Fu Song

Chapter 186 If you want a decisive battle, then fight
Xingqing Mansion is an excellent place for those with great ambitions.

In the northwest, there is the danger of Helan Mountain, and the Yellow River bypasses it in the southeast. Xiping Prefecture has convenient transportation, high mountains and long rivers, so that it can not only defend against the invasion of Tubo and Uyghur in the west, but also prevent the invasion of the Song Dynasty. It is very safe in terms of safety. Guaranteed.

So after Ding Nanjun Li Xu took control of Xingqing Mansion, a heart that wanted to stand on its own beat vigorously and could no longer be contained.After Li Xu seized Guazhou, Shazhou, Suzhou and other places, and completely controlled the Hexi area, the pace of self-reliance was further accelerated.

Unfortunately, he fell short.

After all, Li Xu failed to settle the Hengshan Party.

Without the barrier of Hengshan's natural danger, with Li Xu's current strength, it is still a dream to fight against the Song Dynasty.

And now Li Xu has tasted the evil consequences of losing Hengshan's natural danger.

After the Song Army left Hengshan and took Yanzhou, the Guangrui Army and Dingbian Army led by Xiao Ding drove straight in and directly attacked Xingqing Mansion.The Zhenrong Army stormed Weizhou, restraining the strength of the Dingnan Army.

Ma Xing, the appeasement envoy of Shaanxi Road, greatly exceeded Li Xu's expectations.

Originally thought that Li Du had captured the Siwu village and burned, killed and looted in the Suide area. Ma Xing would spare no effort to mobilize troops to encircle and suppress Li Du, and Li Xu's order to Li Du was not originally intended to occupy the Suide area as a It has its own, and its main goal is to win Siwu Village, and it is enough to plunder more property and people.

But Ma Xing was actually indifferent to the loss of Suide, and just organized a new line of defense to stop Li Du in Suide, but this side made Xiao Ding go directly to his fundamental place.

Ma Xing wanted to draw a salary from the bottom of the pot, and directly dug his own foundation!
This method is completely different from the way of thinking of the senior officials of the Song Dynasty that Li Xu knew or understood before. Li Xu never thought of this move.

Because based on his understanding of the local officials of the Song Dynasty, under such circumstances, these people must have tried their best to put out the fire and drive out the invading enemies, so that they could easily explain to the emperor of Bianliang.

In fact, at the beginning, Ma Xing did not think so.But what a young man passing by here changed Ma Xing's mind.

Yes, Suide has been lost, and the people have already suffered. Even if Li Du is driven out now, can the disaster caused be recovered?
impossible.

It is too difficult to deceive the emperor by writing the spring and autumn.Not to mention that Ma Xing's political enemies on Shaanxi Road are countless, and there are not many spies from the Imperial City Division alone.

If Liu Fengkui can be dealt with, who knows if there are others who have not shown up secretly?
The loss of Suide will definitely cause Ma Xing to lose points in front of the emperor, but if Li Xu is dealt with, then the loss of Suide can be said to be a slap in the face, in order to attract the main force of the Dingnan army and completely eliminate Li Xu act of strategic deception.

I believe that as long as the Xingqing Mansion is won, the loss of Suide's idea is completely acceptable to the emperor of Bianliang and the ministers of the two mansions.

Just because he didn't expect it, Li Xu's current strength is a bit stretched.

The main force sneaked to where Li Du went to fight Suide, and now there are not enough troops on hand!

Speaking of which, there are still tens of thousands of armed forces that Li Xu can control now, but he also has a lot of places to defend!It is impossible to all be stationed in Xingqing Mansion.

In places like Guazhou, Shazhou, and Suzhou, if you don't garrison troops, the people there will rebel in minutes!And if you don't garrison troops in the west, Tubo and Uyghur will make those places uninhabited.

No matter how many troops there are, once they are divided, they will be thin.

Now that Xiao Ding is approaching aggressively, the Xingqing Mansion is suddenly terrified.

"Boss, the gorge was breached by the Song army!" Zuo Qiuming rushed into Li Xu's office and shouted loudly.

Hearing this, a group of officials in the room immediately turned their heads to look at him, with unconcealable surprise on their faces.

"The gorge is so steep, and there are [-] troops guarding it, how could it be breached so easily?" an official asked in a low voice. "Xiao Ding is a human being, not a fairy."

"According to the description of the soldiers who escaped, it's just another old trick to capture Yanzhou." Zuo Qiuming talked about his dark history very frankly.

