When Tong Guan was thinking about how to untie Gao Yu, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the door, and then he saw Wang Yu and Li Yongqi hurriedly coming in from outside.

"Meet Xuan Shuai, Shuai Si."

The two saluted Tong Guan and Gao Yu, and now Gao Xuanshuai is on top and Tong Shuai is below. However, the official is getting bigger and bigger, but there is a feeling of walking on thin ice.

The truth that the first to rot is that Gao Taiwei couldn't be clearer! And he is now a bulky man, if it weren't for Su Dongpo's still hanging breath, he would have been a thorn in the side of all the civil officials of the Great Song Dynasty (maybe with a few exceptions).

It's only been a few years, and he has risen to the position of a cardinal minister by virtue of his military exploits. Now who dares to say that the roll call outside Donghua Gate is a hero?

Moreover, Gao Yu offended people more than that. His, or to be precise, Wu Haogu's treacherous villain's military command is even more offensive. Gao Yu is not confused, how could he not know that this military machine is not a shrunken privy council? It's just that most of the chief officials in the 12th room of the Privy Council are from the Donghua Gate roll call, and they don't know how to pretend to understand - otherwise, how could the Great Song Dynasty always suffer the losses of the Khitan and the party with such powerful financial and human resources?

In the early years, they couldn't beat Yuan Hao, and they couldn't beat Empress Dowager Xiao, they were all ruthless, and it was normal to not be able to beat them. But who are the party and the Khitan in power now? They are all corrupt, they are all busy making money, dog-eat-dog-eat-dog, and they are not even good at infighting...... Yelu Hongji didn't check his fertility before killing his wife and children, and almost cut off his own children and grandchildren! Yelu Yanxi didn't do anything serious after coming to power, so he was busy avenging Lao Tzu. As a result, he took revenge for several years, and he didn't kill many enemies, but it accelerated the prosperity of Jiehe Commercial City, and made the henchmen in charge of revenge become rich! If you can't even take revenge, can you still fight?

Therefore, the military command created by Wu Haogu will definitely threaten the future of a group of civilian officials in the Privy Council in the future...... This is a turf battle in the officialdom! The twelve chambers of the Privy Council have to let this kind of military machine come.

"What's wrong?"

Tong Guan saw that Gao Yu made people a little depressed, so he could only ask himself.

"Commander Si," Wang Yu said, "Hexi Road has sent a silver medal military intelligence courier...... Qin Wangchuan sent dead soldiers to break through again, saying that the army was running out of food and it was difficult to maintain. If we don't send any more troops, the 40,000-strong army will be wiped out! ”

"Hmph," Gao Yu snorted coldly, "When Renduo Baozhong had just surrendered last year, if it hadn't been for Zhong Fu to stop him, Qin Wangchuan would have taken it long ago, and the million-stone grain in Renshou Mountain City would also be ours...... Now the thieves may have moved west! It's good now, it's a bloody battle, and it's a line of life and death! ”

"Shi Yan," Tong Guan glanced at Gao Yu, "Let's send troops!" You can't watch Qin Wangchuan's 40,000 army disappear......"

In fact, Gao Yu doesn't matter, if Qin Wangchuan is defeated, he will just get off the donkey, even if he is demoted, there will always be a time to recover in the future. It's better than going on on the road of no return for the usurper suspects!

"Can you send troops?" Gao Yu asked.

He definitely couldn't say it clearly, especially in front of Tong Guan. So he glanced at his henchman Li Yongqi - Li Yongqi was shrewd, and he immediately understood what Gao Yu meant. Gao Taiwei must want to win the first credit for defeating the Western Thief! Only with the first merit can they know the affairs of the Privy Council, and Gao Yu can be the affairs of the Privy Council, so that they can follow the Huang Tengda.

"Yes!" Li Yongqi said categorically, "The 60,000-strong army is ready to go, and the 200-mile land can be completed in four days......

"Four days?" Tong Guan asked, "Can you hurry up?" ”

"No," said Li Yongqi, "it's summer, and the desert is going to die during the day, so you can only march at night and escape the heat during the day...... Walking 200 miles in four nights is already a quick one. ”

The desert march is really difficult for this group of military opportunities, because some of them have been hard scouts on the northwest border and know how to cross the desert.

Crossing the desert in summer is not a daytime march, it will be dried in the sun. They can only walk at night and hide in tents during the day to rest.

In addition, the troops also need a lot of water to carry on their backs - not only for the people, but also for the horses! And the people who are back to the water will have to return in batches. They must not follow the army, as they themselves consume precious drinking water.

After returning, these people had to carry cheap "shochu" into the desert for the second time, and set up "wine storage points" at designated places for the returning army to drink......

In short, the 60,000 troops, as well as at least 50,000 people and government soldiers accompanying them, must act strictly according to the plan in order to save water and physical strength.

In this way, it can ensure that the army can still have strong combat effectiveness after crossing the Gobi Desert! And you can return after the victory - yes, you have to come back after the fight. Attacking Xingqing Mansion was not in the plan commanded by the military Jiyi, because those military Jiyi knew that the Western Thieves were very good at fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness, and it was unlikely that the Song army would have the opportunity to cross the river to attack Xingqing Mansion.

And the ability of the army to surpass the desert is actually a strong combat power, and at the same time, it will also make it difficult for the rulers of Western Xia to sleep.

