The heroes have similar views, and Zhang Kang and Zheng Lang have similar ideas.

It cannot be said that the two men's military strategies are much higher than those of the Khitan and the Western Xia generals. Zheng Lang opened his golden finger and made an explanation and analyzed in advance. He was considering it from the perspective of the bystanders, so he could see it clearly. But on the other hand, whether it is the Western Xia or the Khitan, how many generals can be stronger than Di Qing and Zhang Kang?

A batch of specially made armor and weapons were delivered to the northwest.

It was not public, so I had to use the Khitan weapons and armor, Khitan soldiers, a regular army soldier, three horses, and one cattle and guard the camp. I was poor, and I had to put the robbery first. The vests had leather armor and iron armor, which were relatively rough. Four bows, four hundred arrows, long and short guns, silence (pronounced as a camping tool), axe, small flag, hammer cone, fire knife stone, horse bowl, a bucket, a umbrella, and one horse rope of two hundred feet.

All were not as well-equipped as the Song army, but the large amount of corruption in the Song Dynasty made the weapons much inferior. Although the Khitan was poor, they all brought their own weapons, which was related to their own life and death. Although the Song army's weapons and armor were exquisite, they might not be implemented. The quality was equal. Originally, the troops did not provide food and grass, and Japanese sent cavalry to plunder four times to provide them. However, now the phenomenon of cultivating grass valleys is decreasing. Also, in the Houtao, that is, the Beihetao area mentioned by the people of the Song Dynasty, the Khitans plundered a lot. However, Yuan Hao was prepared for it, although the losses were heavy, the Khitan income was not as much as in history.

The styles of weapons and armor are not very similar. Fortunately, they are relatively crude and have not prepared a lot of preparations. Many tribes of the Khitan participated in the war. The styles of weapons and armor are even more strange. They are easier to impersonate and grab them quickly, so they have prepared a batch.

Zhang Kang and the other two taught the soldiers to learn some simple Khitan language, advance, retreat, kill you, kill you, and even taught them to say some swear words. As soldiers, it is impossible not to curse people.

As a detail, the three of them are more powerful than Zheng Lang.

In fact, this time the significance is very important. Because of the exposure of death, it is shameful and there is no literati and official greed for merit. Instead, it fulfilled Zheng Lang's wish. Let the generals command the battle with all their strength, gather before the war, and disband everywhere after the war. The system of the Han and Tang dynasties could not be raised, and it was useless to mention it. When Fan Zhongyan was at the peak of Qingli's new policy, he almost held the jade seal in his arms. He proposed to farm on the border and be self-sufficient, but the court did not approve it. Moreover, now, he could restore the various practices of Zhao Kuangyin.

At least it is better than the "ancestral family law" of Zhao Kuangyi and Song Zhenzong.

Although he was too shameful, he took the initiative and was not invaded by the enemy, so he was forced to resist. All of them broke many old customs and customs of the Zhao Zhen Dynasty.

The facts were less restrictive from the scholars and officials, and the generals were very relaxed this time, and all kinds of wonderful ideas were constantly coming.

Still not as far as Zheng Lang can see, Yuan Hao's ability is not in military affairs, just talking about military affairs. Zheng Lang's evaluation is not as good as Di Qing, but he can only observe the overall situation, including his ability to grasp the timing and agriculture. He has cultivated several water conservancy projects, which has always been a mystery about the population and number of troops in the Western Xia Dynasty. However, some historians estimate that during the Yuan Hao Dynasty, he could mobilize up to nearly 400,000 troops, and the 500,000 number is an exaggeration. However, in the middle and late stages of the Western Xia Dynasty, due to development, the number of troops that can be transferred can reach 600,000 to 700,000. Among them, Yuan Hao made an indelible contribution.

We must destroy it again and again, and we cannot let the Western Xia expand, but show a downward trend.

Everyone has their own ideas, but ultimately depends on the situation of the war.

The war begins.

Xiao Hui returned to his camp and started the charge first. He set out from Xiyin Mountain and arrived at Helan Mountain.

