Chapter 341: The Beginning of the Great War

Cheng Fang arched his hand and said, "Back to Zhang's control, the last general thinks that it is too early to attack Heyin at this time?" If we wait for General Yao to attack Yingzhou first, let's go out of Shijie Valley? ”

Cheng Fang built it like this, which can be regarded as the safest method, but where did Cheng Fang know what Zhang Jun was thinking? If you wait until Yao Gu captures Yingzhou and then attack Heyin, even if you capture Heyin at that time, the first credit of this battle is also the pioneer Yao Gu, but if you take Heyin first, then even if Yao Gu occupies the entire territory of Yingzhou, the credit is not comparable to him Zhang Jun. |[2][3][][x]} Zhang Jun frowned, somewhat disgusted with Cheng Fang in his heart, a martial artist is a martial artist, just thinking about how to fight, no wonder this Cheng Fang is in his forties, and he is still a small commander, like this kind of fool, even if he can't be a general in another ten years.

"Commander Cheng's words are very reasonable, but there is a saying called the god of soldiers, if we delay here, if the Liao people react and gather heavy troops in Heyin, won't we miss the opportunity?"

"The lesson of Zhang Tong is that the last general is wrong!" Although Cheng Fang said so, he was still a little unhappy in his heart, did Zhang Tongzhi want to take Heyin like this? This time the army set out on an expedition, and it was in the territory of the Liao people, so how could it be so risky? I thought a lot in my heart, but Cheng Fang didn't say anything more.

At the end of the discussion, the generals left, Cheng Fang frowned, and as soon as he returned to the camp, the commander of the Volcano Army chased after Qian Lin, and after the two entered the account side by side, Qian Lin asked worriedly, "Brother Cheng, do you think this battle is dangerous?" ”

"Yes" Cheng Fang nodded, sat down and took a sip of water, and pondered for a while. He smiled wryly. "Brother Qian. It's only been more than a year since you were transferred from Beijing to the command of the Volcano Army, so you don't know much about the Liao people Yelu Dashi. This person has a good command of the army, and his methods are old and spicy, even the Jurchens have never curried favor in his hands. Since he was transferred to the generalissimo of Xijing, the Liao people used troops to the west, and the Uighurs who fought continued to flee south, and there was a great war with the Tanguts in the south of Dongshengzhou for a thousand years, and the Tanguts were discarded and unarmoured. For the brother long in the northwest. Looking at this Yelu Dashi's attack is extremely ruthless, and the soldiers and horses under his command are the division of tigers and wolves, if you want to underestimate him, you will suffer a big loss. This time, Zhang Tongzhi was bent on seizing Heyin, and there was no way back at all, if Yelu Dashi had a plan, our tens of thousands of troops would suffer heavy losses. ”

Listening to what Cheng Fang said, Qian Lin nodded secretly, but they were soft-spoken, and Zhang Tongzhi was earnest. He can't listen to the advice of others. Maybe others think that Cheng Fang is unfounded, but Qian Lin doesn't think so. A few days ago, Yang Keshi was greedy and rushed forward and buried more than 5,000 elite horsemen, but now what is the difference between Zhang Tongshi's mind and Yang Keshi? The imperial court said that Yang Keshi was sincere for his meritorious service, but who believed it?

On April 21, under the leadership of Zhang Jun, the army of the left road of the Great Song Dynasty and the middle of the army marched out of Shijie Valley, all the way north, and suddenly turned to the east when it was forty miles away from Mayi City, and killed all the way to Heyin City in the southeast of Mayi City. Nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty approached Heyin City, and for a time the southern part of Xijing in the Great Liao was covered with war clouds.

After hearing that Zhang Jun was out of Shijie Valley in the middle of the day, Zhao Yougong scolded a bastard. Zhao Yougong didn't know why Zhang Jun was so stubborn, he had already asked Wan'er to send a message, and he was still in such a hurry to send troops. If you don't believe it, you should send a spy to Huairen again, and confirm it a little bit, and you will be responsible for tens of thousands of Erlang.

Just when the anger was rising, someone added fuel to the fire, and Cai You, the deputy envoy of Lianghe Xuanfu, sent a letter again to urge, ordering the soldiers and horses of Tongzhou to go to Wuzhou to contain the soldiers and horses of Wuzhou, so as to cooperate with Zhang Jun's soldiers and horses in the middle of the road to capture Heyin.

