Chapter 218 Deployment to Meet the Enemy
"Call all the generals immediately, and hold a military meeting in a quarter of an hour!" Shang Ji ordered with a serious expression.
After a while, the generals were already waiting in the hall.
Shang Ji stepped into his seat quickly, waved his hand to stop the generals from saluting, and introduced the information he had obtained to the generals with a heavy tone.
Everyone present had different expressions, some were excited, some were nervous, some were angry, and some were even ashamed.
"My lord, I failed to detect the abnormality of Xianbei in advance, and Guan neglected his duty, please punish me, my lord!" Chen Guan was sweating profusely, stood up and pleaded guilty.
"This is not Baishou's fault, there is no need to apologize!" Shang Ji comforted Chen Guan.
Although Chen Guan is indeed the chief intelligence officer of the Blackwater Fortress, the number of civilian spies under his command is limited, and at most he has only roughly controlled Liaodong County. Of course, it is impossible to know in advance what is happening in Yuyang and other counties thousands of miles away.
Deng Yan's player intelligence line also did not receive an early warning. It is really because the distance limits the extension of ability.
"Everyone, what do you think about this situation?" Shang Ji looked around and asked loudly.
"Raise your vigilance, send more scouts, guard your surroundings, and beware of enemy attacks!"
Yan Xie also came to the military meeting rarely, and put forward his own opinions.
"Zhongzhi's words are justified! Although Liaodong is not the main target of Xianbei's attack at present, we should not be careless. We need to increase our vigilance just in case!" Deng Yan nodded in agreement.
"The eunuch summoned, I wonder what you think should be done?" Shang Ji asked again.
Suddenly, everyone fell into silence.
After a while, it was Deng Yan who spoke first: "The eunuch's summons should not be ignored due to emotion or reason. The consequences of disobedience are too serious, so don't act recklessly!"
"It's just that the black water fortress is where our army's foundation lies. If the army leaves, if the Xianbei attack, it may be destroyed at once. Brother, please think carefully!"
Shang Ji nodded, and said, "It's okay, the edict didn't say that I would bring all the troops there, this time I will only bring 8,000 Black Armored Xuanqi, and all other troops will stay behind at the Black Water Fortress!"
"My lord, you should notify Colonel Liu. Presumably, Captain Liu has also received the summoning order. My lord and Captain Liu have a deep friendship. The two of you will go hand in hand. Even if there is any accident, you can take care of you!" Su Huan suggested.
Shang Ji and Liu Yi are not only brothers, but also strong political allies. They also have a bad relationship with the county guard. The two went together, even from the worst point of view, Wang Tong had to weigh the consequences if he wanted to have a grand banquet!
While everyone was discussing countermeasures, a Yang Ye suddenly stumbled in.
"My lord! Something is wrong!"
Shang Ji frowned, and said in a deep voice, "Why are you so flustered?"
"My lord, we found a large Xianbei army 200 miles away from our army!"
"Large-scale Xianbei army? How many people? Why didn't we find it until we were two hundred miles away from our army?" Shang Ji said angrily.
It would be excusable for civilian spies not to receive news of the wars that took place in Yuyang and other counties as far away as the sky, but it is definitely negligence of duty for the enemy to find out just under the nose of Liaodong County!
"My lord, there are hundreds of thousands of enemy troops, and they are coming from the direction of Xuantu County! Xuantu County didn't issue the slightest warning!" Yang Ye said angrily.
As soon as Shang Ji heard it, he immediately understood that this matter really cannot be blamed on Yang Ye and others being unfavorable.
The terrain of Liaodong County is very strange, it is in the shape of a gourd and the black water plug is just at the waist of the gourd. On the left is the vassal state of Western Liaoning, and on the right is Xuantu County. The Heishui Fortress has always focused on guarding against the Xianbei and other alien races in the north. Theoretically speaking, Xuantu County is still behind the Heishui Fortress, so it is naturally not a key monitoring target. The civilian spies here only have a symbolic presence.
Shang Ji didn't care about punishing Yang Ye and Chen Guan, and immediately contacted the holy eagle hovering over the black water fortress, and used the holy eagle to scout the enemy's movements.
Sure enough, as Yang Ye said, less than 200 miles away from the black water fortress, there are 100,000 Xianbei troops rushing forward. What worries Shang Ji even more is that not far from the 100,000 enemy troops,
There is a much larger army on the march.
At a glance, the number of this army is no less than one million!
"Bastard! Didn't you say that Liaodong is not a key offensive area for Xianbei? Where are these millions of enemy troops coming from?" Shang Ji scolded in his heart, but on the surface he was completely calm, and ordered in a deep voice:
"Qin Ping, Su Huan, Liu Meng, the three of you lead all the Youlong bow cavalry, Dayan iron cavalry, and wolf cavalry, and you will go out to fight with the general!"
"The last general takes orders!" The three of them stood up quickly and said in unison.
"Zhao Shen, I order you to temporarily command the generals in the Blackwater Fortress and be responsible for defending against the Xianbei invasion!"
"The last general takes orders!"
"The rest of you, follow Zhao Shen's instructions and cooperate with him to defend the black water fortress!"
"The final general takes command!
"Brother, what are you going to do?" Deng Yan had no chance to ask a question until this time.
"Hey!" Shang Ji sneered twice, and said, "I want to have fun with these Xianbei bastards!"
"Brother!" Deng Yan shouted anxiously, obviously disapproving of Shang Ji's risky plan.
"Brother, don't worry, you have a sense of proportion in your heart. What's more, there are hundreds of thousands of people in the area, and you can't help but be a brother!" Shang Ji smiled confidently, and waved Deng Yan to stop him from speaking.
"Brother, act carefully, don't be careless!" Deng Yan was silent for a while, then nodded and said softly. Deng Yan will only support everything that Shang Ji is determined to do.
"Respect!"
"The end is here!" Zhao Shen said immediately.
"If the Xianbei enemy army invades, you should take the defense of the city as your top priority, and ignore the provocations of the enemy army!"
"Be careful, my lord, don't worry!" Zhao Shen nodded solemnly.
Shang Ji smiled in satisfaction. He chose Zhao Shen as the interim commander in this battle because he took a fancy to his cautious character. Blackwater Fortress has strong soldiers, with the combat power of the Heijia Army, relying on the city to concentrate on defense, as long as the enemy's tricks are not caught, even if Xianbei has ten times the strength, it may not be able to capture the Blackwater Fortress.
"The military situation is urgent, and all ministries will act according to the order immediately!"
After the arrangement, Shang Ji immediately ordered.
All the generals present immediately went into a commotion, and most of them followed Zhao Shen to start the defensive preparations before the battle, while Su Huan and others immediately went to gather the troops and prepared to go out of the city with Shang Ji to face the battle.
Outside the Blackwater Fortress, Shang Ji rode on a Lilong horse, with nearly 20,000 elite cavalry behind him, and the remaining generals in the Blackwater Fortress also came to see him off.
Shang Ji hesitated for a moment, and finally took out a piece of Liu Yi's communication talisman, and wrote with a pen: "I was shocked to hear that Xianbei invaded the invaders on a large scale. My brother has found out that millions of bandits have invaded Liaodong. The enemy army is coming fiercely. The soldiers are fine and the food is sufficient. If you are not strong enough, you can temporarily retreat to the stronghold to recuperate. Brother Yu has led the elite soldiers out of the city to attack the enemy army, I hope you will take care of it!"