Lao Tzu Youyun: "To govern a big country, if you cook a small fresh." ”

And war is the art of kings, and a war to destroy the country is even more so, and Zhao Zhen is the person who creates art.

From logistics support, to the appointment of generals, to the selection of commanders, everything must not be sloppy, even the small items carried by the soldiers and so on, Zhao Zhen, the king of a country, has taken into account.

Unlike the previous Northern Expedition Yanyun, this time Zhao Zhen did not use any "small means", all the foreshadowing was used before the war, whether it was the self-sufficiency of exhausting Western Xia food with wool, or the food curbing Western Xia, these were just used before the war.

This time, Zhao Zhen, the party of the Great Song Dynasty's Western Expedition, chose to sit in the Beijing division very calmly, not because of how confident he was in this attack, even if he was fully prepared, things on the battlefield were changing rapidly, and no one could give an accurate answer before the war.

The main reason why Zhao Zhen sat in the capital was to let go of the changes in the Liao Dynasty in the north, the war of the Great Song Dynasty against the Western Xia had begun, and the Liao Dynasty at this time was likely to suddenly intervene, everyone knew that the current situation was the Three Kingdoms, the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty was becoming stronger and stronger, far surpassing the Western Xia, and leaving the former overlord of the Liao Dynasty behind, and now the Great Song Dynasty wanted to destroy the Western Xia, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that the actions of the Great Song Dynasty would destroy the balance in front of him.

As an opponent, Zhao Zhen is accustomed to looking at problems from the other side's daily life, if he is the ruler of the Liao Dynasty, it is obvious that the fall of the Western Xia is not a good thing for the Liao Dynasty, and the best way is to put pressure on the Great Song Dynasty, and put aside the hatred with the Western Xia to join forces against the rise of the Great Song Dynasty.

Looking at the dark clouds in the north, Zhao Zhen was quite calm in his heart, although he was worried about the Liao Dynasty, but with his understanding of the Khitans, he didn't believe that these Khitans could easily let go of the hatred in their hearts, in the eyes of the Liao people, Xixia was a small bug, but it occupied a favorable terrain and the confrontation between Song and Liao and survived to this day.

But Li Yuanhao slapped the Liao Dynasty in the face again and again, and since he ascended the throne, he has never stopped, constantly using troops against the Western Regions.

What's even more ridiculous is that Li Deming tried his best to hide the power of Xixia during his lifetime to avoid prematurely exposing the true strength of the party, but after Li Yuanhao succeeded to the throne, he turned the world upside down and made a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace, showing all the family background owned by Xixia at once, and shaking it clean!

The current attitude of the Liao people towards the Western Xia is not the same as before, the more they were allies, the more angry they betrayed, the Great Song Dynasty's conquest of the Western Xia made some Liao people applaud, but not all Liao people are like this, and some people with a long-term vision are quite worried.

Zhao Zhen has received the news, there are already some people in the Liao Dynasty who have begun to raise their worries, Zhang Jian put forward the theory of death in the Liao Dynasty, which was approved by the Queen Mother, but more people are proposing to wait and see, even if they want to fight against the Great Song Dynasty, they must see the development of the situation, if the Western Xia is really not good, it is not too late to make a move, this idea has been supported by many people, even the young emperor.

In their opinion, the best result was that after the Western Xia was crippled by the Great Song Dynasty, the Liao Dynasty put pressure on the Great Song Dynasty again, and it was obvious that the Liao people wanted to reap the benefits of the fishermen, how could Zhao Zhen not see it.

Pang Ji climbed the drum tower, and after seeing Zhao Zhen, he stepped forward and bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty looks north, aren't you worried about the Liao people?" ”

Zhao Zhen turned around and smiled: "I'm worried and not worried, what does Pang Xianggong mean?" ”

"The Liao Dynasty wanted to watch the fire from the other side, but they didn't know that this was taking advantage of the intentions of the officials."

As the prime minister of a country, Pang Ji's political wisdom is not bad at all, and after a little thought, he knew Zhao Zhen's intentions and spoke again: "The speed of my Great Song Dynasty's attack on Western Xia is much faster than the intelligence of the Liao people. The official, the front-line battle report, the Qingtang coalition army Keshazhou, the capture of Guazhou, is marching to Suzhou, and our Great Song West Route Army has conquered Xiliangfu, and the army is still encircling the Gansu Military Division of Xuanhua Mansion! ”

Zhao Zhen nodded with satisfaction, all the actions are planned, this is very rare on the battlefield now, the battle plan of the army is likely to be delayed because of a storm, so that the encircled enemy slipped out of the encirclement, this is what Zhao Zhen is most worried about, and now it seems that there is no problem.

The Western Route Army obviously achieved its desired goal and successfully contained the Gansu Military Division of Western Xia, which was an important part of the Great Song Dynasty's war against Xia.

The first to surround and then to divide is a new tactic, and the person who commanded this war was the commander Di Qing, who was more tactically superior than Zhao Zhen, and he led the heavy cavalry of the Great Song Dynasty to encircle and suppress all the Tangut forces in the land of the Tanguts like wolves.

To the greatest extent to consume the combat power of the Tangut people, the armed forces of the Tangut people are not concentrated together, but dispersed with the people in the situation of the tribe, and when they are recruited by the imperial court, they will gather together to form a powerful force, like a hemp rope twisted together.

But now this strand of hemp rope was broken up by the powerful cavalry of the Great Song Dynasty before it was twisted into a single piece, so that they could not effectively organize resistance, and the method of the Great Song Dynasty was very simple, to attack more and less, and to be prepared to attack unprepared.

Looking at the battle report from Di Qing in his hand, Zhao Zhen sighed helplessly: "There is a specialization in the art industry, Di Qingzhi's command can be called a classic, and I can't do it!" ”

Pang Ji smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty, why should you be humble, just the exploits of recovering Yanyun can go down in history, and the royal conquest is rare among the kings of the ages, Your Majesty can do this is already unprecedented, it can be seen that Your Majesty's command on the battlefield is not weaker than his Di Hanchen!" ”

Zhao Zhen smiled and stopped talking, obviously Pang Ji will not comfort people, his own family affairs are clear, if he wants to lead troops to fight, the three of them are not as good as a Di Hanchen, and he can use the trickery of the soldiers so much, there are really few people in history.

The battle reports of the West Route Army and the East Route Army are here, but the battle reports of the South Route Army are not, but Zhao Zhen is not worried, because the South Route Army is the slowest army, mainly foot soldiers, and slack off the equipment in the city, in order to attack the city and pull out the village steadily.

Di Qing, as the commander-in-chief, led 100,000 elite horsemen to cross the Ulan Mulun River and gallop on the land of Western Xia. It was not to distract the pressure of the Western Xia people from the Southern Route Army, and the continuous killing and wounding of the Western Xia tribal forces exhausted these 100,000 people, they continued to settle and replenish in one place after a period of time, and the most suitable was the city taken by the Southern Route Army.

Otherwise, the army of 100,000 would have no logistics and no supplies in the land of the Tanguts, and the consumption would also be consumed by the Tanguts......