Li Qin stood on the city wall of Shanhaiguan, looking at the enemy camp under construction in the distance.
His mind kept telling him to send Peng Jiahu out of the city with his cavalry and give it a shot while the enemy was building their camp.
However, Li Qin did not do so, because according to the original owner's knowledge, the two flanks of the camp.
Zhao Shuaizhen's two military formations are on high alert.
Once Peng Jiahu charges in, he'll likely never come back.
He can't do this unprofitable deal.
The other side can afford to lose over 10,000 men, but he can't.
Even if it's one to one, or even one to two, he'll still be the one losing.
Keep in mind that the opposing team's main force hasn't even arrived yet.
Li Qin then looked at Qi Duchen beside him and asked:
"Where is Xuan Shang's army?"
Upon hearing Li Qin's words, Qi Duchen, the captain of Li Qin's personal guard, immediately replied:
"Reporting to the superior, according to General Xuan Shang's reply, he has cleared most of the military fortresses in Liaoxi. Although some remain, the threat is no longer significant."
He has already led his army toward Shanhaiguan and will arrive soon.
After clearing out the military fortresses and cities, General Li Xuanshang recruited several thousand more soldiers.
Including the more than 10,000 surrendered soldiers from Jinzhou who were transferred to him, he now has nearly 20,000 surrendered soldiers under his command.
Including his 20,000-strong headquarters, he now commands an army of over 40,000, which is marching towards Shanhaiguan.
Li Qin was quite surprised to hear that Li Xuanshang had expanded his surrendered troops to nearly 20,000 men.
But then he nodded.
Qi Duchen continued:
"Your Excellency, General Zhang Hengshuo from Liaodong has just sent a letter."
"What did he say?"
Li Qin looked at Qi Duchen beside him and asked.
"General Zhang Hengshuo said that it has been confirmed that the Jurchen cavalry have left Liaodong, and there is no sign of Goryeo gathering troops east of Liaodong. At present, there is no danger in Liaodong."
He is already making preparations; he will bring his troops to Shanhaiguan to assist in the battle.
Qi Duchen looked at Li Qin in front of him and reported the situation that Zhang Hengshuo had just reported to him.
However, after hearing Zhang Hengshuo's report, Li Qin frowned.
"Where did the Jurchens go after leaving Liaodong?"
My subordinate, Dugu Yue, in Jinzhou, didn't report to me that there were traces of Jurchen cavalry there.
"Your Excellency, according to General Zhang Hengshuo's report, the Jurchen cavalry headed west and did not pass through Liaoxi to Shanhaiguan."
Qi Duchen continued to report to Li Qin.
After hearing Qi Duchen's report, Li Qin frowned and said:
"Wanyan Jian led the Jurchen cavalry westward."
To the west lies Tatar territory, while to the south of the Tatars lies...
After figuring it out, Li Qin immediately looked at the tens of thousands of troops of Zhao Shuaizhen who were setting up a large camp in the distance.
Wanyan Jian has gone to launch a surprise attack on the hometown of the Jizhou garrison.
Wanyan Jian is truly clever. Now the army of Jizhou is right in front of him, and Jizhou must be completely vulnerable.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
As Li Qin praised Wanyan Jian for his intelligence, his eyes sharpened.
He was well aware that his alliance with Wanyan Jian was merely for their own benefit.
Sooner or later they will become enemies.
Moreover, Wanyan Jian will definitely be a major enemy of his in the future.
Li Qin looked at the tens of thousands of soldiers from Jizhou outside. Their families were all in Jizhou. What if Jizhou fell to Wanyan Jian?
Their families all fell into Wanyan Jian's hands.
The morale of the army will definitely be shaken, and the army itself may even fall out of Zhao Shuaizhen's control and collapse.
After all, his wife and children had fallen into the enemy's hands, so how could he possibly have the will to continue fighting to the death at Shanhaiguan?
After sorting things out, Li Qin looked at the well-disciplined Jizhou Army in the distance, who were constantly setting up their camp, and a smile appeared on his face.
He knew that once Wanyan Jian captured Jizhen, the tens of thousands of extremely elite Jizhen troops in front of him would be no threat.
Then Li Qin instructed Qi Duchen, who was standing next to him:
“Send a letter to Zhang Hengshuo, asking him to bring 30,000 soldiers from Liaodong to Shanhaiguan as soon as possible to assist in the battle.”
"yes."
Li Qin looked at the Jizhou garrison under Zhang Shuaizhen in the distance, placed his hand on the city wall of Shanhaiguan, and his eyes were sharp.
"The army from Jizhou has arrived, and the army from the capital is expected to arrive soon."
There will definitely be a fierce battle at Shanhaiguan.
Li Qin immediately ordered all his soldiers to be on high alert overnight. He had his army prepared at Shanhaiguan for so long precisely so that they could have a decisive battle with the imperial army there.
Once the imperial army arrives, it will be time for them to confront them.
Several days later.
Li Qin, along with generals Li Wenqi and Zhou Wentong, all stood on the city wall of Shanhaiguan, looking at the makeshift camp that had already been set up in the distance.
Beside Li Qin, his nephew Li Xuanshang had also arrived at Shanhaiguan with a large army two days earlier.
With the addition of Li Xuanshang's 20,000 Liaodong soldiers and 20,000 surrendered soldiers, Li Qin's forces at Shanhaiguan now consist of 8,000 personal guards, 30,000 cavalry, and 70,000 infantry.
There are already more than 100,000 troops.
However, about five or six days have passed, and Zhao Shuaizhen's army from Jizhou has been at the gates of Shanhaiguan for five or six days.
The more than 200,000 elite troops from the three major camps of the imperial court that he had been waiting for had not yet arrived.
According to Li Qin's calculations, they should have arrived three or four days ago at the latest, but so much time has passed.
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