In the central army tent, Prime Minister Yuchi Dun was discussing matters with the generals and began to dispatch troops to resolve the crisis in Huainan. A few days ago, he was busy arranging officials from all over the country to meet the emperor, and he had no time to inquire about the specific military affairs, so he should seize the time today and make the following strategy as soon as possible.

According to the current information, the Chen army is attacking Xuyi and Shanyang, while Yuchi Youqi, who retreated to Zhongli, is gathering up the defeated troops, strengthening the city defense, and waiting for an opportunity to counterattack.

The actual casualties of the official army have not been clarified in the defeat of Guangling. Although the casualties on the surface are very heavy, in fact, many soldiers are missing. They may not be killed, captured, surrendered, or they may be panicked when retreating and they will not know where to go, and will appear after a while.

These separated soldiers just lost their baggage and their combat effectiveness is still there. Once they are brought back, they can immediately be put into battle. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the actual casualties as soon as possible and take corresponding countermeasures.

But this is a headache for Yuchi Youqi, and what Yuchi Dun has to consider is the overall situation.

The Chen army headed north, which means that the Chen State and Yuwen clan united, so the strategy set by Yuchi Dun was completely ineffective. Next, choose to stabilize the Huai River line, solve the problem of Xuanhu first, or reverse the order?

Yuchi Dun did not think that Chen State was a real threatening opponent. Even if the opponent succeeded in attacking Guangling, he believed that this was the other party's return. Chen Shubao, the emperor of Chen State, was a foolish monarch. No matter how hard the Chen army generals could fight, they would sooner or later be harmed by their own monarch and be restrained.

Although Chen's army succeeded in a sneak attack on Guangling, it seemed that it would take the opportunity to take Huainan all, but it would not be so easy to capture important Huainan towns such as Shanyang, Xuyi and Zhongli in a short period of time.

Yuchi Dun thought it would be better for him to deal with Xuanhu first, but Yuwen Wen guarded Xuanhu and lost his temper. He could not allow a large number of soldiers to gather Xuanhu to waste time, but he sat down and watched the wars rising in Huainan.

The situation is constantly changing, so different responses must be taken in time based on occupation. Yuchi Dun decided to mobilize cavalry to move the idle cavalry.

Xuanhu was surrounded by him like an iron barrel, and the cavalry siege was useless. Now, new enemies appeared, and the cavalry was just in attack, filing the opponent's sharpness.

Reinforcements arrived not long ago in the Yuwen family, with about five or six thousand troops, mainly infantry. The besieged Yangzhou army confronted him for several days and retreated under the order of Yuchi Dun.

The main force of the Yangzhou army returned to Shouchun to assist Yuchi Youqi in stabilizing the situation in Huainan, while the enemy troops in Guangcheng were solved by the cavalry sent by Yuchi Dun.

The enemy troops who reinforced the city of Light should be the Hulin Army of King Yuwen Wen of Xiyang. This is Yuwen Wen's private army. It seems that reinforced the city of Light is the first step to prepare for the removal of the siege of Xuanhu.

Yuchi Dun probably knew the background of the Hulin Army that this army was mainly infantry and its combat was mainly infantry. It relied on an astonishing spear to form a formation, and it was exhausted from the opponent on the battlefield, which made the opponent exhausted and then attacked.

This tactic was obviously created because of Yuwen Wen's lack of horses. In the Han and Mian area of ​​Shannan, the terrain with water nets is quite useful. It is okay to bully Chen Jun, who has poor combat effectiveness and insufficient cavalry.

When we came to the plain, facing the superior opponent of cavalry, the army dominated by infantry battles could not catch up after winning the battle, so we could only watch the opponent gather the defeated soldiers and retreat calmly; if we were defeated, we could not run with four legs, and we could not run with the last one.

So what was the idea of ​​this army running to Guangcheng?

Defending the city is a waste, because ordinary young and strong soldiers can also defend the city. The result of Yuchi Dun's discussion with the generals was that the emergence of the Hulin Army was a precursor to the main force of the Shannan Army's attack.

