Chapter 463 Crouching Tiger Ridge
Because I don’t know how long it will take for the army to go, after the army was ready, Tang Weiyi immediately let the army set off, striving to completely calm the northern border before Mo Zizai came back.
Yang Weishang did not dare to pass the news to Mo Zizai. After all, Tang Weiyi didn't want Mo Zizai to interfere in doing this. If he sent a message to Mo Zizai, he would be just unhappy.
However, without sending a message to Mo Zizai, he sent a message to Yang Yanzhang, urging him to speed up the march and return to Beijing with his captives quickly.
After he comes back, he may catch up with the Northern Expedition army with the speed of the Red Flame Dragon Cavalry. At that time, the Red Flame Dragon Cavalry will not have any accidents no matter the situation of the battle.
Tang Weiyi didn't know the plans behind her. She knew that her journey with the army would definitely bring a lot of trouble to the army, but without affecting the overall situation, she didn't care so much. As long as she could help Mo Zizai solve the problem of Bei'an, those troubles were nothing.
The news of the imperial court's northern expedition was not concealed. After Mo Yuanji left Dingzhou to capture a city, he continued to march without stopping. As a result, he just arrived and received the news that the imperial army had come to the northern expedition, which made Mo Yuanji stand in a dilemma.
"How could the imperial army attack the north?"
Mo Yuanji looked at the information in his hand and could not figure out why the situation was like this. The court left the Xiao Yan army of Zheng State to ignore it, but instead led a large army to the northern expedition. Do they want this capital city?
Or do they would rather hand over the capital to Xiao Yanbing than fight against him to lose both sides? Are they so hated?
Not to mention that he is Mo Zizai's uncle, he is still a member of the Great Zhou royal family. Just talking about Mo Zizai's previous purchase of horses from the grassland, he turned a blind eye. Why can't Mo Zizai get along with him without Mo Zizai's people?
Mo Yuanji was a little confused. As for Xiao Yanbing being defeated by Mo Zizai alone with the Red Flame Dragon Cavalry, he never thought that Xiao Yanbing was Mo Congyi's opponent back then. If he could be defeated so easily, how could he have been in the northern border with Mo Congyi for so many years?
"It's simply unreasonable!"
Mo Yuanji, who couldn't figure it out, looked at the information in his hand, especially the passage that the empress commanded the person in person, and threw the information in his hand aside with hatred.
The empress's personal expedition was not a good thing for the court, and it was not necessarily a good thing for him, because ordinary emperors personally expedition, whether they were arrested or killed, were considered a big weakness, but the empress's side was different. It was true that she was the emperor, but there was Mo Zizai who was like a madman standing behind her.
If the empress is really injured in the battle between the two armies, the madman would not have to fight to the death with him.
Therefore, this empress is also a hot potato for him. Even though he knows that the empress is a flaw in the imperial army, he dare not take advantage of it at all.
However, Jia Yu, he had no worries at this moment. After seeing this information, his eyes flashed and he suddenly felt that there was an opportunity. However, before he could speak, he was blocked back by Mo Yuanji.
"If you want to persuade me to attack the empress, then you should just shut up."
Jia Yu was not discouraged at all and advised: "Prince, it's not that I want to take revenge with the prince's hand, but this opportunity..."
"I said to shut you up."
Mo Yuanji looked at Jia Yu coldly and said, "If you mention this matter again, I will immediately put you in prison or not?"
After learning that the grassland barbarians had disappeared, Mo Yuanji was a little polite to Jia Yu. Although Jia Yu was needed later, he did not kill Jia Yu, but the old Qiao, who protected him, was surrounded and killed by him.
So at this moment, Jia Yu was already alone.
When Jia Yu heard Mo Yuanji's words, he pinched the information in his hand unwillingly and said, "Prince, even if you don't move the empress, wait for you to defeat the court, do you think Mo Zizai will be proud of you?"
Mo Yuanji glanced at Jia Yu and said lightly: "Being an enemy of a madman and irritating a madman are different things."
"Believe me, neither you nor me want to see a madman who is angry."
"I've been crazy, why bother with whether he was angry or not?"
Jia Yu said without giving in to the point of giving in: "The best solution for the madman is to kill him."
"Oh."
Mo Yuanji sneered and said, "If I remember correctly, your adopted father still has tribe members in Qianchuan County, right?"
"What does the prince mean to say this?"
Jia Yu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said, "What does this have to do with my adoptive father?"
