Chapter 170: Discernment

On the night of Liang Yi's death in the wilderness, the camp of the Xia army was attacked, and a team of Song soldiers disguised themselves as the Xia army opened the camp gate, swaggered into the camp, and set a fire in the stable in the middle of the night, and then took advantage of the chaos to attack the Chinese army's tent-

Cha Ge's guards were alert to find that this team of soldiers came strangely, intercepted them for interrogation, the team of Xia soldiers suddenly took out a pistol to shoot, and instantly the guards were knocked down, this team of Song troops rushed into the Chinese army's big tent, fortunately, Cha Ge patrolled the camp that night, did not escape in the tent, but the remaining soldiers, Yu Hou were unlucky, killed and injured more than ten people, and then this team of Song troops collected the documents and maps in the tent, and broke through the encirclement with explosives bags, and calmly withdrew under the response of the foreign aid Song army, leaving nothing but a mess.

In the following days, the Song army frequently attacked the patrols and scouts of the Xia army, compressing their patrol range to within ten miles, while the Xia army's camp became a tourist attraction for them, coming from time to time, throwing a few 'firecrackers' into the pasture, putting some poison in the pond, and lighting a fire on the haystack... These people are not picky eaters, and sometimes they put a few shots far away, but it is often the leaders of the Xia army who fall, and those who are stunned include senior officers such as joining the army and partial generals, as well as team commanders and team leaders.

The Xia army was overwhelmed, and also sent troops on duty to drive them away, but the effect was worrying, there were fewer people who went out, often there were no returns, and there were more people who went, so they led these people in circles, and then singled out the lone people to start. Xia Jun also thought about setting up an ambush and releasing bait to hunt, but the effect was not very good, and he often ate the bait but took off the hook.

Frequent harassment and increasing lack of food and grass, Xia Jun's morale fell to the valley for a while, but Brother Cha showed the demeanor of a general, sitting firmly in Diaoyutai, he firmly believed that these small actions of the Song army showed that they were in trouble in Fengzhou, and the Song army did this just to buy time for the capture of Fengzhou, that what Yan Wang Ye was already poor in donkey skills, and the more he tossed, the more safe Fengzhou became.

But the lack of food and grass is a fact, Brother Cha also knows that he and the Song army are now experiencing a big war, the Song army remains relatively intact, the closer it is to Fengzhou, the resistance will become more and more tenacious, and the reinforcements will continue to come, so he will definitely fall into a long war, so he decided to take advantage of this great opportunity to divide his troops into two ways, all the way to storm Qu Yezhai, and seize the Sichuan Road that marched into Fengzhou; The other way raided Liangu, seized the border city to obtain much-needed food and grass, captured the mouth of the Xunlun River, detoured back to the back of the defenders of Quyechuan, gathered and annihilated the Hezhou army there, consumed the vitality of the Song army, and then joined forces to relieve the siege of Fengzhou.

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On the Loess Plateau, the Quye River and the Zhuolun River burst out two deep ravines across the north and south of the Hengshan Mountains, these two moats constitute a natural barrier, and the two rivers flow south to meet in Linzhou and merge into the Yellow River, and this intersection is called the Liangu. And these two river valleys are not only the river channel of the flood but also the communication artery between the north and the south, and also become the two important channels of the Western Xia southward invasion of the Song Dynasty, if the valley is captured, then not only the Song army guarding the two river valleys will fall into the situation of being attacked by the enemy, but also the two states of Linfu are also under the direct attack of the Xia army.

What the Xia army could think of, the Song army could naturally think of, after Zhao Ta's soldiers arrived at Quye River, they strengthened the defensive strength of each channel, and the archers of the ten commanded Fan army were all sent to Liangu, Jialu Village, Yamato Fort, Shenmu Village and other first-line forts, and sent two generals from Zelu Road to garrison Xinqin, two generals from Lanshi Road to reinforce Yincheng, and the third general of Linfu Road to garrison Yamato Fort.

