Chapter 197 Wolong Pass
Xiao Qiwei is also the designation Xiao Chen gave to Xiao Ye's subordinates, and the meaning is also simple and easy to understand, it means brave cavalry.
Although both of them had only fifty people under their command, Xiao Chen gave them a guard system.
"Boss, are they serious?" Tie Kunlun looked at Xiao Chen.
"Okay, Kunlun has just arrived, so don't pester him for now, let's talk about it later when he recovers from his injury, he can follow whoever he wants, and do whatever he wants." Xiao Chen forcibly lifted the two of them away. Go out, let Kunlun take a good rest first.
After resting for two days, Xiao Chen was about to officially set off. He set off to the palace to bid farewell to Li Wanjiang, but he saw that his face was haggard and his temples were graying. After three days of absence, he looked as if he had aged ten years.
He just repeated a few words to Xiao Chen, but personally sent him to the gate of the main hall for the first time, as a show of honor.
Xiao Chen went to the harem to say goodbye to Murong Danqiu and the others. Needless to say, he felt a little sad when he parted.
Xiao Chen had 1,100 cavalrymen under his command, but only 800 horses. It was impossible for him to let the 300 brothers walk, so when he was setting off, he led his brothers in when passing by the racecourse, and snatched five horses without saying a word. Hundreds of war horses.
What the hell, I originally asked for 5,000 war horses, but Lu Jing, your minister of war, wanted to return 2,000. Now that my army has expanded and I urgently need war horses, I have the right to borrow 500 horses, and I will return them to you later...
If Lu Shangshu has any opinions, let him go to northern Xinjiang to find me.
The officials at the racecourse knew his temper, so they dared not speak out, they could only watch him take away five hundred horses.
It was too late to report to Lu Jing, because he had already pulled out the birds.
All the way to the north, five days later, Zhuge Xiaosheng and others successfully joined forces at a place called Wolong Pass.
From Wolong Pass to Yanyun Pass, it only takes about a day.
Wolong Pass has a high and dangerous terrain, and it is also a very important pass, known as the second most important pass in the north.
If Yanyun Pass was lost, this would be the gateway of the Great Zhou, so Li Wanjiang stationed tens of thousands of elite soldiers here, and there were also several large granaries, thinking of Yanyun Pass as a strong backing.
The general guarding here is Xue Jinshan, one of the famous Black Dragon Four Heroes under Li Wanjiang's command, and he is leading the most valiant heavy armored cavalry Black Dragon Iron Guard of the 30,000 Zhou Dynasty!
Wei Yuntian was originally from the Black Dragon Guard, and just looking at his quality, he knew how powerful the Black Dragon Guard was.
Xue Jinshan is one of Li Wanjiang's most trusted generals, and also a pure soldier, so he expresses great admiration...and sympathy for Xiao Chen's feat of the Northern Expedition.
Knowing that Zhuge Xiaosheng wanted to rest and station here, he vacated a large ready-made camp without saying a word, and sent a lot of pork and mutton food to reward the three armies, which can be said to be very interesting.
As soon as Xiao Chen arrived, he didn't have time to rest, so he went to visit him personally and thanked him by the way.
Seeing Xiao Chen's dusty appearance, Xue Jinshan was very moved, and said he didn't dare.
Because in terms of rank, Xiao Chen is the first rank, but he is only the second rank, so to speak, he is Xiao Chen's subordinate.
But he is a general with 30,000 elite black dragon guards in his hand, while Xiao Chen is just a marshal of a motley army, the comparison of real power between the two can be said to be very different.
After exchanging greetings, talking about the Yanyun battle, the situation is already very tense. The Xianbo cavalry has almost swept across the entire territory of Yanyun, and now it has begun to approach the north of Yanyun Mountain, and there are signs of gathering.
Yanyunguan has entered a state of first-level combat readiness in case they launch a surprise attack.
"The Xianbo cavalry has only more than 20,000 people in total, and Yanyun Mountain is a mountainous terrain. It is difficult for their cavalry to spread out, so they probably won't launch an attack?" Xiao Chen was also surprised when he heard this.
Do they really dare to go south?
"Lord Xiao doesn't know something. They surrendered tens of thousands of our Great Zhou's army in Yanyun County, and captured tens of thousands of strong men. Now they claim to have a crowd of 100,000! I heard that they have started to build large-scale attack vehicles such as catapults. City equipment, and also sent many small groups of troops into the mountain to harass, the situation is not optimistic." Xue Jinshan said.
"Well, the clown jumped the beam, this is going crazy!" Xiao Chen began to think about the possibility of a decisive battle with them at Yanyun Pass?
It is estimated that it is impossible, Li Wanjiang's imperial order is to let him go out and recover Yanyun County, he cannot stay in Yanyun Pass.
Unless the Xianbo cavalry fights now.
"What is Master Xiao's plan?" Xue Jinshan asked.
"Is there any plan? It's nothing more than taking one step at a time." Xiao Chen sighed, Xue Jinshan stopped talking, and replaced it with deep sympathy.
Lin Yue recruited 3,000 strong recruits in Haining Bay, plus the original more than 1,000 people, plus the 1,000 fine cavalry brought by Xiao Chen this time, the total number of recruits is only 5,000 people.
The new recruits have not been trained, and their combat power is quite weak. The more than one thousand soldiers are veterans, but they are all infantry.
After all, it is still a mob.
And they went here to face the Xianbo cavalry directly on the plain terrain, and they didn't even have a city that could be defended!
It is said that there are nearly 100,000 generals in Yanyun County in total, but they were all defeated when there was a city guarding them... If Xiao Chen had only a few thousand people, the odds of winning would not be very great.
Nearly zero.
"Brother, there is something strange along the way, why don't you see a commoner who escaped from Yanyun County?" Xiao Chen said.
"Oh, Qin Gang, the guard of Yanyun Gate, closed the checkpoint. Anyone who comes from northern Xinjiang, no matter who they are, will be turned away, and no one is allowed to enter." Xue Jinshan said.
"Why?" Xiao Chen was surprised and angry.
"He was afraid that there might be some spies from other people among them. If the switch let them in, the Yanyun Pass would be difficult to defend." Xue Jinshan said.
"Damn it, let the common people in Yanyun County be killed by the Xianbo people?" Xiao Chen said angrily.
"It's a terrible thing for soldiers, this is war!" Xue Jinshan said, "If my brother and I were to change places with Qin Gang, I'm afraid that's the only way to do it." Xue Jinshan shook his head and sighed.
"General Xue doesn't have to cover up for him...is this what the emperor meant?" Xiao Chen said coldly.
"It's what the Empress Dowager meant." Xue Jinshan hesitated for a while before saying.
As we all know, Qin Gang is the empress dowager's nephew, and one of the generals who holds military power among his relatives.
In fact, Li Wanjiang didn't want him to guard Yanyun Pass at the beginning, but under the insistence of the Queen Mother, Li Wanjiang had to compromise.
Because no matter what, Qin Gang is also his cousin, and he can be regarded as a fierce general.
But Yanyun Pass is too important to Da Zhou, Li Wanjiang has always wanted to replace his confidant general.
He wanted to transfer Qin Gang several times, but was stopped by the Queen Mother.
He ordered Xue Jinshan to guard Wolong Pass to monitor Qin Gang. If Qin Gang made any changes, his supplies would be cut off immediately.
Dazhou's military strength is stretched everywhere, in fact, it is also because this kind of infighting consumes too much...