"Not much, who is the person in command?"

"The commander of Tiandu Mountain is Liang Yiburi, and the commander of the command of Xiangyikou is Li Kaitai." Fu Bi replied. As the privy envoy of the Western Mansion, he has some authority, but he only knows that there are some high-level scouts who have penetrated deep into the interior of Western Xia, and he does not know the specific list. I don't know, just looking at the battle record, Li Kaitai's performance is very good, from the battle of Momeiling to the battle of rewarding the port, which is remarkable.

Zheng Lang was even more relieved when he heard these two people, and said, "Yanguo, don't worry, don't spoil today's atmosphere." ”

After that, continue to entertain the guests.

Fu Bi was so anxious that he stared dryly, Fu Bi had Fu Bi's thoughts, and Zheng Lang had Zheng Lang's thoughts. In the Qingli War, Yuan Hao sent more than 100,000 troops at most, and the Song Dynasty deployed more than 300,000 troops in Shaanxi in the name of the Song Dynasty. Shengsheng almost defeated the Western Xia to ruin the country, and the Song Dynasty also fought because of this, and the wealth was exhausted. 150,000 soldiers, for the past, was already the limit of the number of troops.

How can Fu Bi not be in a hurry?

Zheng Lang thought differently, 150,000 people was nothing, and for the Liang family, he often used 200,000 and 300,000 soldiers later. This is an extremely fierce woman, it turns out that Zheng Lang also thought that he would mobilize more than 200,000 troops. It seems that last year's drought made it a little difficult in Western Xia, otherwise it would not have been only 150,000.

There is a difference between 200,000 and 150,000.

Compared with history, Zhang Qi's great victory, the first is morale, and the second is that the generals and soldiers have been tested by war. Now there is a shortage, but the weapons are sharper, and he has provided sufficient support by using the convenience of the Zhongshu and the three divisions, and many generals in the army have repeatedly reduced the number of soldiers and military service and errand service, and overhauled the water conservancy. It raised the confidence of the people. And also...... Lee Kai-tae.

The latter far compensates for the shortcomings of the first two. Besides, although Zheng Lang has a good appetite, he has no hope of leaving these 150,000 Western Xia soldiers behind.

Just a hard blow is enough to do it.

Tea over three rounds. Zheng Lang called the two in-laws, both of whom were Chinese-funded officials, very similar to his father-in-law and two uncles, and said that they would act. There really is nothing to do, and there is no ability either. It is better to be cautious, to be an official without great evil, and to love the people. Similar to most Song Dynasty officials, if they did not have this joint relationship, most of them would have been unknown in the long river of history. Relying on his qualifications, Li Dao moved to the Guanghua Zhijun, but after the restructuring, the Guanghua Army was merged into Xiangzhou and changed to Xiangzhou Tongju. Zhao Bing was also relocated to Haizhou because of his qualifications.

It would be false to say that it is not stained, as long as it is not a big mistake. If you don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, you can mix a Zhizhou. Maybe you can mix a good big state as the governor. There is a good side, there must be a bad side, the Song Dynasty is free to speak and do, and in the end, it likes to talk nonsense, and in the end, it likes to be implicated. His own three waves of reform have really offended many people. It is estimated that there are really no people who are staring at themselves, after all, they have prestige and political achievements, but it is inevitable that they will be staring at the two in-laws. Moreover, Zheng Lang was also worried and afraid that they would climb into this family business, and he was complacent.

A few words were lightly spoken.

Although there has been no great success in moving up over the years, and it has not been greatly reduced, it is not easy, and most of them will understand.

The two in-laws kept nodding their heads in restraint.

Zheng Lang said: "Xiangzhou and Haizhou are both good places. ”

Zhao Bingdao: "Xiangzhou is a good place, the rivers of Zhushui, Baishui, Xishui, Baihe, and Hanshui meet, and the water conservancy is developed, but where is Haizhou good?" The tide was flooding and people were displaced. ”

Li Dao shook his head and said: "No, Xiangzhou is good, but the imperial court has built water conservancy many times in the north of Dengzhou, or Jiangdong, Xiangzhou has never allocated funds, and the people's spontaneous water conservancy is scattered, the effect is slow, and the government is still difficult to govern." ”

"Even if it's not good, is it worse than a lake and swamp in Taiping Prefecture at the beginning?"

