A heavy rain slowed down Ye Qing's marching speed much. On June 24, 2016, Shaoxi, Ye Qing, who was supposed to go directly to Yanchang County under Yanzhou, had to stay in Yanzhou for a while.

Liu Minxing welcomed Ye Qing into the yamen office, and reported that the 30,000 troops led by Wang Chong and Xie Lun were already being extended. Menshan counties set up camps in a large manner, while looking at Ye Qing, who was a little distracted, asked: "Sir... I'm too tired all the way. Why don't you rest for a while before you can report the report?"

"No need, just continue to say it." Ye Qing shook his head. For some reason, just as he was looking at the map, what came to his mind was the feeling that he might have truly confronted Temujin in the Jin Kingdom in the near future.

This feeling was inexplicable, but Ye Qing believed that once Temujin interfered in the Xia Kingdom, the demise of Xia Kingdom would inevitably be inevitable. In this way... Once the Liao Kingdom was taken down by Temujin, the originally fragmented territory of China would only be Song, Jin, and Mongolia.

As a result, as the situation gradually becomes more and more innovative, Wanyan Jing, who is sandwiched between himself and Temujin, will inevitably become the target of his competition with Temujin, or...: "If this battle is over, it seems that I still have to go back to Lin'an."

Ye Qing said this without thinking. Liu Minxing, who was standing beside him, looked confused. After moving his lips, he didn't know that he should take what Ye Qing said, so he had to continue to follow his previous report: "Sir, although Xiaguan has taken over the road to Fuyan for more than a year and two years,... when the Jin people evacuated, a large number of horses were taken away, so now Xiaguan can only gather only 5,000 war horses."

"It's enough, much more than I thought." Ye Qing patted Liu Minxing's shoulder comfortably and somewhat frustrated: "It's just that it will take us a while to completely drive the current Mongolians to the north of the Yellow River and not dare to go south to the nomadic land. I hope that after this war, we can have the ability to seize that magnificent grassland."

Although the Hetao Three Roads are now completely in Ye Qing's hands, there are still Mongolians wandering on the large grassland after crossing the Wuding River. They who are better at horse grazing will occasionally cross the Yellow River to find horses and then go along. So now, it is rare for Liu Minxing to be able to gather 5,000 war horses in the Hetao Three Roads.

It is true that the three routes of Hetao are fertile, but this place has always been a must-pass place for military strategists, and it is also the main battlefield for agricultural and nomadic peoples to compete for war horses all year round.

Among them, Suidezhou, which is closer to Wuding River to the north of Yanzhou, is the most important. This place has always been a staggering area of ​​agriculture and pastoralism. When it is cold and frozen, nomadic peoples will lead their troops south to destroy the property and fields of the farming people.

However, when the farming people are strong and the weather warms up, as the nomadic people retreat northward, the government and the people will expand northward according to the situation of military farming. In this way, the territory of this area, which is based on Wuding River, has been tug-of-war and interchange.

Since Qin, this was a battle zone between farming and nomads. Qin general Meng Tian once expelled nomads on the ground, making the Hu people afraid to take down herding horses. Huo Qubing and Wei Qing also fought with the nomads here, expelling the nomads' harassment and looting of the farming people.

For the people of Song, the most heart-wrenching and regretful thing was that in the time of Shenzong, in order to resist the Xia Kingdom

Invaded and built Yongle City here, but this Yongle City never brought a day of joy to the Song people. Instead, after the Wuding River was seized by the Xia people, the water source in the city was cut off, and eventually 20,000 troops were trapped in Yongle City. They died of thirst and hunger, until the entire army was wiped out, and the government and the country were shocked.

"I vow to sweep away the Huns without any care. Five thousand sable brocades are ruined by Hu Chen. It's pitiful that the bones by Wuding River are still people in the dream of spring boudoir!" Liu Minxing recited this song "Longxi Travel" by Chen Tao, a Tang Dynasty man, and then sighed with Ye Qing: "Sir, it's not that the officials are disrespectful to the court or the royal family, but..."

Liu Minxing's expression was filled with a hint of self-deprecating feeling, and he slowly said, "When Xiaguan was still in Yangzhou, he always thought that the words "lucky, bold, iron-blooded, and brave" only exist in the book. When the Guan arrived at Wuding River and saw the abandoned Yongle City, he realized that I, the Song people, were so weak and unaware of it. They were all romantic and handsome all day long, and even men were wearing flowers one by one, not thinking about serving the country or being brave, but only knew how to be immersed in the wind, flowers, snow and moon, and extravagant enjoyment.

People are not the ambitions of others and destroy their own prestige. Although you seized all the territory of the Three Hetao Roads, under our rule, the grassland north of the Wuding River has never been our pasture, but has become a place where the Mongols rode horses and whipped sheep and put down horses. But before we regained the pastures on the north bank of the Wuding River were always under the control of the Jin people, so according to the officials, if you want to truly own a pasture, you will not be brave enough to guard the future like Wei Qing and Huo Qubing."

