974. Chapter 974: Wang Xiu's Strategic Decision
If the Xia army placed the preset battlefield in Yaode City and held on to Pule City, the Song army could barely maintain the transfer line. If there were people who understood, and directly placed the main battlefield in Xiangqing Army, that is, Xiping Mansion, the situation of the Song Army would be quite difficult.
Lingzhou is already the name of the past, the party is called Xiping Mansion, the Xiangqing Army was established, and the defense system is very perfect, no less than the military town of the Great Song Dynasty.
If Li Renxiao was a little normal, he would never fight a decisive battle with the Song army in Hanhai, and the preset battlefield should be in Xiping Mansion, with a few peripheral strongholds, drag the Song army into a positional battle, waiting for an opportunity to find out the weaknesses of the Song army.
Although the Song army was able to achieve the goal of moving north quickly, it was about to be attacked by the Xia army in a planned way, an army that relied heavily on logistics, the logistics transfer line could not be stabilized, and there was a battle situation in which the troops were trapped in the fortified city, which would likely have catastrophic consequences, and the possible crisis could not help but make everyone fearful.
"The three major battalions of our department are holding back the main force of Shengqiang, and they have to fight against the captives, so they really can't divide the troops." Xie Qian blocked the topic first, it was true that he had more than 100,000 heavy troops in his hands, but he had to face the Xia army in the left wing and the north, and he had to guard against the Yin moves of the Jin army, and he already had a feeling of powerlessness, for fear that Wang Xiu and Qu Duan would transfer troops from the east road.
How could Qu Duan not understand, he glared fiercely, and understood that the middle road would undertake the main attack, and the east road would inevitably be covered by the flanks, so that the main force of the Xia army could not get out, and more than 100,000 soldiers and horses were also reluctant to do so, and it was impossible to mobilize on a large scale.
It's just that Xie Qian's self-protection without giving face to the army, and his preemptive attitude of speaking made him feel extremely unhappy.
"Everyone, no matter what, the established strategy cannot be changed, even if the light troops go straight to Lingzhou. Now, what we need to solve is how to ensure the safety of the transfer road, and there must be no mistakes, otherwise, we would rather abandon the middle road and transfer troops to fill the east road. "Wang Xiu's attitude is quite hard, they must be fought, the first thing is to solve the safety of the transfer channel, and everything else must be leaned back.
"The horse armies of the Xuanwu Army and the Xuanyi Army will arrive first, and they will be organized into the camp to fight, and when the main forces of the two armies arrive, they can be temporarily used as rear cover."
"Li Liangfu avoided the war, our army is bypassing the two cities, I'm afraid it's not appropriate." Zhang Yu did not approve of the light troops going north, and the two important passes were not taken down, which was a cancer on the transit road, and it was likely to lead to the fiasco of the Song army.
"He is not stupid, he will definitely avoid the edge of our army, I dare to expect that this guy will definitely stick to Yaode City, and he will form a north-south attack situation with Lingzhou." Qu Duan was very dissatisfied with Zhang Yu's "cowardice", and said proudly: "Even if they lure the enemy deeper, what are they afraid of?" It is true that the army is dependent on rotation, and there is also a crisis in Shengqiang. ”
Wang Xiu raised his eyebrows, looked at Qu Duan with interest, and said, "What do you think of the Taiwei, please tell me?" ”
Qu Duan nodded and said loudly: "They can attack my transfer line, and we will also arrive in Lingzhou, and the blow to them will also be heavy." Besides, Shao Jinqing took Liangzhou, and the connection between Shengqiang and the East was broken, it was a good time for me to divide his troops to take the west of Xingqing and stir up this pool of troubled waters. ”
Wang Xiu's brows stretched, and he couldn't help but look at the curvature of his eyes, he was worthy of being a general who could command 100,000 troops, and his military insights were very profound, even if he was in mortal danger, he could give full play to his strengths and win in one move!
Even if the Xia army adopted the tactics of luring the enemy into depth, the Song army also had advantages that could be used to exploit their strengths and avoid their weaknesses. To the east of Jingzhou is the weakness of the Xia army, if you can reach Xiping Mansion, and then divide the horse army from behind a thunderous blow, the entire Jingzhou defense line of the Xia army may collapse, more than 100,000 elite Song troops are coming, and the situation can be imagined.
This is a dangerous place, making the other party think that he has fallen into a trap, but he suddenly thundered and struck hundreds of miles with a big move, breaking through the enemy's front defense line and completely opening up the situation.
However, he still has his own plans, and said: "The eastward transfer of the Ma army can attract the soldiers and horses of the sixth class of Shengqiang to fight a decisive battle?" ”
Zhang Yu groaned slightly, shook his head and said, "It's man-made. ”
"Hmm." Wang Xiu seemed to have made up his mind, stared at Feng Yuan with both eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Once you reach the bottom line of Shengqiang's resistance, you will attack the city with yellow medicine." ”
"The yellow medicine is not stable, I'm afraid it can't be transported, even if it is made in the battlefield, it will be in great danger." Feng Yuan was taken aback.
"When it's time to use it, you must not care about the gains and losses." Wang Xiu made the final decision, he cherished talents very much, and when it was very necessary, he did not hesitate to take risks.
Feng Yuan also stopped talking, since his own husband has decided, it must make sense, and it is not a major matter related to the success or failure of the family and country, just the battlefield use of new weapons, it may not be a big problem.
"The main attack in the middle, the main forces of Shengqiang encountered are the two armies of Guli Hei and Li Liangfu, as well as Ren Dejing's Xiangqing army, their regular troops are about 60,000, we do not have an advantage, and there is a flank threat from Weizhou City." Zhang Yu joined the army as a western servant, and his grasp of the intelligence ahead was quite accurate.
Li Liangfu naturally needless to say, it was a loss of soldiers, and the backbone of the black army of 70,000 surrounded and annihilated the 46th Brigade Town, and the regular soldiers were only 30,000 or 40,000. After the war, soldiers and horses were assigned to guard the pass, and some of them were transferred to the north, and the remaining soldiers and horses were only more than 10,000 soldiers, and Ren Dejing's Xiangqing army also had nearly 30,000 regular soldiers.
However, Weizhou City was also an important town, not only threatening the Song army's transit line from the flank, but also launching an attack on Qinfeng Road. Only by taking Weizhou can the flank of the army be guaranteed and the attack of the Xishou Baotai Supervision Military Division can be guarded
"Then concentrate the forces first, eliminate the bone power black and then seize Lingzhou, and this cancer must not be left behind." Wang Xiu's eyes turned to Weizhou on the map, as if looking at a ripe fruit.
Qu Duan's heart moved, thinking that what Wang Xiu said made sense, Li Liangfu played yin again, it was also aimed at the army going north, leaving the backbone black entrenched in Weizhou, and the threat to the rear was great, don't look at it now, it is not obvious now, the army will highlight the importance of Weizhou when it crosses Yaode City, and staying can only be a disaster.
"Then it will be solved by the Eighth Element Battalion, and the Ninth Element Battalion will quickly go west, occupy the Leshan Pass, and be sure to take down the bone power black and avenge my forty-sixth brigade town." Qu Duan also agreed to fight Weizhou first, his decision was of practical significance, he was inferior to Wang Xiu in terms of prestige, but Wang Xiu was too far away from the generals of the Western Army.
"Okay, I will send a message to Xuanwu and Xuanyi to speed up the journey, and the horse army must arrive at the battlefield as much as possible and prepare for a surprise attack. In addition, I will issue 50,000 township troops to supplement the central and eastern routes. Wang Xiu made a decision and made a request, which was not generally excessive.