Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 495
"Go back, where to go?" Zhang Zhong was stunned, he did not recover.

"Back to General 78, the No. 70 Eighth General of the Dianqian Division." Qin Min stared at Zhang Zhong with burning eyes.

Zhang Guo raised his brows, it was rare for him to give Qin Min admiring eyes, this old man is usually very rare to do things, this one really broke the precept.

"I can go back?" Zhang Zhong didn't believe it, but couldn't believe it.

"You just need to answer yes or no." Qin Min frowned slightly, staring closely at Zhang Zhongzai.

"Yes, of course I am willing." How could Zhang Zhong know that this was a huge opportunity, and hurriedly expressed his attitude, for fear that the pie falling from the world would be gone.

"That's good, within three days, you can return to General 78." Qin Min said simply.

Zhang Guo hesitated a little, and said hesitantly: "Too fast." He didn't speak too fast, and clearly reminded Qin Min not to talk too much.Today, the 78 generals are the most effective troops in the field, known as Habayashi Qianniu, and they are quite concerned by the ruling and opposition parties.

Zhang Zhong also seemed to understand, and his eyes were full of panic, for fear that Qin Min's exaggeration would ruin his good deeds.

"Instead, you have to remember that the most difficult thing to do is in a certain environment, but it doesn't take any effort." Qin Min said lightly.

"Oh, veterans are still reliable during the war, and others have nothing to say." Since Zhang Guo can fly wild, he is also a first-class talent.

"If my predictions are right, the fourth brother will definitely not refuse anyone who comes." Qin Min gritted his teeth and smiled, with that look that confirmed Feng Yuan.

"Three officials, I'm going out of the fortress to sing songs for the three officials. I don't know what to do?"

"Okay! Come here, little lady." Zhang Zhong was in a good mood.

"Exodus? Quite unsatisfactory!" Qin Min sighed lightly, his mind was no longer in Jiangning.

In the winter of the second year of Jianyan, Dazhong, Wu Qimai mobilized the horse infantry again on the pretext that the border officials of the Southern Dynasty encouraged the people in Hedong, Hebei to rebel, and prepared to go south for punishment.

At this time, the Golden Army has not yet reached a consensus on the strategy. The Marshals of the Marshal's Mansion all want to fight for heavy troops in their own strategic direction and add military exploits to themselves. The debate is intensifying.

Wu Qimai and Xie couldn't reconcile the conflicts between the generals, so they could only adopt a strategy of peace and mud, using the strategy of fighting on two fronts at the same time. The Jin Army on the East and West Routes each had [-] cavalry, and they were assigned to the horse infantry of various ethnic groups to go south. If there is progress, the strategic focus will be on which side to reconcile internal conflicts and stimulate the ferocity of the generals.

As you can imagine, in order to focus on one's own strategic direction, who does not fight desperately to conquer those military states that have not been occupied before, that is population wealth!

The West Route Army led by Nianhan, Wushi, and Yelu Yujian has nine Temu composed of members of the same tribe, and is assigned to five Temu of Khitan, Bohai, and Han'er, with about 10 soldiers.The Eastern Route Army headed by Ye Li Duo, Ta Lan, and Wu Shu has six Temu composed of their own tribe, and is attached to the Panhan Army's seven Temu, with 8 soldiers.

That is to say, according to the military system of the Jurchens, apart from the regular logistics transfer troops, the number of Alixi on both routes has reached 20, which can be said to be a heavy force.

The Great Song Dynasty was also ready to face the battle. According to the strategy planned by Wang Xiu, Zongze made perfect defense preparations in the area along the river. Fan Zhixu and Tang Zhong were also ordered to act. In charge of military affairs in Hexi, Wang Shu supervised the army to guard against party items taking advantage of the fire, and Qu Duan led more than [-] horse infantry troops to station in Shanzhou.

Since half of the Hezhong Mansion is in the hands of the Jin Army, Fan Zhixu and Tang Zhong jointly made a petition to ask for an additional [-] troops from the township, and got permission to recruit [-] troops.

