Seeing Zhao Zhen looking at him, Lu Yijian said helplessly: "Your Majesty, I have sent Xia Shouyun the map of Longyou and the defense of the troops together, and asked him to draw his arrangements accordingly and send them to the Privy Council. However, Xia Shouyun said that his subordinates were busy and no one knew how to make this pattern, so he refused. Every ten days and a half months, I will issue a message to urge Xia Shouyun, but he has not returned."

Zhao Zhen's face turned pale and could not speak for a long time. Xia Shouyun was a senior general of the three yamen. He personally chose to go to the northwest as the commander. He did not expect that he would be so unreliable. Xu Ping won consecutive battles, so he changed the military system according to what he said. At least he had to learn other generals. What is the use of not winning a battle for the army? He also issued an edict himself, asking Xia Shouyun to follow the methods of the army of Longyou to plan the war in detail, and everything was clear and reported to the Privy Council. However, he did not expect that the past few months, he would still look the same as when Li Zhang first returned to Beijing.

After thinking for a long time, Zhao Zhen sighed secretly in his heart. The ice is three feet long, not a day of cold. The imperial guards are not formed every day, so how can they change it? Moreover, the military system remains unchanged, and they may not be able to plan according to Xu Ping's combat methods. From top to bottom, I don't know why I did this, nor how I can do it like this.

Sighing, Zhao Zhen said to Lu Yijian: "Like the Longyou Protector, everything is clear. When we discuss matters in the court, the war on the front line is like in the hands of our hands, and we will not suspect each other. What the army of Xu Ping wants to do, from each army to every command, the court is as clear as the court. How much money and food he spent there, and where he spent it, the court is also clear. On the other hand, Jingyuan and Huanqing, they don't know how they fight, how they arrange the army and horses, and where they spend money and food. Even the military merits and rewards are vague."

As he spoke, Zhao Zhen shook his head repeatedly, feeling disappointed beyond words.

Lu Yijian and Li Di didn't speak, Xia Shouyun was not Xu Ping, but he didn't say whatever he wanted. Xu Ping was watching, and he grew up step by step, whether the relationship was good or bad, both knew the bottom line. If you have any opinions about the Longyou Protectorate, Li Di and Lu Yijian could have something to say to Xu Ping, and there was no need to be afraid of Xu Ping's thoughts. However, after so many years of dating, they also knew that the more they had something to say to Xu Ping, the easier things were. Xia Shouyun was different. He was a favorite general under the late emperor, and his qualifications were not inferior to Li Di. Lu Yijian was far inferior to that of the emperor, and his relationship with the emperor was complicated. There were many relatives and friends in the generals of the three yamen, and the prime minister was also afraid. As long as Xia Shouyun had not yet defeated the battle, Lu Yijian and Li Di had no choice but to do anything to him.

After thinking for a long time, Zhao Zhen said to Lu Yijian: "The Privy Council will give Xia Shouyun another order to inform him that the battle after the autumn is of great importance and must not be careless. In the battle after the autumn, Xia Shouyun will first protect the thief from Hao. If he can severely damage the thief, he will be a great achievement!"

Lu Yijian held the scepter and said, "What should we do if the war arrangements between Jingyuan and Huanqing?"

Zhao Zhen was silent for a while before waved his hand: "Let's do it first, wait until the war is settled and the officials will discuss it again in the spring and summer of the next year."

Without major institutional changes, the existing Three Imperial Guards cannot act like Longyou. However, the military system needs to be greatly changed, and the conditions are not mature. The rebound of the Three Imperial Guards generals is one, and the lack of talents to do things is two. The establishment of the Longyou Army is still too short to complete this task. Moreover, the decision to replace all the Three Imperial Guards with Longyou Group is Zhao Zhen, at least it cannot be dismissed now. Now we can only look at Xia Shouyun's performance and then decide how to act in the future.

The jurisdictions of Longyou and Jingyuan and Huanqing Roads are roughly divided by the Jinghe River. The upper reaches of the Jinghe River are Jingyuan Road and Huanqing Road, Jingyuan Road is the upper reaches of the main stream of the Jinghe River, and its tributary Maling River basin is Huanqing Road. The Jinghe River is very strange. Before the Maling River flows into, the length of this tributary is longer than the main stream, and the source of the river is not determined by the longest length. This strange understanding is related to history, but also to its origin.

