Last year, after Zhao Ta's sweep, the big tribes fell apart, and Lei Mai received the grain, grass and property left to him by Zhao Ta, so that he could take the opportunity to expand, accommodate the scattered tribesmen, and recruit small tribes, which snowballed bigger and bigger. After that, he relied on his special relationship with Zhao Ta to engage in border trade and smuggling, earning a lot of wealth, in exchange for food and weapons, attracting more people to come to take refuge.

The Lei Mai Department finally swelled into a large tribe with more than 20,000 accounts in a short period of time, and became the largest nouveau riche of the Shenyong Military Division, which could gather an army of 10,000 people at any time, and no one dared to underestimate him, and his status also rose, and he was appointed as the town guard of Yulin County, and the hen jumped on the branch and became a phoenix, becoming a decisive boss.

The Divine Brave Army Division sent 20,000 elite soldiers to accompany the prince to the east, and now less than 500 have fled back. The bad news spread like the wind on the prairie and spread throughout the Brave Army. But at this time, after two years of war, the Divine Brave Army Division not only lacked food and grass, but also had a shortage of soldiers, and had almost no ability to resist; The prince of Chago was defeated and disappeared; Wu Li led the remnants of the soldiers to sneak back to the Xiangyou Military Division, hiding in Shizhou City and not coming out; Xiazhou was also occupied by the Song army, not to mention asking for reinforcements, even the letter could not be sent, and the government could not point to it.

After discussing with the clan leaders of several major points of the Divine Warrior Division, they decided to convene a meeting of the patriarchs and gathered in Yulin City to discuss countermeasures, thinking that now the Lei Mai Department is now full of soldiers and food, and has defeated the main force of the loyal and brave army, the Xiangyi Army, so they unanimously asked Lei Mai to be the leader of the tribal alliance. Responsible for all matters related to Song. But they didn't know that their alliance leader was a chess piece buried by the prince of the Great Song Dynasty...

"Lord Wang, why don't we move yet, Zhao Ren is afraid that he won't be able to hold on!" After the routine order of the loyal warriors in the morning, Zhao Lian asked. It is now July 20, and Zhao Ren has been holding on to Xiazhou for more than 20 days, the situation is unknown, and it is said that he should take advantage of the victory to march and relieve the siege of Xiazhou, but after arriving in Xiazhou, the prince stopped. insisted on resting for three days, which made everyone very puzzled.

"Let Zhao Zhi answer!" Zhao Ta smiled and threw the question to Zhao Zhi.

"Yes, in the previous stage, we fought hard with the Xia army for two months. Transferred to several states, frequent battles, the soldiers were very tired, especially in the battle of Xunlunchuan, the participating forbidden army and the archers of the Tibetan Department of personnel and materials were seriously consumed, but in order to encircle and annihilate Chage, all the troops were slightly rested and marched to Yincheng for days, and the personnel and materials were too late to replenish. And our next step will be to fight deep into the enemy's territory, so the prince took advantage of the battle break in Yincheng to recuperate, sum up combat experience, and replenish personnel and materials. Enhancing the combat effectiveness of all units is a necessary condition for us to carry out the next campaign and fight again! Zhao Zhi stood up and replied.

"Oh, the prince taught us to use the advantage of cavalry, maneuver quickly, and move to destroy the enemy, why do we have to give up our advantage and let Zhao Ren defend Xiazhou City and let people surround and fight?" Zhao Yan asked.

"That's a good question, who will answer him?" Zhao simply changed the morning meeting into a classroom and asked them to discuss problems. Study tactics and sum up experience.

"I'll answer that question!" Zhao Xin stood up and said, "Positional warfare and movement warfare seem to be two contradictory tactics, but in fact they penetrate and interact with each other. It is true that the combat form of our Xiangyi army is mainly to use the advantages of weapons and strong mobility, but the use of positional warfare in this attack on Xiazhou City is also to cooperate with us to ensure the annihilation of nearly 100,000 Xia troops of the Eastern Expedition. One is that Xiazhou City controls the Wuding River Road. When Brother Cha sees through the prince's plan, he can cut off the enemy's retreat and leave Brother Cha in the east of the river; Second, for today's counteroffensive, the Xia army of the Eastern Expedition was surrounded by us, and after consuming a large amount of vital force, the lack of troops and materials required a supplement from the rear, but we have already hammered a nail in their reinforcement road in advance, which not only blocked the grain route, but also attracted a large number of strength of the Xia army, so that they could not come to the east, creating conditions for us to annihilate the Xia army. Depending on the development of the situation, especially after we will switch to the offensive, there will be more and more battles for the capture of enemy strongholds and positions in cities, so there is no contradiction between the two! ”…,

"Well, Zhao Xin can really be a deputy marshal in the future, this remark has to be unconvincing!" Gao Pet said with a lonely face, he has been studying with He Qufei for many years, and he doesn't seem to be able to say such things.

"General Gao made fun of me, I just followed the prince for a long time, and secretly asked, it's just a sale!" Zhao Xin's face flushed, and he looked at the prince and said.

"Oh, the prince is eccentric, he handed over all his stunts, but he didn't tell us a little bit of the news, it's really not interesting, it seems that I will have to be closer to you in the future!" Zhao Yan pointed at Zhao Xin and smiled.

