Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 973 Offensive in the Middle Road

As long as the Qin Feng and Huanqing Road armies of the Chinese army can be defeated or wiped out, half of the battle will be won. The Song Army on the East Road will inevitably be defeated. For a long time, Liangzhou is just around the corner.

However, Gu Lihei was really scared. The Song army's offensive was too fierce. The Xia army in the outer strongholds kept surrendering. On the eighth day after the Song army attacked Weizhou, he had to lead the army to break through and let the Song army successfully occupy the city. .

This fellow did not retreat into the Xishou Baotai Army Division, but led his army northward, crossing the vast sea of ​​nearly a hundred miles to Lingzhouchuan. Fortunately, they were all horse troops and were not overtaken by the Song army.

The loss of Weizhou made Mengjing, an important stronghold of the Xia army, unable to defend anymore. The soldiers and horses in the east of the Qingyuan military city retreated directly into Chungang Gorge, and the defenders of Mengjing city had to retreat to the north. Occupation of Weizhou City, Qingyuan Military City, and Mengjing City.

This is of strategic significance and marks the completion of the preparations for the northward march of the central army.

Qu Duan's action was very fast. He immediately arrived in Leshan and personally deployed the attack. Wu Jie's seventh battalion, Shengjie, and Guangrui's two armies suffered little losses, and quickly replenished their armored battle equipment. Liu Yanliang's eighth battalion, Yunyi Army, merged with the second chariot brigade , entered Mengjing City.

The strong combat effectiveness of the 52nd brigade town was valued by the general of the Western Sergeant, and it was temporarily incorporated into the eighth battalion sequence.

The [-] township army followed the two battalions to fight, and the [-] township army joined forces to flatten Qiang City, preparing to implement the joint battalion strategy, and everything was ready.

At this moment, the Xuanfu Disposal Division adjusted the Dianqian Division's northwest camp, and Wang Xuan also sent the deputy capital of the camp to join the army. Governor of Chenzhou.

It is also very interesting about Wang Xuan and the deputy of the battalion to join the army. It was supposed to join the army, but in the end a deputy came to join the army, which makes people feel very tricky.

Because of Gao Ping's insistence, the Northwest camp is temporary, and there is no deputy capital commander and Du Jianjun. It is said that the officials are streamlined, and it is frankly afraid of people fighting for power. You must know that the deputy capital commander and Du Jianjun can stand up to the capital commander. of.

Just talking about Xie Qian and Zhang Sheng of the Western Guards is not the leader of Tainiao Quduan. If the deputy capital commander and the capital join the army are set up, his life will be killed.

Wang Ji is also a mediocre person, and he does not have the standard to compete with him at all. He is an acceptable character in everything, but Wang Xuan is different.

Back then, this fellow followed Zong Ze to make a fortune, stationed troops in Huazhou to prevent the captives from invading, and was a fierce general in Duandi. If you join the army, don't just come up with an argument.

It has to be said that Wang Xuan, relying on his status as a member of the council, dared to fight against Qu Duan, let alone him. This self-knowledge is still there.

He directly sent Wang Xiu to Guantang, and vaguely proposed that Feng Yuan be appointed as the commander of the Tianwu Army, and Wang Yu could be appointed as the deputy of the battalion, but he would never set up a capital to join the army.

Before Wang Xiu arrived at the Yongxing Army, he laughed when he saw Gaoping's Guantang.
He just followed suit and made a good relationship with Gao Ping. As for Wang Xuan's resentment, it was the tricks of Shu Shen and Dian Qian Si. balance of power.

Qu Duan just smiled when he learned that Gao Ping was thinking about it. As long as he didn't delay his achievements, he didn't care about the filth of the former secretary and the chief officer. look in the eyes.

Now that the armies of all walks of life are ready to fight, Xia Jun has also begun to adjust his deployment, and the war in the difficult area is inevitable, so he has to speed up his actions.

Li Yanxian's Eighth Battalion took the lead in launching the offensive, led by the chariots of the Second Brigade Town, followed by the Cloud Wing Army. The two armies covered the two wings and directly attacked Pule City.

Wu Jie was not idle either, and the various troops hurriedly replenished, and the leading troops also began to move northward, approaching Pule City from the flanks, and the defense of Weizhou was taken over by the township army to guard against the attack of the Xishou Baotai Army Division and ensure the safety of the army's rear.

Qu Duan did not hold an oath, everything was launched suddenly, tens of thousands of Song army elites directly launched, Li Liangfu knew that there must be a war, but he did not expect Qu Duan to be so ruthless, tens of thousands of people came directly, the battle of Pule City was imminent, Xingqing's The purpose has also come.

Xingqinglai's will let them stick to Pule City and let the Song army besiege the city and go north.Let the Song army penetrate as much as possible, and then organize the Ma army on the periphery to stand by.

Li Liangfu and Gu Lihei had different opinions. As generals in front, they had a deep understanding of the Song army, and they thought it was inappropriate to lure the enemy into a deep strategy.

Because, the Song army has already occupied Weizhou City, Qingyuan Military City, and Mengjing City, forming a strategic state of two-wing cover and frontal assault. Even if they go deep into Yaode City, they can still protect their transshipment channels.Without it, Yaode City is more than a hundred miles away from Mengjing City, and it is absolutely courting death to sneak attack on the transfer passage.

Their objections were uttered, but were refuted by Ren Dejing. He claimed to understand the Southern Dynasty and thought that the Song Army must march northward with all its strength, and it was correct to assume that the battlefield would be in Yaode City.

Because, the scheming Brother Cha believed that if the scheduled battlefield was to be set in Xiping Mansion, the Song Army would probably feint a shot and strike a fatal blow in the direction from Yanzhou to Xiping Mansion.

It's not that the party members are without talents. As the clan prince, Brother Cha, although he is greedy and charming, he is also an experienced veteran.

He didn't understand Wang Xiu's deployment, nor did he judge Song Jun's strategic deployment, but he couldn't prevent him from observing it from a strategic perspective.

Letting the Song army go deep into Xiping Mansion is equivalent to letting them enter the inner defense circle, which is located in the soft belly of the Xia army's second line of defense. If the Song army has a strong horse army, it is likely to pose a great threat to the direction of Yanzhou. Human danger exists.

The key point of the whole war was designed by Wang Xiu, and brother Cha also saw it, it just depends on who is better!
Li Liangfu doesn't think so, since the Xiping Mansion's surprise attack on Yanzhou requires a strong horse army, according to the intelligence ahead, the Song Army's limited horse army in the west is scattered on the east and west roads. With [-]% of the entire western army, it is impossible to have a strong horse army in the middle.

The Guangrui Army of the Seventh Battalion was once known as the most powerful cavalry army of the Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty. In its heyday, it was armed with [-] cavalry, and its momentum was quite large.However, that is all in the past. The Guangrui Army was reorganized and called the Horse Army, but lacked horses and became an infantry army, which was not taken seriously.

Therefore, the Song army's breakthrough in the middle will completely follow the established strategy, and there is no possibility of a surprise attack on Yanzhou. Judging from the formation of the Southern Dynasty, it is definitely an eastward attack, a central defense, and a westward response. The Song and Xia terrains cannot be avoided. Way.

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