Yang Zhi smiled and said: "Lord Liu, Yue Fei's army is already at the end of the crossbow, isn't it good to end the war with such a big victory as it is now? As long as we attack Xingzhou, we can't turn a blind eye to Hexi, but I think that if we can't fight the war to destroy the country, taking Helan Mountain first is more important than taking the lonely city of Xingzhou, after all, we can't slaughter the city, take Xingzhou, we have to consider the survival of those 100,000 people, seeing that the autumn harvest is over, it will be winter." ”

"This?" Liu Tao understood that for Yang Zhi, taking Helan Mountain, the city of Western Xia was almost in the bag, and he could fight as he wanted; if after a winter, the strength in Xingzhou City would be worn out again, and it would be more beneficial for Yang Zhi's later attack. But for Zhao Kai, the significance of Xingzhou is even more significant, in the eyes of ordinary people, the capture of Xingzhou is equivalent to the destruction of Western Xia, and Zhao Kai's great achievements can be spread all over the world at once.

However, when it comes to the overall strategy and layout, Liu Kai also knows that his ability to fight a war is not on the same level as Yang Zhi's, so he can only look at Zhao Kai and ask Zhao Kai to dissuade Yang Zhi; Zhao Kai came to Weizhou today just to let Yang Zhi go according to his own ideas? As for the thoughts of the people below, Zhao Kai does not care at all, but Zhao Kai cannot but attach importance to Yang Zhi's ideas. Zhao Kai asked: "Do you plan to choose Shazhou and other places to cut off Li Renxiao's way to flee west?"

Yang Zhi thought for a while and said: "No, it is not possible to attack Xingzhou without 200,000 people now, and there is no talk of interception at all; my target is Helan Mountain and Liangzhou, Xingzhou is currently a place that must be defended in Western Xia, and in the case of insufficient troops, even Brother Richard can only draw troops from Shazhou, Ganzhou, and other places, and after our army captures Helan Mountain, it will be easier to conquer the prefectures in Hexi. And once Xixia loses this year's harvest in Hexi, Xingzhou will gather more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians, and in one winter, it will become a source of water. ”

Wang seemed to hear something: "Could it be that the army has already been dispatched?"

Yang Zhi nodded and said: "Wang De has already been dispatched, and Yang Jin's first division has captured five walled forts in the northeast of Helan Mountain, and is planning to jointly attack Dazhai in Helan Mountain. Once Helan Mountain is occupied, we can force the men and horses of the military supervisors on the West Road of Xixia to defend a few cities, Liu Qi can turn defense into attack, and we can compete with Xixia for the grain of the autumn harvest.

In order to reverse the war, Western Xia will definitely compete with us in Beilingzhou, which is also the purpose of me letting Li Heng go, which is to consume the strength of the other party. Yue Fei concentrated the cavalry in order to cover Yang Yizhong's attack on Liangzhou, and when Dingyan Mansion sent reinforcements to Liangzhou or Xingzhou, he went north directly, and if the Dingyan army did not turn back, he would take Dingnan Mansion in one go. ”

With the map provided by Zhang Yanyi, Wang De and Yang Jin's attack on Helan Mountain went smoothly, and they almost cleared the opponent point by point. Yang Zhi arranged for Yang to go to Helan Mountain, not only because Yang Jin's subordinates had many bandits, but because he wanted to find the whereabouts of Xie Shi and Sun Li and his party, whether Xie Shi was looking for silver mines by himself, or with the help of the power of a certain powerful person in Western Xia, Yang Zhi had to find him; in order to assist Yang Jin, Yang Zhi ordered Wu Song to bring a group of masters to accompany Yang Jin to deal with unexpected needs.

Yang Zhi did not say his true purpose, but just hung up the map, and said that the current battle in Helan Mountain, according to intelligence, there are still 4,000 Xixia troops in Xixia Dazhai, and 20,000 Dingbei troops have an absolute advantage; This is a more secure way to play than a direct attack on Xingzhou.

Zhao Kai has always felt strange that Yang Zhi did not come to Xingzhou City in person, but now when he sees the layout of the front line, he understands that in Yang Zhi's plan, only Quduan's troops are really coming to Xingzhou City, Yue Fei is actually responsible for cutting off the reinforcements on the West Road and waiting for the opportunity to enter Dingyan Mansion; Liu Ziyu is responsible for cutting off Xia Jin's contact, and Li Heng is directly going to Beilingzhou to help in the war. Zhao Kai couldn't find fault, but he was dissatisfied in his heart.

Seeing that Zhao Kai was groaning, Liu Tao guessed Zhao Kai's thoughts, and deliberately asked Zhang Shen suspiciously: "As for being so troublesome? Isn't it good to take Xingzhou directly? If Yang Shuai goes north with all his strength and directly takes Xingzhou, there will be no such thing as these small belly chicken intestines." ”

Zhang Shen is also an old fox, how could he be led by Liu Tao, and said with a smile: "Yang Shuai's purpose is in Hexi, Liangzhou, Helansi, and Dingnanfu, so that the power of Western Xia will be limited to the line of Ganzhou and Xingzhou, and it can be divided and attacked in the future." As for Xingzhou, after this winter, if the city can't recapture Beilingzhou, Quduan should still have the ability to fight it alone, this is a blunt knife to cut meat, relying on kung fu. ”

Cao Qianli shook his head and said: "Food is equally important to us, Shaanxi Zhifu Division is in a hurry to harvest the crops in Hexi, just to solve their own difficulties, and then wait for the Western Xia army to take the initiative to come to the door in the following winter." As for Xingzhou, if 200,000 troops are mobilized, not to mention that Shaanxi's troops are insufficient, even grain and grass will not be supplied. ”

Lu Yi smiled in surprise: "Lord Cao, you are so sharp-eyed, our Yang Shuai's little caution is really seen by you." ”

Cao Qianli waved his hand and said: "How can I have this ability, Cai Suitian said, he is in Weizhou, you don't plan to hide your thoughts, Yang Zhi wants to force Xingzhou to surrender, so as to maintain the prosperity of Xingzhou and not get an empty city." I just chatted with Cai Suitian a few more words. ”

Cao Qianli made it clear at this time that he was doing Yang Zhi a great favor, but Yang Zhi knew Cao Qianli's character very well, and he would never take the initiative to do things contrary to Zhao Kai's opinion. Thinking of Zhao Kai coming with such fanfare, Yang Zhi suddenly understood that Zhao Kai was not against his battle plan, but Zhao Kai could do things that he couldn't do.

Shaanxi Zhifu Division's troops are insufficient, grain and grass are tight, for Zhao Kai, that is not a thing, the entire Dingbei Army has the rich land in Hedong and Hezhong, these places have not fought for two years, and the soldiers have more than enough food and grass, even if they send 100,000 to 150,000 troops, there is no problem, plus Quduan, Li Heng, Li Yanxian, Liu Ziyu and other departments on the front line, it is not impossible for Zhao Kai to command an army to attack Xingzhou alone.

It's just that in this way, the credit for receiving Fuzhou lies on Zhao Kai himself or someone else; thinking about this, Yang Zhi calmed down, and asked with a smile in his eyes: "Lord Cao, tell me about the situation in the Central Plains." ”