Chapter 893

"Su Prime Minister, the Liao and Xia coalition forces were not one. The Liao Kingdom's purpose was to suppress our Song Dynasty, while the Western Xia hoped to regain the lost territory. Therefore, there were two ways for the subordinates to take back their officials."

"First, don't pay attention to the others. The troops are divided into two groups, one by one, one by one, and one by one, and one by one, the other is attacking Longzhou, and the other by Shizhou. If these two states are trapped in the hands of our Song Dynasty, the territory of the eastern Xixia road will almost be destroyed. However, this method will only make the people of Xixia tighten up, and the commander of the Liaoxia coalition forces will not care too much about the fate of the people of Xixia..."

Su Dongpo nodded deeply. "What about another way?"

"Please leave some troops to guard Yinzhou, and move the army westward to cut off the connection between Longzhou and Shizhou. The main force of the army will stalk to the east bank of Wuding River Ferry. According to the movements of the Liaoxia coalition under the city of Youzhou, we can stop it again. We can directly cross the river to reinforce the ancient city of Wuyan, or continue to attack Longzhou."

Su Dongpo looked at Zong Ze standing in front of the map, and after hearing these words, he finally stood up. It was obvious that this second strategy was indeed more in line with Su Dongpo's wishes.

What is important is that Zong Ze is right, why would the commander of the Liao Kingdom care too much about the life and death of Xixia? It was just to use the reasons of Xixia to raise troops to attack. First, to prevent the Song Dynasty from going to Xixia in one fell swoop, to eliminate the northwest border of Xixia, and to show the great military power of the Liao Kingdom and to remind Song that the power of the Liao Kingdom is still not something that Song can defeat.

As a result, a month passed, and the battle looked like this, which made the Liao Kingdom more embarrassed. Hundreds of thousands of troops had no chance to show their fangs. They were grinding a bit of teeth by the harder than the bones of the Youzhou.

In this case, the change of commander is naturally to seek to open up the situation, and the three states must be an important attack area. Su Dongpo also understood that Zong Ze's first strategy was the most secure. Nearly 100,000 troops did not have to move too far, and they just used leisure to replace them here.

But the problem is that if the Liao army commander ignores the lost city and land in Xixia and attacks southward, it will create an embarrassing situation where you attack you and I attack me.

But this situation is what Su Dongpo is most reluctant to see, so the second strategy is only more reliable. If you want to cross the river, it will be easy to cross 20,000 troops within one day.

If the river is not crossed, although the army says that it will lose the opportunity to continue attacking Shizhou after it has moved, it can isolate the connection between Longzhou in the southwest of Yinzhou and other Xixia territory and completely encircle it into an isolated city.

In this way, it depends on Su Xueshi's mood when he wants to take down Longzhou. In other words, if the Liao army goes south quickly, Su Xueshi only needs to leave a small number of troops to continue to encircle Longzhou. The army crosses the Wuding River and lays a solid defense line in front of Hongzhou, so that the Liao and Xia coalition forces dare not advance easily and enter the hinterland of the three states.

In the end, after discussing and communicating with all the civil and military officials, most of them agreed that Zong Ze’s second strategy was more stable and operational.

To this end, Su Dongpo also issued an order, and the army began to move towards the Wuding River where the ancient city of Wuyan was located. In addition, messengers were sent to rush over in advance and asked the Hongzhou garrison Huang Shouxin to start preparing the ship.

After the military discussion, Zong Ze did not leave, but stayed. "Suce Su, why did you miss a soldier after you issued so many military orders?"

"Are you saying that Master Zhong and Zhe are the ones?" Su Dongpo smiled casually, smiling like a treacherous old fox.

"That's right." Zong Ze nodded and looked at the Grand Official Su. It seemed that the other party must have other plans.

"Wang Yang's letter has already mentioned that he wants Zhong Shidao and Zhe Keshi to stop moving. This is why I hesitate for a long time and did not mobilize the troops in the end."

"Wang Wushan has been in the city of Youzhou for more than a month, and I'm afraid it's almost over. At that time, if the Liaoxia coalition forces head south and sit in Wangwushan with tens of thousands of people, I wouldn't believe it if there was no action."

"And this kid can always win surprisingly. Since he wants to let Zhong Shidao and the others stop moving, then let him do it."

"Anyway, I have 100,000 soldiers under my command, and the troops of Hongzhou and Wuyan Ancient City, are enough to prevent the Liao and Xia coalition from taking risks."

After hearing Su Dongpo's words, Zong Ze nodded suddenly. "My Lord means that if the Liaoxia coalition forces disregard Youzhou, will our Lord Wang have the possibility of troops leaving Youzhou?"

"Anyway, he is not a guy who likes to watch the fun, but likes to make trouble." Su Dongpo rubbed his brows and said with a wry smile.

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"Is there any news?" Master Zhong put the water cup he had just picked up and quickly walked towards Ze Keshi.

"Well, Lord Xiao Wang's news, here... he asked us to hold our troops temporarily when we are sure of safety. If the main force of the Liaoxia coalition forces head south, we will try to avoid it, but we still need to inform Yu Yuzhou of our movements in time." Zhe Keshi handed the message he had just received to Zhong Shidao and explained.

"What is he trying to do? Are he still thinking about doing a big fight?" Zong Shidao felt aroused in his heart. The battle lasted for more than a month, but he, except for blocking Renduo Zongbao's attack with the city in Xinyanzhou, he had never done anything exciting.

On the other hand, Zhe Keshi jumped up and down, and sent troops to the hinterland of Xixia to travel around, which really made Zhong Shidao, the first general of the Western Army, both envious and jealous.

"It's very possible." Zhe Keshi smiled, winked, and looked impatient. "Mr. Wang has been holding back his life in Youzhou for more than a month. If he has the chance to come out and doesn't do anything big, then he won't be called Wang Wushan."

"That's right..." Zhong Shidao nodded with deep consent. "After the Liaoxia coalition's general change, there will definitely be big moves, which gives us an opportunity to take advantage of it."

"Let the brothers cheer up and be more alert these days. In addition, send people to roam around Youzhou. If there is a messenger, we can also help."

"No problem. I've been in Wuchi and here for more than ten days and nothing happened. I feel like my body is about to rust. Alas..."

For three days, the Liao and Xia coalition forces had no intention of launching an attack, but in the central army's tent, it became the busiest place for this army.

Countless generals were arguing about the next strategy and tactics. In just three days, Xiao Shen went from being energetic at the beginning to being very anxious and frustrated, withered face.

However, at this time, the result was finally achieved. General Yelu Jinping would continue to be in the periphery of Youzhou, leading the Western Xia and 80,000 warriors of all races to trap Youzhou.
Chapter completed!