The rise of the prince

Chapter 857 Strategy + Mongolia's Attack

In the late July of the first year of Zhangwu, before we knew it, it was the season of breezy autumn and breezy autumn.

In the palace, the two factions are in full swing, and the recruiting of the new army has also begun.

The ultimate goal is to expand the new army to 2 troops, expand one division, and expand the new army navy to 4 people, a total of [-]. Next year, it plans to expand the new army navy to four divisions, with [-] people, so that the new army will have a total of [-] troops. Named as the Secretary in front of the palace, he usually defends the capital.

In addition, the Suifa guns and artillery eliminated by the new army began to be replaced by other forbidden troops, and the new army sent instructors to teach the forbidden army how to use firearms.

This kind of proliferation is undoubtedly risky, and the risk is the leakage of the quick-fire gun technology.

Li Xingzhou is not worried about this. One is that the new army has better rear-loading Type [-] rifles, and the other is that the simple technology will be imitated and learned sooner or later. However, the advanced Type [-] rear-loading rifles and artillery are not Possibly, even if they were given blueprints, they would not be able to make them.

In this way, there is no need to think too much about those.

In fact, in the past few months, there have been a lot of people wandering around the palace, and there are also many sneaky people. In all likelihood, they are spies sent by various countries. Li Xingzhou organized Kaiyuan Mansion to arrest a wave, but some people still dared to come .

On the other hand, in mid-July, Wei Yubai and Fang Xin triumphantly returned, and the Privy Council who accompanied them to Beijing to receive rewards also gradually began the "temple calculation" of the Xia War.

The main participants were the emperor, Li Xingzhou, Privy Envoy Wen Daoli, Privy Deputy New Army Navy Commander Di Zhi, General Huaihua, New Army Army Commander Liu Ji, New Army Deputy Commander Wei Yubai, New Army Deputy Commander Yan Shen, Xin Army Shen Lin, Deputy Commander of the Navy, Zhao Guanghua, Commander of the Ma Jun of the Guards, Wang Yue of Tongping Zhangshi, He Zhao of Shen Zhizheng, Tang Zhouwei of the Ministry of Households, Xue Fang of Duzhi, Bao Zheng of the Ministry of War, and Yelu Dashi
However, things cannot be settled in a day or two. Li Xingzhou organized everyone to discuss and discuss every now and then. After returning home, everyone thought about it again, and came up with ideas next time.

However, excluding the soldiers, what De Gong, He Zhao, Tang Zhouwei and others put forward is more or less on paper.

As the discussions continued, the final result became more and more in line with Zhong Daoyu's original tactics.

It’s just that there are some differences in the details. For example, Di Zhi suggested that an army should send troops from the east of the river, cross the Yellow River, and attack westward with Tanglong Town as the frontier. Go straight along the river to the north and attack Wucihai City at the foot of the Yin Mountain in the north. If the battle situation is favorable, then go down the Henan Province and attack the core of Xingqing Mansion in Xia Kingdom, attacking from both sides.

And Liu Ji also proposed that as long as he is given two divisions, he can lead people to start from Kaiyuan, go west to Zhengzhou and Luoyang, pass Tongguan, replenish at Hezhong Mansion, and then go north to Yan'an Mansion, advance along the river valley, and start from south to north. attack.

If the battle is favorable, turn to the northwest and attack the core hinterland of the Xia Kingdom. If the battle is unfavorable, build a city in the south of the Xia Kingdom, and then use Yan'an Mansion and Hezhong Mansion as the supply rear, take root and slowly advance.

Moreover, he has his eyes on a pass where mountains and rivers meet in the west of Longzhou in the southeast. It is about a dozen miles north of the Xiaguo Hongzhou Government. If it is nailed there, it will be able to attack the supply lines in Hongzhou, Longzhou, and Yinzhou.

Li Xingzhou also thought it was very important when he saw it on the map. Later generations seemed to be an important city, but he couldn't remember it.

Moreover, Liu Ji thought very carefully, not only for tactical considerations, but also for strategic considerations.

Tanglong Town is in the east of Xia Kingdom, and Longzhou is in the southeast of Xia Kingdom.

If the two fronts go to war at the same time, Xia Guo must continue to gather troops to the southeast, and the west of its hinterland will be empty. At this time, if the troops along the big river go south, its core hinterland will be exposed naked.

Li Xingzhou also gradually discovered that Liu Ji is ruthless, and he is not just at the level of a titan, he is a very thoughtful person.

After more than half a month of continuous discussions, Li Xingzhou pointed out a few strategic points on the map based on everyone's ideas.

These points are the most mentioned by everyone, and they are also the most concerned.

At the northernmost point, Wucihai (Child) City, at the foot of Yinshan Mountain, is an important fortress town used by the Xia people to defend against the grassland. If it is not captured, then the direction of attack along the north and south of the Yellow River will not be realized, because it is in the middle of the important place. Just on the bend of the Yellow River, if you don't win it, you will either be unable to move forward, or your retreat will be blocked.

