It is better to use your remaining courage to chase the poor bandits, and not to use your reputation as an academic overlord.
Zhao Xi doesn't mind being called a half-poetry emperor, but he really doesn't want to plagiarize. Maybe it doesn't fit. But these two sentences really fit his mood.
During the banquet between the monarch and his ministers, Zhao Xi recited these two sentences.
The war is not over.
After the Liao-Xia coalition forces marched south from Daizhou, passed through Dingxiang, and entered Xin County. Just as they were preparing to organize a large-scale siege, Di Qing ordered his people to light the mine fuses they had laid...
Even if the damage range of landmines is limited, they are still devastating.
At this moment, the courage of the Liao-Xia coalition forces was shattered.
At the same time, the defenders of Chitang Pass and Shiling Pass left the city. The tanks, equipped with squatting tiger cannons and various crossbows, advanced towards the Liao-Xia coalition forces like a strong wind sweeping away fallen leaves.
The sound of the explosion was the order to attack, and the east and west groups, which had been well prepared for a long time, also began to advance towards each other at high speed.
And Zhong Ji and the Yanmen defenders began to attack Yanmen Pass all over the mountains and plains...~
Hundreds of thousands of people within a radius of several hundred miles launched an encirclement and breakout campaign.
Even if the war horses adapt to the explosion of gunpowder bombs, they still cannot withstand the intensive dropping...
This time, Workshop City emptied its inventory and transported all of it to the war zone.
After so many years, there is really not much needed for daily training, and it is difficult to select new troops. There is too much inventory accumulated in Workshop City...~
Even though it was a plain, the chariots could not move forward. Corpses were everywhere, and craters made by gunpowder bombs were everywhere. It was no longer suitable for chariots to advance.
However, even so, the cavalry of the Liao-Xia coalition was still unable to withstand the combined battle formation of the three teams of squatting tiger cannons, portable crossbows, and muskets.
After a row of squatting tiger cannons were fired, the portable crossbows followed up and quickly fired gunpowder shells, and then the musketeers made up for it...~
In this way, the space of the Liao-Xia coalition forces was compressed step by step.
In the end, surrounded by armies from three sides, nearly hundreds of thousands of Liao-Xia coalition troops all squeezed into Xin County...～
Dingxiang has been captured and became the pre-war headquarters.
Who would have thought that the open battle between the Song Dynasty and Liao Xia would end with the Song Dynasty winning.
On the contrary, it was an offensive and defensive battle, and the most casualties were made in this battle.
"Seventeen thousand casualties, all still soldiers of the New Army..."
Zhao Xi is really distressed. Every soldier of the New Army, placed in the old Forbidden Army barracks, is a hero like ten enemies...
"Your Majesty, the loss is more than 20%. This is already the smallest battle loss ratio in the history of the war!"
Wen Yanbo felt that the officials were being hypocritical.
He also didn't look up the records of official battles. When did the battle losses exceed 20%?
During the Western Expedition, it was still a major battle dominated by Western troops, and the battle losses were still controlled within 20%.
It is human nature to want to go to Long and look to Shu. It is a manifestation of ambition. Not to mention that the country has no ambitions, but their strength limits their delusions. The reality makes them have to muddle through time and time again... No minister does not want to have any problems during his tenure.
Contributions that will last forever.
Just like now, winning in such a large-scale battle will inevitably make the political officials become ambitious!
"Your Majesty, I think we should take advantage of the power of victory and take Yunzhou directly! Just as your Majesty's poem said: It is better to use the remaining brave men to chase the poor invaders!"
Han Qi was really excited. This battle should be regarded as a real victory planned by the imperial court. It truly reflected the civil servants' strategizing, the generals' front-line fighting, and the reasonable combination of civil and military victory.
"Your Majesty, I second the proposal. The imperial court should immediately issue an edict, ordering the four armies on the front line to join forces and cross Yanmen to take Yunzhou directly."
"Your Majesty, the fall of Yanmen and the Liao-Xia allied forces entering the pass will inevitably lead to an empty city defense in Yunzhou. Time does not wait for us, and the fighter planes are fleeting. The army should quickly capture Yunzhou before the Liao-Xia court reacts...~"
Seeing Wen Yanbo being so excited... finally inspired my husband's ambitions.
