After Li Qin led the army from the capital to Jizhou.
Zhou Wentong, the garrison commander originally in charge of guarding Jizhou, immediately stepped forward to greet Li Qin.
"This humble general pays his respects to the young marshal."
Upon seeing Zhou Wentong, Li Qin immediately went over and helped him up.
"Alright, alright, you're all my veterans, so there's no need to bother with these formalities."
Zhou Wentong also ignored Li Qin's words after getting up.
Because he knew that although Li Qin said so, you absolutely cannot do it.
He said that to show his magnanimity and to put on a certain attitude.
If he really takes this seriously and doesn't bow to Li Qin next time he sees him, he'll be in for a beating.
When you're out in the world, you can't completely trust what your superiors say.
If you believe everything your boss says, you're not far from being fired.
After Li Qin finished speaking, he led his generals to Jizhou.
Li Qin sat in the main seat of the Jizhou town hall, while Zhou Wentong gave a detailed report on the intelligence he had gathered about the Tatars outside the Great Wall.
Li Qin nodded in satisfaction as he listened to Zhou Wentong's report.
It seems that during his time stationed in Jizhou, he had been gathering intelligence on the Tatars.
It's a pity, the Embroidered Uniform Guard originally had an intelligence network outside the Great Wall.
However, in the past twenty years of battles between Zhu Qizhen and Wang Zhen and the Tatars, the Jinyiwei intelligence network outside the Great Wall had already been destroyed.
In addition, a large number of high-ranking members of the Embroidered Uniform Guard died during their attack on the capital.
This caused the already damaged intelligence network outside the Great Wall to be almost completely paralyzed.
Although he also valued the Tatars in the north, rebuilding intelligence required money.
He was probably the one who needed the most money back then.
He had just taken over Shanxi, which barely saved him from the brink of financial collapse.
Therefore, he always had Zhou Wentong of Jizhou collect intelligence from outside the pass and then report it to him.
It seems he did a good job.
After learning about the Tatars outside the Great Wall, Li Qin looked at the map hanging next to him.
Of the 120,000 troops in the capital, 20,000 were sent south to Henan by the emperor himself.
He transferred 80,000 troops from the remaining 100,000 troops in the capital.
Not counting the local militia and righteous soldiers, plus the 10,000 Liaodong cavalry and 10,000 Jurchen cavalry that I had previously transferred to Zhou Wentong.
He had already amassed an army of 100,000 along the Jizhou front.
In Liaodong, there was also his younger brother Li Wenqi's army. Although it was not large, it was enough to hold Liaodong with the help of Wei Xiaokuan.
There were 30,000 troops in Xuanfu, and even more, 80,000 border troops under Jiang Xiangyang in Datong.
It's fair to say that it's difficult to make a breakthrough anywhere.
Based on the intelligence gathered so far regarding the Tatar Khan Lingdan Batur.
In the previous twenty years, he had repeatedly won battles against Zhu Qizhen of the Great Wu.
Although it's worth considering that Zhu Qizhen is really bad at cooking.
However, he should also be a difficult person to deal with.
Um, I guess so.
Therefore, when formulating the plan, he tried to overestimate the strength of the Tatar Khan Lingdan Batur.
His 200,000 people are real.
Although, according to his previous calculations, these 200,000 people were all recruited from various tribes.
Even if he considers the worst-case scenario, he can still mobilize these tribes.
However, the nature of those tribes and his loose alliance remains unchanged.
Even if those tribal chiefs truly listened to the Tatar Khan...
However, they would certainly prioritize the interests of their own tribe.
As long as we win a few battles, we can annihilate some of them.
These 200,000 people were thrown into complete chaos.
However, it's still best to be cautious.
During this period, Zhou Wentong had already sent out several groups of scouts to the area outside the Great Wall.
As soon as the Tatars appeared outside the Great Wall, he would immediately lead his army to the pass to intercept them.
We should try to rely on the passes along the Great Wall and take advantage of the terrain.
Let's test and weaken the strength of these Tatars first.
Then, based on the situation on the battlefield at that time, further arrangements will be made accordingly.
Let's see if there's an opportunity to take the initiative and win a few battles.
To intimidate those Tatars.
Let them know that they are not that Emperor Zhu Qizhen.
If we achieve some victories, eliminate some of the Tatars, and try to force them to the negotiating table.
Even if it means giving up some treasures to appease the Tatars, as long as the Tatars are appeased...
He freed himself up to deal with the problems in the south, specifically the Jinling court.
They completely destroyed the imperial court in Jiangnan, took control of Jiangnan, and seized its wealth.
At the same time, he supported the capital court under his control as the only unified court of the Great Wu.
He made the other feudal lords submit to him.
After basically pacifying the area within the Great Wall, he will then take action against the grasslands.
Deal with these Tatars.
Otherwise, even if I led an army of 100,000 out of the pass to fight, I would still be considered to have won.
The gains are extremely difficult to cover the losses.
Moreover, although those Tatars had a Great Khan, they were actually a loose alliance.
When they realized the situation was bad, they ran faster than anyone else.
With the vast, flat grasslands and the fact that each of them typically had two horses, they possessed exceptional mobility.
Of his 100,000-strong army, only about 20,000 were actual cavalry.
Even if they win, it's unlikely that many of those 200,000-plus cavalry will be left behind.
Most of them, seeing that things weren't going well, immediately ran back to the grasslands.
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