I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 944 Unexpected Judgment

The Hedong army sent troops, whether to go north from Yunzhou or from Niangziguan to the east, there is a question of order, which is related to whether the expected battle can be successful...

"Officials, how do we prevent the news of Yunzhou sending troops from spreading to the battlefield? Once the news of Yunzhou sending troops comes, even if Beiliao intends to attack, it will give up, and even send Yanyun respectfully, and retreat three hundred miles from Yanshan."

If the vital force of Beiliao cannot be effectively killed, even if Beiliao retreats three hundred miles to the north of Yanshan Mountain, it will be a hidden danger.

The original plan of the imperial court was to gradually include the grasslands into the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, instead of retaining the vitality of the Northern Liao Dynasty and giving the Northern Liao Dynasty a chance to make a comeback.

Moreover, the retreat of Yanshan Mountain by the Northern Liao Dynasty for three hundred miles would only make the border of the Great Song Dynasty unstable, and the battles continued year after year.

The national policy of the Song Dynasty is to strengthen the inside and weaken the outside. If there are constant battles in the Yanshan area and Bianliang is too far away from the border, it is necessary to retain the combat power to guard the Yanshan area.

Originally, the Western Army was the strongest in the Guochao, and formed the Western Army forces in the Guochao.

After the defeat of the Northern Liao Dynasty, the borders of the Guochao will be further lengthened. Even if the army of the Guochao is rotated, it will be difficult to avoid the result of the frontier army eventually becoming powerful.

This is what the entire Song Dynasty did not want to see.

Therefore, this battle must really effectively annihilate the vital forces of the Northern Liao Dynasty, and then use economic means to allow the grassland to survive under the Song Dynasty.

If the dispatch of troops in Hedong will lead to the leakage of news, and eventually Beiliao will give up resistance, or even retreat to the north of Yanshan in advance, it will definitely become a future trouble.

If that's the case, it's better to advance step by step like this, and use the method of cannibalization to wipe out the Beiliao's combat power as much as possible.

Although the Fanqi team of Guochao now has the ability to fight deep into the grassland.However, people who are not of our race must have different intentions. The imperial court still dare not let the cavalry team go to the grassland... It may become a kite with a broken string.

Wang Anshi still couldn't change his mind, and was still wary of generals, let alone the Fanqi team.

Zhao Xi looked at Wang Anshi, but couldn't say anything, and couldn't say anything.

"Officials, at the beginning of the war, in order to level the entire front and ensure the supply of supplies, Yunzhou sent [-] troops to break through Weizhou Lingzhou."

"If the Weizhou army is ordered to go north, first cut off the information communication between the Northern Liao Xijing and the Nanjing Road...Of course, the old minister also knows that it is impossible to completely cut off, as long as the commonly used, timely and fast channels in the Northern Liao Dynasty are cut off and the information transmission is delayed, You can make a time difference."

"As long as Beiliao really sends troops, as long as the battle starts and they become entangled with each other, even if Beiliao knows the information, it will be difficult to leave the battlefield. At that time, the retreat of Beiliao will only make the battlefield defeat faster."

Di Qing expressed his opinion, just talking about tactics, without any other meaning like Wang Anshi.

Regardless of whether they are guarding generals or not, the purpose of the court is the same, which is to wipe out the vital forces of the Northern Liao Dynasty as much as possible.

In fact, Zhao Xi never thought about the complete annihilation of Beiliao.

The Khitan people grew up on war horses, and Guochao's fan cavalry team has a certain combat power, but the number is too small.

As for the auxiliary cavalry and the cavalry recruited later, Zhao Xi was really worried.

They are all things that have milk and are mothers, and they are obsessed with the grassland, so there are too many uncertain factors to release.

If they really want to be released, it is only when Beiliao is completely impossible to become a force that they can prevent them from turning around and attacking Song Dynasty.

"According to Di Shuai's tactics, let's issue an edict together!"

What Di Qing said is indeed a good solution.

The Guochao arranged more cavalry than chariot soldiers in Hedong. Almost [-]% of the cavalry recruited in the later period were sent to Hedong. The purpose was to quickly pass through the east of the river in the event of an encirclement and suppression fighter...

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The war between Song and Liao suddenly stopped during this period, and the battlefield really entered a short period of calm.

And the exchanges between the envoys of the two countries have become quite frequent, and it seems that they will really sign an armistice contract under such circumstances.

"Unconditionally return Yanyun sixteen prefectures? Is it possible that with our hundreds of thousands of troops, Beiliao can just give Yanyun?"

"I heard that the return of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun is only a basic treaty. The court requested that the [-] miles north of Yanshan Mountain should also belong to Song Dynasty."

"I've also heard that the three hundred miles north of Yanshan Mountain will be used as a reward for the cavalry to assist the cavalry and other cavalry, and the reward will be rewarded with pastures..."

