Now is a troubled time, the family no longer has the strength of the Han and Tang dynasties, the rank of the official position and the control of the army is the key to consolidating their prestige; Yang Zhi is his ally of Cao Qianli, and the Cao family wants to have a long-term meal ticket on King Yun's side, so they must have a good relationship with Yang Zhi, and they don't want Yang Zhi to lose their share on King Yun's side. Cao Qianli saw through Yang Zhi's intentions, but considering his own vital interests, he had to be tactfully reminded, which could be regarded as a favor.

"Lord Cao is too anxious, it has always been Jingzhou and Suizhou to deal with Xiazhou, and Youzhou really has no preparations here. Yang Zhi naturally knew that he and Cao Qianli were two grasshoppers on the same rope, and said casually: "The situation in the desert is unknown, and it is impossible for us to send troops from the direction of Youzhou." Can Taiyuan and Jingzhou provide some information?"

Cao Qianli saw Li Guang's eager eyes and categorically vetoed: "Yang Shuai, the lower officials don't know, if there is, King Yun won't fail to mention it." ”

Cao Qianli knew Yang Zhi and Yue Fei, both of them were good at long-term people, how could they not have a plan for Xiazhou, Yelu Yujian's attack on Xiazhou was also planned by Yang Zhi in the final analysis. Although Yang Zhi never showed any signs of attacking Xiazhou, Cao Qianli believed that Yang Zhi must have his own way; as for Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, Cao Qianli also knew that he was prepared, but this time he came, and Zhao Kai did not hand over those people to himself, which shows that the king of Yun has his own ideas.

In this case, as an errand runner in it, Cao Qianli didn't want to cause trouble, and finally trapped himself in it; Yang Zhi waited for Cao Qianli to finish speaking, and asked coldly: "Does Meng Yue have any inside information?"

Meng Yue has been lurking in Western Xia for 20 years, and he has always been mysterious and secretive in his work, and his intelligence network in Suizhou and other places is very good, but he doesn't know anything in Xiazhou? Cao Qianli suddenly realized the meaning behind Yang Zhi's words, and his expression immediately became solemn, Meng Yue was the person he was going to take away this time, if Yang Zhi used this reason to get stuck, Cao Qianli would have no place to cry.

Li Guang saw that Cao Qianli didn't speak, and sneered: "You should be very clear about the importance that King Yun attaches to Xiazhou, since it is the last of the five cities, the people of Western Xia will definitely spare no effort to build Xiazhou, and our army's capture of Xiazhou will definitely cause a huge sense of crisis on the other side, which is far from what we can expect." Lord Cao, it doesn't matter if you say something extraneous, but how can you say that King Yun is not prepared?"

Yang Zhi's face became gloomy, his brows furrowed, he thought for a moment, let Li Yanxian and Wu Jue spread out the map, and said, "Even if we send troops now, if nothing happens, Xiazhou has learned of the news, and then they can arrange countermeasures, and if the army has a slight accident, we will fall into a siege, and Xiazhou is a strange place for us, and we can't find anyone to help, on the contrary, there are enemies in all directions, and if we are wrong, we will definitely die." ”

"According to what Yang Shuai said, do we want to be trapped in Youzhou and do nothing?" Cao Qianli asked again: "Yue Fei's army is still in Lingzhou, at this critical moment of life and death, Yang Shuai must not blindly believe in the so-called plan. ”

Yang Zhi waved his hand at Cao Qianli, signaling him to be calm for a while, and then pointed to the map and drew a circle in Xiazhou, "Since the government of Yin, Sui and other places is not under our control, when we design a retreat, we can only go in one direction from Youzhou." ”

Hearing Yang Zhi say this, Cao Qianli couldn't hold back, and said loudly with excitement, "According to what Yang Shuai said, if you take the order, you are waiting for the opportunity?"

Yang Zhi saw that Cao Qianli was angry, he couldn't help laughing, nodded to Cao Qianli who was glaring angrily, and pointed a finger to the location of Mi Hun Shu on the map and said: "The area around Xiazhou City has gradually been covered by deserts, and will eventually become ruins, and the nearest Baicheng Town to us is said to be a ghost domain where there are no people and only the Western Xia army enters and exits; Many abandoned ancient cities such as Qiwu City, no matter from which point of view, it is easy for Jingzhou to send troops. ”

Li Guang didn't know why, looked at the map suspiciously, Yang Zhi's fingers went northeast along the map of Mi Hun Shu, and stopped in Dejing County; when Cao Qianli and Li Guang frowned, Yang Zhi continued to move his fingers, through the marked desert area, and finally stopped between the Wuding River and the Yellow River. Cao Qianli's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had been enlightened, Yang Zhi's real purpose in sending troops this time was Xiazhou, and the others were all making a show; Cao Qianli had a lot of contact with secrets in Taiyuan, so he naturally knew that the generals in Taiyuan were still not sure about attacking Xiazhou, and they had no chance of success after making several battle plans.

The area selected by Yang Zhi is actually the remaining pastures and fertile fields in Xiazhou, and it is also the connecting channel between Xiazhou and Xingzhou; the situation in Xiazhou and Youzhou is similar, and he cannot meet the supply of the local military and civilians, and completely relies on the operation of Lingzhou and other places. Originally, Youzhou and Yanzhou were the main sources of materials in Xiazhou, and now only Xingzhou on the other side of the river remains, but the Yellow River has come to Jiuqu and turned here, and the transportation is not so easy.

In an instant, Yang Zhi's weight in Cao Qianli's mind suddenly increased a few points; Li Yanxian's explanation was exactly like this, originally in order to cross the river, Yang Zhi transferred a Yellow River naval army of 2,000 people into the west of Youzhou, and now he can directly go north to harass Xiazhou. After listening to this, Li Guang stared at the map and said: "The Xixia people pay attention to self-sufficiency, the transportation volume is not too large, according to the previous practice, they all come out to fight the autumn wind, I wonder why you don't wait for the battle, it turns out that you want to lure the fish to the bait." It's just that I have two worries, the silver and Sui armies are transferred to Youzhou, will the Western Xia take the opportunity to sneak attack Suizhou, and then kill all the way to ......"

Li Guang suddenly found that he couldn't go on, after Suizhou, whether it was east or south, there were a large number of fortresses built by the original Song and Xia countries, and even if they were stationed with heavy troops until now, there was no possibility of killing them. And Youzhou in the west of Suizhou and Yanzhou in the southwest, the army under Yang Zhi did not move at all, no wonder Ma Shen was asked to be the governor of Suizhou, Yang Zhi and Qu Duan did not move their nests in Youzhou, so it was, so it was.

Li Guang muttered to himself, sat down in a chair, he suddenly understood Zhao Kai's intention to transfer the army to Yang Zhi, and also understood why Yang Zhi still hoped that Jingzhou would attack Xiazhou; Li Guang could not evaluate the rights and wrongs of Zhao Kai and Yang Zhi, but he knew that Yang Zhi did this in order not to let Ma Shen's death be counted on his head.