Yuanhao sent troops to block it. Xiao Hui went to the front line to take a look. There were not many troops, only more than 10,000 people. So he ordered his deputy inspector Xiao Dielide and his guard Su Zhiguan Diegu as vangu to attack the Western Xia army. The two led their troops as if they were into a land without a man. Especially Diegu, this man was extremely brave and quite similar to Zhang Ji. He had the courage to be unstoppable. He was a powerful general with a number of Khitans.

The Xixia army was defeated and fled backwards. The two led their troops to continue to chase south.

Xiao Hui showed joy on his face and said to his subordinates: "The prince consort and Diegu are my Khitan Yelu Xizhen and Yelu Xiuge."

It was these two lords who defeated Emperor Taizong of Song in Gaolianghe, causing Emperor Taizong of Song to be shot and injured, and escaped with his own strength. Although Dielide and Diegu were brave, how could they be as good as these two lords? If these two generals were there, Zheng Lang would not mention the five words of recovering the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun.

But it's not bad.

Xiao Hui led his army southward to cooperate with the vanguard's battle.

He fell into the trap. Seeing that he was approaching the edge of Helan Mountain, Yuan Hao suddenly led a large army to fight. The two of them fought hard, but they were besieged for several sieges, and the soldiers died one after another. He fell into the trap.

As Zhang Kang expected, Yuan Hao's main army was not in Nanhetao, but Helan Mountain. He first used more than 10,000 soldiers to attract the Khitan to launch an attack, attracting the Khitan army to the foot of Helan Mountain, and ambushing the troops out.

The situation is very dangerous. Once the vanguard is eaten, the rear army will be defeated with the momentum of victory. Moreover, the place is empty and there is no place to escape. At this time, Yuan Hao made another mistake in command. The military strategy is cloudy, so he surrounded three and left one, released a hole, let the Khitans escape, chase after him, and used the fugitive army to disperse Xiao Hui's main force. Then this time, Xiao Hui's troops are in danger. However, he was very angry and surrounded several times, trying to eat all the troops.

This aroused the morale of the bloody battle of the Khitan.

The two armies were fighting hard, and Xiao Hui led his army to arrive gradually. Diegu didn't know that when he saw his subordinates fall one by one, including the general Wugu's enemy Lieutenant, Xiao Cishan's slaves, and Yelu Wuli in Nanjie died one after another. Diegu's eyes were red. He single cavalry broke out of the siege and entered the siege again. The soldiers of Xixia would fall down, and no one was his united enemy. He fought in and out many times, and his fierceness made the soldiers of Xixia shocked their tongues. Finally, seeing him riding a horse, the soldiers of Xixia flocked to make a way out. Diegu's bravery drove the morale of the Khitans. Although the number of people was getting smaller and smaller, they fought bloody and struggled.

Xiao Hui's army gradually approached. Yuan Hao thought about it and immediately withdrew his troops, crossed the Yellow River, and turned to the Nanhetao Desert. This was the third plan he formulated. The first plan was to seek peace, the second was to fight against Helan Mountain, and the third was to fight against Nanhetao. If he would not fight in the Yinchuan Plain, he would die without a burial place.

Xiao Hui arrived, Diegu and Dielide were injured and were breathing with subordinates, bringing nearly 10,000 strong troops. At this time, only half of them were left, most of them were injured. Yuan Hao withdrew his troops, and the two looked at each other, and did not dare to continue chasing them. He had to watch Yuan Hao crossed the Yellow River calmly and set out eastward.

But in general, the sacrifice of Xixia in this battle was heavier than that of the Khitan. Xiao Hui sent people to clean the battlefield and led his army across the Yellow River. He tried to siege Yuan Hao's main army and die.

Have done something wrong.

The Khitan army traveled poorly on the other side.

As Yuan Hao turned to Helan Mountain, he began to implement the plan of strengthening the wall and clearing the fields on Nanhetao. At this time, Nanhetao was not like later generations, although it was mostly desert Gobi Deserts. There were also a large number of oasis, which could be cultivated and herded. It happened that September grass was yellow, and the people were evacuated to the south, and then a fire burned all the yellow grass.

