In the evening, Chief of Staff Zheng Jie called Li Yun to him. Two people who were more than ten years apart sat facing each other, and the older Zheng Jie sighed: "The two divisions are fighting independently. That's a good idea. ”

Li Yun did not think that this was an appreciation, whether he agreed or disagreed, the battle plan for attacking Shaanxi would soon be finalized. However, the Battle of Hebei was still a long way from being finalized, and Zheng Jie and the generals in charge of the battle were very worried. Li Yun waited for Zheng Jie to continue without saying a word.

However, Zheng Jie fell silent. After four or five minutes of silence, Li Yun said: "If the chief of staff has nothing else to do, I will leave." ”

"Wait." Zheng Jie unhappily rejected Li Yun's request. After finishing speaking, he was silent for another two minutes before he said, "Why do you think the official family doesn't agree with our two plans?" ”

Li Yun had actually considered Zheng Jie's question a long time ago, and he replied frankly: "Probably because your plan does not consider how to deal with the Mongolian cavalry corps. ”

"In the Battle of the Yellow River, the Mongol cavalry corps was a failure." Zheng Jie told his reasoning.

"It was not the defeat of the Mongolian cavalry corps, but the official family took the lead in restricting the scope of the Mongolian cavalry corps and forcing them to fight a decisive battle with us!" Li Yun replied immediately.

In the past few years, many people in the Song army have been studying the Battle of the Yellow River. As the largest battle won since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, that process made all the Great Song soldiers feel addicted. Li Yun spent a lot of time and energy analyzing this battle, and it can be seen that Zheng Jie also tried to learn from this all-winning battle.

"I think your plan is to imagine how the Mongols will fight, not to leave the Mongols with only a few options. In the first two years, I also felt that the official family was undoubtedly calculating, but in the last year, I think that the official family is not calculating what the Mongols will do, but knowing how many choices the Mongols have left under the right time and place. Li Yun talked about the experience gained from a very high level.

In the largest battle of the Yellow River that the Song army had fought so far, the Song army fully restricted the movement of the Mongol army through various means. Marshal Ashu was besieged by floods was unexpected, but the use of the New Yellow River to cut off the Mongol army from Shandong and Hebei was a strategically planned situation.

Throughout, the 40,000-strong Mongol army in Shandong failed to fight as a one-sided corps, and when Marshal Ashu was killed, the remaining troops either fled back to Shandong or fell under the direct command of Kublai Khan.

Kublai Khan's attention at that time was attracted by the Yellow River returning to the north, and the Song army's active attack was directed at Huaxian County, the point where Kublai Khan's army was hoarding grain. In order to stop the Song army's attack, Kublai Khan could only respond with a decisive battle with the Song army head-on. If he plays guerrilla warfare, he will definitely lose Huaxian first.

Zhao Guanjia had predicted this before the war, and if the grain and grass in Huaxian County were lost, the Mongol cavalry could only retreat to the rear first. The Song army relied on a military station built every 30 miles to engage the Mongol infantry army, which was very slow to march. The villages along the route simply did not have enough food to supply nearly 100,000 infantry troops, and within three days, the Song army could deal a devastating blow to the food-starved Mongol infantry army. Then he faced the Mongol cavalry corps.

"In my opinion, you are copying the Battle of the Yellow River. It's just that Huaxian County was changed to Dadu. But the two are not the same at all, even if there is no capital, there is no way for the Mongolian army to continue fighting? They still have a lot of space. I think the second half of your plan is wishful thinking. ”

Hearing Li Yun's harsh evaluation, Zheng Jie's face became very ugly. However, his expression changed for a while, and finally said, "Do you think you can't do a fatal blow in the first half of the plan according to the plan?" ”

"Hmm. I don't think the first half of the cut can be fatal with one hit. Hebei is too big, you look at three points, after the battle of Guandu, even if Yuan Shao's main force was annihilated, Cao Cao did not continue to march, but chose to wait and see. It wasn't until the Yuan family itself was infighting and the whole thing was torn apart that he went to take Hebei. If you want to defeat the Mongol army, you must get rid of the Mongol cavalry. ”

After listening to this explanation that anyone could think of, Zheng Jie said irritably: "Of course I understand. But the officials didn't tell us what to do, so we read all the history books and military books. The means of coping have simply not been found. ”

"I don't think the official family will not tell you, but the official family itself does not know." Li Yun gave Zheng Jie an explanation.

"What did you say?" Zheng Jie was shocked.

