"That's Helan Mountain," Wang Ju stood at the head of the city and looked northwest, it was not visible from Yanzhou, it was really not far away, if it was a small group of lightly armed cavalry, it did not need to carry logistics, starting from dawn, and it would be possible to reach Helan Mountain at dusk.

But it is this distance, for the current Song Jun, it is still the end of the world.

Yan Da also sighed, what a good opportunity, just gave up.

Yang Wenguang said: "There are also capable people in Western Xia, although Renduo Lingding was defeated, but in Xiaochuan, he actually reorganized the defeated army, and seemed to have said something, which made many Xia soldiers cry bitterly, and then went all the way south. ”

Among the generals of the Song Army, Yang Wenguang can only be regarded as a second-rate famous general, not as good as Liu Changzuo and other generals. However, every time he saw him, Wang Ju couldn't help but think of the Yang generals in later generations.

But Lao Yang also has two brushes, and he immediately sees the essence of things.

Don't think that Western Xia was defeated, if it was a powerful general who organized the three armies and became a mourning army, then it would be a headache. Of course, there are too many Song troops in Yanzhou now, and as long as the Song army does not continue to advance westward, they will not dare to come over and counterattack. But Dong Yu may have some headaches.

However, this is good, it is finally the turn of the Song Dynasty to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

However, the war between Renduo Lingding and Dong Yu will break out in a few days, and although that line allows Renduo Lingding to mobilize reinforcements into mourning soldiers, they have to eat and drink, so they have to squeeze the people and raise food and grass logistics. Anyway, in the next year or two, the people of Western Xia may live a hellish life.

Liang Yishu led his men to flee to Lingzhou, where they were heavily guarded. Wang Ju didn't think about Lingzhou at all, but Liang Yibury was scared. Liang was even more scared.

Wang Ju looked funny. Therefore, let Qu Zhen lead a light horse. Starting from midnight, at dawn, he suddenly jumped under Lingzhou City, so that Lingzhou City seemed to be about to blow up the camp. However, Qu Zhen didn't dare to stay long, yelled a few words outside the city, and turned the horse back.

But Wang Ju's task is still very heavy in the past few days, and he has to draw a clear line first. Those who can occupy it must be occupied, and those who cannot be occupied must not be greedy.

He had discussed it with Zhang Qi before. Then, according to the confessions of the captured generals of Western Xia, he was corrected again, and now he sent the generals to the field to conduct repeated investigations before making a final decision.

In the end, we have to draw a clear plan, and we have to build a lot of forts.

For example, Huanzhou side, first of all, it is necessary to start from the Baima River, Wang Ju will set the front line in Ziziping, which is fifty miles away from Hongdezhai Road, located on the bank of the Baima River. It's a place of danger. However, it is too far away from Hongdezhai, so it is necessary to choose a village in the middle. So he chose another treacherous place to the south, Gray Jiazui. But these three villages are in a straight line, or very thin, so Wang Ju and the generals chose the Zigzag Ping west side of the forty miles of Xu Dingtai to put another fort, here can control the Xixia Cattle Pen in the north, and control the Qiang Hui and the city in the west. But in order to connect with Papaya Fort, you have to choose a small fort between ZigZag Ping and Papaya Fort.

This is the first line, and with these four forts, the Baimachuan Road will be controlled to death.

There is also a large fort to be built on the side of the Guide River, and this terrain is relatively difficult to choose and too open. Therefore, the auxiliary must also build a fort between Guide and Gray Jiazui, and a small fort should also be built on the west side of Gray Tsui, and then build a road to connect these forts, then Guide Chuan will be blocked by the Song army.

Papaya Fort is still in front, but this time it is no longer alone in front, but forming a chain defensive front.

Secondly, go to Tongsaichuan Road, Tongzhai Chuandao takes the enemy's Jingbian Village as the apex, followed by the three forks of Mengmen, where is really important. So if you want to protect the three forks of Mengmen, you must build another fort between Xigu and Mengmen three forks, and build a fort on the side of Mengmen Sancha Huoluogou, and also build a fort under the ancient Great Wall, because the road in this area is not as wide as Tongsaichuan, but it is also a relatively wide ditch. Six forts were placed, and Tongsaichuan was also strangled.

This is a defense, but from here, it begins to extend upwards and officially occupy Yokoyama. It has been until the west side of Hengshan Mountain, and it has been extended to the end of seventy-five miles upstream of Luoshui Jintang City, and in this area, Wang Ju intends to build nineteen forts in a row.

And the cost was not very large, it just so happened that he had a large number of prisoners of war in his hands, which could be used as free labor.

Although thirty-two additional forts were built.

Because most of these forts are located in dangerous places, there is no need to station many soldiers.

And with the completion of the construction of these forts, even Dashun City and Rouyuan Village have become the rear, and the strength of these forts is enough to support the garrison of the forts on the front line.

