A leather cord wrapped with brocade was placed around Yun Zheng's neck, indicating that Yun Zheng had been tied up. A golden melon warrior held Yun Zheng's ivory betta in both hands and stood respectfully beside him, while another warrior He whispered something to Yunzheng. In the Song Dynasty, all soldiers were respectful to Di Qing and Yunzheng.
"Only six teeth were knocked out. Really, my thickening of the board was in vain..." Yun Zheng was walking around outside the Chui Gong Hall with his hands behind his back. He didn't plan to hit anyone today, but he just said what he said just now Those words actually made me angry, so I took action.
Han Qi walked out of the hall angrily and yelled: "That's unreasonable, that's unreasonable. The court itself is a place for people to talk. You break people's mouths and let them talk. Come on, come on, Yun Zheng, why don't you just Let me smash my mouth as well!"
After Yun Zheng let the two golden melon warriors go away, he pulled the furious Han Qi and said in a low voice: "Where do you get such anger? Li Chang's family owns a book printing shop, so he dared to risk his life and kill Bi." Sheng, what does it have to do with you?"
Han Qi gritted his teeth so hard that it took him a long time to straighten his breathing: "What kind of place is the court? Even if you have a grudge against Chang Li for killing his father or seizing his wife, you can't do it anywhere. It depends on you." How to end it!"
Yun Zheng smiled brightly and said: "Does he deserve to have that hatred with me? If he did, his nine tribes would have died long ago without even a hair left. Old Han, we might as well make a bet. If I lose, From now on, if you ask me to beat a dog, I will never chase a chicken. If I win, how about you just listen to me for once?"
Han Qi swallowed and said, "Let's talk about it!"
Yun Zheng sat on the steps of Chui Gong Hall and asked the warrior to bring him a piece of charcoal. After grinding it on the ground, he drew a simple map in twos and twos. When Yun Zheng marked the Yellow River and Huangshui River on the map After that, Han Qi sat next to Yun Zheng without thinking and looked at the picture carefully.
Two arrows of different shapes appeared on the map - "The thickest one is the unhidden Zhuoluo and Nanjun divisions, the Xishou Baotai division, and part of the Black Mountain Weifu division, plus A part of the Shengsheng Army, with a total strength of more than 140,000! Now they are crossing the Yellow River and marching towards Miaochuan City. However, Dong Felt's army did not rely on the natural dangers of the Yellow River to carry out sniping. Instead, they retreated on a large scale, trying to clear the country along the way. This is the right way to respond by stretching the Xixia people's logistical supply. The Xixia people suffered a disaster this year, and the lack of food and fodder was their weakness, so Dong Xiang can be regarded as a wise commander."
Han Qi knocked on Miaochuan City and said: "How can you be sure that the commander-in-chief is Dong Xiang and not Ali Gu?"
Yun Zheng raised his head, looked at Han Qi and said, "Believe me, Ali Gu's bones have probably turned into drumsticks now."
Han Qi was silent for a moment and pointed at the thinner arrow and said, "Is this Fu Bi's security force?"
Yun Zheng sighed and nodded: "The Security Army, plus the Chenghua Army that Fu Bi brought from Fengxiang Mansion, and the Western Army that he borrowed from Zhong'e, only number over 30,000. Let's not talk about this army for now. The army is our own, can you tell me where Dong Zang's main force is?"
Han Qi tapped the city of Miaochuan with his knuckles and said: "The 140,000 troops of Xixia are pressing down on the country, and they cannot allow him to deploy an empty city strategy in Miaochuan City. Miaochuan City is the old capital of Qingtang, and he will not abandon it easily. .”
Yun Zheng chuckled and said: "That's right, this is the bet I want to make with you. You bet that Dong Xiang's main force is waiting in Miaochuan City to fight the Xixia people to death. I bet that Dong Xiang's main force is in Lingu City.
Somewhere between Qinzhou and Qinzhou, if I had to choose, Shahukou would be a very good place for an ambush..."
"In this way, Miaochuan City..."
"Take it down. The Yellow River Fortress is a better stronghold than Miaochuan City. At least it has the natural danger of the Yellow River. The last confrontation between Jiao Si Luo and Wu Zang You Pang was at the Kalo River on the bank of the Yellow River. I saw it with my own eyes.
Having witnessed that battle, although Xixia's logistics supply there is simple, Mochuan City is only two hundred and seventy miles away from the Yellow River Fortress, and this distance is not enough to open up a long logistics line that does not hide the enemy."
Han Qi's usually calm hands began to tremble, and he still said in a calm voice: "Miaochuan City is a strategically important place, and the people of Qingtang will not give up, absolutely not."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, the Dong Zhan I know is not a guy who clings to his ancestral land. There is a saying in the army: save people and lose land, save both people and land, save land and lose people, lose both people and land, what do the people of Qingtang have?
?Aren’t they just cattle and sheep? When I used oil cakes to deceive the Qingtang people’s war horses in Qingtang, I knew very well that as long as the Qingtang people put their belongings on the cattle and horses, they would drive the sheep wherever they went.
Home.
Under such circumstances, please tell me why Dong Zhan gave up the natural danger of the Yellow River? You must never mention Ali Gu to me again, that man is already a dead man!"
Han Qi swallowed involuntarily and said, "Is it because of Fu Bi?"
