"Heluo, Guanzhong attacked Shangzhou. This was originally a good opportunity for Jingxiang to take over Shangzhou's defense and incorporate Shangzhou into Jingxiang. But as we all saw, Jingxiang was completely unmoved - even the soldiers and horses on Dongchuan Road
After withdrawing, Jingxiang also abandoned Shangluo City where the three mountains of Falcon Ridge, Mang Ridge and Liuling were intertwined, and retreated to the Wuguan River area 60 miles away. Judging from our experience in dealing with them over the years, this is probably impossible.
How about using 'fear of war' to explain Jingxiang's motives?"
The Chihu people have always had a tribal inheritance tradition of the youngest son guarding the stove. However, in addition to the old Khan who appointed the eldest prince Kuosa to succeed him before going to the party, he also made it clear during his lifetime that all successors must pass the election of the Khuritai Assembly in order to succeed.
position system.
Therefore, after the death of the old Khan King, the clan kings such as Ulullie, Tu Ge, and the tribal leaders in the army not only rushed back to the royal court to participate in the Hulitai Conference, but also transferred their cavalry back to the Yinshan and Yanshan areas to prevent accidents
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Uluru Lie and Tu Ge insisted that the eldest brother Kuosa should succeed to the throne. The fourth brother Kusigu finally chose to compromise. However, after the new Khan ascended the throne, there were many internal affairs that needed to be sorted out. Uluru Lie, who was most trusted by the new Khan Kuosa, was temporarily retained.
He helped organize political affairs in the royal court, and did not go south again until the winter of last year.
After Wu Lu Lie went south, he first went to Guanzhong to supervise the war. Later, there was a riot in Luliang Mountain where the remnants of the Southern Dynasties gathered and dispersed. He hurriedly returned to Taiyuan to take charge. It was not until February this year that the riot was suppressed.
Wu Lulie did not have much energy and kept a close eye on the movements of Jingxiang and Jingxiang. This was the responsibility of the General Administration of Heluo and Jingxi Military and Horse Capital.
Although in previous memorials, Yue Hailou would promptly report the movements of Beijing and Xiangzhou, but at this time, he was afraid that Uluru Lie would not pay enough attention to them. This time when they met in Luoyang, he was of course willing to see that Uluru Lie could come up with a more clear statement.
Come on attitude.
Yue Hailou continued: "...Xu Huai should have anticipated long ago that we would have the possibility of gathering heavy troops to attack Rucai, so he would rather give up Shangzhou, which is easily accessible to Jingxiang, and retreat the defense line to Wuhan.
Guanhe is a pass in order to minimize the interference between the west wing and our troops in Guanzhong, and to facilitate the gathering of the main elites in Rucai to resist our troops attacking from the middle. Of course, Jingxiang will not take over Shangzhou and avoid fighting in
Wuguanhe also bought them a crucial year of development time..."
"How many things can be done in one year?" Montulie, who came to discuss taking over the defense affairs of Guanzhong on behalf of King Ku Sigu of the Jingpan Sect, asked with a disinterested smile.
"Indeed, there is no need to rush." Wugenai, a direct descendant of Nanzong's palace, couldn't help but give Montulie some advice at this time.
When he saw Montulie, Wu Ge didn't care, and Yue Hailou and Cao Shixiong couldn't argue with him.
Although King Jingtan finally withdrew from the struggle for the throne, it was the helpless choice made by King Wululie of Zhennan and King Tu Ge of Pingyan after they showed their support for Kuosa with swords and guns. How could it be said that King Jingpan and his subordinates did not have any resentment in their hearts?
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In addition, because the new Khan succeeded to the throne, a group of new large and small sect kings were entrusted with the areas where they came from the town. This time, the Chihuhulitai Conference made corresponding adjustments to the sect kings' fiefdoms and combat directions.
The expansion of the Chihu people to the west has always been led by Kuosa, who has successively annihilated the countries in the Western Regions and the Heishi, Beiting and other places of the Dangxiang people. Now that Kuosa has returned to the royal court to inherit the throne, the areas he previously occupied and the future
Continuing to the west and expanding into the Tubo Highlands in the west, his son, the newly enthroned King Hanhai of Pingliang, and the old Khan's three younger brothers, King Chiwen of Guangningzong, were responsible for the expansion.
In order to compensate for the concession made by King Jingpan Zong this time, in addition to Hexi, Longyou and the Hetao area south of Yinshan Mountain, the relatively prosperous Guanzhong area was also officially assigned to King Jingpan Zong this time, as the Jingpan Zong
The fiefdom of the king's line.
