Except for the official halls, most of the officials are remote as new command posts, and even some nearby houses are expropriated.

Du Zhongxiao, Han Qi and Shisanlang stood in front of the map, studying the nearby situation.

From then on, the city went south, about 200 miles away was Hue Dui, and within hundreds of miles nearby, it crossed the excellent ferry of the Yellow River, and the important road connecting the east and west.

Han Qi pointed to the map and said, "The soldiers from the White Horse Army Supervisor come west, and the Helan Mountain defenders go north, and they all have to pass the Hue Ferry Crossing. This is an important place that communicates with east, west, south and north. If you keep this place, you will have all the states in Hequ!"

Du Zhongxiao said: "Yes. Hue Dudu goes eastward, which is the Heqing Army. After defending Hue Dudu and relying on the Yellow River, this line is the area occupied by our dynasty. The White Horse Military Supervisor Office is 50,000 and Helan Mountain Guards blocked the 100,000 army. This area will be owned by our dynasty from now on."

Han Qi said: "One hundred thousand soldiers sounds like a lot, but in fact there are not many soldiers. In the past, the Northwest Imperial Army opposed 100,000 Dangxiang and 50,000 people. You have guns and cannons here, and if you can arrange them in advance, you should have a chance of winning."

Du Zhongxiao said: "My husband said it well. It is just that Dangxiang wants to admit that these places belong to our dynasty and even return to the throne. Just keeping them is not enough. To win this battle, you must also win a big victory. You must hurt Dangxiang so that they will never dare to fight again."

Shisanlang said: "It's not easy to manage. We defend, and the Dangxiang attacks, but if we can't defeat it, we retreat. How can we win? We fight all the way south to Xingqing Prefecture. Now the whole army has insufficient morale and we must rest."

Du Zhongxiao said: "The military training of Yingtianxiang has been in the military for several years. In the past few months, they have been fighting with the best battles. Although they have won consecutive victories, their quality is still somewhat insufficient. An excellent general and a strong army must be good at defending in offense and attacking in defense. Relying on existing positions, in the overall defense, they attack locally and annihilate large numbers of enemies. If this battle is fought well, Yingtianxiang's army will be reborn!"

Speaking of this, Du Zhongxiao pointed to the map and said, "Double miles south of Huhuadu is the Helan Mountains. There are mountains and rivers in the middle, not as flat as the north, and it is difficult to attack. The large battlefield is most beneficial to us in the Huhuadu area. Most of the Dangxiang soldiers are in Hexi. After they seized Huhuadu, they did not have a suitable place to cross the river, so they limited the battlefield to the west of the Yellow River. After occupying Huhuadu, we guarded the river. Shisanlang, tomorrow you will lead the cavalry south, fifty miles south of Huhuadu and one hundred miles west, all of which are reconnaissance areas. This battle will start with the range battle between the two sides!"

Shisanlang Yingnuo and looked at the map carefully. The terrain of Huedu Du was flat, with large grasslands on both sides of the Yellow River connecting with the desert. Each cavalry fought and rode a pack horse, and it was not difficult to control the area Du Zhongxiao said. The Song army dared to use thousands of cavalry as a ranger, but Dangxiang did not have this courage.

Before the war began, the ranger reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance of both sides had an important impact on the subsequent war. The Yingtianxiang Army did not need cavalry charge head-on. Their two most important functions were: first, pre-war reconnaissance, and second, after-war pursuit of defeated soldiers, which in turn overwhelmed the Dangxiang cavalry.

Han Qi said: "From the perspective of the principles, how should this battle be arranged?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "Yang Wenguang, Zhao Zi and Dou Shunqing's three troops retreated from Heishan and Langshan, immediately went south and gathered north of Huhua Du. Yang Wenguang and Zhao Zi attacked Shunhua Du, and then quickly built a floating bridge and spread it on the west bank of the Yellow River. Dou Shunqing's troops went south through Huhua Du, and went south to abandon all Dangxiang Castles. Then retreated and defended south of Huhua Du. The general principle of this battle was to defend the south and attack the west. Dou Shunqing's troops worked hard to defend Helan Mountain's army. Yang Wenguang and Zhao Zi cooperated with each other to find an opportunity to annihilate the various prominent units of the White Horse Military Supervision Office. Helan Mountain is an important place in Dangxiang, in the mountains.

There are palaces and pastures, and Xingqing Prefecture can send troops to northern aid at any time, without any chance of attack. Otherwise, the area west of Helan Mountain defending is vast and sparsely populated. The army gathers, reaching Lanzhou in the south and the desert in the west, and all the Dingzhuang is out. Grasping their main force, there are no reinforcements within a thousand miles. In other words, if the enemy comes from Helan Mountain, the Baima Military Supervisor is a lonely army. The White Horse Supervisor is annihilated between Langshan and Helan Mountain, and within a thousand miles west of Dangxiang Helan Mountain, there will be a blank space with no force to suppress it. At that time, will the foreign troops still obey? That's a big deal."

Han Qi looked at the map and said, "The White Horse Military Supervisor's Office has a 50,000 troops, and the main troops are about 10,000 or 20,000. With Yang Wenguang and Zhao Zi, and with artillery and cavalry, we have the advantage in our troops. But Dou Shunqing's troops are guarding against the enemy coming to Helan Mountain, and the troops are too fewer."

Du Zhongxiao said: "All heavy artillery in the army are assigned to Dou Shunqing, so that he can defend based on his position. Yang Wenguang and Zhao Zi are only given light and fast small cannons, light cannons, and most of the cavalry. Dangxiang can break through Dou Shunqing's artillery position, so they are capable!"

