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    "Look, this is how you should use a bow." An instructor taught the volunteers around him step by step.  Yao Lin looked at it and nodded with satisfaction.  In the past few years, during the five-pronged expedition to Xia, the main reason why there was a North Second Route of Zhonge and the Zhejia Army was because if the Xia Army in several prefectures of Yinxia was not swept away, Xixia would inevitably harass the rear and logistics supplies.  The truth seems to be such a truth, but in doing so, a problem arises. The five armies are far away and cannot cooperate well with each other. They suffer the same disease as Song Taizong when he invaded Liao for the second time.  But the fundamental problem was that it was almost August and there was no time.  Unless the Song army can capture Xixia within two months, it is impossible. Even if Xixia does not resist, it is impossible to cover the entire territory of Xixia within two months.  "If we can't do it, winter is coming" Therefore, it is inevitable that the summer expedition will not be successful.  This time Wang Ju deliberately learned from the lessons of the last summer expedition and pushed the time to spring.  Now that it¡¯s been mentioned for another month, there won¡¯t be any problems with the season.  Then the route of several armies to conquer Xia was also changed.  The first is Hexi Road, with Wang Wenyu as the chief general, Zhong Yi as the deputy general, Liu Zhongwu and Zhao Long as the front line, and Li Xian as the commander-in-chief of the three armies.  However, not many Song troops were dispatched in these two groups, mainly the Tibetan troops from Hehuang.  It turns out that Dong Zhan used troops against the Hexi Corridor many times to deal with the Xixia and Uighurs in the Hexi Corridor. The Tibetan army had a psychological advantage and was more adaptable to the local terrain and climate.  In particular, the terrain of the Hexi Corridor is slightly higher, and the temperature is still a bit cold. The temperature at night is generally only a few degrees Celsius, and even in some high-cold places, it is still below zero.  But this kind of temperature and terrain are the most suitable for the Tibetan army to fight.  With this general mobilization, it was actually a process of real recognition of the Song Dynasty.  Save troops and military expenses. ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? off.  This suppression and support do not necessarily have to use force. The distribution of post-war rewards, future road commercial development, and the allocation of poverty alleviation funds can all be used to suppress and support.  Even going too far, those tribal warriors who are half-hearted and only dispatch a small number of strong men can be directly used as cannon fodder to weaken the power of these tribes.  There are still a few tribes who insist on their own tribe's strength and directly refuse the Song Dynasty's arrangements. That would be easier. This summer expedition cannot be delayed until the autumn. At this critical moment, they are not willing to obey the Song Dynasty's arrangements.  After the army withdrew, the Song Dynasty had a reason to do whatever they wanted.  Therefore, a total of more than 60,000 Tibetan troops were mobilized this time. However, to prevent Gao Xianzhi's mistake (referring to Gao Xianzhi's battle with Dashi, Ge Luolu's army suddenly rebelled, leading to the Tang army's defeat), all the Tibetan troops on Hehuang Road were dispersed.  Afterwards, reorganization will be carried out.  Of course, there are still many problems like this, but the troops on this road seem to be huge, but they are not the main force.  The Xixia people no longer care about the Hexi Corridor, or it is Hei Khan. If Hei Khan sees the Song army coming, it would be best to retreat on his own initiative.  If the Song army arrives, they will not retreat but will fight if they can. Give them a profound lesson and fight back to the Western Regions!  If you can't fight, you will start to defend and wait for news from the north, but you must stop the Black Khan's eastward movement.  The troops were still divided along the way. Wang Wenyu led the Song army with three generals and tens of thousands of Tibetan troops from Xishicheng and Xigong Qinzhou, heading west to Liangzhou. The remaining Song army was transferred to Weizhou to support the main force of the North Road.  force.  Zhong Yi also took three generals of the Song army and the Fan army from Hehuang. The scattered Tibetan army was mainly his way. He crossed the Liuling Mountains and went north to Liangzhou, where he joined Wang Wenyu's army.  Although the troops were divided, they were kept within a certain distance so that they could respond to each other instead of fighting independently.  However, the original Song Dynasty garrison in the Hehuang area will not be transferred to Weiqing. First, it is too far, and second, it is newly attached. Some Song troops must be retained in the local area to prevent some unscrupulous tribes from taking the opportunity to rebel.  