After Zhao Jiu entered Jintang City, he basically kept collecting military reports, memorials, and notes.
In other words, with the rendezvous of Yue Fei and Hu Hongxiu, and the subsequent fatal blow, this battle, which was originally just a bluff to control the Hexi Corridor, has now developed beyond everyone's expectations. And most wars
The participants also fell into confusion, confusion, doubt and decision due to time difference, information difference and distance difference.
The reason for this is due to the special and complex geographical conditions in the northwest region, especially the Xixia territory where the battlefield is located, and its surroundings.
The Yellow River forms a zigzag here, dividing the battlefield repeatedly; and there are Hengshan, Quwu Mountain, Liupanshan, Helan Mountain, and Yinshan on the battlefield... These are all large mountains that can isolate the battlefield or play a huge role in curbing the war.
, In contrast, the hilly landforms and loess landforms in northern Shaanxi are simply not included.
In addition, there are deserts, such as the Mu Us Desert, the Tengger Desert, the Ulan Buh Desert, and the Kubuqi Desert, which are also within the scope of this battle. Although the 700-mile vast sea to the east and south of Lingzhou is relatively
It's not worth mentioning compared to the rest of the desert, but it's stuck at a real critical point.
Rivers, mountains, deserts, thousands of miles from east to west, and nearly a thousand miles from north to south, as well as complex battle lines between the Song, Khitan, Jin, Mongol, and Xixia clans, are enough to make everyone dizzy.
But in this case, we still have to ask, that is, how could Xixia use its troops so properly in these desert mountains in the past?
The answer is simple. Xixia controls the land of Xingling, which is the Yinchuan Plain.
Although Xixia has a small population, its land area is still very large. The four core areas, namely the Hexi Corridor, Xingling Land, Hengshan Qizhou and the Houtao area under Yinshan Mountain, form an inverted T shape, and Xing
The Land of Spirits is the middlemost connection point... From here, go east to Hengshan, west to Hexi, and up the river to Yinshan Houtao. The transportation is very convenient.
Relatively speaking, the other three places are isolated from each other by deserts, mountains and rivers, making it difficult to travel properly.
In fact, this is an important reason why in history Xixia started from Hengshan, but quickly moved there after acquiring the land of Xingling.
But now, the force that controls the Xingling Land, or to be more specific, controls the main part of the Xingling Land except Lingzhou, is none other than the Song Army.
It is precisely because Yue Fei 'may' have controlled the Xingling Land and divided Xixia into three parts, making it difficult to connect them, that Wu Jie and other senior officials of the Song Dynasty here quickly made up their minds to fight this battle at all costs.
Fight it down.
Because even Hu Yin could wake up after looking at the map for half a day - the advantage in this battle is mine.
This became even more obvious after Yue Fei sent a battle report to Xingqing Prefecture and informed him of the seizure of Tanliang City. Thanks to the accumulation of millions of acres of fertile land in Tangqu, the Song Army's logistics were greatly improved this time.
Relieved a lot.
This further strengthened the determination of the Song Army's top brass to continue fighting.
However, once the fight is over, how to fight next is also a problem.
At this moment, while the Song Army is firmly in the position of Xingqing, it also has its own blind spot, which is the movement of the Jin Army.
Therefore, Wu Jie took advantage of the loss of Xingqing Mansion and the disappearance of Li Qianshun, which caused Hengshan to be shaken. He joined forces with Xiao... Zhao Heda, and after easily entering the hinterland of Hengshan, he stopped at Yanzhou, and then immediately attacked Zhao Guan's family who was in the security army. Letter, requesting to return to the east and seize Yinzhou and Shizhou (the same name as the Jin Kingdom-controlled Shizhou on the other side of the river) at the east end of Hengshan Mountain, so as to surround the Suide Army and Yan'an from the rear.
The memorial was delivered immediately on the morning of the second day after Zhao Heda left, that is, one day after Wu Jie took Youzhou without a fight, which was very timely. However, somewhat unexpectedly, Zhao Guan's family read the memorial carefully after receiving it. After reading it once, I fell into some doubts.
