"Gao Yu crossed the river from the vicinity of the mainland, could it be that he wanted to go north to Zhending Mansion, join the Song army in Zhending Mansion, and then go east to Dingzhou?"

"Dingzhou has 10,000 elite soldiers from the palace of the B family and the Xuanli army from Xijing Road to garrison, and the Song people can't defeat it!"

"That's a high boy!"

"No, no, what's the use of him laying down Dingzhou? It's nothing more than taking back a little bit of our loot and slaves. If we really want to withdraw from the army, we don't have to go to Dingzhou City. ”

"Yes, didn't Gao Yu ignore Kaifeng Mansion? It's winter now, and the Yellow River should freeze in a little while. At that time, our 100,000 army should fight to Kaifeng Mansion City. ”

"Then he just made a false shot, wanting to lead us north to Dingzhou."

"Then we can't be fooled!"

"If we don't be fooled, will he go south along Zhangshui to Xiangzhou to train with Xiangzhou?"

"Possibly...... That's the decisive battle between the seekers! ”

"The decisive battle is the decisive battle, as long as they are willing to fight with us well, don't dig trenches and build city walls, who are we afraid of?"

"That's right! As long as we fight, none of us are afraid of ......."

Emperor Yelu Yanxi of the Great Liao, Xiao Fengxian, the privy envoy of the Northern Court and the commander of the imperial camp, Xiao Fengxian, the privy envoy of the Southern Court and the deputy commander of the imperial camp, Xiao Temo, the prime minister of the Northern Mansion, Xiao Delis, the prime minister of the Southern Mansion, all inspected Xiao Hu Jingu, and Yelu Buddhading, the envoy of the Yongxing Palace, and others, are now all in the imperial tent, and they began to guess the military strategy of Gao Yu, the first marshal of the Great Song Dynasty, around the wooden map.

This is really a bit of a chess opponent, will meet the meaning of good materials!

Gao Yu, the famous marshal, is a Xibei goods, and Yelu Yanxi and his henchmen are also waste snacks...... Therefore, Gao Yu and Gao Taiwei's intentions, these waste dim sum really can't guess for a while.

Listening to the gossip of the people below, Yelu Yanxi was also a little upset, and waved his hand and said: "No matter where Gao Yu goes, I just go south to Kaifeng Mansion!" I don't believe that Zhao Ji is really not afraid of me, and the soldiers of the Great Liao Heaven are coming to the city!

Even if he is not afraid, I can also plunder in the Kaifeng Mansion Realm, are you afraid that I will not be able to rob a few million? ”

The oil and water of Kaifeng Mansion are not all in the city, and the entire Kaifeng Mansion boundary is full of densely populated villages and towns and manor villas of wealthy families.

It is no exaggeration to say that the population density outside Kaifeng Mansion has steadily exceeded that of Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing, the Great Liao Kingdom. Just grab some outside the city, and you can also make Yelu Yanxi return with a full load.

With the wealth and goods plundered from the boundary of Kaifeng Mansion and the prestige of "Great Plunder of Kaifeng Mansion", Yelu Yanxi's prestige and appeal among the Khitan hinterland can be raised to a higher level, and it is also conducive to the next battle of Xijin Mansion - if Zhao Ji, the lord of the Song Dynasty, insists on going his own way and has to fight to the end with the Great Liao Heavenly Soldiers, then the Battle of Xijin Mansion can only be fought hard.

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When Yelu Yanxi did not change his determination and continued to advance southward, the 20,000 troops led by Gao Yu were quickly passing through two pontoon bridges that had just been erected and marching from the east bank of the Zhanghe River to the west bank of the Zhanghe River.

The Liao army controlled only the narrow strip between the north-flowing channel of the Zhanghe River and the west-flowing channel of the north-flowing Yellow River in the north of the Hulu River and the eastward flow of the Zhanghe River (which crossed the northward flow of the Yellow River to the north, and after sharing a section of the river, it branched off in Qinghe County, Enzhou, and continued to flow eastward to the northward flow of the Yongjing Army and the northward flow of the Yellow River).

The Liao army's distant blockade was restricted by the blockage of the Zhanghe River and the Yellow River, and they could only carry out activities in this narrow strip. Therefore, once Gao Yu's 20,000 troops crossed the Zhanghe River, the Liao army's distant horses would not be able to know their whereabouts.

Because he avoided the Liao army's distant blockade, Gao Yu could not do the "turtle speed movement", but could quickly pass through Xingzhou, Zhaozhou, and Cizhou under the cover of the Zhanghe River, and in the territory of Fuyang, the first county of Cizhou, he crossed the east-west Zhanghe River again, entered the territory of Xiangzhou, and joined the Xiangjun army led by Han Xiaoxuan and Zong Ze.

At this time, Gao Yu was riding a Tianjin horse (boundary hippopotamus) that Wu Haogu sent to the Daimyo's mansion, standing on the west bank of the pontoon bridge, looking at the baggage vehicles that could not be seen, passing through the pontoon bridge mightily.

Supplying an army of 20,000 men is unimaginable for those who have not experienced military service. That's why a civil official like Liang Zimei proposed to let Cangzhou Tieqi (now Tianjin Tieqi) go a long way...... It is precisely because of the huge consumption that Wu Haogu's army is now fighting against the Sanggan River and the Gaoliang River. A gang boat can be loaded with hundreds of stones casually, can top a hundred carriages, and the consumption of the gang boat itself is also small, that is, some boatmen have to open food, which is not comparable to the consumption of mules and horses at all.

And the army of 20,000 led by Gao Yu, because the number of cavalry is small, the demand for supplies is not as great as Wu Haogu's 10,000 iron cavalry (including auxiliary soldiers, there are also 20,000). After all, the chewing grain of a war horse is worth a few warriors! However, the materials that need to be transported are also astronomical!

