The living girl invested nearly 30,000 horsemen, and launched an attack on the Song army with great momentum, the excuse is very ridiculous, the Song army patrol horse team ambushed the Jin army rangers, anyway, the war needs an excuse, it doesn't matter whether it is ridiculous or not, it is just a fig leaf, at least it can be said to any outsider to himself.

Shao Xing was not to be outdone, claiming that the Jin army was ambitious, and the thieves shouted to catch the thieves, and it was they who attacked the Song army's patrol horse team, urgently mobilized more than 30,000 horsemen to meet the battle, and urgently organized and trained 20,000 infantry troops to cooperate, which was all his main force, and it was also a luxurious lineup.

At the peak of the Great Song Dynasty's horse army, that is, in the early period of Zhenzong, there were 50,000 horse troops in the country, which could confront the Khitans.

However, with the great wars between the north and the south, the Song army's horse army consumed Yan zhòng, and in the Renzong era, with Li Jiqian's rebellion, the Great Song horse army lost its main source of war horses and could no longer maintain a large scale.

Even if Wang Xiu tried his best, he only gathered thirty or forty thousand horse troops, and there were more than two major army divisions, a horse army division with an establishment of 10,000 people, but three or four thousand horsemen, the situation was quite embarrassing, Shao Xing was able to arm 30,000 horsemen, accounting for almost half of the Great Song Dynasty horse army, it was not simple, it can be seen that the attack on Liangzhou was correct.

However, the voices of the two armies shouted high, in fact, they were cautious, for the living girl, they must not be defeated, once the horse stumbled, he would be rootless duckweed, it was impossible to retreat calmly, and the 40,000 elites could only bury their bones in Hexi.

Similarly, Shao Xing cannot be defeated, if he is defeated, it will cause immeasurable losses to the entire strategy, and Liangzhou, which is most valued by the imperial court, will fall into the hands of the Jin army, even if Xingqing is taken and the rule of the Wei family is destroyed, the entire northwest will also be under the close monitoring of the Jin army, and the problem of the growth of the Ma army will not be fundamentally solved.

The Jurchens would completely occupy Liangzhou, arm themselves with sufficient war horse resources, and launch a war against Guanzhong at any time, and the Great Song Dynasty lost strategically.

The two sides were aggressive, fought many battles, and the scale was almost under a thousand people, testing each other's reality and reality, and both were accumulating strength to find each other's shortcomings, preparing to give each other a fatal blow.

Even if the combat effectiveness of the Jin army declines year by year, this army still has strong combat effectiveness, and the Song army has not taken advantage of it in several battles, and is even at a disadvantage, even Shao Xing admits it.

At this time, Wang Xiu, who was far away in Kaifeng, was staring at Yue Fei tightly, and said in a deep voice: "Taiwei, is it a bit exaggerated?" ”

Yue Fei was very dissatisfied with Wang Xiu's calmness, this is the mission of avoiding the Northern Expedition, the current situation is very good, the party can't hold on, the main force of the Jin army is in the northwest, it is the best time for the army to go north, it is like a bamboo, his lifelong wish will be realized, as long as the court gives an order.

He was disappointed to find that Wang Xiu had no intention of going on the Northern Expedition at all, and he was not even willing to bluff. A few days ago, the major battalions were equipped to fight, which made him particularly surprised, thinking that Wang Xiu was likely to launch the Northern Expedition, which was not an ordinary courage, and even produced a little admiration and excitement.

Unfortunately, with a gust of wind, the various departments were ordered to stand by in place, and with the transfer of troops to reinforce Hezhong Province, he realized that it was nothing more than empty joy, and his disappointment turned into anger.

"Wang Xianggong, the captives are from the south of Yanshan, and there is no army." When he saw Wang Yuan's cold gaze, he had to lower his posture, after all, he was the boss.

Wang Xiu shook his head and said lightly: "I also understand that the main force of the captives is left in Lianghe Yanshan, less than 20,000 people, and my army can easily reach Yanshan." ”

"Then why didn't the prime minister send troops?" Yue Fei questioned and tried his best to suppress his feelings, lest he lose control of himself.

"Dare to ask the captain, what are you going to do when you hit Yanshan? Will we continue the Northern Expedition or meet reinforcements? Wang Xiu asked with a smile.

Cai Yi didn't feel it, Wang Yuan was clear, according to the analysis of the battlefield, no matter how fast you are, you will encounter obstacles.

The military states of Hebei are okay to say, the fathers and elders are still worried about the imperial court, and the Jin army will definitely carry out limited resistance in the absence of the main force, and Yanshan is different.

The thirteen states of Jibei returned to the Song Dynasty for a very short time, and the people's hearts were no longer in the imperial court, and the Han people in Youyun Zhuzhou never regarded themselves as Song people, but the Khitan people, whether it was the Han army of the Khitan or the Han army of the Jin army, they were very fierce in the Song Dynasty, and the means of killing the people were even more than the Khitans and Jurchens, which cannot be denied.

When the Jin army went south, the Jurchen troops were just plundering wealth and robbing a few beauties, and rarely killed the soldiers and civilians, unless they got a military order, those Han troops from Yanshan were killing people and plundering money, doing all kinds of evil, and taking people's lives if they didn't agree.

Otherwise, the Jin army would not have taken Yanshan so smoothly back then, Guo Yaoshi's victorious army had 60,000 people, and the elite horse army had tens of thousands, which was enough to confront the Jin army, and those people were not willing to confront the Jin army at all.

It is conceivable that the resistance that the Song army had to encounter when entering Yanshan was by no means comparable to Hebei and Hedong, and every city had to go through a bloody battle.

The problem is easy to understand, according to the time inference, when the Song army arrives in the middle of the Youzhou operation, the Jin army troops from the north will definitely arrive, converge with the elite of the Jin army retreating north, and jointly deploy defense, and the main force of the Jin army stationed in the west is also about to enter Yanshan.

At that time, the Song army was facing Yanshan and was dangerous, and there were thousands of horse troops on the flanks.

At least, Wang Xiuhao Wang Yuan and other high-level officials did not think that the Great Song Dynasty could withstand it, and the financial resources of the imperial court could not support the two major wars, his understanding of the war was that the war was used to continue the political economy, and while paying the cost of the war, the economic interests of the government should be maximized, otherwise the battlefield war could not be conducted.

Yue Fei pouted and smiled, and said without hesitation: "Take Yanshan and wait for the decisive battle of the main force of the captives." ”

"Captain, what a bold thing!" Wang Xiu stroked his palm slowly, and asked with a smile: "Calculate, the captives were in Youzhou in the early stage, and they could gather more than 30,000 elite soldiers, and they could recruit 20,000 people in Beijing, and then transfer back 30,000 horsemen from the northwest. ”

Yue Fei was a little hesitant, he couldn't deny Wang Xiu's words, the Jurchens were really able to gather these soldiers and horses, but they were very unwilling, and still raised their heads and said: "As long as you work together, you will be able to defeat the captives." ”

Wang Xiu glanced at Yue Fei, shook his head and said with a smile: "Taiwei's words are not his intention, Wang Taiwei said, can the existing strength of the Northern Servant Army capture the two rivers of Yanshan?" ”

Wang Yuan smacked his lips and said embarrassedly: "The strength of the Tenth Army can only use seven armies, and the horse army only has about 5,000 people. ”