Chapter 1276 Meeting

First of all, the transportation from Tianjin to Beijing was one of the best roads in China at that time, and even there was a railway, and even then, the advance of the coalition forces was blocked several times.

Secondly, the blood and courage of the Tangut people today is not the same thing as the rotten army of the late Qing Dynasty, when the Chinese political scene was divided between the north and the south, and the morale of the people is completely different from the current Xixia people.

Third, the Western Xia was a nomadic people, with cavalry accounting for the majority, and the city was not necessarily defended, which was also different from the Qing State, which had been solidified in the land of China by agricultural civilization, and the loss of the capital was in danger.

The monk king repeatedly attacked the gun positions of the coalition army with a large number of cavalry to send him to death, trying to snipe the heroic feat of the coalition army to attack the north and occupy Beijing, do not expect the Western Xia people to do the same.

Fourth, the strategic purpose is also different, the operational goal of the coalition forces is to occupy Beijing by surprise and force the Qing government back to the negotiating table to continue blackmail; However, Su You's strategic purpose was to destroy the Western Xia and to permanently and effectively occupy all the territory of the Western Xia.

Let the 50,000 new army storm Xingqing Mansion and win a big victory, this Su You can also do it.

But what happens after that?

Will the Xia people obediently return to the negotiating table like the Manchurians? Do they have cattle and sheep worth 400 million taels of silver to pay?

Also, in the Eight-Nation Alliance's war of aggression against China, many book friends in later generations only saw the total comparison of military strength, but did not see the comparison of military strength in every battle.

For example, in the famous Battle of Bali Bridge, the coalition army had a total of 8,000 people, while the monk king side actually only had 25,000 to 30,000 people.

The so-called great victory of the coalition army only defeated the main force of the monk king's cavalry, and the real loss of the 30,000 cavalry, the Qing State estimated that it was 3,000, and the coalition army judged that it was only 1,000.

There is also the most important one, the war of aggression against China by the Eight-Nation Coalition in history has been ignored by many people.

That was the northern route, and Tsarist Russia sent 170,000 troops to occupy the three eastern provinces!

Coupled with these 170,000 Russian troops, it is the whole picture of the entire Eight-Nation Alliance's invasion of China!

The overall strategy should be that the coalition forces completed the comprehensive occupation of the Manchu "Land of Longxing" with a total of more than 200,000 troops, captured Beijing, and let the Qing honestly send compensation.

This overall strategy is basically the same as Su You's current strategic intentions!

This is also the fundamental reason why Su You told him that it was best to wait for another eight years when he met Fubi in Luoyang.

When the new army of the Great Song Dynasty changed from 50,000 to 250,000, he was also sure that he would be able to fight like the coalition army.

But now if you want to rely only on 50,000 new troops, you can take the Xixia army that covers an area of 22 states, has a population of two or three million, is known as invincible in cavalry and archery, does not pay attention to the gains and losses of cities, is the best at guerrilla robbery, and has a military strength of no less than 500,000, and at the same time to achieve complete occupation, Su You believes that even if Bai Qi is reborn and Li Jing is reincarnated, it is difficult to do it.

It is easy to defeat, but it is difficult to defeat. This is the alarm bell that Su You repeatedly sounded to all marshals and ministers when the war had not yet begun.

Li Xian's big victory on the West Road has very little gold content, and the Xia army that was eliminated is not the elite main force at all.

A big victory along the way can be called a hammer, but in terms of military strength, it still does not form an absolute advantage over the Xia war situation.

It can even be said that the real test has not yet begun.

After passing through the Shogunate, Su You was standing in front of the map pondering, and behind him, Chong Yu and Li Ruoyu looked at each other, and they could see the helplessness in each other's eyes.

Li Ruoyu didn't have any sense of crisis in his heart, because the meaning of the privy council was very clear, as long as the army could take a few important places and seize a comprehensive advantage over the Xia war situation, it would be considered a pass.

Su You's bottom line for this campaign is actually even higher than this, at least to control the area south of the Great Wall and eat a considerable part of the troops of the Western Xia people.

In fact, more than half of this requirement has been completed under the command of the genius of the fifth plant, and the destruction of the elite of the 90,000 Xia army has brought not only a breakthrough in the battle situation on the East Road, but the emptiness of the entire West Xia East Road region.

As long as you occupy Yinzhou and Xiazhou, and plant all the way, it will constitute a situation of attacking the left wing of the Divine Brave Army Division with Wang Zhongzheng.

If the Zuoxiang Shenyong Military Division can be eaten again, the Great Song Dynasty will occupy an absolute advantage on the vast east road from the Quye River in the east, Wudingchuan in the west, and the Great Wall in the north, which is a great achievement in expanding the land for thousands of miles.

If, after occupying Xiazhou, Chongge continues to go west against Wudingchuan and capture Youzhou and Yanzhou, it will form an echo of the army on the middle road, and the 70,000 elites buried by Liang Yi are in danger of being trapped in the back road.

If Liang Yi does not flee by then, the trend of the battle situation that Su You wants most will be realized, and the armies of the Eastern and Western Roads of the Great Song Dynasty will not hesitate to eat these 70,000 people, so that the Western Xia army will lose two.

