Cao Keming joined the army with his uncle Cao Guangshi when he was young. At that time, he was Yuanhao's grandfather Zhao Jiqian rebelled against Song. Cao Guangshi served as the inspector of Yin, Xia and other prefectures. After many battles, Cao Guangshi defeated Zhao Jiqian without the power to fight back. He broke through his clan tent and captured his mother and wife. Later, Zhao Jiqian surrendered and set up an ambush to lure Cao Guangshi, and then he turned over. Cao Keming had a deep hatred with Dangxiang, and this time Xu Ping specially recruited him to join the war.

When he first entered the official position and became a magistrate in Yongzhou, Xu Ping worked with Cao Guangshi. Although there were some minor conflicts at first, he later cooperated happily. Now, Xu Ping has become the second minister of the six ministers and has become Cao Keming's backer.

Cao Keming bowed and thanked Xu Ping and said, "The Fan Qiang is so deceitful. If you deal with them, you must be careful in everything."

Xu Ping nodded and looked at everyone and said loudly: "Cao Dumao is saying this very well! When we manage Western Fan and fight against the Dangxiang bandits, we must remember that everything is up to me, and we should focus on me, and we should not be lucky to the robbers. Cao Dumao has a famous general who uses troops like a god. He could have destroyed the Dangxiang rebels and pacified the northwest. He did not want Zhao Jiqian to surrender, Cao Dumao believed it and died for his country in a strong battle. We will always prepare for their stubborn resistance to the end! When the British tribe surrenders, we will naturally welcome them.

Show it with sincerity and treat it with kindness, and be willing to reward it. However, no matter which foreign tribe surrenders, their leaders will be required to come to our military tent and give up their troops to abandon their soldiers before they can be surrendered. Never be greedy for merit and lightly advance, and rashly go to negotiate with the leaders of the foreign tribe. Therefore, it is too a pity to be ambushed. The Fan Qiang is cunning and deceitful. In fact, it is not just Cao Duzhang, but Pan Luozhi, the leader of the Liugu Fan tribe, was also lured and killed by Dangxiang Qiang. Wang Jianjun, remember this one is considered a military discipline. If anyone dares to violate it, the General's Mansion will definitely punish it severely!"

Wang Kai agreed with his hands.

Xu Ping nodded and said to Wang Kai: "I have talked about the possible route of Yu Zanghuama. Now you can talk about the strategy of the General's Mansion."

Wang Kai turned around and pointed to the map and said, "For Yu Zang Huama's attack this autumn and winter, the General's Mansion will be arranged as follows. Xuanwei's army guarded the Qiang Village area and blocked the entrance of the Sandu Chuan Valley. At that time, the decisive battle with Yu Zang Huama's troops will be held head-on. Guiming Shenwu Army followed behind. Before Yu Zang Huama's attack, the troops should be arranged to block their retreat. The entrance was blocked at the closed door, so before the war began, they should secretly sneak into the mountains and forests around the closed door gate, and then occupy this pass in one fell swoop. The rest of Guiming Shenwu Army occupied the mountains and forests on both sides of Sandu River. The war will be carried by Xuanwei Army to divide the invading enemies and annihilate the enemy in the valley. The specific arrangement of the General's Mansion will be sent to you, and everything will be done according to the instructions. The Four Route Army of Chuanxia led by Cao Dugu entered the Guwei area and contacted the Fan tribes there so that they could not be in Yu.

When the war was over, the Guwei army immediately sent troops to occupy the Xijun city along the Xian River Valley Road. There was Houchuan Pass in the north of the ancient Wei army, so they should be occupied first. The Deshun army army should gather in Jingbian Village. When Yuzang Huama sent troops, the general's office would issue military orders. You will follow the Shuiluo River Channel and enter the Wating River Valley, and then go to Zhipingzhai and attack the Zuli River Valley. If there is no Dangxiang army blocking it, attack Huichuan City and open the road to attack Huizhou. If Dangxiang army comes out, build the city in the old city of Zuli County established by Emperor Wu of Han, and hold it there. After the Qinzhou army occupied the Xijun city, they will send troops along the Guan River Valley to support you. There were no Dangxiang troops stationed along the way, and there were no large foreign troops, so there should be great wars. However, there were many foreign troops on the road. How to appease them and not block the army's advance should be taken care of."

The few people agreed and looked at the map behind Wang Kai together, thinking about it.

Once Yu Zang Huama sent troops, the foreign troops in the areas mentioned above would most likely follow, and that area would become an open space. Even if there were those who did not send troops, they would be incompatible with Dangxiang and would not resist on the side of the Song Dynasty. Cao Keming and the Deshun army's army took advantage of the empty space there to control the situation first. After the Qinzhou army ate Yu Zang Huama, they immediately went north along the way of his march and met with Cao Keming and the Deshun army.

After pondering for a while, Liu Jianji asked, "The journey is not close, so I don't know how to supply food and grass?"

Wang Kai said: "Before you enter Watingchuan, you will bring your own food and grass. After entering Watingchuan, you will supply it to Qinzhou. Before the war begins, the General's Mansion will prepare food and grass in the Zhipingzhai area, which can be used for several months."

Liu Jianji crossed his hands: "In this way, we should obey the military order!"

He signaled Wang Kai to sit down first and said loudly: "After this battle is fought, we opened the door to attack Dangxiang, and at the same time threatened Lanzhou and Huiyin. When Lanzhou comes, Hexi will be in control and cut off Dangxiang's arm. When Huizhou comes, the flanks of Zhenrong Army will be safe from then on, and Dangxiang will no longer dare to attack the border along Huluchuan. There is no need to talk about the importance of this battle, everyone should know it!"

Everyone agreed.

Xu Ping also said: "The key to this battle is not to occupy Xijuncheng and Huichuan, but to completely annihilate the troops led by Yu Zanghuama. In the war, we must destroy as many of our enemies as possible and preserve our own people as much as possible. Siege cities and plunder the land is actually second. No matter what kind of city is the city, people always need to defend them. Kill the enemy. What city can't be captured? For the Central Plains, Dangxiang is just a foreign tribe. If you can kill tens of thousands of people on the battlefield, Dangxiang will not be able to support it. At that time, the army will go north without any effort!"

Speaking of this, Xu Ping looked at everyone and said in a more emphasis: "In the past, the imperial court used troops to defend the city and villages. There was no mistake in defending the city and villages to protect the people, but just doing this would make the fundamental mistake. Repel the enemy once, and they will come again next year. When will the cycle be overturned? Therefore, we here in Qinfeng Road, we will not do this anymore, but will focus on annihilation of invading enemies. If we come to kill ten thousand people and kill ten thousand people, we will kill ten thousand people. If we fight such a battle a few times, the border will naturally be peaceful. It is better to cut off one finger than to hurt the five fingers. Therefore, we strive to completely annihilate the enemy in every battle, rather than defeat and defeat. If we are not strong enough, we would rather let the enemy retreat than to leave the people who can eat!"

Seeing everyone watching him keep silent, Xu Ping suddenly smiled: "Everyone understands the truth, everyone can think of the strategy, but the only thing that is worse is to make what he thinks of can be done into practical things. Yu Zanghuama's attack this time is probably not too small, and there must be tens of thousands of people. After all, he has the support of Dangxiang, which is not comparable to the former leaders of the foreign tribe. These foreign tribes will not have too high combat power in the battle, but they are familiar with the geography and the ability to turn over the ridges will not be bad. It is not easy to eat them all. In the next few days, I will trouble you to temporarily live in the general's mansion and ask Wang Jianjun to accompany you.
Chapter completed!