A few days later, Zhang Fangping, Teng Zongliang, Ge Huaimin, Chong Shiheng, Di Qing and Zheng Lang gathered in Zhenrong Village.

That is, the most important bigwigs in Jingyuan Road now.

Zheng Lang asked them to sit down, took out a stack of papers, looked at the words on the bag, distributed them to everyone, and said, "Let's take a look first." ”

It was the joint defense system that he negotiated with the old species, and the method was come up with by Zheng Lang, and the old species provided the senators.

After working for a long time, Zheng Lang found that the old species was really easy to use, with this person by his side, it was as if Liu Bei met Zhuge Liang during the Three Kingdoms, and he had that kind of happy feeling like a fish in water.

Several people began to watch.

This kind of joint defense system is actually an evolved version of the fortified wall.

Archers play an extremely important role in this.

The specific steps are divided into two parts. The first part is the invasion of less than 10,000 enemy troops, the front line is put in, with each village as the center, the archers set up leaders, the imperial army is the mainstay, and the archers are supplemented, and the layers of hunting and killing are carried out.

And along the side of the archers Duofanzi, they themselves have war horses, and in speed will not be worse than the enemy.

But it will not directly participate in it, but take out some of the arrangements for hunting, such as digging traps, setting hooks, and putting cold arrows.

Some time ago, Zheng Lang deliberately did some training for surnames.

This possibility is very small, Yuan Hao's army is actually not as strong as imagined, he will not only let 10,000 people come to invade, it is not called an invasion, it is to send snacks to the Song army.

This plan is a preparatory plan.

The second part is the formal plan.

The enemy invaded an army of more than 10,000 troops.

Zheng Lang divided the two armies of the three states of Jingyuan Road into several regions, each of which was centered on each fort, and each fort governed several subordinate villages.

The first line is from Xiaoguan to the middle end of Wuyan Gorge, and it is also the jurisdiction of the Song Dynasty, and Zheng Lang is now willing to give up. But this is a strategic goal, and it is not really abandoned, scouts are sent out to patrol from time to time. The second line started from Tiansheng Village, and to the south was also the real control area of the Song Dynasty. The third line starts from Zhenrong City to Dongshanzhai. The fourth line starts from the north-central part of Yuanzhou to most of Jingzhou and the northern end of Weizhou, and then is the Tuntian area of Jingyuan District. Once the enemy spreads the flames of war to the fourth line, it will be very bad.

So the decisive battle must be controlled in the area north of the fourth line.

Once the enemy invades, the second line is too close to the enemy, and it is necessary to evacuate quickly, led by archers, with valuable soft goods, as well as cattle, horses, and sheep, which are active, as long as the speed is fast, easy to take away, and the bulky furniture can not be abandoned. Quickly enter the various forts.

After entering the fort, the archers immediately cooperated with the Song army defending the city to participate in the defense.

There must be four conditions for this.

The qualities of the first archers, Zheng Lang had actually assigned them before, including their tasks, which had also been clearly instructed.

Mainly training, unlike other places in the Song Dynasty, he occasionally participated in the repair of roads and the construction of water conservancy, but with the surname of allowance, a small amount of subsidies, not unpaid labor. In peacetime, archers could enjoy the new Song policy, exempting their families from all taxes, but this provision was of little significance to the Qiang on these frontiers, and the court did not tax them in normal times. Even if it is levied, the number is limited. Weapons are issued and some subsidies are given. The latter is what they value for the archers.

While enjoying these benefits, the tasks are these two.

A small group of enemies invaded, or some rebellions that surrendered to the Xixia cottages, and some thieves harassed them, and cooperated with the officers and soldiers to exterminate them. A large number of enemies invaded, and led the people to quickly take refuge in the village, took up arms, and stood on the head of the city to resist.

Western Xia did not weaken, and Zheng Lang soberly continued to position the Song army on defense.

With a focus on defense, these archers can play a role.

The second is water.

In the Song Dynasty, most of the villages were built along the river, but also for water, and there were many flat rivers by the river, which was also suitable for building a city.

