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Yin Zhu knew it was not that simple, but for the sake of the overall situation, he had to follow it... Fortunately, Zhang Fangping stamped Zheng Lang's seal, which made Yin Zhu unable to understand the truth. He really thought it was Zheng Lang's order. If he knew the arrangement made by Di Qing, he might be able to break through overnight and pull Di Qing's ears. The boy is bold and dares to let me take risks!

The tragic offensive and defensive battle in Weizhou City continued.

At this time, Wei Minghuan made the first mistake.

After receiving Di Qing's order, Ji Zhi distributed 12,000 troops and horses, followed the water to return to Huating, and then followed Huating along a small path of sheep intestine, crossed Dalong Mountain, and then ran along the Wating River to Jingbian Village, and from Jingbian Village to Langgan City.

It took a big circle.

Wei Minghuan sent scouts to monitor the movements of the Song army. However, when he went south, he entered the abdomen of Jingyuan Road. The scouts did not dare to go deeper, so they had to come back to report. This gave Wei Minghuan an illusion that the Song army wanted to use the complex mountainous terrain in the south of Weizhou to secretly enter Weizhou from the south gate of Weizhou to protect the safety of Weizhou.

So he sent more scouts to enter the south of Weizhou City to inquire, and informed Yuanhao again.

At this time, Yuan Hao also distributed troops and then went to Zhaofu Castle.

There is a small path from here that you can enter the south of Gaopingzhai and reach Dingchuan Village in the southwest. Yuan Hao captured Zhaofu Castle not to retreat safely from this path, but to transport materials from the country to Dingchuan Village at a faster speed.

Zhaofu Fort was already the fourth fort captured by Xixia. The third fortress was Dingxi Fort. These four fortresses were captured, and the Cheng Song army suffered as many as 2,000 casualties, and more than a thousand people who took refuge were killed.

Yangma City, Lianhuā Fort, Zhaofu Fort and Dingxi Fort were successively captured, which also made the surrounding areas of Dingchuan Village truly a place for the Xixia people to run horses. The Xixia people obtained very little supplies, but they met the strategic needs of Xixia. The elimination of the four forts could reduce the possibility of the Song army's sudden secret arrival.

After receiving Wei Minghuan's request, Yuan Hao thought about it again and again.

Moreover, due to the heroic resistance of the people in Weizhou City, Wei Minghuan's troops were decreasing sharply. Yuan Hao gritted his teeth and sent another 10,000 troops south.

At this time, he had an intuition in his heart that no matter where he took the Dingchuan Village or Weizhou City, the situation of this battle would turn around to himself. This journey was encirclement, trap, and waste. The number of materials and few troops in Weizhou City was the real target of launching an attack. This was reasonable, but he felt uneasy in his heart.

The battle has been going on until now. Since the Battle of Pengyang City, the war has been stalemate for more than ten days, and the situation is still chaotic. At least it seems that the Song army is very unfavorable, especially Weizhou City.

The Xixia army's continuous attacks caused serious casualties to the people in the city.

At the beginning, Yin Zhu gave a large number of rewards, which stimulated the morale of the army and the people. After three or four days of fighting, the people finally gained some experience, and the casualties gradually decreased. However, the number of casualties decreased every day. The overall number of casualties was increasing continuously.

In the end, the death toll of the people in Weizhou City reached more than 8,000, and thousands of people were injured in different degrees. Almost every household had relatives died in this war. Most of the soldiers guarding the city were lost, and six of the ten guards in Zheng Lang's family were also sacrificed, and the remaining four were also injured because of covering Cui Xian.

The battle is not over now, and the number of casualties is huge. Seeing 10,000 Xixia people coming, all the people thought of one thing. Xixia is not only these 40,000 troops, but also more troops in Dingchuan Village. I wonder how many troops they will send.

Although Yin Zhu allocated a lot of money to reward him, Cui Xian almost sat on the top of the city, driving the people to fight, and the morale of the people in the city gradually declined. This is the most dangerous. The decline in the battle between the people has allowed more Xixia soldiers to climb to the top of the city, which in turn has aggravated the number of deaths of the people.

In fact, in the end, no Song Dynasty reinforcements arrived, and the people in the city became numb and almost passively fought. Then they waited pessimistically for the day when the city broke, waiting for the mad revenge of the brutal Xixia people.

It is not only the people in Weizhou City who are worried about it.

Yuan Hao finally became worried.

He started to come to Dingchuan Village, full of confidence and was ready to force the tens of thousands of Song troops to a dead end, but gradually became suspicious.

