On the way down the mountain, Zhao Tan met Zhang Xian and brought people to find him, and returned to the camp together.

After resting for a day and night, the next day he led the troops to the front of Huizhou City to check, the Xiongguan was strong, the flag was not moving, the siege could not be afforded, and the siege could not be stopped, and there was still no way at the moment.

Yang Zhi said stupidly: "If the summer dog of this Huizhou Prefecture dares to come out to fight, Guan Bao will take this city immediately, and it will not take any effort." ”

Zhang Xian also said: "But with a gun in the palm of your hand, you get off the horse in your crotch, kill one when you go out of the city, and kill one when you come out of two." ”

Zhao Ta frowned when he heard this, and looked at the two: "Huizhou is a military department, and there is a capital army in charge, and it is quite a big Song Dynasty who has been slightly pacified all the way, how can he not see the current situation and easily go out of the city to fight?" ”

Li Yanxian said: "Lord Wang, my subordinates think that the city may not come out to fight." ”

Zhao Ta said: "How can Shaoyan say this? ”

Li Yanxian said: "Western Xia should have been mobilizing and conscripting, and now it has been a few days, as long as the new recruits arrive, the number of people in the city is no longer weaker than our army, and they may not dare to come out and try." ”

Zhao Ta touched his chin and fell into a burst of thought......

In the city of Huizhou, the commander of the Xishou Baotai Supervisory Army Division was the commander of the army, and he was sitting behind the table to read the letter.

His left and right are the deputy commander He Lian Hubao, and the supervising army envoy Fang Dang is famous.

Further down are dozens of commanders, coaches, and guards, both party members and Han Chinese.

Now there are many officials and few soldiers in the city of Huizhou, Li Qianshun ordered the transfer of troops to fight the Xihe, and the soldiers went out directly seven or eight out of ten, and there were not many left, and a few people and horses were gathered to protect the river, and now there are only weaker conscripts, and there is no elite.

After reading the letter, Mi Zhuozandao's expression was gloomy, he was a burly figure, born with a big beard and a big face, his eyes were like copper bells, and he didn't speak immediately, but first picked up the wine glass on the table, and drank all the liquor inside, and then he scolded: "Lao Tzu said how could Shichuan be lost, it turned out that Li Changshuo's dog thief surrendered!" ”

Everyone below looked at each other when they heard this, Li Changshuo is the inspector of the Xishou Baotai Military Division, although the temporary position level is not so high, but the power is not small, the most important person is the clan, how could he surrender?

Mi Tuozan looked at everyone and said: "King Jin said in his letter that the new army will arrive soon, and 50,000 horses will be directly reinforced from Huizhou, so let's see if we can recapture Shikichuan." ”

When a commander below heard this, he immediately said: "The army is in command, and the Song soldiers are only more than 10,000 people, although these 50,000 are all new soldiers, it will definitely be easy to recapture Shikichuan." ”

Mi Baozandao snorted: "Don't underestimate this Song army, the people sent by the King of Jin to aid Shichuan before there were six straight elites in Mali, but almost all the troops were wiped out!" ”

"The elite of the six-class straight?"

"Annihilation?"

"How is that possible?"

"Is this Song army so at stake?"

The following was immediately surprised, and Fang Dangming, the envoy of the supervising army next to him, frowned and said: "Li Changshuo secretly descended to the Song army, and even the elite of the sixth squad was ambushed and attacked, and the enemy suffered from the abdomen and back, so he was defeated and lost. ”

Only then did everyone breathe a sigh of relief, after all, the central army of Western Xia was extremely strong, and the Xingqing Mansion Guards were the most powerful in the central army, even surpassing the border army.

The guards of Xingqing Mansion are composed of Iron Harriers and Liubanzhi, if Liubanzhi is defeated so easily and the whole army is annihilated, then the Song army is too strong.

Mi Tuozandao glanced at Fang Dang with dissatisfaction, the major military departments have always been in harmony with the military and the military supervisors, but the two are restricted, although most of the military divisions are the commanders of the army, but the military envoys also have a lot of power.

"The strength of the two sides is about the same, even if it is a surprise attack, the elite of the six classes will not be almost wiped out, only a few hundred people will flee back so badly, this Song army is different from the previous Western army, we must be cautious, although the king of Jin said to take back Fuchuan, but it also depends on the situation." Mi Tuozan snorted coldly.

Fang Dang Mingyan didn't answer, but a slight disdain appeared at the corner of his mouth.

