Kanggu City is very small, and you can pass through the city in the blink of an eye. This city is a military location designed to guard the transportation line. There are very few houses and shops in the city. After the rise of Dangxiang, most of the transportation lines between the Central Plains and the Western Regions were abandoned.

Looking at the deserted streets, Xu Ping said to Sang Yi and Zhang Kang: "The First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty sent Meng Tian to attack the Xiongnu in the north, and built forty-four cities along the Yellow River. The western city was Yuzhong. After the city was built, the Western Regions caravans entered the Central Plains and walked here. From the Western Regions to Qingtang, to Didao, we went here along Ruzha Valley, and then turned south to the West Envoy City and went straight to Guanzhong. Dangxiang occupied the land of Hexi, and the trade routes between the Central Plains and the Western Regions were cut off. The city was abandoned to this point, and a merchant disappeared."

Zhang Kang shook his head repeatedly: "There are no business travelers now. There are Fan Qiang who grazed cattle and sheep around, and there is no businessman."

Xu Ping said: "Without merchants, the market will be deserted, and for a city, it will be less popular. We occupy this place, and the sage is obedient to the court. You can pay attention to it. It is best to recruit merchants to open this road."

As he spoke, the group entered the city lord's mansion in Kanggu City. This city lord's mansion was the original garrison of the Dangxiang garrison. As soon as Sang Yi's army climbed over the mountain, they fled. The Dangxiang people were mainly nomadic and lived in a very casual place. The city lord's mansion was dilapidated and they had not repaired it, and it looked very dilapidated.

Zhang Kang said: "Since I crossed the mountain, the army has made every effort to build the ancient city of Yuzhong at the entrance of the valley. I have no time to repair it. Jieshuai stayed there and had to suffer some grievances. It was because I was disrespectful."

Xu Ping smiled: "First of all, these idle tasks are optional. If you make this place bright and the city at the entrance of the valley is not built, I want to cure your sins, and now it is just right!"

After entering the city lord's mansion, Xu Ping was given to the upper seat, and Zhang Kang ordered his personal soldiers to serve tea.

After drinking tea, Xu Ping said, "I ordered someone to hold a banquet tonight, and invite the elders from the city and surrounding tribes to come, toast them with a glass of wine, and ask them about the surrounding people's sentiments. Since this is Kan Valley, the place where people live in the late dynasty should not be the same as other places."

When officials arrived at the local area, they bought wine and invited the elders and asked about the people's sentiments. However, this practice was only used in the mainland, and the frontier tribes were not applicable. Xu Ping set up wine in Kanggu City, but actually regarded the late people as Han people and used the mainland as an example.

Zhang Kang stood up and ordered his personal soldiers to sit back.

Xu Ping said to Zhang Kang: "This time we come to Yuzhong, there is one more thing to tell you. Our Qinfeng Road has the least force among the four border borders in Shaanxi. The war has moved to Lan and Huizhou. The existing force cannot be supported. The court has agreed to let us recruit new soldiers on Sichuan Road, with a quota of 70,000. This time we go to recruit soldiers, you are the chief recruiter, and Tian Kuang, the judge of the General Secretary, is the deputy commander of Xuanwei Army. The former Shaanxi Road Transport Commander Ming Hao will take over the leadership of him. He will arrive within ten days. You can prepare."

Zhang Kang was stunned for a moment, and soon understood it, and said happily: "Jingshuai means, will I go to take charge of the soldiers?"

"Yes, haven't you ever wanted to be a commander? This time, you'll fulfill your wish. After recruiting new soldiers, you can't put them all under Xuanwei Army and Guiming Shenwu Army. You have to set up another army, with you as the commander, Tian Kuan as the deputy. After recruiting the soldiers, our Qinfeng Road was filled with about 120,000 to 30,000 troops, divided into five armies, Sang Yi's Xuanwei Army, and Gao Daquan Guiming Shenwu Army, you have one army, Cao Keming's army, and Liu Jianji's troops are placed on Qinfeng Road, and not one army."

The army below the road was the battle corps planned by Xu Ping. Too many people exceeded the scale of the battle. They should be maintained at a scale of 30,000 to 50,000. Next, a first-level auxiliary battle corps will be set up to level one. Five battle corpses will be arranged along the Yellow River and can basically cope with Dangxiang's large-scale attack. Dangxiang's military strength is not that magical, and it only has the strength to launch a war in a year. This year, they are concentrated in Linfu and Fuyan. The battle in Lanzhou will have to wait until the spring of the next year, and Xu Ping has one year to prepare. This year, while training the army and occupying various military key points, the time is almost enough.

