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At the end of the first year of Tianjian, China and Xia Kingdom had a feud due to bloodshed in Zhenzhou, and bilateral relations fell to freezing point, comparable to that of this season, both countries gathered large armies on the border. Although the gunpowder smelled strong, it was almost impossible to break out.

But in the end, no war broke out - God doesn't allow it!

The Fifth Army of Yunzhong has recalled Xu Qing's 36th Brigade. After all, from Yunzhong to Zhenzhou, it is a thousand miles away, with deserts, grasslands, swamps, and even big and small.

The unpredictable Mongolian tribes. The weather is cold, the terrain is complex, and people are in danger. The weather is good, the place is good, and there is no harmony in people. The chances of winning are not high. Guan Zhongyong discovered this problem in time shortly after the departure of the 36th Brigade.

The emergency order recalled the 36th Brigade, which had not yet left Xuandezhou, and corrected the mistake.

At the end of the year, before the New Year comes, the 36th Brigade returns to build and prepares to face more severe tests.

This winter is the most comfortable winter Di Lie has had in five years. He doesn't have to go anywhere, just in the palace. He reviews memorials during the day and works hard at night. The emperor seems to be respectful to the world, but in fact he lives better than the officials below.

Fortunately - at least from the first to the fifteenth day of the Chinese New Year, all the yamen were sealed and closed, and the holidays were over. Only the emperor, he, never had a rest day, and he had to work hard to cultivate the country in the beginning of next spring.

Since ancient times, China has been an agricultural society. Farming is the first priority in all industries, and no agriculture is unstable. For a new empire, agriculture is stable, the country is stable, and agriculture is developed, and the country is developing, which is the first priority. How to develop agriculture

,Di Lie felt that when he was in Tianshu City, he had tried to implement agricultural and sideline industries, animal husbandry, and fishery, and combined development was a good way.

In this regard, Liu Erping, the Ministry of Revenue, is an expert. Although this person doesn't know a lot of words and looks like an old farmer. In fact, he is an old farmer from the inside out, he is definitely a down-to-earth agriculturalist.

——What the empire wants is such a hard-working and experienced expert. What is "there are thousands of millets in books", can you really make food by judging the Four Books and Five Classics? This poem or book is not as good as a piece of cake to throw it into the field.

Manure, manure can also make the fields rich, and poetry can manage the affairs of poetry and books?

Di Lie considered establishing a farmland water conservancy department under the Ministry of Revenue to be responsible for this area and let Liu Erping be the head of the company.

In addition to spring plowing, another major event is war. If an empire wants to rise, there are only two things - farming war!

If the country is compared to a moving carriage, farming and fighting are the two wheels of the carriage. Holding a sword in one hand, holding a plow in the other hand, using the sword of the empire to defend the plow in the empire, and constantly expanding the empire's survival and development and development.

Broad space.

Therefore, the Chinese country is not afraid of war, and the Chinese army is eager for war. The war will begin in the spring of the following year.

At this moment, on Di Lie's desk, there were four plans for attacking Xia, from the General Staff, the 12th Division, the 14th Division and the 21st Division. The latter three plans were from the front-line troops on the border, and

According to the position of his own troops, compare them with the enemy's forces, propose their own strategies and write to the court.

The 21st Division stationed in Huanzhou is closest to Xingzhou, the capital of Xingqing Prefecture of Xia Kingdom. If you follow the Lingzhou River and go up the river, you can reach the city of Xingzhou for only three hundred miles. Therefore,

Zhao Zhe, who was formerly the commander of Huanzhou and currently the commander of the 21st Division, proposed the strategy: using the Zhejia Army, Jinning Army, and the 12th Division to restrain the northeastern border army of the Xia Kingdom; using the 14th Division of Yan'an Prefecture,

The 15th Division restrains the forces of the Xia army's Jianing Army and Yanzhou; the 21st Division and the 13th Division (Class A Division), can first break Weizhou, which is close to you and quickly attack Xiping Prefecture.

, defeated Jingzhou, and finally arrived at Xingzhou, and destroyed Dangxiang in one fell swoop.

The plan proposed by the 14th Division was similar to that of Zhao Zhe. The only difference is that the main attack was the main attack by our division and the 13th Division. The main attack direction was to first break Hongzhou, then break through the iron gate of Xia Guonan, and then break through the iron gate of Xia Guonan. Advance west along the north line of the Great Wall, cross the Yellow River, occupy Huaizhou, and finally reach Xingzhou.

The above two are gradually promoted and steadily eliminate Xia. These two plans have the advantage of stability, but the disadvantage is that they are slow, and it can even be said to be long-term and prolonged.

You should know that Xixia and Song have been fighting for a hundred years, and 90% of the wars started on this line. If you fight today, I will fight back tomorrow. Today, this village is surnamed Song, and I will not be surnamed Xia tomorrow. During the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Northern Song Dynasty, Prime Minister Zhang Dun vigorously built a fortress, "Build two cities at the mouth of the river in Shimenxia, ​​Haoshui River, and was named Pingxia City and Lingpingzhai. Then Huanqing, Fuyan, Hedong, and Xihe River all built cities one after another, and expanded them. In the realm, the Xia people were stunned and dared not move."

The countermeasures adopted by the State of Xia were to use fortresses to build fortresses and build villages. In the past 30 years, the border between Song and Xia has been flat shuttle-shaped lands with a height of only a thousand miles in horizontal direction and a height of only a hundred miles in vertical direction, with hundreds of villages everywhere. The forts are erected, forming an extremely complex deep defense system. The two countries fought around, revolving around these small villages and large villages, and rarely attacking prefectures.

