No wonder Wang Shao was so surprised, it was because this method of using troops was too terrifying.

There is no such thing in normal wars.

Generally, wars, especially large corps combat, rely extremely on logistics, so we usually have to take down the cities along the way first and become our own food channels. If we cannot control the food channels, it is very likely that the food channels will be cut off by the enemy. The army without logistics will easily collapse.

The previous five-way summer battle was the best example.

What Di Hu mentioned now is to bypass all cities, go through a thousand miles of rushing towards Qingzhou. This is not just an adventure, it is simply throwing his head on his waist.

The biggest difficulty of this army is not just to march around the city and travel thousands of miles to reach Qingzhou. The biggest difficulty should be how to conquer Qingzhou and then survive in the hinterland of the enemy.

Di Hu couldn't help but smile bitterly when he faced Wang Shao's shock: "It's indeed a bit incredible, but it's not impossible. Ji Mo analyzed this for us very clearly."

Wang Shao asked, "Tell me."

Di Hu nodded: "We brought rations for ten days, which was enough for us to arrive in Qingzhou. We bypassed the city. The Song army did not dare to come out to stop them, and they could not stop them."

Wang Shao nodded. Facing the cavalry of Xixia, the Song army would not take the initiative to come out to fight against Xixia. As long as they did not enter the city, the cavalry of Xixia would be able to move smoothly. Perhaps they were planning to lure the enemy into the depths.

"...The long journey is actually our biggest difficulty. As for arriving in Gyeongju... Hehe, Ziyou is already waiting for us in Gyeongju, and Lu Zhongfu's Qingzhou Industrial Park has been strictly guarded. As long as we arrive, we can get supplies and settle the city."

Wang Shao frowned: "The problem is that even so, he is still in the heart of the Song Dynasty. Even if he can stay for a while, he is still a Jedi!

Although Ji Mo led his army to attack Huanqing, it was difficult to capture the frontiers of Huanqing Road. As long as the Song Dynasty blocked Ji Mo's army, we would be completely alone."

Di Hu laughed: "So, the most wonderful thing is here. If you think so, the Song army will also think so. The Song army will definitely try hard to block Ji Mo's army and trap us to death.

But they ignored something, that is, the form of war has changed, and fortresses are no longer indestructible fortifications."

Wang Shao frowned and suddenly said, "Explosive!"

Di Hu laughed: "That's right, explosives can open mountains, but of course it can cause the city to collapse. If there is explosives, the fortress will no longer be a daunting opportunity.

When everyone thought we were alone and we were besieged, they did not expect that we had the weapon of explosives.

Not only that, our army wanted to cut off the grain routes of various forts on Huanqing Road and surrounded them instead.

It would be good if they were willing to surrender. If they didn’t, then clear the fortress and open up the passages between Qingzhou, Huanzhou and Lingzhou, and connect Huanqing Road with Xixia."

Wang Shao slapped his thigh and cheered: "What a wonderful thing! In this way, Huanqing Road will be fully in our hands. With Lanzhou, Hezhou is already under our control.

We can take down Qinfeng Road to the west, and we can block the Hexi army outside the pass to the east.

All the six roads in Shaanxi are in our hands. With this treasure land, it is not difficult to reproduce the old story of going east to conquer the six kingdoms!"

Di Hu also smiled and said, "That's true, Ji Mo called this plan a strategic detour."

"Strategic detour..." Wang Shao chewed it and couldn't help but exclaim: "Ji Mozhi's wonderful ideas are really amazing. Such a whimsical but extremely feasible idea is only able to think of it, right?"

Di Hu smiled bitterly: "Well, he still said he didn't know the soldiers."

Wang Shao was stunned for a moment and smiled bitterly.

God is so stupid that he doesn't know how to fight.

...

Han Jiang is very ambitious or responsible. He is very concerned about defenses everywhere, so he will carefully understand the military intelligence letters for each defense.

But Han Jiang felt a little strange.

This time, Xixia was divided into three armies, besieging Suide City, attacking Huanqing Road in the middle, and the west road was in Lanzhou.

In addition to Huanqing Road, there is still some movement in these three routes. Suide City and Lanzhou on the West Road have been still holding their troops. Han Jiang can see it with his own eyes on Suide Road, and military information comes every day in Lanzhou. According to Chang Lishan's return, the Western Xia army in Lanzhou is also dormant. Why is this?

Moreover, according to the report of the Huanqing Road Defense Army, although the attacks of the Xixia Army have been continuous, the intensity is not high. They attack like missions every day, and there are not many casualties, making them look like they are practicing military forces.

Han Jiang didn't figure it out, so he went to find a professional Zhong Yan.

Zhong Yan was also puzzled: "In the past, the Xia army invaded, mostly by beating, smashing, looting, and although they didn't care much about the fortress, they also had to be besieged.

Although it is to prevent us from cutting off the way back and then let the army enter the hinterland for looting, it is still necessary to let the army enter in the end.

This time, it was really strange that he only surrounded and didn’t fight."

