After receiving the news of the defeat at Sanchuankou, Xu Ping wrote a letter to remind the ministers of the DPRK and China not to focus only on punishing the parties concerned, but to seriously analyze the reasons for the defeat. If there is a problem with people, we should punish people, if we have problems with the system, we should improve the system, and when we have problems with command, we should find ways to strengthen our command ability, and we must not panic because of a major defeat. The key is to identify the problem, solve the problem, and don't let the same thing happen again. Whether it is military strength or national strength, the advantage is still on the side of the Great Song Dynasty.

It's a pity that the ministers of the court did not listen to Xu Ping's opinions, and the endless disputes were still about the punishment of the commanders who escaped from the battle and did not send troops at that time. There were also some ministers who panicked, and Song Zhen, a scholar of Hanlin, actually proposed to rebuild Tongguan City, which meant that he was afraid that the party would occupy Guanzhong and take precautions, which was refuted by Fu Bi, the new governor.

Just in February, the imperial court suddenly increased the number of officers who participated in the First Battle of Sanduchuan again, and generally awarded one or two ranks. The hesitant attitude towards Xu Ping's change of military system and recruitment and expansion of troops from Sichuan and Shu has also changed, and he has given 2 million guan for the recruitment and training of new soldiers, and the discarded forbidden army number has been awarded to Xu Ping's department. The new number, the Xuanwei Army of Sang Yi's department is still the same, and the Gao Daquan Guiming Shenwu Army is abandoned, and the new army is reassigned to capture Rong, and its status is improved. The military number of Cao Keming's department is Hengsai, Liu Jianji's department is Qingshuo, and the newly established Zhang Kang's department is Ningshuo. The original Ning Shuo Ten Commanders of the Forbidden Army in the capital were sent to Qinfeng Road, and after being dispersed, they were incorporated into the newly established armies. From the use of these numbers, it can be seen that the DPRK and China now have great hopes for Qin Fenglu, and they are no longer the same half-believing attitude as before.

After a few days, Xu Ping learned that this was presided over by Lü Yijian, as a measure to eliminate the impact of the defeat at Sanchuankou. To improve the status of the first battle of Sanduchuan, the results of this battle were far greater than those achieved by Yuan Hao in Sanchuankou. Even the captured Yu Zang Hua Ma and the appreciator were buried, and their status was raised. Yuzang Huama has never been valued by the leader of the Tibetan tribe to become the king of the party's army, and the rewarder is buried as Yuan Hao's right-hand man, whose status is comparable to that of the Song Dynasty's general.

This is just a need for propaganda to calm people's hearts. Yuzang Huama is a soil emperor, and his strength is about the same as that of a Xiazhou in the Song Dynasty, and the rewarder is only one of the ten captains of Yuan Hao's iron cavalry soldiers, which is far from the treatment of the general who is comparable to Zaizhi.

However, Qin Fenglu got a huge benefit from this, and he was jubilant up and down, and the expansion of the army, which was not smooth because of the clamping of the three yas, was also unimpeded from then on. The Privy Council also has a special document to let Xu Ping find a way to win another battle, which is inspiring.

Looking at the paperwork in his hand, Xu Ping shook his head helplessly. Lu Yijian wrote it in his own hand, saying bitterly about the panicked situation in the capital now, if there is no victory to improve morale, the future war will be even more difficult. Sanchuankou was defeated, not only Xu Ping was expanding the army here, but the forbidden army of the whole country was expanded on a large scale, and the three divisions were no longer so calm in supporting the state.

Putting down the paperwork in his hand, Xu Ping said to Wang Kai on the side: "The cardinal mansion is now letting us win the battle, where to fight?" Yu Zang is gone, the party's Xishou Supervision Military Division, Zhuo Luo and Nanjian Military Division are all guarding their own towns, how can we attack them with our current strength! As for places like Lanzhou and Huizhou, it is also chicken ribs to beat, but it restricts our hands and feet. ”

Wang Kai said: "Lanzhou can't fight, and if it is occupied, the host and guest will change positions, and the burden will be on our backs." But, Jieshuai, can Huizhou be captured? It was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the party's troops were not many, so we occupied it, and the party was helpless. ”