After several months of rest, the Shannan army took advantage of the favorable opportunity to win the battle in Tongguan to take the initiative to attack Henan and relieve Xuanhu of the siege.

According to the scouts, the Hulin Army, which is mainly composed of infantry formations, should have a force of three or four thousand. In addition, other cooperative troops have a total of about five or six thousand. They may have to attack out with Guangcheng as a stronghold to attract official and cavalry to fight, creating conditions for the main force of the Shannan army to attack.

The combat characteristics of the Hulin Army are probably more suitable for forming a formation against cavalry on the plains. The dry food it carries can last for about ten days and half a month. When the imperial army besieged Xuanhu sent cavalry to the southeast to attack this army, the main force of the Shannan army happened to go north to Tongbai Mountain and enter the Shenzhou Prefecture's capital to Pingyang.

Pingyang and Guangcheng, one in the west and the other in the east, Yuchi Dun judged that this was the Yuwen family's tactic of fighting the east and attacking the west, using the Hulin Army's "sing east" to cooperate with the main force to "attack the west".

Pingyang in Shenzhou is under the control of Yuwen family, but if its main force crosses Tongbai Mountain from Anzhou to Pingyang, it needs to walk on a narrow mountain road. Once the official army finds such signs and sends cavalry troops outside Pingyang City, the main force who crosses the mountain is likely to be blocked in the mountains and cannot enter the flat ground to set up a formation.

Therefore, the enemy's tactics were to use the Hulin Army to attract the attention of the official cavalry and buy time for its main force to successfully enter Pingyang, Shenzhou. Yuchi Dun felt that if he was Yu Wenming, he would have arranged this way.

From Anlu to Pingyang, across the Tongbai Mountain Range, although the mountain road is narrow and curved and not easy to walk, just from the distance, it is the closest road for the Shannan army to Xuanhu. Yu Wenming wanted to rescue the siege of Xuanhu in a short period of time, and attack from Pingyang was the fastest.

Judging from the behavior of Chen State's sneak attack on Guangling, Yuchi Dun judged that the two forces had been colluded and tried to make a fight with the East and West attack on the two Huai and Henan at the same time.

The main force of the Yuwen clan sect broke the siege of Xuanhu, using this as a base to guide Henan, and the Chen State sneaked into Guangling and used this as a base to guide Lianghuai. This idea is very good, and it is very popular to share the spoils.

However, it is ridiculous that the two dogs want to separate the flesh in front of the tiger!

Yuchi Dun thought so, Yuwen and Chen Guo were ready to move and made considerable progress. After experiencing the initial anger, he breathed a sigh of relief.

The government army besieged Xuanhu for several months, which made people feel very frustrated, like a fierce tiger, unable to get to a hedgehog. Just as they were spinning around, two dogs suddenly ran out...

Chen's army was in Jiangnan, and Yuchi Dun could do nothing for a while. Yuwen's army was in Shannan, and Yuchi Dun could do nothing for a while. Now both sides took the initiative to attack to die, and he really wanted it.

Yuchi Dun personally led his army south this time and accompanied him a large number of cavalry. For several months, most of these cavalry have been stationed in various prefectures and counties to reduce the pressure on food and grass supply. The cavalry involved in the besieging of the city are just part of it.

He had ordered the cavalry of all prefectures and counties to assemble. In just a few days, he could gather more than 10,000 cavalry. Each cavalry was equipped with a horse and galloped freely in Henan and the two Huaihe areas. Any army trying to fight with him in the wild will have the only end of defeat.

Even the Hulin Army of King Yuwen Wen of Xiyang is no exception.

Yuchi Dun was discussing the next deployment with the generals. A messenger came to report the emergency military information one after another. The first military information came from Shenzhou: outside Pingyang City, Shenzhou, and the enemy began to drive away the official army's cavalry.

The second military situation comes from Guangzhou: Guangcheng's enemy army had the intention of going north in large numbers, and seemed to attack Xizhou and prefectures and govern Song Ping.
Chapter completed!