The ancients said that Longshan was the Liupan Mountain in a broad sense in later generations. This mountain was raining a lot, giving birth to three larger rivers, Jinghe River going east, Hulu River going north, and Watingchuan going south. This is an ancient battlefield for the struggle between nomadic peoples and the Central Plains farming people. When the Central Plains dynasty lost Hetao, the front line advanced here. The center of the war was around the passes on the mountain and these three rivers. The river channel not only provided water sources, but also flat roads. Whether it was a road connecting east and west, or a road connecting north and south, most of the Yellow River followed these three rivers and their tributaries to gather in Longshan, and then crossed Longshan through the pass and entered the valley path of another river. Without taking down these passes, Longzu and Longyou could not be connected.

The Longshan Mountain is not only steep, but also the mountain was formed late and there were many earthquakes. If the roads were not maintained all the time, it would soon be destroyed by various geological disasters and would become mulberry fields in decades. Therefore, the stone-rich Xiaolongshan area in the southern section is extremely difficult to pass through. Only the Guanshan Pass and the Wei River that passes through the mountains can cross the mountains. Relatively speaking, there are more places to cross the mountains in the northern section of Longshan. Tiandu Mountain is the remnant of the northern section of Longshan. There are many valleys in it. It is the most convenient road to cross the Longshan Mountains in the northern section. It is related to the war between Dangxiang, which is ultimately concentrated here, which is related to this terrain.

The Jing River that flows into the Wei River and the Huluchuan that flows into the Yellow River originate from Longshan. The closest place to the main stream and tributary river channel is Li Ji, and it is close to the northern edge of Longshan. This is why the Huluchuan Valley Road is so important. On the other hand, although the Wating River that goes south also originated from Longshan, it is not so convenient. Whether it is planning or changing according to the situation, Xu Ping attacked Tiandu Mountain, and finally chose to go from Dingxi City to Zulichuan, then go to the Yellow River and go to the back of Tiandu Mountain. It is nothing more, because the Wating River can only contact the Zhenrong Army, and the current rule of the Song Dynasty in the Zhenrong Army was not stable. The surrounding area was full of foreign lands, and it hit the entrance of the valley road where Dangxiang came out of Tiandu Mountain.

The place where Watingchuan and Huluchuan is good Shuichuan. In the case of Zhenrong Army, the Watingchuan road is useless and cannot attack Tiandu Mountain at more points. It is better to gather troops to set off from Jingyuan Road.

Dangxiang's heavy troops were separated from Tiandu Mountain, which blocked the connection between Longyou and Jingyuan Road, and the other hand, they were connected with the Jingsai Military Supervisory Office in Weizhou, blocking the Song army's road to the north like an iron plate. This is because of this situation of the war.

However, for Xia Shouyun, he did not consider Xu Ping from Longyou, and was backed by Guanzhong, which had abundant manpower and material resources. His preferred choice was not Huluchuan, but Maling Water. Maling Water is a tributary of the Jing River, and can flow up the Jing River from Guanzhong and approach Weizhou directly along the river valley. Moreover, Maling Water and Huluchuan Valley Road have many paths connected to each other, making it more convenient to connect.

Xu Ping is on the right, so he chose Tiandu Mountain as the breakthrough point, and Xia Shouyun is on the left, so he aimed at Weizhou. There is no right or wrong choice in this way, it only depends on whether it can be done and whether he is fully prepared. After passing Weizhou, if he does not go through Huluchuan, he will have to go through Hanhai if he attacks Lingzhou, because it is impossible to walk on Huluchuan Valley Road that does not occupy Tiandu Mountain, and it is irrelevant to Xia Shouyun's choice of Maling Water Road Jingyuan Road. Xu Ping thinks Xia Shouyun is unreliable because he has not made any preparations for Hanhai.

Xia Shouyun didn't think so. For him, it would be a great achievement to capture Weizhou. As for Lingzhou behind, I would only think about it on that day. Xia Shouyun set up the General's Mansion in Qingzhou, which is the reason. As long as the Zhenrong Army is not lost, he can concentrate heavy troops to advance north along the Maling River and force Yuanhao to fight with him in Weizhou. The two sides gather heavy troops to fight with a frontal formation, and Dangxiang has not yet shown his ability to defeat the Song army.
Chapter completed!