After the Fengjingdu Longwei battalion was completely annihilated, the first division sent a regiment to take over the defense there, because the city fortifications were all destroyed, this regiment has been trembling after stationing, not only afraid of the comeback of the Xining army, but also afraid of those ubiquitous horse thieves, the horse bandits here are known for their courage and ruthlessness, cunning and cruelty, even if the forbidden army of the Son of Heaven is stationed, this is still their world, especially after the sun sets,

So as soon as the sky was dark, the only remaining gate of the wind chimes was hurriedly closed.

Because of the heat and lack of water, the soldiers can only go to the only well in the barracks to take a bath, one group washes and changes to the other, the discipline is quite good, the sky is dark one by one, the cool air around is getting heavier, except for the doorman and the police night, the others have gradually fallen asleep, according to the former military regulations, when they get up early, they have to get up and exercise, and the soldiers generally sleep early,

The weather on the Gobi Desert is like this, the day is hot and breathless, as soon as the sun sets, the temperature drops suddenly, just after the sea, a burst of cold air hits, and a thin layer of fog rises all around,

The two soldiers standing on the earthen wall were already wearing sheepskin jackets, and were walking from side to side, when suddenly they noticed a strange army quietly coming from the fog outside the wall, riding tall horses with horns, wearing black cloaks, and each with a spire like a tasseled spear on his helmet,

Dangdang, the sergeant in charge of the night guard rang the alarm gong, the military camp screamed, in a moment, a group of soldiers have been assembled, according to the predetermined defense area, climb the city wall, plug the gap, and wait, Captain Su Ding's heart suddenly beats, only six days ago, the Longwei battalion was in this army was wiped out, is this bad luck will be their turn again,

A snow-bright rocket pierced the night sky and fell into the city from the only remaining city gate of the wind chime, Su Ding was stunned for a while, and said, "Could it be the Longbow Battalion?" The name of the Longbow Battalion sounded like thunder in his ears, oh my God, they were crazy enough to use the Longbow Battalion for such a ruined town,

Su Ding regretted why he didn't think of this earlier, so that he could at least spend a whole day digging a few dens on the ground to hide, what should he do now, this place is about to turn into a sea of fire, and there is no place to bury him.

However, a strange thing happened, after the first rocket, there was no imaginary rain of arrows, there was a dead silence outside the wall, and the soldiers on the earthen wall crouched nervously, and the atmosphere did not dare to take a breath.

Dead silence, still dead silence, boundless dead silence,

Su Ding and his soldiers suffered in this dead silence for an hour, when suddenly a gust of wind blew, and the dark clouds shrouded in the night sky drifted away, surrounded by a thin night fog that swam with the wind, but it was not difficult to see the scenery a mile away, there was nothing, there was no longbow array, and there was no warrior wearing a cloak on a horse with horns, if it weren't for the rocket that broke through the sky, Su Ding would almost have to punish the soldier who sounded the gong to warn,

"Get me that rocket."

Su Ding just breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately shouted a little angrily, a large group of soldiers rushed to the place where the rocket fell, but even if they turned over every inch of land with torches, they didn't find the falling rocket,

"Could it be that I'm dazzled?"

Su Ding was like waking up from a big dream, was it just a dream just now, but when he looked at the two hundred soldiers around him, he dispelled this strange idea, how could two hundred people have a dream at the same time,

Of course, Su Ding was not dreaming, the mysterious army that appeared outside the city of Fengjingdu was actually a flag-cutting army sent out by Yang Hao, they were dressed as horse bandits, and the purpose of wandering around was to verify something,

The day after Yang Hao arrived in Xiaochang'an, Lu Chun sent Wen Shimao's army deployment map to the front of the case, this is a very detailed military deployment map, any unbiased person can not help but admire it, sincerely praise the incomparable strategy of the formulator, Yang Hao concluded that this is a real deployment map, through this map, the reality of the front army is in full view,

It's a pity that there was no miniature camera at that time, otherwise it would be possible to have it without alarming Wen Shimao, so its value would be much greater, but even this is not bad, at least it disrupted all of Wen Shimao's plans, and sent the flag slashing army to test the reality according to the defense map, and then make the final determination, this is Yang Hao's special caution, otherwise it is difficult for him to make up his mind to immediately launch a general attack on the front army,

At the same time as Yang Hao went south, the main force of the Xining army also went south, with a total of Xiao Cavalry Battalion, Agni Battalion, Fengya Battalion, Broken Battalion, Broken Wave Battalion, Jinfeng Battalion, Weiyuan Battalion, Fengzhou can mobilize all the troops here, in order to be able to assemble this army of nearly 10,000 people, Yang Hao made great concessions to the Khitans and barbarian blacks, retreated the garrison, and returned the princes and grandsons who were held hostage in Feng'an. Yang Hao no longer has the means to restrain them,

The Khitans got their coveted commercial interests this time, and in the new plan of the surrender of the city, the four squares in the northwest were ceded to the Khitans, which were not only for the Khitan merchants to do business and live here, but even allowed the Khitans to send an army of less than 200 people into the city to garrison, and the Khitans were exempted from paying taxes for three years in Fengzhou, and Yang Hao also canceled the restrictions on the Khitans' purchase of iron and weapons, and the Khitans ordered the first batch of 1,500 pairs of armor and weapons, Yang Hao paid for them with inventory,

On the Shuofang side, Princess Li Qing temporarily suspended the plan to go north under the pretext of the political instability in Fengzhou, and Chonggang Town, which had already arrived, was also forced to give up because of the retreat of the Fengya Battalion, plus the Hedong states that were lost due to the northward movement of the Broken Camp and the Broken Wave Battalion, Yang Hao made a bloody effort to fight against Wen Shimao, not counting some other interests that were ceded in order to persuade Liu Wei to go south to contain Wen Shimao.

