Chapter 259: On the eve of the Great War to Find a Good Solution
As soon as Su Lin arrived in the army, he implemented a series of orders, which were difficult to understand in Di Qing's opinion, and he wrote to Zhao Zhen, and Zhao Zhen also felt that there was nothing special. The time for the expedition of the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info is set for July, and there is only less than a month to go, and Su Lin's order issued by the cat and the tiger can only give the army some appearance, as for the combat effectiveness, it still takes time.
Grinding guns in battle, not fast and light. At the beginning, Zhao Zhen planned to send 200,000 troops, but Su Lin felt that it was too much, so in this month, Su Lin eliminated nearly half of the 200,000 army, leaving only 100,000, even so, the 100,000 army was also crowded, and Su Lin was also the first time to lead so many troops, and it was inevitable that she was a little excited.
On the day of the expedition, Zhao Zhen came to see off Su Lin. Under Su Lin's training, the 100,000-strong army has made a lot of improvements, at least the team is neat, and the spirit of each sergeant has also changed a lot.
"Lin'er, I've also seen your method of training soldiers, and it doesn't look special, but in just one month, the atmosphere in the army has changed greatly, if this is giving you some time, then can't you train an invincible division?"
"Father, in Lin'er's view, these things are the most basic requirements, obeying orders is the duty of a soldier, protecting the family and defending the country is the glory of a soldier, being a soldier is not only to have enough to eat, but more importantly, to defend the national territory, be loyal to the Great Song Dynasty, protect the people from being bullied by foreigners, and finally the imperial court. Only in this way will an army have a soul, so that no matter what situation is encountered, the soldiers will not be afraid or retreat if they have faith, even if the enemy is strong, they will be brave and move forward, and the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road! ”
Zhao Zhen took a breath of cold air when he heard this, and was a little excited.
"Good, good, good, well-said, obeying orders is the duty, defending the country is the glory, finally the Great Song Dynasty, finally the court, no fear, no retreat, the brave wins, Lin'er, you really deserve to be the person I wanted to choose, I am here to wish you a victory, and when you defeat the enemy, I will celebrate for you!"
Su Lin nodded, clasped her fists and saluted, and turned over on her horse.
"Father, take care, Lin'er is gone!"
Su Lin turned her head and said a word of departure, and set off from Bianliang, Tokyo, with a large army, through the border of Shaanxi. Su Lin's march is not mentioned for the time being, now the imperial court still has money, and the war can still be supported, so the march is very smooth.
Besides, when Xixia learned that the Song court had sent a princess to come to conquest, he didn't take Su Lin seriously, but when he heard that Di Qing was the deputy marshal, everyone in the Xixia court panicked.
Li Liangzuo is only eleven years old now, he has never experienced this kind of thing at all, he has just stabilized the government with the help of his henchmen, as for the military power, it was in the hands of the unhidden Pang, there are many generals who are the subordinates of the unhidden Pang, and now those armies have just changed leaders.
Li Liangzuo thought that he had shown weakness before, but according to the usual practice, Song Ting would not be held accountable if he criticized at most, who would have thought that Su Lin's appearance would change Zhao Zhen's mind, Song Ting really sent troops this time!
At this time, the once unhidden political enemy general Manba stood up and asked to lead troops to resist the Song Dynasty, Li Liangzuo had already befriended him and regarded him as a confidant, so he agreed without thinking about it.
In the third year of Jiayou, in September, Su Lin and Di Qing led 100,000 troops to the Song-Xia border.
The Song and Xia countries were at war, and the Liao State was also watching. Especially during this period of time, the Western Xia repeatedly harassed the Liao State, and the Liao State was tired of it, and he had long wanted to give him some color to see, and now when he saw that the Song Court actually sent troops to attack the Liao State, he was also willing to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.
Su Lin was familiar with history and knew the contradictions between Xia and Liao, so he wrote a letter, hoping that Liao could form an alliance with the Great Song Dynasty, so that the Western Xia could be destroyed in one fell swoop, and the two countries would be divided equally between the two countries at that time.
At this time, the reigning Liao Xingzong had twice personally conquered the Western Xia, but both failed, and the Western Xia was finally willing to pay tribute to the Liao Dynasty. At this time, the Song and Liao countries were reconciled, and they should have agreed under normal circumstances, but Liao Xingzong was ambitious and looked down on the Great Song Dynasty at all. Coupled with the fact that he even sent a woman to lead the troops, Liao Xingzong was not optimistic about this war at all, thinking that the Great Song Dynasty would be defeated.
After getting the reply, Su Lin was neither happy nor sad, because this was simply her strategy to attack from afar, and all this was expected by Su Lin. With the current strength of the Great Song Dynasty, it is impossible to digest the land of the Western Xia at all, and once the Western Xia perishes, it will be feared by all countries, and once the group rises up and attacks it, the Great Song Dynasty will be in danger at that time.
And Su Lin's purpose in this battle is to be recognized by the world, so he is only allowed to win and not lose. Once this battle is won, then Su Lin's reputation in the army will be established, and it will be much easier to carry out the following plans.
Thinking of this, Su Lin made up her mind, beat the drums to gather the generals, and summoned all the main generals to discuss how to attack. Soon the main generals were gathered, Su Lin looked at everyone and asked.
"Generals, now that our army has come to the border, on the opposite side is the Western Xia camp where the general of Western Xia is stationed, and 80,000 Western Xia warriors are against us, what strategy do you have to break the enemy in one fell swoop?"
The final general was silent when he heard this, Su Lin and Di Qing glanced at each other, and Di Qing seemed to have no bottom in his heart. After a long time, no one spoke, and then one of the generals named Zhang Song hugged his fists.
"Marshal Qiyu, we have an army of 100,000, and the other party only has 80,000, we have an advantage in numbers, we can completely divide the troops into four ways and besiege it, so that we can break the enemy in one fell swoop."
When Su Lin heard that Zhang Song actually suggested dividing the troops, her face turned cold. The comprehensive strength of the Song Dynasty army is not as good as that of the Western Xia, even if there is a numerical advantage, it may not be able to please well, once the troops are divided, the Western Xia will definitely concentrate their forces to break them one by one, and the Song army will be defeated by that time.
Zhang Song saw that Su Lin didn't speak, and he knew that he didn't agree by looking at his face, and he said that if you don't agree, then you can think about it, anyway, it's all your idea to lose the battle, and it has nothing to do with us, and almost all the generals who are doing it except Di Qing are distressed, so although Su Lin has so many people, she actually has to rely on herself.
The current Western Xia can be said to be only Manba alone can support, this time Manba has brought out all the 30,000 troops in his headquarters, and the remaining 50,000 are all subordinates who did not hide their former subordinates, because the run-in time is too short, so it is not very handy.
But he has led troops for many years, and he knows very well that in the hearts of the generals of the Great Song Dynasty, he has scruples, and the generals of the Great Song Dynasty are even more concerned. Even Di Qing hadn't dealt with Xixia before, so he was also waiting, hoping to find out what flaws.
Su Lin knew that as long as she defeated Manba, she would be able to drive straight into the Western Xia, but although she had fought a battle, she led the troops for the first time, and she thought back to the examples of existing wars in her heart, hoping to come up with a clever plan.
But Su Lin thought hard for a long time, and found that there seemed to be no way at all, which could solve the manba without blood, Su Lin and Di Qing discussed, as long as the troops were not divided, then it would not be so easy for Western Xia to defeat the Great Song Dynasty.
For the sake of today, we can only look at the situation first.