April 21, the fourth year of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty.

At this time, Gao Taiwei, who was far away in Hetao and was sitting in Shuofang, had just sent an envoy to report the news that the Khitan army was likely to move south to Qinwangchuan to Tong Guan, the envoy of the system.

In the middle of Qinwangchuan, the town of Qincheng, it was still quiet, and there was no tension at the time of the imminent war.

Garrisoned here is the main force of the so-called Western Army of the Great Song River, which is actually nearly 50,000 troops drawn from Xihe Road and Jingyuan Road. The main general is Gao Yongnian, the head of the soldiers and horses of Hexi Road, and the deputy general is the master of Hexi Road. They are all long-established generals in the Western Army. Whether it is the use of soldiers or martial arts, it is not comparable to Gao Yu.

However, the record on the battlefield of Qinwangchuan was really a bit unmatched, a small Qinwangchuan city, which was fought back and forth, was not successful, and finally had to retreat to Qincheng when the Chage army arrived.

In fact, Qinwangchuan is not very big, but it is just a depression in the mountains and hills at the entrance of the Hexi Corridor, which can be used to garrison troops, and it has become a focus of contention between the two sides - it is still related to logistics. If the Song army takes the entire Qinwangchuan, it will be able to cultivate land here, and even if it harvests 100,000 or 100,000 stones a year, it can feed 20,000 or 30,000 horses. There are twenty or thirty thousand elite soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty in Qinwangchuan, and the Hexi Corridor is at least half broken!

Because Qinwangchuan is not large, it is not far from Qinwangchuan City, which is located in the north of Qinwangchuan, and Qincheng, which is located in the middle of Qinwangchuan.

And the number of armies on both sides was also quite large, and the Song army alone had 50,000 soldiers and auxiliaries. The western thieves had more soldiers and horses, more than 80,000.

So many soldiers couldn't squeeze into the two small cities, so they camped outside the city. The battalions of both sides almost forced each other, and the forward sentinels also kept in touch at all times.

Brother Cha, who came from afar, probably suffered defeats at the hands of Gao Yu one after another, and he was a little stunned when he saw the Song generals surnamed Gao, right? Anyway, the reaction has been weak for many days. In addition to using rangers to cover his own camp, he did not go out to challenge the camp of the Song army at all. However, Gao Yongnian and the seed master Ji often sent foot horses to challenge the scolding formation in front of the Western Thief Camp.

But no matter how you scold, Brother Cha has made up his mind to be a shrinking turtle!

And Brother Cha's shrinkage is not good news for Gao Yongnian and Breeder Ji. Because Brother Cha has so many soldiers and horses stationed still, it is very likely that he has settled the logistics with the Song army.

But on the Hexi battlefield, logistics has always been the heart disease of the Song army!

There is only one Xihe Road behind Hexi, which is not a rich territory. They are all large mountainous areas, and only a few valleys and river valleys are suitable for reclamation. And the traffic is inconvenient. In contrast, the land of the spirit behind the western thieves and the Hexi Corridor are much richer.

Moreover, the western thieves have a foundation around Qinwangchuan, and it is likely that they have moved all the grain and grass hoarded in Renshou Mountain City to Qinwangchuan City......

However, compared with the overall strength of the Great Song Dynasty and Western Xia, it is a different situation.

Not to mention the entire Great Song Dynasty, even the population, wealth, and military strength of the Six Roads of Shaanxi can crush the Western Xia. The reason why Xixia has been arrogant for so many years is mostly because of blind command.

And Zhong Fu, who is known as a soldier, also blindly commanded during the Battle of Hehuang last year, and missed the opportunity to seize the grain storage in Renshou Mountain City and Qin Wangchuan in the chaos.

Therefore, now we can only rely on the massive number of people, auxiliaries, and materials mobilized from Xihe Road and Jingyuan Road to barely support and fight against Brother Cha.

Qin Wangchuan's battle has been fought so far, and there is nothing to say, it is nothing more than fighting for consumption.

The Hexi army is very clear about this truth.

But Zhong Fu, who was supervising the transfer of materials in Shuibo City behind, couldn't help but sigh when he mentioned this. This round of the Song-Xia battle has reached the final stage. Tao Jiefu, Tong Guan, and Gao Yu on the eastern front have already made a lot of money. Lu Huiqing and Wang Hou on the Western Front also have a lot of old books to gnaw. Now there is another Khitan Tun soldier in the Hetao Hebei grassland, which gives everyone an excuse for a victorious truce. Therefore, everyone wanted to stop fighting as soon as possible and did not actively support the Hexi Army......

Even Gao Yongnian and Seed Master Ji all had the idea of retreating - it's actually not bad to keep the Western Thief! Now that the imperial court has government soldiers, it is a little disdainful of recruitment, and the Western Army is also recruiting! If there is no thief, hehe, can everyone's life go on?

Therefore, whether it is Xihe Road or Jingyuan Road, they always try their best to delay the supply. The Shaanxi Road Transit Envoy, who is responsible for the general responsibility, is also a bitter complaint, and the treasury is empty, and the people are tired, so it is almost clear that it will end early, and everyone will talk about it in a few years.

But others can end it, but Zhong Fu is not very easy to clean up. Because without his last disturbance, Qin Wangchuan had already won for a long time!

And Cai Jing above Zhong Fu also wanted him to stand on top of Qin Wangchuan...... As long as you don't retreat!