It had not yet aroused the alert of the Khitan, and I thought about it in advance that because of the sufficient preparations, a large amount of logistics supply was prepared in many newly built forts in Jinsuzhou and Heqing Army. But in this way, the marching speed had to slow down.

Guo Kui continued to follow the army, and Liao Xingzong said to Guo Kui proudly: "Our army has defeated the main force of the Xixia people in Helan Mountain, forcing this person to hide in the desert to escape. I will kill this person soon. General Guo, can your Song army do it?"

Guo Kui looked outside. It was already deep in autumn and there was a lot of wind in the northwest. Today, the wind was not strong, but some sandstorms were raised. If you went deep into the desert, the wind would be stronger... He almost shivered. But he was perfunctory: "Your Majesty. Khitan is the most powerful country. Where can our army in dynasty compare with Khitan?"

Liao Xingzong laughed loudly and was very proud.

Guo Kui said again: "Your Majesty, you have to be careful. Yuan Hao has many tricks and must be guarded."

Liao Xingzong stopped laughing. Guo Kui was very knowledgeable about the general and respected himself, but there was one thing that was bad, and he liked the crow's mouth. The Khitan army slowly passed by the upper reaches of the Quye River. Liao Xingzong set up a large camp. There were many troops and it took several days to gather.

Yuan Hao was also worried at this time.

It was the luck of heaven in history, and even he did not expect a strong wind to suddenly occur. This time he deliberately used the wind and sand. However, if God suddenly had a mental illness and did not have strong winds within twenty days, even the breeze would not work. Then he would have been forced out of the desert by several Khitan troops, and that would be waiting to die.

He also personally investigated and saw the number of Khitan troops, and sighed: "Why are there so many!"

Although he presided over many large army battles, especially Dingchuan Village, the forces invested by both sides reached 300,000, but they were not on the plain river. Unlike now, the terrain is flat and you can see clearly at a glance that nearly 200,000 Khitan troops, mostly cavalry, would they be?

He also organized more than 100,000 troops, but he knew his own affairs. In terms of combat effectiveness, he was far inferior to Khitan soldiers. If he hadn't felt sad and angry, seeing the Khitan's like this, the morale of the army would have long dispersed. After thinking about it, he sent an envoy to visit Liao Xingzong for peace. He also sent an eloquent Yang Shousu to the Khitan camp himself.

It should be that the Khitans did not keep their word and once drank and blew up their arrows to form an alliance. Why did they go back on their word?

But Yang Shousu did not dare to say it, so he had to say, "Your Majesty, you have sent an army to teach our lord, and I hope Your Majesty will retreat. Our Xixia is still a vassal state of your country, and the lord is also your Majesty's loyal minister."

Liao Xingzong suddenly remembered and laughed: "What a loyal minister. He deliberately sent weak soldiers to lure me, and then lie down his main force on Helan Mountain. Is this a manifestation of loyalty?"

"Your Majesty, it's true. Helan Mountain is the barrier of my king's capital. He has always been stationed in heavy troops. They are afraid that the king will lose all their mistakes and will resist. The king will hand over his crime to His Majesty for his crime."

Liao Xingzong became smarter and asked again: "You will station heavily in Helan Mountain to protect the safety of the royal capital. Which country should you guard against?"

In addition to guarding against the Khitan, who else can we prevent offenses?

Yang Shousu replied again: "Your Majesty, it's not true. It's just to defend the capital. There are many pastures in Helan Mountain, which is convenient for garrisoning the army. If it is placed in Xingqing Prefecture, it will be detrimental to agricultural production."

If Guo Kui was not afraid of revealing his identity, he wanted to ask from the side: "You are from the Song Dynasty, why do you help Yuan Hao like this?"

Seeing that he had to correspond, Guo Kui felt pity for talent.

Liao Xingzong could not answer and said rudely: "If you want to be at peace, let your king come."

