Wang Hou ordered the troops, and only ordered the generals of the Western Army. The general from Tokyo is under the command of Tong Guan, and although Wang Hou is the chief general in the army, it is not easy to transfer at will. As far as the position is concerned, the main general is in charge of the power in the army, and the supervising army represents the imperial power.

Wang Han was originally an artillery officer, but now all the personnel of the artillery regiment have been wiped out, and there is only Ling Zhen alone, and there is still an establishment. Wang Han wants to make meritorious contributions, so he can only follow other generals, and now Wang Hou sent Wang Meng to send troops to Zonggechuan to contain Dobaro, which is an opportunity.

Although Tong Guan does not understand military affairs, he is good at learning. As for how to attack Qingtang, he and Wang Hou had been discussing for many days, knowing that if they wanted to take Qingtang, they needed to go down to Shanzhou first, cut off the rescue road of Tubo from the west, and then besiege the city with heavy troops to force the defenders in the city to surrender.

If it is a hard attack, the Qingtang Wall has many soldiers, and there is no loss of more than three times the soldiers, so it cannot be attacked at all.

Since the opening of the Taizu Dynasty, there have been continuous battles at the border gates, but most of them are passive defenses, with more wins and fewer losses. However, in terms of active attack, the Song army had much less experience. Especially in the eyes of a general like Wang Hou, it is really unwise to fill the siege with human lives.

If only there was artillery.

In fact, Wang Hou also suggested that Wang Han remake ammunition, but Wang Han refused on the grounds of insufficient materials and equipment - it is not a complete excuse, there is a gunpowder workshop in Weizhou, the border pass of the Western Army, but compared with the technical equipment of the Tokyo Gunpowder Bureau, it is a world of difference, and more importantly, Wang Han is worried that the shells will be made and destroyed by someone in Weizhou.

Before Zhao Sheng was caught, Wang Han no longer made any firearms, all he wanted now was military merit, military merit was high, plus Lin Lingsu was fooled, it was not difficult to clear his name.

At present, the situation in Tokyo is unclear, Wang Han does not dare to return to Beijing easily, so he first let the Taoist go back to find out the situation, if the three Taoist chiefs are safe and sound, it means that Zhao Sheng is in the West and has not returned to Beijing, and then he will be able to correct his name.

In addition, Wang Han also behaved well-behaved in front of Tong Guan, did not know what to do, and ran to Tong Guan all day long to ask for advice and reading, I don't know this word, what does that word mean, and the diligent and studious side of a rude martial artist is vividly expressed.

Tong Guan is also happy to show off, Wen Cai is not good compared with the Chinese in the DPRK, and it is more than enough to deal with rough people like Wang Han. Especially Wang Han's handwriting, Tong Guan had a headache and said to him: "If you write such words, don't you laugh at everyone Li?" ”

Wang Han scratched his head, "I joked, and I was also taught to write, at the beginning I was asked to copy three articles a day, and I was not allowed to go to bed if I couldn't finish copying, but I failed." ”

Tong Guan was surprised, "You don't want to listen?" ”

Wang Han replied, "I'm too lazy to copy, I won't go to bed if I don't go to bed, it's a big deal for me to go to the kiln." And the back showed a bitter face, "Who knows, she later changed her method, saying that if she couldn't finish copying three articles a day, she punished me for not getting out of bed, and after three or four days of hard work, I honestly copied the papers." ”

Tong Guan didn't understand at first, thought for three seconds, and laughed, "No wonder you want to find me to practice calligraphy, hahaha......"

That's it, the relationship between the two is close, and now they are going to war, Wang Han took the initiative to ask for orders to go to Zonggechuan to contain Duobaro, this task requires a smart and lively person, the focus is on containment, and there is no need to fight for his life, so Tong Guan let him go.

Once the Dobaro division was pinned down by a small force of the Song army, it would be much easier for the main force of the Song army to attack Shanzhou.

Three thousand elite soldiers set off, Wang Meng was the main and Wang Han was the deputy, and the two of them marched westward along the Zongshui River, sending scouts along the way to inquire about the news.

