It seems that Zhou Wenxiu's letters are divided into 12 letters, which have the meaning of a running account, but they record all this in detail, of which three include the performance of the new heavy ride, which is completely verified in actual combat.

On the surface, the new heavy cavalry armor is just a simple adjustment to the armor, the strength has been slightly improved, the weight has become lighter, it seems that it is only one or two percent of the increase and reduction, but it has a huge effect on the integration into the cavalry.

Zhou Wenxiu was able to use such 2000 rides, to this extent, and also relied on the advanced performance of this equipment.

The first battle, 1,000 people, almost killed 10,000 people, the second battle was even more terrible, not only continuously chiseled through the camp, in the midst of thousands of troops, broke through a series of elite troops, let the Liao State survive the biggest crisis, cracked Yuan Hao's sneak attack, so that the Liao army did not receive large-scale losses, the final result, Yuan Hao had to retreat to Xingqing Mansion.

Among these letters, Han Qi couldn't believe it the most, and it was also the most surprising, this one.

Yuan Hao, as the core of Western Xia, and even the backbone of the Western Xia army, as long as he is trapped in Xingqing Mansion, then there will be problems with the control of the entire Western Xia, and this will be their best opportunity.

The Privy Council has long studied a lot of things, but the best inference is just to let the Liao State and the Western Xia face each other in Helan Mountain, so that they have already been given a chance, who knows, Yuan Hao simply ran back, it is obvious that the next step of the Liao State must be to besiege the city, and this point can be changed without any change.

Unless, Yuan Hao is willing to come out to fight with the Liao State in the field, and in the field battle, defeat the Liao State and achieve victory.

This is almost impossible, if Yuan Hao dares to fight with the Liao State, it will be impossible to retreat.

If there is only information about the last battle, it is very likely that Yuan Hao will retreat, but it is also possible that Yuan Hao pretended to retreat, but chose to ambush in a specific place, or lead the army outside.

Either of the two will cause certain problems in the next strategy.

The detailed letter had an effect, because Zhou Wenxiu had been active in the territory of Western Xia for a long time, and after Zhou Wenxiu entered the hinterland of Western Xia, he only had about 1,000 cavalry, but he was able to make a large attack in Western Xia, which was almost impossible before.

Yuan Hao has already shrunk on a large scale, and the larger tribes in several states are all gone, otherwise, even if Zhou Wenxiu's combat effectiveness is amazing, there are only less than 1,000 cavalry left, and it is impossible to have such a big result.

On the contrary, at the end of the letter, Zhou Wenxiu devoted 3 letters to introduce the location of several materials, which Han Qi paid the least attention to.

Admittedly, these supplies were very valuable, and 12 places, a total of 15,000 cattle, 4,000 horses, and a large number of sheep, as well as some goods that were not easy to carry, were also placed there.

The value of 15,000 cattle alone in the Northern Song Dynasty is as high as 200,000 guan, not to mention 4,000 horses, and a large number of sheep, these materials with a total value of more than 500,000 guan cannot be said to be unimportant.

This may represent the cost of a team for several years, which can be used to train a large number of elite warriors, which is very critical to the improvement of the army.

But here in Han Qi, he never thinks that money can solve all problems, his purpose has always been to gain a strategic advantage, and compared to property, it may make it easier for him, but if he goes to get the opportunity to get Lingzhou in order to be greedy for money, Han Qi himself will not forgive himself.

Regardless of whether the Liao State can capture Xingqing Mansion and completely occupy Western Xia, it is an opportunity that is difficult for them to give up, because they can attack unscrupulously.

Lingzhou is the first goal, and it is also the most important and biggest goal for Han Qi.

Lingzhou, located in the west of Xingqing Prefecture, in later generations, belongs to Wuzhong and Lingwu, and is also regarded as an important city around Yinchuan, and Ningxia Wuzhong Dapan Chicken, is also a business card, in later China, many places have Ningxia Wuzhong hotels.

In this era, Ningxia Wuzhong's big plate chicken has not yet appeared, and Lingzhou, the most famous is his rice.

That's right, in such a high dimension, there is rice, this is not black technology, but normal, because this is one of the richest places in the plug.

The Hetao, that is, the middle part of the Yellow River, is a plain dominated by Yinchuan, which has been a rich land since ancient times, and it is also the most worthy of development in the entire Western Regions.

The Central Plains Dynasty, controlled the Hetao, it has the capital to the west and further, and the Hetao area is completely different from other regions, there is little drought here, the Yellow River and the Hetao area of various water sources, to provide a natural irrigation environment here, historically, the Central Plains farming peoples to the development of the Hetao, is also quite in place.