Shi Quanbin was excited when he heard this and said, "Okay, that's the arrangement! I'll go south with Dou Shunqing and see how Dangxiang fired our artillery!"

Du Zhongxiao said: "This time is a decisive battle between the two armies, which is not comparable before. Mr. Han is in charge of this place. I went to Shunhua to stay with Dou Shunqing. The troops were divided into three groups. I was in Shunhua to command and stay in Shunqing. Their descendants were in charge of Dou Shunqing. My husband thought what?"

Han Qi was willing to go to Hue to see how the front line fought. However, Du Zhongxiao went to the front line and there should be someone in the rear, so he had to put his mind on it. If there is an accident, Han Qi, who is in the rear, can respond and make timely arrangements.

After thinking about it, Han Qi said, "Is there any relative who is still fighting with Qu Yehe this time? Don't you want to capture him?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "Of course it's different. Quye River is fast in and out, destroying Dangxiang's fortress, and we are not stationed. After the capture of Huedu this time, this area is full of imperial land, and not captives are a problem. The more you catch this time, the better, let them go to several states in the east to build roads!"

Several people discussed the details again and finally decided. Du Zhongxiao went to Shunhua, and Shi Quanbin followed Dou Shunqing and Han Qi to take charge. For several consecutive months, Du Zhongxiao refused to let his deputy Shi Quanbin command. He was used to being a military supervisor. He had made a lot of contributions, so why risk losing the battle if he made mistakes in command. The Yingtianxiang Army was trained for several years, and Shi Quanbin did not participate, so he would have nowhere to command.

Finally, Du Zhongxiao said to Shisanlang: "The cavalry who advanced to the mountain to sweep the mountain first, let them go south along Langshan and gather in front of the mountain to be a surprise soldier. Those who entered Heishan would march along the opposite bank of the Yellow River and gather north of Hue Du. This time, Yang Wenguang's troops were in front, Zhao Zi's troops were the reserve team of the central army, and the cavalry divided into two routes and two wings. Any small group of Dangxiang who left the brigade would find an opportunity to annihilate it!"

Thirteen Lang promised to arrange the cavalry to advance their own routes.

Yang Wenguang led a brigade of horses into Wushuhai City, found Zhuanglang's master path, and met the generals in the city, and told them that Zhuanglang had already sacrificed the city and that the people had left. They asked them to follow each other and together with the Song army, they would detain the Dangxiang soldiers and horses in the city separately.

The situation was over, and there was no war except for a few minor chaos. According to Du Zhongxiao's military order, Yang Wenguang sent 500 people to take all the prisoners to the Tiande Army, leaving 200 people to defend the city in Wutuhai City, and the army went south. Zhuanglang's army returned to Zhuanglang's troops and waited for the imperial court's order.

The White Horse Military Supervisor has a large territory and it is not easy to gather troops. He must hurry before them and occupy Hue Du. Yang Wenguang led the army to rush forward, and all the heavy artillery was handed over to the artillery, and no longer traveled with him. The army only brought a light artillery led by a horse, plus the mortar artillery that was originally organized into the infantry.

On the third day, not far from where the Yellow River diverted, Du Zhongxiao brought his direct relatives to meet.

At this time, the Song army was surrounded by the Song army's cavalry, which had been captured by strong horses and camels, migrated south in horror, with wind and cranes everywhere.

Commanding the troops to camp, Yang Wenguang went to the commander's tent to meet Du Zhongxiao.

With his hands crossed, Du Zhongxiao said, "No need to be too polite, let's sit down and talk."

Yang Wenguang sat down and Du Zhongxiao said: "Is this attack on Wushuhai City still going well? How many troops are there in his troops?"

Yang Wenguang said: "When I returned to the court, Wu Shihai had only one battle and fired a few artillery pieces. The two sides did not fight, so the governor Zhuang Lang offered the city, and there were basically no losses. There were still more than 4,000 people in the headquarters under my jurisdiction, more than 800 artillery soldiers, more than 2,000 cavalry soldiers, and about 7,000 people."

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "It's enough to be in good command. Hue Du is the most important Yellow River Ferry in front of Helan Mountain, an important place for transportation between the east and west, near Linrong County of the Han Dynasty. Dangxiang did not build a city there, and the city was five miles south. Shue Du Fu is forty miles away. Tomorrow, marching thirty miles tomorrow, and your army must occupy the ferry in the future. Having explored, there were no soldiers, only one Dangxiang Supervisor, and about twenty officers."

Yang Wenguang crossed his hands: "We will welcome the strategy in Hue in the future!"

Du Zhongxiao nodded and said, "The Yellow River has freezed. A few days ago, Lingxun caused the river to flood, and there were many swamps on both sides. Now that the water has receded, the roads are muddy. You must check the route in advance and don't let the cannons and carts fall into the mud!"

Yang Wenguang said yes.

This section of the Yellow River flows from south to north, which is a frequent area of ​​Lingxun. The water conservancy facilities during the Qin and Han Dynasties had been damaged, and Dangxiang did not build a river embankment in this area. When Lingxun came, the river water flooded and the surrounding area was swamped for several miles. Because the land was close to the desert, after the river water receded, many lakes would be left behind, and they would not all turn into mud. Choosing a suitable route would not affect the army's advance.

Du Zhongxiao said again: "This time your troops and Zhao Zi's troops will deal with the soldiers and horses of the White Horse Military Supervisor from the west. Not only should we prevent them, but we should also strive to completely annihilate them, at least one. If we wipe out 50,000 troops of the White Horse Military Supervisor this time, it will be a big victory, otherwise it will be just a small victory."

Yang Wenguang's eyes lit up after hearing this: "What is the meaning of the strategy? Is there a big blow this time?"
Chapter completed!