After Zheng Lang came to Jingyuan Road, he made a new move, digging more moats and leading culverts into the city from the moat. There will not be the scale of Nanjing's later use of the Qinhuai River as a moat, but if there is, it will be stronger than nothing. Even if he doesn't launch an attack this year, Xixia's invasion of Linfu Road this time will be a big loss of vitality. It won't be restored until at least next fall.

For more than a year, the river water nourishes the soil, and it is living water, which changes the structure of the groundwater. The enemy besieged the wall, and there were laborers to cut off the water of the moat, and fill it all with earth, and the city could also dig wells to get groundwater for drinking water.

A very important one.

This year, there was a war in Linzhou, because there was almost a big problem with water. Next year, it was precisely because of the water that Dingchuan was defeated.

But Dingchuan Zheng Lang has not moved, which is a deliberately left shortage.

The third is food.

Once the inhabitants enter the village, they will carry a large number of livestock. However, it is a pity to use it to make food, now there is a shortage of food, if there is no shortage, I plan to sell a bucket of wheat for 50 Wen, and a bucket of millet for 30 Wen, which is a sky-high price. The commodity is really circulated, and when a cow arrives in Chang'an, it can be sold for three taels of money, which can be exchanged for a hundred buckets of millet. But how much meat can a cow cut?

In fact, with the emergence of the Shiyi Law, a large number of livestock have been continuously circulated to the Central Plains with commodity trading.

Therefore, each village must prepare grain, this year is a little difficult, to next autumn, the tuntian grain will come up, plus the supply of the imperial court, the food tension will be eased. Then the villages will be well prepared.

When the new grain comes up, the old grain can be exchanged for goods with the Tibetan people through trading and brought back to the Central Plains.

Now that everything has been created, it is still somewhat difficult to implement this joint defense plan. But it can be implemented, which Zheng Lang is afraid of, so it will be announced in advance. God knows if Yuan Hao will invade because of his own invasion, regardless of the national strength, and attack Jingyuan Road madly.

The fourth is that there must be a strong scout team, if it is like the battle of Haoshuichuan, the enemy has touched Haoshuichuan ambush, and no one knows about it, then no matter how rigorous this plan is, it will lose its meaning.

Zheng Lang came to Jingyuan Road and quickly made up for this loophole. The importance he attaches to scouts is almost outrageous.

Then there is the third line, which is longer, and can bring grain back to the villages with livestock in moderation, depending on the situation.

In short, everything is to reduce Yuan Hao's supply sources, especially food.

Unless Yuan Hao launches an attack one stockade at a time.

However, after the implementation of joint defense, each village will get a large number of people, not only among the people are archers, but also some people can be used as temporary militia when they are organized, and the strength will be much stronger than the simple Song soldiers in the past.

Then every time Yuan Hao breaks through a stockade, he will have a lot of losses.

At the same time, it also prolongs the time for the breakthrough, and the Song army in other places is not vegetarian, and Yuan Hao will have a headache at that time.

For the local Qiang people, this is also a measure to protect their lives, and it will also be more popular.

As for the fourth line, act according to the situation.

Once the battle spreads to the fourth line, the situation is less auspicious. Unless Yuan Hao is reckless and forcibly breaks into the fourth line. As long as the main army of the Song Dynasty is undefeated, the consequences of Yuan Hao's breaking into the fourth line will be very serious. The back road is one, and Yuan Hao's army will have no return.

That's the plan for this year.

There are plans for next year, and by next year, there will be market trade and grain, and the situation on Jingyuan Road will be a little better.

Then he asked the imperial court for a large number of explosives, in addition to the necessary roads, to blow up the mountains and mountains. Let the entire Jingyuan Road form a small enclosed space.

This inspiration was inspired by the policies of the Tang Dynasty, in order to prevent the movement of the people, some state capitals deliberately destroyed roads to prevent the people from leaving the country. This is a retrogressive policy, but the border passes are different from those in the Central Plains. The border pass is mainly defense, and these small closed spaces will make Yuan Hao even more headaches.

Attack, the Song Dynasty has a fortress defense on the main road, even if it is broken, there is no passage around, and the Song Dynasty will use the terrain at any time to do defense, or outflanking, and trap his army here.

