Seven thousand iron armored cavalry left Bianliang City, and a few days later, Yan Yun's 50,000 mighty army began to set off. Now, everyone has horses, but they cannot be called cavalry. At most, they are infantry capable of riding horses, because these people's riding skills are far from skillful, and it is not realistic to fight horses and rush into formations.

However, even infantry riding horses have far more functions than ordinary infantry, at least their maneuverability has been greatly enhanced, their load capacity and ability to carry baggage have also been enhanced.

Ganqi goes west along the Yellow River and then north along the Yellow River. It is not difficult to walk on the road.

Yanzhou City is being beaten, but it is not a siege, but a feather arrow is shooting every day. The Dangxiang people obviously did not want to use their lives to pile up the city walls. They could only keep shooting arrows into the city. All activities in the city stopped, but from time to time, soldiers and civilians were hit by the traps.

This is probably avenge and a lesson.

The Dangxiang people were also considered to be that the army in Dingcheng did not dare to go out to fight. This was the basic strategy of the Northwest Prefecture of the Song Dynasty in the past twenty years, that is, not to take the initiative and resolutely not to fight against the Dangxiang people.

A good water river brought negative impacts to the Song Dynasty for more than 20 years and a major strategic change.

The Song army was huddled in the city, and the Dangxiang people kept venting their anger with various bows and crossbows. Gradually, they became happy and began to yell and scold, urinate, and shouted all kinds of insults.

After so many days, Lu Shi felt at ease. As long as he didn't attack the city, everything would be easy. Anyway, the city could not be lost, so it was safe.

The Dangxiang people were also unscrupulous. Even if they knew that the Song people were waiting for reinforcements, they were not afraid at all. If the Song army came to reinforcements and retreated, it would be that simple, just retreat. It was like this in the past, and the Song people did not dare to go deeper and chase them.

The situation was stalemate and both sides were satisfied.

Gan Qi passed by Beimang Mountain on the bank of the Yellow River again, and encountered a stunning horse coming here.

Zhong Ye was about forty years old, with a stubble on his face and a powerful body. He was wearing an old Confucian shirt. He was surrounded by a young Confucian scholar of sixteen or seventeen years old. The boy also had a good body, with a tiger-back and a bear-bear waist.

Zhongye came forward to worship: "My general Zhongye, pay homage to Mr. Gan!"

Gan Qi dismounted, looked up and down at the two of them, and also helped Zhong Yan, who was kneeling on one knee, and smiled and said, "General Zhong is coming quickly."

Zhong Shi saw that Gan Qi had actually gotten off the horse to help him, and was a little flattered. He bowed and said, "As soon as the general got the military order, he brought nothing, so he brought some dry food and rushed over to the horse."

"You have suffered, but the court has not let you down. This time, you will follow me to kill the enemy. After making meritorious service, I will protect you. If you don't correct the past, you will also be rewarded with great rewards." Gan Qi said this, as a psychological comfort to Zhong Shi and also to give Zhong Shi some confidence. It is rare that there is an enterprising general in the Song Dynasty, so it cannot dispel the enthusiasm of such people.

"The great kindness of my husband, I will never forget it, and I will be rewarded with great reward!" Zhong Shi was very moved. It was not that he was easily moved, but that this kind of family now has a bit of a decline in the rivers. The ancestors of the family have been guarding the northwest for generations. The ancestors of the family are a great scholar. When they reach the age of 1000, they are forty years old, but they are just a guardian of Qingjian, the city of northwest, with three thousand men under their command.

The Zong family is also declining. If it weren't for the Shenzong ascending the throne in the future and giving Zhong a chance to surprise, this kind of family would obviously slowly disappear into the long river of history. The descendants of the Zong family probably would have been the same as Yang Zhi, the descendant of the Yang family in the story, and would never talk about any glory anymore.

Gan Qi has now saved the Zong family in decline, so Zhong Shi was naturally very moved. The Zong family's generals almost lost their doors, and Gan Qi sent this door back to him. In fact, it is also the descendants of the Zong family who are fighting for their strength. Not only Zhong Shi, but Zhong Shi is fighting for their strength, but the Zong Shi is the one who is fighting for his future generations.

Gan Qi looked at the young Confucian scholar behind Zhong Shi and asked, "Is this young man a junior of the Zong family?"

Zhong Yi quickly introduced: "My grandpa, this is the last way to follow his nephew, Master Zhong."

Zhong Shi signaled behind him again, and Master Zhong hurried forward: "Little Ren Zhong Shi Dao, pay homage to Mr. Gan!"

In fact, Gan Qi had a guess, and at this time he confirmed it. He was overjoyed and asked again: "How old are you?"

"Reply to my husband's words, the villain is 17 years old!" The young Master Zhong said, still a little shy and restrained, and it was because Gan Xianggong's official position was too high, which made him a little nervous.

