To fight, the most taboo goes hand in hand, there is no offensive focus!

Grab a breakthrough point and make a breakthrough to win!

In this Northern Expedition, there were two different combat strategies, the first was to follow the clock, the east road led the troops to Hebei, the middle road attacked Bianliang, and the west road attacked Guanzhong. The Eastern Route Army, the Central Route Army are mainly contained, and the Western Route Army is the main direction of attack. The focus of the operation was to seize Guanzhong, and then seize Hedong, and then join forces with the Central Route Army to break the enemy in Henan; Then threaten Hebei, Youyun, and seize the land within the Great Wall; Finally, Liaodong was captured.

This strategy pays attention to gradual and step-by-step advancement, compressing the living space of the Jin army step by step, and finally strangling the Jin army to death.

The advantage is that the battlefield is placed in the northwest, and the dangerous terrain can be relied on, even if the battle is lost, it can be held on, and it will not be collapsed; The disadvantage is that the continuous siege of the city consumes a lot of time, and the continuous attack will make it difficult to transport grain and grass, and also give the Jin cavalry the opportunity to attack.

Another Northern Expedition strategy was to march counterclockwise, using Shandong as a springboard to directly attack Youyun, seize Liaodong, and completely annihilate the main force of the Jin army. The main thing is that the main force of the Jin army is destroyed, and other areas can be easily recovered.

The disadvantage is that the offensive area is mostly the core area of the heart of the Jin army, and it is impossible for the Jin army to retreat, maybe it will be a decisive battle. Armageddon is very dangerous, either a big victory or a big defeat. The advantage is that the long transportation of grain and grass is omitted, which can hit the Jin army faster and save time.

And for the choice of the two Northern Expedition strategies, the military department became a quarrel between the two factions.

And Yue Fei chose the first path.

Zhao Pu chose the second path.

"Your Majesty, the last general thinks the Northern Expedition. When the northwest is the first, it is better to go on a gradual northern expedition and seize it step by step. Don't be impatient. And the Eastern Road Northern Expedition, directly attacking Youyun, although it can be quickly resolved, but the danger is too great, once it is not won, our dynasty will have no power in the Northern Expedition within three years! ”

Yue Fei said.

Zhao Pu was silent. In his heart, he thought that Yue Fei seemed to be reckless, but he was actually the most cautious.

"Send troops to the northwest. Taking the northwest as the focus of the Northern Expedition is not impossible, but two problems need to be estimated! Zhao Pu said, "First." Battle of Fuping of the Northwest Army. The attrition is serious, and the defense of Hanzhong and Sichuan is acceptable, but if you send troops, you will not be able to do it; Second, if the Western Xia sent troops to attack me in the northwest, what would happen? ”

Yue Fei said: "It is said that our dynasty has allied with Western Liao. At that time, you can ask the Western Liao to send troops to contain the Western Xia army. so that it cannot send troops to the northwest. The Northwest Army is not attacking enough, so it can send troops and horses to assist and send troops to the northwest! ”

Zhao Pu was silent, not knowing what to say.

The northwest, it is really not suitable to send troops.

The Northwest Army has lost battles one after another, and even if it wins, most of them are won when defending the city! At this time, the troops were transferred to Shu, but they could go on the expedition, but the view of the Song army was very powerful, the internal fighting was powerful, and the cooperation was lacking. Individually, each fighting its own, may win, but if they cooperate with each other, it is definitely a defeat.

and relying on the Western Liao Army, can you contain the Western Xia Army and not attack!

Zhao Pu was a little unconvinced.

Pin the hope of victory on others, and there is not much distance from defeat!

Yue Fei is right, he is thinking from the perspective of a military general, where to fight!

And Zhao Pu is the emperor, and he pays attention to the overall consideration, where the interests are greatest, where to fight.

"The Northwest Road, no way!" Zhao Pu shook his head and said, "The Northwest Army can't move lightly, at most it is just sending a partial division to contain it!" ”

"It's too risky to just attack from Shandong. To attack from Shandong, you need to go through the Hebei Plain, where there is no terrain honor guard, and although our army is covered by cavalry, it is still too few. The canal is conducive to the transportation of grain and grass, but the grain can be transported thousands of miles, and the grain road is too long, and it is easy to be ambushed by the Jin army. Once I am cut off from the backward path, then it is dangerous! ”

Yue Fei has always been bold, but he did not dare to send troops from Shandong.

The odds are too low!

"The odds are low, so you have to fight for it!" Zhao Pudao: "It's easy to defeat a country, but it's ten times more difficult to destroy a country!" As long as we don't make big mistakes, it will be very easy for us to defeat the Jin army, but the more we fight in the later stages, the more difficult it will be, and we may win first and then lose! ”

"The battle to destroy the country, I am most afraid of dragging it out, and if it drags on for three or five years, it will become an inadvertent victory, and an undefeated defeat!"

