Seeing that everyone was not talking, Zhao Zhen said to Li Zhang who was standing aside: "You have returned to Beijing from the northwest. How to deal with the war on Qinfeng Road before you come back? Let me tell you to your husbands. Listen to both sides and let them know what the front-line generals think."

Li Zhang crossed his hands and stood in front of the map, holding a slender stick, pointed to the map and said, "After the battle of the three Duchuan Rivers in the New Year, the invading Yu Zanghuama and his troops were wiped out. The Qinzhou army occupied Dingxi City. The left-leaved Deshun Army in Dingxi can connect to Weizhou, the northeast can connect to Huizhou, and the northwest can go through Maxian Mountain to Yuzhong. It is a place with all connections. Since occupying Dingxi City, most of the troops on Qinfeng Road have been stationed around. Zhuo Luo

In the battle of the city, soldiers gathered in Dingxi City, crossed the Yellow River north for a hundred miles one day and night, caught the Hao thief off guard, and won a lot of them. Before the last general came back, Qin Fenglu mobilized Xuanwei to capture Rong and Qingshuo armies, and took Huichuan City as the foundation to fight steadily and seized Huizhou. There was a large area of ​​plain valleys along the banks of the two rivers near Huizhou, which was very rare among the mountains in that area. It could be the foundation of the enterprising thief Tiandu Mountain."

Speaking of this, Li Zhang pointed to the valley and said, "In this area, the west is Huizhou City, which is the exit of the Yellow River that comes out of the mountains. To the east is Triangle City, which goes directly to Quwuling outside Tiandu Mountain. Huizhou and Yuzhong are separated by a group of mountains. Although the Yellow River is connected, the two banks are steep and the water flows fast, and they cannot walk. Huizhou is actually still located at Huichuan to Dingxicheng to provide troops, horses, food and grass. If Dingxicheng is the center, Huizhou and Yuzhong will be like two horns that extend out, one corner is towards the thieves Zhuo and Nanjun Office north of Lanzhou, and the other corner is towards the Xishou Military Office and the newly established Tiandu Mountain South Courtyard. After the war in Zhuoluo City, the thieves were in that area.

After retreating for more than 100 miles northward, and there were few soldiers and horses. Since the spring, Qinzhou has been snatching the foreigners and horses and camels. After a few months, unless the thieves sent a large army from Xingzhou to go there, the thieves would be unable to attack the south. The thieves retreated, and the thieves returned to Qingtang City and competed with the thieves for the Zongge area with the friendly thieves. In the following year or two, wars would inevitably continue. Hexi was originally defeated by the thieves, and the thieves who retreated to the mountains also rushed out of the mountain to compete with the thieves for the various counties. Now Shazhou has been occupied by the Khan of Beiting and expelled the thieves. The other states were inspired by this and fought with the thieves. In short, Yuzhong was as stable as Mount Tai, and the thieves were unable to attack."

Lu Yijian nodded and said, "Zhuoluo City made great contributions in the battle. Although it did not cut off the road to several counties in Hexi, the bandits lost a lot of troops and would be unable to invade within several years."

Li Zhang crossed his hands: "What the Shuxiang said is the most. After the two wars between the Sanduchuan and Zhuoluo City in Dongsanzhou, the capital west of Qinzhou and north of Qinzhou has been basically pacified. Although the thieves have not been eliminated, they are unable to invade. The war this winter is in the east."

Speaking of this, Li Zhang pointed to a small city near Huizhou and said, "Your Majesty, my grandfather, this is Triangle City. This city was originally built by the Qiang people, and I don't know when it was built or when it was abandoned. The city has been abandoned now, but the city base has not been small. Last month, it was occupied by Gao Daquan's troops and is rebuilt the city. If this city is built, we will save food and grass there in the few months before the autumn season, and at the same time build forts at surrounding passes, guard the main roads, and make it as solid as a god!"

Li Di put on reading glasses, stretched his neck to look at the map on the wall, nodded and said, "The terrain there is a good road to the Xishou Military Supervisor Division in the Fan Realm, and a road to the southern courtyard of Tiandu Mountain. It also has a ferry crossing to the north bank of the Yellow River and Lanzhou. It is an important place for Huizhou to enter Tiandu Mountain. From that Triangle City to the pass of the Xishou Military Supervisor Division, what city is there?"

Li Zhang crossed his hands and said, "When you go back to your husband, there are two old cities there. One is the ancient sangyin county, one of the forty-four cities built by the general Meng Tian of the Qin Dynasty, and the other is the wheat field city built by the Qifu clan of Xianbei. The two cities are about one mile apart. Now both cities are occupied by thieves. Relying on the surrounding mountains, the army cannot set up its formation and guard it under the danger."

