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Chapter 603 Huanqing Road is a meat grinder
In the first year of Yuanyou of the Great Song Dynasty, in the eighth month of the first year of Yi Zhiping in the Western Xia Dynasty, Wushen (23).

In Youzhou City (the site is located in Chengchuan Village, Chengchuan Town, Qianqi, Etuoke, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region), all the generals under the Youzhou Military Supervisory Department of Xixia have been summoned.

The supervisor and commander of the army took Jue Weiming's name and read out the order from Nanmou Hui in front of the generals: "Your army should do its best to cut off the Nanman Huanqing Road and Yanyan from Baibao, Jintang, Houqiao and other villages. If the connection between the roads is beneficial, then move towards its hinterland and destroy its fortress!”

After reading the general order from Liang Yibu, Yanjue Weiming looked at the armored generals and asked, "Do you understand, all the generals?"

The generals agreed with a bang, but when they looked at Yajue Weiming, they looked a little unnatural, and maybe even distrusted him as a supervisor.

And do you know why this is happening?

Who knows that last year, he was captured by the Southern Barbarians and even sent to the capital.

Recalling what happened last year, Tujue Weiming pinched the flesh of his palm with his fingers.

He will never forget that last spring, he was pressed into the soil of Helanyuan by Song Jiang Beiwei, and then tied up.

He will never forget that in May last year, after he was released by Song Ting and returned to the country, he suffered humiliation in the country.

Therefore, pulling Jue Weiming, looking at the elite of his team, felt extremely at ease.

All the above show that the other party is a conservative and even timid civil servant.

So, he looked at the generals coldly: "Then go back immediately and launch according to the deployment of the Prime Minister!"

In Bianjing City, Zhao Xu looked at the sand table in front of him, holding a baton and pointing at the border of Huanqing Road.

Fan Chunren followed him, answering Zhao Xu's inquiries from time to time, providing advice and explanations.

The other three yamen generals all seemed to be listening attentively.

Defeated general, waste, incompetent relative...

This is good!
Revenge, today!

This is also a partisan tactic.

The Nanman army is much more disciplined than in the past.

In addition, the craftsmen also reported that this civil servant had been repairing the city defenses since he took office.

Because, in today's Bianjing, no one knows the border defense layout of Huanqing Road better than Fan Chunren.

Afterwards, when he discussed the rewards for his merits, the Prime Minister and the Queen Mother asked him what he wanted.
Tujue Weiming made his request without hesitation that he wanted to return to Youzhou.

This time, he is ready!

If it weren't for his wife, she would be the biological daughter of the late 'Queen Gongsu Xiaozhang' (the posthumous title of Daliang).

But everyone is wearing armor, brave and good at fighting. They are the Uighur cavalry he brought from the headquarters of the Zujue family in Liangzhou and Ganzhou!

At the same time, during last year's Xingqing Mansion Incident, he actively sided with the Liang family. Following the orders of Gongsu Xiaozhang, he led the imperial army and controlled all gates of the imperial city, strictly prohibiting entry and exit.

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The miscellaneous and weak soldiers are at the front, while the elite are at the back, waiting for opportunities.

He even suspected that he, the prince-consort who had brought shame to Dabai Gao Kingdom, would definitely be executed after returning to the country.

Moreover, he is also full of confidence!

Jingzong relied on it to establish the country, and Yizong fought in the south to fight against the southern barbarians, and in the north to resist the northern barbarians.

Fortunately, he is a maternal relative and has a close relationship with Liang.

It is by no means comparable to the temporarily armed troops and horses of those miserable farmers and herdsmen in Youzhou.

Therefore, in the first month of this year, he was once again appointed as the Chief Supervisor of the Army and Commander of the Army in Youzhou.

This is true for Sanchuankou, Haoshuichuan and Dingchuan Village.

In the subsequent process of eradicating Renjia's family, he also personally led troops into battle and made many military exploits.

Like a mantis stalking a cicada, as soon as the opponent reveals a flaw, he will immediately use elite cavalry to attack, cut, and surround him.

He was given full authority to command more than 40,000 households in the Youzhou Military Supervisory Department.

This time, he wants to impress everyone!
Therefore, after issuing a combat order, the generals in Youzhou were asked to go back and prepare immediately.

Naturally, he came here to avenge his shame.

The other party was polite and reasonable in discussing market policies.

Drag Jue Weiming to the military camp outside Youzhou City.