"Your Majesty, this is possible!"
Even the mature and prudent Fu Bi thought this should be done.
Zhao Xi regretted that he had plagiarized. If he had known that a big victory would make his husband like this, there would be no need for him to pretend to be drunk and become a half-poetry emperor.
Originally, Zhao Xi was worried about the objections of his husband-in-law, so he plagiarized poems during the banquet, hoping to express his feelings and let his husband-in-law understand. Today, it seems that he has overthought it.
At this time in Dingxiang City, the frontline headquarters...
"Guo Commander, your East Route Army captured Dingxiang and suffered serious damage. Commander Di's main force was facing the enemy head-on. Only our West Route Army did not achieve much success in this battle. The siege of Xinxian County will be fought by our West Route Army.
received!"
This is not because Zhong'e is warlike and not wary. In this war, their West Route Army's contribution was indeed inferior to that of the Central and East Routes.
Needless to say, the middle route was facing the Liao-Xia coalition forces head-on, but the east route army also captured Dingxiang City.
Although the Western Route Army also participated in the recapture of Yanmen Pass, after all, the Yanmen defenders were involved, and they relied on the foreshadowing prepared by the Yanmen defenders when they retreated to Yanmen Pass to win. This made Zhong'e feel very uncomfortable.
"The seeds are right, stop talking nonsense! With casualties of less than 20%, do you call this a serious loss? Besides, it was our East Route Army that captured Dingxiang, which shows that our East Route Army has experience in firearms siege warfare.
.For the sake of the soldiers, it is only right for the Eastern Route Army to attack Xin County!"
Guo Kui did not show weakness. Who can take too much credit? The Liao-Xia coalition forces have been besieged in the isolated city of Xin County. Everyone knows that it is not difficult to capture them.
His Majesty should have expected this to happen, right? Di Qing saw that the generals were already arguing over who should be the main force to attack the city, and then thought about the secret order given by His Majesty before he left...~
"We will not attack Xin County!"
"Shuai Di, what does this mean? Are all the hundreds of thousands of troops here to besiege the city?"
Zhong'e is very surprised by Di Qing's words. Di Qing is not a conservative general, how could he...
You, Di Hanchen, have reached the pinnacle of military generals and become an official. You no longer need credit, nor do you need rewards from the court. There are no rewards anymore, but the soldiers do!
Looking at Zhong E's expression, Di Qing knew that he had been misunderstood.
"Your Highness, arrange the battle?"
"It's up to Di Shuai to make the decision!"
Di Qing and His Highness the Crown Prince were so humble, which made all the generals stunned...~ Isn't it just a siege battle, what other battles are planned?
"Zhong'e listened to the order: lead the West Route Army to cross Yanmen Pass and head east. The combat mission is... to Yingzhou City and strengthen the defense line to prevent the Liao army from counterattack! While ensuring the defense line is strong, go north and join the Central Route Army in Yunzhou...
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"Guo Kui listened to the order: lead the Eastern Route Army to the west through Yanmen Pass, attack Shuozhou in the north, conquer Wuzhou in the south, and march all the way west to join the Linfu reinforcements and establish a western defense line to prevent the Xixia counterattack!"
"Zhong Execution obeys the order: lead the troops out of Yanmen and go westward, subject to Guo Kui's control, and complete the combat mission with the Eastern Route Army."
"Di Qing listened to the order: Set up a defense line with tanks and mines to trap the Liao-Xia coalition forces in Xin County, leave a certain force to garrison Dingxiang, besiege the Liao-Xia coalition forces in Xin County, and lead most of the Central Route Army out of Yanmen to go north. Combat mission:
Take Yunzhou!"
I thought the imperial court would argue for a while before deciding whether to attack Yunzhou. This is why everyone is vying to attack Xin County.
The Liao-Xia coalition forces entered Yanmen. Everyone knew that Yunzhou was empty, but no one was sure whether the imperial court would issue a combat order. Unexpectedly, His Majesty actually had a secret order!
"Everyone, when the encirclement and suppression force is forming, a secret order has arrived at Lin Mansion, and General Min will lead his army to march eastward..."