Zheng Lang turned to the south of the group, took a spear from the soldier, and used the tip of the spear to cut a long groove on the ground.

He handed the spear into the hands of this soldier, looked at the main force on the left, that is, the deserters brought out by Huang Dehe, and said: "On the land where you are standing, since you escaped, Taiwei Liu has only led more than 1,000 soldiers to fight with more than 100,000 enemies for several days, and defeated the enemy many times. If you hadn't run away at that time, would Taiwei Liu have won a great victory? ”

War can't be settled like Zheng Lang, if the number of soldiers is compared, the Song Dynasty would have dominated the world long ago.

But if it is said paradoxically, it is easy to fool people.

At least let these soldiers feel that it is so difficult for hundreds of thousands of Western Xia soldiers to deal with 1,000 or hundreds of soldiers, and if you think about the two wars in the winter of last year, you will think that the combat effectiveness of Western Xia soldiers is not like this.

In this way, it can boost the morale of the soldiers to some extent.

Zheng Lang said again: "But because of your escape, the whole army was wiped out, don't you feel ashamed? ”

One by one, they drooped their heads and did not speak.

"The most shameful thing is that you don't have the courage to kill the enemy, but you run to Ganquan to rob your own compatriots, what are you? Is it the heroic and unyielding soldiers of the northwest, or the bandits? ”

"That's what Huang Dehe told us to do," one soldier whispered.

"You say it out loud."

"It was Huang Dehe who forced us to do it." The soldier had to struggle and yell.

"You said that you are not pus, bad seeds, soft goods, and it is only because Huang Dehe is greedy for life and afraid of death that you escaped?"

"Exactly."

"What about you?" Zheng Lang turned his head and looked at the others and asked.

"Yes."

"Okay, I'll give you a chance today, the enemy heard that you are here, and thought you were a group of bad people, so they only sent 3,000 men and horses to annihilate you, do you dare to fight? Do you dare to use bloody battles to wash away the shame on you, and dare to use your courage to prove your innocence to the world? ”

How many people came, the scouts didn't have time to count them one by one, and they didn't dare to get close to count them. But the scouts visually measured that there were less than 4,000 people, and Zheng Lang deducted it again and said 3,000 people. At this time, there were nearly 3,000 Song soldiers, at least no less than the number of Western Xia troops.

Zheng Lang is invisibly settling accounts for them, and a thousand or hundreds of people make it difficult for hundreds of thousands of people in Western Xia to gnaw like this, and now three thousand against three thousand, children know how to calculate accounts.

"Dare." Almost all the soldiers replied.

"But you're not loud enough, I'm still worried."

"Dare!" This time it was louder, and some of the soldiers shouted out with red faces.

Morale went up.

Zheng Lang was still unintentional at this time, in fact, although he was in a hurry to meet the enemy this time, with Di Qing and Yang Wenguang's plan, it was far better than those civil servants who were pointing fingers and feet, Zheng Lang's work was equivalent to an instructor, and he did a good job of ideological work for the soldiers.

The two sides worked together very skillfully.

Di Qing and Yang Wenguang glanced at each other, their eyes full of appreciation.

"Wen Kuanfu, Liu Kang, you lead fifty law enforcement teams, stand behind this line, spread your bows and prepare, whoever retreats half a step, including me, will shoot whoever is killed." Saying that, Zheng Lang stood on the north side of the horizontal line, close to the horizontal line, that is to say, he couldn't retreat half a step, otherwise he would have to shoot.

Wen Yanbo's mouth opened, and he thought in his heart, Zheng Xingzhi, are you true or fake?

But Zheng Lang's actions aroused the blood of this group of soldiers even more.

Compared with Liu Ping, Zheng Lang is more noble, that is the smallest big Sanyuan in history, it seems to be the most learned person in the entire Song Dynasty, he is deeply favored by the emperor, and his future is like a bright future, and now he lives and dies with them, what else can he say?

Di Qing's eyes flashed with a strange brilliance.

Some people stared at Zheng Lang curiously, and when they saw him standing straight, his body standing still, they were even more admired.

But Zheng Lang's heart is stable, there are his reasons, there are Di Qing and Yang Wenguang, two tiger generals here, the number of troops is quite a lot, with a fresh army to meet the tired army, no matter how afraid, don't come to the northwest in the future.

It was also necessary to arrange that the enemy knew that he had a cavalry in his hands, and the first Song army to arrive was three hundred cavalry. But in fact, not only that, Di Qing also led cavalry, and there were hundreds of cavalry in the deserting army, and the actual number of cavalry in this army was close to a thousand.

Only three hundred cavalrymen were left, and the rest were led by Su Keqing, who chewed the horse's mouth with his horse, hid behind the mountain not far away, and listened to the banner as a surprise soldier to kill.

