"Hehe, didn't you see Xu Wenzu's face."

Zheng Fan grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds from the blind man's hand and chatted while snorting.

The blind man Bei smiled and said:

"I can understand, the foreplay is done, everything is ready, and it turns out that it is actually a man."

"Blind, I found out that after you overdrafted once, the whole person has changed a little bit." Ah Ming quipped next to him.

"Who doesn't have a young age, it's a pity, this world is an ancient background, otherwise I can push everything to you."

When Fan Li heard this, he rubbed his head and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Siniang glared at the blind man and said to Fan Li:

"Children's families, adults don't interject."

"Oh."

Fan Li continued to squat on the threshold, continuing to listen to everyone.

Since the time when everyone was talking at night in the pavilion, Fan Li directly said the sentence "Why don't we cut down the Lord",

When everyone chatted, they tacitly excluded this silly.

There is no need to go to war, to be exact, there is no need to fight that kind of war, and everyone is actually quite happy in their hearts, so they deliberately liven up the atmosphere when they speak.

Getting back to business,

Blind North Road:

"Dry people, this is going to be completely cleared."

Directly give up the fortress group, don't want it, this seems to be an extremely passive way to avoid war, but it is like taking back your fist, and it is even more difficult to deal with.

The fort group, the earliest beginning, is to prevent the small force of Yan cavalry to go south to do defensive measures, it is true, a hundred years ago after the defeat of the Qianren, in fact, the two sides of the small-scale friction is a common thing, and then the Qianren began to build fortifications, slowly, there is no longer a small group of Yan cavalry south to fight the grass valley.

Later, the decline of the desert barbarian royal court led to the rise of the East-West Silk Road, and everyone began to be busy making money and doing business, and the border between the two countries was more like a large transit market.

It's just that, at the moment, it is a foregone conclusion that the Yan people will go south on a large scale, so the fortress defense system of the Qianguo State can no longer play any substantive significance.

Because you don't need to be warned, it's hard for you to play a real role in interception.

When Zheng Fan led only 400 cavalry south to the territory of Qianguo for the first time, he first pulled out a nail in front of him, and then carefully interspersed it.

But the second time, when he led more than 1,000 cavalry to the south, pulling nails was just a matter of convenience, more like practicing his hands, and when he came back, he returned more generously.

If you light a beacon fire, you will light a beacon fire, anyway, you can't catch up with me, and the cadres in the fortress don't dare to attack to stop it.

Therefore, after the implementation of this measure, the Qianguo can stop the loss, no longer need to invest too much consumption in the fortress group, and at the same time can shrink the troops.

It's just that in the world of scholars and doctors, what scholars like most like is to talk about cannons and shout slogans regardless of reality.

Zheng Fan spoke:

In this way, what the Dayan army will have to face is no longer a fortress for a small group, but a direct face for the three towns.

Liang Zhen, Wei Zhen, and Chen Zhen are the big fortresses on the three sides, and the elites of the three sides of the Qianguo are stationed in them.

This is the first line of defense of the Qianguo.

The second line of defense was based on the Western Army as the main body, and it was arranged on the front line of Mianzhou City, with 150,000 Western troops and more than 40,000 wolf soldiers.

Mianzhou City is not very large, but the Western Army is best at the defense of civil fortifications, relying on Mianzhou City, to build an extremely strong defense line.

The third line of defense was built at the junction of Chu County and the three northern towns of Chu County, with the presence of 100,000 forbidden troops plus 50,000 ancestral army troops and more than 100,000 soldiers similar to Yanguo.

This defense relies on several cities in Chu County, plus when the front is needed, troops can be transferred from here to the first two lines of defense to supplement. ”

Ah Ming looked at his master with some surprise, originally, these jobs should be the responsibility of the blind man, but it seems that his master is not completely idle.

"The three lines of defense, combined, nearly 700,000 troops, and because the Yan State is menacing this time, it took the initiative to start a war, so that some things can no longer be hidden."