Looking at the urging letter in his hand, Zhao Yougong was actually amused, Cai Dalang was really loyal to Zhao Ji, and he was so looking forward to him Zhao Someone going to Wuzhou City to die. At this time, Zhao Yougong didn't have much to do, whether it was because of the paper military order or because of the life and death of tens of thousands of Song Erlang in the middle road, he had to do his best to get out of Lanshan and approach Wuzhou City.

Dropping the letter and giving an order, not long after Azhu went out, all the generals in the army gathered in the big tent. Gao Chong, Yue Fei, Yang Zaixing, Liu Kuang, Yu Lai, all of them had solemn faces on their faces, because they were about to face a real test next.

"Gao Chong, Yu Lai, the two of you order five hundred elite soldiers to leave Langu, don't go to Lanshan, go directly to Caocheng River, wait until fifty miles north of Caocheng River, and then open this letter, be sure to act as stated in the letter!" Saying that, Zhao Yougong handed over a letter that had already been written to Yu Lai, Gao Zhong and Yu Lai glanced at each other, and said loudly, "Oh! ”

After Gao Zhong and Yu Lai led the troops to leave, Zhao Yougong said a little tiredly, "Pengju, you go to Hongjiazhai in a while, let those old and weak stay in Hongjiazhai, this battle is dangerous, and there is no need to lead them to toss." ”

"Whoa!"

"Liu Ji, this king ordered you to reorganize your troops and horses, prepare banners, and the army must arrive at Lan Mountain before midnight tonight.

"Your Highness, rest assured, the last general will not fail in his mission!" Liu Jian knew that this was a heavy responsibility, so he didn't dare to delay, so he left quickly after getting the military order.

After waiting for everyone to leave, there were only three people left in the tent, Yang Zaixing, A Zhu and Mu Wanqing, looking at Zhao Yougong who was staring at the map with both eyes, Yang Zaixing frowned slightly, and reminded softly, "Your Highness, do you want to send someone to inform Xiao Shuai again, if you can't respond in time, our side will be passive." ”

"Shao Lie rest assured, Xiao Shuai's person has already taken action, and now he should have secretly controlled Danzhou, as long as we move here, she can go all the way to Yan'an Mansion to support Fengzhou and other places. Xiao Shuai doesn't need to worry, what we have to do now is how to retreat to Fengzhou and other places under the pursuit of Yelusha. ”

That night, a group of soldiers and horses arrived at the foot of the Lan Mountain. Although it is a mountain, it is not like a mountain range in the interior, it is mostly hilly, and the terrain is not high, but it is undulating, and the terrain is more complicated than the ordinary mountain range. It has the unique characteristics of the Northwest Plateau, with loess cover, sparse vegetation, hundreds of miles of mountains, and few woodlands. During the Sui and Tang dynasties, Guanzhong and Hedong and other places were excessively opened, destroying Yan zhòng, and by the time of the Song Dynasty, the land was desertified and Yan zhòng, and the prosperity of the past had long been lost. Zhao Yougong was dressed in silver armor, mighty and extraordinary, with a crescent moon on the horizon, and a faint light sprinkled on the top of the Baili Lan Mountain. Like a yellow wave.

I used to look forward to the Northland. But there really is a war. Only then did he realize that he was not as confident as he imagined, he was also afraid, and he would be as afraid as ordinary people, but as the prince of Chu, he couldn't express himself like ordinary people. With Liu Jian, Yang Zaixing and Yue Fei here, Zhao Yougong naturally didn't need to worry about the matter of setting up camp. After eating something, I found a quiet hill and looked at the night sky, and the stars in the sky were brilliant. A meteor glides slowly, not knowing whether it is a sign of good or bad luck.

Ah Zhu was busy dealing with the news delivered from everywhere, so only the Wood Girl was with her, at this moment, looking at Zhao Yougong, who was unusually quiet, the Wood Girl felt a trace of love and pity in her heart, and she felt that the current thief seemed to be very weak. What others see is always the side of the thief commanding Ruoding and smiling like a spring breeze, but the wooden woman knows that the thief is actually afraid. He is afraid of anyone, because there is no way back for the thief. The more you can't be defeated, the more you're afraid of defeat. This is true of the human heart, even of the evil thief who has endured all kinds of suffering.