Li Di nodded: "Why go to the south courtyard of Tiandu Mountain in the southeast? What city is there?"

"When I returned to my husband, there was a place where I strangled the road to the south courtyard of Tiandu Mountain. Because I had abundant shicao, the Kuai Rope made was a must-use item at each ferry crossing, so it was called "Dashengchuan". The place was just between two mountains and blocked the road, and the people of the foreigners set up a city there, called "Dalacheng". Only after passing there can we enter Tiandu Mountain. Along the way are several valleys connected between mountains and the road, leading to the nearest part of the Zhenrong Army."

Li Di nodded and said to Lu Yijian on the side: "Shuzheng, if you occupy that 'Dala City' and then occupy the southern courtyard of Tiandu Mountains occupied by the Hao thief, you can only connect Qinfeng Road and the troops of Jingyuan Road."

Lu Yijian said: "What the best man said is right. It is the Hao thief who personally sits in the southern courtyard of Tiandu Mountain. It will definitely not be easy to capture it. Therefore, it is difficult to connect Qinfeng Road and Jingyuan Road for a while. Xu Ping controlled the troops of Jingyuan Road. With the southern courtyard of the southern courtyard of Shannan Road, it is difficult to achieve it. Jingyuan and Qinfeng Road, it seems difficult to fight together now."

Li Di pondered for a while and said, "Seeing this year, Qin Fenglu's war with the thieves can only attack Xishou Military Supervisors' in vain, but actually take the 'Dalo City'. As long as the Hao thief was driven away from Tiandu Mountain, the war will suddenly become clear!"

After saying that, Li Di and Lu Yijian held the scepter to Zhao Zhen together and said, "Your Majesty, I have seen the map of Huizhou, that is, the troops deployed by this dynasty and the thieves. I have already understood what the situation is now there. The arrangements for preventing autumn should be based on this!"

Zhao Zhen said: "No matter how talented a person is, he doesn't know how to command wars in the mountains and rivers ahead? I also looked at the mountains and rivers around Qinfeng Road where Li Zhang went, and then I understood why the generals in front of him fought like this. The prime minister just said it very reasonably, which is roughly consistent with the strategy reported by Xu Ping in front of him. Li Zhang, tell me the arrangement of the Qinzhou General's Mansion."

Li Zhang crossed his hands and said, "The arrangement of the war this year is roughly different from what Li Xianggong said just now. However, the arrangement of the emptiness is the north and the south, while the arrangement of the emptiness is the two wings in the middle. The southern wing is naturally the southern courtyard of Tiandu Mountain. The soldiers and horses force the Xishou Military Supervisor to leave the ancient city of Songyin and Maitian City in Quwuling. The main force is to compete for the various rivers and valleys along the southern courtyard of Tiandu Mountain, step by step, and take steady steps. The northern wing uses the natural ferry near the Triangle City to cross the Yellow River to the north, and cross the east and west of the army in the direction of Yuzhong.

By entering, occupying the north pass of Roulang Mountain. There is a mountain valley road, which is the road to Huizhou after the spring hunt in the previous few months. If you occupy it, you will use cavalry to enter and exit quickly and attack the back of the Xishou Military Supervisor, so that the thieves cannot use the grain and grass of Xingzhou and Lingzhou to support the war in Tiandu Mountain. It is the hinterland of the thieves. If the troops in and out of this thieves enter and exit a few times, it will naturally cause shock and fear in the territory of the thieves. Moreover, attacking Tiandu Mountain is a battle in the mountains. The large cavalry is useless in the place where there is no use of power, and it is just right for them to be used."

Li Di knew that military affairs were only compared with other civil officials, and the strategies he had come up with were mainly conservative. After occupying Dingxi City, Xu Ping had a large number of cavalry and a new carriage that could travel in the grassland and desert. How could he only meet the steps? He occupied a forward base and harassed everywhere at high speed with powerful cavalry maneuvers. Xu Ping had to make at least a few hundred miles unable to sleep.

Having said that, everyone understood the strategy of Qinfeng Road this year. They could only aim to occupy the outskirts of Tiandu Mountain. They could not help the war on Hulu Valley Road for the time being. Geographical barriers made Qinfeng Road now only a separate war zone. Even if Xu Ping won consecutive victories, he could not hand over the military command of the other routes to him. In fact, only the last of the front-line command methods envisioned by Lu Yijian was in line with reality, that is, Jingyuan and Huanqing routes set up a general minister, and the general command of the two routes of military affairs, and competed with the southern courtyard of Tiandu Mountain where Yuanhao personally took charge for the important land around the Zhenrong army, and built it there. The essence of it was to change the Huanqing Road located in the middle of each route from the Hengshan War to the Huluchuan Valley Road.
Chapter completed!