"What are you talking about?" Zhou Yongqing was very interested in this flag slogan.

Gao Min asked the guards to bring a booklet, this time, there are two things he has been careful to keep with the guards, one is the telescope, and the other is this booklet. If he dies in battle, Xiang Fang will take over, so this booklet and telescope will also be handed over to Xiang Fang. If Xiang Fang dies in battle, it will be handed over to Qi Zhong. If the three armies are destroyed, then they must be destroyed, whether they surrender or do not yield. And let the guard, who kept the pamphlet, not go to fight.

It was only at this moment that this booklet came in handy, which first talked about how to use the hot air balloon and then drew pictures.

In fact, in the valley that day, Wang Ju also asked the guards to demonstrate, but this is a new thing, and everyone may not be able to understand it after watching it once. This is followed by a detailed flag message.

According to the above marking, Gao Min said: "Just now Gyeongju sent a message to ask Rouyuan Village, is there any change in the enemy?" Rouyuanzhai replied that it was normal. ”

In fact, this is very important, when it comes to this, the Tanguts may withdraw their troops, but withdrawing at this time is obviously not what Wang Ju wants. Therefore, let Song Ji go, so he made a fool of himself, and dragged Xia Jun for a few days first.

Wang Ju guessed the time in Gyeongju, and used the convenience of a hot air balloon to inquire about Rouyuan Village.

Rouyuanzhai immediately replied.

Zhou Yongqing opened his mouth wide and was speechless for a long time. From Gyeongju to Rouyuan Village, and then to N to back, how far away, but with this thing, just a while, the news came back, faster than flying with long wings.

"This battle was fought ......," Zhou Yongqing didn't know what to say.

But there must be some conditions, if the technology is a little more advanced, it will be bombarded. The hot air balloon blew up. Or Western Xia had a large number of bed crossbows. Shoot at it. Sooner or later, it will be shot. It's not in Gyeongju, and there aren't so many forts, so there's still no way to communicate with each other. But now the northeast to Dashun City, the southeast to Fengchuan Yan, the northwest to Mengmen Sancha, Papaya Fort, southwest to Gyeongju City, Fucheng Walled, this quadrangular theater, if pulled into a straight line. The maximum length will not exceed 100 li, and there can be more than a dozen important fortresses, so this tactic can be implemented in this special environment. If you change it somewhere else, it won't work again.

But the army is impermanent and the water is impermanent, do you still want to find a standard victory mode on the battlefield?

Yes, that is, first train your army into an iron army, this is the fundamental.

As for the standard victory mode of the tactics, don't think about it.

And many tactics of warfare. For example, Liu Yu's Moon Array can only become an eternal swan song. Because there are no special conditions to support it.

Zhou Yongqing looked at it for a while, and then got down to business.

He gathered the nearby villagers together and said, "Folks, I'm sorry to frighten you. ”

The more politely he spoke, the more frightened the villagers became, and some of them actually cried in fright.

Zhou Yongqing had no choice but to say loudly: "What are you crying about, I will let you go home immediately." ”

This sentence worked, and the crying immediately stopped.

"And you're really home from now on. But the home I am talking about is not the home you think, but a big home, that is the Great Song Dynasty. ”

However, the villagers became frightened again, and the Western Xia was very cruel to the betrayed tribes.

"Why do you say that," Zhou Yongqing ignored the thoughts in their hearts, and continued: "You think you are the people of Western Xia, then let me ask you again, is this the territory of Western Xia?" No, since ancient times, it has been Chinese territory. The Western Xia people were in Dingnan Sizhou, but at that time, our dynasty started a war with the Liao State, so that Li Jiqian took the opportunity to occupy it. And the territory of Western Xia is not in the four states of Dingyan, but in the Tang Dynasty's Songzhou and Dajishi Mountain, where are the current Tibetan tribes. It was only when the Chinese Mercy Party was attacked by the Tibetans that some territory was withdrawn from the northwest to settle the various party departments. Of course, some of you are also party members, but you defected to China, you are Chinese, not Tuoba Li family people. Moreover, now that the Liang clan is dictatorship in Western Xia, they are not even members of the Tuoba Li family, nor are they even party members. ”

It's a bit confusing. In particular, Zhou Yongqing deliberately used the word "Chinese" to blur the difference between the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty.

