Tie Zhu walked through the busy flow of people, and walked quickly towards Wu Zheng's handsome tent with Wang Zhiping behind him. At this time www.biquge.info Iron Pillar's identity was no longer an ordinary soldier at the beginning, but a captain with 500 soldiers.

After the baptism of the war half a year ago, the 300 people who lived and died together with Wu Zheng have grown up and basically become the elite of the army. Later, with the expansion of conscription, the ranks became larger and stronger, and there were more and more soldiers, and there was an urgent need for talents who could lead troops to fight, so in this context, these people were naturally promoted to officers who could lead troops.

Although each person's rank and the number of men under him are different, there is no doubt that these people are excellent officers, and none of the soldiers who come out of their hands are of a bad breed.

When the two guards saw that it was Tiezhu, they put their right fists in front of their left chests and saluted him, but Tiezhu did not return the salute and went straight to Wang Zhiping to break in.

As soon as he entered the room, Tiezhu saw Li Shuangrong, the captain of the three major teams, and Deng Pu, the deputy captain of the five teams, and he shouted at the top of his voice: "Where is the general? Li Shuangrong frowned, he had never been accustomed to seeing Tie Zhu's big grin, and couldn't help but say: "What are you yelling about, the general was not there when we came, the guard said that he and Feng Shichang from the engineering department went out, let's wait first." ”

Deng Pu saw Wang Zhiping behind Tie Zhu and asked curiously, "Isn't he a scout of your team?" What are you doing here? Tiezhu said: "He boarded the hot ...... this morning What's going on? He didn't remember the name of the strange thing for a while, so he turned his head and asked Wang Zhiping, Wang Zhiping said: "Captain, it's a hot air balloon!" ”

"Yes, yes, that's it, and then he saw the situation in the Xixia army camp outside the canyon......" Tie Zhu said this, already attracting the attention of Li Shuangrong and Deng Pu, before the big battle, the enemy's movements are naturally the most concerned thing for everyone, even if you talk about the war a thousand times on paper, once you arrive on the battlefield, it is useless at all, the battle situation is changing rapidly, and the plan made before may completely fail with a small accident.

"Lao Tie, tell me what the situation of the Xixia people is now?" Li Shuangrong couldn't help but get anxious when he saw that the iron pillar suddenly stopped, and Deng Pu on the side also stared at him.

Tie Zhu smiled: "Are you in a hurry now?" He turned his head to Li Shuangrong and said with a smile: "Lao Li, I heard that you have a boy with good archery skills, you transfer him to our brigade, and I will tell you the news!" Li Shuangrong's face sank, and he snorted angrily: "No! Gangzi is a sharpshooter I specially trained, the purpose is to snipe the other party's commanding officer from a distance, you want him to leave, isn't my hard work in vain! ”

Deng Pu said: "Lao Tie, you guy is famous for not suffering, and you won't pull down any of the benefits you can get!" Last time, the 12 fire mines created by the Ministry of Arms, your first brigade covered half of them, and only left six of our remaining nine brigades, and you can't divide them! ”

Tie Zhu was not angry at all when he was mentioned to old accounts, he grinned and said: "I learned this from our general, he used to be a businessman, it was he who taught me that I must not suffer losses in everything, and we can't do loss-making transactions!" ”

When he was talking triumphantly, Wu Zheng's voice suddenly came from behind him: "I said that I wouldn't make a loss-making deal, but I didn't let you hit your own people with your own ideas!" ”

Everyone hurriedly saluted Wu Zheng, and Wu Zheng waved his hand while patting off the dust on his body, looking like he had just returned from the construction site. Seeing that everyone was puzzled, Wu Zheng said: "Don't be surprised, I went to see the construction progress of the engineering department with Minister Feng just now, and the situation is not bad, and the time should be in time." Oh yes, you're here to find me? ”

Li Shuangrong took the lead and said: "It's Tiezhu, he said that his scouts have mastered the situation of the Western Xia people and want to report to you!" After speaking, he squeezed his eyes at the iron pillar. Hearing this, Wu Zheng turned his head to look at Tie Zhu, who pursed his lips and pushed Wang Zhiping behind him: "Report the situation to the general." ”

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"Could it be that the Xixia people are going to stay at our door for a long time and be neighbors with us?" After listening to Wang Zhiping's report, Wu Zheng did not speak, and Li Shuangrong first expressed his opinion.

Deng Pu thought for a while and said: "The Western Xia people came this time to get rid of our black-clothed army, and it stands to reason that they should fight a quick battle and solve us before the Northwest Army comes, so it is impossible for them to defend like this." Besides, they won't have a lot of grain and grass with them. I see, they are setting up a maze, deliberately confusing us, and then making a surprise attack when we all let our guard down! ”

Tie Zhu snorted and said: "The Xixia people are strong and strong, and there are still more people than us, so there is no need to do any sneak attacks, right?" Wu Zheng nodded and agreed: "What Tie Zhu said is right, the people of Western Xia don't need to engage in these crooked ways, I think there must be hidden secrets." ”

Looking at the small red and blue flags on the sand table, Wu Zheng thought deeply, everyone stood aside and didn't dare to disturb, after a while, Wu Zheng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "It seems that our previous conclusion is going to be overturned, and the goal of the Xixia people should not be us!" ”

Everyone was taken aback when they heard this, and Deng Pu asked, "Not us?" So what are they doing at our doorstep? Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he lost his voice: "Could it be ......?"

Wu Zheng nodded: "That's right, it's what you think, although it seems that this is impossible at all, and it even looks ridiculous, but when you can't find other answers, even the most ridiculous answer must be the final answer." ”

The answer is: the Tanguts are coming for the Northwest Army!

With an iron pillar on his face, Li Shuangrong took a deep breath, while Deng Pu thought for a while and asked: "I know that the strength of the Western Xia Army is very strong, but how can a mere 10,000 people defeat the Northwest Army that is several times its size?" ”

"It's definitely not enough to rely on these 10,000 people......" As he spoke, Wu Zheng looked beyond the sand table, "This time there is a good show, I originally thought that only small fish and shrimp would come, but I didn't expect to attract sharks to ......"

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The Northwest Army led by Chong Hao marched quickly, and when the Tangut city defenses were only half completed, they arrived. Seeing that the other party was going to fight a defensive battle, although the two Chonghao brothers were puzzled, they thought of their large number of people and horses, and they dispelled this last concern.

On 22 May, the Northwest Army launched an attack on the Western Xia Army stationed outside the Tibetan Army Tower, and countless lives were lost in the bloody rain. And more than a hundred miles away from this battlefield, a horse carrying a scout with a body full of arrows galloped in the direction of the Dahua army.