Late at night, Yun Zheng was awakened by Yu Shizhong.
"Your Highness, Youba and Youjiu are back!"
Yu Shizhong's voice sounded outside the door.
Ghost eight, ghost nine?
Yun Zheng suddenly sat up, put on his shoes hastily, took the clothes handed to him by Shen Luoyan, put them on, and quickly went out.
Soon, Yun Zheng met You Ba and You Jiu.
Without waiting for the two to salute, Yun Zheng hurriedly asked, "Is this news from Bo Luan?"
"Not only news about Bo Luan!"
You Ba replied: "There is also the movement of the Northern Huan Great Chanyu..."
"Hurry up and tell me!"
...
...
Yun Zheng urged impatiently.
I'll be glad to hear back with news!
I'm afraid there will be no news, so I have to rely on my own random guesses.
You Ba knew that Yun Zheng was anxious, so he immediately told him the news they had received.
Bo Luan has already gathered 20,000 of his old subordinates.
However, it is hard to say about the combat capability.
This is because among those 20,000 old subordinates, only less than 5,000 can be truly called elite.
The rest are basically people from various tribes.
There are even some people in their fifties.
Almost all the people from the several tribes surrounding the Chaga tribe who could still ride a horse or wield a sword were included.
In the short term, these 20,000 people should be Bolun's limit.
The reason for this was that after Hu Jie plotted against Bolun, he dispersed many of Bolun's tribes into the tribes belonging to Hu Jie and King Daming.
If Bolun hadn't returned quickly, it is estimated that even 10,000 people wouldn't have been gathered!
Bo Luan really couldn't gather the number of people Yun Zheng required, so he could only ask them to come back and help plead for mercy.
Bo Luan is now leading his troops from Langya Pass, heading towards the Muma Grassland along the north side of Baishui River, hoping to meet up with the Beifu Army troops guarding the border.
To put it bluntly, Bo Luan also knew the fighting power of his 20,000 men.
His move was simply to seek the protection of the Northern Palace Army.
Hu Jie is now gathering troops at Yanhui Mountain, with the intention of completely annihilating Bolun.
After finding out the situation, Yun Zheng couldn't help but look depressed.
He had said before that Bolun could at most summon 30,000 to 50,000 of his old subordinates!
As a result, this guy only managed to gather 20,000 people!
This guy used to brag and call up 100,000 old subordinates!
Now, this guy has faced the reality!
You deserve it!
Tell him to cooperate with me earlier!
Yun Zheng secretly complained in his heart, and asked You Ba and You Jiu to go down and rest first.
He was just about to go back to his room when Chen Luoyan and Miaoyin came out dressed.
"Any news?"
Shen Luoyan asked with a burning gaze.
"Um!"
Yun Zheng nodded gently, "It's not good news, but it's not bad news either!"
As he spoke, Yun Zheng called the two women and Yu Shizhong to follow him into the house, and quickly took out the simple map that Du Guiyuan and his friends had drawn when they went to the horse-herding grassland.
Soon, Yun Zheng locked the location of Yanhui Mountain on the map.
Yanhui Mountain is at the end of the tributary of Baishui River.
If they wanted to go around to the horse pasture from that side, Yanhui Mountain would definitely be an obstacle that they could not get around.
They can cooperate with Bolun's troops to attack the Hujie camp near Yanhui Mountain.
However, this time may be a bit long.
What if Bolun was destroyed by the troops sent by Hu Jie before he could attack Yanhui Mountain? That would be a disaster!
Yun Zheng frowned and told Shen Luoyan and Yu Shizhong about his concerns.
Shen Luoyan thought about it and asked tentatively: "Is it okay to divide the troops?"
"How to divide the troops?"
Yun Zheng frowned and said, "There is no ideal crossing point in this area above that tributary! Even if there is a suitable place to cross the river downstream, with so many of us crossing the river, we will almost certainly be discovered by the enemy's spies!"
"Force the river!"
Chen Luoyan said in a deep voice: "The place you saw yesterday where the water flow and terrain are relatively gentle is less than ten feet wide. At worst, we can wade across the water..."
Cross the river by force?
Yun Zheng frowned and thought.
That place should be where the Beihuan cavalry crossed the river in winter.
The terrain there is flat, suitable for large-scale cavalry crossing the river.
But now the Baishui River has thawed, and that place is no longer suitable for crossing the river, and it is too late to build a bridge.
If we really have to cross the river by force, it's not impossible.
War horses can swim, but they can't swim far.
It’s less than fifty meters away and you can swim there quickly.
However, although the weather seems to be getting warmer, the river water is still very cold.
