There are currently 20,000 people stationed in the Yanhuishan camp.
In addition to the 20,000 elite cavalry led by Yu Shizhong and Deng Bao, there were also 10,000 heavy infantry led by Wang Qi.
In addition, there are 10,000 prisoners working as coolies here.
The permanent camp at Yanhui Mountain has already taken shape.
The training ground, the reviewing platform, the granary, the stables, etc. have all been basically completed.
But this is not just the credit of the captives. The troops of Yu Shizhong and Wang Qi who were stationed here before also contributed a lot in addition to normal training.
"Where's the barracks?"
Yun Zheng turned around and asked Yu Shizhong who was following beside him.
"this……"
Speaking of the barracks, Yu Shizhong suddenly smiled awkwardly, "The barracks haven't been moved yet, I'm really too busy..."
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Yun Zheng knew what Yu Shizhong and the others were planning as soon as he heard it.
When the cold winter comes, people may have no place to live, but horses must have a place to live.
As for people, even when winter comes, they can hide in tents to avoid the wind and snow.
Although they obtained a lot of war horses from Beihuan, the Beifu Army still lacked war horses.
They still treasure these war horses very much.
"Do the soldiers in the camp have any complaints?"
Yun Zheng continued to ask.
"No."
Yu Shizhong shook his head and smiled, "Everyone knows that war horses are precious, so we must prioritize ensuring that the horses don't get cold."
In fact, if there hadn't been another war, if everyone worked harder, there would have been a chance to build the barracks before the cold winter came.
But now there is a war, so the construction of barracks will have to be postponed.
However, they don't need to rush.
When the cold winter comes, they will have time to build barracks, but it will be much more difficult.
Yun Zheng looked around and asked, "Is there any news from General Dugu?"
"have."
Yu Shizhong nodded and said, "General Dugu has already joined up with the other group. According to their marching speed, they will reach the designated location in about five or six days."
That group of people was also carrying food and supplies, so their marching speed was not very fast.
"That's good."
Yun Zheng nodded slightly, "How is the situation on the horse-grazing grassland?"
"There are no problems at the moment." Yu Shizhong replied: "The people who moved here from Beihuan are relatively well behaved and have not caused any trouble! I have already ordered them to rush to collect fodder a few days ago, and they are ready to support the various tribes at any time..."
The Muma Grassland is the largest settlement of people who migrated from Beihuan.
There are nearly 20,000 people who migrated from Beihuan, plus a small number of people from Zhenhe and Menghu.
In addition, there are 3,000 reserve troops.
In addition to patrolling around the horse grazing grassland to prevent these people from causing trouble, the reserve army also has to graze the animals.
When necessary, they can always mobilize cattle and sheep from the horse-grazing grasslands and send them to the front line as military rations.
"good."
Yun Zheng looked at Yu Shizhong with satisfaction and said, "Let's go to the meeting room! You and Wang Qi have been stationed here for such a long time. I also want to hear your opinions on this battle."
Since the enemy has taken action, Yun Zheng doesn't believe that Yu Shizhong and his team have not made corresponding deductions.
Led by Yu Shizhong, the group quickly arrived at the meeting room.
In the middle of the meeting room, a huge map is hung.
There is a large sand table in the middle of the meeting room.
From the sand table, you can clearly see the terrain of most parts of Shuobei, Beimoduo, Quanrong and Beihuan.
But I only have a rough idea of the terrain of Qiuchi, Guifang and Dayue Kingdom.
Even this was obtained by sending people to secretly sneak into the enemy's territory.
Before, they knew even less about the terrain of these three countries.
At that time, their main enemy was Beihuan, and who the hell had the time to care about Qiuchi, Dayue Kingdom and the like.
As soon as everyone came in, they gathered around the sand table.
Yu Shizhong didn't waste any time. He took a stick, pointed at the sand table and started talking.
Yu Shizhong and Wang Qi each selected about 500 people from their respective troops to form a powerful elite force.
They sent these people to infiltrate the territories of the three countries to gather information and explore the terrain of the enemy countries.
The commotion between Qiuchi and Dayue Kingdom was quite big.
It looks like he is ready to fight to the death.
A few days ago, both countries even launched exploratory attacks, but they were all much ado about nothing.
They don't know the exact casualties.
It is very likely that there will not even be any casualties.
Yu Shizhong’s judgment is highly consistent with Yun Zheng’s.
Qiuchi and Dayue were indeed acting, but their purpose was not to concentrate their forces to launch an active attack, but to create the illusion of a war between the two countries, thereby attracting Da Gan to take the initiative to send troops.
The area west of Beimodo is basically a plateau.
The junction between Qiuchi and Beimoduo is also full of mountains and steep cliffs.
If Da Gan wanted to attack Qiuchi, there were almost only two ways he could take.
One is the Sulu River Plain near the border between Dayue Kingdom and Qiuchi.
The Sole River was originally an open area formed by the erosion of the ancient Sole River. Its terrain was relatively flat, suitable for large-scale cavalry raids and deployments, but the terrain on the other two sides gradually became steeper, so this was also a good place to set an ambush.
Another way is Tianqiong Pass.
However, Qiuchi built the Tianqiong Pass at the Tianqiong Mountain Pass. Although the Tianqiong Pass was not as majestic as the Beilu Pass, it was still a majestic pass. Even if the Beifu Army was strong in men and horses, it would not be easy to capture the Tianqiong Pass.
Therefore, Yu Shizhong judged that Qiuchi and Dayue wanted to lead Dagan's army into the Sole River Valley.
Once Da Gan's army entered the Sulu River, the troops of Qiuchi and Dayue quickly blocked this end of the river, while Guifang quickly sent troops from Quanrong to block the other end of the river.
As a result, the Northern Army was attacked from both sides.
Yu Shizhong thought that if they wanted to take the initiative to attack, they would definitely attack from the Sulu River, but they must send a large force to keep an eye on the Guifang and prevent the Guifang from sending troops from the Quanrong to block the attacking force's retreat.
But Yu Shizhong also had some concerns.
He still felt uneasy about Bei Huan.
Once both of their armies advance, Beihuan may take the opportunity to launch a surprise attack on their rear.
If Bei Huan succeeds, their food supply will be cut off.
In this case, the best outcome for them would be to withdraw in disgrace after consuming a large amount of food and supplies.
If the situation had been worse, the Northern Army would have suffered huge losses, even to the point of serious injuries.
These days, Yu Shizhong and Wang Qi have discussed more than once about giving up advancing from the Sulu River and attacking Tianqiong Pass instead. As long as they can break through Tianqiong Pass, Qiuchi will be completely open to them.
But the two had discussed it countless times, but could not think of a good way to break through the Tianqiong Pass.
There seems to be no other way except to attack by force.
But even if they succeeded in attacking Tianqiong Pass, they would suffer heavy casualties.
So, after going around in circles, we finally arrived at the Sole River Plain.
Listening to Yu Shizhong's analysis, everyone nodded continuously.
Yu Shizhong's analysis makes a lot of sense.
No matter which route they choose, taking the initiative to attack will definitely be disadvantageous to the Beifu Army.
"Brother, where do you think we should attack from?"
At this time, Qin Qihu couldn't help but ask Yun Zheng again.
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