The north wind stopped, and although the night was still cold, it was the last time of the snow season.

The night sky is starry, like a bright gem dotted in the deep night, do not envy the life of the ancient people, but in ancient times the air quality is not to be questioned, especially on a clear and cloudless night, the night sky is particularly beautiful and moving.

But in this day and age, everyone thinks it's normal, and everyone doesn't have any thoughts to appreciate this beautiful night sky.

The charming moon also showed a moving figure in the sky.

Nearly twenty people were silent at first, and the last one finally couldn't help but ask: "General Wei, I don't understand." ”

Slush Castle has never been intended to be a real war fort since Fan Zhongyan built it, so why should it hold on to this remnant fort?

"It has a trail that leads to Huanzhou." Wei Zongqing said.

Every fort in the northwest has a role, just like Rouyuan Village, two ravines in the southeast, in fact, there are two roads, the right road can go to Gyeongju and Zhun'an Town, and the left road can go to Dashun City, Liyuan Fort, Huachi City and Fengchuan Fort.

The status of Slush Fort is slightly worse, but there are also two ways, one is to reach Xigu Fort, from which you can reach Papaya Fort, and then from Papaya Fort to Huanzhou City or Guide Fort to Qinggang Gorge in Western Xia, and you can reach Guisai Fort from Xigu and then to Huanzhou City. The road to Papaya Fort is the best, followed by the road from Fort Guisai to Xigu. However, there is a more rugged trail from Slush Castle that leads directly to Huanzhou City.

But the problem is that it refers to a small plundering army, and if it is a large enemy army, it must carry a large amount of grain and grass. It's the season again. It is impossible to choose this road to enter Huanzhou. If you really choose. There was no need for the Song army in Huanzhou to fight, as long as it was held for two or three days, the enemy could only withdraw his troops in a wolf.

Therefore, everyone was not convinced by Wei Qingzong's explanation.

Even if the enemy has a large number of troops and enough ambitions to face Huanzhou, but if he wants to defend the gate of Huanzhou, why not defend Xigu, not to mention that Xiguqi still has several battalions of officers and soldiers belonging to Wei Qingzong, that is, these two battalions of officers and soldiers. You don't have to fight so badly.

Hu Kai said: "General Wei, the last general thinks that there may be a mistake in the arrangement of Ming Gong this time. ”

"Li Gong, how can you believe Li Gong, didn't he hurt the officers and soldiers hard enough?" One of them said again.

"Commander Jiang, do you think so too?" Wei Qingzong asked.

"The last general...... Ignorance. ”

Wei Qingzong understood, everyone came to force the palace.

But what else can be said but bitterness?

Just like in front of them, the officers and soldiers of the two battalions, the middle-level generals are the commanders and deputy commanders, and then the capital, and the cavalry is the military envoys and the deputy soldiers and horses. The infantry is the head of the capital and the deputy head of the capital. These people are all middle-ranking generals in the army.

The rest are the ten generals or military heads, Du Yuhou, Cheng Bureau, and Detention Officers, all of whom are low-level military generals.

In addition, there are military attachés such as patrol inspection and detention. These two battalions are fully staffed, plus nearly 30 senior and middle-ranking generals, but now only two-thirds are left, and all the rest have died in today's tragic battle.

As for the ordinary soldiers, the casualties were even more heavy, only the dead and seriously wounded, reached nearly 400 people, and most of the rest were still hung with colors, and some of them fought hard, just like Li Ping's all, almost all of them were disabled.

In this case, how can we hold on to tomorrow all day?

Therefore, Jiang's commander was the commander of the Baojie army from Zheng Baiqu, and he lost confidence a little at this time.

"Have a drink." Wei Qingzong persuaded.

"Then you still have the heart to drink, it's better to send someone out of the city quietly at night and ask Gyeongju for help. I believe that when it comes to this, Ming Gong will not blame. ”

"Hu Kai, I'm afraid it's difficult, even if you send reinforcements, you can't count on Huai'an Town, or transfer troops from Xiguqi, but the enemy sends scouts extensively, and Xiguqi has few troops, and before they arrive, I'm afraid they will be in danger."

The only chance is to hold on until tomorrow night, and Chonggu will come over with more troops to rescue everyone. But will it last until tomorrow night?