In the future, if Western Xia wants to attack Huanqing Erzhou, let's pass through Hengshan first. This Hengshan is also the turn of the Western Xia people to taste the bitterness.

However, before building these forts, it is necessary to find out the movements of each village.

Therefore, the war did not stop, but the scale was very small, and the villages that were attacked were rarely strong, and they were almost swept with the speed of killing chickens with knives.

Wang Ju provided some livestock and vehicles, and after each catty was transported to the five forts, the government would provide ten yuan, or cloth and tea and other living utensils equivalent to ten yuan.

In fact, this is tantamount to a disguised subsidy, and the distance from Yanzhou to the five designated forts is less than 300 miles. The farthest is Huai'an Town, less than 500 miles, but this road is the widest and smoothest avenue, and almost ninety and a half of the roads are in very good condition.

Moreover, the people of Hengshan also have some livestock vehicles in their hands, and this is not illegal salt, but can be transported in a big way, and Wang Ju will also send officers and soldiers along the way to provide some convenience, including providing food and water.

In a month, the net income of each household can reach at least a dozen yuan, and if there are many people in the family, more livestock, and more vehicles, the income can even reach more than 100 yuan, more than 200 yuan.

This is also helpless, the Xia people in the Hengshan area are too poor. If we don't improve their lives, it will still be difficult to govern in the future. If the internal is unstable, it is easy to be bewitched by the Tangut people, if that, the inside should be combined with the outside, and the Hengshan Zhubao will not be peaceful in the future.

Even if the quantity ordered later was large, Wang Ju also planned to let the people of Huanqing Erzhou come to participate, so as to transport the green salt to the five designated locations as quickly as possible.

However, Huang Hua is negotiating in the rear. No accurate reply has been sent.

"Let's go down." Wang Ju said.

He went down to the city. The generals will convene the meeting.

It's time to say something.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have gathered you here for three things. First of all, I would like to consult with you, I have invited some scholars and painters from Gyeongju City, and the scholars will sort out the heroic deeds of you and your respective subordinates based on your statements, and make up stories to spread them. The painter is according to your appearance. Draw their respective portraits, and then I send someone to make porcelain figures and sell them. The proceeds from this sale will be used to subsidize the families of the martyrs who died in the war, as well as the future lives of the seriously injured and disabled. ”

"This is good," Wang Junwan said excitedly.

Wang Ju smiled bitterly, he found that he could say to everyone without discussion, where is there a talk of portrait rights now?

The other generals are also very happy, and if this is not good, it will be a hundred years old. Think about how the war was fought hundreds of years later, and take out these storybooks. That's how it was beaten, what did people look like. When the porcelain figure takes it out, it looks like this, and it's exciting to think about it.

"That's good...... Let me say the second thing, I am very disgusted with the false declaration of war exploits, and this time the reward is very rich, here is the list of meritorious soldiers of all armies, please check again, if there is no objection, I will report to the imperial court tomorrow. ”

Wang Ju brought up the roster of meritorious service of each army, and this roster was sorted out by him, Miao Zhu, Liu Changzuo, Wang Junwan, Dou Shunqing and more than 100 subordinates for a long time before it was sorted out.

According to the various armies, the rosters of each army were distributed to the generals, so that they could go back and read them.

This will not be submitted until tomorrow, if there is no objection, it will be sent to the capital tomorrow, if there is any objection, then it may be said.

Wang Ju continued: "I'll say the third thing, Zhou Zhijun, and General, Jingyuan Road sent 20,000 soldiers and horses, although it is said that the Western Xia army is empty at this time, but just in case, except for General Guo and General Zhao to stay to help me, you have to return to Weizhou with the second batch of 10,000 troops." ”

Zhou Yongqing and He Bin nodded.

That's a serious matter, and there is no need for so many soldiers and horses now.

"But these 10,000 soldiers and horses have been rewarded a lot by Duke Cai because of the attack on Tiandu Mountain, so I only rewarded them with ten yuan alone, what do you think?"

It's not too thick, but including Cai Ting's earlier reward, as well as the upcoming court reward, this 10,000 Song army will also be satisfied. Especially the Tiandu Mountain line, it is simply a fat mess, if there is no Gyeongju containment, then this good thing comes?

The two had no objections.

Wang Ju continued: "General Miao, General Qu, General Zhao, you also have to return to Qinzhou, you are needed over there. ”

There were not many soldiers and horses from Qinzhou, only a hundred horsemen, and more than a dozen people.

But Qinzhou needs them to lead troops and train them in order to prepare for the next development of the Xihe River.

The three nodded silently.

Of course, they are still very happy in their hearts, they come and go, their values are very different, when they come, they are almost unknown like Zhao Long and Qu Zhen, and when they go back, they go back with a lot of military achievements.

