Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 1054 Refuting Yue Pengju

The living girl invested nearly [-] cavalry and aggressively launched an attack on the Song Army. The excuse is very ridiculous. The Song Army's patrol cavalry ambushed the Jin Army's cavalry. Anyway, an excuse is needed to start the war. It doesn't matter whether it is absurd or not. It's just a fig leaf. At least I can tell myself to any outsider.

Shao Xing was not to be outdone, and declared that the Jin army was ambitious, and the thieves shouted to catch the thief. It was they who attacked the Song army patrol cavalry. They urgently mobilized more than [-] cavalry to fight, and there was an emergency training of [-] infantry troops. This is all his main force, and it is even more luxurious. line-up.

At the peak of the Song Dynasty's horse army, that is, in the early stage of Zhenzong, the whole country had [-] horse troops, which could fight against the Khitan people.

However, after several wars between the north and the south, the horse army of the Song army was seriously exhausted. In the Renzong era, with Li Jiqian's rebellion, the Song horse army lost its main source of war horses and could no longer maintain a large scale.

Even if Wang Xiu tried his best, he could only gather [-] to [-] cavalry troops, and there were more than a few troops from the two major garrison divisions. A cavalry division with a strength of [-] people only had three to four thousand cavalry. The situation was quite embarrassing. Xing was able to arm [-] cavalry, which accounted for almost half of the Song Dynasty's horse army. It was really not easy, which shows that the attack on Liangzhou was correct.

However, the two armies shouted loudly, and they were actually cautious. For a living girl, she must not be defeated. Once the horse stumbles, she will be a rootless duckweed, and it is impossible to retreat calmly.

Similarly, Shao Xing cannot be defeated. If he loses, it will cause immeasurable losses to the entire strategy. Liangzhou, which is most important to the imperial court, will fall into the hands of the Jin army. It will also be under the strict monitoring of the Jin army, and the problem of the growth of the Ma army will not be fundamentally resolved.

The Jurchens will completely occupy Liangzhou, arm themselves with sufficient horse resources, and launch a war against Guanzhong at any time. The Song Dynasty will lose strategically.

The two sides fought fiercely and fought many times, the scale of which was almost controlled below a thousand people. They tested each other's reality, and they were accumulating strength to find each other's weaknesses and prepare to give each other a fatal blow.

The Meng'an Mouke army really did not gain its reputation. Even if the combat effectiveness of the Jin army declined year by year, this army still had a strong combat effectiveness. In several battles, the Song army did not take advantage of it, and was even at a disadvantage. Even Shaoxing also admit.

At this time, Wang Xiu, who was far away in Kaifeng, was staring at Yue Fei closely, and said in a deep voice: "Taiwei, is it a bit exaggerated?"

Yue Fei was very dissatisfied with Wang Xiu's calmness. This was to avoid the mission of the Northern Expedition. The current situation was so good that the party members couldn't hold on anymore. The main force of the Jin army was in the northwest. It was the best time for the army to go north. All will be realized, as long as the court orders.

However, he was disappointed to find that Wang Xiu had no intention of going to the Northern Expedition at all, not even a bluff.A few days ago, the major battalions prepared for battle, which surprised him particularly. He thought that Wang Xiu might launch the Northern Expedition. This was not ordinary courage, and even aroused a little admiration and excitement.

It's a pity that it was just a gust of wind, and all ministries were ordered to stand by. With the deployment of troops to reinforce the Hezhong Mansion, he realized that it was nothing but joy, and his disappointment turned into anger.

"Wang Xianggong, the captives are from the south of Yanshan Mountain, and there is no large army." Seeing Wang Yuan's stern gaze, he had to lower his posture, after all, he was the commander in chief.

Wang Xiu shook her head, and said calmly: "I also understand that the main force of the captives stays in Lianghe Yanshan, with less than 2 people. Our army can easily reach Yanshan."

"Then why didn't Mr. Xiang send troops?" Yue Fei questioned, trying his best to suppress his emotions so as not to lose control.

"May I ask the captain, what are you going to do when you reach Yanshan? Will you continue the Northern Expedition or meet reinforcements?" Wang Xiu asked with a smile on her face.

Cai Yi didn't feel it, but Wang Yuan knew it clearly. According to the analysis of the battlefield, no matter how fast you are, you will encounter obstacles.

The military prefectures in Hebei are fortunate to say that the elders are still thinking about the court. Without the main force, the Jin army will definitely carry out limited resistance. Yanshan is different.

The thirteen prefectures of Jibei returned to the Song Dynasty for a short time, and the hearts of the people have long been absent from the court. The Han people in Youyun Zhuzhou never regard themselves as Song people, but the people of Khitan. Whether it is the Khitan Han army or the Jin army Han It cannot be denied that the army troops fought fiercely against the Song Dynasty, and their methods of killing living people were even worse than those of the Khitans and Jurchens.

When the Jin army went south, the Jurchen troops just plundered wealth and robbed a few beauties. They seldom killed soldiers and civilians. Unless they were ordered by the army, those Han troops from Yanshan were killing people and plundering wealth. human life.

Otherwise, the Golden Army would not have taken Yanshan so smoothly back then. Guo Yaoshi's ever-victorious army had a total of 6 troops, and the elite horse army had tens of thousands, which was enough to fight the Golden Army. confrontation.

It is conceivable that the resistance that the Song army will encounter when entering Yanshan is by no means comparable to that of Hebei and Hedong. Every city has to go through a bloody battle.

The problem is easy to understand. According to the inference of time, when the Song army arrived in the middle of the battle in Youzhou, the Jin army troops from the north would definitely arrive. They would join the elite Jin army withdrawing from the north and deploy defense together. The main force of the Jin army stationed in the west would also soon Enter Yanshan.

At that time, the Song army faced Yanshan dangerously, and there were tens of thousands of horse troops on its flanks. Whoever dared to say the outcome, I am afraid that the whole army could return, which is an extravagant hope.

At least, Wang Xiuhao, Wang Yuan and other high-level officials did not think that the Great Song Dynasty could withstand it, and the financial resources of the court could not support the two wars. His understanding of the war was to use the war to continue the political economy. While paying the cost of the war, Political and economic interests must be maximized, otherwise battlefield warfare cannot be conducted.

Yue Fei curled his lips into a smile, and said without hesitation: "Take Yanshan, and wait for the main force of the captives to fight."

"Taiwei, you are so bold!" Wang Xiu clapped her palms slowly, and asked with a smile: "For the calculation, the captives can gather more than 2 elite soldiers in Youzhou in the first place, and [-] people can be recruited in the capital. We transferred [-] riders back from the northwest, and it is estimated that some tribes in the grassland will be returned, are you sure?"

Yue Fei was a little hesitant, he couldn't deny Wang Xiu's words, the Jurchens could really gather these troops, but they were very unwilling, and still held their heads up and said: "As long as we work together, we will be able to defeat the captives."

Wang Xiu glanced at Yue Fei, shook his head and said with a smile: "The Taiwei's words are not true. Wang Taiwei said, the Northern Guards have the strength, can they take the two rivers of Yanshan Mountain?"

Wang Yuan smacked his lips and said in embarrassment: "The tenth army can only use seven armies, and the horse army has only about 5000 people. When they arrive at Yanshan, they will inevitably encounter desperate resistance. Without the reinforcement of the imperial army, it may be difficult to capture Yanshan. Against the captive cavalry."

(End of this chapter)