Once the plan is executed, Jingyuan Road will be more difficult to attack than Huanqing Road.

"Why not do it this year?" Teng Zongliang asked.

That's a good way to do it.

"There is no financial resources, there is a lack of money everywhere, and the imperial court's finances are in crisis, and the imperial court cannot be counted on. Besides, it is only a theory, the overall topography of Jingyuan Road is not as good as Yanyan Road, and even less than Huanqing Road. Therefore, the main task this year is to tuntian and train the army. After Zheng Lang finished speaking, he sighed in his heart.

Including Teng Zongliang, there are many so-called gentlemen who still have some ability, such as Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, Fu Bi, and Yin Zhu, once they arrive in the place, they are like fish in water, and each of them can make good political achievements.

But when he entered the court, he was all confused.

Hearing the financial pressure, Teng Zongliang couldn't keep quiet.

"The battle of Linfu Road, maybe you've heard of it. Yuan Hao suffered heavy losses in this battle, and in order to build up morale, they will recover after next autumn and will launch an attack on our court. Fulin Road may conduct another test to see if Fulin Road has the strength to resist after they have been disabled. If so, they will stop the attack on Fulin Road in time, and then there are only three left. The terrain of Huanqing is complex, and Fan Zhongyan is presiding. Yuan Hao did not dare to take this risk and launched an attack on Huanqing Road. Then there is Yanyun Road, I built several villages in Yanzhou last year, forming a joint defense with each other, and Fan Zhongyan made up several villages again. But it was a theoretical joint defense, so this year the Western Xia army still rushed to the city of Yanzhou. This will stimulate Pang Ji, I have already received the news that Pang Ji is repairing the village again. In fact, this Western Xia attack was to cooperate with Yuan Hao's attack, delay the Yanjun Road army, and prevent them from rushing to the aid of Fulin. Twenty or thirty thousand enemies want to take Yanzhou City? Is Yanzhou City really made of tofu? Once the villages are built one after another, and then there is the terrain to the north of Yanzhou, it is not easy to attack Yanzhou. Then only we are left on the original road. ”

When Zheng Lang said this, he hung up the big map and said: "Everyone, you see, although there are mountains on our Jingyuan Road, the overall terrain is flat, and there is almost no danger to defend except for the ancient Great Wall. But this ancient Great Wall ......"

Zheng Lang shook his head, don't take it seriously. Unless it is overhauled, many city walls run through Longshan, and the overhaul does not know how much manpower and financial resources it will take, so it is not worth it.

And after the repair, it is also necessary to send troops to garrison.

Once repaired, it is very likely that the Song Dynasty will use this Great Wall as the boundary, and Zheng Lang is even more displeased with this kind of conservatism.

Unless the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun are recovered and the Great Wall is repaired, it will have the function of preventing the nomads from going south. In fact, if the Qing people entered the customs, if there was no help from Wu Sangui, would the Ming Dynasty be so easy to lose the country? As for Li Zicheng, that person, like Huang Chao and Fang La, is purely a bastard.

There is a kind of don't escape, learn from the family Chongzhen, and apologize for the world with death after defeat.

He also said: "Unless we forcibly destroy the road from now on, the construction of the fortress is completed." But the finances can't keep up, and the time is too late, so prevention must be done. I'll leave it to you. ”

Ge Huaimin asked, "Why did you hand it over to me?" ”

"Linfu Road is dangerous, I want to lead the army to launch a sneak attack on Western Xia, so you have a good look at Weizhou City." Zheng Lang said lightly.

Now that the conflict between him and Ge Huaimin has intensified, he is not afraid of 10,000, he is afraid of what happens. If all the military plans are announced, in case Ge Huaimin declares a personal vendetta and secretly betrays information to the Tangut people, this battle will be more auspicious than lucky.

Teng Zongliang was ignorant, and Ge Huaimin, like Ge Huaimin, thought that Zheng Lang still launched a small-scale attack like he did in the White Leopard City.

As for the use of tens of thousands of troops?

