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Zhao Kai nodded frequently and asked the others: "What do you think?"
Zhong Shizhong said: "Zong Zhifu's plan is good, but I think that when fighting against a cavalry-based force like the Jin Army, the first thing to do is to defend, because the Jin Army is too good at fighting around the rear. We must not
Don’t be careful.︾”
Zongze listened thoughtfully and asked humbly: "I wonder if General Zhong has any suggestions?"
One of them is good at offense, the other is good at defense, and they also pay different attention to the details of combat. It can be said that they each have their own strengths.
Zhong Shizhong said: "The Yanyun area is mostly mountainous and the roads are complicated. However, we cannot ignore the complexity of the defense. We can arrange the main force on the main road and deploy an additional 20,000 troops to station on each trail.
Because they are all mountainous roads, each road only needs to arrange between 3,000 and 1,000 death squads to assist with mines, crossbows, and revitalizing cannons to prevent the enemy from detouring. Even if the enemy rushes past, we can know it as quickly as possible.
The enemy will not be caught off guard, but judging from the Jin Army's usual combat methods, they will only send a small number of troops to make a detour, and with the help of mines and revitalizing artillery, it will be enough to repel the enemy."
This revitalizing cannon is too big to facilitate marching, so this division would recommend using revitalizing cannons to guard the rear, and then use heartless cannons and a small number of revitalizing cannons to attack cities and seize territory.
Zongze nodded repeatedly and said: "It should be so. If we can eliminate these worries with only 20,000 troops, we have already made a profit."
The officers and soldiers sitting here are all very wary of the Jin Army's roundabout tactics, so they all fully agree with this.
Li Qi suddenly said: "But have you forgotten something?"
All the soldiers looked at Li Qi one after another.
"Xixia."
Li Qidao: "If I were Wanyan Zonghan, if Yunzhou could not be defended, I might choose to fight with Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Xiyin to attack Xingqing Mansion. Once Xixia is destroyed, they can go around to Taiyuan Mansion.
We are going to attack, and all our main forces are in the Yanyun area. This will catch us by surprise."
As the boss of Taiyuan Prefecture, Zhe Keqiu certainly understood the importance of Taiyuan, so he said: "What the Privy Envoy said makes sense, then while I am attacking Yunzhou, I must divide my troops to support Xixia and stop Wanyan Zonghan's troops. I
I think we can send Yue Fei, Wang Gui, Fu Xuan and Dong Xian to lead troops out of Hengshan to stop Wanyan Zonghan."
Yue Fei immediately clasped his fists and said: "I will go there eventually."
From this point of view, Yue Fei is the one who is suitable. He can ask for it, and he can save it. They have to send troops to the northwest to attack Yunzhou. Zongze, Zhang Shuye and the others are not young anymore. Han Shizhong, who is upright and in his prime, has to take charge of the navy. The remaining
Yue Fei is the only one left among the younger generation, but Yue Fei is facing no one else, but the famous Wanyan Zonghan. This is also a battle for Yue Fei to prove himself. He must climb this mountain.
Although Yue Fei is highly regarded by Li Qi and is regarded as the palace commander, when Li Qi led the army, he also served as the commander-in-chief during the southern expedition to Jiaozhi. But here, Yue Fei is really just an executor, regarding strategic planning,
He has no qualifications to speak. Look at all the people standing here. Zhongshi, Zongze, Liu Kai, Zhang Shuye and veteran generals. Yue Fei has no qualifications to speak. Yue Fei can only obey orders and complete the strategy.
The policy is that simple, and it can be seen from this that the three yamen are no longer the highest level of military commanders, but the General Staff is the highest level of military commanders.
Li Qi added: "In addition, we can also send Wu Jie to lead the Western Army to dispatch troops from the Hehuang area to attack Wanyan Zongwang's rear and cut off their supplies. If it works, the crisis in Xixia can be resolved. Then we can
Together with Xixia, they launched a massive counterattack."
Zhao Kai laughed and said: "Yes, I almost forgot about Wu Jie."
