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Chapter 144 Plan (add more)
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"The Yellow River turned a corner from Weizhou, changing its flow direction from southwest to northeast to northwest to southeast, passing through Jingji Road along the southern part of Huazhou and entering Jingxi East and West Road."

Huazhou is like a corner growing out of the north of Gyeonggi Road. To the west of the corner is Hebei West Road, and to the east of the corner is Jingxi East Road.

The rerouted Yellow River moved Huazhou to the north bank of the Yellow River, while other state capitals on Gyeonggi Road were located on the south side of the Yellow River.

"This is Xingren Mansion on Jingdong East Road, and this is Guangji Army Dingtao. The Yellow River flows through these two military mansions, causing these two military mansions to be the most severely affected. Now they are basically empty."

These two military mansions are located at the southwest corner of Jingxi East Road.

"This is Shanfu County and Dangshan County in Shanzhou on the East and West Road of Beijing, forming a triangle with Yucheng County in Yingtianfu. After the Yellow River entered this triangle area, it merged into the Gubian Canal and was tamed. So these three counties, Shanfu County in the west was hit the hardest, while Dangshan and Yucheng counties were less severely affected."

"Then there is Xuzhou. After the Yellow River passes Xuzhou, it merges into the Surabaya River and takes the Huaihe River into the sea." Chen Xun introduced the new course of the Yellow River and already pointed out the subsequent offensive of the Chen Army.

Because they must march along the Yellow River to get help and supplies from the navy, otherwise the Chen family army would have to carry at least 5000 auxiliary troops.

With the navy providing supplies in the Yellow River, Chen Xun only needed to carry [-] dragoons to fight. They could come and go freely and have super mobility.

"Our battle this time will revolve around the Yellow River, trying to defeat the Jin army south of the Yellow River, and leave the rest to the Allies." Chen Xundao.

The allied forces, of course, refer to the King Qin Army and the Hebei Rebel Army.

As long as Chen Jiajun can chew off the hardest bones, any fool will do it in the following battles and adding insult to injury.

"In order to take the initiative, we must first move the five counties of Weizhou Xinxiang County (upstream of Ji County), Weizhou Ji County, Huazhou Fucheng County, Kaifeng Prefecture Changyuan County, and Kaifeng Prefecture Dongming County to the northwest, north, and north of Kaifeng. Attack the cities on both sides of the Yellow River in the northeast."

The new Yellow River basically turns around the north side of Kaifeng Prefecture. From the map, it seems to have put a hat on Kaifeng Prefecture.

These five cities are all located along this section of the Yellow River, and are now in the hands of the Jin people. They are the retreat route for the Jin army to return north.

If these five cities were captured, it would be equivalent to blocking the way for the Jin people to return north, and they would be able to take the initiative in the war.

If the Jin people want to return to the north, they can either choose to attack these five cities, or go far away from the west or east.

"As long as we capture these five cities, the surrounding King Qin's army will definitely be mobilized when they see hope. When the time comes, they will be arranged to defend the city while we maneuver outside, and the battle will be easy to fight." Chen Xun said.

"Will these King Qin's troops listen to us?" Sun Zheng asked.

"They don't need to listen to us, just let them see the opportunity, and they will naturally seize it." Chen Xun explained.

These King Qin troops were able to come all the way to Kaifeng because they essentially supported the Song court and had the intention of making meritorious deeds in combat.As long as they see the opportunity to save Song Ting and defeat the Jin army, they will naturally take action.

Moreover, even if they don't move, Chen Xun can let the Chen family navy block this section of the Yellow River to prevent the Jin people from returning north.You can also recruit rebels from Hebei, or directly recruit rebels from the five counties to defend the city.

Tactically speaking, capturing five cities is important.But from a strategic perspective, it is most important to reverse the active and passive situation between the two sides.

"What happens after the five cities are captured?" Lai Qingyun asked.

"The next step is guerrilla warfare." Chen Xun began to introduce the second phase of the offensive: "We started from the periphery of the Jin Army and attacked their small units that went out to collect food little by little. It was like a pack of wolves hunting wild horses. We took advantage of the opportunity. Bite until the wild horse is exhausted and then give it a fatal blow.”

With snow pigeons for communication and war horses for transportation, Chen Jiajun's information and intelligence advantages were unmatched by the Jin people.Moreover, they were fighting on their own territory, surrounded by Song people, and they were all powerful Song people who had been bullied by the Jin people.

With the same enemy and the right location and people on Chen's side, guerrilla warfare will be easy.

"Any questions?" After Chen Xun explained the battle plan, he continued to answer some questions from the generals, and the meeting entered the next stage.

"Then what are the benefits for us from fighting this war?" Sun Zheng asked.Sun Zheng's problem is very practical, and it is also a problem that Chen Xun must solve.

This is not in Guangzhou. Guangzhou is thousands of miles away from here. We cannot advertise to the soldiers that they are fighting to defend their homeland.It was impossible for Chen Xun to cultivate his subordinates' loyalty to the "Song" country.

Therefore, it is impossible to talk about protecting the homeland and the country.

However, there must be visible benefits to stimulate the morale of the soldiers to fight.

"The proceeds are the gold and silver treasures, skilled craftsmen and women that the Jin people looted in Kaifeng." Chen Xun replied: "I guarantee that as long as we can prevent the Jin people from going north with the looted wealth, everyone will be able to get at least ten yuan after the war. The reward is two taels of silver, and for every gold man killed, there will be another ten taels, with no upper limit. Those who perform well can even get a wife."

"Is the daughter-in-law one of the maids in the official palace of the Song Dynasty?" a general asked.

"Yes, it's not just palace maids. If you have outstanding military exploits, you can even marry a princess of the Zhao family." Chen Xun assured.

"Princess!!" Everyone exclaimed.

Rather than giving these women to the Jin people, or letting the Song people use them for marriage, it would be better to let the Chen Jiajun's meritorious soldiers marry home and love them.

It not only rewards the soldiers for their military exploits, but also gives these women a complete and happy life.

None of the generals dared to mention the Song emperor's concubines. In their opinion, these women should be left to Chen Xun.

"Are these rewards enough for everyone to compete?" Chen Xun asked.

"Enough, enough."

"If the sons and daughters knew that after winning the war, they could marry a beautiful wife from the capital, they wouldn't go crazy and kill the gold man."

"I have a wife, but I want to earn her a few hundred taels of real money back."

"Hehe, not only do I want to earn a few hundred taels, but I also want to earn a wife to go back to."

After everyone had a heated discussion in the conference room for a while, Chen Xun stopped them.

"Assign tasks now!"

"Yes! Governor!" Everyone stood up at the same time and responded in unison.

"Sun Zheng, you are responsible for leading three battalions of infantry and one battalion of musketeers to attack Changyuan County and Dongming County of Kaifeng Prefecture."

"Take the order! Commander!" Sun Zheng made a fist salute to Chen Xun.

"Lai Qingyun, you are in charge of leading the three infantry battalions to attack Xinxiang County and Ji County in Weizhou." Chen Xun continued to assign tasks.

"Take the order! Commander!" Lai Qingyun also saluted Chen Xun.

"The Ma Army Camp and the Miaodao Camp follow me to attack Xucheng County, Kaifeng Prefecture." Chen Xun ordered.

"Take the order! Commander!" The two commanders saluted and accepted the order.

"The armies are ready. One battalion of infantry will stay in Xuzhou. Ke Lei will be responsible for logistics support. We will set off at noon tomorrow." Chen Xun gave the final order.

(End of this chapter)