The main general on the left center is Xiong Ben, the deputy general is Miao Shuo, and the general commander is Li Xiang, who is very capable of fighting.  This road was also divided into two groups. Miao Shi led Xigong and the Song army from Qinzhou, starting from Tiandu Mountain and forcibly mopping up the Xixia Xishou Baotai Army located between Lingbo Mountain, Weijian Mountain and Roulang Mountain on the north side of Tiandu Mountain.  Si, then forcibly crossed the Yellow River from the ferry at Yingli County in Xixia, and then followed the Yellow River to the other side of Mingsha City.  Xiong Ben led the three armies on the Jingyuan Road to once again attack the Western Xia military strongholds north of Xiaoguan, such as Shangyikou and Cuta strongholds, and then captured Mingsha City and Weizhou City. They set up a pontoon bridge on the Yellow River west of Mingsha City and joined the Miao army.  , the two armies continued to move north across the Yellow River. The Song army on the west side of the Yellow River pointed at Shunzhou City in the north of Qingtong Gorge, and the Song army on the east bank of the Yellow River pointed at Lingzhou, where they merged with the real main Song army on the center and right.  The troops were also divided along the way, but they were also very close to each other.??????????????????????????????????? Such division of troops still seems a bit clumsy, but the current Song army can only do this. It is impossible to imagine that the troops were divided like Li Jing in the Tang Dynasty when he destroyed Tuyuhun, and they could successfully cooperate with each other and make contributions to each other, let alone troops.  , Speaking of generals, there are some very capable generals in the Song Dynasty, but how many of them can compare with Li Jing, Hou Junji, Li Daozong, Li Daliang and Qibi?  Wang Ju doesn't need to take this risk.  At least it's a little clumsy, but it's stable and won't make serious mistakes.  The center-right army is the real main force, which is also the result of geographical factors.  Because preparations were made very early, reinforcements from Jingzhao Road and Hedong Road were gathered to the security forces, Qingzhou and Huanzhou front lines. Ten days was enough.  But it will probably take a month to assemble on the Xiaoguan front line, and it cannot be delayed for as long as a month.  The other thing is the supplies. Except for the supplies prepared in advance in Pingxia City and Xiaoguan, most of the remaining supplies are mobilized from the Central Plains. It is impossible to transport the supplies slowly to Xiaoguan instead of looking far away.  Therefore, Wang Ju was stationed in Qingzhou. This army not only gathered the Song troops from Huanqing Road, Fuyan Road, and Jingzhao Road, but also transferred a large number of troops and civilians from Hedong Road.  The main general is Wang Ju's son, the deputy generals are Liu Changzuo and Zhong Shidao, and the military supervisor is Liang Congji, a "veteran of three dynasties". This person has defeated Wang Ze and fought with Xixia many times. He has rich experience in fighting against Xia. Zeng Guan pays New Year's greetings to the emperor.  The city envoy was a senior official and loyal to the Song Dynasty.  Having this person monitoring the three armies would, firstly, reassure the Song Dynasty, and secondly, it would not be a drag on the three armies.  This road was divided into two. Liu Changzuo sent troops to Yanzhou. After taking Yanzhou City, he stationed part of his troops to defend, while the remaining troops went south to Lutuohui and directed their troops to Pule City on Lingwu Avenue to join Wang Ju's main army.  Wang Ju's force sent troops to Xiabao Village, and at the same time sent a flank to sweep Qinggang Gorge, Qingyuan Military City, Mengjing, Zhejianghui and other Xixia garrison areas in the north of Hengshan. After joining up with Liu Changzuo's forces in Pule City  , radiating towards Lingzhou City.  However, there is a flaw in this kind of use of troops, that is, the rear areas such as Youzhou, Hongzhou, Xiazhou, and Tiemenguan are left alone.  Moreover, the Liao Kingdom has repeatedly sent envoys to "mediate". If these Xia troops staying in the rear merge with the Liao army, it will seriously threaten the security of the Song army's rear.  Therefore, in order to prevent accidents, the Zhejia Army, the strongest force in the northwest, and the original Song Dynasty garrison from Yinzhou to Daizhou did not dare to transfer to the south to prevent any changes in the Liao Kingdom.  Fortunately, the preparations for this expedition to Xia were well-prepared. Just like this mobilization of the three armies, it involved troops from Hehuang Road, Qinfeng Road, Lanzhou, Jingyuan, Huanqing, Fuyan, Fulin and Hedong. If you include the Tibetan soldiers and  The civilians' military strength reached an astonishing nearly 600,000 people, which was 100,000 more soldiers and horses than the summer expedition a few years ago!  In the entire history of China's cold weapons, the number of unilateral troops used also ranked among the top ten.  