The rise of the prince

Chapter 740 Zhe Family Army

Li Xingzhou talked about it all day, each expressing his own opinion, Li Xingzhou picked out the important ones and wrote them down, and at night he dictated it himself and asked Gillian to write it down.

The candlelight was flickering, the night wind was howling outside the window, and in the small room, A-Jiao tilted her head to the side and moved her wrist seriously, recording in elegant handwriting.

In the outer room, Shiyu is reconciling accounts. He Qiancai just married. In order to make a good impression on everyone, she patiently helped Shiyu reconcile accounts, but her small face was so wrinkled that it could almost hang a kettle.

Shiyu asked her to make tea in a funny way, and she felt like she had been pardoned. How could her temper be reconciled.

Not long after marrying into the palace, she liked to run with Qiu'er and go to the back mountain to see new things, but she was always in the way, and Qiu'er disliked her, so she came to complain to herself, Li Xingzhou was funny, so she was asked to be a supervisor , anyway, she couldn't stay idle, but she was told not to meddle indiscriminately.

"According to what Yelu Dashi said, Laizhou and Chenzhou are suitable for landing in Liaodong of the Kingdom of Jin. Dading Prefecture is about [-] miles north of Laizhou, and Liaoyang Prefecture is about [-] miles north of Chenzhou, Tokyo of the Kingdom of Jin! At the beginning, Jin Taizu attacked this place. start up.

However, Laizhou Chenzhou is likely to be tightly guarded and it is difficult to land, because the Kingdom of Jin also understands its importance, especially Chenzhou.

More than a hundred miles to the south is Suzhou (later changed to Jinzhou), which is easy to land and is a remote place, but it is too far away from Liaoyang.”

Li Xingzhou kept talking about these messages, and Gillian recorded them one by one.

The best case scenario is for the Eastern Route Army to take down the city of Liaoyang in a surprise attack. Liaoyang is Tokyo of the Kingdom of Jin, and it is also the place where Jin Taizu was born. If the navy can capture Liaodong, and the west also starts to attack, the two sides will attack. Much bigger.

Of course, a landing battle is no different than a land battle. There are many things that need to be prepared in advance in the past two years, such as understanding the tide conditions in Laizhou, Chenzhou, and Suzhou, and which coastal geology is suitable for landing.

Nowadays, there are no such things as amphibious vehicles, hovercraft, or helicopters. Soldiers have to disembark from the big ship and put down the small boat, and then approach the shore, and have to wade slowly for a while.

Fortunately, after the navy is equipped with new artillery, it can fully support the landing at sea a few miles away, attack the opponent's shore troops before the infantry lands, and open the way for the soldiers. Landing may be much easier.

For the geological conditions of the three places, tidal cycle, etc., just ask the merchants directly. Jingguo has a large number of merchants who go north from the Bohai Sea to Liaodong and the Korean Peninsula to do business. These people must know the local sea conditions.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help frowning, seeing that he stopped talking, Gillian also put down her pen.

Li Xingzhou pulled her up, sat down by himself, then put her on his lap, and began to think about the deployment of the army.

There are three frontier armies in the north of Jingguo, and they are also the most capable troops in Jingguo, because they have been fighting against Liao and Xia all year round.

Two of them had contact with Li Xingzhou, Zhending Mansion in the east, the Guanbei Army between Hejian Mansion, and the Yang Family Army in Taiyuan Mansion.

These two armies have fought against the Liao Kingdom for many years, and they are always in a state of combat readiness. They are definitely better than the Forbidden Army in the capital.

But there is another army that he has not dealt with before, and that is the Northwest Zhejia Army.

In fact, if we talk about military exploits, the Zhejia Army is even more prestigious. The Forbidden Army, the Guanbei Army, and the Yang Family Army used to fight against the Liao and Xia Kingdoms. It can be said that you come and go, and win and lose each other. Generally speaking, the Forbidden Army has lowered the Yang Family Army and the Guanbei Army. record.

But the Zhejia Army is different, and the Zhejia Army is very special.

One is the geographical location. The Zhejia army is located in the northwest, and they live in Fuzhou, one of the five towns by the river. To the west is the state of Xia, and to the north is the state of Liao, so they are not like Taiyuan, Hejian, etc., they only face the state of Liao. Instead of being under the pressure of the enemy, he was attacked on both sides.

The second is that the ancestors of the Zhe family belonged to Dangxiang, and they were of the same family as the Xia royal family. They were handed down from the previous dynasty for hundreds of years.

But because of the kindness of the emperor Taizu, and his ancestors were the envoys of the Yong'an Army, he was expected to pass on from generation to generation, so he guarded the northwest for Jingguo, and it has been like this for generations.

There is no imperial army holding back, no court restraint, and the Northwest folk customs are tough, the Zhejia army can be called the invincible iron army in the Northwest when fighting.

