Shao Song

After a moderate spring rain, the sunny and good weather characteristic of Yangchun March continued to dominate the middle section of the Yellow River. At this time, Zhao Guan's family began to dig a hole at the eastern end of the Guanzhong Plain, which is on the Tongzhou side of Pujin.

It's really digging a hole.

A group of five people, two digging holes, one loading soil, and two lifting soil, are very efficient.

In addition to digging pits, there are piles of earth, rammed earth, and piles. On the west bank of the Yellow River, not only Pujin, but the most dangerous section of the Yellow River around Pujin is under construction.

And Zhao Guan’s house is one of the digging pits.

In all fairness, Zhao Jiu's move may not be right. Because from a utilitarian point of view, the exemplary and leading role played by the emperor’s dignified work in the earth may not be effective in maintaining the sense of mystery and invigorating all civilians, and his doing this has also brought inconvenience to many officials... I've dug a hole, so what about you?

The bureaucracy is out of order, and its efficiency will be greatly reduced.

Of course, Hu Yin, who had to catch the chief, got used to the Zhao official's family, knowing that this official's doing this is probably just boring... So I asked for a clear order early and let everyone follow the steps and not to imitate without authorization.

Of course, the army jinshi will definitely record this behavior, and the Di Bao will also publish in Tokyo in a few days how Zhao Guanjia'inspired his people's fighting spirit.'

But back to the present, after Zhao Jiu dug the pit for several days, Hu Yin thought about one or two, and finally decided to persuade the official again.

"It's not that I don't have anything to do, but I think about it. I always feel that what the emperor can do at this time is to dig pits and stacks." Zhao Jiu held a shovel in the pit and spoke to persuade him. Road transfer made Hu Yin stand upright by the side of the pit, arrogantly facing each other.

This did not cause too much confusion, because at the same time, it was Yang Yizhong, the direct commander of the imperial squad, who dug the pit with Zhao Guan's partner, Liu Yan was the one who carried the soil, and Zhai Biao and Wang Zhongfu were also the one who carried the soil... The working group is also straight from the Imperial Front.

Hu Yin turned his head and looked at the Crane Tower on the other side. He wanted to use the embarrassment of the civil servants like Lu Benzhong and Zheng Zhichang to persuade him, but for some reason, he chose to be silent again and bowed back.

The reason is simple. Hu Mingzhong knows very well that what the official said is correct.

This plan, first of all, was a strange strategy... The Jurchen and Dangxiang people did not know the existence of Yelu Dashi, no matter how clever, no matter how cautious, and no matter how serious they were, they had to fall into the pit dug by the Zhao official's house.

It's a bit invincible, but it can also be called some kind of smarter strategy, which is more helpless than Yangmou.

Secondly, in this plan, the vast majority of people have only played a certain role and performed certain functions until now. Unless the situation changes suddenly, it is difficult to have a breakthrough performance... The emperor of the Zhaoguan family and the conscription from both sides of the Weishui after spring ploughing The one hundred thousand strong men of China are responsible for the bravado; Wu Jie and his imperial army, and Han Shizhong, are responsible for capturing Hengshan and Yan'an; Li Yanxian does not need to say more... These people are theoretically free to play, but for To ensure the security of the plan, most people still exercised restraint in accordance with the requirements of Zhao Guanjia.

Even Zhao Jiu himself.

When this official with one hundred thousand civilian husbands and thousands of imperial squads succeeded in deterring the golden army on the opposite side, the only practical measure that could have some practical effect was to dig pits here... keep digging pits... this is just a precaution. In case of necessary means, there are only 20,000 Yuying Zuojun and a few thousand Yuqian squads here in the same state. In addition, all of them are the most powerful supplements of the Solidarity Society, the archers, and the civil servants.

Even Zhao Jiu and Hu Yin are all aware of it, including the Jiang Qian anti-theft plan made by Zheng Zhichang, which is somewhat superfluous. No way, when the real forward information is limited by geography, they always feel a little uneasy if they don't do anything anxiously waiting for the result.

It was as if Zhao Guan's family felt uncomfortable without digging, and Hu Yin was obviously aware of this.

Moreover, they all know that at this moment, only Yue Fei can really decide the overall situation...Everyone is a tool man, but the tool man and the tool man are different. Yue Fei and the 30,000 troops on the westernmost line choose the range. The broadest and the greatest choice is the most important role that determines the overall direction.

