"Xiao Prefect, last year, as an attaché, my subordinate followed my father, who was the deputy envoy of the mission, to Kaifeng, and had a confrontation with the official family of the Song Dynasty, who was King Jian at the time. I am ashamed that my subordinate is at a disadvantage. He said lightly, my father
After returning to the DPRK, he was ostracized. Later at home, a certain person collected relevant information from many sources and paid close attention to his every move."
"When I heard that he ascended the throne and became an official of the Song Dynasty, my subordinates felt something was wrong, so I asked for help and came to Kaifeng as an attaché. After arriving, my subordinates have been collecting various newspapers and magazines, studying them carefully, and roughly figured out the reasons for the official family of the Song Dynasty.
The story of how to defeat the Xia army during the reign of King Jian."
"Dashi, please tell me quickly so that Xiao can be taught." Brother Xiao became more and more interested as he listened.
"In the battle of Pingxia City, Xia Kingdom's biggest loss was that it lost its strategic reserve."
"Strategic Reserve?"
"Yes, this is a word that my subordinates saw in the collected "Wanshengjunjunbao", and the previous doubts were suddenly solved. The strategic reserve team was not explained in any newspapers and magazines of the Song Dynasty, but it belongs to
Based on the article and battle examples, I speculate that it should be an elite force under the direct control of the commander-in-chief. It has sufficient strength and can be quickly mobilized to engage in decisive battles at critical moments."
"I have many cavalry and am good at attacking. The advantage for the attacking side is that the defending side does not know where I will attack, so they set up defenses everywhere and are defenseless everywhere, passively being beaten. Therefore, strategic reserves are very important. For example, when we attack directly from Nanjing
In Hebei of the Song Dynasty, the biggest role played by the border troops of the Song Dynasty was to slow down our army and buy time for the strategic reserve."
"Song State judged the direction and target of our army's attack, quickly mobilized the strategic reserve, seized the terrain advantage, launched a decisive battle with our army, and tried to defeat our army in one fell swoop. Governor Xiao, this is the purpose of the strategic reserve."
Brother Xiao Seng thought for a while, digesting what Yelu Dashi just said, and finally nodded, "I understand, Dashi, please continue."
The tone is more friendly.
"The Liang Party has been in power over the Xia Kingdom for decades. In order to establish its prestige, it repeatedly went to war with the Song Kingdom. Although it gained some gains, it exhausted all its strength. In the battle against Xia City, the Xia Army lost tens of thousands of elites. At this point, the Xia Kingdom
The strategic reserves of the Xia State were completely lost, which meant that once the Song State launched an attack, the Xia State had to dispatch main forces from other lines of defense to reinforce them and act as strategic reserves. But at that time, everyone felt that the Song State was weak and would not take the initiative to attack.
, so no one cared."
Having said this, Yelu Dashi's face showed a look of admiration.
"The official of the Song Dynasty, who was still King Jian at that time, was the envoy of the Sixth Route of Shaanxi Province. He inspected the four roads along the border and even had small-scale battles with the Xia army. He was keenly aware of the fatal weakness of the Xia Kingdom, so he carefully constructed a trap.
.”
Yelu Dashi stood up suddenly, as high-spirited as if he had transformed into Zhao and was personally directing the war in the northwest.
"The officials of the Song State threw 40,000 Song troops into Huangzhong as bait. The leader of the Xia State, who had just eradicated the Liang Party and was eager to establish his power, was immediately fooled. After eating this bait, the Xia army followed the arrangements expected by the officials of the Song State and continued to steal from other countries.
The defense line deployed troops and horses to act as a strategic reserve. This gave the Song army an opportunity to take advantage of."
"At this point, the Song Army has completely taken the initiative. They can take advantage of the Xia Army's emptiness on other lines of defense and gradually encroach; and because the Xia State's land is long and narrow, most of it borders the Song State, the Song Army can wait for the opportunity and send troops to ambush them unexpectedly.
Reinforcements from the Xia army."
"In the Battle of Huangzhong, the Song Army turned against the enemy and divided and surrounded the Xia Army, annihilating them one by one. The Battle of Kalochuan was beyond the expectations of the subordinates. The Song Army actually made full use of the newly formed cavalry to outflank and annihilate them in one fell swoop.
He defeated the main force of the Xia army. The battle at Lingbo Mountain even made his subordinates stunned. They waited for the opportunity to move, stopped with silence, and struck later, defeating the exhausted Xia army in one fell swoop."
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Brother Xiao Seng couldn't help but be moved, with a look of fear on his face, "Dashi, according to what you said, the official family of the Song Dynasty..."
He didn't know how to describe it.
"He is the master of planning and making plans. According to the new saying of the Song Army, it is called strategic planning. The officials of the Song Dynasty have excellent strategic plans, and they know how to recognize and employ people, lay out the plans well, and select elite soldiers and generals to follow them, so they have successive successes
A great victory.”
Yelu Dashi also had fear and worry on his face.
"Xiao Prefect, his subordinates got a glimpse of the strategic reserve team and other insights from what the Song Army accidentally said. The officials of the Song Dynasty established the Wansheng Military Preparation School, and the Xiaoqi Battalion was trained to the third period... He taught everything he had, I don't know.
How many secrets have been taught. The combat power of the Song Army is already hard to fathom."
Brother Xiao Seng also sighed, with a look of deep worry and helplessness on his face, "What makes people even more anxious is that in addition to direct confrontation, the Song Dynasty also used various under-the-table methods. This time it is strictly forbidden to transport food to the summer, that is,
A fatal blow."
"Yes, the Xia Kingdom is in danger."
Brother Xiao Seng sighed and shook his head. "Not only that, the officials of the Song Dynasty also used this grain inspection in Hedong and Hebei to handle the case, killing two birds with one stone."
Yelu Dashi was stunned, "Please ask Governor Xiao to give advice to my subordinates."
"Killing two birds with one stone, in addition to eliminating the Xia Kingdom's way of survival, it also gave a proper and beneficial blow to many aristocratic families in Hedong and Hebei in terms of power."
After hearing Brother Xiao Seng's words, Yelu Dashi was startled, and said with his palms: "Yes, it really kills two birds with one stone. In this case, the people investigated by the Song State are all branches or relatives of the aristocratic families in Hedong and Hebei. It will not hurt the aristocratic families.
They were able to beat their foundation and warned them to stay safe. The officials of the Song Dynasty were preparing for the follow-up reorganization of the Forbidden Army in Hedong and Hebei."
"Yes." Brother Xiao Seng didn't want to believe it, but he had to admire it. "Although the Song Dynasty official family is young, their methods are sophisticated and the fire is just right. They will not touch the roots of the Hebei and Hedong families and force them to break up; they will also hurt them.
, let them realize the power of the emperor and the power of heaven. I hope that our emperor’s grandson will also be such a gift from heaven!"
Someone was talking at the door, "Your Majesty, the Governor, I have bought the latest edition of Donghua Chaobao from the Song Dynasty. Important news is published in it, so I hurriedly sent it over."
"Important news?" Brother Xiao Seng was shocked, "Send it in!"
The confidant placed a thick stack of newspapers on the table next to Brother Xiao Seng.
"So thick?"
"Replying to your Majesty, I heard that today's issue is a special edition, with a total of eight pictures and thirty-two pages."
"So much, then it really publishes very important news." Brother Xiao Seng exclaimed and waved his hand, "You go down."
Unfolding the newspaper, Xiao Sengge and Yelu Dashi's heads came towards the newspaper from both sides. The front page headline that caught their eyes read, "Official imperial edict, "Xinyuan Restructuring (Draft)"..."