In the city of Weizhou

Lu Junyi held a cup of tea and took a sip from time to time.

Born in a wealthy family, Lu Junyi has completely different living habits from the leaders of Liangshan, and even in the army, tea and soup are indispensable.

Yan Qing saw that the tea in Lu Junyi's hand had already passed a cup of tea, so he said: "The army of the seed prince has captured Mingsha and gone to Lingzhou. Renzhong's 200,000 soldiers and horses were blocked on Huanqing Road, and the army no longer needed us to protect the flanks. Xiao Yi thought that the master could lead troops to attack Yanzhou. There are two important places in Western Xia, one is Xingqing Mansion and Lingzhou, and the other is Yanzhou and Xiazhou. The prince took Xingqing Mansion, and as soon as the army arrived, Lingzhou and Jingzhou would inevitably be like soup and snow. The master led the troops to rush there, but he just shared some credit with everyone, so it was better to wave his troops to attack Yanzhou in the east. The green and white salt of Western Xia is mostly produced in Yanzhou, and the master laid down Yanzhou, and the credit should not be inferior to that of Kelingzhou. ”

Lu Junyi also knew that Yan Qing's mind was seen through by Yan Qing, so he didn't hide it, and nodded: "What you said is right, it's just that Weizhou and Yanzhou are separated by the Hanhai Sea, and more than two hundred miles are full of deserts. ”

Yan Qing pulled out a sewing needle from the clothes, put it on the nail cover, and with a slight turn, the sewing needle dribbled on the smooth nail cover, and when the sewing needle slowly stopped, the tip of the needle was pointing to the south.

The compass has long been popularized, and the Song people relied on the compass to sail on the sea, and the compass fish was commonly used in the army.

The "General Essentials of the Martial Arts" contains the method of making and using the guide fish: cut with thin iron leaves, two inches long, five minutes wide, the head and tail are as sharp as a fish, and they are burned in a charcoal fire. In the dipping basin, if there is no mantissa point, it will be stopped, and it will be collected with a secret device. When used, put the water bowl in a windless place flat, the fish is on the water surface, so that the float, its head often to the noon.

However, there is a more convenient method of magnetization, rubbing the sewing needle with a magnet, which can make the sewing needle magnetic and act as a compass.

There are also several ways to use it:

Water floatation method - a few rushes are threaded on a magnetic needle and floated on the surface of the water. You can indicate the direction.

Bowl lip rotation method - the magnetic needle is rested on the edge of the bowl mouth, and the magnetic needle can be rotated to indicate the direction.

Nail rotation method - rest the magnetic needle on the fingernail, because the nail surface is smooth, the magnetic needle can rotate freely, indicating the direction.

Wisp suspension method - apply some wax in the middle of the magnetic needle, stick a piece of silk, hang it in a place where there is no wind, and you can indicate the direction.

It is recorded in Shen Kuo's "Dream Creek Writings" that the compass of later generations is nothing more than two kinds. Water needles and dry showers.

The ingenious Yan Qing naturally doesn't need other tools, and she won't fall off if she puts it on her nails and turns it around dozens of times.

Yan Qing played with the compass and said with a smile: "With a compass, the general direction will not go wrong." Then find a few people in the city who have walked through the Hanhai, and compare the two, and there should be no problem in raiding Yanzhou. The soldiers and horses of the Jianing Military Division and the Xiangyou Military Division were all transferred by Renzhong, and it was probably not difficult for the master to sweep away the state capitals in Yanzhou and Xiazhou. ”

At the beginning, Chao Yong sent troops. The general order given to Lu Junyi was to follow closely behind, seize the reward and move the mouth, cut the village, and ensure that the army of the Seed Master Dao passed through the Wuyan Gorge.

Both forts had been captured by Chao Yong's raids. After the soldiers and horses of Weizhou got the report of two routs, they did not dare to send troops to capture the city, but flew to Xingqing Mansion for help, and strengthened the garrison on the other hand, fearing that the soldiers and horses of Daliang would attack Weizhou.

The rapid defeat of Li Qianshun and Chage's two armies made the Western Xia soldiers full of fear of the Liang soldiers and horses.

Weizhou did not send troops, and Lu Junyi completed the task without spending a single soldier.

When the army of the seed master arrived at the cutting village, the fine work of the seed family brought news from Xingqing Mansion, and the prince seized Xingqing Mansion almost without damage.

With the city defense of Xingqing Mansion, 5,000 people will not suffer many casualties for ten days. Therefore, the seed master decided to lead the troops to attack Mingsha, and then take Lingzhou, Shunzhou, and Jingzhou, and capture the states along the way.

Lu Junyi originally wanted to go north with the army, but Yan Qing persuaded him to go east to raid Weizhou.

The soldiers and horses of the Yinchuan Plain rushed to King Qin of Xingqing Mansion, and instead of following the army to capture a few empty cities, it was better to lead the troops alone to capture a border town.

Lu Junyi also felt that what Yanqing said was reasonable, so he led his soldiers and horses over the mountains and mountains, and marched east to raid Weizhou. It's just that I didn't expect that most of the soldiers and horses in Weizhou actually went north to King Qin, and Lu Junyi's 5,000 soldiers and horses easily captured Weizhou.

This made Lu Junyi feel like he was punching the air, just like he captured Hebei, and he took down many state capitals without much effort. Although Chao Gai also gave a lot of rewards, Lu Junyi still wanted to get some combat exploits, the combat exploits obtained through fighting, rather than the easily obtained combat exploits.

Lu Junyi said: "I heard that the desert is very hot during the day and very cold at night, and it is difficult to find water. The soldiers traveled thousands of miles from Hebei to get here, and they only rested in Deshun for a few days on the way. I don't know if their physical strength can still support them to cross the Hanhai. ”

Yan Qing said with a smile: "Xiao Yi has also thought about this problem, when the master arranged the affairs of the city before, I went around the city and found the ship of the Hanhai. ”

"You're talking about camels, aren't you?"

Yan Qing nodded and said: "The master is really knowledgeable, Xiao Yi asked those shepherds, camels can easily cross the desert, and camels are much more stable than horses, even if they can't ride horses, they can also ride camels." The most important thing is that the camels can not eat or drink for two or three days, and we can not bring the camel's food. ”

Lu Junyi heard that camels still have such benefits, and he was also interested, and asked, "How many miles can a camel be feasible in a day?" ”

Yan Qing said: "There is no problem with seventy or eighty miles a day, and it will take three days to cross the Hanhai Sea and reach Yanzhou." ”

Lu Junyi said: "Can you find so many camels?" ”

Yan Qing said with a smile: "What is not lacking in Western Xia is camels, and there are probably more camels than war horses." The Western Xia equipped the regular army with a horse and a camel. ”

Lu Junyi heard that there was such a favorable time and place, and he couldn't help but be happy: "Okay, then prepare to attack Yanzhou." Invite the five commanders. ”

Yan Qing said again: "The camels outside the city belong to all the tribes of the party, and now that the Western Xia trend has gone, many tribes want to curry favor with my Liang court." The camel matter was handed over to Xiao Yi, and Xiao Yi found a few tribes to rent camels, so as to avoid conflicts between the soldiers and the party tribes, which would not be conducive to the future rule of the imperial court. ”

Lu Junyi nodded and said, "Okay, this matter will be handed over to you, how long will it take you?" ”

Yan Qing said with a smile: "Half a day's work is enough, the master can prepare to start tomorrow." ”

Lu Junyi saw that Yan Qing was so capable, and opened his mouth to say something, but thinking of Yan Qing's temperament, he could only shake his head helplessly. (To be continued......)