"Practice martial arts?" Gan Qi asked again.

Mr. Zhong smiled humbly, put his arms forward, and replied, "The villain has been studying since he was a child, but he has also trained his body. It is useful to go into battle to kill the enemy."

Zhong Shidao was modest, but Zhong Shi was a little anxious. He quickly replied: "My husband, don't look at Shidao wearing a Confucian shirt, but he is also skilled in archery and horses. He grew up with the last general in the army since he was a child. He is extremely brave and has martial arts. Few people in the army can match him. In the future, he will definitely be a good general."

Parents always do this, spare no effort to praise their descendants, and are afraid that Master Zhong will be looked down upon.

But I don’t know how Gan Qi could not know Master Zhong? Gan Qi laughed: “Yun Wen and Wu are rare in the world.”

When Zhong Shi heard Gan Qi say this, he was overjoyed and immediately flattered Gan Qi again: "My husband, if you want to talk about Yunwen and Wu, who in the world remembers you, your grandpa? The teacher's way is still far from being."

The warrior who did not pass the Jinshi level was so sad. Even if he was stunned, he had to flatter Shangguan carefully. Gan Qi didn't say much. He looked left and right and said, "Daiba, take all the armor on his body and send it to Master Zhong. Then, Zhong Master Zhong will follow me."

Before Master Zhong could react, Zhong was stunned and pulled the corner of Master Zhong's clothes and bowed: "Thank you, my husband!"

Master Zhong also quickly bowed: "Thank you for your kindness."

Gan Qi waved his hand: "Continue the march."

Master Zhong was busy changing into heavy armor and following Gan Qi with a horse.

While marching, Gan Qi chatted with Zhong Ai: "General Zong, what is the combat power of Dangxiang now?"

"When I came back to you, Dangxiang is no longer as good as back then. If it were twenty or thirty years ago, Dangxiang would have only 100,000 troops in the country, all of which were very elite, and the Pisces army was even more fierce and unscrupulous. Now, Dangxiang, although the army is more than 300,000, is far from that. If the court could really concentrate its troops to fight with it, Dangxiang would definitely be unbearable." Zhong Yi said this, and he was also a low status and was simpler.

Gan Qi knew that Zong Ye was trying to do Dangxiang people, but it was not realistic to concentrate troops. However, Gan Qi would not dispel Zhong Ye's enthusiasm, but nodded: "To be honest, Dangxiang has gained a foothold in the battle of Shuichuan. Now more than 30 years have passed, and it is also the time when the sharp edge has ended. Li Yuanhao is a hero, but the heroes will have a day of twilight. How about Tubo?"

Zhong Shi heard Gan Qi's words and felt that Gan Qi was the same as his thoughts, so he completely relieved and said bluntly: "The Tubo tribes are not incompatible, so they are not a big problem."

"I have two strategies to come this time. Yanzhou has to withdraw from Dangxiang, and I have to fight forward, invade the Jianing Military Office of the Western Xia, and cut off the territory of the central and eastern Xixia. The second strategy is to drive westward, attack Tubo, and completely take down Xihe Lanhuang. In this way, it can threaten Dangxiang's Xiliang and Gansu Military Offices, and thus form a siege. What do General Zhong think?" Gan Qi had already thought about it carefully along the way.

The country of Xixia is no better than that of the Song Dynasty and the Great Liao Dynasty, because Xixia has no real strategic depth. Xixia is a rectangular country. Moreover, the main territory is located in the south of this rectangular shape, from the east to the Baode and Jiaxian areas of Shanxi Province in the later generations, and from the west to Dunhuang.

Most of the hinterlands of Xixia are deserts. To the east is the Mu Us Desert of later generations, the Tengger Desert in the middle, the Badain Jilin Desert in the west, and there are many small deserts, even Dunhuang is mostly the Gobi area.

To sum up, the main territory of Western Xia is actually near the border between the Song and Xia countries. His capital is Xingqing Prefecture, which is Yinchuan in later generations, and it is also the north-south line of the Yellow River. This line is his only strategic depth.

Xixia is a long snake formation with one character. To fight Xixia, you have to cut the snake into several sections. Therefore, Gan Qi wanted to march westward into Qinghai in later generations, so that the snake in Xixia was completely exposed to the Song Dynasty. When we went westward, we would have to fight with Tubo. Many Tubo tribes had constant wars with Song. During the Song Dynasty, the Tubo tribes disturbed the border many times, and they also joined forces with Xixia to attack Song. This was a punishment.

Ganqi is rarely there once, so there are many goals to achieve. However, there are many difficulties. There are no need to go to the northwest to the Liao and Song border. Wherever the northwest is, it is difficult to go to the mountains and roads. There are gullies and valleys everywhere. A little further away is the Gobi desert. Fighting here really tests people's tolerance. The tolerance is still before combat.