Although most of the places where Gao Yu's army was going to pass were still under the control of the Song Dynasty government, General Xu and Ji Yi had already ordered to clear the wilderness in Xing, Xu, Ci, and other prefectures. Whether it can be replenished on the spot, no one knows. Therefore, Ji Yi mobilized 2,000 mule and horse carts and handed them over to the 7,000 regiment to be responsible for training, and pulled 15,600 stone of grain and grass at one time.

In addition, the two generals brought by Gao Yu from Lingzhou are also equipped with auxiliary soldiers, pack horses, and carts, which can also carry a large amount of materials at one time. There is not only grain and grass, but also a large number of military equipment. These military equipment are not only used by the Gao Yu Division, but also transported to Xing, Huan, Ci, Xiang and other prefectures to equip the weapons used for the training of the Xiang Corps.

The Great Song Dynasty was very strict in the management of weapons. The distribution of military-funded equipment must have a way out and a certificate, and it must be strictly guarded in peacetime. This is also one of the means of the Great Song Dynasty to use literature and martial arts! For example, this time, the Hebei Transshipment Envoy Department purchased and allocated weapons at will, without even asking the "qualifications" of the manufacturers and regardless of the restrictions on regimental training. Even Gao Yu was frightened by the audacity of Ji Yi and Xu Jiang!

Although they are civil officials from Jinshi, they have to be impeached by the imperial historian for such a blatant violation of the law of their ancestors......

Gao Yu's consciousness is of course high, so he secretly entered the text early in the morning and reported the chaotic problems in weapon management and production on Hebei Road to Zhao Ji to know.

Although it is not easy to mobilize the enthusiasm of soldiers and localities to resist Liao if it is too rigid, it is not possible to relax like this!

Among the military materials transported to the four prefectures of Xing, Xu, Ci, and Xiang, Gao Yu actually found a large number of Tianjin military crossbows, spears with a length of more than one zhang, and even a large number of scabs!

"What's going on?" Gao Yu frowned, "How do you equip the regimental training army with military crossbows and scarlet armor?" Just give a few spears and paper armor, can this scarlet armor and crossbow be practiced casually for the regiment? ”

"Tai Lieutenant," a middle-aged military attache named Pan Ying, who served in the regimental training army of the Daimyo's Mansion, hurriedly explained, "These are all named by Han Tuanlian and Zongtong, they were defeated in Huanshui last time, and they lost more than 10,000 people, and they didn't have the face to see Xiangzhou's father, so they had to get some good guys."

In addition, the regimental training army in Tianjin Prefecture has long been equipped with crossbows and iron armor......"

This is the problem of regimental training! The regimental training army is all teachers and students, fellow villagers, fathers and sons, brothers, all of whom are their own people!

Han Xiaoxuan lost more than 10,000 in a defeat, and the four counties of Anyang, Tangyin, Linzhang, and Lin Xi also brought filial piety, and every household mourned. If Han Xiaoxuan doesn't want to get some good weapons to equip the troops, does he still have the face to continue to mobilize his father? So I didn't care about the ban on weapons, so I wrote directly to ask for a caricature.

Gao Yu shook his head again and again, "Just look at the present!" When the battle is over, the court should settle accounts after the autumn. ”

This Pan Ying and Gao Yu are quite familiar, before Gao Yu made a career, everyone played Keju together, so they spoke more casually. smiled immediately: "Where is it so easy to finish?" A western thief has beaten several generations, but now he is fighting with Liao, and it won't be finished in a hundred years. ”

Han Xiaoxuan and Zong Ze were so bold, in addition to being forced by the situation, they also misjudged the prospects of the war. I thought that the Battle of Song and Liao would not be finished in a hundred years...... The battle is not over, so naturally I can't care about such a trivial matter with the generals below.

Gao Yu shook his head, "If the king is not secret, he will lose his minister, if he is not secret, he will lose his body, and if he is not secret, he will be harmed, and he will be cautious and secretive!" ”

Pan Ying smiled, "Captain, you're too careful, aren't you?" ”

Gao Yu smiled: "How can we be cautious and cautious as the military ministers who command the army?" I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring! ”

The temperament of this Gao Yu is not at all the same as the lawless master in "Water Margin". He was actually very cautious, and was made a warlord by Wu Hao Gu in the Battle of Pingxia. Now that he finally has a chance to mend his ways, can he not cherish it?

In contrast, Wu Haogu is actively degenerate...... Now it has degenerated to the point where it is necessary to use the secret weapon bronze cannon to solve the problem of Yanjing.

The dock of the Shipmaster School in Tianjin was alerted by the Tianjin Municipal Regiment Training Corps early this morning, and idle people were not allowed to approach!

A 7,000-class "Jiehe" class galleys warship belonging to the Wudao Inspection Division has been firmly docked at the dock. Huang Zhisheng, who had left by boat only a few days ago, Zhu Xingshu, director of the Tianjin Smelting Institute, and Luo Gang, director of the artillery room of the Yanshan Road General Army Engine Room, were all standing on the deck. Four 3,000-pound guns wrapped in oilcloth and tied to the deck in a circle with hemp rope were right next to the three of them!

Although Wu Haogu took out a heavy reward of 100,000 yuan, he still couldn't get the mobile and flexible field artillery he wanted. Due to the limitations of the casting process and the bore treatment process, the length of the gun body is relatively short, and there is also a large clearance between the bore wall of the cannon and the shell. Therefore, the only way to ensure the range and power is to increase the caliber and weight of the bullet. Therefore, the light field cannon was not successfully trial-produced, but a 3,000-pound cannon that could deal with the city wall was still cast.