I am Da Song

Chapter 193
There is no doubt that the Northern Expedition of the Great Song Dynasty can achieve the current results, which is undoubtedly mainly due to Zong Ze, the Xuanfu envoy of Hebei.

The Central Army led by him has strategically gained all the key advantages so far for the Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty.

Of course, this is also due to Zhao Huan's selection and appointment of talents, which gave Zong Ze full trust.

In history, this veteran minister took over the poor and poor Tokyo left-behind department in a chaotic situation. It took only a short time to regroup the army, and even defeated the top general of the Jin Dynasty Nianhan in the third Kaifeng battle.

Now with the full support of the Song Dynasty court, he can easily pick up a golden Wushu.

On the other hand, for Great Song to achieve such great results, we must thank the first international friend of Great Song, the greatest creator of the strategic advantage of Great Song, Jin Wushu, the fourth prince of the Kingdom of Jin.

Although Jin Wushu defeated the Eastern Route Army on the Eastern Route Battlefield and achieved a brilliant tactical victory.

However, in this war where the two countries used nearly 30 troops, the Hebei battlefield he was in charge of was completely at a disadvantage strategically.

At the macro level of raising hundreds of thousands of people and winning thousands of miles, he was too immature, and was completely led by the nose by the famous Song Dynasty general Zong Ze.

You must know that the original purpose of the Kingdom of Jin initiating this war was not to defend the front line of Yanyun, but to attack the Song Dynasty in the south, in order to expand the territory and conquer the city in an all-round way!

But the war has knocked down the present, and he has been completely beaten by Jin Wushu to fight fires everywhere, tired of coping, and neglecting the other.

At the beginning of the battle, he couldn't find the rhythm.I don't know where to focus on attacking, and where to defend with elite troops.

The golden army's cavalry advantage was completely wasted in his hands, and it failed to play a role at all.

He seemed to have only one idea in his head, desperate to defeat the main force of the Song army.So that recklessly used heavy cavalry to attack the dignified formation of the Song army.

The weakness of Jin Jun was completely exposed to Song Jun.

If it weren't for the Eastern Route Army making the common mistakes of the Song Army, underestimating the enemy's carelessness after a big victory, and recklessly chasing after them led to a big defeat.

The Jin army on the Hebei battlefield was a complete headless fly, bumping around, and finally trapped to death in a corner.

In addition to the general's ability, the most important thing is the gradually growing military strength of Song Dynasty.

On the Hebei battlefield, the emperors and ministers of the Song Dynasty had the confidence to change from defensive warfare to Northern Expedition warfare, all because the Song army had an advantage in absolute strength.

More than 10,000 troops of the Song Army marched into Hebei, and the army was pushing towards Beiping entirely by strength.The military strength of the Golden Army just can't stop the [-]+ army.

There are so many people that you can push it flat!There is no other reason.

When the imperial court made decisions, it was decided that the war in Hebei should be won by relying on numbers, and it would be overwhelmed with absolute military strength.

The number of the Golden Army is generally quite large, but the core of the army, the Jurchens who are elite and skilled in combat, are not too many.There are only more than [-] people in the area.

In this war between the Song people and the Jurchens for supremacy in East Asia, the wills of the two sides collided.Jurchen can only use 2 people to fight against the Song Army's more than [-], so they are naturally at a disadvantage.

The armies of other ethnic groups are basically soy sauce.In this war between the two clans for hegemony, the icing on the cake is the icing on the cake, and it is difficult to send charcoal in the snow.

In the end, the Song court's prediction of Jin Wushu was almost the same as his reaction to his deeds.

After Jin Wushu defeated the Song Army's East Route Army, he was so proud that he built more than [-] heads by the river and built a city to humiliate the Song Army soldiers on the south bank.

In addition, the mountains and seas of materials seized in the Song army camp were rewarded to inspire the soldiers.