Either way is very disadvantageous.

The second is Yinzhou, which is located on the west bank of the Yellow River, on the banks of the middle and upper reaches of the Wuding River, about a hundred miles away from the bank of the Yellow River, and is a military fortress built on the east side of the river valley.

As long as they break through Yinzhou, they can directly break into the hinterland of the Xia Kingdom in the east.

Then there is the defense line of Hongzhou and Longzhou. Liu Ji believes that this is the breakthrough point. The frontiers of Hongzhou and Longzhou protrude, and the rear supply line converges in the valley. Building a strong city directly in the valley behind can block the supply of Hongzhou and Longzhou, making it difficult for the two important towns to continue.

Then there was Xingqing Mansion, the capital of the Xia Kingdom, so it goes without saying.

Finally, there is Weizhou in the south of the capital, also known as the Jingsai Army. This place was originally called Xiazhou.

Xiazhou is an important birthplace of Xia Kingdom, and it is also an important place of Xia Kingdom today. It is located in a river valley and is a place where important roads converge.

The Jiedushi of Xiazhou is also called the Jiedushi of the Dingnan Army. The ancestors of the Dangxiang clan were appointed as the Jiedushi of the Dingnan Army and then made a fortune and eventually established the Xia Kingdom.

In any case, Weizhou, Hongzhou, Longzhou, Yinzhou, and Wucihai City, these important towns, will become important places to determine the outcome of the entire war.

Whether or not these important towns can be won is related to the outcome of this battle.

After half a month of successive meetings, Li Xingzhou finally concluded the results of the first phase, which was to clarify the strategic goals.

Once the goal is clarified and focused on Weizhou, Hongzhou, Longzhou, Yinzhou, and Wucihai, the solutions will definitely follow. The three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang. In fact, there are many ways. The key lies in how to coordinate everyone's thinking, seek common ground while reserving differences, and work hard in one direction.

Next, the Privy Council began the second stage of discussion, that is, the specific use of troops, how to use them, where to go, and who will be the commander.

This process will be longer.

This time, their battlefield will be surrounded by three mountains, Yinshan Mountain in the north, Helan Mountain in the west, and Luliang Mountain in the east. The vast area in the middle is the battlefield.

Whether it is "but let the flying generals of Dragon City stay, don't teach Huma to go to Yinshan Mountain" or "drive a long chariot to break through the gaps in Helan Mountain. The ambition is to eat the meat of the Hulu hungry, and talk about drinking the blood of the Xiongnu with a smile. Waiting to start all over again, clean up the old mountains and rivers, and face the sky. .”, all of which are related to the fate of the Chinese nation.

This time they want to attack Wucihai City at the foot of Yin Mountain, and take the capital of Xia Kingdom at the foot of Helan Mountain.

If it is done, he may be talked about with Qin Huang Han Wu in the future.

At this point, it would be a lie to say that you are not excited. Li Xingzhou kept telling himself that you are already very mature, you are an old fritter, you should calm down and stop thinking about those messy things, so as not to affect your judgment.

But he can’t, sometimes he can’t fall asleep in the middle of the night, standing on the balcony and looking at the northwest sky for a long time, counting the stars, thinking in his heart, at the foot of Helan Mountain, on the Yin Mountain, are those the same stars he saw?
At this point, he finally began to understand many people. At this point, all the sex, wealth, and power and good words are no longer interesting. There is only the desire to leave a name in history, and only the pleasure of being remembered and praised by future generations is still fascinating.

After all, this is something that has been passed down through the torch in this culture for a long time.

Of course, when the interest comes, you can sigh with emotion. You can also brag when you are pretending, but it is false to say that beauty is not attractive.

In the direction of Wushabao, there are tens of thousands of Mongolian military camps.

Wusha Castle is a group of fortresses linked by strong walls, with a total length of about [-] miles, stretching from west to east to the grasslands. There are more than [-] border forts and military cities in the middle, all of which were built to defend the northern grasslands.

In its heyday, the Kingdom of Jin stationed more than 8 troops here, scattered in various military cities and fortresses.

The situation is different now, and a large section to the east has fallen into the hands of the Mongols.

Moreover, the city's defensive center of gravity was in Nanjing, that is, Youzhou. Later, Youzhou was captured by Jing Guo. Jin Guo inherited Shangjing as the capital, but lost the land to the south, and fell into an embarrassing situation.

On the one hand, the Mongols can go north and kill directly from the grasslands to Shangjing.

On the one hand, there is also access to the south, and they must fight on both sides.

To the north, hold off the Mongols between the valleys.

In the south, relying on the last west section of the Usha fortress defense group, it resisted the attack of the Mongols.

