Zheng Lang was not the legendary Zhuge Kongming, and the real Zhuge Liang did not have the ability. He guessed it wrong. Yuan Hao did not launch any attack the next day, but cut down a large amount of wood from nearby mountains on two small rivers and built a long fence.

If we don’t attack, we won’t be angry, and we will trap you to death. There is no water in the city, it depends on how long your Song army can last...

Zheng Lang was wrong. Although Yuan Hao was unruly, he would not ignore the overall situation. Yuan Hao was also wrong. He was the one who suffered the loss in the end. Dingchuan Village supplies and water sources can last for at least ten days, and Yuan Hao's own supplies can also last for more than ten days. But what should they do when they go back? After all, this is in the Song realm.

Zheng Lang and Han Qi climbed to the top of the city wall and watched Yuan Hao repair the fence and not attacking for the time being. Zheng Lang was very unhappy.

Han Qi said: "This person should not be underestimated. Cao Baochen praised this person in the past. He was indeed a hero of a generation."

No matter what method Yuan Hao uses or how lucky he is, is it easy to at least conquer the current country? What is there in Xixia? There is definitely less than one million households, and some people secretly test it. At this time, including Shazhou and Hexi Corridor, the population of Xixia was only 700,000 households. Because the war was damaged, each household had a small population, and the total population was only 2 million and hundreds of thousands. Some ministers believed that the population of several states stolen by Yuan Hao was only from Longyou in the original Tang Dynasty. Two out of 20, the number of households is only 150,000 to 200,000. Zhao Shimin held this proposal after submitting a memorial. Han Qi wanted to slap Zhao Shimin, with only 200,000 households, and could launch more than 100,000 troops to invade each time? Some people are timid and afraid of things, thinking that if two troops in the Xixia army were drawn, there would be 500,000 troops, so there would be at least one million strong men, and there would be more than four million people in the territory. Where would they squeeze into the desert west of Helan Mountain?

Therefore, Han Qi agrees with the middle statement.

It is these 700,000 households and more than 2 million people that make the huge Song Dynasty miserable.

No piece of land in Western Xia has been conquered so far. On the contrary, the country has dragged down the people to live in poverty.

A hero, Han Qi has to admit how far-sighted Cao Wei’s view was at that time.

Zheng Lang silently said nothing. In short, Yuan Hao repaired the fences and made him dislike it. It was good to attack. Ge Huaimin drew a large number of troops from all over the country. It was impossible for more than 30,000 troops to defeat the Xixia army in front of him. However, when used to defend the city, Yuan Hao stationed more than 100,000 troops here. With their ability to attack the city, he could not even think of shaking a hair from Dingchuan Village. If one attacks and the other is to defend, the Xixia army would suffer a heavy loss. After a few days, his morale was depressed and he had a great victory.

"Brother Zhigui, I'm not worried about the fence, but about the others."

Zheng Lang's worries were soon realized.

Xixia is very poor. Even if autumn harvest comes, due to years of hard work, a large number of strong men were drawn every time. Many people died, and the country was getting worse every year. For this battle, it almost squeezed out all the wealth in Xixia.

However, Zhang Fangping was burned hard on the eastern foot of Long Mountain, and the logistics supply was seriously insufficient.

After breaking the Lotus Fort, some supplies were not enough to support the huge army. Those supplies were only for thousands of people to survive, but they were also helpful. After repairing the fence, Yuan Hao took out another one to attack Yangma City.

Yangmacheng is on the west side of Zhenrong Village, and the northwest of Wating Village. It is considered a smaller village near Zhenrong Village. There were only seven or eight hundred Song troops stationed there. Ge Huaimin drew, leaving only about four hundred people, which happened to be a battalion of troops.

Tens of thousands of Xixia troops came to attack and were even less able to support them.

Fortunately, this village is small in scale. There are not many people coming to join, with only a hundred households.

In less than half a day, Yangma City will be broken.

The news was fed back to Di Qing again, and Di Qing was uneasy.

According to the military law of the Song Dynasty, if there are soldiers who do not rescue them, it is a crime. However, if the enemy is lured, there are indeed not many soldiers left behind in Zhenrong Village, and there is no way to compete with the powerful Xixia army. However, Di Qing still felt pressured when the two camps on the west side of Zhenrong Village were defeated.

Only about a hundred people escaped, and the others and the people were killed again by the Xixia people.