"But now the Mongols are powerful and arrogant, and we can compete with them. Apart from the generals with bravery and power, General Zhong and General Mo, the lower officials really don't know who can win this position. But now the Lord is in charge of all the northern land, how can he give up the entire road under the jurisdiction of the capital because of a pasture? And the two generals Zhong and Mo did not follow the Lord to Yanzhou this time, which is enough to show that the war in Xia State is still tight. Lord..."

"I know what you mean. You want to persuade me to give up the war in Xia State for the time being and concentrate on consolidating the three routes of Hetao. After enduring so for three or five years, it is not too late to fight against the Xia people again." Ye Qing took a deep breath and shook his head and said, "But time is no longer there. If this is the case, the Mongols will only become stronger, and it will become more and more difficult for us to fight with them on the vast grassland. For us, we are more about shocking the Mongols, letting them throw themselves into a rat and be afraid of weapons and not doing whatever they want. As for the Mongols, we will sooner or later fight."

The sound of rain outside the window was still crisp, and Liu Minxing nodded silently. He could understand Ye Qing's situation and difficulties now. However, as the comforting envoy of Fuyan Road, whenever he arrived in Suide, he stood by the Wuding River and looked at the green grassland opposite, the white clouds and blue sky, the groups of cattle, sheep and horses, and the particularly arrogant, domineering, barbaric and unreasonable Mongolians show their power to them, and his heart would tremble with jealousy.

Those fertile pastures should have been their place to herd their horses, but because of the lack of military force in the north, the repeated provocations of the Mongols, and the disobedience of some Jin officials in the Hetao three routes, the fertile pastures was nominally returned to the hands of the Song people, but in fact they made wedding dresses for the Mongols and became the Mongols' horses.

In this way, Ye Qing and others were in vain.

The Hetao Third Road we arrived at was equivalent to half of the territory, and there was no way to recapture all the Hetao Third Road.

"Yongle City was abandoned now, I wonder what it looks like now?" Ye Qing pointed at the map with the words Yongle and asked.

A military city on the frontier used to resist the invasion of Xia Kingdom was actually named by the court after the word Yongle. This made people laugh and cry. I really don’t know whether the Song court was too arrogant or stupid at that time.

"There are still some residues in the city. The city has long been deserted and overgrown with weeds. Even in this season, it is desolate and desolate. Even... it seems that you can still smell the sadness of the 20,000 troops being besieged and wiped out by the entire army." Liu Minxing said with regret.

"Let's start preparing, and in addition to ensuring the supply of food and supplies for the war, we will prepare to rebuild Yongle City." Ye Qing tapped the word Yongle on the map with his index finger again, and then thought for a while: "But let's forget about the word Yongle, I am not as poetic as the court, so I will replace the word "海成动" with the word "海成动".

"Muma Town?" Liu Minxing's eyes lit up.

"It sounds pretty good, at least it can make us clear how important this place is to us who lack war horses." There were constant rain outside the window, but the front-line battle reports coming and going were one after another.

Wang Chong and Xie Lun were in Yanchang, and the two counties of Menshan were stationed in great fanfare. Even scouts who investigated the Jin army were not willing to send more people. They only focused on setting up tripping horse ropes and resisting horse rifles to prevent the war of the reserve Jin cavalry Tiefutu.

At this time, the scouts sent by Qi Shilie, who were not far from Hetao, were able to investigate all the arrangements of the Song people without any effort.

"Menshan, the terrain between the two is open and suitable for cavalry to fight, but is not suitable for the Song people who are mainly infantry. Now the Song people are clearly trying to fight with us here. What is the purpose of?" Qi Shilie's Gods slave couldn't help but frown. They are not unfamiliar with the terrain of the three routes of Hetao. After all, it has only been less than two years since the evacuation of Hetao.

Moreover, he also believed that among the officials left by the court in the third route of Hetao, there must be many people who are still close to the Jin Dynasty. The Song people should not be unpredictable for those who will fight back. How could they be so easy and freehand and so guarded against them?

The Song army was not in the Yuhuang Mountain area where the terrain was more suitable for infantry defense, but was extending. The Menshan area showed its fortune and just sent a letter to tell yourself: I won’t go anywhere, I’m just waiting for you to attack here. Even if you come from other ferries, we won’t move.

"How many people have the Song people gathered now? Who is the commander this time?" Qi Shilie's Gods slave frowned, and his eyes moved from the map to Wanyan Xiang and Wanyan Zonghao beside him.

Wanyan Xiang and Wanyan Zonghao are both members of the Great Jin royal family. They have always been following Wanyan Jing since they were the Prince of Jinyuan. They even have been attending Wanyan Jing since childhood. Compared with the Qi Shilie Gods slaves who also followed Wanyan Jing since childhood, their trust in front of Wanyan Jing is no less than that of Wanyan Jing.

This time, Wanyan Jing took the opportunity to conquer Song, and it can be said that he sent out all three of his confidant generals, which is enough to show that Wanyan Jing's ambition for the three Hetao routes is bound to be and his attention to the Song people.
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