All the way, in order to be able to hurry as soon as possible, Wu Zhi can be said to have made a bloody investment this time.

He not only paid out of his own pocket to customize the belts of the officers and soldiers, but also bought two hundred empty ox carts out of his own pocket (at that time, the Song Dynasty lacked horses, and there were few carriages), plus the original more than 50 ox carts in the military camp of the right wing of the Shenwei, and one hundred ox carts of a hundred baggage teams, Wu Zhi all sent them to the prison to be converted into carriages, and spent a lot of money to buy more than 350 horses from around the capital, all equipped to each carriage, the quality of the war horses raised in the Song Dynasty at that time was not good, but it was more than enough to use them as a load-bearing cart! It's just that when the officers and soldiers of the Red Guard Battalion saw the more than 350 carriages after Wu Zhi's modification, their jaws dropped and they were shocked, they were too luxurious!

This time, for the Red Guard Battalion, Wu Zhi spent nearly 7,000 yuan!

The marching contingent of the Red Guard Battalion is completely a standardized mobile battalion of the Ma Army! When Cao Men saw him off, even Zhao Xu and all the civil and military officials couldn't help but be amazed when they saw such a luxurious battle.

The people of the Red Guard Camp saved the pain of walking, and naturally they were very grateful, and they felt more and more that Wu Zhi, the commander of the right wing, was extremely tall and brave, and his sense of awe was even greater. With the carriage and horse, the journey is naturally fast, and it is not a problem to travel more than 100 miles a day. After Wu Zhi, Lin Chong, Wang Jin and others rode out of the city, they no longer rode horses, but instead rode in a carriage, which was much easier than riding a horse!

In this way, the meal was made at five o'clock in the morning, and after breakfast, the army set out at the right hour, and the march rested on the spot for an hour at the middle of noon, ate some dry food, and fed the horses, and then continued on the road, and set up camp on the spot at the end of the hour, buried in the stove to cook, and rested overnight after dinner. Wu Zhi arranged the marching itinerary of the Red Guard Battalion according to his own work and rest habits, and guaranteed three meals a day and could march for ten hours a day, and everyone slowly got used to his approach and liked his arrangement.

The capital city of Bianliang is about 1,700 miles away from Weizhou, the seat of Jingyuan Road Administration, and the people march nearly 200 miles every day, and on the 17th of October, at the beginning of noon on this day, Wu Zhi led everyone to arrive at Weizhou City.

At that time, Jingyuan Road, that is, the old Pingliang, governed three states and two armies: Weizhou, Jingzhou, Yuanzhou, Deshun Army, Zhenrong Army, the seat of governance was in Weizhou, the military and political chiefs were in Weizhou office, Zhang Qi was also in Weizhou, at this time the famous Pingxia City was built in the upper reaches of the Hulu River in Guyuan County, about 260 miles away from Weizhou City, and was currently guarded by more than 20,000 Derong troops led by Guo Cheng and Zhe Keshi.

Weizhou (formerly known as Pingliang) controls thousands of miles of Longgan in the west, 800 miles of Qinchuan in the east, the Central Plains of the Ping Domain, and connects Xisai.

Outside the city of Weizhou, Wu Zhi assigned the flag commander to go into the city to report, and at the same time ordered the Red Guard battalion to set up camp outside the city and repair it on the spot.

At noon, Zhong Fu, the general of the Zhang Qi Department, came to the camp of the Red Guard Camp with a group of people, most of whom were civil and military officials from Jingyuan Road, as well as some soldiers, carrying lambs, wine, meat and other gifts to reward everyone. Now in Jingyuan Road, among the military attachés, in addition to the commander Zhang Qi and Wang En, the deputy governor of Jingyuan, the officials are the largest, followed by Wu Zhi and Zhong Fu. Zhong Fu was in charge of Jiyingdian at that time, and he was a six-grade civil servant, one level lower than Wuzhi's grade, and he was also in charge of Xihe, Jingyuan, and Qinfeng's three-way official affairs.

Wu Zhi, Lin Chong and Wang Jin greeted everyone into the camp, Zhong Fu, Liu Zhongwu, Miao Lu, Yang Weizhong and other generals in the northwest saw the officers and soldiers of the Red Guard Battalion lined up neatly and distinctly, energetic and high-spirited, and couldn't help but be secretly frightened. But after many years of perception, Zhong Fu and the others still disagreed with it except for being a little frightened, and their contempt was undiminished, and they always thought that these forbidden troops were all embroidered pillows, and they were just gangsters who came here. Moreover, the Red Guard Battalion only has 1,000 men and horses, and it is just a drop in the bucket to put it into the battlefield, and it will not play a big role at all!