Blind North took out a letter from his cuff,

Road:

"Now it is becoming more and more difficult for the six princes in the eyes of the Qianguo to pass back information or valuable information, but this one is not bad.

is about the fact that in the face of the pressure of the Yan State this time, the unbearable situation on the three sides, plus the chicken feathers made by the forbidden army when they went north, caused the acne that had been covered and covered before to be revealed.

The Emperor was very angry, and there were three successive dismissals in the Privy Council, and one of the ministers was given a green umbrella to return home.

At the same time, the Qianguo Imperial Court sent the Nine Roads Qincha to the counties to recruit troops, and other places do not know, but in Beihe County alone, 20,000 Beihe warriors have been recruited.

Qianhuang also has some means. ”

"In this world, why not eat minced meat emperors, after all, they are a minority." Zheng Fan said.

Ah Ming said: "That means that as long as the stalemate continues, the Qianguo State will be able to carry out self-reform because of the pressure from the Yan State?" ”

"It's already started." Blind Zibei corrected, "The three sides and the Shangjing forbidden army, the original size of each on the military register was 800,000, according to tradition, squeeze out the water, more than 700,000 should be there."

You must know that the problem of the three redundancies in the Qianguo is very serious, and the military expenditure in this is the most important thing; every year, the military expenditure of the Qianguo court is fully allocated, and as for how to distribute it, how much can it fall into the hands of the army, this is the tacit understanding that has been established for decades.

In the past, even if the emperor knew about this problem, he didn't dare to do anything, and Qianguo didn't have Li Liangting and Tian Wujing.

But now, taking advantage of the national war, it is possible to start, and in time, if the Qianguo is really allowed to train enough soldiers and horses, let alone Dayan going south......"

"Pushing back is unlikely." Zheng Fan said.

"I can't say." The blind man shook his head, "It depends on the fortune of the country, it depends on luck, God knows if there are any future generals in the Qianguo army." ”

At the beginning, the Yan State was almost destroyed, but the first Zhenbei Marquis was born and defeated the army of 500,000 Qianguo.

This is fate, which is also known as national fortune.

Of course, this kind of fate is not very common, and there are all kinds of special conditions in it, and even if you ask the first Zhenbei Hou himself to come again, he can't and can't play that brilliant victory.

"Maybe, our level is still not high enough, I don't believe it, even the problems we can see, then we can't see it." Zheng Fan said.

"Your Lord, what you said is just like the common people have always thought that the emperor is good, and the bad is the ministers around the emperor."

"That's true." Zheng Fan smiled and said to the blind man: "Throughout the ages, no matter how mediocre the emperor is, how many of them are stupid and want to deliberately collapse their own world?" ”

"Look, we're just going to have to watch it now, anyway." Blind Zibei stretched out his hand and rubbed his temples, and said, "I asked the caravan of the Six Princes to help investigate some of the situation, and found that our Dayan did not manufacture siege equipment in large quantities, and the materials in this area were not collected on a large scale.

Perhaps, as you said, the above, in fact, already have a plan in their hearts, otherwise it would not have been when the Zhenbei army was still busy stepping on the gate valve, Jingnanhou ordered these army leaders to go south to attack and harass, isn't this just a startling snake. ”

As he spoke, the blind man faced Liang Cheng again and said:

"Ah Cheng, tell me about it."

After returning from the gathering place, Liang Cheng didn't speak much.

Seeing the blind man roll call and let himself talk about it,

Liang Cheng could only speak:

"Cavalry, it's a waste to use it to siege the city."

Ah Ming shook his head and said, "Don't talk nonsense. ”

Liang Cheng nodded,

Road:

"Not necessarily."

……

Mianzhou City has been patronized twice by Zheng Shoubei, but in a short period of time, there will be no third time.

Relying on the city wall of Mianzhou City to extend out in four directions, large battalions rise from the ground, and every day, there are Western soldiers and soldiers in it to practice.

Even if Cuiliubao fails to bleed successfully this time, even if Zheng Shoubei brings all the family foundations, in the face of this unreasonable civil engineering work, he may not be able to touch the city wall of Mianzhou City again.

The winter wind is like a knife that cuts meat.

Zhong Wendao stood on the city wall, and beside him, stood his youngest son, Zhong Tianlang.

