I asked the deputy governor, what is the current situation in Dazhou?

The generals responsible for leading the troops have no decision-making power, it is the civil servants who have the final say.

For the old Zhao family, as long as the generals are obedient, they have no responsibility even if they lose the battle.

If you disobey, you will be guilty even if you have won the victory and defeated the enemy.

The old Zhao family doesn't need military commanders who don't listen to them. What they fear most is that the military commanders will do the same thing as their ancestors.

As you can tell from the name, Wahuichuan is a market, located at the junction of Xixia and Tubo. It is the market where Xixia and Tubo trade.

It took a long time to build and was quite prosperous.

It was already considered a fortified city. When I asked the Deputy Governor, it was obvious that he wanted to give up the attack and go around.

Although there is no possibility for these small towns to be "strong" in the face of hundreds of thousands of troops.

But it will take several days no matter what, so the troops are very quick.

The Zhou Dynasty used troops on a large scale and could not hide Xixia's detailed operations. Taking advantage of the fact that Xixia's troop mobilization had not been completed, it was better to attack Jincheng, the seat of Lanzhou.

There is no need for the army to attack Wahuichuan.

"No need, leaving enemy soldiers behind is always a hidden danger. I will spend the night in the city tonight," Sheng Changbai said.

"Liu Tao, roll out the cannons I made. It's time to verify them in actual combat."

There are still some achievements in climbing the technology tree. The most important thing is that the ratio of gunpowder is really not difficult for Sheng Changbai.

Although cannons still have many problems, such as being difficult to cast and easy to explode.

But it can be used reluctantly, fire a few cannons, and open up a small city. It's not a big problem.

"Boom, boom, boom." The city gate burst open in response.

"Go into the city and kill the thieves!"

This battle actually didn't last long, and it was just a small town.

After blasting open the city gate, the war entered the easy difficulty level.

There are only a thousand Xixia soldiers stationed in the city, and a thousand additional soldiers are not enough to appetize the hundreds of thousands of troops.

The party members of Xixia, including the old, weak, women and children, have a total population of only three million.

Therefore, a large part of Xixia's army were Fan soldiers.

When Xixia and Da Zhou fought, it was probably the Fan soldiers who died the most every time. This was a very realistic thing.

"The valuables, gold, silver and horses will be taken away by our army, and other people and materials will be rewarded to those soldiers."

After the city was broken, it was very simple to dispose of it. All supplies, people, and all kinds of useful things were looted.

Fan Bing dragged his family and brought so many logistics personnel here, just enough to accept these tedious things.

Just leave the city behind. There is no time to manage it now. Sheng Changbai led his army and rushed directly to Jincheng, the seat of Lanzhou.

Although Jincheng, as the administrative seat of Lanzhou, is a state city, it is much stronger than a small city.

But Sheng Changbai still took advantage of the night and used gunpowder to blow down the city wall of Lanzhou.

The more than 20,000 defenders in the city became a shining military achievement in the eyes of the hundreds of thousands of armies of Zhou Dynasty and Fan State.

The Xixia soldiers were skilled in bows and horses and had excellent weapons, but they had no advantage at all when fighting in the city.

Since the population was large, Zhou Dynasty would use several times more people to besiege.

"Commander Sheng, what a great victory. If we capture Jincheng, we can capture the entire territory of Lanzhou. This is the achievement of opening up territory and expanding the territory."

In the City Lord's Mansion in Jincheng, Deputy Governor Xiang exclaimed, "Following Sheng Changbai, Deputy Governor Xiang went through a simple dungeon this time."

Sheng Changbai had the greatest credit, but Xiang Fudu, the highest military officer, would obviously also get a large share of the credit.

The land of a state is not large, but for the Zhou Dynasty, which has not expanded its territory in the north for decades, it has great political significance, and the rewards will be very generous without even thinking about it.

"It's not yet an expansion of territory. We just occupied Jinzhou City. Xixia has sent troops from Hebei and Huizhou to support Lanzhou. Only if we can defend Lanzhou can we be considered an expansion of territory."

It was just too early to say that they had broken through the Lanzhou administrative center and expanded the territory. Sheng Changbai still remained calm.

"If you can't defend Lanzhou with this, please behead someone." He promised to the deputy governor.

"It's not enough to just defend Lanzhou. At least we have to defeat the enemy troops coming to help from Huizhou. We can take advantage of the situation to take back Huizhou."

After conquering Jincheng, Sheng Changbai finally completed a phase of his mission.

You can wait in Jincheng and wait for the soldiers and horses from Huizhou to arrive.

Relying on the city to fight Xixia reinforcements, even a broken city is enough to prevent the Xixia cavalry from taking advantage of their mobility.

The military affairs were handed over to Vice-Capital Xiang, and Sheng Changbai reported his merits to the court to Gu Tingye.

On the other hand, he began to exert his political abilities.

Winning over the foreign countries in Lanzhou, although most of these foreign countries are not well-fed.

But these people do fear power rather than morality. As long as Dazhou can ensure a strong national power, these people are also very good followers and thugs.

The most important thing is that these people are now Xixia's younger brothers, and winning over these people is a matter of trade-offs.

Although these people will not fight to the death for Xixia due to various reasons such as equipment, people's hearts, and interests, their combat power is average and it is not difficult to attack.

But using political means to win over these people is undoubtedly the most economical way.

Even Sheng Changbai, a party member of Xixia, was also trying to instigate rebellion.

After all, not all Xixia people are satisfied with the rule of the Li family.

The political systems of Xixia and Liao were similar, and they were political powers established by nomadic peoples.
Chapter completed!