After talking for a day during the day, everyone expressed their opinions. Li Xingzhou picked important ones and wrote them down. At night, he dictated them himself and asked Gillian to write them down.

The candlelight sways, the night wind whistles outside the window, and in the hut Ajiao leans her head and moves her wrist seriously, recording with beautiful handwriting.

In the outer room, Shiyu was just in the process of reconciliation, and He Qian came here to get married. In order to give everyone a good impression, she patiently helped Shiyu to reconcile, but her little face was so wrinkled that she could almost hang a kettle.

Shiyu laughed at her for making tea, and she was like a general amnesty. How could her temperament be able to reconcile?

Not long after she got married into the palace, she liked to follow Qiu'er and go to the back mountain to see the new things. However, she was always in the way and was disliked by Qiu'er and came to complain to her. Li Xingzhou was funny and asked her to be a supervisor. Anyway, she couldn't stay idle, but she told her not to interfere.

"According to Yelu Dashi's words, the Jin Dynasty's Liaodong Laizhou and Chenzhou are suitable for landing. The land is about 200 miles north of Laizhou, and the city is about 100 miles north of Chenzhou, and the city's Tokyo! The Jin Dynasty's Taizu started his career in the first place.

However, Chenzhou is likely to be closely guarded and difficult to land, because the Jin Dynasty also understands its importance, especially Chenzhou.

More than a hundred miles south is the easy landing of Suzhou (later changed to Jinzhou). It is a remote place, but it is too far from Liaoyang..."

Li Xingzhou kept saying this information, and Gillian recorded it one by one.

The Eastern Army fought across the sea, and the best situation was to raid the city of Liaoyang. Liaoyang was Tokyo of the Jin Kingdom and also the place where the Jin Taizu started. If the navy could capture Liaodong and start attacking in the west, the chances of victory would be much greater.

Of course, landing wars do not require land combat. There are many things that need to be prepared in advance in the past two years, such as understanding the tide conditions of Laizhou, Chenzhou and Suzhou, and that section of coastal geology is suitable for landing.

Nowadays, there are no amphibious chariots, hovercrafts, helicopters, etc. Soldiers must put down the boat from the big ship, then approach the shore, and have to wade slowly for a while. They are easily waiting for trouble by enemies on the shore and easily kill and injured, which is very difficult.

Fortunately, after the Navy has changed its new gun, it can fully support landing at sea a few miles away. It will attack the opponent's shore troops before the infantry docks, and open the way for the soldiers. Landing may be much easier.

Fortunately, when asked about the geological conditions, tide cycles, etc. of the three places, it is like asking merchants directly, such as Jingguo, a large number of merchants from the Bohai Sea to Liaodong and doing business on the Korean Peninsula. These people must know the local sea conditions.

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Thinking of this, he couldn't help but frown. Seeing that he stopped talking, Jiao put down her pen.

Li Xingzhou pulled her up, sat down by himself, and then placed her on her lap, beginning to remember the deployment of the army.

There are three border troops in the north of Jing Kingdom, which is also the most capable army in the entire Jing Kingdom because they fight against Liao and Xia Kingdoms all year round.

Two of Li Xingzhou had contact with each other, including Zhending Prefecture to the east, Guanbei Army between Hejian Prefecture, and Yang Family Army in Taiyuan Prefecture.

These two armies have been fighting with the Liao Kingdom for many years and are in a state of combat readiness for many years. They are definitely better than the imperial guards in the capital.

But there is another unit he has never dealt with, that is, the Northwest Zhe Family Army.

In fact, if we talk about military achievements, the Zhe Family Army became more famous. The Imperial Army, Guanbei Army, and the Yang Family Army used to fight with Liao and Xia Kingdom, and they could be said to have a fight with each other. Overall, the Imperial Army lowered the overall record of the Yang Family Army and Guanbei Army.

But the Zhe family army is different, and the Zhe family army is very special.

First, the geographical location is the Zhe family army is located in the northwest and lives in the Fuzhou, one of the five towns by the Hebang for many years. The Xia Kingdom is to the west and the Liao Kingdom is to the north. Therefore, they are not like Taiyuan, Hejian and other places, they only face the pressure of the Liao Kingdom, but are attacked on both sides.

Second, the ancestors of the Zhe family were Dangxiang people, and they were the same clan as the royal family of the Xia Kingdom. They were a great clan that had been passed down for hundreds of years in the past dynasty, and were even longer than the Jing Kingdom's reign.

However, because Emperor Taizu knew the kindness of his accomplice, his ancestors were the governor of the Yong'an Army and passed on them for generations, he guarded the northwest for Jingguo, which was like this for generations.

Without the imperial guards to drag down, without the court's restraint, and with the strong customs of the northwest, the Zhe family army can be said to be an invincible iron army in the northwest when fighting.

Xiangxi defeated Xia Kingdom many times and Xiangxi defeated Liao Kingdom in a row.

