In the Chongzheng Palace, Zhao Zhen chatted with Li Di and Yan Shu about the money and grain that had been allocated to Shaanxi Road recently. Because of the resolute opposition to Xu Ping's strategy of fighting against Yuzang Huama last time, Chen Yaozuo has been deposed as prime minister, and Yan Shu has been promoted to Jixian Xiang. At this time, the two governments were already the world of the main battle faction, and they were only divided into two factions: aggressive and steady. Yan Shu has always been cautious in politics, never coming out, Ren Jixian is just in the position, and he basically doesn't have ideas about big strategies.

At this moment, Xiao Huangmen came to report, and Lu Yijian, the prime minister, asked to see him outside the vertical arch.

Asked Xiao Huangmen to tell Lu Yijian to enter the hall quickly, Zhao Zhen said to Li Di: "At this time, Xu Guogong came, presumably the detailed recital of Qinzhou has arrived in Beijing. Judging from the Qin Zhang that Xu Ping had taken before the war, this battle must have won a lot! ”

Li Di praised Wat and said: "Xu Ping's victory in the battle of Qinfeng Road shows that His Majesty is wise and uses people properly. This was the first big victory over the party, and the court should not hesitate to reward it to inspire people's hearts. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded, secretly pondering the reward for Xu Ping in his heart. After exchanging his position for martial arts, Xu Ping has already become the envoy of the festival, and his promotion is nothing more than the exchange of a small domain for a large domain. The waiter of the official etiquette department, there is still a lot of room for promotion. The squire has over-moved, and the Shangshu must rise one level at a time, and there is still a long way to go to the Ministry of Shangshu, and the prime minister will have to be the prime minister. Xu Ping served in Qin Fenglu, and there will inevitably be more opportunities to be promoted because of military merits in the future, and what he can't keep up with now is his title.

didn't wait long, Lu Yijian entered the hall, saluted like a ceremony, took out Xu Pingxin's recital to the Privy Council and said: "Your Majesty, the detailed battle report of the first battle of Sanduchuan this time, Qin Fenglu has been sent to the Privy Council!" ”

Zhao Zhen ordered Xiao Huangmen to take it, but he put it on the case and didn't watch it, and asked Lu Yijian: "Prime minister, what is the specific battle situation, I will ask you to talk about it, and the Chinese book is easy to know." What Xu Ping is going to do next, let's talk about it together. ”

Lu Yijian held the wat and roughly described the number of captures, horses, and armor captured in Xu Ping's recital.

After listening, Yan Shu said: "There are a lot of captures, and there are also a lot of horses captured, but there are fewer strong crossbow armors." ”

Lu Yijian said with a smile: "This battle is against Yuzang Huama, what strong crossbow armor does he have?" If it weren't for that, the battle wouldn't have gone so well. According to what Xu Ping said in the chapter, except for the 3,000 'steps' against the party in the end, there was no hard fighting in this battle. The Western Tibetan tribe is not strong in battle, and this battle has been exposed, and it seems that we have overestimated the battle before. ”

Li Di said: "It's still different. According to Qin Fenglu's previous report, the soldiers under the command of the Gang were mainly from the Six Valleys of Hexi. They are hundreds of years away from Hexi, and the surrounding wars are continuous, when it is not Yuzang Hua Ma this kind of Tibetan can be compared. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded: "The prime minister is right, it is not comparable to other Tibetan tribes." However, now Xu Ping's department is only separated from Lanzhou by a mountain, and if he goes down to Lanzhou, the soldiers and horses of Qinfeng Road can go straight to Hexi, and there is no need for Qingtang to respond. ”

This is mentioned in Xu Ping's recital to Zhao Zhen, Qin Fenglu's soldiers are directly aimed at Lan and Hui, and the strategic situation on the western front of the party has changed, and the status of Qingtang has been reduced, and the imperial court does not need to be too kind to him.

Speaking of the situation in the northwest, Lu Yijian took out a map and said: "This is the map that Xu Ping sent to the Privy Council with this detailed battle report, drawing the geography of the mountains and rivers north of Qinfeng Road, as well as the location of the soldiers and horses of the party and this dynasty. Lanzhou is the northwest hub, this city, the war in the next two years will inevitably be transferred there, Your Majesty first look at Xu Fang's strategy. ”

Zhao Zhen let the little yellow door hang up with great interest, left a few cases, and watched with Wei Zaizhi.

