The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Zhao Tong sat behind the case and read the military report. Lanzhou was lost, and Xixia deployed heavy troops in the area east of Xihe Road and Hedong.

He frowned. Sure enough, Li Qianshun sent all his main forces to attack Xihe. The location of Zhuolu City was remote and barren, so the opponent put it aside for the time being.

I have to say that Li Qianshun was very good at calculating. Although Xixia was divided into five major military regions, it was enough to divide the actual territory into two.

With Lanzhou vertically upward, Xixia is divided into two, with the east strong and the west weak, the east rich and the west poor.

There are only four military divisions in the west, and they are far apart, and there are two huge deserts in the middle.

It meets the Uighur at the end, diagonally down to the southwest and adjacent to Longyou. This area is very bitter and cold. Famous ancient battlefields such as Yumenguan, Guazhou, Suzhou and Ganzhou are all located in the west. In comparison, the area around Liangzhou is not bad. Great place.

Advise Jun to make a glass of wine even more, and there is no reason for him to go out of Yangguan.

On a rainy evening in Ganzhou, the general went forward after drinking. Where is the iron horse and the cold armor now? The snow embraces the Yumen and the people do not return it.

There are eight military divisions to the east, and Xingqing Mansion is to the east. This territory is the fertile grassland, beautiful water and grass, and the rich Hetao Plain.

Therefore, the strategic center of Xixia has always been in the east and southeast. As for the Uighurs adjacent to the west, they do not pose much threat to Xixia. What are the Uighurs doing?Manage the Barrens and those two deserts?What's more, the Uighurs are overwhelmed by the Eastern Kara Khanate and the Eastern Branch of the Black Khan further west. They are overwhelmed and have no ambition to expand here.

Li Qianshun should have been eyeing the land of Xihe for a long time. I don't know how long he has been planning. Even if he forcibly crosses the Yellow River, he still has to attack Lanzhou and enter Xihe.

Even if he loses such an important position as Zhuo La Supervisor of the Military Department, he will still have to heavily deploy Chen Hedong to aspire to the throne of Xizhou.

Zhao Tong frowned. The current situation was obvious. Xixia was mainly advancing eastward. He wanted to take advantage of the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of the Song Dynasty to attack the Liao Kingdom. He tried his best to capture Xihe Luzhou County and gain a firm foothold. He lost Zhuoluo. There is no hesitation in waiting for a place.

This is really a good idea. Shifting the center of gravity eastward and looking down upon the cold and barren land in the west. If it sticks to its feet, it will be like a sharp knife thrust into the Song Dynasty and become a real thorn in the side of the Song Dynasty.

But will I stupidly stay where I am, or go west to fight?Zhao Tong shook his head. He estimated that Li Qianshun hadn't figured out the situation yet and didn't know the origins of his soldiers.

This is not to blame Li Qianshun. Even Emperor Daojun did not announce to the world that he had escaped from Tokyo. He only said that he had been arrested for being guilty, so Li Qianshun may not have known that he was in Longyou.

Zhao Tong suddenly narrowed his eyes, something seemed wrong. Shouldn't Li Qianshun abandon the western region and let himself fight? The Xixia army's rush to capture Lanzhou may have another deeper meaning, to surround Wei and save Zhao!

Li Qianshun thought that after seeing the fall of Lanzhou, his soldiers would rush back to rescue and evacuate Zhuoluo, and they would rush to Baoxi Prefecture and regain Lanzhou!
Only in this way can we truly understand why there is no Xixia army coming to besiege now!
The other party wants him to take the initiative to withdraw his troops!
But, will you take the initiative to withdraw your troops?Zhao Tong shook his head, the other party was afraid that he might have miscalculated!

The worst case scenario is to change homes, just give it a try and decide who will be tough!

He got up and came to the front, opened the door, and saw Bai Ba and Bai Zhan practicing martial arts. One was holding a Yanling steel sword, and the other was holding a red tassel spear. They were fighting lively.

Youdao is an inch long and an inch strong, an inch short and an inch dangerous, but the situation in front of him is that Bai Zhan is somewhat inferior to Bai Ba, and his gun is no match for his sword.

Zhao Tong looked at it for a while. He saw that Bai Ba was using a golden sword. He had never seen Bai Zhan's marksmanship before, but it was at the level of the golden sword, and it was not considered a special skill.

