Daimyo's Mansion, inside the Zhaowang Mansion.
Zhao Qun hurriedly walked up to Zhao Yan and said, "Lord Wang, the spies reported that Xia Jun is building an ice road along Qingshui Town to the seaside. ” "Building the Ice Road" Zhao Yan frowned and said, "What do you mean?"
According to the spies, the Xia army not only dispatched 200,000 troops, but also used a large number of people to dig two deep wells in the north and south every half a mile, extending to the sea, and then carrying water from the wells and pouring it on the ground, and the entire ice road was about three zhang wide; Moreover, the Xia army also cut down trees and transported them into the camp, Wang Ye, you said that the Xia army is not building siege equipment," Zhao Yan said.
"I don't think it's like ordering the spies to report three times a day, and they must find out the true intentions of Xia Jun."
"Yes, don't worry."
"By the way, how is our new army trained?"
"Lord Wang, the army of 200,000 is training day and night; Today, with the Daimyo Mansion as the core, we already have an army of 500,000.
Zhao Qun said to Zhao Zhen; However, we have not much grain and grass left, and if we continue like this, it is estimated that we will only be able to last until the beginning of next summer. ” "Recently, Your Majesty has been busy with the war in Jiangnan, and he has no power to be opposed; Jiangnan is the most important place for my Great Song Dynasty to pay taxes, and I am afraid that next year's taxes will be worrying by the Xia army" Zhao Yan said worriedly: "If you want the imperial court to smoothly transport grain and grass to the north, you must open the canal, the key is to eliminate the Xia army Li Desuo's department entrenched in the area of Mangdang Mountain, this winter is no play, it seems that you can only wait for the spring of next year." ” At this time, an officer hurriedly ran in and said: "Report, report, report to the prince, General Wang Kai urgently report, Nanyang has been lost, General Wang Kai has led 400,000 western troops to retreat to the Xiangyang defense line." ” "Lord Wang, it is a felony for Wang Kai to retreat without getting a military order."
Zhao Qun said to Zhao Yan.
"Now that the war in the country is rotten, it is not easy for Wang Kai to save 400,000 elites of the Western Army."
Zhao Yan said; "Moreover, Luoyang is lost, Nanyang has lost the barrier to the north, and it is a matter of time before it is lost, as long as there is a large army, these places can be recovered in the future; Moreover, when Wang Kai evacuated, he burned all the grain and grass, and also moved most of the people to Jingxiang, and what the Xia army got was just a piece of scorched earth. ” After Zhao Yan finished speaking, he walked to the map and moved the position of Wang Kai's army to Xiangyang, Zhao Yan continued: "Now the battle situation in the north is very clear, the western front has now been completely defeated, and our army has become a bridgehead for counterattacking the Central Plains, as long as we can open up the grain route with the rear, there is still a chance; What is the situation of the Planter's Dao?"
"General Chong deployed most of his troops in the areas of Xingyang, Bishui Pass and Gongxian."
"What about the defense line along the Yellow River?"
"Only a small number of soldiers and horses of our army are stationed, and now the Yellow River has frozen, which is very unfavorable for defense."
"Looks like we're going to use this winter for a counteroffensive."
Zhao Yan said thoughtfully; "You just said that Xia Jun is building an ice road, is it just Xia Jun from Qingshui Town?"
"Not only Qingshui Town, but even the Xia army stationed outside Julu City is also building ice roads."
Zhao Qun said.
"In this way, the Xia army has drawn most of its troops to cultivate the Ice Dao."
Zhao Yan said with a smile; "It's a great opportunity for us."
"What does the prince mean?"
"You immediately send someone to Xingyang to give an order, and order the Seed Master Dao to come to the Daimyo's Mansion to discuss the military."
"Yes, the last general will send someone to do it."
Three days later, the master of the road with more than 100 guards came to the Daimyo's mansion, the two met after the natural shabby, Zhao Yan also prepared a simple reception banquet for the master of the road, after the wine and food were full, the two came to Zhao Yan's study, the two of them talked for a long time in the study, but there is no way to know what the two talked about, three days later, the master returned to Xingyang, and at the same time left several flying horses from the Daimyo's house to the north.
Inside the summer army camp in Qingshui Town.
Changshan Wang Li Ke and Yang Shousu are discussing things; Li Ke asked Yang Shousu, "Lord Yang, how is our ice road being built?"
"Don't worry, the construction will be completed in three or four days."
Yang Shousu said; "However, after the construction of this ice tunnel is completed, a large number of troops will be required to maintain it, and it is good to say at night, when it is sunny, this ice tunnel will naturally melt a part, so I am afraid that it will affect our troops fighting on the front line."
"Lord Yang, rest assured, the Song army is not so bold to take the initiative to attack."
Lick said with a smile; "Now the most important thing for us is grain and grass, now the grain and grass in the army is about to run out, and the sixth child will not be able to get food, and these hundreds of thousands of troops can only go hungry."
"According to the military information sent by His Royal Highness King Yan, the first batch of grain and grass should arrive in five days."
"Well, when the time comes, the king will personally go to greet the grain and grass, and he will bother Lord Yang to stay here to guard the city."
"The prince is sympathetic to the old man, and the old man is grateful."
Yang Shousu said with a smile; "Don't worry, the old man has no problem guarding the city."
In the early morning of the next day, Li Ke, the king of Changshan, led a large sleigh built by 100,000 drivers to leave Qingshui City and go east along the ice road, so that only 50,000 defenders were left in Qingshui City, and as for the remaining 200,000 horses, 50,000 of them were already waiting on the coast, responsible for building a grain and grass camp, and another 150,000 troops were stationed on the ice road to maintain and protect the safety of the Xia army's grain road; At the same time, the Xia army stationed outside Julu City also began to act, and now there are only 100,000 Jizhou troops stationed outside Julu City, and the other 100,000 Jizhou troops are led by Li Hao, the king of Hengshan, to the sea to receive grain and grass.
The weather on the coast is unusually cold, this coast has not frozen due to the relatively southern, it is located in Majiazhuang Town in Binzhou, the two ice roads converge in Dezhou and then extend to here, the first batch of grain and grass baggage plundered by Li Qing of Yanwang from the south of the Yangtze River will arrive in the next few days, at this time hundreds of trestle bridges have been repaired here, forming a huge wharf, and all the martial law has been imposed within a hundred miles around here, and the baggage cannot be carried away at one time, Therefore, the Xia army built a large number of warehouses around the town of Majiazhuang as the core to store baggage.
It was Zhao Ge who was responsible for escorting the first batch of baggage to the north; The first batch of baggage was mainly grain and grass, which was full of 5,000 sea ships, each sea ship could carry about 1,500 stone to 2,500 stone of grain and grass, and these 5,000 sea ships transported 10 million stone of grain and grass at one time, which was enough for the army of 700,000 for half a year, and this was only the first batch of grain and grass, and there were follow-ups; Of course, not all the grain and grass arrived as scheduled, and on the way, Zhao Ge's fleet encountered a storm, and some of the sea ships had been separated, but for such a large fleet, the loss of dozens of sea ships was harmless.
"Report, report, report to the prince, a ship has been found on the sea."
A herald came to the big tent of King Li Ke of Changshan to report.
"Okay, hurry up and meet the sea ship."
Li Ke said with great joy.
Li Ke led all the generals to greet him on the beach, and when he saw the huge sea ship sailing towards him, Li Ke was shocked, and the entire fleet could not see the edge at a glance.
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