"The terrain of Dali State is limited. Even if our army has hundreds of thousands of elite horse and infantry troops, it will be difficult for them to pass through the rugged mountain roads there. Moreover, even if we forcefully mobilize large groups of soldiers and horses, they will dig mountains and build bridges when encountering water.
The losses are difficult to estimate, and the logistical pressure is huge."
Everyone listened quietly to Liu Fa's words.
The Battle of Liangzhou, coupled with his illustrious military exploits in the Battle of Xia, made Liu Fa famous and became a leader among the younger generation of generals.
Lingbei Economic Strategy, strategizing with Changsun Moli, personally led the main force of the Zhuque Banner to destroy the Nianba Ge Tribe. Then he reorganized the Suzaku and Xuanwu Banner cavalry and swept away the Mierqi, Bojijin, Huoli Tuma, and Balasa.
Suddenly, Zha Da La, Hong Ji La and He Di Jin and other departments.
Within three years, all the tribes in the north of the Ling Dynasty surrendered, and most of them accepted the reorganization and became the Xuanwu Banner. A small number of them moved their families to avoid this evil star.
With such a battle, Liu Fa firmly established himself as the number one general in the Song Dynasty.
In the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Zhao Si replaced Liu Fa, Gao Shixuan, and Wang Shunchen of the Xuanwu Banner with Wei Baoqing, Zhe Keshi, Zhong Shidao, and others; he replaced Hu Luxiong of the White Tiger Banner with Wang Zhen, Bai Chonghu, Yang Weizhong, Zhong Shizhong, and Yao Xiong.
, Xu Guangliang, Ye Li Huangyou, Helian Baoshu, Bo Li Quxi; Lu Yihao was replaced by Zeng Baohua, responsible for logistics and civil affairs.
Generals such as Hu Luxiong, Gao Shixuan, Wang Shunchen, Xu Guangliang, etc. either returned to the Zhuque headquarters or were replaced in Hedong and Hebei. Liu Fa was promoted to the left deputy envoy of the Privy Council and military advisor, only one step away from the envoy of the Privy Council.
He has become Di Wuxiang's second, and will definitely surpass him.
But he was more fortunate than Di Qing in that the official family who fully supported him had supreme power. In addition, the Song army after being reorganized was very up-to-date and achieved great military exploits. Even those bitter scholars who were full of jealousy did not dare to do anything.
Voice.
Now Liu Fa was talking about his military plan. Everyone listened attentively and did not dare to ignore a word.
"So I feel that the military strategy for Dali previously formulated by the Military Advisory Office is not appropriate. I have reviewed the detailed internal affairs, armaments, geography and other information about Dali, and have re-drawn a military strategy. Using the direction of Bashu as a bait, I want to contain it.
And attract the main force of Dali Kingdom."
"The main attack direction is here!"
At this time, Secretary Lang had already unfolded a map of the southwest of the Song Dynasty on the wooden stand dedicated to Chongzheng Hall.
Liu Fa walked to the map and pointed in a direction.
Zhao Si stood up first and walked over to take a closer look. The rest of the people also stood up and stood in front of the map in an orderly manner, looking at the place pointed by Liu Fa.
In the southern part of the old Tubo land, it belongs to the pastures of Zhuque Banner, Fire Snake Wing and Zhen Suyi.
"The Zuowanhu station of the Zhuque Banner Fire Snake Wings is in Qamdo, Qiongang, and the right Wanhu station is in Baiyu, Gatuogang. To the south are the eleven chieftains, bordering Xichang, Jianchang Prefecture of Dali State, and Lijiang, Shanju County. It is reported that,
These chieftains had constant exchanges with Dali through the Nu River, Lancang River, Jinsha River and other mountains and river valleys."
"My next plan is to build a great momentum in Bashu County to attract the attention of the Dali Kingdom, and then the Fire Snake Wing can control the Ten Thousand Households. Later, they can also mobilize Suyi soldiers and horses from Hequ and other places, with the eleven chieftains as the main force.
The vanguard, along the mountains, rivers and valleys here, from a commanding position, launches a sudden attack on the hinterland of Dali."
Zhao Si took a step forward, and Liu Fa quickly stepped aside.
After looking around on the map, a memory popped up in Zhao Si's mind. Isn't this the Mongol Kublai Khan's marching strategy to take a detour to destroy Dali and complete the strategic encirclement of Sichuan?
At that time, Mongolia was first blocked by the Southern Song Army in Xiangyang. Then it attacked Sichuan, preparing to gain strategic advantages in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, but was blocked in northern Sichuan again.
So Kublai Khan set out from Lintao, walked along the Jinchuan River and the Jinchuan River, along the east side of the old Tubo land, and penetrated directly into Xichang and Lijiang. He defeated the unsuspecting Dali army in one fell swoop and destroyed his country.
Since there are successful precedents in the history in my memory, that's fine.
"I think it's feasible!" Zhao Si said, which was equivalent to approving this strategy.
"Liu Qing, who do you think can implement this strategy?"
