The Xia people always believed that the whole nation was a soldier, and even now, they could easily organize a 500,000-strong army.

Among the 500,000 troops, there are countless elite soldiers and powerful generals, with great reputations and fears. There are several large armies between the Song, Jin and Liao.

Almost every army is comparable to the Tiefutu of the Jin people and the Tielin army under the command of the Liao people's Southern Academy.

Placed near Xingqing Prefecture are the famous Iron Harrier and the Proton Army, with a total of more than 70,000 people. On the desert grassland, guarding against the capture army of Mongols and other large armies, as the name suggests, they have always been famous for capturing the enemy's troops alive as slaves, with a population of nearly 100,000.

Bubazi is the infantry of the Xia people, and is also extremely powerful. In addition, the Paoxi army is good at using firearms, so that the Bubazi and Paoxi armies have always been mixed into other armies, so that the Xia army can be invincible no matter what kind of war it faces.

Although there are no elite iron harriers from the Xia people in Lanzhou, even if the ordinary cavalry are equipped with Bu Bazi and Poxi Army, Yu Mo Xiaobao, Li Zhongfang and others, it is quite difficult.

The Hexi Corridor consists of seven provinces. Among the Anbei army stationed by the Xia people, there are Tie Yaozi, Poxi Army, and Bubazi. For Zhong Can and Tian Lin who are now rushing to Liangzhou, it is definitely a tragic battle.

As for Li Heng, now he only relies on 6,000 people to attack the central defender, and then cut off Xingqing Prefecture to Liangzhou, or rush to support Lanzhou, in Liu Keshi's view, it is like a mantis armed chariot, and it is almost difficult to achieve.

"Sir, the Xia people are definitely a difficult bone to crack. Whether it is cavalry or infantry, even firearms, it has always been a headache. When the Jin people went south to attack our Song Dynasty, they were flat and the terrain was unstoppable, but in the years of war with the Xia people, they rarely took advantage of the Xia people. Now, the lord... the lower officials don't understand the soldiers and fight, so they really can't see what the intention of the lord's three places was to attack the Xia people with a few troops. But the lower officials believe that, lord, you are definitely not despising the Xia people's troops." Liu Keshi looked at Ye Qing's back and couldn't guess it for a while. Ye Qing used troops at the same time, rather than focusing on the purpose of attacking one city.

"If this is the time..." Ye Qing raised his hand and pointed to the Hetao Third Route on the map, and then said: "What should I do if the Jin people took advantage of the emptiness behind us and accidentally entered the Hetao Third Route?"

"The officials think that Lord Yu Yunwen is suspected of killing chickens in Lanzhou with a ox knife." Liu Keshi looked at Ye Qing's back, paused and said, "If you send Lord Yu Yunwen back to Jingzhao Mansion to garrison, you must be able to deal with the Jin people who took advantage of the situation. Now Jingzhao Mansion only has Duke Chongguo, King Qing, Liu Minxing, Liu Minxue and others. I am afraid that once the Jin people use troops to our rear, they may be unable to resist."

"Yu Yunwen cannot move, no one can move Yu Yunwen. As long as you take down Lanzhou Prefecture, Yu Yunwen must be in Lanzhou City. Even if I am, I may not be as good as Yu Yunwen's staying in Lanzhou." Ye Qing sighed and turned around to look at Master Liu Ke, whose eyes were red.

Since the war began, Liu Keshi had almost stopped busy and closed his eyes slightly.

He knew better than anyone else that the importance of being able to deliver the supplies and supplies from Guanshan to the three armies safely on time and safely. Moreover, because of Ye Qing's order, he hoped to do a better job of the dispatch.

So in just a few days, Liu Keshi seemed to be several years old, with a beard, red eyes, tired and even a hint of anxiety.

"Sir, why don't you think that Yu Yunwen is not a waste of talent in Lanzhou?" Liu Keshi thanked Ye Qing for the tea he handed to him personally, and then sat down and asked as Ye Qing sat down.

