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Chapter 1188 Deployment
The charcoal pen draws across the map, walks east from Luoyang, stops when it reaches Kaifeng, and draws a circle.

"This means that while our Northern Expedition has made initial progress, the supply line is also lengthening, the marching roads are increasing, and the places where we need to deploy troops are also increasing. Next, the requirements for troops, food and grass are also greater. And Zhao Song's several Northern Expeditions were defeated in these places."

After Li Xia got the good news, he poured cold water on everyone first.

He's always a bit of a disappointment.

Because he had also fought to Luoyang. At that time, he led thousands of cavalry out of Tongguan, went to Heluo, turned to Nanyang, and finally returned to Guanzhong from Wuguan.

But that's sabotage.

It is easy to destroy, but difficult to occupy.

For example, it was easy for Kuodan to invade Chengdu, but if he wanted to occupy and manage Chengdu, the second prince of the mighty Mongolian Kingdom didn't even have the courage to try, so he simply slaughtered and killed them all, because he knew he didn't have the ability to rule.

Li Xia's Northern Expedition this time was to recover the rivers and mountains and digest every city.

"Duanping entered Luo, Zhao Song had even taken down Sanjing and pushed the line of defense to the entire Yellow River, but he was still defeated in the end. Why? Untenable, not strong enough to hold on. Therefore, I strictly ordered Zhang Jue, Fan Yujian If you can persuade them to surrender, then persuade them to surrender, reduce losses and increase the results of the battle."

With that said, Li Xia looked at the civil servants accompanying the army, including Han Qi'an, Li Zhi, Yang Guo and other northerners, as well as southerners such as Shi Jun, Fang Yankai, and Xi Jihu.

"After winning the battle, it is even more difficult to hold on to it. In this Northern Expedition, most of the army will be fighting on the battlefield, and the significance of my coming here with the lords is that every gram of a city must appease the people and gentry, and protect the land. Grain supply. So that we will not fall short like Zhao Song.”

All the ministers bowed their hands one after another, and said: "The ministers will do their best to live up to your majesty's trust."

Li Xia said: "I don't want to hear someone say 'Your Majesty, there is not enough food and grass, let's retreat' or 'Let's attack here first', I want you to really do your best to turn stones into gold and sand into gold." food."

Quite a few of the courtiers turned their heads to look at each other, because that was all they could say.

And Li Xia is really strict, always ignoring the facts and forcing them to do seemingly impossible things.

After a slight silence, Han Qi'an took the lead in expressing his attitude, saying: "Although I am a civil servant, I swear to advance and retreat with my Tang soldiers, and I will never stop if I can't defeat Yanjing."

"You can't swear to Kaiping forever."

The officials did not know who yelled like that. After Han Qi'an smiled wryly, he had no choice but to respond together with the officials: "I can't do it forever."

Only then was Li Xia satisfied, and said, "Get ready, move to Luoyang."

"The minister leads the order."

Civil servants are smart, thoughtful, and like to leave room, so they need to be beaten like this.

After arranging the transfer to Luoyang, Li Xia turned to the generals and began to adjust the strategy of the Northern Expedition.

"I have received news that the Yuan army in Shanxi is going south to support Henan. This is a change in the overall strategy of the Yuan army after Kublai Khan returned to Kaiping City. If the enemy changes, we must also change..."

The terrain from Tongguan to Luoyang is not open, so Zhang Jue's East Route Army went first, and half of the troops were temporarily deployed on the Guanzhong and Weihan passages as follow-up troops.

At this time, there were many generals under Li Xia's account.

Among them, when Yi Shiying returned from Yunnan, he saw that Li Xia had rebelled against the Song Dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor. He felt unacceptable, and originally intended to resign.

Later, when he encountered the great cause of restoring the Central Plains, such as the Northern Expedition, he really wanted to participate, but he was honest and loyal, and he couldn't hold back his face.It was Zhao Jin who persuaded him as an exiled princess, and he "reluctantly" came out to assist Li Xia.

Leaving aside the past, Yi Shiying is very passionate about analyzing how to regain the lost land from Meng Yuan.

"good."

He stepped forward and first pointed out the location of Hetao on the map.

"Before, we proposed a strategy of directly driving Henan and Hebei based on the fact that the Mongolian Yuan was governed by real gold. We judged that Mangela and Ahema would not send troops. Now that the situation has changed, it is not appropriate for us to go all the way to the east, but It is appropriate to attack from multiple directions and advance head-on.”

Zhang Hongdao wanted to say these words, but Yi Shiying preempted them, so he smiled and said, "Yi Gong has been in southern Xinjiang for a long time, so he knows the situation in the north so well?"

"I read a lot of military newspapers." Yi Shiying said, "Your Majesty always cares most about intelligence when deploying troops. Before a battle, he discusses the battle situation repeatedly until the strength, terrain, and even the enemy's and our intentions are clear. Knowing yourself and the enemy, you can win every battle."

He still didn't say a word, that is, compared to those officials and important ministers who were drunk with money in the Song Dynasty, this may be one of the reasons why Xintang was able to make the Northern Expedition.

Zhang Hongdao was originally joking, but Yi Shiying didn't expect Yi Shiying to answer so seriously, so he put away the joke.

He bowed to Li Xia and said: "Since Luoyang is conquered, I would like to lead an army to cross the Yellow River from Mengjin and drive directly to Baozhou. I will take Hebei for your majesty!"

He spoke these words with great momentum.