Because the only barrier in the Xingling region, the heart of Western Xia, is the Hanhai Desert, which is not vast......

……

The water of the Yellow River is rushing and flowing, reluctant to give up day and night.

The summer sun, sprinkled on both sides of the Yellow River near Xingqing Mansion, is peaceful, under this scene, no one would have thought that maybe a few days later, a bloody battle will break out here to determine the fate of the Great White High Kingdom!

Standing on the watchtower in his army camp, the Great White Gaoguo Wu Shun quietly looked at the opposite bank, at the rushing Yellow River, and at the pontoon bridge that had just been erected on the river.

Of course, he knew the news of the Song army's assembly in Baichi City, Yanzhou...... This is a matter of life, how can you not know?

Not only did he know, but he also worked out a plan with his younger brother Brother Cha to attack the Song army!

Even if he is invincible Gao Taiwei, there is no way to make the Hanhai Desert a smooth road for the army to come and go freely, right? Although after capturing the Baichi Oasis, Gao Yu's army only needed to travel 200 miles in the desert to advance to the edge of the Yellow River.

But these 200 miles are very difficult to walk! It is very likely that Gao Yu and his army will be buried!

And the Great White High Country was reborn because of this!

As long as he eliminated the Gao Yu who came from across the desert and defeated the 50,000 Song troops in Qin Wangchuan (in fact, there were only 40,000), Qianshun would be able to regain the glorious victory of his grandmother Empress Dowager Liang in the past.

If the army is defeated, then the Great White Gaoguo will only be left to survive - it is impossible to lose Xingqing Mansion, which is not on the east bank of the Yellow River, but on the west bank of the Yellow River. With the protection of this rushing river, there will be no loss for the time being.

Moreover, Qianshun is ready in case of defeat (after all, the person who came is Gao Taiwei), and the east bank of the Yellow River near Xingqing Mansion has already carried out the strong wall and cleared the wilderness. All the trees were cut down, all the boats were towed to the west bank, and all the people living along the villages were relocated.

Unless the Song army could cross the river on a raft with inflatable sheepskin pouches, like the herdsmen on the grassland, it would be impossible for them to cross the river and attack Xingqing Province after several pontoon bridges were burned down.

In addition to preparing for the worst, Qianshun also made every effort to mobilize troops. He transferred 5,000 of the 10,000 garrisons who stayed in Lingzhou to Xingqing Mansion, plus the 5,000 Liuzhi Forbidden Army who guarded the palace, plus the 2,500 Iron Harriers drawn from Qin Wangchuan, a total of 12,500 elite cavalry.

In addition, he mobilized 12,000 Bu Bazi and 6,000 Bu Linglang. In total, more than 30,000 soldiers were put together! If you count the negative support army that is attached to it, a total of 80,000 troops have been gathered.

At the same time, Qianshun also asked the "Khitan father" for help, and invited all the 30,000 Khitan soldiers and horses of Yeluyu Special to Xingqing Mansion. At that time, the army of 80,000 Great White Gaoguo plus 30,000 Liao soldiers, a total of 110,000 troops!

Win the king and defeat the king, just fight here!

……

"The Khitans are gone? Are you sure? Is it really gone, or is it a false shot? ”

Zhong Fu's eyes were shining at this time, staring at Zhao Baozhong's face.

Zhao Baozhong is the original Renduo Baozhong, he has now given the national surname, and he is the glorious Zhao family - the Zhao family has a lot in the Hehuang area! Many of Luoluo's descendants are surnamed Zhao.

In addition to his surname Zhao, Renduo Baozhong was also sent by the chief of the Shanzhou Fan Department and the governor of Shanzhou, and he also had the official of the Baoshun Army. And Zhao Ji also gave a lot of various rewards, which is really the emperor's grace!

Therefore, Zhao Baozhong could not be ambiguous at the critical moment, and brought two thousand cavalry from Qingtang City to Shuibo City. Moreover, the two thousand people he brought were all good hands of the Qingtang Zhao family (that is, the Ren family), and many of them were on errands in the Zhuoluo Military Division in the right wing earlier. These people are very familiar with the terrain around the Kaluo River and the Qinwang River.

Therefore, Zhong Fu asked Zhao Baozhong to send people to Qin Wangchuan to investigate the situation, and today he really found out good news.

The Khitans have already withdrawn from the area around Qinwangchuan!

"They're all gone!" Zhao Baozhong said, "You can't be wrong...... The people sent by the lower officials were shrewd, and they all inquired clearly about the western thief camp in Qin Wangchuan.

The Khitan army left three days ago and went to Xingqing Mansion. ”

"Went to Xingqing Mansion?" Zhong Fu frowned, "That's ......"

Needless to say? I must be going to fight with the Shuofang Mansion soldiers led by Gao Yu!

That's fine! Zhong Fu breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself: Those Khitan soldiers are not easy to deal with! There are quite a few people, tens of thousands. They were going to stay in Qin Wangchuan, and Wang Shunchen and Liu Fa's little soldiers were not enough to see - otherwise Zhong Fu would have sent them to Qin Wangchuan to relieve the siege.

"Good!" Zhong Fu took a breath, "Pass on the official's general order, and gather all the generals!" ”

It's up to Gao Yongnian and the Seed Master to solve the siege this time! If you can win in Qin Wangchuan, you will be able to make up for your previous mistakes.