The Xia people have always paid attention to the fact that all people are soldiers, and even now, they can still easily organize a force of 500,000 troops.

Among the 500,000 troops, there are countless elite soldiers and strong generals, and there are several armies that are famous and terrifying, and are known between Song, Jin, and Liao.

Almost every army is comparable to the Tiefutu of the Jin people and the Tielin Army of the Southern Courtyard of the Liao people.

Placed near Xingqing Mansion are the famous Iron Harriers, as well as the Proton Army, totaling more than 70,000 people. On the desert steppe, the captivating army against the Mongols and other armies, as the name suggests, has always been famous for capturing enemy soldiers as slaves, and the number of them has reached nearly 100,000.

Bubazi is the infantry army of the Xia people, which is also extremely strong, and the Poxi army is good at using firearms, so that the two armies of Bubazi and Poxi have always been mixed into other armies, so that the Xia army can be invincible no matter what kind of war it faces.

Now in Lanzhou's 30,000 right wing army, although there is no elite iron harrier of the Xia people, even if the ordinary cavalry configuration is based on foot and poxi army, it is not easy for Mo Xiaobao, Li Zhongfang and others.

The Hexi Corridor has a total of seven cities, and in the Anbei Army garrisoned by the Xia people, it is the Iron Harrier, the Poxi Army, and the Bubazi are complete, and it is definitely a tragic battle for Zhong Silkworm and Tian Lin who are now rushing to Liangzhou.

As for Li Heng, now he only relies on 6,000 people to attack the central defender, and then cut off the road of Xingqing Mansion to Liangzhou, or rush to Lanzhou, in Liu Keshi's view, it is tantamount to using a mantis arm as a car, and it is almost difficult to achieve.

"My lord, the Xia people are definitely a difficult bone to gnaw, whether the Xia people are cavalry or infantry troops, even firearms have always been a headache. When the Jin people went south to attack our Great Song Dynasty, it can be said that they were a flat river, and the terrain of the city was like a bamboo, but in the battles with the Xia people over the years, they were rarely able to take advantage of the Xia people. Now adults...... Xia Guan doesn't understand how to lead troops to fight, so he really can't see what the intention of the Lord to directly attack the three places of the Xia people with a small number of troops, but Xia Guan believes that my lord, you are by no means despising the Xia people's troops. Liu Keshi looked at Ye Qing's back, and couldn't guess for a while that Ye Qing used troops in three places at the same time, rather than focusing on the intention of attacking one city.

"If this time ......." Ye Qing raised his hand and pointed to the three roads of the Hetao on the map, and then said: "What should we do if the Jin people take advantage of the emptiness behind us at this time and unexpectedly enter the three roads of the Hetao?" ”

"The lower officials think that Lord Yu Yunwen is suspected of killing chickens with a knife in Lanzhou." Liu Keshi looked at Ye Qing's back, paused and said: "If you send Lord Yu Yunwen back to Jingzhao Mansion to garrison, you must be able to deal with the Jin people who take advantage of the situation for a while, and now there are only Chongguo Gong, King Qing, Liu Minxing, Liu Minxue and others in Jingzhao Mansion, I am afraid that once the Jin people use troops against our rear, I am afraid that it will be difficult to even parry." ”

"Yu Yunwen can't move, no one can move Yu Yunwen, as long as Lanzhou Mansion is taken, Yu Yunwen must be in Lanzhou City, even if it is me, I am afraid it is not as good as Yu Yunwen sitting in Lanzhou." Ye Qing sighed and turned to look at Liu Keshi, whose eyes were red.

Since the start of the war, Liu Keshi has hardly stopped and closed his eyes slightly.

He knew better than anyone how important it was for the endless supply of supplies, grain and grass from Guanshan to be delivered to the Three Route Army on time and safely, not to mention that because of Ye Qing's order, he hoped to be able to do a better job of dispatching.

So it's only been a few days, and Liu Keshi's whole person seems to be several years old, with a scruffy beard, red eyes, and a tired and even anxious look.

"My lord, why don't you think that Yu Yunwen is overkill to sit in Lanzhou?" Liu Keshi thanked Ye Qing for the tea he personally handed him, and then sat down with Ye Qing and asked.

