After making all the preparations, late at night the next day, Zhang Miao led 3,000 elite people to secretly evacuate Taiyuan Mansion, Zhang Miao led 3,000 elite infantry to cross the Killing Bear Ridge and retreat all the way to the east to Shouyang, at this time Shouyang was still in the hands of the Xia army, Shouyang was located in the hinterland of the Xia army, so there were not many defenders at all, so after Zhang Miao led the army to arrive, Shouyang soon fell.
Taking Shouyang is not Zhang Miao's ultimate goal, it is not easy for Zhang Miao to escape back to the Great Song Dynasty, after all, there are millions of troops facing each other on the border of the Xia and Song Dynasties, and Zhang Miao's small army is in danger of being wiped out if he is not careful, and Zhang Miao is not willing to let Zhang Miao go back like this; Zhang Miao set his sights on Pingding, which is located at the junction of eastern Hedong and Hebei, and is also the junction of the Song and Xia countries, Pingding belongs to the ruling area of the Great Xia Empire, and more importantly, it is not very far from Zhendingfu, and the Song army can threaten Zhendingfu by taking Pingding.
And now Li Hao, the king of Hengshan, is leading the troops outside, the Zhending Mansion is empty, Zhang Miao can just take advantage of this opportunity to enter, this is a once-in-a-lifetime fighter, although it is located in the border area of Hedong Province, located at the junction of Taihang Mountain and the plain, but it is also a good place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so the Xia army did not have many troops stationed in Pingding, only more than 1,000 people, in addition to Zhang Miao is sudden attack, so the Xia army guarding Pingding, after resisting for a while, withdrew to the north.
Ziwei Palace, inside the Hall of Parliament.
Li Liangzuo summoned all the important ministers of the Great Xia Empire to come and discuss; Li Bingchang said to everyone: "The crisis in Hedong has been lifted, our army has not only defeated 120,000 Zhao Chen, but also occupied and occupied all the territories west of the entire Zhongtiao Mountain and north of the Yellow River, and according to intelligence, Zhao Yan, the commander of the Song army, is now missing, this is a golden opportunity when we come, the Northern Army of the Song Army has lost its supreme commander, it can be said that the dragons are leaderless. ” "Father, son-in-law, please launch a full-scale attack on the Song army, and strive to break through the Song army's defense line in one go."
Li Wu, the king of Qin, first exhibited and said.
"Your Majesty, as His Royal Highness the King of Qin said, our army should concentrate all its forces to carry out a surprise attack on the Great Song Dynasty and strive to break through the defense line of the Song army."
Li Xiaoren, the king of Chu, also said.
"Minister's reconsideration, minister's reconsideration" Li Liangzuo finally decided: "We don't know how long this battle will be fought and how many troops to invest, and such a long front is not conducive to unified command, so I decided to set up a marching commander on this long Xia and Song border to attack the Song army; First of all, the governor of Yongzhou was set up in Longxi Province and Guanzhong Province, and Li Wu, the king of Qin, served as the governor; In Hedong Province, the governor of the state was established, with Li Bingchang, the king of Jin, as the governor, and Li Hao, the king of Hengshan, as the deputy governor; In Hebei Province, Yanbei Province, and Andong Metropolitan Protectorate, Jizhou Governor was established, with Yan King Li Qing as the governor, and Changshan King immediately served as the deputy governor; The governor of Yizhou was established in Hanzhong, with Yongwang Li De as the governor; The strength of the troops in various places will be adjusted in order to give full play to the full combat strength of our Xia army. ” Li Liangzuo's establishment of the four major governors is equivalent to the establishment of the four major military regions, which can more effectively command the attack on the Song Dynasty; In fact, the goals of the four governors are also very clear, the governor of Yongzhou is to break out of Guanzhong, but the goal is Luoyang and defeat the army of the Seed Master; The target of the governor of Bingzhou was Bianliang, which was the hub of the Song army's northern army and the western army; The governor of Jizhou mainly faced the Northern Army of the Song Army, and the goal was to take the Daimyo's Mansion; And the target of the governor of Yizhou should be the land of Bashu, which is to prepare for the final capture of Jiangnan.
Of course, this is only Li Liangzuo's assumption, but the reality is very far from these; The Xia army occupied most of the Hedong and the northern defense line that the Song army had been operating for many years was basically breached, and the situation was very critical, and at this time Zhao Yan was missing again, if it was not dealt with in time, let the Xia army cross the Yellow River or cross the Zhongtiao Mountain, then the entire Xia army in the Central Plains would be dangerous.
In this unfavorable situation, the Seed Master Dao immediately reacted and deployed heavy troops along the Yellow River and east of Zhongtiao Mountain, firmly blocking the Xia army in the east of the river, and the eastern defense line of the Xia army, which was originally in crisis, was stabilized again; At the same time, in the jurisdiction of the governor of Jizhou, due to the absence of Li Qing, the king of Yan, Li Ke, the king of Changshan, actually exercised the power of the governor, the governor of Jizhou can be said to be the most powerful of the four governors, and even surpassed the governor of Yongzhou Li Wu, first of all, the territory under the jurisdiction of the governor of Jizhou is large enough, and at the same time, the territory under its jurisdiction is large enough, and there are many high-quality soldiers, as long as there is enough time and resources to arm hundreds of thousands of troops is not any problem.
After the deliberations were completed, Li Liangzuo's military orders began to disperse, and at the same time, the government soldiers in various parts of the Xia army were basically assembled, and the Xia army began to enter the stage of counteroffensive in various places; Everyone is busy, but Li Liangzuo is idle, Li Liangzuo can be said to have all the military power below this time, how to fight the battle in front is decided by the governors of various places, and the logistics supply of the various armies is uniformly deployed by the Military Affairs Department, Li Liangzuo basically has nothing to do every day except to read the battle report.
The first to attack the Song army was Li Ke, the king of Changshan, and the regular army under Li Ke only had more than 30,000 people in the Flying Bear Legion led by Zhu Xu, and most of the rest were government soldiers, but even so Li Ke also gathered more than 200,000 troops, most of which were government soldiers, and the main source of these government soldiers was Yanbei Province, although it was government soldiers, but these government soldiers were much stronger than the government soldiers in other places, and many of them were the old army of Liao.
The border of the Xia and Song Dynasties, Anling Town, and the camp of the Xia army.
Li Ke, the king of Changshan, gathered all the generals, including Zhu Xu, Yan Shu, Zhao Ge and others.
Li Ke said to everyone: "You also know the Shengyu of your father, now that King Yan is not here, this matter of Jizhou is temporarily commanded by this king, and now our army has actively increased 200,000 troops, and this king has ordered the Andong Army, the Bohai Navy, and the Boliao Army to enter the pass to support our battle, and at the same time, the follow-up soldiers are also being recruited, and the grain and grass needed by our army have been all, Yongxing Military Town, the following question is, we have to discuss how to attack, and then it is the Great Wall defense line of the Song army." ” Zhu Xu first stood up and said: "Yesterday we have carried out a tentative attack, the Song army's defense is very strong, I am afraid that we will not be able to break through the enemy's defense line without a hard attack." ” "The problem is that the slippery city wall in front of us, no matter from which point we attack, is actually the same, and the Song army can quickly rush to help," Yan Shu said.
The whole Chinese army was arguing in the big tent, just when they were arguing fiercely, Li Qing was floating on the sea and left the Great Song Dynasty Li Qing was about to return to Yakushima, and at the same time preparing to return to Xijin Mansion, after all, the land is the main battlefield, although Li Qing has not yet been appointed, but Li Qing has already focused his eyes on the Great Wall defense line of the Song army
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