The Weisheng Army and Taiyuan Mansion converged on the border, and Zhao Ta divided his 120,000 troops into three routes.

The 120,000 troops have 100,000 of their own, and the remaining 20,000 are men and horses brought by the folded family.

Even if the Zhe family is the head snake, the 20,000 people are also the Great Song Dynasty army, and Zhao Ta naturally uses it.

Among them, there were 80,000 men and horses, led by himself, followed by four fierce men, and there were 1,000 iron floating slaughter in the army.

The 1,000 Iron Floating Massacre was formed temporarily, and the Jurchen 10,000 iron armor was completely annihilated, and the lock armor and weapons were all turned into war profits and were included in Zhao Tan's bag.

There are more than 6,000 pairs of heavy armor available in it, and more than 3,000 sets of equipment can be made by horses.

Although according to these equipment, it is theoretically possible to allocate at least 3,000 Iron Floating Cavalry, but although there are things, the men and horses that meet the heavy armor are not available.

Heavy armor has extremely high requirements for the physique of the cavalry, and the same is true for the war horse, both of which must be met, and it is really impossible to complete it with the current situation in the army.

People are still second, mainly war horses, when the iron harrier was formed in Hexi, everything was ready, and finally it was stuck by the war horse, and it was really not enough to go to the city of Kedun to seize the horses, and Yang Zhi is still guarding there.

And the original war horses of Tiefutu are useless, the dead are dead, the wounded are wounded, where can they be intact under the hook and sickle.

In the end, a thousand horses were selected to form this Iron Floating Massacre.

This heavy armor of only 1,000 people, he divided it into four teams and led them to the four fierce respectively, Luda, Qin Ming, Suo Chao, and Li Kui, and each of the four led 250 Tiefutu cavalry.

Zhao Ta thinks this number is very good, and it sounds very fierce, which is quite suitable for four people.

The other 30,000 soldiers and horses were handed over to Zhang Xian, and then Zhu Wu was assigned to him, Zhang Xian has almost experienced it in recent years, but he is still young, and some old scheming is a little hot, so he drove Zhu Wu, who is good at strategy, with him.

The last way was led by Xu Ning, and he was given Hu Yanzhuo and Hua Rong as his deputies, without infantry, just 10,000 elite horsemen.

Zhao Tan led the main force of 80,000 to Taiyuan, and Zhang Xian's 30,000 horses went around to Lanzhou, Xinzhou and other places north of Taiyuan to ambush to prevent the Jin soldiers stationed in Fuzhou and Linzhou from coming back to help, and at the same time cut off the retreat of the Taiyuan Jin army.

According to Zhi Hanmei's statement, there were originally about 30,000 troops in Taiyuan City, but the soldiers and civilians defending the city were all together, counting the militia and the like, I was afraid that there were no less than 100,000, and they had the conditions for internal and external attacks.

At that time, as long as the outside of the city is killed and the banner is played, the king in the city will inevitably go out of the city to cooperate.

Taiyuan is not as good as Tokyo, there are many people, Emperor Daojun is hesitant and arbitrary, and the ministers are timid and afraid of death, and it is difficult to grasp the opportunity of the war.

Taiyuan is Wang Yu's own own decision, Wang Yu's posture as a general, and once his subordinates, acting decisively, seeing that it is his banner, ninety percent of nine will directly kill the attack, so there is no need to send someone to send a letter to agree.

Xu Ning's 10,000 troops went to converge with his family and horses, and with his hand, he dispatched all the opposition troops on Hedong Road to outflank Taiyuan Mansion.

This is also the reason why he gave Xu Ning all fine horses, on the one hand, he asked the Zhe family and other troops in the opposition to see, his own soldiers and horses were ten of them, and on the other hand, this kind of thing needs to come and go quickly, and the horse must be fast to act.

At this moment, it is summer, but the weather on Hedong Road is quite cool because of the Taihang Mountain.

