"Dehaikou?" Zhao Huan listened to Yao Gu's words, and his brows furrowed even tighter.

He has been an official for a group of "Jingkang Jiyi" for several years, where do you not know what they think?

These young and strong people are all goods who like to fight!

Of course, liking war does not mean that you have no brains to fight, and you have to pick opponents. The persimmons are still soft and pinched!

Therefore, Jingkang Jiyi was not very interested in the battlefields of Henan and Hedong, and adopted delaying tactics. Relying on the strongholds of the fortresses and the mountains to resist one after another, trying to drag down the opponent, or at least until the opponent loses interest in attacking, is actually the most correct method, and it is simply impractical to try to defeat the Zhou army in one or several main decisive battles.

At the same time, they are actively looking for objects of war in other directions.

"They wouldn't want to attack Jiangning, would they?" Zhao Huan looked at Yao Gu.

The old man hurriedly shook his head, "Your Majesty, don't worry, they are not confused, how can they go to fight Jiang Ning?"

Now it's three points in the world, how could they possibly hit Jiang Ning's idea? It's the same thing to grab some territory on the border, but to fight Jiangnan, how can the East Thief Storm Zhou sit idly by?

Moreover, Jiangning built a Matou fortress along the Yangtze River in Jiangzhou...... A series of forts were built along the mountain and the river, and hundreds of huge cannons were laid out, completely blocking the water surface of the Yangtze River. Moreover, the county town of Guangji on the other side of the river was converted into a fortress, and hundreds of huge cannons were also deployed along the river. Yue Fei of the Jing Chu Army personally probed many times, and said that there was no way to break through. ”

Nowadays, the Eastern Song Dynasty and the Western Song Dynasty are both knowledgeable military strategists who manage the army's national defense, so the deployment of war and defense is very professional. There is no reason why the Yangtze River cannot be guarded without Xiangyang.

In the area of Matou Mountain in Jiangzhou and Guangji County in Qizhou, where the first line of defense was chosen in the Eastern Song Dynasty, the width of the river was less than two and a half miles. Not to mention the use of cannons, it is easy to block with bed crossbows and stone machines.

The Matoushan Fortress and the Guangji Castle were both built extremely strong, and it was impossible to break through them from land. And long girth doesn't work against them either! Because both fortress castles were built on the riverside, there were docks to transport supplies.

Unless the Western Song Dynasty could gain control of the river, the two fortresses would be continuously supplied from downstream.

And to gain control of the river, then you must first break two fortresses...... Otherwise, the more than 200 giant cannons aimed at the river would be threatened, and the Jingchu Navy would only be wiped out!

By the way, although the artillery of the two Song and Great Zhou Dynasty does not have good flowering shells, they already have chain shells and arson shells. The latter is a hot iron ball, which can be filled into the chamber after the gunpowder bag is cut off with a wooden plank.

If more than 200 heavy guns were fired together, the giant ship floating upstream would burn up in a while.

In addition to the two fortresses that make people helpless, at the confluence of Poyang Lake and the Yangtze River, there are also Jiujiang Fortress and Hukou Fortress, as well as Hukou Naval Military Port.

In the Hukou Military Port, the First Yangtze River Fleet of the Eastern Song Dynasty was also deployed. The first Yangtze River fleet consisted of galleys that could sail at high speed in the Yangtze River. The firepower of these ships is not outstanding, but they can make high-speed ramming!

Under the cover of the firepower points of Matou Fortress, Guangji Fortress, Jiujiang Fortress and Hukou Fortress, it is enough to defeat any fleet that kills from the upstream.

"Since you can't defeat Jiangning, what other way is there to get Haikou?" Zhao Huan asked.

"The Privy Council thinks that you can go south to Dali from Chengdu Fu Road!"

"Go south to Dali?" Zhao Huan sighed, "What crime do you want to give Dali Guoan this time?" Or is it unwarranted? ”

Of course, he didn't want to attack the innocent Dali Kingdom. After all, Dali was also nominally a vassal state of the Western Song Dynasty, and it did not pose any threat to the Western Song Dynasty, so it was a harmless existence.

"This time the crime of uneasiness is to be falsely punished this time." Yao Gudao, "The king of Jiaozhi County is not appeased, and he should be crusaded." And the army that crusaded against Jiaozhi had to pass through the country of Dali...... If Dali doesn't allow it, it will be a crime. ”

"What if Duan Heyu and Gao Shunzhen agree to borrow the way?"

The Duan Heyu that Zhao Huan said is the Duan Yu written by Jin Yong in later generations. His father is Duan Zhengchun, who has a lot of lovers and a lot of daughters.

I don't know if Duan Heyu in history will play the six-vein divine sword? Even if you really know the Six-Vein Divine Sword, it won't be of much use. Because the ace troops of the Western Song Dynasty all had plate armor and heavy smoothbore guns...... It's probably quite hanging.

Yao Gu said with a smile: "Then abolish the Dali Domain, and set up several fetter states, so that the children of the Duan clan and the Gao clan will be hereditary." ”

Zhao Huan sighed: A 200-year-old family country, you say that it will be abolished, it's too domineering, right?

"Who's going to attack Dali?" Zhao Huan asked again.

He knew that he could not prevent the destruction of Dali...... Because the people below need to make meritorious contributions, and Dali seems to be relatively weak, it can only destroy the country.

Weakness is the greatest sin!

"The Privy Council believes that the Guanzhong Army and the Jing Chu Army should each send a division," Yao Gu said, "The soldiers and horses should be deployed so that Yue Fei could take the position." ”

Now the Western Song Dynasty does not need civilian officials to declare appeasement in the war, but appoints all of them to be deployed as commanders-in-chief of the three armies.