The fiefdom of King Wulu Lie of Zhennan was mainly concentrated in Yunshuo, Hedong, Heluo, and western Jingdong; the fiefdom of Tuge, the king of Pingyan, also shrunk to include Yanji, Hebei, and Jingdong, covering most of the central and northern parts of the original Khitan
Territories were entrusted to new large and small sect kings.
Such an adjustment was due to the dramatic expansion of the territories conquered by Chihu in recent years, and the need for appropriate redistribution of internal fiefdoms and related major interests. On the other hand, it was also seen that the Southern Dynasty successfully established a defense line along the Qinling Mountains-Huaihe River line and had a stronger will to resist.
Strong, several times destroyed the intention of the Chihu Iron Cavalry to go south. At the same time, the Southern Dynasty is also the core strategy direction of the Chihu Army in the next step. It is necessary to use stronger and larger-scale elite troops to point the troops to the south.
Correspondingly, in the battle against the Southern Dynasty, the western front battlefield was taken over by the troops of the Jingpan Zong Wangfu Department, the Zhennan Zong Wangfu Department's attack direction was concentrated on the middle road, and the eastern front was still occupied by the troops of the Pingyan Zong Wangfu Department.
The horse is in charge.
In addition to the Jingpan sect's royal family being dissatisfied with Ulullie and Tu Ge's choice to support Kuosa's ascension to the throne, the Zhennan sect's royal family's generals were also unlikely to accept the new fiefdoms and battle line adjustments without any objections.
??????????????????Uge and other generals have occupied most of Guanshan and Shaanxi for many years. Last year, they desperately captured Lantian, Shangluo and other cities. Even most of the surrendered soldiers and horses were resettled on both sides of the Wei River.
Come down, implement the military household system, and now we have to give up Guanzhong, who is happy?
At Yuehai Tower, Cao Shixiong advocated giving up Guanzhong as quickly as possible so that the soldiers and horses of the Prince's clan could seize control of Shangluo and Shangluo, attack Wuguan by force, and attract some of the soldiers and horses of Beijing and Xiangzhou to the west wing to facilitate them this autumn and winter.
Use troops against Ru Cai.
Of course, Prince Jingpanzong will definitely take over Guanzhong this year, but no one needs to listen to the instructions of Prince Zhennanzong on how to use troops on the western front. Although the Khan's court has set a policy of focusing on attacking the Southern Dynasties from the center, the Western Front
Prince Jingpanzong’s palace has its own ideas on how to coordinate the lines.
The main direction of the Jingpanzong Palace's own attack is to tear apart the Qinling line of defense and advance into Sichuan and Shu.
On the other hand, Yue Hailou and Cao Shixiong hoped that the main force of Guanzhong's troops would all move south this autumn and winter, and launch a general attack on Jingxiang from the center with them.
However, we have to obey the overall situation. The Guanzhong troops and horses that will be withdrawn from Guanzhong this year will include hundreds of thousands of troops and families (mainly family members of surrendered troops). They will first move to Bianliang, Weizhou, and Xiangzhou.
Waiting for resettlement was an extremely difficult task in this world, and the generals were very resentful.
At this time, the main force of the Guanzhong soldiers and horses had to rush to Xuzhou and other places to gather before autumn and winter. This was not only something Wu Ge and other generals were willing to do, but it also involved whether it was possible to do it.
The Zong Palace originally planned to send 50,000 troops to Guanzhong to participate in the middle offensive this autumn and winter. Wu Ge and other generals still wanted to bargain down to 30,000 - now Yue Hailou and Cao Shixiong, both internally and externally, hope that the troops in Guanzhong will be further expanded this autumn and winter.
The scale of the troop dispatch will certainly not be what Ugl wishes.
Besides, when the Zhennan Zong Prince's troops went south in three groups, there was no shortage of tough battles on the Guanzhong Road, but they killed Gao Junyang and Gu Jiqian of the Southern Dynasty and retreated steadily; while Yue Hailou and Cao Shixiong's troops were defeated.
, it has been strengthened several times, but it was blocked at the Jishan-Rushui line and could not make any progress, and even suffered defeats. However, the promotion was not affected at all. How could Uge and other generals not have any ideas in their hearts?
According to their inner thoughts, even if Jingxiang is really a tough nut, they still have to let the soldiers from Jingxi and Heluo continue to gnaw at death for a while.