But the military order is like a mountain, besides, even if they want to retreat, they can't retreat without the support of reinforcements from the rear.

Everyone drank together in distress.

At this moment, Wei Qingzong's personal soldiers outside broke in and said, "Guo Xuanzhi is here." ”

"Why is Guo Qing here?"

"Old Wei, don't you welcome me?"

"Hurry up, please come in," Wei Qingzong said. Guo Qing is not as good as him, he is still a brigade general, Guo Qing is nothing, and Wang Ju is stacked in the rear. However, Guo Qing came, and Wei Qingzong vaguely felt that things might have taken a turn for the better.

Guo Qing walked in.

Everyone immediately complained: "Guo Xuan, it doesn't matter if we hold the Huanzhou Road, but why do we want to guard this broken fort?" ”

"Hurry up and report to Ming Gong."

"Tell Gong Li about it."

Two theories, Wang Ju took over Gyeongju, only Guo Qing and the two commanders knew, so Ming Gong was used, and the rest of the people didn't know, so Li Gong was used. Anyway, it's all vaguely called, and the others don't pay much attention to it.

"Jiang Yuan, you don't believe Ming Gong either?"

"Nope...... It's just to learn Hu Qian, so there is also a saying, you can't sacrifice in a daze. ”

"I still don't believe it."

"Guo Xuanzhi, take a look at how many soldiers we have left."

"It's really difficult, but Ming Gong asked me to come to explain it to everyone."

"When will he be able to put down the shelf and explain." One of them scoffed.

"No...... By the way, you don't know yet, now Gyeongju Zhiju is not Li Gong. ”

"Who's that?"

"Wang Zian."

"How could it be...... So why did Ming Gong arrange it this way? ”

More than a dozen mid-level generals didn't believe it together, but then they did. As many Baojie troops were sent to the front, they all knew that Wang Ju had come to Gyeongju, but when they saw Wang Ju return to Ningzhou, they thought that Wang Ju was serving in Ningzhou.

Now that Guo Qing said this, maybe the imperial court has made some new moves, after all, the situation in Gyeongju is very tense, and at this time, we can't talk about any qualifications, but we need people who understand military affairs to command the Gyeongju Campaign. But if Wang Ju is the governor of Gyeongju, this arrangement is very unreasonable, and he is not a person who does not know soldiers.

"Ladies and gentlemen. Listen to me explain to you on behalf of Ming Gong. That's right. For the time being, it is better not to disclose this news to the soldiers. ”

"Okay. Then tell us why you want to do it. "All of them said.

"Okay."

Guo Qing told what happened.

The initial plan was started after Wang Ju and Zhang Qi met in Luoyang, but it was only a preliminary discussion at that time. Then the two went to Mihara and began to formulate a detailed battle plan.

But that's just an approximate scenario.

This is like Wang Quanbin and Liu Guangyi attacking Shu, before leaving, Zhao Kuangyin gave Liu Guangyi a bag of tips to Cao Bin, who supervised the army, and asked him to open it when he approached Kuizhou. Liu Guangyi approached Kuizhou, Cao Bin opened the bag, and Zhao Kuangyin ordered them to go ashore immediately. Then go ashore and rush west. The Shu army also thought that the Song army continued to move west from the waterway. A pontoon bridge was laid on the surface of the Kuizhou River, and three fences were also weighted, and at the same time, a large number of trebuchets were arranged in the river cannons. Who knew that the Song army almost did not send scouts to investigate, so they quickly docked the ship and rushed ashore, but as a result, the arrangement of Shu did not work at all, and the defense line was lost.

Therefore, later generations repeatedly used this incident to talk about things, saying that if Zhao Kuangyi did not kill Zhao Kuangyin, maybe the Northern Song Dynasty would not be so weak.

Maybe.

But if Zhao Kuangyin really looks at the map, he can win thousands of miles away? If that's the case. Why didn't you look at the map and take Nantang down? It was a dangerous battle. I was almost ready to retire. There is also Taiyuan, Zhao Kuangyin personally attacked, but he did not take it.

Therefore, even if the two chapters and kings are combined, it is impossible to be so exaggerated. However, both of them are very clear-headed, and they have no intention of winning thousands of miles away like this. It can only be said that the approximate plan will be worked out.

