The so-called middle-road encirclement and suppression has always been a sword hanging over the heads of Zhong E and Guo Kui, making them never forget such a thing.
However, the specific time cannot be determined... It's not that Zhao Xi didn't give them time, it's because the specific battle situation cannot reach that time.
Discipline was very strict during the war, and regarding the strictness of His Royal Highness in enforcing discipline, both Guo Kui and Zhong E privately asked Cao Lin whether it was possible to reconcile.
In a word, if any one of you violates wartime discipline, all soldiers in the escort battalion and even the New Army are qualified to enforce battlefield discipline.
Therefore, even a person with Zhong'e's temperament still retains a considerable part of his vitality... Huanqing only transferred part of it, but the entire security force remained unchanged.
"This kind of Zi Zheng and Guo Zhongtong have completely different styles."
The movements of the east and west routes soon arrived at the headquarters. A group of civil servants were presently surrounding the entire sand table of the war against Xia, pointing and pointing.
Zhao Xi had some knowledge of Zhong E and Guo Kui, and it was just a kind of insinuation.
We also know that one person is good at defense and the other is good at attacking. I didn't expect it to be so obvious.
In fact, in order to complete the final encirclement and suppression, the West Route Army was much closer to the designated position than the East Route Army, and even to capture Gaolan, it was much closer than the Jinning Army.
However, Guo Kui chose the strategy of defending first and attacking as a supplement. He should aim for no mistakes and not expect success.
As for the Eastern Route Army, it will take a certain amount of time to complete the final encirclement and suppression campaign, with 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers and heavy troops.
But Zhonge chose the strategy of attacking first and defending as a supplement...
It’s really a headache!
"Your Highness, regardless of the intervention of the new army, there are advantages and disadvantages in the Western Army. The soldiers of Huanqing and Linfu are stronger than the soldiers of Huichuan."
"Huichuan is barren, not as rich as Qinzhou, and much worse than Huanqing. Although the Xithief Zhuo and Nanjunsi are powerful, they are more designed to target Tibet."
"Huichuan is the starting point for overland transportation of products between the country and the dynasty. The soldiers are not strong, but the merchants are much stronger..."
Originally, I was talking about military strategy, but as a result, my words went too far, and I even made such remarks that added insult to injury.
"Is the Silk Road still open today?"
Zhao Xi ignored those nonsense words and instead asked the merchant forcefully and suddenly.
Zhao Xi knew that the Qinzhou he was in was Tianshui in later generations. Further northwest, west of Huichuan now, was Lanzhou, and then all the way to the west, Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiayuguan, Yumen... This is what later generations called
Silk Road.
"Silk Road?"
Zhao Xi also realized at this time that this name didn't seem to exist yet...it was plagiarized again.
Zhao Xi really doesn't want to do this kind of plagiarism anymore, not even to the death.
Every time he plagiarized, he felt guilty and ashamed.
When I was young, I had to do something amazing in order to cope with the plans of two generations of the Runan Wang family.
But now, there is no need for him to play these meaningless tricks on such minor details.
"According to historical records, at the beginning of the barter between China and Tibet, silk was the main product. So, I just said it casually..."
As for the historical data, who knows. Zhao Xi had to make it up in order to get the term back.
Fortunately, the huge reputation he gained in his early years still has some effect. After all, he has browsed the royal collection, so maybe there is such a saying...
No one went after all.
"Your Highness, now that the country's maritime transportation is developed, there is no need for the Silk Road. This trade road only has some sporadic Western Tibetan merchants passing by."
"In the previous dynasties, the people and money were exhausted to maintain it. In the later period, the Central Plains was turbulent and divided by various forces. Today's Silk Road has lost its prosperity in the early years and has completely become a wilderness and useless place."
This should be the common understanding of the country, right? Wilderness, uselessness, barbarism... Zhao Xi does not deny the current strength of the country. Except for armaments, it seems that every other aspect can be overlooked.
The problem is, no one realizes that ineffable thing called influence.
I'm going too far. Some things can't be changed in a day or two. Zhao Xi doesn't have the heart to tell people about the yes and no in lengthy articles. When things get to that point, everyone will understand.
Let’s get back to the current war.
Since Zhong E received His Highness the Crown Prince's endorsement of the article, he has completely let go.
The Suide Army moved from west to east, and the Jinning Army moved from east to west. The New Army established a stronghold, and the Western Army set up an ambush. They used this simplest tactic to advance step by step and captured the Xiangyou Army Division and Zuoxiang Shenyong Army Division one by one.
Camp stronghold.
In such a large-scale chaotic battle with many soldiers, it is impossible to achieve total annihilation like the first shot. Therefore, there are not a few Xixia warriors who escaped...
For many years, Xixia had never encountered such a violent beating from the Song Dynasty since the founding of the Song Dynasty.
In previous years, when the war started, the main battlefield was in Qinzhou, so whether it was Huanqing or Linfu, they were just on guard, with at most some small conflicts.
Both sides will maintain restraint. The Xixia side is due to the deployment of troops, while the Song side... is waiting for the success or failure of the main battlefield.
Once you win, it's easy to say, but if you lose, even if the instigator has laid down many camps, they will eventually have to return them in the subsequent peace talks due to the defeat of the main force.
There is no need to attack.
Moreover, the imperial court would even require the border troops outside the battle area not to disturb the situation of the battle. Or, the civil servants leading the war would strictly require the border troops who were not the main force to fight, and they must do this to maintain a tight defense.
"Zizheng, if our East Route Army continues to fight like this, will it affect the direction of the main force in the final decisive battle? Or even disrupt the entire theater?"
You see, even Zhejizu had worries about this.
However, there seemed to be no concern that the Eastern Route Army would be restrained by the Xixia people, or that they would be unable to complete the final decisive battle if they went deep into dangerous territory.
Now they can see that the equipment of the new army of the Kingdom of China, especially the gunpowder ammunition, is simply the nemesis of the cavalry... At least in this battle, the Xixia people have no room to fight back.
"The direction of the main battle? Brother Ying, do you still remember His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's debate? Reality is imaginary, imaginary is real..."
"Our crazy advance may make the Western thieves think that this is to attract the opponent's combat power to His Royal Highness in the middle, thus relieving the pressure on the middle."
"At the same time, the West Route Army is attacking Gaolan, and it should be captured by now. The east and west routes are so fierce, while the middle route not only stands still, but even loses two border villages one after another."
"All these situations are telling the Western thieves that His Royal Highness the Prince does not understand military matters, and the army in the middle route is the weakest. Only by continuing like this can we truly implement the established strategy for this campaign."
Of course, whether it can lead to a final decisive battle between the two sides in the middle depends entirely on how the Xixia people view the already fierce battle between the east and west.
There is another uncertain factor here... too many defeated Xixia warriors returned to Xingqing Mansion with fear of firearms.