Chapter 97 The strategy of retreating the enemy
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Don't know./Shou. "Indo Dongguang shook his head, "I can't understand this now."
Since Li Hu captured Datong and defected to the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty has established a strategic advantage in attacking Helan Mountain and can attack him from both sides. However, the relationship between Datong and Bianjing has been tense. Judging from the current situation of Huliufu, there is no condition to attack Xixia.
Li Hu had too many troops and was paid by the military. Daibei could not support so many troops, so Li Hu defected to the Song Dynasty to ask for money to support the army, but how could the Song Dynasty raise tigers for trouble? Western Xia was the lesson of the past, and Bianjing would not make the same mistake again, so the conflict between Li Hu and Bianjing must be tense. Two years ago, the Song Dynasty fought in the Western Expedition, Li Hu stopped fighting after the front trap. Later, in order to establish an alliance with Xixia, he ignored Bianjing and directly returned the front trap to Xixia. This led to the Song Dynasty having to give up Li Hu and secretly form a alliance with the Jurchens, and want to join forces to attack Daibei.
Li Hu could not know about these things, nor could he be unprepared for them, so Li Hu had no conditions to fight Xixia. It was precisely because of Li Hu's despair that Xingqing Prefecture believed that this war was initiated by the Song Dynasty, and in order to ease relations with the Song Dynasty, Li Hu had to take the initiative to attack and fight to Helan Mountain.
Does this speculation make sense? Why should Li Hu believe in Bianjing and Jurchens, dare to ignore the safety of Datong and use his main force to expedition to the Western Xia?
Now, based on its own wishful guess, Xingqing Prefecture determined that the Song Dynasty launched a western expedition, but the Song army on the Shaanxi border has not gathered on a large scale so far. The news sent from various channels also shows that the Song army has shown no sign of attacking north so far. The entire battle situation seems very similar to Richard's guess. This is an attack launched by Li Hu on one side, and the main battlefield is indeed on the northern line.
However, Xingqing Prefecture insisted on its own point of view, insisted that the Song army would immediately attack on a large scale, and insisted on putting Richard on the battlefield on the southern front.
"Will the Song army attack the southern front? If it is attacked, when will it attack?" Renduo Dongguang said, "Under normal circumstances, the Song army generally chooses to attack north in October, which means that there are more than three months left. Li Hu went deep into the Helan Mountain alone and attacked for more than three months continuously for more than three months. Whether it is troops or food and grass, the loss is extremely amazing. More importantly, he may attract all our main forces to the north of Helan Mountain. In this way, when the Song army suddenly launches an attack, it will be out of the way and can break through the Ling and Xia defense line at the fastest speed and approach Xingqing Prefecture."
Li Anhui understood and patted Ren Duo Dongguang's shoulder hard, and said with a smile: "What you mean is that without violating Xingqing Prefecture, we will convince the emperor to transfer the Capture Army to the Northern Line and defeat Li Hu first, right?"
"Yes, the ultimate goal of this deployment in Xingqing Prefecture is to deprive the King of Jin of military power, but if the war is to be fought, the enemy will be driven away. If we pretend to obey Xingqing Prefecture, openly support the emperor, and absolutely follow the emperor, the emperor will understand the gods, follow the good, accept our strategies, and attack Li Hu first."
"This is actually the plan of King Jin." Li Qingyun said dissatisfiedly. "You just dressed up this plan and put it on the outer cloak of Xingqing Mansion. But doing so is equivalent to betraying King Jin. Once the northern line wins, the situation of King Jin will be very difficult."
Renduo Dongguang shook his head helplessly. "But if we confront the emperor and confront Xingqing Mansion, how to fight this battle? Is the country still worth it? Compared with the safety of Xixia, what is this sacrifice of King Jin?"
Li Qingyun looked angry, but thinking of the tension in front of him, he swallowed the words from his mouth again.
Now that the treacherous and slanderous are in power, they can only save the country in a curve.
"Now we don't know if the Song Dynasty will send troops. When will the troops be sent. The only place we can do is to defeat Li Hu before the Song Dynasty sends troops. In this way, when the Song Dynasty sends troops, we have enough troops to go south to support the King of Jin. Otherwise, the two fronts will fight. How can we deal with it? The struggle in Xingqing Prefecture is fierce. At this moment, internal and external troubles broke out. If you are not careful, it will be a disaster for both jade and stone to burn. As the descendants of the Dangxiang people, how can we ignore the country and the country?"
Li Qingyun lowered his head and said nothing. Li Anhui sighed softly. He patted the table and said to Renduo Dongguang: "You should formulate an attack strategy immediately. I urgently report to Xingqing Mansion and request reinforcements."
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The Keyi Gate reached Xingqing Prefecture for more than 300 miles. The Yima galloped day and night and flew to Kyoto within one day.
Li Anhui reported that the troops in the right wing were gathering in the Golden Valley and were preparing to fight the enemy. However, according to the report of the detective, the enemy army was huge, with a total force of about 100,000 to 150,000, while the troops in the right wing had only more than 50,000 troops. Even if they occupied the advantage of the terrain, they could not defeat the enemy. The emperor asked the emperor to quickly dispatch the captured soldiers to help.
Li Qianshun summoned Liang Qishen, Li Renzhong, Renduobaoguo and other central ministers overnight to discuss countermeasures.
Liang Qishen opposed it. He believed that Li Anhui's report was seriously inaccurate. The Tiger Lie Army had to carry a large amount of land, food, grass and supplies during the expedition to Helan Mountain, and there were many military and civilians. If the 150,000 people were reduced, the maximum number of troops was not more than 50,000. The Right Fang Army could completely defeat them. "This is the Song Dynasty's plan to lure the enemy. The purpose is to use the Tiger Lie Army to trick our main force to the northern battlefield of Helan Mountain so that the Song army can break through the southern line quickly."
