Wang Shao looked at the sky and said that there was one thing that should be paid special attention to in the Northwest War, that is, wind and sand. The wind and sand in Guzhou were not as affected as the Western Xia, but when the strong wind blew, a large amount of wind and sand would blow from the west side of Chiling. At this time, the battlefield was covered with dust, but unlike wind and sand, it was just dust brought by war horses. Even if the Song army was at a disadvantage, it would not be much harmful. However, once a strong wind suddenly broke out and a large mass of sand and gravel was blown, the Song army would be defeated.

The weather is not something that Wang Shao can decide, and even if he can decide, he cannot choose.

Fortunately, the sky is high and the clouds are light and the breeze is clear. It is a good weather, and Wang Shao continues to look at the battlefield.

Since Zheng Lang first came to the northwest, a cavalry was established, and the scale of cavalry has now expanded. Not only are there Fans and Qiang people, but also Han people's imprisonment soldiers, accounting for more than 60%. The imprisonment soldiers have to take turns to rest, but after returning to the capital, there are some pastoral prisons outside the capital, and these cavalry are still trained.

Of course, with real combat power, the foreign cavalry is stronger than the imperial guards in the capital. The reason why the imperial guards occupy more than 60% is to protect the capital. Otherwise, in the long run, the national focus will inevitably decline westward. It may endanger national security and may be safe, but at least it can block the minister's mouth.

After so many years, this cavalry has gradually grown up. It is unknown whether it can adapt to the cold prairie combat in the north, but there is absolutely no problem in the northwest.

Not only were there 100,000 Han people, the unmanned cavalry, the Qiang cavalry, and the infantry and cavalry, which were essentially infantry, but they also trained cavalry. They had their strengths in fighting under horses, but if they were too impatient, they could also get on horseback or make some tricks.

Now both sides retain a reserve team, and the Song army retained more than 10,000 soldiers. Most of them were crossbowmen, spearmen, swordsman and shields, but they all had another identity, infantry and cavalry.

The rest are cavalry, which have been put on the battlefield.

Wang Shao narrowed his eyes and looked at the battlefield. He couldn't see it, the battlefield was very chaotic, and the soldiers on both sides were entangled, advancing or retreating. He could see that these soldiers could draw moving lines in front of his eyes. After several major battles, Wang Shao's vision was also improving. His eyes were looking at the battlefield, but his mind was moving lines. Soon a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and the situation on the battlefield began to be beneficial to the Song army.

Wang Shao could see the situation on the battlefield. However, the Party Conquest in Southern Jiangsu was very difficult.

After a long time, it was not until the Tubo army of the central army retreated step by step that he realized that it was not good for the Tubo people, so he sent a reserve force to support the central army. But at this time, the aura of the Tubo people began to weaken. When the reserve force was released, it still failed to withstand Wang Junwan's attack and began to retreat slowly.

In fact, this means that a huge crisis in the Tubo army is coming. Cao Gui debated the battle, and made one move, and the second drum declined. The third drum was exhausted. The Tubo people relied on their own military strength to gain an advantage and rushed in, but found that it was not what they thought. Morale would be lower, and the stalemate would reach a certain point, which means collapse. This is the same as Cao Gui debated the battle.

The Southern Jiangsu Party was unable to see it. I didn’t know the story of Cao Gui’s debate. When he saw a reserve team being placed on it, it still didn’t work. He was so fierce that he personally led a reserve team and rushed forward.

Under his leadership, in just a short while, the central army gradually stabilized and there was a faint counterattack. Li Xian said to Wang Shao: "This Jiangsu Party Campaign is still good."

"Just a reckless man."

After Wang Shao finished speaking, he also began to give orders, shouting the veteran Liu Yan over and said, "General Liu, you bring three thousand soldiers to attack the enemy's right wing. Be sure to quickly defeat the enemy and then kill to the middle."

"Here."

Liu Yan brought three thousand reserve teams to kill them.

This seems to be a very unreasonable arrangement. The Tubo people still commanded the Tubo army with the original commander flag. If they want to defeat the Tubo army, they must defeat the central army and chop over the commander flag, and there will be a great victory. However, Wang Shao did not do this. The reason is very simple. First, this is Guzhou, and Dongwu is not cohesive. Some tribes are loyal to Dongwu, but most tribes are forced to send their children from the clan to join the war because of Dongwu's prestige. Second, although the Su Nan Dangzheng was the younger brother of Dongwu's adopted son Aligu, he was finally an Uighur race, and many people of Aligu were dissatisfied, and not even considered the Su Nan Dangzheng, who adopted son Dongwu. Although the Su Nan Dangzheng was extremely brave, his appeal was not strong.

