666 One is worse than the other
"My army commander has no intention of quarreling with the Eastern Dynasty, and is willing to use Mamuling as the boundary between the Eastern Dynasty and not invade each other."
He was sent to Tong Guan by Renduo Baozhong. The envoy in Gao Qiu's army was also named Renduo, and his name was Edda. He was a nephew of Baozhong. He could speak fluent Chinese and looked quite smart.
The conditions he proposed were not harsh, that is, Mamuling south of the ancient bone dragon city was the new border between the Song and Xia countries. In other words, such a broken place as the ancient bone dragon city belongs to Xixia.
Tong Guan sat in the camp with a big big sword and heard the sound of talking, pretending to be holding his beard, and he didn't look like a castrator at all.
"Well," Tong Guan nodded, "I understand!"
He did not say "our family", but used "myself official", so he naturally wanted to hide his eunuch identity. The reason why Xixia did not let him know that he was disabled was not because of inferiority, but because of his fraud.
He wanted to let Renduo Baozhong's army stay in Gugu Long City as much as possible. The longer they stay, the more military rations will be consumed. It is common sense to be confused by the soldiers without food, and it is easy for generals to panic if they have little food to lead the army if they are in danger of being panic.
As long as Ren Duo Baozhong panics, it will be easier to deal with it.
If the other party knew that Tong Guan was the Taoxi Supervisor with great power, then he would not be prone to delay.
In addition, Tong Guan took the initiative to replace Gao Qiu and Wang Bing to meet the envoys of Xixia and deceive the upward peak... He would not report the peace conditions of Renduo Baozhong to Taoxi Fushi, Xining, and Jingyuan.
"I will report Renduo's request to Shangfeng," Tong Guan smiled, looking very good, "I can answer you in five days at most."
Renduoeda saw that Tong Guan was easy to speak, and further increased his efforts: "My army commander hopes that your army can retreat to Nanzong Fort immediately to avoid misunderstandings between the two sides."
"This..." Tong Guan touched his beard, "If your army commander does not bring troops here, how could I come to defend? I also have general orders, how can I retreat without orders? I have to wait for the orders above. At most, it will take a few days. Can't I wait?"
This is reasonable and polite, but he just refuses to retreat...
Renduo's answers had nothing to say. He was just a general (Tong Guan claimed to be the identity). With just such a little power, it was useless to say it out loud, so he got up and said goodbye to repay Renduo's loyalty.
"The head of the army was a regular general in the Song Dynasty. He had a Kaifeng accent and was named Tong. He was in his forties and was quite mighty."
Renduoe, who returned to the ancient bone dragon city, not only told Renduo Baozhong about Tong Guan's answer, but also talked about the situation he found in the Song camp.
"Secret Tong? Kaifeng accent?" Renduo Baozhong frowned, "Isn't it from the Western Army?"
"It seems not," Renduoer replied, "not only did the Tong Zheng play Kaifeng accent, but also his guards are mostly speaking Kaifeng words."
Renduoeda once stayed in Kaifeng Prefecture as a member of the Xixia mission for a while, and still remember what Kaifeng said.
"Constitutional army," Rendo Anzhong reminded, "Can they be the elite soldiers selected by the King of Jin to perform martial arts through the imperial predecessor?"
"It's probably true!" Renduo Baozhong frowned.
"The army commander, then should we withdraw tonight?"
Renduo Baozhong shook his head: "Wait a little longer... wait for another six days. If the Song army does not retreat, we will also withdraw."
Rendo Anzhong thought for a while and asked again: "Do you want the Wen family members to leave first?"
The Wen family defected to Xixia during the period of the Yeshiluo period. They were a hard-core pro-Xia faction. Because they believed in Bon religion, they had no friends among the Fan tribes in Huangzhong. Once they lost the support of Xixia, they were likely to be eliminated.
The Wen family and Ren family have very close relationships, and the two families are also intermarried, so Ren Duo Baozhong is embarrassed to leave them and run away by himself.
"Okay," Rendo Baozhong nodded, "Let them go first!"
This is actually a very wrong decision! Because the Wen family is not an army, but a huge family of foreigners. If they want to move, there are a lot of pots and jars! How long does it take to walk a mountain road of hundreds of miles?
If Tong Guan hadn't pretended to be malice, Renduo Baozhong might have made up his mind to throw him away. But now it seems that there is no big problem and he shouldn't be able to fight...
...
Just when Renduo Baozhong arranged for his family to relocate to the Wen family, Tong Guan and Gao Qiu sent a messenger to Tongchuan Fort, the Taoxi Shuaisi stationed.
"Ren Duo Baozhong is in the ancient bone dragon city?"
When Wang Hou was not surprised when he heard Renduo Baozhong leading his troops to Gugu Long City, he was not surprised, but Zhang Shuye, who was stationed in the same place as him, became excited.
He was carrying a secret mission, which was to use the land of Qingtang to win over Renduo Baozhong! However, because the two armies confronted each other between Gai Zhucheng and Tongchuan Fort, they were tense, and King Cha Ge of Jin was also Gai Zhucheng, and the defense was very tight, so he could not find any opportunity to contact Renduo Baozhong.
Just when he was anxious and didn't know what to do, Tong Guan suddenly sent someone to send news, Renduo Baozhong actually led his troops to the ancient bone dragon city!
This is really a blessing from the Song Dynasty!