Han Jiang and Zhong Yan looked at each other, unable to understand, but they could not ask Xixia for a clear question, so they could only pass the news back to the court to resolve the matter.

But when they received the news again, it was a bolt from the blue!

Changing ownership in Qingzhou!

The news came from the Security Army and the Huanzhou Army.

Gyeongzhou is the base camp for supplying all kinds of materials from the Western Army, but it suddenly stopped supplying recently. The Western Army quickly sent someone to send a letter to ask for it, but found that Gyeongzhou and Gyeongzhou Industrial Park were both closed-door and ignored the people sent by the Western Army.

The Western Army suddenly became suspicious, so they visited the news everywhere, but accidentally encountered an urgent message from Weizhou.

The people from the Western Army asked carefully, and were immediately scared and their scalp was numb. It turned out that a large army had already passed through Yuanzhou and headed straight to Gyeongju!

As for why Yuanzhou sent an urgent manuscript at this time, it was because Yuanzhou was originally responsible for Chang Lishan, who was stationed in Hezhou. However, Yuanzhou sent the message several times but received no reply, so he could only send the message to Han Jiang.

The people from the Western Army quickly sent the news to Suide City. Han Jiang was frightened to death when he saw it.

Among the six roads in Shaanxi, Qingzhou is the key to the hinterland. To the north is the fortress group of Huanqing Army. To the east, you can attack Yan'an Prefecture and to the south, you can attack Jingzhao Prefecture. It can be said that you have hit a nail in the heart!

Han Jiang hurried to find Zhong Yan. Zhong Yan carefully studied the information, but was overjoyed.

"It's time for Xiang Han to make achievements!"

Han Jiang was stunned: "What is this statement?"

Zhong Yan said: "Although this army also has tens of thousands of people, it seems to be deep into our hinterland, according to Yuanzhou's intelligence, they avoided the city and did not seize it.

In other words, to put it another way, they are already alone, and their world is full of our people. We can completely lock their way back and wipe out this army!”

Han Jiang frowned: "They have entered Qingzhou and have a city, so it is probably difficult to fight!"

Zhong Yan laughed: "The lonely army goes deeper and does not defend the lonely city. These are all taboos for military strategists. They all violate it, and it is useless to occupy the city.

In our place, we have thousands of troops, and they can't last long!

The Prime Minister of Han, the last general suggested that he encircle Qingzhou immediately and wipe out the army completely, which would definitely damage the Xia army's vitality!”

Han Jiang thought about it carefully and smiled. This is an easy thing to judge. Han Jiang was not a soldier, but after becoming the Privy Councilor, he had read several military books.

Indeed, every book has a warning that the lonely army has entered the end and the lonely city cannot be defended. Thinking about it, this army has indeed become a turtle in the jar!

Then there is nothing to hesitate.

Han Jiang immediately compiled a book and sent out the order to annihilate the army.

...

In the Qingzhou Free Trade Zone.

Di Hu's army has taken over the defense of Qingzhou Industrial Park and Qingzhou City, and Di Yong's banking supervision guards have also been incorporated into the army.

Su Che, Lu Bing, Wang Shao, Di Yong, Di Hu and others were all together, but they did not rush to reminisce about the past, but immediately made preparations.

Now it has entered the defensive battle stage.

"In the strategy formulated by the Prime Minister, even if he enters Qingzhou, he must adopt an active defensive strategy rather than passive defense. The so-called passive defense means defending the city and giving up mobility.

Our country’s requirement is to protect the Qingzhou Industrial Park and Qingzhou City, and to take active measures to cut off the connection between the Western Army and the mainland!

Before the Central Army breaks through, we control the Qingzhou area. After the Central Army breaks through, we can go south to capture Jingzhao Prefecture, and the Central Army will capture Yan'an Prefecture eastward, and then we can defend the pass and block the Song army from the pass.

By then, if Qinfeng Road is taken to the west, Shaanxi Sixth Road will be connected with Daxia. If you advance, attack and retreat, you will take the initiative in strategy."

Di Hu introduced the goal of this time to everyone.

Wang Shao asked: "The news that we occupy here should have spread. What is the reaction of Song Jun?"

Di Hu smiled and said, "It's thunder in all directions, but there's no need to worry. The main force of the Western Army is restrained by the central army and the left-wing army, and there are not many people left. Only the Zhenrong Army on Qinfeng Road can pose some threats, but now they should be worried about the Xihe Army."

Wang Shao's enrollment in Xia this time was brought with him tens of thousands of people from Xihe Army, and the Zhenrong Army should indeed consider whether he would be attacked from both sides.

When the Zhenrong Army felt the pressure, more than a dozen fortresses of the Dingbian Army were already volatile, Qingzhou materials were stopped, and the grain channels had been cut off, and the Xixia Army's offensive suddenly became fierce.

On September 25, the Xixia army pulled out more than a dozen fortresses including Shentang Fort, Jiuyang Fort, Huaiwei Fort, Shunning Village within one day, and swept away the outer fortresses!
Chapter completed!