The remaining 300 cavalry was commanded by Di Qing because of his bravery, and the enemy army was charged, and the infantry was handed over to Yang Wenguang for command. After the arrangement just now, Yang Wenguang also showed his commanding talent, not to mention that his father Yang Yanzhao was also a famous brave general in the Song Dynasty.

Time was tight, and the arrangement was made quickly, and as soon as I lined up the formation, I saw smoke and dust rising in the distance.

But fortunately, the 3,000 people are all regular troops, well-trained in peacetime, and in the past few days, Di Qing and Yang Wenguang have been reorganized and trained, otherwise the arrival of the Western Xia army may not be able to be arranged.

Zheng Lang silently watched the two generals set up, and then looked at the smoke and dust that was getting closer and closer in the distance.

Not a large-scale operation.

Although Yuan Hao is a little clever, he is definitely not a heroic hero, let alone a hero, and under his leadership, the Western Xia army marched and fought like a group of little hooligans.

With the same number of troops, fighting with the Song army never gained an advantage.

Only by taking advantage of the speed of the cavalry and the stupidity of the command of General Wen of the Song Dynasty constantly mobilized the Song army to fight more and less, often ten to one, and gnaw at the teeth to achieve victory.

Compared with Yuan Hao's dispatch of tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of troops, the dispatch of three or four thousand troops by the Western Xia people this time can only be said to be a small and medium-sized battle.

But this battle had a very important impact on the Song army, and at least it could restore the confidence of the Yanlu soldiers.

Soot is closer.

……

Yeliwang rushed south.

The road was unimpeded, and he had been confronted by Song Jun for many years, and he had never been so comfortable.

Seeing that Sanchuankou had arrived, suddenly the scout in front came to report, saying that the Song army was not only 300 people, but 2 or 3,000 people.

Yeli Wangrong was stunned for a moment.

In those days, Song Bing's fierceness left a deep impression on him, although there were many of them, the disparity was not very large, and it was possible that he would not be pleased.

With the pioneers, kill first to Sanchuankou.

Stand on a high hill and look out.

A rough estimate of the number of cavalry was only about three or four hundred, but with a lot of infantry.

The infantry can't be underestimated, and where did these newly added soldiers come from, could it be that the reinforcements of the Song Dynasty arrived?

He was a wise and brave general, and after thinking about it, he ordered the people to be captured from all sides.

Yuan Hao withdrew his troops for a long time, and almost all the people who did not return to Western Xia returned to their homes.

The scouts quickly captured several civilians.

Yeli Wangrong personally asked.

Huang Dehe led the army to escape, and he couldn't expect these people to keep the news for the sake of the Song Dynasty. The knife was put on the neck, and 1510 was revealed.

Nori Wangrong knew the general situation after a while, it turned out that it was the fleeing Song army in Sanchuankou, and let the champion of the Song Dynasty bring it to Sanchuankou, and he was still inquiring about the truth of the battle of Sanchuankou.

I thought about it for a while, why did I bring this deserter here, probably this champion was also afraid, Yanzhou and the security army were not enough, so they had to bring the fleeing army to Sanchuankou to protect his safety.

It was wrong to think this way, Zheng Lang did not expect that the Xixia people would be able to kill the horse pistol, and the reason why they were brought to Sanchuankou was to make these defeated troops blame themselves and be ashamed, and to arouse their blood and morale. If it is really for safety, why do you need to do this, it turns out that it is a cavalry army, as long as you send some scouts, Yeli Wangrong will kill and retreat to Yanzhou City.

After asking for the news, Yeli Wangrong ordered the people to be killed.

It had nothing to do with ferocity, the Song army also treated the Tanguts in this way in the future, even more ferocious than the Tanguts, and even the prisoners of war were all executed.

He ordered the scouts to capture the second group of civilians and ask them again, and it was still the same.

Yeli Wangrong's heart settled.

This is a group of army greedy for life and afraid of death, what is there to fear?

Moreover, the cavalry of the Song army was only three or four hundred, and the rest were all infantry, so even if the situation was not good, they could retreat immediately.

So he led the army to slowly approach the Wulong River beachhead.

Zheng Lang didn't know the details of the Western Xia people, and Yeli Wangrong didn't know the details of the Song army.

Both sides have a chance of winning on the cards, and the Song army is here, so that Zheng Lang is excited, and it has become a mourning army, an angry army, except for the morning exercise, the physical strength is not overdrawn.

The Western Xia side had an advantage in numbers, all cavalry, and even if the battle was unfavorable, they could quickly retreat. Even the Song army in front of Yeli Wangrong was even worse, nearly two thousand infantry, that is, deserters, plus three hundred cavalry, were still recruits from the capital of the Song Dynasty.

