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Chapter 575: Emperor Xia's Strategic Plan


Li Liangzuo continued to say to his six sons: "Therefore, Bianliang is not only of great political significance to the Great Song Dynasty and us, but also of great strategic significance.

"Father, Bianjing is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains of the Great Song Dynasty, it may not be easy to take Bianjing, the three important strategic support points of the Great Song Dynasty in the north mentioned by the father are under the heavy protection of the Song army, not to mention that Bianjing is difficult to take Luoyang and the Daimyo's Mansion."

Li Wu, King of Qin, said first.

"And it is not easy for my father to sneak attack by sea, the Song army has already established a naval division in the northern seas, and before defeating the northern naval division of the Great Song Dynasty, it is not recommended for the retainer to cross the sea to fight."

Yanwang Li Qing also said.

"Father, although my Hedong Army is the closest to Luoyang, due to the obstruction of Zhongtiao Mountain, plus the Song Army has deployed a large number of troops in Zhongtiao Mountain during this period, the possibility of breaking through from the front is not very great."

Li Bingchang, the king of Jin, also said the same.

"That's it."

Li Liangzuo asked; "When I'm done, I'll listen slowly; In addition to three important strategic support points for the Song army, there are also two important grain routes, the first of which is needless to say is the Grand Canal, where seventy percent of the Song army's grain and grass are transported to the north through the Grand Canal; The second grain route is Hanshui, the Song army's grain and grass baggage is transported to Xiangyang through the Han River, and then through Danshui to the front line of the Song army outside Wuguan, and the other road is transported to Nanyang through Baishui, and then transported to Luoyang by land."

Li Liangzuo said that Li Wu and others really didn't notice this grain road, but so far, Li Liangzuo only pointed out the key points of the Song army's strategic deployment, but these key points of the Song army are all within the two copper and iron walls of the Song army Li Liangzuo didn't say that Li Wu and the others didn't dare to ask, and then Li Liangzuo continued: "If you want to break through the defense line of the Song army, you must take a two-pronged approach, first of all, you must break through the western defense line of the Song army and capture Luoyang with surprise troops; All I want you to cooperate with each other in the battle, concentrate the main forces of the Jizhou Army and the Yongzhou Army to attack from the front, and the Jizhou Army will attack the Great Wall defense line of the Song Army at all costs, and attract all the main forces of the Song Army's Northern Army to the past, and the Yongzhou Army will give the Song people the illusion that we are going to cut off their Han water and grain routes; The Bingzhou Army secretly concentrated superior forces to attack Zezhou, captured Tianjingguan and Taihangjing with lightning speed, and then crossed Qinshui and the Yellow River to the west to attack Luoyang."

"Father, although this plan is wonderful, it must attract most of the strength of the Song army, and if you are not careful, it is very likely that our assault army will be in danger of being wiped out."

Li Bingchang said.

"Of course, to attract most of the Song army's troops, but also to break through the first line of defense of the Song army, the Song army's Great Wall defense line seems to be impregnable, but in fact it is also vulnerable" Li Liangzuo then told them the way to break through the Song army's defense line, so that the six sons admired Li Liangzuo.

Then Li Liangzuo continued: "For the Song army's salient in Dingzhou, don't focus on defense, the Song army has gathered a large number of troops to besiege Zhendingfu, and according to the method I said, break through the Song army's Great Wall defense line, cut off their way back, and completely eat them."

In the early morning of the next day, after all the battle plans were discussed, the six princes left Ziwei Palace and returned to the front line to prepare, at the same time, Zhao Wang Zhao was also preparing for the next step, the Song army could not just blindly defend, and also attacked, now the Song army has thwarted the first large-scale attack of the Xia army by relying on superior forces and a solid defensive line, Zhao Yan has planned to carry out a counteroffensive, and Zhang Miao was also called back from the front line to discuss the next move of the Song army.

Zhao Ju said to Zhang Miao: "This king has given you an order to increase your troops, Zhending Mansion is a key point for our army to break through the Xia army, this king will give you 300,000 troops, if necessary, this king will continue to increase your troops, and you must take Zhending Mansion at all costs; As long as our army takes Zhending Mansion, we can cut off the connection between Taiyuan and Hejian of the Xia army, and then concentrate superior forces to besiege the Jizhou army of the Xia army, as long as we eat this heavy army corps, our army can retake Hebei" "Don't worry, the last general will do his best."

Zhang Miao assured Zhao Yan.

"Lord, Your Majesty's herald has arrived."

Zhao Qun came in and said.

Zhao Yan sighed and said: "This is already the third holy decree sent by His Majesty to urge this king to return to Beijing, this king can not delay any longer, during the period when this king left, the front-line army is temporarily commanded by you, there should be no war during this time, we and the Xia army need to rearrange our forces to wait for another battle." ” "Don't worry, the prince will defend to the death."

Zhang Miao said.

For his return to Beijing this time, Zhao Yan had already heard the rumors, in fact, not only Zhao Yan was called back, but even the seed master Dao was also called back, and the reason is very simple, the Great Song Dynasty finances are almost unable to hold on, after all, this war is not only dead, but also has to flow silver outward, and the Song army is a recruitment system, and the fallen soldiers need high pensions, even if the Great Song family has a thick foundation, so the war of millions of people will not last long.

A few days later, the Imperial Palace of Jiangning Mansion.

Emperor Zhao Xu of the Song Dynasty personally summoned Zhao Xu, the king of Zhao, and the general Seed Master, Zhao Yu said to the two of them earnestly: "Uncle Huang and General Seed fought well some time ago, and held the defense line of my Great Song Dynasty, but this loss is too great, we as the defensive side lost more troops than the attacking Xia army, the loss of troops was nearly 400,000, and the food and salary were consumed 20,000 taels. ” "Your Majesty, although our army has suffered heavy losses, so is the Xia army."

Zhao Yan said; "Now we can already compete with Xia Jun, as long as we persevere, Xia Jun must be the first to collapse."

"Your Majesty, Wechen has made a plan for a counteroffensive to recover some of the lost territory."

The seed master Dao told the Song Emperor Zhao Xu and the Zhao King Zhao Yu of his detailed plan.

After listening to this, Zhao Yan asked, "General Seed, is this person reliable?"

"Don't worry, this person is absolutely reliable."

Seed Master Dao said.

"If this plan is really successful, it will definitely be a fatal blow to Xia Jun."

Zhao Yan said.

Zhao Xu was also very happy to hear this, but Zhao Xu still said: "Recently, some people have been writing to me asking for a truce with the Xia army to negotiate peace, but this time I believe that once you come, the imperial court will fully cooperate with this battle, as long as we can inflict heavy damage on the Xia army, and then negotiate peace, we will occupy the initiative." ” "Your Majesty, we and the Xia Kingdom have reached a situation where we are not dying, there can only be one master in this world, and Weichen also asks Your Majesty to dispel the idea of peace."

Zhao Yu persuaded Zhao Xu; "Emperor Xia is extremely ambitious, and our peace with him will only give Xia Guo enough time to recuperate and become stronger, Wei Chen still advocates being able to continue to fight with the Xia army, strive to completely drag down Xia Guo, and then slowly eat it away little by little."

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