Kanggu City is small, and it can pass through the city in the blink of an eye with the reins of a horse. The fastest updated city is purely a military location set up to hold the communication line, there are very few houses and shops in the city, and after the rise of the party, most of the communication lines from the Central Plains to the Western Regions have been abandoned.

Looking at the deserted streets, Xu Ping said to Sang Yi and Zhang Kang: "The first emperor of the Qin Dynasty sent Meng Tian to attack the Xiongnu in the north and build forty-four cities along the Yellow River, and the westernmost city is Yuzhong. After the city was built, one of the avenues for the caravans from the Western Regions to enter the Central Plains was here. From the Western Regions into the Qingtang Dynasty, after arriving at Didao, follow the Rusha Valley to here, and then turn south and go to the West Envoy City, directly to Guanzhong. The party occupied the land west of the river, and the trade routes between the Central Plains and the Western Regions were cut off, and the city was abandoned to such an extent that not a single merchant was gone. ”

Zhang Kang shook his head again and again: "Where are there business travelers now, there are all Qiang grazing cattle and sheep around, and there is no businessman." ”

Xu Ping said: "Without merchants, the market will be deserted, and for a city, it will be less popular." We occupy this place, and we are obedient to the court, so you can pay attention to it, and it is best to attract merchants to open this road. ”

While speaking, the group entered the City Lord's Mansion in Kanggu City. This city lord's mansion was the original garrison of the main general of the party's garrison, and as soon as the Sang Yi army crossed the mountain, they fled when they heard the news. The party is mainly nomadic, and the place where they live is quite casual, this city lord's mansion is dilapidated, and they have not repaired it, and it looks very dilapidated.

Zhang Kang said: "Since turning over the mountain, the army has made every effort to repair the ancient city of Yuzhong at the mouth of the valley, and there is no leisure to repair here. The handsome man stayed, and he had to suffer some grievances, which was disrespectful to us. ”

Xu Ping smiled: "First of all, do the right thing, these idle tasks are dispensable." If you have built this place to perfection, but the city at the mouth of the valley has not been built, I will cure your sins, and now is the right time. ”

entered the city lord's mansion, let Xu Ping sit on the upper seat, and Zhang Kang ordered his soldiers to serve tea.

After drinking tea, Xu Ping said: "Tell people to set up a feast tonight, invite the elders of the city and surrounding tribes to come, toast them with a glass of wine, and ask the surrounding people about their feelings." Since this is a shrine valley, the place where the last people lived, should not be the same as other places. ”

When officials arrive at the place, they invite their fathers and elders with wine and ask about the people's feelings, which is the practice of officialdom. However, this practice is only applicable to the interior, not to the Tibetan frontier. Xu Ping's establishment of wine in Kanggu City actually regarded the last people as Han Chinese and used the rules of the mainland.

Zhang Kang got up and ordered his own soldiers to sit down again.

Xu Ping said to Zhang Kang: "This time I came to Yuzhong, there is one more thing I want to tell you. Our Qinfeng Road has the least number of troops among the four roads along the border in Shaanxi, and the battle has moved to Lan and Huizhou, and the existing troops cannot support it. The imperial court has agreed to let us recruit new soldiers on the Sichuan and Shu roads, with a quota of 70,000. This time I went to recruit troops, you are the main recruiter, and Tian Guo, the judge of the Economic Strategy Division, is the deputy. The deputy commander of the Xuanwei Army will take over the ministry of the former Shaanxi Road transfer envoy Ming Hao, and he will arrive within ten days, so you can prepare. ”

Zhang Kang was stunned for a moment, quickly understood, and said happily: "What does the marshal mean, I'm going to take charge of the troops?" ”

"Yes, haven't you always wanted to be a military commander? This time you got what you wanted. After the new recruits are recruited, naturally they can't all be placed under the Xuanwei Army and the Guiming Shenwu Army, and a separate army must be set up, with you as the commander of the army, and Tian Guo as the deputy. After the soldiers were recruited, our Qinfeng Road was full of about 1230,000 troops, divided into five armies, Sang Yi's Xuanwei Army, Gao Daquan's Guiming Shenwu Army, your first army, Cao Keming's first army, and Liu Jianji's department was assigned to Qinfeng Road, don't be an army. ”

The army under the road is the campaign corps planned by Xu Ping, and if there are too many people, it will exceed the scale of the campaign, and it should be maintained at a scale of 30,000 to 50,000 people, and then set up a first-level auxiliary campaign corps, which will be one level. The five campaign corps, spread along the Yellow River, were basically able to cope with the party's large-scale attack. The military strength of the party is not so magical, only the strength to launch a big war a year, this year they are concentrated in Linfu and Yanlianglu, the war in Lanzhou will have to wait until the spring of next year, Xu Ping has a year to prepare. This year, while reorganizing the army, while occupying various military points, there is almost enough time.