"I can't afford it!" Saying that, Zhao Pu began to complain to Yue Fei.

Yue Fei is a famous general, and his level of fighting is very high, but unfortunately his political level is very low, and he doesn't know about some big things at all.

Fighting a war not only requires the front-line officers and men to dare to fight hard and win the battle, but also requires good logistical support, and the officials accept the city in time and resume reproduction. It's not enough to have a famous general, it's not enough to win a battle on the front line, you still need to keep up with each follow-up link, as long as there is a mistake in one link, the whole situation may collapse.

The Song Dynasty seemed to have a strong economy and a rich country, but it was also very large and had many problems.

At this time, the Song Dynasty had a strategic advantage over the Jin State, but the advantage was limited, and once it dragged on for too long, the advantage would turn into a disadvantage and finally collapse.

"In this northern expedition, we need to use all kinds of soldiers, at least 500,000 auxiliary soldiers, and also need to use all kinds of people, as many as 2 million, and we need to spend at least 30 million yuan of money every year. If the war ends within two years, our dynasty will still be able to hold on; After three years of fighting, I can barely cope; However, if we fight for four or five years, our DPRK will inevitably collapse financially, the displaced people will rise everywhere, and the national strength will be exhausted, and then it will not be far from a great defeat. The light is to divide the river and rule, and the heavy is the destruction of the country! ”

"This battle must be resolved quickly, and it must break through the clouds within two years, occupy the first line of the Great Wall, and end the Second Northern Expedition. Once the delay is too long, in order to achieve the strategic goal, our dynasty will be defeated and can only withdraw its troops. No matter how great the results of the Northern Expedition are, it will turn into nothingness! ”

Finally, Zhao Pu gave a timetable.

This is also the result of the statistics of the Imperial Investigation Department based on various materials. Not necessarily accurate, but there is a certain amount of truth.

"Your Majesty, send troops from Shandong to attack Youyun, the odds of victory are not great, less than three layers!" Yue Fei said truthfully.

In this era, siege warfare is ten times more difficult than defending a city.

It only takes three or four thousand soldiers and horses to defend a city, but when besieging a city, it takes twenty or thirty thousand to attack. And the army of 30,000 or 40,000 can only be "attached to ants", and many people need to die. Sometimes death is not necessarily overcome.

In many cases, to conquer a city, it is mostly through siege, and the food in the city is exhausted before it is breached.

Siege warfare is the most difficult battle to fight, and it is normal to fight for three or five months. And there are countless big cities in Hebei, Youyun and other places, if they are besieged one by one, the time spent and the energy consumed are innumerable, and it is not an exaggeration to become a nightmare!

Today, the Jin army has gathered a large number of troops in Youyun, Hebei and other places, and it is extremely difficult to conquer them one by one. If you want to recover the clouds within two years, it is simply impossible!

Moreover, the Jin army would not sit idly by and watch the Song army besiege the city, and would send cavalry to harass, cut off the grain route, or attack the rear, which was impossible to prevent.

It's three layers, but it's still a lot!

It's better to be steady and steady from the Western Front!

"No! Attacking from the Western Front will only lead to a protracted war, and at that time our DPRK will only fall into the quagmire of war and repeat the mistakes of the Jin Army! Zhao Pu said firmly, "The breakthrough is on the eastern front, in Shandong, not in the northwest!" ”

Yue Fei sighed in his heart, not knowing what to say.

Put the main battlefield on the East Road, in the northern part of Shandong, Hebei, and Youyun, how to think, how to be unreliable.

It's just that the emperor has made up his mind that even if he can't fight, he will fight!

"Qing family, I am willing to be my sword and lead the Eastern Route Army to the battle!" Zhao Pudao.

"Wechen is willing to take the order!" Yue Fei said.

"Good! I have a plan to break the ice on the eastern front, and if the plan is victorious, I can easily go straight to Youyun, Liaodong, and break the foundation of the Jin army. But it's also extremely dangerous, nine deaths. It should be said that there is no life in ten deaths! ”

Zhao Pudao, his expression was a little solemn.

The Northern Expedition is not easy to fight!

If we think about it carefully, whether it is a clockwise attack strategy or a counterclockwise strategy, one bad is a protracted war, and the other is not good is a quagmire of war, and in the end it is undefeated and defeated.

You can only win if you win by surprise!

It's just that every time you win by surprise, it means nine deaths!

No matter how well you plan, there will inevitably be accidents.

Success or failure depends on luck!

"Come here with your ears!" Zhao Pu whispered the battle plan. (To be continued......)