Hearing that there were only 12,000 people left in the fourth guard in Xiangzhou, Fan Kuai sighed and said, "About 17,000 people from the second guard in Xiangzhou have retreated into Zunyang City. Nearly 4,000 people have been lost in the three-day battle to defend the city. Now there are only more than 13,000 people left. Yuan Rang and Miaocai, how many troops do you have under your command?"

Xiahou Dun then said in a deep voice: "The thirty-five patrols under my command have been divided into some cities that guards had captured before. When I was attacked, I only had twenty-five patrols under my command. When I retreated into Zunyang City, there were only more than 20,000 people left in the twenty-five patrols, and now there are about 16,000 people left."

Xiahou Yuan continued, "When I was attacked, I had twenty-two battalions under my command. When I retreated into Zunyang City, there were about 16,000 people left in the twenty-two battalions, but the three battalions that remained in Zunyang City were also under my command. Now, all of them are all added up, there are about 19,000 people left on my side."

Xu Chu said in a deep voice: "Now the total number of soldiers and horses in our four people is only about 60,000. Outside the city, there may be two, three million soldiers and horses in the Jinluo Kingdom, Liang Kingdom, and the twelve tribes grassland alliance. We can only stand firm and wait for assistance now. I believe the lord will definitely find a way to rescue us."

In addition to Fan Kuai, Xu Chu, Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Dun, there were also the deputy commander of the second guard of Xiangzhou, Bian Xiang and Du Jie, and the deputy commander of the fourth guard of Xiangzhou, Xu Tiantao.

Xu Chu's words made Bian Xiang, Du Jie and Xu Tiantao nodded. They believed that the lord Li Bin would definitely come to rescue the two outer guards and the dozens of palace and barracks besieged in Zunyang City.

Xiahou Yuan pondered for a moment and said, "After capturing Zunyang City, we captured more than 3,000 Jinluo Imperial Guards, more than 6,000 Jinluo Imperial Guards and nearly 20,000 temporarily recruited young and strong men. Those temporarily recruited young and strong men have been released home, but the more than 3,000 Jinluo Imperial Guards and more than 6,000 Jinluo Imperial Guards and more than 6,000 Jinluo Imperial Guards are still imprisoned in Zunyang City. I think we can find a way to recruit these captured Jinluo officers and soldiers, which can increase our strength by more than 9,000."

Fan Kuai frowned and said, "There are also troops of Jinluo Kingdom among the enemies besieging Zunyang City. If the captured Jinluo officers and soldiers attacked the enemy when they attacked the city, we will be in great trouble."

Xiahou Dun immediately said, "I think it is possible to recruit those captured Jin Luo officers and soldiers. In order to expand the army, the Jin Luo Kingdom has garnered a lot of complaints from the people of Jin Luo Kingdom. Many Jin Luo Kingdom soldiers were forced to recruit into the army. It is precisely because of these reasons that the three armies of our Zhennan Army captured half of Yingzhou Prefecture in less than a month."

After pausing, Xiahou Dun continued, "As long as we promote it in place, not only the captured Jin Luo officers and soldiers, but also the people in Zunyang City, can also be used by our Zhennan Army."

As soon as Xiahou Dun finished speaking, a soldier from Fan Kuai suddenly broke into the room, "Master, the enemy from the south, west and north have begun to attack the city at the same time."

The seven generals in the room stood up one after another, and Fan Kuai said loudly: "We will repel the enemy's siege first, and we will study the others."

On the north outside Zunyang City, Xiahou Cheng, the Minister of War of the Jinluo Kingdom, looked at the Louyi army that was sieging the city, and couldn't help but frown at the Eastern Qiang Khan Asgai and said, "Asgai Khan, should we strengthen our efforts to attack Zunyang City?"

The Louyi army, which was attacking the north wall of Zunyang City, was not strong in siege, and even gave people a feeling of perfunctoryness.