When it comes to the establishment of the Song army, it is divided into four levels: box, army, battalion, and capital. The chamber has jurisdiction over ten armies, five battalions under military jurisdiction, and five battalions under the jurisdiction of five capitals, each with 100 people. Further down is the squad, ten to thirteen per squad, and the head of the squad is not considered a serious officer.

That is, a battalion of 500 people, an army of 2,005, Wang Hou asked Wang Meng to lead 3,000 troops, that is, six battalions of soldiers.

Here is the merit of the Song Army's [more Wu method].

The basic structure of the Song army is the battalion, and the battalion is commanded so that such a small military attache is basically unchanged. However, the rank of the military officer is constantly changing, and even so, it does not affect the coordination of the army.

Wang Meng wants to manage 3,000 elite soldiers, and he only needs to manage all the commanders and deputies, and there is no faction between his battalions and troops, so it is easy to use.

Of the 3,000 men, six were commanders, 12 deputy commanders, and 30 were all in front of the battle, reporting their names and rehearsing their banners.

Wang Meng has his father's style, his appearance is majestic, upright, and his mouth must be dignified and bitter.

Wang Han is different, as a deputy general, standing behind Wang Meng, smiling at everyone, but in his heart he remembered the names of each commander.

As soon as he entered the twenty miles along the Zongshui, the scouts came to report that they found the Qiang cavalry five miles ahead, numbering about 5,000.

Wang Meng asked, "But the banner of Tobaro?" ”

The scout replied, "Not the Dobaro flag." ”

Wang Meng ordered the formation of a defense on the spot, and the whole army formed a formation.

The so-called defense is to carry all kinds of horse rejection stakes, horse leg clamps, and thorn shields with the army, and surround them into a simple position. This is a common means of defense for the Song army to encounter the Tibetan cavalry in the field, 3,000 elite soldiers have 1,000 cavalry, 2,000 infantry, all of them are equipped with divine arms and bows. Five thousand Tibetans dared to come, and the three rounds of arrow rain made them fall half of them, and the remaining half dared to come and charge, so they told him to come and go.

In hundreds of years of infantry and cavalry confrontation, the Song army has accumulated rich experience in infantry and cavalry confrontation.

But this method is flawed, before the appearance of the Jin State Tiefutu, small groups of nomadic cavalry in the field against the Song Dynasty infantry rarely took the initiative to charge, all of them were long-distance running and projectile, relying on flexible mobility to harass. Wang Meng ordered to form a formation on the spot, which was really unwise, if the Qiang people besieged but did not attack, harassed from a long distance, cut off the supply of the Song army, and starved the Song army to death.

But then again, fleeing is also the best policy, and if there is a rout in the face of cavalry, it is tantamount to hanging on the back of the opponent to be slaughtered.

Five miles away, in a flash.

The five thousand cavalry did not dare to rush into battle, nor did they dare to enter the land of an arrow, and the Song army camped according to the water and could hold it for five days. If the Tubo want to completely destroy this Song army, they need at least 8,000 regular Tibetan troops to come, and if it is less than 8,000 people, the Song infantry will be completely lost, and the cavalry will be able to get out of trouble with high-speed mobility.

If Tubo transferred 8,000 elite soldiers to attack the Song army here, Shanzhou would have few soldiers, and the main force of the Song army would be able to take Shanzhou.

The so-called division of troops to contain is like this - Wang Hou knows that there are not many soldiers under Dobaro, and the entire tribe has 100,000 people, and it is already the limit to be able to make up 10,000 soldiers.

Wang Han had a different opinion, the 3,000 Song army was equipped with good equipment in Tibet, the infantry army wore armor, the cavalry had leather armor, and there were 500 shield soldiers, all of which were used, and the 5,000 Fan soldiers were not opponents, and they could completely eat them.

Wang Meng was puzzled, "What is General Wang's plan?" ”

Wang Han only said eight words: "The cavalry took the formation and lured the enemy into depth." ”