April 21, the fourth year of Jianzhong Jingguo in the Song Dynasty.

At this time, Gao Taiwei, who was far away in Hetao and was in charge of Shuofang, had just sent an envoy to report the news that the Khitan army might have headed south to King Chuan of Qin to the commander Tong Guan.

It was still quiet around Qincheng, which was in the middle of Qin Wangchuan, without any tension in the battle.

The so-called main force of the Hexi Army of the Song Dynasty was actually nearly 50,000 troops drawn from Xihe Road and Jingyuan Road. The main general was Gao Yongnian, the general manager of the Hexi Road military commander, and the deputy general was Zhong Shiji, the chief general of the Hexi Road military commander. They were all powerful generals who had been famous in the Western Army for a long time. Whether it was military use or martial arts, they were not comparable to Gao Qiu.

However, the record on the battlefield of Qin Wangchuan was really unsuccessful. A small Qin Wangchuan city failed to fight after fighting. In the end, it had to retreat to the capital to protect Qincheng when Chage's army arrived.

In fact, the Qin Wangchuan is not very big. It is just a depression among the hills at the entrance of the Hexi Corridor. It can be used to garrison the fields, which has become a focus of the competition between the two sides. Speaking of which, it is related to logistics. If the Song army takes over the entire Qin Wangchuan, it can cultivate farming here. Even if it harvests more than 100,000 stones a year, it can still feed 20,000 to 30,000 troops. There are 20,000 to 30,000 elite soldiers in the Qin Wangchuan, and at least half of the Hexi Corridor is broken!

Because the Qin Wangchuan is not big, the Qin Wangchuan City located in the northern part of the Qin Wangchuan and the Zhen Qincheng located in the central part of the Qin Wangchuan are not far away.

The number of large troops on both sides was also quite large. The Song army had 50,000 auxiliary soldiers alone. The Western thieves had more soldiers, more than 80,000.

So many soldiers could not squeeze into the two small cities, so they set up camp outside the city. The camps of both sides almost forced each other, and the forward sergeant, and they kept in contact at all times.

Brother Cha, who came from afar, probably suffered defeat at Gao Qiu one after another. He was a little scared when he saw the Song general surnamed Gao? Anyway, he had been weak for many days. In addition to using a cavalry to protect his own camp, he did not come out to challenge the Song army's camp. However, Gao Yongnian and Zhong Shiji often sent infantry and cavalry to challenge the scolding formation in front of the Western thief camp.

But no matter how you scold me, Brother Cha made up his mind to be a turtle with his head!

However, Cha Ge's retreat was not good news for Gao Yongnian and Zhong Shiji. Because Cha Ge's many troops were stationed, it was very likely that he had decided to compete with the Song army for logistics.

But on the Hexi battlefield, logistics has always been a heart-wrenching problem for Song Jun!

Behind Hexi there is only Xihe Road, which is not a wealthy territory. They are all large mountainous areas, with only a few valleys, and river valleys are suitable for cultivation. Moreover, the transportation is too inconvenient. In contrast, the land of Xingling and Hexi Corridor behind the Western Pirates is much richer.

Moreover, the Western thieves have a foundation around Qin Wangchuan. They may have moved all the food and grass stored in Renshou Mountain City to Qin Wangchuan City...

However, compared with the overall strength of the Song Dynasty and the Western Xia, there is another situation.

Not to mention the entire Song Dynasty, even the population, wealth and military strength of the six routes in Shaanxi could crush Xixia. The reason why Xixia has been arrogant for so many years is mostly because of blind command.

Zhong Fu, who was known as a soldier, also commanded the battle in Hehuang last year and missed the opportunity to seize the food in Renshou Mountain City and Qin Wangchuan in taking advantage of the chaos.

So now we can only rely on the massive amount of civilians, auxiliary soldiers and materials mobilized from Xihe Road and Jingyuan Road to barely support the battle with Brother Cha.

There is nothing to say about the battle between Qin Wangchuan and now, it is nothing more than just a struggle for consumption.

The Hexi Army is very clear about this principle.

But Zhong Fu, who was urging the transfer of materials in Shuibocheng behind, couldn't help but sigh when he mentioned this. The battle between Song and Xia has reached its end. Tao Jiefu, Tong Guan and Gao Qiu on the eastern front have made a fortune. Lu Huiqing and Wang Hou on the western front have also had a lot of old plans to chew. Now there are Khitan troops stationed in Hetao Hebei grassland, which gives everyone an excuse to win the truce. So everyone wants to truce early and don't actively support the Hexi army...

Even Gao Yongnian and Zhong Shiji both had the intention of retreating and leaving the Western thieves was actually not bad! Now the court already had military troops and was a little disliked to recruit soldiers. The Western army was also recruiting soldiers! If there were no Western thieves, haha, can everyone live a life?

Therefore, whether it is Xihe Road or Jingyuan Road, they always try their best to delay supply. The Shaanxi Road Transportation Office, who is responsible, is also complaining. The treasury is empty and the people are exhausted, so they almost say that they will end up early. Let's talk about how many years we have a safe life.

But if others can end up, Zhong Fu is not easy to deal with. Because without him disrupting the situation last time, Qin Wangchuan had already won it for a long time!

Moreover, Cai Jing, who is above Zhong Fu, also wants him to stand by Qin Wangchuan... as long as he doesn't retreat!

