Relying solely on the army, the Han army was destined to pay a high price to break through the Northern Zhou defense line, especially the Luoyang defense line and the Huaibei defense line.
If a breakthrough can be made from behind the Huaibei defense line, it will naturally be possible to reduce the casualties that the Han army may pay to a great extent. Although the Luoyang defense line is located in the Central Plains, if the Han army chooses the Shandong Peninsula or the Bohai Sea area to attack, then
The attack on Yecheng can be launched from the rear of Yecheng. This is equivalent to bypassing the Luoyang defense line in terms of the entire grand strategy, preventing the Han army and the Northern Zhou army from successively attacking Xiongguan fortresses such as Tongguan, Luoyang City, Hulao Pass, etc.
bloody battle.
As this war for the world has progressed to this point, both sides are holding their breath, but Li Xingchen also knows that both his side and Yu Wenxian's side will still do everything possible to reduce casualties.
Three hundred years of chaos have almost reached the extreme of people's endurance.
Therefore, if the war continues, or even continues for a long time, there will definitely be more casualties. Once the people cannot bear the cost of such a continuous war and the large number of casualties, then turmoil will naturally break out. Historically,
Although the Sui Dynasty had completed its unification, it was still overthrown because it continued to wage wars abroad and wasted money and people at home.
Although Li Xingchen has tried his best to repair the internal affairs, there are still some problems and contradictions that are destined to exist and cannot be solved as long as the war exists and continues.
Therefore, ending the war quickly is the best way to cure the symptoms and root causes.
Precisely because he knew the typical battle cases of later generations such as the Inchon landing, Li Xingchen did not think there would be any problems with this method of landing in the rear and then making a breakthrough. However, he also needed the navy and army to cooperate with the experiment to demonstrate, otherwise Li Xingchen would also
I don’t have the guts to put the entire national destiny on this.
Fu said in a deep voice: "I am in Lingnan, and I know a lot about Linyi. Although we have a large army this time, we must not underestimate the enemy. The people in Linyi are not scary. They are short in stature, and there are few who can compete with us head-on."
Ability, but the problem is precisely here. They will most likely not choose to fight us head-on. This has been confirmed in the previous hundreds of years of fighting in the south. These Linyi people are not a whole, they are still almost the same as tribes.
This means that when we are defending, the enemies will be twisted into a rope, but when we attack, the enemies will be scattered into a pile of sand. It is because of these monkeys that from the early Han Dynasty to the present, the Central Plains Dynasty has been very
It is difficult to establish a sound and stable rule here."
Luo Yi and Qi Xin both nodded slightly, and Luo Yi then said: "I have been stationed in Lishui for more than a year and have a lot of experience with this. Your Majesty's order to us this time is to completely solve the troubles of the Linyi people. In this case,
No matter whether Linyi people are humans or monkeys, we only need to use the simplest method and we can naturally solve all problems!"
Fu and Hou subconsciously looked at each other.
as expected.
These guys in the military are here to kill people and make meritorious deeds.
Killing is the most primitive, efficient, and just way to gain merit.
When the Han army went north, there were not many opportunities to kill people and make meritorious deeds. After all, the north was still dominated by Han people. Especially during the last time the Han army entered Guanzhong during the Northern Expedition, the Northern Zhou army often surrendered in large areas. This naturally led to the Han army having almost no soldiers.
It is more or less possible to achieve meritorious service by relying on the head.
Although the Han army's method of calculating credit no longer relies solely on the number of heads, the number of heads is an indispensable part at all times, and it is real. No one can take away the credit, no matter whether it is improved later.
Returning home in rich clothes, if you say that your contribution was made by killing people, you will feel straighter in your waist; if you say that your contribution was made by transporting grain and grass, of course you will not be able to lose face.
Therefore, the army sharpened its sword this time to chop off the heads of Linyi people.
Not to mention the Navy, which has been holding back for too long.
Therefore, they didn't care if they were asked to kill people, and even applauded to welcome it.
As a civil servant, especially a civil servant who eats vegetarian food and believes in Buddhism, Fu certainly doesn't want to see the scene of rolling heads, but such scenes are only limited to his own people, the Chinese Han people. China's moral ethics have always been only to its own people.
There is no need to talk to the surrounding barbarians about the virtues of saints. They are willing to become kings, and the Central Plains Dynasty is willing to accept it. But if they want to rebel and cause rebellion, then they will be killed.
Even Fu, when he thought about the sight of Lin Yi people being killed and bleeding into rivers, he just shook his head and sighed. There was nothing worthy of his pity.
Luo Yi walked straight to the map. At the beginning of this year, Baipao had already started to draw the map of the south. The map of Linyi area had already shown the basic outline. Coupled with the Han merchants who had been traveling to Southeast Asia as guides, the road problem was also solved.
Nothing.
"Here, Xianglin, is the main gathering place for Linyi people. Xianglin is close to the seaside and is also an important maritime terminal for traveling to and from the Southeast Asia. Therefore, it is very suitable for ships to land directly." Luo Yi reached out and tapped the highlighted point on the map.
Xianglin, Da Nang in later generations, was also Xianglin County of Rinan County in the Han Dynasty. It was the southernmost county of Rinan County and the southernmost point that the territory of the Han Dynasty and even the Central Plains had reached.
After the chaos began in the late Han Dynasty, China's power retreated, Rinan County disappeared, and Xianglin naturally fell into Huchenli, becoming the main gathering place for Linyi people. Relying on the city built in the Han Dynasty, Xianglin City even continued to function as a trading port in Southeast Asia.
The role of Xianglin. Because Xianglin was a county among counties in the Han Dynasty, it was called Xianglin. Even the names of the people in Linyi came from the abbreviation of "Xianglin."
Therefore, taking Xianglin would not only cut off the Linyi people's sphere of influence, but also take over the Linyi people's economic lifeline.
Looking at the entire Linyi coastline, only Xianglin and Lurong (today's Hue, Vietnam) on the north side are suitable for landing. If you continue to the north, there is a Hengshan Mountain lying between Jiuzhen County and Linyi Kingdom of the Han Dynasty.
Of course, after years of erosion, a large part of Jiuzhen County and Jiaozhi County further north have fallen into Linyi's control. However, if we land from here, it will be difficult to directly attack the core of Linyi people's rear.
purpose of the region.
Lu Rong is a small port. In terms of importance and geographical location, it is naturally inferior to Xianglin, which is still a deep-water port even two thousand years later.
It is reasonable for the Navy and Army to agree on the choice of landing site.
Fu nodded: "It is indeed most appropriate to land in Linyi, but are the navy and army capable of carrying out an expedition?"