When it was rampant, the cavalry of the Jin Army seemed to have the momentum to drink horses from the Yellow River and break through Tianjing.

But after hearing that Zongze's main force launched an attack on Hejian Mansion, Jin Wushu could no longer act recklessly.

He learned how to fight, but he really didn't learn how to coordinate the overall situation.

And it is very likely that he will not learn how to coordinate the national war between the two countries in his life.

In history, after he gained control of the Jin Dynasty court, he dealt with the Southern Song Dynasty, which was extremely strategically strangled, and was also hammered by various Song army generals all year round.He will only take 10,000+ troops to one place and fight with the main force of the Song army.

Perhaps his talents were all about politics and intrigue.

In late August, within a few days of showing off his power, Jin Wushu led the Jin army back to the north along Cangzhou in desperation, fearing that Zongze would take down Hejian Mansion and block them along the Yellow River.

But Jin Wushu did not give up Hejian Mansion either. After rectifying the morale of the army in Cangzhou, Jin Wushu immediately led the main force of the Jin army to Hejian.

Since he decided to defend Hejian, he had to act defensively.

Therefore, relying on the rear, the Jin army fought extremely resolutely in this area. While the two armies were fighting fiercely, the Jin army cavalry went south again and again, harassing the Song army's grain road.

This is the advantage of the cavalry, and the Song army was overwhelmed.

Even the veteran Zong Ze has no good way to deal with it.

The Song army besieged the city for more than half a month, and the food road was harassed by the Jin army. The supplies were insufficient, and the main force had to retreat from Hejianfu.

In this battle, Jin Wushu really understood how the Jin army should fight.

Whether it was rushing to help the city, or the main offensive and defensive forces, they all played well. What's even more brilliant was that the cavalry of the Jin Army was used with proficiency.

And not only the Jurchen cavalry, but also the Khitan cavalry were used by them.

Or to be more precise, they learned this style of play from the Khitan generals.

During the Northern Expedition of the Great Song Dynasty, the Khitan people relied on this method of warfare, which harassed the Song army's grain and roads and suffered unbearably.

Especially before the Song Army did not have a professional grain transport unit, the Khitan cavalry was able to succeed repeatedly, which made the Song Army constrained by the disadvantage of weak logistics, and failed repeatedly.

Nowadays, there are professional grain transportation troops in the Song Dynasty, but compared with the more than [-] cavalry at the founding of the country, there is a serious shortage of horses and cavalry in the Song Dynasty.

There are only two main forces with strong cavalry units, the Shenwu Youjun and the Jingsai Army.

If the Xuanfu Division of Hebei relies entirely on infantry to deliver food, the supply pressure on the front line will be extremely heavy.

Therefore, Zongze had to lead the main force to retreat, and asked the imperial court for financial allocation to conscript corvee to build the Caohe River leading to Hejianfu.

This is also one of the most classic tactics of the Central Plains dynasty's struggle for hegemony.

Hangou, the first canal in the Central Plains, was built by King Fuchai of Wu during the Spring and Autumn Period to fight for hegemony in the north.

Cao Cao, Emperor Wu of Wei, known as the hero of the world, built ditches around Hefei to connect the Central Plains in order to conquer Sun Quan in the south.

When Zongze Zhazi was sent to Tokyo, it happened that Yue Fei returned to Beijing triumphantly with his army.

The entire city of Tokyo was decorated with lanterns and festoons to celebrate the triumphant return of the great Song Qingtian general.

It was this peerless famous general who, with his indomitable strategy, flattened the entire south in three months, reorganized the universe of the Great Song Dynasty, unified the mountains and rivers, and made the rivers clear and the seas clean. Only then did the Great Song Dynasty avoid the division of the country after the mountains and rivers were broken situation.

It can be said that no matter how high the praise and honor is, his feats and contributions are well-deserved.

So Zhao Huan personally received Yue Fei and his soldiers who had returned from the south in the Wende Hall in person.

(End of this chapter)