"How are the gunpowder weapons of the Guangrui Army made, and how can they be so powerful?" Li Xu let out a long breath while standing upright.

Li Xu, who was just in his fifties, had a face with Chinese characters and a neatly trimmed beard. His face was originally dignified, but because of his narrow and long eyes, he looked a little gloomy.With long hands and long feet, he is over eight feet tall, and the hands on the table are extra large, looking extremely powerful.

Gunpowder weapons were not uncommon for Da Song, and even more common for senior generals like Li Xu.Like swarms of bees, thunderbolts, etc., there are many equipments in the Song army, but these things are more like chicken ribs to the Song army.

On the battlefield, most of them can only play a little harassment effect, the lethality is negligible, and it is troublesome to store, and the cost is not cheap, so until now, it is almost impossible to find this thing in the Dingnan army.

Now they can no longer get a penny from the rich and powerful imperial court. If they have spare money to buy these fancy things, they might as well get more knives, shields and arrows.

But the gunpowder weapon in Xiao Ding's hands was clearly beyond their understanding. First, Yanzhou was destroyed by this weapon, and then the gorge.

Xiakou is a place that is easier to defend and harder to attack than Yanzhou.

"The gunpowder weapons of the Guangrui Army must have undergone some kind of improvement!" Zuo Qiuming said: "When they were fighting, they shot them on the city wall with trebuchets or eight-ox crossbows, and the sound exploded like a huge thunder. Within a radius of ten feet, the ears can hardly hear anything, and it is extremely lethal."

"It seems that the craftsman camp in Bianliang has produced something new." Li Xudao: "But our people have not found out this thing at all. It can only show that this thing is extremely difficult to manufacture and there are not many of them. The reason why Xiao Ding has it is because It must be because of his father's relationship."

Zuo Qiuming nodded: "It should be. If there is a large amount of equipment, Zhao Zheng in Guiyi City should also have it. If they also have this thing, I am afraid that the Liao people will not be able to take Guiyi City."

"Since the number is not large, there is no need to worry too much about this." Li Xudao: "The Xiakou is lost, and the Song Army is only [-] miles away from our Xingqing Mansion. That is to say, within a few days, Xiao Ding will come to Xingqing Mansion."

"Boss, at most two days, not more than three days!" Zuo Qiuming added: "Even if Xiao Ding's troops are pawns, they are transported by animals, and all his pawns can ride horses."

"How many troops can we gather in three days?" Li Xu asked.

"General Manager, the Xingqing Mansion and its surrounding areas can gather about [-] troops, and after Xiao Ding left Yanzhou, we have already issued orders to Zhou Yong and Lan Yongcheng on the western front to return to the division. According to the distance, One day later, the two armies should be down to [-] people. Because the situation in Shazhou and other places is relatively chaotic, all the ministries are scattered below to suppress. Although the order to return to the division has also been issued, I am afraid it will not be able to catch up with this battle."

"Fifteen thousand people, that's enough!" Li Xu squinted his eyes, but now there was only a slit in his narrow eyes, and the slit was full of confidence and fierceness.

"Xiao Ding's headquarters has a total of [-] troops from Guangrui Army and Dingbian Army, [-] Fan soldiers from Tieyaozi, and [-] from Bubazi. The total strength is just over [-]. In terms of numbers, they are evenly matched with us." Zuoqiu Ming said: "However, we still have Tubo soldiers from Yuzang Huama. If Yuzang Huama attacks with all his strength, the number of troops that can be mobilized will exceed ten thousand. In terms of military strength, we now have the absolute upper hand .”

"Old Zuo, bring a generous gift to see Yu Zang Huama, and tell him that I have agreed to all his requests, but this time he has to work a little harder. If he is perfunctory, don't blame me for turning my face and denying others. !” Li continued.

"Boss, you really want to give Weizhou to him!" Zuo Qiuming said in astonishment, "Isn't it a great loss for such a good place like Weizhou to be given to these Tubo people?"

"We have completely torn our faces with the Song Dynasty, and Weizhou will not be so peaceful in the future. The Song Army on Qinfeng Road will entangle us endlessly. Let Yuzang Huama go to defend us. Sometimes watching Good things may not necessarily be really good.”

"The land of Lingzhou is our vital point. Let Yuzang Huama stay in Weizhou, I feel as if a knife is on our back." Zuo Qiuming shook his head.