Of all the generals in the hall, there really was no second person who dared to say that he could take the ground for Li Xia.Only he, Zhang Wulang, has a prominent family background and has this confidence.

Li Xia frowned slightly, because the news from Baozhou was not yet clear.

But now that Luoyang has been conquered, it is indeed possible to send troops to Hebei.

He looked at the map, and saw that a line from Luoyang to Kaifeng had been drawn on it, which was the first direction for troops to advance.

After thinking about it, he picked up a pen and drew a line from Mengjindu to Baozhou, which was the second direction for troops to advance.

Afterwards, a line was drawn from Xingqing Mansion to Jiuyuan City, which was the third direction to advance troops, but the soldiers in the northwest were exhausted, and only Yang Ben was the only one.

"Since Kublai Khan has returned to Kaiping, the Yuan army in Hetao will not stand still after it is ready. I want to send another 1 people to reinforce Yan'an Mansion. If necessary, I will contain the Yuan army in Hetao for Yang Ben. Who is willing to go?"

After Li Xia asked this sentence, all the generals in the hall were silent for a while.

Because Zhang Jue has established a very complete line of defense in Yan'an Mansion over the years, the local defenders are under little defensive pressure, and the Yuan army in Hetao is newly defeated, so it is unlikely to counterattack Yan'an Mansion, and it is more likely to return to defend Yanjing.In this case, the reinforcement of Yan'an Mansion may not be of any credit.

But in the end one person came out and said, "I am willing to go."

But he was a general with narrow cheeks and a stern demeanor.

Li Xia looked at Nie Zhongyou's face, nodded slightly, and smiled.

Calculated, Nie Zhongyou was one of the first people who took refuge in Li Xia, but these years he was guarding Yunnan, because of the long distance, he had few contacts, and he was not as familiar with Li Xia as other civil and military ministers.

In addition, there were no wars in southern Xinjiang, and he received little tempering, and he was not as famous as the generals guarding the northern front.

But Nie Zhongyou knew in his heart that defending Yunnan is also a great achievement in opening up the territory.He was not in good health, and he might have easily died in battle in the north, but in Yunnan he was able to receive his great merit safely.

On the other hand, at that time in Yunnan, there were both in-laws and old clans like the Gao family, and a loyal minister of the Song Dynasty like Yi Shiying, who could be sent to deal with the relationship between the two, which shows that he was the most trusted by Li Xia. people.

The kindness and righteousness between the monarch and his ministers and friends, the two of them knew it in their hearts.

Nie Zhongyou was usually a man of few words. After being transferred back to court this time, he also met Li Xia a few times, and chatting was really boring.But when it comes to doing things, he is very reliable.

At this time, as soon as he came out, Li Xia nodded, and drew a line from Yan'an Mansion to Jiuyuan City on the map, which was the fourth direction for troops to advance.

Afterwards, Li Xia's eyes fell on Xia Yangdu on the map.

This is the place where Shi Tianze led his army to cross the Yellow River and enter the pass.

Liu Yuanli immediately came out and said: "I would like to lead the troops across the Yellow River, attack Shanxi, and contain the forces of Shanxi."

He is calm and calm, unlike Zhang Hongdao who wanted to take Hebei when he opened his mouth.

In recent years, the Tang army's navy generals Zhang Shun and Zhang Gui have been building ships at Xiayangdu. Although they don't have the ability to cross a [-] army, they can take a partial division across the Yellow River into Shanxi and ensure the safety of their luggage and retreat. .

Li Xia then drew another line on the map from Xiayangdu to Taiyuan, which was his fifth direction to advance.

In this way, the overall strategy was adjusted, and Li Xia dispatched all his troops.

The five directions of attack have their own masters and times, like the five fingers of a hand, about to slap on the land of the Central Plains...

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"so boring."

On this summer evening, Zhao Jin was still sitting on the city tower, fanning himself with a round fan, watching the generals in Tongguan City receive their military talismans, shouting excitedly and then ran away, perhaps to Go make a difference.

There were also officials walking by in small groups, discussing the great victory in Luoyang and the expedition of the Five Route Army.

It was like Li Xia was playing chess with Kublai Khan, and the other side made a move, and making corresponding adjustments here was nothing new in Zhao Jin's view.

Watching people play chess is not as interesting as playing Shuanglu by yourself.

The only thing she was looking forward to was hearing that she was going to drive to Luoyang tomorrow.

However, what she really wanted to see was Bianjing, the old capital of the Great Song Dynasty, where the Zhao dynasty once established its capital and suffered great humiliation there.

And after Jingkang, she will be the first descendant of the Zhao family to return to Bianjing... Although she doesn't know why she did so.

Thinking about it this way, it's kind of boring after all.

Maybe it's because I'm too busy to do anything.Zhao Jin sighed, and the next moment her eyes fell on the bank of the Yellow River, she suddenly froze for a moment.

Not far away, there was a man and a woman walking hand in hand. They were all slender, with fluttering robes, and they looked like a couple of gods and immortals.

Taking a closer look, it was Li Xia and Zhang Wenjing.

Zhao Jin couldn't help but think of the story he heard recently. Zhang Wenjing defected to Li Xia from the north, and now Li Xia is going to send troops back to Zhang Wenjing's hometown.

She suddenly felt a little envious of such feelings.

As a big girl, compared to those strategic deployments, she still finds it more interesting to watch people bloom before and after the moon.

So she leaned on the railing and watched with relish, and murmured in a low voice: "I only envy mandarin ducks, not immortals."

(End of this chapter)