Fortunately, the last six fortresses of Wusha Castle are strong and dangerous enough. They only need more than 4000 people stationed, which makes the Mongols helpless.

But the situation in the north is very pessimistic.

After the defeat, the newly formed [-] troops were all used for defense in the north, and blocking positions were set up between the valleys, but it was still difficult to resist the Mongolian army.

Fortunately, Pu Chayi proposed a plan.

He keenly pointed out that Shangjing is at the junction of two rivers, backed by mountains, and there are many valleys in the south that pass through the mountains, but no matter which way the Mongols go, if they want to enter Shangjing, they will eventually go east to west on the banks of the Shali River side avenue.

Therefore, to defend all attacks from the west, we cannot divide our troops to defend the various valley passages. We can only build cities and set up checkpoints by the river five miles away from Shangjing City for defense.

On the east side, push northward toward the Uliji Muren River, station troops in the highlands of the valley, and block the enemies who want to go south from both sides of the valley, because the situation in the east is the same, there are many small roads to the north, but about ten miles north of Shangjing City, all Converging into the valley, only one can continue to the south.

As for some Mongols who were really unstoppable, they ordered the soldiers stationed at the top of the mountain not to go down the mountain to fight them. At most, they would plunder the upper capital, and it was impossible to break through the upper capital.

The layout of Puchayi is very effective. Even if the number of Mongols is several times that of the Jin army, they can only march in a line in the valley, and the advantage of numbers cannot be brought into play. They kill.

The advantage of the Mongolian cavalry in Chongshan disappeared, and the Jin army on the mountain would not go down the mountain no matter how they were lured or insulted.

Forcibly stuck all the Mongolian troops in the valleys to the west and north of Shangjing.

A small number of those who desperately rushed across the valley could only curse before going to the capital, and they had no choice but to take Jiancheng.

However, although the Mongolian army was temporarily blocked, Puchayi was still worried, and he knew that this was not a long-term solution.

After thinking for a long time about the strategy to defeat the enemy, he was at a loss, until he saw the letter from his daughter, which said that she and her sisters had a good life in Jingguo Kaiyuan, so that he would not have to worry about it, and that she was pregnant.

Pu Chayi had mixed feelings for a while, his daughter had not been pregnant for five or six years with the emperor, he thought it was because of her daughter's problem, now it seems that the emperor's wariness against their family has already started
The letter said that Li Xingzhou took her to the palace and she was pregnant. A mother is more expensive than a child. As long as she has a child, she should be very good in the future. At least she doesn't have to worry about how to live. Prosperity and wealth are indispensable.

Li Xingzhou, although thinking of it makes his teeth itch, but Pu Chayi has to admit that now Jingguo is the largest country in the world, and that young man's power is unmatched by anyone in the world, so it's good for his daughter to follow him.
The Mongols are also very powerful, especially after they are united, but it is another matter to fight against the Jingguo people. The Mongols are going through hardships, and he can still support them. Even if they are defeated in the end, they can still persist for a while.

But unlike Jingguo, it always seemed to be on the verge of collapse, with no hope or chance of winning at all.

Their armies are disciplined and their craftsmen are skilled enough to create something to be feared.

Thinking of this, he suddenly frowned, and a thought flashed in his mind, if Jing Guo would give them some muskets.
The emperor asked Taoist masters to study firearms, but it was always close. After the two countries fought, those Taoist masters disappeared. It is said that they ran away with gold and silver, and the matter of making firearms by themselves was left alone.

But what if there are two thousand muskets of Jingguo people?The more Pu Chayi thought about it, the more he felt that it was feasible. He had seen the terrifying power of muskets in Jingguo people's hands. Iron armor could easily penetrate through more than a hundred steps, and even if a cavalry was shot head-on, they would fall down immediately.If there are two thousand muskets arranged on the narrow valley highlands, it would be a dream come true for the Mongols to come here!
And he felt that the Jingguo people might not want them to be destroyed by the Mongols.

The reason is very simple, the Tatars are plundering, if there is no Shangjing, then the Mongolian territory will soon border Jingguo, and Jingguo people will face the Mongols at that time, and the Mongols cannot be so honest.

But how to convince Jing Guo?
Pu Chayi got up in a hurry, and then strode out. He wanted to find Liu Xu. This kind of thing required Liu Xu to think of a way. He must know how to persuade people best.

He also thought that with Li Xingzhou's rascal character, he would definitely open his mouth, but there was no way, if there were no muskets, they might die!

People are going to die, and they still care about things outside their body. Even if Li Xingzhou wants all the gold and silver in Beijing, as long as he can get a gun, he is willing.

Thinking of this, he quickly rode to Liu Xu's mansion.

Just turned over and got off the horse, only to find that there were imperial guards in front of Liu Xu's mansion. Looking inside, there was the Emperor's Luanjia in the courtyard. It seemed that the Emperor was also looking for Liu Xiangguo.

(End of this chapter)