Prime Minister

Chapter 696 Battle
The next day, after Mu Zheng captured Niaoshu Mountain, he ordered his brother Wu Yanzheng to join forces, blind Wuchi led the army down the Weishui River, and wanted to take advantage of the momentum to capture Weiyuan Fort.

Zhang Yue asked Tang Jiu and Li Kui to go out of the city to meet the enemy, and Jing Sili led troops to support them. After the two sides fought a battle in the west of the city, they concluded Wu Yanzheng and led the army to retreat.

Seeing that Zhang Yue had stabilized the battle situation, he asked Jing Sili to use his soldiers and horses together with his own. Jing Sili was also not humble, and started to train his soldiers and horses in Weiyuan Fort.

After Muzheng captured Niaoshu Mountain and defeated the Song army, he was very happy to immediately write a letter to Dang Xiang Zhuoluo and the southern army commander Ren Duobao to report his victory, promising to pay him [-] salt wells after capturing Weiyuan Fort.

At the same time, Mu Zheng also urged Xihe and the two prefectures to wait and see the tribes of the Fan tribe, and asked them to bring troops here quickly, and also promised to pay each other with salt wells.

As for Ren Duo Baozhong, he was also very surprised when he heard the news of Mu Zheng's victory, and immediately sent two thousand party soldiers from Lanzhou to support Mu Zheng.

After receiving Renduo Baozhong's promise to send troops and the allegiance of the various ministries, Mu Zheng couldn't help but feel a little smug. He set up a big tent in Niaoshu Mountain, and held a banquet every day with his subordinates and generals and the heads of various tribes.

At the same time, Mu Zheng sent a letter to Zhang Yue, saying that as long as he withdrew from Weiyuan Fort, he would stop the army immediately, never kill the Song army, and submit to the Song Dynasty again.

Zhang Yue knew that Mu Zheng waited for the army to gather before attacking Weiyuan Fort, so he put on a look of unwillingness to kill them all, but he also took advantage of the situation to negotiate with the envoy sent by Mu Zheng.Mu Zheng thought that he had paralyzed the Song people, so he proposed to re-establish grammar with Zhang Yue.

Legislative law is an oath between the tribes. Mu Zheng asked to renew the oath with the Song Dynasty. Zhang Yue would definitely not agree. Gu Wei asked Wang Shao for help.

And Mu Zheng is not idle, he has waited for Dong Zhan's support for his delay in not sending troops.

Although Dong Zhan was at odds with Mu Zheng, he also knew the reason why his lips were dead and his teeth were cold.

Dong felt self-proclaimed as king, and there were two yamen, the Chamber of the Prime Minister and the Chamber of the Lord's Relatives. One was similar to the relatives, and the other was similar to the tribal leader's council below.

Dong felt was also discussing for half a month, and finally came up with a decision to send Dong felt's adopted son Aligu to rescue.

Ali Gu was a native of Khotan, and after being adopted by Dong Zhan, he was well-known among the Qing and Tang tribes for his ability to conquer wars.

With Dong Zhan's promise to send troops, Mu Zheng became more imposing, and the conditions for negotiating with Zhang Yue became higher and higher. In the end, he simply stopped pretending and led his army to press down directly to the Weiyuan city.

After Zhang Yue learned the news that Mu Zheng's main force had come out of Niaoshu Mountain, he boarded the top of Weiyuan Fort and watched the Qingtang army coming from the west, but he saw that it was a dark place, with thousands of troops and horses galloping in it. Extremely appalling.

Mu Zheng collected points for a month, and was stationed on Niaoshu Mountain for another month, and finally got him all the soldiers and horses he could bring into battle.

It is already mid-October at this moment, and under the chilling autumn wind, there are so many soldiers and horses, which brings a sense of first-class panic.

Zhiyuan and Zhang Yue on the side said: "The poor monk found out about Mu Zheng's details. Neither Dang Xiang nor Dong Zhan really helped Mu Zheng. Their soldiers and horses are still on the way, and there are also the tribes of Xizhou and Hezhou who have been with me for many years. They are not constrained by 'grammar' when dealing with North Korea, and they are not willing to work hard when they are fighting, what they really need to worry about is Mu Zheng's headquarters, these are all the old departments of the blind felt, and now they are attacked by Mu Zheng."