Moreover, in order to prevent the Liao Kingdom from reacting, the mobilization time was very urgent. Except for some chaos in the recruitment of civilians, there was no major chaos among the officers and soldiers of the battalions. It was because they were well prepared that they began to make arrangements one after another since last year.  .  In addition, the front line has been moved to Tiandu Mountain and Hengshan Mountain, which saves marching time.  Including supplies, most of them have been transported to the front line in advance. There will no longer be a situation like the previous summer expedition when supplies could not keep up.  However, flaws still existed. Even though many troops were stationed in the Hedong front line, Fulin Road and Yinzhou areas to monitor the movements of the Liao Kingdom, the Xiahong area was still under the control of Xixia, thus forcing the Song Dynasty to force Ling Dynasty to  Only after the prefecture is captured can the Xingqing Prefecture in Hexi Province be truly deployed.  However, although the Song Dynasty took advantage of Xixia's unpreparedness the year before, it captured Lingzhou and destroyed many city walls before withdrawing. However, after more than a year, Xixia, as the most important gateway to Hexi, had been fully repaired, and Kumamoto brought  The strength of the three armies has been completed, but Lingzhou has not yet been captured.  This forced the rear to mobilize a large amount of materials to support the Lingzhou battle.  In addition, the battle plan was advanced by nearly a month, and a large amount of materials from the rear failed to reach the front line in time. Therefore, the logistics team was extremely large, with nearly 10,000 horses of various types, and other large livestock for transporting goods reaching 10,000.  They bought more than 30,000 horses and tens of thousands of large baggage vehicles. In addition to more than 10,000 Tibetan soldiers and strongmen transferred from Shaanxi Road to serve as temporary civilian husbands, they also transferred nearly 20,000 from Hedong Road to be trained by Yao Lin.  The frontier army, as well as an army of nearly 40,000 civilians composed of strong men and archers from other state capitals.  However, the following 40,000 strong men and archers were also a deliberate arrangement. First, there were not enough local men on Shaanxi Road. Second, we took advantage of this opportunity to allow them to arrive in Lingzhou and participate in the offensive and defensive battles appropriately, so that they could experience actual combat.  After all, the focus of border defense in the future will gradually shift from Shaanxi Road to Hedong Road and Hebei Road.  But the military quality of these civilians is very poor, most of them even have black bows, that is, the Song DynastyThe compound bows used by the soldiers will not be used.  However, it has nothing to do with Zhang Kai. Hedong Road actually trained many border troops. However, after Yao Lin was sent to the battlefield in Shaanxi, in order to prevent any changes in the Liao Kingdom, these border troops, the forbidden troops guarding the border, and a small number of Tibetan soldiers in the northwest included  The Zhejia army was stationed at the border together and did not dare to move again.  So Yao Lin mobilized some veterans and put them into the ranks of strong archers from various battalions in Hedong. Every evening when they set up camp, he took turns teaching them how to use the imperial court's standard weapons and integrating the ranks.  Yao Lin turned around and then looked into the distance.  This huge logistics escort brigade has just passed Pule City. In front of it is Yaode City. It was originally two garrison stations set up by the Song Dynasty. After the fall of Lingxia, it became the garrison station of Xixia.  But now it's all back.  Yaode City is past Lingzhou. If conditions are normal, you can reach Lingzhou City in two days.  But not anymore.  The imperial edict was issued, which was necessary. If there was no imperial edict and a peace agreement was reached during the Spring Festival, and Wang Ju rashly used troops, how many ministers would be impeached.  However, Zhao Xu and several prime ministers knew that this was just a show. In fact, Wang Ju ordered the arrest of Xixia scouts, and while asking for confessions, he began to order troops to be stationed in various places to prepare.  The edict was quickly delivered to Wang Ju with fast horses. Wang Ju immediately ordered the officers and soldiers from all over the country to march towards their respective targets. The officers and soldiers from the border entered Xixia and quickly captured the fortresses on the edge of Xixia, such as Gaizhu City, Shangyukou, and Xia Toad.  Village.  "Otherwise, Xixia will soon get the news about the mobilization of so many troops and civilians, and they will definitely send elite troops to these edge forts, and most of these forts are located in dangerous terrain. At that time, it will slow down the marching speed of the large troops behind.  