The new Great General of Western Xia, Zhuoer, was a savage man, but rumors in the army made him a successful example of using intuition to compensate for his lack of intelligence.

In the competition of military sand table deduction, Zall once played against the famous general Zhuo Luolan, with three draws, two losses and one win.

Zhuoer, who is eager to prove himself, plans to advance quickly after a smooth start, wanting to imitate the former Song Dynasty god Ji Yan and quickly end the battle of Qingtang in this cold winter wax moon.

So he decisively gave up the plan to go north to Xiliang Mansion to encircle and annihilate the Qingyi Ghost Zhangbu, intending to advance to Xining Prefecture as soon as possible, exile or kill the entire Qiang regime, and conquer all the Qiang people as slaves in Western Xia.

But just at the critical period of the upcoming winter, at the end of January, the prime ministers of the royal capital Xingqing Mansion did not instruct, but Zhuo Er unexpectedly received a letter from Zhuo Luolan: "The situation may change, and the Song State has once again used the Shenji as the prime minister to fully preside over the state affairs of the Song State." ”

In the letter, Zhuo Luolan analyzed Wang Yan's characteristics and patterns in detail and objectively.

At the end of the letter, Zhuo Luolan pointed out: Since the return of the Great Demon King to preside over the national war, the strategic dividend period of Western Xia has basically ended. It is indeed very slow for the Great Song Dynasty policy to turn around and take effect, but the specific tactics of the Western Xia Expeditionary Force, which is in the actual battlefield, also need to be adjusted, and it needs to be prepared for a rainy day and respond in advance.

"The famous general Chong'e has brought 50,000 troops into Qingtang Prefecture. Objectively speaking, his style is not conducive to the protracted war of the royal road, but it will be more efficient in the early stage of the war. And although the family army is not famous for cavalry, it is known for its extreme anti-war methods. So I think that when the Great Demon King returns, at this moment, it is not appropriate for our Western Xia Expeditionary Force to attack Xining Prefecture in a hurry. ”

"There is a kind of Hubei defense that is known for its defense, he is definitely not a rambling, and the possibility of your department quickly taking Xining Prefecture in the cold winter is infinitely reduced. It is true that even if the Great Demon King returns, he will not have an efficient deployment on the Qingtang battlefield anytime soon. However, if the Great Demon King cannot quickly take Xining Prefecture and defeat the psychological defense line of the Qiang people during his reign, then our side will fall into strategic passivity. I strongly suggest that your troops abandon their plan to attack Xining Prefecture in the cold winter, and quickly go north to trap or eat the Qingyi Ghost Zhangbu, and after regaining the lost territory of Western Xia, hold on to Huangzhou, which has already been obtained. Waiting for new changes in the strategic situation in the world. ”

Such advice is intriguing.

Zoloran didn't specify what changes awaited. But Zhuoer, who is known for his intuition, thinks: What Zhuo Luolan is really waiting for is the further confirmation of the Song-Liao War?

The Great Demon King is really a deterrent, and his comeback in the Song Kingdom is definitely not a good thing for anyone. The Liao State now has 300,000 troops on the border, but there is no confirmation of a war. Zhuo Luolan means that before the two superpowers of Song and Liao were launched, the Western Xia first fought to the death in Xining Prefecture and the famous defensive Hubei Division, which was strategically passive, in case it could not be taken quickly, and the Liao State saw that the situation was not right and retreated, then the Western Xia would bear all the consequences of defeat.

Zhuoer didn't believe his understanding a little, and he couldn't imagine that the iron-blooded covenant that drank wine and ate meat in Shangjing in the Liao Kingdom at that time was faced with so much scheming in the actual implementation process? In such a situation, it is really difficult to say what the outcome of this war will be.

Thinking about it carefully, Zhuo Luolan's admonition is not unreasonable. Theoretically, the Liao State, especially those ruthless tribes in Mobei, their cavalry is the most suitable for fighting in severe cold conditions, but in the case of more than 300,000 soldiers on the border, it already has an obvious overwhelming advantage over the north of the Song State, and now it has not immediately started a war?

