It is not the combat style of the Western Xia to put on a posture with the Song army, to be honest, let alone the Western Xia army, even the Liao army in its heyday is not an opponent. But they had another way to deal with the hoplites, that is, to stretch the battle line and then cut off the logistics of the Song army.

This trick is tried and tested, and there is no way to avoid it. As long as the Song army wanted to attack, it had to enter this battle mode. The reason is simple, the Song army lacked large-scale cavalry units, and the mobility was obviously insufficient. If you put the cavalry in front, you can't keep the grain road, and if you put all the cavalry behind, the infantry can't catch up with the Xia army, which is a dilemma.

"This time, the Song army's tactics are obviously different from the past, no longer recklessly rushing, and never a hundred miles away from the border village. Judging from the reports of the commanders of various military divisions, the Song army of Yanyan Road is the most difficult to deal with, and the giant crossbow with thousands of arrows fired in unison between breaths has an extremely long range, and its strength can wear heavy armor. The Shenyong Military Division and the Xiangyou Military Division suffered great losses and low morale. However, the species is still only on the north side of Hengshan, neither taking advantage of the victory to chase and kill, nor retreating too much. In addition, Dong Yu's Tubo tribe is also attacking Renduoquan City, with more than 30,000 people, is it necessary to transfer Xiliang's troops to reinforce it? ”

Standing to the left of the Empress Dowager Liang is a fat man, he is the Western Xia privy envoy Du Luowei, and he is also the family of the Western Xia nobles who fully support the Empress Dowager Liang, and the reward is to take charge of the military together with the Meng Meng.

"Baozhong, what do you think?" Empress Dowager Liang was not familiar with military affairs, and after listening to Du Luowei's introduction, she was noncommittal, and turned her gaze to another tall man with a full beard next to her.

Dong Yu is not afraid, he is like a fox behind a pack of wolves, just want to take the opportunity to eat two mouthfuls of leftovers. And the Tubo soldiers will not be good at attacking the city, and Liangzhou will be unhindered. If Dong Yu does not do his best to go deep into our territory to attack Liangzhou City, once he can't attack it for a long time, the Gansu Military Division can cut off his way back and attack the north and south with the Liangzhou army, and forgive them for not wanting to give everything they have for the Great Song Dynasty. It's just that this time the Song army is menacing, but it is strange that they do not try to forge ahead. ”

Seeing that the Queen Mother looked at him, the tall man stepped forward and bowed, and also expressed his opinion. He is the commander of the Shun Army of the Right Chamber, Renduo Baozhong, and he is also a nobleman of the Western Xia Party from the royal family.

Like Du Luowei, he also chose to support the Queen Mother's party, and the rewards were quite rich. Don't look at the capital army, but the right wing is the capital of the Shun Military Division, and the status and authority are obviously different from the capital commandery of other military divisions.

"Yi buried, what do you think Song Jun is going to do?" The two generals did not judge the true intentions of the Song army, and the Tubo soldiers were indeed not worth paying too much attention to, and the Empress Dowager Liang frowned and turned her face to the left. There is only one person here, her own brother Liang Yi.

"The minister thought that the Song army's move was delaying time, and Chong'e had just occupied the three prefectures of Hengshan, and was stepping up the construction of the walled fort, and if it was attacked and disturbed by our army at this time, it would inevitably delay for a long time. If our army is busy coping, the Song Dynasty can recruit people to step up construction, and within two or three months, Hengshan will be firmly locked by a series of walled forts, and it will be even more difficult to recapture. This may seem clumsy, but it's actually extremely clever. ”

Liang Yibury analyzed the battle situation from another angle, and the loss of the Hengshan region had a very great impact on the strategic situation of Western Xia. If the Song army attacked from Hengshan, it could reach the line of Jingzhou and Huaizhou in two or three days with a large cavalry, and directly threaten Xingqing Mansion.

In addition, the loss of the Hengshan region is also a big loss to the resources and financial revenue of Western Xia, which is what makes Liang Yi angry.

"Queen Mother, what the Prime Minister said is reasonable. The Song people gathered heavy troops in many roads, only Yinzhou and Shizhou were the strongest attackers, and the other roads seemed to be perfunctory. Hearing Liang Yiburi's opinion, the chubby Du Luowei seemed to suddenly realize.

Liang Yi buried what he thought, he knew very well, it was really uncomfortable for Hengshan to be lost, if he could say that the Empress Dowager took the opportunity to send heavy troops to recapture it, it not only met the appeal of the prime minister, but also solved the country's troubles. This kind of thing of pushing the boat down the river, why not do it.