In order to hold this Western Xia army, Zheng Lang and Han Qi deliberately made the people in the city quarrel and fight with the soldiers over the water, and repeatedly acted as if they wanted to break through. At first, they took some control to reduce Yuan Hao's suspicion.

But if you believe it once, if you play twice or if you believe it, three or four times, who will believe it?

This trouble gradually took ten days to come.

Even if there were masters from the Song army in the city, Yuan Hao believed that since the Battle of Fulin Road, Yuan Hao did not dare to underestimate the Song people, and a brave general appeared. This master was very good at commanding, and actually let Ge Huaimin listen to his words. Or he was so outstanding that he could cut the water source of the ditch, prepared in advance, and reserved a large amount of food water. But to this day, not only people need to drink water, but horses also need to drink water. The city only slaughtered some ineffective livestock, and no war horse was slaughtered. Why is this?

Yuan Hao finally felt very uneasy, and he faintly smelled the scent of conspiracy.

But I still can't figure it out. Even if there are masters among the Song people who store water in advance, they are more than 30,000 soldiers, plus thousands of ordinary people, and a large number of war horses. What should I use to store water? Cylinders, bags, buckets, or others. But how many water tanks and buckets do I need to satisfy the edible water for so many days, so many people and horses?

The uneasiness has finally been confirmed.

He has never paid much attention to Yuan Hao in the southwest direction. The Southwest Song Dynasty did not have many troops, either to send reinforcements from the blind felt. However, with the blind felt, he had the courage to openly become enemies with him? This was just a pitiful worm.

Even if the army was transferred, it was just enough for him to make a sacrifice. In fact, there were not many Song troops in the southwest direction. With the Qinzhou troops, they squeezed out the forces of all the surrounding forts and only transferred more than 20,000 troops. Yuan Hao was very concerned about the Zhenrong Army, but because Peng Yang had not lost most of the soldiers in the forts and were still there and did not have enough troops to support Dingchuan Village, but there were enough troops to send a large number of scouts. Yuan Hao sent many scouts, which were discovered and annihilated by the Song army. Therefore, although many scouts were sent, they could not find out the real news.

This is the benefit of the policy of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields. A large number of immigrants transferred many tribes loyal to the Western Xia to the rear, causing Yuan Hao to lose his most effective eyes and ears. The eastern front was not the focus of Yuan Hao's attention. Forced to have no choice but to scatter the scouts in Zhenrong Village, Kaiyuan Fort and Dibei City.

Continue to guess the riddle. The riddle is finally gradually revealed.

The first Song Dynasty reinforcements arrived a little far away. They came from the north. Fan Zhongyan suddenly led 25,000 Song troops out of Xiyao City and entered Tiansheng Village. Then they entered the Wuyanqian Gorge, defeated a team of Xixia grain escorts, and slowly entered Gaoping Village.

But this is not the deadliest army.

The deadly army was not in the West. No matter how Zhang Ke mobilized, there were only 20,000 people, which played a blocking role and prevented the Xixia people from retreating from the West. Although the road here was rugged and difficult to walk, there was a road directly to Wuyan Gorge, and there was even a path directly to Tiandu Mountain.

The most deadly army is in the East.

In Pengyang City, Zhang Fangping was proud of his spring breeze.

He has achieved the merit of defending Pengyang City, and faced with more than 100,000 Xixia troops, and took the initiative to lead the army to fight twice, and both won a complete victory, killing countless enemies, burning a large number of food and grass tents from the enemy... The idea was not his. But he was a civil servant and the highest commander of Pengyang City, and he would undoubtedly win the first contribution.

The same principle will be used in the following battle.

In the following battle, through the interview with Di Qing, we found out that Zheng Lang handed over the temporary command to Di Qing. But he was not on the table, and he was still the highest commander on the surface. He was the civil minister and the highest civil minister among all the armies on the east road. In name, this army was still his commander. After the war, he would still occupy more credit than Di Qing. Not to mention unfairness, this is also a protection for Di Qing. With such a huge battle as a general commander, Yanchen had no choice but to use Zheng Lang, but there were n ways to suppress Di Qing.

Then we will be with the army.

Zheng Lang talked to him about generals and military affairs, which was greatly appreciated by Zhang Fangping.