No one is an immortal, can judge the direction of the Xia army's attack, Zhao Ta will use these foreign garrisons as mobile troops stationed on the border area of the main road of communication, ready to reinforce at any time, and in the face of Chage's frontal attack, only the remnants of the loyal army and the Hezhou army 10,000 soldiers and horses and the Fuzhou army generals, the total strength is about 20,000, in terms of total strength, in terms of absolute disadvantage. …,

"Lord Wang, the Xia army has divided its troops, and Brother Cha personally led 20,000 iron harriers and 10,000 infantry troops to the west, and the target seems to be Qu Yezhai; 20,000 soldiers and horses of the former army Jingsai Army Division attacked in the direction of Liangu; 10,000 military horses of the Jianing Military Division of the rear army went straight to Xinqin; The Baotai Military Division is in charge of the new funeral and stays in the camp! Jiang Fei, director of the Military Intelligence Department, reported the latest information.

"Whether Brother Cha is Qu Yezhai or not, don't be vague, use these ambiguous words!" Zhao Ta took the report and frowned and said.

"Lord Wang, the Xia army suddenly dispatched a large number of ironclad troops to expel our army scouts, and it was difficult for our army to get close, so... So I don't dare to conclude that Brother Cha is the goal of marching all the way! Jiang Fei looked at the prince's face and said carefully, he knew that the prince of the Dao Dao had always attached great importance to intelligence work, and he could not tolerate a little sloppiness.

"Check again, you must find out Brother Cha's movements!" Zhao Ta said sternly, Brother Cha's 20,000 Iron Harriers are the main force of the main force of the Xia Army, and its role is a strategic reserve, if it is used to attack a city, it is a bit overkill, and the Iron Cavalry is conducive to field warfare, not siege the city, as an 'expert' who has presided over the reform of the military arms, he should not make such a low-level mistake, so Zhao Ta suspects that this is a trap set by Brother Cha.

"Yes, the subordinates will go to reconnoiter immediately!" Jiang Feili replied, and only when he left the tent did he dare to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead.

"Lord Wang, the Xia army marches in three ways, do you want to transfer troops to reinforce Xinqin and Liangu?" Wang Jin, who joined the army, asked.

"Wait a minute, I suspect that Brother Cha dug a hole for me and wanted me to jump!" Zhao Ta touched the stubble that had just grown and said.

"How does the prince decide?" Wang Jin asked again.

"What is Brother Cha lacking the most now?" Zhao Ta looked at the generals and asked.

"I think it's grain and grass, Brother Cha only brought 20 days of grain and grass when he sent out the army, and he wanted to relieve the siege of Fengzhou in one fell swoop, and he got food there, and now he has been dragged by our army on the front line of the Quye River for many days, although he has obtained a small amount of food through plunder, but it is far from satisfying the needs, he must first solve the problem of eating, so I think his attack on Xinqin and Qu Yezhai is fake, the target is Liangu, where there is a hoarding of 30,000 stone of grain for our army, if Liangu is captured, it is enough for them to hold out for ten days." Wang Jin said.

"However, Brother Cha is not a fool, now he is alone in the depths, the supply is difficult, and now it is impossible to fight quickly, he does this, first, he does not know that Fengzhou has been lost, and he still has illusions, intending to attack me and save me, besieging Liangu to force me to transfer troops to besiege Fengzhou, and reduce the pressure on Fengzhou; Second, if our army comes back to help, and the terrain of Liangu is flat, which is conducive to cavalry combat, if our army is reinforced, he can give full play to the advantages of the iron harrier, adopt the method of besieging the city to send reinforcements, cover the situation, and annihilate our reinforcements; Third, even if our army is not successful, he can get sufficient supplies through this battle, and enter Fengzhou along the turbidity wheel river to relieve the siege of Fengzhou! Zhao Tan pointed to the map and said.