But Zhong Fu is not a scholar who doesn't know how to fight. His official position was exchanged for military merits. Why didn't he know that the logistics is now stuck to the neck of the 50,000 troops here in Qin Wangchuan?

Yes, the 50,000 troops are not at risk of food being cut off. The tents, wood, utensils, cloaks and rewards sent to the soldiers are enough.

But the reserves in the army cannot be accumulated! For example, behind the Qin King, Chuan and Song Army, there is something wrong with the long transportation line composed of countless civilians and auxiliary soldiers... For example, if the army is interrupted for about ten days, the army will be in a crisis of food loss.

The transportation line behind the Song army was 150 miles from Qin Wangchuan to Lanzhou City alone... If there was something unexpected, the problem would be big!

So these days, Zhong Fu has been in charge of the logistics transfer area, Shuibocheng, and personally stared at the brigade's chariots and horses, transporting materials from the other side of the Yellow River.

But the transportation is constantly transferred behind the scenes, the consumption is constantly on the front, and there is still loss during transportation... It is really not easy to save something!

Last evening, a large amount of grain was transported to the other side of the Yellow River, all crowded at the Floating Bridge Ferry. A group of civil servants complained to the sky. Zhong Fu, the appeaser, also worked hard, and did not sleep all night and personally supervised. Seeing that Zhang Shuye, the magistrate of Lanzhou, led his men to ease order, gathered the team, and resettled the civil servants. After busy all night, he finally concentrated all the materials of the brigade on the north bank of the Yellow River, waiting for shipment.

Although Zhong Fu and Zhang Shuye, who had been at the ferry all night, were sleepy, they still didn't have time to sleep. After returning to Shuibo City, they began to look through the military emergency delivery they had just received.

The more I look at it, the more discouraged I feel!

Now, except for Hexi, all other battlefields have been collected. They have basically broken into contact with the Western thieves! The eastern line is on the excuse of defending Liao, while the Jingyuan Road is on the excuse of supporting Hexi and giving supplies to Hexi, so they can naturally rest!

It is clearly the east-west road, and the middle road (referring to Jingyuan) is restrained. Why is there only one western road left after fighting?

The two of them looked at the military information for a while and it was already a gray and bright time. This time should have been the quietest time of the day, but for some reason, outside Zhong Fu's festival hall, there was a sudden burst of noise.

Then I saw a Zhong Fu's confidant pushing the door and forgetting the notice.

"Shishousi, the Western thief! The Western thief's large squadrons are coming..."

"Don't panic! How many Western thieves are there?" Zhong Fu did not show any panic. The Western thieves' detour to attack the Song army's logistics line was already as expected, and he was also prepared.

He did not use the troops in Lanzhou City at all. They were all placed in Lanzhou and Shuibo City! There were more than 20,000 people, and there were also famous general Wang Shunchen, who was enough to deal with the Western thieves.

"More, many!" Zhong Fu's confidant reported, "The spy said that it was a mountain and a field of tens of thousands!"

"Ten thousand?" Zhang Shuye frowned, "Can the Western thieves of King Chuan of Qin divided their troops?"

"It would be great if that was the case!" Zhong Fu smiled, "Even if tens of thousands of people can capture Shuibo City? But our army in Qin Wangchuan can take the opportunity to send troops... Even if we can't defeat Qin Wangchuan City, we can destroy the Western thieves' camp!"

Zhong Fu suddenly felt energetic and stood up suddenly, "Let's go and have a look!"

...

The thiefs all over the mountains are here!

It was almost noon before they arrived near Zhong Fu near Shuibo City. Zhang Shuye and Wang Shunchen were both good at fighting and were good at fighting. Of course, they would not give the Western thieves a chance to attack. So they had long scattered the hard siege 100 miles away. Even if the Western thieves calculated the time and came in the night, they were found dozens of miles away.

By the time they arrived, the civilians and auxiliary soldiers outside Shuibo City had already entered the city, and the floating bridges connecting the north and south of the Yellow River were covered with straw, which could be set fire at any time.

As for the more than 10,000 defenders in Shuibo City, they were all dressed neatly on the city walls, and they all looked at the Western thieves all over the mountains and valleys with high morale.

Although everyone was a little bored with fighting, they were easy to get the credit. Who would have thought that it was too much?

These stupid Western thieves actually walked around the Yellow River from Qin Wangchuan. I'm afraid they have walked more than 200 miles? How much supplies did they bring? How many days can they last? Want to capture Shuibocheng? Dreaming! I thought the Song army would not cut down trees? The surrounding Shuibocheng had been bare, like a Western thief who didn't take wood to the road, and now he can't even build a ladder...

"Thirty thousand? Forty thousand?" Zhong Fu looked at the boundless Western thief, and the joy on his face could no longer be concealed.

Finally, I have reached the opportunity to make great contributions and make great contributions!

"How could the Western Pirates be so stupid?"

The skeptical general was a gray-bearded and tall general. It was Wang Shunchen, the commander of the military commander of Xihe Road. The 20,000 troops stationed in Shuibo City and Lanzhou City were all under his command.

"It's true that there are 30,000 to 40,000!" Zhang Shuye shook his head, "This is not fake...it looks quite strict. Many people are wearing armor, and they should have been separated from Qin Wangchuan."
Chapter completed!