He defeated Xia State many times to the west and Liao State to the north.

Even in the period of the first emperor, such a thing happened. Jingguo’s central army was defeated in the Northern Expedition and was chased and beaten by the Liao army. The Zhejia army heard the news from the west and went northward, crossing the border and attacking important areas in the Liao Kingdom.

The news of the Zhejia army's successive battles and victories spread to the eastern battlefield, forcing the main force of the Liao army to retreat in a hurry and move westward, so that the main force of the Jing army in the east was able to relieve the siege.

The northwest land sandwiched between Xia and Liao can be so stable, and a large part of it is due to the Zhejia army.

The third is the fierce family style of the Zhejia army. The Zhejia army has a history of more than 200 years. There have been more than 80 generals, and women generals account for about half of them. Not only men can fight, but both men and women can fight.

The reason for this is due to folk customs. The Northwest is not as rich as the Central Plains, and it is impossible for everyone to be a lady. The local custom, any man who wants to marry a wife, the first hurdle he has to pass is that he must carry the woman home all the way to show that I am physically fit.

It's good that the two families are close to each other. It's not a joke if they are separated by ten miles and eight towns. Even a weaker daughter-in-law will not be able to marry.

It is this kind of folk customs that makes the Zhejia army able to conquer and fight well.

If the wheel of history does not change, in a dynasty that emphasizes culture and suppresses military power, the Zhejia army will end badly.

In history, when the Zhejia army went south to surround Kaifeng, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, it was not far away for thousands of miles, and organized soldiers capable of fighting to march eastward to King Qin.

At that time, Qin Wang's army from all sides was on the road, and Kaifeng could not attack for a long time. The heavy division said that the Jin people did not know how to fight, so they should not go deep alone. space, encircle and annihilate them.

The suggestion is very reasonable, because at that time the Jin army was dominated by cavalry, without siege equipment, and Kaifeng would not be able to break through for a while. You can besiege the Jin people who are alone in depth.

As a result, the emperor and civil servants in the palace were discouraged first, and sent people to cede land to the Jin people to ask for peace, pay tribute every year, and bow their heads as ministers.

At that time, the Zhejia army brought all those capable of fighting eastward to rescue the emperor. In order to serve the king, they brought almost all the best soldiers who could fight.

As a result, Xixia, who had been beaten by the Zhejia army in the rear, was uncomfortable when Xixia heard the news, and aggressively attacked the empty prefecture in retaliation, burning, killing and looting, looting all the foundations of the Zhejia army, and even dug up the Zhejia's ancestral grave.

In fact, for the Zhe family, this result may have been thought of, but they still had no hesitation to turn to King Dongqin. As a result, halfway through, there was news from the front that the emperor had surrendered. , pay tribute every year.

One can imagine how the Zhejia army would feel at that time. They desperately marched eastward to King Qin, and they couldn't even take care of their ancestral land and family foundation. They were ruined by the Xixia people, and they only made it halfway. Surrender!
Since then, the Zhejia army has been in a slump, no longer has the prestige of the past, and it has no longer punched Xixia and kicked the glory of Liao.

This is a tragic army. The reason why Li Xingzhou remembered it was because the Privy Council received a letter from the northwest a few days ago. It was sent by Zhe Weizhong, the current owner of the Zhe family and the envoy of the Yong'an Army.

He suggested that the imperial court take advantage of the civil strife in Xia and march westward to capture Yinzhou along the river in Xia.

To fight Xixia, it is not enough to rely on Zhejia army alone, so he asked the court for approval. He wanted food and grass support from Hezhong Mansion and Yan'an Mansion in the south, and at the same time wanted to call the nearby state capital Xiang army to assist in the attack.

His idea was based on his judgment of the local situation, which was reasonable, but Li Xingzhou had his eyes on the overall situation. At this time, it was not appropriate to use troops against the Xia Kingdom in the northwest, and the imperial court's strategic focus was on the east.

"Hey..." Li Xingzhou was taken aback. Since Xia's civil turmoil would not pose a threat to the important town along the river at this time, why not let the Zhejia army go north to attack Datong Mansion?
There are three points in this battle, Datong Mansion to the west of Taihang Mountain, Liaodong Corridor to the east of Taihang Mountain, and the landing on Bohai Bay is aimed at Liaoyang Mansion.

The surprise attack on Liaoyang Mansion is mainly to contain, and it would be better if it can be won.The Shanhaiguan area is dominated by the Guanbei Army and the four divisions of the Canadian New Army Army.

However, the Datong Mansion was originally handed over to the Yang Family Army, and the Jiayi Army responded internally. Li Xingzhou felt that it was not safe enough. If the Zhe Family Army were also allowed to go north, the chances of winning would be much greater.

Thinking of this, Li Xingzhou felt that within the next two years, Zhe Weizhong and Yang Wenguang should go to Beijing together to find time.

(End of this chapter)