"I've seen Zheng Xianggong," Zhang Qi solemnly bowed. ,!

Happy, I stayed on Jinghu South Road for more than two years to repair the road, and Zhang Qi was about to vomit. I didn't expect Zheng Lang to give himself such a large gift.

Looking at this militant, Zheng Lang wiped his sweat, no wonder in history he dared to spy alone, resulting in his serious injury and death, and he dared not to take his life as a thing. But Zheng Lang was also happy, held Zhang Qi's hand and said, "General Zhang, you came just in time." ”

There is a serious shortage of generals, there are generals, and there is a serious shortage of effective generals, Zheng Lang regretted it slightly, it was better to forcibly leave Zhang Yu behind.

However, with Zhang Qi personally in the rear, and Su Mian cooperating, his heart also settled down.

Yue'er brought a pot of tea, and Zhang Qi said politely: "Thank you Fan Niangzi." ”

That Zheng Di Zhao, although he came inexplicably, but it is not groundless, and now Zheng Lang has a very high status in the minds of some generals in the army. Although he is a civil servant, it has indeed reached the point where the emperor can be jealous.

Zheng Langnu mouthed and motioned for Yue'er to go down.

What was going on next was very confidential, and even Yue'er couldn't let her hear it.

Zhang Qi was sitting in a precarious position, listening attentively.

Zheng Lang told the plan as it was, and Zhang Qi said excitedly: "Zheng Xianggong, let me go too." ”

"General Zhang, you are more important here, if you don't drag the main army of Jiaozhi, my trip will be very dangerous. The rear also needs a heavy general to sit in charge, who else is you? ”

Zhang Qi was unhappy.

Zheng Lang was kind and comforting.

At this point, only five people knew about the entire plan. Zheng Lang himself, Zhang Kang, Zhang Qi. Su Mian and Di Qing also guessed most of them. Although Zhou Xin knows some of it, he doesn't know much about military affairs. I can't figure it out yet.

They are all people who can be assured.

Then he showed Zhang Qi the information of the decisive pass. After receiving the information, Zheng Lang was relieved, he had never fought before, and he was a little jealous of Wu Er and Li Changjie. But through various signs, the two are considered famous generals, but they are only famous generals between first-class and second-rate, and they cannot be said to be first-class, let alone top-notch.

This was expected by him. When the Song Dynasty was level, it sent 300,000 troops, but it was actually only 100,000. Historical records record that Xue Rengui did not have an army of 100,000 in Dafeichuan, and there are records that there are no troops of 50,000, and in the same way, 50,000 people are people and cannot be counted as an army. It's okay to say that it's not 100,000. It's okay to say that you don't have 50,000. The 200,000 are people, and they can't be counted, 100,000 Song troops, and many miscellaneous troops are urgently recruited from the local area. Compared with Cochin, 80,000 or 90,000 troops can be mobilized. In addition, tens of thousands of horses can be temporarily recruited from the barbarian department, and 150,000 troops can be made. The Song army did not have an advantage, and compared with the two, Li Changjie's military ability was not as good as that of the first-class Guo Kui. is not the top, the person who can be called the top in the next ten years has not yet appeared in front of the world. He was studying hard at home and preparing for the scientific examination. Of course, that experience when he was young was very important, Zheng Lang had secretly sent someone to Jiangzhou De'an to investigate, but no one bothered him.

However, he was also afraid of mistakes, so he never left Yongzhou.

He sent someone to call Su Mian again.

Su Lu Zhonglie can definitely believe that Zhang Qi is a military madman, but this pair of civil and military pairs must be well coordinated.

In front of the two of them, he gave detailed instructions again. He also sent a fast horse to transfer Chong Ge and Zheng Hao back, and he and Zhang Kang tacitly agreed, and they could barely resist a Chong Shiheng, at least the two of them together, not much weaker than Di Qing. But there is a lack of brave generals who can fight well, so they summoned Chongge and Zheng Hao back to serve as this brave general.

I said goodbye to Yue'er.

