On the third day of the seventh month of the second year of Baoyuan, Zhao Lei learned that the Western Xia had finally come out of Jinmingzhai, and immediately came to the council hall to summon the officials in Yan'an Mansion to discuss the next military action. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.infoqb5.

"What are the movements of the Western Xia Army?" Fan Zhongyan, who came in a hurry, came to the conference hall and ignored the civil and military officials in the hall, and asked Zhao Lei in a deep voice.

"The Western Xia army is still the same as before, the move is to clean up our army's horses, our army's horses are under the pursuit of hundreds of Xixia cavalry squads, and they have suffered heavy losses, but there is not much information to be found, only know that the Western Xia fierce general Yeli Yuqi with more than 20,000 soldiers and horses under his command, towards Yan'an Mansion, the movements of other armies are unknown!" Guo Chengyou, who was in his forties, the tall and sturdy commander of the Zuolong Martial Army, replied with a wry smile for Zhao Lei.

Because the Great Song Dynasty lacks enough war horses, so the Great Song Dynasty's horse exploration horses are also pitiful, compared with the Western Xia cavalry of tens of thousands of cavalry, the Song Army's hundreds of horse exploration team, such as into the sea beads, is not worth mentioning at all, every time the Song and Xia Dynasty exchanges, the Western Xia will take advantage of the army's many war horses, the 10,000 people will be divided into 100 teams, monitoring the movement of dozens of miles nearby, under the strength of the Western Xia 10,000 horse exploration army, even if the Great Song Army in the Song realm, it is difficult to obtain accurate information about the Western Xia army, This is the main reason why the Western Xia army was able to lead the nose of more than 200,000 troops of the Great Song Dynasty.

"There is only the news of Yeli begging, what about the news of the main force of the Western Xia Army under Yuan Hao and the more than 20,000 troops of Renduo Baoren?" Hearing that the Song army was as incompetent as usual, Fan Zhongyan's face sank, and he asked Ge Huaimin, the commander of Linzhou who was in charge of intelligence.

"We have too few cavalry scouts. It's not the opponent of the Xixia Tanma at all, and the foot scout can't avoid the nose of the Xixia War Dog at all, all the Tanma except for the ones who escaped back, basically lost contact, and the last general also felt helpless! Ge Huaimin, a veteran in his fifties, replied to Fan Zhongyan helplessly.

"The enemy situation is unknown! It's like this every time, and I can't touch the movement of the Western Xia army. Are we still the same as before, they hit there, we chase there! Fan Zhongyan continued to put pressure on Ge Huaimin and said, hoping that Ge Huaimin could come up with a way to solve the shortcomings in the intelligence problem.

"Master Fan, don't worry! The days when the Western Xia army bullied our army with war horses have passed, today let Lord Fan see the latest things in the ordnance, this official has already sent someone to find out the movements of the Western Xia army, and he must be back soon. Zhao Lei, who was sitting on the official chair in the council hall, said to Fan Zhongyan unhurriedly at this time, and the calmness in his tone made Fan Zhongyan calm down immediately, and turned his head to look at Zhao Lei suspiciously.

However, Fan Zhongyan was puzzled, and many people in the conference hall looked at Zhao Lei suspiciously. I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in Zhao Lei's gourd.

At this moment, Fan Quan and Zhao Ming, the commanders of the Qiang army, suddenly walked into the conference hall together, and saw Zhao Lei leaning down and bowing down and saying in a deep voice: "Lord Huiqi!" The Qiang army has received accurate information that the Western Xia army except for Yeli Yuqi who came to Yan'an Mansion all the way, and the rest of the men and horses went in the direction of Gyeongju under the leadership of Yuan Hao. ”

"The Qiang army explores the horses! They weren't discovered by the Western Xia horse? Ge Huaimin looked at Fan Quan and Zhao Ming in disbelief and asked suspiciously.

"Nope. The last general's subordinate Erlang ......" Fan Quan heard Ge Huaimin's question, and immediately turned his head and replied, just halfway through speaking, but was interrupted by Zhao Lei.

"That's it! I'll tell you about it, and I'll talk about it later! Zhao Lei waved his hand to interrupt Fan Quan and said indifferently.