"Three hundred miles to the north of Yanshan Mountain? Then even the ancestral land of the Northern Liao Dynasty is included. Will the Northern Liao court agree? Even if the Emperor of the Northern Liao Dynasty agrees, the old and young Khitan people will not agree."

"Of course I won't agree. Isn't this a constant exchange of envoys? It's just talking about this."

"If you want me to talk, what are you talking about? It's enough to fight in the past. If you fight in the past, it will be the territory of our Song Dynasty. At that time, let alone the brothers of the Fanqi team have a pasture, maybe my old man can also reward a piece of pasture. .”

"Pull you down! Do you know how to herd sheep or shear sheep? I guess you can't even ride a horse well. What do you want meadows for?"

"What a big deal! As long as the fight is over, all the captives in Beiliao won't be bought by the workshop owners of Guochao, right? Just take a few captives to graze."

"That's right! You should call!"

"What are you talking about? The court decided to negotiate, and you are just talking nonsense!"

"I don't think there will be a deal. Maybe the fight will start tomorrow. What we can think of, the elders can't think of it? The officials can't think of it?"

"That's right, when did the officials suffer, and they have never lost a battle. Not to mention that the current cabinet knows the ways of merchants..."

There is a truce across the board, and the situation is being discussed in every camp, and it is not known where it will develop.

The commanders from all walks of life also heard some discussions.

"Marshal, can't we really negotiate? We have been busy for so many years, and it is over without killing a few people? The battle is not going to be big?"

"Commander, the last general just came up from the south of the Yangtze River. He has only fought for two months, and he didn't get any credit for it. It's a waste of time..."

"Marshal, do you want to fight or not? It's been almost a ten-year truce, and I'm so panicked that I always want to fire two shots to be happy..."

This is not the first time. Every time he tours the camp, he will be stopped and questioned by generals who are familiar with him.

Presumably the same will be true of other armies from all walks of life.

After all, from the very beginning of the war, the court's slogan was to hit the grasslands, carve up the grasslands, annihilate the Khitan, and restore the glory of the Central Plains dynasty.

The soldiers really hope to go to the grasslands, and really hope that the future wool will not go to the market...~
"Take it easy, keep your spirits up, and there will be more battles!"

It is feasible to know the strategy, so this must not dampen the morale of the soldiers, and must maintain the energy of the soldiers to meet the real war.

"Marshal, isn't it? The scouts of the last general's battalion guessed that the Beiliao side seems to be withdrawing troops, but it's not completely withdrawing, it seems to be decreasing, and gradually withdrawing!"

Ok?Zhe Ke was taken aback by such news.

"Are you sure you are withdrawing troops? Why didn't you report it?"

"Commander, I'm not sure. The scouts haven't confirmed it, they're just guessing, based on the daily crowing of horses when approaching the Beiliao camp."

"Marshal, the scouts of the last general's battalion were originally servants of the Xixia nobles, and they were responsible for raising horses. Because they raised a few horses to death, they fled to Song Dynasty for fear of execution."

"Later, Guochao recruited a new army and joined the army. He demonstrated his riding skills in the new barracks and was trained as a scout. They are Han Chinese!"

"He can hear how many horses bleating, and the general will not believe it. These days, he has been saying that there is no war and the army is about to withdraw."

"The last general punished him by shaking the morale of the army, that's why he told the last general."

How much can you hear the horse whining?It's not surprising that there are such strange people.

In the early years in the Lin Mansion, I heard a lot about the abilities of the Xixia people in war horses, and there are even more rare ones than this.

But, is Beiliao really going to withdraw its troops?

According to the judgment of the imperial court, the negotiation of sending envoys to the Northern Liao Dynasty was a kind of smoke-free behavior to cover up the next major action.

Even the truce between the two sides is all in vain.

The strategy of the imperial court is that when the Northern Liao Dynasty attacks a certain point, the other departments of the entire defense line, including chariot soldiers, infantry, and cavalry, will launch a certain degree of encirclement and suppression.

Now there is intelligence showing that Beiliao has withdrawn its troops?

"Bring this person to the tent!"

If it's feasible, I don't care about patrolling the camp anymore, so I took my soldiers back to the commander's account.

Whether it was his civil assistant officer, or the military inspector, including the lieutenant general, everyone who knew the court's strategy was confused by this information.

Could it be that the officials made a mistake in their judgment?

If this is the case, if Beiliao fully accepts Song's request, the battle may really stop.

Yan Yun will recover, but the imperial government's long-planned conquest of Liao Dynasty has been completely ruined...

"Marshal, I have raised horses since I was a child, so I am very sensitive to the sound of horses."

"Since the truce, the young one has been a scout from the headquarters and is responsible for monitoring the Beiliao camp. Since it is impossible to get close, and it is difficult to sneak past the north, the young one lurks outside the Beiliao camp every day."

"Beiliao now let the war horses rest and recuperate, and the war horses will neigh regularly every day when they are resting. Since I was familiar with war horses when I was young, I focused on the neighing of war horses."