"Gong Zheng, do we have the power of your officials?"

"It's wrong to think like this, for example, Xiangzhou, six counties and one army, the area is larger than Hangzhou, the river is more developed than Hangzhou, but agriculture and business, but the number of households is only 60,000, it is a small Taiping Prefecture, and now there are more than 60,000 households. The area of the two is at least three or four times different. This is space, and the bigger the space, the more you can do. When I went to Taipingzhou, how much money did the imperial court give? But the government can organize the people. As long as the officials have made a difference, the important counties in the Central Plains since ancient times have not been reduced to the point where they are not even as good as a Taiping Prefecture. Speaking of Haizhou, the Yangtze River comes with a lot of sediment, the land spreads to the sea, and there are many seaside places, and the sea water is not deep. Like Fujian Road, a circle is fertile land. The most scarce thing in the imperial court is arable land, and the people take food as the sky, and it is a political achievement to be able to expand arable land. So I look at both places and think they're both good places. ”

These are the two sentences that are dialed.

Of course, there is still a Zhizhou above their heads, but I believe that they will give themselves face, so they will have political achievements.

How to do it, Zheng Lang did not interfere, the guests had to disperse, and Zheng Lang had to get up to see off the guests.

The next day, the two daughters-in-law came to salute, they looked very good, and they spoke softly, Cui Xian was very satisfied, and Zheng Lang also bowed. Cui Xian is careful in her calculations, Zheng Lang doesn't care, just care about the people. Then go back to the middle book on duty.

The front went to the middle book, and the back asked Zhao Ji to invite him to the capital.

Zheng Lang didn't care much, and Zhao Ji and the ministers all felt uneasy in their hearts. After all, it was an invasion of 150,000 troops.

Some ministers looked at Zheng Lang with their eyes, somewhat dissatisfied. See, the Tangut revenge is coming.

Zheng Lang looked at the front-line newspaper seriously, and after reading it, he said: "Your Majesty, it's okay, the minister will make an analogy first, Yuan Hao led 100,000 troops, if he didn't despise the minister, under the same circumstances, even if the minister reuses Di Qing and Chong Shiheng, Yuan Hao's 100,000 army should be the 150,000 troops of the minister." ”

Very fair evaluation.

Yuan Hao has lost a lot of times, but he has also won a lot of victories, especially the battle of Hequ, which pushed him to the top. However, Yuan Hao wanted to drill on Jingyuan Road, losing the right time and place, and despised Zheng Lang, and at the same time, Zheng Lang used the generals well, so that Yuan Hao could do it again, seven or eight times out of ten, and he would fail.

This is a comprehensive metaphor, Zheng Lang said: "If the minister does not have the help of Di Qing, Shiheng and others, Yuan Hao's 100,000 soldiers will not be 150,000 soldiers, but 300,000!" ”

There is no doubt in the first sentence, and the latter immediately makes everyone whisper. Zheng Lang's voice, that is, when Di Qing and Chong Shiheng are these generals, they can still withstand 150,000 soldiers when facing Yuan Hao! Is the rating too high?

Zheng Lang said again: "Compared with Fan Zhongyan, Yuan Hao's 100,000 army should be worth Fan Zhongyan's 200,000. However, there is a premise. Fan Zhongyan was conservative in tactics. It can only defend, not attack, so it will only defeat and not win. If the troops are insufficient, the forts are empty. More defeats and fewer wins. Therefore, it should be more than twice as much. The same is true of Pang's nationality. As for Han Qi, it will reach 300,000 troops, and without any other reason, Han Qi will not use it. If it is not to govern government affairs, when the war comes, if you don't use the generals well, you will be defeated! ”

Zhao Ji listened to it with novelty and asked, "How does it compare with Di Qing?" ”

"If Di Qing, as the deputy marshal, has sufficient logistics and materials, and there is one who trusts him and dares to use his scholar as the coach to cover Di Qing in front, the two are almost equal. If Di Qing is the commander-in-chief, the more troops he leads. The higher the failure rate. ”

"Why?"