Lingzhou, east of Xingqing Mansion, is directly bordered by the Northern Song Dynasty, and there may be people who farm land in Western Xia, but the whole Western Xia does not pay attention to this, so that the development of Lingzhou is very little, except for the water irrigated by the river, the others are grasslands, and they have become pastures.

To be honest, when Han Qi was in Western Xia, he was eyeing Lingzhou and took Lingzhou, not only one step closer to Xingqing Mansion in Western Xia, but also a granary as long as it passed a certain amount of agricultural reclamation and development.

The most critical place in the use of troops in the northwest is in grain, and the reason why the military expenditure in the northwest is so high is because the price of grain is too high.

Longxi used to be a rich land, and the reason why the Tang Dynasty was able to rise was because of the land of Guanzhong, but after the Qin and Han Kingdoms, and then to the Tang Dynasty, continuous reclamation made Guanzhong, which itself was the foundation, become barren, and the fragile ecological balance greatly reduced his output, not to mention Longxi.

Any governor of Longxi knows that if Longxi can produce one more stone of grain, at least 5 stones, or even 10 stones, of grain and grass can be left, so the value generated is huge.

Almost any governor has worked hard to increase the output of Longxi, but the effect is not great, it is good to say something close to Lingzhou, the land is fertile, the water source is sufficient, but it is the land of four wars, even if the grain is planted, the Western Xia may come to attack at any time, and the good grain planted is likely to become the target of the Western Xia plunder.

But taking Lingzhou is different, not only has the land that can be planted expanded dozens of times, but at the same time, Lingzhou's own strong defense will also make it not so easy for Western Xia to attack.

Take Lingzhou, use the fortress and its own defense, use each other's horns, and finally form a perfect defense system, and open up Lingzhou, as well as these granaries that originally belonged to the war zone, even if the annual output is only 5 million stones, it will be terrible for the change of the entire northwest.

At least 20 million stone of grain can be saved, even in the price of Bianliang, it is more than 1.4 million guan, not to mention some other aspects of the investment saved, to put it bluntly, to take Lingzhou, and control and develop it, for the entire northwest situation, very critical.

Before the change, even if there was such an opportunity, Han Qi would hesitate, the attack power of Western Xia was terrifying, especially Yuan Hao, he also knew that the criticality of Lingzhou, this state was directly related to the battlefield balance of the two sides, so even if there was a little loss, he would do his best to fight for it, and it was even possible to pour the strength of the whole country.

Now, this is the best opportunity, although Lingzhou is very rich, it is very small, and it is not a necessary place for the Liao State to go to Xingqing Mansion in Western Xia, so it is impossible for the Liao State to put the target here, and Yuan Hao is trapped in Xingqing Mansion, as long as the Liao army is fast enough, they are a little more careful and carry it out secretly, they should be able to take Lingzhou, and not alarm Yuan Hao.

The combination of the fortress and the longbow, this is what Han Qi has ever seen, the strongest protection performance, but also the most terrifying, he has a preliminary understanding of the speed of construction, the initial formation of the protective strength, it will take about 20 days, to 40 days later, it can already reach about 90% of the strength.

The fortress itself is a very terrible defensive tool, not to mention 9 percent of the defense strength, even if it is only one-third, it is enough to form a high strength, for those who are not familiar with the fortress, in order to conquer the fortress, it will pay a huge price.

Han Qi has never been a passive waiter, he arrived in the border city ahead of schedule, and even took a little risk for this, and now he has obtained information from Zhou Wenxiu, and through the investigation of the night, he has proved some on the side, and he is at least 80% sure.

On the battlefield, more than 5 percent of the certainty is enough for the commander to gamble, not to mention now, more than 8 percent of the certainty.

The army that had already been prepared began to set off, this is the main force carefully prepared by Han Qi, a total of about 40,000 people, including 5,000 cavalry, 10,000 infantry armor, and the rest are all longbow teams, and the longbow team has replaced the original heavy infantry units of infantry armor and become the main force.

It seems that the number of cavalry, compared to before, is very small, but the entire combat effectiveness has also increased a lot, cavalry and heavy infantry are preparing for the longbow team to open up the distance, their attack power, and even combat ability, there is not much, and there is no need to think too much about it at all, what really decides everything is the longbow

40,000 people, but 70,000 horses were prepared, this is already the limit that Han Qi can use, it can be said that after this battle, there will not be too many horses in the entire Northwest Fourth Road, because they are all exhausted.

The most critical reason for restricting the expansion of the Northern Song Dynasty was that the mobility was not strong, and the only cavalry could not all be sent to pursue, otherwise, it was very likely to be counterattacked by the other party, but under the premise of riding, it was necessary to dismount and array, which would waste a little time, which was not at all able to catch up, those were two concepts.