I studied in modern times

Chapter 594 Before the War (1)

In the first year of Yuanyou of the Great Song Dynasty, in August Xinchou (16th year) of the first year of Yi Zhiping in the Western Xia Dynasty.

The Wuzu Palace at the foot of Tiandu Mountain.

Liang Yibu finally received the notification from Xingqing Mansion.

In addition to agreeing to do so, Song Ting also opened three more border markets.

All other reasonable requests from Dabai Gaoguo were rejected.

Not only did he reject it, he understood Gao Guo's Jiaozi proposal.

He also rejected the reasonable suggestion to increase the sales volume of Qingyan in Song Ting.

After Liang Yibu got his reward, he was overjoyed.

Because this is the reason he wants to start the war!
He has been obstructed by various forces in the country - many people in the Wei Ming family, as well as his sister, are opposed to the war.

The truths and difficulties are more numerous than the last.

What country is in poverty, and the army and the people are short of food?

Why Renjia rebelled, and the armies were not at peace.

But in Liang Yibu's opinion, it was all farts!

Junior high school is difficult now!

But is it difficult when there is Yizong (Li Liangzuo)?
When Yizong ascended the throne as an infant, he had to face the hostility of the southern barbarians and northern barbarians.

In particular, the Beilu troops once reached Xingqing Mansion.

so what?

Haven't you made it through yet? !

After all, aren't the insects in Xingqing Mansion just afraid that he will gain prestige in the war?

"Hmph!" Liang Yibu pinched the text in his hand: "Sister, oh, sister..."

"You are a member of the Weiming family after all!"

"But I don't want to think about the lessons learned from the Yeli family and the Mu Zang family!?"

The Yeli family and the Muzang family were both powerful and powerful families in the past of the Dabai Gao Kingdom.

Nowadays, except for the remnants of these two once-prominent families who fled to Nanman and vowed revenge there every day.

All traces of these two families in the Great White Kingdom have been erased.

Especially without a collector!

Aren't people who don't have a collector loyal enough to Dabai Gaoguo?

Yi Zong ascended the throne in his infancy, either because of the protection and support of the Empress Dowager Wu Zang, or because of the influence of the Prime Minister Wu Zang's corrupt favors and manipulations.

Dabai Gaoguo died early!
But how did Yizong repay the collector?
He seduced Wu Zangjia's daughter-in-law, Liang, and made friends with generals. He used Liang to pass on information, find out the truth, and launch a surprise attack when Wu Zangjia was unprepared.

No collector was uprooted!

Yizong even sent his first wife to death!

That stupid sister doesn't even think about it. Last year, if her aunt hadn't been there, or if her brother hadn't fought to the death.

Can she take the throne in Xingqing Mansion now?
I'm afraid he wasn't killed by that white-eyed wolf Bingchang, and even his bones were rotten!
Thinking like this, Liang Yibu looked at the many generals in front of him and said in a deep voice: "The Empress Dowager Fang sent a message that Nanman flatly rejected many of our court's 'friendly proposals'!"

"It's not just that I don't give Jiaozi!"

"We are not even allowed to increase the supply of green salt!"

"They only opened three more markets for Dabai Gaoguo!"

"Three bargains!"

"The benefits that the Nanman brought to Dabaigao were not even as good as those of the Tubo people!"

"Since this spring, Nanman has even used iron money without impurities in its trade with Tibet, and has also allowed Tibetans to directly purchase iron tools in Nanman's Gue City for farming!"

This is a fact.

Of course, this is only part of the truth. In fact, the Southern Barbarians only allowed the use of iron money without impurities to trade with Xibawen and Wenxixin of Tubo. They also only allowed merchants and caravans registered in Xizhou under the rule of these two people to trade with Xibawen and Wenxixin. Buy ironware.

But that's enough!

"Is it true that the Great White Kingdom is not as good as the Tibetan and Qiang people?" he asked everyone present.

All the party nobles present were incited by his words, and their blood surged up and they were filled with indignation.

Yes!

Is the Great White Kingdom worse than the Tibetan and Qiang people?

That's too much! That's too much!
Must be punished! Must be punished!
Let Nanman sit down at the negotiating table obediently!
So they all raised their arms and shouted: "The Southern Barbarians are despicable and hateful. Please give the order to the Prime Minister!"

Several of Liang Yibu's cronies took the opportunity to clamor: "Start the war! Start the war!"

In an instant, everyone was like a madman, raising their arms high: "Start the war! Start the war!"

