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Chapter 549 - 442 Freshly Baked Beautiful Maiden (Seeking Monthly Pass)_1

Chapter 549: Chapter 442 Freshly Baked Beautiful Maiden (Seeking Monthly Pass)_1

One day later, in a signing room in the Demon Fenshu, Luo Yan was holding several documents sent by Yue Qianqian, and she had a bewildered expression on her face.

"I still don’t understand, what exactly is the situation on the front line? I wonder how likely our Jin Dynasty is to win?"

Actually, the military news summarized by Yue Qianqian in the documents was very clear and straightforward.

All the news and battle reports from the front line were categorized by Yue Qianqian according to the timse and locations, which made it easy to understand at a glance.

The problem was, although Luo Yan could recognize every character on it, she had no idea what they meant when all these characters were strung together.

This was nothing like the official documents and cases that she had helped Li Xuan with before.

This involved the geography and the complex military and personnel system of the Jin Dynasty. How could she understand all this in a short time?

Li Xuan did understand it, but given the current situation, even Li Xuan had a hard time determining the outcome. He could only shake his head slightly, "At present, it is a stalemate. While the situation of the Jin Dynasty is slightly better, it’s hard to predict who will win."

There were three battlefields in the north at the moment. The first one was in the direction of ’Datong’ to the west, where Alachien, a famous Waci general, commanded 130,000 cavalry, breaking through the Great Wall from ’Yanghe Pass’.

This route of the Meng Wu people was the same old route taken by the Waci army when they invaded the south during the Tumu Fort Incident.

However, after breaking through the pass, Alachien did not lead his troops eastward, but instead aimed straight at Datong, cutting off the communication between Xuanfu and Datong, and suppressing General Liang Heng of Zhenshuo. The total of 230,000 forces under the command of the Zongdu of the Jin Dynasty, the Zongbing of Datong, and the Zhihuishi Division of Shanxi could not support the east.

The second battlefield was in the ’Xuanfu’ area, the main battlefield.

The Jin Dynasty has already assembled 360,000 infantry and cavalry here, personally commanded by the Minister of War, Yu Jie, and a number of famous generals of the Jin Dynasty. On the other hand, Yexian, the Taishi of Meng Wu, gathered 250,000 Waci and Datan cavalries in response, broke through the pass from Zhangjiakou and entered.

Looking at the battle reports from the front line, Li Xuan found that Yu Jie seemed to be luring the enemy in, intending to bait Yexian to the south bank of the ’Yang River’ for a decisive battle.

The Taishi of Meng Wu, Yexian, seemed to have uncovered Yu Jie’s plan. Although his troops were storming cities and breaking barriers, winning battles all the way, not a single soldier crossed the Yang River.

Therefore, the two armies are fighting and contesting one after another along the north bank of the Yang River, turning the area around Xuanfu into a meat grinder.

Li Xuan found this strange as the situation was actually very unfavorable for the Meng Wu people.

This would result in the unnecessary depletion of Meng Wu’s forces in the defense system around Xuanfu. The numerous military forts surrounding Xuanfu were enough to drain the blood of the Meng Wu Iron Cavalry.

But the Taishi of Meng Wu, Yexian, seemed to enjoy this, and did not care about the casualties of his troops.

The third battlefield was to the east of Xuanfu. Bater, a great Datan general, had broken through the ’Longmen Guard’ with his 70,000 Iron Cavalry and was aiming straight at the ’Chang’an Office’.

——This ’Chang’an Office’ was not Chang’an City, but a Weisuo Institute north of Huailai.

The forces commanded by Bater were supposed to be an offshoot, intended to force Yu Jie to divide his forces, or even to cut off the retreat of Xuanfu.

This had already started to take effect. A few days ago, the Zongbing of Xuanfu, Zhu Guoneng, had no choice but to personally lead 60,000 infantry and cavalry to station in Huailai, gather a total of 130,000 infantry and cavalry from the surrounding Weisuo, and confront Bater’s 70,000 cavalry in the north of Huailai.

There was also a smaller battlefield further to the east at Dushi Castle, where there were 30,000 Meng Wu Iron Cavalry stationed outside the city.

Dushi Castle was a crucial pass on the Great Wall, located at the mouth of the Dushi River.

——It is well known that an army of ten thousand or more must always stay close to a river during marching, otherwise, just dealing with the eating, drinking, and defecating of such a large force could disarm it.

Even the iron cavalry from the prairie was no exception. Although the Meng Wu people could quench their thirst with horse milk, the numerous war horses and livestock they carried couldn’t survive without food and water.

However, if they could break through Dushi Pass and head south, they could follow the ’Dushi River’ and ’Longmen River’ and head straight to Juyong Pass.

Therefore, after the founding of the Jin Dynasty, a lot of human and material resources were invested in the construction of Dushi Castle. After being repaired by Shaobao Yu, it is now one of the major fortresses on the border of the Jin Dynasty. With the advantageous terrain of mountains and water, the entire defense system is as solid as a rock.

Therefore, even if there are ten times the military forces, it would be very difficult to break it down.

At present, there are 20,000 Weisuo soldiers stationed in Dushi Castle. The possibility of Meng Wu’s mere 30,000 cavalry taking Dushi Castle is minimal.

There is also the Liaodong battlefield, where the ’Haixi Jurchen’, who was conquered by Yexian, are causing trouble. But there is limited threat to the overall situation in the short term, and the power of the ’Nuergan Division’ is enough to handle it.

"The current situation indeed makes it hard to say who will win, but if the situation continues like this, Meng Wu can’t last."

Zhang Yue comes from a family of generals, with deep roots in military science: "They experienced a snowstorm, and their material supplies were running low. These hundreds of thousands of soldiers were already doing quite well to hold out for a month and a half. Since Shaobao Yu adopted the strategy of defending and scorched earth, they cannot utilize the enemy’s resources."

However, after he finished speaking, he sighed: "The only thing is that the situation is a bit passive, but now this is the only way to fight, and the disadvantage lies in the lack of cavalry."

In Emperor Taizong’s era, there were five million horses in the whole country, among which over one million could be used as warhorses.

However, during the reign of the Ren Emperor and the Xuan Emperor, the horse administration in various places was corrupt. The remaining hundreds of thousands of Dragon Colts and Earth Dragons were all lost during the great defeat in Tumu Fort.