"Ji Zhong, you are..."
Wang Hou looked at Zhang Shuye with some surprise. The division of the right wing army in the Xixia army was not a big deal, because the Xihe army of the Song army also divided the troops. Wang Hou and Zhang Shuye had only a few thousand troops, and even if they used the Fan Han soldiers stationed in Lanzhou, they were less than 50,000. Such a small amount of troops was not enough to destroy the right wing army in the face of the Xixia army.
As for ordering Tong Guan, Gao Qiu started a war in the ancient bone dragon city, and he seemed to be very sure. Although Renduo Baozhong was famous for his frequent defeat, he had at least 20,000 to 30,000 Xixia troops on hand, which was not comparable to 20,000 to 30,000 foreign troops.
The knights in front of the palace commanded by Tong Guan and Gao Qiu and the Dragon Martyrs and the auxiliary soldiers were less than 8,000, so they were not sure of fighting.
"Please," said Zhang Uncle Ye, "I have to go to the front line of the ancient bone dragon city."
"Go to the front line of Ancient Bone Dragon City?" Wang Hou looked at Zhang Shuye.
Zhang Shuye glanced at the aides in the festival hall and Wang Hou's personal soldiers. Wang Hou immediately understood and waved his hand to send them away.
Zhang Shuye lowered his voice and said, "Please comfort, the official family has issued a secret order to surrender Ren and protect his loyalty."
"Recruiting Ren and protecting Zhong?" Wang Hou was surprised, "How is it possible? And it's meaningless..."
As soon as he said that, Wang Houcai felt that it was the official’s meaning! How could it be meaningless?
Zhang Shuye smiled and said, "This is a plan set by the official and Xianggong Cai. We will use the Qingtang land to recruit the Renduo clan. Then, with the assistance of Renduo Baozhong, he seized Zhuoluo City, Karochuan and Qin Wangchuan! Comfort, do you think it is meaningful? Can it be done?"
"Use the land of Qingtang..." Wang Hou took a breath, the official family has invested a lot this time!
"The Qing Tang is rich, and Renduo Baozhong may be moved." Wang Hou thought, "But Baozhong lost the generals and had little prestige among the Renduo clan, so he may only be able to bring out some people.
As for Renduo Baozhong helping us take down Zhuoluo City, Karochuan and Qin Wangchuan... I'm afraid it's not easy?"
"Why isn't it easy?"
Zhang Shuye smiled and said, "Now the Western thief King Cha Ge has personally come to Zhuo Luochuan to take charge. There are many people in Feirenduo's family in the right wing army.
Moreover, Qin Wangchuan is the lifeline of the Western thieves. Once our army enters, there is a battle of national destiny to be fought!"
Wang Hou had thought about the matter of the garrison of Qin Wangchuan, but it was based on the fact that it could severely damage the Xixia Right Xiang Army. Now the Xixia Right Xiang Army will not attack at all. If you want to severely damage, you can only attack head-on and attack the fortress they defended. It is very risky... And Renduo Baozhong has much influence, and it is hard to say whether he can help the Song army seriously damage the Xixia Right Xiang Army.
So Wang Hou was a little confused.
Zhang Shuye smiled and did not tell Wang Hou about Cai Jing's tricks, in fact, Cai Jing did not expect a great victory in Qin Wangchuan, which was not good for Cai Jing. Because the commander of Xining and Jingyuan armies was Lu Huiqing. If he won a great victory in Qin Wangchuan, then it would be inevitable that he would become the right prime minister after Su Dongpo's death.
So what Cai Jing really wanted was the great victory of Wuding River! As long as Qin Wangchuan could attract the main force of Xixia, Tao Jiefu could win the castles in the Wuding River Basin. The contribution of taking over the Wuding River Basin is much greater than occupying a small Qin Wangchuan. Moreover, Qin Wangchuan is the lifeline of Xixia, so how could it be occupied so easily? The hard battle of the Xining army may eventually become a stepping stone for Tao Jiefu to establish great achievements in Wuding River!
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Zhang Shuye was borne by the king's order. No matter how Wang Hou thought about the matter of summoning Ren and protecting Zhong, it could not stop Zhang Shuye's actions. So Zhang Shuye immediately left Tongchuan Fort and rushed to the front line of the ancient bone dragon city without stopping.
It was not too far from Tongchuan Fort to Gugu Long City. Zhang Shuye took his entourage guards, one man and two horses. It took only a day and a half to feel Gao Yongnian, Tong Guan and Gao Qiu's army stationed in the Haoya River.
Gao Yongnian came one day earlier than Uncle Zhang and brought 12,000 Han troops, which increased the number of Song troops on the front line of the Gugu Long City to 20,000.
This scale of increase in troops also made Renduo Baozhong, on the other side of the Haoya River, panic. Although the terrain on both sides of the Haoya River is dangerous, the river is not deep, and there are many shallows to cross, so it is impossible to rely on the river to block the Song army.
Moreover, Renduo Baozhong had not much military ration left, so it was impossible to rely on the Haoya River to defend it. Instead, he had to retreat northwest along the Haoya River and retreat to Renduoquan City. In other words, the Song army could have marched along the Haoya River like him, and then find a shallow place to cross the river on the way.
"The army commander, the Song army sent an envoy."
Just when Renduo Baozhong was frightened, the Song army's envoy came.
Chapter completed!