Liang Yibu raised his hand, and everyone slowly became quiet.

After everyone calmed down, Liang Yibu looked at them and said: "Fight, of course we have to fight!"

If Lanzhou is not pulled out, it is the nail that is nailed to the edge of the Yellow River. It is coveting the two fertile places of Zhuoluo and Nan and Youxiang Chaoshun.

Dabai Gaoguo will always be locked on the north bank of the Yellow River.

However, the five battles of Lanzhou have proved that facing the fortresses of the Southern Barbarians and the strong walls and clear wilderness, it is difficult for the Dabai Gao Kingdom to stand a chance.

Bingchang Yujia went on a personal expedition, and an army of 500,000 troops besieged Lanzhou, but still returned with a huge defeat, which is clear evidence.

"However, we need to mobilize the Nanman's elite main force first!"

He walked forward, and a map sewn with sheepskin was opened.

He looked beyond Lanzhou, which was directly in front of him, to Hengshan, to another strategic point.

The one in Lanzhou was nailed to the Nanman fortress of Lingzhou City - Dingxi City, where Xishou Baotai Supervisory Army Secretary lowered his eyes and stared at Lingzhou City like eyes!

This place, which belonged to Longxi in ancient times, is the intersection of Hengshan Mountain, Tiandu Mountain and Qinling Mountains.

The strategic significance goes without saying.

If you want to conquer Lanzhou, you must conquer Xicheng.

If you don't capture Dingxicheng and attack Lanzhou, you will only be attacked from both sides by the Nanman.

The five battles of Lanzhou have proved this.

However, if you want to capture Xicheng, you will not only have to face reinforcements from the Nanman Xihe Road, but also soldiers and horses from Huanqing Road who will fight to save them.

Therefore, the Nanman soldiers and horses on Xihe Road and Huanqing Road must be diverted away first.

The soldiers and horses on Xihe Road were restrained by Qingyi Jiegui Zhang.

Someone must attract the soldiers and horses on Huanqing Road!

"Aji!" Liang Yibu looked at a party noble. This person was one of the famous nobles who defected to Liang Yibu and stabbed Bingchang in the back last year. Afterwards, he was rewarded for his merits and was promoted to the supervisor of the Xishou Baotai Supervisory Army.

"The general is here!" Weiming Aji came out of the queue and prostrated.

"I want you to lead your troops together with the Xiangyou Supervisory Army Division, Qingyuan Supervisory Military Division and other troops to attack the Southern Barbarians' Huanzhou!"

"Be sure to drag the elite cavalry from the Nanman Huanqing Road near Huanzhou and not use them to support Xihe!"

In Nanman's Huanqing Road, a new civil servant and strategic envoy was appointed last year.

It seems to be named Zhang Kai.

Anonymous!

Not worth mentioning!

In Liang Yibu's view, he used the troops of three military supervisory departments to besiege Huanzhou.

This southern barbarian civil servant would probably be frightened by such a huge formation and wet his pants.

Maybe even flee without fighting!
Of course, he knew better than to bet on such a small probability thing.

Therefore, Weiming Aji only needs to hold Nanman Huanqing Road and drag all the soldiers and horses from all Shaanxi roads in place.

In this way, Xihe Road can be isolated.

Then, when Qingyi Jie Guizhang starts to act, his soldiers and horses on Xihe Road will also be attracted.

"Qian Sheng!" Liang Yibu continued to roll call.

"The last general is here!" Xixia Zhuoluo and Liang Qiansheng, deputy supervisor of the Southern Supervisory Army Division, came out to prostrate themselves.

"After Ah Ji sends out his troops, you will lead your troops out of Lapang Mountain and march towards Lanzhou with great fanfare and momentum. Using my banner, you will make announcements to all directions and let the southern barbarians think that our army wants to take Lanzhou directly!"

"promise!"

"Blackmail!"

"You send your troops north, across the Yellow River, to create momentum, and to act as if you want to attack Miaochuan, so as to attract the southern barbarians to support Miaochuan."

These are all pretense.

Those sent out were all organized soldiers and horses imitating the Southern Barbarians' armor protection method.

Party members have very strong learning abilities.

After tasting the power of the Baojia households and archers organized by Wang Anshi's reform,

The party members were in their country and began to copy homework.

They changed their name and called it: Chaoding.

Moreover, the party members are still making crazy magic changes based on the armor-preserving method.

