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The information received by Xiao Shisan and Zhang Xiaojie is very simple, adding up to less than 100 words, but it is more important than the official document of more than 10,000 words.

The Liao army relied on the help of Hedong merchants to enter Hedong, although many of them only helped a little for the sake of money, and in fact did not really hope that Da Liao would seize Hedong, but a little help from one person, gathered together, let Xiao Shisan see Taiyuan after more than a hundred years. Moreover, since entering Hedong, this kind of help has become more active, many counties and towns are opened by them, many inconvenient industries and property are purchased by them, and many roads are guided by them, which makes more businessmen who have had dealings rush to the door to salivate and flatter.

But since the defeat of Taigu and Xiao Shisan's retreat all the way to Daizhou City, most of the friends of Daliao disappeared all of a sudden. As suddenly as they appeared.

However, the Song and Liao families have been at peace for nearly a hundred years, and the relationship between the border areas is as inseparable as a fishing net. Just as the Song people were able to draw detailed maps of Shuozhou and Ulzhou, Xiao Shisan's retreat to Daizhou still received brief but accurate information—it was his own eyes and ears.

Although there is only one sentence or even a few words left in this information, such as the latest one, it just says that there are nearly 10,000 Shaanxi forbidden troops in Xinzhou to eliminate bandits, and the leading general is the Shaanxi capital eunuch named Bai Yu, and that's it.

However, for Xiao Shisan and Zhang Xiaojie, this simple piece of information written on a piece of white paper only one finger wide and half a foot long was enough for them to make a judgment on the Song army's action plan.

To be promoted to the capital supervisor in the Shaanxi Army, Bai Yu must be a general whose ability is above the level. In other places, Xiao 13 didn't dare to say that, but only in Shaanxi, Xiao 13 could think so. Forty years of war, 12 years of frontier expansion, every officer of the Western Army has experienced war, every soldier has smelled the smell of beacon fire, it is a world where mediocrity cannot survive.

Bai Yu's reputation is not widespread, Xiao Shisan has never heard of him, and his two party staff members from Western Xia can't say his achievements, which shows that most of the generals of the Western Army will have an unimaginable hunger for military achievements.

But such a general was arranged by Han Gang to suppress bandits!

As a pure Khitan, Xiao 13 was well aware that the greatest weakness of his army was its inability to withstand mass casualties. The army under his command is all the private property of the general. The tribal army and the head army are tribal patriarchs and nobles, a large part of the palace army and the leather room army are Shang's father's, and Xiao Shisan himself also has more than 2,000 leather room regular troops who obey his orders.

In the Liao State, the status of most dignitaries was related to the number of troops they could control. If there is any damage to the combat power under his command, then the status will inevitably decline.

Just like this time in the battle against the Song Dynasty, the tribal army only grabbed a little less, and it could make trouble for Shang's father, what if they suffered a little more casualties? Once the palace division army and the leather room army belonging to Shang's father suffer heavy losses, the entire Xijing Road will be turbulent, and it may further affect the safety of Daliao, not to mention how bad Shang's father's mood will become; Even Xiao Shisan himself was reluctant to damage his army. Therefore, Xiao Shisan will try to avoid a head-on battle with the Song army, delay as much time as possible, and drag it out until the Song people are willing to start armistice negotiations.

Fortunately, the same situation is also on the Song side. Han Gang has also been avoiding a decisive battle. Maybe it's because of the distrust of the army under the account, but it's more because once the army from Tokyo City suffers too many casualties, it makes it difficult for him to explain to the imperial court after returning to Beijing - the same Zaifu is facing the same dilemma, which Xiao Shisan is still easy to see.

Under such circumstances, Han Gang's arrangement seemed very strange. Why would he be surrounded by the Jingying Forbidden Army, instead of the more elite and more warlike Western Army?