Zhao Ta divided the scouts in front of him into ten levels, one level every thirty miles, and the farthest three hundred miles.

The military horses on his side advanced to Taiyuan, and Zhang Xian on the east side took 30,000 people around the road.

In addition to Zhang Xian and Zhu Wu in this team, there are also Fan Rui, Xiang Chong, Li Gon, Huang Xin and Guo Sheng.

These 30,000 people were all veterans of Longyou, not an army integrated in Gyeonggi, who had participated in the Western Xia War, the Uighur War, and the Eastern Qarakhanid War, which were specially allocated to him by Zhao Ta.

Before leaving, Zhao Ta called Zhang Xian and Zhu Wu to the camp tent and asked him in detail, Zhang Xian's army was the most important of the three roads, and the task was also the heaviest.

He was responsible for cutting the battlefield on the Hedong Road, isolating the Taiyuan Jurchen Army from the border Jurchen Army, preventing the two armies from converging, and cutting off the retreat route of the Taiyuan Jurchen Army.

If you can hold on to Xu Ning's side to join the Zhejia army and outflank the opposition army in the middle, this trip will be considered a success.

Zhang Xian rode on his horse at this time, and said to Zhu Wu next to him: "Military advisor, last night, you listened to the prince say that Yan Lou is a good soldier, what do you think?" ”

Zhu Wu smiled slightly when he heard this, he felt quite relaxed and happy at the moment, looking at the mountains and rivers on both sides, the scenery was beautiful, the sky was high and the clouds were broad, and his mind was open.

It's been a long time since I've been so comfortable, five years? Or ten years? In short, it has never been easy since hitting Shaohua Mountain, and later it was even more heavy and depressing, as if there was a big stone in his heart every moment, and he was careful in his words and cautious.

Now that the haze has disappeared, it has ushered in the first military position given by His Majesty.

Since the previous year and Song Jiang defected to Hexi, he was only idle like a staff member, His Majesty didn't ask him to do anything, didn't ask him to do it, including Wu Yong's opponent, just stayed.

He played chess and chatted with An Daoquan, Huangfuduan and others on weekdays, although he was comfortable, he was a little unwilling.

What I learned in Shaohua Mountain was delayed after falling into the grass, and it was useless to enter Liangshan again, I had thought that I had let go of the burden in my heart, if I just had a free life, I didn't expect that this expedition was taken by His Majesty, and he was appointed to such an important position.

It is indeed an important position, as soon as he heard about the errand sent by His Majesty to Zhang Xian yesterday, he understood the importance of this position, which is to take this army as the center, and then coordinate with the north and the south to set off a vigorous battle in Hedong!

Their army not only has to connect the south with the north, but also has to reach the south to resist the north, the south blocks the Jurchen army besieging Taiyuan to escape, and the Jurchen army on the border of the northern resistance comes down to support, and goes to Xu Ning to join the local scattered soldiers and horses to form a large net, and to the middle to complete the task.

This is a very difficult matter, and Zhang Xian is His Majesty's brother-in-law, and he sent himself to assist the other party, so it can be seen that His Majesty also values him, otherwise how could he be asked to sit in the position of military advisor.

Is there really a chance to get up? Fight a marquis to worship the prime minister, and the shadow son to seal the wife!

At this time, hearing Zhang Xian's inquiry, his mind turned and turned, and Zhu Wu said: "Young General, the soldiers are impermanent, the war is unconventional, and the manpower is sometimes poor. ”

Zhang Xian thought about it, it is true, if according to His Majesty's words, this person is simply said to be the first general of the Jin Kingdom, but why did he not participate in the siege of Taiyuan in Taiyuan, but stationed in the rear?

"What does the military advisor mean is that no matter how great his skills are, no one uses them, and it is in vain to do it on his own?"