"What do you think of Bao Zhong?" Empress Dowager Liang is worthy of being a strong woman who has been planning power since she was a teenager, and she did not listen to Liang Yibury because he was his own brother and Du Luowei was a close minister. Compared with the first two, Niduo is more proficient in military affairs.

The minister also thought that Yanyan Road and Hedong Road were the main places of attack of the Song army, but it would not be easy to recapture Shi and Yinzhou. The Song people are cunning, and they have to guard against several other places. ”

Renduo Baozhong did not fully agree with Liang Yiburi's analysis, if the Song people just wanted to consolidate Hengshan, there was no need to make such a big move, as long as they gathered heavy troops.

The Xia army, which occupies the geographical advantages of Hengshan, can't defeat the army of Chong'e, can it be said that after the strong and strong Chong'e occupies the danger, it can win? It's not scientific. But he couldn't figure out what Song Jun was going to do, so there was no need to offend the prime minister, so let's go along with it.

"In this case, we must also work hard to protect the loyalty and send the troops of Gyeonggi to the aid of Shenyong and Xiangyou, and be sure to recapture the two places of Stone and Yin. Let the other military divisions fighting against the Song army retreat a little, neither let the Song army take advantage of it, nor let them go to reinforce the plantation, is it okay? After asking twice, Empress Dowager Liang felt that she had figured out the battle situation and the opinions of several important ministers, and had a way to deal with it.

Hengshan seems to be unloseable, it doesn't matter if the troops are insufficient, there are still 60,000 elites near Xingqing Mansion, plus more than 150,000 support soldiers. Coupled with the 70,000 regular soldiers of the two armies of Shenyong and Xiangyou, they can't take down the planting, and this battle will not be fought.

"Queen Mother, in this way, won't the important land of Gyeonggi become an empty city, if the rebels make waves again......" Du Luowei didn't expect this result, at present, there are endless calls for the emperor to be reinstated inside and outside the court, but no one dares to come forward because of the heavy troops.

If all these troops were sent to the border to deal with the Song people, who would protect the capital? In case they are picked up by political enemies, they are much more ruthless than the Song people, and the lightest is also imprisoned, and if they don't do well, they will have to be exterminated.

"Hmph, at the moment of the great enemy, will we and the party only kill each other! I want to see who will ignore the party and the whole clan and go against the grain! ”

A woman with an outstanding identity background can sit in the position of the head of a country, even if there are many coincidences, personal ability is always the key. At this time, the Empress Dowager Liang showed extraordinary wisdom and courage, which made the three big men present feel ashamed.

Once the strategy was set, the characteristics of the rapid mobilization of the Western Xia army were revealed. In just two days, the 30,000 forwards and 40,000 supporters of Rindo Baozhong left Gyeonggi and assembled at the ferry by the Yellow River.

If nothing else, they will arrive at the Xiazhou front in three days, and the Chinese army will not be much slower, and after three or four days, Renduo Baozhong will also arrive. Chong E and Shen Kuo are about to face a major test, whether they can hold the front line of Hengshan, and it seems that they are the winners and losers of this battle at present.

Of course, this is only in the big picture. Sometimes, a local change can affect and affect the overall situation like dominoes.

Liang Yiburi, who is good at calculation, Renduo Baozhong, who is old and serious, Du Luowei, who is in charge of the intelligence information of the Privy Council Quartet Investigation Division, and Empress Dowager Liang, who is well versed in political struggles.

The four of them calculated, but they didn't expect that there would be another army that would suddenly appear in this big battle, it was more than 2,000 new troops and special forces under the command of Wang Xu, the commander of Huangzhou's soldiers and horses.

Of course, they can't be blamed for being careless, nor can they be blamed for the negligence of the Quartet's inspection and visit department. Not to mention the Xia people in this army, there are not even many people in the Great Song Dynasty who know about it, and even if they do, they don't take it seriously at all.

At best, it's a strange army led by weirdos, and it's good at using snow to defeat enemies, and that's it. It was already spring, and there was no snow to spare, so everyone from the emperor to the ministers had basically forgotten about this army.

There are endless front-line war reports every day, and just the allocation of military rations and ordnance to hundreds of thousands of troops on the front line is enough to be busy.

This is the time, place, and people in Hong Tao's eyes.

In the spring, there is not much rain, and the grassland is not very muddy, and if there are two heavy rains in more than a month, it will be difficult for the carriage to move quickly in the mud even if it is fully loaded with nitrogen suspension.

The location is favorable, and when he came down from the plateau, Hong Tao found that he did not seem to be as passive as he thought before. Although there are no lookout posts on the top of the mountain, relying on the help of special forces and binoculars scattered more than ten miles in front, they can still anticipate the enemy in front and always grasp the initiative on the battlefield.

People don't necessarily have to fight in their own country or their own tribe to have this thing.