When he rode on the horse, Xu Ping's face looked very bad. After receiving news of the frontline war, he rushed over overnight to take over the command of the Hulu River Valley Road. Not only him, but even Han Qi quickly arrived at the Zhenrong Army.

After losing two generals in the army in one battle, this kind of victory tastes a bit bitter and unpleasant.

The mountains on both sides of the road have become bare, exuding a desolate smell. The sun is lying in the sky, with weak energy, cool breezes in the mountains, and the cold winter is felt more clearly in the mountains.

Sang Yi and Xu Ping rode together and whispered: "Protector, it has been eight days since Liu Jianji's troops attacked Tiansheng Village. There are countless people who died in that village, and they still fight to the death. It is said that Hao thieves have passed Tiansheng Village, but there are not many people taken away, only two thousand guards. Most of the thieves are still crowded on the mountain road from Tiansheng Village to Ganxing Village. Cao Keming has brought his troops and horses, together with Liu Hu and Zhao Yu, and the local troops of Zhenrong Army rushed into the mountains. Yesterday's news, they have occupied Ganxing Village again. The two of them are facing north and south, and they think that Tiansheng Village will be broken soon."

Xu Ping nodded slightly: "If Hao thief leaves, he will be lucky. The remaining Yeli Renrong in Tiandu Mountain must stay. There are also thieves who are guarding Tiansheng Village. You must not let them go! There are not many thieves who are of the same status as Ren Fu Guanjun generals, and they are captured. It is hard to say that this battle will be done! It is hard to explain to the court."

Sang Yi nodded and said, "Although the Tiansheng Village has not yet been broken, the Qingshuo Army has sealed the road from the north of Tiansheng Village. Now the thieves in the mountains cannot fly! Perhaps there are scattered soldiers and straits who have fled over mountains and ridges, and the large group of people have been left behind by us. It will take some time to eat them."

Xu Ping thought for a while and sighed: "I will know the generals who participated in the war. At this time, you must be calm. It will be like eating, and you will not worry about being hungry. You must chew it slowly and don't swallow it voraciously and swell your stomach."

Ming Hao, who was walking aside, wanted to speak but stopped. After a while, he couldn't help but say to Xu Ping: "Protector, yesterday, news came from the front that Geng Fu, the generals of Jingyuan, had also died in battle. In this battle, we had won a great victory, and there were not many soldiers and generals who died in battle in front of the formation. What a great victory was it for the elite main force of the Hao thief! As a result, Ge Huaimin was making trouble on the front line, and two generals in charge of the army, and one joined the army, which made us lose face in the court!"

Sang Yi whispered: "Geng's army led 3,000 troops to Ganxing Village to guard Tiansheng Village. He didn't want to almost arrive with the thieves Cheng Keshang team. In the end, Tiansheng Village was captured. Geng's army led troops to station outside Ganxing Village, and counterattacked Tiansheng Village day by day. As a result, Hao's bandits were driven away by us and rushed into the mountains. Geng's army was busy fighting in the chaos."

Xu Ping nodded, and he had read the battle report. Geng Fu died almost the same as Ren Fu. The army was dispersed by the rioters. He tried his best to reorganize the army. He was injured in many gunshots and became a bloody man. Wu Ying, the minister of the rioters, advised him that as a civil servant, he had no military responsibility and asked him to leave first and lead his own people to fight. Geng Fu did not answer, but just looked for generals and asked them to reorganize the scattered army. Finally, he was stabbed by a spear many times in the rioters, and finally died.

Only the main general of the commander Zhu Guan, the commander of Geng Fu, survived the three thousand soldiers and horses. Wu Ying and others were all killed in battle. More than a thousand people fled into the mountains. After the Song army entered the mountains, they came out to meet again.

In this battle, the Song army wiped out nearly 100,000 Yuanhao's main force at the foot of Tiandu Mountain at the cost of losing six or seven thousand people, which was a great victory that had not been seen in decades. The only regret was that the two generals in charge of the army were lost.

Ming Hao was still indignant and gritted his teeth with hatred for Ge Huaimin. His failure to come did not affect the outcome of this battle at all. As a result, Ren Fu got in, Geng Fu and a group of generals also got in for no reason. Jingyuan Road, as the main battlefield, suffered heavy losses. Ming Hao felt the same as many people about the experience of Ren Fu and Geng Fu.

In fact, the one who hates Ge Huaimin the most now is not Xu Ping, nor his generals, but Han Qi. Originally, Jingyuan Road cooperated with Longyou to fight a beautiful victory and infinite glory, but ended up trapping the main general on the front line. After the war, Han Qi explained to the generals of the road and how to explain to the families of the soldiers who died in battle. His situation was extremely embarrassing.

Looking at the Song army camp that was attacking Tiansheng Village in front, Xu Ping said to Sang Yi and Ming Hao: "The power of this matter will not be mentioned before. When Pang Junfa arrives at Zhenrong Army, we will calmly discuss the gains and losses of this battle. Whatever the matter is, according to the fact, the court will report it to the court and make a decision!"

Sang Yi and Ming Hao agreed to the promise together and no longer discussed the deaths of Ren Fu and Geng Fu.

Liu Jianji and Zhong Shiheng came out early. When they saw Xu Ping and others, they went up to the front and crossed their hands to sing.

Xu Ping returned the gift and said to everyone: "Let's go to the mountain over there to take a look, then go back to the camp to discuss the military situation here."

Tiansheng Village is located at a three-chakan intersection. The road towards Qianxing Village comes from the south, the direction of Wuyanxia is west, and the direction towards northeast is the road to Weizhou. This is not a pass, and these three roads are all on the ridge, which is different from the valley-centered avenue. If the road on the ridge does not need to go up and down the mountain, it is all connected, and it is actually very flat, but the narrow part of Shaanxi cannot be widened. The road on the ridge cannot become a highway. A fatal problem is water shortage. An army of tens of thousands of people is walking on such a road, and the problem of drinking water cannot be solved. The valley does not need to consider this matter. The river water can be drunk, and even if it is dry, it is easy to dig out water.

The mountain ridges were guarding, and Tiansheng Village was more difficult to attack than ordinary passes. At this time, the Song army only occupied the west side. The army on the narrow mountain ridge was useless. There were only a few hundred attacking troops used on the front. It was impossible to attack from the valley. The defenders on the mountain could even spit down the mountain to smash the attacking troops climbing down the mountain. The other two directions were in the hands of the foreign army, and they could not break the water source in the village, so they could only attack hard.

Up a hill next to it, Liu Jianji handed over the telescope, and Xu Ping took it in his hand and looked at Tiansheng Village not far away.

It has been eight days, and this is the most important place. The Longyou army sent all the artillery with the army to Liu Jianji's army. Through the telescope, Xu Ping saw that there were three rows of artillery on the west road of Tiansheng Village, and a burst of black smoke came out from time to time. The three rows of artillery could not be fired in a volley. In fact, only one row was used at a time, and two or three cannons were rotated. The quality of the artillery in this era was just that. It was used all day long, and it could only be used for a few shots to completely cool down the barrel, otherwise it would be destroyed soon. The artillery in Liu Jianji's army could not be displaced, so he asked the soldiers to carry them to the nearby hills. Anyway, as long as they could hit Tiansheng Village, they would be equipped with artillery and bombarded around Tiansheng Village day and night.
Chapter completed!