Pei Ji, the commander of the Qinglan Army, led more than 20 cavalrymen and rushed to the North Route Army's garrison as quickly as possible.

Xiong Er led him to Qin Guan's camp.

Pei Ji is in his forties this year. He has long heard about the number one scholar of Zhao Dynasty, and how impressive it is that the emperor personally conferred the title of Ci Immortal. Now the two great victories of Zhao Dynasty against Liao Kingdom were all attributed to him.

When he saw Qin Guan, his first impression was that Mr. Qin was so young.

But he did not dare to be negligent at all, and quickly saluted and said: "The last general, Pei Ji, has met the commander-in-chief."

"General Pei, I'm waiting for you. Please tell me about the current situation of the Xixia Army on the border." Qin Guan said directly without being too polite.

Pei Ji walked to the table, looked at the map on it and said to Qin Guan: "Commander Qin, Xixia has assembled 40,000 troops, commanded by General Zhang Wenxian, and is now stationed near Liangjin on the side of Hengshan on the border of Xixia.

Watching with eager eyes."

With that said, he pointed out to Qin Guan where Liangjin was on the map.

Qin Guan looked at the map carefully and asked, "How do you think we should respond?"

Pei Jidao: "Commander Qin, we have eight strongholds on the border of Hengshan, such as Wubao, Yinxing, Jintang, Baibao, etc. Each stronghold has hundreds or even thousands of soldiers, and the strongholds are connected in a line. As long as the Xixia people make the slightest move, we will

You can find it.”

"Our Qinglan Army has 16,000 soldiers. Now that the commander-in-chief has brought his army here, as long as we block all the checkpoints, I believe the Xixia people will not dare to invade easily."

Pei Ji's idea was very simple, which was to defend and use the walled cities on the border to block all marching routes of the Xixia army.

After listening to Pei Ji's words, Qin Guan shook his head.

"The border between Zhao and Xixia is hundreds of miles long, and it is impossible to completely defend it. Xixia has cavalry and can move very fast. If they run to Yongle, the Baode army will not be able to defend them, and they will move to Huizhou, and the Zhenrong army will also

I can’t guard against it.”

"Although I can lead troops to support, this will make us completely passive. The Xixia Army will take the initiative, and we can only run exhausted. This is definitely not a good method."

After defeating Anashi's 20,000 cavalry, Qin Guan captured a large number of horses. Now the Northern Route Army has 20,000 cavalry, and the remaining 20,000 are infantry.

"Then what are you going to do?" Pei Ji asked.

Qin Guandao: "It is too passive to wait for the enemy to make a decision. I am going to directly destroy Zhang Wenxian's 40,000 troops so that Xixia will not dare to invade again."

Pei Ji was shocked, "Commander, don't you want to take the initiative to attack Xixia?"

"Is there a problem."

Pei Ji said anxiously: "Commander, we are already unable to resist the Liao invasion. Now Xixia is just a border troop. If we take the initiative, we will definitely provoke a war between the two countries. If we cannot defeat Xixia in one battle,

If we continue, the consequences will be very serious.”

"Xi Xia just has an excuse to invade our country. Our country's already very heavy situation will become even more precarious. At that time, the ministers of the imperial court will inevitably attribute all the responsibilities to the commander-in-chief. By that time, the commander-in-chief is likely to be punished

Questioning."

Qin Guan knew that Pei Ji was thinking about him.

Nowadays, the status of warriors in the Great Zhao Kingdom is low. If they make the slightest mistake, they will be suppressed by civilian officials, so they have become a little timid.

Qin Guandao: "It is precisely because the domestic war situation is unfavorable that I want to deal with Xixia as soon as possible. Only by frightening Xixia, the wolf cub, will he not dare to move around behind, and we can deal with the Liao Kingdom wholeheartedly."

"But the handsome man..."

Qin Guan waved his hand to interrupt Pei Ji and said, "I know you are thinking about me, but some things have to be done. I am going to find a place to fight Zhang Wenxian's army."

"You will be responsible for guarding Qinglan's front line."

"Organize a group of soldiers who are familiar with the terrain here. They can be transferred from the walled city. As for the walled city, we will not defend it if we don't defend it."

Seeing that Qin Guan had made up his mind, Pei Ji didn't want to persuade him, so he promised to organize 2,000 troops and bring villagers over after returning. These people were familiar with the terrain of this generation and should be helpful to Qin Guan.

In the next few days, Qin Guan studied the map carefully, and asked Zhaihu Primary School, who was most familiar with the terrain, to inquire about the situation, and finally figured out the situation here.

Qin Guan has already made a decision in his mind.

The most unavoidable focus of the war between Zhao and Xia was the dispute over Hengshan.

Hengshan stretches for more than a thousand miles and has dangerous terrain. It is the forefront base for Xixia's attack on Zhao. The two countries use Hengshan as the dividing line. Generally speaking, everything north of Hengshan belongs to Xixia, while the south belongs to Zhao.

The strategies of the two countries were similar. They both built strongholds and defended them in passable areas. Qin Guan put down the red pen in his hand, turned around and left the camp. The map spread out on the table showed a Xixia city called "Zhejiang Village".

The village is marked with a red circle.

It was a deep night without a trace of moonlight. A strange army of 3,000 men suddenly appeared in Zhejiang Village. Immediately afterwards, a fierce fight broke out, but it soon ended and the night returned to calm.

In normal times, it would never have been possible to capture Zhejiang Village so easily, but now that the Zhao State cannot protect itself, how can it still have the strength to attack Xixia? The defense and vigilance of these villages have become much slacker, and this strange soldier sent by Qin Guan can do anything in one fell swoop.

Take it.

After the battle, a group of cavalry would come quickly to report the news. At this time, the Northern Route Army was already ready to go and was just waiting for news of victory. After learning that Zhejiang Village was successfully captured and the enemy did not sound an alarm, they immediately ordered the army to set off.

During the day of the next day, Qin Guan led 40,000 people and had already appeared on the land of Xixia. Qin Guan did not take the initiative to fight with Liangjin and Zhang Wenxian. Instead, he led his troops to the southwest and headed towards Xingqingfu, the capital of Xixia.

Now, Qin Guan no longer hides his whereabouts. Besides, the whereabouts of the 40,000-strong army are not easy to hide.

"Wow."

Zhang Wenxian was having dinner with several of his generals. After hearing the news, he stood up suddenly and knocked over the dining table in front of him. Plates, bowls and chopsticks were scattered on the floor.

Zhang Wenxian's eyes widened angrily at this moment, and he shouted at the captain: "What are you talking about? The Zhao army attacked Jiang Village at night, entered Daxia through Hengshan, and headed for the capital."

"It's the commander-in-chief. We found traces of the Zhao army this morning."

"With tens of thousands of troops, who is the commander-in-chief of Zhao?" Zhang Wenxian asked.

"The Zhao army has about 40,000 to 50,000 men, and the commander's flag is the word "Qin". I don't know who his subordinates are." The captain returned.

When Zhang Wenxian heard the word Qin, he suddenly thought of a person.

Qin Guan.

Zhang Wenxian was a martial artist and had never heard of Qin Guan before, but since he learned that Qin Guan had become the commander-in-chief of the Northern Route Army and was responsible for the frontline defense of Xixia, he naturally got to know him better.

The Liao Kingdom invaded the Zhao Kingdom, and the Zhao Kingdom retreated steadily. The only two victories were fought by the Zhao Kingdom's champion. Now Qin Guan has been rumored to be a god, saying that he is as brave as an overlord in martial arts, Zhuge Zhi in literature, and descended from the stars.
Chapter completed!