He Lian Hubao, the deputy commander, hurriedly said: "What Lord Du Tongjun said is extremely true, especially this Song army has been in my summer realm for a long time, but the real origin has not yet been known, and there are many strange things, so we still have to deal with it carefully." ”

Another commander below was puzzled: "Hasn't the origin of this Song army been found yet?" In the past, the military newspaper said that there was a mixture of Han and Tibetan in it, even if it was not the old Western Army, it was also a newly formed Western Army, and it came from the fortress and mountain on the side of Gaizhu City, so it should be the right soldier of Xining Long, right? ”

He Lian Hubao glanced at him and said: "The soldiers naturally can't run to the side of Xining Prefecture, but the commander of this army and the general who led the army, but I still don't know anything about the origin now, and none of them are people in the Western Army, if they have been recognized a long time ago." ”

Mi Baozandao was upset when he heard it above, and waved his hand: "The King of Jin has asked His Majesty to send the spies of the Sadness Wind Hall to the Song Realm to inquire about the news, it is estimated that there will be an answer soon, this Song army is also strange, and now their Lanzhou, Hezhou, Taozhou and Xizhou are all lost and do not come back, just fight to the east, do you really think that you can hit Xingqing Mansion?" ”

When everyone heard this, they were silent for a while, in fact, this is what they don't understand, this is unreasonable, the other party has lost half of Xihe Road, and it is reasonable to go back to support, how can it be so dedicated to attacking?

If it is true that the army broke the gap from the direction of Gaizhu City and killed directly, but the problem is that this Song army does not seem to have so many men, according to the military reports of this period of time, the total number should not even be 30,000 people.

This is a strange thing, do such people really think that they can destroy the foundation of Great Xia? It's just that I don't have time to deal with them now, otherwise just three thousand iron harriers will wipe them out......

Zhao Ta led everyone back to the camp, although there were no troops to besiege the city, but the scouts also sent a lot, and the other party's every move was also in full view, so he naturally knew that there was a messenger entering the city.

He discussed with the generals, although he couldn't get down to Huizhou at the moment, he still confronted each other for a while to see if there would be reinforcements from the other side, and if there were reinforcements, he would see what the movement was, continue to close the city, or take the initiative to fight, and then decided to stay.

The generals naturally have no opinions, and they all hope to win Huizhou in one fell swoop, but it is a pity in their hearts if they return in vain.

Afterwards, Zhao Tan continued to dig fortifications, build various defenses, and dug out some military industries on both sides of the camp and even in the rear more than ten miles away, and mastered all his retreats, so that he could settle down.

Three days passed in a blink of an eye, and this morning the Tanma came to report one after another, but in the end they couldn't go down and returned to the camp directly.

Zhao Ta sat in the big tent and looked at the generals with a gloomy face: "Why did the other party come with so many reinforcements?" ”

The generals look at me, I look at you, and they all look puzzled, according to the news of the horse spying, the Western Xia sent at least forty or fifty thousand reinforcements, so many people entered Huizhou, then the total military strength of Huizhou has reached fifty thousand.

50,000 people defend the city, 10,000 siege the city, how can this battle be fought?

What's more, what kind of city is still being defended by so many people on the other side, it will definitely be killed!

Zhao Tan sneered: "It's all good now, I will definitely go out of the city to fight, didn't I say before that as long as I go out of the city to fight, Guan Bao will win it immediately?" It should be killed soon, let's talk about it, how to take it immediately? ”

The generals thought to themselves, the prince is unreasonable, doesn't that mean that there are no reinforcements in Huizhou, or if there are almost enough people to help, how can you take it immediately if you have five times the strength of your own side at this time!

Zhao Ta looked at everyone: "It is inevitable that the other party will go out of the city, and they all want to meet the enemy, if they can't think of it, then they will pull out the camp and retreat to Shichuan!" ”

Yang Zhidao: "Lord Wang, this ...... Not really. ”

Zhang Xian also said: "Lord Wang, the enemy who has been several times stronger in the past has not been broken, and he will definitely be able to find a way to take Huizhou." ”

Zhao Ta's eyes closed slightly, and he leaned back in the chair: "Then I want to think about it, if I can't think of it, I have to leave." ”

The generals whispered one after another, but they didn't come up with any plans for most of the day, even Li Yanxian frowned, and finally Zhang Xian said: "Lord Wang, it is better for the subordinates to spread it for a while, so as to attract the other party to break it." ”

Zhao Ta said: "Array? ”

Zhang Xian nodded and said: "The subordinates see that this place is suitable, and there are complete fortifications to cover it, if you want to win more with less, it is most suitable to set up a large array to lure the enemy into depth." ”

Zhao Ta thought about it, the location where they camped at this moment was indeed suitable for arranging the formation, and some fortifications were dug far away, and the other side was almost as far as the side of the Rouwolf Mountain, all in order to facilitate the preparation of retreat once the form was not good.

"What are you going to set up?"

Zhang Xian's formations were almost all learned in Meng De's new book formations, and although Zhao Ta didn't study them too deeply, he always remembered the names of each one.

"Lord Wang, my subordinates want to set up a ...... Seven Kills Serial Array! ”

"Seven kills in a row?" Zhao Ta didn't remember that there was this formation in the formation.

"Lord Wang, this is a new formation created by the subordinates who combined the chain array and the seven-star array." Zhang Xian was a little embarrassed.

