In the Tang Dynasty, Yan'an was called the "General Manager's Office of Yanzhou". In the fourth year of Yuanyou in the Song Dynasty, Yanzhou was promoted to Yan'an Prefecture. At that time, there were frequent wars between the Song Dynasty and Xixia, and this place was one of the main battlefields.
At that time, Li Yuanhao proclaimed himself emperor and led his troops to invade the Song Dynasty. He defeated the Song army at Sanchuankou and marched to Yanzhou City.
Song Renzong then ordered Han Qi to be the deputy envoy of Shaanxi economic strategy and pacification, and Fan Zhongyan took the post of Tianzhang Pavilion to inform the Yongxing Army and Yanzhou.
Fan Zhongyan guarded the northwest border and promoted famous generals such as Di Qing, Zhong Shiheng, Guo Kui, Zhang Kang and others.
In short, Yan'an was once the battlefield between the Song Dynasty and Xixia. It witnessed the ups and downs of an era and the emergence of famous generals in large numbers.
But from another perspective, the so-called "Northwestern Frontier" of the Song Dynasty seems a bit embarrassing.
It is farther south than Taiyuan and is still five thousand miles away from Yumen Pass in the west.
If it were any unified dynasty, Yan'an would be at the center of its territory.
The famous generals Han Qi, Fan Zhongyan and Di Qing have been guarding the border for many years and are still out of reach of Hetao.
Did they not do enough?
If it were Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, would he be able to do more?
Can Zhang Jue compare to these generals in the past?
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On Qin Zhi Road, Li Xia was riding his horse, thinking about these issues in his mind.
In the distance, Yanzhou City is in sight.
Zhang Jue did not go out of the city to greet Li Xia. It was not until Li Xia entered the city that he hurriedly ran down from the garrison. His whole body smelled sour. It was obvious that he had not taken a shower for several months and he had not wiped off the blood on his face.
He grinned, his teeth were quite white.
He had been guarding Yan'an Prefecture for more than a year. When the war started, he never expected that the battle would last so long.
In front of the soldiers, Zhang Jue gave Li Xia a lot of face. But after seeing the ceremony, the two of them walked up to the observation deck, and their words and actions became much more comfortable.
"Are you injured?" Zhang Jue looked at Li Xia with the tone of a conversation between friends.
"After more than 20 days of nursing, he is almost healed."
"The blood is gone from your face. You are so injured and you still come to Yan'an. Don't you worry about me?"
"The situation has changed and we have to make adjustments in time." Li Xia said, "How can I not discuss it with you?"
"Just call me to Chang'an or ask me to write a long letter there. Why bother to go all the way?"
"It's better to talk face to face. You are still confronting Yang Dayuan, so it's not appropriate to move lightly. Why don't I come over? It won't take a few days."
"You are a prince after all, and you don't even have dignity." Zhang Jue laughed and scolded.
Li Xia said: "What do you mean by majesty? The key to holding Guanzhong this time is you famous generals. I have to come and take care of the chores for you."
He is talking about Wu Qian, Li Zengbo, Lian Xixian, and Zhang Jue. The four of them may be called his four anchors.
Except for Lian Xixian, the other three were Song ministers and had been resisting the Mongolian army for the Song Dynasty.
What Li Xia can do is to make them do things more smoothly than before.
Zhang Jue said: "Don't say such nice things. I may be a famous general, but I didn't make any great achievements this time."
He smiled, and then joked: "But, after all, you still took the credit for defending Hancheng from me?"
In fact, it was Zhang Jue who first noticed that the Yellow River would freeze in winter, surveyed the terrain, and trained soldiers. He was the one who made the preliminary preparations.
It's just that having Li Xia guard Hancheng can better attract the Mongolian troops.
When talking about this matter at this time, Zhang Jue did not mean to take credit, but the two of them were familiar with each other and talked without thinking twice. They just said whatever came to their mind without any scruples.
Li Xia also laughed and said, "I wish all the credit could go to you and I could sit in Hanzhong City and wait to hear the news of your success."
"What's the point of sitting in Hanzhong? If you have to sit in Hara and Lincheng, how big of a territory would that be?"
"No matter how large the territory is, Hara and Lin are not suitable for being the capital."
"Isn't it enough for me to brag a few words? What's more true?"
Zhang Jue laughed heartily and casually punched Li Xia's armor, his movements were a bit like a young man's slapstick.
He didn't think it was the Prince of Pingling County who came to inspect the border areas. He just felt that it was rare to have a good friend come to visit him, and he was very happy.
A Sichuan man went to guard this desolate border. Every day when he looked up, he could only see the yellow land. It was so boring that it made people want to go crazy. Of course, he missed his relatives and friends in his hometown...
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"Finally, there is a Yellow River that can use its water power to defeat the enemy, but you have taken the credit. The Loess Plateau is not like the Yellow River. You see, from a high place, you can see at a glance that it is bare and the terrain is clear. Yang Dayuan and I are on such terrain Come on, no one wants to sneak attack on the other party... Speaking of this, Hao Tianyi still wants to sneak attack on me, but he doesn't know that I have already obtained your information, so I can easily surround him."
"Didn't you take the opportunity to give Yang Dayuan a serious setback?"
"Huh? Is Yang Dayuan the same as those Mongolian generals and northern princes? He was a general from Sichuan and Sichuan in the Song Dynasty."
Li Xia understood what Zhang Jue meant.
If Shi Tianze is safe in fighting, it is also safe among the Mongolian army. The essence of his strategy is offensive.
For Yang Dayuan, who was born as a general in the Song Dynasty, the essence of his strategy was defense. Even if he wanted to attack, he would use defense instead of offense.
To put it more concretely, Shi Tianze marched on horseback when fighting, and Yang Dayuan fought by pushing the fortress forward.
