Chapter 84: The Loyal Officials of the Frontier City Strategize (4)
Xiangqing Army and Xiping Mansion, also known as Lingzhou City, is located at the intersection of Lingchuan River and the Yellow River. It is an important city of the Xixia Kingdom in Henan and is also the last barrier of Xingqing Mansion in Henan. It is very important.
In the yamen of the Xiangqing Military Division, Brother Richard, King of the Jin Dynasty of Xixia, gloomily read the military report that had just been sent to him. He closed his eyes and breathed a few breaths quietly. After adjusting his breath, he slowly said: "Zhang Yuanqing, Li Furen, etc.
People moved Xiazhou to surrender to the Song Dynasty, Gao Shouzhong, Liang Heyun, Wei Mingxiongda and others moved Youzhou to surrender to the Song Dynasty."
Wei Ming Anhui, who was sitting next to him, slapped the table hard with his right palm, and the things on it bounced violently, and then fell back to their original places.
He said angrily and helplessly: "These thieves!"
Brother Richard's eyes twitched, and he continued to say with emotion and anger: "In addition, Long, Hong, Shi and other states have been captured by the Song Army, and the Wuding River area has all fallen into the hands of the Song Army. Now the land of Henan,
Only Weizhou and Yanzhou are left."
"Yao Lin sent Zhong Pu and Bai Chonghu led the main force of the Pingxia army to besiege Weizhou in order to contain our army so that Zhe Keshi could be restrained. Bai Liu Zhongwu and Gao Yongnian led the Dingbian and Jinning armies to calmly sweep and uproot our army in Wuding, Henan.
All the states and counties in the He region." Weiming Anhui was also a veteran on the battlefield and knew the current situation of Song and Xia well.
"Shangfu (the honorific title of Weiming Anhui) is right."
Brother Richard sat back on the seat next to Weiming Anhui, slapped the military newspaper on the table angrily, and there was a bit of anxiety in his words.
"Yao Lin's nearly 100,000 main force is pressing down on Weizhou. It is called a siege, but it is actually waiting for an opportunity to move. Tens of thousands of horse infantry led by Zhe Keshi, Bai Chonghu, and Gao Yongnian move from east to west to clear out our Henan army."
At this point, Brother Richard's brows almost knitted together.
"If I lead the army to the east for reinforcements, Yao Lin will lead the main force to attack Xiping Mansion. If I sit back and do nothing, the Song army can calmly remove the nails in Henan. And the generals of the state armies will also be discouraged.
Feeling cold, they surrendered one after another. Now the war situation is developing as we expected. When the Song army has wiped out Weizhou and Yanzhou, we can calmly join forces at the foot of Lingzhou City."
Weiming Anhui stroked his lush beard, and his pair of turbid and sharp round eyes were full of evil spirits, "The guard of Yanzhou City is Xue Yuanli. This old fox is even more unreliable than Zhang Yuanqing and Gao Shouzhong. He is hiding in Yanzhou, and there is a chance that
Bajiu has made a wishful thinking, if Zhang Yuanqing and Gao Shouzhong swear to defend Xiazhou to the death, he will become a loyal minister of our Xia Kingdom."
"But now that Zhang Yuanqing and Gao Shouzhong have resigned so quickly, there is not much time left for Xue Yuanli, so he must have made a decision."
Brother Richard shook his head, "Father Shang is right. We really can't have too much hope in Yanzhou. In fact, in my heart, I know that it is difficult for these state armies to hold on for long. Song State's Military Intelligence Bureau is too powerful.
In the past two years, they have been rampant in our Xia Kingdom, especially the state armies close to the Song Dynasty, almost all of them have been infiltrated into a sieve."
"It's good that your Majesty has an idea. In the past two years, the Song State has changed its methods, taking advantage of the general trend to coerce and lure our Xia State officials and people. Especially the army in Henan and other states, countless soldiers and civilians have fled south. The officers and generals guarding there also understand the reality of the place,
I am in constant panic all day long. Alas, since the battle of Pingxia City, the situation between our country and the Song Dynasty has suddenly reversed. Why is this!"
Brother Richard looked at Weiming Anhui, but did not say what was in his heart.
Starting from Jingzong (Li Yuanhao), civil strife has been the standard for every generation of Xia Kingdom leaders. Yeli, Wu Zang, and Liang family first took over the power of relatives outside the party, and then were killed. Every time, there was bloodshed, and the Xia Kingdom was already relatively powerful.
If you are weak, how many times can you withstand cruel internal strife?
On the other hand, the Song Dynasty suddenly changed after Zhao Si, the current official, came to power. He used frequent tactics and targeted the Xia Kingdom's vital points. The most hateful thing is that he took full advantage of the Song Dynasty's advantages and took full advantage of the Xia Kingdom's weaknesses.
Accurate.
After a fierce battle, Xia Guo's vitality was severely damaged.
After he came to the throne, nominally under the mediation of the Liao Kingdom, the two countries stopped fighting and negotiated peace. But secretly, he used incitement to lure the soldiers and civilians into fleeing, dumped luxury goods wantonly, drove a large number of monks from Qinchuan County to flee to the Xia Kingdom, and even used profit-hungry Liao businessmen under the guise
With his own hands, he bought Xia's grain, cattle, sheep and population on a large scale.