The method of protecting armor in the Song Dynasty was to draw one out of two pieces.

They were too, but the Dangxiang people stipulated that those who were left after conscription must follow the army in the event of a war, but they would not be regarded as combat soldiers, but as "burdens".

That is, doing odd jobs.

In addition to smoking men, party members wanted to increase their momentum.

Women who were not breastfeeding would also be ordered to go to the battlefield and fight with the army.

Up to now, every time the party members have a big war, they start fighting in Dingkou all over the country.

Take all the old, weak, women and children with you. Regardless of whether it is useful or not, at least it can help with herding and do some auxiliary work for the army.

Like Iron Kites, although the total number has always been around three thousand.

But during the war, there were as many as 20,000 auxiliary Dingkou serving Tie Yaozi!

For party members, such nationwide mobilization is a helpless choice.

But it is also an extremely reasonable policy.

Because, in practice, they found that as long as there are enough miscellaneous soldiers, even if they are defeated, the elite main force can retreat calmly and retain their strength to come back next time.

After all - hundreds of thousands of people scattered in the wilderness.

Even if there are hundreds of thousands of pigs, the Nanman will not be able to catch them all in a while!

Therefore, although Lanzhou lost all five battles.

But the party's vitality is not damaged!
Those who were thrown away were basically the old, weak, women and children, and even the young and strong could return 70% to 80%.

As for the elites, except for battle losses, they can basically be withdrawn.

And once the battle is won, hundreds of thousands of troops can quickly evacuate all the property in a prosperous city in Nanman.

At the same time, it is also a good way to have so many people build cities and forts on the spot.

For the party members, there is only one problem with this strategy - food and grass supply.

Therefore, every time they go to battle, they must win quickly.

It is best to resolve the war within a month or two, otherwise it will be extremely disadvantageous if it drags on.

Liang Yibu knew this very well, and he also knew that the Nanman had now fully mastered this characteristic of the Dabai Gao Kingdom.

Naturally, he also made changes accordingly.

This is war.

Both parties are learning and making progress.

No one makes mistakes or fails without learning lessons.

Therefore, this time Liang Yibu made a new strategy that he summed up after careful consideration and reflection on the lessons learned from the five failed battles of Lanzhou and Dingxicheng.

The Nanman fortress must be separated and isolated from the reinforcements behind it!
Only in this way can a strong city be conquered.

Otherwise, the Southern Barbarians would defend the city and their reinforcements would continue to arrive.

They don't even need to fight.

As long as the walls are strong and the country is clear, Dabai Gaoguo can't stand it and can only retreat.

Once the troops are withdrawn, it will be a nightmare!

"As for the other generals, they will follow me and raise their troops to Nanmou Meeting!"

……

Huanzhou.

Huanqing Road is where Si Xingyuan is located.

In Liang Yibu's eyes, Zhang Kai, who was considered a "nobody", a weak civil servant not worth mentioning, and who might even be scared to wet his pants, was playing chess with the visiting Shaanxi transit envoy Fan Chunchun.

Both are masters of chess.

The two sons, black and white, are scattered between each other, digging holes for each other.

Just wait for the opponent to make a mistake, and then calmly eat the opponent's baron.

It's a pity that both of them have very stable and cautious personalities.

Therefore, they were very careful to avoid each other's pitfalls.

"Zifu's chess skills are indeed extraordinary!" After playing for an hour, Fan Chunchuan finally surrendered and said, "One is not as good as many."

Zhang Kai looked at Fan Chunchuan with a smile: "Domund Ru admits that I can't win with force."

But his hand was already counting how many times he had won.

Fan Chunchun was not angry when he saw this, but asked: "A while ago, I received a letter from my husband, which mentioned the method of 'shallow attack'. It is really a great kindness!"

"I took the liberty of coming to see you this time just to ask Brother Zhihu about the strategy of shallow attack."

Fan Chun, like his father Fan Zhongyan, is a staunch defensive counterattacker.

Therefore, since he took office in Shaanxi last year, he has been writing to the court to discuss the strategy of fighting Xixia.

The court took this very seriously.

It is said that even the officials personally read his memorial, approved it personally and sent it to the generals for circulation.

This greatly encouraged Fan Chun.

At this time, he received a letter from Zhang Kai.

He and Zhang Kai were old pen pals. They had written letters continuously for twenty years.

As for why Zhang Kai and Fan Chun became pen pals?

Su Shi has to be blamed for this!
Su Shi and Zhang Kai were very good friends - they met through Zhang Dun.