"It's not difficult for Li Heng to hold the central defender, not to mention that Xia Ren is now in infighting. Li An'an is determined to seize the throne, and Li Chunyou is also iron-hearted, and he wants to use the opportunity of this infighting to get rid of Li An'an, who is not subservient. Therefore, Li Heng guarded the central guard, as long as the soldiers and horses of the 16th Prison Division further north of Xingqing Mansion were not dispatched to Xingqing Mansion at the first time, Li Heng was safer than anyone else. Even if the Mongols have pacified the Xia people now, showing that they have no hostility to the Xia country, but the sixteen supervisors of the Xia people stationed in the desert steppe in the north, with as many as 120,000 troops, it is difficult to withdraw back to Xingqing Mansion for a while. As for the Iron Harrier and the Proton Army in Xingqing Mansion, they had already been divided into two factions by the infighting between Li An'an and Li Chunyou at this time, and it was impossible to attack Li Heng. Ye Qing held the teacup and said leisurely.

"So Li Heng's side, don't worry too much, but I still gave him 3,000 battalions, plus his field battalion has a total of 6,000 people, and before Li Zhongfang goes to help him, he won't have another man's strength increase. So...... If the centre-back can't hold it, we'll lose everything. Ye Qing smiled at the puzzled Liu Keshi, and continued to smile: "So this is the reason why Yu Yunwen must guard Lanzhou. ”

"The lower officials are stupid, and they still don't understand too much." Liu Keshi's head shook like a rattle.

"Hold Lanzhou, we will never be completely driven into the Guanshan fortress by the Xia people, and ...... Hengqiao's Guanghua Army was originally not a large army in the Northland, but now it has appeared in Lanzhou, Lin'an Chaotang At this time, it is estimated that he has jumped to his feet angrily, and Han Yanxuan will not sit idly by, once he defines Hengqiao's Guanghua Army as a rebel, then Lanzhou will be dangerous. After all, Han Yanxuan's favorite thing is ....... ”

Without waiting for Ye Qing to finish speaking, Liu Keshi suddenly said: "Han Xiangzhi's preference for the lower officials has long been heard, and it is rumored that over the years, the reason why he has been able to rise above the court is completely because of robbing others of their credit, so if the Guanghua Army is defined as a rebel, Han Xiang will have a reason to send troops to Lanzhou, so that we are in a dilemma?" ”

"Yes, before the war, in order to stabilize the morale of the army and improve morale, including the officials at all levels of the Eighth Route in the Northland, I submitted a list of nearly 100 officials to the Ministry of Officials, but among them, only Yu Yunwen was sent by the imperial court to promote him to the pacification envoy and the Duke of Yongguo. If once Han Yanxuan personally went to Lizhou Road, or defined Hengqiao and Guanghua Army in the name of traitors, Yu Yunwen, the pacification envoy and Yongguo Gong personally appointed by the imperial court, would come forward much better than me, a person who had already been in the imperial court and had no good reputation. At the very least, Han Yanxuan can be jealous, unable to make Hengqiao's name as a traitor, and unable to ignore Yu Yunwen's existence in Lanzhou, but because I attacked Xia behind my back, he didn't dare and couldn't be greedy for Lanzhou's merits, or snatch Lanzhou back and return it to Xiaren. Ye Qing said helplessly.

Liu Keshi smiled, and then saluted Ye Qing and said, "My lord really has no last resort, and he even calculates such a small matter." ”

"Yu Yunwen's legitimacy is more reasonable than any of us. The charge of self-proclaimed king has been hovering over my head for several years, although I can defend Lanzhou under Han Yanxuan's questioning and difficulty, but it is difficult to guarantee that the imperial court will not take this opportunity to completely draw a line with me, so as to give up all the recovered lands like cutting meat, and then announce to the world that I, Ye Qing, have made high merit and have established myself as the king in the north. By then, we'll be embattled and we'll be our enemies as far as the eye can see. Ye Qing drank tea, and Jia Shi sent the battle reports of the three places back and forth.

