"Zhang Qing, is there any news from Dingzhou and Jiehe?"

"Back to Your Majesty's words, yesterday the Hebei Xuanfu Division of the Jiehe River came to report that Xuanshuai Wu Haogu led 20,000 cavalry to capture Hanjiabao along the Sanggan River, plus the Majiabao and Liujiabao that were captured before, and captured three cities in three days, and now it has advanced to Wuqing County ten miles away. It is reported that Yelu Yanxi, the Khitan lord, is now stationed in Wuqing, with no less than tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command. In the face of the army led by the Liao lord, it was really not easy for Wu Haogu to be able to fight like this.

As for Dingzhou, due to the large number of Beiyuyuan blocking horses near the state city, the news transmission was not possible. Since the day before yesterday, there has been no news delivered. ”

Uncle Zhang's words were almost the same as what he said half an hour ago. Before Zhao Ji went to court this morning, he said the same thing again.

Zhao Ji is obviously a little uncomfortable with the ongoing war.

On the one hand, all the good news came from the Jiehe River, first in the bloody battle of the Jiehe River for one day, repelled more than 10,000 Khitan Palace troops, and also beheaded 600 armor, captured more than 200 Liao soldiers, captured more than 700 war horses, and more than 500 armor!

As long as the officials who know a little about military affairs know that the data reported by the Hebei Xuanfu Division is very valuable! The beheaded "armor head", which is also the head with a helmet, is impossible to kill the good and take the risk. Moreover, there were also prisoners alive, and war horses and armor were captured!

This shows that the soldiers and horses of Hebei Xuanfu Division have really achieved a great victory full of gold! At least thousands of Liao troops were killed and wounded.

Then the Liao army retreated all the way, and the advance of the new army in Hebei step by step also illustrates this point.

But no one would believe that Wu Haogu could completely defeat the tens of thousands of palace cavalry of Yelu Yanxi with 20,000 cavalry, and the victory in the first battle was only a temporary victory, maybe it was a trick of the Khitans at all!

Therefore, almost no one in the court believed that Wu Haogu could use 20,000 people to defeat the county seat of Wuqing, let alone directly analyze the city of Jinfu.

Therefore, another plan proposed by Liang Zimei, the pacification envoy of Dingzhou Road, that is, the plan to transfer the two cavalry in the direction of the Jiehe River to Dingzhou Road to participate in the battle, was approved by most of the courtiers.

However, Zhang Shuye and Wang Yu, both the heads of the Military Machinery Division, did not approve of Liang Zimei's plan on paper.

Of course, they did not dare to openly disagree with the courtiers, so they could only privately put forward different views.

"But thousands to 10,000 northern captives, and it is mainly the Han army, why is Dingzhou City besieged?" Zhao Ji frowned and asked, "Doesn't Liang Zimei have three generals on hand?" There are 15,000 soldiers alone! ”

The three generals have 15,000 soldiers, which is basically full, and the three generals in Liang Zimei's hands have at least thirty percent of the vacancies, plus some soldiers who can't go to the battlefield for various reasons, it's good to have 8,000 soldiers now. But even so, people shouldn't be trapped in Dingzhou City as a shrinking turtle!

"Zhang Qing, give Liang Zimei two more generals' cavalry, can he defeat the Liao soldiers who entered the Kou?" Zhao Ji asked again.

"If the two generals arrive in Dingzhou on heavy horses, the Liao soldiers should retreat on their own."

"Retreat on your own? Why? ”

"Your Majesty, isn't this clear?" Uncle Zhang said at night, "The two generals of Hebei have armored horses, which are used to win battles, while the Liao army has a large number of light horses that can be used to stop horses from afar. Our two cavalry generals are acting violently, how can they hide from the Liao people's distant horses? Before they got close to Dingzhou City, they should run away.

With more than 10,000 Liao Han troops against more than 10,000 armored cavalry, it is bound to be defeated! The commander of the Liao army is not a fool and will not fight such a defeated battle. ”

"That's right." Zhao Ji nodded, "Then transfer two infantry generals to Liang Zimei, there are 25,000 soldiers, you can finally drive the Liao soldiers away, right?" Let's mobilize from Zhendingfu Road. ”

The station of the pacification envoy of Zhendingfu Road is Zhendingfu City, which is not too far from Dingzhou City. Moreover, the border between Zhendingfu Road and Xijing Road in Liaoguo is not long, and it is still in the Taihang Mountains, so it is difficult to achieve a breakthrough. Therefore, the four generals placed on the Zhendingfu Road are actually used to prevent changes in Hedong and occupy the Taihang Mountains.

There is no alarm from Daizhou on Hedong Road, which borders Zhendingfu Road, so the soldiers on Zhendingfu Road can be transferred to Dingzhou Road.

It's just that there are a lot of vacancies and old and weak soldiers on Zhendingfu Road, and it would be good for two generals to be able to pull out 5,000 soldiers. Counting them, Liang Zimei's command, that is, 12,300 soldiers, is one-third less than the 18,000 soldiers and horses of the eight battalions of the Liao State guards!

However, Zhang Shuye didn't dare to tell Zhao Jiming about this situation.

"Your Majesty," Uncle Zhang asked, "who should be in command of such an elite five generals?" Ma Yong, the capital of Dingzhou Fu Road, had never fought in his life, and was not suitable for commanding a large army. ”

"Hmm," Zhao Ji nodded, "Then transfer Zhong Fu to be the deputy envoy of Hebei Xuanfu, the head of the soldiers and horses of Dingzhou Road and Zhendingfu Road, and immediately rush to Zhending, lead the two elites to aid Dingzhou, and command the armies of Hebei West Road!"

