Qiming 1158

Chapter 666: It's Just a Dog of Keeping the Household
According to the deduction of the General Staff, in order to achieve the strategic goal of quickly defeating the resistance forces in the Southern Song Dynasty, the Ming army needed to dispatch an army of tens of thousands of people from the land to Lin'an.

In order to achieve the best strategic goal of the Ming Kingdom in this war between the two sides, a quick decision is required, and a complete victory is achieved in the duel of the standing military forces that can be mobilized by the two sides in a short period of time.

In this way, the decision-makers of the Southern Song Dynasty will inevitably be in shock and despair, and will no longer dare to resist.

In this way, the Ming Kingdom can obtain the greatest benefits at the least cost and achieve its strategic goals.

From the perspective of execution, going straight to Lin'an requires crossing the Huaihe and Yangtze Rivers.

At present, the Ming and Song sides ruled the south and the north across the Huaihe River, but at the root, the Huaihe River does not matter, as long as the preparations are complete and fast enough, the Ming army can pass quickly on the premise that the Song army cannot make an effective resistance.

The Yangtze River is not the case. Without a large number of ferries and suitable ferry crossings, it is difficult for the Ming army to pass through the Yangtze River.

Even if there are ferries and ferries, it will take a certain amount of time for the main force of the army to pass through. During this period, the Southern Song Dynasty will inevitably dispatch its powerful navy to stop the Ming army from moving.

If the Ming army wanted to cross the river, it not only had to face the army defense of the Southern Song Dynasty and establish a beachhead, but also needed to defeat the navy of the Southern Song Dynasty and ensure the safety of the waterway.

"The Song army's horse infantry army is weak, and according to the information detected by our agents who entered the Lianghuai area, the Song army is no different from the Jin army in the past. Except for a few elite troops, most of them are silver-like pewter heads. , vulnerable."

Han Tai hosted the tactical seminar.

"Having said that, I think His Majesty's sentence is quite right. The so-called strategically contempt for the enemy and tactically attaches great importance to the enemy. Although the Song army is weak, it may not have no elites. For example, in this southward battle, our army mainly broke through from the Jianghuai area. The main defenders of the Song Army are the Song Army of Zhenjiang House and the Song Army of Jiankang House."

Han Tai pointed to the hanging military deployment map of the Ming and Song countries in the Jianghuai area with a long stick, which clearly marked the main defense positions of the Song army in the Jianghuai area known to the Ming Dynasty.

"Generally speaking, the Song army's defense in the Jianghuai area highlights a characteristic of guarding the river and not the Huaihe, which is embodied in the fact that the main border defense forces are located in the south of the Yangtze River rather than the south of the Huai River, Zhenjiang Prefecture, Jiankang Prefecture, including the west side. Chizhou and other places are all along the river.

This feature of the Song army's defense was obviously affected by the diversion of the Yellow River. They were worried that once the Yellow River flooded, the Lianghuai area would become a swamp country, and it would be meaningless to cultivate and fortify here, so they took the initiative to retreat and turned Huainan into our two countries. Military buffer zone.

Therefore, if the army wants to break through the Huaihe area and enter Huainan, it can be said that it is like entering a realm of no one. It is impossible for the Song army to continue fighting with our army in the Huainan area, and neither the navy army nor the horse infantry army. Ready to cross the river. "

Su Yonglin has no objection to this.

The diversion of the Yellow River and the huge possibility of seizing the Huaihe River into the sea make the traditional military strategy of guarding the river and the Huaihe become dangerous.

Because I don’t know when the Yellow River will burst and flood, turning the two Huaihe regions into a piece of white land, it becomes unnecessary to invest funds to set up defenses here. The small court of the Southern Song Dynasty chose to directly abandon the defense of Huainan and use Huainan as a strategic buffer zone. .

If the northern army wants to go south, let him go south. The main force of the army is set up on the edge of the Yangtze River, relying on the rolling Yangtze River to build a defense line, focusing on defending the enemy from the direction of the Yellow River ferry, leaving the risk of Huainan being washed into white ground to the northern army.

This is undoubtedly a viable strategy as well.

Although there are many ferry crossings on the rolling Yangtze River, it is by no means easy to cross the river anywhere.

Especially when the army is crossing the river, because the number of people is large and the time is tight, it is necessary to choose a place with relatively gentle water flow.

So this greatly limited the backup options for the Great Northern Army.

Basically, several ferry crossings that could allow the army to cross the river were set up by the Song army to guard against it. After the Ming army broke through the Huaihe River and entered Huainan, it would face the Song army's strict Yangtze River defense line and powerful naval divisions.

