On December 16, Sang Yi's troops came to Guangyuan Prefecture and fought fiercely with the main force of the Nong family.

Also on the same day, Xu Ping, in view of Jiaozhi's continuous encroachment and attack on Luzhou, Siling Prefecture and Shixi Prefecture, ordered the personnel under Sutang to be fully mobilized.

On December 18, Sang Yi broke through Guangyuan Prefecture and captured Nong Cunfu, but his wife Anon and young son Nong Zhigao escaped. Because of Xu Ping's special instructions, Guangyuan Prefecture and its nearby prefectures were comprehensively searched.

On December 19, the first batch of 10,000 soldiers arrived at Pingxiangtong.

On December 20, Sang Yi returned with his troops. At the same time, traces of Anon and Nong Zhigao were found near Zhen'an Mountain, and Tianzhou sent troops to pursue them, and the two fled into Temo Road with their men.

Temo Road is located between the three kingdoms of Song, Dali and Jiaozhi, and does not belong to any country and maintains independence. Because the mountains and valleys in the territory are high and the population is sparse, the three countries also let it go.

After getting the news from Sang Yi, Xu Ping let out a sigh. No matter where he escapes, it's good to have news, what he is most afraid of is that people will disappear without a trace all of a sudden, and after a decade or two, they will suddenly come out and make trouble, and that is the most troublesome.

Xu Ping wrote to Temo Dao in the name of Zuojiang Dao, asking them not to harbor the rebels of the Great Song Dynasty and hand over the people as soon as possible, otherwise they would send troops to conscript.

After the text, in view of the situation, Xu Ping put this matter aside first, waited for Langzhou to be dealt with, and then slowly cooked Temodao. If you flatten it out, you will face Dali.

Since the time of Taizu, the traffic between Sichuan and Shu and Dali has been cut off, and the exchanges between the two countries have been changed to a road on Guangnan West Road. The border between the two countries to the west of Tianzhou is full of mountains and rivers, and the forces of the two countries have not penetrated deeply, and there are many small forces such as Temodao and Ziqiguo. It is a buffer zone between the two countries. It is also this background. Only then did the Nong family have room for vertical and horizontal manipulation.

December 23. Menzhou Yamen, Xu calmly listened to his subordinates' report on the situation of Jiatong opposite.

There were already more than 6,000 reinforcements from Jiaozhi who had arrived at Jiatong, but since the subordinates of Lord Ding Tong discovered that the Song army's defense on the first line of Luzhou was empty, these more than 6,000 people flocked there in one go. Luzhou was voluntarily abandoned by the Song army and had been occupied by the Jiaozhi army. After occupying Luzhou, they divided their troops to erode in the direction of Siling Prefecture and Shixi Prefecture, and Siling Prefecture had also fallen into their hands.

It is difficult to say that these Jiaozhi troops have any clear political purpose, in short, they are to kill people and steal things everywhere. Although Han Zong presided over the organization of a planned retreat. But it is impossible to evacuate all people and things, and the harvest of these Jiaozhi people is still good.

As for the army of the Jiatong headquarters, it was still entrenched on the south bank of the Qianqi River, as if it was going to defend it to the death.

In Beilangzhou, on the north bank of the Qiqi River, Li Qingcheng cowered in the city, ignoring everything outside.

After listening, Xu Ping asked, "Where are the township soldiers of the sugar business now?" ”

"The first commander of the cavalry of Shi Qing's belt has been stationed in Menzhou with the Zhongrui army, the second commander of the cavalry of Gao Daquan has also arrived, and the first commander of Zhang Rong's infantry army and the second commander of Lu Fang's infantry army have also been stationed outside Menzhou City."

After hearing this, Xu Ping asked again: "What about Pingxiangtong?" ”

"There were two commanders of the cavalry who got there. Eight commanders of the infantry army, and six commanders on the road. My dear. Three days later, here in Pingxiangtong and Menzhou, if you add some other handymen, there will be nearly 15,000 people. Are we really going to go to the state? ”

Xu Ping said calmly: "Could it be that watching them do evil in Luzhou and Siling Prefecture, I sit back and watch here?" If the soldiers and horses are raised, they will fight, otherwise what is the use of coming? ”

"Also, Han Guanren wrote to say that although the sugar business has accumulated a lot in the past two years, there is not enough arrows after the personnel are recruited, and he asks if he is opening the Yongzhou Jiazhan Warehouse?"