"The more Di Qing led the troops, the more jealous the sergeant doctor became. The front soldiers meet each other, and the rear may even be heavily restricted, just like the rope play, the two sides are on the same page, but the more people who dial, the more people will pull the rope to the opposite side, how does Di Qing win the rope play? ”

Zhao Ji was silent.

"It's a metaphor, Your Majesty hasn't asked Liang Yibury and Liang yet."

"Zheng Gong said it."

"Yuan Hao led 100,000 troops, and Liang Yi led 400,000 troops."

"How does it compare to Wang Shao's seed?"

"The minister knows that he is slightly inferior to Yuan Hao, but he is also a famous general, Wang Shao and Zhang Qi have proof of a battle, but they can faintly see their military talent, if the three of them cooperate properly, the court will not hinder them in the rear, but take the initiative to cooperate, and Yuan Hao will be on par with them."

Enough, if calculated in this way, Liang Yi's 150,000 troops are only equivalent to Yuan Hao's 40,000 soldiers and horses, but the Jingyuan Road soldiers and horses are far more than 40,000, and if the strong men and archers are organized, they can reach more than 100,000 people.

In this way, Jingyuan Road will inevitably be a big victory.

Zheng Lang said that this metaphor also has another intention, to depreciate merit! is not to praise the merits, but to belittle the merits of the three generals, only when the merits are compressed, the three can be used for a little longer. Otherwise, after the First World War, five or six out of ten of the three will be hidden again.

Zheng Lang said again: "Besides, Cai Tingnai of Weizhou has civil and military materials, and when he was in Gyeongju, he once attacked Li Liangzuo's army to invade. Jingyuan Road is full of heart, the soldiers are strong and brave, why is Your Majesty afraid? ”

"Cai Ting, is that old man in Yuguan?"

"Exactly, Cai Ting once made a happy migration warbler in Weizhou, the lyrics and songs said, frost and autumn dawn, the purple plug hometown, and the yellow clouds and grass. Han Ma hissed the wind, Bian Hong called the moon, and the iron clothes on Longshang were cold and early. The sword song is tragic, and the gentleman's grace must be repaid. Saiyuan Le, full of sheath brocade collar, Shanxi is young. Laughing. Diao Doujing, a beacon fire, and a safe consumption. The Holy Lord is worried, mighty and far-reaching, arrogant and forgiving. The years are sad to the evening, who misses the old people of Yuguan? Taiping is also peaceful, and entertaining, don't hesitate to fall down frequently. After it was introduced to Kyoto, the world called Yuguan old. Zheng Lang's voice changed, and he said: "There are three areas where I am the most miserable, the climate in Lingnan is very hot and humid, the mountains of Kuixia are poor, and the barbarians are fierce, and then they go to the northwest. The northwest west wind is the strongest, and it can kill people when winter comes. Fan Zhongyan used to be a fisherman's pride, and once said that a glass of turbid wine is thousands of miles away, and Yan Ran has no plan to return. Qiang tube is full of frost. People are sleepless, and the general's white hair is in tears. The artistic conception is certainly poignant and majestic, but the frontier soldiers are too bitter. Since His Majesty ascended the throne, he has punished the country's hardships and shortcomings, saved costs, never had a big sacrifice in the southern suburbs, never made large-scale shadow supplements, and was also very cautious about the title, and has not seen a duke reward from a country so far. Your Majesty's intentions are good, and the treasures of the country are too overflowing, but they are not cherished. It should be cherished, but it should not be too stingy. ”

Zheng Lang said euphemistically.

Cai Ting's song is certainly good, but it is somewhat grumbling, and it is similar to Zhang Qi, he is not Cai Ting's forte in government affairs, and he is not bad in military affairs. Since the Liang family took charge of the Western Xia, it has been eventful. The northwest is inseparable from Cai Ting, but if he gives some knighthoods and officials to appease, Cai Ting will not be cold, and the soldiers also have the confidence to struggle. If you don't point it out, Zhao Ji asked this old man of Yumen, I'm afraid that someone will make a fuss, the more people will make a fuss, the more people will make a fuss, the tragedy of Yue Fei will not happen, but the tragedy of Zhang Kang and Di Qing will happen nine times out of ten.