First of all, there are generals. Zheng Lang said that there are four famous generals in the northwest, Di Qing, Zhong Shiheng, Zhang Kang and Wang Xin. Di Qing and Wang Xin are quite similar, but Di Qing is not old and has a better space to grow than Wang Xin. Zhong Shiheng is good at strategy, similar to Chen Ping in the Western Han Dynasty, and Zhang Kang was an authentic Confucian general. Among civil officials, only his military strategy is the highest. Zhang Fangping said that he is also considered one. Zheng Lang repeatedly denied it. In the battle of the Northwest, Zheng Lang performed more dazzlingly than Zhang Kang, but Zheng Lang knew in his heart that at most he was better than ordinary civil officials. These military achievements cannot be counted as gold fingers. How can he be as good as Zhang Kang?

There are four top famous generals ahead, and their command level is definitely no less than Yuan Hao. At least in terms of on-site command ability, they are faintly above Yuan Hao. But Zheng Lang does not deny Yuan Hao's other abilities, such as the overall view, ability to grasp the timing, and dog luck, etc. In summary, these five people seem to be similar.

Zheng Lang said a very fair sentence. The four ministers in the border area should not be held by civil officials, but instead they were replaced by these four generals. As long as these four generals serve as the four observers of the border area and preside over the military affairs of the four routes, Yuan Hao would be quite troubled. If these four generals work together, it might be able to annihilate the entire Western Xia.

It is assumed that under the strange family rules of the ancestors of the Song Dynasty, Zheng Lang had the authority of Lu Yijian, and it would be impossible for the court to agree to let the four generals serve as the fourth route observation envoy and preside over all military, political and financial affairs of the fourth route. That would be a big deal.

The second is the first-class famous generals, Guo Zun, Zhang Ke, Wang Ji, who died in the death of Shuichuan, and Gao Jixuan, who died because of his age. These people are not inferior to the Yeli brothers, and the first three are invincible, and they are the first-class generals.

Then there are second-rate generals, and there are not many such people, such as Zhao Xun and Yang Wenguang. It is possible that Qin Feng Road Jizhi and Jingtai, Tian Jimin, Zhe Jimin, Wang Kai, and Guo Kui. Zheng Lang said some of the people mentioned by Zheng Lang are still unknown, such as Ji Zhi, Tian Jun and Jingtai. Even Zhang Fangping did not understand why Wang Kai was placed behind Wang Ji. This is a cognitive problem. Wang Kai is a famous general and is the commander of the three armies. It is good. It is conceivable that Wang Kai can achieve miraculous military achievements like Wang Ji.

Zhang Fangping was even more suspicious about Guo Kui, but Zheng Lang said cautiously that this person should not be underestimated. He is still young now, and once he grows up, he will become a peerless general like Di Qing. Zheng Lang has another person who has not said that he is Wang Shao, who is a teenager. He will be able to pass the imperial examination in more than ten years and fail the exam. Now is not the time to pay attention.

After evaluating these three types of generals, Zheng Lang said that if you want to lead an elite army on one side and act alone, you must not be the generals of these three types. If you replace other generals, you will definitely make mistakes. Then you will be evaluated as the fourth-rate generals, such as Liu Ping, Shi Yuansun, Ren Fu and Wang Gui. At this time, Cao Ying, Xiang Jin, Xu Huaide, under Han Qi, etc. There are many such generals, and even Wang Zhi, Wang Yuan brothers, Liu Hu and other generals are among them. Compared with the huge generals of the Song army, there are still very few generals of this type. They have their own shortcomings, either not good at strategy, lack a view of the overall situation, or like to use courage to advance lightly, and are easily used by the enemy. They can be used as partial generals on one side, but it is impossible to give them command power. Especially the command power of the army.

The fifth type of general is mediocre general, which is the main component of the Song army generals. They have no ability, no courage, and their shortcomings are more obvious. They are just able to abide by the above-mentioned orders.

The sixth type of generals are also the generals Zheng Lang hated. They have no talent, but because of their family background, they occupy a high position, and are most likely to harm the country. The first thing they bear is Ge Huaimin, as well as Huang De and eunuchs like this.

This review score is Zheng Lang's employment score.

Let’s talk about the army.

Not mentioning the Jurchen soldiers is an exception, and they are used as cannon fodder. Once the country is peaceful, Zheng Lang does not want to bring these Jurchens to the country. It is not a good thing, but it is easy to cause trouble. They also fall into depravity very quickly. They have been skipped and never talked about it.

The strongest one is the Zhe Family Army.

The second is not the Hebei Army, but the Western Army tempered by war. The strongest among the Western Army is the various foreign troops, but these foreign soldiers have obvious shortcomings. They lack loyalty to the country and are not suitable for a protracted war. They must put them on the edge of the knife, charge again and again, or determine the universe in the last battle. It is best to use less when stalemate.