The corners of Ge Huaimin's mouth showed a hint of sarcasm.

After a while, Ge Huaimin began to have seizures. Zheng Lang continued: "For this sneak attack, I also have to transfer 10,000 troops from Zhenrong Village and Deshun Army, and I must fill some troops from the rear to assist in the defense of Zhenrong Army and Deshun Army. ”

Then the mobilization of troops began.

Ge Huaimin sneered: "Zheng Zhizhou, is it just a sneak attack, do you need 50,000 troops?" Let me go, five thousand will suffice. ”

Let you go, 500,000 people are not enough!

Zheng Lang said lightly: "Deputy Envoy Ge, do you want to compete with me for command?" ”

You are more powerful than Xu Huaide, but I am not Zhang Kang!

The old man frowned, Zheng Lang is a civil official, and he is the number one, the emperor's favorite minister, although Ge Huaimin has a big background, there is no way to take Zheng Lang.

But there will be discord, and it will eventually be a hidden danger.

Lao Chong persuaded Zheng Lang several times, asking Zheng Lang to report to Zhao Zhen and get this person away, Zheng Lang didn't listen, I don't know what Zheng Lang's idea was, but seeing this situation, Lao Chong felt a little uneasy.

Zheng Lang tore his face and said this, Ge Huaimin's face turned red and he couldn't make a sound.

Zheng Lang also tried his best to control the deterioration of the contradiction, his tone softened, and said: "Although it is a sneak attack, I also want to make the scale larger, otherwise Yuan Hao will not be shocked and will not be able to play a side role." There are also many recruits who have never been on the battlefield, so they should be trained once. Why do you have to put yourself in danger? Wouldn't it be better to seek stability and peace? ”

It seems reasonable, but Ge Huaimin is even more disdainful.

didn't make a sound, listening to Zheng Lang mobilize materials, but in his heart he was thinking about how to use this matter to report to the capital.

Zheng Lang ignored him, and after the transfer, Zheng Lang said, "Let's disperse." ”

Everyone dispersed, and Zheng Lang and Di Qing rode straight to Tiansheng Village.

Just after walking a short distance, I saw a village with villagers plowing the land.

Zheng Lang stopped the horse and looked at it, looking a little displeased.

The agriculture of the Song Dynasty was very strange, with the two Zhejiang as the leaders, the degree of intensive cultivation was outrageous, and the yield was also very high, and there were even high-yield fields with a yield of seven stones per mu. It is followed by Jiangnan East Road, Lianghuai, Henan, Hebei, and Yizhou. However, in the mountainous areas west of Xiazhou and Xiangjiang River, Lingnan, Lizhou Road, Zizhou Road, and Kuizhou Road, there are still primitive slash-and-burn farming.

There are several reasons for this.

Topographic problems, such as mountainous areas, saline-alkali lands, and dry lands, are not worth intensive farming.

The land is vast and sparsely populated, so it can only be widely sown and harvested.

The civilization of ethnic minorities is underdeveloped, and they are mainly based on herding and hunting, supplemented by farming, and their farming is backward. For example, Jingwei and Weizhou were originally the most developed agricultural marginal areas in China, but because of the invasion of Tibet, nomads gradually replaced the Han people, which also caused the agricultural level of the entire region to decline.

In many areas, the soil and water are fertile, and slash-and-burn cultivation is a pity, but the officials do not act, so the advanced agricultural production methods are not promoted.

Zheng Lang came to Jingyuan Road and first brought a large number of advanced agricultural tools from Liangzhejiang, including the famous Quyuan plow.

When he arrived in Weizhou, he let the craftsmen imitate it and vigorously promote it on Jingyuan Road.

After Tuntian, he also planned to hand over the Fan Zi to Dang in the future, first, to facilitate assimilation, and secondly, to prevent invasion and annexation.

At this time, the invasion of the Song Dynasty was very serious, and he worked hard to recover the land from the hands of the big households, but the strength of one person was limited, and the recovery was very small, and the annexation was more. Some officials have encroached on thousands of hectares of land, which is almost the area of cultivated land in Wanchunwei.