Wu Zhi saw that the generals in the northwest had contempt for the Red Guard Battalion, so he just smiled and didn't care, when the time comes, it's a mule or a horse, just pull it out and slip away!

But Zhong Fu, Liu Zhongwu, Miao Lu, Yang Weizhong and other generals in the northwest did not dare to slack off on Wu Zhi, judging from the 800 miles of expedited newspaper delivered by Zhang Ji to them and the family letter sent by Zhang Chun, this Lord Wu Zhi was not simple.

The 20-year-old champion of the dynasty, from the Wupin court to invite doctors, privy council to undertake the order, guerrilla general, Jingyuan Road soldiers and horses, from the right wing of the five products are all commanding envoys, one person wears many positions, can be said to be very appreciated by the officials, young and promising, the future is immeasurable, even Zhang Chun, the prime minister, in the letter to him highly respected. And now the strategy of the Northwest Army's marching formation is still put forward by this Lord Wu Zhi, although this strategy has not been fully implemented so far, but so far it is still very effective, Pingxia City acted according to the plan, and it is still firmly in the hands of the Northwest Army, which has to arouse the great attention and attention of Zhong Fu and others. Moreover, everyone is even more interested in Zhang Chun's outstanding martial arts mentioned in the letter, "both civil and military champions", and they are particularly curious.

But after everyone saw Wu Zhi, looking at Wu Zhi's polite scholarly appearance, they couldn't help but wonder: This Lord Wu Zhi doesn't look like a martial artist? Wenzhi is very good, but how can it be that the martial arts are outstanding, and the civil and military are all champions?

Wu Zhi didn't know what Zhong Fu and others were thinking, so he received Zhong Fu and the others, and after rewarding the three armies, at the beginning of the second day, Wu Zhi took Lin Chong, Wang Jin, Sun Qi (Sun Xin's younger brother), Sun Qi, deputy commander of the left battalion, Li Tingliang (Li Tingyu's cousin), and Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo, Si Fangguo and other eight people into the city, and came to the Weizhou Office to visit Zhang Ji. At that time, Zhang Qi served as the pacification envoy of Jingyuan Road and the governor of Weizhou, and worked in the Weizhou Bureau.

Under the guidance of the guards, the eight people walked into the hall of the Weizhou Bureau. As soon as I entered the door, I saw a large table made of four desks in the middle of the hall, and a large Song and Xia border defense map was displayed on the table. In the middle of the hall, an old man in a seventy brocade robe with a thin face and strong spirit was sitting at the desk, watching everyone busy, stroking his beard and contemplating silently. As soon as Wu Zhi saw it, he knew that this old man was Zhang Ji, who looked a little similar to his cousin Zhang Chun.

"Zhang Shuai is good! Hello everyone! When Wu Zhifu entered the hall of the office, he hurriedly greeted Zhang Ji, Zhong Fu and others, and approached the desk with a smile.

"Zhang Shuai is good! Hello everyone! Lin Chong, Wang Jin and the other seven people also greeted each other in the back, and the etiquette was very respectful.

Seeing Wu Zhi and the other eight people coming in, Zhong Fu and the others hurriedly stopped what they were doing, and saluted Wu Zhi and the other eight people, everyone had already met and communicated yesterday, and now they are much more natural. Zhang Qi also stood up, looked at Wu Zhi and the others with a smile, and couldn't help but nod when he saw that Wu Zhi and the other eight people were all in a lofty position.

Wu Zhi walked straight to Zhang Ji, bowed and saluted, and then said, "Zhang Shuai is good!" Wu Zhi came to report and asked Zhang Shuai for instructions! Wu Zhi put his attitude very low. The old handsome man who is over seventy years old, has a strong body, and can gallop across the battlefield to almost destroy the country in Western Xia, who is even more powerful than Lian Po, and is very worthy of Wu Zhi's respect.

"Wu Xiaoyou is polite, Zhang doesn't dare!" Zhang Ji saw that Wu Zhi was modest and polite, and his heart was useful, and he said with a smile, his tone was very kind, he didn't dare to treat the young man in front of him as a hairy boy.