"What does Wu Jinqing mean?" After thinking for a while, Zhao Jiu actually handed the memorial to Hu Yin... He actually asked Hu Yin for advice on the war. "He has arbitrary power. He can just fight how he wants. He was the one who seized the opportunity to invade Hengshan before, so how could he ask me for instructions on such a thing now and then waste his time in Yanzhou?"
But Hu Yin, who was equally unexpected and admittedly ignorant of military affairs, felt confident after reading the memorial handed over by Zhao Guan's family, and immediately made an explanation: "So that the officials will know, I thought this was Wu Jinqing playing tricks." … His original intention was probably that he was reluctant to go east to help fight against Yan’an, but he couldn’t say it out loud. Otherwise, why would he gather a large army in Yanzhou without leaving, but look to the officials behind him to make the decision?”
"I think so too." Zhao Jiu immediately laughed. "So he himself wants to attack Yanzhou westward and then pursue Lingzhou?"
"That should be so." Hu Yin answered seriously. "But I don't know much about military affairs. I don't know Wu Jinqing's specific military plans. I can only guess that he has some other ideas of moving west and taking two roads east... "
"Tell me in detail."
"Go west to attack Yanzhou and Lingzhou, and you will face the main force of Xixia gathered in Lingzhou. Although the main force of Xixia at this time has no way out, it is not the end yet. It is a strong backbone, and once it advances, it will inevitably involve fighting with Yue Fei, Qu Duan and others. The issue of cooperation with the Ministry...Yue Fei is higher in rank than him, and Qu Duan is his old boss...all should be considered. In addition, there is a vast sea between Yanzhou and Lingzhou, so it is not appropriate to be aggressive."
"good."
"But as written in the memorial, it is extremely natural to turn around and advance towards Yan'an. On the one hand, Yinzhou, Shizhou, Youxiang Army Division and other places have already been frightened, and they are like scrounging for things; secondly, if we can take advantage of these three places, we can take advantage of them. Surrounding Yan'an, the Suide Army withstood the Jinning Army and almost surrounded the living women; on the other hand, they could also prevent possible reinforcements from the Jin Army. But he..."
"But instead of setting off quickly, he gave me such a grand memorial and wasted time. Does it mean that he thought the Jurchens would not come? Then Han Shizhong's proposal to attack Yan'an was not worth it?"
"I think so." Hu Yin responded seriously. "Although Wu Jinqing was authorized by the government due to the location of the battle line, she was still a little afraid of Han Shizhong...I dared not refute Han Liangchen directly...I would venture to guess. , Wu Jie will have the mail delivered to you in the afternoon."
The memorials are public, and the letters are secret letters sent directly to the emperor through the imperial camp banzhi system.
In fact, it was precisely because there were only memorials and not or no secret letters that Zhao Jiu was confused.
After thinking this, Zhao Jiu nodded slowly.
Instead of waiting until the afternoon, Wu Jie's zhazi arrived at noon as promised. Liu Yan presented the zhazi to him, and Zhao Jiu, who was already mentally prepared, took a quick look at it and completely woke up.
It turns out that Wu Jie has the overall situation in mind.
First of all, Wu Jie believed that the living women in Yan'an would not have the main force of Wanyan Wushu to come to help them. At least there would be no big movement now, so they would not come over.
Secondly, he hoped to encircle and not attack the living women in Yan'an, because the Jurchens' combat effectiveness was still the strongest among all parties on the battlefield. Even if Wu Shu only sent one ten thousand households to support, plus two ten thousand households of living women,
, is still a very powerful war group on the battlefield... It can be fought, but it is not necessary, because there is only such a lone Jurchen army inside the entire Yellow River shape, and they can be driven back by the general situation.
In particular, the Zhao Guan family left Yanzhou and went directly to the Security Army, passing under the nose of the living girl. This was like adding salt to the wound of the living girl who had the hatred of killing her father, and then caused the living girl to ignore the situation.