Xu Ping said: "Open, tomorrow I will ask Tan Hu to bring him the warrant and key." ”

The key to the Jiazhuo library was originally in the hands of Xu Ping, and it was originally used to know the warrant, but since Feng Shenji went to Qinzhou, Xu Ping held two positions, and these procedures were saved.

After saying this, Xu Ping asked again: "Where are Sang Yi's people?" ”

"Two days later, we will go to Qiyuan Prefecture."

"Alright, you go get busy."

Xu Ping asked the officials to leave, and sat alone and slowly summed up. According to the estimation of combat strength, he can attack Langzhou with 3,000 people here, and if he has 5,000 people, unless an irresistible natural disaster occurs, he will definitely attack Nanlangzhou within three days. As for the reinforcements from Jiaozhi, it was easier to deal with in the field, and a thousand cavalry plus two thousand infantry troops were enough to make it impossible for them to return home alive. That is, the current troops in Pingxiangtong and Menzhou are enough.

Xu Ping is not sure how many soldiers and horses Jiaozhi will send to fight for Langzhou, and he is not sure how strong Jiaozhi's main force is. I think it must be much stronger than the native soldiers, but it's hard to say how much stronger. If it can be roughly the same combat power as the Great Song Xiang Army, Xu Ping's township soldiers are a little weaker.

According to the intelligence, Thang Long Mansion is currently gathering 50,000 main forces of Jiaozhi, of which about 10,000 are guarding the royal city, and they will definitely not be able to move. If Li Foma went crazy, he could still send thirty or forty thousand people, plus the native soldiers from the northwestern states of Jiaozhi, it was still possible to cobble together sixty or seventy thousand people.

Langzhou is easy to fight, and the key is to withstand the attack of these 60,000 or 70,000 people after the fight is defeated.

No matter how it is calculated, all the township soldiers of the cane sugar business must be mobilized, if they can withstand this time, there will be no war here in Yongzhou in the next few decades.

Thinking of this, Xu Ping called Tan Peiyuan over and said to him: "I said that you write, polish it well, and it will be printed and posted all over the city and countryside tomorrow." ”

Tan Peiyuan agreed with a bitter face.

Since the last time he wrote the notice for Xu Ping, Tan Peiyuan knew that it was not a good errand, but Xu Ping fell in love with him, and let him write the notice if there was one.

It's not that Xu Ping can't say clearly, whether it is a first-class jinshi, there is still a foundation for this. It's because Xu usually comes up with a particularly vulgar sentence from time to time, no matter how he changes it, it is unsatisfactory, and in the end it becomes nondescript, and Tan Peiyuan himself is embarrassed.

It is still the same as last time, first listing the encroachment of Jiaozhi on the Song Realm in recent days, especially focusing on the burning and killing of Luzhou and Siling Prefecture in these days.

In the end, Xu Ping said:

"The so-called great country is as quiet as an elder and moves like thunder.

The Great Song Dynasty took the compassion of the elders to Jiaozhi, endured and endured, and let it go again and again, but it pressed step by step, crossed the border, burned, killed, and plundered, and became more and more unscrupulous. Patience is regarded as weakness, and grievances can no longer be fulfilled.

It's tolerable, it's unbearable!

The official guards the place, guards the thieves outside, and protects the people inside. Since the date of the proclamation, both the military and the people in Zuogang Province have obeyed the dispatch of the government and made concerted efforts to kill thieves at the border and ensure the peace of the place! ”

After speaking, Xu Ping saw Tan Peiyuan looking at him in a daze, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Official, this proclamation is issued, but there is no room for maneuver, and a war with Jiatong is going to be!"

"Hit it! It's been thundering for a long time, and it's time for it to rain! (To be continued.) )