Perhaps the Liao State is also waiting for the greater results of the Western Xia as a confirmation?

Intuitively, Drow vaguely believed that Zororan was right.

In fact, the combat power of the family army has been tepid, and it is said that it is not cowardly, but on the whole, Zhuo Luolan said it very vividly, they are a meat shield that will not collapse casually. It is indeed not appropriate to enter Qingtang Prefecture and entangle with the species of Hubei now.

Having already taken half of the Hehuang region, now we just need to hold on and do a good job of the mass work that Zhuo Luolan demanded. At the same time, after recovering the lost Xiliang Mansion and eating the Qingyi Ghost Chapter, it is equivalent to having a relatively large bargaining chip in hand, even if the Liao State wants to shrink its head, in view of the fact that the Song State is now at war on several sides, the Western Xia will have a better bargaining chip if it wants to stop profit.

So Zhuoer decided to accept Zhuo Luolan's suggestion, starting in this cold winter of Layue, planting Hubei in Xining Prefecture as if facing the enemy, and conquering the people to deploy an offensive, and then change his way to the north to besiege and kill the Qingyi Ghost Zhangbu......

"The Great Demon King is back! and prestige above anyone at any time. ”

As a strategist, Xiao Hui, the deputy privy envoy of the Northern Prefecture of Liao, also paid close attention to the situation of all parties during this period. When this news was sent to the Privy Council of Beifu, Lao Xiao felt really bad, which was not good for all parties.

But it was very helpless that Han Qi's braincase was not iron enough, and he couldn't suppress the Great Demon King for as long as he imagined. And the Song people are so strong, their own political fault tolerance is so awesome, which is why they have never been pushed down by foreigners no matter how much they coax.

During this period, they had enlightened politics and a group of gentlemen walking in the court. If he were to change to the court of another country, it would not be a question of whether his Great Demon King would come back, but he would have been persecuted to death a long time ago.

It's a pity that the Song Kingdom has such a tradition. During the Lanyuan period, a large group of people wanted to surrender and move the capital, and seeing that the blackmail of the Liao State was about to take effect, the Song Emperor was also instigated. It's a pity that who would have thought that in addition to being able to settle the surrender faction, Kou Lao Xi'er also brought the biggest surrender faction emperor, brainwashed and bewitched, to the front line to supervise the battle, resulting in the four armies coming out together and their morale was high.

It is these comprehensive reasons that cause Song Guo to be like an unbeatable meat shield.

There are too many similar examples, Di Qing is not powerful, but they just keep Di Qing, and use it when they want to use it, and the experience of the Great Demon King is basically the same.

Shaking his head, Xiao Hui returned from fantasy to reality, no matter what, for the Mobei barbarians and the morale of the Liao army, the comeback of the Great Demon King did not have much impact. But for Lao Xiao, this is definitely not a good thing, and it could have been confirmed that they would have eaten big meat together.

But now the so-called god of war is coming back, and he is in danger as a leader who surpasses anyone else before. Therefore, even if the Song State theoretically looks like a real pill, it does not have the ability to resist the world war. But wars with leaders and wars without leaders are, in principle, completely different.

What deployment the Great Demon King can take, and how fast it can be, Xiao Hui doesn't know. But just from the psychological influence, it also made it difficult for Lao Xiao to make decisions. I plan to wait, wait for the specific results of the Western Xia in Qingtang, and wait to see the deployment of the Song State against Qingtang......

Li Xiahui and Li Ziyuan thought they had seen it clearly.

But now it seems that when Goryeo decided to intervene in the war, it was fooled by the Liao, separated by a layer of fog. Failed to really assess the situation.

Originally, this would be a strategy of eating big meat without suspense, and all parties would carve up the extremely rich Great Song Dynasty together.