As soon as the First Battle of Sanduchuan ended, Xu Ping ordered a fast horse to report to the imperial court. It's just that the results of the battle were not counted clearly at that time, Zhao Zhen and Zai Zhi only knew that Xu Ping had won, and how big the victory was, and it was clear when the detailed battle report came today. And the meaning of this battle, only by comparing the map sent by Xu Ping, everyone will have a clear concept.

Before Xu Ping went to the northwest, the central government knew nothing about the geography of the mountains and rivers at the junction with the party, and even where it was strategically important. Even if the two dynasties of Taizong and Zhenzong fought with the party for decades, and Yinzhou and Xiazhou were lost from the hands of the Great Song Dynasty, this situation has not changed. From Guanzhong to the party, everyone only knows a few roads, but how many troops can pass through these roads, and whether it is difficult to transport supplies, the Privy Council is not very clear.

Now looking at the map sent by Xu Ping, it is clear at a glance.

To attack the party from the eastern front, the starting base was actually not Guanzhong, but Hedong Road. Guanzhong is separated from the party by the endless Loess Plateau, the mountains and rivers are broken, and the road is extremely difficult to navigate. Even if the tributaries of the Yellow River, Luoshui and Qingshui, can be used, they can only go to the Hengshan area, and the waterway that crosses the Hengshan and connects to the Wuding River is the Wuding River. In this way, it is better to go upriver directly from the lower reaches of the Wuding River and use the waterway of Hedong Road, which is much closer than starting from Guanzhong. More importantly, attacking the party along the Wuding River could only pass through the area of Luoxia Prefecture, and Xingqing Mansion, the hinterland of the party, was still separated from the desert, and the army was extremely inconvenient to move. When the party went south, it could use the Hetao and Hengshan Fanbu, but the Great Song Dynasty did not have such convenience. From the point of view of the geography of mountains and rivers, to put the military focus of the party on the two roads of Dunyan and Linfu is to take a defensive position.

The only way to really use Guanzhong as a strategic base and attack the party can only be the Huluchuan Valley Road on Jingyuan Road. From the Hulu River into the Yellow River, approaching the hinterland of the party, the strategic focus shifted here, which meant that the Song army turned from defense to attack.

In order to prevent the Song army from attacking from the Huluchuan Valley Road, the party set up two military supervision divisions on both sides of the valley road. On the west side is the Xishou Supervision Military Division near the North Tiandu Mountain of Rouwolf Mountain, and on the east side is the Jingsai Supervision Military Division of Weizhou. These two supervising military divisions have a convenient way into the Huluchuan Valley Road, and if the Song army attacks from here, it is possible that the back road will be cut off by these two supervising military divisions. Among them, the West Shoujian Military Division is the most threatening, starting from Tiandu Village, it can be directly inserted near the Zhenrong Army, and can even bypass the Zhenrong Army and go straight to Qinzhou and Weizhou.

After eliminating Yuzang Huama, Qin Fenglu's soldiers pointed directly at Lanzhou and Huizhou, and then went around to the flank of the Xishou Supervision Military Division. If the Xishoujian Military Division is defeated, the Song army's route of attacking the party with Guanzhong as a strategic base will be opened, and the two sides will change their offensive and defensive positions.

At the same time, one or two hundred miles north of Lanzhou is Zhuo Luo and the Southern Supervisor Military Division, which is the gateway to the west of the river, and at the same time controls the Tibetan part of the Hehuang region. If you beat this place, you will cut off the party's arm.

Lu Yijian pointed to the map and said: "Xu Ping, Qin Fenglu is now short of troops and cannot afford to occupy Lanzhou and Huizhou. After the First Battle of Sanduchuan, the Xuanwei army of the Sang Yi Department had entered and occupied the middle city of Yuzhong in the Qin and Han dynasties and opened the gate of Lanzhou. Liu Jianji's troops occupied Huichuan City, and later could go south along Zuli River and attack Huizhou. Lanzhou, threatening the land of Hexi, and Huizhou, can directly approach the Dangxiang Xishou Supervision and Military Division. The two states of Lan and Hui are both located on the banks of the Yellow River, and they are connected as one, and we and the party will change the offensive and defensive situation. ”

A thousand words are not as simple and clear as a map, although Zhao Zhen and several governors do not know about military affairs, they can see it at a glance from the map. In the coming years, the Song Dynasty and the party will inevitably shift their military focus to the western front, and strive for control of Helan and Huluchuan Valley Road. Whoever can control these two places will have the initiative in the war.