The Qingtang War has broken out for more than ten days.

In the early stage of the blitzkrieg, relying on the guns and cannons provided by the Liao people, in addition to the high efficiency, courage and good combat of the Western Xia soldiers, they were equipped with superior equipment to the Song garrison in Qingtang.

This is because of the lag and interest competition of the bureaucratic machinery of the Song Dynasty. The Hedong Army, as the second echelon, has not yet been replaced.

They were not equipped with enough cavalry. In the past, they were protected by the "Song Dynasty flag". However, once they were really attacked, the combat power of these 20,000 Hedong Army was not even as good as that of the 10,000 cavalrymen who had the Ghost Challenge of Qingyi. This is certain.

At that time, the Qingtang War paid a great price, with a relatively small population. After the Qingtang War, the Lilu regime lost nearly 200,000 young and middle-aged men. Later, they were protected by the Song State garrison, focusing on developing production, and abandoning the state of pioneering the army. Since the official advance of the Western Xia Dynasty, Qingyi Ghost Chains could only have about 10,000 cavalry equipment.

The military command of the Qingtang battlefield is now in the hands of the Song army. Since the invasion, the Song army general Cao Zhongqi ordered Qingyi to lead the cavalry along the Hebei of Datong, intending to replicate the Dumenshan battle of the war god Di Qing and use cavalry to attack the logistics line of the Xixia army.

However, his thinking is wrong and he has poor communication with Qingyi Ghost Chapter, which has caused his actions to be slow.

The reason why Di Qing used only one thousand elite cavalry to attack Dumen Mountain was speed and efficiency. However, after Cao Zhongqi and Qingyi had no prestige, they still decided to attack in the posture of 10,000 cavalry, intending to respond to the north and south.

But how can the collection, mobilization, marching, and logistics deployment of 10,000 cavalry be achieved in a short time?

In this regard, the cavalry team of Qingyi's ghost-making chapter only passed the Nanzong area and had not yet formulated a specific strategy to attack the Xixia logistics line. However, the Song army was deployed in Zongcheng, and the twenty field battalions in Tonghuang could no longer withstand it and were defeated.

As a last resort, the defeated Song army retreated to the Huangzhou camp. At this point, the strategic goal was to break through the Datong River.

While losing the supply line from Lanzhou, the state of Song Dynasty, Huangzhou, the strategic important city of Qingtang, was in a hurry. This was equivalent to an announcement that more than 70 field battalions deployed by the Song army in the Qingtang East Line area were officially trapped. Although the war was not very damaged, the spirit had been lost, and the mood of the pills gradually spread in the Qingtang area.

What's more fatal is that although the strategic situation has advanced to this point, the lag has led to the news that the Qingtang War broke out before it has entered the capital of the Song Dynasty. However, it has already entered the Privy Council of the Northern Prefecture of Liao Kingdom.

As a result, tribal armies from various tribes of the Liao Kingdom were gathering in Beijing.

This situation will not ferment quickly, but it will not be too slow. Are these tribal troops similar to mercenaries? Before the Pishou Army of the Liao Kingdom is in danger, they are indeed very executable and brave and good at fighting.

Now due to the manufacturing of the Song Dynasty and the rise of agriculture and animal husbandry, the materials are increasing infinitely, and life everywhere has begun to improve to a certain extent. However, culture is still lagging behind. The tribal rules of the jungle law have made them want more meat after they have food. Lao Xiao revealed to them a long time ago that big meat was in the Song Dynasty of the Southern Dynasty.

No one knows whether it is really time to eat big meat. In short, the larger Qingtang War has broken out again. At the same time, the entire vast territory of the Great Liao territory, the support of the chiefs and lords are gathering towards the Khitan's "Skin King Banner" relatively efficiently.

This situation is really happening. But in fact, the first three rows of the Liao Kingdom, including Lao Xiao, are not yet clear whether the war will begin.

Just like when the Qingtang War broke out last time, the Shanxi Army of Liao Kingdom also partially gathered on the front line of Nanjing Road. Yelu Hongji himself may not know whether to fight or not, and he must judge based on the current situation.

So now, after a large number of tribal troops began to assemble, they just waited to see the situation in Qingtang, as well as the various situations in the southeast of Guangnan, Bohai, and the fifth southeastern route of the Song State.

Of course, what is certain is that if it really breaks out this time, the intensity will be significantly higher than the last time. After all, the last time was just a gathering of the Shan army of the Liao royal family. Even if they were to fight, they would definitely be blackmailing, and it would be a local war with limited intensity.

But now the entire grassland wolf pack is moving, because the pigs are fat, Song State is so rich and tempting.

Once the situation breaks out in a concentrated manner, Lao Xiao and Yelu Hongji will be passively tied to a chariot by the tribe's rich lords. Just blackmail may be able to satisfy the Khitans, but they are far from satisfying tribes such as Di Lie, Cha Zha Tsu, Merriji, etc.

In short, the more fierce the people went north, the more they wanted the land and resources of the Southern Dynasties, and the more they wanted to eat big meat!

The importance of speed is a famous saying in war. If you want to fight, the most efficient way is not to wait for the support of these local lords to join the war. Of course, the elite Shan army will attack quickly and then sound the assembly call after achieving the first victory.

But Lao Xiao said the opposite, either fighting or not, so he was not in a hurry to send troops. He just slowly sounded the assembly call and waited for the spies from the Imperial City Division of the Song State to send the current situation of the Liao Kingdom back to the Bianjing court.

Of course, this news will be transmitted back to Bianjing. The focus of the intelligence work during this period was on the Liao Kingdom rather than the Xixia. With its own internal problems, the resources of the Imperial City Department were greatly reduced. However, the Qingtang War broke out and I didn’t know it. It was just that I was quite delayed and discovered that the Liao Kingdom’s abnormal movement of troops was dispatched. The news arrived in Bianjing.

