Chapter 561 Think for the good and prepare for the bad
People's positions and starting points are different, and the conclusions they draw when thinking about the same event are also different.
Fu Bi focused on Han Qi and the negotiation itself, and considered Beiliao's behavior toward the negotiation itself.
The army of the country and the DPRK were busy clearing out and bringing Yunshuo and other four states to stability as soon as possible, and could not devote all their efforts to serve the negotiations.
As for Bei Liao, as long as they withdraw their troops from Hebei Road and take the initiative in negotiations, Bei Liao's top priority is.
Regarding the issue of the border line, Fu Bi believes that the Song and Liao parties will not have much dispute, and will basically use the occupied areas of this war as the basis... After all, they all know that this is just to give both sides time to prepare.
Fu Bi believed that the focus of this negotiation should be the issue of these 100,000 prisoners.
The imperial court was unable to expand the results of the war, and Northern Liao was defeated again. So, hijacking the negotiation team may not be a method... The barbarians will not really be reasonable.
However, Zhao Xi completely ignored the negotiation itself and judged the advantages of the negotiation based on the strength of both parties.
The illusion created in the early stage made Bei Liao believe that the imperial army would advance eastward and form a strategic target for a pincer attack on the Liao army in Hebei Province. This was also the reason why the Liao army withdrew from Hebei.
Originally, Chen Bing of the Northern Liao Dynasty sent troops to Hebei Province with the purpose of using this as a momentum to gain some initiative in negotiations.
Now, they have withdrawn their troops from Hebei Province, but have withdrawn directly to the Yuzhou area. It seems that they want to express that they still have the ability and ideas to take back the four states of Yunshuo...
Zhao Xi accordingly mobilized all the troops in the entire Datong Basin to the east!
Isn't it just bluffing? It's just a big deal, no one is afraid of whom.
Nowadays, the imperial dynasty continues to increase its troops to Zhending Prefecture and marches to the border. The officials once again ordered the new troops in Yunzhou to move eastward on a large scale, and ordered Zhong Hubei to go to Tiancheng. This once again formed an opposition to Wei
The Liao army was encircling the prefecture area...~
This is not difficult. After some advice from the officials, Fu Bi looked at the sand table and quickly figured out the general situation in the Pingxingguan area... ~ In this way, Han Zhigui was in danger!
"Officials, if there is an accident, how can all the armies give unified orders?"
Fu Bi wanted to directly ask the officials to give Han Qi the right to control the armies. Considering that the officials had been trying to separate the civil and military branches, he euphemistically mentioned the issue of unified dispatch of the armies of all parties concentrated in the bottle-shaped area.
"Everyone should perform his duties! If there is an accident in the negotiation, Mr. Han only needs to return to the court. Hebei Road will still follow the established strategy, only defend but not attack, while Hedong Road will stay behind for cultivation, and the three armies will march eastward!"
Having said this, Zhao Xi also knew that his successor was weak.
Today, there are less than 100,000 new troops on Hedong Road, and they need to be responsible for the stability of Yun, Shuo, Ying, and the four prefectures and the suppression of rangers. If the time comes when we have to march eastward again...~it will be the responsibility of these new troops.
disaster.
Zhao Xi really didn't want to continue the war unless it was absolutely necessary.
At this time, it depends on who can persist more, Bei Liao or Guochao.
The so-called four-pronged armies fighting abroad, Di Qing, Zhong'e, Guo Kui, and Zhongchen, had no authority over each other. This was determined when the strategy was drawn up earlier.
Di Qing was qualified to lead, but the princes unanimously opposed the rule.
Naturally, Han Qi now no longer has the right to rule.
The Zhengshitang intended for Han Qi to control the armies on the Hedong and Hebei Roads. Even before Han Qi set off, the Zhengshitang had communicated with him.
As a result, the officials once again issued an edict from the court to the generals at the front.
Compared with Han Qi, Zhao Xi is more inclined to let Di Qing take charge...Wartime disputes are the least necessary, Fu Bi also thinks so. Therefore, this large-scale imperial edict drafted by the Hanlin bachelor was completed. It is still only
A strategy without specific requirements.
