In Agan City, Xu Ping's eyes were slightly closed and he sat motionless. Shi Quanbin, who was on the side, got up from time to time and walked to the door, looked up at the sky. There were no clouds in the sky, and a half moon was particularly dazzling, which made him feel irritated.

Xu Ping was not moved by Shi Quanbin, he thought about his own worries.

The Bachelor of Civilization Palace is the first of the civil servants and officials, and he is even more noble than the governor of the military general. He added him to his thirty-one years old, which is heavy. As long as there is no major accident, he will definitely be the magistrate of the dynasty. After more than ten years of official career, he finally reached the top. Zhao Zhen gave him a special kindness, and Xu Ping had to repay him.

If there was no unexpected promotion this time, Xu Ping would not take the initiative to attack and would not do anything that would pay a big reward. Zhuo Luo and Nan were already on the north side of the mountains on the north bank of the Yellow River. The Karochuan Valley where they were located was very open, and the mountains on both sides were low and slow, which was considered a low-mountain and hilly area. This terrain could no longer control the valley to win like the southern bank of the Yellow River. If you want to siege the enemy, you must use an absolute superior force to encircle it. Or after defeat, you can follow the superior cavalry to pursue it to annihilate the enemy.

When fighting, especially fighting with nomadic peoples, the least cost-effective thing is to defeat the war. They combine tribes, and once they fail, they flee from all directions, and then gather together after they escape. They gather at will, and it is extremely difficult to pursue. This kind of tribal soldiers has this characteristic. Once they gain the upper hand, they will rush forward, and wolves eat tigers, and they will escape at the same time, and they will run away from their own lives. Since they are all tribes, they are not worried that they will not be able to gather after they disperse. They are not conducive to defending hard, and once they force the nomadic army to stick to one place, the battle will basically be won.

Now Xu Ping's army is not enough to surround the enemy, and the cavalry is not enough to chase and annihilate the enemy. If he wins, he can only be a defeat battle, and it is difficult to guarantee the results. This time, Xu Ping thought it very clearly, just to scare Yuan Hao.

Cao Keming pushed the door from outside and bowed to Xu Ping: "Master, the matter of Ruzhagu has been clear. My army is following the Sangdu Protector out of the city. By dawn, we will be able to gather on the edge of the Yellow River."

Xu Ping nodded: "Okay, here in Agan City, all the troops will come out until dawn. Lu Fang has already brought people to build a floating bridge on the Yellow River. Tomorrow one day, all the troops will cross the Yellow River! Tomorrow night, we will go straight to Zhuo Luo and Nan, and we will destroy the Haozhe Army formation before dawn! Since we are going to fight, we will use the force of Mount Tai to press the top to give Haozhe a thunder blow, so that he can remember it for the rest of his life!"

Cao Keming sat down at the table and said, "Now, see if the scouts from each army can defend the news that the army crossed the river. As long as Hao thief is not prepared, it will not be difficult to destroy his military formation in one battle."

Shi Quanbin approached and asked carefully: "I have been in the army these days. You are very prepared in detail. You can figure out how to go step by step. Hao Thief is not prepared. Can you take him?"

Speaking of this, Shi Quanbin grabbed his right hand and looked at Xu Ping with hope.

Xu Ping smiled and patted Shi Quanbin on the shoulder and said, "Gei Chief, this kind of thing is done, and you can only try your luck. Haozi has led 20,000 elite Dangxiang troops all year round, of which 3,000 cavalry are surrounded by the iron walls. No matter how many troops are, it will be difficult for many large troops to retain him. Lanzhou is open and suitable for large troops to station, but he can only live or die in the Yellow River. What do you think? He is north of the Yellow River, he can stay at will. Seeing that the situation is wrong, he can escape at any time. He rushed out of the Karochuan Valley and it is a desert. Whether he goes to Hexi or returns to Xingqing Prefecture, there is no way to stop him. But once he crosses the Yellow River, he will be fucked by me, and he can't run away even if he wants to!"

Shi Quanbin was half-believing and half-doubted: "I have seen the Yellow River here, it is not wide, is it so useful?"

Xu Ping laughed: "How wide should the river be? As long as there is no bridge, it is enough! Even if you can wade through the water, the speed of the army's marching slowed down suddenly. In the northwest, dominated by cavalry, it may have been a waste of life if you delay your life for half a day! Where this dynasty connects with Dangxiang, from west to east, Hengshan, Hanhai, to Zhenrong Army, then to Dingxi City, and then to Ancient Weizhou, why do you think this line? Hengshan, Hanhai, and Hanhai are natural and well-placed,

The Zhenrong Army heads westward, which is where the Qin Great Wall is located. To the south of the Qin Great Wall, it was originally the place where we Han people cultivated. Before the rebellion of the Middle Tang Dynasty, it was difficult for the Qian Qiang to enter Qinzhou. The Qin Great Wall was located in Tiandu Mountain, and was guarded by the Mazhi Mountain. From the north of the Qin Great Wall, it was difficult to rely on farming to make a living. Most of them were half farming and half pastoral. Even if you barely occupy some places, because you have no geographical advantage and lack the depth of galloping, you cannot defend it. The Qin Great Wall is a natural border."

Shi Quanbin was shocked: "In this way, even if we destroy the Hao thief, wouldn't we be unable to defend Dangxiang? The two dynasties of Taizong and Zhenzong also went deep into Yin, Xia, and eventually lost their troops. Isn't this the same reason?"