There isn't much to say about Yan Ling Dao, and the red tassel spear is even more common. It has a white wax rod, an iron head, and a red tassel blade hidden underneath.

At this moment, Bai Zhan, who was wielding the spear, was being approached by Bai Ba. He couldn't use any of the methods such as collapsing, bombing, picking, or stabbing the big spear. He could only rely on a section of the barrel of the spear to hold himself back, and he was about to lose.

Zhao Tong reached out and touched his chin. There are actually two types of guns. One is an iron gun, and the other is a wooden gun. Wooden guns are common, while many people cannot hold iron guns, let alone use them flexibly.

The real advantage of the wooden gun is not actually the stab, because whether it is a halberd, a spear, or a fork, it can be used to "thorn", and the blade is large, even for stabbing and striking, the "thorn" alone is more powerful. More than a gun.

The real advantage of the wooden gun lies in its elasticity and elasticity. Because the gun shaft is extremely tough, the gun body can arc. A large gun measuring five feet tall can arc an arc of more than 30 degrees. A large gun measuring eight feet tall can even arc an arc of 45 degrees. arc angle.

This is amazing, it means it is impossible to defend against, because the gun body is flexible and the gun head can turn. During the battle, the enemy cannot determine the final attack position of the gun head. It is obviously coming towards the door, but you parry it. , it is very likely that the tip of the spear was thrown towards the throat.

So there are three tricks of plum blossoms and golden rooster nodding in the gun moves. These are all methods of changing the direction of attack of the gun head by collapsing the barrel of the gun.

This is also the unique ability of the wooden gun, which cannot be used by other weapons.

As for the iron gun, a pure iron gun has a different tip from a wooden gun.

The wooden gun head is basically a vertical diamond shape, while the iron gun has no such shape, they are all special gun heads.

For example, the Zhangba Snake Spear has always been made of iron and never had a wooden shaft. It is also called the "Zhangba-pointed Steel Spear". It is one Zhangba long, made entirely of iron, and consists of three parts: the spearhead, the spear handle, and the spear.

Its spearhead is extremely long, two or three times the length of an ordinary wooden spearhead. It looks like a snake with its body bent upwards and a forked blade. It can even be used as a horse spear.

There is also the Five-Hook Divine Flying Spear, which has an extremely long head and a narrow blade, and there are five barbs cast under the blade, which can hook the armor and grab the flesh, which is very powerful.

The swallow-tail gun has a very wide face and is shaped like a swallow-tail. When the gun is drawn out, it attacks. When the gun is drawn back, it also attacks, and the swallow-tail is used to hurt people.

These iron guns are another way of fighting, and they do not rely solely on the attack technique of "stabbing". Many of them are one shot and one method, with exclusive moves. They are completely different from wooden guns. However, iron guns are mostly used on horses. , infantry combat is extremely rare.

Bai Ba approached Bai Zhan with the Yanling Saber. The bullets of the big gun in Bai Zhan's hand could not be used at all, and the tip of the gun could not reach Bai Ba. Ninety percent of the ten points of the gun were destroyed, and he was defeated. Just sooner or later.

At this time, Bai Ba laughed loudly and said: "Third brother, watch me defeat a spear with a single sword!"

After he finished speaking, he lowered his body, danced his sword like a flower, and came to the side of Bai Zhan.

Bai Zhan hurriedly turned around, but the man turned around and the gun was too long but he didn't follow him. As soon as he was distracted, Bai Ba's blade had already pressed against his neck.

"We lose, we lose. This gun is really difficult to use on foot. If we don't charge into battle, fighting on the battlefield is not as good as a sword." Bai Zhan said discouragedly.

"Hahaha, that's right. Brother, my single-sword spear is for infantry combat. It has proven to be effective every time. As for the horse, it will definitely not be able to defeat the long spear because it is too short." Bai Ba laughed.

Zhao Tong also laughed, raised his legs and stepped out of the door. The two of them immediately ran over to greet him. Zhao Tong looked at Bai Ba and said: "A single sword can break a gun?"

Bai Ba lowered his head and said sheepishly: "Your Majesty, if your kung fu is about the same, you will definitely be able to break the gun."

"When the kungfu is about the same?" Zhao Tong shook his head: "Are your brothers about the same kung fu?"

Bai Zhan said: "Your Majesty, my two brothers are just as good as each other, but together we can't beat the second brother."