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This is the first large-scale meeting held since the establishment of the General Staff Headquarters, and this meeting lasted for five days. Zongze once said well that strategic goals must be clearly defined.
In preparation for the battle, Song Taizong was too anxious at the beginning and continued to advance despite everyone's opposition in an attempt to wipe out the Liao Kingdom in one fell swoop. As a result, he was defeated by Yelv Xiu Ge in a battle and ended in a disastrous defeat. Since the strategic goals must be clear, the entire strategy must be detailed.
Everything must be arranged properly.
After the strategy is decided, the next step is to make decisions.
As the prefect of Yanshan Prefecture, Zongze also focused on the Yanyun area, and the entire strategy was proposed by Zongze. Therefore, Zhao Kai promoted Zongze to the rank of Marshal of Yanyun, taking charge of the three armies and leading this war.
Zongze has just learned to do his duty and not to be pretentious, because he is old, this may be his last battle, and he does not want to leave any more regrets in this life.
Zhao Kai was promoted to Zhong Shizhong, and Zhe Keqiu was appointed deputy marshal of the left and right. Zhong Shi was in charge of the 30,000 death squads, and the rear area was all handed over to Zhong Shizhong. Once the Jin army turned around, it would be your fault, and Zhe Keqiu was promoted to Zhong Shizhong.
What you can ask for is to command an army of 50,000 and attack Yunzhou.
Han Shizhong was the commander of the water route and commanded 20,000 naval troops. He sent troops to Laizhou to attack Yingzhou and eliminate Yingzhou's navy. At the same time, he contained the troops in Pingzhou and bought time to seize Gubeikou.
Yue Fei was the Xuanfu envoy to the northwest and led 20,000 cavalry out of Hengshan to support Xixia. In fact, he was blocking Wanyan Zonghan.
Zhang Shuye was the Northeast Xuanfu envoy, and Guan Sheng was the deputy general. They led a battalion of 20,000 Shenji battalions out of Tanzhou to attack Gubeikou.
Zhe Kecun was appointed lieutenant general, and Zhe Yanzhi was appointed deputy vanguard. He led an army of 20,000 men and sent troops to Yuzhou to attack Xinzhou and Wuzhou.
Zhang Jun is the general of the left, leading 30,000 troops and horses to attack Guizhou and Ruzhou. The key is Juyongguan. Once Juyongguan is conquered, the soldiers and horses of Yanshan Prefecture can attack Guizhou, Ruzhou and other counties directly from Juyongguan.
Liu Kai was the general on the right and sent troops to Shunzhou, leading an army of 10,000 to pretend to attack Juyongguan on the right.
As for Zhao Kai, he is not like Emperor Taizong. Although he holds the title of Chief of General Staff, he handed over all military power to Zong Ze. He exists more in the name of the emperor. In fact, for soldiers,
, it is a great encouragement, the emperor personally marches on the expedition, this morale is great.
Everything has been arranged, but one person has been forgotten. This person is naturally Li Qi. If Zhao Kai had not come, Li Qi would definitely have been crowned the Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses, and went into battle to command the three armies.
Zhao Kai thought for a long time and then said to Li Qi: "Privy Envoy. I appoint you as the Supervisor of the Army---."
Before he could finish his words, Li Qi said: "No, no, no, please take back the emperor's orders. I am not good at fighting. If I let the ministers serve as supervisors, it will restrain the Zong Zhifu and others.
If the opportunity to fight is missed, then the minister can be in charge of logistics and diplomacy."
As soon as these words came out, Zongze and the others all showed embarrassment. King Yanyun, who is a dignified secret envoy and the marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, was actually a grain security officer. This made them feel embarrassed. They could sit comfortably in the position of marshal.
What.
Zhao Kai also felt that it was inappropriate. After all, he was the marshal of the world's military forces and said: "This is inappropriate."
But Li Qi didn't take it seriously and said: "The battle is about logistics. If the emperor can hand over Long Ju. Oh no, the rear to Wei Chen, this is already a great trust in Wei Chen. Wei Chen doesn't think this is the case."
