"Why did Gao Qiu cross the river from near Daluze? Could he want to go north to Zhending Prefecture, meet with the Song army of Zhending Prefecture, and then go east to Dingzhou?"

"There are 10,000 elite soldiers from the Yi Family Royal Palace and the Xuanli army from Xijing Road, and the Song people cannot defeat them!"

"That's Gao Qiu!"

"No, no, what's the use of him conquering Dingzhou? It's just to regain some of the wealth and slaves we plundered. If we really want to withdraw our troops, it's not that we have to settle Dingzhou City."

"Yes, did Gao Qiu ignore Kaifeng Prefecture? It's winter now, and the Yellow River will freeze in a while. Then our 100,000 army will reach Kaifeng Prefecture."

"Then he just flicked his finger and wanted to lead us north to Dingzhou."

"Then we can't be fooled!"

"If we are not fooled, will he go south along the Zhang River to Xiangzhou to train with the Xiangzhou delegation?"

"It's possible...that's a decisive battle for us!"

"If you fight to the decisive battle, you will be decisive. As long as they are willing to fight with us well, don't keep digging trenches and building city walls, who have we, the Great Liao Heavenly Soldiers, ever?"

"Yes! As long as we are put on the move, we are not afraid of any of us..."

Emperor Yelu Yanxi of the Great Liao Dynasty, Xiao Fengxian, the Privy Councilor of the Northern Court and the Imperial Camp, Xiao Fengxian, the Tongzhi Privy Councilor of the Southern Court and the Deputy Imperial Camp, Xiao Temo, the Prime Minister of the Northern Court, Xiao Delis, the Prime Minister of the Southern Court, and Xiao Hu Jigu, the Yongxing Palace envoy, and others, are now in the imperial tent, surrounding the wooden picture to guess the military strategy of Gao Qiu, the first commander of the Song Dynasty.

This is really a bit like meeting the opponent and meeting the good talent!

The famous coach Gao Qiu is a Xibei product, and Yelu Yanxi and his confidant generals are also useless snacks... So Gao Qiu and Taiwei Gao's intentions are really hard to guess for a while.

Listening to the group of people below, he couldn't understand it, Yelu Yanxi was also a little upset and waved his hand and said, "No matter where Gao Qiu is going, I just go south to Kaifeng Prefecture! I don't believe that Zhao Ji is really not afraid of my Great Liao Heavenly Soldiers coming to the city!

Even if he is not afraid, I can plunder the Kaifeng Prefecture Realm, are I still afraid of not robbing millions?"

The oil and water of Kaifeng Prefecture are not all in the city. The entire Kaifeng Prefecture is full of densely populated villages, towns and manor villas of wealthy families.

It is no exaggeration to say that the population density outside Kaifeng Prefecture is steadily higher than that in the Linhuang Prefecture City of Shangjing, the Great Liao Kingdom. Just grabbing some outside the city can make Yelu Yanxi return with a full load.

With the wealth and wealth that had been plundered from the Kaifeng Prefecture Realm and the reputation of "Great Looting Kaifeng Prefecture", Yelu Yanxi's prestige and appeal among the Khitan's confidant tribes could reach a higher level, which would also be conducive to the next battle of Xijin Prefecture. If the Song Lord Zhao Ji insisted on his own and had to fight the Daliao Heavenly Soldiers to the end, then the battle of Xijin Prefecture would have to bite the bullet.

...

When Yelu Yanxi did not change his mind and continued to advance south, the 20,000 army led by Gao Qiu was quickly passing through two newly built floating bridges and heading from the east bank of the Zhang River to the west bank of the Zhang River.

The Liao army was in Hulu Henan, and the eastward flowing river channel of Zhanghe River (the Yellow River flowing eastward and northward crossed, and after sharing a section of the river channel, it forked in Qinghe County, Enzhou, and continued to flow eastward. The Yongjing Army re-entered the Yellow River in the northward flowing Yellow River). It only controlled the narrow area between the northward flowing river channel of Zhanghe River and the west river channel of the Yellow River flowing northward.

The Liao army's far-blocked horses were controlled by the Zhang River and the Yellow River, and could only operate in this narrow and narrow area. Therefore, once Gao Qiu's 20,000 army crossed the Zhang River, the Liao army's far-blocked horses could not know their whereabouts.

By avoiding the Liao army's far-distance horse, Gao Qiu could not do "strait speed movement", but could quickly pass Xingzhou, Mingzhou, and Cizhou under the cover of the Zhang River, and cross the east-west Zhang River again in Fuyang, the last county of Cizhou, and enter Xiangzhou, and meet with the Xiang army led by Han Xiaozhou and Zongze.

At this time, Gao Qiu was riding a Tianjin horse (Hippo) sent to Daming Prefecture by a man from Wuhaogu, standing on the west bank of the pontoon bridge, looking at the baggage vehicles that were beyond the view, passing through the pontoon bridge in a vast way.

The complex and laborious aspects of supplying an army of 20,000 people are unimaginable. Therefore, civil servants like Liang Zimei would propose that the Cangzhou Iron Cavalry (now the Tianjin Iron Cavalry) be a thousand miles a day... Because of the huge consumption, Wu Haogu's army is now fighting against the Sanggan River and the Gangliang River. A gang ship can easily hold hundreds of stones and can hold a hundred carriages. Moreover, the gang ship itself consumes little, which is just that some ship workers have to start food, which is not as energy-consuming as mules and horses.