"Bai Ao..." Zhao Tong thought for a moment. The second son of the Bai family is currently next to Yao Pingzhong in Xizhou, but he hasn't seen him for a long time.

"Sanlang, come in." Zhao Tie glanced at Bai Zhan, then called him into the room, and then closed the door with a "clang".

Bai Ba stood outside for a moment, wondering what the prince meant by this, why didn't he call him?Isn't there something important that you plan to send the third child to handle alone?
He was in a daze in the courtyard. After about a quarter of an hour, the door of the room suddenly opened, and Bai Zhan jumped out of the room with a bang.

"Third brother..." Bai Ba just said hello, and he saw Bai Zhan picking up the big gun that was thrown on the ground, and said with a smile that couldn't be concealed: "Brother, let's compete again."

Bai Ba said: "You have already lost, why compete?" Bai Zhan snorted: "I just gave in to you, do you really think you can defeat a big gun with a single sword!"

Bai Ba was confused when he heard this: "It's not the first time you've been defeated with a gun. Where did you let me go?"

Bai Zhan said impatiently: "Brother is probably afraid!"

Bai Ba laughed angrily: "Come on, come on, I will win again and make you convinced."

After saying that, he drew out his knife and looked at Bai Zhan in a wild goose flying to the south position. Bai Zhan rushed forward with a flick of his big gun, muttering something in his mouth: "The choke gun is the king of spears. The choke choke is the most difficult to guard against." !”

I saw the red tassel gun in his hand, clicking, shaking, trembling, flicking, and flicking. It was completely different from the previous fighting method. Bai Ba couldn't get close for a while.

Dozens of moves passed in the blink of an eye. According to the past, Bai Zhan would have been defeated long ago, but at this moment, Bai Ba is still outside the tip of the spear and cannot attack.

Bai Ba was worried. He didn't know why the old man had changed his moves and only pointed at people with the tip of his spear. His gold-wrapped knife needed to be wrapped around it to break the big gun, but if he couldn't wrap it around now, how could he break the gun? ?
Although Bai Zhan became more courageous as he fought, he was still a little impatient. Although he did not lose at the moment, he did not defeat Bai Ba either. It looked like he would continue to fight.

At this moment, Zhao Tong's coughing sound came from the room: "Sanlang, come in again."

Bai Zhan immediately jumped out of the circle, entered the room, and closed the door with a bang.

Bai Ba was puzzled and glanced at the wooden door, wondering why the prince asked the third child to go in again?Is there anything else to explain?

He was confused and shook his head. He couldn't help but think about the competition just now and wondered what was wrong with his sword skills and why he failed to break the big gun.

Not a moment later, the door opened again, and Bai Zhan jumped out again, shouting: "Brother, let's compete again!"

Bai Ba was impatient and frowned: "Come on, come on, this time you won't be able to reach thirty!"

Bai Zhan straightened his chest and retracted his abdomen, and said: "Brother, don't boast, look at the gun!" He held the gun with one hand and stabbed the dragon out of the sea with one move.

Bai Ba faced him with a knife. As soon as they fought, his expression changed. The third brother actually used another set of marksmanship, which was very sharp and fast, and even more difficult to approach than the one just now.

Bai Ba couldn't help but secretly scream in his heart, and thought about it carefully, could it be that the prince just recruited him to teach martial arts in the room?But the time before was only a quarter of an hour, and it was less than a quarter just now. What kind of martial arts can be learned in such a short time?I'm afraid I don't even know the tricks well.

He didn't have time to think too much, "Ping Ping Pong Pong" and Bai Zhan fought together, but unexpectedly this time it was even worse than the last time. Not to mention attacking the gun circle, he could only miss twenty moves, but he was at a disadvantage. In the blink of an eye, he was at a disadvantage. Thirty moves were approaching. Instead of defeating the opponent as mentioned earlier, he was about to lose.

At this time, Zhao Tong's voice came from the house again: "Sanlang, come in!"

Bai Zhan said: "Brother, just wait, I'll come as soon as I go!"

Bai Ba gasped and stared at him as he ran into the room again and slammed the door shut. He couldn't help but groan in his heart. This must be the prince teaching martial arts in private.

But he was a little dissatisfied. The prince's martial arts were naturally superb, but the two brothers were equally capable. Even if the prince taught him some amazing skills, how could the third child master them all in such a short period of time?He just memorized some stances and came out to fight with him. His sword skills were inherently inferior to spears, so how could he lose so easily?
Bai Zhan suddenly opened the door and ran back. He only had a few dozen breaths of time. He looked at Bai Ba and said excitedly: "Brother, if we compete again, you won't be able to do ten moves!"

Bai Ba couldn't believe it, so he swung his sword forward, and the two of them were fighting at the same place. Only around the eighth move, Bai Ba used a drag gun style, stirred up and down, and actually knocked Bai Ba to the ground. , then the big gun passed by and was already placed on the chest.

Bai Zhan laughed excitedly: "Brother, what do you think? You usually use a knife and I use a knife, but now I can defeat you with a gun. Do you accept it or not?"

Bai Ba was lying on the ground in disgrace, pretending to be dead, neither speaking nor moving. Zhao Tong walked out of the room and said, "Don't be a rogue, Sir. I'll ask San Lang to teach you marksmanship later."

Bai Ba then climbed up from the ground, trotted up to Zhao Tong and said, "Your Majesty, this subordinate can't understand. It is said that my brothers have similar martial arts skills, and I used the spear-breaking sword technique, how could we be defeated so quickly? "

Zhao Tong glanced at him and said, "The moves are just mutually exclusive. There is no guarantee that a single sword can defeat a gun. The first time you teach him, he can only draw a tie with you. The second time, he can defeat you in about thirty moves." The third victory within ten moves, three sets of marksmanship, the last one is just to restrain your golden sword."

What he is saying is simple at the moment, but in fact, this is the ability that only a master can have, to reduce complexity into simplicity, return to simplicity, and see the mutual restraints in various martial arts. Those who do not reach the realm of a master cannot do this.

Bai Ba saluted and said, "My subordinates have learned a lesson."

Zhao Tong said: "Go and call Yuan Guo and go to the military prison."

Yuan Guo came over a moment later, and without saying a word, he took a few people out of the house and went straight to the cell.

Zhao Tong is now a master of martial arts and can handle all kinds of weapons at his fingertips, but what he knows best is marksmanship. After all, Zhou Tong is an expert in marksmanship. He has learned almost all of Zhou Tong's marksmanship, and he has seen many marksmanships in the world. In terms of martial arts, he had more than a hundred spear skills in his mind at one time.

He usually doesn't use these complicated marksmanship skills. After all, he is unlikely to confront the enemy immediately in front of the military formation, and he mainly uses swords in battle. Today, he watched the Bai family brothers fight with guns and knives, and taught Bai Zhan He couldn't help but think of combining these spear skills into one.

Zhao Tong was thinking about this while walking and entered the military prison unknowingly.

At this moment, the four members of the Yuan family have been separated by him. Yuanchun is in a cell alone, far away from the other three, and he has asked people not to lock her, so she can be relatively free in the prison.

When they got close, Yuan Guo said: "Sister 28, the young master is here and you are not polite!"

Yuanchun was unwilling, and hid in the corner with vigilance in his eyes.

Zhao Tong looked at her for a moment and said calmly: "Do you want to survive?"

Yuan Chun gritted his teeth and said: "If you die, you will die. For your family and your country, never be afraid."

Zhao Tong smiled slightly and pointed at the cell of Yuan Xia and others: "Do you want them to survive?"

Yuan Chun was stunned and didn't know how to answer. Zhao Tong continued: "I have several marksmanship techniques here. If you can learn them, I won't kill the three of them."

Yuanchun didn't know what he meant, but when he heard that he would not kill people, he said: "You, do you mean what you say?"

Zhao Tong smiled and said: "Of course it counts, but you have to learn it really well. If you don't know it, you still have to kill him!"

Yuanchun nodded: "Then you bring me the marksmanship and I will learn it. I will definitely be able to learn it."

Zhao Tong reached out and took out a few books from his arms and threw them in: "In a few days, I will come to see you practice shooting. If you can't practice well, I will kill those few."

Yuanchun's face turned pale when he heard this, and he hurriedly lowered his head to pick up the booklet on the ground.

Zhao Tong said to Bai Ba: "I'll find a white wax pole for her later. You don't need to put the tip on it, just tie it with a red tassel."

Bai Ba said yes, and Zhao Tong thought for a moment before turning around and leaving the cell.

(End of this chapter)