The Northern Huan royal court.
In the past two days, intelligence brought back by spies from various places has been continuously delivered to Jia Yao.
Including news of the enemy's right-wing army's reckless advance.
Jia Yao is very conflicted now.
She couldn't tell which group of enemy troops Yun Zheng was in.
She wanted to attack the enemy's food supply route, but she didn't dare to act rashly.
She is now timid and has too much to consider.
She was afraid that she would fall into a trap and end up losing more than she gained.
At this moment, Jia Yao began to understand Wei Wenzhong, whom she had looked down upon before.
It's difficult!
...
...
Be extremely cautious and don't take a wrong step!
Even with the Guifang reinforcements, she was still extremely cautious.
This battle was too important for Bei Huan, and she couldn't imagine the consequences of losing this battle.
Just when Jia Yao was trying hard to think of a countermeasure, another spy brought back news.
The enemy's right-wing army was less than 150 miles away from the Modong Corridor.
This is considered to be within the cavalry's assault range.
The enemy also seemed to be preparing for an attack.
It was no longer like before, when everyone was protecting the food and supplies as they moved forward.
"How many people are there in the enemy's army?"
Jia Yao frowned and asked.
"I'm not sure about the details. The enemy was very cautious and we couldn't catch their tongue."
The spy replied: "Roughly estimated, the cavalry and infantry should be no less than 30,000 troops. The majority are cavalry, and the infantry are only responsible for escorting and guarding the food and grass."
Is that so?
If this cavalry launched a surprise attack, the 20,000 men they had temporarily recruited would definitely not be able to stop them.
The enemy suddenly changed their previous marching method. Did they know that the Mongols and Zhenhe were about to move into the Modong Corridor?
The enemy wants to defeat the defenders of the Modong Corridor before these two troops arrive?
Jia Yao pondered for a while, then immediately went outside and ordered the guards outside: "Take a few people with you and follow me! Send someone to inform the tribes near the Modong Corridor to speed up the evacuation and gather the elders from each tribe together!"
Soon, Jia Yao led his men to leave the royal court and head straight for the Modong Corridor where Guge was located.
At present, Guge is leading 20,000 temporarily recruited warriors to camp there to deal with the enemy's right wing.
Jia Yao led his men on horseback galloping all the way, and except for a brief rest, they hardly stopped along the way.
Even though Jia Yao and his personal soldiers rode on top-quality horses, they did not reach the Modong Corridor until late at night the next day.
"Princess, why are you here?"
Guge looked at Jiayao's sudden visit in surprise.
"I came to check out the situation."
Jia Yao didn't care about being tired, "Let's go into the tent first!"
"yes!"
Guge nodded and immediately followed Jiayao into the big tent.
The two sat down in the big tent, and Jia Yao immediately asked Guge to tell him about the situation here.
At present, the morale of the army along the way is still good.
After all, the enemy was about to reach the royal court, and the bloodiness of the Beihuan men was also aroused.
Of course, this is only temporary.
Once they suffer a defeat, morale will drop rapidly.
Even though they now have 20,000 men, they are definitely no match for the Northern Army's right wing if they fight head-on.
This point is consistent with Jia Yao's judgment.
Many people did not have decent armor, decent weapons, and even most of the war horses had no food.
They spent more than half of their time every day herding horses, and many of them would bring back some freshly cut hay to ensure they would not have too little time to feed their horses when they were about to attack.
How much combat power can we expect from a force like this?
When Jia Yao arrived, the enemy had advanced a lot further.
Now, they were about 120 miles away from where the Northern Army was camped.
At this distance, the cavalry can reach them in one day.
Guge also told Jiayao some bad news.
Their few spies haven't returned yet.
Guge guessed that those spies were most likely killed by the enemy, or even captured alive!
It would be fine if it was just knocked down.
If they were captured alive, the enemy should have already grasped their current situation.
In this case, the enemy will most likely launch an attack.
Speaking of this, Guge kept sighing.
In the past, if he was given 10,000 elite cavalry, he would definitely dare to fight against Da Gan's 20,000 or 30,000 cavalry.
But now, the confidence of the Beihuan soldiers has been shattered, and many of them are afraid of the Dagan cavalry.
This kind of fear is very deadly on the battlefield.
Hearing Guge's sigh, Jiayao's expression became more solemn.
Not only was Guge's confidence shattered, her confidence was also shattered!
In the past, if the enemy dared to advance like this, they would have been defeated long ago!
Who would still defend the Modong Corridor to the death?
What she is most worried about now is a sudden attack by the enemy.
Jia Yao pondered for a while, then asked, "Did Lord Budu send anyone back to report the news?"
"have!"
Gu Ge replied: "According to their marching speed, they will arrive as early as this time tomorrow!"
Within one day?
Jia Yao felt a little relieved.
This is good news!
As long as the people from the Mongols and Zhenhe tribes can move in before the enemy attacks, it will be fine!
At this time, Guge asked again tentatively: "Princess, the enemy's method of escorting food and grass has changed. Should we send troops to attack their food and grass directly?"
Jia Yao pondered for a while, shook his head and said, "There is no need for us to take risks at this time. I am worried that this is a flaw that the enemy deliberately exposed to us. If we go to burn the enemy's food and grass, we may fall into a trap!"
"this……"
Gu Ge thought about it and stopped talking.
Jia Yao is too cautious.
But at this time, caution is indeed needed.
They can't afford to lose.
Jia Yao pondered for a while and said, "However, we can send people out to pretend to burn their food supplies! We need to buy time for Lord Budu and his men. We can't let the enemy launch a surprise attack before Lord Budu leads his troops to arrive!"
"That's right." Gu Ge nodded immediately, "What are the plans, Princess?"
Jia Yao: "Just pretend to send a group of people across the Yellow Sand Sea to burn their food and grass. We don't need too many people, 5,000 will be enough! Send more spies, be careful of being ambushed by the enemy! Send a small group of troops to harass the enemy, reveal a little flaw to the enemy, let the enemy see through the intentions of our 5,000 people, and let the enemy think we have been fooled!"
"I'll arrange it right away!"
Gu Ge stood up immediately.
"Don't worry about this, we can arrange it later."
Jiayao stopped Guge and asked, "Are the cattle, sheep and war horses prepared for the Mongols and Zhenhe tribes ready?"
“Ready!”
Gu Ge nodded, and then said somewhat unhappily: "Anyway, we are letting them fight the enemy, so there is no need for us to prepare so many war horses for them, right?"
"want!"
Jia Yao shook his head. "If we want them to fight the enemy, we have to give them the capital to fight! If they can see at a glance that we are sending them to their deaths, do you think they will still fight the enemy?"
You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a child!
War horses must be prepared for the people from those two departments.
However, there is no need to prepare very good war horses.
Gu Ge thought about it and stopped talking.
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