However, Li Jie and Huang Huaixin are not here at the moment, and after finishing the construction of this simple track, they each moved to the south with their craftsmen and people, and presided over the construction of the simple track in the two basins of Xinzhou and Taiyuan respectively.

"If you can drive away Beikou in this battle, Li and Huang will make a lot of contributions." Although Huang Huaixin has been transferred to a military position, and his official position is far above Li Jie, in the mouth of a Wenchen like Zhang Qi, Li Jie will always be put in front, "After the war, this railway will be left in Daizhou, but it will be another Fangcheng track." ”

"No, the Xindai railway is still far away." Han Gang shook his head with a smile, for his own convenience, after the railroad track replaced the wooden track, he called this new track the middle section of the Xindai Railway, the southern section is from Xinzhou to Xinkou Village, and the northern section is naturally going to Daizhou, "It's just that the Fangcheng track is stronger at the beginning." At that time, it was really dark in both eyes, starting with me, which one didn't cross the river by feeling the stones? Where is it like now, in the past few years, Fangcheng Mountain has been a veteran up and down. ”

The Fangcheng track, which has been replaced with rails, can continue to transport far more than the middle section of the Xindai railway. It's not just a matter of quality and structure, it's also a gap in software such as the technical experience of managing maintenance personnel.

"But the railway," he added, "was built and operated by military law, and the military discipline in the camp was strict." There is a lot less unnecessary loss, which is better than the Fangcheng track. ”

The operation of long-distance tracks is technically difficult, but the operation is even more difficult. Even on the side of Fangcheng Mountain, which is only sixty or seventy miles away, the run-in cannot be said to have been perfected until now, it can only be said to be reasonable.

The strict management when it was first built lasted less than a year. After the first officials were transferred one by one, the Fangcheng Rail caused a lot of internal friction due to poor management, but fortunately, in the next few years, the staggering growth rate of transportation volume covered up this problem, and at the same time, it finally found a balance within it - the balance point where the common interests of private and public affairs are located - so that there can be a million stone of grain a year, and twice the number of commercial goods from this into Gyeonggi. At the same time, a considerable number of northern specialties have left through here.

If it is not a military track, but a newly built ordinary civilian track, it will definitely take a long time to run in - unless there can be an important minister with the prestige of Han Gang as at the beginning, and there can be a promise for the future to stabilize the middle and low-level managers.

But the military track has the advantage of not caring about casualties, not caring about losses, and at the same time not worrying about someone who can profit from it in such a short period of time.

After the vehicle is ready, it can only be sent forward, saving the trouble of many affairs on the civilian track, and a column can be sent out in less than a quarter of an hour, and by the end of Maozheng, there are more than 30 commanders in Xinkou Village, and more than 14,000 people on the front line. Although there were a few accidents in the middle, which also caused some losses and casualties, everything was negligible before the big goal of transporting troops—on the other hand, the proportion of casualties in the number of people transported was actually negligible.

Zhang Qi sighed: "Ten thousand troops travel a hundred miles at night and the soldiers will not be damaged, even the most elite cavalry is rare to see once." There are rail transport soldiers, and since then, the means that the thieves can run rampant have been reduced by half. ”

Looking back at the banner like a forest, brave as the sea, you can see your own strength growing every moment, and everyone on the nest car can't help but be shaken.

Tens of thousands of troops are waiting for them, but who knows that they have just traveled a hundred miles? If the same speed is placed in Hebei, three days and three nights, you can reach the Song-Liao border from Baimajin. Whether it is as a reinforcement or a surprise soldier who goes north to raid, it can catch the Liao army off guard, or even be defeated.

When the Great Song Dynasty put iron wheels on their proud infantry army, the strategic advantage maintained by the Liao people on war horses became smaller and smaller, and in some cases could even be suppressed and neutralized.

The days of its vertical and horizontal clutch and disturbing the Central Plains are really not long.

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Compared to Han Gang, who could easily follow his staff to look to the future, Xiao Shisan and his subordinates couldn't even figure out what was in front of them.

Right in front of their eyes, the strength of the Song army continued to increase. Almost every quarter of an hour and a half, a command flag was moved out of the village, and the originally shrunken formation began to expand to both ends again.

Song Jun's side conjured up teams from their pockets almost like a trick, and the situation was unimaginably weird. The camp, which seemed to be quite large, but could not hide so many people and horses, was like hiding a spring, and people and horses could gush out of the spring.

"It must be fake! Definitely a disguise! One of the generals shouted, "How cunning the Han people are, they want to scare us away when they raise their banners!" Privy, let me take my son to rush, and the skin can be peeled off when I get close to the front! ”

“…… Not a disguise! Xiao 13 gritted his teeth and spit out four words with great difficulty.

Even though it is impossible to distinguish a soldier from the clairvoyant, the armor on the soldier's body cannot be disguised by reflection, and the formation and speed of the formation and march in a formation cannot be camouflaged.

The facts in front of him made Xiao Shisan unable to deceive himself. It's just that he can't explain why the strength of the Song army can increase at such a rapid rate.

