The so-called pull a hair and move the whole body, the unstoppable iron cavalry of the Mongols stepped on Liao, Ye Qing, who supported the army like a vassal king, took advantage of the situation to bully Xia, and the Jin people who heard the wind waited for an opportunity to take profits, and the Song court, who was keen on infighting, was anxious to draw all the boundaries with Ye Qing, and was afraid that after Ye Qing in the north made a big move, he would bring Xia and Jin joint revenge to the Song court.

Heng Qiao acted on Ye Qing's orders and fled Dasanguan, although it caught Song Ting off guard, but Song Ting, led by Han Yanxuan, still had a rare reaction in the shortest possible time.

Zhao Fang, the commander of the Han Dangjiang yīn army, had an unhappy encounter with Ye Qing in Zhenjiang, so on the second day after Hengqiao's troops left the Dasan Pass, he immediately led the army to the Dasan Pass to garrison, and at the same time, the An Feng army on the Huainan Road, under the advice of Qian Xiangzu, the secretary of the military department, led by Sima Jian, rushed to the Dasan Pass to defend one after another.

Although Han Yanxuan knew that Qian Xiangzu's move was intended to help Ye Qing reduce the pressure from the imperial court, but because Qian Xiangzu had the support of the saint behind him, he had to nod and agree, and Sima Jian of Huainan Road led his troops and Zhao Fang to Dasanguan to guard against the so-called Xia people.

On June 10 of the fourth year of Shaoxi, the city of Lanzhou was broken, Li Dezhi had to lead the remnants of the city to surrender after the Lanzhou defender and the Jincheng defender were killed one after another, and Yu Yunwen finally took Lanzhou City under the joint efforts of Mo Xiaobao, Li Zhongfang, and Hengqiao's 60,000 troops.

Mo Xiaobao and Li Zhongfang were only two short periods of rest in Lanzhou City, and even the weapons, armor, and war horses of the siege battle had to be used in the supplies of the Xia people, and the reason why they were so hurried and anxious was entirely because they had been delaying in Lanzhou City for too long, and they could no longer return to Pingliang Town to make supplies, so they had to solve it on the spot, and then immediately went to help Zhong Silkworm, Tian Lian and Li Heng.

When Zhao Fang, the commander of the Jiang Yīn army, and Sima Jian, the commander of the An Feng army, rushed to Dasanguan one after another, the first time Yu Yunwen learned about it, he also received the news that Yu Yunwen, who had begun to guard Lanzhou, breathed a sigh of relief: Sima Jian was his own person.

The six words written by Ye Qing himself were crooked, but in Yu Yunwen's eyes at this time, it was like a hand-me-down, how to look at it and how pleasing to the eye, like a panacea, made Yu Yunwen's original heavy pressure on his shoulders a little lighter, so as not to worry too much about the imperial court behind him would recruit yīn to deal with them, the officials of the northern land.

And at the first moment when the city of Lanzhou was broken, Li Heng, who had already captured the central guard, received the news of the scouts in front and Wu Lian in Xingqing Mansion, and immediately made a decision to send 3,000 people from the field battalion under his command, and took the initiative to go out of the central guard to meet the iron harriers and proton army of the Xia people, and there were only 3,000 people left in the middle acropolis, so there were only 3,000 people left in the 3,000 battalions.

Li Heng had to take the initiative to delay the time for Li Zhongfang, who had lagged behind for two days, in order to ensure that the central defender could be firmly in his hands to the greatest extent, instead of letting the menacing Xia people go south to Pingliang Town and Guanshan in one fell swoop, forming an active situation in which Lanzhou can be attacked and Liangzhou can be rushed.

The price paid by Ye Qing for a Lanzhou city was that the troops and generals were stretched, and Lanzhou City was broken two days later than originally planned, and then the consequence was that Liu Keshi was in a hurry in Pingliang Town like an ant on a hot pot, holding a large number of soldiers and grain and grass in his hands, but he was never able to supply the army that needed these materials, so he could only stand outside Pingliang Town every day and build a canopy

, looking forward to it Suddenly, billowing smoke and dust appeared in the distance of sight, and the army wrapped in Li Zhongfang suddenly appeared.

The postponement of Li Zhongfang's aid not only made Liu Keshi restless in Pingliang Town, but also made the field battalion under Li Heng's command take the initiative to go out of the city to meet the Xia army, and then formed a stalemate with the Xia army.

But after all, it was the Xia people's proton army and the iron harrier who had the numerical advantage, so Li Heng had to fight hard against the water, and mobilized half of the 3,000 battalions to the front line, so as to rush to the field battalion with seriously damaged troops.

In such a stretched situation, the most uncomfortable nature is still mixed in the middle, Liu Keshi, who was originally only responsible for the grain and grass battalion, in the twelve hours of the day, almost one-third of the time is worried about looking at Jingtai and Zhongwei, and one-third of the time is looking forward to the direction of Jincheng, Huizhou, and Lanzhou, and the last one-third of the time is a little helpless and pitiful looking at the direction of Guanshan behind him, and he can't wait for Ye Qing, who has been standing still. can suddenly come down like a god and solve the current dilemma.

The situation of war has always been like this, and the strategic initiative at the beginning does not mean that you will be able to maintain your superiority in a large-scale and multi-site battle situation in which the situation is ever-changing.