It will be more serious in the future, Qin Hui, Cai Jing and other annihilated ministers, and the annexed fields are incalculable. Including Lu You's son Lu Zishu, who only grabbed people's fields once, reaching 18,000 acres. It is impossible to calculate how much land he seized by illegal means. Another controversial figure, Han Yanxuan, was killed by Shi Miyuan, and collected a total of 700,000 touches of rice, more than 10 million yuan of money, and countless grange properties, if you take into account the decline in the purchasing power of silver in the Qing Dynasty, this property is not much worse than the property of Jiaqing Cha and Kun.

In the future, he sat back and watched Tuntian as the land of the imperial court, which could be easily embezzled by officials, and it was better to return the surname to the people.

Jiangnan Polder, he did the same.

The Fan people learned to farm by themselves, and Zheng Lang welcomed it even more.

But here, it belongs to the second defense zone, and Zheng Lang doesn't want to see how much cultivated land there is.

There is no time to transfer, it is considered too late to transfer, there are many fields, and before the autumn harvest comes, Yuan Hao invaded the south, and just used them to make military rations. Di Qing said: "Zheng Xianggong, I will send someone to stop it." ”

Zheng Lang thought for a while and said, "No, but don't advocate it." ”

After speaking, Le Ma ran to the Tiansheng Village.

……

Looking at the more than 100 people in front of him, Zheng Lang said slowly: "In this battle, your credit will be the heaviest. If they are victims and have relatives at home, I will allocate money to support them. If there are children, I will send people to send them to the Central Plains to settle down, if they are men, I will let them marry the most beautiful Han women, if they are women, I will let them marry into the rich Han families. ”

They were all scouts sent out.

Instead of operating in the territory of the Song Dynasty, these people will turn into hunters and scatter in Tiandu Mountain, Weizhou all the way to Mingsha City, and even to Lingzhou City.

Therefore, the trip is very dangerous.

Prior to this, in order to select candidates for a long time, some time ago, he sent rangers all over the north of Tianshengzhai, and he was also secretly inspecting these candidates.

Even made a secret investigation of his family history to ensure that the three generations of his ancestors were absolutely pro-Song faction, and the burden on the family was not heavy, otherwise he would bring psychological baggage. But all of them are local Qiang. There are Han people in Western Xia, after all, there are few people, and sending Han people over will be very conspicuous and easy to expose.

Then he took hands one by one and said, "Take care." ”

These people were also very moved, how could such a high-ranking official treat each other with the courtesy of a scholar without retribution with death?

They don't understand, they have similar thoughts in their hearts.

Then Zheng Lang stood in front of the barracks, silently sent them to ride horses with bows on their backs, and disappeared into the sky.

Then the Song army began to act.

First, Di Qing and Zhao Xun each took a cavalry, one south and one north, along the Wuyan Gorge, slowly scattered, one bent to the south and the other bent to the north.

Again, persuade the people who remain to leave this realm.

For those who left, the imperial court allocated a part of the cloth and grain to let them spend the winter safely.

It is still mainly based on persuasion.

Then more than a dozen armies were divided, and along the inside of the arc drawn by Di Qing and Zhao Xun, they bloomed again. This time the action was more rough, intimidating and intimidating, and all came out.

There will also be some tribes who are reluctant to leave.

It is true that a few tribes do not want to migrate, but most of the tribes are truly oriented to Western Xia.

But under the intimidation of the Song army, many tribes sneaked into the deep mountains and old forests with the idea that they could not afford to hide.

Zheng Lang also didn't want to exterminate them, the issue of the two countries being belonged to was very complicated, and he was also ready to give them one last chance. This is to force them away, and they will not report to the Tangut people.

He led the Chinese army to slowly drive out of Tiansheng Village and advance towards Wuyan Gorge.

If you look at it from the sky, the army of the Song Dynasty is like a gladiolus at this time, slowly blooming. The various teams that scattered were petals, and the Chinese army was a huge flower column, which was incomparably magnificent and slowly opened in a radius of a hundred or so miles.

The Song Dynasty's counterattack in the true sense of the word, with the opening of this flower, finally kicked off.