"It is not difficult for Li Heng to defend the Central Guard, and the Xia people are now in internal strife. Li An is determined to seize the throne. Li Chunyou is also determined to use the opportunity of this internal strife to get rid of Li An unscrupulous. Therefore, Li Heng defends the Central Guard, as long as the sixteen supervisors in the north of Xingqing Prefecture, he will not be dispatched to Xingqing Prefecture as soon as possible, Li Heng is actually safer than anyone else. When the Mongolians conquered Liao, they must pass through the border of Xia, even if it is like

The Mongols have comforted the Xia people, indicating that they have no hostility towards the Xia Kingdom. However, it is difficult for the Sixteen Supervisors of the Xia people stationed in the desert grasslands in the north to draw up to 100,000 or 200,000 troops back to Xingqing Mansion. As for the Iron Harrier and the Proton Army in Xingqing Mansion, they have been divided into two factions by Li An and Li Chunyou at this time. It is impossible to attack Li Heng." Ye Qing held the teacup and said leisurely.

"So, there is no need to worry too much about Li Heng, but I still gave him the Three Thousand Battalions, plus his field camp totaling 6,000 people. Before Li Zhongfang went to help him, he would not have any more troops. So... Once the central defender could not defend, we would be defeated." Ye Qing looked at the puzzled Liu Keshi and continued to smile and said, "So this is why Yu Yunwen had to guard Lanzhou."

"The lower official is stupid, but I still don't understand very much." Liu Keshi's head shook like a rattle.

"If we defend Lanzhou, we will definitely not be completely driven into Guanshan Fortress by the Xia people. Moreover... Hengqiao's Guanghua Army was not originally a large army in the north, but now it has appeared in Lanzhou. At this time of Lin'an Court, he is probably so angry that he jumped, and Han Tuozhou would not sit idly by. Once he defines Hengqiao's Guanghua Army as a rebel, then Lanzhou will be in danger. After all, what Han Tuozhou likes the most is..."

Before Ye Qing finished speaking, Liu Keshi suddenly realized: "I have heard of Han Xiang's preference for officials. Rumors have been heard that over the years, the reason why he has been able to rise to the court is entirely because of robbing others' merits. Therefore, if the Guanghua Army was defined as a rebel, Han Xiang would have a reason to send troops to Lanzhou, thus putting us in a dilemma?"

"Yes, in order to stabilize the morale of the army and improve morale, including stabilizing officials at all levels in the Eighth Route in the Northern Territory, I submitted a list of nearly a hundred officials to the Ministry of Personnel, but only Yu Yunwen was the only one who sent someone in person to the court to promote him as the pacification envoy, Duke Yong. If Han Tuozhou personally went to Lizhou Road, or defined Hengqiao and Guanghua Army in the name of a rebel, Yu Yunwen, the pacification envoy appointed by the court himself, Duke Yong came forward, which was much better than me, who had been in the court for a long time and had no good reputation. At least, Han Tuozhou could be jealous of the name of Hengqiao, and could not make the name of Hengqiao's robbery, nor could he ignore Yu Yunwen's existence in Lanzhou. However, because I attacked Xia behind the scenes, he did not dare or could not be greedy for the contributions of Lanzhou, or robbed Lanzhou and sent it back to the Xia people." Ye Qing said helplessly.

Master Liu Ke smiled, then saluted Ye Qing and said, "Sir, you really have a plan. You even have such a small matter."

"Yu Yunwen's legitimacy is more reasonable than any of us. The charge of self-esteem as a king has been hovering over my head for several years. Although I was able to defend Lanzhou under the questioning of Han Tuozhou, it is difficult to guarantee that the court would not take this opportunity to completely draw a clear line with me, and thus give up all the land of recovery like cutting off the flesh, and then tell the world that I, Ye Qing, have made great contributions and have already made himself king in the north. By that time, we were surrounded by enemies, and they all looked around." Ye Qing drank tea, and Jia She returned and sent the battle reports from the three places today.