In contrast, even if it was Pinglu, the pivotal point of Shanzhou, which was lonely on the north side of the Yellow River, Zhao Jiu was ready to give up and gave Li Yanxian clear instructions when he entered the customs and passed through Shanzhou.

"Officials."

Only a moment later, Hu Yin went and returned. "There is an emergency report to the Chinese Army..."

Zhao Jiu stopped digging the hole and looked at Hu Mingzhong, who was standing on the edge of the hole again, puzzled for a while.

Even Yang Yizhong and Liu Yan stopped their movements together...because this is strange. Regarding military information, regardless of internal and external information, it should be the imperial camp channel that is faster.

Unless it cannot be concealed at all, there is no need to evade and conceal the outcome of a large-scale war.

"Li Jiedu in Shanzhou repays victory." Of course, Hu Yin wouldn't do anything tricky. "The commanding officials Niu Gao and Dong Xian'er will join forces with Northern Dao Commander Ma Kuo to set up an ambush between Zhongtiao Mountain and Wulong Mountain, breaking the Jinjun Wanhu Wanyan, and beheading more than a thousand... county."

Zhao Jiu shook slightly. Of course, beheading more than a thousand heads is not a big victory. Even as the only imperial army that has not been completely reorganized, and obviously there are more complicated Taihang rebels participating in this battle, I am afraid that the decapitation will not be possible. Less. But in any case, the impediment of the sudden and rapid advance is a must.

And this also meant... Zhao Jiu really didn't have to do anything except dig pits.

"Passing the commendation." Zhao Jiu shook his head for a moment. "Well-out commendation, write to the opposite, mocking Yan Wushu... Tomorrow morning, the flag of Quduan will be hung behind the big camp. He is a cavalry. He should have arrived first, and Yue Fei will not be hanged until ten days later. banner."

Hu Yin immediately bowed his hand, and then left again.

After all, things have to look at the Western Front.

Speaking of it, considering the speed of message transmission, considering the distance from Tongzhou to the real garrison of Yue Fei’s Deshun Army at this time, considering the 2,000-mile-long Hexi Corridor, and it had been activated as early as the end of February and the beginning of March. The Khitan envoy from the country replied that some things, although not yet known, were clearly a foregone conclusion.

But there is no doubt that Zhao Guan's house will definitely not be the one who knows the first time.

"Yue Jiedu."

Within the Deshun Army, Haoshuichuan, and Zhong'an Fort, after being urged by several generals present, Liu Qi, the deputy commander of the imperial cavalry army, finally spoke to the big and small general on the first seat. "At the end I thought, I can move!"

"How do you say?" Yue Fei sat in the first place, his complexion unchanged, and his figure did not move, and he asked directly.

"From the perspective of time, Yelu Dashi should have sent troops for at least half a month."

Liu Qi was serious and well-organized: "The Hexi Channel has six counties, Shazhou, Guazhou, Ganzhou, Suzhou, Liangzhou, and Zhuo Luo and the Southern Army Division (in northern Lanzhou, Song and Xixia are separated by the Yellow River. According to), it is two thousand miles long. According to the intelligence, many of the 30,000 troops in Yelu Dashi are cavalry, and there are also a large number of camels in the logistics. If the progress is properly... there is no reason to be wrong... At this time it is enough to travel nine hundred to more than a thousand miles. , And then at least take down Suzhou, to Lin Ganzhou."

"And Ganzhou is where Xixia’s military division is located in Hexi, and where Xixia’s main soldiers and horses are stationed in Hexi... I will take the liberty to guess that at this time Yelu Dashi should be in Ganzhou... or have already won, or are still fighting. , But the soldiers and horses in Ganzhou were suddenly attacked. How could they be the opponents of the 30,000 Khitan army? Nine out of ten, it should be Yelü Dashi who is about to succeed."

"And once Ganzhou succeeds, and you pass Yanzhi Mountain, it will be Liangzhou... Yue Jiedu, of our 30,000 soldiers and horses, only half of them are cavalry, and the speed is not as fast as the Khitans. Take Zhuoluo City, take Lanzhou, but not Lanzhou, how can we ensure that the Khitan people go north instead of east? You must know that the Khitan people's wolf ambition is not compatible."

Yue Fei finally nodded slightly, but still did not say a word.

"Not only to guard against the Khitan people, but also to help the Khitan people." Zhang Jing, the former general of the Western Army and the commanding officer of the imperial army, also said at the right time. "According to the secret decree passed on by Jiedu and Qudutong, Liu Fudutong, and Wang Fudutong five days ago, the first thing I wait for is to get through the Hexi and connect with the Khitan people... In any case, it can only be considered to help Yelü Dashi win Hexi. Other matters... At this time, going to fight to attack Zhuo Luo City also means to stop the Xixia reinforcements from going west."

