In the evening, inside the Bianliang Palace.
Li De looked at a map along the canal and said to the lieutenant general: "This time to the south, this king can't go in person, Bianliang needs to be guarded by this king personally, this king will give you 20,000 troops, and you will protect the Cao transport fleet to go south to Mangdang Mountain, and occupy all the important towns along the way, can you do it?"
"The end will ensure that the mission will be completed."
The adjutant reassured Li De.
"This king has learned through Yipintang, there are not many Song troops along the way, and the defenders from all over the country together are ten thousand people, mainly in Chenliu and Yingtianfu, the soldiers are fast, and they will lead the army to set off tomorrow, and this king is waiting for the news of your triumph."
Li De patted the lieutenant general's shoulder and said.
Speaking of the Song army, the news of the loss of Bianliang caught Zhao Yan and Seed Master Dao off guard, neither of them thought that Li De would dare to attack Bianliang, the matter of Bianliang was a fatal blow to the Song army, and they did not expect that Zhang Dunli would be defeated so quickly, and the Xia army's attack would be so fast.
Luoyang Marshal's Mansion.
The Seed Master Dao summoned all the generals under his command, and the loss of Bianliang means that the grain road of the Song Army on the West Road has been broken by more than half, and the Seed Master Dao said to everyone: "The matter of Bianliang, this Shuai does not need to say that you should all be clear, now there is no intention to say so much, this Shuai has drawn 100,000 troops from the Hangu Pass defense line, and the Shuai personally commanded the east to recover Bianliang, in addition, Zhang Shuai also re-recruited 50,000 soldiers and horses to attack from the south, and His Royal Highness King Zhao sent 30,000 elites from the north gate to cooperate with the attack, This time, my 180,000-strong army must regain Bianliang in one go; During the period of Ben Shuai's Eastern Crusade, your various defense lines should strengthen their defense, and the main force of the Xia army is likely to launch a surprise attack on our army during this period, and you must be completely prepared, especially the Zheshui defense line and the Hanguguan defense line."
The combat effectiveness of the Western Army is still very strong, the old Western Army is very experienced in the process of fighting with the Xia Army for a long time, it can be said that it is the elite of the Song Army, after the annihilation of the old Western Army, the combat effectiveness of this kind of army reorganized by the division is also not to be underestimated, relying on strong troops, in addition to a solid defense line, under the command of the division road, the Xia Army has gained very little on the defense line of the Western Army, and it can be said that the Western Army completely held the flank defense line of the Great Song Dynasty.
As the seed master said, as soon as the news of the loss of Bianliang came out, the entire Great Song Dynasty was a little panicked, even the Song Emperor Zhao Xu in Jiangning couldn't sit still, although Zhao Xu never led the troops to kill the enemy, but he was not a complete idiot, Bianliang is very important Zhao Xu is very clear, for this reason Zhao Xu ordered to send the new army trained in the Jianghuai area to the north to meet the Xia army, Zhao Xu sent a total of 200,000 Jianghuai troops this time, but I don't know when this soldier and horse will arrive.
Of course, some people are worried, and some people are happy, this person is Li Liangzuo, Li Liangzuo was very happy after learning that Li De took Bianliang, but Li Liangzuo also realized that Li De couldn't hold Bianliang at all, so Li Liangzuo wrote a secret letter to Li De in the shortest possible time, and ordered Li De to give up Bianliang City when necessary.
Inside the imperial capital Ziwei Palace.
Li Liangzuo asked Xiao Fuzi: "Fuzi, how is the situation on all fronts now?"
Xiao Fuzi said to Li Liangzuo: "Your Majesty, according to the battle report, our army's combat strength has declined rapidly after a long period of offensive, and the losses are not small, and the front-line army urgently needs to replenish its troops and baggage; Now the large-scale offensive has basically stopped on all fronts and has been transferred to a state of repair."