It’s a shameful position. On the contrary, this is the most important thing.”
Having said that, Zhao Kai also felt that this was the case, an army of 200,000. The allocation of food and grass was very critical. In addition, this was not a war between two countries. There were also many forces involved, and there must be an excellent diplomat.
Here, these are what Li Qi is good at. As for fighting and so on, even if Li Qi is allowed to be the commander-in-chief, he still has to listen to Zongze and the others, which is to be more pleasant. He pondered for a while and said: "Let's do this, I will still grant you the title
He serves as a supervisor of the army, but is responsible for logistics. In fact, when the military system was reformed, it was clearly mentioned that civil and military powers should be exercised separately, civil affairs should be in charge of diplomacy, and military forces should be in charge of warfare. Today, it is precisely used to reflect the changes in this system."
In the past, the Song Dynasty relied on civil servants to control military affairs, and civil servants could also intervene in military generals' marches and fights. Now, although civil servants still control military affairs and civilian officials still have military power, all the power to fight is entrusted to military commanders, especially regarding strategic and tactical arrangements.
, civilian officials have no right to intervene, and the opinions of the General Staff shall prevail.
Therefore, the existence of the General Staff perfectly solved this problem of civil and military struggle.
But Zhao Kai can't really appoint Li Qi as a grain keeper. In this case, the people will be dissatisfied, let alone the soldiers below. Li Qi can have a high reputation. Although he can't fight, the people just believe in him.
, you must let him participate, otherwise the people will not have the confidence to fight this battle. I, General Zhifu of the Song Dynasty, will not let you in, so why are you fighting? So Zhao Kai still gave Li Qi the title of Supervisor of the Army.
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After everything was arranged, the officers and soldiers went back, took their troops, and prepared to go out. Anyway, the strategic goals have been made very clear. No matter how you fight, you must achieve the goals you set, because the art of war cannot be limited to one.
You have to adapt to the situation, but you can't play aimlessly. You must first have a clear goal.
Zongze's strategic idea is to use one's own strength to attack the enemy's weakness. The Song army has more troops and the Jin army has more cavalry. They can run faster and can make detours. If you concentrate your forces to attack one point, it will give the Jin army a big advantage.
In the detour space, they only need to block the attack of the main force of the Song Army, or use a small number of soldiers and horses to contain the Song Army and slow down the Song Army's attack speed, while the remaining troops and horses can detour, or attack the rear of the Song Army, or intercept the Song Army.
The Song Army's food and fodder was something the Jin Army was very good at.
Therefore, Zongze first blocked the area and did not allow reinforcements from the Jin Army to enter the pass. With the strength of the troops known, he divided his troops into several groups and attacked at the same time. He took the initiative to find various garrison strongholds of the Jin Army for a decisive battle. I will fight you everywhere, and
I will fight you with superior force, let all your cavalry be trapped near the city, and start a war with the city as a unit to fight for it.
As a result, although the Song army was divided, the Jin army could not concentrate its superior forces and could only accompany the Song army in positional warfare.
But even so, victory or defeat is still uncertain, and you have to fight to know.
But one thing is certain, once Zhao Kai pulls the trigger of the attack, it will be a battle unprecedented in ancient times and will surely go down in history.
Starting from Laizhou in the east, to Shule in the west, and even the Western Regions, this battlefield alone must be thousands of miles away.
However, the Song Dynasty only had a total of 600,000 forbidden troops, and 200,000 were dispatched in the Yanyun area. Together with the 100,000 suppressing Western troops, it was already more than half. This can definitely be said to be the strength of the whole country.
The Jin Kingdom has an army of 150,000 on its books, as well as Pingzhou, Dadingfu, Huanglongfu and other armies that are ready to attack. The two countries combined have more than 500,000 troops. Plus Xixia, Goryeo, Gaochang Uighurs, omg, the number of this army is close to one million. It spans a battlefield thousands of miles away. There are millions of people, and the strength of both sides is equal. No one can predict the victory or defeat in advance. Who is the master of the Central Plains? This war Only later can we know.
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