After receiving the court report of the defeat of Sanchuankou, Xu Ping wrote a letter reminding the ministers in the court not to only focus on punishing the parties involved, but to carefully analyze the reasons for the failure. Punish people for the people, improve the system for the system, and find ways to strengthen the command capabilities for the command. Never panic because of a big defeat. The key is to find out the problems, solve the problems, and not let the same thing happen again. Whether it is military strength or national strength, the advantage is still on the side of the Song Dynasty.

Unfortunately, the ministers in the court did not listen to Xu Ping's opinions, and the disputes continued to punish the commanders who escaped and did not send troops at that time. Some ministers were panicked. Hanlin scholar Song Xiang actually proposed to rebuild Tongguan City, meaning that he was afraid that Dangxiang would occupy Guanzhong and was prepared in advance, and was refuted by Fu Bi, the new Zhijianyuan.

Just in February, the court suddenly increased the ranks of the soldiers who participated in the Battle of Sanduchuan, and generally gave them one to two levels. Xu Ping was promoted from the Minister of War to the Right Chief of the Shangshu. His attitude of changing the military system and recruiting and expanding the army from Sichuan and Sichuan also changed. He gave two million staples for recruitment and training of new recruits, and granted the abandoned imperial guards number to Xu Ping's troops. With the new number, the Xuanwei army of Sang Yi's troops was still there, and Gao Daquan's troops were abandoned, and the new military commander was re-approved to capture Rong, and his status was improved. Cao Keming's troops' military name was Hengsai, Liu Jianji's troops were Qingshuo, and the newly established Zhang Kang's troops were Ningshuo. The original ten commanders of the imperial guards in the capital were sent to Qinfeng Road, and after they were dispersed, they were organized into the newly established armies. From the use of these numbers, it can be seen that the court now had great hope for Qinfeng Road, and no longer had the half-believing and half-doubted attitude as before.

After a few days, Xu Ping realized that this was the leader of Lu Yijian as a measure to eliminate the impact of Sanchuankou's failure. To improve the status of Sanduchuan's Battle, the internal and external publicity of the results of this battle were far greater than that Yuan Hao had achieved in Sanchuankou. Even the captured Yu Zang Huama and the Empressed Master were raised. Yu Zang Huama, who was not valued, became the commander of the army of Dangxiang, and the Empressed Master was the right-hand man of Yuan Hao, and his status was comparable to that of the general of the Song Dynasty.

This is just a need to calm people's hearts and propaganda. Yu Zang Huama is a local emperor, with similar strength to a Xiazhou in the Song Dynasty. The detailed rewarder is only one of the ten captains of the personal soldiers of Yuanhao's Iron Cavalry, and is far from the general who is treated as a magistrate.

However, Qin Fenglu gained great benefits from this, and the upper and lower levels were joking. The expansion of the army was not smooth because of the three yamen. From then on, the Privy Council also had a special document to let Xu Ping find a way to win another battle, which was inspiring.

Looking at the documents in his hand, Xu Ping shook his head helplessly. Lu Yijian wrote it in person, saying with great painstakingly that the current situation of people in the capital is in a panic. If there is no victory to increase morale, the future war will be even more difficult. Once Mikawaguchi is defeated, not only Xu Ping is expanding his army here, but the imperial guards across the country are expanding on a large scale, and the Sansi will no longer be so calm in supporting the national use.

Putting down the documents in his hand, Xu Ping said to Wang Kai on the side: "Shufu let us win the battle now, where can we fight? Yu Zanghuama is gone, Dangxiang's Xishou Military Supervisor Division, Zhuo Luo and Nan Military Supervisor Division are all guarding our towns. How can we attack them now with this little force? As for places like Lanzhou and Huizhou, it will be useless to fight, but instead restrain our hands and feet."

Wang Kai said: "Lanzhou cannot be fought. If it is occupied, it will be easy for the host and the guest to be host and the burden will be on us. However, Jieshuai, can Huizhou be captured? It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Dangxiang has not much force. If we occupy it, Dangxiang can do nothing."

Xu Ping shook his head: "It's useless to occupy it. If you want to connect with the Zhenrong Army, there is still a Xishou Military Supervisor Division in front of you. Moreover, if you occupy Huizhou, the army that needs to be stationed is not comparable to Huichuan City, so our troops will be dispersed. This year we have to reorganize the training department. It's too troublesome to disperse it back and forth, and it's not cost-effective to waste time on the road."

"Yes, I forgot to reorganize the training department. Each department cannot be too far away. It can only be seen that Dangxiang people have won a great victory in Yanzhou. Will the troops be transferred to the west? Dangxiang suffered even greater losses in Sanduchuan's battle, and they also have the intention to win another battle."

"It's February now, and there is only one month left. In the middle of March, Dangxiang will not be able to fight a big battle. See if the Haozi is so arrogant that he has to fight another battle in the spring."

Dangxiang's fundamental Xingqing Prefecture and Lingzhou Plain rely on the water of the Yellow River to irrigate. After March, a large amount of manpower must be dispatched to clear the canal, otherwise there will be no food in the autumn. The army will not only fight in the front, but also need a large amount of manpower to transport materials and do various auxiliary work. The same is true for Dangxiang. A hundred thousand troops left the north of Qinfeng Road, and the manpower used to support will seriously affect the agriculture of the rear states. Yuan Hao cannot do this even if he is crazy. The most likely thing is that he sent a small army of thousands of people, and worked with the two military supervisors to fight and harass him quickly. As long as he wins, he can do whatever he wants.

Wang Kai thought for a while and said, "When talking about this, I remember that after the Battle of Sanduchuan, the Xishou Military Supervisory Department added more than 10,000 people. However, we have never figured out how many soldiers there were and how many negative soldiers there were. I originally thought that there would be no major war before this autumn, so I was not in a hurry. Now it seems that I should hurry up and investigate."

"Don't be negligent in investigating the enemy's military situation for a moment, don't be lucky. If the military situation is unclear, the war will always start when you can't imagine it. This kind of loss has been eaten a lot when we fight against Fanhu."

At this moment, Li Zhang came in from outside and handed over a document and said: "After the Battle of Yanzhou, Hao thieves led the main force of Dangxiang to withdraw immediately. They did not return to Xingfu Mansion, but went to Yanzhou to Lingzhou and were in the Lingzhou gathering headquarters!"

Xu Ping suddenly stood up and walked to the side to look at the map hanging on the wall. After looking for a while, he turned to Wang Kai and said, "The thieves gathered in Lingzhou, either go south to attack Huanqing Road, or go to Huluchuan to attack Zhenrong Army. You can move these two places to make them more prepared. At the same time, order Liu Jianji to gather his troops and be prepared. If the thieves attack those two routes, we will attack Huizhou!"

Wang Kai Yingnuo, after a while, he couldn't help but say, "Didn't Jishuai just say that the attack on Huizhou is not worth the loss?"

Xu Ping said: "If the thieves do not attack the south, it will certainly be meaningless for us to attack Huizhou. It will be different if he attacks the border south. We captured Huizhou and threatened the flanks of the thieves' army. He had to divide his troops to fight, not simply attacking the city and occupying land."

After hearing this, Li Zhang said, "What if the Hao thief does not attack those two routes, but comes to Lanzhou?"

"He is not so stupid, right? Lanzhou is too far from Lingzhou. It takes several months for the army to come and go. If there is not enough time, at most, he can only send tens of thousands of people over. Even if there are tens of thousands of people, he can only be a light cavalry. Can he be so arrogant that he uses this little force to fight us?"
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