The army of 20,000 people led by Gao Qiu was not as big as the 10,000 cavalry of Wu Haogu (including the auxiliary soldiers, there were 20,000). After all, a war horse's chewing valley is worth several soldiers! However, the materials needed to be transported are also an astronomical number!

Although most of the places where Gao Qiu's army was about to pass through were still under the control of the Song Dynasty government, General Xu and Ji Yi had already ordered the land to be cleared in Xing, Meng, Ci, and Xiangzhou. No one knew whether they could be replenished on the spot. So Ji Yi mobilized two thousand mule and horse carts and handed them over to the 7,000 Regiment for training and responsible, and he brought 15,600 stones of food and supplies at one time.

In addition, the two generals brought by Gao Qiu from Lingzhou were equipped with auxiliary soldiers, pack horses and large chariots, and could also carry a large amount of supplies at one time. Not only did they have food and grass, but also a large amount of military equipment. These military equipment were not only needed by Gao Qiu's troops, but also weapons transported to Xing, Ming, Ci, and other states to equip the corps.

The Song Dynasty was very strict in the management of weapons. There must be a way out and certificates when issuing military equipment, and it must be strictly supervised in normal times. This is also one of the means by the Song Dynasty to control military affairs with literature! For example, this time, the Hebei Transportation Office purchased and allocated weapons at will, and even did not ask about the manufacturer's "qualifications" or the restrictions on military training in the army. It can be said that it is unprecedented. Even Gao Qiu was frightened by Ji Yi and Xu Jiang's courage!

Although they were civil servants from Jinshi, they would have to be severely impeached by the censors so blatantly violated the laws of their ancestors...

Gao Qiu's awareness was of course high, so he secretly wrote the words early in the morning and reported all the chaos in weapons management and production problems on Hebei Road to Zhao Ji to know.

Although it is not easy to mobilize the enthusiasm of the soldiers and local people to resist Liao, it is not possible to relax like this!

Among the military funds transported to Xing, Ming, Ci and Xiang, Gao Qiu actually discovered a large number of Tianjin military crossbows, spears with a length of more than one zhang, and even a large number of wart armor!

"What's going on?" Gao Qiu frowned, "How to equip the regiment training army with military crossbows and wart armor? Just give a few long spears and paper armor. Can these wart armor and military crossbows be trained for the regiment at will?"

"Taiwei," a middle-aged military officer named Pan Ying, who served in the Daming Prefecture Regiment Training Army, quickly explained, "These are all the names that Han Tuanlian and Zong Tongzong wanted. They were defeated in Huanshui last time, and they lost more than 10,000 people and had no shame to meet the elders of Xiangzhou, so they had to make some good guys.

In addition, the regiment training army in Tianjin has long started to equip military crossbow armor..."

This is the problem of the army training of the army! The army training of the army training is all teachers and students, fellow townsmen, father and son, brothers, and they are all their own people!

Han Xiaozhou lost more than 10,000 yuan in one defeat. Every family in the four counties of Anyang, Tangyin, Linzhang and Linlu also brought filial piety, and every household was mourning. Han Xiaozhou wouldn't have some good weapons to equip the troops, and would have the face to continue mobilizing the elders? So he didn't care about the ban on weapons and wrote a letter to ask for warts.

Gao Qiu shook his head repeatedly, "Just pay attention to the present! When the war is over, the court should settle the score in the future."

Pan Ying and Gao Qiu are quite familiar with each other. Before Gao Qiu became famous, everyone had played Cuju together, so they talked casually. They smiled and said, "Why is it so easy to finish? A Western thief has beaten several generations. Now they fight with the Liao Kingdom, and it will not be over for a hundred years."

Han Xiaozhou and Zong Ze were so bold that in addition to the situation, they also misjudged the prospects of the war. They thought that the battle between Song and Liao was endless in less than a hundred years... The battle was not over, so naturally they could not confuse such trivial matters with the generals and soldiers below.

Gao Qiu shook his head, "If the king is not secret, he will lose his ministers; if the ministers are not secret, he will lose his body; if the matter is not secret, he will be a disaster. Therefore, a gentleman is careful and does not come out!"

Pan Ying smiled, "Taiwei, are you too careful, are you?"

Gao Qiu smiled: "How can we, the military officials who are commanding the army, be careless? I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at them!"

Gao Qiu's personality is completely different from the lawless master in "Water Margin". He is actually very cautious. He was kidnapped by Wu Haogu in the Battle of Pingxia. Now he finally has the opportunity to reform himself, can he not cherish it?

In contrast, Wu Haogu took the initiative to fall... Now he has fallen to the point where he wants to use the secret weapon bronze cannon to solve the Yanjing problem.

The Shipbuilding School Wharf in Tianjin was alerted by the Tianjin Troupe Training Corps early this morning, and no one was allowed to approach!

A "Jiehe"-class 7,000-level galloping warship belonging to the Wudao Inspection Department has firmly reached the dock. Huang Zhisheng, who had just left by boat a few days ago, and Zhu Xingshu, the head of the Tianjin Smelting Institute, and Luo Gang, the head of the artillery room of the Yanshan Road General Military Machinery Room, all stood on the deck. The four doors were wrapped in tart cloth and tied around the deck with hemp ropes, were right next to the three of them!
Chapter completed!