This happened even during the reign of the late emperor. The Central Army of Jingguo was defeated in the Northern Expedition and was chased by the Liao army. The Zhe family army learned the news from the west and went directly north, crossing the border to attack important areas within the Liao country.

The Zhe family army won consecutive battles, and the news reached the battlefield in the east, forcing the main force of the Liao army to retreat westward in a hurry, and the main force of the Jing army in the east was able to rescue the siege.

The northwest between Xia and Liao are so stable, a large part of which is due to the Zhe family army.

Third, the Zhe family army has a strong family style. The Zhe family has more than 200 years of history and has produced more than 80 military generals, of which about half of them are female generals. Not only can men fight, but both men and women can fight.

The reason for this is due to folk customs. The northwest is not as rich as the Central Plains, and it is impossible for a lady from a family to be a lady. The local custom that a man wants to marry a wife is that he must carry the woman home all the way to show that he is healthy.

It’s okay that the two families are close together, but it’s not a joke if they are separated by ten miles. Even a weak wife can’t marry her.

It is precisely this kind of folk custom that led to the Zhe family army being able to fight well.

If the wheel of history has not changed, the Zhe Family Army will end up miserably in a dynasty that emphasizes literature and suppresses martial arts.

Historically, the Zhe family army was not far away when the Jin Kingdom rushed south to surround Kaifeng, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, and organized troops who could fight to advance eastward to serve the king.

At that time, all parties were on the road, and Kaifeng could not capture it for a long time. The master said that the Jin people did not know the troops and should not go deep alone. They suggested defending Kaifeng to the death. After the various troops arrived, they trapped the 60,000 Jin troops between the two towns in Hebei and encircled and annihilated them.

The suggestion makes sense, because at that time, the Jin army was mainly cavalry and did not bring siege equipment, and would not break Kaifeng for a while. The army brought by Zhong Shidao threatened and intimidated on the flanks of the outside of the city. The army of kings from all over the country was on the road, and the Jin people who were alone could be surrounded by the lonely army.

As a result, the emperor and civil servants in the palace were timid first and sent people to cede land to seek peace from the Jin people, pay tribute every year, and bow down to the emperor to surrender.

At that time, the Zhe family army brought everyone who could fight in the war east to save the emperor. In order to help the king, they brought almost all the elite soldiers who could fight the most.

As a result, the rear was so uncomfortable that the Zhe family army had been beaten up by the Zhe family army. Xixia learned the news and launched a retaliatory attack on the empty prefectures, burned, killed and looted, looted the foundation of the Zhe family army, and even the Zhe family's ancestral tomb was dug up.

In fact, for the Zhe family, they might have thought of this result, but they still resolutely went to the east to pay the king. As a result, when they were halfway through, news came from the front that the emperor surrendered, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty ceded land and sought peace, bowed to the Jin Kingdom and paid tribute every year.

It is conceivable how the Zhe family army would feel at that time. They were determined to go east to serve the king, and they didn’t even care about the foundation of their ancestors and their family foundations. They were ruined by the Xixia people, but they were only halfway through. You said the emperor surrendered!

Since then, the Zhe family army has been in a slump and no longer has the reputation of the past. It no longer hits the Western Xia and kicks the glory of the Liao Kingdom.

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This is a tragic army. The reason why Li Xingzhou remembered it was because the Privy Council received a letter sent from the northwest a few days ago. It was sent by Zhe Weizhong, the head of the Zhe family and the governor of the Yong'an Army.

He suggested that the court take advantage of the current civil turmoil in Xia to march westward and seize Yinzhou along the river of Xia State.

To fight Xixia, relying solely on the Zhe family army was not enough, so he asked the court for approval, and wanted food and grass support in Hezhong Prefecture, Yan'an Prefecture and other places on the south side, and at the same time he wanted to call the nearby prefecture army to assist in the attack.

His idea was based on a judgment of the local situation, which was reasonable, but Li Xingzhou's eyes were on the overall situation. At this time, it was not suitable to use troops to the northwest Xia Kingdom, and the court's strategic focus was on the east.

"Ah..." Li Xingzhou was stunned. Since the Xia domestic chaos would not pose a threat to the important towns in Yanhe at this time, why not let the Zhe family army go north to attack Datong Prefecture?

There are three points in this battle: Datong Prefecture west of Taihang Mountain and Liaodong Corridor east of Taihang Mountain. The most difficult part is Shanhaiguan, and the landing of Bohai Bay is Liaoyang Prefecture.

The surprise attack on Liaoyang Prefecture is mainly restrained, and it would be better if it could be taken down. The Guanbei Army in the Shanhaiguan area was added to four divisions of the New Army.

Datong Prefecture was originally handed over to the Yang family army and added to the rebel army's support, but Li Xingzhou still felt that it was not safe enough. If the Zhe family army was allowed to go north, the chances of victory would be much greater.
Chapter completed!