"The official family has never studied cavalry, and he himself has said this many times. He said that he knew at most breeding, but he did not know how to use cavalry on a large scale. I don't know what to think of the cavalry. I don't think the officials are lying. ”

"How can the official family not understand!" Zheng Jie still couldn't accept this explanation. The entire new Song army was founded by the Zhao official family, and after the Yellow River Campaign, all the generals believed that the Zhao official family was strategizing and omnipotent. Questioning a person who can even block the Yellow River, the generals of the Song army really don't have the courage.

Li Yun can understand Zheng Jie's thoughts. Originally, he also regarded himself as a famous general, believing that he was good at fighting. The Battle of the Yellow River took a heavy toll on his pride, and it was only in the last year or two that he gradually regained his confidence. In this way, Li Yun also understands the importance of talent. It is easier for talented people to make correct judgments, and correct judgments must not be tempted by the result orientation, but obey the law itself to the greatest extent.

Seeing that Zheng Jie seemed to be stuck in the quagmire of result-orientedness, Li Yun said: "If you don't believe it, you might as well ask the official family directly." ”

"That's not going to work!" Zheng Jie immediately objected. If you ask the official family if they don't understand, the result is probably to annoy the official family.

Seeing Zheng Jie's attitude, Li Yun could only say: "If you don't want to ask the official, then you can think about it yourself." ”

Zheng Jie is a lieutenant general, and Li Yun is also a lieutenant general. Although the position in the army is important, there is no reason for a general of the same rank to bow to anyone. Although what Li Yun said was not polite, Zheng Jie couldn't do anything about Li Yun. The meeting ended unhappily.

Two days later, Li Yun's plan was approved. The only problem was that Li Yun wanted to attack as soon as possible, preferably at the end of the Great Song Dynasty in 321, on the grounds that winter would help preserve the Han people to the greatest extent. The military department hoped to launch an offensive next year, after April 322 of the Great Song Dynasty. The reason is that this is the right time for war. The military headquarters felt that the attack in December could easily cause too much logistical pressure.

Li Yun fully defended his battle plan, "We have occupied Luoyang, and Luoyang has recovered a lot in the past few years. Hoarded a lot of food. In December, as long as it is not particularly heavy snow, after conquering Chang'an, some of the men and horses can be allowed to return to Luoyang. After the beginning of spring, we will go to Chang'an. It was not easy for us to send troops in December, and it was even more difficult for the Mongols to send troops. If the enemy faces greater difficulties than we do, then we naturally have an advantage. All we need to do is not be careless. ”

There were not many people in the military department who supported this theory of relative advantage, until Zhao Jiaren said: "Since you are ready to march and fight in the snow, I agree with your plan." ”

At this time, everyone in the military department showed surprised expressions, and some people couldn't help but want to refute, but in the end they didn't speak. After all, Li Yun's plan just looked relatively big, and it did not reach the point of being unreasonable. Moreover, the Zhao official family is the supreme commander of the Song army, whether or not they agree to this plan is the power of the Zhao official family.

Li Yun's plan was approved, but the Hebei plan was not. Zhao Jiaren also said the reason, "I don't know how to fight with a large cavalry corps, so I can't determine the response strategy of the Mongolian army." Although the war is based on continuous bloodshed and sacrifice, and finally accumulated experience, I can't bear to see everyone suffer such a big loss, so I can't make a decision. ”

These words came from Zhao Jiaren's sincerity, but Zheng Jie felt that there was a fire in his heart. He said loudly: "Official, I am willing to lead the troops myself." ”

"It's not your business, it's that our cavalry hasn't been formed. It is naturally the cavalry that can deal with the cavalry, and the cavalry knows best what the cavalry wants. Zhao Jiaren said. He once read an article about the J20, and he was deeply convinced of the development history of the new Chinese Air Force in the 21st century.

At that time, the United States had three and a half generations, and at that time China only had two and a half generations in its hands, so it had to consider using aircraft such as Jian-8 to fight. It was not until the three-and-a-half-generation Jian-10 was produced and the actual combat drill that it was a mistake to understand that the second and a half generations against the third and a half generations was a wrong idea.

When the J-20 was produced, it was assigned to active service and the exercises were carried out. The Air Force realized that the U.S. Air Force's description of the F22's superiority was not that the U.S. Air Force was alarmist, but that the U.S. Air Force itself was frightened by the terrible power of the F22. The tactics of countering fourth-generation aircraft with three and a half generations are wrong.

If you want to know your mistakes realistically, you have to have such an attempt, horses have their own length of time, and the Song army can now use more than 10,000 horses in war, at most it can accept the loss of reconnaissance cavalry. The Mongol army lost tens of thousands of cavalry at the time of the Battle of the Yellow River, and was reluctant to engage the Song army from then on. If the Song army lost tens of thousands of horses, its combat capability would also be greatly reduced.