When it comes to the Hebei Army, the Hebei Army lacks war. The combat effectiveness is weakening, but the victory is that most people in Hebei like to practice martial arts and have strong physical fitness. Zheng Lang also said one thing: to conquer the northwest with the Western Army, but if you want to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, you must first temper the Hebei Hedong Army through war, use Hebei and Hedong Army as the main body, and must not use the Western Army as the main body. In the northwest, the Western Army is familiar with the local environment and climate, and it is a battle to defend the homeland, and the morale is high. When it comes to Hebei, these advantages will disappear immediately and may not be able to maintain the original combat effectiveness.

Zhang Fangping pretended that he hadn't heard it, and recovered the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun. Who wouldn't think about it? Think about the power of the Khitan...

dream!

Then there are the imperial guards in the capital. Now the imperial guards in the capital can still be used, but they are also in the fall.

A few Zhang Fangping disagrees, but most Zhang Fangping defaults.

Zheng Lang's so-called four super generals, three of them came to Pengyang City at this time.

According to Zheng Lang, everyone can command tens of thousands of troops along the way, and there are three people. If you use it, any one can be used with confidence. Everyone's on-site command ability is above Yuan Hao. What kind of power will be exerted by the three of them when combined, Zhang Fangping will wait and see.

There are also troops, more than a thousand Jurchens Zheng Lang, all transferred to Zhang Fangping, as well as the three thousand troops under the command of the silence, as well as other elite troops. Yanzhou also transferred the strongest army on Yanfu Road. Most of them were cavalry.

Not only that, but also quantity.

There was no count of the unexpected army of Yanzhou. After the old army arrived in Huanzhou, they treated the Qiang very well. Just talking about the ability to pacify the Qiang and the Qiang, among all the important officials on the edge, Zheng Lang and Fan Zhongyan, the old army should be the first, and no one else dared to compare with these three.

Hearing that the old generation came out of the army, many Qiang people participated enthusiastically, and the three tribes who had just surrendered also sent some heroes to come. The three tribes were built in Xiyao City, and these three tribes were very miserable. They also saw that the people of Xixia seemed to be declining and lived a very poor life. Finally, they gave up their loyalty to Fan Zhongyan. The old generation came over and added more than 7,000 troops from various divisions. Some militias organized in the rear of Jingzhou and Yuanzhou, and then squeezed the forts of each village, with a force of more than 54,000 troops. This was beyond Hu Yuanhao's expectations. In Yuanhao's idea, no matter how the three groups squeezed, they would stay in each city and village, and at most they could divide the *10,000 troops. In fact, in addition to the forces around Weizhou, the total military force concentrated near Dingchuan Village in this battle reached more than 130,000!

The troops are far above the Xixia troops in Dingchuan Village.

Moreover, since the Chanyuan Alliance, the Song Dynasty never used so many troops to engage in major battles.

This will be an epic battle, and he will be the main commander of it.

Why did Zheng Lang order the custodian to cover the money and go to sea with more places to use money? Because communication is inconvenient, otherwise Zheng Lang would have to save money and silk, no matter how dangerous it is.

The ministers in the court impeached Zheng Lang and refused to ask the court for instructions. They used so many troops to conduct a major battle and almost dug out all the old foundations of the three routes. Who dared to ask for instructions? Han Qi knew, did he say it or not. Fan Zhongyan also knew, but did he say it? He didn't dare to say it! He would talk about it after fighting!

The main generals gathered together.

The old clan looked at Wang Yuan and Wang Zhi, laughed and said, "Wang Zhi, Wang Yuan, did a good job and did not insult the reputation of Mr. Zheng."

He is an elder and has the qualifications to evaluate.

Wang Zhi and Wang Yuan just smiled foolishly, and Wang Zhi asked again: "When will we do it?"

The army finally arrived, and the Wang brothers were very happy. But they were a little anxious. Even though Weizhou City mobilized all the people, they were still in danger. Only when the troops were sent out as soon as possible could the crisis of Weizhou City be overcome. The Wang Zhi brothers did not think much about whether the Weizhou City was lost or not, but they had their mistress and Zheng Lang's two daughters in the city.

Zhong Shiheng saw the two brothers' thoughts, laughed again, and said, "You are loyal, soon. We are discussing the attack on Dingchuan Village. So many troops are concentrated here, and the news can't be hidden for long, and we dare not stay here for a long time."

The generals sat down to discuss in order. The main ones were Zhang Fangping, Wang Xin, Di Qing, Zhong Shiheng, and others did not dare to interfere.
To be continued...