"Yes! My lord! Yeli begging was born in Jinmingzhai at the beginning of this month. And Yuan Hao and the main force of the Western Xia army, as well as the soldiers and horses of Renduo Baoren, left Jinmingzhai the next day, and now there are about 5,000 Xixia troops in Jinmingzhai. It seems to be reinforcements from the rear.

Leaving the Jinming Zhai Land, the main force of Xixia went all the way to the southwest, without any stops on the road, but they first used their horses to open the way, and all the horses of our army were hunted and killed, and they avoided the crowded fortress and sneaked towards Gyeongju, which was very slow, and it was estimated that it would take six days to reach Gyeongju! Fan Quan told all the information he knew to the Chinese martial arts of the hall.

"Does Won-ho want to attack Gyeongju again! However, he would never have imagined that Lord Zhao had asked Gyeongju to command General Yang Wenguang to return to Gyeongju, accompanied by the soldiers and horses of King Xianwang, the governor of Jingzhou. With more than 10,000 soldiers and horses plus the Gyeongju defenders, Yuan Hao will definitely hit a wall again! Han Qi said to himself at this time, holding his three long wisps of beard.

"This official always feels that the goal of Western Xia is no longer Gyeongju, the last offensive and defensive battle of Gyeongju was attended by tens of thousands of civilians, after the baptism of that battle, these young and strong are already qualified soldiers, plus the people of Gyeongju are fierce, the brave Gyeongju army has made Yuan Hao suffer, Yuan Hao will not attack a city that is not sure to be defeated twice!" Fan Zhongyan frowned and said cautiously to Zhao Lei.

"There is also a Weiju in the southwest of Gyeongju, which is also a wealthy city, will Yuan Hao set his goal there?" Zhang Zi, the commander of the Zuo Yulin Army, stood next to the sand table, looked at Weizhou, which was not far from Gyeongju on the sand table, and turned his head to Zhao Lei and the others.

"Weizhou! It's not very likely, Weizhou is too close to Fengxiang Mansion, too deep into the Song realm, the risk is too great, if the official is Yuan Hao, he would rather gnaw on Qingzhou than attack Weizhou, once lost, the lone Western Xia army will be in danger of being wiped out! Fan Zhongyan has always been steady, and he thought that Yuan Hao would also choose a steady plan, so he shook his head and retorted Zhang Zi.

"Not necessarily! Yuan Hao's march has always been weird, Gu Lai soldiers are out of the front, adventurous, desperate things he has done many times, this official thought that he was very likely to bypass Gyeongju to attack Weizhou! Han Qi looked at the sand table in the hall, recalled Yuan Hao's past achievements, and supported Zhang Zi's guess and said.

"Attacking Weizhou, to put it lightly, not to mention that there are more defenders in Weizhou than in Qingzhou, but the contact with Fengxiang Mansion can make them backfire, and once the attack on Weizhou fails, General Yang Wenguang of Qingzhou and the army of Yan'an Mansion will be dispatched to cut off Yuan Hao's back road, and then the Western Xia army will only have the whole army wiped out all the way to go, and now the Western Xia is far from the time of desperate betting, even if the sword goes sideways, there is no need to attack Weizhou like suicide, this official does not think that Yuan Hao will attack Weizhou!" Fan Zhongyan looked at Han Qi. Calmly and persistently insisting on his point of view, he said.

"Yuan Hao used troops, always put the victory or defeat out of the degree, attacked Yan'an, attacked Qingzhou, that time was not surrounded by regiments to retreat, he was gambling, even Lord Fan thought that he would not attack Weizhou. This official thinks that he must go back! Han Qi saw the stubborn and cautious Fan Zhongyan, and also stubbornly insisted on his opinion and said.

"Does Lord Han's words mean that this official can't see through Yuan Hao, and he is not Yuan Hao's opponent at all!" Fan Zhong was angered by Han Qi's words, and said loudly to Han Qi.

"I didn't say that! However, Master Fan's thoughts are indeed more cautious. Han Qi looked at Fan Zhongyan and said with a sneer, not caring about Fan Zhongyan's accusations at all.

Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan disagreed and argued, but the other civil and military in the hall did not dare to come forward to speak, although Fan Zhongyan is now serving as the prefect of Yan'an Prefecture, but Han Qi was born in the new army and belonged to the Beijing army. It is not under the jurisdiction of Yan'an Prefecture. He is the same as Guo Chengyou, Zhang Zi, and Xia Sui, the commanders of Zuo Longwu Army, Zuo Yulin Army, and Zuo Shenwu Army, but they are only fighting together, and there is no distinction between high and low positions, and the only one who can suppress them is Zhao Lei, who has all the soldiers and horses on the Yongxing Military Road.

And Zhao Lei looked at Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan, who were arguing. couldn't help frowning, he suddenly remembered that the famous battle of Haoshuichuan in Song Xia in history was the result of the dispute between Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan, and the main reason for that fiasco. It was Fan Zhongyan who used his troops cautiously, advocated defense, and sat back and watched Han Qi's army take the initiative to fight with Yuan Hao's main force without coming to the rescue. In the end, tens of thousands of horses under Han Qi were surrounded by the Western Xia army in Haoshuichuan and the whole army was annihilated.

In Zhao Lei's view, Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi were both at fault in the handling of this matter, but the battle between offense and defense, one insisted on sending troops to fight with the Western Xia army for the sake of will, attacking the enemy with his own weakness, and stupid behavior; The other sat back and watched the friendly forces being besieged and did not come to the rescue, which was a sign of chaos in the country. Although Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi are both famous Confucian generals in the Northern Song Dynasty, in Zhao Lei's opinion, they are not qualified generals at all.

"Enough! The Western Xia army of Yuan Hao has not seen it yet, you have already rebelled in the nest, how can you resist the southern invasion of Western Xia! Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi are both close friends of Zhao Lei, Zhao Lei has no choice but to take out the power of the Jiedu envoy, slap the table, and shout loudly to the two.

Zhao Lei's words made Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan both calm down, and after thinking about it carefully, this is really not a place for disputes, and then they glanced angrily, and each turned their heads to look at Zhao Lei.

"Lord Fan thinks that Yuan Hao is going to attack Gyeongju, but Lord Han thinks that Yuan Hao is going to attack Weizhou, no matter where Yuan Hao attacks, what we have to do first is to support the two states, not to argue here, don't forget, in our northwest, there are still 20,000 Western Xia troops in Yeli Yuqi are coming, it is estimated that they want to drag us to support the troops of Qingzhou and Weizhou, and the 20,000 Western Xia troops of Yeli Yuqi are like a thorn in the body of Yan'an Mansion, if we don't pull out this thorn, do we dare to fully support Qingzhou and Weizhou!" Zhao Lei stood up, came to the front of the sand table, looked at the small flag representing Yeli Yu Qi in Xixia, and said to Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi and others in a deep voice.

"What the adults mean is to eat the soldiers and horses of Yeli Yuqi first, and then rescue Gyeongju and Weizhou!" Seeing that Fan Handou's play had come to an end, the Chinese Wu of the hall turned his attention to the current situation, and when he heard Zhao Lei's words, Xu Huaide, the capital supervisor of Yan'an Prefecture, frowned and said to Zhao Lei, it seems that he does not agree with the proposal.

"Eat the 20,000 soldiers and horses of Yeli Yuqi, this official doesn't have such a big appetite, you must know that his subordinates are more than 20,000 elite cavalry, and I don't know when to eat them, that is, we can wait, can Gyeongju and Weizhou wait!" Zhao Lei looked at Xu Huaide with a confident smile and said.

"What do you mean?" Zhao Lei's words made many people puzzled, and Li Huaibao, the son of Li Shibin, asked cautiously at this time.

"What do you say is the purpose of Western Xia Yuanhao's southward journey? How could our army drive Yuan Hao back to Xingqing Mansion? Zhao Lei continued to ask with a smile.

"Yuan Hao hopes that my Great Song Dynasty can recognize the establishment of the Western Xia State, and at the same time restore the relationship between the two countries to the past, and the most important thing is to start from scratch, so he invaded the south, hoping to take an important state and negotiate with my Great Song Dynasty; And there is only one condition for our army to drive Yuan Hao back to Xingqing Mansion, which is to completely defeat the hundreds of thousands of troops under him, and then Yuan Hao can only flee back to Xingqing Mansion. Fan Zhongyan replied indifferently to Zhao Lei's words at this time, it seems that he has calmed down and began to think about the current situation according to Zhao Lei's words.

