The struggle of the reborn prince

Last year, the Brave Army Division was raided by Zhao Tun, and most of the large tribes collapsed. Leimai took over the food, grass and property left to him by Zhao Tama, and thus was able to take advantage of the opportunity to expand, accommodate scattered tribesmen, and recruit small tribes. , getting bigger and bigger like a snowball.Afterwards, relying on his special relationship with Zhao Tun, he engaged in border trade smuggling, earned a lot of wealth, exchanged for food and weapons, and attracted more people to seek refuge.

Leimaibu finally expanded into a large tribe with more than [-] accounts in a short period of time, and became the largest upstart of the Shenyong Army Division. It can gather an army of [-] people at any time. Then the tide rose, and he was appointed as the governor of Yulin County. The hen jumped on the branch and became a phoenix, becoming a pivotal boss. .

The Division of the Brave Army dispatched [-] elite soldiers to follow the prince to the east, and now less than [-] have escaped. The commander of the army, Ling Jieye, was also beheaded at the door of his house, and he still failed to return home.The bad news quickly spread throughout the Brave Army Division like the wind on the prairie.But at this time, after two years of war, the Brave Army Division is not only short of food and grass, but also has a shortage of troops, and has little ability to resist; Prince Cha Ge was defeated and disappeared; The city of Zhou stayed behind closed doors; Xiazhou was also occupied by the Song army, not to mention asking for reinforcements, even the letter could not be delivered, and Zheng Fu could not get it.

After discussing with the leaders of several larger tribes of the Shenyongjun Division, they decided to convene a meeting of patriarchs and gather in Yulin City to discuss countermeasures. Thinking that the Leimai tribe now has enough soldiers and food, and has defeated the main force of the Zhongyong Army, the Xiangyi Army, so Unanimously request Leimai to be the leader of the tribe.Responsible for all matters related to Song.But they don't know that their leader is a chess piece buried by the prince of Song Dynasty...

"My lord, why are we still not moving? I'm afraid Zhao Ren won't be able to hold on any longer!" Zhao Lian asked after the morning routine of the loyal army.It's already July 20th, and Zhao Ren has been on the Xiazhou side for more than [-] days. The situation is unknown. It is said that he should take advantage of the victory and march to break the siege of Xiazhou, but after arriving in Xiazhou, the prince stopped.Insisting on rest for three days made everyone very puzzled.

"Let Zhao Zhi answer you!" Zhao Tang smiled and threw the question to Zhao Zhi.

"Yes, in the previous stage, we fought bitterly with the Xia army for two months. We moved to several states, fought frequently, and the soldiers were very tired. Especially in the battle of Zuolunchuan, the personnel and supplies of the forbidden troops and the archers of the Fan tribe who participated in the battle were seriously depleted. , but in order to encircle and annihilate Brother Cha, all the ministries took a short rest and even marched to Yincheng, and there was no time to replenish personnel and supplies. And our next step is to go deep into the enemy's territory to fight, so the prince took advantage of the interval between battles in Yincheng to recuperate. Accumulating energy, summarizing combat experience, replenishing personnel and supplies. Strengthening the combat effectiveness of each department is a necessary condition for us to carry out the next campaign and fight again!" Zhao Zhi stood up and replied.

"Oh, my lord taught us to take advantage of the cavalry, maneuver quickly, and move to wipe out the enemy. Why did we give up our advantage and let Zhao Ren defend Xiazhou City to death?" Zhao Sha asked.

"That's a good question, who will answer him?" Zhao Tang simply changed the morning meeting into a classroom and asked them to discuss the problem.Study tactics and sum up experience.

"Let me answer this question!" Xin Zhao stood up and said, "Positional warfare and mobile warfare seem to be two contradictory tactics, but in fact they penetrate and interact with each other. The combat form of our Xiangyi Army mainly uses The advantages of strong weapons and mobility are true, but the positional warfare used to capture Xiazhou City this time is also to cooperate with us to ensure that we can annihilate nearly [-] Eastern Xia troops. One is that Xiazhou City controls the Wuding River. It can When Brother Cha saw through the prince's plan, he cut off the enemy's retreat and left Brother Cha in Hedong; secondly, for today's counter-offensive, the Xia army in the Eastern Expedition was surrounded by us. However, we have hammered a nail in their reinforcement road in advance, which not only blocked the food road, but also attracted a large number of forces from the Xia army, preventing them from coming to the east, and creating the conditions for us to wipe out the Xia army. .According to the development of the situation, especially after we will turn to the offensive, there will be more and more battles to capture the enemy's strongholds and urban positions, so the two are not contradictory!"

"Well, Xin Zhao can really be the deputy commander in the future, and these words have to make people dissatisfied!" Gao Chong said with a look of silence, he had studied with He Qufei for many years, and he seemed unable to say such words .

"General Gao made fun of it, I just followed the prince for a long time, asked secretly, and sold it now!" Zhao Xin blushed and looked at the prince and said.