The Khan of the Eastern Qiang tribe Asgai had not spoken yet, Zhang Zeng, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War of Liang, said: "Shangshu Xiahou, our Liang Kingdom and the grassland alliance of the twelve tribes. The troops that came to Yingzhou Prefecture this time were all cavalry. The previous three days of siege have proved that retreating into the tens of thousands of Zhennan Army in Zunyang City is not the last force. It is really unpaid to use cavalry to attack a strong city like Zunyang City."

This time, the three parties formed a coalition. The commander of the Jinluo Kingdom was Xiahou Cheng, the Minister of War, the commander of the Liang Kingdom was Zhang Zeng, the left assistant minister, and the commander of the twelve clan grassland alliance was personally led by Khan Asgai of the Eastern Qiang tribes.

In order to attack Yan State, the Khan of the Eastern Qiang tribe, Asgai gathered 800,000 Eastern Qiang cavalry.

The Northern Qiang and Chijie tribes each sent 300,000 cavalry, the Diqiang, Jinle and Heijie tribes each sent about 200,000 cavalry, the Southern Qiang, Wurong, Western Qiang, Gao Heng, Dangfan and Louyi tribes each sent 100,000 cavalry, and the entire 12 grassland alliance gathered a total of 2.6 million cavalry.

The number of troops sent by various tribes was negotiated and was directly related to the division of interests after the war.

In addition to the Eastern Qiang Khan Asgai, Khan Wuenqi of the Northern Qiang, Khan Sanacai of the Chijie tribe, Khan Yitge of the Diqiang Khan, Khan Humusa of the Jinle tribe, Khan Xirile of the Heijie tribe, Khan Zhuolige of the Southern Qiang Khan Geritu, Khan of the Urong tribe, and Khan Batushi of the Western Qiang Khan all personally led their troops to Yingzhou Prefecture of the Jinluo Kingdom.

Gao Heng, Dangfan and Louyi tribes Khan did not personally lead troops to join this grassland coalition, but they also sent a clan king of their clan to lead the troops.

This time, Liang State dispatched 1.5 million cavalry, of which 500,000 were regular troops of Liang State, and the remaining one million cavalry were temporarily recruited from the people. However, because the males among the people of Liang State learned to ride horses and shoot archery since childhood, the combat effectiveness of these million cavalry temporarily recruited in Liang State is not bad.

In order to eliminate the northern army of Zhennan Army entering Yingzhou Prefecture, the Jinluo Kingdom also gathered about 500,000 troops to cooperate with the more than 4 million cavalry units of the Liang Kingdom and the Twelve Grassland Tribes Alliance.

Unfortunately, in the end, tens of thousands of Zhennan Army were allowed to break through the encirclement and retreated all the way into Zunyang City.

The 500,000 army of Jinluo State had lost almost 100,000 people in the previous siege and three-day siege. Xiahou Cheng, the Minister of War of the Jinluo State who is now in charge, has about 400,000 Jinluo Army left under his command, of which the imperial guards and the palace soldiers each account for half.

The Khan of the Eastern Qiang tribe Asgahi nodded and said, "Shangshu Xiahou, our 12 grassland alliance has only captured Zunyang City for three days, and has lost more than 30,000 people. The Khan felt that even if he had another 300,000 people, he might not be able to capture Zunyang City. Moreover, the Zhennan Army in Zunyang City does not seem to have the intention of breaking through. We should implement the plan to surround the points and attack aid!"

Originally, after defeating the northern army of Zhennan in Yingzhou Prefecture, Asgai, the Eastern Qiang Khan, was preparing to divide his troops to attack the other two Zhennan army in Yingzhou Prefecture. However, this proposal was opposed by Zhang Zeng, the left minister of Liang Kingdom and Xiahou Cheng, the Minister of War of the Jin Luo Kingdom.

Both Zhang Zeng and Xiahou Cheng believed that the northern army that had been able to successfully surround the Zhennan Army before was thanks to the army of the Liang Kingdom and the Twelve Grassland Alliance, and they also joined the war.