"In this way, only Liangzhou and the seven prefectures in Hexi can be considered a fierce battle, and they are fighting hard?" Liu Keshi had long forgotten that he was a minister of the Song court or an official under Ye Qing's command. He only knew that he would follow Ye Qing to expand his territory, and then he looked at the Xia, Jin and other countries that had bullied the Song Dynasty, and under Ye Qing's step-by-step pressure, he lost his vast territory one by one, and felt that a man should be born so heroic.

"Yes, the real war has always been in Qizhou, Hexi. Tian Lin and Zhong Can now have only 40,000 people under their command. Even the Anbei Army, which now has only 70,000 people in Qizhou, Hexi, does not have an advantage in numbers, and is still an attacking side. So it is really difficult to conquer Qizhou in Hexi and occupy the Hexi Corridor." When Ye Qing thought of the narrow and long terrain of the Hexi Corridor, and then thinks about the city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, he also sweated Tian Lin, Zhong Can and the other two in his heart.

Therefore, after Mo Xiaobao was broken in Lanzhou City, he had to go to help Tian Lin and Zhong Can as soon as possible. Li Zhongfang had to be sad about Li Heng, who had weak reinforcements, and Yu Yunwen and Heng Qiao had to defend Lanzhou. As the head coach, he could only sit in Guanshan and beware of the possibility of the Jin people attacking the Hetao Three Routes behind him.

In short, when counting on his fingers, Ye Qing will still be complacent that he has generals and soldiers under his command. However, when he uses these generals thoroughly, it is like the monthly salary. When he first got it, he feels quite satisfied and not too little. But once he makes the budget for the next month, he will instantly give birth to a kind of thing: I worked hard for a month, but it is so small! How to buy a house! How to get a wife! How to have a baby! It's so hard!

Ye Qing felt this way now. When he had not arrived at Jingzhao Mansion, everything was quite confident, but when everything started to get on the right track, when he wanted to have real guns and ammunition, he took out his pocket and started to point soldiers and generals, and started to spend money, he would have a feeling of "I was so stupid that I had calculated the wrong thing at the beginning? Why is it completely different from what I imagined!

"But even so, once the Jin people invade, our troops will still not be enough." Liu Ke's division was excited at first. Central defenders and Lanzhou were not as difficult as he thought. Thinking about the fact that only Liangzhou and other seven states needed to fight, he accepted it. After all, this is a war, not a house.

But when he thought of the golden man behind his butt, he might take advantage of the situation and enter, Master Liu Ke once again fell into the anxiety of being a literati.

Ye Qing stretched out his hand in the void and pointed to the map not far away and said, "Did you see the distance between Zhongwei and Liangzhou? Let's see where Lanzhou is."

Liu Keshi followed Ye Qing's finger and looked silently for a while and said, "If you take Guanshan as the basis point, then the Zhongwei is in the north of us, Lanzhou is in the south of us but in the west, while Liangzhou is in the front of us, that is, in the west."

"Yes, if there is a straight line between Guanshan and Liangzhou, then the two are connected to the central defenders, which is a regular triangle, and Lanzhou below is an inverted triangle, which can attack and retreat or defend. The mountain is at the back, and there is no more perfect strategic advantage than this. So as long as we take over Liangzhou, Jinzhou, and Ganzhou, and the other four states behind us, we can slowly plan it. In this way, Guanshan's troops can be retracted to go to Hetao's three routes to prevent the attack of the reserve gold men. So, you burn incense and worship Buddha, and bless the Jin people not suddenly attack us at such a quick time. Otherwise, the four routes centered on Jingzhao Prefecture will be trapped in the years of war again." Ye Qing stood up, patted Liu Keshi's dazed shoulder, and then followed Jia She out of the room.

Master Liu Ke looked at the map on the wall in a daze, unable to come back to his senses for a long time. Ye Qing's words just now were still in his ears, and he was not in a hurry to capture the other four states. In other words, Ye Qing completely gave up the only chance to rescue the Liao Dynasty princess Yelu Yue.

(ps: I feel, it’s just a simple feeling... It feels like many people are gloating: I see how bad you Qingye can write war, or: I see what surprises you Qingye can write!
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