We can't beat you with our mouths, our fists are bigger than you, so we drive Yang Shousu out.

Yang Shousu came back to report that Yuan Hao was not stupid. He took the risk of advancing lightly last time and escaped by luck. This time, the Khitan suddenly turned against him and became enemies. Is there any way to go? He had to order to prepare for war. He also sent generals to notify the soldiers about this matter, and he would forcefully start a war with the Khitan. In order to seek peace, I sent at least twenty envoys, even I went to the Liao camp in person, knelt down and toasted his ministers and swear by the arrows. However, the Khitan did not want to let our Daxia go, so he had no choice but to fight to the death.

The three armies were sad.

But no one in the Khitan thought that the morale of Xixia was aroused. At this time, Yuan Hao was trapped in the desert and was about to make great achievements, and no general thought about it. Liao Xingzong also asked Guo Kui proudly: "General Guo. Do you think our army will be defeated?"

"Your Majesty, I don't know that I came here only to be ordered by the Lord Zheng, one to watch the power of the Khitan army. The other is just in case. After all, once the mourning period of King Zheng is over, he will go to the Khitan to serve as an envoy. This is the alliance between our dynasty and Your Majesty, and he does not want His Majesty to make any mistakes."

"General Guo, if you watch our army's military power, you can, but if you talk about these bad words that are unfavorable to our army in the future, don't blame me for being ruthless." Liao Xingzong was so angry that he was about to vomit blood.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Guo Kui replied respectfully. He returned to the account and wrote a letter to send these situations back to the Fuzhou again.

Zhang Kang summoned the generals again, hung up a map, and marked the two teams with arrows. He said, "Yuan Hao can't retreat anymore. If he exits the desert, he will be defeated. So the decisive battle began."

Most of these generals had fought with the Xixia people and were more clear about the combat effectiveness of the Xixia army. In addition to taking advantage of the cavalry and the conservative policies of the Song Dynasty, they defeated the fewer. The Xixia army was composed of miscellaneous troops and their combat effectiveness was not strong.

As long as you leave the desert, no matter what kind of army this army is, you will definitely lose.

Zhao Xun sighed and said, "It's a pity that our dynasty doesn't want to fight, otherwise he will take over the achievements of Lu Meng Xiangzhou."

"General Zhao, what do you mean?" Jing Sili asked curiously.

"At this time, the Khitan army had to rely on the support of the rear for the supply of support due to Yuanhao's policy of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields, lacking horse materials and food and grass. If we go deep into Yinzhou Xiazhou, or go deep into Xingqing Prefecture, and hundreds of thousands of troops marched, although it seems to be a contribution, Yuanhao's main force is stationed in Hetao. It can attack grain at any time. The logistics supply is cut off and the front will risk their lives to resist stubbornly. The two Khitan troops will be in danger. Unless we send troops to Yinxia, ​​our dynasty will provide them with supplies from the prefectures. That is impossible. Therefore, the Khitan can only entangle with Xixia in the desert. But at this time, the rear of Xixia is empty. If our dynasty sends troops from Jingyuan Road and Huanqing Road, the Yinchuan Plain and Yanzhou will become the things in our dynasty's pocket." Zhao Xun sighed deeply after saying that.

Zhang Kang shook his head and said, "General Zhao, you are wrong to think so."

"General Zhang, why are you wrong?"

"Xingqing Prefecture is the capital of the Western Xia royal family. If our dynasty sends troops, even if it is empty, there will be some force left in the southern cities of Xixia, which will inevitably take some time. Yuan Hao will lead his troops south, regardless of the Khitan's force. When the two countries fight, the current crisis of the Khitan is resolved, so calmly reap the benefits of the fisherman. It is also possible that Yuan Hao will ignore the rear and fight hard with the Khitan to benefit our dynasty, but this possibility is extremely small. Lu Meng's strategy may not necessarily achieve success."