At the same time, Wang Ju sent a large number of scouts to secretly go to the front line to investigate, including Huanzhou, Murong of Huanzhou. At that time, I didn't think of anything else, the main thing to inquire about was Murong's attitude towards the Song Dynasty, after all, if Murong supported it, it would undoubtedly increase a lot of strength, and their influence in Huanzhou was too great. Since he was staring at Murong, he must have been staring at some of Murong's thorns. It turns out that Wang Ju and Zhang Ji are both in Gyeongju, although they are not as familiar with Huanju as they are with Gyeongju, but they know a little.

And Liu Changzuo also attaches great importance to scouts, and deliberately trains for a long time. As a result, under the pervasive probing of these scouts, they heard some bad news.

But this scout was also not confirmed.

Later, before the handover, Wang Ju appeared in that valley.

But it can only be said that the commanders of the battalions knew that Wang Ju had been handed over, and they had to hide it from their subordinates. As for the specific plan, they are not very clear, including the brigade generals. Wang Ju only said part of it, and then listened to their opinions, and the decision-makers were still Wang Ju and Zhang Ji. But it's also normal, otherwise how can you distinguish between handsome generals? Not to mention Murong who has not yet been confirmed, saying it can only make everyone worry in vain, and it is useless.

Therefore, in the Tiandi newspaper before yesterday, the enemy's marching route marked by Wang Ju from Huai'an Town to Slush Castle is still a dotted line.

If there is no part of Murong to betray the side response, even if Renduo Lingding has strong soldiers and horses, he may not be able to take Huanzhou, but will be out of touch with the entire main force.

Therefore, it was estimated at that time that Renduo Lingding would definitely attack Fort Merry, and Slush Fort was still unknown.

If you open Fort Meili, you can connect with the main army of Liang Yibury under Rouyuan Village. But then, the pressure on Fort Murray was heavier, and they were going to hold out until one day after Operation Gao Min, and it was still two days. If he comes one day earlier, then he will have to hold on for three days, and if he comes two days early, he may have to hold on for four days.

Of course, Fort Merry is a little more perfect, but that doesn't matter, this is the inevitable focus of the Tangut people's attack, no matter how the Song Dynasty deploys defenses, it will not be strange that Renduo is scattered.

In fact, Donggu Yan can't avoid this catastrophe either, that is, tomorrow......

However, there is another possibility.

That is, the news of the scout's inquiry is correct, then Renduo Lingding will definitely attack Slush Castle. This consequence is that only Chonggu will come to the rescue, that is, Chonggu will not rescue, and the Western Xia soldiers will be under the Xigu Fortress, and Chonggu must also send reinforcements to rescue.

Huanzhou was originally empty of troops, as long as a few battalions of officers and soldiers were drawn to help, it would be even more empty.

At that time, Murong will be able to have a seizure, don't forget, there is also a rugged path leading to Huanzhou in Slush Castle, and under normal circumstances, the Western Xia people would not take this path. However, there was Murong betrayal in the back, and the two armies were sandwiched, and Huanzhou would be lost.

"Then why can't we arm in advance?" One of them asked.

"How to arm? Even if Renduo Lingding is a partial army, they still have an army of 70,000 or 80,000, even if the army is divided into two routes, it is far superior to the strength of Huanzhou. As long as we set up a defense in Slush Castle, the Tangut people will know that Ren Duo Ling Ding Fei is a general of Liang Yi and others. As long as they divide their forces and return to the Tokugawa Road, what will be the role of these defenses at that time? The solution is not to arm, and it cannot be armed, the real bane is this part of Murong. ”

"I understand, tomorrow the Zhijun will lead the army to the rescue, and the rear troops will be empty, so ......"

"That's right, so Zhang Tong sentenced you to hold on for two days no matter what. Solve the root problem of the rear first, you will not retreat to Xigu, and after hearing the news the day after tomorrow, he will not storm Slush Castle. ”

But this is impossible, and when Ren Duo Ling Ding hears the news and then confirms the news, it will be the afternoon of the day after tomorrow, and he will not be able to hold on tomorrow, let alone the day after tomorrow.

"But if that's the case, tomorrow their attack will be even more violent......," Wei Qingzong said worriedly.

"It's inevitable, but that's what I'm here for. Please organize the seriously wounded soldiers immediately, and I will reveal the truth after the third watch. (To be continued......) R1292