This time it was a partial battle. Su Yonglin did not intend to threaten the national defense of the Southern Song Dynasty in an all-round way. He mainly focused on the Jianghuai Theater, and did not fight against the Southern Song Sichuan Theater and the Jinghu Theater. Therefore, the main defenders of the Southern Song Dynasty were the Jiankang House guards and the Zhenjiang House guards.

"According to the information currently available, the guard of Jiankang House in the Southern Song Dynasty was named Wang Quan, and the guard of Zhenjiang House was named Liu Qi. Wang Quan was a mediocre and incompetent person. Whenever the people of the Southern Song Dynasty talked about him, they all criticized him. People are better at enriching their own pockets than leading troops, and some people say that he can be the upper all because he bribes high-ranking officials in the DPRK.

In contrast, Liu Qi, the commander of Zhenjiang Prefecture in the Southern Song Dynasty, is a veteran and famous general who has been famous for many years. He has led the army to fight against the Jin army many times and won many times. He is very afraid of the Jin army. Abundance is an absolute formidable enemy. "

Han Tai briefly introduced the deployment content of the Song Army in the Jianghuai Theater, as well as the main leading generals.

Xin Qiji opened his mouth and said: "I passed Jiankang Mansion when I went south. When I crossed the river, I was accompanied by Wang Lun, the privy envoy of the Southern Song Dynasty, and it was this king who was in charge of welcoming us on the river bank. Having more than one general gives me the feeling that I don't have an edge at all, rather than a hidden edge."

"Do you think he will be a good soldier?"

Su Yonglin asked Xin Qiji.

Xin Qiji shook his head.

"A person can't look like a person, and the sea can't be measured. It is too arbitrary to judge whether this person has talent or not just by one-sided relationship, and the minister dare not speak falsely, but the information claims that the folks in the Southern Song Dynasty said that this person was good at enriching his own pockets and not good at governing the army. It seems to be more credible that I have come this far because I am good at drilling camps.”

Su Yonglin agreed with Xin Qiji's opinion.

"Song people like to use literature and martial arts the most. If those warriors with some skills are not good at interacting with civilian officials, they may not be able to become senior officers. From this point of view, this royal power does not have excellent military skills like Liu Qi. This step is probably due to being good at drilling camps.”

"So this battle should be the first to break the Jiankang Mansion?"

Su Yonglin looked at Xin Qiji.

Xin Qiji thought for a moment.

"According to what I see, the first thing to do is to break Zhenjiang Mansion."

"Oh? Why? Don't fight the weak, but only the strong?"

"Liu Qi is a famous general in the Southern Song Dynasty, with high military exploits and senior qualifications. There are few generals in the Southern Song Dynasty who can be compared with Liu Qi. The head-on defeat of Liu Qi will help our army quickly destroy the confidence of the Southern Song Dynasty, and make the troops of the Southern Song Dynasty fear our army.

I have studied the history of warfare since Nandu in the Southern Song Dynasty. The army of the Southern Song Dynasty often lost all the way in battle, and the whole army retreated. The organization was extremely poor, and there was basically no mutual coordination. The attack of the army is no trivial matter.

Wang Quan is mediocre and Liu Qi is defeated. This person is very likely to flee to the south, give up the battle, and give up Jiankang House. If Wang Quan is defeated, Liu Qi may not give up the battle. , instead of fighting two battles, it is better to fight only one. "

After Xin Qiji pondered, he gave his opinion.

"Makes sense."

Su Yonglin nodded slowly, and then asked: "But you also said that Liu Qi is a famous general in the Southern Song Dynasty, he must have a wealth of combat experience, and he has defeated the Jin army many times, very brave, and the Zhenjiang government army under his command must not be weak. , our army is fighting against it, do you really have the confidence to win the battle?"

"Your Majesty, it is true that Liu Qi defeated the Jin army many times, but my Daming army was the army that destroyed the Jin country. No matter how brave Liu Qi was, did he destroy the Jin country?"

Xin Qiji said with strong confidence: "Of course Liu Qi is good at fighting, but so what? It was my Daming who destroyed the Jin Kingdom, and it was my Daming army who completely destroyed the Jin Army!

If Liu Qi is good at fighting, can my generals and soldiers who have survived a hundred battles in the Ming Dynasty not be able to fight?If Liu Qi has the ability to reverse the situation, why not go to the Northern Expedition?Why not just restore the Central Plains?Why not fight to the death with the golden thief?In the final analysis, the so-called famous generals of the Southern Song Dynasty are nothing more than dogs of the household! "

Given such an evaluation that could anger all the generals of the Southern Song Dynasty, Xin Qiji raised his head proudly, his face full of disdain.

(End of this chapter)