In fact, in history, this era should belong to the Jin Kingdom and the Jurchens, not the Song Dynasty. The Jin Kingdom was the great country in the Central Plains and the ruler of Asia. Although the arrival of Li Qi changed this to a great extent, But the Kingdom of Jin is still the most powerful country in terms of military. If the Kingdom of Jin moves, the world will be shaken!
Wanyan Zongwang's western expedition will definitely change the pattern of the entire world, but for the Song Dynasty, whether this is good or bad is still unknown.
However, judging from the move of the Jin Kingdom, this battle has only been postponed. The Song Dynasty must not relax its vigilance. The military exercises are still continuing and becoming more stringent. These generals in the army will be involved in this military exercise. In the play, it is assumed that the Jin army actually makes a surprise attack. How will they respond to minimize losses?
More than ten days passed, and Niu Gao led the 50,000 central imperial guards belatedly arrived.
"What did you say, the Jin army withdrew? I'm sorry that my trip was in vain!"
As soon as Li Qi came out of the tent, he heard Niu Gao's thick voice. He rolled his eyes, walked over and said, "I said, Lao Niu, do you really want to start a war?"
When Niu Gao heard Gui Jianchou's voice, he trembled and immediately saluted and said: "The last general Niu Gao is here to see the privy envoy, the old general Zhong."
Li Qi snorted and said, "If the Jin army comes and I count on you, my life will be in danger."
Niu Gao hurriedly said: "Privy Envoy, I am already marching at full speed, five days earlier than expected!"
Li Qidao: "Didn't you receive the order? You are here to participate in the joint exercise of the four major military regions. From the moment you set off, you have participated in the military exercise. Now that the military exercise has reached the most critical moment, you should Hurry up to the front line to support us instead of shouting here. Do you know that the time you waste is enough to change the entire battle situation and cause our army to be annihilated by the enemy?"
So serious? Niu Gao was dumbfounded and said: "So this military exercise is real."
Li Qi raised his eyes and said: "Aren't you talking nonsense? The military order is like a mountain. Could it be that the emperor ordered you to come here just to play house? I wonder what is in your head."
Niu Gao scratched his head and said, "I thought this was just a pretense. I'm going to prepare now. I'm going to prepare now."
Master Zhong Fuxu laughed and said, "Don't be impatient, General Niu. You don't know the content of the military exercise right now, so you should wait until some arrangements are made before going."
Niu Gao was scolded stupidly by Li Qi. He weakly nodded in agreement.
Once the Central Forbidden Army arrived, the joint exercise of the four major military regions was worthy of its name.
The Central Division immediately issued an order, and Niu Gao directly commanded the troops to participate in the military exercise. The task of the Central Forbidden Army was to support the armies of all parties and defend the second and third lines if the enemy broke through the first line of defense. Line of defense.
Three days later, Li Qi learned that the main force of the Jin army had gone away and was unlikely to come back. Only then did Li Qi feel completely relieved. Then he and Niu Gao led 10,000 soldiers to Yanshan Mansion.
Yanshan Prefecture is also the focus of this military exercise, and their task is how to send troops to Pingzhou, Yingzhou and other places while the Jin Army concentrates its forces to attack Hunyuan Prefecture and Huan Prefecture.
There is another strategic key here, that is, the two states of Ping and Ying actually belong to the old Han Dynasty, but they were not given to the Liao Kingdom by Shi Jingtang, but occupied by the Liao Kingdom themselves. During the original negotiations with the Yanshan Prefecture, these two states They have always been entangled. The Jin State denied that these two states were the old Han Dynasty and did not belong to the Yanyun area, so they refused to return them.
But for the Han people, they have always wanted to regain these two states, so this strategy of sending troops to defeat and defend the two states will always exist, just like the strategy against Yunzhou.
As soon as Li Qi entered Yanshan Mansion, he saw Zong Ze, Han Shizhong, and Zhang Shuye coming up to him.
Li Qi and Zhao Jingyan hurriedly dismounted and bowed respectfully. For Zongze, Li Qi admired him from the bottom of his heart. Although Zongze's position was lower than his, Zongze could fully afford this salute.
