The north wind stopped, and although the night was still cold, it was also the last time of the ice and snow season.

The night sky is shining with stars, like bright gems dotted under the deep night sky. Don’t envy the lives of ancient people, but in ancient times, the air quality should not be questioned, especially on clear and cloudy nights, the night sky is particularly beautiful and charming.

But in this era, everyone will feel that it is normal, and everyone has no intention of admiring this beautiful night sky.

The charming moon also reveals a moving figure in the sky.

Nearly twenty people were silent at first, but the last one finally couldn't help asking: "General Wei, I can't understand."

Since the construction of Fan Zhongyan, the Snow Mud Fort has never planned to be regarded as a real war fortress. Why should it guard this remnant fortress?

"It has a small path that reaches Huanzhou." Wei Zongqing said.

Every fortress in the northwest has a function, just like Rouyuan Village, with two ravines in the southeast, which are actually two roads. The right road can reach Qingzhou, Zhun'an Town, and the left road can reach Dashun City, Liyuan Fort, Huachi City and Fengchuan Fort.

The status of the Snow Mud Fort is slightly worse, but there are also two routes. One is to reach Xiguzhai. From Xiguzhai, you can reach Papaya Fort, then from Papaya Fort to Huanzhou City or Guide Fort to Qinggang Gorge in Xixia, and you can also reach Guisei Fort from Xiguzhai to Huanzhou City and then Huanzhou City. The roads for Papaya Fort are the best, followed by Guisei Fort to directly lead to Xiguzhai. However, there is a more rugged path from Xueni Fort, which leads to Huanzhou City.

But the problem is that it refers to a small group of plundering troops. If it is a large group of enemy troops, they must carry a lot of food and supplies. This season is again, so it is impossible to choose this road to enter Huanzhou. If you really choose, you won’t need to fight the Song army in Huanzhou. As long as you guard for two or three days, the enemy will have to withdraw in a mess.

Therefore, no one was convinced by Wei Qingzong's explanation.

Even if the enemy has a large number of troops and has enough ambitions, it is facing Huanzhou. But if you want to defend the gate of Huanzhou, why not guard Xiguzhai? Not to mention that Xiguzhai also has officers and soldiers belonging to several battalions of Wei Qingzong, even the officers and soldiers of these two battalions do not need to fight so badly.

Hu Kai said: "General Wei, the last general believes that the arrangement of Ming Gong may be wrong this time."

"Mr. Li, how can you believe Mr. Li? Isn't it hard for him to cause the officers and soldiers?" Yi Du said again.

"Instructor Jiang, do you think so too?" Wei Qingzong asked.

"I don't know."

Wei Qingzong understood, everyone came to force the palace.

But what else can I say besides Kuser?

Just like in front of us, the officers and soldiers of the two battalions, among which the generals are commanders, deputy commanders, and then the Du, the cavalry are military commanders, deputy horse commanders, infantry are Du heads, and deputy Du heads. These people are all intermediate generals in the army.

The rest are the ten generals or military leaders, the guards, the bureau, and the officials. These are all low-level military generals.

In addition, there are military officers such as inspectors and jailing. These two battalions are fully organized, and they have nearly thirty high and middle-level generals, but now only two-thirds are left. All the rest are sacrificed in today's tragic battle.

As for ordinary soldiers, the casualties were even more severe, with nearly four hundred people killed and seriously injured. Most of the remaining ones were still in the lottery, and some were fighting fiercely, just like Li Ping, who was almost disabled.

In this case, how can we keep tomorrow for the whole day?

Therefore, the commander Jiang was the commander of the Poche Army from Zheng Baiqu, and he lost confidence at this time.

"Drink a bar." Wei Qingzong advised.

"Then I still have the heart to drink, so why not do this. I will send someone out of the city quietly and ask for help from Qingzhou at night. I believe that after this, Ming Gong will not blame him."

"Hua Kai, it may be difficult. Even if reinforcements are sent, Huaian Town cannot count on it. Either the troops are sent from Xigu Village, the enemy sends scouts, and Xigu Village has few troops. Before they arrive, they may be in danger."

The only chance of life is to persevere until tomorrow night. Zhonggu brought more troops to rescue everyone. But can he persevere until tomorrow night?