Yue'er came to the south and suffered a lot, but compared to the other wives and concubines in Zheng Lang's family, she was much happier. This is more than two years ago, and they have not been reunited.

Then secretly led the guards to Ruxi Village.

Zhang Qi arrived, and with him came 12,000 Song troops. 2,000 Song troops were transferred to Qinlian Erzhou, and 10,000 Song troops came to Yongzhou. But not only these troops, with the arrival of more than 10,000 Song troops, many people enthusiastically signed up for the army.

The first batch of people was not very many, and they had to go through the screening of the government and then gather in Hengzhou one after another, so the number was small, only more than 4,000 militiamen. However, with the news of the invasion of Jiaozhi, more than 3,000 people in Yongzhou joined the temporary army.

Mobilize 3,000 people to Qinlian Prefecture, this is the reinforcement that Zheng Lang said. But this is the first batch of people, and there is a second group to follow. There will be more in Yongzhou, and there will be a third batch and a fourth batch. It didn't stop until the end of the war.

Zhang Qi began to take over Zheng Lang's command.

10,000 Song troops and nearly 5,000 militiamen were successively transferred to the front.

It's not the third level, but the three levels have already stationed some soldiers, which is enough for defense. Rather, it started from Shangsizhou and went to Qianlongzhai, Taipingzhai, Mingyingzhou, Dukangzhou, Xiangwuzhou, Houtangzhou, and Hengshanzhai. That is, to envelop the Hanhu immigration area and form the third line of defense.

On this line of defense, in order to prevent barbarians from harming immigrants, Zheng Lang once again reasonably built twelve large villages on each avenue and guarded all avenues together. seemed reasonable, but it wasn't until a few days later that Wu Er and Li Changjie reacted that this series of reasonableness was not reasonable at all, but reasonably buried a huge fire pit and waited for Jiaozhi to jump into it.

This line of defense is the last line of defense, and when you get here, you can't take a step back.

Because more than 20,000 families have been relocated, plus the local barbarian people, it is enough to recruit temporary troops at a critical juncture. In history, Su Mian did not do this, and Guan Jian was that the Song Dynasty still did not attach importance to Lingnan and did not turn Nong Zhigao's harm into fruit. The situation is the same, Su Mian's prestige is not as good as Zheng Lang, and the barbarians in Lingnan have not seen the sweetness, for various reasons, even if Su Mian recruits militia in history, the effect will not be very good.

With the continuous flow of various material resources, they are transported to the front line.

But the barbarians who have not neglected the three levels and the last line of defense.

Send officials to inform them, Jiaozhi sent a large army to prevent the loss of the three passes, you are ready, there are many strong men under your command, and those who have the strength to fight will make holes to protect themselves. Without the strength of a battle, take advantage of the geographical advantages of many mountains, forests and caves, and break through the three levels in Jiaozhi. Escaped the slaughter of the Jiaozhi people. Or if you are not sure, retreat back and retreat into the area of the third line of defense.

The Cochin people are too cruel. Even the Western Xia invasion, or the Khitan invasion, did not do similar cruel acts of the Jiaozhi people. Jobi. Only Yuanmeng can be compared with the Manchu Qing, Huangchao, and Fangla.

The rear is mobilizing, and the second level of the three-level battle is started.

Not only in the south of the town three passes, but also in Yongping Village. This was the third invading army of Cochin.

It was Su Maoman and other barbarians who spontaneously organized an army under the call of Jiaozhi, and the number of invaders reached more than 10,000 people. Threaten to move to Longzhai, or attack Taipingzhai on the side.

The addition of this department, coupled with the addition of some barbarian tribes in Menzhou and Qiyuan Prefecture, directly brought the regular army of Jiaozhi invasion to nearly 100,000 people. Not counting the 20,000 people who escorted logistics.

But that's it, Zheng Lang didn't ask the court for a single soldier except for Zhang Qi to bring 12,000 reinforcements.