"Oh, my lord is eccentric. He entrusted his unique skills to us, but he didn't let us know. It's really embarrassing. It seems that I will get closer to you more in the future!" Zhao Sha pointed at Zhao Xin and laughed.

"Go away, whoever is close to you, I'm afraid you are a big mouth, telling you in a while may spread to Xia Jun!" Xin Zhao's face turned redder, and he spat.

"Okay, since everyone is here today, I'll make a summary of the battle at this stage!" Zhao Tong waved his hand to stop everyone's laughter, and quietly helped Xin Zhao out, "Now we are in the most difficult situation. The time has passed. At the beginning, the Xia army claimed to be 20, but it actually had [-], but it was more than twice the size of our Hedong army. It can be said that the enemy is big and we are small, and the enemy is strong and we are weak. The army turned to defense. Although some people didn't say anything about it, they must be very disappointed in their hearts!" Zhao Tuo looked at the crowd and said with a smile.

"No, no, the prince has no plans, how could we doubt it!" Gao Chong said, shaking his hands.

"Hehe, it's okay to say it! Under such conditions, it is very difficult to annihilate the enemy while holding the territory, and the Shaanxi Army refuses to move out. However, our territory was temporarily occupied by the enemy, but as long as we We can recover the lost ground by destroying the enemy. Therefore, seizing the place is the result of destroying the enemy. Now that the situation has fundamentally reversed, our next step is to switch to a large-scale counter-offensive, entering the Xia territory to siege cities and land, and the purpose of the campaign must also be It has changed to annihilating the enemy's vital force and taking the place, so I decided to extend the rest time for another three days, so as to make preparations for entering the summer realm!" Zhao Tang said solemnly, sweeping his eyes at the venue.

For the next three days, Zhao Tuan gathered all the generals of the Hedong army together to study. Although it was a battle, it was better than not grinding. He had considered for a long time about the problem after entering the Xia Realm. Although it was once a Han land, after all The party item has occupied there for a hundred years, and the population, ethnicity, and customs have undergone great changes. It is necessary to adjust the corresponding policies. Otherwise, even if the land is occupied, a lot of manpower and material resources will still be invested to maintain it, which will involve a lot of power in the Song Dynasty. strength, and the upcoming battle between Song and Liao is also facing this kind of problem, so the preparations before departure include not only the preparation of combat materials, but also the preparation of ideology, organization policy and economy. Test field, find experience from it.

First, the soldiers are far away from their homeland. After entering the summer environment, the form of combat will change. Language barriers, food, and drinking water have become commonplace, which will definitely affect morale and confidence. If the entire army is mentally prepared, these generals must first do so, and they must undergo training on missions, policies, and style of work.

Second, it is about combat.Although the Hedong army is now sharp and unstoppable, they should have enough estimates for going deep into the Xia territory.In the early stage of entry, it is especially necessary to grasp not to fight uncertain battles. The main force should not fight rashly, because if it is frustrated, it is very easy to fall into a passive position. If it is small, it will reduce a large number of personnel, and if it is large, it will be forced to leave.It is best to take generous maneuvers to find and wipe out weak enemies. This can not only strengthen confidence due to victory, but also increase confidence by gradually becoming familiar with the terrain and its combat conditions.

Another important issue in combat is the use of detachment and concentration.Insist on using the field army to concentrate on fighting big battles, and use auxiliary troops to dispatch and occupy territory, eliminate small groups of local recalcitrant armed forces and fight small battles. This solves a major problem of dispatch and concentration.For us, the enemy will also adopt the method of abandoning all secondary city strongholds to avoid being annihilated when our army is pressing the border, and then mobilize the army. Our army has no room to breathe.Therefore, the main force must be good at dispatching and gathering, adopt tactics of luring the enemy to divide troops, quickly concentrate, and wipe out part of the enemy, and gradually wipe out the enemy's tactics.

Furthermore, there is the problem of supply. This time they are going to occupy territory, not to grab things. They will rule in the future. Naturally, they cannot use the method of looting to supplement military use. Supply difficulties undermine policy and discipline.The way to solve this kind of problem is to bring some money to buy at the beginning, and the next thing to do is to maintain taxation, collect taxes according to Xia Kingdom's standards, and maintain needs, and at the same time, 'raise funds' from big households as appropriate; One is to centralize all the seizures, deploy them in a unified manner, and solve the problems; after the establishment of the local government organization, these problems can be solved easily.

The last practical problem is to solve the problem of local management. This is also the most troublesome thing for Zhao Tong. It is related to whether he can stand in the future.The imperial court will definitely send some people to come. There are so many people waiting for officials in Beijing, there must be no shortage of people, but whether they can be good officials is a real problem. Let those who are full of talk, men who are full of robbers and prostitutes in their stomachs manage these rebellious feudal lords People, will be a great challenge!

Although Zhao Tong has trained some reserve talents in advance, some of these people are still doing internships in Fengzhou, but most of them are engaged in basic work, and their quality and experience are not yet ready. The selection has been made, but his main concern is the war, and those troubles can only be left to the two veterans...