However, after careful analysis, some of these people are Han Chinese, and most of them are Tibetan people, but a very small number of these Tibetan people are descendants of the Tuyuhun people, and many are descendants of the Tuyuhun people, just like the Murong people, which are the descendants of the orthodox Tuyuhun people. But some Murong indiscriminately recognized the godfather, or Xiang Cancan, saying that I was British, or like the Turks, who were obviously descendants of the Uighurs, but recognized the Turks as godfathers, what could the others do?

"Of course, you are worried that you will be retaliated against by the Tanguts in the future, and I will say to you now, and soon this stockade will build a real big stockade to protect your safety. From now on, you can live a life of light taxes like the Chinese. ”

The taxes of ordinary people in the Song Dynasty were not light, but no matter how heavy they were, they were not as heavy as the taxes of the Western Xia, that is, they were not as heavy as those of the Song Dynasty, at least most of the people of the Song Dynasty would not bear heavy military service. Moreover, most of these people are Tibetans, and in the future, the imperial court will at most transfer some Ding Zhuang to be strongmen, where will there be taxes.

If the Song Dynasty can really shelter it, it will indeed be a blessing for these people.

"However, there is one thing, wealth and a happy life are created with your hands, not plundered, and besides, how much wealth did you plunder as Tanguts before? This time, many of your children went to the Song Realm to plunder. What is the result, and what will be the future results? Zhou Yongqing suddenly said in a louder voice.

The result will be very miserable, even if this place belongs to the Song Dynasty in the future, Wang Ju will not plan to release their children back. That's not love, it's injustice, and it's unfair to the people in other regions. Unless you make a big contribution, or you can forgive.

And Zhou Yongqing's statement is also incorrect.

Why the Han people are more industrious is the evolution of the lifestyle over the years.

For example, the Tibetan people, who mostly live by nomadism, drive the cattle and sheep to places with abundant water and grass, and then ride on horses and sing joyful songs, and the cattle and sheep themselves will grow fat. Another example is the barbarians. Burn the mountains and forests. The seeds are sprinkled down. Just harvest after autumn. How comfortable it is for people to be like this. Therefore, it is passed down from generation to generation, and a lazy habit is developed.

How is it possible to let them work like the Han people?

However, this way of life is comfortable, but it depends on the harvest of heaven, so can it be done? Once it doesn't rain, the crops can't grow, it's over, and once the aquatic weeds deteriorate. It's over. Even so lazy that he didn't even want to build a warm livestock shed, so in the cold winter, half of the livestock would immediately freeze to death. Therefore, the more backward you are, the more lazy you are, the more lazy you are, the poorer you are, and the poorer you are, the more barbaric you are.

The Han people over there are very rich, so what should I do, I have to rob and kill. This is where the root lies, just like the current Liaodong Jurchens, who live in the same poverty. But where is the real North Okura, the black land.

It also belongs to the Yokoyama area. The most ferocious place in the entire Western Xia folk style. Of course, they escaped from Hengshan to the Song Dynasty and left their hometown, so they had to become honest. But in Hengshan, then they are the people who even feel a headache in Western Xia.

If he can successfully occupy this area in the future, and want them to integrate with the various ethnic groups in the rear, and can change some of their lifestyles, Wang Ju also has a headache, which can not be done with a few words or a little gift.

This has nothing to do with Zhou Yongqing, he is the intellectuals of the Zhenrong Army, not an official of Gyeongju, just to complete Wang Ju's explanation, so he said: "In the battle yesterday, many of you were killed by the Tanguts with arrows, I will give some compensation to the deceased, and the rest of the people will also give some compensation, take the reward, you each go home." ”

After Zhou Yongqing finished speaking, he took out some materials from the captured materials and distributed them to these people as compensation or bereavement. But these people were released a little late, pacifying and pacifying, and prevention was prevention, until the three thousand soldiers of Papaya Fort left with prisoners of war, war horses and seriously wounded for a long time, Zhou Yongqing let these people go home, so as not to inform the Xixia people that the officers and soldiers on the way were lost.

Watching these people go back one by one, Gao Min brought a bag of wine, sprinkled it in front of a simple coffin, and said softly: "In a few days, you can also go home." ”

At this moment, he was a little sentimental.

But the bones of these martyrs want to go home, there is still a period of time, and the entire Tongsaichuan Road must be unimpeded before they can go home, and then they must defeat the enemy army, that is to say, the battle must end, and the Song army is the victorious side......

If that's the case, when the bones of the martyrs go home, it is also the time when the surrounding people "go home", whether it is Tongsaichuan or Hengshan on the west side, Wang Ju will not give up this time......