Zongze quickly returned the greeting. After all, Li Qi was also his boss, and he exchanged a few words with Zhao Jingyan.
After a few people chatted for a while, they did not rush into the city, but chatted while walking.
Zongze laughed and said: "The Privy Councilor is worthy of being a prodigy in the world, and he is so powerful that he scared the Jin army away."
Zhang Shuye said with a smile: "The Zongzhifu's words are reasonable. With the Privy Council's envoy here, how can the enemy dare to invade?"
Li Qi was so embarrassed by the teasing of these two people that he hurriedly said: "You two magistrates must not say that. If word of this gets out, if the Jin army comes again, maybe the emperor will let me take the lead alone. Then how can I
It’s not like he’s dead.”
Zongze and others burst into laughter upon hearing this.
Zhao Jingyan saw that Li Qi was blushing, so she stood up and came to the rescue: "Actually, it's Uncle Zong. Magistrate Zhang, you never let down your guard, so you didn't give the Jin Army a chance. Otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous."
Li Qi nodded quickly and said: "Although there was no war, the Zong Prefect still had to take the lead. If the Zong Prefect had not noticed it in advance, the consequences would be really hard to estimate."
Zongze's face turned red when these two juniors talked about him, and he waved his hands and said: "What's the first skill? I'll tell you the truth. I learned about it by chance, and I was so scared that I couldn't sleep for several nights. Fortunately, Han Wu was there."
, the older this person gets, the cowardly he becomes."
Han Shizhong chuckled and said, "Let me tell you, the Privy Councilor had the foresight."
Why did it turn to me again? Li Qidao: "What foresight did I have? In fact, it was all thanks to the siren's warning. I really didn't expect that Jin Guo would take action so quickly."
As soon as he heard about the teaching of Zhongshi, Zongze couldn't help but sighed: "Zhonggong becoming an official is a great loss to our Song Dynasty."
As soon as these words came out, several people shook their heads and sighed.
After a while, Zongze suddenly thought of something and said: "By the way, I heard that the Jin army did not withdraw, but diverted to the west?"
Li Qi nodded.
Zongze frowned and said: "We must not relax during the Jin Army's western expedition. It may bring us a greater threat."
Li Qidao: "Is Zong Zongzhifu worried that the Jin army wants to take a detour back to the south during this western expedition?"
Zongze was surprised and said: "It turns out that the Privy Council has already thought of it."
Li Qi shook his head and said: "It's not what I thought of, but what General Zhong thought of."
"I see."
Zongze nodded and said solemnly: "We must guard against this. Once the Jin army is allowed to detour back to the south, it may shake the eternal foundation of the Song Dynasty."
Li Qidao: "I have informed the emperor of the situation and hope to send troops to Tibet as soon as possible. As long as Tibet is in our hands, plus the Hehuang area, we will have enough capital to prevent the Jin army from moving south from the west."
"That's good."
Although Zongze nodded, his tone was full of helplessness and said: "This is really frustrating. Since Taizong, we have almost always been passively beaten. The strategy is always to defend, not to attack."
Zhao Jingyan said: "There is no way to do this. In fact, not to mention our Song Dynasty, every dynasty in the Central Plains since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has been troubled by these northern peoples. They are all nomadic and have no fixed place. They will run away if they can't be beaten.
After you leave, they will come again, and we don’t even have a decent horse farm, and almost all the horses are bought. Once we pass Yanyun, it will be difficult to move forward."
Han Shizhong said: "That's not necessarily the case. Our firearms can restrain the cavalry very well. Although they are not yet able to conquer the grassland, once the firearms grow up, it is not necessary to plant the flag that never sets in the capital of the Jin Kingdom.
Impossible."
Niu Gao nodded repeatedly and said: "I agree with General Han's words."
Li Qi suddenly said: "There is one more thing."
Everyone looked at Li Qi.
Li Qidao: "That's the letter Zong Zhifu gave me."
Zongze was stunned and said: "What does the Privy Council mean?"
