"I have asked Zhao Yi and his subordinates, and have also seen the Jiyi of Song State who escaped. It seems that the new army of Song State is not too weak. Their soldiers have received the necessary training and are well equipped. The quality of the officers is quite good. They can still deal with it calmly when they are hit by superior forces. If they had not voluntarily given up the No. 1 Fortress of the South Bank, Zhao Yi's Fourth Division would have suffered heavy losses!"

In the palace of the head of state in Tianjin, Wu Yixin, the head of state, was also listening to reports from senior Republican leaders.

What is being reported is his brother Wu Yiyong. Wu Yiyong is now a lieutenant general of the army and has also become the deputy Du Junior Crew of the Du Junior Crew, equivalent to the deputy chief of staff.

He came back from Fort No. 1, South Bank, which had just been stationed by the Fourth Army Division, and his purpose was to investigate not only the "Fort No. 1 Battle" that occurred before.

The results of the investigation surprised Wu Yiyong because the Song army showed amazing combat effectiveness in this battle. When the Song army was attacked by the superior forces of the Fourth Division in a half-crossing situation, they remained calm.

The troops behind their palace quickly formed a defensive formation of the caravan, using a specially-built four-wheeled carriage with sandbags and artillery to form a defense line. And relying on this temporary defense line, they repelled five attacks of the Fourth Division in succession! It was not until the sixth attack that the defense line was broken because of excessive force consumption.

Therefore, in this "Fortress Battle", the Zhou army suffered serious injuries and casualties, as high as more than 500 people. Although it was far less than the opponent's losses (about 1,500 people), considering the Zhou army's numerical advantage, it obviously did not have much advantage.

The room was quiet, and only Wu Yijiu's fingers were heard unconsciously hitting the table.

"How are they better than the Jin soldiers? How are they better than the Dongliao soldiers?"

"It's hard to say that the Jin soldiers have the strengths of the Jin soldiers, and their cavalry is powerful, and their hands-on fight is also powerful. However, the battle formation is not as good as the Song army, and the Song army's chariots cannot be fought. As for the Dongliao... without our artillery team's cooperation, they would not be able to defeat the Song army's chariots. The Song army's sprites, crossbow soldiers, and knife and shield soldiers are not weak. There are also many one-pound cannons, and the chariots are even more powerful. After piled up sandbags, it would be a bit difficult to hit our six-pound cannons."

Wu Yiyong slowly spoke about his understanding of the Song army. In his opinion, it is not surprising that the Song army is not an easy enemy to deal with. Now the officers of the new army of the Song Dynasty are actually fellow disciples of the Zhou army officers Wu Yiyong and others. Maybe there are differences between "Sword Sect" and "Qi Sect", but they are definitely not laymen.

"Then can we break the bastion defense line?" Wu Yijiu asked again.

Chen Jian took over the topic and said, "It's a bit difficult. The Song army's bastion defense line starts from Dingbei Sankou in Dingzhou in the west, passes east through Baozhou, Guangxin Army, and Ansu Army. Enter Xiongzhou and then builds along the Baigou River to Sanhekou. Then turn back to the south, builds the bastion along the Yellow River, directly into Cangzhou, and crosses the Yellow River. The three major forts of Nanpi, Qingchi and Yanshan were built. The entire defense line is about 500 miles long, and every 50 miles a critical location is selected to build a bastion, and a total of 100 bastions were built. Most of the fortresses have only one battalion, with a total force of about 100,000. The force is not large, but these fortresses have a fortress that can fire six to ten kilograms of projectiles. Each fortress has at least 10 cannons, and some cannons that can fire one kilogram of projectiles..."

"Can't you walk through the two bastions?" asked Zhang Zhifeng, Minister of War.

"According to the report of the Song army that defected to us," Wu Yijiu said, "In addition to the more than 100 battalions of new troops stationed in the evolutionary fortress, the Song army also has about 50 battalions of reserve troops, and perhaps more reinforcements will come!"

He paused, "Our troops can indeed pass through the two battalions, but then they still have to fight the new army of Song State with at least 50 battalions. It is expected that the enemy will adopt tactics such as car castles and hard villages, and it is likely to engage in a long and fierce battle."

"Will you not win?" Wu Yijiu asked.

Chen Jian smiled and said, "How could he not win? It's just that the number of casualties is larger. However, the defenders in the 100 bastions on the border will likely escape after their main force's defeat.

We can't divide 100 pursuit troops!

Moreover, dozens of new troops of the Zhaoyi Army will most likely run away with them. The Dujun Pilot Bureau estimated that they would retreat to Daming Prefecture, Kaide Prefecture, Amway Army and Weizhou, relying on the Yellow River and several cities that have been converted into bastions to prevent us from crossing the river! It is more likely to retreat to the surrounding Kaifeng Prefecture later, or even retreat to Xiangyang Prefecture after the Kaifeng Battle."

Wu Yiyong took over the topic and said: "The 150th battalion of the new army of the Song Dynasty in Hebei plus the 40th battalion of the Zhaoyi Army is the essence. If it cannot be eliminated and a considerable number of them retreat to the Yangtze River Basin will make the Civil War long-term. If the Song Dynasty court who fled to Xiangyang Prefecture learned from its mistakes and launched a retro party member for a thorough reform, then it will be unsure who will die in the future!"

