At the banquet, Yeluyue said with emotion: "I thought that I would never have the opportunity to become a Song person, but I didn't expect it to come so quickly, it really feels unreal." ”

Bo Deng smiled bitterly and was speechless, he was not as easy as Yelu Yue, Yang Zhi smiled and said: "Becoming a Song person also means the beginning of the conquest, especially in Datong Mansion, where Song, Liao, Jin, and Xia all want to get it, and it can be said that the big war is just around the corner." Do you want to go to the battlefield and give it a try?"

Yelu Yue changed the subject and said, "Yang Zhi, there is something I want to ask for your opinion. ”

Lu Zhishen stopped the movement in his hand, and Yang Zhi said happily: "If my brother has any doubts in his heart, just say it and see if I can help." ”

Yeluyue said: "Although Huanzhou is a good place, it is not suitable for me, what I hope is to march and fight, can you let me join the Canglang camp?"

Only then did everyone realize that they had misunderstood Yeluyue's intentions, and Yang Zhi smiled and said: "It's an honor, my brother will fight with us in the future, as for Canglang Camp or Shuozhou, it seems that our world should not be so small." At the very least, I think that the sixteen states of Yanyun still need us to lay down one or two places. ”

Lu Zhishen asked, "I heard that the Western Xia army is coming, how many of them are there?"

Zhu Wudao: "It is estimated that there are tens of thousands, and the number of troops is at least two or three times that of us, or even more. ”

Zhang San showed a look of disdain, and said: "The captured army is like this in front of us, and those local troops in Xiazhou will kill him as many as they want." ”

The army of the Western Xia is composed of three parts: the central guard army, the capture army and the local army, the central guard army includes the "proton army", the emperor's guard and the garrison of the Beijing division; the number of the capture army is about 100,000, it is the elite army of the Western Xia, the main task is to undertake the attack on fortified positions and mobile operations, because it is customary to capture the enemy army as slaves in battle, so it is named; the local army of the Western Xia is under the jurisdiction of the various military supervision divisions, with a total of 500,000 people, and the military arms are mainly cavalry and infantry, which are not separated from production in peacetime and participate in battles in wartime.

Zhu Wu said with a smile: "Brother Zhang, there must be a living capture army among them, which should not be taken lightly." As long as this army can be destroyed, there may not be enough men in Xiazhou and other places. ”

Yang Zhi raised his glass and said, "Come, may we defend Shuozhou in the first battle." ”

Yue Fei put the remarked map on the long table, and the generals of the Canglang battalion watched around, Yue Fei introduced: "This time the commander of the Western Xia is Wu'er Siqi, the deputy marshal Cao Price, the pioneer Li Yu and Tuoba Shu, this time it is also plotting the Liao region, and the Western Xia has been reinforced again and again, and has sent generals like Li Liangfu and Wu'er Siqi. The Western Xia army was as many as 50,000, so there were many troops and no worries. Now the traces of the Xixia army have been found to be the wet head mountain, the black camel ditch, and the Hongtao Spring. “

Chong Bin, who had rushed back to Shuozhou, said: "Not only that, the deputy marshal Cao Price is proficient in firearms, and there are also thunderbolts in Western Xia, which were created by Cao Price. ”

Yang Zhi thought for a while and said, "Instead of hurting his five fingers, it is better to cut off one of his fingers." Let him change a lot, I will only fight all the way. ”

Yue Fei said with a smile: "I also have this idea, if we let the Xixia army have several people in place, then we will be led by his nose, if we go to Shitou Mountain to block, Heiluogou will send troops to Shuozhou, forcing us immediately." “

Yang Zhi waved his hand and said: "As long as we eliminate the men and horses of Shitou Mountain and Hongtaoquan, we will abandon Shuozhou and kill Datong and Ningbian Prefecture, even if the 10,000 people of the Western Xia Army start troops from Shuozhou, as long as the commander is notified to withdraw to Yingzhou." When we take Ningbian Prefecture and Datong, if the Western Xia Army is still in Shuozhou, we will kill Benbatou Mountain and go directly to Xia Prefecture. Xiazhou's first reinforcement of Datong only had 5,000 cavalry, which was blocked by the Jin general Mou Lianghu and the Liao general Yelutan, which shows that the strength of the Xiazhou Military Supervision Division is limited, and Li Liangfu's 30,000 people will be reimbursed. ”

The strength of the Western Xia army is very transparent, 100,000 captured troops and 500,000 prison soldiers, at least 15 to 200,000 garrisons are needed in the west, if the reinforcement of the Liao State loses 8 to 100,000 troops, and then loses Xiazhou, the Great Song Dynasty is equivalent to occupying the east, south, and north of the Western Xia at once, and can directly start the war of destruction against the Western Xia. Zhu Wu and Kong Yanwei's eyes lit up, they didn't expect that Yang Zhi didn't care about Shuozhou at all, so the initiative was in the hands of Canglang Ying.

Yue Fei proposed: "Since your Excellency is so ambitious, then the first step is to solve Hongtaoquan, and the Western Xia army in Shitou Mountain will inevitably reinforce Hongtaoquan to buy time for the Black Camel Gou Xia army to capture Shuozhou." Once Shuozhou changes hands, the Xia army will retreat step by step, leading us to gather and annihilate under the city of Shuozhou. ”

Han Shizhong said lightly: "We only need to leave two thousand men and horses, rely on the city walls and city defense equipment, and delay the Xia army of Heiluogou for three to five days." “

Zhu Wu said with a smile: "It's better for me to defend the city with Liang Juewu and Han Shizhong, just two thousand people." ”

Yang Zhi shook his head and said, "The people under my command can't be lost like this. “

Except for Yue Fei, everyone else was stunned.

Yang Zhichengzhu said in his chest: "Hongtaoquan is just a matter of fire, and I am waiting for the 18,000 Western Xia army in Nanwagou." Chong Bin took a deep breath and said, "Isn't this too risky?"

Yue Fei said excitedly: "No, it's not dangerous, how can we win more with less?" It is precisely because the Western Xia Army will not guess that we are so bold, so they will fall for the scheme." The infantry army was used to allow the cavalry to gain rest time, as long as the main force of the Western Xia was defeated, it would be difficult for the suspicious soldiers in Haiquangou, Heiluogou or other places to act. “

Zhu Wu's face was suddenly gloomy, obviously hesitating, Yang Zhi said in a deep voice: "In addition, please send three thousand horsemen from Huanzhou to harass the main road to Shuozhou, thinking that it is an ambush." This time, we can't match each other's troops, so we can only gamble with them to see who God helps. “

Lu Zhi swallowed deeply, gasped twice and said, "Yang Zhi, General Chong Ge was already bold back then, to be honest, he still can't compare to you and Yue Fei. You must know that the Chinese people will slander you for being greedy for merit and ignoring the people, and so on. “

Yang Zhi waved his hand and said, "Jane is in the emperor's heart, those false names don't matter. ”

Zhu Wu, Lu Zhishen and others were stunned suddenly, and immediately understood why Wang Hou and Chong Ge were slandered back then, and they all sighed; Han Shizhong said: "This matter must be cautious, and the city defense military orders must be strictly enforced in the city, and no one is allowed to enter or leave the city gate. Unless approved by the Governor of the Prefecture, the generals were required to stay in the camp and wait, and the city was banned at night. “

Zhu Wu nodded and said: "It should be so, immediately the whole city will be under martial law, send archers to stand guard on the city wall, and shoot down birds such as harrier eagles and carrier pigeons." “

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