The charcoal pencil was drawn on the map, walking eastward from Luoyang, stopping at Kaifeng and drawing a circle.
"This means that while our Northern Expedition has made initial progress, the baggage lines are also lengthening, the marching roads are increasing, and the places where we need to deploy troops are also increasing. Next, the requirements for troops, food and grass will also be greater.
The several Northern Expeditions of Zhao and Song were defeated in these places."
After Li Xia received the good news, he poured cold water on everyone first.
He's always a bit of a letdown.
Because he had also attacked Luoyang before. At that time, he led thousands of cavalry out of Tongguan, walked through Heluo, turned to Nanyang, and finally fought back to Guanzhong from Wuguan.
But that's destruction.
Destruction is easy, occupation is difficult.
For example, it was easy for Kuo Duan to invade Chengdu, but if he wanted to occupy and run Chengdu, the mighty Mongolian second prince didn't even have the courage to try. He simply slaughtered them all because he knew he didn't have the ability to rule.
Li Xia's Northern Expedition was to recover rivers and mountains and digest every city.
"When Duanping entered Luo, Zhao Song even captured the three capitals and pushed the defense line to the entire Yellow River, but they were still defeated in the end.
The line, but was defeated in the end, why? It is untenable and the strength is not enough to hold it. Therefore, I strictly ordered Zhang Jue to persuade Zhang Jue to surrender whenever he can in a fortified city, so as to reduce losses and increase victory." As he said that, Li Xia looked towards him.
The civil servants who accompanied the army included northerners such as Han Qi'an, Li Zhi, and Yang Guo, as well as southerners such as Shi Jun, Fang Yankai, and Xi Jihu.
"After the victory is achieved, it is more difficult to defend it. In this Northern Expedition, there are many tiger generals in the army fighting on the battlefield, and the significance of me and you coming here is that every time we conquer a city, we need to appease the people, gentry, and protect the people.
The supply of food and grass will prevent us from falling short like Zhao and Song."
The ministers then raised their hands and responded: "I will do my best to live up to your majesty's trust."
Li Xia said: "I don't want to hear someone say again after a while, 'Your Majesty, we are running out of food and grass. Retreat the troops' or 'Let's attack here first.' I want you to really do your best to turn stones into gold and turn sand into gold."
food."
Many of the ministers turned to look at each other, because this was what they could say.
And Li Xia is indeed very strict, always forcing them to do seemingly impossible things regardless of the actual conditions.
After a slight silence, Han Qi'an took the lead in expressing his position, saying: "Although I am a civil servant, I swear to advance and retreat together with my Tang Dynasty soldiers, and I will not stop until I defeat Yanjing.
"I will never stop until I can bring peace."
I don't know who among the officials shouted like this. After Han Qi'an smiled bitterly, he had no choice but to respond with the other officials: "We will not stop until the peace is reached." Li Xia was then satisfied and said, "Get ready and move to Luoyang.
"I accept the decree."
Civil servants are smart, considerate when doing things, and like to leave room for leeway, so they need to be beaten like this.
After arranging the move to Luoyang, Li Xia turned to the generals and began to adjust the strategy of the Northern Expedition.
"I have received news that the Yuan army in Shanxi is moving south to support Henan. This is a change in the overall strategy of the Yuan army after Kublai Khan returned to Kaiping City. If the enemy changes, we must also change..."
The terrain from Tongguan to Luoyang is not open, so Zhang Jue's East Route Army went first, and half of the troops were temporarily deployed in Guanzhong and on the Weihan Passage as a follow-up force.
At this time, there were many generals under Li Xia's tent.
Among them, when Yi Shiying returned from Yunnan and saw Li Xia rebelling against the Song Dynasty and proclaiming himself emperor, he found it difficult to accept it and originally intended to resign.
Later, when he encountered the great cause of restoring the Central Plains, such as the Northern Expedition, he really wanted to participate, but he was an upright and loyal man, so he couldn't lose face. It was Zhao Jin who persuaded him as an exiled princess, and he "reluctantly" came out.
Assist Li Xia.
Let’s not mention old things
Not to mention, Yi Shiying was very excited when it came to analyzing how to regain the lost territory from the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.
"good."
He stepped forward and first pointed to the location of the Hetao on the map.
"Previously, we proposed that the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty use real gold to supervise the country.
As for the strategy of driving Henan and Hebei, we judged that Mang Ge was assassinated and Ahema would not send troops. Now that the situation has changed, it is not appropriate for us to go all out on the east route. Instead, we should attack from multiple routes and advance head on."
Zhang Hongdao originally wanted to say this, but Yi Shiying beat him to it, so he smiled and said, "Yi Gong has been in southern Xinjiang for a long time, so he knows the situation in the north so well?"
"You read a lot of military reports." Yi Shiying said, "When your Majesty uses troops, he often pays most attention to intelligence. Before fighting, he will repeatedly discuss the battle situation until the strength of the troops, the terrain, and even the intentions of the enemy and ourselves are clear. Knowing yourself and the enemy, you can win every battle."
What he didn't say was that compared to the dissatisfied officials and important ministers of the Song Dynasty, this may be one of the reasons why the New Tang Dynasty was able to make the Northern Expedition.
Zhang Hongdao was originally joking, but he didn't expect Yi Shiying to answer so seriously, so he stopped joking.
He saluted Li Xia and said, "Now that Luoyang has been conquered, I would like to lead a force of troops to cross the Yellow River from Mengjin and drive straight to Baozhou. I will capture Hebei for your majesty!"
He said this with great force.
