While Bianjing City was preparing for military exercises to scare the rest of the countries, the war in Hejian Prefecture had already sparked.

After a period of preparation, the Liao Kingdom gathered 300,000 troops in Bazhou, Xin'an Army and Rongcheng. Hundreds of thousands of people transported food and grass. It did not look like they were fighting a border war, but wanted to fight a war to destroy the country.

This determination made Wang Shao a little scared.

You should know that during the Battle of Chanzhou, the Liao Kingdom invested only 200,000 troops, which panicked the Song court's monarchy. Some ministers in charge advocated moving the capital to avoid risks, and many advocated fleeing south to Jinling or west to Sichuan.

If Kou Zhun hadn't rejected the opposition and insisted that Emperor Zhenzong personally expedition, the Song Dynasty would have long become the Southern Song Dynasty, rather than the Southern Song Dynasty today.

Now the Liao Kingdom has gathered 300,000 troops to attack Daxia. Of course, it is impossible for all 300,000 troops to go south, but even if 200,000 troops to go south, it will be a sign of destruction of the country!

Wang Shao sent the news back to Bianjing City, and Ouyang Bian was also a little surprised. He thought for a while but still couldn't figure out what Yelu Hongji was doing.

Because of my love for the Song Dynasty, I raised troops to retaliate for the Song Dynasty?

No?

Although there are legends in later generations that Yelu Hongji once said "I wish I would be born in China in the future" and that Yelu Hongji loves Sinology, even if it is true, he cannot start a national war like this at any time, right?

But if Yelu Hongji wanted to make achievements and expand his national territory, he should have destroyed the Song Dynasty long ago. The Song Dynasty was much weaker than the current Daxia, which could defeat the Song Dynasty, right?

Although Daxia looks very strong, why did Yelu Hongji launch a war against Daxia?

Confidence in yourself?

But thinking about the old guy's deeds is not impossible.

During this guy's reign, there was the Chongyuan Rebellion first, and then Yelu Yixin abused power and disrupted politics. However, he was loyal and treacherous. He was sentenced to death by Queen Xiao Guanyin and placed the crown prince Yelu Jun under house arrest. The politics of the Liao Dynasty became further corrupt.

At the same time, he also worships Buddhism and wastes national strength. He even uses sex to decide the ownership of the prime minister. It seems that it is not difficult to understand that he made such a decision?

If I can’t figure it out, I won’t think about it anymore. Anyway, Ouyang Bian thinks that this war must be fought.

Now the new land occupied by Daxia is in full swing, such as Hebei Road, Hebei West Road and Hebei East Road, has not started large-scale construction, so it doesn’t matter if some bottles and jars are destroyed.

If this battle can hurt Liao Kingdom, it will at least give Daxia a decade.

Ten years have been enough for Ouyang Bian to free up his hands to deal with the Southern Song Dynasty first.

With the population and land of the Song Dynasty as backing, we will go north to swallow Liao, west to the Western Regions, go to the Plateau to conquer Tibet, Xinjiang, and south to Dali Jiaozhi.

In this way, the territory of later generations is almost complete, and a small goal is completed.

As for the big goal, there are still decades to plan slowly, so don’t worry.

So Ouyang Bian ordered Wang Shao to boldly assume and carefully verify it, and to fight if it should be, without hesitation at all.

Wang Shao naturally did not have a scruple personality, and the staff department was full of talents, so he had already decided on several strategies.

“…The Advisory Office has formulated a total of twelve sets of plans, but based on the selection of the best, there are two plans with the greatest chance of winning. These two plans are divided into active offense and defensive counterattack.

The active attack was to attack Yunneizhou by navy and Laizhou, and the Hetao army to the west.

Our central army took the Song Dynasty on the plain along the border of Hebei, starting from the northwest of Baozhou in the west and ending at Niguhaikou in the east. It used rivers, canals, ponds, embankments, and water storage, and set up defense lines for forts to drag the main force of the Liao army.

Once the left and right armies control the Great Wall, they can launch a full attack and conquer Yan Yun with the trend!"

Zheju introduced.

Wang Shao nodded and signaled that he would continue to jump into the horse.

"...As for defensive counterattacks, it consumes the power of the Liao army with the defense line, and at the right time, lures the enemy into deep, and in Taiyuan, Zhending and Hejian Prefecture a large number of active forces of the Liao army.

Once the power balance changes, immediately order the left and right troops to rush to attack quickly and cut off the Liao army's food route. Within a month, the Liao army will inevitably collapse. In this way, we can recover Yanyun and buy ten years for Daxia!"

Wang Shao nodded. The two plans seemed similar, but in fact, the battle required the cooperation of three armies, but there were essential differences.

Active offense is to fight abroad, while defensive counterattack is to fight domestically.

The advantage of proactive attack is that domestic people can be free from harassment, but overseas operations will involve food transportation, the right time, place, people and all aspects. If the war is placed in the country, the people will suffer heavy casualties, but whether it is food transportation or the control of terrain, it will be more beneficial.

The key is that this is a very big political risk for Wang Shao.

It is a good way to strengthen the wall and clear the country, but it will also be attacked and accused of losing the country and suffering the lives of life. It is not easy to make up this decision.

But Wang Shao was a ruthless man. He thought for a moment and asked, "How much time will it take to evacuate the people?"

Zheju said: "It will take at least one month."

Wang Shao nodded: "Prepare to connect with the three governments of Taiyuan, Zhending and Hejian to the Qingye. The evacuated population goes to Jingdong East Road. The court is preparing to establish an industrial center in Mizhou, which requires a large population there. Just let the court do this."

Zhe Ju smiled bitterly and said, "Will this court agree?"

Wang Shao smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will agree, but we have to hold on for a month, and we have to keep it up during this period."

Zheju nodded: "Don't worry, this is still effective in this defensive system, we can defend it."

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When the plan was passed back to Bianjing, Ouyang Bian saw Wang Shao's plan and couldn't help but exclaim: "It's true that he is Zichun, and this kind of decisive killing is indeed his style."

Su Che and Zhang Dun were in a bad mood.

Strategy is a good strategy, and defensive counterattack is a good idea, but it is rare for such a large project in the world to evacuate as many as one million people.

This is not something that can drive the people out of their homes and point them in a direction toward Mizhou. If such an order of magnitude migration is not considered thoroughly, it is likely that they will gather to rebel.

To maintain stability, we must solve the problem of diet and discipline on the road, so that the people can have a good life after they arrive in Mizhou, so that they can drive them to Mizhou.

But it’s not just a blank check for them. When you get there, you have to let them survive and have a good life, otherwise you will still be in turmoil.
Chapter completed!