But will the same trick work?

Thinking of this, Zhang Kang said, "Sir, I personally led 8,000 cavalrymen to capture Xingqing Prefecture. I'm afraid Yuan Hao won't fall for it so easily again."

Han Qi smiled and said, "Don't worry, we have already found our insider. Yuan Hao led his army to attack Qingtang. Most of the troops are now in Huangzhou and other places. The Western Bandits don't have many troops in their own country."

"this"

Everyone looked at each other and felt that something was wrong.

Li Yuanhao wouldn't be so stupid as to leave his country so empty. Isn't he afraid that the Song Dynasty will directly attack Xixia?

Seeing everyone's reaction, Han Qi understood their thoughts and said, "I naturally understand your concerns. Are you afraid that Yuan Hao will set a trap and lure us into it?"

"Yes."

Everyone nodded.

Han Qi said: "That's why I plan to split the troops into two groups, one for feint attack and the other for real attack."

Only then did everyone understand Han Qi's strategy.

Yes.

Since the court asked them to complete the basic task, Han Qi only needed to complete this task if he proceeded steadily.

So the west was a real attack, and the north was a feint. In this way, even if Li Yuanhao set a trap, he would have no way to defeat them. The feinting attack team would immediately withdraw when they saw that the situation was not good.

Thinking of this, Yang Xie and Zhang Fangping both praised Han Qi for his prudent strategy.

Only Zhang Kang was slightly dissatisfied. He actually wanted to launch a real attack to the north and fight a decisive battle with Western Xia.

Even if it was a trap, Zhang Kang didn't think that the main force of the Song Dynasty would be at a disadvantage when it met the main force of the Western Xia.

But since Han Qi wanted to proceed steadily, there was nothing he could do.

After all, there's nothing wrong with being a little more cautious.

Seeing that no one objected, Han Qi breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, his original idea was to do the same as Zhang Kang and rush out directly.

Because that's what he did in history, and ended up suffering a crushing defeat in the Battle of Haoshuichuan.

But now Han Qi is a few years older, unlike in history when he was appointed as the Pacifier of Shaanxi Road at the age of 31, and his personality is now a little more stable.

Secondly, the Constitutional Yuan election is imminent, and rushing out would be too risky.

Although high risk means high rewards, and the greater the military achievements, the greater the possibility of being praised by his superiors, if he was seven or eight years younger, he would have actually done so.

What a pity.

Han Qi remembered what the dean said when he came here.

Zhiyuan’s meaning is very simple.

When you come to Shaanxi Road, you will mainly be responsible for local people's livelihood management.

The second is to recover Qingtang and Zhuolaosinan.

If you can accomplish these two things, then your contribution, Han Qi, will be the greatest.

As for the rest.

Unless you destroy the Western Xia, it will be useless even if you defeat the Western Xia army head-on.

On the contrary, if you make a mistake, which leads to the defeat of the Song army or even a victory with heavy losses, then it will still be a failure.

It was precisely because of these warnings that Han Qi's impulse to rush forward was curbed.

National affairs are no joke.

Since the imperial court has no intention of destroying Western Xia yet, they, as the commanders on the front line, still have to obey the court's arrangements.

(End of this chapter)