What made Yang Hao the most sad was that as a sworn brother Shi Xiong, not only did he not reach out to pull a hand, but he was ready to move, and he had the potential to take advantage of the fire to rob.

Yang Hao doesn't care about all of this anymore, all his thoughts are now on the battle in front of him, as long as he wins Wen Shimao, all the lost ones will be doubled back, on the contrary, all the existing ones may be lost, this time Yang Hao decided to serve as the coach in person, Sui Crouching Tiger, Gu Duoli, and Meng Ming as deputy marshals,

The Xiao Cavalry Battalion, the Agni Battalion, and the Flying Tiger Battalion are the Chinese army, based on Xiaochang'an, and face Wen Shimao's first and fourth divisions head-on; The Fengya Battalion, the Broken Battalion, and the Broken Wave Battalion were the Eastern Route Army, against the Second and Sixth Divisions; The Jinfeng Battalion and the Weiyuan Battalion were the Western Route Army, against the Third and Fifth Divisions, and Wen Shimao's Seventh Division was stationed along the line from Wujiabao to Yanzhou to ensure the safety of grain and grass transportation.

Meng Ming, the commander of the East Route Army, suggested that he first capture Yulin Town, use it as a base to go east to Zhenxiang and west to Dejing, form a semi-encirclement of the sixth division of Yinzhou, and induce the second division of Xiazhou to go to reinforcements, besiege the city for reinforcements, and annihilate the second division on the north bank of Wushui. Meng Ming was very moved when he heard this, but said to Yang Hao: "Wen Shimao is good at using strange soldiers, and the general should leave the fire camp in the city in case of accidents." Yang Hao allowed his request,

Gu Duoli is the commander of the Western Route Army, Yang Hao ordered it to cross the Qiwu Mountain to the northwest of Xiazhou, cut off the connection between Xiazhou and Youzhou and Yanzhou, the main enemy on this road in addition to Han Linjiang's third division and Xiong Biwu's sixth division, there are two battalions of Lian Yong, fighting deep into the hinterland, the difficulty can be imagined, Gu Duoli, Yao Meng are full of confidence, Yao Meng also asked: "If the enemy is weak, can you take advantage of the situation to capture Youzhou, and arrest Li Changlin for trial." ”

Yang Hao replied: "I know Li Changlin, he is a nostalgic person, now in this situation, if you don't mess with him, he will most likely stand still, don't move Youzhou first." ”

Gu Duoli asked: "If the supply is not available, can it be solved on the spot?" "The barbarian blacks pay attention to the war to feed the war, and the grain and grass with the army are taken from the occupied areas, and the so-called local solution is nothing more than looting grain and grass everywhere.

Yang Hao replied: "I will try my best to solve your grain and grass, and you can raise food from the local people as a last resort, but you must not kill innocents indiscriminately, and those who violate the order will be engaged in military law." "The so-called obedient and listening, Gu Duoli still heard the meaning of acquiescence from Yang Hao's words, what he wanted was this, to go to Shuofang, although the Weiyuan battalion had occupied Huaiyuan County, but it gained very little, and the soldiers were not satisfied, they were holding back their strength to come to Xia Sui to get a handful,

As long as Yang Hao's middle route army plays the role of strategic cooperation, using Xiao Chang'an as a bait to contain Wen Shimao's main first division and fourth division, to ensure the success of the east and west battle plan, the Flying Tiger Battalion followed the victory of the battle of Fenglingdu, and once again showed the saber to the enemy, this time the target they chose was the Xiangfeng battalion of the fourth division, extinguishing Longwei, and then going down to Xiangfeng, which is equivalent to frustrating the local spirit, and the Xiangfeng battalion is also the main battalion, with a number of 1,800 people,

The garrison is an abandoned military fort, the rotten wind village, although abandoned for many years, but the surrounding earthen walls are still towering, the village is more than enough to station one or two thousand people, Xiangfeng Battalion in this task to respond to the fourth division and the second division, the sixth division, and at the same time cover the grain road connecting Xiazhou and Yinzhou,

The plan to attack the Xiangfeng camp was formulated by Sui Crouching Hu himself, and Yang Hao repeatedly deliberated, and finally approved this plan, and sent a small cavalry battalion to respond.

Sui Crouching Tiger still adopted a night attack strategy, the Flying Tiger Battalion 1,500 cavalry rushed sixty miles and suddenly appeared under the Rotten Wind Village, which did cause a great chaos in the Xiangfeng Battalion, but the Flying Tiger Battalion did not get much cheap, the earthen walls around the Rotten Wind Village played a key role, the Flying Tiger Battalion that ran for a long distance did not carry heavy siege weapons at all, not even the cloud ladder, in the face of the towering earthen wall and the Xiangfeng Battalion soldiers who quickly woke up from the panic, Sui Crouching Tiger could only choose to retreat,

Although he did not complete the original goal, he still pressed the other party in terms of momentum.

The Xiao cavalry battalion also took the initiative to annihilate a grain team escorted by 50 people, seized more than 300 stones of rice and noodles, and captured more than 20 prisoners, including six women in Huanyi who disguised themselves as men, Cheng Keling did not dare to dedicate them to Yang Hao, but privately pretended to be a camp prostitute, and the Agni Battalion took over the defense of Xiao Chang'an.