The war on the Shaanxi Road entered a fierce stage in May, but it was also a stage that people looked forward to.

Because at this time, both sides are actually fighting each other.

Ma Xing sent Xiao Ding, the most powerful man under his command, to lead Guang Rui, Ding Bian and other troops across the vast sea and went straight to Xingqing Mansion, Li Xu's most important place, hoping to solve the problem in one fell swoop.

But in Suide, Li Du raised tens of thousands of troops and launched a fierce attack on the Song army.

In May, the Governor of Nanjing Road in Liao Dynasty, King Yelujun of Qishui County, also intervened in the war. First, he recaptured Guiyi City in one fell swoop. Then, more than 100,000 troops crossed the Juma River and launched a mad attack on Hebei Road in Song Dynasty. The whole process was overwhelming.

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It seems that the Song Dynasty is already in danger on Shaanxi Road and Hebei Road.

Everyone thought that Li Du must be on the front line urging his men to attack the Song defense line, because once he broke through this line of defense, the next step would be to attack Yan'an Mansion, where the Yamen of the Shaanxi Road Comfort Envoy would be located.

But what was unexpected was that Li Du was standing on the wall of Siwu Village at this moment.

Siwu Village is undergoing large-scale renovation and expansion.

Tens of thousands of civilians, under the surveillance of the army, are like worker ants, causing the city on the choke point to change one by one day by day.

These civilians were all plundered by Li Du after he broke into Suide this time.

The first thing he has to do is to build the Siwu Stronghold into an impregnable place. When the construction of the Siwu Stronghold is completed, the surviving civilians will be moved to the north of Hengshan Mountain.

The generals under the Dingnan Army are now uncontrollably excited. In their view, taking Yan'an Prefecture and sweeping the Shaanxi Road is no longer a problem. Because the Liao people also took action at this time.

In the past, they had been worried that the soldiers and horses from Hedong Road would enter Shaanxi to fight and form a siege on them, but now there is definite intelligence showing that the soldiers and horses from Hedong Road are indeed mobilizing, but their destination is

Hebei Road.

The Hedong Road Jinning Army, which was about to move, is now hiding in its lair after part of its elite troops were transferred away. Let alone coming to defeat the enemy army, what they are most worried about now is the enemy army.

My head felt hot, so I went to Hedong for a walk.

People in Hedong now can only wish good luck to Shaanxi Road. Friends who have died are not poor Taoists. It’s not that I’m unloyal. It’s just that I really can’t take care of you now. Now on Hedong Road, I can sweep my house with all my strength.

It's snowing in front of the door, but I really can't control the frost on other people's tiles.

Compared with the Liao army, Li Xu and Li Du could only be regarded as suffering from scabies.

If you can deal with the Shaanxi Road, you can deal with it. If you don't deal with it, it will be like that. Anyway, even if all the Shaanxi Road is lost, it is estimated that it will be difficult for the Dingnan Army to swallow it in a short time. It means that the Liao people have achieved results and then turn around.

It's not impossible to clean up the messy stalls on Shaanxi Road.

"Hao'er, when Luowu City is completely completed, tens of thousands of troops will be stationed here." Li Du pointed at the already large-scale city and said with a smile: "When the time comes, with Luowu City in hand, we will have a spear to stab us.

The sharp long sword of the Song people, if we don’t solve this problem, the Song people will not dare to reach out to us, but want to solve this problem, hehe..."

Siwu Village has now been renamed Luowucheng by Li Du.

"I'm afraid they can't solve it!" Li Hao laughed.

"Yes, when Luowu City is completely completed, it will become an indestructible city!" Li Du nodded.

Looking at Li Du's expression, Li Hao hesitated for a moment, and then said: "But Second Uncle, the situation is very good now, why don't we take advantage of the situation and launch a larger-scale offensive to really capture Yan'an Mansion and even Shaanxi Road?

Once you have accomplished all this, it will be too late to turn around and repair Luo Wucheng again!"

"Do you think things are going great now?"

"Of course. The Liao people are launching a massive attack on Hebei Road. This opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us. I'm afraid it won't be easy to convince the Liao people to help us next time," Li Hao said.

Li Du laughed: "Do you think the Liao people are helping us?"

"Isn't it? Didn't my second uncle go to Northern Liao specifically for this purpose? He even got the title of King of Daxia for his father." Li Hao said: "Now we only need to concentrate on dealing with the soldiers and horses along the Shaanxi Road, and work hard again.

If you push harder, you may be able to break through.”

Li Du slowly shook his head and said: "Jing'an, as far as we are concerned, the Song people are tigers, and the Liao people are not hungry wolves. Rather than saying that they are helping us now, it is better to say that the Liao people are using us as bargaining chips to attack the Song people.

Apply pressure. You always think that we can break through the defense line outside Yan'an Mansion with just a little more force, right?"

"Isn't it?" Li Hao waved his fist and said.

Li Du shook his head: "When our first attack failed to break down this line of defense, I gave up hope."

Seeing Li Hao's somewhat unconvinced look, Li Du continued: "You always have this feeling now, that you can break through the opponent's defense with just a little more force. I'm afraid the enemy did it deliberately."

"Did it happen on purpose?"

"Yes, they want to lure us to invest more efforts here!" Li Du laughed: "I have to say that Ma Xing is really a courageous person. With such a decision, even if he succeeded in the end

, in the court of the Song Dynasty, he will also be attacked by countless people, because what he sacrifices is the interests of the entire Suide region."

"Second uncle is saying that this is just bait?"

