Of course, the information about the gathering of lords in the Trade Road Territory cannot escape Chen Ping's intelligence network!

Through training, people from this world have established large and small taverns in various territories. After many years of operation, they have now become an important source of intelligence for Xia Kingdom's external affairs.

Although he didn't know what these forces gathered to discuss, Chen Ping came to a not-so-good result after many analyzes!

"Your Majesty! Information came from outside the customs. In Shangdao City, seven lords held a gathering!" In the study room of the monarch's residence, Chen Ping presented a booklet to Yang Song with both hands. After Yang Song took it,

Immediately give him a hand.

Yang Song took the book and looked through it immediately. While reading, he asked, "Really? What happened?"

He saw Chen Ping's serious face and had a bad feeling in his heart.

Chen Ping's face was serious and he replied in a heavy tone: "Back to the king! Yes, according to my analysis, the seven territories outside the Pass are gathered for the coalition, and the coalition's target must be us!"

Sure enough! Chen Ping's answer surprised Yang Song. He didn't expect that these forces in the north would unite again. Wasn't the lesson learned last time enough?

Yang Song thought for a while and asked directly: "How many troops does the enemy have?"

As the word "enemy" came out, on his mini-map, the entire north outside the pass turned red, which was a symbol of hostility!

Chen Ping bent down to plead guilty and said: "I am guilty. The enemy's military strength is not yet known, but I estimate that there are at least 30,000!"

When Yang Song heard this number, he was shocked again. This number is a bit scary!

Originally, he didn't know anything about the military, because he knew the importance of the military, so he studied hard. Now, not to mention that he is comparable to any famous general, at least he has entered the military!

During this time, he had been thinking about Xia's army, but now he heard that more than 30,000 troops were attacking, which made him very worried.

Yang Song found that Xia's army still had many problems. For example, the combat effectiveness of the conventional infantry brigade and the guard brigade were very different, and their equipment was not uniform.

Needless to say, the weapons and equipment of the conventional infantry brigade led by Di Qing were well-armed to the teeth, but the equipment of the guard brigade was just a little bit inferior.

The number of artillery is insufficient, there is no heavy cavalry, and there is an extra type of archer. As a result, the pressure on logistical support is much greater!

Yang Song also calculated the proportion of soldiers and civilians in Xia Kingdom.

With a total population of 300,000, the ratio is one hundred to one or even hundreds to one in peacetime, and the most brutal ratio is ten to one in wartime.

But he decided to adopt a ratio of thirty to fifty to one that would not affect development, which meant a force of six thousand to ten thousand!

Xia's current military strength, including his guard battalion, reaches 8,100, which is just right, no more, no less!

After doing the math, he was still very satisfied! Although he had not thought specifically about the number of troops before, the Xia Kingdom had been developing, so he had followed this ratio unconsciously!

He was very satisfied at first, but now that a large number of enemies are attacking, he is suddenly not so satisfied.

The comparison of the enemy's and our military strength is more than three to one, right? It's only three to one, so there's not much difference.

Thinking of this, Yang Song first waved to Chen Ping, who was still bending down to apologize: "This is not your fault. This kind of thing must have been premeditated. Now that you can obtain this information in advance, it is already a meritorious service. Where did it come from?"

What about guilt?"

After Chen Ping thanked him for standing up straight, he then asked: "I want to ask you, when will the enemy attack?"

Chen Ping replied: "Back to you, the meeting of the Seven Territories was five days ago. Even if the enemy immediately sends troops and gathers together, it will take five days to reach Bill City! We still have at least seven days before Tianma Pass!"

In today's era, there are no radios, let alone telephones. Being able to know the enemy's movements so many days in advance is already a very remarkable ability!

When Yang Song heard Chen Ping say that the enemy would still gather troops, his eyes lit up and he asked: "It will take so long for the enemy to come. Can we do what we did when we conquered the Southern Barbarians? Strike first and defeat them one by one."

Chen Ping smiled bitterly, shook his head, and replied: "Back to you! The situation is a little different this time. The same tactics no longer work!"

"First of all, the preparation time given to us this time is too short. When we send troops outside the pass, the enemy is already waiting for our troops outside the passage!" After answering Yang Song's question, Chen Ping explained why this tactic did not work.

reason.

"The second thing is that the enemy has made sufficient preparations. Even if our army leaves the passage, it will only fall into the enemy's encirclement." This is true. When Yang Song heard this, he knew that he could not take the initiative to attack this time.

"Finally, the enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered. The enemy is far away and we are close. Our army has the right time, location and people. All we need to do is defend the Tianqiao Pass. Although the back of the pass is our territory, because of this, our army cannot

Don’t be afraid of the enemy’s siege and refuse to attack!”

Every time Chen Ping said something, Yang Song nodded once. After Chen Ping finished explaining, Yang Song said with deep approval: "It's really true. Tianma Pass has built two walls, and we are not afraid of enemy attacks!

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"In that case! Let the ignorant enemy experience what a real natural moat is at the pass!"

Yang Song also figured it out, since you won't stop, don't blame me for bullying you with weapons and equipment!

"Your Majesty's order! The guard battalion and infantry brigade will be stationed at Tianma Pass immediately and be prepared for defense!"

"Your Majesty's order! Yang Xin of the Military Bureau mobilizes the militia, numbering 20,000!"

"Your order! Yang Ren of the rear security bureau shall make logistical preparations to ensure the supply of weapons and ammunition to the front!"

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Yang Song wrote down multiple orders on the spot. Finally, he handed an order letter to Chen Ping and said: "This is an order for you!"

Chen Ping took the order book with solemn hands, but without opening it, he heard Yang Song say to him: "No need to read it, I will dictate it to you!"

"I order you to continue to collect intelligence on the enemy! Remember not to let go of any clues, especially to find out how many troops the enemy has, what kind of weapons and equipment they have, and who is commanding them!"

Yang Song also understood some characteristics of this world's civilization. For example, the military command is not decided by one person. Starting a war is like a child's play, as if he has no understanding of the cruelty of war!

Just like last time, more than 10,000 soldiers died in the battle, and an unknown number of civilians died. Two cities and castles were also destroyed, and two lords were imprisoned.

What was the result? After the war, how should those lords live their lives, as if nothing happened?

This was actually Yang Song's illusion. He didn't know yet that Kevin died in depression after being scared by Xia Guo!

But even if he knew this, he would not be happy about it, because war always brings sorrow!

Moreover, the other three large territories took the lead in this alliance. Otherwise, no one in the four small territories would want to be his enemy except Lily, who wanted revenge!

In fact, Yang Song was quite depressed. You said that he cultivated the fields well, built a home, and by the way turned two well-behaved little maids into wives and had children.

He was living a comfortable life at home every day, and now someone came to beat him, and he didn't offend anyone. Why did they all come to bully him?

I really thought he was made of clay, and even if he had a territory, I would pinch him twice!

Yang Song's inner anger exceeded his depression. He looked at the high-hanging task!

"Since you don't want me to have an easy time! Then I'll make it hard for you!"
Chapter completed!