"As long as you are strong enough, you can suppress any unruly thoughts." Li Xu stood up, looked at the people in the room, and said: "For us, this battle can be regarded as a battle of life and death. After defeating Xiao Ding, we can launch a massive counterattack and cooperate with Suide's General Li Du to completely mess up Shaanxi Road. At that time, I would like to see how Ma Xing will explain to the guy in Bianliang, haha Ha ha!"

Li Xu's self-confidence is not without reason.

It seems that he is very dangerous now, but he consciously holds the hole card in his hand.More importantly, Song Guo is now the yellow mud of the trousers!
I just received the news that Yelujun from the Nanjing Road of Daliao defeated the Song army at Juma River and regained Guiyi City. Tens of thousands of troops have already crossed Juma River and launched an attack on Dasong North Road in the name of revenge. Massive attack.

From Li Xu's point of view, it was naturally because the generous gift he gave had an effect, and Yelujun was responding for himself!
Of course, the generous gifts I sent up were not just gold, silver and jewelry. The Liao people did not lack such things, but a document proclaiming their vassals could impress the emperor of the Liao Kingdom!
There is a land of thousands of miles to the north of Hengshan!
If he became independent from the Song State, he would be able to form a pincer attack on the Song State with the Liao people in the future. From a strategic point of view, it would naturally be of great benefit to the Liao State.

They have confronted the Song State for so many years, and they have been unable to break the offensive and defensive balance between the two sides. Once they rise up in Xingling, they will become a big stick to leverage the foundation of the Song Dynasty. Of course, the Liao people must do their best to fulfill their plan. .

Of course, if he really gained a firm foothold, how to get along with the Liao people is another matter.

The imperial edict of the emperor of the Liao Kingdom enshrining himself as the King of Daxia is lying in his study now!When the army is about to attack, it will be announced in public before the army to boost morale.

After defeating Xiao Ding, he took advantage of the situation to attack, regained Hengshan, entered Shaanxi Road, and then forced the Song people to negotiate peace and force the Song people to recognize their independent status.

This time, as long as this is done, it can be said to be perfect.

The Song people had to deal with their own counterattack and the Liao people's revenge, and they were at a loss.Based on his understanding of the official in the Long Live Palace in Bianliang City, he must have panicked and compromised.

Of course, to do this, the first thing to do is to completely defeat Xiao Ding.If this battle is lost, then what kind of Huangtu hegemony is just a dream.

"Xiao Ding, I'm afraid the old man has fought more battles than you have eaten. Want to fight with me?" Li Xu sneered.

Of course Xiao Ding also has a great record, but in Li Xu's view, these battles are just children's games, and the feats of ten to one hundred in Shanglin Garden are even less useful in the battle of large armies.

Squad combat depends on courage.

The big army fights, relying on wisdom.

Can Xiao Ding, who is twenty years old, compare with an old fox like himself?
Ding Nanjun is not the rubbish that Xiao Ding encountered before!During the westward march of this army, it did not rely on one mouth to persuade the original natives in these places.

Whether it is Tubo people, Uyghur people or other tribes, strong and powerful, as long as the Dingnan army is marching westward, anyone who dares to stand in front of them will become the soul of their sword.

A powerful army is made by fighting.

"Cheng Chaofeng, Brother Tuoba, the head of my family is resting in front of us." A Tubo general waved his horsewhip and said with a smile.

"Thank you, General, to lead the way!" Cheng Gui politely cupped his hands at the other party.

After a hard journey, Cheng Gui, under the protection of Tuoba Fenwu, arrived at the residence of Duanzhou Yuzang Huama all the way.

It is the season of warm spring and flowers blooming, the vegetation is lush, and as far as the eye can see, there are herds of cattle and sheep, and tents are scattered everywhere. This is the tribe of Yuzang Huama, but it seems that their situation is indeed true. Not very good, some tents are patch upon patch.

You know, this is already the core area of ​​the Yuzang Huama tribe, and those tribes in the periphery have a more difficult life. Along the way, Cheng Gui can see those little dolls running around, even No pants.

Yu Zang Huama's life is really embarrassing.

But that's why I can make this guy play a bigger role this time!Cheng Gui thought.

Of course, Li Xu would definitely have the same idea as himself.

But the backing behind him is not comparable to Li Xu.The things in his arms now, presumably, moved Yuzang Huama more than Li Xu's promise.

(End of this chapter)