Du Zhongxiao thought for a while and said, "From entering Hequ Road, my troops were based on defense and were not prepared to fight, and there was not much savings in the army. It was impossible to fight the country, and everything was too late. If you want to fight, you can only fight a limited border battle."

Han Qi didn't understand what Du Zhongxiao said, and asked, "How to say it?"

Du Zhongxiao bowed: "My husband, please wait a moment." After saying that, he ordered the guards outside the door to pick up the nearby map.

After a moment, Du Zhongxiao spread it on the table and said to Han Qi: "Look, look, there are two places connecting the Hequ Road area and Dangxiang. One is the South Road, the upper reaches of the Dangxiang Quye River opposite the Jin Su army and the Heqing army. The Linfu Road is not far south. The original plan of the Xiaguan was that Dangxiang refused to return the foreign households that surrendered to the enemy, and with about 2,000 troops and guns and cannons, they would clear all the forts in the Dangxiang area. With artillery help, it would be not difficult to break the forts. After it was broken, it would be demolished and burned. The dynasty did not station troops, so that Dangxiang would never rely on it-"

Han Qi looked at the map and asked, "Since it is not difficult to attack, why not attack and defend there? We have cannons, but Dangxiang does not. They can't do anything about building a fortress. After occupying that area, the road to Linfu became much easier."

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "That area is full of ravines, the roads are rugged, and the terrain is broken, so it is not cost-effective to defend it. It is okay to build a fortress. Because the terrain is too broken, it is impossible to find a key place and cannot defend it with a big city, so you can only set up a fortress and divide your troops to guard it. The Dangxiang people have a rough meal, and the cultivated land around the fortress can barely support the defenders, but this dynasty cannot, and there will be a lot of losses at that time. It is better not to defend it. Every year, the Dangxiang army retreats and burns it to white land with thousands of troops. Without the support of the fortress, Dangxiang lost the land in the Quye River area, and there is a desert behind it, and he is unable to threaten the court from there."

Han Qi thought for a while, nodded and said, "It makes sense. You can do this with guns and cannons. Where is this way?"

Du Zhongxiao pointed to the map and said, "The northern route is Tiande Army, Huyangu, advancing along the Yellow River, and attacking the Heishan Military Supervisor Office. He broke through Wuzhihai City, went along the Yellow River, and attacked the Shunhua Crossing of Qilian Mountain Pass. At that time, there was a force to approach Xingqing Prefecture, and he could seize the opportunity to win!"

Han Qi frowned and shook his head: "The Heishan Military Supervisor has 70,000 troops and horses for the Khitan. You are less than half of your troops, so how can you fight!"

Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "That was the time when Yuanhao's army was the strongest. Since Dangxiang treason, wars have continued for years, so how could there be so many soldiers there? In recent years, the Khitan attacked Dangxiang, and every time they attacked the Qilian Mountains. When they were far away, they attacked Liangzhou, which was already broken. According to my estimate, if Dangxiang did not gather the army, and relying solely on the Heishan Military Supervisor, 20,000 to 30,000 people had already won. Due to lack of preparation, the army launched a battle, and could only go forward 300 miles at the farthest distance. The Tiande Army crossed more than 300 miles to Huehua, which was the farthest place where the military front reached, and just arrived at Helan Mountain Pass."

Han Qi remained silent and kept looking at the map for a long time before saying, "Why don't you imitate the Khitan and attack the middle lane?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "The middle road is except for the land and Jinze, all the desert. As long as Dangxiang retreats step by step, the army will enter a dead end. It is not a place for combat. The Khitans have suffered several defeats in the middle and south roads. On the contrary, the northern roads have relied on the northern road to save face. The Khitans fought Dangxiang as a battle to destroy the country. The southern road attacked Hengshan, the middle road directly took Xingqing Prefecture, and the northern road was restrained. There is no need to do this if the battle to destroy the country is not destroyed."

Bao Zheng, who had never spoken, said: "The Tiande Army area is vast and sparsely populated, with no households, no one to settle down, and no food, so I'm afraid it's not easy."

Du Zhongxiao said: "So this battle must be based on the army's own supply and quick battle. It is not possible to give Dangxiang a fatal blow in a short period of time, and the army will immediately withdraw and defend the Tiande Army. However, I think it is safe to destroy the Heishan Military Supervisory Office in about half a month and attack Xinghuadu."