Xixia was not defenseless at all, let alone believed that the Song Dynasty had really negotiated peace, even though they were somewhat lucky in their hearts.  But this time the Song army came too fast, and Xixia was surprised.  After receiving the news of the Song Dynasty sending troops, Liang Yibu immediately had the idea that the Song Dynasty secretly joined forces with Hei Khan.  This is bad news that is even worse than adding insult to injury.  So Liang Yibu made a crazy move Horidi!  Hori¡¯s purpose was not to flood the Song army, and he could not expect Wang Ju to make such a low-level mistake.  Moreover, Wang Ju, who had an absolute advantage this time, used his troops to pursue two words: stability!  It is impossible to give Xixia such an opportunity.  The reason why the embankment was built was to flood the roads along the way, so as to slow down the Song army's march, and then mobilize troops and generals, and ask for help from the Liao Kingdom.  Fortunately, the spring floods in the Yellow River and the tributaries along the way have not yet completely come up, so several main forces of the Song Army arrived at Lingzhou City one after another.  What Hori opened also included the Lingzhou River on the edge of Yaode Castle. Now the water in the river is gradually flowing down. Even the areas with accumulated water have been covered with mud bags by the main army. However, there are still many areas along the way where the roads are muddy.  Originally, the trip from Pule City to Lingzhou took at most three days, but now I'm afraid it will take five days.  The sky gradually darkened, and suddenly several war horses galloped from the distance. When they came closer, several scouts dressed as herdsmen hurriedly dismounted and said: "Yao Gong, Liu Gong, and General Li, there are about 50,000 or 60,000 horses coming from the north."  "It's only an hour away from our army." "Okay, go down and rest," Yao Lin said.  Liu Shaoneng said: "You came just in time." Yao Lin nodded, turned to look at Li Sangou and said: "General Li, you are old and can command, but don't be greedy for credit, otherwise I will not be able to explain to the Taibao  Ah." Li Sangou laughed.  This battle may be the last battle for many veterans, and it is also the last battle for Li Sangou.  In fact, rather than using his force, it is better to use his prestige in the hearts of the Tibetan people.  Yao Lin began to give orders. At this time, the camp had been set up. Although it was a logistics army and there were many civilians, the camp was set up according to marching standards along the way, with barracks and trenches.  However, even during the march, we were not afraid of enemy cavalry raids, because there were too many baggage vehicles, and we deliberately formed a convoy of more than four vehicles to move forward, dividing the convoy into two and connecting them together to form two standard defensive fronts.  .  Of course, now that the attack is coming, it would be better to have a camp.  But for the sake of stability, Yao Lin still ordered the baggage carts to be pushed in front of the camp fence and connected with the camp fence to prevent enemy cavalry from conflicting.  But the tens of thousands of strong archers from Hedong began to panic, and many of them had expressions of fear on their faces.  But this is exactly what Yao Lin needs!  The Song Dynasty still does not have a well-developed intelligence network in the Liao Kingdom. However, because of the Liang family's rebellious behavior in Xixia, the people are in dire straits, allowing Wang Ju to easily spread the intelligence network secretly to Xixia.area.  Not long after Wang Ju sent out troops, he received news that nearly 10,000 Xixia cavalry were lurking in the Baichi City area west of Tiemenguan.  After receiving the news, Wang Ju immediately judged that the Xixia people wanted to attack the Song army's logistics.  The reason is very simple. The Song army is now taking Lingwu Avenue and Huluchuan Road, which have nothing to do with the ancient Great Wall.  The focus of the attack was Lingzhou. After Lingzhou was captured, the troops were sent to Hexi, directed at Xingqing Mansion, and implemented a beheading policy.  This march plan is clear, so there is no need for Xixia to place nearly 10,000 cavalry on the ancient Great Wall.  There are also loopholes in the Song army's march itself. In order to maintain the smooth cooperation of several armies, they were all very close to each other. At the same time, the territory on the north side of Xixia was abandoned.  Therefore, no matter what movement Xixia made in the north, the Song army was beyond its reach.  The local terrain is south of the ancient Great Wall, west of Yanzhou, north of Pule City, and east of Yaode City. The Xixia people called this area Hanhai.  This is what Xixia people say. The real vast sea is not this area, but refers to the Mongolian Plateau, Lake Baikal or the Junggar Basin. The reason why the Xixia people call this area the vast sea is because this area is composed of swamps, salt marshes, and dry areas.  