Both Yue Hailou and Cao Shixiong were aware of the intricacies and subtleties involved. When they met with Montulie and Wu Ge, they expressed their objections euphemistically and felt that the matter was extremely difficult.
Wu Lulie frowned and asked: "According to what you two have seen, how many troops can be mobilized from Beijing to Xiangzhou in autumn and winter to fill the two states of Rucai?"
"The conflict between Beijing and Xiang is not small. Before suffering a serious setback, it is estimated that it will be difficult to borrow troops and horses from others for reinforcements. As for its left and right wings, Gu Jiqian's troops on the left have just lost troops and will be severely damaged, and the Dongjing bandit army on the right will be recruited.
The German army that will be organized later will not actively cooperate with the battle, but even so, the general believes that Beijing and Xiang can still mobilize 200,000 troops and horses to fill Rucai in autumn and winter to resist our troops going south." Yue Hailou said.
"So many people and horses?"
Mu Chi is the marshal of the capital of the Western Beijing Military and Horse Capital, and his authority is higher than that of the capital commander Yue Hailou. However, he suffered from injuries after going north to attend the Hulitai Conference. It was only this time that he went south again.
I don’t understand. When I heard that Yue Hailou predicted that Beijing and Xiang could mobilize 200,000 troops, I took a deep breath.
When Xu Huai rushed thousands of miles to attack Taiyuan, Mu Chi was stationed in Yunzhou (Datong), and Taiyuan was under his jurisdiction. One hundred thousand soldiers and civilians were picked up by Xu Huai, and Li Chulin and other generals were killed by Xu Huai in front of the battle; during the Battle of Ruying
, he is also the nominal supreme commander of the General Administration of Military and Horse Capital in the West of Beijing.
Of course he knew how difficult it would be to crack a hard nut if Beijing and Xiangxiang really mobilized 200,000 troops in autumn and winter.
"I'm afraid three hundred thousand horses are not enough!" Uluru Lie frowned and said.
Although the land conquered by Chi Hu has a population of 40 to 50 million. In addition to the elite soldiers who have been conquering all year round, there are countless young men who can sign up to enter the battlefield. However, if such a large number of people are gathered here, they want to ensure sufficient
Providing food and fodder is not an easy task.
At the beginning of the year, the Zhennan Zong Palace made a plan to mobilize 300,000 troops in the middle to attack the two prefectures of Rucai and Rucai. Everyone was still optimistic, thinking that they could at least force Jingxiang and Xiangzhou to abandon Rucai and other places, and shrink the defense line to a point where it was easy to defend but difficult to attack.
In the extremely narrow pass of Fangcheng.
But if Jingxiang can mobilize 200,000 troops to fill Rucai this autumn and winter, this goal will be difficult to achieve.
"There are a few more things that I want to present to Your Highness!" Cao Shixiong said.
Cao Shixiong ordered someone to present several things. Wu Ge saw that they were all very ordinary iron drills and shovels. He didn't know what kind of joke Cao Shixiong was making, and asked displeasedly: "What are these things for His Highness to see?"
Are you going to teach His Highness how to farm?"
"..." Wulu Lie picked up the iron drill and saw that it was green and black in color, with a bright light. When he tapped it gently, the sound was very crisp.
Only then did Wuge understand Cao Shixiong's intention, and his expression changed in awe, and asked: "Is this kind of ironware commonly used in Beijing and Xiangxiang?"
"At least the ordinary ironware produced in Beijing and Xiangxiang in the past two years is no worse than this,"
Cao Shixiong also specially took an iron weapon and showed it to Montulie, asking him to know that one year is enough for the Beijing and Xiangxi troops to add tens of thousands of pieces of good-edged armor, so don't think it doesn't matter if you delay it for a year, and said,
"With such good iron, the west of Beijing and Heluo are still not enough to cast soldiers and armor. Beijing and Xiangzhou are already rich enough to use it to cast the most common farm tools and craftsmen's tools. It can be seen that the sophistication of their soldiers and armor is far superior to that of our army -
- No matter how difficult it is, Your Highness will still have to squeeze out an extra 100,000 troops this autumn and winter. Otherwise, Wei Chen really doesn’t think that in the battle between Ruying and Ruying, the chance of victory will be on our side! In addition, Wei Chen has sent Jianye’s spies.
It was learned there that the remnants of the Khitan troops had gone south from Taoyuan to Lushui. They said they were bewitched by Jingxiang and were prepared to prevent Prince Jingpanzong from going south to attack Dali with a partial force. Your Highness also asked Prince Jingpanzong to pay more attention to this matter...