But Zheng Lang didn't know if the Xixia people had any followers, and Yeli Wangrong also didn't know if Zheng Lang had other arrangements.

In this state of mind, Yeli Wangrong gradually approached the Wulong River.

He suddenly waved his hand and said, "Stop." ”

As a famous general in Western Xia, he is not Fan Yong, and he can see the difference at a glance in the Song army not far away.

It's an exaggeration to say murderous.

But the formation was neat, and the three armies were silent.

In this Song army, he saw the figure of the Song army in front of Wulong Beach some time ago.

If you continue to be like that Song army, it will be terrible.

Hugh said that he had brought 3,500 soldiers with him, and even if he had brought 10,000 soldiers from afar, he might not be able to bargain today.

Yang Wenguang thought of the physical strength of the Western Xia soldiers, and Yeli Wangrong also thought of the physical strength of his own army. I can be regarded as a lone soldier, and I can't camp here to rest, which is asking for my own death. And it couldn't even stop for a long time, the army traveled overnight, but after midnight, the bright moon fell on the first half of the string, and the night was dark, and it was hastily rested for less than two hours. The longer the pause, the more likely the soldier is to become tired.

Then attack?

After thinking about it, he said to the scout beside him, "Go and catch a few more people." ”

This is the worst thing that Yuan Hao brought to the Western Xia army, the lack of blood surname, flexibility and mobility, but the soldiers lack courage and fighting spirit. If such an army exists and succeeds in establishing the country, Yuan Hao must thank God fiercely for meeting the weakest Khitan and the weak Song Dynasty. Otherwise, in any era of the Han and Tang dynasties, I don't know how many times I died.

Yeli Wangrong was not ashamed, the scout led the order, Yeli Wangrong continued to observe, behind a team of Song soldiers, there was a young man in white standing, he was the champion of the Song Dynasty?

……

The two armies stood standing, and flags fluttered.

Zheng Lang silently looked at the enemy, he had experienced bloody battles, and when he was chasing in the East China Sea, he saw the scenes of engagement, but that could not be compared to war. Just to shoot criminals and kill people, Zhang Daliang's subordinates don't want to resist the government at all.

War is in front of us.

After a few hundred steps, Zheng Lang's eyes narrowed, and he could see some sweat flowing from the forehead of the enemy in front of him, after all, coming from a long distance would seriously consume his physical strength.

But that doesn't mean you're going to win.

glanced at Di Qing and Yang Wenguang again, and handed over all the command to them.

So look at their expressions.

The two were whispering, turning the horse's head for a while, coming to Zheng Lang, looking at each other, Di Qing said: "Governor Zheng, look at the enemy crown on the opposite side, hesitate. ”

"I see it."

"I consulted with Commander Yang and thought that there might not be a large army behind the enemy, otherwise they would not hesitate, which shows that they have no confidence in their hearts."

"Yes, if there is a rear army, we only have more than 2,000 people here, and we would have rushed over a long time ago."

"Commander Yang and the last general said a way, once the war starts, it will take at least several hours to decide the winner. If we ask for the surname to cooperate, the time will drag on longer. Then send people to inform the soldiers of Yongping Village and Yanzhou City, Saimen Village and Anyuan Village, and let them go to Luguan or Qiaozi Valley to attack. ”

Zheng Lang immediately had these two places in his mind.

Luguan is in the north, one hundred and seventy miles away from Shizheng, one hundred and eighty miles away from Yanzhou, the Tang Dynasty built a pass here, called Luzi Pass, Du Fu wrote a poem, Yanzhou Qinbei household, the pass defense is still dependable; 10,000 people to drive away the reeds. It's about Luzi Pass.

It is located in Tumen Mountain, but it is not Tumen, there is still some distance from Tumen, there are two cliffs shaped like gourds, so it is called Luzi. After the fourth year of Tang Changxing, Li Yichao refused to be ordered by Xiazhou, Le Yanchou requisitioned, Li Yichao sent party members to copy his grain and attacking tools, and Le Yanchou retreated to this pass to protect himself. During the period from Taizong of the Song Dynasty to Dao, he was forced by Li Jiqian to abolish this pass.

In the first month, Li Yuanhao launched an attack on Yanzhou, and it was from this place that he entered Jinming.

It seems that there is no movement in Tumen this time, and the party members still invaded from here.

The terrain here is treacherous, to the southeast is Jinming Road, to the southwest twenty miles is Sai'an Village.

But Zheng Lang said: "Luguan is too far away, it is difficult for soldiers to rush anywhere, and if it is far away, there will be mistakes." ”

Qiaozi Valley is located on Jinming Road, only a few dozen miles away from Yanzhou. It seems that Di Qing took a fancy to this place and built Zhao'an Village here to cut off the way for Xia Kou to enter and exit. Although the terrain is not as good as Luguan, it is also very treacherous.