"In this way, only Liangzhou and other seven states in Hexi can be regarded as a vicious war and a bitter war?" At this time, Liu Keshi had already forgotten that he was a courtier of the Song Dynasty and an official under Ye Qing, he only knew now that he followed Ye Qing to expand his territory, and then looked at the Xia, Jin and other countries that had bullied the Great Song Dynasty back then, and under Ye Qing's step by step, they lost their vast territory one by one, and he felt that a male husband should be born so heroic.

"Yes, the real war has always been in the seven states of Hexi, Tian Lin and Zhong Silkworm now have only 40,000 people under their command, even if there are only 70,000 people in the seven states of Hexi, the Anbei army is not advantageous in numbers, and it is still the attacking side, so it is really difficult to conquer the seven states of Hexi again and again and occupy the Hexi corridor." Ye Qing thought of the narrow terrain of the Hexi Corridor, and then thought about the city that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and he also sweated Tian Lin and Zhong Silkworm in his heart.

Therefore, after Mo Xiaobao broke the city of Lanzhou, he had to rush to the aid of Tian Lin and Zhong Silkworm as soon as possible, and Li Zhongfang had to be sad to rush to the aid of Li Heng, who had weak troops, and Yu Yunwen with Hengqiao must hold Lanzhou, and as the commander-in-chief, he could only sit in Guanshan, and he had to guard against the possible sneak attack on Hetao from the back of the Jin people.

In short, when counting with his fingers, Ye Qing will be complacent that there will be generals and soldiers under his command, but when these soldiers are to be used thoroughly, just like the salary every month, when he first got it, he felt quite satisfied, and it was not too little, but once he made the budget for the next month, he would instantly give birth to a kind of: Lao Tzu worked hard for a month, and he had so much money! How to buy a house! How to marry a daughter-in-law! How to have a baby! It's so hard!

Ye Qing is feeling this way now, when he hasn't arrived at Jingzhao Mansion, everything still feels quite confident, but when everything starts to get on the right track, when it comes to real guns, take out his pockets and start counting troops and generals, and start spending money, he will have a kind of illusion, did I miscalculate at the beginning? It's completely different from what I imagined!

"But even so, once the Jin people come to attack, our troops are still not enough." Liu Keshi was still excited at first, Zhongwei and Lanzhou were not as difficult as he imagined, thinking that only Liangzhou and other seven states needed to fight, he could be regarded as accepting, after all, this is a war, not a playhouse.

But when he thought of the Jin man behind his buttocks, he might take advantage of the weakness to enter, and Liu Keshi fell into the anxiety of being a literati again.

Ye Qing stretched out his hand in the void, pointed to the map not far away, and said, "Do you see the distance between Zhongwei and Liangzhou?" Let's see where Lanzhou is. ”

Liu Keshi followed Ye Qing's fingers, looked at it silently for a while, and said: "If Guanshan is the base point, then Zhongwei is due north, Lanzhou is due south but west, and Liangzhou is directly in front of us, that is, due west." ”

"Yes, if a straight line is drawn between Guanshan and Liangzhou, then the two connect the central defender, which is a regular triangle, and the connection below Lanzhou is an inverted triangle, which can be attacked and retreated, and the mountain is the rear, there is no more perfect strategic advantage than this. Therefore, as long as we take the three states of Liangzhou, Jinzhou, and Ganzhou, and the other four states behind, we can slowly figure it out, so that Guanshan's troops can retreat to the three roads of Hetao, so as to prevent the Jin people from attacking. So, you burn incense and worship the Buddha, and bless the Jin people from suddenly attacking us at such a short time, otherwise, the land of the four roads centered on Jingzhao Mansion will fall into perennial war again. Ye Qing got up, patted Liu Keshi's shoulder in a daze, and then followed Jia Shi out of the room.

Liu Keshi looked blankly at the map on the wall, unable to come back to his senses for a long time, Ye Qing's words just now were still in his ears, and he was not in a hurry to capture the other four states, that is to say, Ye Qing completely gave up the only possibility: the opportunity to rescue Yeluyue, the princess of Liao.

(ps: I feel, it's just a simple feeling...... It feels like a lot of people are gloating: I see how bad you Aoba can write about the war, or: I see what surprises you Aoba can write!