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Every sentence of the outline hits Li Hu's point, making Li Hu a little unable to withstand it.

"Two attacks, one in the south and the other in the north. The two armies are too far apart and the information is not communicated. If the opportunity to fight is missed, it may lead to a defeat." Li Hu admitted that Li Gang made sense, but he needed time to think carefully and to find countermeasures in the complex situation. For Hulie Prefecture, the most urgent task is to defeat the people of Xixia and first ensure that the Song Dynasty established a solid defense above the northern border of thousands of miles. This is also the prerequisite for Li Hu to establish a foothold in Daibei.

"It's October now. In more than a month, the Yellow River will be frozen. Once the Yellow River is frozen, we can attack." Li Gang immediately offered advice, "Generally, the Yellow River is frozen, and heavy snow will fall from the sky. When the heavy snow comes, the sand sea turns into a sea of ​​snow. This will help our army quickly cross the Red Bull Desert and attack Helan Mountain. Helan Mountain is in a hurry, and Xingqing Prefecture is in danger. Cha Ge will be in the north of the capital with his main force. In addition, the weather is bad, so the army he used to sneak attack the food route is very limited, so we can transport more food and supplies to the front line."

Waiting for more than a month, Li Hu hesitated, "Do you think the Northwest Army can conquer Lingzhou and Xiazhou in more than a month, meet in Huaizhou, and force Xingqing Prefecture?"

"I don't know this, but one thing is certain. If you attack Xingqing Prefecture, you have to cross the river. The best time to cross the river is the Yellow River to freeze. By the first month of next year, the Yellow River will begin to thaw. In other words, the Yellow River will only be stable and frozen for more than two months. After this time, it will be very difficult to attack Xingqing Prefecture again.

On the northwest battlefield, the Song and Xia armies have always chosen to launch attacks in October, and this is why."

The Hu Lie Army waited for more than a month in the front, which was too long. If the Northwest Army of the South Road retreated due to the lack of cooperation from the North Road Rover Army, the Western Expedition would have failed.

Li Gang explained to Li Hu again.

As early as Taiyuan, the southern attack strategy discussed by Prince Yun and Zhe Yanzhi was to steadily and advance step by step. The Song army had been defeated in the past, or returned in vain. The lessons were summed up because the Song army was too scattered and the lack of connection between the armies. Some advanced too fast, and some advanced too slowly. As a result, the Xixia people won the opportunity to defeat each one. Therefore, Zhe Yanzhi's plan was to advance simultaneously. After the two armies each conquered Lingzhou and Xiazhou, they immediately met in Huaizhou and attacked Xingqing Prefecture together.

Of course, the strategy is the strategy. When the battlefield arrives, the commanders of each army must be flexible and maneuverable according to the actual situation. Zhe Yanzhi was born in a martial arts family. His understanding of the battlefield is completely different from that of Tong Guan and some civilian commanders. He clearly told the commanders of each army that no matter how you fight, just approach Xingqing Prefecture before the Yellow River is frozen and ensure that the army can cross the Yellow River before the Yellow River is thawed. This time is the bottom line, and it is the bottom line for ensuring that the Western Expedition Army reaches Xingqing Prefecture.

Yang Keshi, Zhong Shizhong, Yao Pingzhong, Wang Qi, Zhe Kecun and others are all powerful generals in the northwest. They have been through the battlefield for a long time. They know how to defeat the people of Xixia. But the premise is that if you command the headquarters and command yourself, don’t point fingers at the front-line war. A layman is an layman. This is not your fault, but if an layman commands an insider, that is your fault.

During this Western Expedition, Bianjing appointed Zhe Yanzhi as the commander of the Northwest Army, and appointed Prince Yun as the great marshal of the Western Expedition Army. A three-level command was formed. In order to win the Western Expedition, Prince Yun gave Zhe Yanzhi and Li Hu all the battlefield command. Zhe Yanzhi and Li Hu both came to the battlefield to command. This greatly alleviated the local conflicts between the commander of the commander and the front-line army.