The gains and losses of one city and one place will control the entire battle situation, but this so-called victory result will always be a double-edged sword.

No matter how many ideas you have made before the war and how many so-called perfect strategies you have planned, as long as you do not actually occupy a city or a place, you will never know whether the consequences of attacking a city or a place will outweigh the disadvantages or the disadvantages will outweigh the advantages.

There are too many famous generals in the history of the Chinese nation, some of whom are famous for attacking cities and conquering places, and some of them are admired by future generations for annihilating the enemy's vital forces and not for the purpose of attacking cities.

Of course, among the many famous generals, those who are often not remembered by history and take failure as the final outcome, in Ye Qing's view today, his current situation seems to be repeating the path of those losers, as if he is too obsessed with the importance of Lanzhou City, so that he fell into a predicament overnight.

The situation on the battlefield is changeable, and the opportunity for victory or defeat is fleeting, so it is not so much that Lanzhou City has consumed the strategic initiative of Ye Qing and others, but rather that Ye Qing attaches great importance to Lanzhou City, so that the battle situation has been tilting towards an uncontrolled development direction.

"Your Excellency......." Jia She's sweaty head appeared behind Ye Qing with a solemn expression.

"Report." Ye Qing didn't look back.

"Before the sun set, Li Zhongfang could only rush to Huizhou, and could not respond to Zhongwei in time." Jia Shi tried not to let his tone be too nervous and said, "In this way...... Even if Li Zhongfang marched overnight, he would not be able to reach Pingliang Town until noon tomorrow, and when he arrived in Pingliang, even if the soldiers did not unload their armor and galloped lightly, it would take at least two days to ....... ”

"Immediately went to Pingliang and ordered Liu Keshi to lead 20,000 troops to rush to the aid of the central guard day and night. You immediately lead the troops to replace Liu Keshi, Zhen Pingliang. Ye Qing replied

head, slammed a fist on the table, and said with a firm face.

"Your Excellency......." Jia Shi looked at Ye Qing in shock and muttered, "My lord, in this case, what should we do behind us?" If the Jin people suddenly make a difficulty, the Hetao is ...... three ways. ”

"Abandon the solid pass and keep the cool, as long as the cool is not lost, there will be no danger in the solid pass." Ye Qing sighed, lowered his head and looked at the map.

"My lord, do you want to go back to the loop in person?" Jia Shi couldn't help but gasp, Ye Qing was so desperate, it was tantamount to opening up a battle with Xia Ren.

Pingliang Town has no danger to defend at all, the reason why it can now become Ye Qing's grain and grass camp leisurely is entirely because it has the support of Guguan behind it, and if it is empty once Guguan is empty, Pingliang Town is lonely, like a lonely boat in the sea, and a wave may swallow it and overturn it.

"It's up to you within the summer realm, as long as the central guard is not lost and Liangzhou is broken, then the situation is still under our control. The current situation is just the last dark moment before victory. Ye Qing said so, but he didn't have much confidence in his heart, after all, the current trend of history has long deviated from the original trajectory, and the balance of victory is no longer the only favor for him Ye Qing.

"Don't worry, your lord, the end of Pingliang Town will definitely defend to the end! Unless it's the last general....... Jia Shi gritted his teeth and said firmly.

"Even if you die, you must keep it cool. Once Liu Keshi is out of Pingliang, it is almost impossible to adjust his defense with you. Originally, I was going to use you as a killer move, but now it seems that the delay in Lanzhou City has made us fall into passivity all of a sudden, and it is impossible to climb out of this swamp, so we can only carry it hard. Ye Qing sighed and said.

"Yes, the last general will not be dishonored." Jia Shi watched Ye Qing wave his hand, and knew that time was pressing now, so after saluting without delay, he immediately went to gather the army and go to Pingliang Town.

Guguan is very close to Pingliang, and when it comes down the mountain, it enters the range of Pingliang Town, and it is precisely because the two are extremely close that Ye Qing dares to move the grain and grass camp directly from Guguan to Pingliang.

The 20,000 troops led by Jia Shi had not had time to get out of Guguan, and Liu Keshi, who was looking forward to it, finally waited for the order of Guguan, just opened it and looked at it, and stayed in place in an instant.

"My lord actually asked me to lead my troops to help the central defender? This...... How can this be done? I've never led an army into battle. Liu Keshi, who had round eyes, looked at the familiar handwriting, obviously it was not pretended by others, it must be Ye Qing's handwriting, not to mention that the person who sent the letter was already familiar with him, and he couldn't be more familiar with it, and there would never be a fake.

It's just that he really couldn't understand how Ye Qing could suddenly entrust himself with such a heavy task, allowing a civilian official who was powerless and had never led troops to fight to lead his troops to help Li Heng, which ...... Isn't this the same as the checks and balances of the imperial court back then, and the strategy of letting civilian officials contain military generals in the army!

But when he saw Ye Qing's crooked violator of military law, Liu Keshi also knew that the current situation did not allow him to delay, let alone allow him to reply to confirm it, so he had to bite the bullet and began to gather the troops of Pingliang Town, leaving an empty town to rush to Li Heng's aid.

(PS: Quack, I'm sorry everyone...... Happy New Year's Day, Wishing you prosperity. ）