Zhu Wu nodded: "That's right, if you want Zhuge Wuhou to borrow arrows from the grass boat, without Lu Zijing's cooperation, what's the use of indulging in clever calculations?" In the Battle of Chibi, Zhou Gongjin did not have Sun Zhongmou's trust, how could he succeed? ”

Zhang Xiandao: "What the military advisor said is good, although Your Majesty specially mentioned that this person is powerful, but I'm afraid I haven't thought about this, we should be careful and treat it carefully, but we don't have to take this person too seriously." ”

Zhu Wu looked at Zhang Xian, smiled slightly and shook his head: "Young General, you don't understand what Your Majesty really means." ”

"What does Your Majesty really mean?" Zhang Xian was stunned: "What else does Your Majesty mean?" ”

Zhu Wu stretched out his hand and touched his beard, and said, "Your Majesty's intention is naturally to tell the young general to be careful of this person, and the second is to take advantage of this person's exclusion at the moment to see if he can be ...... Stay in Hedong forever! ”

"Stay in Hedong forever?" Zhang Xian raised his eyebrows when he heard this, yes, since this person's skills are so great, then he didn't take advantage of his lack of reuse at this moment and find a way to kill him!

"Exactly, depending on what Your Majesty means, this Wanyan Lou's military combat skills should be stronger than those of Sticky Han, Wushu and others, and at this moment, he is not powerful, so he must find a way to destroy him."

Zhang Xian nodded, and said: "Miss Zhe said that there are about 10,000 people in the two states of Fulin, one is the town guard of the Wanyan Lou room, and the other is the speed of the Wanyan pull, if these two people are really as His Majesty speculated, they will abandon the city and lead the troops to the south, and the 150,000 or 60,000 Jurchen troops in Taiyuan in the south will return to the north, even if they are defeated and half, there will be 80,000 soldiers and horses, plus this 10,000, it is 90,000, which is three times that of our army, but how to deal with the enemy?" ”

Zhu Wu couldn't help but ponder when he heard this, this is also something he has been pondering since last night, is it difficult? Hard! But because it is difficult, if it can be done, it is a great achievement.

He said slowly: "Show the enemy weakness, lure the enemy deep, lay an ambush, and fight him unprepared, Major General, our biggest chance of winning now is to bet that the two sides will not come at the same time." ”

"What if it comes at the same time?" Zhang Xian's expression was serious.

"If it comes at the same time...... Zhu Wu closed his eyes slightly: "Then you have to intervene in advance, so that they can't come together!" ”

Zhang Xian took a deep breath: "I have an idea. ”

"Major General, please speak."

"When I was young, I studied the book of war with His Majesty, there are formations in the book, all kinds of ancient formations, I also used the situation at the time, according to the current method of warfare, I have created some large formations, I have used in the battle of Western Xia, I see that the terrain in the east of the river has mountains and rivers, but it is suitable for the formation ......"

"Formation? The major general will actually set up a large array? Zhu Wu's eyes bloomed when he heard this, arranging military formations was what he was good at, but he didn't expect Zhang Xian to do the same.

"It's just a little scratchy." Zhang Xian was puzzled: "Why is the military advisor in such a tone?" ”

Zhu Wu stroked his palms and laughed: "The young general doesn't know, his subordinates are also in formation, half of their lives are immersed in the formation, they forget to sleep and eat, and they can't extricate themselves from it." ”

"The military advisor is actually good at formation?" Zhang Xian couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, although he has been in the army all these years, he has not met a person who will be in the same formation with him.

It's really a long time since ancient times, and many things have been lost, and the battlefield fighting style in today's world has changed, unlike in ancient times, when it was still dominated by formations, so it is rare to meet a confidant to discuss.

Zhu Wu nodded heavily, and naturally he was happy in his heart, how could he not be the same as Zhang Xian, he had not met anyone who understood the formation for many years, and at this moment, under the excitement, the two immediately discussed......

