Summoning the Mythical Eternal Emperor

Chapter 347 How to Fight?
"Yes! We can deploy troops along the banks of the Han River, and then mobilize the people. Once the Han River appears to be frozen, we will break through immediately. As long as the thickness of the ice cannot support millions of troops and horses to cross the river, the army of millions against the king will not be enough. For fear!"

Li Buhui heard this, and said excitedly.

Zhao Yuankai squinted his eyes slightly, and glanced at Li Buhui. The princess who was quite excited when he spoke just now, his eyes were shining brightly, blushed suddenly, and lowered his head subconsciously.

"I have sent an order to Xiliang to order Hussar General Huo Qubing to immediately transfer all the cavalry of King Hudun to Zhongzhou, and Chen Qingzhi's white-robed army will also return to Chang'an!"

"In addition, Jingwu General Yue Fei has just recruited troops to form the Beiwei Army. After receiving my edict, he will immediately lead [-] troops into Chang'an!"

Zhao Yuankai said lightly.

As soon as these words came out, Li Hetu and others immediately understood that today they were going to fight a head-to-head battle with the four anti-kings south of Hanshui!

Li Buhui and Huang Xuanhe immediately realized that they had completely deviated from the holy will, and they blushed, quite ashamed.

Guozhu Wang Li Hetu had a serious expression on his face, and subconsciously asked:
"Your Majesty, do you really want to fight head-on? If Zhao Zhangguang can really raise a million soldiers..."

"I announce that you are here, not to discuss whether this battle will be fought or not, but how to fight this battle!" Zhao Yuankai said in a deep voice.

The five people fell silent when they heard this.

They compared the disparity in military strength between the two sides in their hearts, as well as the current conditions of the country.

How to fight?
This is an extremely complex problem!
In the end, it was Guozhu Wang Li Hetu who spoke first, and said in a deep voice:

"Your Majesty, if this battle is really going to start, and if Zhao Zhangguang can really recruit millions of troops, the old minister thinks that the battlefield for this battle should be north of the Han River! We are the one with the weakest troops, and going south to fight is for us. It's too unfavorable!"

"In addition, the old minister does not believe that Zhao Zhangguang can really raise a million troops. Although the four states of Hanshui occupy half of the territory of the Han Dynasty, but Yizhou and Jingzhou are excluded, and the remaining Dongzhou and Jiaozhou are simply barren land. Barren and sparsely populated!"

When Li Hetu said this, Zhang Juzheng nodded and said:
"Your Majesty, since the old minister took the post of Prime Minister, he has carefully studied the general situation of the people's livelihood in the lands of the four kings south of the Han River. Yizhou has the largest population, with a population of more than 150 million, followed by Jingzhou, with about 120 million, and Dongzhou is only seven. With a population of 80, as for Jiaozhou, which is located in the barbarian land in southern Xinjiang, the latest household registration record of the Ministry of Household Registration shows a population of only 50!"

After Zhang Juzheng finished speaking, Xu Junze, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, continued:
"In this way, there are only 400 million people in the entire south of the Hanshui River. Excluding the old, weak, sick and disabled, it is simply unrealistic to raise an army of one million!"

"According to the past military history of the Ministry of War, an army of one million needs at least 30 logistical support, and the south of the Han River is mostly mountainous. Even if they have an army of one million, it is difficult to complete a full and sufficient campaign within a month. Allocation!"

"It makes sense!"

Li Hetu nodded, followed closely, and said:
"Looking at the topography of the Hanshui River, the annual ice-covered area generally stops in Yuzhou. The further east you go, the milder the climate!"

"Besides, Liangzhou borders the Xixia Kingdom. The terrain is extremely high and extremely dangerous! Although Dongzhou is separated from Qingzhou by water, Qingzhou is thousands of miles away from Zhongzhou Chang'an!"

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that if Zhao Zhangguang raises his troops, he can only go northward from the Han River Valley in the west of Zhongzhou and Yuzhou!"

"Besides, there are no tall horses and no cavalry in the south of the Hanshui River. In addition, the Tianzi Division's previous victories were all with fewer victories, so Zhao Zhangguang will definitely not divide his troops this time!"

After Li Hetu finished speaking, Zhang Juzheng nodded again and again, and added:
"What King Guozhu said is very true. The purpose of Zhao Zhangguang's million troops is to push over with absolute strength. Therefore, the veteran believes that their strategic center is in Zhongzhou, and it is Chang'an!"

Zhao Yuankai kept silent, just listening to the discussions of several ministers.

After listening all the way, Zhao Yuankai was very satisfied, basically all the important strategic points were analyzed by them.

Especially Li Hetu, he is worthy of being the first pillar general of the dynasty!

They discussed and analyzed, and finally became more confident, and suddenly felt that this battle didn't seem so difficult to fight!

At this time, Li Hetu's eyes were brightened, he bowed his hands to Zhao Yuankai, and said:

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks this battle can be fought!"

"Oh? How can you play?" Zhao Yuan smiled lightly.

"First of all, it is unrealistic to raise a million troops within a month. The veteran estimates that among Zhao Zhangguang's million-strong army, only 80 million can really fight at most, and the real elite is the former imperial guards , at most only 50, and they are all the most primitive infantry!"

"Secondly, the south of the Han River is a peaceful place. There are few wars and few famous generals. Their soldiers have never fought tough battles at all!"

"In the end, raising a million troops is basically equivalent to exhausting all the strategic reserves around the south of the Han River. After crossing the Han River, they don't have enough tactical buffer period at all, because the ice period is too short. Once the ice melts, the logistics supply line Cut it off completely!"

Zhang Juzheng, Xu Junze and others were immediately inspired and admired by Li Hetu's clear explanations one by one.

When Zhao Yuankai heard this, he also smiled, nodded and praised:

"That's right! You are worthy of being my King of the Kingdom!"

Say it.

Zhao Yuankai got up suddenly, looked at Huang Xuanhe, the servant of the Ministry of Military Industry who was obviously unable to intervene, and said with a smile:

"Huang Aiqing, lead the way ahead, I want to inspect the Military Industry Department!"

"The minister... the minister takes orders!"

Huang Xuanhe got up quickly, knelt down and accepted the order.

Zhao Yuan flicked his sleeves, motioning for him to flatten his body, and then said to Li Hetu and others:
"My dear friends, follow me to move to the Ministry of Military Industry!"

"Soldiers... Ministry of Military Industry?"

Li Hetu's eyes lit up immediately.

He had heard Li Buhui say more than once before that the newly established Military Industry Department in Beiqiu of Chang'an was a mysterious existence unprecedented in Guochao!
The ring sword, saddle and stirrup, giant bed crossbow and god arm crossbow and other rare weapons are all from the Ministry of Military Industry!

The royal driver went straight to Chang'an Beiqiu in a mighty manner.

After the last expansion, the Ministry of Military Industry has more than doubled in size, and there are as many as [-] craftsmen in each department who are praised by Zhao Yuankai as imperial engineers!
Today's Li Hetu has no cultivation at all, just like a gray-haired old man who is getting old.

As soon as he entered the highly guarded Ministry of Military Industry, looking at the seemingly countless blast furnaces for steelmaking, as well as the divisions with clear division of labor in technical direction, the old man sighed in amazement!

"Huang Xuanhe, how did you study the armor and scale armor I delivered to you last time?"

After entering the Ministry of Military Industry, Zhao Yuan cut to the chase and asked directly.

　Good night, sweet dreams
　　
　
(End of this chapter)