Recruiting soldiers and horses is not a joke, let alone whether the imperial court is worried about too much power, just the cost of food and raising soldiers is not an easy task, a hundred thousand troops spend a thousand dollars a day, and it is only for eating and drinking, and once a war is fought, it will cost a thousand dollars More than that!The repair of those armored battles, the replacement of horses, etc., also require the slaughter of a large number of cattle, which cannot be supported by the dilapidated economy.

The reason why Shaanxi was allowed to recruit another [-] troops was because Shuchuan would support food, grass, cattle and horses, otherwise it would be really difficult to support the expansion of the army.

The imperial court issued an edict to the generals to advance and retreat, and listened to the orders of the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu, and canceled the power of Xuanfu deputy envoys, judges, and all subordinates. Anyone who violated the temperance would be punished according to the law.This changed the power of the generals to advance and retreat on their own. Originally, everyone did not have strict control over the top and bottom, and everyone had the right to play alone. Why should I obey your control.This is great. During the war, the right to go up alone will be cancelled. The Xuanfu Division has the absolute power to take down the generals. If you dare to disobey, just see how sharp my knife is.

Unexpectedly, no matter whether it was the two governments or the important ministers in the frontier, no one objected. Everyone accepted Wang Xiu's suggestion tacitly. Only a few admonishers shouted twice, but no one paid attention.

Everyone gets involved in this, no one is a fool, everything is weighed in reality, although the power of military commanders has increased, but the restraint of civil officials has been strengthened, so as to avoid the embarrassment of military officers not obeying orders and advancing and retreating without authorization. Say it!It's not that we don't let everyone talk at ordinary times.

However, Li Gang had the deepest feeling for the generals to advance and retreat freely, which was a great shame in his life. He unexpectedly firmly supported Wang Xiu.

Despite Wang Lun's constant efforts to avoid war, war broke out.

Lou Shi led two special mothers to station in Pujin on the north bank of Hezhong Prefecture, intending to find the weak point of the Song army to cross the river and attack Guanzhong.The Song Army of the Hezhong Mansion has been ordered to retreat to the south. Li Yanxian is in charge of defending along the river and west of the river, and there is a large army of Quduan watching. Lou Shi dare not act rashly, leaving one to monitor the Song Army. City standby.

Nianhan personally led seven Jurchen mothers and other soldiers and horses to cross the river to attack Luoyang; General Wushi led his troops to attack Huazhou and Weizhou. .

Due to the turmoil in Hebei, Eriduo stayed in Hebei to suppress the rebels from all over the country. Talan was responsible for leading the army to plunder Jingdong, and Wushu commanded an army of [-] to kill Kaifeng.Their intentions are very obvious. They plan to work together to capture Kaifeng first, and then divide their troops to march westward and southward, and make a decision based on the development of the situation.

In the face of the rapid offensive of the Jin army, Zong Ze, as the emissary of the five roads of Jingji, Jingxi, and Jingdong, ordered the guards everywhere to stand firm and never go out to fight rashly. He also sent Yue Fei, Li Jingliang, Yan Zhongli, and Guo Junmin Reinforce Zhengzhou and Henan Prefectures to resist the main force of the West Route Army of the Jin Army. Generals Zhang Nian and Wang Xuan led their troops to reinforce Zhangsuo in Huazhou.

Wang Yuan was ordered to control the defense of Jingdong Second Road with the capital, control Han Shizhong, and Gao Ping against the Jin army.

After confirming that the Jin army invaded the south, the imperial court appointed Wang Xiuyi as Shangshu Zuocheng, and as an envoy to handle Jiangbei affairs, to control the horse infantry of the Jiangbei armies and prefectures, and to go north to supervise the war.In fact, the imperial court had already handed over the northern part of Dajiang to him to control the two major Xuanfu divisions. It can be said that the state of the Song Dynasty was entrusted to him.

(End of this chapter)