At present, the party's army is concentrated in the Xiazhou area of the eastern front, and there are continuous small battles on the Linfu Road, and the situation of a major war about to break out is very obvious. Including Xu Ping, many ministers have written to ask for strict precautions, especially not only to pay attention to Linfu Road, Yanlu and Linfu Road are bounded by the Yellow River, and special attention should also be paid to each other. It's a pity that Fan Yong has been constantly encouraging his subordinate soldiers to cover up and kill the surrounding Tibetan tribes since the beginning of the year, and the court has asked for merit, offending the Tibetan tribes there. Now that the party army is here, he has no idea again, he is confused about Yuan Hao's situation, his behavior is at a loss, and the situation is very unoptimistic. In the history of the previous life, we knew that the Song army had several major defeats against the party in recent years, and Xu Ping estimated that there would only be one in Yanlu this year. But he didn't know the specific process, so he could only write several times to ask Yanlu to strengthen his combat readiness, and the result could only be left to fate.

Xu Ping, who was far away on the eastern front, could not control it, and he could only put enough pressure on the party on the western front to attract their main force to his side. Next year, everything is ready, and the two states of Lan and Hui will be stormed, and Yuan Haotian will not dare to go to the Eastern Front with great courage. Defeat Zhuo Luo and the Southern Supervision Military Division, Hexi will inevitably change, and the party will be cut off first. If the Xishou Supervision Military Division and the Jingsai Supervision Military Division are defeated, the Huluchuan Valley Road will be unimpeded, the door to the hinterland of the party will be opened, and there may be no major war on the eastern front.

Xiang Sang Yi and Zhang Kang analyzed the situation, and the two nodded again and again. As long as the strategy is clear and the arrangement is appropriate, it is not so easy for the enemy to grasp the flaws. And once a hard-fought situation is formed, the advantage of the party's cavalry with strong multi-machine power will be neutralized, and the winner and loser will be reversed.

After thinking about it for a period of time, Xu Ping's heart for the next party strategy has slowly become clear, and he said to the two: "In the coming year, we will focus on training, and all armies will complete the training before the autumn." The imperial court stresses autumn prevention every year, and next year we will not only prevent autumn, but also spring hunting. In the spring of the next year, the Xuanwei Army and the Guiming Shenwu Army will be the main ones, and the surrounding party items and the Fanluo tribes attached to the party items will be hunted on their land. Spring is the most important season for herders, breeding their cubs and caring for the animals that survive the winter, and if they miss this season, their livelihood for the year will be lost. There the party was unable to concentrate the army, so our army took advantage of the situation and went forward, not taking possession of land, but only destroying the hostile tribes and plundering their cattle, sheep and horses. Even if they can't grab it, they will be killed, and their livelihood will be cut off for a year. Spring hunting and autumn prevention, one attack and one defense, is our strategy for the surrounding Tibetan tribes. ”

Zhang Kang said with a smile: "The festival commander did this, but it was a desperate plan for the Fan Department!" ”

"If they don't stop their households, they will harass them endlessly, what can they do? During the spring hunting of the Xuanwei Army and the Guiming Shenwu Army, the other armies can also send small teams to accompany the two armies to the front of the two armies, focusing on training. The soldiers who can fight are the soldiers, and it is useless to make up the numbers, and in the spring and summer, the armies should turn the recruited soldiers into soldiers. ”

Xu Ping said again: "For the party's strategy, the general direction is to encircle Lanzhou in the west and not fight. Now that we occupy this important place in Yuzhong, we can attack when we advance, and we can defend when we retreat. If the party sends a large army to defend Lanzhou, we will go forward and gather and annihilate the enemy with superior forces. If they don't defend, we won't attack either. If we stay in Lanzhou, then Miao Chuan and Brother Zong will block us, and we don't have to deal with them for the time being, so there is no need to take chestnuts in the fire. Concentrate the army and prepare to attack the state and the military division of Xishou in the autumn! ”

Lanzhou is strategically important, but it doesn't have to be in your own hands to be the most valuable. It extends in all directions, there are many roads around it, and there are many passes, so it is not cost-effective to use a large number of troops to defend it after occupying it. The correct way to do this is to concentrate superior forces and take the opportunity to destroy the enemy's vital forces.

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