Chapter 133: Jing Xiang's Strategy's Offensive Termination Line

Jingxiang was too important to the Southern Song Dynasty, just like Wang Yan said very vividly, that is, the testicles of the Great Song Dynasty, as soon as this "testicle theory" came out, the group of oppositionists (surrender factions, mostly civilian officials) who were still shouting in the palace at the beginning were silenced at once.

People think that this statement is too vulgar, how can such uncivilized words appear in the recital to the officials, it should be removed, and Wang Yan, who invented the "testicle theory", should be dismissed, and he has lost his official body. They tried to divert the discussion and put the discussion of the Battle of Jingxiang on hold, but Gojong Zhao Gou saw their intentions and stopped their attempt to sabotage the battle plan.

Therefore, the matter of launching the Jingxiang campaign was forcibly passed at the meeting in front of the palace. The specific discussion of the battle was carried out among a few generals in the Privy Council and a few senior officers of the second rank and above on the left and right, which was a top secret and should not be discussed on a large scale.

The main topic of discussion was the campaign plan provided by Wang Yan.

We can see that this plan was actually compiled by Gao Zhong and his group of staff officers, and Wang Yan copied it for a whole day to complete. Seeing the full vernacular, Wang Yan just changed a few words that didn't make sense. He also shook his head at his new apprentice in this aspect, if this high pet went to take the exam, he would definitely be a hundred miles away from Sun Mountain, but the place would not let a rough person with a mouth full of vernacular go to take the exam.

The general idea of this campaign design is to attack the west with the sound of the east, the virtual is real, the real is virtual, and if you should not be in the virtual place, it will become true, but if you should do, he will not fight with you.

Therefore, in terms of grand strategy, the left army of Han Shizhong's Shenwu Army on the eastern front made a feint and sent more than 30,000 elite soldiers to cross the river to the north, making a posture of attacking Huai'an, Suqian, and Haizhou, and hyping it up, lest the Jin army, the Qi army, and the general public not know.

On the middle line, Liu Guangshi, who was stationed in Tunchizhou, set out from the Wuwei Army to attack Luzhou and Huainan, and made a posture of attacking Xu Beng with Han Shizhong on the eastern front. However, it is required that the attack on Luzhou be real, and the attack on the eastern front should be false, in order to prepare for the upcoming Jingxiang Campaign.

The battle against the six states of Jingxiang was dominated by Yue Fei's Shenwu rear army, and Wang Yan and Gao Chong's troops responded to the counterattack behind the scenes. For the Jingnan Prefecture, Yue, Etan, Dingli, Huangzhou, and Hanyang Army, Wang Xie led the Shenwu Rear Army in Ezhou as the general reserve for the attack of the Yuejia Army and the Shenwu Rear Army.

All the food, weapons and equipment were raised by Shen Zhaoyuan, a member of the household department.

The purpose of the whole campaign was to recover the six prefectures of Jingxiang, with special emphasis on occupying Xiangyang, a military stronghold.

Seeing this arrangement, Han Shizhong didn't agree, you see that his troops worked hard and lost money, wasted money and food, but they couldn't fight without results. He said to the privy envoy Zhang Jun:

"Master Zhang, Yue Fei fought Jing Xiang and it was a dead task, I won't say it, that fearing death ghost Liu Guangshi also has the task of attacking Luzhou, Wang Xie with the Shenwu rear army, when the time comes, you can expand the results of the battle, once Yue Fei can't do it, you can go up. And I want to send more than 30,000 troops, I can only carry out an armed march there, but I will neither attack the city nor kill the thieves, my pressure is so great, do you think you can also fight a few times, get a city to attack? ”

"I said Lao Han, you don't know people's intentions, the eastern front is the main channel for the Jin army to attack my Great Song Dynasty, although there are some water networks and rivers, but it is also a flat river, if you encounter the Jin army's large army, and fight with it, you may not get any benefits. So the offense is fake, and the defense is true, and then you still send more scouts and send them farther away, and it is better to press the spies of the previous year in other people's cities, and shrink back when the wind blows, so as not to make people fight bloody dogs, and we have to fight fires everywhere. ”