In this battle, the Song army used many strategies to ambush the Mongolian army and counter-ambush the Mongolian army. Of course, it was impossible to defeat the Mongolian army every time.
There are big victories, small victories, and defeats. This is normal.
Zhang Jue said: "The Mongolian army is like a dog, gnawing everywhere. You can severely defeat Shi Tianze, because no matter how stable he is, he is still a mad dog; Yang Dayuan is a turtle shell that cannot be bitten or smashed.
When Hao Tianyi, this little puppy, was surrounded and annihilated by me, Yang Dayuan refused to save him. As a thief, he also taught these Mongolian soldiers how they felt when we were guarding Diaoyu City and could not wait for reinforcements."
Li Xia asked: "Hao Tianyi, have you captured him?"
"Well, just keep it over there."
Zhang Jue raised his hand and pointed, and said: "Yang Dayuan did not do nothing. This year he occupied Jinmingzhai, Wan'an City, and overhauled the city fortress. Look over there, Luziping, Qingjian City, and Yan City. The remaining fortresses were connected by him, forming a siege to Yanzhou City, and they also camped in the fields... The Mongolian troops, Yang Dayuan, initially had the least amount of troops, but they robbed our population and recruited the Qiang people. Within one year, we pushed the front more than 20 miles south, and it can be said that we are getting stronger and stronger as we fight."
"This style of play is really annoying, just like when Wang Dechen was camping in Lizhou."
"Back then, the Mongolian army must have found it difficult to defend Sichuan against us, so they were unable to defeat Sichuan and Shu for more than 20 years."
"You didn't blast his fortress with artillery?"
"You must first give me the troops to recover each city wall." Zhang Jue said, "Otherwise, what's the use of blasting through his walls but not sending troops in?"
Li Xia looked at the telescope for a long time and said to himself: "The Mongolian army has withdrawn, but Yang Dayuan will not withdraw?"
Zhang Jue said: "Shi Tianze withdrew his troops because the troops of various princes were concentrated on the east bank of the Yellow River, wasting hundreds of millions every day; He Dan withdrew his troops because those soldiers and horses belonged to the main force of the Mongolian army... Yang Dayuan was different, he did not have many troops. Moreover, it does not waste money and food, and it can also grow food and grass. The closer it is pushed, the closer it is, and it is impossible for him to withdraw."
At this point, he cursed again.
"Fucking thief, unless this bastard is killed by my axe, he will be stuck here for the rest of his life."
Li Xia then thought of Shi Xiu's words scolding Liang Zhongshu in "Water Margin" and cursed him casually.
"Being a slave of a slave."
Zhang Jue is happy.
Li Xia usually fights and manages politics in a calm manner, and rarely expresses his personal emotions about someone or something. Compared to many people, Yang Dayuan is by no means the one he hates the most.
The reason why I can curse like this today is because I am friends with Zhang Jue, so I am not so nervous.
But after scolding, we have to face the situation in front of us.
Before the Song Dynasty crossed south, the territory with Xixia was demarcated near Ansai County, north of Yan'an, because it could not be defended further north.
Fighting a war is not a simple matter of recruiting many, many soldiers to conquer a territory. You must consider whether money and food can support it. If the territory is large, the defense line and the supply line are lengthened, the required expenditures will increase exponentially...
"So Yang Dayuan's chess piece is stuck to our north."
"Now that we have recovered Hexi, if we want to make progress, the next step is Hetao. We must send troops in two directions, one from Hexi and the other from Yan'an."
"Okay! When will we send out troops?"
"It takes a hard battle to stop, and we can't be in a hurry. If we want to reach the Hetao, we need at least enough money and food to support us in the Hetao for a year."
Zhang Jue said: "Let's not talk about military pay. The consumption on the road is probably more than twenty times, plus the manpower and material resources required to build the city. I don't need to calculate, just look at the twelve cities opposite, Yang Dayuan spent a year
The construction of the Hetao defense line is ten times as long as this. Don’t tell me that you need ten years of preparation.”
Li Xia said: "Maybe not in ten years, but also in one or two years."
"able?"
"There's no more time."
"All right."
Zhang Jue sighed slightly, knowing that it was a miracle that he could send troops to Hetao within one or two years.
After all, it was a sneak attack on Hexi, and the Mongolian army was now prepared.
For example, when Li Zengbo wanted to recover a Xiangyang city, the Song Dynasty had to argue about money and food for half a year.
"Brother Jun Yu, why do you sigh?" Li Xia asked: "The only way we can use is to fight a war, so you don't want to recruit Yang Dayuan?"
"You are shameless and rebellious. Why do you want to surrender and come back?"
"It's not for Yang Dayuan, but to test Kublai Khan."
Li Xia looked to the north and pondered.
"I have been thinking about it for the past few days. If Kublai Khan retreats in disgrace, his prestige will definitely plummet. We must take advantage of it. It is not about how much we value these official Mongolians. This is the key to disintegrating Kublai Khan's regime.
Best chance..."
Zhang Jue understood.
"Yes, we blocked nearly 200,000 Mongolian troops. Given the virtues of the princes and civil servants in the north, they always fall to whoever is stronger. How could they not murmur in their hearts?"
"I have sent out agents to conduct testing in Nanyang, Henan, Shanxi, and even more places. But the one closest to us and most worthy of testing is Yang Dayuan on the opposite side. We will know how much control Kublai Khan still has over the Central Plains."
This is what Li Xia calls "strategic adjustment."
For him, the battle with Kublai Khan had only really begun now.
The previous battle was not a fight, it was him passively blocking Kublai Khan's attack that was not serious.
After blocking it, he can start to counterattack, which will hit people's hearts...
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