Because the Nanman military envoy who had captured him last year had been transferred away from Huanqing Road.

At the same time, he strictly restrained the soldiers and horses on Huanqing Road.

The newly arrived military envoy of Huanqing Road is just a little-known civil servant. He seems to be named Zhang Kai. I heard that he is a well-connected person. He was reused and promoted to Huanqing Road just because he had a relative who was in power in the Southern Barbarians. Come.

Everyone looked at him strangely.

In the past few months, Diajueweiming also tested the civil servant through Baibao City, Jintangzhai and other Song and Xia Dynasty cities.

These are the elites he brought from Xingqing Mansion, and they are also the field ace he really relies on this time.

Although the number is not large - only three thousand.

My wife and the Queen Mother who is now in charge have been best friends since childhood.

There is no way that Huanqing Road, the most complicated fortification area on the Song-Xia border, was built by Fan Chunren's father, Fan Zhongyan.

Fan Chunren was even involved - when he was young, he followed Nai's father and supervised the construction of a walled city on Huanqing Road.

On the hundreds-mile-long border, the forces of Song and Xia were intertwined, each embedding each other's vital points, forming a delicate balance of terror.

Of course, the situation of Huanqing Road today and that of Huanqing Road back then have also undergone earth-shaking changes.

Because the current situation in this area was formed by the competition and repeated competition between the Song and Xia countries in the past decades.

Many forts on the border are Song villages this year and Xia villages next year.

Those strategic locations have even changed hands more than a dozen times.

However, the basic pattern today is still the defense system with the Song Dynasty as the core of Dashun City, and the Xixia defense system with the core of Baibao, Jintang, and Houqiao Villages in confrontation.

While listening to Fan Chunren's introduction, Zhao Xu looked at the memorials that Fan Zhongyan had written to the imperial court when he was in Shaanxi and copied from the Renmiao era documents of Chongwen Yuan.

By the time Fan Chunren finished introducing the current border layout between Song and Xia on Huanqing Road.

Zhao Xu sighed with emotion: "Fan Wenzheng is a true minister of the country!"

This is the truth!

Fan Zhongyan's strategic thinking, in Zhao Xu's view, was ahead of his time.

Just look at the sand table and you will know.

The party members went deep into the Song Dynasty and established a fortification area with Jintang, Baibao and Houqiao villages as the core.

In fact, it is a protrusion embedded in the hinterland of the Song Dynasty!
Fan Zhongyan was keenly aware of this.

Therefore, during the Qingli period, after long-term research and inspection in Shaanxi, Fan Zhongyan successively wrote to the court, and finally formed the strategic thinking with the two guiding strategic memorials "On Offense and Defense" and "Reconsideration on Offense and Defense" as the core. In these two letters, Fan Zhongyan repeatedly emphasized the importance of Huanqing Road - I saw that to the west of Yan'an and to the east of Qingzhou, there were more than a hundred miles of thieves who invaded the Han Dynasty, including Jintang, Baibao, and Houqiao. The three villages blocked the roads passed by Yan and Qing, so that the troops could not connect, and the response was far away!

So, what should we do?

Fan Zhongyan came up with his prescription - I said that those who attack at close range can benefit. Between Yan'an and Qingzhou, there are obstacles from Jintang and Baibao. They are both Han strongholds. They block the troops of Yan and Qing and trade between Tibet and Han. In this city, unscrupulous merchants come and go, and everything gathers together. For example, if a bandit invades on a different road and is not in a hurry to receive reinforcements from hundreds of miles away, then it should be contained at a distance. Fortresses such as Jintang and Baibao can take advantage of the opportunity and set up formations and vehicles because of the danger. Cross the moat and choose the strategic location as the city fortress...

To put it simply, the outcome of the Song-Xia War depended on the Huanqing Road, and the outcome of the Huanqing Road depended on the three strategic locations of Jintang, Baibao, and Houqiao.

As long as the Song Dynasty obtained these three forts, it would not only be able to connect Huanqing Road and Yanyan Road into a line.

It can also prevent profiteers from smuggling contraband to Xixia and continue to bleed the Party members financially.

At the same time, this area formed a huge protrusion because it was embedded in the Song Dynasty.

While isolating the connection between Da Song Huanqing Road and Fu Yan Road.

It also became an excellent battlefield for the Song Dynasty!
As long as we continue to invest in this area, we can force the party members to fight.

