Xiangyikou is an important stockade of the party in the Huluchuan Road, guarding the Wuyan Gorge to the west and choking the road to the north. However, in the face of the heavy artillery of the Song army, the defense of this walled city played little role. In half a day, it has already fallen.

It took another five days for Di Qing's Chinese army to arrive, and the army filled the valley.

In the handsome tent, Di Qing said to Liu Ji: "Since Wuyanxia went west, it is the party's Xishou Supervision Military Division." Here I divide my troops with the general, you take 50,000 troops to attack Xishou, and I personally command 50,000 troops to attack Weizhou in the east. The party and army in front of the village have abandoned the village and fled, and the rest of the soldiers and horses can advance along the Huluchuan Valley Road and join us in Mingsha County. ”

Liu Ji arched his hand: "This is the best." However, although there is a Wuyan Gorge to Xishou here, the road is very difficult to walk. Taiwei led his own troops to attack Weizhou, and I led my troops to go dozens of miles, and I could go west of the village by myself. It was all avenues, and it was easy for the gun wagons to travel. ”

Di Qing said: "I'm afraid that the party's soldiers and horses will come along the Wuyan Gorge and copy the back road of our army." ”

Liu Jidao: "There are still more than a dozen armies in the Huluchuan Valley Road, how can they not hold the back road?" Taiwei peace of mind, until now, the rear army is still in the Zhenrong army and has not moved, how dare the party dare to come to copy the back road of the army? The remnant of the army in the valley will leave them without return. ”

Liu Ji was too cautious about Di Qing, which caused the army to be slow and dissatisfied, where would he listen to this. If it weren't for Di Qing's moderation, Liu would have taken the soldiers and horses to divide the troops and would not have acted with Di Qing. The army was crowded together, and as the deputy marshal, Liu Ji couldn't figure out which troops were near him and which ones were still behind. said that it was an army of 300,000, and only more than 10,000 people around the tent could really command.

Di Qing thought for a while and said, "Everything is still cautious. It's okay to deploy if you want to go west from the village, but you still have to send troops and horses, go west from Wuyan Gorge, and rendezvous with your army in Xishou. The 300,000 troops we brought with us are the most reliable for the imperial court, and we must not be careless. ”

Liu Ji said yes. It's just a matter of sending a few thousand people to march along the Wuyan Gorge. At this time, where did the party have the courage to send troops to attack. According to the intelligence, the soldiers and horses of the Xishou Supervision Army Division are complete, and there are less than 20,000. Because they were frightened by the Song army coming from the north, a large number of small tribes attached to the party did not listen to the party items at all, and it was very problematic whether Xishou had 10,000 soldiers.

Located in the mountain basin, there is no city outline, but only the station of the party herdsmen. Liu Ji estimated that he could wipe them out with a few thousand people. Now it is 300,000 troops gathered together, and the valley is too dense, and it is better to divide the troops early, and the 50,000 army will be 50,000.

Watching Liu Ji come out of the account, Di Qing sighed secretly in his heart. I don't know that Liu Ji is dissatisfied, but what can I do? After the training of the army, it was different from the army he was familiar with before, and it was also different from Du Zhongxiao's soldiers and horses on the Hequ Road, and he was not familiar with the new command system. Since Di Qing arrived at the Zhenrong Army, he has worked hard and exhausted his efforts to avoid any business trips.

Under the new military system, the establishment below the battalion level is set to death, and Di Qing has not remembered the commanders of each battalion until now. There is a basic number of cavalry, artillery, and mobile forces at which level is equipped with how many cavalry, how many artillery, and how many mobile forces are on the winding road. Now it is different, Di Qing is not familiar with the command system under the new military system, and Di Qing is all separately arranged for artillery, cavalry, and mobile forces above the battalion level.

The final result was that Di Qing had always been undecided about how to divide the troops, how to organize them, and which people would be the commanders of which troops. At this time, it was not like when he went south to conquer Nong Zhigao, the national army was deployed as he wanted, and many of his generals were not familiar with it. As a coach, it is taboo to be unfamiliar with the generals under him, and Di Qing has always been worried about this.

Liu Ji got out of the tent, returned to his tent, called the staff officers over, and ordered them to immediately draw up a battle plan. Since many staff officers had nothing to do with Di Qing and were collected by Liu Ji, the number of staff officers under his account was sufficient.