Now the news that the Liang Kingdom and the 12 Grassland Alliance joined the war has been known to the Zhennan Army. The Zhennan Army's southern and middle armies in Yingzhou Prefecture must have been prepared and will not give the three-way coalition forces a chance to surround them in the field.

If the three-way coalition forces send troops to continue to attack the other two Zhennan Army in Yingzhou Prefecture, the two Zhennan Army will definitely choose to enter the city to defend the city. In this way, the war in Yingzhou Prefecture may turn into a protracted war, which is something that neither Liang nor Jinluo Kingdom want to see.

According to the agreement at the time of the three parties' alliance, the logistics supply of more than 2 million cavalry of the Twelve Grassland Alliance must be half of the responsibility for the Liang Kingdom and Jin Luo Kingdom.

Both Liang and Jinluo Kingdom hope to burn the war to the territory of Zhennan Army as soon as possible, so that the three-way coalition forces can support the war with war, and Liang and Jinluo Kingdom will not have to bear such heavy logistical pressure.

In the end, the three parties decided to first eliminate the remnants of the Zhennan Army's northern army, and then strive to encircle the central or southern army that trapped the Zhennan Army in Yingzhou Prefecture, and then carry out encirclement and attack.

If the Zhennan Army is not deceived, the three-party coalition forces will leave a part of the army in Yingzhou Prefecture to deal with the other two large armies of the Zhennan Army. The main force of the three-party coalition forces will directly take the Zhennan Army's nest, Guizhou Prefecture.

However, what the three coalition forces did not expect was that the remaining tens of thousands of remaining soldiers of the Zhennan Army's northern army were so difficult to slap. The three coalition forces combined with millions of troops could not eat up the tens of thousands of remaining soldiers of the Zhennan Army in Zunyang City for a moment.

As a last resort, the three-way coalition forces had to adjust their plans and use the tens of thousands of remaining troops of the Zhennan Army in Zunyang City as bait to implement the plan to encircle and attack aid in advance.

Xiahou Cheng, the Minister of War of the Jinluo Kingdom, nodded helplessly and said, "It seems that we can only implement the plan of encircling and attacking aid now. The Zhennan Army should not leave the tens of thousands of people in Zunyang City to the death."

Standing on the north wall of Zunyang City, Bian Xiang, deputy commander of the second guard in Xiangzhou, looked at the Lou Yi army that was sieging the city, and Fan Kuai, the commander of the second guard in Xiangzhou who was also supervising the city wall, said: "The strength of these barbarians' siege is obviously much weaker than the previous three days."

Fan Kuai said with a serious expression: "It seems that the enemy wants to surround the site and attack support."

When the Dayan court learned that more than one million cavalry from Liang Kingdom and more than two million cavalry from the Twelve Grassland Alliance appeared on the battlefield of Yingzhou Prefecture, Jinluo Kingdom, he suddenly became panicked.

You should know that although Qianyang City, the border fortress adjacent to Yingzhou Prefecture of the Jinluo Kingdom, enters Huaizhou Prefecture of the Great Yan Empire, although there are blocking it from Qianyang City, the border area adjacent to Yingzhou Prefecture and Huaizhou Prefecture has a relatively gentle terrain, and there are many places suitable for large troops to pass through.

Once more than one million cavalry from Liang Kingdom and more than two million cavalry from the Twelve Grassland Alliance attacked from Yingzhou Prefecture to Huaizhou Prefecture, it would definitely be a very big disaster for the Great Yan Empire.

In a hall in the imperial palace in Dayan Jingcheng, the emperor Zhao Zhe asked the civil and military ministers in a deep voice: "Now the exact news has been heard from the Yingzhou Prefecture of Jinluo Kingdom. The army of Zhennan Army in Yingzhou Prefecture has been defeated by more than one million cavalry of Liang Kingdom and more than two million cavalry of the Twelve Grassland Alliance that suddenly appeared. What do you think of this?"