The information reached Yu Jing's hands, and Yu Jing's face was as frightened as earth. Nong Zhi is a little more talented, the equipment is not as good as other people's equipment, the weapons are not as good as other people's weapons, and the combat effectiveness is not as good as other people's combat effectiveness. It's Nong Zhigao, what does Liangguang look like?

In the end, no matter what Zheng Lang thought. wrote a memora and asked the imperial court for reinforcements, and at least thirty or forty thousand forbidden troops had to be sent to Guangnan West Road, and they had to come quickly, otherwise it would be too late.

When he arrived in the capital, Zhao Zhen called Di Qing to the palace again, and Di Qing replied: "Your Majesty, if you can succeed, Zheng Xianggong's troops are enough." If it can't be successful, even if the imperial court sends reinforcements now, it will probably be too late. Moreover, the weather in the south was hot, and miasma began to prevail, although there were some medicines that could be treated, but it could be rushed south, causing unnecessary financial expenditures, and serious deaths of soldiers. ”

When Zhang Qi arranged the soldiers and militia brought by Zhang Qi into the so-called third line of defense, Di Qing had already understood Zheng Lang's idea. Except for some details, Di Qing guessed all the general directions.

"But I'm worried."

Zhao Zhen sighed softly. Alas, although Zheng Lang is good, he has nothing to say about his loyalty, for himself and for the sake of the Great Song Dynasty, he works hard. But every time I play, I am frightened, and I am afraid that he will make a mistake.

Di Qing said again: "Your Majesty, this time Zheng Xianggong has a big change, not only the minister's play, you come and see." ”

Draw three dotted lines with your fingers on the large map, and the first line starts from the south of Menju and ends at the end of the cave. said: "This is the first line, but the point is the line, and the point is the pass level." ”

The second dotted line was drawn, starting from the old village and ending at the Evil Cave. said: "This is the second line, Yongping Village, Zhennan Pass, Pinger Pass, Shuikou Pass constitute most of the line, and the end is still Nong's. However, there is a difference between these Nong and Nong Zhigao, and they have always been dissatisfied with Jiaozhi. If used correctly, this line will form a whole. Between the first line and the second line, all the barbarian tribes were disloyal to our dynasty, and many tribes were hostile, so more than 10,000 barbarians joined the Jiaozhi army. This line cannot be defended, but between the second line and the third line, although the situation is complicated, there are many tribes who still have a good impression of our dynasty, and they have been violated by Jiaozhi in the past, at least they have malicious intentions towards Jiaozhi. ”

Then he whispered for a while.

Zhao Zhen came to his senses and asked, "Zheng Qing wants to eat these 100,000 barbarians together?" ”

"That's what I think it means."

Zhao Zhen's eyes widened, if this is the case, Zheng Lang's appetite is too good, not afraid of clucking his teeth?

However, I am still worried that Zhaojinghu South Road and Jiangxi South Road are preparing to recruit native soldiers, and the side should support the battle of Guangnan West Road.

Whether it was an edict wasting money and disturbing the people, as Di Qing said, or a wise edict, is unknown. However, the issuance of this edict must have caused some turmoil among the people of the two roads, March, it is the busy spring season, but the government arrested to join the army, which one of the people is willing?

Menzhou and Qiyuan Prefecture and Guangyuan Prefecture, that is, between the first line and the second line drawn by Di Qing, each department can be divided into four types, and they are not interested in Jiaozhi and the Song Dynasty, but they are not much hostile, so they have no choice but to fall on both sides of the wind in the middle. It is hostile to both the Cochin and the Song Dynasty, and has a strong sense of independence. There is not much hostility towards the Song Dynasty, but there is a good impression of Jiaozhi. These three account for the majority. There are also those who have a good impression of the Song Dynasty and those who are hostile to Jiaozhi, and there are very few of them.

Were there any hostile to the Song Dynasty? Hardly. Why was it hostile, the Song Dynasty never had any idea about this area, but instead used pacification and bribery methods. If you talk about hostility, you just treat the Song Dynasty as a super big fat sheep, and bite it from time to time. That's not hostility either.