But Zhong Fu is not a scholar who does not know soldiers, and his official position was obtained in exchange for military merits. Why didn't he know that logistics was now stuck in the neck of the 50,000 troops here in Qin Wangchuan?

Yes, at the moment there is no crisis of running out of food for the army of 50,000. The tents, wood, utensils, and uniforms that were sent to the front of the army were also sufficient, as well as the rewards given to the soldiers.

But the reserves in the army can't be accumulated! For example, behind the Qin Wangchuan and Song armies, there is something wrong with the long transportation line composed of countless civilian auxiliary soldiers, large carts and small cars...... For example, if it is interrupted for more than ten days, the army will be in danger of running out of food.

And the transportation line behind the Song army is 150 miles from Qinwangchuan to Lanzhou City alone...... If something happens, it's a big problem!

Therefore, Zhong Fu has personally sat in Shuibo City, an important place for logistics and transshipment, these days. Personally stared at the people's chariots and horses of the brigade, and transferred the supplies from the other side of the Yellow River in waves.

However, the back is constantly transferred, the front is constantly consumed, and there is still loss during transportation...... It's not easy to save a little something!

Yesterday evening, a large amount of grain was transported to the other side of the Yellow River, and they were all crowded at the pontoon ferry. Zhong Fu, the pacification envoy, also fought hard, didn't sleep all night, and personally supervised it. Looking at the governor of Lanzhou, Zhang Shuye led the people and horses to guide the order, gathered the team, and settled the people. After a busy night, I finally gathered all the supplies of the brigade on the north bank of the Yellow River and waited for delivery.

Zhong Fu and Uncle Zhang, who stayed up all night at the ferry, although they were sleepy, they still couldn't sleep, and after returning to Shuibo City, they began to look through the military information courier they had just received.

The more you look at it, the more discouraged you become!

Now except for Hexi, all other battlefields have been collected. Basically disconnected from the Western Thief! The eastern front used the excuse of defending Liao, and the Jingyuan Road used the excuse of supporting Hexi - they gave the supplies to Hexi, and they could naturally rest!

It is clear that the east and west are advancing, and the middle road (referring to Jingyuan) is contained, why is there only one west road left?

The two looked at the military intelligence for a while, and it was already gray and shining. This time should have been the quietest time of the day, but somehow, outside Zhong Fu's festival hall, there was suddenly a commotion.

Then I saw a henchman of Zhong Fu pushing the door in, and he forgot to report it.

"Shuaiji, West Thief! The brigade of the western thieves is coming......"

"Don't panic! How many thieves are there? Zhong Fu did not show the slightest panic, the western thief detoured to attack the logistics line of the Song army had long been expected by him, and he was also prepared.

The troops of Lanzhou City, he didn't use them at all. It's all in Lanzhou and Shuibo City! There are more than 20,000 people, and there is also a famous general Wang Shunchen, which is enough to deal with the partial division of the Western thieves.

"Many, many!" Zhong Fu's henchmen reported, "The spies reported that it was all over the mountains, and there were tens of thousands of people!" ”

"Tens of thousands?" Uncle Zhang frowned, "Could it be that Qin Wangchuan's western thieves have divided their troops?" ”

"If only that were the case!" Zhong Fu smiled, "Even tens of thousands of people can defeat Shuibo City?" However, our army in Qin Wangchuan can take the opportunity to send troops...... Even if you can't defeat Qin Wangchuan City, you can defeat the camp of the western thieves! ”

Zhong Fu suddenly came to his senses and stood up suddenly, "Let's go, let's take a look!" ”

……

The thieves are coming!

It was almost noon when they arrived near Shuibo City - Zhong Fu, Zhang Shuye and Wang Sunchen were all good at fighting, and of course they would not give the Western Thieves a chance to sneak attack. So he had already scattered the hard detective ranger 100 miles away, and even if the thief calculated the time correctly and came in the night, he would be found dozens of miles away.

By the time they arrived, the people and auxiliaries outside Shuibo City had already entered the city, and the pontoon bridge connecting the north and south on the Yellow River was also covered with straw, ready to be set on fire at any time.

As for the more than 10,000 defenders in Shuibo City, they have all been neatly draped up on the city wall, and they are all looking at the western thieves who are full of mountains and valleys with high morale.

Although the big guy is a little tired of fighting, it's easy to get the credit, who the fuck is too much?

These stupid thieves actually went around from Qinwangchuan to the edge of the Yellow River, I'm afraid they have walked more than 200 miles, right? How much supplies did they bring? How many days can it last? Want to take down Squa Wave? Dream on! Thought Song Jun wouldn't cut down trees? The area around Shuibo City has long been bare, like a thief who didn't go on the road with wood, and now he can't even build a ladder......

"Thirty thousand? Forty thousand? Zhong Fu looked at the boundless western thief, and the joy on his face could not be concealed.

Finally, I have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions and make great contributions!

"How can a thief be stupid?"

The suspicious one was a gray-bearded, tall general, who was none other than Wang Shunchen, the commander of the Xihe Road, and the 20,000 troops stationed in Shuibo City and Lanzhou City were all under his command.

"There are indeed thirty or forty thousand!" Uncle Zhang shook his head, "This can't be fake...... It looks quite neat, and many people are wearing armor, which should be separated from Qin Wangchuan. ”

Zhong Fu nodded, and said to Ji Yi beside him: "Go and give an order to Chief Gao, and tell him that the western thief has divided 30,000 to 40,000 troops to fight Shuibo City." Let him attack and drive away the western thieves around Qin Wangchuan City! ”