Everything took the initiative again.
But in fact, this attack not only exposed the fact that Living Girl will no longer have reinforcements, but also further depleted the fighting spirit and strength of Living Girl's unit... Once this counterattack fails, Living Girl can only surrender to the overall situation.
Evacuate northern Shaanxi.
Thirdly, Wu Jie hopes that the main target of the next phase of attack, whether it is the main target of the Imperial Rear Army and Hengshan Fanbu, which he leads, or the main target of the entire overall attack, will be Weiming from Lingzhou.
Brother Cha.
Fourth, even for Brother Cha, Wu Jinqing had his own considerations, which was to suppress and force him to fight... Specifically, to quickly control the key points in Yanzhou and completely isolate Brother Cha, but the main force of Wu Jie's imperial rear army was
But it was no match for the Hanhai, so he forced Chage to leave Lingzhou and attack Yue Fei on the other side of the Yellow River. Qu Duanbu launched an active attack. It would be best to lure Chage across the river. Then he would send a light division to capture Lingzhou later, leaving Chage to lose
The base area was defeated without a fight.
However, such planning and actions meant that he offended people such as Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, Qu Duan, and Wang De at the same time.
The reason why Han Shizhong was offended was because of Yan'an. The Yan'an prince, who was born in Yan'an, was facing the Yan'an front at this time. In the past few days, he had clearly advocated the use of troops against Yan'an. However, the plan against Cha Ge undoubtedly involved Yue Fei and Qu Duan in Xingxing.
The Qing government took on the pressure of the war, but in vain gave the credit to the imperial army.
In the secret letter, Wu Jie clearly raised these concerns and hoped that Zhao Guanjia would continue to approve the military plan, continue to give him powers and responsibilities, and support him.
Finally, Wu Jinqing made an appropriate inference about the strength of the female goddess who had no trace. He believed that Li Qianshun and Cha Ge, the two political and military leaders of the Xixia people, started from the moment they learned that Yue Fei appeared at the mouth of the gorge.
There is no reason not to grasp the life-saving straw of the Jurchens... The Jurchens may have known about the possibility of the fall of Xingqing Mansion earlier than the party members in Hengshan, but they certainly did not know that Yelu Dashi had gone to the back cover.
Therefore, at this time, the main force of the Jurchens has already taken advantage of the situation, which is of great strategic significance.
At this time, the Song army should change its urgency to slow down and sit on the mountain to watch the tiger fight.
This overall strategy also echoes Wu Jie's two strategies for Yan'an living women and Lingzhou Chage.
Frankly speaking, after reading this post, Zhao Jiu had two feelings. One was that the overall situation was suddenly cheerful, and the other was that it was indeed the case.
The former is for the battle situation. Wu Jie analyzed it properly and clearly explained the Dangxiang, Khitan and Jurchen parties. He also analyzed the two troubles that the Song army had to deal with face to face... This made the commander's value only 5, and
Of course, Zhao Guanjia, who had been patient all this time, suddenly became cheerful.
At the same time, today's two overt and dark performances have once again revealed the advantages and disadvantages that Wu Jie has always shown... This person's sorting, layout, and summary of the battlefield are all first-rate, but he is not at all
There is no doubt that he is tactful in dealing with things, sometimes hesitant and unwilling to take responsibility unless he is forced into a corner.
This time, Zhao Jiu did not discuss it with Hu Yin, nor did he show the secret letter to Hu Yin... because the secret letter was a secret that he disclosed to the senior officers, and it had a feeling similar to a contract between king and minister. Showing it to civil servants,
Even if he is an absolutely trustworthy civil servant, he is breaking the rules.
In fact, it was precisely because of the existence of the Secret Code that the originally chaotic high-level military system of the Song Dynasty (class laws were no longer applicable beyond the command level) formed a more scientific and reasonable division of classes and control in the military.
The official level clearly stands out, forming a solid hierarchy between the commander and his commanders.
