Kono Castle.

Two thousand people were to be brought in, but only a little was available. This method of plucking the feathers and cutting off half of the waist reminded Han Gang of the little officials who distributed relief funds to his subordinates.

Shen Kuo is just deducting military rations, how can he deduct manpower?

But the pressure of the Yu Zang family's 20,000 army also allowed Han Gang to understand Shen Kuo's pressure a little.

Yao Lin's urgent report was passed from the Keno Fort side to the front line. However, with 20,000 soldiers and horses, Yao Lin, who was sitting on a dangerous and fortified city, was not unable to suppress it, but the significance of the 20,000 Yu Zang army under Lintao Fort City made everyone frown.

The strength that the Yu Zang family can dispatch is limited, and even if a large part of the 20,000 soldiers and horses that appeared this time are other Tibetan people and horses attached to it, it is already doing its best for the Yu Zang family. Yu Zang Huama had never been so disregarding the rear before. The delicate relationship between Yu Zang's family and Xingqing Mansion was understood by Xihe Jinglu Si as soon as possible. Yu Zang Huama can rest assured that he can come out of the nest, needless to say, he has received enough assurance from the Liang brothers and sisters.

Moreover, the connection between Yu Zang Hua Ma and Mu Zheng is also very close, and the main force of the Song army has just arrived under the city of Hezhou, and Yu Zang's army appeared on the shore of Taoshui. It seems that under the huge pressure of the Song army, the inherent contradictions between the Yu Zang family and the Tubo royal family, Lanzhou and Xingqing Mansion, have tended to be bridged.

Whether Yao Lin can hold it or not, Han Gang is not worried, he is afraid that the party members will intervene again.

Han Gang put away the worries that were hidden in his heart, and asked the former commander of the Guangrui Army who was ordered to come, "Liu Yuan, how is the injury?" ”

Liu Yuan bowed and saluted: "If the time comes, the villain's injury will not be in the way!" ”

Wang Sunchen and Liu Yuan came in front and back, and sat next to Han Gang with a swagger, "My belly was almost broken, I still eat, drink, run and jump, I just have one or two more holes on my body, it's a big fart." ”

"The prisoners don't dare to compare with the Metropolitan Patrol." Liu Yuan was half-hunched, and his voice was stiff.

Wang Sunchen's eyebrows jumped, and he was about to have a seizure. Han Gang coughed lightly and glanced at him coldly. Inspector Xihe laughed dryly twice, and sat down again.

"Yu Zang's family is also a headache." Han Gang knocked on the table with his fingers, "I'm most afraid that the party members will also come to join in the fun, but Liang Yibu may really come out of the hole." ”

“…… Didn't you prepare for it beforehand? Liu Yuan asked softly.

Han Gang shook his head, "I have preparations and plans, but I just don't want to use them." ”

So far, Qin Feng and Jingyuan have not been mobilized, and although the elites sent to Xihe are elites, the garrisons on this road are still enough to carry out a large-scale war. Once the party really attacks, Shen Qi and Cai Ting will order troops.

In addition, Xihe Road itself only dispatched less than 8,000 soldiers and horses, and in fact, there were enough garrisons in each military station and walled fort. And because of agricultural reasons, the armor of Tuntian was not fully levied. If the party really attacked, Xihe Road itself would be enough to resist or even defeat it.

It's just that once a war starts with the party members, the money and food consumed will be a terrifying astronomical amount. The opening of the river is not the end of defeating Mu Zheng, and the next step is to deter the Tibetan Department and clean up the remaining party; building roads and forts; If there is no money and food support from the rear for a series of work such as immigration, tuntian, and market trade, all plans will be frustrated. It will be delayed for at least a year.

"I still hope that Wang Jingluo will win as soon as possible." Han Gang was really looking forward to it.

"It doesn't matter if it's two days late," Wang Sunchen said half-jokingly and half-seriously, "I'll wait until I'm better injured." ”

Han Gang glared at Wang Sunchen again, "There are also some things here that I want you to help me with." He said to Wang Sunchen, who had come closer, "Xiangzicheng has reported in the past two days, saying that several groups of Tubo spies have been found in the mountains in the north, and I am begging me to send more people here just in case." ”

"Xiangzi City?" Wang Sunchen asked in surprise, "Why isn't it Keno Castle?!" ”

"yes?" Han Gang smiled coldly, his tone made people sound like he was asking, "There is also a small road leading to Kenuo Fort in Hezhou, why are the sentry sentries of the Tubo people all haunting Xiangzi City, not around Keno Fort?" ”

"Do you want to turn the tiger away from the mountain?!" Wang Sunsin reacted immediately. Liu Yuan felt the same way and nodded beside him.

"I don't know what to do!" Han Gang shook his head, "People's hearts are separated from their stomachs, Mu Zheng's thoughts, how can we be guessed accurately when we are sitting dozens of miles away?" …… If you want to go deeper, what if this is Mu Zheng deliberately trying to make us think like this? So what to do? ”

"This? ...... "Wang Sunchen and Liu Yuan both didn't know what to say. If things go on and over again, there's no end to it.

"But if we don't have the strength to spare, we can only choose one of the two possibilities to guard against, but it can be different now." Han Gang was confident. Although there are only about 1,000 more people, he can play twice as many cards in his hand, "No matter what plan he has, just guard against it." Keno Fort is an important place, isn't Xiangzi City important? ”

Wang Sunchen raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and asked, "Do you want the younger brother to go?" ”

Liu Yuan took half a step forward at the same time, acting as if he was recommending himself.