The major general of the Western Army ran for hundreds of miles, broke the enemy's village, and fought Zheng Fan's great achievements have been publicized, which is a very morale-boosting victory.

Throughout the ages, truly outstanding generals have understood in their hearts that even if they are fighting a defensive war, they have never completely shrunk and passively been beaten.

The general direction is defense, but in order to boost morale, it is always necessary to make some advantages in the local area.

This is the fundamental reason why Zhong Wendao is willing to hand over the most valuable cavalry of the Western Army to his youngest son to "mess around".

At this time, both father and son were standing in the cold wind, Zhong Tianlang was a little worried about his father's body, but he knew that if he persuaded his father to go back and rest if the wind was too strong at this time, it would make his father unhappy.

"It's good for you to have this knowledge, and it's good for your father."

"My son used to be a little bit thick."

"This battle is not easy to fight, Yanren, it's not Beiqiang, it's not those toasts in the southwest mountains."

"My son knows."

"Take its pride and keep it sharp."

"The son thanks his father for his teachings."

"After the Western Army, it is destined to be handed over to you, in fact, when I received the will of the imperial court to transfer troops, my father hesitated."

As he spoke, Zhong Wendao's gaze swept around, and said:

"The most terrible thing in this north is never the weather, but the plains and roads."

"Father, no matter how powerful the Yan cavalry is, it can't rush through the military village of our Western Army."

Zhong Wendao glanced at his son and didn't say anything, but there was a touch of sadness between his eyebrows.

Zhong Tianlang spoke again:

"Father, if you want to go on a northern expedition, we must provide for our own cavalry."

"Northern Expedition?"

"Yes, the Northern Expedition, my son believes that one day, I will be the Northern Expedition Yanman!"

Zhong Wendao heard this, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth,

He didn't want to talk to his son about the difficulty of the Northern Expedition.

I don't want to explain how taboo the word "Northern Expedition" is in the court.

But it's always normal for young people to yearn for this.

It was the same when he was back.

Zhong Wendao couldn't help but think of the scene when he and Meng Heng's father and others were standing next to the thorn-faced Xianggong, and at that time, they were actually planning the Northern Expedition.

A part of the Western Army specialized in restricting the Beiqiang, but it did not give a dead hand to exterminate the Beiqiang tribe that year, and its purpose was to use the Beiqiang to sharpen the cavalry of the Qianguo.

However, after the prosperity dissipates and the mood is depressed, many things that can make people's blood boil back then are no longer felt.

Not even the idea of making you droop a little more.

At this moment, a team of sentry cavalry returned to the camp, went straight into the military village, and then went straight to the south gate of Mianzhou City, which was below the position where Zhong Wendao and his son were standing at this time.

The military newspaper that can go directly into the city is obviously at a certain level, and the ordinary military newspaper will be digested outside, and it will be submitted after the analysis is done.

After all, the boss is not a god, and it is impossible for a person to control everything in the army camp of nearly 200,000 people.

Zhong Tianlang took the initiative to go down to receive the military report,

Shaoqing,

Zhong Tianlang walked back with an excited smile on his face,

After walking to his father,

He spoke:

"Father, the second uncle took the Xishan camp to the north."

Xishan is the frontline position of the Qianguo against Beiqiang, where part of the Western Army is stationed, and Zhong Wenmian, Zhong Wenmian, has been in charge.

The Western Army is a huge military group, although the Zhong family has a transcendent position in the Western Army, but it does not have absolute control over the Western Army like the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, he is more like a military ...... formed by specific conditions in a specific era Freak.

Zhong Wendao and Zhong Wenmian, the two principals of the Zhong family, are the symbols of the Western Army, and are called Zhong Xianggong and Xiao Zhong Xianggong by the outside world.

Zhong Tianlang was very excited, because although the Xishan battalion did not have many troops, only 30,000, most of the troops in the Xishan battalion were horse pawns, that is, cavalry.

It can be said that the most elite cavalry force in the entire Daqian is the Xishan Battalion.