"There are many cavalry in Western Xia, coming and going like the wind, and it is an impossible task to completely defeat hundreds of thousands of Western Xia troops in the field, but if you think about it carefully, since the southern invasion of Western Xia, the only two major defeats were the attack on Yan'an, and the other was the attack on Gyeongju." Zhao Lei said to the Chinese martial arts in the hall with a confident smile.

"I understand, there is a lot of sand and little soil and lack of wood in the Western Xia, and there has always been a lack of siege weapons, in the past, they searched for materials to create siege weapons on the spot after the southern invasion, which was simple and very powerful, so although there were many cavalry in the Western Xia, it was okay to plunder, and the siege was their weakness, so there were two defeats in Qingzhou and Yan'an, and the adults wanted to take advantage of the weakness of the Western Xia to have an offensive and defensive battle with Yuan Hao to consume Yuan Hao's troops!" Xu Huaide is worthy of being Zhao Lei's most optimistic Confucian general among everyone, as soon as Zhao Lei finished speaking, he understood Zhao Lei's thoughts and said it in a deep voice.

"That's right! It is also a stupid move to attack the enemy's strength with his own weakness, and there will be no hope of victory at all, since Yuan Hao likes to gamble, why can't we make a desperate bet! For my Great Song Dynasty, defending the city and defeating the enemy is the strength, since Yuan Hao wants to attack Weizhou, then we will give him a chance to attack Weizhou! Zhao Lei said to the Chinese military officer in the hall with a sneer and a confident voice.

"Lord Han! General Guo! You immediately lead the new army and the Zuo Longwu army to Weizhou now, go to Weizhou by Huachi, avoid the Western Xia army, sneak into Weizhou in disguise, and wait until Yuan Hao attacks Weizhou, you send 3,000 new troops every day to help Weizhou Zhizhou defend Western Xia, remember not to go out of the city, not to show up, must make Yuan Hao think that Weizhou only has less than 20,000 defenders, he will keep attacking Weizhou, consuming Western Xia soldiers and horses, the two generals must drag the Western Xia army in Weizhou, General Yang Wenguang can hold Gyeongju for three days and three nights with more than 10,000 miscellaneous soldiers, In ten days, the two generals will definitely be able to hold it! Zhao Lei turned around and handed over the prepared arrow to Han Qi and Guo Chengyou and said solemnly.

"Live up to the expectations of adults!" Han Qi and Guo Chengyou also replied solemnly to Zhao Lei.

When Han Qi and Guo Chengyou heard the task delivered by Zhao Lei, they said in their hearts that with the 20,000 people of the new army and the 25,000 people of the Zuolongwu army, plus the 20,000 horses of Weizhou, they could not stop the Western Xia army for ten days by relying on Jiancheng, and they didn't have to go back to Bianjing, and the spitting stars could spray them to death.

"Lord Fan! Yeli Yu begged the 20,000 horses and horses to be handed over to you, since he wants to get rid of them, then Lord Fan will gather soldiers and horses to drag them to death, no matter what, you can't let them support Weizhou! All the soldiers and horses in Yan'an Mansion are handed over to Lord Fan, and they must be dragged to Yeli and beggar! After Zhao Lei saw Han Qi and Guo Chengyou leaving, he took out another arrow and said to Fan Zhongyan.

"Lord Zhao rest assured! The lowly will definitely nail Ye Liyu to Yan'an Mansion, and he will not be allowed to move a step! Fan Zhongyan also solemnly assured Zhao Lei.

"General Zhang Zi, General Xia Sui, Fan Quan, Zhao Ming! You led the Zuo Yulin Army, the Zuo Shenwu Army and the Zuo Qiang Army to follow the official to Gyeongju, relying on the strategy of Jiancheng to consume the Western Xia troops, it is estimated that Yuan Hao will not be able to hide how long, if you want to really defeat the Western Xia army, the opportunity is on the way to Yuan Hao's retreat! Zhao Lei looked at the rest of the generals confidently and said loudly.

"No!" The other generals in the hall heard Zhao Lei's order, and after receiving the order in unison, they turned around and walked out of the conference hall and began to prepare for the march.

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