Wang Xiu's face was extremely ugly, he had already understood the strategic intentions of the Jurchens, launched a threat and interception of the grassland tribes, ensured the safety of northern Xia, and released 70,000 Xia troops to fight in the south, which was a headache to think about.

The party attaches great importance to the northern border affairs, and the three supervising army divisions have 70,000 regular soldiers, accounting for almost 30% of the country's military strength, and most of them are elite horse troops.

According to the original battle plan, several grassland tribes took advantage of the fire to rob and contain the main force of the Xia army in the north, and when they marched into Yanzhou and fought against the Xiangqing army, a group of soldiers and horses would rush north to meet the northern border army of the Xia army going south.

The Jurchens found another way to release this elite army in advance, and Yan zhòng was not ordinarily small. The Xia army dealt with the grassland tribes, and the elite horse army was mostly placed in the north, saying that it was a 70,000 army, plus the burden was 1440,000, and the horse army had more than 50,000 people, which was definitely not an ordinary strong.

As long as the war is in a state of balance, the Song army will lose the opportunity for a quick victory, and when Li Renxiao controls the situation, this battle is really difficult to fight.

There was silence in the big tent, and Feng Yuan's analysis was reasonable, so they couldn't help but think about it. If the analysis is correct, it will definitely be inappropriate for the Song army, and there is even a possibility of defeat, and the atmosphere is quite depressing.

"Can the Northwest Camp withstand it?" Qu Duan turned his head to look at Gao Ping, his face was particularly solemn.

Gao Ping was embarrassed for a while, he was arrogant, it was okay to face Yanzhou with two armies, and it was not an order of magnitude to divide his troops to resist the Ma army of the Third Prison Military Division, and he was not arrogant enough to die.

"Wang Xianggong, can Xuanwu Army and Xuanyi Army hurry up?" Qu Duan shook his head when he saw Gao Ping, and he also understood that with the strength of the northwest camp, it was indeed difficult for Gao Ping, and he could only hope for the two armies of the Northern Servant Army.

The Xuanwu and Xuanyi armies are also elite troops, and 30,000 people can arrive in time, and if they join the battlefield, they should be able to support it.

How could Wang Xiu not know that he transferred two armies to the west, also to increase the strength of the Western Servants, and it was also the first time that the Northern Servant Army reinforced the Western Servants.

The combat effectiveness of the two armies is very strong, but it is a pity that from the whole equipment to the march, it is a series of cumbersome problems, that is, the Xuanyi army is in western Beijing, and the Xuanwu army is about to arrive, and it is impossible to arrive in time.

Zong Liang rolled his eyes and said lightly: "Captain, you must know that the opening of the army is a trivial matter, and it is impossible to arrive lightly. Besides, the army enters the battlefield to win, not to be sent to be destroyed. ”

He is a cabinet servant, his status is quite clear, and he once served as the deputy chief of the Privy Council, and he is currently the director of Xuanfu Disposal Gou Jiyi, whose status exceeds that of most people present, and he is not far behind Qu Duan, so he can naturally refute Qu Duan's remarks, and he does not need to be deliberately polite.

Qu Duan's face was very ugly, but he was helpless, he could despise Feng Yuan, but he could not humiliate Zong Liang, he was not only a civil official, but also represented the imperial court, this is a matter of principle.

Because, Feng Yuan was born as a civil and military jinshi, and he was also a military attache in the right class, but Zong Liang was a minister of the pavilion, and he already had the qualifications to become a scholar and a privy minister, and he was a scholar and doctor, so he could be contemptuous, but he was not allowed to be contemptuous.

"Okay, don't count on reinforcements from the Northern Servant Army for the time being, we have to prepare with both hands. The captives directly intervened in the war of the Dingyan army, as well as the counterattack of Shengqiang, how to deal with it, and if they couldn't deal with it, how to deal with it? Wang Xiu didn't want to be too embarrassed, so he set the rules and regulations.

"The northwest camp is the elite soldiers in front of the palace, but it is difficult to resist the two shengqiang, this is also no way, it will be difficult for their three forces to gather, I am afraid that the three camps will not be able to bear it, and when the soldiers and horses of the northern army arrive, it will be too late."

Everyone fell into contemplation, Wang Xiu said the truth, there is no water, the reinforcements of the Northern Servant Army will take a month at the earliest, I am afraid that the Xia Army has already launched a military operation, and the entire East Road battlefield is in a stalemate, and it is difficult to get through the battlefield situation.

This war is most afraid of a stalemate, not only the party members have time to organize defense, but also the Jurchens are eyeing each other, and the Song army has no strength to consume, no matter how you look at it, the victory rate of the Great Song Dynasty is not large.

"Xiao Heda has always had different ambitions, as long as we persist and the captives intervene, he will inevitably rebel openly." Xu Huiyan pinned his hopes on Xiazhou, hoping that Xiao Heda could take refuge in the Great Song Dynasty.

Wang Xiu recognized Xu Huiyan's judgment, this is not a secret, when Li Qianshun was alive, Xiao Heda was very dissatisfied with Xia's abandonment of the Khitan, just when the party was replacing the old and the new, and the people's hearts were unstable, in the text of the Great Song Dynasty's conquest of Xia, there were words that disregarded the friendship of the old master, and he had an appetite for Xiao Heda, and it could not be ruled out that Xiao Heda cooperated with the Song army.

However, Xiao Heda is only the commander of the army in Xiazhou, and the troops under his command are not strong, that is, there are 10,000 soldiers, and he can play a decisive role at a critical moment? It was unsatisfactory to put Xia Jun's counterattack, and to put the treasure on this person was pure abuse.

Besides, this person is obviously still waiting for the price to sell, if Xia Jun is strong, I am afraid that he will stab him in the back, this is by no means impossible, but the reality exists.

"I think it's unlikely that the captives will go south along the Fuzhou Road, but we can resist the Shengqiang counterattack independently, and there is not much hope for a quick battle." Li Yanxian said that he was not optimistic about the prospects of the war, and as a general at the front, he was pessimistic.

Zhang Yu shook his head and said, "At least we can stabilize the eastern part of Yanzhou, and we can form a defense, which can be regarded as half the battle." ”

Wang Zongyin raised his eyebrows and said: "It makes sense to join the army, at least we can win half of the difficulties, and occupy Liangzhou, as long as we plan properly, Shengqiang is helpless." They can only be weakened, and the court still achieves its goal. ”

This kind of argument is far-fetched but true, and Wang Xiu also understands that when the battle is fought to this extent, the Song army actually controls many key passes, as well as most of the two prefectures, and can completely gather forces to go to defense, and is completely confident to hold it.

Besides, Liangzhou had already been charged, and as long as the reinforcements were followed up in time, with the support of Xihe Road and Qinfeng Road, it would be possible to divide the Xia State into two, and Xingqing would have to take the difficult northern road to contact the prefectures of Gansu, and it was foreseeable that the weakening of the rule of the Dangxiang people over the west would definitely lead to a rebellion.

As long as Liangzhou and Hengshan are kept, it will not take ten years for the rule of the party to collapse.

In other words, some generals in the army saw the danger and were satisfied with the results they had achieved so far, and wanted to completely switch to defense and consolidate the spoils of war, which was actually equivalent to giving up the destruction of Xia and becoming a weak Xia with a tiger head and a snake tail.