Those nobles who were dazzled by various luxury goods such as spirits, tea, spices, etc. even dared to sell their military rations and soldiers' armor secretly.
After two years, on the surface, the two countries coexisted peacefully and the world was at peace. But Brother Richard, who knew the inside story, knew that these two years had caused more losses than two major defeats every year.
The defeat was visible to everyone, but the secret bloodletting could not be seen, and many nobles did not take it seriously. Now the Song Dynasty suddenly mobilized the whole country to destroy Xia, and in panic, it realized that the national power was in embarrassment.
To what extent.
"Is the princess's information accurate?" Weiming Anhui suddenly asked, "She said that the officials of the Song Dynasty sent hundreds of thousands of Suzaku cavalry to Juyanhai and detoured to Hebei. Is it true or false? Although the Song Dynasty is now revived,
But you dare to provoke the Liao Kingdom when you are fighting against our Xia Kingdom?"
Brother Richard sighed inwardly, and the Song Kingdom suddenly turned against him. Many nobles and ministers of the Xia Kingdom vented their grievances on Li Qingluan. He felt that if she had not come up with a bad idea and tested the officials of the Song Kingdom by surrendering, the result would be a huge disaster.
disaster.
It seems that if Li Qingluan didn't do this, everyone could live in peace for a few more years.
Is this possible?
Judging from the speed with which the Song Dynasty mobilized its armies this time, the entire Song Dynasty should have prepared for the war to destroy Xia two or three years ago. All the officials of the Song Dynasty lacked was an excuse. Even without her sister's temptation, the Song Dynasty would have
Other excuses will be found.
But this is hard to say.
First, in this moment of crisis, we must try to win over these important ministers and generals; second, now that everyone is holding their breath, we must let them vent their anger.
So I had to feel sorry for my sister.
"The princess has stayed in the Liao Kingdom for a period of time and is well aware of the actual situation there. The Liao Kingdom has long lost its vigor and only has a tiger skin left. Besides, the Song Kingdom only used the remote road to Beijing, and did not
It will hurt the foundation of Bei Liao. If we send more money then, the greedy monarchs and ministers of Liao will probably turn a blind eye."
Brother Richard changed the topic.
"I received a report that there were Song Army cavalry, about 20,000 to 30,000 people, using Liying City as a base, traveling freely across Hebei Province, and even found traces of them at the foot of Helan Mountain."
"Shangfu, most of the sergeants of the Western Army of the Song Dynasty were recruited from the border states, and there were many strong men who were good at riding and shooting. In the past, there was a shortage of war horses, so the cavalry was not prosperous. Now the Song Army has no shortage of war horses, so it is very easy to build tens of thousands of cavalry.
Easy thing. Guangping Xia Army has seven cavalry regiments, plus Dingbian Army..."
Weiming Anhui raised his hand and waved it vigorously in the air to stop Brother Richard from speaking.
"Your Majesty, I know everything you said. The problem is that because of such a piece of news that we don't know whether it is true or false, we released tens of thousands of our main troops to defend Hebei. As a result, the troops in the south were so tense that they did not dare to move anywhere. We could only sit back and watch the Song army encroach.
The state army is approaching step by step. How can we fight this battle?"
Speaking of this, Weiming Anhui's face was full of horror, "We know the Song Army's siege methods. Back then in Liangzhou City... if the Song Army had wiped out all the surrounding state armies, they could have surrounded Lingzhou without any worries.
City, then we..."
Thinking of the tragic scene of the legendary burning of Liangzhou City, Weiming Anhui couldn't help but shuddered, "Your Majesty, we can't sit still and wait for death."
"Liangzhou City was short of water and unprepared, so the Song Army succeeded. Our Lingzhou City is right next to the Yellow River and Lingchuan Water. There is no shortage of water. As long as we are properly prepared, we will never let the Song Army succeed."
"I hope so!" Weiming Anhui didn't have much confidence in Brother Richard's words.
"Father Shang, I have made a plan to select elites from the remaining 20,000 iron kites and captured soldiers. All of them will be armored and equipped with sharp weapons to serve as the vanguard. When the Song army comes to the city, I will lead my troops to fight and kill him by surprise.
.The tradition of the Song Army is that once it is defeated, it will be defeated thousands of miles away."
Seeing Wei Ming Anhui's face soften, Brother Richard continued: "They have been going smoothly for the past two years, and they are arrogant. When the time comes, I will show weakness first, lure the enemy deeper, and then use iron kites to capture the elite men of the living army.
Attack its flanks and defeat the Song army in one fell swoop."
This seems to work.
The Song army defended the city and attacked the city fiercely. In the wild battle, the outcome was 50-50. If Richard's plan was followed, the main force of the Song army might be defeated in one fell swoop. By then, the Song army would use its traditional skills - rout thousands of miles away.
Xia Guo can turn defeat into victory and turn the tables in one fell swoop.
The excited Weiming Anhui was about to discuss the details with Brother Richard when he heard someone breathlessly reporting outside the door: "Report! Weizhou has fallen and Yanzhou has surrendered to the Song Dynasty!"
It became extremely quiet for a while inside and outside the house, with only a few cicadas lying on the trees, shouting hysterically, and the sound became faster and faster, as if they were roaring, "I'm going to die! - I'm going to die!" This chapter has been completed!