In the evening, Chief of Staff Zheng Jie called Li Yun to him. Two people, who were a teenager apart, sat face to face. The older Zheng Jie sighed: "The two divisions fight independently. Your idea is really good."

Li Yun did not think that this was praise. Whether it was agreeing or disagreeing, the combat plan for attacking Shaanxi would soon be finalized. However, the Hebei battle is still a long way from being finalized, and Zheng Jie and the generals in charge of the battle were very upset. Li Yun waited without saying a word for Zheng Jie to continue to say it.

However, Zheng Jie was silent. After four or five minutes, Li Yun said: "If the Chief of Staff has nothing else to do, I will say goodbye."

"Wait." Zheng Jie refused Li Yun's request unhappily. After saying that, he was silent for another two minutes before saying, "Why do you think the government does not agree with our two plans?"

Li Yun had actually considered Zheng Jie's questions for a long time, and he answered frankly: "It's probably because your plan did not consider how to deal with the Mongolian cavalry regiment."

"In the Battle of the Yellow River, the Mongolian cavalry regiment was very failed in combat." Zheng Jie told his reasons.

"That was not the failure of the Mongolian cavalry corps, but the government took the lead in limiting the scope of the Mongolian cavalry corps' combat and forcing them to fight us!" Li Yun replied immediately.

In recent years, many people in the Song army have been studying the Yellow River Battle. As the biggest battle since the founding of the Song Dynasty, the process made all the soldiers of the Song Dynasty feel addicted. Li Yun spent a lot of time and energy to analyze this battle, and it can be seen that Zheng Jie also tried to learn from this battle of complete victory.

"I think your plan is to imagine how the Mongols fight, rather than leaving only a few choices left by the Mongols. I also thought that the government was calculating for two years. However, in the past year, I think that the government did not calculate what the Mongols would do, but knowing how many choices the Mongols have left under the right time and place." Li Yun talked about the experience gained from a very high level.

The largest battle of the Yellow River that the Song army has fought so far, the Song army fully restricted the Mongolian army's actions through various means. It was unexpected that Marshal A Shu was surrounded by floods, but using the new Yellow River to separate the Mongolian army from Shandong and Hebei was a strategically planned situation.

From beginning to end, the 40,000 Shandong Mongolian army was unable to fight as a unilateral legion. When Marshal A Shu died, the remaining troops either ran back to Shandong or returned to the corps directly commanded by Kublai Khan.

Kublai Khan's attention at that time was attracted by the Yellow River returning north. The Song army's active attack pointed directly at Kublai Khan's rations to the point where he stored Kublai Khan's military food. In order to prevent the Song army from attacking, Kublai Khan could only respond to the decisive battle with the Song army. If he played guerrilla warfare, he would definitely lose to Huaxian first.

The Zhao Guanjia had predicted this before the war. If the food and grass in Hua County were lost, the Mongolian cavalry could only retreat to the rear first. The Song army used a troop station built every 30 miles as a support to fight the Mongolian infantry with very slow marching speed. The villages along the way did not have enough food to supply nearly 100,000 infantry. Within three days, the Song army could give the Mongolian infantry a devastating blow to the shortage of food. Then they faced the Mongolian cavalry regiment.

"In my opinion, you are copying the Yellow River Battle. You just changed Huaxian to Dadu. But the two are not the same. Even without Dadu, will the Mongolian army not be able to continue fighting? They still have a lot of room. I think the second half of your plan is wishful thinking."

After hearing Li Yun's harsh comments, Zheng Jie's face became very bad. However, his expression changed for a while, and finally said, "Do you think it's impossible to achieve a fatal blow in the first half of the plan?"

"Well. I don't think the first half can be fatal. Hebei is too big. Look at the three-pointer. After the Battle of Guandu, even if he annihilated Yuan Shao's main force, Cao Cao did not continue to advance, but chose to wait and see. It was not until the Yuan family itself had internal conflicts and the whole thing was broken into pieces that he took Hebei. If he wanted to defeat the Mongolian army, he had to deal with the Mongolian cavalry."

After hearing this explanation that anyone could think of, Zheng Jie said irritably: "Of course I understand. But the officials didn't tell us what to do. We read all the history books and military books. We didn't find any way to deal with it."

"I don't think the government may not tell you, but the government itself doesn't know." Li Yun gave Zheng Jie an explanation.

"What did you say?" Zheng Jie was shocked.