In addition, I will hand over the step-by-step camp map drawn by myself to Zhong Fu, and order him to set up the formation according to the map, and be sure to advance slowly. The Military Machinery Division of the Metropolitan Government should also formulate a corresponding combat strategy as soon as possible! ”

"Commandment."

"Step by Step for the Camp" is a "formation map", but unlike Zhao Ji's ancestors who liked to draw formation maps, the formation map of Emperor Genghis is not a work of art that is drawn indiscriminately and has no actual combat value.

In fact, Zhao Ji's formation diagram was drawn by him based on Wu Haogu's performance. After the "Daimyo's Mansion Conference", Wu Haogu reported his method of "hardening the village and fighting a dumb battle" to Zhao Ji, and also attached a sketch.

Zhao Ji created this "Step by Step for the Camp Map" according to Wu Haogu's description and sketch, which depicts a camp overlooking the map, and in the blank space in the picture, Zhao Ji also stipulates the specifications of some hard village facilities. The walls of the camp should be eight feet high and eight feet thick, and they could be built with rammed earth or sandbags. The trench was eight feet deep and two feet wide, and a fence was to be built beyond the ditch to defend the enemy's horse caravan.

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Just when Zhao Ji wanted to use the method of settling a hard village and fighting a dumb battle to deal with the 30,000 guards and pro-army of the horsemen, Wu Haogu was looking at a construction site five miles north of Hanjiabao and the brigade of cavalry and infantry that were unfolding next to the construction site with a telescope!

The method of "hardening the village and fighting a dumb battle" is not used by Wu Haogu to fool people, but can really be used in the strategy of Xijin Fucheng.

After capturing the Hanjiabao, a castle built by the Yutian Han family on the side of the Sanggan River, what was placed in front of Wu Haogu was the Zhaojiabao belonging to the Zhao family in Zhenzhou.

Zhaojiabao is less than four miles away from the county seat of Wuqing, and is a walled city built by the water with a wharf. It is different from Majiabao, Liujiabao, and Hanjiabao, which were unguarded before. This Zhaojia fort was defended by more than 1,000 Liao troops. Less than three miles north of Zhaojiabao is the camp where the Khitan army stands across the Sanggan River, and in the north it is the county seat of Wuqing. In addition, there is also a Xiaojiabao opposite a Sanggan River sandwiched between Wuqing County.

The Khitan Palace, which is less than 60,000 troops, now relies on Wuqing County, Xiaojiabao, Zhaojiabao and a large battalion sandwiched between Zhaojiabao and Wuqing County, putting on a posture of strict defense.

In addition, a large number of distant horses were scattered, distributed on both sides of the Sanggan River, threatening the two wings of the Wuhaogu army.

The coping strategy of Wuhaogu is to win over and subdue the small local tyrants in the southern Wuqing area on the one hand, and on the other hand use the castle hard village to compress the activity space of the Liao people to block the horses.

The 6,000 iron cavalry in his hand cooperated with the heavy infantry and acted as the sappers and guards of the people who built the walled city.

"Xuan Shuai, according to this way of playing, I'm afraid that we won't be able to take Wuqing County next spring!"

Wu Haogu put down the telescope, glanced at Tan Zhi who was talking to him, and said with a faint smile: "Then take the entire Wuqing County next summer...... There's no need to rush at all, just take your time.

There are almost thousands of Yandi tyrants in the entire Wuqing County, and if they are not subdued one by one, the territory will be empty. So you can't rush, you have to take your time. One by one, the walls of the dock were repaired. Every time you build a place, you can investigate the land, tribes, horses, and other conditions of several small local tyrants, register them, and at the same time bring their hostages back to Jiehe Shang City to settle down. ”

There are about 10,000 square kilometers of land in Wuqing County, and the land that has been reclaimed has 8 million mu, if not 10 million mu, but there is no record in the Liao State Government.

Of course, Wu Haogu would not allow such a situation, so he had to take advantage of this opportunity to send troops to find out the situation. Of course, there will be no taxes. However, the military service account must be established, and thousands of local tyrants must provide at least 2,000 cavalry soldiers, as well as auxiliary soldiers and horses, to serve in Jiehe Shang City in turn.

In addition, Wu Haogu must also find out the situation of "ownerless land" in Wuqing County. These "ownerless" lands are resources that can be used to house new knights. If you can get millions of acres of land, you can house three or four thousand more knights' homes.

Therefore, Wu Haogu is not in a hurry to end the battle of Wuqing now.

If the battle of Wuqing is soon over, the territory here will become a county of the imperial court, and it will not be so easy for Wu Haogu to make arrangements.

At the same time, the Great Liao Emperor Yelu Yanxi was watching the good news of Xiao Fengxian and Ma Renwang in the temporary palace in Wuqing County.

Xiao Fengxian besieged the military cities of the Guangxin Army and the Ansu Army, and also hit a lot of grass valleys in all directions, and gained a lot. And Ma Renwang is even more powerful, breaking three mouths in a row, and taking the three county towns of Beiping, Wangdu, and Tang County. not only plundered a large amount of property, but also captured tens of thousands of people of the Song Dynasty. This is a bargaining chip in negotiations with the Song Dynasty!

But now the Song army is not bad at fighting on the side of Wuqing County, capturing three castles, and advancing all the way to the city of Wuqing County, and his tens of thousands of troops are actually forced to shrink back, and they can't even raise the courage to fight a decisive battle!

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