In Kaifeng Mansion, Du Zhongxiao, together with several ministers, was urgently summoned to the Chongzheng Palace to discuss matters. When Du Zhongxiao arrived, several ministers were already sitting there, eating tea and chatting at the same time. Du Zhongxiao saluted and sat down.

Zhao Zhen said: "Captain Di has just sent a report from the front, and the army has captured the reward. He and Liu divided their troops, each with 50,000 people, to attack the Xishou Supervision Army Division and the Weizhou Supervision Army Division, and the rest of the soldiers and horses marched north along the Huluchuan River. You are called to discuss the matter. ”

Jia Changchao said: "Seize the reward and move the mouth, seal the road for the party to attack from Wuyan Gorge, and you can attack Xishou and Weizhou separately." Since then, the battle against the party has officially begun. ”

Wen Yanbo said: "A few days ago, I got a report from Han Qi that I had occupied Suzhou, and the army was advancing towards Ganzhou. Captain Di has only now captured the Qiankou military village, is it a little slower? When Weizhou and Xishou are captured, I am afraid that Han Qi's troops have already arrived in Liangzhou. ”

Jia Changchao said: "Combat is a major military matter, so we have to be cautious. The 300,000 troops commanded by Di Qing are all the troops that have been trained by the imperial court except for the soldiers and horses on Hequ Road. The slightest mistake is a big deal, and you have to be cautious. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Suzhou to Ganzhou is 400 miles, and it can be reached in ten days." The Hexi report was sent to the imperial court for at least 15 days, and at this time Han Taiwei must have arrived at the city of Ganzhou. Even, having seized Ganzhou, it is possible to advance eastward. Counting it, Captain Di's department is indeed a little slow. ”

Jia Changchao said: "The party has no heavy troops in Hexi, and there is no intention of sticking to it, and it is the due intention of Han Taiwei's soldiers and horses to be fast." The most important thing is to look at Di Qing. The 300,000-strong army, as long as it leaves Huluchuan, the party will inevitably have no way to resist. ”

Du Zhongxiao shook his head slightly and didn't say anything more. What is the use of saying that an army of 300,000 is used incorrectly? It is precisely because the number of 300,000 troops is too large and the troops are not correctly divided that it is difficult to gather indecently. If they had marched separately earlier, they would have already captured Xishou and Weizhou, and the army would have arrived at Mingsha City. I am afraid that it will be difficult to control after the army is separated, and it will be trapped together.

The current situation does not mean that Han Qi is stronger than Di Qing in leading troops. There are only more than 30,000 people in Han Qi's department, all of them are Zhao Zi's department, and the command system is complete. But Han Qi was too smooth, and it became more and more slow for Di Qing's department.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Zhao Zhen said: "Han Qi's department occupies Ganzhou, and he is going all the way east, and he is going to Liangzhou." Out of Liangzhou, it is not far from the Yellow River and Helan Mountain, and I don't know how to do it. ”

When Du Zhongxiao heard this, his heart moved, and he said: "Liu Ji led 50,000 troops to attack the Xishou Supervision Military Division, if it goes well, you can cross Weijing Mountain, go straight to the north, and occupy Guojiadu, which should be right." In this way, if Han Taiwei's department occupies Liangzhou, Liu Ji can be brought under the jurisdiction of Han Taiwei. After Di Taiwei took Weizhou, he could attack Lingzhou along the Lingzhou River, while Han Taiwei's headquarters marched on the west bank of the Yellow River. ”

Wen Yanbo listened to it and said, "What Zhongcheng means is that after Liu Ji belongs to Han Taiwei, he will go straight to Xingqing Mansion?" ”

Du Zhongxiao nodded and said, "Not bad." The 30,000 horses under the command of Han Taiwei entered no man's land in Hexi County, marched all the way east, and broke the strong enemy. It can be seen that the party has no defense force at all, plus Liu's soldiers and horses, a total of 80,000 people, which is enough to attack Xingqing Mansion. ”

As soon as these words came out, no one spoke. This attack on the party allowed Di Qing to command the 300,000 army in Zhenrong, to a certain extent, it is still a kind of respect for the old generals. As a result, the army's advance was slow, causing much dissatisfaction among the courtiers. Divide it into one part for Han Qi, and there is nothing.

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