Listening to his words, Yue, Qu, Wang, and Liu did not communicate their combat intentions to the commander-level officer until the 5th ahead.

After listening to Zhang Jing's words, Yue Fei turned his head and looked at the person standing by the window, and finally said, "How do you see Qu Dutong?"

Looking at the curved end straight out the window

He turned his head back, but sneered: "How much does Yue Jedu show me?"

"Naturally it is whether the words of General Liu and Zhang are pertinent." Yue Fei faced each other sincerely. "Although I am the leader of the battle, I am not from Kansai. The geography and customs here are inferior to you. I am about to listen to the music and judge it all."

"There is nothing to judge." Qu Duan still sneered with a hand. "What Liu Er and Lao Zhang said is reasonable, of course, but Kansai ** is eager for merit and full of selfishness. Liu Eryi wants to get his boss back. Zhang's family has a large population and wants to earn credit and support. The younger generation, let me have two more commanding officers...how can I keep Jiedu from these things? After all, the situation is like this at this time. Jiedu wants to send troops to send troops, and I don’t need me to beat Jiedu; if it is in my mind There are measures, and I don’t want to send troops. To put it straight, I’m just cursing for Jiedu.”

Liu Qi and Zhang Jing looked at each other and fell silent habitually.

Yue Fei was also silent for a while before asking again: "Let's leave from here at this time, and how long will it take for the whole army to go to Zhuoluo City (north of Lanzhou)?"

"Take the cavalry as the vanguard, go around Qinzhou Road, and reach Lanzhou in seven days..." Qu Duan blurted out.

"I said the whole army." Yue Fei reminded the other party.

"If the riding steps are separated, the cavalry will circle the Qinzhou road, and the steppers will cross Wushan to meet the state, naturally, the slower steppers will prevail... in about ten days, they will attack the city of Zhuoluo." Qu Duan replied seriously.

"Riding is indivisible." Yue Fei reminded the other party again. "How long will it take if the riding is consistent?"

"Naturally, ten days too." Qu Duan finally said. "Cross Wushan to meet the state."

"What if you head north from Huizhou?" Yue Fei asked again.

"Take Xishou Baotai Army Division?" Qu Da became completely serious, and the rest of the generals in the castle also became solemn.

"Not bad."

"Seven or eight days." Qu Duan was serious. "But Yue Jiedu, I have to tell you the truth. The Xishou Baotai Army Division is located in a special place... Although this is the southwest gateway of Xingqing Mansion, it is geographically complicated. The Yellow River to the north and west is not to mention. The four corners of the Army Division are all surrounded by mountains, including Lingbo Mountain in the northwest, Roulang Mountain in the southwest, Weijing Mountain in the northeast, and Shaniuling in the southeast. You are not from Guanxi, and you don’t know what's at stake here... Xixia people put three thousand people here. , It is enough to block our 30,000 elite soldiers. This is also the reason why the Xixia people set up a military division here."

"But if you can take this opportunity to take it." Yue Fei narrowed his eyes and said. "You can hold a portal to Xingqing Mansion. When the Yelu Dashi arrives in Hexi, I wait for the Khitan people to join the river to the north, then Xingqing Mansion will have no more thoughts..."

"The truth is right." Qu Duan nodded frankly. "But what if you can't get it for a while? Yue Jiedu, I didn't mean that I can't get it. It's more than that. I don't conceal the idea of ​​it. I have thought of it for a few days, but I'm afraid I can't get it quickly. It's futile. Making wedding clothes for the Khitans... If I were the Yelu Dashi and came here to the border of Hexi, seeing Jiedu was working **** the other side of the Yellow River, how about taking the opportunity to go straight to Xingqing Mansion along the Hexi? This battle cannot allow the Khitans to occupy it. It’s the cheapest. So, it’s better to go to Zoruo City and occupy a piece of land in Hexi."

Yue Fei slowly shook his head: "Qu Dutong, I ask you, what if we arrive at Zhuoluo City in ten days and the head of the city is the banner of the Khitan people?"

Qu Duan was finally startled.

Besides, in the entire military discussion, in fact, only two people had the real power to discuss matters...one was Yue Fei and the other was Qu Duan.

Yue Fei’s authority comes from his official position and status, from the central and official family of the court, and Qu Duan’s authority comes from his twenty-year qualifications in the Western Army and his status as a capital... The rest, including Wang De, Liu Qi, and Li Shifu, are here. Not enough to see in front of them.