Yun Zheng smiled and said: "Of course it's for Fu Bi. The total number of men and horses in Qingtang is only about 150,000. If he fights to the death with Bu Zangying Pang, how many men and horses will he have left? So he simply
He will not fight to the death with Wu Zangying Pang. This time the purpose of the Xixia people's visit is different from the last time. Last time Wu Zang Yipang was forced to come here by Li Yuanhao to lose his strength. As long as the Xixia people are hurt by the beating, they will leave. This time
But it was to rob cattle and sheep. He would not give up until he achieved his goal. Even if he defeated the Xixia people after fighting to the death, what would our Song Dynasty do? Would we commend Dong Xiang? Or would we thank Dong Xiang? This kind of thing would not happen.
Right? Dong Felt is a fool?
With wolves in front and tigers behind, Dong Zang didn't have much choice. He could only break away from the Xixia people while preparing troops to completely defeat the relatively weak Song army and eliminate the threat of the Song Dynasty.
, it is possible to lead Wu Zang You Pang in circles over the land of more than a thousand miles in Qingtang, and finally force Wu Zang You Pang, who is short of food, to retreat on his own, and then slowly regain the lost ground.
Of course, this is my idea, and if I were Dong Fei, I would definitely do this."
Yun Zheng took out his handkerchief and handed it to Han Qi, who was sweating profusely. Then he put his head on his knees and stared blankly at the acacia tree in front of Chui Gong Hall.
"The people you really wanted to beat just now were me and Pang Xiang?"
"Yeah, I really want to smoke, but I don't dare, so I have to find a soft persimmon to pinch..."
"If you rush to Qinzhou now, can you still turn the tide of the war?"
"It's too late. The huge army has already crossed the Yellow River and is marching towards Miaochuan City. This means that Dong Xiang's plan has begun to be implemented. Once a careful plan is started, there is no reason to stop."
"What would you do if you were Fu Bi?" Zhao Zhen's voice came from above Yun Zheng's head.
Yun Zheng and Han Qi stood up immediately and found that the emperor and important ministers had already left the hall. Pang Ji, Wang Anshi, and Wen Yanbo looked defeated, and Ouyang Xiu and others had lost their anger just now.
"Your Majesty, I failed to suppress my anger just now..."
"Tell me, if you were Fu Bi, how would you respond?" Zhao Zhen's business was already in a state of despair.
Yun Zheng squatted down again, drew a line between Qinzhou and Qingtang and whispered: "Build the wall high, store up grain widely, wait for the opportunity, and hit with one blow. If Qingtang is weak, hit Qingtang, and if Xixia is weak, hit Qingtang."
Attack Xixia, make friends with the strong, and drive out the weak!
If Qingtang wins, the Song Dynasty will take advantage of the opportunity to seize Lanzhou and Kalochuan, threaten the Xixia Jingsai Army to the east, build fortresses at Roulang Mountain and Lingbo Mountain in Huizhou, cut off the connection between Xingqing Prefecture and the Hexi Corridor, and watch the Xixia people
If the battle with the Uighurs is coordinated properly, the Hexi Corridor will probably fall into the hands of the Song Dynasty, which is equivalent to cutting off a leg of Xixia.
If Xixia wins, our country has an alliance with Xixia. At this time, we will use all our strength to strangle Dong Felt, and send a large number of troops to seize the opportunity to occupy more of Qingtang's hometown. Once the war has settled, we will be exhausted from fighting with the Qingtang people.
Moreover, the Xixia people who are short of food and clothing cannot hold on to the Qingtang land they captured before the heavy snow arrives. At this time, your Majesty only needs to send an envoy to Xixia and tell the Xixia people that we are willing to exchange grain for those lands.
The Xixia people will definitely agree, because the purpose of this battle is to collect grain and solve the food famine in Xixia. As long as the purpose is achieved, the Xixia people have no reason not to agree."
Zhao Zhen looked at Di Qing as if asking for help, and said in a trembling voice: "Di Qing, will the security army be ambushed? Is there a solution?"
Di Qing cupped his hands and replied: "Your Majesty, don't be alarmed. The old minister's view is more optimistic. What Yun Zheng said is just the worst situation. In that situation, the Song Dynasty will not only lose Huizhou and Zuli River, but also
I'm afraid Qinzhou will also be affected, but in the opinion of the veteran, this worst-case scenario will not happen.
Fu Bi was mature and prudent, and was not comparable to ordinary civil servants. He fought against the Xixia in Fengxiang Mansion for six years without losing an inch of territory, which shows that Fu Bi can take on big responsibilities.
As the 30,000-strong army moves forward, the sentinels in front will be sent out for at least eighty miles. Your Majesty does not know that the army is not moving in a hurry. Along the way, the sentinels will continuously inform the commander of the latest news, and all the information that can make the enemy
Hiding places will be searched one by one, and the fork-shaped marching method will not only protect the left and right wings of the army from the enemy to the greatest extent, but also maintain the combat effectiveness of the forward battalion. Only in this way is it a standard
Marching routine.
Although the people of Qingtang are tough and brave, riding on their horses and plundering like flying, shouting east and west, and rushing north and south, making people unable to guard against it, your majesty has forgotten that Fu Bi still has a large number of thunders in his hands. The security army has always been elite.
The elite men brought by Shang Fubi from Fengxiang Mansion were already quite powerful, and the Western Army had long been familiar with the use of gunpowder.
Once the Qingtang people are unable to succeed with one blow, Fu Bi is likely to use thunderbolts as an attack method. Although it is impossible to defeat the Qingtang people, with the help of this sharp weapon, it is not a problem to retreat the whole army.
Qinzhou's power is actually only measured in terms of profit, and attacking now is the worst option."
Yun Zheng looked at the gushing Di Qing sadly and screamed crazily in his heart: "Do you have to be so honest? You won't die if you scare them!" (To be continued)