Di Qing couldn't withstand this pressure and finally took action.

Still Xiangjiaxia.

With more than 2,000 troops and horses quietly, he sneaked into the edge of Xiangjia Gorge with the help of the protection of the mountains and forests on both sides of Xiangjia Gorge.

More than 10,000 Western Xia troops came slowly with prisoners of war and captured people, as well as the baggage they had cleared.

Di Qing remained silent until the Western Xia vanguard's vanguard's armies came over and suddenly came out with his subordinates. With the help of the narrow terrain, the Western Xia army was cut off and charged towards the Western Xia rear army. After nearly an hour of fighting, more than 200 prisoners of war and the people were released one by one, some of which allowed them to ride horses nearby, either escape or participate in the battle. He also burned the baggage captured by the Western Xia people one by one, and retreated to Zhenrong Village before the two Western Xia armies formed an encirclement.

In this ambush battle, nearly a thousand Xixia soldiers were killed, but Di Qing's own men also injured three or four hundred people. It was a small victory, but the situation was very bad. Ge Huaimin's mobilization made almost no military force to move on the west side of Zhenrong Village.

Zhang Ji had soldiers in Luanggang City, but his strength was not in Luanggang City. Di Qing had soldiers, but his strength was not in Zhenrong Village. Even Jingtai would have a huge army in the future, but the army was not in Gaoping Village.

The better Wuhao's appetite, the worse the situation in Jingyuan Road.

It wasn't what he was worried about, it was the southern Xixia army.

The people of Xixia forced to Wating Village. Wating Village was empty in strength and had to bring rescue soldiers everywhere, first to Zhenrong Village, then to Luanggang City, and then to Weizhou. There was no way, there were only one thousand soldiers in the village, or there were two or three thousand people who rushed in to take refuge. How could they defend the village when facing 30,000 people?

The entire Jingyuan Road is like boiling water.

After receiving the rescue letter, Yin Zhu sent another thousand soldiers to Wating Village. This is the northern gate of Weizhou City, which is only seventy miles away from Weizhou City. The worst thing is that there is no village behind it, seventy miles away. For most of the Xixia people who are cavalry, it is only two hours away.

Then he argued with Zhang Fangping.

First, he wrote a memorial on the situation on Jingyuan Road and wrote to the court. Then he reported it almost every day, twice a day, and three times a day in the last day.

Zhang Fangping brought the letter to him, and Yin Zhu wanted to ask, and to tell the truth. This person is a gentleman. Zhang Fangping is less interested in these gentlemen than Zheng Lang, but most gentlemen can still believe their character. Just say it directly, Han Qi and Zheng Lang went to Dingchuan Village. Don’t ask me the rest, I am not the head coach.

Why did you go to Dingchuan Village?

The news of Dingchuan Village also came. Ge Huainin was so stupid that he was confused by the country. He didn't know how to get around. He was deceived by Yuan Hao, not only brought him 25,000 soldiers, but also brought thousands of soldiers around him to this Jedi together. The reason for calling it a Jedi is not that Dingchuan Village is not strong enough, but that it is water.

The Xixia people cut off the water source in Dingchuan Village.

Yin Zhu burst into tears after hearing this.

He had only a little understanding of military affairs, and later tried to write some military books.

Don’t believe this military book. If you want to read the military book, you should read the military book of Sun Tzu, Sun Bin, Wu Qi and others. That is what you know about it. What kind of military strategy Yin Zhu knows?

It's probably a little stronger than Ge Huaimin.

What happens when cutting off the water source? Please see why Zhuge Liang killed Ma Su with tears in the Battle of Jieting, Three Kingdoms.

At this time, Dingchuan Village had more people, not only more than 30,000 troops, but because the village was large, many people also poured in. Zheng Lang slaughtered livestock, and war horses could also be slaughtered at the critical moment. But what should we do if so many people?

Yin Zhu thought for a long time but didn't think of it.

A new doubt arose, why Zheng Lang and Han Qi appeared in Dingchuan Village? Did it be that before the battle, I expected that Ge Huaimin would let Yuan Hao lure him into Dingchuan Village? This was too magical. I didn't believe it, so I wrote another letter to ask Zhang Fangping.

Zhang Fangping also wrote a letter back and said, "You have less troubles in the war and have nothing to do with you. You can guard Weizhou well and handle government affairs properly. You cannot say that you don't know that in the future, several people will come here, such as Luanggang City, Gaoping Village, Wating Village, and Pengyang City.