"If you don't go, Brother Wang, I want to go to Xiangzi City to have a look." Han Gang paused for a moment and looked at Wang Sunchen and Liu Yuan, "Liu Yuan, you are on standby at Kenuo Castle and ready to leave at any time." Brother Wang, now you go to Xiangzi City to see what is going on, and if there is no problem in two days, you can go to Jingluo under Hezhou City to report! ”

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Outside Lintao Fort.

Yu Zang Huama looked at the not very lofty Lintao Fort, and was hesitating whether to let his soldiers prepare for the siege.

Although the Tibetans were not good at attacking cities, the Lintao Fort he was facing was not a fortified city. A fortress with a circumference of less than five hundred paces is very reluctant to squeeze into three or four thousand people, and it is a fantasy to say anything about the defense system.

The city that has just been built is actually very fragile, and no matter how strong it is, it is actually easy to collapse under the action of external forces because it contains a lot of water. It is only after a few years that the walls become harder and harder.

After all, not all cities are like Helian Bobo's order to build ten thousand cities, and let the soldiers use iron vertebrae to verify the quality of the city walls. If you don't advance an inch, you will kill a soldier. Such a unified city has endured thousands of years without falling. With such a high standard of engineering requirements, the newly completed Lintao Fort could not do it.

Yao Lin also knew that the situation in Lu Dao would be like this, so he led the main force of 2,000 to form a formation under the fort, and confronted the 20,000 troops of the Yu Zang family across the Hao River. There are soldiers with hard crossbows in front of the city, and the attacking enemy army will be hit by both the upper and lower blows.

Wen Zhen looked at the enemy army two miles away for a long time, and then turned his head and asked Yu Zang Huama, who had been silent for the same time, "Is it to attack the city, or do you act according to the original plan?" ”

"I heard that a fortress has been built in the Yukawa River, and I can't get around it." There was remorse and regret in Yu Zang Huama's voice, "I still underestimate the Song people's ability to build cities. ”

"The newly built Jiehechuan Fort will not be too strong, and most of the Song people's troops should stay here now."

"There is Lintao in the back...... No, it's Di Dao, this is Lintao. Yu Zang Huama's words revealed his deep understanding of the intelligence of the Song army, "There must be soldiers in Di Dao City, and they may be attacked from front to back." He looked at the mountains near and far, the melting green of a month ago had gradually turned dark, "The dog raised by the Han people is also nearby. ”

Yu Zang Huama raised his horsewhip and pointed to Lintao Fort from afar, "Attack this city!" ”

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Under the city of Hezhou.

The sound of fighting around was deafening, and every moment there was a scream before death came into the ears. Long arrows flew in all directions, the sound of horses' hooves was chaotic, and the strong smell of blood made people feel like they were immersed in a sea of blood. Being on the battlefield, the war drums behind him did not stop for a moment, but Zhao Long stopped, frowning and looking at the iron slip in his left hand.

I don't know how many enemy helmets and skulls underneath were shattered, and I don't know how many arms and ribs were broken, and the shiny piece of iron on the iron slip used by Zhao Long was all worn away.

But this four-edged heavy weapon, which weighs six or seven catties and has a diameter of nearly an inch at the grip, has bent out in an obvious arc in the middle of the section.

Was it bad when he rammed the Tibetan general wearing the party's armor in front of him, or was it bad when he collided with the Tibetan warrior who was also holding an iron slip?

Zhao Longzheng frowned and thought, a rush of hooves approached behind him, and the exclamations of the surrounding soldiers.

Listen to the wind, and don't look back. Zhao Long leaned to the side and waved his backhand violently. The tip of a spear pierced through the left rib, but the iron slip in his left hand was just hitting the ground.

There was a muffled thumping sound. The familiar shock did not enter the palm of his hand, only felt that the hand was light, and the half-bent iron slip snapped apart, but the helmet that was knocked out was also completely deflated.

With a disgusted side glance at the Fan who wanted to sneak attack him, Zhao Long saw an eyeball with bright red muscles dangling on the socket of the black hole, and from the slit of the deflated helmet, the gray-white slurry mixed with blood slowly flowed down.

This picture was just a flash, and in the blink of an eye, the corpse was carried forward by the war horse under the crotch at high speed.

Just in front of the valley mouth of the tributary river valley, the two horse armies that had lost their momentum were in a melee, so that every general who practiced the art of war would shake their heads and sigh for the chaos, Zhao Long, whose divine power was amazing, there were not many people around him who dared to approach.

The long arrow shot from the horse's back, if the landing point was not the key point of the armorless, Zhao Long would not pay attention to it at all. If you come to the front door, you can wave it away with the iron slip in your right hand. The war horse was draped in a felt to prevent arrows, and the head was also covered with a leather holster, together with Zhao Long, who was in full armor on the war horse, this person rode like a ghost and made people fearful.

With a half-truncated Jane, he smashed down a Fan army, Zhao Long replaced it with a spear, raised the gun and pointed at it, and he shouted loudly.

The roar spread all over the four fields, and no one could hear what he was roaring, but starting from him, a team of Xihe Xuanfeng who had re-galloped was already sweeping the battlefield.