Although carrier pigeons cannot carry too heavy things for long-distance flights, they usually only carry notes, but there are not many things that can be written on one notation. .

At this moment, the notes on Li Guangshan's hand were filled with dense words. Although there was no detailed information, the general situation had been clearly written.

Because it is already the second half of the night, it should be that before dawn yesterday, five thousand elite cavalry raided the Yueshanwei camp, quickly penetrated the camp, and trampled and massacred back and forth. Although the Yueshanying camp stationed 20,000 troops, before dawn, most soldiers were resting and were caught off guard and were run over by the cavalry charge, and they were no match at all.

Until dawn, the camp had been dispersed, and countless fled, and all the food and grass were burned.

The five thousand elite cavalry paid a price of less than two hundred people, and then quickly evacuated and disappeared.

Yueshan Camp suffered heavy losses, with nearly 3,000 casualties and tens of thousands of deserters. In fact, casualties are still secondary. After all, not many people were killed directly. After that, the remaining soldiers could be collected to treat the wounded. Yueshan Guard still has at least 80% of its troops available.

The real problem is food and grass!

That was not the food and grass for the troops of the Yueshanwei Army, but the food and grass for the war of the five states! Since the outbreak of the Five State Rebellion, the soldiers and horses of the Five State began to suppress the rebellion on their own before they received the imperial edict, and the imperial edict arrived one day later.

The commander of Yueshan Guard Hu Yanjin was appointed by the empress as the supreme commander of the five states' war and temporarily took over all the troops of the five states.

There are 20,000 soldiers and horses in Luozhou, 10,000 soldiers and horses in Tanzhou, 10,000 soldiers and horses in Bazhou, 20,000 soldiers and horses in Maozhou, and 40,000 soldiers and horses in Yueshan! There are 100,000 soldiers and horses in the five states, which refer to the state soldiers, not counting the guards of each county and county.

Among them, Yueshanwei is the most special.

The soldiers of other states are all named after states. The number of soldiers of the state is different according to the size of the state and the population density. The area of ​​the five states is relatively small in the entire Dongqian.

Yueshanwei is different, not named after Yuezhou. Moreover, Yuezhou is very small in area, with only four counties in total, but there are 40,000 heavy troops stationed!

This is because Yueshanwei is not used for local defense, but for monitoring, checking and balancing Prince Su!

The reason why it is called Yueshanwei, not Yuezhouwei, is because these 40,000 soldiers are always stationed in Yueshan County and will not cooperate in defense of the four counties and counties. Yueshan is also the name of a mountain range. This mountain range not only runs through the entire Yuezhou, but also penetrates into the fiefdom of King Yunsu.

As the commander of Yueshan Guard, Hu Yanjin is the only first-rank military general in the five prefectures, and the commanders of the other four prefectures and prefectures are all first-rank.

Therefore, he was appointed as the supreme commander of the five states' war.

Before the Yueshanwei was attacked, the war in the five prefectures was already dark, and 100,000 troops gathered in the northwest region of Yuezhou. It is unknown how Huyanjin dispatched troops and generals.

Now I only know that he left 20,000 people in Yueshanwei Camp, and all the food and grass were also placed in Yueshanying, and they were all burned!

Actually, this is hard to understand!

Too unexpected!

Yueshanwei Camp has a very unique geographical location. It is built at the foot of Yueshan Mountain. The terrain in other directions is not a plain with a flat horse. Cavalry can charge for a short distance, but it is difficult to rush for a long distance.

Although Yueshan County is next to the fief of King Yunsu, Yueshan County is long and bordered by Prince Su’s fief of the southeast, while Yueshan Camp is in the northwest.

This means that if King Yunsu wants to send a surprise attack, he or she must pass through the extremely harsh Yueshan Mountain, or pass through a place called Yueshan Gorge, where there are beacon towers. Or he or she or she or she can go around other counties and make a big circle to attack Yueshan Camp.

In response to King Yunsu, Yueshanwei has maintained a defensive deterrence strategy all year round. The court will not take the initiative to attack King Yunsu, because he is afraid that King Yunsu will suddenly rebel and send troops!

Therefore, when selecting a site for Yueshanwei, such a unique location was chosen.

But unexpectedly, I was beaten!

Still beaten by the cavalry!

This is even more difficult to understand!

Five thousand cavalry is not a small number, and it is not impossible to walk a small road through Yueshan. However, the beacon tower there did not respond in advance. If the five thousand cavalry take a detour, bypass Yueshan, and then enter Yueshan County, the difficulty is not ordinary. How can it not be discovered in advance?

Very fascinated!

Although I don’t know how these five thousand cavalry appeared near Yueshan Camp without knowing it, the Empress, Zhou An, and Li Guangshan all firmly believed that this must be the cavalry of King Yunsu!

In the southwest, the only one who can produce 5,000 elite cavalry is the only one in the imperial court!

Cultivating cavalry is not a matter of one day or one night, and it costs a lot and others cannot afford it. There is no possibility of secretly cultivating 5,000 elite cavalry!

Although there are many mountains in Yunyue, there are also plains, especially border areas, bordering with the southwest countries, which can be said to be flat.

King Yunsu had cavalry, which could be said to be an open secret.

The land of Yunyue did not produce horses, but King Yunsu had been operating in the land of Yunyue for more than 300 years and had already opened up the trade routes with the countries in the southwest. Among the countries in the southwest, Dayue Kingdom and Daxi all produced horses, especially the horses in the country in the Dayue Kingdom, which were the best.

The Big Moon Horse is smaller than the Beirong Horse, but its limbs are particularly thick and its charge speed is faster than the Beirong Horse, but its endurance for long-distance raids is worse. Overall, although the Beirong Horse is better, the Big Moon Horse is not much different, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages.

There are many mountainous people in Yunyue, and the mountainous people are shorter than those in Zhongzhou, but they are good at hunting and have great bowing skills.

Although the mountain people are not good at riding horses, King Yunsu has trained him for hundreds of years and naturally produced good riders.

According to previous information about King Yunsu, King Yunsu had about 50,000 troops, of which the number of cavalry has been maintained at about 10,000. This is almost the limit. Because raising cavalry is very expensive, even if it is just light cavalry, the cost is more than three times that of infantry corps. It is difficult to calculate heavy cavalry. It depends on what equipment is equipped, but at least more than five times that of ordinary infantry corps.

King Yunsu did not have heavy cavalry.

In other words, there are no heavy cavalry in the entire southwest region, and the terrain there is no room for heavy cavalry to play.

"One hundred thousand soldiers, horses, food and grass are burned. If they are not replenished in time, there may be mutiny."

"Now, the traffic volume in Zhongzhou has passed, and it will take more than half a month at the fastest time. If it is too late, it can only be drawn from all over the southwest."

"How did the five thousand cavalry approach Yueshan camp?"

The atmosphere in the hall is very depressing, and all kinds of problems seem to be difficult to solve.

The two most important questions are: one is that the five thousand cavalry have retreated, but where have they gone? King Yunsu can be said to have gone deeper alone. If this surprise soldier is not eliminated, there will be endless troubles!

The second problem is naturally the issue of food and grass allocation. Donggan is already short of food, so it is hard to say whether it can be allocated food and grass in time.

There is so much trouble!
Chapter completed!