"Man conquers heaven, and heaven sets this boundary, but when manpower comes, what can't be expanded? Emperor Wu of Han opened the Western Regions, and the border was still thousands of miles away, so he still defended it! Xing and Ling states have opened canals throughout the years to divert water from the Yellow River. There have been rice fields everywhere and mulberry trees. As long as those states are opened, millions of households can be accommodated, so there is no need to worry about not being able to defend it. This time we destroyed the Hao thief, moved the households from the mainland, and turned it into a barrier to the south of the Yangtze River, and it will naturally be as solid as a soup!"

Whether it can be kept after it is laid down depends on the ratio of nomadic economy and farming economy. The economic foundation determines the superstructure. If the economic foundation there is no change, problems will arise sooner or later. From Emperor Wu to expand his territory to the west and north, he moved to the mainland to settle the households in the past dynasties. Many places have farming foundations, which are operated properly and are sufficient to support the threat of nomadic peoples. Moreover, grazing does not necessarily require nomadic things. Places with suitable conditions can be semi-settled, which is also a solution to the problem.

How did Dangxiang become popular? They were originally of the same origin as Tubo. After the rise of Tubo, Dangxiang was oppressed and gradually moved from south to north, from west to east. In the fourth year of Zhenguan, the Tang Dynasty's great debate on ethnic policies, and the faction of the stern defense of Yi and Xia represented by Wei Zheng completely failed. Dangxiang and other tribes ushered in a good time. From that time on, under the leadership of the Tang Dynasty's court, they moved step by step with the Khitan, Bohai, Xi and Shatuo tribes, and moved to the Hengshan area. The Tang Dynasty was at the end of its journey and came to the distance from that area. Outside the territory occupied by Dangxiang, the original farming economy was completely nomadic.

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang asked the border governors to take charge of heavy troops and manage civil affairs, which gave rise to the Anshi Rebellion. From then on, there were many vassal states. Due to the heavy local power, there were separatist areas. This situation was not only the Tang Dynasty. The rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of the Western Han Dynasty may not be smaller than that of the Anshi Rebellion during the Tianbao period, but it quickly subsided. It was not wrong to have local powers that led to the influx of vassal states, but the number of vassal states was long-term and lasted for more than 200 years, but it must have its social foundation and the foundation for the division of the country. These Hu tribes who moved inward were vassal states.

The foundation of the towns. The last five generations were unified, and one of the social foundations was that these internally migrated Hu tribes were finally sinicized. The completely sinicized Shatu and Sogdian tribes joined forces with the power of the Han tribe to complete the unification of the world. The semi-sinized tribes, such as the Khitan and Dangxiang, established their countries in the north, becoming a fatal threat to the Central Plains regime. By the time the nomadic peoples rose further north, the semi-sinized areas completely disappeared. There was no separatist vassal in the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties again, the court policy was one, and the social foundation no longer existed.

The Dangxiang and Khitan regimes all adopted the system of the common control of the Han people. It was not that they were close to the Han people, but that their economic foundation was semi-cultivation and semi-pardon. If they completely excluded the Han people, the agriculture within their territory would be gone.

The accidental turmoil caused by policies is understandable, but the long-term turmoil must have its social foundation, which is the basic understanding of historical materialism. The internal migration of the Hu people after the Five Barbarians invasion of China was the social foundation of the turmoil in the north.

To eliminate Dangxiang, it is not enough to just defeat Yuan Hao to occupy those places. It is also necessary to restore the replaced farming economy. This is the real difficult task. Xu Ping has always insisted on sending prisoners to the south, and recruiting soldiers from Sichuan and Sichuan, which is to cut off the social foundation on which Dangxiang and other regimes rely on. Without the original social environment, the Fanhu generals who moved south quickly became Chinese.

Shi Quanbin was not interested in listening to these social and geography principles, and he was not interested, saying, "Since Qinzhou is based on Tiandu Mountain and Ma Zhi Mountain as the line, why don't Haozhe dare to cross the Yellow River now?"

"We have occupied Mazhi Mountain, and the west of Huluchuan and south of the Yellow River are all owned by our dynasty. If we attack Hehuang or not, they have all escaped from the threat of Dangxiang. For example, Lanzhou is south of the Yellow River, and whether we send troops to occupy it is under the control of our dynasty. The geographical advantage of Mazhi Mountain cannot be divided, and the thieves will never dare to enter Lanzhou, otherwise they will have nowhere to escape if they are defeated in front of the formation. If the place is too small and cannot gallop, their cavalry will be useless."

Shi Quanbin sighed: "Marching and fighting is so troublesome, I still don't have to worry about it. As long as I can attack the Hao thief this time and revitalize the morale of our dynasty, I will go back and have an explanation from the official family."

Xu Ping looked at the hazy moonlight outside and said in a deep voice: "This time I used 50,000 to 30,000, and it was unexpected that I could not defeat Zhuo Luo and the Nanjian Army. It was too outrageous! I don't want to fight this kind of battle, not because I can't win, but because I don't have much advantage. For the thieves, the soldiers and horses that gathered and dispersed, every time they use troops, they strive to encircle and annihilate them. Otherwise, if you occupy more places, their troops will still be there, and eventually squeeze into a big pile. The so-called power cannot penetrate Lu silk at the end of the crossbow. At that time, it will be easy to be taken by the thieves!"

Shi Quanbin didn't say anything. He could see that if it weren't for the message that Zhao Zhen asked him to bring, Xu Ping really didn't want to fight this battle. Now he lacked troops and would still have to retreat after crossing the Yellow River. It was just a lively battle. But the war was an extension of politics after all. Now, such a victory is needed in politics, which is a political battle.
Chapter completed!