"Xianggong, the party members are summing gold, and they are gathering people, about 50,000, and I think I know that we have arrived." Yan Qing hit the horse and came back to report.

Zheng Zhi reined in the horses, nodded and said, "Well, they're coming." ”

Everyone stopped with Zheng Zhi, and the faces of the generals on the left and right became serious, and they also knew that the big war was imminent.

Luda was a little excited, his muscles trembled, and he stepped forward and said, "Brother, let's do it with the party members." ”

Zheng Zhi glanced back and said, "Don't fight, retreat back, and set up a stockade at a narrow road." ”

Zheng Zhi was obviously unwilling to directly start a war with the party members at this time, and he walked quickly all the way, and most of the soldiers were tired, and the party members waited for work at ease, so they had an advantage in physical strength. There is also a big gap in numbers, and everyone in the party is cavalry, so this is really not the best time to start a war.

Liu Zhengyan heard Zheng Zhi's words, and hurriedly said: "Xianggong, when will you wait if you don't fight at this time, my father is in the new city, please go and save Xianggong quickly." ”

Liu Zhengyan's tone was full of pleading, Zheng Zhi naturally knew that Liu Zhengyan was concerned about chaos, and his father was surrounded by enemies, so it was normal for him to be anxious.

"As long as we get here, your father will be safe." Zheng Zhi explained.

Wu Yong was afraid that Liu Zhengyan would not understand, so he hurriedly continued: "Xiao Liu Xianggong rest assured, Ling Zun will be worry-free, as long as we wait for the army to respond here, the party people will definitely not attack the city again, as long as the party attacks the city, it will inevitably suffer from the enemy, and at this time, the party people will only want to defeat us before they can attack the city." ”

The strategy of encircling the point to send aid was used by a great man in later generations very maturely. But encirclement and reinforcement is also a forced choice, the siege battle, reinforcements are coming, it is necessary to eliminate the reinforcements first, otherwise the enemy will be defeated when attacking the city.

Liu Zhengyan didn't understand the battle formation, and after hearing the words of the two, his anxious state of mind calmed down a little, and he only said: "Xianggong, we have to find a way to enter the city, the enemy is outnumbered, if you can enter the city, you will teach the party to look at the city and sigh, and you can't enter an inch." ”

When Zheng Zhi heard this, he glanced at Liu Zhengyan, nodded and said: "Well, this is reasonable, you have to find a way to enter the city, and you will have a teacher, and the city can be safeguarded." ”

The strategy of turning defense into offense was a consistent strategy against Western Xia in the past 80 years since Fan Zhongyan. As long as the party goes south, the western army will always be in the city, and when the party is defeated in the siege, the western army will advance forward, and attack the party city under the big advantage, and build the fortified city when the small advantage is small.

It is really unwise to fight with the party in the field. In history, Liu Fa's death was a mistake made by Tong Guan, who ordered to force Liu Fa to lead troops to attack the party members, and was defeated in a big battle, Liu Fa jumped off the cliff and broke his legs, and was killed by the party members. Although this defeat could not erase Tong Guan's contribution in the Battle of Song and Xia, Tong Guan's light enemy under the strategic advantage also buried a member of the Western Army Tiger General.

After Zheng Zhi finished speaking, he turned around on his horse, withdrew more than ten miles away, and set up camp in a narrow and dangerous place on the road. The nearest Tonghui Fort to Xi'an Prefecture in the south is only fifty or sixty miles away. Tonghui Fort can obviously also be used as a place for Zheng Zhi to hoard grain and grass, the northwest fort, the closer to the border, the stronger it is, and the more than 1,000 defenders in the fort can not be attacked by thousands of people and horses.

This place is more than 30 miles away from the new city, not far away, not close, and the fast horse can arrive within two moments.

Wei Ming Renming began to assemble the soldiers, but the speed of the soldiers' assembly was really unbearable, and it took a long time, and the number of people had not yet been completed. This is the difference between the elite and the improvised, in the past, the party members fought, all of them were people from various departments who had been in battle for a long time, and they came when they were called, and all of them had extraordinary experience. Now, although these soldiers also have the courage of nomadic bones, they still lack too much fire in these basic things.

After the 50,000-strong army was finally assembled, Renming led the army around the city and rushed south.

"Xianggong, the army assembled by the party members has gone south." The general reported to Liu Fa.

When Liu Fa heard this, he began to climb the city wall with his old legs, and when Liu Fa got on the city wall, he watched for a while, his face stretched a lot, and he said: "Why did this party item suddenly ring gold, it turned out that Zheng Zhi arrived, and the number of people who went south to see the party item was not less than 50,000, and there were a lot of people under Zheng Zhi's command." We don't have to worry about it. ”

"Xianggong, do you want to lead the army out of the city to help Zheng Xianggong attack the party?" The general asked, his heart was also very excited, he fought hard for more than ten days, and finally looked forward to hope, the reinforcements came at the right time, if this Zheng Xianggong did not come again, the city was afraid that it would not be able to hold for a few days.