Zhiyuan's words are obviously consoling, but Zhang Yue also knows that it is impossible for him to pin his hope of victory entirely on Mu Zheng's internal discord or some low-level mistakes.

There are many recruits, but the Song army is also well-trained, but he really has no experience in leading troops, and he is not a talent in this area.

Zhang Yue said to Jing Sili who was on the side: "Jing Zhijun, how about letting you take full command of the troops?"

Jing Sili was surprised and said, "Longtu, this is?"

Zhang Yue said: "After the defeat of Shuniao Mountain, Zhang reflected on it and realized that he is not a general. Instead of doing this, it is better to delegate power to the Zhijun."

Speaking of this, Zhang Yue smiled and said: "The great problem of people is that they think they can do everything, so they have to let more talented people do special things."

Jing Sili heard that Zhang Yue didn't just talk casually, so he didn't know whether he wanted to agree or not.

He never expected that Zhang Yue would hand over the command to himself.Because the command of the front line of the Song Army is generally given to the chief of economics and strategy. If there is no chief of economics and strategy, it is determined by the official position of the frontline officials. to the side.

What's more, the generals defending the city commanded the guest army to do this and that. There are many things, and I have never heard of the guest army commanding the main army in turn.

Jing Sili thought for a while and said: "There are laws and regulations in the imperial court, the general dare not control the soldiers and horses in the fort, otherwise there will be a suggestion of overstepping the rules."

Jing Sili didn't know, if Wang Hou was here, Zhang Yue would definitely entrust the general power to Wang Hou.But Wang Hou is now serving as a general in Qingyu Fort, and he cannot be separated there.

Zhang Yue didn't have the talent of a general, so he simply let others go.

Zhang Yue blamed: "Since Zhang entrusts the safety of the whole city, why should Jing Zhijun reject me thousands of miles away?"

Jing Sili saw that he couldn't push it, so he agreed.

Zhang Yue immediately summoned the generals to announce that the soldiers and horses should be handed over to Jing Sili for temporary restraint, and then privately told Li Kui to listen to the other party more and try to learn from him.

On that day, Muzheng set up a stronghold from the north and south, and half surrounded Weiyuan Fort.

After that, Jing Sili gathered all the generals above the command to discuss how to meet the enemy.

Jing Sili presided over the military discussion, and Zhang Yue sat on the sidelines to listen since he had delegated power.

Jing Sili said: "The classics of martial arts always have something to say. When an army marches, the general will discuss the affairs of the day with the generals in Pingming, and discuss the affairs of the night with the generals in the evening. From now on, you will discuss it twice every day, morning and evening. If there is no difficult military situation Everyone has to be late, otherwise the military law will serve you."

After Jing Sili finished speaking, the generals couldn't help but look at Zhang Yue's face, and Zhang Yue nodded.

Jing Si immediately asked the generals to discuss how to face the battle.

The generals thought that there were many conscripts and horses, but most of them were miscellaneous but not skilled, and they only needed to defend the city and wait for help.

Jing Sili shook his head and said: "I just watched the formation of Muzheng. Although there are many soldiers and horses, they are disorganized and there is no way to march. The only thing to worry about is that there are more than [-] troops in Muzheng's headquarters, and the rest are more than [-]. It’s a plate of loose sand.”

"Now Mu Zheng is stationed in the west of our city. When the sun is about to set in two days, half of our army will stay in the city, and half will leave the city to fight against Mu Zheng!"

There are now more than [-] soldiers in Weiyuan Fort, of which more than [-] are the original defenders, more than [-] are Jing Sili's guest troops, and more than [-] are archers temporarily summoned from the Fan tribe.

Jing Sili said: "Soldiers have tactics, generals have tactics, and formations also have formations. Tomorrow, our army will be divided into five armies, namely the forward, the left flank, the right flank, the rear, and the central army. Arrange for a coordinator along the way, and another coordinator between the Chinese army and the empress."

"When soldiers and horses go out into battle, there are situations in the front, back, left, and right sides. When they are in battle, they all have their own situations, and they are responsible for each other. Otherwise, military law will be followed!"

"promise!"

All the generals agreed together.

(End of this chapter)