But this mentality is also bad.

So in Zheng Lang's plan, they were gorgeously abandoned.

The Cochin army took several hours. Sort out the ruins of the Duli Pass checkpoint and march south. Along the way, Guo Kui's scattered departments were brought together.

Hearing that the Jiaozhi army was coming, some tribes successively expressed their participation. Some tribes don't necessarily have a good impression of Cochin. But at this time, countless Han households moved in the Yongzhou area. They originally came here with nothing, but after a winter of labor, they worked instead of helping. The government distributed a large amount of money and grain. This makes Yongzhou a super-sized fat sheep, looking greedy, and wanting to share a point. Anyway, so many people participated, and they were not afraid of the Song Dynasty's retaliation afterwards. Could it be that the Song Dynasty could solve so many mountains together?

All the way south, all the way to the strength of the army.

When he arrived at Zhennanguan, looking at the tall and majestic new Zhennanguan Guancheng, Wu Er had a headache again.

However, at this time, he came up with a way to call the chiefs of the various tribes from Qiyuan and Menzhou. They made a promise to attack the Xiongguan and all the proceeds of the attack would be theirs. Cochin will not sit idly by, give them siege equipment, and will send heavy troops to help.

It seemed that he was bargaining, and the barbarian chieftains agreed.

Cochin didn't seem to be deceiving them, and did provide a flying hook (a special hook that grabbed the head of the city). Simple trebuchets, ladders, and some improvised siege ladders, crash cars that crash into city walls, wall cars that can dodge arrows, and a kind of attack hole made of cowhide.

The instruments are in hand. The barbarian soldiers came to the south of the town in a rage.

And compared with the Duli Pass, the terrain of Zhennan Pass is slightly opener, but it is not much better.

Rushing up, the defensive battle began again.

This time, Zhennanguan was more prepared, and the five days won by Guo Kui were enough for the Song Dynasty to transport enough supplies and weapons to any of the three passes.

Countless arrows and crossbows rained down, and there were regular sassal logs, and a battering rod (a kind of equipment similar to striking wood, shorter, under the siege of the ladder, several soldiers lifted it, and slammed into the top of the ladder, often knocking the ladder down), gunpowder, more advanced trebuchets, sulfuric acid, and rockets that burned the attack on the cave.

Of course, Zhennan Pass is not impossible to capture, but it is impossible to take it easily.

After several rounds of attacks, the body fell to the ground.

Seeing the large number of sacrifices of his own people, the chieftains of the living barbarians were heartbroken one by one. gradually showed hesitation, and finally asked Jiaozhi to send troops to help, we alone can't take down Zhennan Pass, you also send troops.

The Song people's defensive weapons were too strong, Wu Er was shocked to see it, the barbarians were reluctant, and he was also reluctant. Seeing that it was getting late, I played a haha and ordered the troops to retire and rest.

The next day, Wu Er divided an army and went to Ping'anguan. The result is the same. did not believe in evil, and divided the troops into the water pass. Shuikou Pass is different from Zhennan Pass and Pingerguan in that it is strictly a water checkpoint. Taking advantage of the local topography, a bridge is erected between two mountains and a river, under the bridge is a steep gate, and on both sides of the bridge are tall checkpoints, leaning on the mountain and the river. What is blocking is the waterway of the Peng River.

This level is not to tackle the problem, but to capture the bridge and the steep gate.

It seems that it is not difficult, Guangyuan Prefecture has been operating for a long time, especially on the south bank of the Pengjiang River, and many tribes can let them take the initiative to cooperate with Jiaozhi. And leaning on the Pengjiang River, the downstream is the left road, and there are many boats. The Jiaozhi people recruited these boats and showed the map to forcibly conquer the Shuikou Pass from the water.

Again, the results were blocked.

