The Summoning of the Troubled Times at the End of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 162 The first battle to meet, plan to defeat the enemy

Nanyang County, the county seat
After nearly several days of rapid march, Gao Qi finally led his people to the northernmost county of Jingxiang.

Also during this period, the rebel Xiao Xian led an army of 12 in the Northern Expedition with his subordinate Gong Yuan as the main general and the relative general Xiao Yue as the assistant.

And Xiao Xian personally sat in Jiangling to deliver supplies and rations to the frontline troops.

Due to the relatively weak defensive forces of the Sui army in various parts of Jingxiang.

Therefore, the Liang army attacked the city and seized the land all the way, as if there was no one in the land.

However, within a short period of time, the two counties of Keyiling and Jingling were connected, and then Xiangyang, the important place of Xiangfan, was captured.

For a moment, Liang Jun's army was shocked up and down!
At this time, the anti-thief Xiao Mian, who had only been known as the public for a month, was full of confidence.

He actually announced it to the world, formally proclaimed himself king, swore to be the king of Liang, and made Jiangling the capital of Liang.

Slowly read the movements of the rebel Xiao Mian in the recent period presented by the Nanyang County Sheriff.

Immediately, Gao Qi put down the letter, and Chang Su said to the Nanyang County Sheriff with a sigh of relief: "You have lived here for a long time, can you explain the current situation of the puppet Liang?"

"And Liang Jun is going to introduce where to use troops at this stage."

Because Yang Guang's imperial decree mentioned that Gao Qi had the right to control the garrison forces of Jingxiang counties.

That's why the governor of Nanyang treats Gao Qi with such respect.

Moreover, Gao Qi's identity was the son-in-law of the Great Sui Dynasty, so the county guard did not dare to disobey Gao Qi's orders.

After pondering for a while, Nanyang County Guard said slowly: "General, the traitor Xiao Xian has occupied Jingnan area for more than ten years."

"It can be said that it has a high prestige in the local area, and it is almost the same."

"And because the rebel Xiao Mian is good at governing, the people under his rule have turned their hearts."

"Coupled with the fact that Xiao Liang now has 20 troops, it may be difficult for our army to conquer in a short time."

It's just that the Nanyang County Sheriff revealed all the information he knew in an instant.

After discovering some military information, the Nanyang County Guard didn't know anything else.

Gao Qi simply dismissed the governor of Nanyang.

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"Xuance, what is the next move of Xiao Liang's rebels?"

Seeing Wang Xuance enter the county mansion, Gao Qi couldn't help asking first.

Immediately, Wang Xuance cupped his hands and said: "My lord, we will arrange spies to find out."

"Now Xiao Liang's chief general, Gong Yuan, is stationing troops in Xiangyang City, and his deputy Xiao Yue is the first to lead an army of [-] across the river."

"The empty Yiyang County has now been captured."

Immediately, Wang Xuance informed Gao Qi of the military situation that Shadow had inquired about.

It's just that since Gao Qi arranged for Wang Xuance to form the Anbu.

Wang Xuance never dared to be negligent, looking for the dead who roamed the rivers and lakes all day long as the backbone.

Today, although the scale of the Anbu is not too large, it is enough to spy on the military situation.

After getting this information, Gao Qi also highly praised Wang Xuance.

After all, Gao Qi and his army arrived in Nanyang in just two days.

But the dark department of Wang Xuance's organization has already fully figured out the movements of Xiao Liang's rebels.

From this, Wang Xuance's own ability can be seen!
Immediately afterwards, Gao Qi also summoned his generals, Liu Bowen and other counselors into the mansion for discussion.

Looking around, Gao Qi first recounted the information obtained by Wang Xuance after seeing that all the generals had arrived.

Immediately, all the generals became contemplative and began to think about countermeasures.

After a long time, Xue Rengui, dressed in white robes, came out with his head held high and asked, "General, the deputy general of the rebel army, Xiao Yue, personally led an army of [-] across the river to attack Yiyang."

"Is this true?"

"Exactly!"

Although he didn't know the reason why Xue Rengui asked such a question, Gao Qi still affirmed.

Immediately, Xue Rengui smiled confidently, and said: "Since that's the case, you are confident that you will wipe out these 2 people in one fell swoop before the main force of Xiaoliang's rebel army crosses the river."

Seeing Xue Rengui's self-confidence, Gao Qi couldn't help being curious and asked.

After pondering for a moment, Xue Rengui said slowly: "General, all the [-] cavalry in the general will fall to you."

"Guineng led the iron cavalry to attack Yiyang in a very short period of time, and wiped out the Xiaoliang rebels in one fell swoop."

He spoke with eloquence, and before Gao Qi could express his opinion, all the generals in the tent looked bad.

Xue Rengui proposed to command the [-] cavalry under the command of the Yanmen Army.

That is equivalent to the elite 'Flying Eagle' Battalion, Falcon Cavalry Battalion and Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry.

The most elite cavalry under the command of these three Yanmen will be led by Xue Rengui.

Therefore, how could the three cavalry commanders Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao and Zhang Shigui agree?
Just to say, before Gao Qi expressed his opinion, Guo Jia who was at the side cupped his hands towards Gao Qi and said, "My lord, I just heard what General Rengui said."

"Jia suddenly thought of a perfect plan."

"As long as the plan is proper, it will not be a problem to completely wipe out Xiao Liang's army in Yiyang."

In an instant, he heard that Guo Jia had a clever plan, and Gao Qi couldn't help but asked.

Immediately, Guo Jia looked around and said, "Our army has a total strength of [-]."

"Thirty thousand of them are cavalry troops, and [-] are elite infantry."

"Just use infantry to defend the passage leading to Yiyang County along the Xiangjiang River, so that Xiaoliang's main army cannot pass through."

"Under such circumstances, wouldn't it be easy to capture Yiyang's [-] Xiaoliang rebels with our elite cavalry?"

In a flash, Guo Jia informed the public of the strategy to wipe out Xiao Yue's army!

After careful consideration, this plan is indeed a clever one.

In this way, the connection between the two armies of the enemy was cut off.

The strategy of completely annihilating the enemy army has become a reality.

However, the first general still raised a question, and this person was none other than Zhang Xi.

I saw Zhang Yun asking: "Mr. Feng Xiao, this is indeed a good plan, but our army only has [-] infantry."

"Can you really defend the Xiangjiang River like an iron barrel?"

"It should be noted that the enemy's main force has a hundred thousand troops."

Hearing this, the generals woke up from their joy.

They all agreed with Zhang He's idea.

After all, the front line of the Xiangjiang River is at least several feet wide. How could it be blocked by [-] infantry?

Immediately, Guo Jia was not in any panic, with a smile still on his face.

After a long time, Guo Jiacai explained: "What General Zhang He said makes sense!"

"With the strength of our army, it is impossible to completely blockade the Xiangjiang River."

"However, our army does not need to completely blockade the Xiangjiang River. It only needs to block the routes from various places to Yiyang along the river!"

"Then build Wubao on the road leading to Yiyang to prevent Xiao Liang's two armies from converging."

In an instant, Guo Jia also answered Zhang He's comments.

After some words, all the generals also understood the cause and effect of this plan and expressed their approval.

The chief general Gao Qi also asked the other counselors Liu Bowen and Fa Zheng Zhongyou to verify the feasibility of this plan.

Immediately, the opinions of several counselors were surprisingly unanimous, and they all agreed with Guo Jia's plan.

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Immediately afterwards, Gao Qi took the case and officially announced that he would eliminate Xiao Liang's rebels according to Guo Jia's plan.

(End of this chapter)