It can also be seen from the battlefield that many tribes fight on their own and do not form groups. The single battle is not weak, but they can retreat step by step. This is the reason. If Wang Shao could only attack the central army, it would be a tragic battle, but there is no need for this now. Of course, if Wang Sila is alive, there would be no need for the Song Dynasty to get into evil with the Tubo people.

Liu Feng rushed over.

At this time, the Song army won all battles and had a strong morale, and the country was in a very good situation. Even if the court encountered an unprecedented drought, under strict rescue measures, the people did not have a tragedy of starvation for thousands of miles. Therefore, from the front line to the rear, most of them showed a vibrant and good situation.

Moreover, from top to bottom, we began to know that the Song army's Eastern Route Army had begun to counterattack, so there was no need to keep it secret. At this time, morale was undoubtedly at its peak.

Liu Feng inserted into the ground. The Tubo right army was gradually deprived of support under Yao Lin's attack. Liu Feng's insertion was fatal. The Southern Jiangsu Party Zheng personally led his subordinates into the middle battlefield to boost morale, but no one was in command in the rear. In addition, the fog and dust covered the battlefield, and the Tubo left side could not see the situation clearly. The Song army attacked each other, and the left army fought fiercely for a while and fled. Liu Yao and the other two pursued, but this was just the beginning. The pursuit was fake. Take the opportunity to attack the Tubo rear army.

Some Tubo people saw that the retreat was gradually cut off by the Song army, and their minds were shaken. Wang Shao stood on the top of the slope and saw the opportunity coming, so he decisively ordered all the troops to be sent to the battlefield. The great defeat of the Tubo people began. Even the Southern Jiangsu Party could not stop the conquest, so he had to flee to Guzhou City with the defeated army.

The Song army behind him refused to give in and continued to pursue.

The two armies were wrapped tightly together, so that the Southern Jiangsu Party fled to Guzhou City, and the city gate could not be closed. He could only continue to flee to the northern city gate, and the Song army was still chasing behind them. In the evening of the next day, the pursuit and search ended.

Nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses in Tubo were killed after the Battle of Guzhou, nearly 7,000 people were sacrificed, and the remaining 20,000 people became prisoners of war and were captured. Only more than 19,000 people escaped.

This was the biggest battle after Wang Shao entered Hehuang. After this battle, almost no tribe in Guzhou had the power to resist. This time, Wang Shao did not procrastinate anymore. The army then took down Fugong City, then passed through the Big and Big Yu Valley and launched a fierce attack on the Guizhang tribe.

Zheng Lang was afraid that Wang Shao would not pay attention to the ghost chapter, so he deliberately talked about a phenomenon, that is, the Goryeo phenomenon. The Goryeo is the Goryeo and the Xixia. For example, Xixia is said to be very powerful, but carefully analyzed it, it is really not powerful. But it survived difficulties and was defeated repeatedly. In the constant failures, its territory expanded strangely. The same is true for Goryeo. The Tang Dynasty was not unfair, but Goryeo seized food from the tiger's mouth. Even when Emperor Gaozong of Tang was still strong, it strangely expanded from the Silla land, that is, the southern part of the Korean Peninsula to the city of Pyongyang in succession.

But not very strong?

It’s really impossible to say that they are not strong. This phenomenon is like weeds, which seem weak, but no matter how the wildfire burns, the spring breeze will be born as soon as it comes. The same is true for Guizhang. If he wants him not to do evil, there is only one way to eliminate the roots!

Wang Shao advanced in the early stage, although his methods were strong. His ethnic policy was very good. He killed and stabbed the battlefield and immediately appeased after the war. However, this time, his methods were not only tough, but also very bloody. After the army came to the south of the public city, he hung up two big banners. One was the one who offended China. Even if it was far away, he would be punished, and the other was to avenge Jing Si!

With two big flags and one tree, the other tribes are forbidden to be silent.

After the Ghost Chapter killed Jing Sili, he used Jing Sili's head as a ball and once gave it to the envoys of the Western Regions as props to promote martial arts. Even the Song Dynasty knew about this, and these neighboring tribes.

Guizhang was defeated twice, and he also lost his cohesion. From Guzhou to Jishi Army, there were places with abundant water and grass such as Yugu and Jiuqu, not only the Xi tribe, the Guozhuang tribe and the Payi tribe, but also other large and small tribes. Guizhang was defeated in one battle, and the Suzhou party in southern Guzhou City was defeated two times. No one dared to break the Song army's sharp edge. After seeing the Song army slashing out two flags, they all knew that Guizhang's actions angered the Song Dynasty, so they all made a wall view.