The Song army used Jiaozhi's trick to deal with the Later Han, and nailed many large wooden stakes under the Pengjiang River, and nailed them in a hidden way, so that the Jiaozhi scouts did not notice it. The boat went up at once, and it never came down again. Immediately a number of fire oil bottles flew up the level, smashed into the ship, the fire oil bottles splashed and flowed on the deck, and then the rockets came, and the ship quickly caught fire. The Jiaozhi soldiers had no choice but to jump into the river to flee for their lives.

was repeatedly blocked, forcing the Jiaozhi people to focus on Guangyuan Prefecture.

And a new problem is coming.

The Song Dynasty attacked Jiaozhi, and 100,000 troops brought 200,000 people to escort supplies, grain and grass.

Xue Rengui attacked Dafeichuan, and an army of 50,000 brought 50,000 people to escort grain and grass.

Jiaozhi dispatched 60,000 troops, and now it is almost more than 80,000 troops, and only 20,000 people are brought to escort grain and grass. Moreover, the carrying capacity of the cochin car was far less than that of the Song Dynasty vehicle. Could it be that the Cochin people eat a small amount of food?

Certainly not, they had a good idea, to provide for the future by plundering. Now it is blocked at the three levels, it is difficult to move an inch, and the food is decreasing day by day. Is it from the domestic supply? It is also impossible for Cochin to have such a rich economy, and to sustain such a huge war purely on feeding.

It was only at this time that Zheng Lang got his wish, and Wu Er not only set his sights on Guangyuan Prefecture, but also on some tribes that did not participate.

Cochin is again divided into two parts.

One attacked some tribes that did not participate in the Cochin coalition. The method was very cruel, after breaking through the cave, all the property, grain, grass and livestock were captured together. It is also the needs of the situation, and there is not enough food and grass, which always makes people feel uneasy. The tribesmen did not kill them, but captured them, regardless of men, women and children, and forcibly put them in front to be cannon fodder.

The Song army is also helpless in this regard, it can't be said that it is a question of forbearance or intolerance, it is unbearable, and it is more troublesome to capture the checkpoint, and there are still tens of thousands of Han households and familiar barbarians in the rear, and they also need protection. The same shooting.

Some went to Guangyuan Prefecture to coerce Nong Zongdan, Ma Shunfu, Nong Shizhong and other chieftains to be loyal to Jiaozhi, and sent troops to assist Jiaozhi in launching an attack on Yongzhou. If you don't accept it, you will be wiped out.

It is not easy to destroy, these tribes were not satisfied before, there are various reasons, one is that the tribe is strong, and the other is that there is the advantage of the terrain.

After hearing the words of Jiaozhi, they did not listen.

So Jiaozhi decisively sent troops and forcibly attacked these mountains. There are two intentions, one is to solve dozens of arrogant tribes by the way, and there is no need to solve all of them, as long as some of them are solved, Guangyuan Prefecture can be ruled in the future. Secondly, to force them to be loyal and increase their troops, but also to prevent them from winning over the Song Dynasty and cutting off their own back roads.

Although these tribes were strong, they could not resist in the face of the large army of Jiaozhi, and suffered heavy losses in the stubborn resistance.

At this moment, an envoy of the Song Dynasty came and conspired with Nong Zongdan, the owner of the Huodong Cave, who had the most powerful appeal in the local area, and then Nong Zongdan invited more than 20 lords to discuss with this envoy again.

The messenger left.

A very secret mission.

Then there was a scene in front of Sanguan and Yong'an Village, and Song Jun on the gate looked at those cannon fodder and shouted loudly: "Prime Minister Zheng has an order, so that those who can't protect themselves can retreat to the rear." Why not listen? Now that we have fallen like this, if we guard the pass again, Your Majesty will not bear it, and Zheng Xianggong will not bear it. For your sake, we abandon this level, and hope that you will be able to do it for yourself in the future. ”

Saying that, Sanguan and Yong'an Village withdrew at the same time, and handed over Sanguan and Yong'an Village to Jiaozhi. Of course, the three levels were taken, and Jiaozhi didn't want to fight with the arrogant tribes in Guangyuan Prefecture. The army contracted at the same time, entered from Sanguan in a mighty way, and rushed towards the last line of defense of the Song army. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )

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