But that's just an idea, and you have to eat it bite by bite.

Zhang Ji walked in and said, "Zi'an, there is news from Huai'an Town and Rouyuan Village, saying that there is no other movement in the Xia Army. ”

"Looks like this letter worked." Wang Ju said.

In fact, when it comes to this, Wang Ju has been able to give the court a satisfactory explanation.

It is even said that since Li Ji moved to the founding of the country, Song and Xia have repeatedly fought wars, and a battle with the largest number of casualties has been produced.

However, this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Wang Ju is reluctant to give up, and Zhang Qi is also reluctant to give up.

"You can write a report to the court."

"Yes."

Wang Ju wrote a report, about the number of battles, as well as the casualties on both sides.

In addition, a letter he wrote to Liang Yibury was attached.

You love peace, and you see, I love peace too. It's all hit this one, and I still want to value harmony.

However, the Tangut people no longer know each other, that is, they are extremely vicious, unchangeable, and incurable stubborn bandits, so you can't blame me for being polite.

Therefore, this letter not only made Liang Yibu have a strict misjudgment and prevented some of the more sensible Western Xia generals from withdrawing their troops, but also blocked the mouths of some ministers in the court.

So Wang Jucai endured his anger and released Song Ji back.

However, Song Ji didn't want to have a good end this time, although he was alive, it might be a blessing for the Song Dynasty.

The report was quickly written, and Wang Ju sent it to the court on a fast horse, and then said, "Let's go to the cell and have a look." ”

The prisoners in the prison were emptied, Wang Ju was in the future, and the people of Gyeongju could not organize, but under the onslaught of Song Ji, Gyeongju City was in danger many times, and Zhang Ji had to let some criminals take up arms, go to the city to fight, and use military merits to forgive their sins.

This is also a common practice in feudal dynasties.

But at this time, there were many prisoners in the cell, all of whom were important generals and nobles of Western Xia who had been screened from the prisoners of war.

Wang Ju ordered them to be imprisoned in a prison and sent officials to record them. Tortured by the officials. Ask them about the situation in Western Xia. The terrain trends such as mountains, rivers and rivers, the number of Ding Zhuang of each tribe and their loyalty to the Western Xia, the products and minerals and handicrafts in various parts of the Western Xia, some are useless, and some may be of great use in the future. Others are immediately useful, such as the various information in the Hengshan area in front of Huanqing Road.

Since Wang Ju has the appetite to eat these 300,000 enemy troops, he must also have the appetite to swallow this Hengshan area, if he succeeds. The Song Dynasty would have achieved military superiority in some areas, and even turned the entire Gyeongju into a large rear, so that the people would live and work in peace and contentment, and would no longer have to endure the plundering of the Western Xia.

But this mountainous area is very complicated, the Song army can't do it, and the imperial court doesn't allow him to slaughter all the villages in this mountainous area one by one, so in the future, some tribes will continue to collude with the Western Xia, and the inside and outside should be combined, which will give the defenders a headache.

With this intelligence. Then as a basis, the tribes that have always been dissatisfied with Western Xia immediately wooed. Even if the prisoners of war were screened out, their children were released, and some other care and support were given, and these tribes would become die-hard factions of the Song Dynasty in the future.

Neutral villages have to find ways to win them over, and those villages that are loyal to Western Xia have to find ways to suppress them. In this way, the Song Dynasty occupied Hengshan and could really occupy it.

Also, how many armies are there in Western Xia now, those armies are more brave, those armies are more cowardly, those generals govern the army well, and those generals are cowardly and incompetent, as long as they ask, it will also be of great help to the upcoming general battle.

However, some generals did not confess, so they were severely tortured, beating their fathers and mothers, and some generals were not honest and had different confessions, so they had to wait for severe punishment. It was not until the officials checked each other that they were undoubtedly confirmed, and then the officials sorted out these confessions one by one for archiving.

Most of them will not work later, but some will play an important role in the future. Tomorrow evening, the prisoners of war from the three forks of Mengmen will also be sent to Gyeongju City to be questioned again. Then the approximate information of Western Xia, Wang Ju can fully grasp it.

The two came to the cell, and in order to get accurate information, these officials tortured them very cruelly, and one by one the prisoners of war were beaten to the skin.