He is a slight appeasement envoy, from the fourth grade, and also knows Weizhou, and only from the fifth grade, the civil service is equivalent to Wu Zhi, and the martial arts are two grades higher than Wu Zhi, but the two are two generations apart, not the same day, Zhang Ji sighed in his heart Wu Zhi's young and promising. Moreover, Wu Zhi's strategy of retreating from the enemy proposed in the court coincided with his ideas, and he saw that Wu Zhi had such insight and strategy at a young age, he appreciated it very much, and he had already had the idea of making friends.

"Wu Xiaoyou?" Zhong Fu, Lin Chong and others next to him couldn't help but be stunned when they heard Zhang Ji's title, their expressions were in a trance, and their hearts were deeply stimulated, it seems that Zhang Dashuai's attention and appreciation of Wu Zhi far exceeded their estimates, which made everyone have more awe in their hearts.

"Brother Zhang is in love! Wu Zhiding should be led by the elder brother and work hard to cooperate! Wu Zhi is not polite, he can follow the trend, he can have a relationship with Zhang Chun, the prime minister, and he can also have a relationship with Zhang Qi.

Seeing Wu Zhi's free and easy temperament, Zhang Qi laughed heartily, and everyone secretly smacked their tongues and broke their hearts.

In the past month, Empress Dowager Xiaoliang and Li Qianshun have ordered the Dangxiang army to attack the city no less than ten times, and the Pingxia City garrison general Guo Cheng and deputy general Zhe Keshi led more than 20,000 officers and soldiers in the northwest to defend the city, and repelled more than ten attacks by the party people in a row, and both sides are currently in a state of stalemate. On the outskirts of Pingxia City, the two brothers Yao Xiong and Yao Gu, the generals of Xihe Road, had been dispatched to lead an army of 20,000 to aid Pingxia City, constantly harassing the enemy army. According to the scouts, in the territory of Western Xia, a large number of party troops were stationed in the area of Tiandu Mountain and Yanzi Mountain.

This information is almost exactly the same as Wu Zhi's prediction, the people, places, and situations are almost the same, but the time is slightly advanced. Wu Zhi listened to the introduction while thinking in his heart.

If it comes, it will be safe, the soldiers will block, and the water will cover it! Wu Zhi eliminated the distractions in his heart, stood up, and began to be guided by Liu Zhongwu to watch the border defense map. The defense map is extremely simple, just roughly marked with the place names of each military town and the approximate rivers, roads, distances, etc., Wu Zhi couldn't help but shake his head and sigh after looking at it.

He thought of the military sand table of later generations, which is called a real military map!

So, Wu Zhi instructed Liu Zhongwu to find some craftsmen and soldiers, asked everyone to take wooden planks, and built a wide platform in the hall that was half a section lower than the table, and set up wooden planks on the side of the table to form a big square frame, and then instructed all the soldiers to take sand (Weizhou is located on the edge of the desert, sand is everywhere, and it is easy to get it) and stones, small flags, green grass and other things, put them into wooden frames, and spread them out.

The sand pile is made into a flat top shape, representing the castle and the fortress, the spire shape represents the mountain peaks and mountains, the sand ditch represents the river and tidal flats, the sand road represents the thoroughfare, the stones represent the various armies, the large army is represented by large stones, and the small group of troops is represented by small stones, and then the enemy and us use white flags and red flags respectively to mark the direction and attack posture, and the other terrain is decorated with some green grass. Wu Zhi commanded the soldiers to work for a long time, and a simplified version of the military sand table was finally presented in front of everyone. At the same time, Wu Zhi wrote the four big characters "military sand table" in the blank space on the sand table.

Zhang Qi, Zhong Fu and others looked at the military sand table that gradually appeared in front of them, and they were stunned and surprised.

It's perfect!

This military sand table is not known how many times stronger than the defense map, on both sides of the border line, the terrain and landforms of the enemy and us are unobstructed, the ravines are distinct, the military situation of the enemy and us is clear at a glance, both image and beauty, they have never seen such a three-dimensional and intuitive sand table map, it is amazing!

Everyone immediately stood in awe of Wu Zhi and sighed to themselves. No wonder Prime Minister Zhang Chun admires him so much, it is not unreasonable.

Everyone gathered around this brand-new military sand table and watched it with fascination. As a result, some careful people began to study slowly, corrected some mistakes, and added some topography, military strongholds, and routes, and gradually, a more detailed and thoughtful military sand table took shape.

Looking at the military sand table that has become more perfect in their hands, everyone can't help but admire from the bottom of their hearts. With the assistance of this clear military sand table, everyone has more confidence and courage to win the current Song-Xia War.