Chapter 313: The Donkey Army
The plan for the conquest of the Northern Han has been decided.
There were three major military meetings.
Xu Yongzhi was summoned to attend these three meetings.
It's ridiculous to say, he can come, and it has to be said that it was Li Lianqiao's suggestion.
"Official, if Xu Yongzhi is preparing for a battle, he is still a usable person, and he can still use his ability before killing him."
After saying this, Zhao Guangyi finally decided to let Xu Yongzhi participate in the plan to conquer Taiyuan.
After Xu Yongzhi finished reading this plan, he didn't know what to say.
What a shit plan this is!
In fact, there are suitable people, Cao Bin can, Guo Jin of the North Road is also a famous general who is familiar with the situation in Taiyuan, otherwise, it will be handed over to Pan Mei, and it must be stronger than the current plan.
Looking at it now, it was a plan to put together all the famous generals of the North Road and fill it with a powerful army on paper.
"If you only fight Taiyuan, an army of 60,000 people is enough, plus the heavy people, there are also hundreds of thousands of troops, what is the matter with such a large-scale mobilization in Hebei on the east road?"
Don't look at Zhao Guangyi's plan, Zhao Guangyi will definitely not pay attention to him, it is Pan Mei who answers.
"Prevent the invasion of the Khitans." Pan Mei said.
"It's winter, and the Khitans won't be able to move their troops until at least March." Xu Yongzhi looked at Pan Mei.
"Sometimes, you have to think about the big picture, Lord Xu." Pan Mei looked at Xu Yongzhi.
This meaning couldn't be clearer, don't talk nonsense, this is what the emperor meant.
"If the Khitans march, they must go through Shiling Pass, not from the east to the south, Taiyuan's fate hangs by a thread, and the strategy of encircling Wei to save Zhao does not work, even if they can fight the Juma River, as soon as Taiyuan is finished, the Khitans' plan will fail, so there is no need to mobilize so many people on the eastern front, unless ......"
"Unless what?" Zhao Guangyi asked in a low voice.
"Unless Your Majesty is ready to conquer Taiyuan, you will immediately subdue the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun." Xu Yongzhi said.
This time I guessed Zhao Guangyi's plan.
"Bold!" Zhang Xun shouted.
Both of them are involved in political affairs, both are deputy ministers, Zhang Yi worships the prime minister early, but Xu Yongzhi's qualifications are much older, at that time Zhang Xun was still a puppet official in the Southern Tang Dynasty, he came out to scold such a mouth, which is actually rude.
"You," Xu Yongzhi looked at Zhang Xun, "You know a fart!" ”
"Official, look at him!" Zhang Yi sued Zhao Guangyi.
Zhao Guangyi looked at Xu Yongzhi.
"Yongzhi, I really mean that, is there a problem?"
This sentence is right, what can be the problem of opening up territory and attacking the enemy?
"There's nowhere to supply food." Xu Yongzhi said.
"When Taiyuan is conquered, there will naturally be Liu Jiyuan's treasury to supply the army!"
Zhao Guangyi is now raising the bar with Xu Yongzhi.
Obtaining food on the spot was indeed a common situation in ancient warfare.
But when the war ended, it was probably March and April.
In addition, the siege of Taiyuan itself will also cause the consumption of grain and grass in Taiyuan City, and the grain and grass that can be left to the Song army are only very few.
It is said that Xu Yongzhi should have said "Your Majesty Shengming" at this time and stopped talking.
But he couldn't help it, he had no loyalty to Zhao Er, but he had obligations to Da Song.
"According to the information of the children's genealogy, Taiyuan is very barren and has no wealth to use." Xu Yongzhi said.
Since Xu Zongpu entered Taiyuan and was recruited again, Taiyuan's intelligence has continued to return to Bianliang, which is an important confidence for Zhao Guangyi.
"Really? According to my daughter's information, Taiyuan is still very rich. ”
The emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty only gave 3,000 horses for reward, how could this be a rich man? Xu Yongzhi thought.
"Could it be that the horse has any unique information, and he only told Lord Xu, and didn't tell the official family?" Zhang Yi said.
This is ill-intentioned.
"The information from the Skynet Division can be seen by all the ministers here today, and everyone will have their own judgment." Xu Yongzhi said.
"Okay," Zhao Guangyi flicked his sleeves, "I've been in the forbidden army for a long time, don't you know the soldiers?" Needless to say, let's follow this plan. ”
"Xu Jin!" Zhao Guangyi looked at Xu Yongzhi.
"Your Majesty." Xu Yongzhi said.
"You take the lead." Zhao Guangyi said.
"Yes."
Xu Yongzhi came out of the palace gate, and Zhao Tingmei hurried a few steps to catch up with Xu Yongzhi.
"Congratulations to Brother Xu."
"Your Highness, why do you say that?"
"Your Majesty allows your brother to take charge of the army and make meritorious contributions, this is a great opportunity." Zhao Tingmei said.
Xu Yongzhi looked at Zhao Tingmei.
Since Li Yu's death, Zhao Tingmei is really depressed, he is getting thinner and thinner, Chen Xiaohuan once asked several old doctors from Shanzitang to diagnose his pulse, but they all said that it was caused by worry.
He didn't want to move, and he didn't want to go out, Chen Xiaohuan went to see him, and he could still talk to him, and he could barely go to the court and the council, fortunately, most things were actually taken care of by the people below.