Then, the party can be dragged into a war of attrition militarily and economically.

Here, the bloodletting of party members continues. Force the party members to either give up this salient or continue to invest.

And the party item will give up? Are you willing to give up this area?

The answer is no, and absolutely not willing!
Fan Zhongyan has already made the reason clear - after occupying this place, the Dangxiang can use this area to cut off the direct connection between the Huanqing Road and the Fuyan Road of the Song Dynasty, forcing the troops and food supplies of the Huanqing Road and the Fuyan Road to take a big detour.

At the same time, by owning this place, during the peaceful era of Song and Xia, we could take advantage of the geographical advantages of this area to attract profiteers from the Song Dynasty. They would continue to go to these places for market transactions and provide the party members with various materials they urgently needed. .

Therefore, this area is not only a strategic location for Dangxiang, but also an economic lifeline, and must not be lost.

As a result, Dangxiang and the 30,000 to 40,000 households in Youzhou will definitely not be able to support the consumption in Baibao, Jintang, and Houqiao.

We can only go to Lingzhou, Xiazhou, Hongzhou and other places to transport grain.

Therefore, once Song and Xia fought, the Song Dynasty only needed to invest troops in this area to lure Dangxiang to fight.

Thereby giving other directions, reducing pressure, and achieving the purpose of consumption and bloodletting.

In the past few decades, countless wars have repeatedly demonstrated the correctness of Fan Zhongyan's strategic conception.

Every time there was a war between Song and Xia, the Song Dynasty would send troops to this area.

Moreover, every time after capturing this area, they would deliberately abandon the defense and retreat to the front line of Dashun City in order to continue to consume the party items.

A typical example is that in the third year of Xining, Li Fugui, the pacification envoy of the Huanqing Road Economic Strategy, ordered Liang Congji and Li Kezhong to destroy the Baibao, Jintang and other sixteen villages, and then withdrew his troops after burning these cities.

At the same time, in the fourth year of Yuanfeng, there was a five-pronged expedition against Xia. When Zhong'e returned to his army, he attacked Baibao, Jintang, and Houqiao villages, destroyed them all, and then withdrew his troops again.

Of course, every time, the Song Army would improve Dashun City's defense posture before retreating.

In the third year of Xining, Li Fugui built twelve walls of the city before withdrawing his troops.

In the fourth year of Yuanfeng, Zhonge set fire to the Xixia walled city and built the Anjiang walled city.

He just spotted the party members and didn't dare not come back.

It is to turn this area into a bleeding point for the party members.

Before Xining opened the border, the Dashun City fortification area on Huanqing Road was the most troublesome and disgusting place for the Dangxiang people.

Therefore, in Li Liangzuo's time, in order to eradicate Dashun City, the British leader of the Dangxiang people went on a personal expedition and gathered troops from all over the country to break through Dashun City.

Then, Li Liangzuo suffered a bloody head injury just outside Dashun City.

Legend has it that he died of an infection from his injury after being shot by an arrow from the Song army in Dashun City.

It is no exaggeration to say that Dashun City back then is now Lanzhou City.

A place where party members have to come and dare not not come.

A pure meat grinder tailor-made for party members.

Even today, the fortification area on Huanqing Road is still a hot spot in the Song-Xia war.

After listening to Fan Chunren's introduction, Zhao Xu looked at the generals of the three yamen and asked: "All of you, my ministers, are the limbs and wings left by the late emperor."

"In your opinion, will the Western Bandits invade Huanqing Road?"

Yanda, Miao Lu, and Zhong Yong all bowed and said: "Your Majesty, as I see it, the Western thieves are bound to come!"

This is a no-brainer.

Even if it was for the purpose of containing the troops of Shaanxi in the Song Dynasty, the Western thieves would definitely come.

They had to come too!
Because if they don’t come to Song Dynasty, they will go!
Huanqing Road and Fuyan Road will take the initiative to use troops in this area.

By that time, the Western Thieves will be passive.

Can't save?
If he is rescued, he may fall into the Song Army's ambush.

If they don't save it, the Song army marches straight in. After breaking through the local fort, they will definitely destroy this fortified area.

Then, they had to spend huge amounts of manpower, material and financial resources to repair this fortified area.

This is a conspiracy and there is no solution!
Therefore, the party members will definitely come!
Zhao Xu smiled, rubbed his hands, and said, "Good!"

