"This time, your task is to open a road so that our army can quickly reach the battlefield of Xinzhou, rather than necessarily attacking any city."

After even saying a few words, Su Shi simply didn't comfort him, but changed his voice and said, "Captain Hu, can you make sure that this road is blocked, and no Liao soldiers and Mongolian soldiers will spread the news of our presence here to Xinzhou, right?"

Sure enough, this changed the topic, and Hu Yunfeng immediately replied mentally, "Yes." Not only have our people guarded the official roads, but they have also arranged for people to be on some of the nearby roads, so no one should try to spread the news from us." ap.

"Okay, that's enough." Su Shi nodded with satisfaction.

He also knew that it was impossible to completely block the news that the army was passing through here.

The land bordering Liao and Song was too vast to be blocked.

But as long as the news doesn't come out of the line of Flying Fox City, he has room to operate.

Su Shi is playing the time difference.

It is necessary to borrow that before the Liao army has no insight into its true war intentions, the army will be transferred outside Xincheng.

He had received accurate information, and the Western Army was determined to send troops.

But only 100,000 troops were dispatched, which still somewhat disappointed Su Shi.

originally thought that the Western Army could send 200,000 troops, and the next Battle of Xinzhou would be fought.

But if it's only 100,000 people, it's still too little. By the way, the Western Army should not know the news that the Mongol Army and the Western Xia Army have increased their troops by a total of 100,000.

Think about the number of additional troops of the three clans, there are 100,000, and then add their more than 200,000 soldiers and horses in Xincheng, this is more than 300,000 people.

On the other hand, in the Great Song Dynasty, there were still tens of thousands of people in Xincheng, and there were 50,000 reinforcements led by Huang Gaoyi on the periphery, which was just over 200,000 people from the Western Army.

If you want to use this power to fight with the more than 300,000 or nearly 400,000 people of the three clans, the strength is still much worse.

At this time, the 110,000 troops led by Su Shi were extremely important.

Su Shi analyzed in his heart.

In fact, now he is the only one who knows best about the situation on the battlefield.

The others were not as clear about the opponent's strength as Su Shi.

That's the benefit of timely communication.

Looking back at the east, Su Shi said to himself: "There are still three days, and in three days, the main army will retreat, come to Flying Fox City, and then join the battle of Xinzhou, can you win?"

Su Shi can provide everyone with the best equipment and the best food, but other than that, he can't do much.

At least he can't conjure up an army.

And this time with himself, the Great Song Dynasty also invested more than 300,000 troops, if the Battle of Xincheng was really defeated, the Great Song Dynasty would really be greatly injured. In this way, I am afraid that the entire northern territory will be in danger.

On the other hand, the three tribes, as invaders.

Even if they are defeated, it is a big deal to spit out some benefits, and they will not be able to shake their roots.

In comparison, the importance of this battle to the Great Song Dynasty is obvious.

"It's a pity." Su Shi looked in the direction of Bianliang City and said, "The official family is still not decisive enough, if this time is the time, you can send 300,000 forbidden troops. No! Even if 100,000 forbidden troops are dispatched, this battle will be much easier.

It's just a pity that the timid Zhao Zhen will not press too much capital in this battle.

Even if Zhao Zhen is willing, I am afraid that those old men in the court will not agree.

Perhaps in the eyes of many people, even if this battle is lost, they are not without a way to retreat, and it is a big deal to move the capital to the south.

But if the Praetorian guards are also sent out and the battle is lost, then it will be difficult to gain a foothold even if they go to the south.

"Man, sometimes there is no way out. The more ways to retreat, the more thoughts there are."

After Su Shi said this in his heart, his eyes looked in the direction of Xinzhou again, and his eyes seemed to see the scene of the bloody battle at this moment, and saw the scene of the accumulation of white bones on the ground.

......

In the sixth year of Qingli,

Late September.

In the Xinzhou area, the weather in the morning and evening is obviously cooler.

Winter is coming.

The Great War is about to begin.

Di Qing led 100,000 western troops, including 30,000 cavalry and 70,000 infantry, to the west of Xinzhou.

Not far away, in the Tuhe Village, there were soldiers of the three tribes stationed here, as if they wanted to isolate them.

Di Qing ordered the army to rest in place, and then called the two deputy generals He Kun and Lu Zifei.

"General He Kun, let you contact General Huang Gaoyi at Chitang Pass, is there any news coming back?" Sitting down under a big tree with his back, Di Qing asked.

"The news has come back, General Huang said that he will cooperate with us in the battle, and as soon as we kill under Xincheng, he will immediately send troops to echo." He Kun replied with a cold face.

"Oh? They don't have faith in us, they want to pick up the credit that is ready-made." After hearing this, Di Qing immediately knew what Huang Gaoyi's idea was, and his face was a little unpleasant.

Because his face was ugly, the tattoo on his face also looked much more hideous at this moment.

