Zhang Xuan deployed 200,000 troops on the front line of Bingzhou, including 100,000 troops in Mayi County and Yanmen County, 100,000 troops in Taiyuan County, and 80,000 heavy troops in Taiyuan City. Once the Turkic army goes south, the 180,000 coalition forces in the Sui and Tang Dynasties will carry out strategic encirclement and suppression of this Turkic army.

At present, the Sui army on the southern front was personally commanded by King Zhang Xuan of Qi, while the Taiyuan City was headed by Li Jiancheng, who fully commanded 80,000 Tang troops to fight against the Turkic army. When the Turkic army broke through Loufan Pass and headed south, how to cooperate with the two armies to fight together is their urgent problem.

Although they may not be able to give up their past grudges, the situation forces them to cooperate, especially on the pressure on Li Jiancheng. He not only wants to defend Taiyuan City, but also has to be responsible for the security of the entire Bingzhou. The Turks use war to support the war. If the army directly swept the south, what should we do if the millions of people in southern Bingzhou do?

As he had no choice but to put down his posture and actively expressed his intention to cooperate with Zhang Xuan. Just as the Turkic army headed south from Loufan Pass, the situation in Taiyuan County suddenly became tense.

That afternoon, a special envoy of the Tang cavalry guarding Li Jiancheng, a military advisor and marching Sima Weizheng arrived in Shiai County.

"Sima, there should be the Sui army camp." The leader of the cavalry captain pointed to a large camp that could be seen ten miles away and whispered.

Wei Zheng nodded, "I think the Sui army's scout patrol is nearby!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a whistlebrating whistled over their heads, making a sharp roar. More than a hundred cavalry rushed out of each wooded on both sides, raised crossbows and pointed at them. A general shouted loudly, "Who are you?"

The head captain quickly replied loudly: "We come from Taiyuan. This is the marching Wei Sima. He came to see His Highness the King of Qi under the order of His Highness the Crown Prince!"

In fact, the Sui army scouts had discovered them a hundred miles away, but they were not large in number, so the Sui army scouts did not disturb them, but sent people back to deliver the letter. The two hundred intercepted them and waited for their arrival here.

General Lang nodded. It was indeed the envoy of Prince Li Jiancheng. He urged him to come forward and said, "Please come with me, my general is waiting for you in the camp."

Wei Zheng was puzzled and asked with a smile: "Does Your Highness, King of Qi know I'm coming?"

General Lang said lightly: "This place is only ten miles away from the camp. If you had only discovered you now, the scout general should have committed suicide and apologized. Our scout had discovered you in Shouyang County, but it was not alarmed."

Wei Zheng suddenly realized and thought to himself, 'It seems that Zhang Xuan also hopes that he will come. The two sides will reach a cooperation intention, which is a good sign!'

Thinking of this, he felt relieved and clasped his fists and said, "Then please ask this general to lead us to meet His Highness, King Qi."

"Please please!"

The scout Lang waved his hand and took Wei Zheng and others toward the direction of the camp.

In the central tent of the Sui army camp, Zhang Xuan stood in front of a huge sand table with his hands behind his back. This was the Bingzhou sand table that was only made a month ago. It clearly showed the mountains, fields, rivers, cities, roads, passes, bridges, etc. of Bingzhou.

Fang Xuanling, Jia Runfu, Pei Xingyan and Wei Wentong stood around the sand table, and they were also watching that a red flag had just been planted on the sand table.

There is a red flag on the east bank of the Fen River about thirty miles north of Jiaocheng County, Taiyuan County. It is where the Turkic Army camp is stationed, and it is also the junction of Loufan County and Taiyuan County.

"Everyone has also seen that the Turkic army has never been willing to go south."

Zhang Xuan spoke very slowly, and every word was said particularly clearly, "Their troops stationed in Taiyuan City and Loufan Pass are in a position where they can attack and retreat and defend. This shows that Chu Luo Khan's caution is not as blindly moving south as we thought at first. Judging from his insistence on attacking Shanyang County, his leadership of the army south is more of a forced act. Of course, this is just my guess, let's talk about it!"

Zhang Xuan's eyes fell on Fang Xuanling. As a military advisor, Zhang Xuan hoped that Fang Xuanling could express his opinions.

Fang Xuanling smiled and said, "From the perspective of the Turkic troops garrisoning north of Jiaocheng, Chuluo Khan is indeed very cautious. Of course, we can also understand that the huge Loufan County is empty, which means that we are already waiting. As the commander of the Turkic army and the king of a country, Chuluo Khan's hesitation is completely normal. Maybe he plans to evacuate at any time, or maybe he will continue to move south after confirming the enemy situation, but none of these matters is that we must block the retreat of his retreat as quickly as possible, that is, to seize Loufan Pass. Weichen believes that this is the top priority."