Wang Ju waved his hand, asked the officials to stop the torture, summoned these prisoners of war, and said: "I know that you are all people with status in Western Xia, but you are also a person with status in Huanqing Road and Shaanxi Road. Therefore, I gave you a promise, as long as you confessed honestly, you would all be released after the war. Of course, you can also not confess, a certain will not kill you, but the end is that I will go to mine in various pits and mines, and because your identities are a little special, I will deliberately transfer you to my inner belly pit mines to mine, so that you will never want to go back to Western Xia for the rest of your life. ”

There are pros and cons to everything, Wang Ju's sale of prisoners of war can get a lot of money and silk to reward and compensate the soldiers of the three armies, which can completely weaken the number of Ding Zhuang and the army in Western Xia, and can make many people in Western Xia have anti-war feelings. But the disadvantage is that the Tangut people are not forced to surrender and are unwilling to surrender.

Otherwise, more prisoners of war would have been captured in these wars.

However, let Wang Ju choose again, he still chose the original approach.

The pros far outweigh the cons.

In Guanzhong, maybe there is still a chance to go back, if Wang Ju gets them to the Central Plains, or the south, then they will really be mining slaves for a lifetime.

One of the prisoners of war said cautiously: "Prince, are you serious?" ”

He doesn't speak Chinese fluently, but he has a fat head and big ears, and he seems to be a person with status. What identity, Wang Ju didn't deliberately ask, he nodded and said: "The two armies are fighting, mainly Zheng, supplemented by Qi, and some tricks will be used." But to be a man, you must make a promise, when does a certain talk not count? ”

Well, there was no need to torture, and many prisoners of war took the initiative to confess.

Of course, Wang Ju will indeed be released, the more these people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, the more Xixia, the better, and with the signature of the confession, maybe these people will also become the most advantageous weapon of the Song army in the future.

"It's still Ming Gong's way," a Xu official stammered.

"You've done a good job," said Wang Ju, picking up the confessions and going back, there would be a lot of useful information in them, so he had to go back and watch them immediately.

Wang Ju and Zhang Ji were watching the confession, and someone from outside came in to report that Di Yong and Gao Huaizhong were here.

Wang Ju walked out, and the two were looking at the balloons in the sky. This made Wang Ju very complacent, and their main role was to quickly convey information and monitor the enemy army. However, there is another effect, and that is to weaken the morale of the enemy.

Since the hot air balloon rose into the sky. The entire people of Gyeongju City were stunned together. But they are just the people. It can shock both Di Yong and Gao Huaizhong. I believe that the Western Xia side will also be shocked.

"Two generals, come in."

"Oh, oh," the two replied distractedly.

Wang Ju asked them to sit down and roughly explained the plan.

Because the battle plan was revised again.

"The enemy cavalry is mainly in Rouyuan Village," Gao Huaizhong said. Wang Ju changed the plan again, it doesn't matter, he has the right to change the plan. However, this plan changes. made Gao Huaizhong feel a little afraid. Because the original plan was that the enemy's right flank, that is, the army of Renduo Lingding, would annihilate this Xia army first, and then the three armies would force towards Rouyuan Village, plus Anjiang Fort would give way, and Western Xia would have a way back, so the Xia army would flee to White Leopard City under unfavorable circumstances.

The Song army then pursued and fought, and this great victory was achieved. It is also in line with the art of war. But now the plan has changed to hit the enemy's left flank first, and the difficulty is invisibly increasing. But Gao Huaizhong can't say that I'm afraid, so I can only say the enemy's cavalry.

Wang Ju said: "The number of cavalry brought by Western Xia is also quite large. However, it was for the siege of the city, and our army was compressed in various forts. In addition, the consumption of war horses is large, and we have strong walls and clear fields, so most of the troops sent out are mainly foot soldiers. Including the two enemy forces under Yerak Town and Gyeongju City. ”

The battle of Dashun City was the enemy's rear force, so the number of cavalry was also small. Brother Runing under Anjiang Fort walked on a small road, and almost all of them were foot soldiers. Therefore, in several night raids, the only Xia army with a large number of real cavalry was the part of the three forks of Mengmen.

Therefore, Liang Yi buried a very high proportion of cavalry under his tent.

A large number of cavalry also means strong combat effectiveness.