But the military orders are like mountains. Besides, even if they want to retreat, they cannot retreat without the support of reinforcements from the rear.

Everyone was drinking together in distress.

At this moment, Wei Qingzong's personal soldiers rushed in and said, "Shief Guo is here."

"Why is Guo Qing here?"

"Old Wei, don't you welcome me?"

"Come in quickly," Wei Qingzong said. Guo Qing was not as good as him. He had a brigade general at least, and Guo Qing was nothing, but Wang Ju piled it up behind him. However, when Guo Qing came, Wei Qingzong vaguely felt that things might turn a corner.

Guo Qing walked in.

Everyone immediately complained: "Master Guo, it doesn't matter if we guard the Huanzhou Road, but why should we guard this broken castle?"

"You can report to Ming Gong quickly."

"You can report to Mr. Li quickly."

There were two statements, and only Guo Qing and two instructors knew about Wang Ju's successor to Qingzhou, so he used Ming Gong, and the rest of the people didn't know about it, so he used Li Gong. Anyway, they all vaguely praised him, and no one else paid much attention to it.

"Jiang Zhuan, don't you believe in Ming Gong?"

"No... I just learn from Hu Qian. There is also a saying, you can't sacrifice in a mess."

"Then I still don't believe it."

"Qin Guard, look at how many soldiers we have left."

"It's really difficult, but Ming Gong asked me to come and explained it to everyone."

"When will he put down his airs and explain?" Yi Du said sarcastically.

"No... By the way, you don't know yet. Now the governor of Gyeongju is not Mr. Li."

"Who is that?"

"Prince An."

"How could it be... Then why did Ming Gong make such arrangements?"

More than a dozen intermediate generals didn't believe it, but then they believed it. As many Poche troops were sent to the front line, they knew that Wang Ju had come to Qingzhou, but they saw Wang Ju return to Ningzhou and thought that Wang Ju was working in Ningzhou.

Now that Guo Qing said this, the court may have made some new mobilizations. After all, the situation in Qingzhou is very tense. At this time, we cannot talk about qualifications. People who understand military affairs should command the battle of Qingzhou. But if Wang Ju is the governor of Qingzhou, this arrangement would be unreasonable. He is not a person who does not know the military.

"Everyone, please listen to my explanation to you on behalf of Minggong. By the way, it is best not to disclose this news to the soldiers for the time being."

"Okay, then you can tell me why you did this." Yi Du said.

"good."

Guo Qing told the story again.

The initial plan started after Wang Ju and Zhang Yue met in Luoyang. But at that time it was just a preliminary discussion. Then the two arrived at Sanyuan and began to formulate a detailed combat plan.

But this is just a rough solution.

This is like Wang Quanbin and Liu Guangyi attacking Shu Kingdom. Before leaving, Zhao Kuangyin gave Liu Guangyi a treasure bag to Cao Bin, the military commander of Liu Guangyi, and asked him to dismantle it when he was approaching Kuizhou. Liu Guangyi approached Kuizhou, and Cao Bin dismantled the treasure bag. Zhao Kuangyin instructed them to go ashore immediately. Then go ashore and rushed all the way west. The Shu army thought that the Song army continued to go west from the waterway, laying a floating bridge on the Kuizhou River, and also increased three fences. At the same time, the cannons were arranged, which was to arrange a large number of catapults. Who knew that the Song army had almost no scouts sent to inquire, so they quickly moored the boat to shore and rushed over. As a result, the arrangement of Shu Kingdom was useless at all. The defense line was lost.

So later generations repeatedly used this matter to say that Zhao Kuangyi would not kill Zhao Kuangyin, and perhaps the Northern Song Dynasty would not be so weak.

Maybe.

But if Zhao Kuangyin takes the real look at the map, he can win a thousand miles away? If that happens, why would he take down the Southern Tang without looking at the map? The battle was so dangerous that he almost planned to retreat. There is also Taiyuan, Zhao Kuangyin attacked himself, but he did not take down.

Therefore, even if Zhang and Wang Er are combined, it is not possible to be so exaggerated. However, both of them are very clear-headed and have no intention of winning a thousand miles away. I can only say that the approximate plan is formulated.