The speed of Zhao Ta's military horse was not as fast as Zhang Xian's team, and it was not as fast as Xu Ning's, and he had to stop almost every time he walked, and after listening to the scout's report, he decided to continue to move forward or change the route.

There were two tough encounters with the Jurchen army outside Tokyo before, once when the four fierce leaders led the team, and the opponent's troops seemed to win the battle.

The other time the strength was twice as large as the opponent, and the opponent had the Iron Float, and he was also better than the opponent.

But at the moment, there are only 80,000 troops here, and the other party has 150,000 or 60,000 troops under Taiyuan City, which is twice as much as himself, and it looks a little difficult to continue to win.

Zhi Hanmei asked on the side of the horse, "What is Your Highness thinking?" ”

The two brothers of Zhiwu Zhigang followed Xu Ning to recruit the Zhe family army, but Zhe Hanmei did not follow and stayed here.

Zhao Ta exhaled lightly and said with a smile: "This title still sounds more pleasant, these days everyone calls Your Majesty, it's annoying to death." ”

Zhehan Meiwan said: "Don't you just call Your Majesty, the people's daughter is already a bully to call it like this." ”

"What a gentleman is not." Zhao Ta waved his hand: "Do you think I really want to be this gentleman?" ”

Zhi Hanmei pursed her lips and looked at him, she still didn't know Xiao Zhao Ta, and she was going to put up a score again.

Zhao Tan didn't pay attention to Zhe Hanmei's expression, and said with a pretentious look: "If the world is peaceful, the world is stable, the court is honest, the people are rich, the people are well fed and warmly clothed, and there are cars in the house, I am not rare to be a gentleman, what is good about being a gentleman?" Not to mention tiredness, but also to fix the body to death in Gyeonggi, where is it better to be an idle prince, or even wandering the rivers and lakes, indulging in the mountains and rivers, and roaring proud of the clouds, it is also a hundred times stronger than being a king. ”

Zhe Hanmei covered her mouth when she heard this, and her thin eyebrows were bent.

Zhao Tahu froze: "What are you laughing at?" ”

"No, I didn't laugh at anything...... "Zhi Hanmei turned her head, her shoulders trembling slightly.

Zhao Ta's face immediately darkened: "You don't believe it? ”

"Believe, believe, when did I not believe what His Highness said?" Zhi Hanmei turned her cheeks and looked serious: "Since what His Royal Highness said when he was a child, where is there anything unrealized, His Highness is not uncommon in this position, and the people are naturally convinced." ”

Zhao Tahu looked at her suspiciously, and said for a long time: "It's here, take me to meet the old general." ”

"Huh?" Zhi Hanmei was stunned when she heard this: "What happened when His Highness went to see his father?" ”

"The pillar of the old general's country, Rong Ma has not seen him for more than ten years, it should be a greeting, by the way, ......" Zhao Ta touched his chin.

"By the way, what?" Zhi Hanmei didn't know why she was suddenly a little nervous.

"By the way, by the way, I would like to mention a kiss." A smug smile appeared at the corner of Zhao Ta's mouth.

"Ah, Your Highness......" Zhi Hanmei's cheeks turned red, her face was panicked, and she suddenly didn't dare to look at Zhao Ta again, and lightly pinched the horse's belly, and the horse rushed forward.

Zhao Ta looked at her back, shook his head, and said to himself: "The boss is not too young, what is there to be ashamed of, if it weren't for this king's proposal, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to get married." ”

At this time, the military horses in front slowly stopped, and another scout rushed back to report.

Zhao Ta called to the front, the scout looked dusty, and said half-saluted on the horse: "Your Majesty, the subordinate three-hundred-mile scouts have come back and forth to find out the news." ”

"Three hundred miles scout......" Zhao Ta nodded, the three hundred miles scout had also reported a few times before, but this time it should be different, because according to the distance, this time the scout should have explored a place about a hundred miles in Taiyuan......

(End of chapter)