Renduo protects the country with a cautious attitude. "So far, the Song Dynasty has not sent troops.
There are signs of attack, we cannot be sure that this battle was launched by the Song Dynasty."
Renduobao was in his fifties, with a shiny bald head, thick eyebrows and big eyes, long beard, and extraordinary momentum. His brother was Renduobaozhong. He followed his brother to fight for decades and had outstanding military achievements. After Renduobaozhong passed away, he followed his brother's orders and went to the distant Dunhuang to guard the border and stay away from Kyoto. Last year, Li Qianshun felt that he could not control Richard, so he recalled him from Dunhuang and served as deputy envoy of the Privy Council to restrain Chad.
"What? Do you believe that the Song Dynasty will comply with the covenant?" Liang Qishen scoffed.
"The King of Zhao made it very clear in the memorial that we must defeat the Tiger Lie Army as quickly as possible to avoid falling into the dilemma of fighting on both sides." Rendo Baoguo said, "Put the Capture Army in the capital, but let the Tiger Lie Army attack the Keyi Gate and miss the opportunity to annihilate the enemy. This seems to be unfavorable for us to win the initiative in the battle."
Renduo Baoguo said it very politely and politely, and Liang Qishen didn't want to go too far, so he took the initiative to ask: "Do you have a plan to annihilate the enemy?"
Renduobaoguo nodded, walked to the map, pointed to the Golden Valley on the map and said, "The Golden Valley has a good terrain. There is a mountain forest in the southwest and a desert Gobi in the northeast. King Zhao planned to use his main force to guard the fortress, and at the same time hide the horse army in the desert and attack the enemy at any time. This will effectively block the enemy's attack speed and drag the enemy into the northern foothills of the Helan Mountains."
"The troops in the right wing have limited strength. If there are no reinforcements, they will not last long. However, if there are direct support, they cannot defeat the enemy and can only fight for consumption. So..." Renduobaoguo pointed to the Yanchi, "If our reinforcements appeared in the Yanchi, how will the situation change?"
Li Ganshun, Liang Qishen, Li Renzhong and other monarchs suddenly woke up and showed joy.
"It's very simple. The Tiger Lie Army will be trapped between Yanchi and Keyimen." Renduobaoguo said, "In this narrow area, the southwest is Helan Mountain and the northeast is the Red Bull Desert. If the Tiger Lie Army breaks eastward, there will be the Yellow River as a blockade. If the Tiger Lie Army breaks westward, it will be trapped in the front and back attacks of our army. There is only one direction for them to escape, that is the desert. As long as the Tiger Lie Army enters the desert, it will surely die."
"Good plan." Li Ganshun applauded and congratulated each other, "The surprise attack on Yanchi not only cut off the enemy's retreat, but also cut off the enemy's food route. Li Hu is now dead."
Renduobaoguo smiled slightly and continued, "Climb the Helan Mountain from Xingqing Prefecture and head north along the Gobi Desert between the Cangqiu Desert and the western foot of the Helan Mountain. After rushing for more than 500 miles, it is the Salt Pond. Taking the Salt Pond, it will complete the encirclement of the Tiger and Lieutenant Army." (Cangqiu Desert is the Tengger Desert. Tengger means the Sky in Mongolian text.)
"Do we have enough troops to wipe out Li Hu?" Li Ganshun asked excitedly.
Renduobaoguo shook his head, "We don't need to fight Li Hu in a decisive battle. We just need to surround him and trap him. Li Hu has more than 100,000 troops and consumes a lot of food and grass. As long as the food channel is cut off, he will definitely break through."
"In addition to the natural danger of the desert, Li Hu can also break through the Yellow River." Liang Qishen looked at Renduo Baoguo with suspicious eyes, "Are you sure Li Hu can't cross the Yellow River?"
Renduo Baoguo laughed, "If my husband wants to ensure the natural danger of the Yellow River, he can transfer another 20,000 troops from Helan Mountain to Henan and order them to set up formations along the river to block the breakthrough of the Tiger and Martyrs."
"The army in Helan Mountain cannot be transferred." Li Renzhong said immediately, "The army of Capturing Sheng went north to Yanchi, and there were only 80,000 troops in the capital, so it could not be transferred anymore."
"Then we will draw the army from the left wing." Liang Qishen said flatly, "We must ensure that we surround Li Hu and wipe out the Tiger Lie Army."
"No, no..." Renduo Baoguo shook his hand repeatedly, "No. My husband, the Song Dynasty may send troops to attack at any time. The left wing's troops are not large. If another 20,000 yuan is drawn to head north, how can we resist the Song army?"
"No, we must draw." Liang Qishen's tone was very firm. "The King of Zhao said it very reasonably in the memorial. As long as we defeat Li Hu, not only can the Captaining Army go south to fight, but even the Helan Mountain army can go south to fight. The Song army lost Li Hu's cooperation, and the strategy of the Western Expedition was defeated immediately, and there was no choice but to retreat."
Renduo Baoguo tried his best to dissuade him.
It is one thing to draw up strategies, and it is another thing to fight. The battlefield changes rapidly and any situation may occur, but the strategies may not be fully implemented.
"My husband may have overlooked one thing," said Renduobaoguo. "The King of Zhao reported that the Hu Lie Army had a force of about 100,000 to 150,000. If the number of people is accurate, or at least 100,000, then with our current force, even if the encirclement is completed, we will definitely be broken by Li Hu. If we want to ensure the solidity of the encirclement, we must not only draw the 50,000 troops from Helan Mountain to the northern front battlefield, but also transfer the 50,000 troops from Lingzhou to the northern front, thereby gaining an absolute advantage in terms of force."
Chapter completed!