As soon as the emperor Zhao Zhe finished speaking, the Secretary-General Zhang Jialuo took a step forward and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, in order to prevent the Liang Kingdom, Jinluo Kingdom and the Twelve Grassland Alliance troops from attacking the Huaizhou Prefecture of our Dayan after defeating the Zhennan Army, the imperial court must immediately send additional troops to the Huaizhou Prefecture. In addition, the Lingzhou Prefecture and Luzhou Prefecture, which are adjacent to the Jinluo Kingdom, should also increase the number of troops to prevent the Liang Kingdom, Jinluo Kingdom and the Twelve Grassland Alliance troops from attacking the Lingzhou Prefecture or Luzhou Prefecture."

The Left Chief of the Secretariat Shi Naijie followed and said, "Your Majesty, the Chief of the Secretariat is right. Now more than two million cavalry from the Twelve Clans of the Grassland Alliance have appeared in Yingzhou Prefecture of the Jinluo Kingdom. Then the court should transfer a large number of troops arranged in the four northern prefectures to Yingzhou Prefecture, Lingzhou Prefecture and Luzhou Prefecture as soon as possible."

Minister of War Xie Zhitong immediately stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, it has become a fact that the Jinluo Kingdom colluded with the Liang Kingdom and the twelve grassland tribes alliance. I suggest that the court should immediately mobilize troops and attack Jinluo again, forming a double-sided attack with the Zhennan Army."

As soon as Xie Zhitong, the Minister of War, said this, someone immediately came out to object.

Jiang Wenjun, the right chief of the Secretariat, said loudly: "Your Majesty, now that the treasury of Dayan is empty, we must never implement the six strategies to attack Jinluo. We should gather troops in Yingzhou Prefecture, Lingzhou Prefecture and Luzhou Prefecture to carry out defensive operations. In this way, the right time, place, and people are all on my side, which is the safe plan."

Xie Zhitong, Minister of War, snorted coldly and said to the right chief of the Secretariat Jiang Wenjun: "The Right Chief, the millions of cavalry of the Liang Kingdom and the Twelve Grassland Alliance have already put their swords on my Dayan's neck. Not only does it threaten the Yingzhou Prefecture, Lingzhou Prefecture and Luzhou Prefecture of our Dayan, but it also threatens the Guizhou Prefecture of our Dayan, and even the Xiangzhou Prefecture, Congzhou Prefecture, Fuzhou Prefecture, Junzhou Prefecture and Dongman Protectorate. At this time, the court should send a large army to fight to join forces with the Zhennan Army to smash the Jinluo Kingdom, and the conspiracy of the Twelve Grassland Alliance against our Dayan!"

Jiang Wenjun, the right chief of the Secretariat, immediately retorted: "It is precisely because the army of the Liang Kingdom and the Twelve Grassland Alliance are millions of cavalry that I, Dayan, should choose to carry out defensive operations in Yingzhou Prefecture, Lingzhou Prefecture and Luzhou Prefecture. Xie Shangshu, the cavalry is not good at attacking the city, let alone you ask the court to send a large army of attacks into the Jinluo Kingdom. Not to mention the final victory or defeat, where does the money come from?"

Xie Zhitong said angrily: "If the army is transferred to Yingzhou Prefecture, will the Lingzhou Prefecture and Luzhou Prefecture not need silver?"

Jiang Wenjun sneered and said, "At least, the amount of money needed to launch a battle within my Dayan territory is much less than sending a large army to the Jinluo Kingdom."

Emperor Zhao Zhe waved his hand and said, "Okay, don't argue anymore. At present, my Dayan really has no financial resources to send a large army to the Jinluo Kingdom. Now, in addition to the sixteen external guards, the Zhennan Army also has hundreds of battalions, not to mention the Congzhou Prefecture, Fuzhou Prefecture and the Junzhou Prefecture, and six external guards under the jurisdiction of the Zhennan Army. I believe that even if the Zhennan Army is in Yingzhou Prefecture of Jinluo Kingdom, it cannot stop the millions of cavalry of the Liang Kingdom and the Twelve Grassland Alliance, they will not easily throw away Guizhou Prefecture."
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