Among the generals in the hall, no one dared to say that he could conquer the ground for Li Xia. Only Zhang Wulang, who came from a prominent family, had the confidence to do so.
Li Xia frowned slightly, because the news about Baozhou was not yet clear.
But now that Luoyang has been conquered, it is indeed possible to send troops to Hebei. He looked at the map and saw that a line from Luoyang to Kaifeng had been drawn on it. This was the first direction for troops to advance.
After thinking for a while, he picked up his pen and drew another line from Mengjin Ferry to Baozhou. This was the second direction of the advance.
A line was drawn from Xingqing Mansion to Jiuyuan City, and then a line was drawn from Xingqing Mansion to Jiuyuan City.
The third direction of the advance was that the troops in the northwest were exhausted and only Yang Ben's troops were left.
"Now that Kublai Khan has returned to Kaiping, the Yuan army in Hetao will not stand still after it is ready. I want to send another 10,000 people to reinforce Yan'an Prefecture and, if necessary, contain the Yuan army in Hetao for Yang Ben. Who is willing to go?"
After Li Xia asked this question, all the generals in the hall were silent for a moment. Because Zhang Jue has established a very complete system in Yan'an Mansion in recent years.
line of defense, the local defenders did not have much defensive pressure, while the Yuan army in Hetao
With the new defeat, it is unlikely to counterattack Yan'an Prefecture, and it is more likely to return to defend Yanjing. In this case, reinforcements to Yan'an Prefecture will probably not achieve much merit. But in the end, someone came out and said: "I am willing to go.
But he was a general with long and narrow cheeks and a stern expression.
Li Xia glanced at Nie Zhongyou's face, nodded slightly, and smiled.
Calculated, Nie Zhongyou was one of the first people to seek refuge with Li Xia, but over the years he had been stationed in Yunnan, and due to the long distances, he had less contact, so he was not as familiar with Li Xia as other civil and military ministers.
In addition, there were no wars in southern Xinjiang and received little training, so he was not as famous as the generals guarding the northern front.
But Nie Zhongyou knew in his heart that guarding Yunnan was also a great achievement in opening up territory and expanding the territory. He was in poor health and might have died easily on the northern battlefield, but it was in Yunnan that he could achieve great success safely.
On the other hand, there were both in-laws and old clans like the Gao family in Yunnan at that time, and loyal ministers of the Song Dynasty like Yi Shiying. He could be sent to handle the relationship between the two, which shows that he was the most trustworthy person of Li Xia.
people.
The two of them knew this kind of kindness between monarch and minister, and between friends. Nie Zhongyou had always been a man of few words. He had met Li Xia several times after he was transferred back to the court this time. Chatting was really boring. But doing so
When it comes to things, he is very reliable.
As soon as he came out of the queue, Li Xia nodded and drew a line on the map from Yan'an Prefecture to Jiuyuan City. This was the fourth direction of the advance.
Afterwards, Li Xia's eyes fell on Xia Yangdu on the map.
This is the place where Shi Tianze led his army to cross the Yellow River on ice and enter Guanzhong.
Liu Yuanli immediately stepped out and said: "I would like to lead troops across the Yellow River to attack Shanxi and contain the Shanxi army."
He is a calm man, unlike Zhang Hongdao who wants to take Hebei when he opens his mouth. In these years, brothers Zhang Shun and Zhang Gui, the naval generals of the Tang Army, have been building ships in Xiayangdu. Although they do not have the ability to cross an army of 100,000, they can lead a partial army across the Yellow River.
It is possible to enter Shanxi and ensure the safety of baggage and retreat.
Li Xia then drew another line from Xia Yangdu to Taiyuan on the map. This was his fifth direction of advance.
In this way, the overall strategy adjustment was completed, and Li Xia also dispatched all his troops.
The five marching directions have their own primary and secondary directions, like the five fingers of a hand, which will be struck on the land of the Central Plains...
~~"It's so boring."
On this summer evening, Zhao Jin was still sitting on the tower, fanning himself with a round fan, watching the generals in Tongguan City receive their military talismans, shouting excitedly, and then ran away, maybe to
Go and make achievements.
There were also officials passing by in groups, discussing the great victory in Luoyang and the expedition of the five armies.
It was like Li Xia was playing chess with Kublai Khan. The opponent made a move and made corresponding adjustments. In Zhao Jin's opinion, there was nothing new.
Watching people play chess is not as interesting as playing Shuanglu yourself.
Only hearing that she was going to Luoyang tomorrow made her look forward to it.
However, what she really wanted to see was Bianjing, the old capital of the Song Dynasty, where the Zhao Dynasty once established its capital and suffered great humiliation.
After Jingkang, she will be the first descendant of the Zhao family to return to Bianjing... although she doesn't know why she does this.
When you think about it, it's a bit boring.
Maybe she was too idle and couldn't find the energy to do anything. Zhao Jin sighed, and the next moment her eyes fell on the Yellow River, and she was suddenly stunned for a moment.
Not far away, there was a man and a woman walking hand in hand. They were both tall and slender, with fluttering clothes. They looked like a couple of gods.
A closer look revealed that it was Li Xia and Zhang Wenjing.
Zhao Jin couldn't help but think of the story he heard recently. Zhang Wenjing defected to Li Xia from the north, and now Li Xia was sending troops to attack Zhang Wenjing's hometown.
She suddenly felt envious of such a relationship.
As a big girl, compared to those strategic arrangements, she still finds it more interesting to watch people blooming in front of and under the moon.
So she leaned on the railing and looked at it with relish, and murmured in a low voice: "I only envy mandarin ducks, not immortals."