The formation was also once very good, and when the Song navy was insufficient, it not only succeeded in raiding Dengzhou Port, but also destroyed the three frigates they were about to serve, and destroyed many shipbuilding facilities. In addition, he cooperated with the Jurchens to eat one of the battleships that the Song State claimed to be invincible.

But at this watershed of the one-sided strategic situation, very unfavorable news came, and the banner of the Demon King was erected in Bianjing.

Now the Song people don't have pills anymore, and they begin to tremble with faith, waiting for the final knight's call.

It is foreseeable that the concept of the return of the god of war will definitely make the Liao State Lao Xiao hesitate, if the Liao State cannot quickly place a bet and bulldoze the industrial capacity of the northern Song State, then it is only a matter of time before the Jurchens and the Goryeo lose the East China Sea War.

The Jurchens were just a group of powerful thugs, and the fishing and hunting tribes of less than 10,000 people were poor and at ease. But Goryeo has a family and a business, commonly known as the monk's temple, what should I do if I run away?

Other countries have turned around, but Goryeo has basically disappeared. So now Li Ziyuan is also in a hurry, and hurriedly sends Li Xiahui to the Liao State to urge Xiao Hui to immediately send troops to push out the northern part of the Song State.

On the other side, Li Ziyuan decisively mobilized the forces of the navy and urgently deployed a plan to attack the port of Nagasaki in Japan.

Whether such a strategy is right or wrong is not taken into account, in short, the Nagasaki Naval Base of the Song State must not be formed. It is impossible to know when the new corvette of the Song army will be commissioned. But one thing Li Ziyuan can be sure of is that without the Nagasaki base, the Song navy's radiation range would be limited, and the threat to Goryeo would be limited to the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea areas in the front.

This is the area with the strongest defense force in Goryeo, in addition to the narrow sea area in this area, there are also a large number of Liao naval forces, which can theoretically resist the Song navy. However, if the Nagasaki naval base is officially completed, it will be more than one, and the entire Korean Peninsula, including the Liaodong region, will be within the radiation range of the Song Navy. It's too difficult to plan an island-wide defense.

Now that they have been involved, they are all people in the same boat, and the capture of Nagasaki Port at any cost is not only a catalyst for accelerating the advance of the Liao State. It is also equivalent to full control of the minerals of Kyushu Island during the special period.

In addition to restricting the flow of silver into the Song kingdom to ease their economy, it meant that Goryeo received more silver during this critical period, which could be used to purchase supplies.

During this period, it was not possible to buy materials from the Song State, but it could be bought from the Liao State. After all, the Liao State has its size, and now it also has its own productive forces.

At this point, Li Xiahui entered Liao to urge the Liao State to send troops, and landing and occupying Kyushu Island became Li Ziyuan's imminent deployment, which meant that Goryeo had to start a war against Song and Japan at the same time.

This required the Jurchens to cooperate to the greatest extent from Liaodong, and if they could use the warships supported by the Liao State, they could put them into formed forces in Honshu as soon as possible. Then, with the ferocity and courage of the Jurchens, although there were not enough people to bulldoze Japan, they were able to contain the samurai on Honshu Island.

If Japan's modest combat power could be limited to Honshu Island, it would be tantamount to giving Goryeo a strategic opportunity to capture Kyushu and Shikoku Islands.

it......

In the early morning, with the cold and fog, on the highest Chengtou watchtower in Xiliang Province, a Qingtang soldier nervously looked out with a monocular, trying to observe something from the fog.

Occasionally, he could clearly see a military flag shaking through the fog. It was the Western Xia military flag.

In terms of rules, the Western Xia military flag was granted to the army by the Western Xia Emperor, but it was usually only owned by formed wings. In the Western Xia Army, such a wing system was called "Military Division". That is to say, under normal circumstances, at least 50,000 or more troops can have a "military flag".

"There is an enemy, quickly report to the general!"

At this point, Xiliang Mansion, which was originally thought to have temporary peace, finally announced the sound of the horn before the war. This is very helpless, the Xixia people actually attacked the coldest Xiliang Mansion in the north during the cold winter......