Also going back were Wang Junwan and Liu Changzuo, as well as the 86th Battalion Baojie.

Zheng Baiqu spring comes early, spring ploughing production is about to begin, these Baojie half soldiers and half farmers, can not be delayed, although not so urgent, but nearly 40,000 main troops to go back, that will involve a series of troop movements, and even leave a part of the troops as appropriate, so from now on, we must prepare. Then the imperial edict came down, and it was time to go back.

Yang Wenguang is a Zhizhou, and he also wants to go back, but he only goes back with two battalions of soldiers and horses, otherwise the troops here will be even weaker.

The rest of the people are still left for the time being, but Wang Ju has drawn out 2 million guan of the forts along the way, as well as more than 3 million guan of wealth captured from Yanzhou, and distributed 2 million guan to the Song army of the returning camps, and 1 million guan will be used to rebuild the homes of the people of Huanqing and build the forts. In addition to these wealth, there are also some large livestock that will be allocated to the families of martyrs and seriously injured soldiers after the green salt is transported, as well as the "donations" of several major workshops promised by Wang Ju, and a part of them will also be allocated to these officers and soldiers. The latter people distributed the profits of private salt, the profits of the spoils of war, and the successive "donations".

But they have gained more than that, and the court will definitely allocate a large amount of rewards in the future.

After the discussion, Wang Ju said, "Send the martyrs home." ”

The generals walked out together, stood solemnly on both sides of the street, and then watched as the Baojie military vehicle pulled a pair of coffins to the south.

There are not many soldiers who died in this battle in Yanzhou, mainly in Huanju and Gyeongju, although there are great victories, there are also many officers and soldiers who sleep forever in this yellow earth.

Some of the people in the city came out curiously to watch.

In fact, under the constraints of Wang Ju, the Song army entered Yanzhou City, and did not do evil, but only plundered the wealth of various large households, even if these large households did not resist, they did not hurt people's lives.

One of the best is that there is no violation of women.

However, the harvest is not cheap, after all, Yanzhou is the main production area of green salt, and there are many large households engaged in the private salt business and have earned a lot of wealth.

But whether they love it or hate it, Wang Ju doesn't care.

War is war, the so-called righteousness is just a reason to feel at ease and boost morale, and the so-called justice is only the justice of the strong! Did the Yuan Dynasty have justice, did the Qing Dynasty have justice, but they are strong, they are justice and Zhengshuo! But no matter what, there must be at least a bottom line. At least Wang Ju asked himself, he kept this bottom line.

It's just that these people are at a loss in their eyes, Yanzhou is close to Gyeongju, and the proportion of Ding Zhuang drawn is also very high, and Western Xia was defeated, and these people also secretly wept at home. But who can blame? Only the Western Xia was allowed to attack and plunder the Song Dynasty, but the Song Dynasty was not allowed to attack and plunder the Western Xia? Moreover, in terms of benevolence and righteousness, the Song army did far better than the Western Xia. If it had been replaced by Western Xia, it would have entered the city to burn and loot, and it would have become a mess, not like it is now.

Wang Ju glanced at them, and then said: "Yelong Basheng, you convey an order to the rear, if the table is good, when the forts are repaired, there will be no more green salt, and some prisoners of war can be released back as appropriate." ”

"Ahh The wild dragon was surprised, these prisoners of war are still waiting to be sold for money, and then released back, will they let them invade again in the future?

"Give them a motivation, besides, there are some people in the DPRK who are very benevolent......"

"Benevolence is a ghost," Yelong Basheng scolded, why are you benevolent to foreigners, there are still many people in your own house who have no food and clothing, hunger and cold.

"This is called rather giving friends to than domestic slaves, which is one of the fine traditions of scholars."

Miao Zhu listened happily on the side.

Not to mention, it's a bit like that.

The last coffin walked by, and Wang Ju whispered, "Everyone, go all the way." ”

Although he had seen too many dead people, at this moment, his eyes were still a little moist......

…………

Wang Ju was just a little sad, but some people were so worried that their hair turned white.

Not far away is Xingqing Mansion.

Liang Yi asked Liang Yongneng: "Yongneng, how can you explain this time?" ”

Of course, he didn't know Wang Ju's plans, although the scouts came back to report that the Song army was preparing to start building a fort in Hengshan. But he didn't have anything to do, and he was even afraid that Wang Ju would be tricky again, and the fort repair was fake, and he was ready to continue to attack Lingzhou City.

"Demons, demons."

Whether it's a demon or not, how can I say it this time?

Liang Yongneng pondered and said, "Now there is only one plan. ”

"What's the plan?"

"Woe to the East."

"To the east, ......" Liang Yi shuddered.

"It's not to the east, it's a man to the east."

"Yongneng, that man?"

"Song Ji!" (To be continued......)