First of all, the best attack route of the Song army was to go north along the canal, the reason why it wanted to go north along the canal was because the Song army had a large number of troops, and the daily baggage required was huge, and going north along the canal could reduce the logistics problem of the army to the greatest extent, so the Song army put the main direction of attack in the Huaibei area of the east road.
Suzhou Song army camp, now the Song army has regained Suzhou, 400,000 Jianghuai army is hoarding in Suzhou, and the Xia army has retreated to Mangdangshan camp and Xuzhou two places to deploy, compared with the Song army now Huaibei Xia army together is less than 50,000 people, Huaibei is now Xuzhou Army, although other legions are 100,000 people, but the Xuzhou Army defense task is the heaviest, to undertake the defense of Huaibei and Luxi, facing 200,000 Jiaodong Army and 400,000 Huaibei Army, and a 500,000-strong forbidden army south of the Yangtze River.
"Marshal, this time our army's march is very smooth, this is not half a month, our army has successfully recovered Sizhou and Suzhou, like this, it will not be long before we can recover the entire Huaibei, followed by the entire Central Plains."
A Song general said to the seed master.
"That's all nonsense."
The seed master said: "The real war between us and the Xia army has not yet begun, the reason why our army was able to recover the two states so smoothly is because the Xia army did not focus on fortification in these two states at all, the main defense of the Xia army in Huaibei is concentrated in Mangdang Mountain camp and Xuzhou, only after taking these two places, we can say that we can recover Huaibei, otherwise the others are nonsense, we can't take these two places, we will have to retreat to the south of the Huai River sooner or later." ” "The general is wise, the last general remembers, that Mangdangshan and Xuzhou, we will fight that place first, or divide our troops to capture the second city."
Song Jiang asked the seed master.
"The division of troops to attack is easy to be broken by the Xia army, so let's choose one place" Seed Master Dao looked at the map and said: "Attack the Mangdang Mountain camp first." ” "Marshal, the summer army's Mangdang Mountain camp is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the soldiers are full of food, although our army has 400,000 people, but the maximum number of people who can participate in the attack on the Mangdang Mountain camp is only 300,000, if it is attacked, it will inevitably suffer huge losses, affecting the follow-up attack of our army, according to the end of the general's foolish opinion, it is better to attack Xuzhou first, and then join the army of the king of Jiaodong, after the two armies meet, our army will be able to reach more than 500,000, and then attack Mangdang Mountain will be much easier."
Song Jiang said to the seed master.
"There are more than 150 miles from Suzhou to Xuzhou, if our army attacks Xuzhou, the grain and grass needed for the prelude must be transported from Suzhou to Xuzhou, and hundreds of thousands of troops consume huge every day, once the Xia army sends troops from Mangdang Mountain to cut off our army's grain route, my hundreds of thousands of troops will be in danger, and Xuzhou City is high and deep is not a day to capture."
The seed master said to the Song general: "Compared with Xuzhou, the Mangdang Mountain camp is much easier, the Mangdang Mountain camp is not far from the canal, it is convenient to replenish the grain and grass for our army, and the Xia army has stored a large amount of grain and grass baggage in the Mangdang Mountain camp, if we take here, or burn these baggage, the grain and grass needed by the Xia army will be transported from Kaifeng and even Qingshui City in the north in the future."
"But the Xia army stationed in Xuzhou is probably the same as the marshal, and I am afraid that it will also attack our idea of the grain road."
Song would continue to say to the Seed Master.
"You're right, this point has already been arranged by this marshal to arrange 100,000 troops around Suzhou as the core to protect our canal grain road, don't worry, there will be no problems with our army's grain road this time."
The seed master said very confidently.
At this time, the rest of the army continued to set off after leaving 100,000 troops in Suzhou, and after recovering Haozhou, the troops came to the Mangdangshan camp, and at this time, the Xia army stationed in the Mangdangshan camp was only 30,000, while the Song army had 300,000 people; In the face of the attack of the Song army, although the Xia army had already prepared, it still took time to wait for the reinforcements from the rear to arrive.
Qizhou, in the palace of the king of Qi.
Li Qing, the king of Yan, and Li Ke, the king of Qi, were both there; Li Ke said to Li Qing: "Sixth, I just got the news that the 300,000 troops of the Song army have marched to Mangdang Mountain, and our army only has 30,000 troops in Mangdang Mountain. ” After the king of Qi immediately accepted the defense of Huaibei, he strengthened Mangdang Mountain, and built Lingbao on the periphery, and built a large number of grain, grass and arsenals in Mangdang Mountain, which stored tens of millions of stones, grain and grass and hundreds of thousands of catties of gunpowder, as well as a large number of weapons, armor, siege equipment, etc.; Li Ke turned Mangdang Mountain into a logistics base for the Xia army to attack Jiangning in the south, and if the Xia army lost it, the losses would be incalculable.
Li Qing, the king of Yan, thought for a while and said: "In this way, fourth brother, I will also hand over the Jizhou army to you to command, let the Xuzhou army go south to resist the offensive of the Song army, the Jizhou army will deal with the Jiaodong army, and I will lead the sailors to attack the Jiaodong country from the sea; Jiaodongguo is like a thorn in our throat, with them we have no way to fight south, we can only get rid of them completely, and then send a large army south to fight a decisive battle with the Song army, so our army can only take a defensive position against the Xia army. ” "Okay, I see; Jiaodongguo was handed over to the Jizhou Army.
Li Ke said to Li Qing; Time was of the essence, so we split up and prepared. ” "Okay, then I'll say goodbye to the fourth brother first."
When the Xia army dispatched troops, the Song army had already come to the Mangdang Mountain camp, and the one guarding the Mangdang Mountain camp at this time was Lu He, the confidant general of the King of Qi; Lu He is more than Chinese New Year's Eve years old today, and he has also made many achievements in the past wars, and being able to be the commander of the Mangdang Mountain camp is not only the henchman of King Qi, but also inseparable from Lu He's ability.
Mangdang Mountain Camp, inside the Chinese army's big tent.
"Report, report, report to the general, the Song army has arrived outside the southern city and is encamping thirty miles outside the city."
The spies reported to Lu Heyu.
"How many soldiers and horses does the Song army have," Lu He asked the spy.
"General Yu, the strength of the Song army is not less than 300,000."
The spy replied.
"Ben knows, you go down and rest first" "Yes, Commandment" After the spies left, Lu He finally ordered: "Order all the soldiers to be ready to prevent the Song army from attacking the camp tonight." ” "Yes, the last general commands" After everybody left.
Lu He looked at the map and said, "This time you sent it to the door yourself, don't blame me." ” Outside Mangdang Mountain, inside the Song army camp.
A Song general said to the planter: "Marshal, the 300,000 troops have all been encamped, and the follow-up grain, grass and ordnance of our army are also arriving one after another. ” "Has the gunpowder arrived?"
asked Master Dao to Song Jun.
"Handsome, the gunpowder has arrived, but it's not a lot, only more than 10,000 catties."
Song Jiang said to the seed master.
"More than 10,000 catties, I can't even stop soaking in urine."
The seed master said: "Hurry up and send people to let them transport gunpowder from the rear to Ben Shuai as soon as possible, which will be related to the progress of our army's attack on Mangdang Mountain." ” "Yes, the last general will take the order, and this will be done."
General Song immediately took the order and left.
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