"Do you believe it or not? If you dare to target the empress and know your identity by him, he will send someone directly to Qianchuan, kill your adopted father's family, and then hang your adopted father's heads on the flag to fight you?"
When Mo Zizai stayed in the capital as a proton, Mo Yuanji had met this kid several times. Although this kid was not very good at that time, he had a sense of ruthlessness in his bones. If he was not sure enough to kill this kid, Mo Yuanji would not anger him no matter what he said.
Otherwise, Mo Yuanji would be sure that if this kid takes revenge, he will definitely use any means.
Therefore, winning him upright, cutting off his wings completely, making him unable to go crazy, this is the right way.
Otherwise, this kid wouldn't be able to stand it if he went crazy.
When Jia Yu heard this, his face turned pale. After he was silent for a moment, although he didn't say anything, he never dared to mention anything against the empress again.
"The court has a large army of 70,000, and judging from the fact that they can easily defeat the southern families, their combat power will not be much weaker. If they really fight head-on, even if the border troops can win, they will suffer heavy losses."
Jia Yu changed the subject and asked, "So, what is the prince going to deal with it."
"I can't make up my mind either."
Seeing that Jia Yu was cowardly, Mo Yuanji did not mock him, but shook his head and said, "If there is really no way, I plan to give up Leyao City and retreat to Dingzhou."
"I don't believe it, so she really doesn't want the capital. After guarding for a while, Xiao Yan's troops will exert force, and she will naturally retreat at that time."
"This kind of response is naturally the best strategy, but the prince has thought about it. Now that we have attracted all the troops from the court, Xiao Yan's army can easily drive in."
Jia Yu looked at Mo Yuanji and said, "If Xiao Yanbing seizes the capital, is the prince confident that he will take back the capital from Xiao Yanbing?"
"It's not that easy to take it back when it comes to Xiao Yanbing."
Mo Yuanji felt helpless, "But this empress didn't know what she was going crazy. She insisted on targeting me first. If she didn't miss this opportunity, what could I do?"
Speaking of this, Mo Yuanji looked up at Jia Yu and asked, "Now you and I are on the same front line. If you have any ideas, don't hide them, just say it."
"Wohuling!"
Jia Yu circled a location on the map and said, "This mountain is steep and the valley is narrow. If the imperial army can be led here, the imperial court will be defeated!"
“Impossible.”
Mo Yuanji has studied this terrain map for many times, so after hearing Jia Yu talk about Wohuling, he shook his head without hesitation, "The terrain of Wohuling is indeed very suitable for ambushing troops, but it is precisely because it is too suitable that it cannot be used."
"Wei Huang followed Mo Congyi to fight in the east and west. If he could not even see this ambush, Mo Congyi would not have promoted him to the position of leader of the Yulin Army."
"No ambush is needed, fire attack is."
Jia Yu drew a line on the map, spreading for more than ten miles. Finally, his finger stopped at Wohuling, "As long as you prepare the fire-driven objects in advance and pile them on the cliff, Wei Huang's scout would definitely not be able to detect the problem."
"At that time, use the border soldiers as bait to lure the enemy into the deep. Even if he realizes something is wrong, he will not want to withdraw his troops easily."
After hearing Jia Yu say this, Mo Yuanji couldn't help but look at him deeply. Since Situ Yao died in Mo Zizai's hands, his plan has become more and more poisonous.
To lure the enemy into depth, it is simple to say. How to lure the enemy? You have to use the border troops to lure the enemy.
Not to mention how much the border troops will lose if they lure the enemy so much. Just talking about so many border troops, after lureing the enemy deeper, it is impossible to get rid of the imperial army in Wohuling.
Therefore, his fire was to burn not only the imperial army, but also the soldiers of the border army.
However, although this strategy is poisonous, it is not without merit in Mo Yuanji's opinion. If this plan is successful, the losses of the border troops will definitely be far less than the losses of frontal combat.
"Does Wohuling burn?"
Mo Yuanji pondered for a long time, but finally decided to go to Jia Yu's plan. However, this matter was not appropriate, and the news leaked. In addition to sending 5,000 soldiers to prepare for the fire-burning objects in Wohuling, he also sent his own personal soldiers to supervise them to strictly prevent the soldiers from leaking the news.
At the same time, he gave up attacking the next city and personally led his army to set up defenses in front of Wohuling, posing as an attempt to fight to the death with the imperial army outside Wohuling.
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"Advance outside Wohuling?"