"Of course!" Li Du pointed at himself and then at Li Hao: "Compared to your father, we are all just small roles. Ma Xing pinned his hopes on Xiao Ding."

"Is he dreaming about breaking up Xingqing Mansion?" Li Hao snorted.

"So I recruit you back." Li Du said: "Bring three thousand cavalry and rush to the aid of Xingqing Mansion!"

"Second uncle, are you ready to give up the attack on Yan'an?"

"Of course we still have to fight, I have to cover you to leave quietly!" Li Du said: "But I have already started to prepare for the retreat. Next, I will not take the initiative to attack. I will confront the Song army for a while, and then

Just drag it slowly until Luowucheng is completed. In half a year at most, Luowucheng will be fully completed. At this time, I will retreat across the board."

"Second uncle, my father doesn't need me, right?" Li Hao said: "Xingqing Mansion and its surroundings have tens of thousands of troops stationed in them, plus the Tibetan soldiers under Yu Zanghuama's command, even if it doesn't work, they can also come from Shasha.

The state and other places have withdrawn some troops..."

"Never place your hopes on outsiders." Li Du said solemnly: "Shazhou and other places have always been unstable and need military suppression. Once the troops withdraw, the previous efforts will be in vain, and the Tubo army cannot completely defeat them.

Trust them, they will never go out of their way for you. I have carefully calculated that the current situation in Xingqing Mansion is roughly a 50-50 split between the two sides. If there is a real fight, it will probably be a stalemate, but

If a powerful force appears on the battlefield at this time, that will be the biggest variable."

"Second uncle wants me to be the variable?"

"Of course. At this point in the war, Suide's side is completely unimportant." Li Du said: "We have never thought about occupying this area. The most important issue at this time is to completely defeat Xiao Ding's Guangdong.

Ruijun, if we win this battle, our Li family will be able to gain a foothold north of Hengshan. Those people in Hengshan are just grass on the wall. Once we win, it will be easy to pull them over."

Speaking of Hengshan Party items, Li Hao couldn't help but grit his teeth.

"There's no need to hate them!" Li Du smiled and said, "They will only choose the strong to follow. If we want to conquer them, we have to become stronger ourselves."

"I understand, then when should I set off?"

"Two days later." Li Du said: "I mobilized these three thousand cavalry from various armies. This will not alert the Song army. If such a cavalry is taken away in an organized manner, the Song people will immediately

It will react."

Li Hao nodded, this is all based on experience.

No one on either side is a fool.

The army led by Xiao Ding has already set foot on the land of Xingqing Mansion.

After crossing the gorge, sporadic enemy cavalry will appear in the first two days, but their main purpose is to harass the Song army's advance speed. As long as they ignore them, there is nothing they can do.

On the third day, these small groups of enemy troops completely disappeared and never appeared again.

"Li Xu is gathering his troops." Xiao Ding immediately made a judgment, "General Yangwei, do you think Li Xu will fight us decisively, or will he retreat to defend the city?"

Tuoba said with great authority: "If I were Li Xu, I would choose a decisive battle with the enemy."

"Why is General Yangwei so confident?"

Tuoba Yangwei laughed and turned to look at a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar next to Xiao Ding, "Judge Zhang, why don't you talk about it first and see if we have a tacit understanding?"

Judge Zhang was Zhang Yuan who had just delivered a new batch of baggage to the front line. After hearing Tuoba Yangwei's words, Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "I also agree with General Yangwei's judgment. In fact, it is nothing more than two points. The first point is that up to now

So far, Li Xu is still flying the banner of the Dingnan Army, so in name, he is still a vassal of the Song Dynasty. We represent the imperial court in crusading him, and we have a condescending advantage in morality. The land of Xingqing Mansion,

Naturally, there are many people who are dissatisfied with Li Xu. Li Xu does not dare to delay. If we can defeat us in one fell swoop, no matter how many potential enemies there are, they will disappear. The second point is that Li Xu has great feelings for himself.

Full of confidence, the Dingnan Army itself is a rare and powerful army among the Song Dynasty armies. Like the Hebei Frontier Army, they have never stopped fighting. And because the Hebei Army is facing the Liao Army,

They are better at defending. However, the Dingnan army has been expanding to the west and is constantly attacking the Tubo, Uighur and other tribes, so they are better at attacking."

Xiao Ding nodded: "Judging from the battle for more than half a year, this is indeed a strong enemy, but its weaknesses are also obvious!"

"Commander, what weaknesses did you see in them?"

"They rarely engage in positional warfare!" Xiao Ding said with a smile: "Although there are many battles with these tribes they have been attacking, they are basically quick battles and will not engage in too much entanglement with them.

For a long time, the Dingnan Army has also developed such a fighting style. Although the battles come and go like the wind, although they are very mobile, they also make the soldiers lack the psychological preparation for hard and difficult battles. But this time, they

This is exactly the kind of battle we have to fight."

"Because this time, they have no way to retreat." Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "They have to defend Xingqing Mansion and defeat us in a short time. This is a contradictory thing in itself. They want everything until the end.

, you can only get nothing!”

Tuoba nodded in awe: "Actually, Li Xu's biggest trump card is Yu Zanghuama, right?"

"He must think so!" Xiao Ding said with a smile: "But placing your hopes on others is a very ridiculous thing in itself."

The rapid sound of horse hooves came from the front. Several people stopped talking and turned to look in the direction from which the sound of horse hooves came. "It seems that the two sides have already joined hands." Tuoba said in a presumptuous manner.

"This is a good battlefield!" Xiao Ding said with a smile.
To be continued...