When the Song army arrived, Guizhang East Road cut off the Xi tribe. Unless he fled to Hexi, there was only the Gobi Desert left when he arrived in Hexi. He had no choice but to escape, forcing him to lead his subordinates to fight the Song army in Hequ. This battle was different from the Guzhou battle. The Song army had already gained the advantage of military strength. Guizhang was defeated in a row and had to flee to Xige City.

The Song army kept chasing and came to Xige City. When the remaining troops of the Xi tribe in the city saw the arrival of the Song army, they suddenly turned against each other. The Song army took Xige City and Gui Zhang's family killed them all. At this point, except for the southern part of Hezhou, the Jishi Army in the east and the west side of Taozhou, Xibawen, Dong family, Mubo tribe, etc., they were all recovered.

There is also another significance. Although the Tang Dynasty once sent troops to the Central Asia River, the areas directly managed by Qinghai only reached part of Jiuqu at its peak. For a period of time, although the Dangxiang tribe of the Jishi Army and the Tuyuhun tribe west of Chiling surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty did not really occupy this area. The Song army took down Xige City, but it was truly occupied and operated, at least in this area, which was a little larger than the territory of the Tang Dynasty. For the weak Song Dynasty, this alone would inspire the morale of many soldiers and people.

But Hehuang has not yet decided on the world. The more places it occupies, the fewer the mobile troops in Wang Shao's hands. The real main force of Tubo was not defeated, and they were still in the hands of Dong Wu. If Dong Wu could use troops, Wang Shao's situation would not only not improve, but on the contrary, it would be more dangerous.

...

In Lanzhou, Zhang Yue met with more than 20 guests and representatives of the Liugu Ministry.

The Liugu tribe does not refer to six tribes, but refers to the valley oasis area formed by the Gulang River, Huangyang River, Zamu River, Jinta River, Xiying River and Dongda River in Liangzhou. Since the fall of Liangzhou in the Tang Dynasty, many tribes in these six rivers have spontaneously formed a loose alliance of various tribes, including Han people and Fan people, including Qiang people, Tiel people, Uighur people, Tuyuhun, Tubo people and other races.

Although the Central Plains dynasty had no way to manage this, the Liugu tribe had maintained friendly relations with the Central Plains dynasty, and even invited Han people to serve as head coaches for a long time. The first leader Sun Chao was a Han person, followed by Li Wenqian, Wu Jixing, Chen Yanhui, Zheji Jiafang, Shen Shihou, Zheji Branch, Zheji Ayudan, Zheji Yu Longbo, Pan Luozhi, and Siduodu. In fact, in the early days, the Song Dynasty had many opportunities to get because of the Liugu tribe yearning for Han civilization, but because of the Khitan, the Song Dynasty was not interested in the south or the West. In the end, the Liugu tribe fell into the territory of the Western Xia.

Even now, the tribes are still not very disgusted with the Song Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty suddenly sent troops to Lanzhou, and Liang Yi buried more than 100,000 troops to put them in the pocket, including many children of the Liugu tribe.

Originally, under the suppression of Western Xia, the Liugu tribe gradually declined. If these children died together, the Liugu tribe would become more in danger. So some tribes sent elders to Lanzhou to plead for mercy.

After hearing them say this, Zhang Feng took a sip of tea and asked back: "Elders, if our dynasty has not made arrangements and asked Xixia to break the ancient Weicheng, what consequences will it cause? What role will your children play in the middle?"

These old people were speechless together.

If the Song Dynasty did not make arrangements in advance, more than 100,000 troops would arrive. Perhaps all three routes would be captured, and Wang Shao would become an overseas army. Without supply or reinforcements, the entire army would be wiped out. The people of Xixia would successfully obtain the Xihe Prefectures and develop their power southwards to win over the Qiangs in Taozhou. The key is that once the ancient Weicheng is lost, Zheng Lang will undoubtedly die!

The children of the Ryutani tribe may not be able to work hard for Xixia. However, they played an accomplice in the middle.

An elder frowned and said, "Master Zhang, we are forced to live under someone else's roof."

Zhang Qi asked again slowly: "After the Huluchuan battle a few years ago, our dynasty released all prisoners of war in Xia Kingdom back to demonstrate his benevolence and righteousness, but what was the result in the end?"

In the end, Liang's more brutal revenge was received.

This incident caused widespread controversy in the Song Dynasty, and it was believed that Zheng Lang's approach was wrong. After all, there were not many people in Xixia. There were more than 700,000 households, only more than one million men, and more than 30,000 prisoners of war were not small numbers for Xixia. It not only affected its military strength, but also productivity.

In fact, Zheng Lang did this under the pressure of domestic conservatives. We won a great victory, returned the prisoners of war for free, and agreed to reopen the market, preparing to give them a year-on-year gift. It is not unkind or righteous, but Xixia still wants to invade it, that is not my fault, but Xixia cannot get better.

