Li Bingchang, the king of Jin, was the one who got the most news, but he was the one who reacted most positively; The imperial dream that was about to be extinguished in Li Bingchang's heart ignited again at this moment, and it soon became a skyrocketing fire; This is an excellent opportunity for Li Bingchang, but Li Bingchang is not without competitors, in Li Bingchang's opinion, his biggest competitor is Li Qing, the sixth Yan King, as for the eldest grandson Li Zhe, Li Bingchang did not pay attention to it at all.
"Big brother, when do you plan to return to Beijing" Li Hao, the king of Yue, asked Li Bingchang.
Li Bingchang immediately decided: "Without further ado, the Lone King has already made arrangements, and he can send troops." ” "Send troops now, it's too fast," Li Yue was shocked.
"Time is pressing, we must get to the imperial capital within a month."
Li Bingchang continued.
"Marching thousands of miles in a month, big brother, you are not mistaken," Li Yue shook his head and said.
"Of course the Lone King is not mistaken."
Li Bingchang said to Li Yue: "There is no need for too many soldiers and horses to return to the imperial capital this time, only 30,000 elite iron cavalry is enough, and the lone king has been prepared for these 30,000 elite iron cavalry. ” Li Yue's eyes were as wide as cow eggs when he heard this, it was almost impossible to march two or three hundred miles a day in Li Yue's eyes, and the Xia army used to march one hundred and fifty miles a day at the fastest speed; And what shocked Li Yue even more was that Li Bingchang seemed to have thought of this day a long time ago, and specially prepared 30,000 elite iron horses.
"Let's go, the army is already waiting outside the city, let's go and see," Li Bingchang said to Li Yue.
Li Yue was even more surprised when he came to the outside of the city, where is this cavalry, it is simply a herd of horses, in order to increase the speed of the march, there is only one way, that is, to increase the number of war horses, for these 30,000 fine horses, Li Bingchang prepared 180,000 good horses, these excellent war horses are the descendants of the hybrid of Western Regions horses and Mongolian horses, not only tall but also very strong; Li Yue glanced at isopropyl alcohol and thought in his heart: "It seems that the eldest brother has really been prepared for a long time." ” Li Yue followed Li Bingchang from Keti City to the east on the same day, as for the new Jin Kingdom has been handed over to others to manage, as for whether the Seljuk Empire will take the opportunity to make a northern expedition Li Bingchang no longer cares, what is more important than his own imperial capital to compete for the throne, when Li Bingchang led the army back to the imperial capital, a large-scale offensive in Huaibei is making this final preparation.
To say that Li Qing, the king of Yan, does not want to be the emperor is false, but Li Qing's mind is clearer than everyone else, Li Qing knows that his rash return to Beijing will not have a good result, and it is very likely that the Great Xia Empire will lose the Central Plains, and at the same time, Li Qing also knows his father better, and handed over the position of deputy envoy of the Central Plains patrol to himself before Li Liangzuo fell into a coma, obviously to let himself defend the Central Plains.
Li Liangzuo gave Li Qing the deputy envoy of the Central Plains Patrol instead of the Central Plains Patrol Envoy, obviously telling Li Qing that the position of the prince is not Li Qing's turn, but this does not mean that Li Qing has no intention of the position of the prince, so Li Qing has made preparations with his own hands, Li Yue occupied the entire east of Kunshan as his deputy envoy of the Central Plains Patrol, followed by recruiting 300,000 new troops, these new troops are not peasants who have just put down their hoes, and a considerable number of them have served as soldiers.
Inside the summer army camp of Mangdang Mountain.
Li Ke, the king of Qi, said to Li Qing: "Old six, the 300,000 army has been raised, and many of them are veterans, and they are currently stationed in Kaifeng and other places. ” "Okay, the order is for 100,000 troops to go to Luoyang to garrison, and the other 200,000 troops to reinforce the Huai River front; By the way, have the two hundred artillery pieces mobilized from Li Hu'er arrived?"
asked Li Ke.
"I'm on the way, and I guess I'll be able to reach the front line in Haozhou in three days."
Li Ke said to Li Qing; "In addition, Zhao Ge is heading south from Jiaodong Kingdom, and this time Zhao Ge has captured more than 100,000 prisoners of war of the Song Army."
"How many people did Zhao Ge bring," Li Qing continued to ask.
"Twenty thousand iron horsemen."
Lick replied.
"Order Zhao Ge to lead 20,000 iron cavalry to Lianshui Military Town, and let him cooperate with the water division to fight."
Li Qing continued to order.
"In this way, it seems that this Huainan is also in our pocket."
Li Ke, the king of Qi, said with a smile: "From the first line of Dabie Mountain in the west to Lianshui Military Town in the east, Huainan is already in our semi-encirclement. ” Li Qing stared at the map of Huainan and said: "After taking Huainan, there will be no more war in the north of the entire Yangtze River, and most of the world will fall into the hands of our Great Xia Empire. ” "Three years, I don't think it will take so long for the sixth child," Li Ke said to Li Qing.
Li Qing then asked Li Yue: "By the way, who is guarding Huainan now and how many troops are there?"
In addition to the 150,000 Jianghuai troops who fled back, there are also 200,000 forbidden troops reinforced from Jiangnan, and according to the spies' report, the division of Dao and Zhang Miao are still constantly recruiting, these soldiers have received a certain degree of training, and the current garrison of the Song army in Huainan is not less than 500,000."
Li Ke said to Li Qing.
"Five hundred thousand."
Li Qing sneered; "Song Jun really made a bloody investment this time."
"And this is not the final number, the strength of the Song army is still increasing, and it may eventually reach 800,000 people."
Li Ke pointed to the map and said to Li Qing: "At present, the Chinese army camp is located in Chuzhou, and the Song army is in."
Li Ke made a detailed report to Li Qing on the general deployment of the Song army; After listening to this, Li Qing said: "The defense of the Song army this time is indeed tight enough, which is understandable, once Huainan is lost, then Jiangning Mansion will be under the peak of our army, our army and Jiangning Mansion are only separated by a river, if the Song army does not work hard, it will be really strange." ” "The strength of the Song army is two or three times that of ours, and they are well-equipped, it may not be easy to eat this heavy army group," Li Ke said to Li Qing; "The general strategy of the sixth has been decided, but those can only be the next strategy, while eliminating the main force of the Song army, our army must also reduce its own casualties as much as possible, and now the situation in the court is confusing, we must have enough strength to protect ourselves."
"The battle of Huainan is dominated by foot soldiers, the Huainan River is vertical and horizontal, and the cavalry does not play a big role, although the Song army's defense in Huainan seems to be tight, but there are several important components."
Li Qing pointed to the map and said to Li Ke: "The key eastern front of the Song army's defensive front is mainly Shouchun, Luzhou, and Lujiang; The northern route is dominated by the three cities of Haozhou, Sizhou and Chuzhou; Among them, Shouchun is an important strategic stronghold on the eastern and northern fronts of the Song army, and if we can take Shouchun, we can see that the battle line of the Song army is completely cut in half."
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