If Liang Yi escaped, then the Song army could easily occupy the entire south of the Great Wall and successfully complete the second phase of the strategic goal.

In Li Ruoyu's heart, this can already be regarded as a top grade; In the heart of the seed, I also feel at least seventy percent sure.

Even if you can't take the Xingqing Mansion on the other side of the Yellow River in the end, at least you will bombard Lingzhou, and there will be no problem with showing off your martial arts.

When the time comes, slowly manage the defense line of the Great Wall, or hollow out the Western Regions, or conquer the Qingtang Dynasty, how can it be a great victory of expanding the land for 5,000 miles.

It's just that such a big victory, in the heart of the thirty-four-year-old six-way envoy in front of him, how much weight does it have?

Footsteps sounded behind him, Su You turned around, but it was Uncle Gao Zunyu who strode in.

Gao Zunyu saluted Su You with a military salute: "Bachelor, I heard that Li Xian took Lanzhou?" ”

Su You nodded: "Yes, Du Jing Liusi is ordering him to build Lanzhou City, and build four fortresses of Dongguan, Xiguan, Gaolan and Jincheng, and his subordinates will go out to sweep Mabit Mountain and Gaolan Mountain in all directions, in order to clear the remnants of the Xia people in the rear and ensure the safety of the back road." ”

Gao Zunyu asked again: "Where is Chongwu now?" ”

Before Su You could answer, he saw Wang Houye striding in: "Report, Yan Yanjun report!" ”

Su You said: "Read! ”

Wang Hounian said: "There is a report from the army of Yan Yan: our department has arrived in Xiazhou on September 3, and Suo Jiusi of Xiazhou has heard that Liang Yongneng has been defeated, and he has fled in a panic. After our troops took Xiazhou lightly, they took advantage of the situation to advance and besieged Yinzhou on the fourth day, and the defender Narwin did not dare to fight against the heavenly army, so he led 5,000 people to open the door and surrender. ”

"How is the advance and stop, please go through the command of the strategic division."

"Good!" Li Ruoyu couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Wulang is really going to plant!" ”

Su You touched his chin: "Liang Yi hasn't moved yet?" ”

Wang Hou shook his head: "According to the investigation of Jiyisi, no." Liang Yi is still buried in Xiaoguan. ”

"Is this iron-hearted?" Su You couldn't help but pout.

Gao Zunyu was a little anxious: "Bachelor, let's send troops, with an order, the last general will take care of Xiao Guan and raze it to the ground for you!" ”

Su You nodded: "Well, before sending troops, let's have another Zhuge Liang meeting." ”

Gao Zunyu said: "Still open? ”

Su You said with a smile: "As long as you don't violate the deadline, it doesn't matter, before you send out the troops, let's take a plate." ”

Gao Zunyu stomped his feet: "Hey! Then I'll call someone! ”

After a short time, the generals arrived.

Su You, Li Ruoyu, Chong Xu, Gao Zunyu, Liu Shiheng, Cao Nan, Li Yong, Liu Changzuo, Yao Lin.

There is also a specially invited observer, Zhang Qi.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Su You nodded: "Let's have a meeting, please trouble Li Duzhi to make a record." ”

Li Ruoyu opened the notebook, dipped the ink with a quill pen, and nodded to Su You.

Su You said: "Kind of curtain judgment, let's talk about the current progress of our army. ”

He took the wooden whip, stood in front of the map, pointed to the newly added arrow on it, and said: "On September 3, the Seed Command has advanced to Xiazhou, and the governor of Xiazhou has fled, and then captured Yinzhou. ”

"On August 26, Wang Zhongzheng occupied Yinchi, and then opened a position, divided the land, and counted the income from the battle of Quye River."

"Because I didn't encounter enemy thieves, the results of the battle were not great, only four leaders were captured, more than ten leaders were killed, and more than 700 beheadings were beheaded."

"However, the income is abundant, and there are warehouses and villages along the Quye River, 200,000 stones of autumn wheat, and more than 3,500 horses."

"On August 27, Li Xian gathered all the soldiers and horses of the seven routes, went to the new city of Xishi, encountered about 20,000 thieves, defeated the officers and soldiers, captured three leaders, killed more than 20 leaders, beheaded more than 2,000 ranks, and captured more than 500 horses."

"On August 29, Li Xian seized the Rusha Valley at night, and on the 30th he went down to the Shrine Valley, and said that the army crossed the Shrine Valley River, and the land of the Imperial Village was often called the Imperial Village, and there was a cellar accumulation, and a thief's base, and the city was very strong, and no one defended it."

"There are only a lot of bows and arrows and iron pestles, and the adjutant generals of the expelled army have been sent to the cellar to take the grain and the bows and arrows to defend the city. In addition, the summer people newly harvested autumn wheat Wanshi. ”

"On September 2, Li Xian entered Lanzhou."

After finishing speaking, Su You asked: "The changes in the deployment of the military forces opposite the Xia people, Wang Jiyi will talk about it." ”