The reason why conservatives need to be harmonious is very simple. Conservatives have strong power and centered on the Shuo Party. Most of their families and industries are in the north. Once war begins, it may trigger a Khitan invasion, and their families and industries will be harmed. This is very similar to the Japanese pirates in the Ming Dynasty. Japanese pirates are not that powerful. However, the Southeast forces are harmed by the maritime ban and their interests, so they collude with Japanese pirates and expand their own profits. As for how many people are killed by real or fake Japanese pirates, they are all in their own affairs.

The release of prisoners of war is a political force, and it is definitely a wrong approach in military affairs.

Zhang Yu reiterated the old story, not to say that it is right or wrong, but to release a message. This time, Xixia could not think of this good thing again. Whether Xixia has a good thing may have nothing to do with the Liugu tribe. The key is this expedition. In order to save costs and increase the speed, more than half of the troops came from Kangu, Xijun City, and Liangzhou area, including the Liugu tribe, with nearly 10,000 children participating. If so many children had entered the big cage, these elders would not have come to plead for mercy.

Originally, the Liugu tribe's power was getting weaker and weaker, and these ten thousand children could not come back, and the Liugu tribe would completely decline. These old men were not fools, but when they heard it, one of them said, "Master Zhang, our Liugu tribe is willing to cooperate with the court to send troops to Liangzhou."

Zhang Qi sneered and said, "It's the imperial court that sent troops to Liangzhou. Do you think you are wronged."

"I dare not, hundreds of tribes in Liangzhou are all looking forward to China's operation of Liangzhou day and night, but the Chinese army has not come yet. The Xia thieves are so cruel," one of the old men said with tears in their mouths.

Zhang Feng made him a little stunned.

In fact, the Liugu tribe has not had a good life these years, and the people of Xixia dared not exterminate the clan, but in order to rule, they would inevitably carry out various suppressions, which invisibly weakened the power of the Liugu tribe step by step, which was easier to rule Liangzhou, and the same was true in Ganzhou. Even the Song Dynasty promised to release 10,000 children safely, and the various alliances of the Liugu tribe were not as glorious as before.

Zhang Qi quickly thought through all the festivals, smiled slightly, and said, "You should have heard a story. Taizu of our court once swung the Dadu River on the map with a jade axe, saying that the court in the west will no longer operate it. Maybe your Liugu tribe each has its own specialties, which can be considered a good place in the northwest, but in the eyes of our court, it is not rare."

However, there were doubts in the eyes of these elders.

The Song Dynasty did not say that it did not manage the west of the Dadu River, but it did not pay much attention to it. There were many territories west of the Dadu River that were under the jurisdiction of the Song Dynasty, but most of them were banned areas.

The question of these old men was that since the Song Dynasty did not want to expand, why did it run Hehuang? Zhang Qing quickly gave them the answer: "Yes, the court managed Hehuang this time, which was forced by Dong Wen and Mu Zheng to turn against Xixia. But don't think wrong. In order to manage Hehuang, the court not only had to sacrifice countless soldiers, but also planned to spend 30 to 40 million yuan to build Hehuang. In the future, it would also use one or two million yuan of profits from each supervisory contract to reward the leaders of the various foreign guards. What benefits do you think the court gets from Hehuang?"

I don’t know how to answer these dozens of old men. There was no benefit in the Song Dynasty from Hehuang. What’s the benefit of getting Liangzhou?

At least the performance of the Song Dynasty in the past was indeed an extremely restrained country as Wang Shao said.

But that's true?

More than twenty old men couldn't help but look at Wang Shao. Wang Shao didn't speak anymore, but just turned the teacup playfully.

An old man asked: "Master Wang, how can China believe us?"

Zhang Qi replied: "Since the invasion of Western Xia, many soldiers of our dynasty have been killed by Xia thieves. Among these murderers, your children must be among them. Why do you say you want to let go? Does the Song Dynasty owe you all the troops in Liangzhou?"

"No..." But after the old man finished speaking, sweat blew out of his forehead.

He understood what Zhang Feng wanted. The Song Dynasty could let their children go. They had to let their children cooperate with the Song army to attack the Xixia people from both sides and take it as a letter of surrender! This doesn't matter, but what should we do in the future? Will the Xixia people let their children go?

"You can think slowly, but I want to say something, you don't have much time." After Zhang Qing finished speaking, he asked the guards to bring a large map in front of them, which marked the march routes of all the Eastern Army troops. There was no need to keep it confidential. Zhang Qing leaned on the map in front of these old men. These old men did look at it curiously, but after reading it, the sweat on his forehead became more and more... (To be continued. Mobile phone users please go to m. Read.)
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