Wei Wentong also said: "The military advisor is right. It is crucial to cut off the Turkic retreat. When the low-ranking position retreated, we can completely seize the Loufan Pass."

Zhang Xuan walked a few steps behind his hands. It was not that he didn't know the importance of attacking Loufan Pass, but Chuluo Khan obviously knew the importance of Loufan Pass, so he gathered 50,000 heavy troops in Loufan Pass to ensure the absolute safety of the retreat to the fortress. The biggest trouble for the Sui army now is that the Turks stationed too many troops in Loufan Pass, making it difficult for them to attack. How to transfer the main Turkic forces in Loufan Pass has become a problem they have to consider.

Zhang Xuan pondered for a long time and asked again: "Is there any news that the Turkic army of Loufan Pass went north?"

Zhang Xuan received an eagle letter from Yanmen County early this morning. Li Jing wiped out 10,000 Turkic troops in Zihe. I believe that the Turkic generals of Loufan Pass will know soon. This signal is to tell the Turkic army that the Sui army will attack the Turkic king's court in the north and force the Turkic army to divide their troops back to the Wangting. Once the Turkic reinforcements go north, it will give the Sui army the opportunity to attack Loufan Pass.

Fang Xuanling shook his head, "There is no movement in the Turkic army at Loufanguan, but I'm afraid that it would not be possible for Kang Shuoli to decide to let them go north to rescue Wang Ting. Chu Luo Khan must agree. But in this case, I am worried that Chu Luo Khan may also withdraw his troops."

This is indeed a loophole in their strategy. If Chu Luo already had the idea of ​​withdrawing his troops, then Wang Ting's attack would be an excuse for him to withdraw his troops.

Zhang Xuan couldn't help but feel upset. When he planned Li Jing's strategy to go north, he believed that the Turks had a great determination to go south. Once the main force of the Turks moved south from Loufan Pass, they would definitely march south quickly. However, he did not expect that Luo Khan would have been stationed in the north of Jiaocheng and refused to go south for a long time. This led to Li Jing's strategy to go north that would be counterproductive, which instead led to Luo Khan leading his army to retreat north.

Fang Xuanling had no choice but to ponder. Just as Wei Wentong was about to speak, a report from a soldier came from outside the tent, "Report to the Grand Commander, Wei Zheng, the Taiyuan envoy, has arrived."

Zhang Xuan hurriedly ordered: "Please sit in the guest account for a while."

At this time, Fang Xuanling smiled and said, "It's better to let Weichen talk to him first."

Zhang Xuan shook his head, "When the enemy is in front of us, we should show sincerity. It is our common wish to deal with the Turks. Don't test each other anymore."

"Your Highness is right, he has neglected his duties."

Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "The military advisor might as well go to meet Wei Zheng with me."

Wei Wentong hesitated for a moment and finally swallowed up the words to his mouth. Now is not the time to speak.

Wei Zheng was taken into the guest account for a while, and a soldier outside shouted, "The commander is here!"

Wei Zheng quickly got up, and saw that the curtain was lifted, Zhang Xuan and Fang Xuanling walked in one after another. Wei Zheng quickly stepped forward and bowed and said, "See Your Highness, King Qi!"

"Sir, please sit down!"

The three of them took the seats together. Zhang Xuan died and saw this famous counselor in history for the first time. Seeing that he was very dark and thin, his appearance was not good, his eyes were very bright and shiny, and his wise light was shining.

Zhang Xuan smiled and asked, "Is the prince Jiancheng good health?"

"Thank you for your concern. Your Highness is in good health, but he is fully deploying defense and is very busy. I feel that he is too tired."

"He is under great pressure at the moment of the enemy. I can fully understand that the defense problem of Taiyuan City is not big. The key is that in the southern part of Bingzhou, once the Turkic army bypasses Taiyuan and kills the counties in southern Bingzhou, it will be a disaster for life."

"Your Highness is right. Your Highness is also anxious about this matter. I came to see Your Highness this time to discuss with your Highness on behalf of the Prince and Your Highness how to deal with the Turkic army together. If we lack cooperation between our two sides, we may be defeated by the Turkic army."

Zhang Xuan nodded, "Captain Jiancheng is right, and I feel the same way. Our two families have an army of 180,000, almost twice that of the Turkic army. As long as we cooperate properly, we can indeed wipe out the Turkic army in Bingzhou."

Wei Zheng's eyelids jumped suddenly, and he asked quickly: "Does Your Highness mean that he wants to wipe out the Turkic army in Bingzhou?"

Zhang Xuan nodded, "That's what I mean!"

Wei Zheng pondered for a moment and said nothing. Chang'an's idea was to drive the Turkic army out of Bingzhou, but he had no intention of a decisive battle with the Turkic army. However, Zhang Xuan wanted to wipe out the Turkic army in Bingzhou, and the fundamental intentions of the two sides were different.
Chapter completed!