes.
And Song Hongzhi took advantage of this.
He informed the grassland people of those small tribes that as long as they were willing to surrender, they could become Wei people, and if they made contributions, they would be rewarded.
The people of Cao Yuan were also very envious of the prosperity of the Wei Dynasty, otherwise they would not have chosen to invade and plunder from the south.
Sure enough, after he said this, many grassland people surrendered.
It is also because of the grassland people that Song Hongzhi's progress is so smooth and unobstructed, and it is most appropriate to let these grassland people serve as scouts to gather information.
After all, even the people from the big tribes on the grassland would not have thought that they would be monitored by people other than the Wei Dynasty.
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