"The army advances slowly in the southern battlefield. This is a strategy of steady progress and progress step by step. It can ensure the safety of the front and rear armies and the left and right armies. It does not give the Xixia people any opportunity to take advantage of it. This forces the Xixia people to retreat in an all-round way. As long as we force the Xixia people to both sides of the Yellow River, they have to fight us in a head-on decisive battle." Li Gang waved his arm vigorously and said a little excitedly. "We have an absolute chance of winning in the head-on decisive battle."

Li Husizhi repeatedly adopted Li Gangdi's suggestion and wrote to the front-line commander Dong Xiaochou and Luo Qinghan. He explained his views on the entire battle situation in detail. He asked them to station troops in front of him. On the one hand, he comforted the front-line prefectures and counties and foreign tents. On the other hand, he hoarded food and grass weapons. As long as the Yellow River freezes and stabilizes, he will launch an attack immediately.

Li Hu wrote a letter to the Taiyuan Grand Marshal's Mansion and informed him of the battle situation on the battlefield on the northern road and the attack strategies of the Huli's military and local areas.

The messenger of Datong land arrived. The messenger brought two letters. One was from the Xuanfu envoy of Yanshan Road, Hedong, Hebei Province. The other was from the southwest of the Jin Dynasty and the northwest of the Dutong Zonghan.

In the letter, Tan Zhen told Li Hu that Zhang Juexian from Pingzhou Road was defeated by Wanyan Jiemu at Loufengkou. Soon, with the secret assistance of the Song Dynasty, Zhang Jue defeated Wanyan Jiemu at Tu'er Mountain. However, because Zhang Jue had limited troops, he failed to drive the Jin army out of Yuguan, and the situation on Pingzhou Road was not fundamentally reversed. In addition, the defenders of Gubeikou and Songting Pass found that the Jin army was frequently mobilized in the direction of Zhongjing, and many troops were gathering in Bei'anzhou and Zezhou. Tan estimated that the Jin army might have to force Gubeikou and Songting Pass to threaten Yanjing, thus forcing the Song Dynasty to give up its aid to Zhang Jue and attack Pingzhou Road again.

Tan Zhen asked Li Hu whether he could support two thousand war horses to help Guo Yaoshi expand the horse army in the shortest time and strengthen it.

The strength of the garrison.

"This is a threat." After reading the letter, Li Gang immediately threw the letter onto the table, "What is he? A Xuanfu envoy dared to ask for war horses directly from Hu Lie Mansion. Who do he think he is?"

Li Hu was considering it, and was surprised to see Li Gang being so angry. The Youyan Town garrison did need war horses. The ever-winning army had less than a thousand horses. Guo Yaoshi surrendered part of the Xi army after defeating Xiao Gan, and the number of horses increased to 6,000. However, compared with the Jurchens' huge horse army, the number of Youyan horse army was too small, which was not conducive to Youyan's defense.

"This eunuch just wants to blackmail the Hu Lie Mansion and make a fortune from it." Li Gang saw Li Hu's surprised gaze and immediately explained, "The Guo Pharmacist is expanding his army, and the Youyan army is getting bigger and bigger. Bian Jing is worried that he will not lose his tail and is trying every means to suppress the Guo Pharmacist. How could Tan Zhen take the initiative to give Guo Pharmacist two thousand war horses?"

Li Hu felt something.

"If I guess well, Tan Zhen wants two thousand war horses to you, it will definitely not be given to Guo Yaoshi, but to Hebei." Li Gang said, "The official asked the eunuch Liang Fangping to Hebei to recruit troops to expand the imperial guards. He has money in his hands. He must collude with Tan Zhen inside and outside to fill his pockets. How much money can two thousand war horses make them earn?"

"I won't give it to you." Li Hu immediately gave up his mind when he heard this, "Hu Lie Mansion is training the horse army, and I also need war horses."

"If you don't give it to him, he can threaten you." Li Gang sneered, "If Pingzhou Road reaches the hands of the Jin army, Youyan will be dangerous. Youyan will be dangerous, Yunzhong Road will be dangerous, Yunzhong Road will be dangerous, how can you fight west?"

