Chapter 1039 The Southern Expedition and the Northern Expedition - What to Do
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The important officials of the Liao Dynasty who were called to have nightmares in the evening looked at me and I looked at you, and they were all at a loss.
The Song army must be powerful!
Everyone has a consensus on this.
Not to mention the Song army on Hebei East Road, those guys are not as strong as the Song army, but rather like the elite soldiers of Tiankhan Li Shimin. Well, armored cavalry attacks, and they are advancing like walls and fighting on wheels! What’s even more hateful is that a very “scared horse” gunpowder weapon will occur, which scares the war horses of the Daliao knights running around... Needless to say, this is.
Even the "weak soldiers" led by the General of Song named Zhong Fu are quite powerful. It will be difficult to deal with after building a hard camp!
Although the Liao heavenly soldiers in Anyangkoupu defeated them, they were defeated by more than 80,000, with a five-fold advantage of force. They were still attacked from north to south. In the end, they were killed and seriously injured, with more than 5,000. This did not include the losses of the Jingzhou soldiers!
Five thousand is not much, but it can't stand the Khitans being ethnic minorities! And they are superstitious about Buddhism, and now they can only fight 300,000 to 400,000, and one out of 600 to 70 in a battle, and they are still fighting with the weak brigade of the Song army. How can they stand this?
Zhong Fu's weak soldiers built a hard camp and defeated 5,000 Yelu Yanxi (mainly Khitans, and a small number of Han troops). Wu Haogu's strong soldiers built a fortress outside Xijin Prefecture City, and I'm afraid that 500,000 casualties may not be able to be eliminated...
Can the Khitans die for more than 500,000? Even if they die for more than 150,000, they will be destroyed!
Therefore, the hard village built by Wu Haogu outside Xijin Prefecture City will definitely not be able to be defeated, and this is something that you don’t have to think about.
As for using the Han army to fight... the Khitans all looked at the loyal and honest horse man Wang. No one suspected that the horse man Wang was unfaithful to the Liao Dynasty.
Because Ma Renwang is a recognized good person, he was very popular when he was a county magistrate and could always find reasons to exempt him from taxes and labor. Later, he became a high-ranking official and found no way to find money for everyone during his post as a minister in Nanjing, and he was unwilling to collect more taxes. Later, Yelu Yanxi wanted to avenge his parents, so that Ma Renwang looked to "anti-counterrevolutionary". Old Ma always excused everyone and did not charge any benefits.
How could such a good person be a loyal person in Liao?
Moreover, Ma Renwang's hometown was not in Yanjing, but in Yiwulu Mountain on Zhongjing Road. If he wanted to rebel against the Great Liao Kingdom, then the whole family would suffer.
So everyone looked at him because he wanted to give him an idea. After all, among the ministers who followed Yelu Yanxi in personal expedition, Ma Renwang was the one who knew the situation in Nanjing and Song best.
Ma Renwang actually didn't want to speak. He knew his identity, not his crescent clan, but just a Han Chinese. But everyone looked at him, and he had to say a few words.
"Your Majesty, I think there are two urgent tasks. One is to mobilize troops into Yanjing as soon as possible. There are more than 200,000 Han people in Yanjing City, and only more than 10,000 Khitan soldiers and horses. And they are not elites who can stand hard fighting. If there is any change inside and outside, Yanjing will lose!
The second is to negotiate peace with the State of Song as soon as possible, and while we still have some bargaining chips in our hands, we should quickly negotiate peace... As long as the peace is complete, Wu Haogu's army outside Yanjing City will naturally retreat."
The idea is still good!
Inspired by him, Xiao Fengxian, who had a blank mind, also had an idea and reported: "Your Majesty, we can discuss peace and transfer troops to Yanjing. As long as the city of Yanjing is sufficiently well-defended, we will not be afraid of dealing with the Song people to the end."
"Where should we dispatch troops?" Yelu Yanxi asked.
"You can mobilize elite troops from the Xi Wang Mansion on Zhongjing Road to Yanjing."
The so-called Xi Wang Mansion is actually not a palace for princes, but a yamen that manages tribes. It is under the jurisdiction of the six tribes of King Xi Wang. It is only a group of Khitans with the surname Xiao. The six tribes of King Xi Wang, the Khitan tribes under the jurisdiction of King Nanyuan and King Beiyuan, are the elites of the Great Liao Kingdom second only to the Palace Army.
In fact, the Gong branch army, which is really well-equipped and pampered (relatively speaking), is not as good as the miserable tribe army.
However, in order to strengthen centralization, the Khitan court has been using the establishment of palace guards to weaken the tribes for more than a hundred years, constantly cutting off the elite troops and land of the Khitan and Xi tribes, filling the newly established palace guards.
Therefore, there was an embarrassing situation in the Khitan country where the tribes could be defeated and the warriors who were transferred from tribes to palace tents gradually became abandoned.
This time, Yelu Yanxi didn't want to fight, just to scare people and extort some money to spend money, so she did not mobilize the tribe army, but led her own palace troops to fight, and the result was tragic.
Therefore, the troops that were transferred to Yanjing City to fight tough battles could no longer be drawn from the Gong branch army, but had to be mobilized from the tribal army.
"Okay, just drop the troops of the King Xi's Mansion!" Yelu Yanxi said, "Let Xiao Xia, the official in charge of the King Xi's Mansion, buy troops into Yanjing. In addition, where is the Huilibao who suggested that the new army of the Song Dynasty?"
"Report to Your Majesty, Xiao Huilibao is currently the Northern Jurchen Xiangwen and the commander of the military affairs of Xianzhou Road." Xiao Fengxian replied.
"Let him take over as the governor of Xi's mansion and ask him to train 5,000 Xi troops in Tiele Prefecture for mobilization!"
