In Lulong County, Pingquan City, Gongsun Zan met Meng Yi, the governor of Yanbei County of Tang army, who came from Chengde.

"My lower official, Meng Yi, the governor of Yanbei, paid a visit to the Duke of Yan!"

"Your pardon! But what's the matter with Tang Gong? "

"Back to the Duke of Yan, I came here at the order of my Lord. I have a few things to tell him."

"But it doesn't hurt to say so!"

"Yes, one of them is to let Yangong know that our Tang army had repulsed the Xianbei army of Suli department at noon yesterday. At present, the Suli army has withdrawn from Yanbei boundary and entered the grassland."

As soon as this remark came out, all the people in the hall were in awe. Gongsun Zan was even more surprised. He patted the case in front of him and said, "has the Tang army defeated the Xianbei army? There should be more than 100000 troops in Suli, right? How much did the Tang army lose? "

"When we returned to the Duke of Yan, our army lost more than 10000 soldiers, while the Xianbei army only had less than 80000 soldiers and horses returning to the grassland, but they were all soldiers of Suli's trusted tribe. The total number of troops invading Yanbei was about 200000, of which more than 30000 were killed, and the rest 20000 soldiers and 50000 civilians were captured by General Zhao Yun." Meng Yi bows to reply, and it's hard to hide his happiness in his tone.

Gongsun zanmeng was shocked. He got up from his seat and looked at Meng Yi with an unbelievable expression: "is that true?"

"Dare not deceive the Duke of Yan!" Meng Yi replied respectfully. With that, he told the story of the war at the request of Gongsun Zan.

After listening to Gongsun Zan, he was speechless for a long time, and then said, "the Duke of Tang sent the Taishou to come here, but there are other things?"

"The second purpose of returning to the state of Yan is to be ordered by my Lord. My Lord said that he wanted to unite with the Duke of Yan and Xiaoqiang general in western Liaoning to drive out the main force of Xianbei army in Lulong before the heavy snow came down this year."

"Is that true?"

"It's no joke. My Lord said that the death of lips is due to the cold teeth. If there is a loss in Lulong County, Yanbei county will not survive alone. That's why the military division has the idea that the three families should join forces to annihilate the Xianbei army that sent troops to Lulong as much as possible."

"As expected, Tang Gong still attached importance to emotion and justice as before. Please tell me clearly, how do you want our army to unite? " Gongsun Zan was overjoyed at the news, and immediately got up to ask Meng Yi;

seeing this, Meng Yi explained Guo Jia's strategy to Gongsun Zan carefully. After hearing this, Gongsun Zan didn't immediately say yes. Instead, he fell into deep meditation. He was a strong man, and it was obvious that his own troops were not dominant. In this way, he knew at a glance the situation of the leader and follower in the subsequent war, but he was not too willing.

But Guan Jing stood up and asked, "why should we go from Yanbei to Chifeng instead of Pingquan? Is it more straightforward to send troops like this? "

"It's Guo Jun Shi's intention that since the Xianbei people have sent out a large army to attack, they just take this opportunity to annihilate most of them in Lulong. If most of the Xianbei army is annihilated, it is believed that Lulong and Yanbei will be safe for several years. Lulong is not like Yanbei. The northern part of Lulong is grassland. If the main force and rear camp of Xianbei army can not be defeated first, the main force will escape, and it will not be easy to send troops to pursue them at that time. "

"The other thing is," said Meng Yi, stopping for a moment on purpose, then looking at the people. After all the troops focused on themselves, he said slowly, "do you know how many materials, cattle, sheep and horses General Zhao Yun got in Suli barracks?"

"How much?" They all asked together;

"there are about 100000 cattle and sheep, 50000 or 60000 horses, and countless other materials!" When Meng Yi saw that Gongsun Zan's mouth was full, he said,

"God

"More than 100000 cattle and sheep!"

"Fifty or sixty thousand horses at all levels!"

After hearing this figure, both civil servants and military generals were shocked. The harvest alone was enough to make the cavalry of the Yan army regain their former glory. What's more, there were a lot of other materials and food in the rear camp of Xianbei. If they could capture some of them, the harvest would be huge.

"How to distribute the gains of this war?" Guan Jing asked in a hurry;

"it's divided according to the number of troops sent by each family and the proportion of battle damage after the war. Of course, all the troops sent this time are cavalry, and all cavalry skills must be above intermediate level." Meng Yi replied;

"please wait for me, and I'll give you a reply after careful discussion." Gongsun Zan sees Guan Jing's wink and says to Meng Yi,

"I'll leave first!" After hearing this, Meng Yi immediately salutes Gongsun Zan, and then withdraws from the county government under the guidance of Gongsun Zan's soldiers.

After Meng Yi stepped down, Gongsun Zan looked at the people in the hall and said, "how about it? Do you think the Tang army's strategy is feasible? "

"My Lord, after careful consideration, this strategy of the Tang army is really feasible! I agree with the Lord and the Tang army to join forces As the chief counselor of Gongsun Zan, Guan Jing must be the first to express his position.

The rest of the people also nodded, Gongsun praised: "well, if you don't prepare early, start as soon as possible. I think the intention of the Tang army is to get rid of Lulong's Xianbei dog before the heavy snow falls, so as not to change over time. It's just that there are some objections about the number of troops sent out!" Speaking of this, Gongsun Zan looked at Shan Jing, the prefect of western Liaoning, and said, "how many cavalry can be deployed in western Liaoning? I mean the cavalry that has reached the standard that the abbot just said? "Shan Jing thought silently in his heart and said, "five thousand, we will be able to send out five thousand cavalry, but the horses are still enough. At present, it should be six thousand."

At present, there are 3000 cavalry in western Liaoning. One thousand of them are the private soldiers of the single classics. They are equipped with one man and two horses, while the other 2000 cavalry are equipped with one man and one horse. Therefore, there are 6000 war horses in the single classics.

Gongsun Zan also made some calculations in his mind, saying: "now there are 5000 white horses in Pingquan City, 25000 ordinary cavalry, and then 5000 more selected from the soldiers. A total of 40000 cavalry rushed to Yanbei county to join the Tang army. As for the few horses, they must borrow or buy from the Tang army first, and they must be fully equipped."

"My Lord is wise!" All the generals bowed down to answer the question;

just after Gongsun Zan made the plan to send troops, a team of messengers rushed to YangLe from leting that night and sent an invitation letter to Xiaoqiang, the actual controller of YangLe. Seeing Huangfu Chaobo's letter, Xiaoqiang agreed to send troops without saying a word. However, as for the number of troops, he decided to send 20000 troops. He personally led 5000 Wuhuan cavalry and 15000 ordinary Wuhuan cavalry. As for generals, in addition to being fresh in silver, there were Nanlou and Loufan. As for the military and political affairs of YangLe, Zhou Qiang handed over all of them Yu Fan was given the treatment.