After a day of carnival, go their separate ways.

There is also a task, Zhong Yi and Yan Da will send troops to Kan Valley and Ma Xian Mountain, and follow Dongchuan Valley to march towards Xizhou.

In fact, to obtain Lanzhou, the defense is not as difficult as imagined. There are big rivers west of Lanzhou. This section of rivers is turbulent, and there are not many ferries that can get over large army. As long as these crossings are guarded, the Xixia people will be out of reach. Or from Huizhou south, they will defend this section. As for the vast mountains at the north end of Huining Pass, there are some paths, but they are not suitable for the army to advance. Moreover, Lanzhou has been known for its golden and iron walls since ancient times.

This time, Zhong Yi stole the opportunity, otherwise even if a hundred thousand troops came, they would have to attack for several days before they could take Lanzhou. Yuan Hao took Lanzhou and stole the opportunity. With Li Jiqian's talent and strategy to conquer the Liugu tribe, he was shot dead. If it were not for the rebellion of the Mibian Envoy, which was also from the Dangxiang tribe, and the Mibian Envoy, who had rebelled with the Rijirodan, and the Mibian Envoy, who had won over the six tribes of the Dragon Middle School, the six tribes of the thirteen tribes, and the civil unrest of the Six Gu tribes, and the Ostrich policy of the Song Dynasty, Li Deming obtained the Liugu tribes of Liangzhou and caused Lanzhou to lose its wings. In addition, the civil unrest of Tubo, Yuan Hao might not have been able to obtain Lanzhou.

Here, the friendship is a little neglected, and the national foundation!

Whether it was Liugu tribe or Lanzhou Zhufan, even during the Five Dynasties, they maintained friendly exchanges with the Central Plains. After Zheng Lang came to Weizhou, the convenience and wealth brought by Shiyi, as well as Zheng Lang's alliance, and respect for Zhufan, further promoted this friendship foundation. In addition, Zhong Yi was Zheng Lang's son-in-law, so few ordinary people resisted.

No matter what the reason was, the first batch of tasks was exceeded. Zhong Yi returned to Lanzhou City, and Zhang Feng also came to Lanzhou City.

Zhong Yi reported the situation in detail and prepared to send troops to Kangu, but he was very disappointed.

Zhang Qing said with a smile: "Who gave the order to attack Lanzhou? They all looked like you and Guo Cheng. Who else can manage this army?"

"Zhang Zhizhou, his subordinates also saw a good opportunity. I want to give it a try. As long as the price is not high, I will take Lanzhou and be on the front line with Hehuanggou. In the future, the defense burden of Kangu will be reduced, otherwise the Xixia people will be able to attack Kangu from Huizhou and Lanzhou."

"You made some sense, but have you ever thought about getting Lanzhou? It means there is no room for maneuver. At least in the past few years, your Weng (father-in-law) has not planned to plan Xixia."

Xixia said brutally that ancient Weizhou belongs to us. The Song Dynasty left, which is unreasonable, but ancient Weizhou was not from the Song Dynasty. Whoever has the biggest fist belongs to whom it belongs to. The same is true for Kangu. Xixia must think it belongs to them, but the Song Dynasty has never admitted that Kangu belongs to Xixia. If you use Mu Zheng's name, you can just give Mu Zheng two sons or Mu Zheng a short official position, and the Song Dynasty forcibly occupy Kangu. There is also a saying.

But Lanzhou is different.

No matter who the Song Dynasty called for to hold a short official position, it would be untenable.

In addition, the northern Song Dynasty occupied Suizhou, and the Western Xia could only stay alive.

Zhong Yi stumbled and didn't know how to answer.

Zhang Feng smiled again and said, "Let me do this. I will take the responsibility, but stay in Kan Valley for me."

You are no longer in Xizhou.

After saying that, Zhang Feng made a move to see off the guests. After Zhong Yi left, Zhang Feng laughed. He fooled Zhong Yi, and it had nothing to do with what he said. This time, the three armies of Xixia have 150,000, and the tricks cost the life of the Song Dynasty. What else do you have to say!

The reason why he left Zhong Yi was because he took a special identity. When he came to Kangu, Zhang Feng realized that Zhong Yi was Zheng Lang's son-in-law. War was important and the people were appeased. He had to defend it after fighting, so he left Zhong Yi. There was still such a long front that needed the help of a capable general.

So they changed the plan and asked Zhou Shiqing and Zhang Yu to kill Kangu.

...

Guzhou is the best place in Henan. To the south is the famous Nine Curves Land of the Tang Dynasty, and there is also a great river. When the Tang Dynasty and the Tubo people were in a stalemate, both sides were busy farming. So Heichi Changzhi often ran to the Tubo fields to steal the wheat from the Tubo people at night. Sometimes he was in a good mood and killed people and set fire. Even the Tubo God of War Qinling took this old splash. Now it is a dog head west of Chiling, but the water and soil in Guzhou have not been destroyed yet.