Now Dangxiang's army is concentrated in the Xiazhou area on the eastern front, and there are constant small battles on Linfu Road, and the situation of a war is very obvious. Many ministers, including Xu Ping, wrote letters to demand strict precautions, especially not only paying attention to Linfu Road. The Fuyan Road and Linfu Road are bounded by the Yellow River as the boundary, so they should also pay special attention. Unfortunately, Fan Yong has been constantly mobilizing his subordinates to cover up and kill the surrounding foreign troops, go to court to ask for merit, and offend all the foreign troops there. Now that the Dangxiang army is coming, he has no idea, is confused about Yuanhao's situation, is at a loss, and the situation is very unoptimistic. In the history of his previous life, he knows that the Song army has suffered several major defeats against Dangxiang in recent years, and Xu Ping estimated that there will be one this year on Fuyan Road. But he is not clear about the specific process, so he can only write letters several times to strengthen his combat preparations, and the result can only be left to fate.

Xu Ping, the distant eastern front, was unable to manage it, and could only put enough pressure on Dangxiang on the western front and attract their main force to their side. Everything is ready next year, and he will forcefully attack Lan and Huizhou. Yuan Haotian dared not dare to go to the eastern front. If he defeated Zhuo Luo and Nanjunjian Office, Hexi would inevitably change. He would first cut off Dangxiang's arm. If the Xishou Military Office and Jingsai Military Office, the Huluchuan Valley Road would be unobstructed, and the gateway to the hinterland of Dangxiang was opened, and there might be no major battles on the eastern front.

The two of them analyzed the situation and nodded repeatedly. The most feared thing about fighting in war is to bump into like a flies. As long as the strategy is clear and the arrangement is appropriate, it is not so easy for the enemy to catch flaws. Once a head-on situation is formed, the advantage of the Dangxiang cavalry with many maneuvers and strong power will be offset, and the winner will be reversed.

After thinking about this period of time, Xu Ping's next thought about Dangxiang's strategy was gradually clear, and he said to the two: "In the future, we will focus on training troops. Before preventing autumn, each army will complete the training. The court talks about preventing autumn every year. Next year, we must not only prevent autumn, but also hunt in spring. In the spring of the next year, the Xuanwei army and the Guiming Shenwu army will hunt the surrounding Dangxiang and the Fanluo tribes that have joined Dangxiang on their land. Spring is the most important season for herders. Breeding cubs and raising livestock that survived in winter. If this season is missed, their livelihood will be gone for a year. Dangxiang is unable to concentrate the army, and our army takes advantage of the situation and does not occupy the land. It just destroys the hostile tribes and robs their cattle, sheep and horses. Even if they can't grab it, they will kill them and cut off their livelihoods for a year. Spring hunting, one attack and one defense, is our strategy for surrounding Bangxiang."

Zhang Kang smiled and said, "Jingshou did this but was a desperate plan for the foreign tribe!"

"They will harass them endlessly. What can I do? When the Xuanwei Army and the Guiming Shenwu Army were hunting in the spring, the training departments of other armies could also send small teams to follow the two armies, focusing on training. The soldiers who can fight are soldiers, and there is no use to make up numbers. In the spring and summer, each army will turn the soldiers recruited into combat soldiers."

Xu Ping also said: "For Dangxiang's strategy, the general direction is to encircle Lanzhou in the west without fighting. Now we have occupied the important land in Yuzhong, and we can attack and retreat. If Dangxiang sends a large army to defend Lanzhou, we will go forward and use our superior forces to annihilate the enemy. If they do not defend, we will not attack. If they stay in Lanzhou, then Miaochuan and Brother Zong will block us and do not have to deal with them for the time being. There is no need to take Li from the fire for the Lord Silao. Concentrate the army and prepare to attack Huizhou in the autumn and the Xishou Military Supervisory Office!"

Lanzhou is a strategic location, but it does not have to be the most valuable in your own hands. It is well-connected, with many surrounding roads and many passes. After taking over, it has to use a large number of troops to defend, which is not cost-effective now. Concentrating superior forces and taking the opportunity to eliminate the enemy's living forces is the right way. 8)
Chapter completed!