"That's right, that's what he thought." He Kun nodded heavily, appearing to agree with this statement.

"It doesn't matter." Di Qing quickly calmed down and took the initiative to say, "General Huang has never dealt with our Western Army before, and it is normal that he will look down on us, but it doesn't matter, we will use practical actions to tell them the strength of our Western Army."

"General, you still have to think about it, if it doesn't work, don't count the 50,000 horses first." Lu Zifei, who had not spoken, spoke.

"yes, then don't count them. It's just that in this way, we only need 100,000 people, but the troops of the three clans outside Xincheng are as many as 270,000, so we are under a lot of pressure." Di Qing glanced at Lu Zifei and nodded, and then the whole person fell into deep thought.

100,000 versus 270,000, not only is it a lot of pressure, it's not an ordinary one.

If you change to another general, you may just give up.

But he is Di Qing, and he has been in the army for many years, so he doesn't know what it means to be afraid of words.

"100,000 is enough, everyone should have faith. Besides, General Wang Xin is a man who knows the army, as long as we appear outside the city and let him see it, he will inevitably send troops to help. In this way, we have at least sixty or seventy thousand reinforcements. If you work together with the outside, you don't have a chance of winning."

Di Qing spoke again, and he didn't know whether to cheer up the two lieutenants or cheer himself up.

After saying that, he began to assign tasks.

He Kun led 30,000 infantry to attack and advance from the west.

Lu Zifei led 40,000 infantry to attack from the east.

Di Qing himself led 30,000 cavalry to advance from the center.

"Two generals, we should fight this battle in a way that there are no reinforcements, and we will fight fiercely, and we must beat the morale of our western army. As long as we kill outside Xincheng, General Wang Xin in the city will send troops to join us, and when the two of us are in one place, we will have more confidence, whether to retreat at that time, or rely on Xincheng to defend, we can see the changes in the battlefield situation."

"Please rest assured, the general will fight to the death and swear not to retreat."

He Kun and Lu Zifei also said with a straight face at this moment.

"Okay, take a break, I will lead the cavalry to attack Tuhezhai first in half an hour, and then you and you will be on the left and right, and we will cooperate to advance." Di Qing issued a military order in the name of the commander of the 100,000 army.

The wind and dust came, but it only gave everyone half an hour to rest, which shows the strong military quality of the Western Army.

It's just a pity that Di Qing didn't know that the Mongolian army and the Western Xia army also had 100,000 reinforcements, all of which were already in place at this time, and they were all hidden in the shadows, waiting for their arrival.

On the battlefield, the enemy's intelligence is not clear, which is tantamount to losing the first step.

Half an hour is just a moment. Di Qing got the war horse, and a simple and neat killing word came out of his mouth, followed by 30,000 Song cavalry and followed him

Together, they killed in the opposite side of the village.

At this time, it is nearly dusk.

In Tuhe Village, there are 3,000 infantry battalions and horses arranged here by Liao soldiers.

They knew they wouldn't be able to hold it, but they still sent troops to defend it. In order to create an illusion for the Western Song Army that came to help, that is, they were vulnerable.

In this way, the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty will be able to enter directly with a long body, and it will be possible to enter the trap set by the three clans.

Otherwise, there is no intention to block it at all, but it will make people suspicious, in case the 100,000 Great Song Western Army is like Huang Gaoyi and stops, then they still need to spend a lot of effort to establish an encirclement on the periphery, then there are too many variables.

The three thousand Liao soldiers guarding the village were ready to be breached and they retreated.

But he didn't expect that the Song army would attack at this time.

Supposedly, after a thousand miles away, shouldn't you take a good rest first?

Normally, the war will start early tomorrow morning, why is it almost dark, and the troops will be dispatched?

Di Qing's sudden attack caught the three thousand Liao soldiers off guard. Some soldiers were preparing to eat late, and at this time the Song army killed them, or with 30,000 iron cavalry against 3,000 infantry, the first line of defense of the Liao soldiers outside, almost no role in obstruction, and was directly broken.

"Kill! We don't need to take prisoners when we enter the village." Di Qing jumped into the village while poking out his spear and shouted loudly.

He was going to attack while it was dark, so that the battlefield would look very chaotic. Only in this way can he use the least number of troops to achieve the maximum killing effect.

Three thousand Liao soldiers, the first line of defense was lost, and before the second line of defense could be established, Di Qing led people into the village, and then began to slaughter.

The Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty attacked.

The news quickly spread around.

Huang Gaoyi, who was guarding Chitang Pass, learned the news.

His generals also came to him and began to assemble.

"What's the hurry, it's just the beginning of the war, everyone go back and have a good rest. If you don't rest, how can you fight?"

Waving his hand and repulsing the generals, Huang Gaoyi held his chin alone and pondered.

The Western Army only came with 100,000 reinforcements, which made him a little disappointed.