No matter from what point of view, the errand of suppressing bandits is definitely much safer than fighting on the front line, unless the bandits of the Song State can be stronger than the 100,000 armored soldiers of Daliao, otherwise Han Gang threw the reinforcements sent by Shaanxi outside the battlefield for the sake of the bandits, this is not just a matter of killing chickens, but the ability of the commander himself should be questioned.

Xiao Shisan and Zhang Xiaojie would not question Han Gang's ability, nor did they think that Han Gang was so arrogant that he would think that there was no need for the nearly 10,000 Western Army soldiers and horses to appear, let alone that Han Gang would not care about the large number of undeserved casualties caused by this.

Since this is the case, there is only one answer, the situation of the Kansai Forbidden Army, which participated in the so-called suppression of bandits in Xinzhou, is more dangerous than that stationed directly opposite Dawangzhuang and Xiaowangzhuang.

Where does this danger come from, and do we need to think about it? The hinterland of Daizhou and Xinzhou are only separated by a heavy Wutai Mountain!

Abandoning the more prudent but time-consuming tactic of building fortresses and advancing slowly, and switching to a surprise strategy proves Han Gang's impatience and the need to end the war in Daizhou as soon as possible.

"It's really ridiculous, the Song people have no tricks!"

When Xiao Shisan and Zhang Xiaojie announced the information they received this time to their cronies and generals and revealed their judgments, the military generals all smiled mockingly.

"This is called poor donkey skills."

"Think about how we laid down Yanmen and Daizhou!"

Xiao Shisan and Zhang Xiaojie exchanged glances in the excitement of their subordinates, and shook their heads at the same time.

The strategy adopted by the Song army is not as simple and ridiculous as it seems. When Han Gang did not spare his life to arrange to visit the horses, when the Song army began to build barracks and dig trenches, it was clear that they would face each other head-on, and the enemy inside and outside the city of Daizhou would attack step by step, like a rope tightening his neck.

Under such a misunderstanding, once the main force was dispatched to confront the Song army, at that time, a strange army suddenly drilled out of the Wutai Mountains and attacked the friendly forces on the front line, which could make the entire line of its own army confronted by the Song army collapse. If one is not good, most of them will be annihilated. In that case, Shuozhou could not hold it at all, and the Song army could even reach the city of Datong. And once Datong misses and Xijing Road collapses, how can Nanjing Road be saved?

It's just that God is pitiful, this time God finally blessed them with Daliao. Han Gang's arrangement gave them the prophet's word.

Soldiers are surprisingly expensive. But the so-called strange is adventure. When the target is ready and the Odd Soldier is no longer a Surprise Soldier, he will have to face either a rock that can knock people on the head and bleed out, or a trap that can swallow everything.

"Fanzhi County had better strengthen its troops, four thousand soldiers and horses are still missing."

"Maybe there are still trails in the mountains, so we need to send people to patrol them."

"The bottle-shaped village [Pingxingguan] also has to strengthen the garrison military strength."

"Would you like to leave a little space at a few exits? You can close the door and beat the dog. ”

"Don't take any chances, just keep them out of the mountains. Leading the army through the deep mountains, this is a ruined move, once it fails, it is to return to the original way, to say the least, you will lose half of the soldiers and horses. ”

Xiao Shisan and Zhang Xiaojie were not worried at all when they exchanged plans in the noise, this was Han Gang's cunning. For example, the Western Army that suppressed bandits may not exist at all, and may appear in Xinkou Village the next moment. Xiao Shisan and Zhang Xiaojie are not worried about this at all.

During this time, nearly 100 Song troops were captured. None of their confessions mentioned the existence of the Western Forbidden Army in Xinkou Village. Among them, many people complained that Han Gang left the main force of the Jingying Forbidden Army in the camp, and let them, the cavalry who were mainly from Hedong, come out and fight hard. Although there is no Liunei official among them, so many ears have not heard that the Western Army has arrived in Xinkou Village, so the possibility of the Western Army lurking here is very small.

If it weren't for these confessions, how could Xiao Shisan and Zhang Xiaojie easily believe the content of that information?