Wu Yijiu asked: "What should I do when the Dujun Pilot Department is ready?"

Chen Jian said coldly: "We want to bypass the Hebei defense line of the Song army, attack Kaifeng Prefecture with a strong force, and fight a decisive battle with the Hebei army of the Song State who went south under Kaifeng Prefecture!

Eliminate them all in Kaifeng Prefecture!

If possible, the entire prisoner of the Song Dynasty court will be captured and the north and south are mixed in one fell swoop!”

"Unify the world?" Wu Yijiu's eyes were only focused on the direction of Kaifeng Prefecture on the northern map of the Song Dynasty.

The idea of ​​eliminating the main force of the Song Dynasty's new army in one fell swoop and then quickly taking Kaifeng Prefecture was really attractive.

Although the core position of Kaifeng Prefecture has been shaken in recent years, it is still the city in the heart of the Song Dynasty. The huge Song Dynasty court lived there! It is not that easy to move to Xiangyang Prefecture or Xuzhou.

And it is different from the impeccable Xiangyang and Xuzhou.

Kaifeng Prefecture is an unguardable city! This city has no way to hoard enough food to deal with the long siege, nor can it resist the impact of the Yellow River water.

This city that must be saved but cannot be defended is the most ideal point among the surrounding points and aid.

If the Song Dynasty court ran to Xiangyang, the Zhou army would be out of reach. Even if the Zhou army's army fought desperately, the naval fleet would not have been able to run upstream of the Han River.

As for the 24-cornered bastion in Xuzhou... no army would want to attack it. If the Song Dynasty court slipped in, then the Zhou army would have to carry out a lasting siege.

However, considering that there is a Huainan Granary near Xuzhou, it is probably difficult to starve the Xuzhou Grand Basin.

Therefore, before the Song Dynasty court decided to leave Kaifeng Prefecture, a dilapidated castle that could not be defended, it was undoubtedly the best way to capture the main force of the Song army and the court in one go.

"How to go?" Wu Yijiu asked, "Where to go?"

Chen Jiandao: "Walk from places they could not imagine and where they could raise food along the way.

Because it is at least 1,000 miles from Tianjin Prefecture to Kaifeng Prefecture, our army needs to walk as fast as 20 days. The battle outside Kaifeng City is likely to last for one month. If it is more abundant, it will take at least two to three months for our army to complete the task.

Moreover, in the past two or three months, transportation on the Yellow River flowing north must not be carried out. In addition to the bastions, there are also a large number of rural walls and rural groups in the Song Dynasty.

Once our army invades, the Song people will strengthen their walls and clear the fields, making it difficult for us to obtain supplies. Carrying food for thousands of miles is a taboo in military strategists!”

In fact, carrying grain for thousands of miles is not necessarily a taboo, but the logistics transportation capacity of Zhou State on land is limited. It is impossible to transport grain and grass that can be consumed by at least 200,000 troops for two months to 1,000 miles away without using the canal.

Therefore, raising grain along the way will be the prerequisite for Zhou army to quickly take Kaifeng Prefecture!

...

"Dad, you really worried my daughter to death."

"What are you going to worry about? I always bring a battalion of fake soldiers everywhere, and I can still kill people?"

"But you are not the head of state now..."

"It's not good to be a head of state. How tired is the head of state? It's all day long. Your third brother is still in a meeting. Look, it's dark."

"But, but... after the third brother became the head of state, Da Song and our family started fighting! My daughter and King Donghai were stuck in the middle, how can life be better?"

Tianjin, on the north bank of the Jiehe River, in the Wu family courtyard, Wu Haogu was smiling and talking to his eldest daughter Wu Meiniang.

Wu Meiniang has been the Princess of Donghai for several years and lives in Fengguo with her husband Zhao Kai. The couple has many common topics. They are both new scholars and teach at Yuntai Academy. They both like art and antiques. They are all people who spend money without any money... In addition to art, antiques, academics and random spending, they also gave birth to two daughters and three children in total. They can be regarded as enviable fairy couples!

However, this kind of immortal life was cast a shadow because of the war between the Song Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty.

"Dad," Wu Meiniang looked at her father with a smile, "Why don't you talk to your third brother... If you think the annual monies are too small, you can add a little more. How about three million? It's easy to discuss, it's better than fighting!"

Wu Haogu looked at the daughter who gave birth to three babies but had a very good figure, and replied with a smile: "Beautiful lady, do you want to get a queen?"

"What are you doing?" Wu Meiniang was stunned and stared at her father blankly.

"Queen!" Wu Haogu said with a smile, "Do you want to be?"

Wu Mei's mother Zhang Dalizui stared at her bright eyes, "Dad, you, do you want to..."

"What I think doesn't matter," Wu Haogu waved his hand, "The key is whether you and Donghai Neptune want to?"

"Can you become a person if you want to...?" Wu Meiniang looked at her father, and the expression on her face became extremely serious.

As the prince of the Song Dynasty and the prince of the founding king, why didn’t she want to be the queen?

Wu Haogu nodded and smiled: "As long as you and Donghai Neptune think, I can get you what you want.

But you cannot be emperors and empresses in Haizhou or Xuzhou, and you have to go to Jiangnan. From then on, the Southern Song and Northern Zhou dynasties will be brotherly countries."

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