According to the General Staff, the combat power and deployment of the country and the Xia Kingdom, as well as the logistics and supply follow-up situation. If more than 50,000 troops are dispatched, according to the above two plans, the Song army will attack the Xia Kingdom along the previous march route, just to remove the dense crowds along the way. The fastest attacks on the strongholds, then attacks from cities to state, and finally reaches Xingzhou, which will take as long as six to eight months. This is still very smooth. If the Xia army counterattacks fiercely and competes for the villages, like the past with Song Dynasty If the army fights a tug-of-war like this, it is possible even if it drags on for a year.

The time required to clean up a country whose capital is only 400 miles away from our army is more than thousands of miles away, and it takes time to destroy the Jin Kingdom! It really surprised Di Lie, and at the same time he was deeply moved. This small country There is also a way for small countries to survive! No wonder they can be able to fight between the cracks between the Liao, Song and Jin countries for a hundred years, and with the shallow foundation of the small country and the tenacious and tenacious national character, they can compete with Ruoda's Song State. It does make sense.

The Song Dynasty could not destroy this country for a hundred years, but China could destroy it within one year. This was already against the will of heaven, but Di Lie and the General Staff were not satisfied. The current Xia Kingdom is not Li Yuanhao During the period, the military strength of China was not comparable to that of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty. At present, the country was newly established, and everything was in trouble. Spring farming was about to be established, and millions of refugees needed to be resettled, and there were not enough food. When the army went to fight, the biggest loss was Food. A 50,000 army of troops will fight for a year, and it is very likely that there will be more troops to continue to increase... There is no enough food in the national warehouse.

According to the latest statistics from the Ministry of Revenue, the national defense grain reserves are barely enough to support an army of about 50,000 to fight a war for three to four months. This is due to the strong support from the Song Dynasty during the Northern Expedition, and After the Supreme Kindergarten destroyed the Jin Kingdom, he seized a large amount of stored grain from the Jin Kingdom's warehouse, which was the result of the accumulated reserve support.

Three months! Up to four months! This is the deadline for the battle of the Chinese Summer War. Obviously, if you follow the steps, remove the strongholds one by one, and advance step by step... Not to mention the capture of cities and villages, it is just the road I'm afraid it will take more than three months. Such a tactic will definitely not work!

In front of Di Lie, there are two choices: one, launch a local war, fight one or two battles, punish the big ones, and make Xia Kingdom suffer a little. Temporarily dispel the idea of ​​destroying Xia Kingdom with one battle, and cultivate the spirit

Restore your strength and wait for the coming year, with sufficient food and salary, and strong soldiers and horses, and then use a thunder strike.

2. Fight now, and fight to the city of Xingqing to completely solve the century-old disaster in the northwest of the Central Plains. Then the country can calm down and develop peacefully for more than ten years.

Should we fight first or develop first? Should we stew fish once and for all or simmer it on a slow-fire basis?

As an emperor who started his military adventure, Di Lie resolutely chose the former - three months only! Either not to fight, or fight a big fight!

Of course, military adventure does not mean reckless attacks. Di Lie will not go out forcibly to fight without regard for reality. He needs a strategy that is different from the plan proposed by Zhao Zhe and Fu Xuan; he needs a new strategy that is different from all previous battles of Song and Xia;

He needed a surprise attack strategy that Xia Kingdom could never imagine and could not defend.

The General Staff has already studied the strategy that Di Lie needs. The only thing that is lacking is to implement it in detail and turn the strategy on paper into a general who acts tangiblely.

There is another plan on the imperial case, which was sent by Yue Fei of the 12th Division. I wonder what unique insights this first general in the Southern Song Dynasty would have, or what similarities are the same as Zhao and Fu?

When Di Lie unveiled his memorial, he accidentally swept it. He was stunned at first, and his eyes suddenly became focused. When he saw it halfway, he slapped the table and laughed: "What a Yue Pengju! He is worthy of being the most offensive general among the Southern Song Dynasty.

General! It coincides with each other, it coincides with each other!"

The guards outside the palace heard the sound of slapping the table and rushed in. When they saw nothing, they bowed and left.

Di Lie put Yue Fei's memorial with the General Staff's General Staff to polish the plan that was only completed for nearly a month. The two plans were surprisingly consistent.

Di Lie looked at it for a while, his eyes gradually became firmer, and he slapped the desk with force, shouting: "Prepare the pen and draw the order."

On the 22nd day of the first lunar month of the second year of Tianjian, Emperor Hua issued an order to establish the Western Expedition Army. With Yue Fei as the commander, Zhe Keqiu, Xu Huiyan, Zhang Xian, Liang Xing, Fu Xuan and Zhao Zhe as the deputy commanders, gathering three A-level divisions.

: The Eighth Division, the Ninth Division, the Twelfth Division; a Class B Division: the Twenty-first Division; a total of four divisions and two garrison brigades, with more than 52,000 troops. It will be from east of Hengshan to the Yellow River

On the Thousand-mile Border in the south, a battle to destroy the country was launched against the Xia Kingdom.

The first battle of the founding of China - the Battle of the West, is about to begin.

Yue Fei will also usher in the most glorious moment in his life and military career. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support is my greatest motivation.
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