"A new formation!" Zhao Ta glanced at him, thinking that when would he have the ability to grow up, he would also be able to integrate the formation by himself.

Zhang Xian said: "Lord Wang, my subordinates are looking at some old formations and some can't cope with the current battlefield, so they ...... I thought about changing and fusing it. ”

"Can't cope with the current battlefield?" Zhao Ta touched his chin, although he knew that what Zhang Xian said was right, after all, time has passed, and some ancient formations are not very easy to use now, but he still wants to test him: "Let's take a look." ”

Zhang Xiandao: "In ancient times, the population was not as large as today, so the army was not as large as it is now, the number of soldiers used in each formation was somewhat small, and some of the so-called large formations of one or two thousand people could be placed, but now they are not large enough at all, and when facing several times the enemy's military strength, they cannot play a role, and they are very likely to collapse in one rush." ”

Zhao Ta nodded: "What else?" ”

"The weapons of the soldiers are also very different, some of the ancient formations are for the sake of weapons, but now the shape of some weapons has died out or changed, so some formations cannot demonstrate the real power at all."

"And?"

Zhang Xian continued: "Many ancient formations are based on the topography of mountains and rivers, which restricts the use of many formations......

"That's it." Zhao Ta interrupted his words: "How many people do you need to arrange this Seven Kills Serial Array?" ”

Zhang Xian said: "Lord Wang, I want 7,000 people!" ”

Seven thousand? When the generals heard this, they all took a breath of cool air, so many people set up a formation, even in today's era, it can be called a big array.

Zhao Tan narrowed his eyes: "Seven thousand...... Can it break 50,000? ”

When Zhang Xian heard this, he immediately felt a little weak: "Lord Wang, the other party won't come out of the city, right?" The subordinates felt that breaking 20,000 or 30,000 would not be a problem. ”

Zhao Ta smiled and said: "Twenty or thirty thousand is not enough, now we only have 10,000 people, you use 7,000 capable soldiers at once, what is it good to have the remaining 3,000?" ”

Zhang Xian gritted his teeth: "My subordinates think they can break 40,000 people!" ”

"Forty thousand!" Zhao Ta nodded, thinking that this is about the same, if the killing ratio of a large array cannot reach one to five, then this formation cannot be called a success, after all, it is very troublesome and cumbersome to set up a formation, and it has to attract the other party, the other party may not want to enter the formation, if it can't be done to break five, then it will not be able to talk about killing the formation.

"How long will it take?"

"Lord Wang, it only takes two days to get right, the vine armor and the cavalry subordinates have practiced in Zhuo Luo, and there is this formation, but now that the soldiers have changed, they need to be re-familiar with and assigned positions."

"Two days?" Zhao Ta thought for a while: "I estimate that Huizhou City will attack the camp tomorrow, and I don't know if three thousand people can block the other party's attack." ”

Yang Zhi said at this time: "Lord Wang, there are more than 50 trenches in front of the camp, and there are Masuo deer forks and the like, the bows and crossbows in the camp are complete, and there are stone cannons, I dare not say it for a long time, it should be no problem to block tomorrow's day, right?" ”

Zhao Ta shook his head and said, "You should be guarding the city?" This is a garrison, the other party also has these things you said, bed crossbows may be scarce, but there will be no shortage of flying artillery, Xixia can make it by itself, and when the time comes, tens of thousands of people will pile it up, and I am afraid it will be difficult to stop......"

Li Yanxian suddenly said at this time: "Lord Wang, my subordinates feel that if they only keep tomorrow for one day, there should be no big problem." ”

Everyone looked at him when they heard this, and Zhao Ta said, "What did Shaoyan say?" ”

Li Yanxian said: "I'm afraid the prince forgot, these are all recruits!" ”

"Recruits?" Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and then they talked in a low voice.

Zhao Ta said quietly: "How are the recruits?" Don't you hear that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers! ”

Li Yanxian smiled and said: "Lord Wang, the truth is like that, but now the recruits mobilized in Western Xia are only afraid that they are not newborn calves, whether these people have been strictly trained, whether they have been arrested or not, I am afraid that there are not many really young and young people in it." ”

Yang Zhi woke up and said: "This is, the younger the courage is, the older it gets, the bigger it gets, and the bigger it gets, it will be smaller, if these Western Xia reinforcements are all middle-aged and old, I'm afraid they won't dare to kill with all their hearts." ”

Zhang Xian said: "I also missed this matter, otherwise I wouldn't have begun to hesitate to break the opponent's twenty or thirty thousand people, if it is a new soldier, forty thousand should be true." ”

Zhao Ta thought for a moment and nodded: "In this case, Zhang Xian, you order seven thousand troops to set up the formation, Li Yanxian leads one thousand five hundred people to defend the front of the camp, and Yang Zhi leads one thousand people to inspect the surroundings and support the front of the camp at any time." ”

The three of them hugged their fists together to receive the order, and then took the rest of the guards out of the tent to set up. (End of chapter)