"All of you, my ministers, are all famous generals in the world and minions of the country. They have been in battle for a long time. What you have agreed upon is reasonable."

"The Western Bandits will definitely come to Dashun City!"

"Can Dashun City be defended?" Zhao Xu asked his question again.

The generals of the three yamen lowered their heads, no one dared to guarantee on this issue.

Fan Chunren on the side raised his head and said: "Your Majesty, I believe that Dashun City will be as stable as Mount Tai!"

"Oh?" Zhao Xu smiled and looked at Fan Chunren.

Fan Chunren paid homage and said, "My younger brother Chun Chun is currently serving as a transshipment envoy in Shaanxi. Chu Chun wrote to me the day before yesterday about the envoy of the Huanqing Road Economic Strategy, Chun Chun. I highly praise him and think that there is no better minister in the world than Chun Chun!"

Zhao Xu narrowed his eyes and said with great confidence: "This is natural!"

"If Zhang Kai is appointed, I will personally eliminate him!"

Zhang Kai is the nemesis and natural enemy of the party members!
His military tactics and defensive strategies were completely tailored to the tactical characteristics of the party members.

The current Zhang Kai may not be as mature as Zhao Xu in his previous life during the Shaosheng and Yuanfu era.

However, with his talents, he could deal with Dang Xiang's secondary attacks and even push them back, easily and simply.

You should know that Zhang Kai defeated the Liang family on the battlefield!

During the two battles of Pingxia City, one forced the Empress Dowager Xiao Liang to kill her brother Liang Yibu, and the other time gave the Empress Dowager Xiao Liang a glass of poisonous wine.

Saying this, Zhao Xu looked at the few people living in the palace, Fan Bailu, who had been recording today's conversation between the emperor and his ministers.

"Fan Qing, have you recorded all the words you recorded today?"

Fan Bailu stood up: "Go back to your majesty, I have recorded it in detail!"

"Good!" Zhao Xu stroked his palm: "After sending it to Chongwen Academy, I ordered Chongwen Academy to copy dozens of copies and distribute them to Yousi."

"Let all officials in the department study hard, lest some people get shocked!"

The war of public opinion is also part of the war.

How could Zhao Xu give up?

Through today's imperial military questioning, through the mouths of authorities like Fan Chunren, Yanda, Miao Lu, and Di Yong.

It can stabilize people's hearts and keep life and production in Beijing stable.

At the same time, this is also a good opportunity to build prestige!
Both in modern times and today.

Victory and success are always the best ways to establish prestige and authority.

Because human nature is to seek strength.

So, what better way to highlight one's own wisdom and prowess than to judge the Song Dynasty's sure victory at the beginning of the war, and to create an image of a wise king who is strategizing and winning thousands of miles away?
As for whether the war on the front line can be won?
Zhao Xu’s confidence is stronger than anyone else!

Not only because of his previous life, he won this battle.

Also because he had made preparations in advance.

Whether it is in the direction of Xihe or Huanqing Road, whether it is spiritually or materially, we are already prepared for this battle.

And it’s more than a year in advance!

All the best soldiers and generals are there, and there is no shortage of equipment and food.

Yuanyou's military reward order has been promulgated all over the world and implemented along the border.

Unless the Dangxiang people drag the Liao people to the end now, they will be defeated.

And there is no way the Liao people will end up!

Not only because Zhao Xu had already fed the Liao people in advance!

What's more, the Liao people are now on the peninsula, busy conquering cities and territories!
Two days ago, Yelu Hongji, the Lord of the Liao Dynasty, passed through Waqiao Pass and sent a message to the Song Dynasty, telling Zhao Xu that Pyongyang has been attacked, the Korean clown will be destroyed soon, and the four Han counties will be rebuilt!
It was a polite rejection of Zhao Xu's mediation, and at the same time he was showing off the strength of the Liao Kingdom, and at the same time, he secretly competed with the Song Dynasty again for who was the orthodox Chinese.

Zhao Xu responded to this by ordering Su Shi to go to the state, hire merchants, and transport a thousand old divine arm bows and hundreds of thousands of crossbow arrows to Goryeo to support the anti-invasion cause of the Korean people. By the way, he gave the divine arm bow to the Song Dynasty. Let's make an advertisement - dear, if the effect is good, please come and buy it! Our military weapons of the Song Dynasty are of high quality and low price, and they are good for children and old men alike!
(End of this chapter)