Han Qi pondered for a while and asked, "Half a month? How sure is it?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "About eight cities. Dangxiang's war has been going on for more than ten years. How many troops can it support? As long as the plan is thorough and each army can use its lives, it cannot be done. It is feasible to attack the Dulunzhai area with a small number of troops, attract the Dangxiang army, and suddenly attack Heishan."

Han Qi said: "Speaking east and attacking west? If you don't know, Dangxiang will use his troops to save Dulun Village and attack Dongshengzhou along the way. How to do it?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "As long as the defense is thorough, Dangxiang will not defeat Jin Suzhou and Heqingzhou, there will be no danger in Dongshengzhou. There are so many artillery, thousands of people will defend the city. If Dangxiang dares to siege, all reinforcements will arrive in one month."

Han Qi nodded, shook his head again, hesitating for a moment. More than 30,000 soldiers and horses were fighting against Dangxiang, which was a bit too risky.

It has been more than two months since he went north. After learning about the reality of the Khitan and Dangxiang, Du Zhongxiao understood in his heart that there were already a lot of 30,000 soldiers. When the Khitan attacked Dangxiang, Yelu Zongzhen personally fought, but there were only more than 200,000 soldiers and horses. It was divided into three routes, plus the people with logistics support, and there were only 30,000 to 50,000 soldiers and 50,000 soldiers and 50,000 soldiers and 50,000 soldiers and 50,000 soldiers and 50,000 soldiers and 50,000 soldiers and 50,000 soldiers and 10,000 soldiers and 10,000 soldiers and 10,000 soldiers and 10,000 soldiers and 10,000 soldiers and 10,000 soldiers and 10,000 soldiers and 10,000 soldiers were actually fighting on the front line.

Hundreds of thousands of troops are concentrated on one battlefield. How to command this era? The Song army's unprecedented Pingrong Wan formation was only 100,000, and no matter how many, it would not work. The so-called hundreds of thousands of troops stretched for hundreds of miles, and there were not so many people on the front battlefield.

The advantage of Yingtianxiang Army is that all the soldiers are in war, and they have been practicing for several years, with mature organization and orderly command. In a short period of time, 30,000 people are enough to control the battlefield. When Dangxiang Zhen concentrates his troops to sway the country, the war will be over.

The organization of the Yingtianxiang Army is the highest battlefield command unit. It is responsible for the whole journey alone. If there are more, it can only divide troops or be a reserve team. Dangxiang's command is farther away. No matter how many soldiers are claimed to be, if 50,000 people are the limit and they will command chaos.

If all the manpower of Yingtianxiang Army and the other army was enough to fight Dangxiang to destroy the country. Dangxiang claimed that hundreds of thousands of troops could mobilize 600,000 or 700,000 people at the limit, which was useless. If the limit force was calculated, the Song Dynasty could mobilize millions.

Han Qi thought for a long time, sat down at the table, and said to Du Zhongxiao: "According to your wishes, if you fight Dangxiang, use the trick of attacking the east and west. Use a unit to attack Quyehe Dulun Village, enter and exit quickly, and burn all the Dangxiang Fort Village in that area to white land. The main force is concentrated in the Tiande Army. If Dangxiang starts up troops to rescue Dulun Village, the main force of the Tiande Army will directly attack the Heishan Military Supervisory Office. Destroy its main force, and the troops will face Shunhua Pass and threaten Xingqing Prefecture."

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "Not bad. As long as you capture the Hue Dui, arrange it along the Yellow River, and make preparations early, it will be difficult for Dangxiang to retake it."

Bao Zheng said: "Even if this plan is feasible, will Dangxiang be deceived? The result of defeating Chongyuan in one battle and killing Zong Zhen in another battle is too amazing. Dangxiang knows this, how could he come to fight?"

Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "Since Yuanhao treason, Dangxiang and his dynasty have been attacking for several years, and they have almost no defeat. How could they not dare to fight?"

People's psychology is very wonderful. No matter how powerful your army is, if you escape the victory, how can they be afraid as long as they are not defeated by the Dangxiang people? Not to mention the Dangxiang people who have won consecutive victories after the founding of the country, they are in a state of mind, even those troops who have been defeated repeatedly. As long as they have been over a longer period of time, they will have a sense of confusion. In the past life, India fought against China's borders. After ten or twenty years, when they became angry, they were confused and thought that their combat power had the upper hand. The army that was beaten to the island in three years was even more magical. They were afraid of whoever they saw when they met with foreign enemies, but they were not afraid of the army that beat them to a mess, and they tried their best to tease them.
Chapter completed!