"After a small multi-day summary, the Beiliao camp has lost three to five hundred war horses every day. For more than ten days in a row, it has never exceeded a thousand horses. Moreover, the time when the Beiliao war horses leave the camp is not at the same time. We left in time."

The scout babbled, but he could understand it.

"Are you sure it's a daily decrease, or not at the same time?"

"Commander, I'm sure! The neighing of war horses is different from the neighing of war horses! As of yesterday, the withdrawal of troops from the Beiliao camp has almost been completed."

Hearing this, Zhe Xingxing exchanged glances with Wen Zuoguan and the others, with uncontrollable joy in their eyes!

This battle is definitely going to be fought.

When I first heard about the withdrawal of troops, I thought Beiliao was really withdrawing troops in batches.

A large number of withdrawals showed that Beiliao really had the determination to negotiate and was preparing to use the return of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun as a bargaining chip for the truce.

However, a small number of uninterrupted withdrawals did not exceed a thousand horses per day. This shows that the purpose of the withdrawal of the Beiliao troops is the same as that of sending envoys to negotiate... They are all trying to deceive people and smoke.

In other words, Beiliao is planning a big move.

It's a pity that this road of mine will not be the point of impact of Beiliao... Maybe, as the court expected, Beiliao will attack the palace tent.

The government's plan to use their bodies as bait is really about to succeed.

"Go down, continue to monitor, and report the situation of the Beiliao Camp every day..."

Next, Zhexing can start writing memorials...~
"Marshal, is the scout's guess possible?"

"Whether it is credible or not, we all need to report it truthfully. As for how to make a decision, that is a matter for the Chinese military."

"In addition, the commander plans to deploy [-] chariot soldiers and [-] horsemen to reinforce the Chinese army..."

"Marshal... If a big war really happens, the headquarters needs to take on the function of encircling and suppressing all the way, reducing the number of troops by [-], is it feasible?"

It's not a question, it's just a reminder to the coach.

"Now it is basically certain that our defense area is not the impact point of Beiliao. In addition, after Weizhou and Lingzhou have completed blocking the information channel of Beiliao, they will definitely turn their heads south when the war breaks out."

"At that time, the two departments will be combined into one, and the encirclement and suppression troops on the West Road will not be weak, and they will even be the strongest."

"At that time, the headquarters may only need to undertake the southern part of the West Road. It is due to deploy troops to support the Chinese army."

Now that the coach has considered it, the others will not say anything.After all, the Chinese army is where the officials and ministers are located, and its importance is indeed more important than encirclement and suppression.

In fact, their West Route Army, if the encirclement and suppression war really started, would definitely join forces with the Hedong Army, and their strength would not be weakened.

Daily withdrawal of troops?

"What do you guys think?"

A feasible report is a statement of seeking truth from facts, which is very plain.

"Officials, I will collect the details of Beiliao from the major armies!"

Zhang Dun understood the significance of this situation in Beiliao.There are strange people in the foldable department.It also provides a reference for various armies.

To be honest, the current army of the Great Song Dynasty is a little proud... It is also their strength that gives them the capital to be proud.

"The withdrawal of troops can be completely organized. The withdrawal of troops by Beiliao is certainly not purely for the withdrawal of troops."

"However, the veteran doesn't understand one thing. Since the cavalry has the advantage of mobility, why should they operate like this? A hundred miles is not a long distance for the cavalry to transfer."

Still have doubts.Wen Yanbo raised a question that everyone was puzzled by.

"I've thought about this too. It should be a problem with the state of Beiliao's war horses. If Beiliao attacks the central army's tents, the distance between Zhekebu and Zhou Tongbu will still be a little far away."

"Concentrate the troops in the middle army in advance, so that the tired horses will not lose their combat power in a short time when they attack."

Di Qing agreed with the official's judgment, which should be the basic fact.

Neither Zhao Xi nor the important ministers accompanying the army had any objection to the fact that it was feasible to deploy troops to support the Chinese army.

Judgments are judgments and facts are facts.Although it is judged that Beiliao may attack the Chinese army, no one is sure.

Therefore, until now, it has not been decided to deploy troops to the Chinese army.

Now that the Facility Department has information, it is the right way to deploy troops to support the Chinese army.

Next...~
"Officials, there is nothing abnormal between Wang Shunchen's department and Zhongjian's central department, and they are still in a state of confrontation. There is an abnormality in Zhou Tong's department. It is not sure whether the confronting Beiliao troops have withdrawn their troops."

"Zhou Tong reported that there are indeed some abnormalities in the tents of the Northern Liao camp in the past few days. At the same time, Zhou Tong's department also dispatched [-] chariot soldiers and [-] cavalry arrived in the central army."

That's it, basically it should be OK.

The palace tent of the Chinese army is in the middle of Wang Shunchen's department and Zhongjian's department.

With such a distance, there is no need for Beiliao to mobilize. It is entirely possible to concentrate all forces at the beginning of the shock battle...~
(End of this chapter)