After the Linfu army captured Wuzhou, Xiao 13 had to divide his troops and return to Shuozhou. However, due to the reinforcement of some troops from the Hebei side, the number of troops available to Xiao Shisan's hands was quite sufficient. In order to ensure that the support army could smoothly pass through the narrow and long Flying Fox Mountain, it took a lot of effort to transport grain and grass to several military villages along the way, but now it seems that this hard work has not been in vain. It is completely possible to call out a part of it to guard against the incoming enemy in the direction of Wutai Mountain.

When the generals, officials, and staff below stopped making noise, Xiao Shisan's voice was as soft as if he were telling someone: "Just let us - give Han Shumi a surprise!" ”

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"Taihang bandits are a chronic disease that has plagued Hedong Road for many years."

"The mountains and rivers are dangerous, the terrain is rugged, the mountains are steep and complicated, and how many civil and military officials in Hedong want to enter the mountain bandit villages, and they can only sigh at the end."

In Huang Shang's announcement, Zhi Ke Da looked at Zhi Keren, and Zhi Keren also looked at Zhi Ke Da, and the uncle and nephew exchanged a look that you understand and I understand, and they were silent together.

"When the privy councillor was in charge of the Hedong Economic Strategy, he had the idea of suppressing bandits, but at that time, the primary targets were Liao and Xia, and the bandits were not on the table at all. It can only be queued to the back and then to the back. When the dust settled, and he was finally able to free his hands, the privy was transferred back to the capital, and he didn't even have time to clean the courtyard. ”

Zhang Ji shook his head. That's because the Son of Heaven is not at ease, and in order not to affect the ongoing Song-Liao negotiations - for fear that a large-scale military operation will cause misunderstanding among the Liao people.

"When the Liao army entered the Kou this time, Han Gang was benevolent and thought about recovering these old bandits, so that they could go to the country with the soldiers and civilians of Hedong. It's a pity that few of these thieves understand righteousness. ”

Indeed, the robbers do not know what is right. Huang Sheng wanted to laugh when he said it. In this era, although the national righteousness is not as clear as later generations say, but due to the chaos of Shatuo in the Central Plains during the Five Dynasties, and the Khitan and Dangxiang became major national disasters one after another after the founding of the country, the hostility and distrust of foreign races have actually soaked into the ordinary people of the Great Song Dynasty.

However, the reason why the Hedong bandits did not rush to accept Zhao'an was entirely due to Han Gang's 'stinginess' - mainly because Han Gang was very disgusted with the traditional process of killing people and setting fire to being recruited by Zhao'an, and since Han Gang was unwilling to come up with substantial benefits, then which of the vast majority of famous and surnamed Taihang bandits was willing to respond to his call and share the difficulties with the people of Hedong who were of the same blood and origin, and resisted the Liao army together? Instead, they took the opportunity to plunder the place, and after the disaster caused by the Liao people, they brought a second disaster to the local people.

"Therefore the Privy Counsellor said that the danger of banditry should not be delayed. Taiyuan has been decided, and now for the sake of the stability of Xinzhou, it is necessary to exterminate the bandits in Taihang and Wutai. ”

Everyone knows that there is a Wutai Mountain between Xinzhou and Daizhou, and only the seventeen-mile mountain pass where the westernmost Xinkou Village is located has Tantan Avenue connecting the two states.

Hangang garrison is in Xinkou Village, and Xinzhou is his most reliable defense. As long as Xinkou Village is not lost, Xinzhou will be able to maintain stability. The Taiyuan Mansion further south will not be chaotic.

"Bai Yu is a Kansai general, with more than 10,000 elites. Famous generals and strong soldiers, he presided over the suppression of bandits in Xinzhou, and Xinkou Village should be worry-free. ”

Huang Shang's concluding statement was praised by Han Gang, and everyone nodded yes, and no one seemed to think that there was only one Wutai Mountain between Xinzhou and Daizhou.

Yes, there is only one Wutai Mountain.