", who is close to Ling, I'm afraid that Ling is a big mouth, I'm afraid it will spread to Xia Jun after telling you for a while!" Zhao Xin's face turned even redder, and he said with a sip.

"Okay, since everyone is here today, I'll make a summary of this stage of the battle first!" Zhao Ta waved his hand to stop everyone's laughter, and quietly relieved Zhao Xin's siege, "Now our most difficult moment has passed, at first the Xia army claimed to be 200,000, but there were 90,000, but it was more than twice the size of our Hedong army, it can be said that the enemy is big and I am small, the enemy is strong and I am weak, we have to give up most of the land in Hezhou, and the whole army is on the defensive." Some people don't say anything about it, but they must be very disappointed in their hearts! Zhao Ta looked at everyone and said with a smile.

"No, no, the prince has no last resort, how can we doubt it!" Gao Pet shook his hand and said.

"Hehe, it's okay to say it! Under such conditions, it was very difficult to annihilate the enemy and hold the territory at the same time, and the Shaanxi army refused to move, but our territory was occupied by the enemy for a while, but as long as we eliminated the enemy's lost territory, we could recover it. Therefore, the seizure of the place is the result of the annihilation of the enemy, and now that the situation has been fundamentally reversed, our next step is to turn to a large-scale counteroffensive, enter the summer realm to attack the city and seize the land, and the purpose of the campaign must also be changed to annihilate the enemy's vitality and seize the place equally, so I decided to extend the rest time for another three days, so as to prepare for entering the summer realm! Zhao Ta glanced at the venue and said solemnly.

In the next three days, Zhao Ta gathered the whole army of Hedong to study together, although it was a grinding gun, but it was better than not grinding, for the problem after entering the summer realm, he thought about it for a long time, although it was once a Han land, but after all, the party has occupied it for a hundred years, the population, ethnicity and customs have undergone great changes, and the corresponding policies must be adjusted, otherwise even if the land is occupied, a lot of manpower and material resources will still be invested to maintain, which will involve a lot of energy of the Song Dynasty, and the upcoming Song-Liao War is also facing this kind of problemTherefore, the preparations before departure not only include the preparation of war materials, but also include ideological, organizational and economic preparations.

First of all, soldiers are far away from their homeland, and after entering the summer realm, the form of combat will change, and the language barrier, not being able to eat, and not being able to drink water have become commonplace, which will inevitably affect morale and confidence, so in addition to making full preparations in terms of materials, it is also necessary to make the whole army mentally prepared, and these generals must do it first, and they must go through training in tasks, policies, and work styles.

Second, it's about warfare. Although the Hedong Army is now sharp and unstoppable, it should also have enough estimates for fighting deep into the summer realm. In the initial stage, it is particularly necessary to grasp the grasp of not fighting a battle that is uncertain, and the main force must not fight rashly, because if it is frustrated, it is very easy to fall into passivity, and if it is small, it will be reduced in large numbers, and if it is large, it will be forced to leave. It is best to adopt a wide maneuver to seek out and destroy a weak enemy, so that we can consolidate our confidence through victory, and at the same time, we can gradually become familiar with the terrain and its combat conditions and increase our grasp.

Another important issue in operations is the use of detachment and concentration. Persisting in concentrating the field army on fighting a big battle, using auxiliary troops to divide territory, and eliminating small groups of local recalcitrant armed forces and fighting small battles has solved a major problem of detachment and concentration. The enemy will also take the method of abandoning all secondary urban strongholds to avoid annihilation when our army is pressing the border, and then mobilize the army, and when its strength is greater than ours, it will besiege it, and when there is no certainty of victory, it will carry out stalking, so that our army will have no room for respite. Therefore, the main force should also be good at dispatching and assembling the enemy, adopting the tactics of luring the enemy into dividing troops and rapidly concentrating, destroying one part of the enemy, and gradually destroying the enemy. …,

In addition, there is the problem of supply, this time they are going to occupy territory, not to grab things, and they will have to rule in the future, so naturally they cannot use the method of grabbing to replenish the military, and this must ensure that the troops will not immediately encounter supply difficulties and undermine policy and discipline in the early stage of entering the summer realm. The solution to this problem is to bring some money to buy it, and then to maintain the tax revenue, collect taxes according to the standards of the Xia State, maintain the needs, and at the same time appropriately 'raise funds' from the large households; and then concentrate all the seizures, allocate them in a unified manner, and solve the problems; after the local government agencies are established, these problems can be easily solved.

The last practical problem is to solve the problem of local management, which is also the most headache for Zhao Ta, which is related to whether he can stand on his feet in the future. The imperial court will definitely send some people, there are so many people waiting for officials in the capital, there is definitely no shortage of people, but whether they can be good officials is a real problem, and it will be a great challenge to let those who are full of mouths, male thieves and female prostitutes in their stomachs manage these unruly feudal people!

Although Zhao Ta has cultivated some reserve talents in advance, some of these people are still interning in Fengzhou, but most of them are engaged in basic work, and the quality and experience are still lacking, but now no one is available, and if it is really not possible, he can only 'fill the number' and choose the best from them, but his main concern is the war, and those troubles can only be thrown to the two veterans first... (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )