Ren Fu stood on the hill outside Zhangjiabao, looking at the earth in the cold wind in the north, his face gloomy.

Liu Jin, a junior soldier, stepped forward and said, "Master, after passing this fort, he will leave the mountain. There are many cavalrymen, and they are good at rushing to the ground, coming and going like the wind. If you are not prepared, you will be ridden by the enemy. It is better to rest in the fort for a day and a half, send people to the front to find out the current situation, and then make a decision."

Ren Fu said: "Among the villages, only Liu Fan Fort and Dingchuan Village are outside the border moat, so just go and explore there."

Liu Jinyingnuo went down to arrange personal soldiers to go to the two camps outside the trench to confirm that Yuan Hao had left the mountain.

The reason why the Zhenrong Army became the front line is because it is located at the uppermost reaches of Huluchuan. There are rugged mountain roads to the south, and it suddenly opens to the north, which is a flat valley. The mountain roads south of the Zhenrong Army can set up forts to block important roads. The broken terrain with ravines is not conducive to the operation of the army, and it is even more unfavorable for cavalry to break through, and facilitate the defense of the Song army. The Zhenrong Army is a nail extending to the flat valley to the north. If it does not cut down here, the Dangxiang attack may be cut off in any direction.

This is a very favorable terrain. If Xu Ping is asked to defend here, he will inevitably build a defense line around the Zhenrong Army, and everything will be based on this city. Xu Ping will use all means to move away within a hundred miles of the surrounding area to avoid affecting the war.

But now the Song army's defense line is not like this, and its roots are in the surrounding foreign lands. For a long time, the Song Dynasty has used the border households as barriers and regarded them as the first line of defense for border defense. This is a matter of principle. To use the border lands, it will inevitably provide protection for them. The forts extended from the Zhenrong Army are naturally mainly based on favorable terrain, but some are purely protecting border residents. Under the influence of the policy, the forts located in important places have gradually evolved into shelters for border residents.

Border defense is entangled with the foreign and mature households, and coupled with the complex local military system, a strange pattern has been formed. The heads of the villages and prisoners are both the chief generals of the army and the local commanders, and they are not subordinate to each other. Once the enemy attacks a large-scale attack, each village faces a problem, whether to cooperate with each other to destroy the enemy, or to defend their own villages? If the fort is lost, the people, households and property are robbed, it is the responsibility of the local officials, and fighting with the enemy is also their responsibility.

At this time, only when Ren Fu, the commander who was stationed in the mountains could he gather the troops scattered in each fort and forcefully organize the battle, otherwise the entire defense system would be a mess. It is actually impossible to gather the troops stationed in each fort in a short time and let them cooperate closely.

The military situation was urgent, and Ren Fu's method was simple and crude. He made up his mind to focus on the reinforcements he brought, and the troops of each fort should participate in this system. Go to one place, bring the soldiers from another place, and bring all the troops to the front line.

According to Ren Fu's plan, we first explore whether Yuan Hao had left Tiandu Mountain. If he had already left the mountain, he would seize the important land. If he had not left the mountain, he would go from Huaiyuan City to Desheng Village and attack Tiandu Mountain South Courtyard from the mountain road.

Geng Fu, the military officer, stayed in the Zhenrong Army area and organized troops to defend the city and camps. As long as the measures were done properly, there would be no problem to defend it for a short time. Yuan Hao dared to attack with all his strength, and he could naturally defeat the enemy by going around Ren Fu, who was behind him. If Yuan Hao hurried in Tiandu Mountain, the Ren Fu army who attacked the mountain cooperated with Gao Daquan and attacked on both sides, leaving him nowhere to escape.

Such a plan is related to the fort system around the Zhenrong Army. In order to guard the roads and protect the familiar households, the Song Dynasty had many forts in the Zhenrong Army Mountains. Most of these forts were built along river valleys and naturally formed roads. As long as you follow these forts where the forts were built, the army could move forward and the forts were provided with supplies.

This pattern sounds like it is not borrowed, but it has a fatal problem - the troops are too dispersed. Judging from the total force, the Song army is not weaker than the Dangxiang army, but this huge force is scattered to various villages and forts. At any point, the Song army is at an absolute disadvantage in terms of number of people and is easily defeated by the Dangxiang. Once there is no general in charge of the front-line war, the villages and forts are not subordinate to each other and fight each other, giving the enemy the opportunity to calmly defeat each village and fort.

If you set up defenses everywhere, it is equivalent to not setting up defenses everywhere. The Song army is at an absolute disadvantage in any direction. The forts lined up along the river valley are the first one to the front every time, and the other forts can only watch. As long as Dangxiang breaks through a little, it will be unstoppable and drive straight along this road. The food and grass stored in the fort provide supplies for the attacking Dangxiang people, allowing them to penetrate the Song territory unscrupulously until they encounter the big city they cannot defeat.

This is why Xu Ping first arrived in Qinzhou. He cut off the fort on a large scale. It was the reason. It was originally a defensive strategy, but he built continuous supply points on all roads, for fear that the invading enemies would be hungry. Relying on the important places and holding a strong reserve team is the normal way to defend. Sprinkle pepper and sprinkle the base everywhere, which is equivalent to helping the enemy fight.

However, Ren Fu is in an offensive situation, and the endless villages and forts in the mountains are the advantage. He can choose to defend the Zhenrong Army, or choose a mountain road to attack Tiandu Mountain. With the villages and forts there, he doesn't even need to worry about supply issues, just keep moving along the established route.

This time he came north, he and Geng Fu's troops were divided into two groups. Geng Fu led a small and a half men from Wating Village to travel north along the normal road in the Huluchuan Valley, and went straight into the Zhenrong Army. Ren Fu took most of the troops and horses along the mountain road, passing Zhangjiabao, and Huaiyuan City to Desheng Village. Looking at Yuanhao's whereabouts, he either went to Shimenbao or went straight into the hinterland of Tiandu Mountain.

Liu Jin ordered the personal soldiers who visited the military situation, returned to Ren Fu, and said with his hands: "Master General, Chang Ding, inspector of the west road of Zhenrong Army, and Liu Su, and heard that the troops were here, I will come and see you!"

Ren Fu turned around and said, "Okay, I'll go back to the fort and see them."

After saying that, he went down the hill with Liu Jin and returned to the fort.

Chang Ding and Liu Suzheng were served with tea in the official hall by Ren Huailiang, the son of Ren Fu. Ren Fu came in and hurriedly got up and sang a promise.

Just see, Ren Fu asked Chang Ding: "The troops of the Longyou Protectorate in the north fought very well. The Hao thieves in the Tiandu Mountains are already destroyed every day. If you want to run, you must go north of the Zhenrong Army. This area is what you are in charge of. What are the movements of the thieves?"
Chapter completed!