Therefore, once Yue Fei asked Qu Duan, things finally became simple.

"Is Yelu Dashi so powerful?" Qu Duan was stunned for a long time before he asked. "I hit Lanzhou in ten days? In less than 30 days, I hit two thousand miles?"

"I don't know." Yue Fei was honest. "But as Qu Dutong said before, how to say it makes sense at this time... fast and slow; good and bad things should be kept in mind... The official entrusts the situation here to us, and let us Make a decision on the occasion, and always know it in your heart."

As he said, Yue Fei finally stood up: "I’m not going to hide it from you, I’ve made up my mind to send troops immediately. But for this battle, I have three opinions. You should keep in mind here... One thing, riding is inseparable, and the whole army is inseparable. It must be one body, with orders and prohibitions, without fear of sacrifice, so that when facing the party members and even the Khitan people, no military flaws will be revealed, so as to prevent being taken advantage of by others and losing the overall situation, and then seizing the military opportunity and hitting it. The second rule is that in the guild prefecture, simultaneous sentinel horses are constantly being sent. If Yelu Dashi is frustrated in the march, it should be attacked in the direction of Zhuoluo City and even Liangzhou to ensure that the Hexi Passage is opened and the official intentions are met; the third rule is if Yelv Dashi To advance at extreme speed, you must have the courage not to be afraid of hardships, and to seize opportunities with it... Qu Dutong, but there are words?

Qu Duan was silent for a long time in the Kansai generals, but he nodded heavily: "Just as Yue Jedu said!"

Yue Fei just nodded this time, but didn't speak any more.

Since it was agreed here, the Song Army no longer doubted that at noon that day, at the Victory Village in the northern part of the river, the imperial cavalry deputy commander Li Shifu led three thousand horses to advance, but it was almost completely scattered, thinking that it was a guide and a scout. In the afternoon, Qu Duan and Liu Qi led the remaining imperial cavalry troops to the north and set off. Yue Fei personally flew the imperial commander flag of "Jin loyalty to serve the country", and supervised the Chinese army to march northwest under the cover of cavalry. There were 18,000 pawns and 6,000 civilians. At the same time, Wang De, the deputy general of the Chinese army in the imperial camp, also set off with 6,000 pawns, but he set off from Jingbianzhai in the south and deliberately deviated from the Chinese army by nearly 40. Here, I thought it would be backed up.

However, the army went west for three consecutive days before leaving the Wushan Passage. Suddenly one day, Li Shifu's Fanqi captured one person, but he was a subordinate of Hu Hongxiu, the servant of the Ministry of War of the Song Dynasty, and it was important to pass on military information.

The army didn't dare to neglect. That night, he rushed to Li Shifu, and when Li Shifu saw him, he shouldn't be negligent when he saw him, but he personally escorted him to the nearest Quduanzhang that night.

Qu Duan was still shaking when he saw this person, and he quoted several guards overnight, and personally brought this person to the Chinese army station to see the commander Yue Fei.

It was Yue Fei who saw this person, also solemnly, but directly bowed his hands in the tent, dictating that the attendant:

"Hu Shilang! Why is Hu Shilang here?"

"I guess the imperial master must come here, so I went to this place." Hu Hongxiu, who was covered with dust and shaved his hair, saw Yue Fei, and he didn't hesitate to speak directly. "Yue Jedu, don't go to Zoro City, and don't go to the Xishou Baotai Army Division in the north..."

"How do you tell?" Yue Fei asked solemnly.

"Yelüda Stone Committee is really good. At the same time when I returned to the east, he sent general Yeluyan Mountain to Kedun City quickly, using Kedun City as collateral. He promised many treasures and contacted Monan Mengwu tribes first. The Yinshan Mountain came to think that he was a suspicious soldier. Li Ganshun didn’t take the Mongols as a concern. As a result, the Yelu Dashi army sent out from Shazhou all the way to the east. As if entering the land of no one, Yelu Yanshan displayed a banner to the north, and Li Gan finally lost it by the way. Fangcun..."

"Hu Shilang meant that Yelu Dashi marched so fast, so let's go to Zhuoruo City at this time, is it really too late?" Qu Duan hurriedly asked.