"The official has never learned cavalry, and he has said this many times. He said that at most he knows how to learn breeding, but he doesn't know how to use cavalry on a large scale. He doesn't know how to view cavalry. I don't think the official is lying."

"How come the official family doesn't understand!" Zheng Jie still couldn't accept this explanation. The entire new Song army was founded by the Zhao official family. After the Battle of the Yellow River, all the generals believed that the Zhao official family was planning and omnipotent. They questioned that a person who could even block the Yellow River, the Song generals really didn't have the courage to do so.

Li Yun could understand Zheng Jie's idea. He originally regarded himself as a famous general and believed that he was good at fighting. The Battle of the Yellow River hit his pride and it was only in the past one or two years that he gradually regained his confidence. Even so, Li Yun also understood the importance of day. People with talent are more likely to make correct judgments. Correct judgments must not be tempted by result-oriented approaches, but to the greatest extent possible to obey the rules themselves.

Seeing that Zheng Jie seemed to be trapped in the quagmire of result-oriented approach, Li Yun said: "If you don't believe it, you might as well ask the official directly."

"This is not possible!" Zheng Jie immediately objected. If he asked the government whether he didn't understand, the result would probably be annoying the government.

Seeing Zheng Jie's attitude, Li Yun could only say: "If you don't want to ask the official family, then you can just think about it yourself."

Zheng Jie is a lieutenant general, and Li Yun is also a lieutenant general. Although the position in the army is important, generals of the same level have no reason to bow to anyone. Although Li Yun is not polite, Zheng Jie has no choice but to deal with Li Yun. This meeting ended in such a bad mood.

In the next two days, Li Yun's plan was approved. The only problem was that Li Yun wanted to launch an attack as soon as possible, and it would be best to launch an attack at the end of the Song Dynasty 321, the reason was that winter could help preserve the Han people to the greatest extent. The Ministry of War hoped to launch an attack next year, that is, after April 322, the reason was that this was the time suitable for war. The Ministry of War felt that the attack in December would easily cause too much logistical pressure.

Li Yun fully defended his combat plan, "We have occupied Luoyang, and Luoyang has recovered a lot in the past few years. He hoarded a lot of food. In December, as long as it is not particularly snowy, after conquering Chang'an, some of the troops can be returned to Luoyang. After spring, we will come to Chang'an. We will not be able to send troops in December, and it will be even more difficult for the Mongols to send troops. If the enemy faces greater difficulties than us, then we will naturally have an advantage. All we need to do is not be careless."

There are not many people in the Ministry of War who support this theory of relative advantage until Zhao Jiaren said: "Since you are ready for the snow-capped marching, I agree with your plan."

Everyone in the Ministry of War showed a surprised expression. Some people couldn't help but want to refute it, but they didn't say anything in the end. After all, Li Yun's plan only seemed to be more arrogant and did not reach the point of being unreasonable. Moreover, the Zhao Guan family was the supreme commander of the Song army. Whether he agreed to this plan was the power of the Zhao Guan family.

Li Yun's plan was approved, but Hebei's plan was not approved. Zhao Jiaren also gave a reason, "I don't understand the cavalry and corps combat, so I can't determine the Mongolian army's response strategy. Although the war relies on continuous bloodshed and sacrifices and finally accumulated experience, I can't bear to see everyone bear such a huge loss, so I can't make a decision."

This was from Zhao Jiaren's sincerity, but Zheng Jie felt angry. He said loudly: "Officials, I am willing to lead the troops myself."

"This is not your command, but our cavalry has not been formed well. The cavalry can naturally deal with cavalry. Cavalry knows what cavalry wants best." Zhao Jiaren said. He once read an article about j20, and he agreed with the opposite of the development history of the New China Air Force in the 21st century.

The United States produced three and a half generations and a half generations. At that time, China only had two and a half generations and a half generations, so it had to consider using aircraft such as the J-8 to fight. It was not until the third and a half generations and a half generations and actual practice that it was understood that the second and a half generations and a half was a wrong idea.

It was not until the J-20 was produced, entered into service and carried out exercises. The Air Force realized that the US Air Force's description of the advantages of the F22 was not because the US Air Force was exaggerating, but because the US Air Force itself was frightened by the terrible power of the F22. The tactic of using three and a half generations to fight against the fourth generation aircraft was wrong.