Xu Ping shook his head: "It's useless to occupy it, if you want to connect with the Zhenrong Army, there is still a Xishou Supervisor Military Division in front of you." Moreover, after occupying Huizhou, the large army that needs to be garrisoned is not comparable to Huichuan Castle, and our forces are scattered. This year, we have to reorganize the training team, and it is too troublesome to move back and forth to disperse, and the time is wasted on the road, which is not cost-effective. ”

"Also, I forgot about the whole training department, and the departments can't be too far away. That can only depend on the party members, they have just won a big victory in Yanzhou, whether they will transfer troops and horses to the west. The losses of the party in the first battle of Sanduchuan were even greater, and they also had the will to win another battle. ”

"It's February, there's only one month left, and by the middle of March, the party can't fight a big battle anyway. Let's see if the thief is arrogant to this point, and he has to fight another battle in the spring. ”

The Xingqing Mansion and the Lingzhou Plain, which are the roots of the party, rely on the Yellow River for irrigation, and after March, a large amount of manpower must be dispatched to dredge the canals, otherwise there will be no food after the autumn. To fight a large army, not only the tens of millions of people fighting at the front, but also a large number of manpower to transport materials and do all kinds of auxiliary work, and the same is true for party items. The 100,000 troops marched out of the northern part of Qinfeng Road, and the manpower used to support it would seriously affect the agriculture of the rear states, and Yuan Hao could not do this even if he was a madman. The most likely thing is that he will send a small force of a few thousand people, together with the two military supervision divisions, to quickly fight and harass them, as long as they win, they can blow whatever they want.

Wang Kai thought for a while and said: "Speaking of this, I do remember that after the first battle of Sanduchuan, the party of the Xishou Supervision Military Division was replenished by more than 10,000 people. However, we have never figured out how many regular soldiers are coming and how many negative soldiers are coming. I thought there would be no big war before this fall, and I wasn't in a hurry, but now it seems that I should hurry up and investigate. ”

"Do not neglect for a moment to spy on the enemy's military situation, and do not leave anything to chance. The military situation is not clear, and the war will always start when you can't think of it, and this kind of loss has suffered a lot when we fought against Fanhu. ”

At this moment, Li Zhang came in from outside, handed over a document and said: "After the battle of Yanzhou, Hao thief led the main force of the party to withdraw immediately. They did not return to Xingfufu, but went to Yanzhou to enter Lingzhou, and are gathering troops in Lingzhou! ”

Xu Ping stood up abruptly and stepped aside to look at the map hanging on the wall. After looking at it for a while, he turned to Wang Kai and said: "The thieves gathered troops in Lingzhou, either along the south of the Lingzhou River to attack Huanqing Road, or they went to Huluchuan to attack the Zhenrong army." You move the text to these two places, and let them strengthen their guards. At the same time, he ordered Liu Jianji to gather his troops and get ready, the thieves will attack those two roads, and we will attack Huizhou! ”

Wang Kai promised, and after a while, he couldn't help but say: "Didn't the marshal just say that the gains in attacking Huizhou outweigh the losses?" ”

Xu Ping said: "If the thief doesn't commit in the south, of course it makes no sense for us to attack Huizhou, and it will be different if he goes south to commit crimes." We captured Huizhou and threatened the flank of the army of thieves, and he had to divide his forces to fight, not simply attack the city and occupy the territory. ”

Li Zhang listened and said on the side: "What if the thief doesn't attack those two roads, but comes to Lanzhou?" ”

"He can't be so stupid, can he? Lanzhou is too far away from Lingzhou, and it will take several months for the army to come and go, and the time is not enough, so at most they can only send 10,000 people over. Even if there are 10,000 people, it can only be light horses, and he can be arrogant enough to use this little force to fight us? ”

Wang Kai smiled: "I don't know. Hao thief doesn't know that we have a clear understanding of his military intelligence here, if we are like Yan Yanlu, his eyes are black, he can be surprised. Coming to 10,000 people, joining the main army of the two prison divisions, gathering 10,000 or 20,000 people, and suddenly attacking one place, we are unprepared, but it is really possible for him to succeed. ”

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