Yang Zhi's arrangement was beyond everyone's expectations, Fu Xuan, Wu Jue, and Xu Wen were the elite of the original Longyou Eighth Battalion, even if they were expanded locally in the past few months, the number of people in each army was estimated to be five or six thousand; Niu Gao's 10,000 cavalry was the main force, but Li Heng and Liu Ziyu's two armies were both Tuntian troops, especially Liu Ziyu's Tuntian army in Youzhou and Yanzhou was completely new, at most about 4,000 people, plus nearly 10,000 horses led by Yue Fei, the total number of the army was only 50,000.

The Western Xia set up the Xiangqing Military Division in Lingzhou, and stationed 50,000 heavy troops for many years, and now the army in Lingzhou has at least 70,000 or 80,000; the two sides are completely disproportionate, and even Niu Gao is sighing: "Yang Shuai, there are still 300,000 cavalry in Western Xia, and reinforcements from Xingzhou can arrive in one day, is it too big?"

"Yes, but it is precisely because I have few soldiers in Western Xia that I will not concentrate 300,000 cavalry to fight, and it is estimated that in the eyes of Brother Richard, 70,000 or 80,000 cavalry guarding Lingzhou is enough. Yang Zhi said unhurriedly: "50,000 people, there is no problem with food, even if you lose, whether you retreat to Youzhou or Xi'an, I decided to leave Yang Yue and Zhao Yi in Qinzhou and go to Lingzhou in person." ”

Since Yang Zhi personally went out, this big battle will certainly not be so simple, all of them are the best generals in the army, and it is natural to guess that Yang Yi and others will definitely appear on the battlefield at the right time, so they have no opinions; Yang Zhiliu Yue Fei, Niu Gao, and Li Heng made a battle plan, and they returned to the office to issue orders to prepare for war. Yang Zhi estimated that the news of Shaanxi's decision to send troops would soon spread, and he must explain his plan to Liu Qi and others in advance.

Yang Zhi issued all the orders, put down the brush in his hand, and was about to stretch his waist, when he saw Zhu Wu push open the outside door and enter; the relationship between Zhu Wu and Yang Zhi was well known, and the guards and officials at the middle gate did not stop Zhu Wu. Zhu Wu walked up to Yang Zhi and said: "Zhang Xiaochun has left Qinzhou and personally went to Taiyuan with your reply, saying that he wanted to fight for supplies for the army, I guess he wanted to see our jokes, tell me, what are your plans, if it is just to drive away Zhang Xiaochun, this price is a bit big." ”

"You came just in time, remember, Zhang Xiaochun asked him to come to see me as soon as he came back. It's not as complicated as you think, I just want to make my father-in-law and brother-in-law happy. Yang Zhi hurriedly stood up and motioned for Zhu Wu and himself to go to Yue Fei's deduction room; in fact, Yang Zhi had done many deductions for attacking Western Xia, Yang Yizhong, Niu Gao, Chong Bin, Wu Jue, Li Yanxian and others had done their homework in this regard, and Yue Fei and the others understood that Yang Zhi just wanted to get a plan that was most suitable for the current season.

By the time Yang Zhi and the others entered, Yue Fei had already made a plan, starting from Xi'an Prefecture, Yue Fei's five troops went to Mingfu Mountain and Zhenbian City, and attacked Anle River and the south of Lingzhou; Wu Jue and Liu Ziyu attacked Le County and attacked the east of Lingzhou. This has an advantage, if the Western Xia divides the troops and refuses, Qu Duan can join the battlefield at any time and join forces with Wu Jue's two armies. Yang Zhi was a little surprised in his heart, Yue Fei's arrangement was to go to Youzhou by himself, did he really want to realize his dream?

Yang Zhi's mood today is really a little delicate, he believes in Yue Fei very much, Yue Fei has also asked Zhao Gou for troops many times in history, the purpose is for the Northern Expedition after all, but Yang Zhi still couldn't help but ask: "There is no way back in the battle of crossing the river, why don't you concentrate your forces?"

Yue Fei said loudly: "General Quduan's troops are too dangerous, there is a lonely city in Youzhou, and there is a threat from Xiazhou, so it is best not to join forces to fight; Wu Jue and Liu Ziyu are familiar with the terrain, and the fewer the people, the greater the flexibility of maneuvering. ”

Yue Fei's answer was very ingenious, the meaning and the statement to be expressed were completely different things, Yang Zhi understood that Yue Fei was worried that Qu Duan was playing clever in order to compete for merit, which would not exist in Yang Yizhong at all. Yang Zhi suddenly realized that an excellent opportunity was sent to him, and his willingness to send troops contained the idea of easing relations with King Yun, why not go further, he should suggest that Zhang Shen and Sun Ang's army go north to Suizhou, and at the same time attack Xiazhou, relieve Yunzhong's worries, and let these people also share their war exploits.

Yang Zhi suddenly smiled, and his tone revealed emotion: "Yue Fei, you are really young and vigorous, and you don't know how to be afraid! Qu Duan doesn't know how angry he will be if he hears your comments, but you are also a lucky general." ”

Everyone on the side couldn't help but laugh, Yang Zhi's evaluation of this junior brother is really difficult to agree, Yue Fei is recognized as a generation of famous generals, and he can't play with the eight poles of Fuzi; Yue Fei's eyes lit up, as he grew older, Yue Fei paid more and more attention to the opinions of the people around him, especially Yang Zhi, the senior brother and boss. Yue Fei understood that Yang Zhi said that he was a lucky general, not that he was going to the battlefield at all, but that his own thinking inspired him; Yue Fei smiled and asked, "What did Senior Brother think of?"

Yang Zhi looked at Yue Fei with more and more appreciation, Yue Fei in front of him was tall, and at first glance he was a good seedling who was better than himself; Yang Zhi simply put the topic away, explained the contradiction between Qinzhou and Taiyuan, and then said to Yue Fei and the others: "The purpose of my visit to Youzhou is to coordinate the attack on Xiazhou by Youzhou, Suizhou, Jingzhou, Yinzhou, and Fuzhou. Therefore, our operation is better than speed, Yue Fei, the Southern Route Army is in charge of you, and the troops will be dispatched within three days. ”

The news of Ma Shen's trip to Suizhou was rumored, and Yue Fei and the others all knew about it, and at this time, they suddenly discovered that it was really possible to design in Suizhou to lure the enemy of Xiazhou; could the king of Yun in Taiyuan really have this plan? However, Yang Zhi did not make it clear, and they were all used to seeing the sea of swords and blood, and they no longer cared about a human life.

"Xie Yang Shuai cultivated!" Yue Fei was so excited that he stood up and saluted, he knew that Yang Zhi saw through his own meaning, but he still arranged according to his own meaning, Yue Fei was grateful to Yang Zhi in his heart, Niu Gao and Li Heng understood that the legend was right, Yue Fei was definitely the first good general in Yang Zhi's eyes.

However, Yang Zhi could not go to Youzhou without any troops, Wang Gang's heavy cavalry was assigned to Yue Fei, Yang Zhi decided to transfer Yang Zhongwu's army and himself to Youzhou; Yang Zhongwu was stationed there in Huanzhou, and currently recruited Hengshan Qiang and Wei Zhou Fan soldiers, the number of which is as high as 8,000. Zhu Wu was not at ease, and suggested that Wu Lu be transferred to 2,000 cavalry, and let Yang Zhi go to Youzhou with 10,000 horses.