Now, even the children on the roadside know that the imperial camp commander is a real high official, and this is the origin.
For example, Dong Xian, who arrived at Diaoyin Mountain in the past two days, was originally a subordinate of Xiao Zhai. He has always been greedy for money. He and the wine-loving Niu Gao were under the command of Li Yanxian, or in other words, they were at Xiao Zhai, the largest mountain under Li Yanxian.
He also said that he had made great achievements this time. When Li Yanxian asked him for a reward, he actually didn't want money or silk, and only asked for a commander. That's why.
Back in front of him, Zhao Jiu thought for a moment and then directly issued an order, scolding Wu Jie and asking him to concentrate on Lingzhou affairs. At the same time, he also issued an order to Han Shizhong and Wu Lin to carefully resist the living girl. If alive
If the female troops retreat, it is appropriate to advance, but do not launch an attack on Yan'an itself without authorization.
Finally, he also sent an edict to Yue Fei... To the south of Lingzhou, the northern passage of the old Great Wall in the Yanzhou area has been opened, and one can go directly from Hengshan to Xingqing Mansion... He asked the latter to properly cooperate with Wu Jie.
In other words, Zhao Jiu directly agreed with Wu Jie's plan.
This is needless to say, and it has nothing to do with which one he trusts more, Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, or Wu Jie, but that Zhao Jiu had promised Wu Jie the exclusive responsibility when he was in Tongzhou. As a self-aware person, he did not
The reason is to make a mistake and break one's promise.
Following the orders of the Zhao Guan family, the war quickly entered a new stage.
In the next few days, the Song Army entered a mode of sit-down warfare... Among the three armies on the front line, Yue Fei recruited troops and horses in Xingqing Prefecture and released grain to win people's hearts; Wu Jie also recruited troops and horses in Hengshan, and also bought salt to win people's hearts... Yanzhou
The Yanchi is one of the largest salt-producing areas in the northwest; Han Shizhong and Wu Lin also began to cautiously defend and counterattack after receiving reinforcements from Dong Xian and other troops and orders from the Zhao Guan family.
Of course, Zhao Guan's family is also recruiting troops... In the last few days of April, he summoned countless leaders of the Hengshan Dangxiang tribe and surrendered officials from Hengshan prefectures every day in Jintang City of the Security Army.
Then all kinds of comfort and condolences, as well as dispatches and appointments are inevitable.
Obviously, the title of Emperor of the Song Dynasty still has some use, especially the Emperor of the Song Dynasty who defeated Wanyan Loushi in Yaoshan and almost destroyed Xixia at this time. Therefore, until the last two days of April, although he was not defeated Attack, but Shizhou (the same name as the Jin Kingdom-controlled Shizhou on the other side of the river), Yinzhou, Zuoxiang Military Division and other Xixia Hengshan tribes still chose to unite together, and then delivered documents of surrender to Zhao Guan's house.
All the states in the Hengshan Mountains of Xixia surrendered.
Thanks to this, Zhao Jiu finally confirmed a fact, or verified Wu Jie's judgment - the Jurchens did indeed move towards the back, and only Wanyan Salihe led his troops into Sui. De, but guarded the retreat channel at the intersection of Suide and Jinning, and had no intention of taking the initiative to attack. Apparently, he had received strict requirements from Wanyan Wushu before sending troops.
Not only that, as the fall of Xingqing Mansion in Xixia and the news of the disappearance of Li Qianshun and his son further fermented, an unexpected and reasonable "memorial" suddenly appeared on Zhao Jiu's desk - Fuzhou Zhe Keqiu pleaded guilty. Returned, and hoped to go south to surround the Jurchens, in order to get rid of their merits.
In this regard, Zhao Jiu chose to remain silent.
The reason is very simple. There are political factors that must be considered behind the unlikely surrender and return. Politics is greater than military in this matter.