At this time, it was a densely populated place in Henan (the long-form Chronicle not recorded in the Qing Tang Records. Guzhou recruited more than 1,000 soldiers and a fourth-class leader, Aza, and was in charge of 200,000 households. It made me confused again. The area of ​​Guguzhou was only one-quarter of Hangzhou in the Northern Song Dynasty. Hangzhou was so dense that it was less than 200,000 households in the Northern Song Dynasty, and 200,000 households came from the small Guguzhou. There was no way to verify it. Anyway, you should think that there are many people in Guguzhou).

The largest tribe was the Pao tribe, which was almost the only one. However, the Song army came in full force and although they organized nearly 30,000 soldiers, they did not dare to resist. While defending Guzhou City, the leader of the Pao tribe asked Gui Zhang and Dong Ji for help.

Ghost Chapter did not respond.

Gu Miaochuan killed him in a battle. It was not that he killed many subordinates, but that he lost his cohesion. Without cohesion, he could not call on all races. Moreover, Xibawen had been eyeing Zhaqu and went to Guzhou to contact the Song army in person, and he did not dare to divide his troops.

However, Dong Wen responded.

However, it is too far away. This is the special terrain of Qinghai. If you straighten it, it will be less than 80 kilometers from Guzhou to Qingtang City or Huangzhou City. The fact is that it is better to Huangzhou to Guzhou, about 200 miles, but from Guzhou to Qingtang, you must walk 120 miles to Chengfeng Ridge, and then walk dozens of miles from Chengfeng Ridge to Baitu Ridge, and there are still sixty miles from Baitu Ridge to reach Qingtang City. Dong Jin would not foolishly transfer the army from Qingtang, but let Aligu's younger brother, Su Nan Dangzheng, hold his command arrow and go to Chengfeng Ridge to summon the troops of all ethnic groups east of Chengfeng Ridge.

The Southern Jiangsu Party recruited 20,000 people and rushed towards Guzhou.

After Wang Shao arrived in Guzhou, he stopped again, which also made him feel that the Song army was a person who ate persimmons and could only pick the soft ones. Moreover, the Tubo army had far exceeded the number of Song army, and it occupied the right time, place, and people. Therefore, the Southern Jiangsu Party arrived in Guzhou City with full confidence.

As expected, when he heard his army arrived, the Song army began to retreat eastward slowly.

The Southern Jiangsu Party was brave and good at fighting. Although it was an Uighur race, it was a famous warrior in Tubo. It was still a young man. He would be competitive when he was young. The Song army went west and beat Hehuang almost like a broken sieve. Come when he wanted to come. If he wanted to go, then leave. That would be a good thing!

So we discussed with the leader of the Pao tribe, and the two armies met and broke out into Guzhou City. It happened that the road from Guzhou to Michuan City was on the edge of the Yellow River, mostly open river valleys, which was conducive to the battle of Tubo cavalry. More than 40,000 Tubo cavalry rushed towards the southeast.

Being trapped.

There are many troops, less than twice as many troops. I'm embarrassed to say in front of Wang Shao that the army has the advantage? As for what is the right time and place, go to hell.

Until now, Zheng Lang has gradually grasped some of Wang Shao's military skills.

When Wang Shao used his troops, he would first cut off the wings and then deal with the main trunk. Because if the main trunk is moved, the wings will come together to support it, which is difficult to chew, but if the branches and leaves are moved, the main trunk may not support it strongly, and it is the main trunk. Other branches and leaves will not support it. Once the branches and leaves are cut off, the main trunk will have nothing.

Therefore, we marched to Hezhou to deal with Xizhou first, then Taomin, and finally Hezhou and Muzheng.

The same is true when entering Huangzhou. It was originally a high attitude. Don’t take it seriously. Wang Shao didn’t want to attack Zonggecheng at all. However, this conquest of Henan was true. He left Miao Su to stay in Huangzhou and Guo Cheng to sweep the tribes in the northern part of the Huangshui River. It was also true. Then he marched from the north of the Huangshui River to Shengduo Valley and Maoniucheng. In the end, Dong Wen became a commander with a bare body. What else can he use to resist the Song Dynasty?

The same is true for Wang Shao’s strategic thinking.

If you want to move Xixia, you must recover Hehuang. With Zhongyi successfully taking over Lanzhou, if you consolidate this achievement, you will see the benefits.

The Qingli period did not count, it became a past tense. Originally, the Western Xia spread its power to the ancient city, directly threatening the security of Qinzhou. If the Western Xia attacked, it would be like this time, the local army was dispatched to collect troops from the local area, which immediately posed a hazard. However, who did the Song Dynasty send troops to deal with? The British people and Qiang people? They were just scapegoats and did not have much grudge with the Song Dynasty. Once the Song Dynasty took action, it gave the Xixia people the excuse to instigate. Fortunately, the Song Dynasty used to defend the ancient city, otherwise it would be very embarrassing.

Now it’s different. The defense line is relatively shortened. You can defend it when retreating. Whether you are heading to the north to the Tiandu Mountains of Quwu Mountain, or going west to Liangzhou to cut off the Hexi Corridor in Xixia, it will be fatal.

And there are also the trends of Tubo.

Mu Zheng personally pleaded with Xixia, but Mu Zheng was very polite to the envoys of Xixia, but was very arrogant to the envoys of the Song Dynasty, at least he was an anti-Song Zai. Dong Wen was better, but he had an adopted son Aligu. If he did not manage Hehuang, his army would attack Xixia, and he would be full of countless changes.