"Yue Fei......" Zhao Huan nodded, "It's a good general, okay, just let him go." Where is he now? ”

"Back to Your Majesty," Yao Gu said with a smile, "Yue Fei led his troops to fight on the front line in Nanyang a few days ago, and fought a few battles with the Eastern Thieves, winning and losing each other, and taking advantage of each other. However, recently, the Eastern Thieves mobilized more than 10,000 ironclad cavalry to the Nanyang front, and Yue Fei's troops had no chance to show their performance, so they were transferred back to Xiangyang. ”

Yue Fei is now the pillar of the Jing Chu army, and the soldiers and horses he leads are also trump cards. Even if you encounter the powerful Zhou army, you will have to fight!

Since Nanyang was Xiangyang's barrier in the north, the Jing Chu army sent him out to support the battle in the direction of Nanyang.

In the direction of Nanyang, the corps commander who was hostile to him was Wu Tiege, another son of Wu Haogu, and the several division commanders who participated in the battle were Liu Qi, Wu Lan, Han Chang, Yang Zheng, Murong Wangzhi, Ximen Kuo and others, all of whom were young and talented people in the Zhou army.

It's a pity that there are so many talents, but there is nothing to do about taking a Yue Fei. Under his interference, the siege of Nanyang went very poorly. I even suffered a few defeats!

For this reason, Wu Tiege was also reprimanded by Wu Yixin, and Wu Yixin even wanted to transfer Wu Jue back from Japan to replace Wu Tiege. It was Wu Yijiu who said good things to keep Brother Tie's position.

However, Wu Yixin was still not very relieved about this "clumsy" younger brother, and in order to ensure that there were no mistakes in the Nanyang operation, he mobilized his old army from the Bashang Grassland, the Fourth Cavalry Division (that is, the original Eastern Liao Left Army Wanhu) to the south for reinforcements.

And when this powerful ironclad cavalry cluster entered the Nanyang Basin, there was not much room for Yue Fei's department to exert himself.

Because Yue Fei's army could not be compared with the Zhou army in terms of firepower, it could not fight a dignified formation, and could only rely on flexibility and maneuver with the Zhou army.

When the cavalry cluster of the Zhou army arrived, Yue Fei's headquarters lost the advantage of mobility, and they did not dare to fight a tough battle. So Yue Fei returned to Xiangyang to rest.

"If Yue Fei is transferred, what will Nanyang do?" Zhao Huan asked, "Do you really want Nanyang?" ”

"Your Majesty, the terrain around Nanyang has always been favorable to the Northern Army." Yao Gu replied, "Now that Yexian and Fangcheng are all acquired by the enemy, Nanyang is under siege again, it is just a matter of delaying time." However, even if Nanyang is lost, Dengzhou still has something to do. The Jing Chu army took advantage of Yue Fei's opportunity to contain the eastern thieves, and built the Dengzhou Fortress, the Guanghua Army Fortress and the Dengcheng Fortress. It is entirely possible to resist one by one. In a few years, the Eastern Thieves will not be able to uproot the two fortresses of Dengzhou and Dengcheng, and as for Guanghua Fort, it is impossible to break through! ”

Guanghua Fort is located on the edge of the Han River, in the upper reaches of Xiangyang, and is an undead stronghold for the Jingchu army with a naval army. And the price to be paid to break this fortress is something that the Great Zhou Republican Army is unwilling to bear.

So even if Nanyang was lost, the Western Song Dynasty's defense system north of Jingchu was still very complete!

As for Luoyang's gains and losses, it is not fatal. Because there are a series of fortresses such as Xin'an, Yanchi, Shaanzhou, Jiechi, and Hezhong to the west of Luoyang, almost all of them are fortresses. And the terrain is more dangerous than the other.

Therefore, even if the Zhou State pulled out the fortresses of Luoyang and Nanyang, it was only to make its Central Plains defense line more complete.

For the Western Song Dynasty, the real threat was the defeat on the Hedong battlefield. Because once the Western Song Dynasty was defeated in the east of the river, it was possible for the Zhou army to advance to Fenglingdu, which was across the Yellow River from Tongguan.

In this way, the heart of Guanzhong is threatened!

Therefore, the former Tongzhi Privy Councillor Qu Duan has personally sat in Hezhong Mansion and commanded the defense of the entire battlefield in the east and south of Hexi.

In the northeast and west of Hexi, several divisions of the Shuofang Army had already marched into Fuzhou. Under their deterrence, it was impossible for the Fuzhou family to fall to the Zhou State. And as long as the family does not defect, the situation in the northwest of Shanxi can always be maintained.

Yao Gudao: "The Privy Council believes that the offensive of the Eastern Thieves in Hedong and Henan cannot be sustained. Drag it out until next year, and it's almost over. When the time comes, we will just start with Dali...... This is called losing to the East Thief and taking it from Dali. It's not a loss!

After defeating Dali, we can coerce Jiaozhi to attach, and once Jiaozhi is attached, the imperial court will have an outlet to the sea. ”

It turned out that the Jingkang Jiyi of the Western Song Dynasty were still fighting this idea - they knew that Henan and Hedong would lose, but it was just a question of whether they would lose beautifully or ugly, and how much they would lose? Therefore, it is necessary to have a punching bag that can make meritorious contributions to boost the country's prestige, and then make up for the lost interests.

Looking around the Western Song Dynasty, there is no one else who can fight at present, except for Dali Duan Yu.

Zhao Huan let out a sigh and said leisurely: "I'm afraid that the third brother is unwilling to let the starling belong to me!"

What to do then? Brother? ”

Yao Gu replied: "Your Majesty, taking the country of Dali is also a great achievement, and there are many people who can be promoted and make a fortune. ”

Zhao Huan sighed: "It seems that it can only be like this...... Let Yue Fei go to crusade against Duan Heyu! ”