A few days after Tang Ning arrived in Yan'an Mansion, reinforcements from Kaifeng also arrived at Yanyan Road and entered Kaifeng Mansion. Lü Huiqing reorganized the garrison of Yanyan Road into 22 armies, half of which remained in Yan'an Mansion to prevent the Western Xia army from breaking through the walled fort in front of Yan'an Mansion and capturing Yan'an Mansion.

Other troops were stationed in the walled forts, county seats, and important passes near Yan'an Prefecture.

On the other side, the movements of the Western Xia people were also very fast, under the command of Wei Ming Ah Wu, they crossed the Hengshan along the Wuyan Pass, and attacked in three ways, and the east road was stationed near Qingjian City, so that the Song army in Qingjian City did not dare to act rashly, let alone divide troops to support other places.

In the middle of the road, they surrounded three important walled forts north of Yan'an Mansion, Saimen Village, Long'an Village, and Jinming Village, and besieged but did not attack.

These three walled forts are located in dangerous positions, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. However, there were not many defenders, and the Western Xia people surrounded them only to prevent them from dividing their troops back to Yan'an Mansion and affecting the Xia army's military operations on the Western Road.

On the middle and east roads, the Western Xia people did not put many troops. The main troop deployment is still the western route.

The Xia army on the west road really confirmed what it means to invade like fire, and in one day, they passed through Anyuan Village from Shunning Village on the border to a place fifty miles away from Yan'an Mansion.

In order to deal with the Xia army on the western route, Lu Huiqing dispatched the other half of the troops previously stationed near Yan'an Mansion, that is, the eleven armies, to attack the Xia army in eleven directions.

Tang Ning was also one of the Eleventh Route Army, and coincidentally he was assigned to Zhi Keshi's men. Old friends are naturally overjoyed to meet. After the two reminisced, the official position is now lower than Tang Ning's, and he put forward his own requirements very straightforwardly.

"Now that the western thieves have entered the border in a big way, we and other soldiers must fight bravely. However, there are no two people in the army. If the commander is interested, he is willing to give up the command. ”

Tang Ning was anxious when he heard this, where was he the material for command? Let him command, that is, the gunpowder will open the way, then cover it with long-range fire, and finally let the infantry go up and stab the lucky ones who survive under the cover of gunpowder and fire.

Although he has read a lot of military books, he has not experienced many battles, and he does not have the innate sense of smell on the battlefield of famous generals, and lacks the ability to adapt to changes, in case of unexpected changes, he will be at a loss.

Therefore, Tang Ning said very sincerely: "The promotion of the general, Tang is ashamed." When it comes to commanding, Tang knows that he has no talent in this area, so let's leave it to General Zhe! Tang was willing to lead 18,000 soldiers of the Zhenjiang Army to obey General Zhe's dispatch. ”

After listening to it, he grabbed Tang Ning's hand and sighed: "If the generals of my Holy Dynasty are as well aware of the righteousness as the commander, and they have self-knowledge, why worry about fighting and not winning?" ”

"......" is really right not to let this guy enter Beijing, just this mouth, it is estimated that before he arrived in the capital, he was already greeted by the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu suburbs for 130 miles and then beaten to relieve his hatred.

I said a word at the beginning, so far

So far, some people have scolded themselves, but this is still under the cover of Zhao Xu and the master's thighs.

Zhe Keshi can take it out, that is, his family has been loyal and good for generations, and his ancestors have fought for the Great Song Dynasty at the border for generations.

It's a pity that Chao Chinese Wu doesn't care about this......

Lü Huiqing's distribution was extremely subtle in Tang Ning's view, and although he reorganized his troops into twenty-two armies, many of them did not have an army establishment.

There were 8,000 people and 10,000 people, and the Zhenjiang army brought by Tangning was the largest one among them, and there were only 4,000 people available for deployment.

After several years of preparation, the whole of Shaanxi has only more than 300,000 soldiers, and Lu Huiqing can mobilize no more than 200,000 troops at present.

However, his bluffing approach had to make the Tangut people deal with it cautiously. With scouts everywhere, the Xia army on the Western Road quickly detected the dense movement of the Song army.

Then the scouts of the Song army and the Western Xia scouts started a life-and-death struggle, although the Song army with Qingtang could not equip the army with horses on a large scale in the short term, but these scouts must have to be rationed first.

After compensating for the disadvantage of the mounts, it is necessary to fight between the scouts of the two armies.

The scouts of the Song army were naturally inferior to the Tangut people in this regard, but the Song army had an advantage, that is, there were many people.

