To say the mobilization ability of the Song army, I really dare not compliment, from the Song Shenzong decided to send troops, after preparation to the real sense of the expedition, this period took a full month, but the army set off from Bianliang, arrived at the Hebei front line more than 100,000 troops relied on two legs, this journey took more than half a month.
Although the early mobilization of the Song army is relatively poor, but the stamina is very sufficient, the strength of the Song army's stamina is almost beyond everyone's imagination, to explain in advance, the stamina here does not refer to how strong the combat effectiveness of the Song army is, but refers to the logistics supply capacity of the Song army The Hebei region of the Song Dynasty is very different from ours, at that time, there were many rivers on the two roads of Hebei, most of which were artificial rivers and most of them were east-west; Most of these east-west rivers are connected to the Grand Canal.
That is to say, the small boat through these east-west rivers, the Song army needs the materials to transport to any place needed, the Song Dynasty during the Chinese economic center has moved south, at this time the south of China is much richer than the north, most of the Song army's northern expedition materials need to be mobilized from the far south, thanks to the excavation of the Grand Canal, the Song Dynasty's transport ships can be continuously transported from the south to the front line of the Northern Expedition, and the transport ships of the materials are full of practice.
No matter when the war is fought, it is logistics, this is an eternal truth, the Song army has such a large logistics support capacity, even if its combat effectiveness is not strong, as long as the imperial court is willing to spend blood, it can also pile up the sixteen states of Youyun with human lives, not to mention that the combat effectiveness of the Song army is not so weak.
When the Song army launched a large northern expedition, the Xia army was also moving, but the Xia army's action relied on four legs, much faster than the two legs of the Song army, the Hetao army quickly arrived at Datong Mansion under the leadership of Ji La Siyi, and occupied the city without blood, and then the Xia army and the Yan army under the command of Yelu Mu formed the Xia Yan coalition army, and the 100,000 Xia army successively took over part of Yingzhou, Ulzhou and Fengshengzhou.
The arrival of Xia Jun finally made Yelu Mu feel at ease, but Zheng Hun became more and more worried, and soon Zheng Hun found out that he had lured the wolf into the house, and the tiger in front of him had not been killed, but there was another wolf that was more ferocious than the tiger; Zheng Hun had a headache for a while, but the matter has already happened, and it is useless to regret it, the most important thing is to think of a solution.
Datong Prime Minister's Mansion, Zheng Hun sent someone to find Yan Shu, under the mediation of Zheng Hun, Yan Shu has returned to the barracks as the main general, this is also no way, Yelu Mu has a lack of leading generals, can only choose a tall one from the short one, Yan Shu naturally became the most suitable candidate.
Since moving the capital to Datong, Yelu Mu's prestige has dropped to the extreme, and now all the military and political affairs in Datong are basically managed by Zheng Hun, and Ye Lu Mu will not be drunk at this time except for drunkenness and dreams.
In the study of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Zheng Hun said to Yan Shu: "General Yan, how much control do you have over the Yan army now?"
"Although the last general has just returned to the barracks, many of the middle and lower-level officers in the Yan army are old acquaintances of the last general, and the last general has basically mastered the 30,000 army."
Yan Shu said to Zheng Hun.
"Okay."
Zheng Hun said; "With these 30,000 troops, the prime minister has the bottom in his heart."
"Prime Minister, please rest assured, these 30,000 troops are all children of Youzhou, and they are all Han Chinese," Yan Shu said to Zheng Hun; "It's just that the last general doesn't understand why the prime minister suddenly mentioned this matter today" Zheng Hun said to Yan Shu: "Now the situation is getting more and more complicated, since the Xia army has been stationed, Datong Mansion, Yingzhou, and Ulzhou have all fallen into the control of the Xia army, to put it bluntly, we are now completely under the control of the Xia army; This is the fault of Benxiang, Benxiang didn't expect Xia Jun to make such a big move in such a short period of time. ” "Then what does the prime minister plan to do next," Yan Shu asked Zheng Hun.
Zheng Hun said to Yan Shu: "Now the logistics supply of our army is basically supplied by Western Xia, if the prime minister is not wrong, the next Xia army will march into Nanjing Road; At that time, the Xia army will definitely let us cooperate with the troops; General Yan, you have to remember that the 30,000 troops in your hands are the key to whether we can recapture Nanjing Dao, and the 20,000 Khitan troops under the command of King Yan cannot be counted on; When cooperating with the Xia army to attack, we try to preserve our own strength as much as possible, and if we can, we will not fight, and after the Xia army and the Eastern Liao army are both defeated, we will take action. ” After hearing this, Yan Shu frowned and said: "Prime Minister, isn't it too yin and immoral for us to do this, don't we understand that this pit Xia Jun is not a fool, how can it be impossible to let us pit for no reason?"
When Zheng Hun heard Yan Shu say this, he was furious on the spot and said: "Do you know what the original phase is not doing this for the sake of the Great Liao Kingdom, the first emperor has the grace of knowing the original appearance, and the original appearance is to bear a reputation of unkindness and injustice."
Zheng Hun reprimanded Yan Shu in a crackling manner, Yan Shu also felt that he was very aggrieved, there was nothing wrong with Yan Shu, and Yan Shu was honest since he was a child, and now Zheng Hun is doing this, which naturally makes Yan Shu feel uncomfortable, and unconsciously, the relationship between Yan Shu and Zheng Hun is breaking down; Originally, if the two cooperated sincerely, at least it would be a force to be reckoned with, but now that the relationship between the two is tense, it's hard to say.
When Zheng Hun was calculating the Xia army under the command of Ji La Siyi, Gao Wei was also calculating the Yan army, in the big tent of Ji La Siyi, Gao Wei and Ji La Siyi were having a secret conversation, Gao Wei said to Ji La Siyi: "General, Xia Guan has just received a report from His Majesty, His Majesty has taken the grassland in the middle of Mobei, and is now marching eastward; Your Majesty hopes that we can take control of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun as soon as possible, and it is best to take the Liao State in one fell swoop. ” Ji Lai Siyi said with a smile on his face: "I didn't expect that Your Majesty took down the entire central grassland in just over a month, which made the veteran admire, but His Majesty was too anxious to annex Liao, and now although Liaoguo is a piece of scattered sand, but if they are really forced to hurry, I am afraid it will also bring us a lot of losses."
"General, I am very worried, but now that Your Majesty has decided that we can only do it."
Gao Wei said to Ji Lasiyi; "The problem now is that we have instability around us as well."
"Sir, you mean these 50,000 Yan troops," Ji Lai Siyi asked.
"Not bad."
Zheng Hun said to Ji La Siyi; "What really worries Xia Guan is actually the 30,000 Yan army under Yan Shu, as for the 20,000 Khitan army under Yelu Mu, there is no need to worry at all; If possible, the general hopes that the 30,000 Yan army can be completely consumed in the next war and remove our henchmen. ” "Sir, isn't this trick too vicious?"
Ji Spicy Siyi said a little creepy: "Even his own allies are calculated, this is too much" The words that followed were not spoken, but Gao Wei continued with a smile: "It's too despicable and shameless, right, as long as it's for Your Majesty, for the sake of the Great Xia Kingdom, even if it's a despicable and shameless thing, the lower officials are willing to do it." ” Just as Ji La Siyi and Gao Wei were talking secretly, a fast horse was galloping towards Ji La Siyi's camp.
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