But Wang Ju continued: "However, as far as cavalry is concerned, the proportion of cavalry under Renduo Ling Ding is higher, although they have a smaller number of troops. ”

After all, most of the three armies under Renduo Lingding's tent were armies on the west side of the river, and they came after a long journey, so they must be mainly cavalry. But this Wang Ju didn't explain, he said: "In the Qingli Songxia War, Fulin Road was unique, and there were several great victories, and the two most brilliant victories were in Tumaochuan. Why did Zhang Kang, Zhe Jimin, and Zhang Qi choose to fight in Tumaochuan after the first battle between Wang Kai and Zhang Yu? ”

Gao Huaizhong shook his head.

Zhang Qi shook his head, it's really not good, Wang Ju has reminded him, and he still can't figure it out? It seems that Liu Changzuo is going to be reminded.

These two battles were fought extremely brilliantly, especially there were many iron harriers in the Xia army, but Zhang Yu and Zhang Kang won more with less, and defeated the cavalry with infantry, and defeated the Xia army, including the Xia army led by Li Yuanhao himself. But there is a reason for this, not only morale, and command, but also one thing, and that is the terrain. In general, the Rabbit Hair River is flat but narrow, and if it is a small army fighting, the cavalry will have the advantage. However, a large army fought, and the cavalry was not easy to give full play to the advantages of the cavalry in this narrow and narrow Pingchuan area. Therefore, our army won two great battles. ”

"Another example is the several wars in Qingli, as well as the Song-Xia War in recent years, how many Western Xia cavalry have played an advantage? On the contrary, in the Battle of Hequ, the Western Xia cavalry gave full play to their advantage, so they defeated the 100,000 army of the Liao State. The reason is simple, the terrain is not conducive to the play of cavalry. ”

Gyeongju is the same, with the terrain of Liangshan as the mainstay, mixed with a small number of small river areas, such as the river area on both sides of the Yanqing River, which is relatively flat, but it is relatively not very wide, and at least it cannot provide space for tens of thousands of cavalry to gallop vertically and horizontally.

But it can't be said that the cavalry doesn't work, put it on Hebei Road, with a cavalry in hand, that role will be infinite.

Even in the mountainous areas on both sides of Hengshan, the cavalry still has a role, if it were not for the speed of the cavalry, how could Li Yuanhao lead the Song army by the nose, so as to achieve three great victories at Sanchuankou, Haoshuichuan and Dingchuan?

It's just that no matter how good the knife is, it also depends on whether the martial arts of the person holding the knife are high, and if it is not high, it will give them the best Xia Guo sword, and they will not be able to kill anyone.

Now whether it is cavalry or a huge force, it is buried in Liang Yi's hands and buried.

This Wang Ju couldn't explain, only one thing, the battle was coming, and there would be many enemy cavalry on the battlefield, but the power was not as great as Gao Huaizhong imagined.

"It's only three days, how can you get there?"

All the officers and men of the Yongxing Army in the rear rushed to Ningzhou together. However, now Wang Ju's request is that they go around from Ningzhou to the southwest corner of Fangzhou, and then insert into Zhiluo County, and secretly rush from Zhiluo County to Fengchuan. This detour is nearly 300 miles, and there are many roads that are not easy to walk. So Gao Huaizhong raised another question.

"Bring five days' worth of dry food and travel light."

"It's light, and it's a bit ......heavy," Gao Huaizhong said with a little dissatisfaction. It's cold, at least you have to have a tent, you have to have a quilt to keep out the cold. How do you maintain a marching speed of more than three miles a day?

"Throw down the tents, take the mattresses, twilight comes, the three armies rest, and send people to cut down wood and build bonfires to keep warm." Wang Ju was impatient, and said rudely: "This is a military order, if it is not implemented, the military law will be punished." If you fail to arrive within three days, you will be punished by military justice. Think about how the Han and Tang armies marched and fought on the northern desert, this difficulty is bitter, how did you lead the three armies? ”

Gao Huaizhong didn't dare to make a sound, Wang Ju also had an official position as a pacification envoy on Shaanxi Road on top of him, don't look at him as the commander of the Yongxing Army, Wang Juru made a killing move, and if he killed him, he would be killed in vain. And it's not as good as Di Qing's subordinates back then. At least there are some people who are upset for Jiaoyong, if Wang Ju puts a big hat on himself, who will fight for himself?

Di Yong asked on the side: "What if the Western Xia withdraws its troops?" ”

This casualty is almost at the critical point of Western Xia, so it is very difficult to say. If Western Xia withdraws its troops within these two days, and Wang Ju writes that letter again, it will be difficult to start. Of course, their hard march is also a waste of expression. (To be continued......)