Li Qidao: "If we start from Yanyun, it will be difficult for us to advance. The enemy's cavalry is coming and going. We have no way at all. Our army will be wiped out on the road, but if we start from the water. First, we can shorten the time
Secondly, as long as we can cover the landing, we can advance and retreat freely. Thirdly, we are walking in a straight line on the sea, but if the other party wants to rescue us, the distance may be dozens or even hundreds of times longer than ours. In this way
If we do, we will be much faster than them. As long as we can use firearms to fight this landing battle, we won’t know who will outflank who. But---it’s too early to talk about this now. When we actually implement General Han’s plan
When a strategy is adopted, the Kingdom of Jin will be destroyed."
The others nodded after hearing this, and Han Shizhong said modestly: "Actually, I didn't think so long-term at the time. I just wanted to contain the Jin army for emergency purposes. There are still many disadvantages in it."
This sea raid plan sounds easy, but it is quite complicated to operate. Once the enemy predicts it and ambush on the shore in advance, the ship and people may be killed. There are many details that need to be paid attention to.
Prepare.
Taking the most basic point of view, Han Shizhong actually didn't know the Jin Kingdom's military deployment in coastal cities. At that time, he really had no choice but to propose this strategy. However, if he wanted to really hit the Jin Kingdom hard, he must perfect this strategy.
strategic thinking.
"I also know this, so I didn't disclose this matter to too many people. I didn't want Jin Guo to be prepared for this."
Li Qi continued: "In fact, this is one of the reasons why the Emperor established the General Staff. This set of maritime marching strategies will definitely be studied repeatedly. In fact, the Emperor has the longest view, and the Emperor has already seen us
It was helpless to be passively beaten, so the General Staff was established to study offensive strategies against various countries."
Zongze cupped his hands and said, "The current emperor is truly a sage."
Zhao Jingyan smiled and said: "Uncle Zong, when did you learn this skill of flattering others?"
Zongze laughed, not annoyed at all, and followed her words: "What do you think of Yan Fu?"
Zhao Jingyan pretended to ponder for a while and said: "Uncle Zong, who are you? His ability to flatter others is nothing to mention. Now he has become a proficient man without leaving any traces. I am afraid he is only a little worse than my husband."
It seems that this woman is not used to being a wife yet, and she always takes me out for entertainment. Li Qi rolled his eyes.
The rest of the people burst out laughing, and the atmosphere gradually became more relaxed.
During the conversation, the group came to a field. Li Qi stopped and looked up. The bright yellow fields made his eyes hurt, but he saw hundreds of people bending over the field, rushing to collect grain.
Li Qidao: "It seems that this year is a good harvest year!"
Zongze nodded and said: "This is all thanks to the Privy Envoy. At the beginning, the people were frightened when they saw the frequent mobilization of the army. But the autumn harvest is coming. For this reason, I often come out to appease the people, but the harvest is very little. It's the Privy Envoy's fault."
The military exercise appeased these people and did not affect the autumn harvest."
Li Qi nodded slightly and said: "On the way here, I saw the people around Yanshan Mansion. Whether they were big or small families, they all ate white rice and could smell the meat every time.
Xiang, the Zongzhifu deserves this credit."
Zhao Jingyan smiled and said: "Uncle Zong is both civilized and martial, so naturally all these are not a problem."
Zongze waved his hands repeatedly and said: "Actually, I didn't do anything. This is all the credit of the emperor and the privy envoy. At first, after the Jin army captured this place, they moved all the people away. Although later, after the battle of Yanyun,
, in exchange for many people, but for such a large area of land in Yanshan Prefecture, it is still too small. Moreover, the farming in the Yanyun area was quite developed. If the Liao Kingdom did not have this Yanyun, it would be impossible to compete with us.
rivaled by the Song Dynasty.
Later, the Privy Council ordered you to return the land to the people and exempt it from taxes for more than three years, which led to a situation where there were fewer people and more land. As for the people you saw, they may actually have twenty or thirty acres of land at home.
, you don’t know that after that, everyone said that Yanyun has three things, a lot of land, a lot of food, and a lot of landowners.” (To be continued...)