That is the snow water from melted ice and snow on the snow-capped mountains!
It's so chilling!
If we force ourselves to wade across the river, I guess many people will fall ill, right?
There are too many sick people in the team, what’s the point of fighting?
The most important thing is that most of the soldiers of the Northern Army are from the north.
There are a lot of landlubbers!
It is not realistic to let war horses carry cavalry across the river.
If things go wrong, thousands of people might be drowned before the battle even starts.
Moreover, their dry food, except for a small amount of dried meat, is basically fried millet or brown rice, with a small amount of wheat grains that are steamed and then fried.
These things are basically useless once they are soaked in water.
If they want to cross the river, they have to cross the river separately.
Um?
As he was thinking about it, Yun Zheng's eyes suddenly lit up.
Seeing Yun Zheng's expression, Miao Yin couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Have you thought of a way to cross the river?"
"right!"
Yun Zheng nodded.
"Tell me quickly, what's the solution?"
Shen Luoyan looked at Yun Zheng with anticipation.
Yun Zheng smiled and said, "Let me keep you in suspense for now! The idea of dividing the troops can be realized. Let's continue to discuss the next countermeasures!"
have to!
You're still keeping us in suspense!
All right!
Keep it a secret if you want to!
As long as we can cross the river!
"If the problem of crossing the river is solved, we can indeed divide our forces!"
Yu Shizhong immediately said: "Don't we have 20,000 cavalrymen who are about to enter the border? Once they have a short rest, they can attack the Hujie camp directly! And our vanguard army can also meet up with Bolun's troops first, and then attack in the direction of Yanhui Mountain together!"
Chen Luoyan and Miaoyin thought about it and immediately nodded.
Yun Zheng thought silently, nodded and said: "This plan is feasible, but I don't trust Bo Luan!"
No one could tell how much combat power the 20,000 men that Bo Luan had temporarily assembled had.
Moreover, it is hard to say what the morale of these 20,000 soldiers is.
It would be a disaster if the people that Bo Luan summoned turned against him after finding out that he was cooperating with them.
Upon learning of Yun Zheng's concerns, the two women and Yu Shizhong also frowned.
Yu Shizhong pondered for a while and then said, "Didn't You Ba say that Bo Luan has led his troops to approach us? His people should know that he wants to cooperate with us, right?"
"That's what I said, but it's hard to say what the morale of the troops gathered at short notice is!"
Yun Zheng rubbed his head. "Among these people, it is estimated that many were forcibly recruited by Bolun! In this situation, the slightest disturbance may even lead to the destruction of the camp, not to mention other things..."
"this……"
Yu Shizhong thought about it and it seemed to be true.
At this moment, several people started thinking about it again.
They don't have much hope for Bolun now.
They just hope that Bolun won’t be destroyed so soon!
At least let Beihuan mess around for a while first!
They kept mobilizing troops to Weibian, but it didn't come without cost.
The loss of food and fodder, the loss of mules and horses, etc. must all be taken into account.
If they don't get any benefits, it would be a big loss for them.
Yun Zheng pondered for a while and said in a deep voice: "Let's divide the troops first! Tomorrow morning, send the vanguard troops into the horse-grazing grassland and quickly clear out the surrounding tribes to prevent the enemy from discovering our tracks!"
"The follow-up troops should cross the river and assemble as soon as possible, and then send someone to contact Bolun, and attack Yanhui Mountain in two directions!"
"The 10,000 cavalrymen sent out will press forward from Weibian to Yanhui Mountain to put pressure on Hu Jie's troops, so that he dare not send too many troops to attack Bolun's troops!"
"Wait until the 20,000 cavalrymen behind us have rested, and then immediately join up with the other 10,000 cavalrymen and march toward Yanhui Mountain!"
Now, this is the only way.
Although Bo Luan did not meet Yun Zheng's requirements, he still had some value.
If Bolun was destroyed, the civil strife in Beihuan would be quickly quelled.
Such a situation is obviously not favorable to them.
The three of them pondered for a moment and nodded slightly.
Now, this is the only way!
It’s all that bastard Bolun’s fault for not listening to Yun Zheng’s advice.
If Bolun had cooperated with them earlier, there wouldn't have been so much trouble!
After making a preliminary plan, Yun Zheng asked Yu Shizhong to send someone to notify the generals.
Although the preliminary plan has been finalized, the subsequent details still need to be discussed with the generals in the camp.
Who will lead these will be decided tonight.
Tomorrow morning, they will cross the temporary wooden bridge and march into the horse-grazing grassland.
If we can kill another 20,000 or 30,000 people from the Northern Huan in this battle, the Pastureland should be within our grasp...
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