However, Zheng Lang did not immediately agree.

There are two reasons, one is that at this time, Jinmingzhai is all chiseled, in case the Tangut people are defeated, the Tangut people may not necessarily have to evacuate from Qiaozi Valley.

Not the main thing yet.

Originally, the half-abandoned Sanzhai was to ensure that Yanzhou City and the security army were not lost, but the plan could be changed again, the Xixia people had a rear army, and the two ambushes were bound to be defeated. Then from Yanzhou to Sanchuankou, and then to the security army, it will all become a vacuum, and if you don't get the defeat of Wulongchuan and the defeat of Qiaozi Valley, Yanzhou and the security army will be lost.

But there are also benefits.

The biggest disadvantage of the Song army was that there were many infantry and not enough cavalry.

When the two armies were fighting, the killing power was not much, and the real lethality was when the army was defeated, according to the speed of the Song army, how could they seize this opportunity. Therefore, victory cannot be a big victory, and defeat will be annihilated.

There are more than 900 cavalry in his hands, if he defeats the Tanguts here, pursues them all the way, and the Tanguts retreat from Qiaozi Valley again, and there are two ambushes to block, then this battle will expand the results of the battle endlessly.

How to choose?

Standing here, he can understand the difficulties of being a general.

Every decision is not easy.

He looked at the enemy troops on the opposite side and asked, "What are the chances of the enemy not having a rear army?" ”

Di Qing said: "Looking at their situation, it is almost 100,000. But the enemy is cunning, and he can't be unguarded. If it was last year, Jinmingzhai was still there, even if there was a mistake in the layout, there would be no mistakes. But now ......"

Yang Wenguang also shook his head.

The truth is almost completely revealed, the defeat in this battle is mainly due to the stupidity of Fan Yong and Li Shibin, how can they let those annihilators casually blend into the front line?

The most stupid is Fan Yong, Zheng Lang wrote the fold, and the fold was also transferred to Yanzhou, and it was actually regarded as the wind in his ears? If your own people don't believe it, do you believe in the Tangut people?

How could it be?

Actually, it can't be compared like that. If Jinmingzhai had not been lost, there would have been no battle in front of him, and three thousand or hundreds of enemy troops would have been able to easily get here? 10,000 more won't do!

The ball was kicked back into Zheng Lang's hands.

It's not that Di Qing is afraid of taking responsibility, the status of the military general is too low, he doesn't dare to make a decision at all, and the idea is an idea, just to provide Zheng Lang with a reference. Zheng Lang was thinking about another thing, and later after Fan Zhongyan came to Yanzhou, he seemed to be doing so-so, just remembering one thing, defend firmly and do not attack, the enemy is coming, and he runs away, even if the enemy is defeated, he will not do any attack. Therefore, Li Yuanhao made some suspicious moves, but he was unsuccessful.

Han Qi is more radical, which is also in line with Zheng Lang's thoughts, like Fan Zhongyan's approach, or suicide with a slow surname.

But there was Ren Fu's death.

How to decide? And what's worse is that a fierce battle can happen at any time, and he must make a decision immediately, so that Di Qing and Yang Wenguang can make arrangements.

Looking at Zheng Lang's expression, Yang Wenguang said: "If you set up an ambush in Qiaozi Valley, this battle will be a great victory, and it will immediately reverse the low morale in the northwest." However, there are risks. If you only fight here, if the enemy is defeated, you will only chase a few miles, the risk will be reduced, and the victory that will not be achieved will also be reduced. ”

Yang Wenguang saw the situation of the enemy on the other side very clearly, physical exhaustion, and this hesitation also invisibly lowered morale. Just the battle in front of us, the Song army will win!

It's hard to choose!

After speaking, he looked at Zheng Lang with his eyes.

Zheng Lang continued to stare at the enemy, calculating in his heart. It is not a calculation that the enemy has no rear army, but a calculation of the various situations that will occur if the enemy has a rear army.

If there is a rear army, where does the rear army come from?

Hengshan Xixia did not dare to draw too many troops, once the war was entangled, the Song Dynasty reinforcements arrived, and Hengshan was lost, which would be a nightmare for the Xixia people.

It's hard to say, if Yuan Hao stays with a part of the army, even if there are only 30,000 people, the situation will be erosive.

A metaphor suddenly came to mind, gambling.

No military strategist dares to say that he will win a hundred battles, but a famous military strategist can seize a greater chance of victory in time to launch a war.

But he is not a military strategist, nor is he a master gambler.

Calculate probability?

How do you calculate it?

Di Qing said eagerly: "Governor Zheng, give an order." ”

Can't be delayed!