So he bypassed the problem and said directly that he was meddling nostalgic.

A tone with Choi Xian.

After seeing the letter, Yin Zhu was angry and wrote a memorial to the court, saying that Zhang Fangping was in trouble with the country. Now Zheng Lang and Han Qi are in danger and are in a dangerous place, but they are not informed of the situation.

Just looking at Yin Zhu's memorials can make the imperial court's monarch and ministers frustrated.

In addition to his n memorials, there are also memorials by Fan Zhongyan.

The enemy finally lured to Dingchuan Village, and Fan Zhongyan began to mobilize his army as Zheng Lang agreed. Compared with Pang Ji, Fan Zhongyan was less conservative. It was beneficial to the country. He also dared to launch a war, and it was within the territory of the Song Dynasty.

Almost most of the troops on Huanqing Road were recruited, and a total of 40,000 troops were drawn. So many troops were drawn out at once, even Zheng Lang did not expect. It was divided into two parts, and he led part himself, just like Han Qi, and he was going to cross the boundary.

These people, including his eldest son Fan Chunyou, his favorite generals Yang Wenguang, Zhang Jianhou, Zhang Xin, Wang Gui, Xu Zheng, Guo Qingzong, Wang Yu, Fan Quan, Tan Jiazhen, Zhang Jidong and others, led another 25,000 people from Xiyao City to Tiansheng Village, but not from Tiansheng Village to Pengyang City, but through Beihuluchuan and Gaoping Village. They completely killed the Xixia army.

Another part of the 15,000 troops were led by the old clan and entered Yuanzhou from Qingzhou, entered Pengyang City from Yuanzhou, and pinned the Xixia army from the east, slowly forcing the Zhenrong Village to form an encirclement of the Xixia army. The remaining troops were led by Jiang Kai and defended the border of Huanqing Road to prevent the Xixia people from attacking Huanqing Road when the troops were empty.

That's all.

But the big guys in the capital have the ability to see.

Zhao Zhen called them to the inner palace every day to discuss matters, and then lay on the map to read.

After watching for a long time, I couldn't tell it. It was said that Dingchuanzhai is a river, which is a plain, but it is actually a small river valley. It is not large in area. There are many low mountains with high and low heights around it. These are the ones I know.

I don’t know why Zheng Lang and Han Qi suddenly appeared in Dingchuan Village.

Did these two people have a plan to get back?

We can't blame them for not reporting. God knows whether Ge Huaimin will be impeached. Misjudging the enemy situation will lead to impeachment by the ministers. When it comes to Ge Huaimin, the king and his ministers' faces are a little unfavorable. Many people in the capital are playing sticks for him, and they all believe it. Including Zheng Lang's repeated battles on Jingyuan Road, they did not use Ge Huaimin, which also made many people in the capital have an illusion that Zheng Lang wants to make a decree.

In the face of several great victories, no minister dared to impeach Zheng Lang. Why did the four ministers in the border area be in charge of all military, political and financial power in the border area? It was precisely for the convenience of mobilization.

Unexpectedly, I only came out for a walk and became like this.

In fact, this involves the issue of Zhao Zhen's employment. After a long period of time, I don't know who has military talent and cannot be distinguished in a court. Even if I don't know who will be a referee, I am qualified to be a referee. Although Zhao Zhen is kind-hearted, he is a little uneasy because the ministers are too strong. Therefore, the three yamen have a distinctive characteristic of employing people. One is to use people with relatives. For example, Li Zhaoliang, the son of Li Jilong, Cao Cong, the uncle of Empress Cao, Li Yonghe, Zhao Zhen's uncle, and Guo Chengyou, who took the daughter of King Hua, Zhao Yuanwei, the son of Emperor Taizong. Even Zhao Zhen himself said that he was a mediocre person, but he often stayed in the position of military control.

Because of political stability and not much turmoil, it is not necessary to choose foreign relatives to serve as the three yamen to manage the army. It is also a little uneasy in Zhao Zhen's heart. But when war comes, these foreign relatives have low talents, they cannot play a role.

There is another characteristic: according to qualifications and progress in succession. Even civil officials like Wen Yanbo who knew nothing about military affairs were promoted as Du Yuhou. Ge Huaimin was in power like this. His family background was very good, and someone tried his best to play the stick for him, so he became the second-in-commander of Jingyuan Road.