"In reply to Your Majesty, I recommend Yang Weizhong."
Zhao Si was silent for a while, and then ordered decisively: "Xuan Yang Weizhong came back, established the Yunling Economic and Strategy Department, made him the Yunling Economic and Strategic Envoy, and appointed Li Miao as the deputy envoy and the capital to join the army..."
"Here!"
Zhao Si sat back on the chair and said with unfinished meaning: "The affairs of Dali Kingdom can be arranged in this way. How to deal with Karakhan and Gaochang Uighur Kingdom?"
There was silence in the hall again. Everyone really couldn't understand why the officials were so obsessed with the west? Could it be the promise made to the monks during the War to Destroy Xia?
Li Jian said: "Your Majesty, I have something unclear."
"you say."
"Your Majesty, what is the use of the northwest to our Song Dynasty? Recovering the old land of the Anxi Protectorate seems to have no more use than repeating the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties. It is bitter cold and dry, and the products are barren... Your Majesty asked the Military Intelligence Bureau to take a detailed look at it early in the morning
To investigate the intelligence of the Western Regions, the Byzantine envoys came to the DPRK, and His Majesty tried to win over them, hoping to form an alliance with them, and the good things came together..."
"I really don't know why Your Majesty attaches so much importance to the Western Regions and Byzantium?"
After Li Jian finished his question, the palace fell into silence again. Zhao Si thought for a while and said to Yu Huatian who was waiting at the entrance of the palace: "Huatian, take out the map No. 2."
"Yes, official."
A huge map was slowly unfolded on the wooden frame.
"This is the Song Dynasty, this is Byzantium, the area in the middle is the Turkic Seljuk Khanate, here is Persia that belongs to it, here is Khorasan, here is Hezhong, here is the Kara Khanate. Here is Tianzhu, here
This is the old land of Kushan."
Zhao Si was pointing and talking in front of the map, and the officials were dazzled.
This map was supplemented by Zhao Si based on the geographical knowledge in his own memory, as well as the field information collected from traveling caravans over the years. It is very different from the real map of Eurasia, but the approximate location can still be determined
You can see clearly.
"This is Dashi, which is also what the Byzantines call Saracen. This is Egypt, and this is the east coast of Yanzhou... To the west of Byzantium, there is another continent. The Geographic Society named it Liuzhou. There are hundreds of vassals here.
, with a population of tens of millions and rich products..."
After the introduction, Zhao Si first pointed to the middle of the map and said.
"I headed towards Wuchen. After leaving Hexi, there were two roads. One was the Silk Road created during the Han and Tang Dynasties. It passed through the Western Regions, Hezhong, Khorasan, Persia, and Asia Minor. It turned all the way south to Babylon and Salar in the two rivers.
Xun area, as well as Egypt. Continue all the way west to Byzantium, and then take the sea route to the Liuzhou countries."
"There is another way out of Jinshan, along the Stone River in Ye'er to the west, along this wasteland, to reach here, an estuary on the north side of the Black Sea. From here you can sail directly to Byzantium..."
After drawing on the map, Zhao Si added.
"Land transport is no better than sea transport. Sea transport ships are larger and can carry hundreds of tons of goods and travel thousands of miles across the sea. Land transport is not possible. Cars and horses carry loads, and people eat and chew horses. It costs a lot of money along the way and is not cost-effective. But on the other hand, the value of sea transport
Goods with low volume are transported by land, such as cotton, porcelain, copperware, etc. Overland is used for goods with high value and low volume, such as silk, tea, and spices. The two complement each other."
"Furthermore, transporting goods to Byzantium and Liuzhou by sea has to pass through the hands of the cannibals, and they make huge profits. By taking the land route, the goods can be sent directly to Byzantium..."
Speaking of this, Zhao Si's tone became high-spirited.
"Business makes the country rich, which is the national policy of our dynasty! Our dynasty cultivates goods and develops industries, and all kinds of goods emerge in an endless stream. In addition to meeting the needs of the country, they also need to sell them to every place in the world, earn huge profits, and create more
We can raise a lot of wealth to support the people. We can gather goods from all over the world to enrich the Song Dynasty. This cannot be shaken!"
"We have our navy and we are working hard to open up the sea route. We cannot give up on the land route! Byzantium is far away from us and there will be no geographical borders, so it is difficult to have competition and conflicts. Moreover, it is located on the three continents of Liu, Yan, and Zu.
The intersection of water and land is of very important strategic significance and is our natural ally! We must support it so that it can gain a firm foothold on this water and land arterial and become an important transfer station for the flow of goods in the Song Dynasty and the two continents of Yan.
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"Looking at it now, our biggest obstacle on the land route is him! Sanjar! We must defeat him and defeat all the forces that block us on the entire land route. We must make them understand that no matter how you fight each other, you will fight to the death.
! But you can’t touch a single thread or a bag of tea from my Song Dynasty caravan, otherwise, what awaits you is the destruction of the country and the massacre of the city!"
“This is our Song Dynasty’s own trade policy!” This chapter has been completed!