Zheng Jie said firmly: "Official, if this is the case, our current naval army is enough to occupy Zhigu Village. In Zhigu Village, a city was built that the Mongols could not attack. At the same time, we built a military station from Zhigu Village to Dadu. It can be built every ten miles. Sending 30,000 troops will definitely be able to conquer Dadu. Even if you can't attack, you can attack and defend freely and retreat calmly. I would like to lead the troops myself. ”

This plan is very operable, and Zheng Jie's attitude is firm, full of courage to break the boat.

Seeing that Zhao Jiaren was still a little hesitant, Zheng Jie said loudly: "Official, if someone has to try, I am willing to be this pioneer." And I'm not going to be rash, if the situation is not right, I'll retreat. I also ask the official family to agree. ”

Although Zhao Jiaren was still uneasy in his heart, he also knew that some things could only be like this. With his current experience, it is impossible to really come up with a system of use that is very insightful for cavalry. And in the next twenty years or so, there will probably not be a cavalry system. And more than thirty years later, the Great Song Dynasty may have had a primary armored vehicle, and even if there was no armored vehicle, it probably had a repeating machine gun. The swarm impact of cavalry is greatly reduced, and cavalry is no longer required to fight alone.

"Be careful." Zhao Jiaren said.

With the words of Zhao Guanjia, the Northern Expedition strategy was initially achieved. Five divisions of 45,000 Song troops attacked Dadu from Zhigu Village (Tianjin), and this road was the main direction of attack. Two divisions of 18,000 men set out from Luoyang to attack Shaanxi, which was a partial division. On paper, the whole plan is quite complete.

The Great Song Dynasty had 300,000 troops, and there were about 250,000 that could be used for the Northern Expedition. Only 63,000 men were used in this campaign, about a quarter of the total force. The remaining 190,000 troops can be used more steadily. According to the viewpoint that the strategy is victorious because it is correct, the current Northern Expedition strategy does not seem to have any special problems except that there is no inevitability of victory.

The efficiency of the military department is extremely high, and as soon as the decision was made, there was an immediate action. More than 50 steam wagons and ships that had passed the test were first requisitioned and began to transport troops and supplies northward.

Li Yun went to Kaifeng and led two divisions of the Henan Theater to attack Shaanxi. Zhao Jiaren couldn't help but miss his eldest son Zhao Qian in his heart. Now Zhao Qian is already the deputy platoon commander, and this kid writes less and less often. Judging from his letter, Zhao Qian seems to be a little accustomed to the army. After all, he is a young man, and as long as he is not physically weak, there are few boys who do not like to fight.

When I got home and had dinner, Qin Yuzhen asked Zhao Jiaren: "Is something happening to Da Lang?" ”

"Why do you think that?" Zhao Jiaren replied with a weak heart. His wife is very intuitive a lot of the time.

"You look at me wrong." Qin Yuzhen replied.

"Da Lang's unit is going to war." Zhao Jiaren said bluntly.

"What?" Qin Yuzhen's face turned white when she landed. She first looked in the direction of Zhao Jiaren without focus, and it didn't take long for her beautiful eyes to burst into tears.

"Yuzhen." Zhao Jiaren held his wife's cold hand, "As parents, of course we will worry about Da Lang. But neither you nor I can call him back at this time, nor can we deliberately put him in a safe place. After so many years of fighting, there has never been less than one casualty among the ten men and horses of our Song army, and Da Lang's luck will not be so bad. And once we intervene, Da Lang will feel that we underestimate him, and secondly, he will feel that he is a person who can not take responsibility. How did the surrender of President Lin'an appear, isn't it just a group of people who think they can sit on the throne without taking responsibility! I would not put the position of official in the hands of such a person. ”

Zhao Jiaren only felt that his wife's cold hand was holding his hand tightly, and the heartfelt throbbing turned into trembling and passed to Zhao Jiaren's hand. Although Qin Yuzhen had burst into tears at this time, to Zhao Jiaren's surprise, Qin Yuzhen didn't say anything in the end.

In the next few days, Qin Yuzhen didn't say a word, and often burst into tears every day. Seeing his wife's heartfelt worry, Zhao Jiaren couldn't help but feel a little jealous in addition to pity in his heart. He has sent troops so many times, and he has never seen his wife show such worry. This is really a thousand miles of worries. The person who is really worried about Zhao Jiaren personally may only be Empress Dowager Chen. But Zhao Jiaren had never seen a worried expression on Empress Dowager Chen's face.

People in this world probably only have hatred or expectation for Zhao Jiaren to be such an existence. People who care about Zhao Jiaren himself really exist in this world? Zhao Jiaren couldn't help but have deep doubts.

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