At this time, Zhao Zhen had not yet reflected.

He didn't want to reflect on his inner anxiety. When he saw the Northwest report, he just said: "Huimin misled me."

What are you doing? Even if I don’t understand military affairs, I don’t see any cleverness in you. Just like a fool, I went into an ambush circle, allowing the people of Xixia to calmly cut off the water source and force tens of thousands of troops into a dead end.

He didn't understand and hated Ge Huaimin even more. Ge Huaimin didn't want to drill, but the Xixia people drew a circle and drew a circle, and Ge Huaimin's little soul was lost. Then he took the initiative to drill inside.

Without the two circles of the Xixia people, Ge Huaimin would not have led his army to Dingchuan Village. But several people understood that the festival was celebrated.

Lu Yijian's vision was a little long-term and said, "Your Majesty, if Zheng Lang and Han Qi really appeared in Dingchuan Village, they would definitely be prepared."

It's purely guessing, and I don't know if it's right.

Then he said, "Otherwise, Fan Zhongyan would not have brought 40,000 troops into Jingyuan. Most of them went to Gaopingzhai to cut off the enemy's retreat."

I guessed it all the time, but no one could make a judgment on the chaotic situation.

As for the crossing between Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi, who cares about it, as long as you defeat the people of Xixia and keep the road to Jingyuan, thank you very much.

If you can't figure it out in detail, Zhao Zhen had no choice but to issue an edict to Pang Ji, "You can quickly draw some troops from Yanfu to support Jingyuan Road. Not to mention breaking Jingyuan Road, there is an empty force and a wide range of Guanzhong. Not to mention Chang'an City and Tongguan, even Sanbaiqu are not bad, and there are more than 100,000 people working there. The Western Xia cavalry suddenly came, and more than 100,000 people were like lambs to be slaughtered, slaughtering whatever they wanted. The country is about to have a big problem.

This edict made Pang Ji suffer again.

Before that, Han Qi wrote a private message to Fan Zhongyan, Xiwen. After this battle, the people of Xixia had to seek peace even if they were not in harmony. The ministers in the court did not want to fight again. The country was burdened with heavy burdens, and the people lived a hard life because of years of war. Harmony became an inevitable trend, but Harmony also had to develop towards a place that was beneficial to the Song Dynasty. This was similar to Zheng Lang's idea. However, Han Qi probably had the idea of ​​competing for merit, so he did not tell Zheng Lang. Instead, after listening to Zheng Lang's plan, he wrote the new idea that arises separately to Fan Zhongyan.

I hope Fan Zhongyan and Pang Ji will join forces to take Hengshan. As long as this battle is over, Xixia will suffer heavy losses regardless of the victory or defeat. Jingyuan Road will pave the village to the area of ​​Xiaoguan and Wuyanqianxia, ​​and then the entire Longshan defense line will be left behind. Longshan will not become a natural danger for the people of Xixia, but on the contrary, it will become the second Western line of defense in the Song Dynasty.

There is also Tiandu Mountain, which is the barrier of Xixia, and it is estimated that it is impossible to seize it. It would be good if the area south of Xiaoguan and east of Shimenxia is really occupied. However, the Xixia people still have natural dangers, Baiyushan and Hengshan. Once Hengshan is captured, the Western Xia Yanzhou and the five northern Yinxia prefectures will be exposed to the attack range of the Song army. And it is condescending. The Xixia people are not good at defending, but the Song army is good at defending. If you take this natural danger, you will have to fight and fight, all of them are in the imperial court.

The idea was very good, and Pang Ji was very moved. He was negotiating with the general Wang Xin and others, and sent someone to ask Zhe Jimin and Wang Kai to Yanzhou to discuss. The attack on Pang Ji was not good at leading the army, which was inconsistent with his military ideas. However, Zhe Jimin and Wang Kai understood it, which was equivalent to making a small-scale two-way attack. Once he seized Hengshan, his contribution would exceed the sum of the three south roads. At this time, he received an edict from the court.

Pang Ji was in a difficult situation whether to save the troops or not. It would be a lucky chance to save a single branch of the army, not to mention Hengshan, to achieve a small victory. If something happens to Jingyuan Road, what should I do? Even if I capture Hengshan, I will also be guilty of dereliction of duty. Once Yuanhao's army defeated the three Song troops and led the army south, and his army attacked Hengshan, the entire Guanzhong would become Yuanhao's possession.
To be continued...