In Yunyan Town, Danzhou, at this time, 7,000 elites of Dayangtan and 3,000 cavalry of Guzhen, a total of tens of thousands of troops were already waiting in the north of Danzhou. The people of Danzhou didn't know what this mighty army was going to do, and even the Danzhou government only knew that these people were soldiers from the same state, saying that they were going to support the front line of Yanmen Mountain. I've heard that the same state government has recruited a lot of government soldiers before, but no one takes it seriously, but when I saw it today, I didn't expect it to be so majestic. The officials and people of Danzhou didn't think much about it, and the Great Song Dynasty should be happy to have an elite army, but they didn't know that the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses were not to support the army on the left, but to capture Yan'an Mansion and the Suide army on the first line of Danzhou. Now that the security army and the Suide army have been transferred to Taiyuan Mansion, the only thing left with some combat effectiveness is the Dingbian army that is far north of Gyeongju to guard against the Western Xia people, so tens of thousands of troops are going north, which can be said to be like entering a no-man's land.

Now she is waiting for an accurate news, Xiao Zhiyun is very anxious, why is she in a hurry, even she doesn't know. The crescent moon on the horizon is crooked, like human eyes, some naughty, some stupid. When the time came, a horse galloped, under the moonlight, before the people arrived, the sound had arrived, "Report to Xiao Shuai, the intelligence department has news, Zhang Jun has led the 48,000 troops on the middle road out of Shijie Valley at the middle of the road, and killed towards Heyin." ”

Whew, the tense nerves finally relaxed, Xiao Zhiyun smiled a little, and raised her eyes to look at the north. Finally started, today's soldiers are out of Shijie Valley, and it is estimated that the troops will be able to come to Heyin City around the end of tomorrow, right?

"Ana, pass the order, all the departments give up resting, play the banner of the same state capital, go north with all their might, and be sure to reach Wanhu Valley before noon tomorrow!"

Wanhu Valley, under the jurisdiction of the Jinning Army, is located in the south of Linzhou, very close to the silver city under the jurisdiction of Linzhou, from the Wanhu Valley only one hour to take the silver city, the north of the silver city is Shenmu, and Shenmu is close to Linzhou City, just take Shenmu City as a springboard, you can quickly attack the unsuspecting northern city of Linzhou. In the northwest, especially in the northwest of Hedong Road, the forces of the Song, Liao, and Western Xia are intertwined, and the shape is complex, so most of the border cities have high walls and thick walls, and they want to be plugged in general. In this place, the first fortified city is Wuzhou City, the second fortress is Linzhou City, and the third is Yinzhou City of Western Xia.

Since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, Linzhou has been a battleground for soldiers, and the Yang family of Linzhou resisted the Great Liao Iron Cavalry and built the city of Linzhou as solid. Even today, there is no iron-blooded Yang family army in Linzhou, but the Western Xia and Liao people still dare not attack Linzhou lightly, and Xiao Zhiyun wants to attack Linzhou completely in the name of the same state capital and attack it by surprise. Now because of the Great Song Dynasty's invasion of Liao, there are 8,000 elite soldiers in Linzhou rushing to help Zhang Jun, and the remaining 2,000 people are no longer a problem.

Xiao Zhiyun still has to wait in Wanhu Valley, and he has to wait for His Royal Highness Zhao to retreat into Fengzhou and Fuzhou before he can use troops against Linzhou, if he captures Linzhou too early, once the truth is exposed, Zhao Xiaojun Wang Ke will not be able to enter Fengzhou and Fuzhou.

Not long after, 10,000 troops left Yunyan Town in an orderly manner, just as Xiao Zhiyun thought, the army passed through Yan'an Mansion and the Suide army, but was not hindered at all, and just after the second day, the army arrived at Wanhu Valley. There are tens of thousands of Tongzhou soldiers crossing the border, and Tang Yaodong, the commander of the Jinning Army, didn't think much about it, and even if he thought about it, it was in vain, thousands of people and horses of the Jinning Army were transferred away by Zhang Tong, and there were only a few hundred people left under his command. However, for the soldiers of the Tongzhou government stationed in Wanhu Valley, Tang Yaodong has some complaints, they have all arrived at the Jinning Army, and if they go east for half a day, they can pass through Lanzhou and enter the garrison of the Lan Army or the Ninghua Army, and it is not more appropriate to go there to support the Liao army? What is the lack of travel, it is all an excuse, it is estimated that it is because it wants to procrastinate, and does not want to fight the Liao people head-on.

What does Tang Yaodong think, Xiao Zhiyun has no time to take care of it, she is now looking at the piles of letters on the case? At this time, Xiao Zhiyun also understood a little why His Royal Highness Zhao had to take Ah Zhu with him, and it was really easy to have such a clever person around him to help deal with all kinds of secret news. (To be continued!)

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