Wu Haogu looked at the black armored front-strike cavalry, and they lined up a pretty neat formation like the 1,000 cavalry of the Imperial Horse. However, they did not dismount. Instead, they sat on the horse's back and looked at the tall war horses beside the Imperial Horse Knights.

In addition, there were about 500 auxiliary soldiers who held the donkey and followed Gao Qiu's 500 knights.

Wu Haogu smiled and nodded, "No, not bad..." He took two steps forward and pointed to the empty fields around him, "Did you see it? This is the Hetao prairie, which is the land where the Han and Tang dynasties herding horses are herding. After this battle, it will be our Song Dynasty. At that time, the horses in the herds prison will be moved here, and the land that has been vacated will be used to resettle the imperial knights! You all fight for Taiwei Gao, will each one have a knight at that time?"

"good!"

The sound of cheers is thunderous!

Wu Haogu smiled and said to Gao Qiu: "Brother Gao, you really have a good idea. In such a short time, you will bring out a selves."

Gao Qiu laughed loudly, and he really had the courage of a famous general. He took Wu Haogu's wrist and said, "There were more than 500 cavalry coming with someone, but a total of 5,500 cavalry, and all of them were cavalry with horses.

Let's wait for a while, the 2,000 Zhe family cavalry of Zheyanei are behind."

"2,000 Zhe Family Bing?" Wu Haogu said with a smile, "The Zhe Family has also invested a lot this time."

Gao Qiu smiled and said, "That's right, this time, the Western thieves may be destroyed. How can the Zhe family not be jealous? Not only did the Zhe family come, but Yang Zongmin from the Yang family in Linzhou also brought 500 cavalry and joined the Zhe family's troops."

The Yang family in Linzhou was the Yang family. During the Five Dynasties, the Yang family was a warlord in Linzhou, and formed three alliances with the Zhe family in the Prefecture and the Wang family in Fengzhou. When they first entered the Northern Song Dynasty, the three families were hereditary affairs. However, only the Zhe family in the Prefecture and the Zhe family in the Linzhou were truly inherited. The situation of the Yang family in Linzhou was strange. It had already lost the hereditary affairs of Linzhou. However, in the fourth year of Yuanfeng, Yang Zongmin of the Yang family in Linzhou was promoted to become the garrison of Linzhou. In the first year of Yuanfu, Yang Zongmin obtained the position of Linzhou and became the fourth-generation affairs of Linzhou Yang family in Linzhou.

However, the power of the Yang family in Linzhou cannot be compared with the Zhe family in Fuzhou, and can only be used as a dependent on the Zhe family. Therefore, the 500 cavalry of the Yang family were led by Zhe Keda from the Zhe family in Fuzhou to Yinzhou.

"Here you come!"

Brother Zhao Zhong shouted at this time. Wu Haogu hurriedly stretched his neck to look at it, and saw the vast cavalry, one man, one horse and one donkey, walking in line with more than a dozen flags. From a distance, the soldiers were also neatly armored and speared.

Gao Qiu muttered in Wu Haogu's ear: "The cavalry in the prefectures are equipped with double auxiliary soldiers, and the main soldiers have more than 600 cavalry, so they can be used as armored cavalry and long-distance junctions."

"OK!"

Wu Haogu nodded and smiled, "That's the 2100-Armored Cavalry... Brother Gao, the Hejian grassland is ours! Let Brother Zhong go with you, grab one, and replace your cavalry with one man and two horses."

Gao Qiu smiled and said, "Don't worry, first place the army, and then let's go to Yan'an Prefecture together... Tong Daofu asked someone to send a letter to someone, saying that he would go to Yan'an Prefecture directly and let us rush over as well."

"What are you going to Yan'an?"

Wu Haogu was anxious to send troops to the grassland nomadic tribes to wander! When the weather became warmer and the grassland was green, cattle, sheep and horses could run away while eating.

"Go and fight for merit!" Gao Qiu said, "I know you don't want to fight... Anyway, I have enough credit, and the governor will sooner or later. But in the officialdom, if you don't fight, people will think you are bullied. So you have to fight for me, and if you don't fight for me, you have to fight for profit! Even if you don't want to fight, you have to fight for me and Tong Daofu!"

...

On the third day after Gao Qiu arrived at the Amitabha Cave, Tao Jiefu's order was also sent, and ordered Wu Haogu and Gao Qiu to set off to Yan'an immediately to participate in the military convention.

Now Wu Haogu didn't want to go, so he had to ride a fast horse with Gao Qiu and take his entourage to Yan'an Prefecture City.

Tong Guan, who was transferred from the Supervisor of the Yanjun to the Shuofang Road Rule Pacification and Control Commander, had arrived at Yan'an Prefecture. He and Tao Jiefu, the old military strategist Wang En, and several subordinates stood at the gate of Fushi to greet each other.

"Shi Yan, Chongdao, thank you all the way!" Tao Jiefu's face was unhappy, and he just forced a smile to greet Gao Qiu, and Wu Haogu treated him.

Wu Haogu and Gao Qiu were surprised, but they still returned the courtesy, and exchanged greetings with Tong Guan, who was also frowning. After everyone entered the lobby, the idle people retreated, Gao Qiu asked, "I know what happened?"

Tao Jiefu looked calm and said, "Zhe Keshi has sent troops!"

"Zhe Keshi?" Gao Qiu was stunned, "Aren't he the deputy envoy of Jingyuan Road's governor's supporter? Why did he send troops?

Didn’t Lv Jifu, the governor of Jingyuan and Xihe, advocate the politicians of the two routes of Jingyuan and Xihe, advocate the stern stern? Did Zhe Zunzheng disobey Lu Jifu’s order to send troops?"