With the same principle, if you want to manage the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, you must pacify the Western Xia. Xixia has been eager to join forces with the Khitan to deal with the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty manages the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun. Can the people of Xixia not take action?

But anything is not perfect. For example, if Wang Shao’s strategy is not supported by Zheng Lang and without continuity, it may become a mess. This is true in history. Although he has achieved success, he has little or no good side, which has led to the controversy of Fuxi River throughout the ages.

But if Zheng Lang participates in, Wang Shao’s strategy can be continued, and Wang Shao himself will not hide it immediately, so this strategy will play a huge role.

The same is true for tactics. It cannot be said that this tactic is not good, but if you meet a master, you may lose. However, Zheng Lang attaches importance to intelligence work, and the dense intelligence network immediately makes up for the shortcomings of this tactic.

The same is true for Zhang Yu.

He attaches importance to intelligence and is good at calculating strategies. His favorite is the meat grinder tactics, setting up fat baits to sweep the enemy's main force in and strangle it slowly. The biggest requirement of this tactic is to know people and make good use of it. There must be a sea-stabilizing needle in the center of the storm to hold up the enemy's tornado. The generals on the periphery must learn to be flexible and maneuverable, and also have a fierce and fearless spirit.

This is the case with the Jingyuan Road Battle, and the current Eastern Road Army tactics are still the case. The Pingxia City Battle in history is also the case.

As for how to employ people, let alone.

In other words, both of them have certain flaws in tactics, but because of Zheng Lang, the chance of failure has been reduced infinitely because of Zheng Lang.

Of course, being able to think of this shows that Zheng Lang's military cultivation is improving.

In fact, although this battle was huge and brilliant, it was still an exercise in Zheng Lang's mind, a practical exercise for the attack of Xia in advance. The conquest of Xixia can be regarded as an exercise to pacify the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun. However, at that time, Zheng Lang would probably fade out of the political arena.

Can you still stay?

If you stay still, it would be that you are too successful to shock the master. You would have known where to shake Zhao Xu.

Seeing that the Southern Jiangsu Party was about to catch up, the Song army stopped calmly and lined up the baggage cart in front. It was not Liu Yu's Quyue Formation, but just slowed down the Tubo cavalry.

The two armies approached, and the Song army fired volleys of bows, arrows, crossbows and cannons.

Tubo soldiers fell from war horses, but that doesn't matter. As long as they rushed into the Song army and were in close combat, these weapons would lose their effect. With the shouts of the Southern Jiangsu Party, Tubo continued to rush towards the Song army.

But he was wrong again.

These weapons only serve to further force the Tubo people to slow down their speed, and at the same time they can kill and damage them, and also to reduce the morale of the Tubo people.

What really determines life and death is on the front battlefield.

The Tubo people were fierce, and the Western Army was also fierce. Although they had the benefits of the plateau, most of the Song army were soldiers from Shaanxi. Although the altitude here was high, it was not fatal, and the impact was not great. Of course, there were more Tubo people. But did they have the military discipline of the Song army? Is there the mutual cooperation of the Song army? Is there the sharp weapons and armor of the Song army? And... generals! and the talents of the commanders!

Guo Cheng was sweeping, Miao Su stayed in Huangzhou to support, the ancient times were in Miaochuan City, Zhang Zong was in Bajin Fort, and Li Hao was in Suiyuan Village. However, there were also brave generals such as Wang Junwan, Yao Lin, and Liu Yan in the army. All of them were no less than the Southern Jiangsu Party Conquest, especially Wang Junwan. Even if they fought one-on-one, the Southern Jiangsu Party Conquest might not be their opponent.

The reason why he stopped moving forward in Guzhou City was that he deliberately created an illusion again, attracting reinforcements from Gui Zhang or Qing Tang to arrive, and a battle was made to determine the universe. At least he decided to set the universe in Henan.

As September approaches, even during the day, Guzhou is a little cold, and at night it is even colder, but it is a good time for combat.

The white clouds are lingering in the sky and the sky is blue.

A group of geese flew south, probably because they were shocked by the murderous aura of countless people on the ground, and made waves of wail.

As the Tubo people got closer, Wang Shao waved the flag in his hand.

In the middle, the Song army was still shooting, but cavalrymen were separated from both sides to take the initiative to meet them.

The army of 70,000 to 80,000 battles nearly ten miles apart, and dust rose up, and it was difficult for the naked eye to distinguish it for a while.

The Southern Jiangsu Party was a fool at this time.

In such a big melee, even the forces of the two units cannot be said to have much advantage. Often, as the commanding ability of the commander can be regarded as double the force. In terms of command ability, is he really a rival of Wang Shao who has been in battle for a long time?

Yes, Tubo's achievements were very brilliant in the past, but it was because of the fact that the Hehuang clan was united. How did Tubo compare at this time with that at that time?

Looking at the figures of people and horses in the gray fog, although the Southern Jiangsu Dangzheng was in command, his forehead gradually became cold sweat.
Chapter completed!