"Not only that." Hu Hongxiu hurriedly said the most important military situation. "Since the news from the Khitan people, I hid in the gorge, which was the only way for the Xixia people to send troops to Hexi. Then I saw with my own eyes that about 20,000 people from the Xixia army hurried west through the gorge, and I followed all the way. It was discovered that five days ago, this soldier and horse were divided into two. Thousands of people came to the Xishou Baotai Army Division. The remaining tens of thousands hurried west to aid Liangzhou."

Qu Duan angrily shot the case: "Li Ganshun's behavior actually blocked us completely! If Xishou Baotai Army Division adds thousands of defenders, how can we get it?"

"If so." Yue Fei squinted slightly when he heard the words. "Why does Hu Shilang say that Li Ganshun has lost his square inch? Isn't it a proper way to behave like this?"

"Because when I went to Xingqing Mansion with the Khitan people, I once persuaded the Khitan people to bribe the witches in the city with the treasures of the Western Regions, and then got a piece of news... The Xixia people had just left 20,000 field troops, but they were in Lingzhou! "Hu Hongxiu, with a shaved head and a dark face, faced each other earnestly. "I passed the army through the gorge, and I watched it for a while. It was about 20,000. It's impossible to be such a coincidence."

Qu Duan and Yue Fei changed their colors together. They studied Xixia's military situation for several months, but they knew the geography of Xixia well. At this time, hearing this, they obviously understood Hu Hongxiu's meaning immediately.

"As soon as the Lingzhou soldiers and horses are dispatched, whether it is dispatched from Yinshan in the north, or recalled from Hengshan, or temporarily conscripted locally... it has revealed a huge flaw!" Hu Hongxiu urged. "Yue Jiedu, Qu Dutong, while the Xixia people didn’t find us, he immediately turned to the east, and then turned over Wushan, back to Pingxia City, and then went all the way north, taking advantage of the emptiness of Lingzhou, and went straight to fetch Xingqing along the Hulu River. Let’s go! I’ll be the guide!"

Qu Duan opened his mouth to speak, but felt that his chest thumped wildly, and he couldn't decide at all.

However, Yue Fei thought about it for a moment, then directly narrowed his eyes and ordered the generals to be gathered.

In the night of the same day, the Song army returned from Wushan. The next day, they crossed Xi'an and did not enter. They headed towards the Hulu River... On the last day of March, the army gathered on the Hulu River and turned to the north.

On the second day of April, Li Shifu personally led three hundred fan riders to seize Douling and retreat and enter the territory of Xixia.

"What's the matter?" On the same day, the official Zhao's dug the hole as before, but that night, he received military information again, but this time, Liu Yan finally awakened him.

"Wu Dutong passed from Hengshan Kuaima... Said that the name Heda of Xixia Xiazhou Dutongwei took the initiative to contact him and asked for it." Liu Yan half kneeled in front of the couch and bowed his head to deliver Mizha.

"Come on, please?" Zhao Jiu turned over with her forehead, and after receiving the secret note, before he could read it, he asked directly. "Is the Yelu Dashi so fast? It's not easy for Xingqing Mansion to block the war message in Hexi? Could it be that Wu Jie, who made his own claim, came to bluff me again?"

"It's not Hexi~www.wuxiaspot.com~ it's Yinshan." Liu Yan solemnly told him. "According to Wu Jiedu's retelling of Weiming Heda, the Mengwu people had harassed the north of Xixia a long time ago. Originally they thought it was taking advantage of the fire to rob, but more than ten days ago, they suddenly played the banner of Yelu Dashi and promoted the Yelu Dashi. He was in Xiazhou and knew quickly about the fact that he was in an alliance with us and marching from Hexi."

Zhao Jiu was stunned on the spot, and was astonished at the Yelu Dashi method, but after only a moment, his heart jumped...Moreover, although this Zhao Song official family is a waste, it has been fighting for several years. How can I not know , With the sound of Yelu Dashi hitting the east and west, coupled with the special geographical conditions of Xixia, at this moment, everyone is caught in the information gap.

From Dasong to Dajin, from Xixia to Xiliao, from inside Xixia to inside the Song army to inside the Kingdom of Jin, and even the soldiers and horses of the two groups of Xiliao, the information obtained is completely different.

The so-called chaos in the overall situation is now, and it is the right time to profit from chaos.

"Respond to Wu Jinqing immediately, you will bring it with you!" After reading the secret book, after thinking about a stick of incense, Zhao Jiu, who was still sitting on the couch, finally made up his mind. "Tell him that I still don't know the soldiers, so today I can only imitate the story of Yaoshan again and have the power to decide with him...Here is still the order on the Eastern Front, and I still listen to him, and ask him to continue to do it. !"