The terrain is mainly grassland, desert and Gobi Desert, which is not suitable for human habitation. Therefore, it is mostly uninhabited land. It is also not suitable for the Song army to use troops. For no other reason, there is not enough water source. A small army is not a problem, and the large army is infantry.  When the Lord's army comes, just a piece of water is enough to scare the three armies.  But this vast sea is a funny vast sea after all. If it is all cavalry, running through this "sea", the small scale does not require high logistics, and half a day is enough. Therefore, after the victory of Gyeongju, Wang Ju sent out a large number of cavalry  , came from Yanzhou to the outskirts of Lingzhou and harassed the Xixia people.  If it is a large group of cavalry, as long as they bring enough dry food and water, the light of day can penetrate this "sea".  Because most of the area was uninhabited, Wang Ju took the initiative to abandon the north, which provided convenient conditions for the Xixia troops to attack the Song Dynasty.  Even if they are ambushed, because of this terrain, they can take advantage of the cavalry to retreat quickly.  The number of troops sent by the Song Dynasty this time. In order to successfully capture Xixia, Wang Ju sent out a large number of troops and civilians regardless of the cost, which also produced astonishing consumption every day.  Although sufficient grain and grass supplies were prepared in the early stage, grain and grass must be transported from the rear in the later stage.  However, it is impossible to transfer from the Central Plains to Guanzhong, then step by step to Weizhou, from Weizhou to Xiaoguan, and then to the front line. How much waste would that generate?  Therefore, it must still come from Gyeongju.  But Wang Ju couldn't judge how many troops Xixia would mobilize to prepare to attack the Song Dynasty's logistics. Not only these 10,000 cavalry, but also some nomads in the north and south Hetao. This was not what Wang Ju was worried about, what worried him the most  The most important thing is the Liao Kingdom. Whether the Liao Kingdom sends troops from the Bai Dadan side or from the Zhen Bu side, they are all in the northernmost part of Xixia, and they are also where the Song Dynasty scouts cannot find out.  So Wang Ju formulated this plan.  There are a lot of materials transported this time, and it¡¯s the amount that makes Xixia people excited.  If they didn't make any plans for this batch of supplies, they wouldn't make any plans for the Song Army's logistics in the future.  Secondly, only some of the subordinates trained by Yao Lin and the Tibetan army wore armor. This is normal. With so much material transported, shouldn't we send an army to escort it?  The rest are all without armor, especially these tens of thousands of strong archers. They are called archers and strong men. What is the actual difference between them and civilians?  What is needed is this kind of performance. If all of them are like the subordinates trained by Yao Lin, and there are so many soldiers and horses, will Xixia still dare to attack?  Now that the bait is in place, it¡¯s time to calculate where the Xixia people may attack.  Most likely they won't be in the area from Xiabaozhai to Pulecheng, because they go too deep. Once here, they will probably be noticed by Song Dynasty scouts. Even if they successfully attack the grain and grass, they will easily be cut off by the Song army.  In order to prevent the Xixia people from becoming insane, Wang Ju also intended to send a wide range of cavalry in this area. Of course, if this is the case and the Xixia people are still making plans in this area, they will have no choice but to fight.  It is also impossible to be too close to the main force of the Song Army in the area from Yaode City to Lingzhou.  Therefore, the location of the attack will most likely be between Pule City and Yaode City. Although it is not too far from Lingzhou, because Xixia opened the Lingzhou River embankment in advance, many low-lying areas were filled with stagnant water.  , which slowed down the march of the logistics troops and also slowed down the arrival of the rescue Song army.  At the same time, above it is the real "vast sea", which is almost no man's land and is easy to sneak over.  Just like at this time, although the Song army was allowed to set up camp, when the tens of thousands of enemy cavalry approached the camp, it was already dark, which was a good time to attack the camp!  Orders were issued one after another, and the Baojie and Fan soldiers on the Shaanxi Road, as well as Yao Lin's original subordinates, were fully armed.  The tens of thousands of strong archers on Hedong Road are not assigned armor, but at the same time?Open the baggage cart and take out weapons, either a bow, a sword, a spear or a spear.  However, most of these people still look nervous. However, given the strength of the people in Hedong, as long as they have experienced a few actual battles and overcome the fear of war, most of them can successfully become qualified warriors.  Song Jun continued to make arrangements.  The enemy is coming
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