Zhao Ji muttered: "The years are sad to be late, who thinks about Yuguan people old?" Sima Guang, for me, if the Huaide army wins the first battle, I will break the example of several years and give it to the Duke of the country! ”

There was no objection either.

It has been peaceful for a long time, and there are often things in the west, which are not big wars, and when the big war comes, one by one does not know what to do. Then there is still the mood to care about the future Guogong.

Zhao Ji is still not at ease. Look at Zheng Lang with his eyes.

Zheng Lang said: "Everyone in the world says that Li Kaitai is brave. Really? Besides, Xiao Guan is tall and sturdy. Western Xia used Li Kaitai to lead an army of 30,000 to storm Xiaoguan. In the past, Li Liangzuo's 100,000 soldiers and horses did not break through Xiao Pass, what can Li Kaitai do, capture Xiao Pass, in fact, Western Xia is equivalent to 120,000 troops to fight. ”

The reason is very reluctant. Zhao Ji thought of another thing, a smile bloomed on his face, and said, "Then I can rest assured." Very momentary, Zheng Gong. Bring the Privy Counsellor again. ”

"Your Majesty, no, it's not that dangerous, and the ministers can't bear it." Zheng Lang refused.

Zheng Lang was so calm, and the hearts of the monarchs and ministers gradually calmed down.

New Year's Day is approaching day by day, but bad news is coming out one after another. As Zheng Lang expected, Zhou Shiqing personally came to Xiaoguan from Weizhou, and repelled the attacks of the Western Xia people again and again with the new Xiaoguan village master Miao Zhu.

It's not good on the other side of Wuyan Gorge.

Liang Yibury set out from Tiandu Mountain with more than 100,000 Western Xia troops and launched a fierce attack on Dangqiang Village, holding on for only three days. The wall of the village crashed down, and the Song army defending the village had to retreat to Lingping Village and the Huaide army. Liang Yi buried the Dangqiang village to destroy. The soldiers are divided into two roads, all the way from Shimen Gorge to Shimen Fort to launch a strong attack, all the way to Lingping Village, not to attack Pingxia City, Pingxia City wall is tall and strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack. And Shimen Fort became a nightmare for the Tangut people decades ago, and Liang Yi didn't dare to be careless.

The Song army of the two villages held out for another three or four days, giving the people in the rear time to retreat, and the two villages were lost one after another. Liang Yi buried the two heavy villages again, and since then, the passage from Tiandu Mountain to Huluchuan has been opened.

The three armies met and attacked Pingxia City, and after three days, the death was heavy, and Pingxia City was safe and sound. Liang Yibu had to give up the idea of conquering Pingxia City, and sent two more troops, all the way to Tiansheng Village, and all the way to Gaoping Village. There were also many small forts along the way, all of which were conquered by the Tanguts. At this time, you can see the original Zheng Lang's layout, silkworm net-style regional joint defense, if you want to move the army forward, you must destroy all the fortresses one by one, otherwise you can cut off the back road at any time.

These two armies also bear a heavy burden, if the Song army of Pingxia City does not come out, directly attack the two villages, if out, the two armies quickly turn around, surround the point to send reinforcements, and eat the Song army out of Pingxia City, so that Pingxia City is empty, and then Pingxia City is transferred.

Liang Yibury was very disappointed, and the Song army in Pingxia City saw the Western Xia people leaving, only repairing the city wall, and not a single soldier came out. Pingxia City was not lost, and the road in Wuyan Qianxia would be threatened at any time, so Liang Yibury divided part of his troops and stayed behind in Wuyan Gorge and Shimen Gorge. If the road is clear, there will be no problems with logistics and supplies, and then wave troops south. The two armies officially launched an attack on Tianshengzhai and Gaopingzhai. By this time, the territory of the Wyade Army had been turned upside down. Many people had to crowd into various walled forts to celebrate New Year's Day.

The evil night came again, because there were more than a dozen walled forts in front of the front, Tiansheng Village had become the rear, the wall was not well maintained, and after the Xixia people attacked hard for several days, the Song army had to first transfer the people in the village to Qianxing Village, and then abandoned the village, and all poured into Qianxing Village. Over there, the Xixia people still did not take Gaopingzhai, the location of Gaopingzhai is sinister, Zheng Lang once used green bricks to build the wall, at least in solidity, no less than Xiaoguan. The Western Xia divided the troops again, 20,000 soldiers and horses attacked Qianxing Village, and the rest of the soldiers and horses converged from the path of Tiansheng Village to Gaoping Village.