If you want to know your mistakes in a practical way, you have to make such an attempt. Horses have their own time to give birth. The Song army can now use more than 10,000 horses for war, and at most it can accept the loss of reconnaissance cavalry. The Mongolian army lost tens of thousands of cavalry during the Battle of the Yellow River and was unwilling to fight with the Song army since then. If the Song army lost tens of thousands of horses, its combat capability would also be greatly reduced.

Zheng Jie said firmly: "Officials, if this is the case, our current naval army is enough to occupy Zhigu Village. We built a city that the Mongols could not break through. At the same time, we built a military station from Zhigu Village to Dadu. We can build one every ten miles. Send 30,000 troops to conquer Dadu. Even if we can't capture it, we can attack and defend freely and retreat calmly. I am willing to lead the troops myself."

This plan is very operational, and Zheng Jie's attitude is firm and full of courage to burn his boats.

Seeing that Zhao Jiaren was still hesitant, Zheng Jie said loudly: "Officials, if someone must try it, I am willing to be this pioneer. And I will not act irritably. If the situation is really wrong, I will retreat. Please agree."

Although Zhao Jiaren was still uneasy, he knew that some things could only be like this. With his current experience, it was impossible to really come up with a very insightful use system for cavalry. Moreover, in the next twenty years, there would probably be no cavalry use system. In the Song Dynasty, more than thirty years later, there might be primary armored vehicles. Even if there were no armored vehicles, there would probably be continuous machine guns. The impact effect of cavalry was greatly reduced, and cavalry no longer needed to fight alone.

"Be careful," said Zhao Jiaren.

With the words of Zhao Guanjia, the Northern Expedition strategy was initially achieved. Five divisions of 45,000 Song troops attacked Dadu from Zhiguzhai (Tianjin), and the main attack direction was the main attack. Two divisions of 18,000 people set out from Luoyang to attack Shaanxi. This was a partial division. From paper, the entire plan was still complete.

The Song Dynasty had 300,000 troops, and about 250,000 troops could be used for the Northern Expedition. This battle only used 63,000 people, about one-quarter of the total force. The remaining 190,000 troops could be used more steadily. According to the view that the strategy was victorious because of the correctness, the current Northern Expedition strategy seemed to have no special problems except that there was no inevitable victory.

The Ministry of War was extremely efficient. As soon as it decided, it immediately took action. More than 50 steamed car ships that had been tested in practice were first recruited and began to transport troops and materials to the north.

Li Yun went to Kaifeng and led two divisions of the Henan War Zone to attack Shaanxi. Zhao Jiaren couldn't help but miss his eldest son Zhao Qian. Now Zhao Qian is the deputy platoon leader, and the child is writing less and less letters. Judging from his letters, Zhao Qian seems to be a little used to the army. After all, he is a young man. As long as he is not born with weak body, few boys don't like to fight.

When he got home and had supper, Qin Yuzhen asked Zhao Jiaren: "Is something wrong with Dalang?"

"Why do you think so?" Zhao Jiaren replied with a false heart. His wife often has very accurate intuition.

"What's wrong with your eyes looking at me?" Qin Yuzhen replied.

"The troops where Dalang is located are going to fight." Zhao Jiaren said straightforwardly.

"What?" Qin Yuzhen's face turned pale. She first looked at Zhao Jiaren without any focus. Not long after, tears were already shining in her beautiful eyes.

"Yuzhen." Zhao Jiaren held his wife's cold hand, "As parents, we will of course worry about Dalang. But you and I cannot call him back at this time, nor can we deliberately arrange him in a safe place. After so many years of war, our Song army's ten men never suffered casualties, and Dalang's luck would not be so bad. And once we intervene, Dalang felt that we underestimated him, and secondly, he felt that he was a person who could not take responsibility. How did Lin'an surrender appear? Isn't it just a group of people who think they can not take responsibility sitting on the throne? I will not hand the position of the official family to such people."

Zhao Jiaren only felt that his wife's cold hands were holding his hand tightly, and the throbbing from the heart turned into trembling and spread to Zhao Jiaren's hand. Although Qin Yuzhen was already in tears at this time, beyond Zhao Jiaren's expectations, Qin Yuzhen said nothing in the end.

In the next few days, Qin Yuzhen didn't say a word, and she would often burst into tears every day. Looking at his wife's heartfelt worries, Zhao Jiaren couldn't help but feel a little jealous. He sent troops so many times, but he never saw his wife show such concern. This is really a worrying mother of a son. Perhaps the only person who really worrys about Zhao Jiaren personally is Empress Dowager Chen. But Zhao Jiaren has never seen any worry on Empress Dowager Chen's face.
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