Kai Fu Han

Chapter 593
The Third Infantry Regiment of the Ninth Brigade, which went south to Mengzhou, captured the cities of Wenxian and Heyang within an hour.

The other three armies also received good news one after another.

The [-]th Field Brigade led by Liu Zhijie has recovered all Mingzhou and Xingzhou and is attacking Zhaozhou.

The Eighth Field Brigade led by Wu Jin also regained Xiangzhou and Cizhou, entered Hedong Road, and began to capture cities and territories on Hedong Road.

The remnants of the [-]th Brigade and the [-]th Field Brigade led by Liu Xinqi went all the way west to recover Jiyuan County and Wangwu County in Mengzhou, then went westward into Jiangzhou and recovered Yuanqu.

After capturing Yuanqu, they did not choose to go north, but continued westward and entered the Yongxing Military Road along the north bank of the Yellow River.

The location where Yuanqu entered Yongxing Military Road happened to be the intersection of Yongxing Military Road Jiezhou and Shaanzhou. The [-]th and [-]th brigades began to divide their troops from here.

Liu Xinqi led the ninth brigade to attack Xia County in Shaanzhou to the west. The tenth brigade, led by brigade commander Wu Nan, went northwest to attack Wenxi County in Shaanxi Province.

The army was marching along the official road, when suddenly a spy with a golden eagle on his shoulder ran quickly from the middle of the army.

"Alliance leader, urgent military situation!"

"Bring it here." Liu Xinqi stepped forward and took the bamboo tube from the spy's hand.

The barrel is bright red.

This eye-catching color is generally not used in communications, and will only be used in the most urgent situations, so that the person delivering the message can attach great importance to it.

Unscrew the wax seal on the top of the bamboo tube, pull out the paper roll tightly wrapped in thin kraft paper in the bamboo tube, unwrap the kraft paper, and then open the paper roll to quickly browse the contents of the letter.

"...On March 27th, the Xixia East Route Army marched south along the Yellow River and captured Yinchuan City. On the 28th, it sent troops to march in the direction of the Suide Army..."

"...On March 26, the Xixia West Route Army moved south along the Machuan River. All the forts on both sides of the river were breached. As of March 29, there were Qinggang Gorge, Anbian City, Qingping Pass, Guide Fort,... Wu Nine forts in Longzhai were breached, and now soldiers are surrounding Tongyuan City in Guofu County, Huanzhou. The defenders of Tongyuan City did not abandon the city and flee, but chose to defend the city.…"

"...On March 24, the Tubo militia in Tuosima area was organized and invaded Xining Prefecture on Qinfeng Road. As of March 29, Xining Prefecture had not been conquered. ..."

This is information sent from Chang'an, Jingzhao Prefecture.

Diting set up a relatively large intelligence stronghold in Chang'an, Jingzhao Prefecture, to coordinate the intelligence from various Tibetan ministries, Xixia, Qinfeng Road and Yongxing Military Road, and sent it back to Penglai after screening and sorting.

The Yinchuan City in the intelligence is located at the northeast corner of Yongxing Military Road, bordering Xixia.Huanzhou is located at the northwest corner of Yongxing Military Road, also bordering Xixia.

The last Xining Prefecture is located at the northwest corner of Qinfeng Road, bordering Tubo.

Since the death of Langdama in the Tubo Dynasty (Kaiyuan 3539), his two sons, Wosong and Yongdan, each occupied one side, competing for power and position, and attacking each other.The Tubo dynasty perished and Tubo collapsed. Tubo fell into a situation similar to that of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in the Central Plains, with various separatist forces competing for war.Until now, in 3829, Tubo is still in a period of separatist rule and melee.

There was no unified dynasty, and the central, southern and western Tibetan forces had less contact with the Central Plains.Only the eastern forces were funded by Zhao and traded with Zhao, forming a fragile alliance.The reason why I say they are fragile is because these eastern tribes and Zhao have a common enemy - the Xixia Party members, and they are not really attached.

In order to deal with the invasion of Xixia and increase the defense force, from the 39th century of Kaiyuan (after 3800), Zhao Guo vigorously promoted the policy of garrisoning fields and guarding borders in Tubo areas such as the Hexi Corridor, the surrounding area of ​​Qinghai Lake, and the northwestern part of Shu that the former Tubo Dynasty once occupied. policies to strengthen the management and governance of these areas.

Zhao general Wang Shao opened up a large amount of land in the Xizhou and Hezhou areas of today's Qinfeng Road and recruited more than 30 Tibetans to work on cultivation.The famous tea-horse trade takes place in the special market in this area.

Now the trade of horses in the Tubo area and tea in the Han area has been fixed and has become an indispensable and important economic activity for the two ethnic groups.

The absolute demand for tea made the Tibetan tribes in this area and surrounding areas dependent on the Han government to a certain extent.On this basis, the Zhao Dynasty also distributed (funded) bows, arrows and other weapons to the Tubo tribes in the Hexi Corridor and other places, and recruited Tibetan archers to help the Tubo people establish a military system similar to the Han militia to jointly defend against the invasion and invasion of the Xixia people. Harassment.

"Zhao's diplomatic ability should not be underestimated!" Liu Xinqi praised.

The intervention of Tubo and Xixia immediately put the Xinghan Alliance under attack from all sides.

"Is there any movement in the Kingdom of Jin?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"Not yet." Xu Zhong also rushed over and answered Liu Xinqi's question.

The 2th and [-]th Field Brigades, with more than [-] elite field troops stationed on Zhongdu Road, and the garrison troops on Beijing Road, Zhongdu Road, and Tokyo Road did not participate in this westward offensive strategy, and the large amount of military power in the north gave way to The Kingdom of Jin did not dare to act rashly.

"Has Nan Zhao moved in the south?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"No, but Hangzhou is already gathering a large number of troops." Xu Zhonghui reported: "One more thing, Liu Xinyuan is harassing the coastline south of the Yangtze River."

Liu Xinqi had seen this information before. Xu Zhong used the word "harassment", but in Liu Xinqi's view, Liu Xinyuan was bleeding Zhao Guo.

"The troops gathered in Hangzhou will only be because of our Xinghan Alliance's westward attack strategy, not because of Liu Xin's harassment on the coastline. I'm sure that if we start fighting with Xixia and Tubo, there will definitely be troops in Southern Zhao Action." Liu Xin said.

He pulled the reins of the horse, stopped it, called the guards to set up a simple table beside the official road, and then spread out the map of Yongxing Military Road and the west.

The army continued to march, while he stood in front of the table looking at the map and thinking about ways to break the situation. The Ye family and the army staff also stopped and gathered around.

"Xixia occupies the most fertile Hetao area, which also ruins the possibility of us relying on the Yellow River to fight. There are no dangerous checkpoints in the north of the Loess Plateau. If the Xixia army does not fight us head-on, it will be very troublesome." A staff officer said while looking at the map. expressed his own opinion.

Although the army has just entered Yongxing Military Road, everyone already regards Yongxing Military Road and Qinfeng Road as their own possessions, and no one thinks that they should withdraw first.

We have less than two field brigades with 2 people. Facing the unknown Tibetan and Party troops, none of the officers present was timid.

"The Yongxing military road is so big. There are no conditions for them to fight guerrilla warfare. A decisive battle is inevitable. What we have to do now is to choose a battlefield and annihilate all the party members who invaded Han territory on our land." Liu Xinqi This set the tone for the invasion of foreign armies from the west and north.

That is "war"!
(End of this chapter)