This division of troops was very unreasonable.

The main thing is too annoying, the Song army and the people retreated in time one by one, so that the harvest of this expedition is not big, even if the village is captured, the Song army also burned all the materials in the village before retreating. wanted to pursue, but the last retreat of the Song army was also cavalry, the speed was not slow, and it could not catch up. In the past, the supply of the Western Xia War was mostly from plunder, but there was no plunder, and all of them were domestic supplies, which were bound to be tight. But the Song army retreated step by step, retreated one step, a village of soldiers and civilians will be crowded, although the Qianxing village is large, the same lack of maintenance, but the number of soldiers and civilians in the village almost reached nearly 10,000 people, many people, more materials, so that Liang Yi buried greedy.

The two armies converged, under the strong attack, Gaopingzhai gradually lost support, on the seventh, Gaopingzhai Song army retreated to Zhenrong Village. Because of the location of Gaoping Village, after the end of the Qingli War, the Song army transformed Gaoping Village, built more than a dozen warehouses in the city, and led the water of the Hulu River into Gaoping Village from outside the city. Supply the logistics of soldiers in Jiuyang Village, Shimen Fort, Tiansheng Village and Qianxing Village. The Song army retreated in a hurry, although it set fire, only burned two warehouses, and the rest of the fires in Zhucang allowed Liang Yi to bury people into the village and use the water of the canals to quickly extinguish them. So far, the most abundant gains in this battle have allowed Western Xia to get a lot of logistical supplies. Liang Yi was relieved in his heart, with these grains and grasses, he could go south boldly and boldly. This time, instead of destroying Gaopingzhai, troops were sent to garrison it, and the rest of the army went south again.

All kinds of bad news were sent to the capital in a steady stream.

The ministers discussed a lot, and finally someone impeached him for improperly sending troops to Tiandu Mountain, which caused a catastrophe.

Zheng Lang didn't see it.

Others are not as free as him, some are impeached, some want to renegotiate peace, and some people say that the imperial court must increase its troops, otherwise the road to Jingyuan will be in danger.

Zheng Lang had no choice, gathered dozens of important ministers again, and held a capital meeting regardless of the New Year, Zheng Lang only asked two questions: "Everyone, the attack of the Western Xia people lasted for nearly twenty days, how many casualties did our army have and how many casualties did the people have?" ”

There are a lot of lost forts, more than a dozen, and some are still big forts, and the losses are not heavy. But how many casualties did the soldiers have, and how many casualties did the people have? Yes, in several defense battles, nearly 1,000 soldiers were killed and wounded before and after, but this is a large-scale battle of hundreds of thousands of people, what are the casualties of nearly 1,000 soldiers? However, because of the blind onslaught, the Western Xia side broke six or seven thousand soldiers before and after. As for the civilians, there was hardly a single casualty, and all of them retreated in time.

Before he could understand, Zheng Lang simply said again: "How far is it from Tiandu Mountain to Zhenrong Village?" This is the beginning of the first month, although the cold in the capital is getting lighter, Jingyuan Road is still dripping into ice. Also, since the use of troops on Jingyuan Road, almost all the arsenic, croton and other materials in the rear of Shaanxi have been collected, how much has been used so far? And there is another material, fire oil, Jingyuan Road has also requisitioned a lot, has it been used so far? ”

Still don't understand?

Lure the enemy deeper! Zheng Lang has used it, Yuan Hao has used it.

After Zheng Lang asked, he stopped talking, he smiled secretly in his heart, Zhang Qi seemed destined to be the nemesis of the Liang family in his previous life. It has nothing to do with Wang Shao, Wang Shao will not use troops like this, Zheng Lang has already seen that it is mostly Zhang Qi's idea. However, Zhang Qi also guessed wrong, Zheng Lang was not only not evil to his tricky way, but on the contrary, he liked it very much. He is not evil in his heart, is that for the Song people, as for the enemy, he should also be benevolent? (To be continued.) )