Secondly, he had already decided on the strategic arrangement of completely annihilating Xixia first and letting go of the Jurchen people crossing the river. There was no reason to change his plan... Especially on this day, an urgent military report was sent from the front line, Wei Ming of Lingzhou Cha Ge, Wei Ming Yun Ge, Wei Ming Renli, Wei Ming Renzhong (brother Renli, the former Xixia Henan transit envoy, the highest local civil servant in Lingzhou at this time), fell into hesitation after seeing the Song army guarding the other side of the river like an iron barrel. , as Yanzhou was completely controlled by the Song army, Qingzhi fell into a military dead end, but finally made a joint decision and decided to send troops across the river to try to recapture Xingqing Mansion.
The most critical battle here in Xixia was finally about to break out, and it was exactly as Wu Jie predicted. Wu Jie did not hesitate, but followed the predetermined plan, with Huanzhou Zhizhou Yang Zheng as the vanguard. Crossing the Hengshan Passage in the vast sea to capture Lingzhou, he himself will command a large army and prepare to join forces with Yue Fei to annihilate the main Xixia force on the banks of the Yellow River.
In order to ensure that nothing went wrong in Hengshan, which had just surrendered, Zhao Jiu chose to leave Hu Yin and Yang Yizhong to continue to stay in the security forces, while he led Jie Yuan, Yue Chao, Liu Yan, and many attached Party Xiangfan tribes, together with tens of thousands of people, to go north. , crossed Hengshan from the safe Hongzhou area, and prepared to go to Youzhou to take charge. However, Zhai Cong and Dong Xian simply took the first step, leaving Longzhou from Pingrong Village and bypassing Yinzhou to serve as a flank barrier for the Zhao Guan family, and also with Han Wu Huyang They formed an encirclement together and continued to besiege Yan'an, forcing the living women to evacuate.
Under this overall situation, things that can be done at a low price are naturally temporarily forgotten.
Let us say that this day was the 28th of April in the sixth year of Jianyan.
When Zhao Guan's family was passing through Hengshan, he saw flags on the left and right densely covered and winding along the mountain road. However, he was filled with emotion. Countless party members who used to cause trouble on the border were now closely guarding them, but they stood silent for a while.
"Is there a rise in poetry among the officials?" Lu Benzhong asked curiously.
"That's not the case." Zhao Jiu looked away from the red flag on the top of the mountain, shook his head and laughed. "I was just wondering, did Yelu Dashi and Wanyan Wushu meet in Houtao? Where is Li Qianshun? As for the rise and fall of the country, the magnificent mountains and rivers, and the mood. Be patient, be patient, wait until the overall situation is settled, and then feel free to express your feelings."
Lu Benzhong and his accompanying international friend Zheng Zhichang pressed down the poems they had prepared in their hearts, and naturally they complimented him repeatedly.
However, Zhao Jiufu smiled again and said: "However, I have already thought about another thing... If Xixia is defeated this time, a new road will inevitably be built in Xingling Land, and it will definitely be named after Ningxia!"
Lu Benzhong, Zheng Zhichang and others looked at each other after hearing this, as if they didn't understand... because this name was too simple and crude, and lost its elegance... But since the official personally gave the road name, of course they had to twist their beards one after another after looking at each other.
He nodded and praised for a while.
But when Zhao Guanjia heard the compliment, he just smiled slightly, and then rode forward directly, taking the dragon silk with him out of the mountain and heading north to Youzhou.
PS: Routine sacrifice, this time it’s not a new book, it’s the one that recommended the book, “Thirty-six Strategies of the Great Book Desolation”, interested students should check it out, you should be able to find a good book.
Then I apologized. I had a brain attack last night. Someone gave me a box of wine. I didn’t understand anything, so I drank a whole bottle... I didn’t feel it at the time, and then I found that I couldn’t control myself. And now I still feel like it when I wake up.
Dizzy.
Finally, for the Easter egg chapter, I will continue to post some schematic diagrams of this battle drawn by some academy friends. I have already posted it once before. This time I will post a terrain map (this chapter was basically complete before). I would like to thank Zhurijinhen.
Thank you for the hard work of the bosses...it was originally my job.