Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 931 The Northern Expedition
In the early morning in the mountains, there is a faint mist in the woods, and the early birds are singing happily.Everything was quiet and filled with fresh air.

Zhang Jun walked through the woods and saw Jiang Min standing on a hillside, looking at the goods yard in front of him.

Stepping forward, Zhang Jun asked Jiang Min: "I came back here yesterday and heard from the soldiers that you have been here in the goods yard these days. It has been a long time, why are you nervous?"

Jiang Min didn't answer and looked Zhang Jun up and down.Asked: "When you came back from Pingyao, did Xuanfu say when the war started?"

Zhang Jun said: "I said it. On the first day of next month, the Eastern Front Army will set off for the official Northern Expedition. Our West Route Army will officially start the battle on the tenth day of next month. Now the Valley God has arrived in Daizhou, and his troops are crossing Yanmen Pass. Yelu Yu Jiangang When you get to Yingzhou, you should wait there for a while, after the God of Grains."

Jiang Min said: "That is to say, we still have more than a month before we head northward. Recently, the Jin army has been moving south, and too many people have come. I found that all the remaining grain in the northern counties has been requisitioned. The autumn harvest has just begun However, many people have to dig wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger. If we don’t prepare food here, we will be hungry when we go north. After more than a month, we need to prepare more food."

After saying that, looking at the mist-filled mountain forest, Jiang Min's face looked very heavy.

Zhang Jun said: "Xuanfu said that if all the Jin army goes south and the troops around Datong Mansion in the north are exhausted, we should have no resistance."

Jiang Min shook his head: "We have to prevent the Jin army from Taiyuan Prefecture from coming to the north, and we have to be prepared for Xixia to take the opportunity to attack. It's not that easy."

Zhang Jun was stunned and said: "Xuanfu also said that after entering the Datong Basin, the main purpose is to prevent the Taiyuan Jin Army from aiding from the north. He also said that the Jin Army may try its best to escape, and there may be a lot of troops from the North, so we need to pay special attention to it."

Jiang Min nodded: "I understand. If Xuanfu wants to completely annihilate the Jin Army, he must block the Jin Army in the Taiyuan Basin."

The fog in the forest slowly dispersed, and everything became clear.

Jiang Min went north to Datong. If he wanted to win, it was easy. He just had to rush all the way.The Jin army from the Taiyuan Basin came to help, and naturally Wang Xiaolie followed behind.However, there are indeed many difficulties in annihilating the Jin army in the Taiyuan Basin according to Wang Xiaolie's idea.

One difficulty is to block the Jin army returning from Taiyuan so that they cannot pass Yanmen Pass and are completely sealed in the Taiyuan Basin.Since Yanmen Pass is still in the hands of the Jin Army, it is unrealistic to rely on heavy passes to block the Jin Army.A powerful force must be sent to face the Jin army in Guanbei.

Another one is that Xixia is very likely to take advantage of the situation and plot against Dongsheng Prefecture and Yunnei Prefecture of the Jin Kingdom.Xixia must be defeated with a powerful force to prevent them from coming eastward.In the Yellow River area, establish an absolute military advantage over Xixia and deter them.

It was precisely because it was not easy that Jiang Min was sent.If anyone can do it, why send such a powerful army here and let Jiang Min be the head coach?Jiang Minran didn't speak much, but he was very clear about Wang Xiaolie's strategic intentions.

In the palace of Jiankang Mansion, Zhao Gou just washed up and took a short rest, then he summoned a group of ministers in the back hall to discuss military matters.

Not long after, the prime ministers Lu Yihao and Zhang Jun, the political counselors Meng Sui and Xi Yi, the deputy privy envoys Han Xiaozhou and Xu Fu, and Hanlin scholars Sun Jin and Wang Juzheng entered the back hall one after another.After the ceremony, Zhao Gou offered a seat.Everyone took their seats.Lu Yihao had previously been the prime minister and governor of Jianghuai. He had his office in Zhenjiang and was familiar with Jianghuai's military affairs.

