Xue Chong's Zuojin Wuwei was retreating in great strides, abandoning large areas and retreating to some major cities, and in the process of retreating, the originally scattered forces were concentrated, and it was clear that the other side wanted to concentrate forces to defend some important areas in order to fight a protracted battle with the Liao army.

In the eyes of Deng Jingshan and Zhang Zhongwu, this is naturally the most correct reaction, which shows that Xue Chong has a full understanding of the strength comparison between the two sides, and knows very well that if he competes with the Liao army in the whole region, he will only lose even more.

As far as Xue Chong is concerned, there is no need to compete with Zhang Zhongwu for a while, he only needs to drag Zhang Zhongwu and hold the throat of the Liao army entering the core area of the Northland, even if the task is well completed.

When Li Ze captured Chang'an, the form naturally reversed.

"Today, Xue Chong's main forces are concentrated in Jianchang, about 15,000 people. In addition, in Jianyuan and Suihua, there are a force of nearly 10,000 people stationed in each of them, forming their main line of defense. At the same time, in Pingzhou, Mozhou and other places, Wang Wenshu, Bao Hui and others were recruiting local young people to form an army on a large scale. Deng Jingshan Road.

"Qing Zhuang don't have to care too much, they can only be used as a support at most, as long as they defeat the opponent's main force, Qing Zhuang will naturally scatter!" Zhang Zhongwu said: "In this way, we can go straight to Jianchang?" ”

Deng Jingshan said: "Theoretically, but there are still some troubles, in Pingzhou Mozhou, there were originally a large number of dock forts, these dock forts are now the Tang Army's military reclamation points, according to the intelligence obtained by the spies, although the families of the garrison soldiers in these dock forts have retreated, but the army is still stationed. It's not a lot of people, but it's a bit tricky. And there are hundreds of military reclamation sites like this, large and small. ”

This is indeed a problem.

Similar military reclamation sites, dock forts also exist in large numbers in Liaodi. Don't look at these dock forts are not big, at most one or two hundred people can be stationed, but this kind of purely militarized dock fort wants to attack it, but it is extremely difficult, especially after the other party has made preparations.

A well-equipped dock fort with 200 people stationed in the city, if you want to fight down, you need at least a team of thousands of people, as for how long it takes and how big the loss is, it depends on the specific situation, there is no certain rule.

"Xue Chong wants to use these large and small dock forts to delay our military operations!" Zhang Zhongwu smiled: "I didn't pay attention to them at all. A large dock fort can only garrison one or two hundred people at most, and this little manpower will not play a big role, and it is just harassment. Our main force ignores them at all, and just pounces on our main target, leaving these dock forts to the servant army, and they will definitely be very motivated to take these dock forts. ”

"That's what I thought too." Deng Jingshan said with a smile: "But Lord Wang, you also know that on my side, the number of servant troops is far from enough. ”

"It doesn't matter, I'll send some of them to your place in advance to help you uproot these dock forts one by one." Zhang Zhongwu nodded.

"I have one more concern besides these docks." Deng Jingshan muttered: "I wonder if the prince has considered that there may be enemies in the direction of the desert?" ”

Although Zhang Jia's main force is extremely far away from here, this does not prevent the Tang army from hiding a cavalry in the desert. And in the vast desert area, it is impossible for you to find out if there is such an army. For the Tang Army, which has a large number of Yi people, it is not too difficult to form such a cavalry.

"I've sent a lot of scouts into these areas." Zhang Zhongwu said: "In this regard, we can only strengthen the early warning, in order to detect it as soon as possible, but in my opinion, the more important thing is that we can quickly defeat Xue Chong's main force, as long as this is completed, even if there is an enemy attacking from afar, it will not be enough to pose a big threat." ”

"It turns out that the prince has been prepared for a long time." Deng Jingshan said with a smile: "Goryeo's side, it's still stable now, some time ago, didn't you say that you were going to change Li Zaidao?" ”

"This guy is very clever." Zhang Zhongwu said: "I heard a little bit of wind about it, and I immediately became honest and obedient. Not only did the worship of our army increase on a large scale, but he also handed over to Chengyou the envoy sent by Tan Daoji to negotiate peace with him, who was Tan Daoji's clan uncle and a very important figure on Tan Daoji's side. This also provoked Tan Daoji to be furious, and launched a fierce attack on the area controlled by Li Zaidao, and its main force had the intention of killing out of the mountains. At such a time, it is difficult to move him for a while. Let's uproot Tan Daoji's power first! ”

"Tan Daoji is now entrenched in the mountains, and his power is getting bigger and bigger, if he doesn't get rid of it as soon as possible, it will inevitably become a big disaster, and now he has a tendency to go out of the mountains, which is a good opportunity. You might as well let Li Zaidao and Chengyou show weakness to them, lure them out of the mountain, and then annihilate them in one fell swoop, completely eliminating this trouble! Deng Jingshan suggested.