It's not a locust, it can come out of the ground in patches when it hatches!

In the clairvoyant mirror on the spaceship, the group of Xinzhi Song troops who left the camp and merged into the large array were like stones that were constantly accumulating on their backs, crushing the Liao generals below Xiao 13 out of breath.

Raising his hand and pulling down his neckline, his breathing felt a little smoother, Xiao Shisan let go of the pressure in his heart and breathed a long sigh of relief, and finally gave up guessing how Han Gang had brought these tens of thousands of troops to the front line, and at the same time, he continued to conjure up the means.

Whether it is day by day and night sneaking out, until the whole army sneaks into the opposite camp; Or move the army to a camp near the rear first, and then travel dozens of miles in one night, or other possibilities—these speculations have their own truths, but in terms of details, they all have many unreasonable points—but any of them represent Han Gang's control over the army. The tight and effective news blockade of this operation also proves the combat ability of the army under his command.

As for the previous speculation of breaking through from Xinkou Village to a hundred miles overnight, when he calmed down, he knew that it was impossible, and Xiao Shisan would not scare himself.

Now it's time to think about how to respond.

The Song army lined up in front

War? Or not fighting?

The sound of the horn sounded in contemplation, and a slightly high-pitched tone change indicated that another reinforcement had arrived from Daizhou.

This made Xiao Shisan breathe a sigh of relief, although it was said that Han Gang had sent the troops in his hands to the front line, but the distance between Daizhou and Dawangzhuang was only forty miles, and the war horses that everyone had to ride, so that the speed of reinforcements would never give Han Gang a chance to use the short-term advantage in strength to change the tide of the battle.

As time passes, the Song army may become more and more, but the strength in his hands will also increase at the same time, and he will never lose to Han Gang.

With confidence in my heart, and then looking at the military formation opposite, the problems that had been ignored and forgotten because of nervousness came to my mind one after another.

Why did the Song army, which marched into the front line at night, not go out before sunrise today, but only set up camp after dawn? Why didn't the Song army continue to attack Daxiaowangzhuang after the cavalry had blocked the first few waves of reinforcements? Why is Song Jun shrinking so tightly now? Who are you looking out for?

These questions can be answered in different ways, and each one makes sense. But if you want to choose one of them that can suit all situations, it is not much, and it can even be summarized into one:

Han Gang didn't want his army to fight.

The reason for this may be to avoid unnecessary casualties. Maybe he doesn't trust his subordinates. Maybe he didn't want to lose so much that he would be blamed after returning to Beijing, or maybe he wanted to attract all the Liao troops and then settle it once and for all through a decisive battle.

There are different reasons, but there is only one result - Han Gang chose to show his fists and bluff. In order to attract everyone's attention, they will even ignore the area where they should pay attention.

The formation that Han Gang put in front of him was still frightening after all. Otherwise, all the troops in hand should be dispatched from the beginning to break through the big and small wangzhuang in one fell swoop. Since there is none, then his mind must still be on Wutai Mountain.

Xiao Shisan felt that he had seen through Song Jun's tricks, and his eyebrows rose, "Hold the big and small Wangzhuang." Respond to change with the same. Look at what tricks the Song people have! ”

The Song army did not have any tricks, and they continued to let a support army rush to the front line, but the speed was not much faster than that of the Liao army. The two sides confronted each other like this, until twilight approached, Zhang Xiaojie only brought dozens of guards from Daizhou.

The prime minister of the Southern Courtyard of Daliao seemed to have been rolled in the water, not just a gray face, but a face full of mud, and a face full of flowers. Zhang Xiaojie has always paid attention to manners and appearance, and it is rare to see such an embarrassment once in many years.

"Down?" Xiao 13 asked in surprise. Although Zhang Xiaojie is a Han Chinese, his equestrianism is not idle, how can he fall off the horse ordinarily? Looking at the horse Zhang Xiaojie was riding, it was not the red red horse he was used to riding, and there was no trace of the red in the team, "Tired the red man?!" ”

"Do you know how the Song people transported troops?!" Zhang Xiaojie didn't have time to pay attention to Xiao Shisan's concern, and when his breath eased slightly, he straightened up and pointed to the Song army in the distance who had begun to collect troops and return to the camp, "Do you know how the tens of thousands of horses of the Song people in Lu Dao came over?!" ”

"How?" Xiao Shisan smiled, "Isn't it the Song people who are secretly tricking?" Or is it sneaking up here by day? Or the soldiers here had already rested a little further to the south for several days, waiting for a good opportunity to make a move. ”

"That's the track!" Zhang Xiaojie shouted, "There is no trickery, no stealth, and no half-hidden soldiers, just tracks." A track that can transport food and grass soldiers day and night! A track that can transport 600,000 stone of grain and grass in a month! I can walk out of a hundred miles of track in one night! ”

Zhang Xiaojie's voice was lowered in Xiao Shisan's face that began to turn pale and blue again, with a slight trembling, "That's Han Gang's orbit!" ”