But later, Su Shi felt that Zhang Dun was a madman and didn't want to play with him anymore. Instead, it was Zhang Kai who was not only handsome but also good at writing articles and poems, so the two talked about everything, especially when Su Shi was in Wutai. During the days when he was demoted after the Shi case, Zhang Kai happened to be serving as a local official.

Moreover, Zhang Kai and Su Shi were particularly destined.

Su Shi was demoted to Huangzhou, and Zhang Kai served as the executioner on Jinghu North Road.

Therefore, we often visit Huangzhou and write poems and sing harmony to each other.

For example, Zhang Kai wrote "Shui Long Yin. Yang Hua Ci", Su Shi wrote "Shui Long Yin. Second Rhyme Zhang Zhifu Yang Hua Ci".

Helped Zhang Kai become famous in the literary world.

This is why Su Shi has many friends.

There is really nothing wrong with the bearded man except his bad mouth.

And he’s very loyal!

Wang Shen had been dead for so long, and none of his friends during his lifetime dared to pay homage.

Only the bearded man dares to hold sacrifices at home.

No one else can persuade me!
Fortunately, nothing happened to Su Shi, which made his family and friends breathe a sigh of relief.

It was only from then on that Wang Shen's friends gradually began to dare to hold sacrifices.

Only then did his son dare to enshrine his late father's plaque at home.

Therefore, Su Shi is now in Dengzhou and can call on so many people to gather.

There are so many wealthy businessmen who want to be the top one on the list.

Not without reason.

Big Beard is a man who really repays his kindness and has a really charming personality.

If he had not been involved in politics and relied solely on praise and fame from his friends, he would have been waiting for promotion!
Talking back to Su Shi and Zhang Kai, during those years in Huangzhou, Zhang Kai often visited Su Shi and even invited Su Shi to visit Wuchang and Xiangzhou.

So the bearded man began to be moved.

As soon as he was moved, he started introducing him everywhere - Zhang Zhifu is my good friend!
In this way, Zhang Kai became familiar with brothers Fan Chunren, Fan Chunli and Fan Chunchun.

Especially Fan Chunchuan, the two of them have been exchanging private letters for more than ten years and have become close friends early on.

This is not Su Shi's credit.

But after the two got acquainted, they discovered that they were soulmates!

They both like military affairs, defense, and civil engineering.

For more than ten years, the two wrote letters to each other to exchange dusting experiences.

Research various means and methods of fortification.

Although they have never met, they have become like brothers.

However, Zhang Kai was transferred to Huanqing Road, and Fan Chun was appointed as the transfer envoy to Shaanxi.

The two of them were as glued to each other as a newlywed couple.

We get together every day to study building cities and fortifications.

It was precisely through the brainstorming of the two that we came up with the strategies that Fan Chunchun had previously written to the court.

Now, Zhang Kai came up with another shallow attack method.

Where can Fan Chunchu still sit still?
I came directly from Chang'an to Huanzhou to ask for advice.

"De Ru also thinks that my shallow attack technique may be effective?"

"It's more than effective!" Fan Chunchun said excitedly: "It must be of great use!"

In Fan Chunyun's view, Zhang Kai's shallow attack method was simply a winning weapon tailor-made for the Song armies from all walks of life in Shaanxi!
why?
Because all the moves are aimed at the destiny of the party members!

Zhang Kai was greatly encouraged when he saw Fan Chunchun's appearance, so he took Fan Chunchun's hand and said: "Both the virtuous and the young think that my method may be useful, why don't you and I imitate it tonight and talk by candlelight?" , and then sleep with enough rest?”

"good!"

Fan Chunchen wishes this was the case!

So, on this day, the two defensive masters of the Song Dynasty communicated all day long in the official office in Huanzhou City.

By the next day, the two of them were still not satisfied.

The two complemented each other and discussed with each other based on past battles and experiences.

Soon, they felt that talking on paper was no longer enough.

He simply went to the official office of the Economic and Strategy Department, ordered people to take out the Huanqing Road sand table sent by the court, and began to review various battle cases.

The discussion between these two big shots quickly attracted the attention of other civil and military officials in Huanzhou.

As a result, countless people participated.

For a time, the civil and military officials in Huanzhou City were proud to participate in the discussion of economic strategy and transfer.

During this process, Zhang Kai's shallow attack thoughts unknowingly entered the brains of Huanzhou Wenwu.

(End of this chapter)