Zhang Zhongwu laughed: "The hero sees the same thing. Seungwoo is already doing this. ”

"Oh, have you started seducing Tan Daoji?"

"Not bad. Seungwoo has set a trap, pretending that his main force in Goryeo is withdrawing one after another because he wants to participate in our attack on Tang Land. As you know, Tan Do-ji has always looked down on Lee Jae-do, and if he knew that our army was gone, he would inevitably attack Lee Jae-do in a big way. In my opinion, Tan Daoji's recent series of military operations are a test of our reaction. Zhang Zhongwu said.

"If we have really withdrawn the main force, we will definitely be unable to fight back against Tan Daoji's temptation, which will give him a reassurance." Deng Jingshan Road.

"Before you came, I just received the latest military report, and Tan Daoji has captured three state capitals." Zhang Zhongwu said with a smile: "It is not far from the day when his main force leaves the lair, Chengyou will continue to give him a little sweetness, let Tan Daoji be farther away from his lair, it is best to lure him to the plain area, away from the mountainous area, then cut off his back road, and then annihilate him in one fell swoop." ”

"Seungyou is getting older and hotter now." Deng Jingshan gave a thumbs up, "In this way, it is not far from completely solving the Goryeo problem, as long as we take Tan Daoji, the resistance forces in Goryeo will disappear, and we can take this opportunity to further control Li Zaidao." I don't think at that time, this person doesn't have to exist, hasn't he already given birth to a son? It's better to help his son to take the throne, a young child, which is easier for us to control. ”

"These things, after Tan Daoji is destroyed, Chengyou can do it slowly, don't worry!" Zhang Zhongwu said.

"Now that everything is under the control of the prince, then in the next time, I can attack in the direction of Jianchang without distraction." Deng Jingshan said: "Lord Wang, why don't you see Brother Zhongwen?" ”

"I knew you were coming, so brother, he went and prepared some gifts for you." Zhang Zhongwu said: "I can't let you run empty, ordnance, materials, grain and grass, including the silver money that was pulled, will go with you when you leave, and a servant army of 10,000 people will also follow you back." These people are now anxious to obtain land and status, and their desire to make meritorious service is very eager, and they are an excellent knife. ”

Deng Jingshan was overjoyed, stood up and gave Zhang Zhongwu a deep bow: "Thank you, Lord Wang." Jingshan will inevitably live up to the expectations of the prince, advance bravely, and go straight to Jianchang, striving to defeat Xue Chong's main force in Jianchang and open the passage for the prince's army. ”

Sitting down with the other party's shoulders, Zhang Zhongwu said: "After you go back, you will immediately attack Jianchang, and I will send a large army to come in early September, and my brother will stay in the rear to sit in the town, first, to deal with the autumn harvest, and secondly, to raise grain and grass for us, so that our attack will have no worries." ”

"If we can successfully win Jianchang and pocket the entire land of Pingzhou, then the harvest of this season in Pingzhou will greatly supplement our food needs and avoid the pain of long-distance transportation." Deng Jingshan Road.

Hearing Deng Jingshan's words, Zhang Zhongwu couldn't help laughing, it was about to be the autumn harvest season, if everything went well, it was indeed possible to eat the enemy and grab more supplies from the enemy.

Deng Jingshan was in Zhang Zhongwu's prince's mansion for two days, and then hurriedly returned, he returned with his own soldiers in advance, and Zhang Zhongwu promised him a servant army and a large amount of ordnance, grain and grass, but also immediately behind him, marching towards the direction of Jinzhou.

At this time, in Wuhu Mountain, Liu Yan, Fan Jian and others were also making final preparations.

As expected, because the Liao army was unwilling to pay a huge price to attack Weihu Mountain to completely exterminate this group of bandits, but on the one hand, it could only send envoys to negotiate with Liu Yan and bribe to confuse Liu Yan so that he would not make trouble at this stage, and at the same time recruited servant troops to cooperate with a part of the regular army of the Liao army to blockade Weihu Mountain in order to prevent Liu Yan from going down the mountain.

And Xiao Jing, a Khitan, is one of the servant troops who blockaded Weihu Mountain. After Fan Tong gave Xiao Jing a large amount of money, with this money, Xiao Jing finally opened up the joints and avoided himself from being conscripted to attack the Tang army, but got an easy job and came to blockade Weihu Mountain.

A total of more than 2,000 people of the tribe, the tent rolled, put on the car, the whole group moved over, the same as Xiao Jing, there are a lot of other barbarians, for a while, around Weihu Mountain, but dotted with all kinds of Yi tents.