Zhao Gou was the first to ask him: "The prime minister is the governor of Jianghuai, and he knows the military affairs of Jianghuai very well. During the Northern Expedition, the ministers in the DPRK and China were talking a lot. Some people advocated the Northern Expedition, while others said that the Northern Expedition was not possible. In the view of the governor, which one is right? What’s wrong?”

Lu Yihao held up the wat and said: "I believe that in recent years, our army has become increasingly sophisticated, and the Jin army has not regained its former courage. It is the time for the Northern Expedition!"

Zhao Gou nodded and said: "I think so too. Today we mobilize all the troops from the south of the Yangtze River to launch the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains against Liu Yu. It can be said that the right time, place and people are favorable. Mr. Zhang, please let Mr. Lu know how to arrange the Northern Expedition."

Zhang Jun stood up and said yes.Said: "Today, Yue Fei's army sets out from Jiangzhou, passes through Huangzhou and Guangzhou, and enters Yingzhou; the middle route, Zhang Taiwei, sets out from Chizhou and goes north to Shouchun Prefecture. The two armies join forces to capture Bozhou in the north. Your Majesty personally leads Yang The Yizhong army marched north to Suzhou; Han Shizhong's army set out from Chuzhou and went north to attack the Huaiyang army. Two groups captured Xuzhou. Then all the armies joined forces to attack Yingtian Mansion in Nanjing!"

Lu Yihao said: "Since the arrangements have been made, everything is fine. But how should the Puppet Qi deal with it? How should the Jin people deal with it? If we knew it, we would have made arrangements earlier."

Zhang Jun said: "If my prediction is correct, the Puppet Qi should have come from the direction of Bozhou. Even if the Puppet Qi sent an army to overwhelm the country, it would only be 7 people. The troops of Yue Fei and Zhang Jun are enough to cope with it. The Jin Kingdom should have come from the Huaihe River The number of troops coming from the direction of the Yang Army is unpredictable. However, according to common sense, it should dispatch anywhere from 3 to 7 to [-] people. With the troops of Yang Yizhong and Han Shizhong, even if they cannot win in one battle, they will not Falling to the wind.”

Lu Yihao thought about it and couldn't find any flaws.He could only nod his head and said: "My lord, if you think carefully, you will definitely win a great victory."

The feud between Zhang Jun and Lu Yihao was largely due to the two prime ministers competing for power.Zhao Gou asked Lu Yihao to go out to supervise the Jianghuai troops and horses, just to let Zhang Jun take charge of the central court.Lu Yihao couldn't find anything wrong with Zhang Jun's arrangement, so he had no choice but to let him do what he did.

Zhang Jun has a high self-esteem, and he is young and leaves no room for action. This Northern Expedition almost took over everything.According to common sense, Zhang Jun had no success against the Jin army in Sichuan and Shu. In the end, he relied on Wang Xiaolie to solve the problem.A few days ago, they wanted to recruit Liu Guangshi's troops, but Lu Zhi rebelled again.In this case, one should be cautious.But Zhang Jun's character can find thousands of reasons, but he won't look for his own reasons.

The goal of this Northern Expedition was to occupy Yingtian Prefecture in Nanjing and clear the way for the Northern Expedition to Daming Prefecture.Compared with Wang Xiaolie, this goal is very conservative and does not have much strategic significance.But for Zhao Gou and others, this goal is very big.

There is no problem with the goal of the Northern Expedition. The real problem is that the situation of the Puppet Qi and Jin people is unclear.It's completely unclear how the enemy will respond.

Seeing that Lu Yihao was persuaded, Zhao Gou said: "This time we have enough troops and food, and the Jin army is restrained by Wang Xiaolie on the Western Front, so there are not many reinforcements. It can be said that the right time, the right place and the right people are with me, how can I not win? Wait until we join forces in Nanjing , Only Liu Yu, a clown, knows how powerful I am!"

Everyone said long live.

Zhang Jun said: "I heard that the puppet Qi Liu Yu ordered his son Liu Lin to be the marshal to gather troops and horses in order to compete with our army. With Kong Yanzhou and Li Qiong as generals, he divided his route and headed south. What can these clowns do? ? The Holy Lord personally leads the army to the north, and he will definitely wipe out all the ugly things and restore our country, the Song Dynasty!"

(End of this chapter)