"Your Highness, this is not good, just look back at the soldier I gave me." Xu Yongzhi said.
Sure enough, as Xu Yongzhi expected, Zhao Guangyi gave Xu Yongzhi a box army from Shanxi and Hebei, with 5,000 people, and ordered all departments of the forbidden army not to transfer people to Xu Yongzhi.
"This is cannon fodder!" Zhao Tingmei came to Xu Yongzhi, and she was irritable in the Xu family's living room.
"Your Highness, there is no other way." Xu Yongzhi said quietly.
"I'll go find the second brother!" Zhao Tingmei turned around to leave.
"Please don't go, Your Highness, for my sake." Xu Yongzhi said.
"Your Highness still doesn't understand? You have long been useless in talking, and if you are useful in speaking, how can you die if you disobey your orders? Duan Meimei said.
"I said sister-in-law of the Xu family, you can't help but be too stinging when you speak." Zhao Tingmei looked at Duan Meimei.
"I don't say so clearly, men are prone to illusions and think that they still have face, but in fact, what face do we have? The people with names on the Golden Kui Alliance are all fish ......and meat," Duan Meimei said.
"Don't talk about it." Xu Yongzhi drank Duan Meimei.
"What then? Is it just like that......" Zhao Tingmei said sadly while holding her head.
"It's not that bad, don't forget that the genealogy is still in Taiyuan, inside the enemy." Xu Yongzhi said.
"Yes, can you assassinate Liu Jiyuan?" Zhao Tingmei asked.
"That's meaningless, what I'm looking forward to is to let Taiyuan City open." Xu Yongzhi said.
"Can I do something for you?" Zhao Tingmei's face was sincere.
"You help me keep an eye on Zhang Xun, this person is now the person who wants to do bad things to me the most!" Xu Yongzhi said.
"Okay, I'll take care of that!" Zhao Tingmei said.
Kaifeng Mansion has not been idle in recent months, Xu Yongzhi from the veterans who were demobilized in the past and the disciples of the beggar gang, helped Zhao Tingmei select a group of people to enrich the third class of Kaifeng Mansion, and begged Li Daoran, a disciple of Zhang Bei's uncle, to be a guide to swordsmanship, coupled with Zhao Hu's careful training, Kaifeng Mansion's intelligence and arrest capabilities are gradually recovering, and those who are disobedient and have two hearts have been reprimanded or dismissed, at least not like in the past, worn into a sieve by Wu Desi.
Xu Yongzhi, Duan Meimei, and Xiaogui went to the front line in Shanxi non-stop and went to see the troops assigned to them.
A large collection of the old and weak, the wounded and sick.
Look at these people who feel miserable.
Fortunately, Xu Yongzhi had been mentally prepared for a long time, and he treated these people for the treatment of diseases and malnutrition, killed pigs and sheep for them, and rested for half a month before these people's bodies recovered.
Training or something, don't count on it.
In terms of armament, he applied to the imperial court for a divine arm bow, but Zhang Xun made it difficult in every way, once he said that the budget was tight, and the second time he said that he would give priority to the supply of the forbidden army.
Fortunately, the Xu family was not short of money, sent the drawings, and asked the shopkeepers from all over the Tuoshan Zitang to find local craftsmen to build the god arm bow, and sent it to the front line in one go, only the lack of military horses, bought a lot of pack horses, passenger horses, and sent them to the front line.
"Did this work?" Duan Meimei asked.
"It's better than nothing." Xu Yongzhi said.
The crossbowmen themselves could not fight on horseback, but if they had horses, they could go farther, and this was Xu Yongzhi's plan.
Of course, he didn't say that the other thing is that those who have horses will run away faster.
Shanzitang in Anguo County has always been a big store in Shanzitang, and the shopkeeper of that store was the most ingenious and sent a thousand donkeys over.
"Hebei lacks military horses, and has requisitioned civilian horses for a long time, and we use donkeys to pull carts, and send 1,000 donkeys to Taihang, which can pull carts, ride, and eat meat." It is written in the epistle.
This army has become the laughing stock of friendly forces, the Hujie army on the front line, and Xu Yongzhi's old department are the most discordant.
"An army of donkeys!"
"When you run for your life, can you outrun the Khitans on a donkey?"
There were also soldiers who were not angry and wanted to quarrel with each other, but they were all driven back with people by Duan Meimei.
"Go and fight the enemy, these goods, what do they do!"
Hu Jiejun on the opposite side saw that it was Mrs. Fate, and he knew how powerful she was, and he didn't dare to say mean words, for fear of being beaten, so he obediently apologized and left.
"Xianggong, is this okay?" Xiaogui is actually very worried.
"It's not a question of whether it's okay or not, if we take this group of people, Zhao Er wants them to suffer heavy casualties, and then investigate and deal with me, then I'll let them have fewer casualties, which is also good." Xu Yongzhi said.
Xiao Gui sighed, knowing that there was only one way to do this, and at the same time, she had been using a parrot to contact Taiyuan City, hoping to promote the opening of Taiyuan City as soon as possible.
Pan Mei was confirmed as the chief general of the Northern Han Dynasty, and Xu Yongzhi was assigned to his command.
Pan Mei's order was to attack on the ninth day of the first lunar month.
On that day, Xu Yongzhi set off with an army of 5,000 donkeys.
He didn't know that this was the last time he commanded the army of the Great Song, and the army of the Great Song would soon experience a terrifying defeat.
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