So, Xihe sent people to Shu to buy dogs.

Nowadays, cotton shops all have Luojiang dogs, with a few fewer ones and dozens of them.

These smart and loyal puppies are sensitive to all movements.

As long as someone dares to run away, they will immediately bark and notify their owners.

Then, take the owner to track the escaped hired workers.

In addition to Luojiang dog, Xihe locally also has a breed of dogs that are hybridized to wolf.

Strong physically and fiercely temperament.

Nowadays, most of them are raised by the government and the army.

The Luojiang dog and this breed called Xihe dog are of size and size.

Weave a large net on Xihe Road.

As long as you come in and want to run out, it will be extremely difficult.

It has effectively protected the interests of major cotton shops.

Now, the probability of successful escape of employees in cotton farms in Xihe has dropped by 90%.

All the escaped workers who were caught will be severely punished by the government - because they violated the contract, they must work for their employers for one to three years to make up for the losses.

During this period, employers have the right to put shackles and shackles on them to prevent them from continuing to escape.

Under such an iron fist, the Xihe government was not afraid of Western thieves and spies, and they did it in detail.

They even wanted to do more. So they opened the border directly and did not distinguish between fugitives at all.

Who doesn’t like the free labor force?!

Under such circumstances, although the current Xihe parties cannot do anything about the movements of the Western thieves, they can still guess it roughly.

However, the Western thieves knew nothing about the Song Dynasty, but at least they were in a daze.

As early as last month, Zhao En had already obtained the exact information and learned that the Western thief Prime Minister Liang Yifu had led the Western thief's absolute elite main force Tie Yaozi to Gaolan Palace at the foot of Tiandu Mountain.

Liang Yifu and Tie Yaozi both came.

Will the Western thieves launch a large-scale attack?

As for the goal?

No need to think about it, it must be Lanzhou!

Apart from Lanzhou, at this stage, there is no other place on Xihe Road that can make the Western thieves so powerful.

"Now, Liang Yifu, the prime minister of the Western thief, has gathered 30,000 elite troops from the two military supervisors in the Tiandu Mountain area, Qizhuoluo and Nan, and Chaoshun, the right wing! "

Zhuo Luo and Nan, the right wing Chaoshun, are both the two Xixia military supervisors facing Lanzhou.

Its core is Liangzhou in the Tang Dynasty and is one of the core territories of the Western thieves.

When Yuan Hao established the country, he regarded it as the 12 Military Supervisors Office.

At that time, Zhuo Luo and Nan and the right wing were still in the rear.

It is the most important economic zone and grain-producing zone for Western thieves.

But now, with the opening of Xining, the Song Dynasty has the Xihe Lan Club.

The former rear became the front line.

Lanzhou has therefore become a thorn in the eyes of Western thieves, and the flesh is thorny, so he wants to pull it out quickly!

"Using the command of the thief, once activated, 30,000 elite troops can cover the 300,000 strong men and attack our Lanzhou!" Zhao Sheng said softly.

This is no doubt.

This is the system of the Dangxiang people.

With a few elites of 20,000 to 30,000 as the core, hundreds of thousands of people, even the elderly, young, women and children, they began to flow towards the Song Dynasty.

What is important is to reduce ten goals with one force.

Moreover, they don’t care about the losses of both men and women or children at all.

Therefore, in the past Song and Xia wars, the Song Dynasty was always easily shocked by the huge army of the Western thieves.

Then he did not dare to act rashly, or because of defeat, defeated several weak armies of Western thieves, and was proud, so he underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly.

Then the rear route was cut off by someone, surrounded in a narrow area, and divided and annihilated.

From Sanchuankou to Haoshuichuan, this is the case.

But the Song Dynasty quickly learned from its experiences and lessons.

Starting from Duke Fan Wenzheng and Duke Han Zhongxian, he began to build a base on the border.

Fortresses began to rise from the ground.

The thief was often hit in front of these fortresses and bleeding from the head.

Typical examples are the Battle of Guangshun City during the Yingmiao era, the Battle of Dingxi City that ended last year and the Five Lanzhou Battles.

With so many successful experiences, Zhao Cheng naturally would not copy the wrong answers.

He replied to Xiang Zong: "I intend to rely on the Jiancheng Fortress in Lanzhou, defend Lanzhou and dozens of forts outside the border, and fight against the Western thieves."

"Make it not to make progress!"

"When the food is gone, then use the elite cavalry to cover up and defeat the main force, not seeking annihilation, but only seeking to disperse!"

"At that time..." He licked his lips: "The hundreds of thousands of innocent men, strong women and children who were covered by the Western thief can all be rescued."

"As for the ghost chapter..." Zhao En said: "I want to put it in..."

"Then choose the opportunity to surround and encircle and annihilate the main force!"

Since he was driven out of Xige City by Zhongyi, Qingyi has been taking his tribe and has been spinning on the plateau.

He even ate a Song army light cavalry that went too far into the plateau.

This is the battle characteristics of Qingyi’s ghost-making seal, or the Qingtang Tubo.

I don't care about the gains and losses of a city and a place at all.

If you want it, then give it to you!

But if you go too far, the supply line will be pulled too long.

Then I'm sorry.

Just cut off your retreat and cut off your food route.

Then force your army to go hungry on the plateau and eat sand.

In the end, no matter how many troops were, they could only retreat with hatred.

But at this time, they will come out.

Both the Song Dynasty and the Dangxiang people suffered this loss from the Tubo people.

And it was a big loss!

Especially Dangxiang people, they already have some PTSD in this regard.

Veterans like Zhao Seung are very good at summarizing experience.

Therefore, he firmly rejected the combat plan to penetrate the plateau.

It was just that Hezhou and Xige City increased their efforts to attract and lure all the troops under Qingyi Jieguizhang.

Now it seems that the effect is significant!

Reliable information shows that Qingyi's ghost seal is coming down from the plateau with his main force in the name of migration.

As long as he comes down, he enters the area controlled by the Song Dynasty.

He wants to leave again?

But he can't help!

This is not only Zhao Sen's personal opinion, but also the result of discussions among the generals of Xihe over the past few days.

Xiang Zong replied to Zhao En's words and nodded: "My husband's plan is very good. I don't know what I can do?"

When Zhao En and Xihe generals heard this, light shone in everyone's eyes.

"I just want to ask for official business and confirm again whether the "Yuanyou Army Reward Order" applies to the Xihe Prefectures?"

Xiang Zonghui nodded seriously: "Please rest assured, my husband and all the gentlemen of Ming!"

"The imperial court has issued the order!"

"The current officials have no words to change."

"The various rewards in the military reward orders will never be short of the soldiers!"

Even if the court does not give this reward, Xiang Zonghui will bring other cotton farm owners to cash out the reward.
To be continued...