"What's going on over there in the Song Army," Li Liangzuo continued to ask Xiao Fuzi.
"Your Majesty, according to the intelligence, the Song army began to prepare to recover Bianliang, this time by the commander of the Western Army, a total of 180,000 troops have been gathered, and most of them are the elite of the Song army, this time I am afraid that His Royal Highness the King of Liang is in some danger; In addition, the minions also found out that Wu Jie had returned to the Great Song Dynasty and returned to Shu, and actively trained Shu soldiers with his younger brother Wu Lan, and it seemed that they wanted to go out of the customs to fight our army in the spring of next year.
Xiaofuzi said to Li Liangzuo.
"Now Hanzhong is empty, if Wu Jie's situation is attacked, I'm afraid our army will suffer heavy losses, Hanzhong is the barrier of my Great Xia Empire at the south gate, once Hanzhong is lost, the situation will be unfavorable to my Great Xia Empire and its interests."
Li Liangzuo said with some concern; "It seems that I can only draw troops and horses from other places to guard Hanzhong."
"Your Majesty, according to the view of the servants, in fact, the situation in Hanzhong is still under the control of our army, and if the Song army wants to attack, it will have to wait at least until the beginning of spring next year, and by then our army's reinforcements will have already been prepared."
Fuzi said to Li Liangzuo.
"Is there any news from De'er lately?"
asked Li Liangzuo to Xiaofuzi.
"According to the intelligence, His Royal Highness King Liang divided his forces into two routes, one of the 30,000 troops was personally commanded by His Royal Highness King Liang to guard Bianliang, and the other 20,000 troops were commanded by His Royal Highness King Liang, and His Royal Highness King Liang's deputy general commander was heading south along the canal, and captured some important towns along the way, and now he has arrived outside Yingtianfu."
"Go south along the canal," Li Liangzuo frowned, then walked to the map and said: "It seems that De'er wants to use Mangdang Mountain as the core this time to set a nail in the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty" Li Liangzuo said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, you mean that His Royal Highness King Liang wants to hold on to Mangdang Mountain" "Yes, it seems that De'er really has this plan."
Li Liangzuo nodded and said: "But it is not so easy to defend Mangdang Mountain, how can the Song army tolerate the existence of a Xia army in its hinterland, not to mention that Mangdang Mountain is not very far from the Song army's canal and grain route, and Zhao Yan can't tolerate him." ” "In that case, Your Majesty should quickly let His Royal Highness King Liang withdraw," Xiao Fuzi said anxiously.
Li Liangzuo shook his head and said: "Withdraw, in the current situation, where do you think De'er can retreat, and the surrounding area will be a little better than Mangdang Mountain, and in other places it will only die faster." ” When the Song army approached Bianliang, Li De accelerated the pace of carrying materials, this time not only with trough boats, but also with carriages, these carriages or carts were provided by the people of Bianliang, Li De only sent a small number of troops to escort these materials, but soon Li De found that the cost of transporting the baggage by land was too great, and now in just nearly a month, bandits were rampant in the Central Plains south of Bianliang.
The baggage team of the Xia army was attacked many times by the bandit rebels, and Li De did not investigate it deeply, after all, the troops in Li De's hands were insufficient now; In addition, the Xia army went south and its smoothness, where the Song army basically surrendered, so the Xia army's march speed was very fast, after arriving at Yingtianfu, the Xia army was stationed, and the materials on the trough ship were moved down, and the Xia army once again used the trick in Bianliang, so that the Song people around Yingtianfu transported grain and grass to Mangdang Mountain for the Xia army.
In this way, the transportation plan of the Xia army has entered a virtuous circle, and the transportation from Bianliang City, as well as from the south, have also been intercepted in Yingtianfu, because the speed of news transmission in this era is too slow, so many ordinary people do not know that Bianliang fell into the hands of the Xia army, which is why there will be a Song army's Cao transport fleet to the north.
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