After the news arrived in Bianjing in September, the whole country was shocked and there was no question of whether the Liao Kingdom had to gather these troops. However, the Song Dynasty and the whole country were officially poured with cold water. At that time, Han Qi promoted the "prestige of a great power" and the concentrated deployment of the royal army on Guangnan, it was almost time to cool down.

So far, the people are barely stable, but within the Song government, a group of husbands led by Han Qi were in chaos, which was really a torment.

The Liao Kingdom was really polite and reasonable in the previous period. After using diplomatic dialogue, they received "apology and compensation, and Shen Jilang was temporarily dismissed", they basically calmed down and no longer pursued the bombing of the Song Navy into the Liao Kingdom's territorial waters.

But now, Han Qi has encountered a huge problem. This time, the Liao Kingdom did not inform anyone and just gathered a large army of such a large scale. Even if it was to go to Beijing in his own administrative region, it would not work.

Yes, this is definitely not possible between great powers. For example, the last time the Liao Kingdom gathered was because of Yelu Hongji's ascension ceremony. The Liao Kingdom Privy Council would inform Song in advance and said, "Don't be nervous and don't misunderstand, be calm. My father's country gathered troops for that and something, not to kill people." This is probably the reason.

So even though they didn't know what they wanted to do, Han Qi was really anxious. The so-called prestige of the great power that scared Liao Kingdom suddenly stopped. Do they think the Liao people are crazy? What are they going to do if they suddenly do such a blind operation?

For this reason, even if the people are exhausted and the money is damaged, the State of Song must respond and make corresponding arrangements. However, when the deployment is started, Han Qi was the first time that he experienced the sequelae of Guangnan's willfulness.

The resources of the Southwest Fourth Road have just been invested, and Han Qi doesn't believe Wang Yun's so-called "you can win if you don't fight", so the four roads can't move and get trapped.

The Southeast Five Road may be able to move, but the scale is limited, because these regions are the most complex areas of this era, with too many clan forces and religious thinking everywhere. The government, clans, and religion are theoretically natural enemies. When the three parties exist and suppress each other, they can be relatively stable. If the deployment of power suddenly changes, such as the large-scale evacuation of the imperial guards, clan thinking and religious thinking will not endure, and they can immediately expose each other's brains.

The so-called water-grabbing battle in Chenliu County was weak. In the southeast region, he could have a single surname in one area, and then he would have all taken a hoe to fight with believers of certain sects. It was almost a real war, and the bureaucratic inaction caused these forces to hold a large number of controlled weapons. Even in the later civilization era, such forces would have many local gunpowder guns or something.

Moreover, Han Qi was not stupid, and he also received some news in advance that the situation in the southeast was unstable and the activities of the Manichaeism Maitreya was frequent. Therefore, this made the court unable to move. Even though it was known that there was no need for many troops to stabilize the situation in the southeast, the number of troops was temporarily the Dinghai Shenjian. Once it was evacuated and once it became chaotic, the harm of the people who had no protection and stepped on each other would continue to expand.

Wen Yanbo entered Beizhou to quell the rebellion. A few Maitreya cult terrorists could bring such great harm. It was because after the garrison evacuated, it seemed that the rules no longer existed. Without the rules and the deterrence of the garrison, everything was possible. In the end, the Beizhou incident was elevated to a military operation "Pang Shumi personally in charge" and Wen Yanbo personally led the troops to quell the rebellion.

Now Han Qi is blind now. He doesn't want to correct the Guangnan deployment that has been made, because it is impossible to determine whether Liao Kingdom will fight. If Guangnan policy is corrected, it means that this political fight has lost to the great devil. Han Qi is still shameless.

As a result, the fifth route of the Northeast was originally deployed to Liao, and it had naturally existed. The fourth army above had fewer first lineups and could lead to Bianjing, so there were only two routes in the northwest routes, and the third route in the middle was the last resource to operate.

The size of the three central routes is of little use. The only remaining Qinfeng Road and Yongxing Military Road that are heavily deployed can be transferred.

At this point, Han Qi was helpless. Whether the Western Army could be transferred was a question. The Western Army was the pillar of the Ximen Kingdom and was deployed against the Western Xia since ancient times. Although it is not obvious that there will be a war with the Western Xia, it is a feud with the Western Xia after all. Whether the Western Army can be transferred to deal with the strange behavior of the Liao Kingdom needs to be weighed.

After only two days of consideration, Han Qi made a difficult decision: He issued a document to the Yongxing Army Road Chief General, and immediately led 50,000 troops to set up a war and set up a defense to Taiyuan Prefecture in Hedong to deal with the Liao Dynasty's act of dispatching troops.

In addition, Han Qi asked: The Yongxing Army needs to cooperate with the former Hedong Army and Hebei Army, and form a visible and majestic defense line in Taiyuan Prefecture, Hejian Prefecture and Zhending Prefecture to intimidate the Liao Kingdom.

At this point, the Privy Council was a little more peaceful. Although it was not majestic enough to be comparable to the military muscles of the Liao Kingdom, no matter what, it could only be considered as having more than 300,000 imperial guards on the defense line of the fifth route in the northeast.

Such a defense line cannot be said to be not majestic or awesome. Responsibly, in this world, there is only the Liao Kingdom, Song Kingdom, and India's Asano, and there is no third country.

In addition to the bureaucrats of the Privy Council called this the Majestic King's Division, the propaganda mouth was also forced to promote it with "magnificent and unbreakable line", which once again aroused the whole country's blood.

For a moment, the Song Dynasty changed from fear of Liao to ridicule, and it was becoming increasingly fierce...
Chapter completed!