At the same time, Wang Ju sent a large number of scouts to secretly go to the front line to inquire, including Murong from Huanzhou. He did not expect anything else at that time. The main reason for inquiring was Murong's attitude towards the Song Dynasty. After all, if Murong supported it, it would undoubtedly increase a lot of strength. They had too much influence in Huanzhou. Since they were staring at Murong, they must be staring at some of Murong's thorns. It turns out that Wang Ju and Zhang Yue were both in Qingzhou. Although they were not as familiar with Huanzhou, they knew a little.

In addition, Liu Changzuo attached equal importance to the scouts and trained them for a long time. As a result, after these scouts were inquiring about them, they found some bad news.

But the scout was not confirmed.

Later, before handing over, Wang Ju appeared in the valley.

But it can only be said that the commanders of each battalion knew that Wang Ju had handed over and had to hide it from their subordinates. As for the specific plan, they were not very clear, including the generals of each brigade. Wang Ju only said part of it. Then, after listening to their opinions, the decision makers were still Wang Ju and Zhang Yu. But it was normal, otherwise how could they distinguish the generals? Not to mention Murong, who had not yet confirmed, speaking out would only make everyone worry and be useless.

So in the diary report the day before yesterday, the enemy's march route marked by Wang Ju was still dotted.

If there were no part of Murong betrayal and responding, even if Renduolingding had strong soldiers and strong horses, he might not be able to take over Huanzhou, but would be out of touch with the entire main force.

Therefore, it was estimated at that time that Rendor Lingding would definitely launch an attack on Fort Meli, and the Snow Mud Fort was still an unknown number.

Once the Meli Fort Melis can be connected with the main force of Liang Yimeng under Rouyuan Village. However, in that case, Meli Fort Melis faces heavier pressure, and they have to persist until one day after Gao Min's action, and now it is still two days. But if Renduoling Ding comes one day earlier, then he has to persist for three days, and two days earlier, then he may have to persist for four days.

Of course, the arrangement of Meli Fort Melis is a little more perfect, but that's okay. This is the inevitable focus of the Xixia people. No matter how much defense the Song Dynasty deploys, Renduoling Ding will not be surprised.

In fact, Donggu Fort can't escape this disaster, that is tomorrow...

However, there is another possibility.

That is, the information the scouts inquired was correct, so Renduoling Ding would inevitably attack the Snow Mie Castle. The consequence is that only Zhong Gu Lai rescues it, that is, Zhong Gu will not rescue it. Xixia soldiers are at the Xigu Fort, Zhong Gu must send reinforcements to rescue it.

Huanzhou was originally empty, and as long as a few battalions of officers and soldiers were drawn to provide assistance, it would be even more empty.

Murong will have an attack at that time. Don’t forget that there is a rugged path leading directly to Huanzhou. Under normal circumstances, the people of Xixia would not take this path. However, Murong betrayed and the two armies were intercepted, Huanzhou would be lost.

"Then why can't we make an advance defense?" Yi Du asked.

"How to set up defense? Even if Renduolingding is a partial army, they have 70,000 to 80,000 troops. Even if the troops are divided into two groups, they are far better than the troops in Huanzhou. As long as we set up defenses in Xueni Fortress, the people of Xixia will know that Renduolingding is not a general of Liang Yi and others. As long as they divide their troops and return to Dechuan Road, what role will these defenses play? The solution is not to set up defenses, nor can they set up defenses. The real root of the disaster is this part of Murong."

"I understand. Tomorrow, Zhong Zhijun led his army to rescue him. The troops in the rear are empty, so..."

"That's right, so Judge Zhang Tong asked you to hold on for two days no matter what. First solve the problem of the root cause of the rear, so you will not retreat to Xigu Village. After hearing the news the day after tomorrow, he will not attack the Snow Mie Castle."

But this is impossible. When Renda Lingding heard the news and confirmed the news, it would be the afternoon after tomorrow and would not be able to hold on tomorrow, let alone the day after tomorrow.

"But if this is the case, their attack will be more fierce tomorrow..." Wei Qingzong said worriedly.

"This is inevitable, but I'm here for this. Please organize the seriously injured soldiers immediately. I will reveal the truth after the third update." (To be continued)

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