Li Hu was so angry, "Dare he losing Pingzhou Road?"

"What is he afraid of? As long as he uses a little trick, he can make Zhang Jue from Pingzhou Road suffer from internal and external difficulties." Li Gang shook his hand angrily, "Bian Jing did not dare to anger the Jurchens before the stable Youyan, so Bian Jing has not dared to publicly support Zhang Jue. This has led to the problem of Pingzhou Road being unsolved. If Pingzhou Road falls, how much does it have to do with Tan?"

Li Hu smiled bitterly, "Then I have to give it to him."

"If you promise him once, he will come and blackmail him a second time, and the third time, his appetite will grow bigger and bigger."

"What should I do?"

Li Gang stared at his eyes and gasped, and his face was so angry that he blushed. After a long time, he said hatefully: "Let me find an excuse and give him two hundred war horses. Such people are celebrities from the official family, and we can't afford to offend them."

Zong Han wrote a letter and told Li Hu that he had returned to Yuanyang, but because the weather was getting colder and colder, it was impossible to go north to expedition. He planned to lead his army to enter the collapsed ridge again, wipe out the remaining Khitan troops, and try his best to search for the Khitan Emperor Yelu Yanxi. He asked Li Hu to cooperate. Your army is now in the Yinshan area. If Yelu Yanxi is found, he will definitely arrest him. In addition, he also told Li Hu that Zong Wang had gone to western Liaoning.

Did Zongwang go to western Liaoning? Li Hu hurriedly opened Tan Zhen’s letter and looked at it. He had made a conclusion that Zongwang went to western Liaoning to attack Pingzhou Road instead of Wanyan Jiemu, and Zhang Jue was in trouble.

"Why did Zonghan tell you that Zongwang has gone to western Liaoning?" Li Gang was puzzled, "Zong Han is back. Does it mean that Wanyan Aguda's body has improved and has recovered?"

Li Hu didn't know, and he couldn't answer. If Wanyan Aguda's health was good, then Zong Han might have to go north to the desert, but if Wanyan Aguda dies, it would be hard to say. Who can predict what will happen to Huanglong Mansion?

"Zong Wang must have been fighting Pingzhou Road to western Liaoning. If he conquered Pingzhou Road, would he still be fighting Youyan?" Li Gang was most worried about this, because Bian Jing actually accepted Zhang Jue and took the lead in tearing up the alliance. The Jin army conquered Pingzhou Road and then attacked Youyan, there was no blame.

Li Hu was also worried about this problem, but if the Jin army had such a plan, Zong Han would never reveal the news that Zong Wang had rushed to western Liaoning, nor would he tell Li Hu that he would knock down the collapsed ridge. Zong Han's letter actually meant that Li Hu had to fight Xixia with confidence, but it also made him worry about the situation in Youyan and dared not do his best.

The two of them discussed for a long time and could not understand Zong Han's thoughts. So they replied to Zong Han and warned Datong and Hou Guai of Fengshengzhou to be careful and keep a close eye on the Jin army. Once the main army reaches Xingqing Prefecture, it will be difficult to withdraw. Moreover, the two places are more than 2,000 miles apart. When reinforcements come back, Datong will probably not be able to save it.

In mid-October, Tan Zhen came to write again, but this time he was not extorted, but asked for help.

A rebellion broke out in Hebei. A man named Zhang Di in Mingzhou raised his flag to rebel. In a short period of time, he assembled hundreds of thousands of troops to attack the city and capture the village. It was unstoppable. Mingzhou is just northeast of Handan, only more than 200 miles away from Daming Prefecture in Beijing, and the situation is extremely critical.

Tan Zhen asked Li Hu to send troops to support him immediately to help Hebei quell the rebellion.

Li Hu was stunned. He never expected that Li Gang and Yuwen Xuzhong had guessed correctly. He really had a rebellion broke out in Hebei, and it was near Daming Prefecture, Beijing, at the most critical moment of the Western Expedition.
Chapter completed!