The edict targets every minister on Hedong Road, regardless of civil or military affairs.
For example, Han Qi clearly told him that his duty is to negotiate. Once an accident occurs that is not part of the negotiation, that is, once the military needs to be used to demonstrate national power, Han Qi must return to the DPRK...~ The reason why the DPRK does not allow the political minister to be involved in danger is
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For example, Di Qing, once there is any change in Northern Liao, he can give up the task of stabilizing the four states and advance north with his chariot, aiming directly at the Southwest Recruitment Division of Northern Liao.
Zhong'e crossed Panshan Mountain from Tiancheng and marched eastwards towards Yanshan. Guo Kui wanted to pass Pingxing Pass, capture Yuzhou, and hold the area around Yuzhou, waiting for the new army of the Guochao Dynasty in Zhending Mansion to move north before continuing the battle...
If Beiliao really uses negotiations as a tactic to delay the war and mobilizes the army to continue the war, Zhao Xi will not mind giving them a harsh lesson and telling Beiliao the importance of sincerity and integrity. Even if the new army is half damaged, they must fight to the end.
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Fu Bi checked the edicts with the officials one by one, and felt more and more the chill in the edicts from the officials...
After the great victory of Yanmen, Xin County besieged the Northern Liao army. At that time, the officials mobilized the Jiangnan Dao New Army, saying it was just to intimidate, saying it would not cause panic because of the victory, saying it was to consolidate the border defense and embolden the next negotiations.
.But at this time, Fu Bi believed that at that time, the official family was already preparing for the present.
"There is no such thing as luck in war!" Yes! Fu Bi really agreed with the official's words at this time.
Assuming that the goodwill released by the Bei Liao was false, after Han Qi left Pingxiang Pass, the Bei Liao sent troops from Tiancheng to the southwest, while the Southwest Recruitment Division went south, and the Yuzhou cavalry advanced westward...~ Against the army of the Guo Dynasty in the Datong Basin,
A circle of encirclement was formed...
Once the country and the DPRK are preoccupied with negotiations and are unprepared for unexpected events... the consequences will be disastrous!
When the officials won the victory, had they already taken into account today's situation between the two sides? Fu Bi was not sure. But that was the fact.
Now...~In fact, the troops that Northern Liao can organize in Yunzhou...that is, the Xijing area of Northern Liao must be more than the troops of Song Dynasty.
Moreover, the Liao envoys who originally deployed troops in Hebei Province have also retreated to the northwest.
It won't take long, two or three months, Beiliao can organize an army of 300,000 to gather in Yunzhou area...~
The more Fu Bi thought about it, the more he felt that this possibility existed.
He remembered what the official said in his early years: think of the best and prepare for the worst.
Originally, the Privy Council of the Political Affairs Hall had objections to the mobilization of the imperial army to go north. In actual operations, it was indeed a counter-insurgency and did not mobilize much... It was really considered a meaningless expenditure.
At this moment Fu Bi realized that officials never make meaningless decisions.
Fu Bi looked at Wen Yanbo, and there was uneasiness in his eyes. Han Jiang, Lu Gongbi, and Wang Anshi were all stunned.
"Officials, can Workshop City increase the number of troop carriages? Should we speed up the march of the Forbidden Army northward?"
The strategy of the official edict is very clear, that is, once the war breaks out again, the new army now in the Datong Basin will give up holding on to the rear, burn everything, and start a war against Liao on all fronts.
Di Qing went north, Zhong'e went north, Guo Kui went east... This means that with the Datong Basin as the point, flowers bloom on all sides.
Even in the edict, the officials clearly told the generals at the front that once the war breaks out again, the entire army will rush into the Liao border and head for Beijing as quickly as possible... This is a reckless strategy of going deep behind enemy lines!
Fu Bi had to consider the issue of rear stability.
These 500,000 useless forbidden troops are still soldiers after all, and cannot be compared with the new army. But if they can stick to the walled city, they should be able to support it for a while, and can provide some peace of mind for the new army's front operations.