Yelu Yanxi paused, "As for the peace talks... we should not take the initiative to show weakness. It is better to first attack Baozhou, Ansu's army, and Guangxin's army! Horse people look forward to it!"
"I'm here."
"I ordered you to command the Eighth Camp Han Army and Nanjing Daojingzhou soldiers to attack Baozhou City first."
"I received the order." Ma Renwang respectfully received the order. He didn't think he was like a mirror in his heart. The Emperor of the Daliao wanted to submit a letter of submission from his own family!
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Zhao Ji, who changed into the emperor's clothes, walked into the side hall of Chongzheng Hall, which was the hall where the map platform was placed. Zhang Shuye and Wang Bing were already waiting there. Both of them looked very good, and they didn't know if they didn't sleep well or if they got some bad news.
Seeing Zhao Ji walk in, the two of them bowed and saluted first, and then Zhang Shuye replied: "Your Majesty, Hebei East Road is a great victory!"
"Great victory?" Zhao Ji was stunned, "How big is it?"
"A very great victory!" Wang Bing said loudly, "Hebei Xuanfu Department reported that from July 21st to 22nd, Brother Zhao Zhong and Murong Mu commanded 30,000 troops. They fought fiercely with about 30,000 Khitan soldiers and horses between the Sanggan River and the Gaoliang River under the city of Yanjing, and won a great victory. They killed 5,451 armored heads, seized more than 4,000 war horses, more than 5,000 armored and leather armored, and captured more than 800 alive... Your Majesty, this is a great victory!"
"Where is under Yanjing City?" Zhao Ji hurried to the map platform.
Zhang Shuye pointed to a wooden sign on the south side of Yanjing City on the picture, "Your Majesty, it's here."
"So close to Yanjing City?" Zhao Ji took a breath, "Wouldn't it be possible to attack the city?"
"I won't attack the city for the time being," Zhang Shu said at night. "Hebei Xuanfu Department lacks troops and it is difficult to attack and capture Yanjing City. Therefore, Wu Haogu plans to build a Hejian camp under Yanjing City. In addition... he also wants to seek the position of Yanshan Road Pacification and Control Envoy from His Majesty, and obtain the authority to recruit Yandi tyrants."
Zhao Ji was stunned when he heard this, "What? Can he seize Yan land? Now, will he start the Northern Expedition now?"
"Your Majesty," said Zhang Uncle Ye, "Now it's an arrow on the string, and I have to fire it!"
Wang Bing also said: "Now is a life and death..."
"Life and Death!" Zhao Ji seemed to hear the voiceover, "What's going on? Is it Zhong Fu..."
Zhang Shuye and Wang Bing looked at each other, and Zhang Shuye said, "There is no news from Zhong Fu's troops... However, the General Military Office of the Hebei Xuanfu Department reported that through interrogation of prisoners of war, it was learned that the Liao people invested as many as 80,000 troops on Dingzhou Road!"
"Zhong Fu has 40,000 people!" Zhao Ji shook his head, "As long as he can act according to the "Planning for the Camp", there should be no big problem. What I have to worry about now is that Zhong Fu's troops are out of food!"
If Zhong Fu really had 40,000 people, even if he was a waste Hebei army, then Yelu Yanxi might not be able to deal with him.
The war is not a simple mathematics. Yelu Yanxi used 5,000 people to defeat Zhong Fu and 20,000 people to defeat Zhong Fu and 40,000 people to defeat Zhong Fu.
Because the terrain of Anyangkou is narrow and the number of troops cannot be deployed. If Zhong Fu had 40,000 people, they could take turns to rest and take turns to fight. Moreover, the hard camp built by 40,000 people would definitely be harder than the 20,000 people. The casualties of the attacking Liao army would definitely be so great that Yelu Yanxi could not bear it.
After hearing Zhao Ji's analysis, Zhang Shuye and Wang Bing had nothing to say.
In fact, the report of the General Military Office of the Hebei Xuanfu Department has determined that the entire army of Zhong Fu was wiped out. According to the analysis of Wu Haogu's military regiment, even if Zhong Fu's troops have a hard village and occupy a relatively favorable terrain, they can only resist for two to three days. Unless they can enter the castle, there is absolutely no possibility of surviving.
So now there is no need to consider rescuing Zhong Fu's troops! Instead, a new line of defense should be arranged on Hebei West Road as soon as possible...
According to the suggestions of the General Army of the Hebei Xuanfu Office, the remaining official troops on Hebei West Road should retreat to the Nanyishui and Hutuo River lines. Focus on defending Xiongzhou, Gaoyang Pass, eastern Yongning Army, Shenzhou, southern Qizhou and Zhending Prefecture lines.
At the same time, accelerate the formation of Hebei team training!
"What? We must give up Guangxin Army, Ansu Army, Baozhou, half of Yongning Army and half of Qizhou?"
After listening to the advice of the Hebei Xuanfu Department, Zhao Ji was a little annoyed. How could he give up so many prefectures and counties? Moreover, the 40,000 troops under Zhong Fu's troops can be saved! Giving up now is a loss of troops and territory!
"This Wu Haogu is getting more and more stupid!" Zhao Ji said, "Liang Zimei, Wang Ying and Han Xiaozhou are both involved in him. What do you think?"
Zhang Shuye and Wang Bing were shocked by Zhao Ji's problem.
Now, Wu Haogu cannot use Wu! Hebei West Road has become corrupt, and the situation in Hebei East Road, which is only Wu Haogu personally commanded, is very good. If Wu Haogu moves and the situation on Hebei East Road is defeated again, then this battle will really be defeated.
"Your Majesty, I am a martial artist," Wang Bing hurriedly said, "You must not hear about such things."
Chapter completed!