Wei Huang was calm and although his troops could completely crush Mo Yuanji, he did not have any complacency. Instead, he pondered on the map for a long time. Although it was reasonable that Mo Yuanji had no problem with the soldiers here, this was not far from Wohuling, which always made Wei Huang feel something was wrong.
Qi Xiu looked at Wei Huang staring at Wohuling with his expression wandering. He probably guessed what he was thinking, so he took the initiative to speak: "Supervisor Wei, why don't you take some people around and investigate in Wohuling first?"
“No need.”
Wei Huang looked at the map and pondered for a long time, and finally said, "No matter whether he set up an ambush in Wohuling or not, we don't care about him."
"If you want to rely on the local area, I will give you no chance to return to Wohuling."
After saying that, Wei Huang ordered: "Qi Xiu, you personally lead 10,000 soldiers of the Emperor's Army to separate from the army."
"When the war breaks out, don't worry about anything, and lead a 10,000 army straight into the rear of the Northern Army."
Wei Huang put down the map in his hand, looked up at Qi Xiu, and said seriously: "I only have one requirement for you, that is, to seal the entrance to Wohuling, so that they can't go back alone."
"Here!"
Qi Xiu responded and directly issued a military order, "If Mo Yuanji is released, I will come to see you."
"Don't be careless."
Wei Huang opened his mouth and reminded him, "If there are ambushes in Wohuling, you may face a situation where you are attacked from both sides, so be sure to act carefully."
"I will understand it."
Qi Xiu nodded, he knew about this matter, but Wei Huang allocated 10,000 troops. With the strength of the Yuzhi Army, he was not afraid even if he attacked on both sides. "There will definitely be no mistakes in this matter."
"good."
Wei Huang looked at Qi Xiu's confident expression and said nothing more. With the strength of the Yuzhi Army, he could defeat 80,000 North Army head-on with 20,000, so he could draw out 10,000 North Army without caring about the retreat of the Northern Army. He had an absolute advantage in the military strength and was so willful.
As for the remaining troops, except for the ten thousand Yulin troops guarding the Empress, who remained unmoved, he would directly press forward.
When you have superior strength, any strategy you use is redundant, just crush it directly.
After deciding the military strategy, Wei Huang asked the empress to ask the army to speed up the march. Now the northern border is left in the Great Zhou. After the Bei'an King is destroyed, the Great Zhou will usher in real peace. Therefore, Wei Huang is unwilling to wait. In just two days, the army has arrived at the periphery of Wohuling and faces the northern border army.
"If you pass the order, the army will not need to rest and arrange a formation and prepare to face the enemy."
Normally, after two days of long journey, the army must set up camp and let the soldiers rest. In addition, large-scale wars cannot end in one or two days, so no matter from which perspective, setting up camp is necessary.
But Wei Huang did not do this, because the soldiers of the Yuzhi Army all had the cultivation level above the Marrow Cleansing Realm. For them, the two-day march would be a little tired at most, and it might not be considered a burden, so it would not affect their direct combat at all.
And there is another point. Wei Huang was worried that after the army was resting, Mo Yuanji would notice the strength of the Yuzhi Army. It would be bad if he scared him away at that time.
"What does Wei Huang mean?"
Looking at the Yuzhi Army who was directly arrayed, Mo Yuanji was stunned at first, and then he couldn't help but suddenly arose from the bottom of his heart. The army was not resting, and he directly arrayed to prepare for battle. This not only looked down on him, but also an insult to the border army!
Not only him, but the other generals of the border army were also furious. They had originally followed Mo Yuanji to attack the court, which made them feel a little guilty and uneasy. However, after seeing Wei Huang despising their border army so much, they immediately threw those emotions aside and asked for battle: "Prince, the last general is willing to be the vanguard and fight against the Yuzhi Army."
"Prince, the last general asks for a fight. I want him to know that our God... our border army is not something he can insult!"
"good!"
Seeing that the morale of the army was available, Mo Yuanji no longer hesitated and directly pointed at the general and said, "Xiaoqing, you are the vanguard in this battle, so you must show the momentum of my border army!"
Although Mo Yuanji planned to defraud the defeat and lead the Yuzhi army into Wolongling, defraud also requires strategy. It is not to say that you will be defeated directly when you come up. In this way, as long as Wei Huang is not stupid, you can detect something wrong. So Mo Yuanji directly sent out the strongest army under his command at this time.
Chapter completed!