There are also disputes, mostly disputes in strategy, and this dispute is exactly what Zheng Lang hopes for. At this time, there are many famous generals, and everyone discusses them together, which is also a process of improving one's own military ideas and absorbing others' strengths. It is these disputes that will accelerate the growth of the generals.

Zhao Xun thought for a moment and said with a wry smile: "General Zhang is thinking about his future."

Zhang Kang didn't say anything.

It’s not that I think far and wide. If Zhao Xun really takes such a big advantage, I believe that the mourning young master would rather let the world say that he would have robbed the love and come to Shaanxi to preside over the presidency in person. He still believed in Zheng Lang.

He continued to look at the map and said, "The war is about to break out, but when will it break out? Let's discuss it and take a look."

Di Qing shook his head and said, "I thought the date was undecided, so I could only look at the wind. If there was a strong wind, the war would definitely take place. If there was no strong wind, Yuan Hao would be very bitter this time. He would not surrender and would have the idea of ​​fighting the Khitan grain and grass. But no matter what he planned, as long as he forced out of the desert, he would have a decisive defeat. Unless the Khitan was sloppy, forced out of the desert, and made room for Yuan Hao to lead his army into the desert again. However, if this was the case, Yuan Hao might not have the upper hand and could not make good use of the wind and sand. Once it was out and one entry, there would not be much food and grass. It was still extremely dangerous."

Wang Xin said: "No matter what, the Khitan was careless this time. I even suspected that they had not formulated a detailed combat plan and marched into Xixia blindly. Otherwise, there would be another solution to resolve the situation. The Khitan was convenient for the Huang River. Many tribesmen made a living by fishing and were good at boating skills. At least on the flat Yellow River in Hetao, they were enough to control boats. Xiao Hui had sent the soldiers from Yunneizhou City to the back, but the people of Xixia did not resist and gave Wu Lashan to the Khitan. If a group of soldiers who were good at boating were used to build a batch of ships, they could transport the logistics forward. Xiao Hui could calmly lead the army to attack Xingqing Prefecture, and Yuan Hao lost one thing. This battle would be defeated."

Sun Quanbin thought for a while and said, "General Wang's words are reasonable, and the Khitan is really degenerate."

"Sun Jianjun, it may not be that since the founding of the Khitan country, it has won many great victories, and even if it is defeated, it is a small defeat. Therefore, he is blindly arrogant and thinks that he has brought 200,000 troops to come, and Yuanhao is in a good way. As the Khitan Emperor said, he is like a finger to command the Western Xia. Therefore, he underestimates the enemy. In fact, if he is cautious, the power of the Khitan should not be underestimated. For example, in the Battle of Helan Mountain, Diegu has the style of General Zhang."

This is also a discussion. You have to analyze the whole story clearly before you can make a judgment.

The last few main generals agreed that the decisive battle was in the sky. When did the strong winds come, and the main Khitan army gradually penetrated into the desert, it was the time for the decisive battle. If the strong winds were not blowing in the sky, Yuan Hao would be in danger this time.

But it is impossible to think that there will be no strong winds in Nanhetao for dozens of days.

Even Zheng Lang didn't believe it very much.

Moreover, from Xiyin Mountain to Helan Mountain, except for the small green space near the Yellow River, it has become a desert. In addition, Nanhetao, he did not see it with his own eyes, but as a later generation, how could he not know the power of sandstorms?

There are also talented people in the Khitan.

The three armies gradually approached Yuan Hao's main army. Yuan Hao was forced to retreat due to the fierce Khitan power, and stopped every thirty miles. He set fire to the radius of grassland one after another. Gradually, several armies entered the desert. Seeing that there was constant wind and sand swelling. Sometimes the wind was a little stronger and he couldn't even open his eyes. Yelu Gao's family slave advised: "Your Majesty, if you fight here, it will be detrimental to our army."

Liao Xingzong was so old that he had never suffered this hardship. Although his subordinates were careful, they could not help but let the food blow into the sand when they were eating. They chuckled their teeth. They looked up at the gray sky and asked, "What are your good plans?"
To be continued...