In Zhong Tianlang's opinion, after the second uncle came, he would be able to fight more calmly after that, and he would prefer the coming and going of the riding battle like the wind compared to the dullness of the starting battle.

however

Zhong Wendao's face did not show the slightest joy, but with one hand, he grabbed the masonry on the wall buttress, and his nails made clear marks on the masonry.

"Father?"

Zhong Tianlang was a little frightened.

Every son, what he is most afraid of is actually his father's anger.

"Huh............ Hehehe............ Hahaha............"

Zhong Wendao laughed,

"Before leaving, my father repeatedly told your uncle that the Western Army, sending 150,000 sons to the north, is enough, and you must leave some old books for the Western Army at home!

Your uncle agreed in the presence of your father,

But now ......"

"Father, the great cause of resisting Yan, our Zhong family can't ...... Can't ......"

Zhong Wendao suddenly glared at his son,

This terrifying gaze frightened Zhong Tianlang's heart.

"Do you want to tell your father to take into account the overall situation, to consider the country, to consider the people, and not to care about the gains and losses of one family and one surname?"

"No, my son doesn't dare, my son doesn't dare."

"That's what you mean, that's what you mean!"

Zhong Wendao gritted his teeth, and his silver-white hair fluttered a little in the cold wind.

"The transfer of the Xishan camp is almost there, but my father has never received the news, and he has never seen the approval of the imperial court, do you know why?"

"Son......

"This must be the imperial court sent a messenger to hand over to your uncle in person! Your uncle is ordered to go north, hehehe, hehe........."

"Father's ......"

"For my father, I have an old bone, and I should have been at the age of teasing my grandson, and for the sake of the big cadres, I had to put on a battle robe and lead the Western Army to the north.

What about the imperial court, what about the imperial court?

He's busy dividing up our Western Army, dividing up! ”

Zhong Tianlang was silent.

The imperial court has always wanted to solve the problem of the western army domain, this is a fact that everyone knows, this time the imperial court took advantage of his father's absence to instigate his uncle to go north, this move has actually marked the separation of the western army from then on.

The Xishan battalion will no longer be part of the Western Army sequence and will be independent.

"Father, the son has a saying, even if the father wants to punish the son, the son must say it."

"Say, for the Father let you speak!"

Zhong Tianlang took a deep breath and said:

"Father, our Western Army is really too big."

The southwest battlefield was under the jurisdiction of the Western Army, and the land of Beiqiang was under the jurisdiction of the Western Army, and even the rebellion in some places had to be transferred to the Western Army to be responsible.

"Big?" Zhong Wendao suddenly smiled and said: "How old are you, the Western Army when the Southwest Tusi Rebellion was quelled was really big."

Son, the Father knows what you want to say, and the Father knows what you mean, but there are some things that you have not experienced, so you do not understand.

It's wartime now, because the Yan people may go south at any time, so the ministers in the court are so easy to speak.

Once the battle is over, once the war is over,

Civil and military, it is natural to start separating. ”

What else does Zhong Tianlang have to say,

was stopped by Zhong Wendao raising his hand,

"Do you really think that being a father hates your uncle for setting up his own door?"

"This ......"

"Do you really think that my father deliberately didn't transfer the Xishan camp to the north this time in order to leave a way back for my Zhong family? Leave a bargaining chip for my Zhong family? ”

"Father's ........."

Zhong Tianlang suddenly found that his father seemed to have been drained of a lot of spirit at once, and the whole person looked much older.

"Hehehe...... Hehehehe...... Haha............ha

Zhong Wendao laughed again,

"At the beginning, the ministers who had commented on the dynasty were:

They all thought that after reading a few military books, they felt that they were the reincarnation of the soldiers. ”

…………

On this day,

Xu Wenzu gathered nearly 10,000 horsemen and had to disband and return to the camp;

On this day,

30,000 troops of the Xishan Battalion of the Western Army rode into the three sides;

On this day,

Zheng Fan didn't choose a color;

On this day,

A down-and-out swordsman and an old man with a long sail came to the outside of Yanjing City, and the old man should have caught a cold and sneezed:

"Ahh

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This chapter is foreshadowing, don't panic.