Zhong Shi heard Gan Qi's words, thought for a while, his eyes lit up, and he replied, "These two strategies of my husband are the strategies of planning the country. If they succeed, they will inevitably reverse the defensive momentum and can turn into an offensive at any time. This is a method of siege. In the future, Xixia will inevitably be difficult to take care of the beginning and end. My husband is very smart! I will be willing to work hard for the sake of a dog or a horse."

Gan Qi nodded. He still thought deeply. When he had tens of thousands of real cavalry coming and going, it was truly time to make progress.

Now we should first think about the big strategy. Dangxiang's country has been in its fortune for 30 years. The war in the good water and Sichuan has a far-reaching impact. Gan Qi obviously will not let Dangxiang have a national fortune of 189 years, and it will take 34 years, and there will be one in history. Anyway, in history, Xixia only has a few transactions, one less and one more transaction, which doesn't matter.

The army continued to walk, and Zhang Feng followed slowly with his baggage. The 50,000 mighty army was much slower and was still on the way.

Starting from the vicinity of Jingzhao Prefecture in Xijing (Xi'an), the imperial army led by Gan Xianggong was coming. Lu Shi was very excited. He even went up to the city and shouted to the enemy: "You are not going to retreat quickly, and the imperial army will arrive soon. If you don't retreat at this time, when will you go? Do you really want to suffer countless casualties and defeat? "

Lu Shi's mentality was really hard to understand. When the imperial army was coming, he actually came to persuade the Dangxiang people to run away quickly. If Gan Qi was here, he would be angry to death.

Not to mention, the Dangxiang people really listened to their advice. Maybe they believed what Lu Shi said, or maybe they really knew that the reinforcements of the Song people had actually retreated, and the army retreated to Suizhou.

When Lu Shi saw this scene, he was naturally overjoyed and ordered his soldiers to beat drums and drums to celebrate.

Then a few days later, Gan Qi really came, and Lu Shi brought many officials to greet the city gate.

This time Gan Qi stopped getting off the horse and just bowed to everyone immediately.

After Lu Shi paid a visit, he immediately spoke: "The power of Gan Xianggong has shocked the barbarian Dangxiang. When the Dangxiang people heard that Gan Xianggong brought troops to him, they retreated in panic. In a big battle, they would defeat the soldiers without fighting, which is a happy congratulations!"

Gan Qi turned dark and his tone was not kind: "Did the prefect Lu think that the first prince came with tens of thousands of miles to travel for a trip?"

After saying that, Gan Qi entered the city by hitting a horse, because before he arrived in Yanzhou, he heard someone come to report that the Dangxiang people were scared away by Lu Shi.

How could Gan Qi not be angry if he defeated others without fighting?

Zhong Ye followed Gan Qi to beat the horse, looked at Lu Shi who was stunned by the side, and snorted heavily. At this time, he was really relieved. When Gan Xianggong came, it was indeed different.

Lu Shi immediately saw the shock, his face darkened, and he had a bad premonition in his heart.

Gan Qi rushed into the government office by himself, and sat down in the middle hall, and the military generals were in rank, and civil servants were in rank.

Gan Qi asked with a dark face: "What's going on in Suizhou?"

Lu Shi hurriedly came forward and replied: "Return to my grandfather, a letter came from Suizhou, saying that the Dangxiang people began to hesitate and retreated seven or eight miles, and they might withdraw their troops at any time."

"If they retreated, where would they retreat?" Gan Qi asked again.

"It should be Longzhou City." Lu Shen replied.

Gan Qi frowned and asked left and right: "How can I fight this battle? Do you have any plans?"

Still fighting? Lu Guan felt nervous and asked, "My husband, since Dangxiang has retreated, I don't dare to easily invade the border again. Suizhou has been saved and the Jin Dynasty has made full contributions. The court will definitely have a reward."

"Full achievements?" Gan Qi wondered why he had made it his achievements? No wonder historical records show that the Song Dynasty won more than defeats in foreign wars. Then, he won again! After repelling the 150,000 Dangxiang army and returned with great victory, he still defeated the troops without fighting. He was so smart.

Gan Qi shook his head with a black face and looked at Zhong Shi.

Zhong Shi immediately replied: "My grandpa, I finally thought that you should go up the Dali River and besiege Longzhou, and let Dangxiang send troops to rescue him."

Lu Shi was shocked when he heard this and quickly said, "Zhong Shi, what nonsense are you talking about? How can the war between the two countries start lightly?"

Zhong Yi had already known what Gan Qi was thinking at this time, so how could he still be the former Shangguan? He retorted: "Magistrate Lu, although the lower officials are shallow in their knowledge, they also know the way to fight. If they do not hurt Dangxiang and the imperial army leaves, what should they do if they come back again?"
Chapter completed!