Liu Fa shook his head and said: "The city can't get out, I can't wait for 8,000 people, there are at least 20,000 party items outside the city, once you get out of the city, the city will definitely not be guaranteed." If the party members are allowed to occupy the city, the battle will be lost. ”

Liu Fa is firm-minded and has some trust in Zheng Zhi. It is too unwise to go out of the city at this time, once you go out of the city, you will inevitably fall into a bitter battle, and whether you can support Zheng Zhi or not, it will be difficult to save yourself.

When the general heard this, he couldn't help but be a little worried in his heart: "The party has gone south to 50,000, and I am afraid of Zheng Xianggong... ”

"Don't worry, Zheng Zhi knows how to deal with it in his heart, I will wait in the city, and we will see it in a few days." Liu Fa still trusts Zheng Zhi in his heart, not for anything else, that is, when Zheng Zhi was fighting in front of Tong Guan, Seed Master, and himself, his mind was very clear, and he was also very disciplined when fighting, and he would definitely not take the enemy lightly.

Liu Fa's thoughts coincide with Zheng Zhi, that is, to defend instead of attack, and use each other as horns, so as to drag the party members in this way, that is, to see who can drag whom.

It's just that Liu Fa doesn't know that Zheng Zhi has some other plans in his heart, and it is only temporary to defend instead of attacking, and there is still a big plan brewing in Zheng Zhi's mind.

On the road, the wall was built quickly, and the organizational speed of the party members also gave Zheng Zhi a lot of time to prepare.

Everything was in order, and before the camp tent was built, Zheng Zhi called Yang Keshi on a small dirt slope.

"General Yang, from Lanzhou in Huangzhou to Xiliangfu (Wuwei) in Western Xia, is the road smooth?" Zheng Zhi asked.

"Xianggong, Lanzhou to Liangzhou, must pass through the Western Xia Zhuo Luo and the Southern Military Division (south of Yongdeng), although Zhuo Luo and Nan have a few cities in hand, but there are still a few cities across the road, not smooth. Huangzhou to Liangzhou, along the Kaluo River all the way to the north, but it is relatively smooth, along the way there are many party tribes. "Yang Keshi was originally a general of Xihe Lanhuang, so he is naturally familiar with these terrains. Liangzhou is the Western Xia Xiliang Mansion. The Karochuan River is a small river that runs from northwest to southeast in Liangzhou.

"How far is it from Liangzhou to Guazhou? How long does it take for a fast horse? Zheng Zhi asked again, Xiping, Guazhou, is where Emperor Dangxiang now lives, and it is also the location of Xijing in Western Xia.

Yang Keshi frowned when he heard this, as if he had guessed something, and replied: "Xianggong, from Liangzhou to Guazhou, there are at least 1,200 miles, there are Gobi and deserts along the way, and the fast horses are galloping, and it will be estimated that it will take at least seven or eight days." ”

When Zheng Zhi heard this, his brows also furrowed, and he only thought that Western Xia was a small country, so for the problem of distance, Zheng Zhi had always thought about it relatively shortly, and because the distance between Xingqing (Yinchuan) Mansion, the original capital of Western Xia, and the border of the Song Dynasty was only four hundred miles.

At least, 1,200 miles, this number is really a bit far away, Zheng Zhi paced left and right, from Huizhou to Huangzhou, and then to Liangzhou, there are also thousands of miles away. Such a fast horse set off from Huizhou to Guazhou, and the journey of 15 days did not count the obstacles encountered along the way.

Zheng Zhi wanted to destroy the Western Xia in one battle, at this time this plan was also a little crazy, the war in the east of the desert was stalemate, Zheng Zhi wanted to go straight from Huangzhou to Xiping, Xijing, Guazhou, Xixia, this idea was too crazy.

But this plan also has its work, and all the men who can fight in the party are in Lingzhou, Huizhou. As long as Zheng Zhi rode 3,000 iron horses, he would definitely drive straight in, and if he arrived in Guazhou, there would be a sea of fire in Guazhou City.

Zheng Zhi was a little hesitant in his heart, Guazhou is just outside the Yumen Pass, which was originally the border pass of the Tang Dynasty and the beginning of the Western Regions, but now it is the hinterland of the Western Xia. In addition to the Yumen Pass, there is also a masterpiece by Tang Wangzhi: why should the Qiang flute complain about the willows, and the spring breeze does not pass the Yumen Pass.

It was originally the Yumen Pass established by the Han Dynasty, until the Tang Dynasty was still the strategic point of the Han people, passing through the important checkpoints of the Western Regions, in recent hundreds of years, the power of the Han people was separated by more than 1,000 miles, only remembrance, and the Han people there were probably about to disappear. It was not until Ming Hongwu Zhu Chongba that he re-expanded his sphere of influence there, and built another famous checkpoint, Jiayu Pass.

Zheng Zhi paced for a long time, but never made a decision.

Wu Yong saw that Zheng Zhi was hesitant, and from Zheng Zhi's several questions, he also knew that Zheng Zhi was hesitating, and he was also thinking about it in his mind, and after a long time, Wu Yong arched his hand and said: "Xianggong, if the army can enter the new city and join Liu Xianggong to replenish the grain, grass and arrows in the city, as long as the new city can still hold on, you might as well give it a try." ”

When Zheng Zhi heard this, he stared at Wu Yong for a while, then looked at Yang Keshi, and hurriedly asked, "How to enter the city?" ”

Wu Yong seems to have made up his mind.