"Master Zhang, we are no better than in previous years, at that time, the soldiers were veterans and remnants, I only saw those who had food but did not see those who could fight, and there was a shortage of food and armaments, and it was really not vulnerable to attack on the battlefield. But now we are also considered strong and strong, and we also have five or six thousand cavalry that can resist one or two hits, don't underestimate it. If there are too many people from the Jin army, this is not in line with the official family, and we can take back Jingxiang. Speaking of this Jing Xiang, Wang Yan is really right, he is my testicles of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

"Testicles, that's our man's death hole, people can't really move when they pinch it." Zhang Jun also sighed. So he also really persuaded Zhao Gou to beat it back, and Jing Xiang was passive everywhere. Zhao Gou also saw this passive situation, many literati did not know military geography, and took it for granted that Zhao Gou could let him rest on the side first.

"Let's talk about it, someone didn't sue in front of the officials, saying that Old Man Wang was immoral, you said that this matter is complete, what is this. I can't say that this thing grows on us, alas. "The horse army in front of the palace on the side commanded Yang Cunzhong to intervene and chat. He is also a military general, and he is usually a bold person, his original name was Yang Xinzhong, but Yue Gou changed his name to Yang Cunzhong.

Yang Cunzhong is the great-great-grandson of the famous general Yang Ye of the Northern Song Dynasty, although his family is not prosperous, he can be regarded as a member of the Yang family. Among them, his grandfather Yang Zongmin died in the defense of Chang'an, and his father Yang Zhen and younger brothers Juzhong and Zhizhong were also killed in Linzhou, and he was the only bloodline of their team. Yang Cunzhong also inherited the glorious tradition of the Yang family, and has been engaged in the fight against Jin all his life. Together with Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Liu Qi and others, who were famous at the time, he was known as the "Ten Generals of Nandu" and worked hard to maintain the partial peace of the Southern Song Dynasty.

"Come here, everyone, let's get down to business again."

Zhang Jun called everyone, the layout of the entire battle, everyone has no opinion, but to what extent is this ambushed, Zhao Gouke has explained, looking at such a big emotion, the whole country is almost mobilized, just for a Jing Xiang.

But the treasury was empty, and the battle could not be fought for a few days. This kind of thing can't be said to the people below, in case of an accident the whole front collapses, it is a terrible thing, at that time only horses were used as a means of communication, and the news was lagging behind, so there was no custom in advance, and you rushed to someone's nest alone to make dumplings. But if you are too conservative and ask for instructions on everything, you don't have to fight this battle, what else do you fight if you lose the fighter, so the general is outside, the king's order is not subject to it, and the general is given the right to dispose of the opportunity.

"That's how far this battle has got."

"For the Eastern Front, Lao Han is already clear, just a feint, if the enemy ignores it, just really come here, hurt them and let them take care of it, in order to achieve the purpose of attracting the enemy army, the enemy does not come to help, but the enemy troops on your ground cannot be withdrawn, otherwise it is your Lao Han's responsibility. Old Han, you are a veteran, you have to master this measure. Zhang Jun commanded.

"For the middle line, this Luzhou wants to be defeated, and you should also know that this Luzhou is a barrier of great strategic significance to the middle line, so you have to use this opportunity to take it, and after taking it, you must make a posture of attacking Huainan. And whether he can attack again or not, let Liu Guangshi decide by himself, but Liu Guangshi, you also know, his sense of proportion must be able to grasp well. ”

This Zhang Jun can also speak, everyone knows that Guangshi is afraid of death, and it is really difficult for him to take the initiative to attack.

"As for Yue Fei's department, this Yue Fei is young and vigorous, if the attack goes well, he will fight until Huanglong, so let him fight until the six counties of Jingxiang." In fact, everyone knows that if the six counties can be lowered, it is too normal to have one or two more states, but what I am afraid of is that Yue Fei's blood will surge and poke out the leak.

This is the mantra on Sun Wukong's head.