The scouts of the Song army always act in groups, and if one person can't beat me, a group of people will beat you together, which makes the Western Xia people scold the Song army for being shameless, but they are helpless.

Therefore, when the scouts were blocked and it was impossible to accurately reconnoiter how many people there were on each of the eleven roads of the Song army, the Tanguts had to build eleven walled forts on the road of the Song army's attack to prevent the Song army from attacking.

It was the first time that Tang Ning had come into contact with such a large-scale battle, and it used to be thousands to fight thousands, and the soldiers on both sides faced each other, and the largest number of people on the side would not exceed 50,000.

However, now, there are more than 20,000 people on the road alone.

As the largest of the 11th Route Army, the greater the responsibility that needs to be assumed. Attacking the middle of the Xia army became the main goal of the Zhenjiang army.

When leading the army forward, Tang Ning talked a lot with Zhe Keshi on the road. In the Battle of Hindburg four years ago, the two fought side by side, and it was Tangning who led troops to reinforcements, and made the incendiary bombs repel the iron harriers, so that the whole body of the fold could be retreated.

Although historically, the fact that he did not receive reinforcements in this battle was the same result, but for today's Zhe Keshi, Tang Ning has a great favor to him.

So the two mainly talked about the past, and finally chatted and talked about the current war situation, Tang Ning mentioned gunpowder, and Zhi Keshi nodded and said: "Gunpowder is rationed in the Western Army, but this thing is very powerful, and when it is released, it is really inconvenient to block the ears of people and horses." ”

Tang Ning smiled and asked a Zhenjiang crossbowman for his crossbow arrows and handed them over

It's easy to fold.

Zhe Keshi took it in his hand, and when he looked closely, he found that the crossbow arrow was tied to a packet of gunpowder the size of a fist, and the lead was as long as an adult's forearm.

"As long as the aim is completed, after the height of the school is completed, the infantry is allowed to ignite the fuse with the fire fold, and the fire can be fired. By the time the arrows entered the enemy's ranks, it was almost time to explode.

It's small, but it's in numbers. The two armies face each other, and after a salvo, the infantry can start charging. ”

Zhi Keshi handed the arrow back to Tang Ning, shook his head and said, "At least three rounds." ”

Tang Ning touched his nose and said: "My family's prison army, even I have to point at my nose and scold me this round, saying that it is not my money that is spent, I don't feel distressed."

If you shoot three rounds, it is estimated that the prison guard of my family will write an excerpt to the official family every day to scold you for wasting. ”

Zhi Keshi pouted and said, "If you can die fewer people and win the battle, what's the matter with spending some money?" ”

Cheng Yang gritted his teeth when he heard it, and said in his heart that you are Tang Ning, smear Lao Tzu in front of outsiders, and you wait for the war to end, Lao Tzu will definitely join you ruthlessly!

The 11th Route Army of the Song Army was personally mobilized and commanded by Lu Huiqing. After detecting that the Tanguts had built a walled fort, Lu Huiqing ordered the smaller number of them, with 6,000 or 8,000 people as an army, to make a detour to cut off the back road of the Tanguts.

The rest of the army of more than 10,000 people continued to advance. Tang Ning's middle lane needs to speed up the pace of advance, and try to attract most of the Tangut people in the first moment of engagement, so as to create an offensive opportunity for friendly forces on the other lanes.

Tang Ning didn't know if Lu Huiqing was communiquing personal vendetta or having high hopes for himself.

But the superiors have orders, and they dare not disobey. Tang Ning accelerated his advance, and arrived at a range of twenty-five miles from the camp of the Xia army on the West Road in half a day.

In the middle of the night, the Xia army on the West Road was unwilling to be lonely. Send troops to feint and harass the encamped Zhenjiang army all the way.

When Tang Ning heard the movement, he asked Pei Xiantong, who was not asleep on the other side of the tent, to find two pieces of cloth for himself to plug his ears. These guys are not too tired, and they have to rush over and harass them at a distance of twenty-five miles.

As for whether to feint and attack the camp, Tang Ning was not worried at all, the rejection of the horse gun was not placed there to serve as a façade.

Pei Xiantong rolled his eyes when he heard this and said, "Why don't you take it yourself, I still want you to help me find it!" ”

"Are you a guard or am I a guard?"

"Don't be so arrogant, am I begging you to be your guard?"

"Isn't it?"

"Really?"

"Isn't it?"

“…… If you say it again, I'll beat you up if you say it again! ”

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