"Brother Cha really deserves to be a famous general in Western Xia, there is a plan in this plan, no matter how you count it, he will not suffer!" Gao Chong scratched his scalp and said, "But he touched our prince, even if he is unlucky, no matter how he calculates, he can't deceive our prince's discernment!" He looked at the prince again and said.

"Lord Wang, I think you have a plan, just say it, how should we fight!" Xu Biao said loudly.

"If you were me, how would you want to fight?" Zhao Ta did not answer, but asked rhetorically.

"Huh?!" Xu Biao didn't expect the prince to ask him for advice, he opened his mouth wide in astonishment and looked at the prince, crying bitterly in his heart, why can't he control his mouth, he always asks for hardship, but when the prince asks, he must answer, Xu Biao quickly calmed down, sorted out his thoughts and said: "The prince once taught us to concentrate absolutely superior forces in every battle, double, triple, quadruple, and sometimes even five or six times the enemy's strength, surround the enemy on all sides, and strive to completely annihilate it, so as not to slip through the net." Under special circumstances, the method of inflicting annihilating blows on the enemy is adopted, that is, concentrating all efforts on the enemy's front and one or both of its flanks, seeking to achieve the goal of annihilating one part of the enemy and crushing the other, so that our army can quickly transfer its forces to annihilate the enemy forces of other parts. Efforts should be made to avoid wars of attrition in which the gains outweigh the losses, or the gains and losses are comparable. In this way, we are inferior in the whole, but in every part, in every specific campaign, we are absolutely superior, and this guarantees the victory of the campaign. In time, we will turn into an advantage in the whole until we annihilate all enemies. ”…,

Zhao Ta smiled after hearing this, this is the 'best military principle' that he talked about when he gave them a lesson, and now he has become the first to do so, he asked: "Then how do you plan to concentrate superior forces?" ”

"Report to the prince, now we are at a disadvantage in terms of strength, although our loyal and brave army is small in number, but the weapons are advanced, the combat effectiveness is strong, and it is not a problem to encircle and annihilate the enemy's army, I think this battle should 'take the annihilation of the enemy's vital strength as the main goal, not to defend or seize the place as the main goal', give up the valley, retreat to the turbidity wheel, concentrate all the strength of our army, annihilate the Baotai military division troops left by the enemy army in the big camp, and defeat the Jianing military division troops that attacked Xinqin." Xu Biao said.

"Xu Da trouble, don't talk nonsense, how much work did it take us to seize Hezhou, how can we let it go again and again, and give so much grain and grass to Xia Jun in vain!" As soon as Xu Biao's voice fell, Jiang Wei, who was also a commander, said dissatisfiedly.

"I said earlier not to care about the gains and losses of one city and one place, I copied Brother Cha's nest, I don't believe that he can be indifferent, and when he arrives in Fengzhou, he will find that the place has long been ours, does he dare to go deep alone, I'm afraid that he will run back, and the place that is lost will still be ours in the end, as for the grain and grass that can't be taken away from the grain can be burned, that is, it will not be the enemy, and it can also induce the Xia army to go deeper, and give us time to encircle and annihilate the Xia army!" Xu Biao did not show weakness at this time, and shouted to Jiang Wei with his neck straight.

"Hmph, you are obviously cowardly, since you want to fight, we will simply fight Brother Cha's main force, and fight down, and the remaining small fish and shrimp are not ready to be caught!" Jiang Wei thought about what Xu Biao said was also reasonable, but he didn't lose if he lost, so he pouted and said.

"How is it cowardice, we first annihilated the weak enemy of the Xia army, first, we can make the main force lose cover, without the support of friendly and neighboring troops, his two wings will inevitably be exposed, creating opportunities for us; Second, if we attack a strong enemy first, not only will it be difficult for the strong enemy to solve it quickly, but the weak enemy will also become a strong enemy, which will make our side fall into passivity..."Xu Biao said again.