Zhe Keshi was also a member of the Zhe family in the Prefectures and Prefectures, but he did not serve in the Prefectures and prefectures, but fought in the Northern Song Dynasty imperial guards. He was also a rare tiger general who made great contributions. In the Battle of Hengshan in the first year of Yuanfu, he led his army to attack Potiandu Mountain and captured Weiming Abang and Meeldubu. Therefore, he was promoted to the deputy envoy of Jingyuan Road and the governor of Xi'an Prefecture. Now he is the chief general under Lu Huiqing.

Wu Haogu also asked: "Where did Zhe Zunzheng send troops to attack?"

Tong Guan said: "Ze Zun was ordered by Lu Jifu, and led the Jingqin from Jingyuan Road out of Xiaoguan and arrived in Lingzhou River outside Lingzhou City. He defeated the Western thieves who were rushed to face the battle. He beheaded more than 1,500 people and livestock controlled by the Western thieves."

"I'd better fight the Western thief!" Wu Haogu shook his head and said, "Now the Western thief will definitely draw the troops from Xia and Youzhou to strengthen Lingzhou. We'll be able to fight along the way!"

It’s easy to fight, but the credit has to be given to Lu Huiqing. During the third battle in Hehuang, Lu Huiqing made a great contribution without doing anything. Now he has a surprise attack on Lingzhou!

No need to ask, this is clearly a matter of robbing credit.

"There are Western thieves and Jingsai Army Divisions south of Lingzhou," Gao Qiu said, "If you let Jingyuan Road attack here, it will be beneficial for us to advance to Xingling. Maybe you can launch a three-way attack."

"Don't even think about it!" Wang En interrupted, "Lu Jifu won't go to attack the Jingsai Army! At least he won't launch a large number of troops before we conquer Yanzhou and Zhong Ruoweng captured Qin Wangchuan."

Will it be?

Wu Haogu looked at Tong Guan, and Tong Guan said, "Lu Jifu is worthy of being an experienced soldier. His methods of grabbing credit are also very clever... Before we fight with the Hexi Army, he broke into Lingzhou River and made a splash. He will not take any risks in the future. He will only wait for us and the Hexi Army to suck the Western thieves over and then send troops to attack Weizhou and Jingsai Army. With the strength of the Jingyuan Army, it should be foolproof.

If we win with the Hexi Army and press against Lingzhou, he will let the Jingyuan Army continue to advance to the city of Lingzhou. At that time, he will have to give him a great contribution, right?"

What a good plan!

Wu Haogu thought: This is probably the problem of not establishing a commander? Now the four commanders are planning their own plans. It seems that with three armies working together, they are actually fighting each other. If you can win such a battle, you must have an overwhelming advantage! I just don’t know if the Song army’s advantage is great enough this time?

"Then let's send troops quickly!" Gao Qiu said, "There is no need to wait for all the ranks to gather... Anyway, there is no need to use so many soldiers. Now the important thing is to capture some territory as soon as possible and get a little beheading. Otherwise, it would be a good idea to lose to Zhong Ruoweng. After all, we have the most soldiers in this journey."

The Eastern Route Army led by Tao Jiefu brought together four troops from Fuyan, Hedong, Huanqing and Yuqian, a total of four troops, and also received support from Qin Feng and Yongxing Army. It is the absolute main force!

In contrast, Zhong Fu's Hexi Army and the Jingyuan Army led by Lu Huiqing are relatively weak.

"Shi Yan, how many soldiers can you send out now?" Tao Jiefu asked.

"I have 5,500 cavalrymen who have arrived at the Amitabha Cave." Gao Qiu said, "There are 3,000 cavalrymen in Chongdao... There are a total of 8,500 cavalry, of which 2,100 can be used as armored cavalry. It is enough to sweep the river grassland!"

Tong Guan immediately said: "We can first use a large army to besiege Tongwancheng, and then divide our troops north to sweep the desert oasis and the grasslands in Hejian, and loot cattle, sheep and horses for military use."

Tongwancheng is the capital of Xiazhou, located in Wuding Hebei and the west of Heishuihehe. It is a strong city built by Helian Bobo, the ruler of Xia during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. It was occupied by Dangxiang in the early years of the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Later, it was briefly recovered by the Song Dynasty court. Emperor Taizong of Song, who liked to "demolition" cities, ordered the destruction of the city and the unification of the outer city of Tongwancheng. However, Tongwan Neicheng still exists, and after being recaptured by Dangxiang, it became the capital of Xiazhou again. However, the Dangxiang people did not restore the outer city of Tongwancheng, but instead used the east and west cities of the inner city as a base and stationed troops.

In addition, Tongwancheng is also an important iron smelting town for the Western thieves. There is an iron smelting service in the city. At least half of the iron materials in Xixia are supplied by Tongwan.

Tao Jiefu glanced at Wang En, who said, "According to detailed investigations, the Western thieves' left-wing Divine Army Division has been moved to Tongwan City, and the defenders in the city should be more than 15,000. Moreover, the two cities in Tongwan East and West have been strengthening since last autumn, and the horse faces and the edges of the city walls were all covered with tigers. In addition, the trees around Tongwan were cut down by the Western thieves, so it was difficult for our army to find wood to build siege equipment.

This Tongwan City is afraid that it will be difficult to attack and can only be siege for a long time. Therefore, the last general suggests that long moats be excavated around Tongwan and make a lasting siege. At the same time, cut off the connection between Tongwan City and Wuding River and Heishui River, and cut off its water source."

"Okay!" Tao Jiefu said, "Then build a long trench to siege Tongwancheng!" He paused and pointed at the general and said, "Wu Chongdao!"

Wu Haogu immediately stood up: "The last one is here."
Chapter completed!