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With such a big move by the Zhao and Song courts, how could Jiang Hongfei not know?

You must know that Jiang Hongfei's number one secret agent, Le He, has always been by Zhao Ji's first favorite Cai You's side.

It is no exaggeration to say that Jiang Hongfei already knew the news as soon as Zhao Ji asked Gao Yu to come to Liangshan.

No.

It should be said that before he started to capture Shandong and Hebei, Jiang Hongfei had already calculated that it was impossible for the Zhao and Song dynasties to sit idly by and watch themselves easily seize these two important regions.

There's no way, whoever makes Shandong or Hebei is too close to Bianliang City in Tokyo.

If Jiang Hongfei successfully captures Shandong and Hebei, then the next step will definitely be to attack Bianliang City in Tokyo, and even send a large army to destroy the Zhao and Song dynasties.

This is unacceptable to Zhao Ji Junchen, and even what Zhao Ji Junchen fears the most.

In this case, Zhao Jijunchen is bound to eliminate Jiang Hongfei, a huge threat.

In the face of this inevitable happening, Jiang Hongfei made preparations with both hands:

On the one hand, while fighting the defense line of the Daimyo's Mansion, he seized the defense line of the Yellow River, completely cut Hebei from the Zhao and Song dynasties, and finally achieved the goal of occupying Hebei.

Daimyofu is adjacent to Guan County and Shen County in Shandong Province in the east, Nanle County in Henan Province in the south, Wei County in the west, Guangping County in the northwest, and Guantao County in the north. There are three rivers in the territory, namely the Zhanghe River, the Wei River and the Maji River, which pass through the north and south of the county, and divide the county into three large blocks: Weidong, Weixi and Zhangbei.

Because the Daimyo Mansion is located at the junction of Hebei, Shandong, and Henan provinces, it is the junction of Hebei and the Central Plains in the chessboard pattern, and the geographical location is very important, also known as the "land of locks and keys", and it is a transportation key point of strategic significance.

In addition, the Daimyo Prefecture area is bordered by the eastern foothills of Taihang Mountain in the west, and the vast North China Plain is located on the southeast, north and south, and the Yellow River, Zhanghe River, Yuhe River and other rivers are important communication lines for the transportation of troops and grains in the Daimyo Prefecture. The Daimyo Mansion has both mountains and rivers that can be relied on, and rivers and waterways can circulate, and it is an important strategic place of "mountain and river metropolis", which is located on the north-south transportation artery, and has been a battleground for soldiers in the past dynasties.

Therefore, the Daimyo's Mansion has always been called: the important town of Heshuo, the key to the north gate.

As long as Jiang Hongfei grasps the front line of the Daimyo's Mansion, he can block the connection between the Zhao and Song Dynasty and Hebei, and he can also link Hebei with his Shandong.

However, for the sake of insurance, Jiang Hongfei simply pushed the defense line along the Yellow River on this basis, that is, to occupy several important towns along the Yellow River, so that the Song army would not dare to cross the Yellow River easily in the future.

These important towns are: Ka Duc, An Lijun, Weizhou, Hanoi (Huanzhou), and the Yellow River Bridge.

In the Gyeonggi area, Sifu was once separated, and the north was built as the North Auxiliary by Shanju (Kaideok Province), so the importance of Kaideok Province is not much to say, and getting it is equivalent to the Yangsan Army hanging a sharp sword above the head of Zhao Jijunchen.

The Daimyo Mansion is an important transit station for transporting grain from the imperial river in the Zhao and Song dynasties, and Huai and Wei are rich and rich, and are the places where military food is supplied, and the Amway Army is located at the southern end of the Yuhe River, which is the transportation hub of the Central Plains to Hebei.

As long as these important towns were under the control of the Liangshan army, even if the Song army crossed the Yellow River, it would not have any supplies, and it would be easy to be attacked and harassed by the Liangshan army occupying these important military towns.

And this Yellow River Bridge is the Junzhou Yellow River Bridge built in the fifth year of Zhao Song Zhenghe and spanning the three mountains of Daling Mountain, Phoenix Mountain and Purple Mountain.

——This bridge is divided into two sections, Zhao Ji has issued an edict to give the name, the pontoon bridge of the section from Da Ling Mountain to Phoenix Mountain is called Tiancheng Bridge, which belongs to Junzhou; The pontoon bridge from Phoenix Mountain to Purple Mountain is called Rongguang Bridge (later changed to Shenggong Bridge), which belongs to Huazhou.

The Junzhou Yellow River Bridge is the key point on the Yellow River and the gateway to the north, so its strategic significance is extremely important.

Occupying this bridge, as well as Liyangjin (the crossing of the Yellow River in Junzhou), could effectively prevent the Song army from moving north, and secondly, it could be used to quickly attack the Gyeonggi region.

In history, the Jin people went south, and the Zhao and Song courts were shocked when they heard the news, and in order to strengthen the defense line of the Yellow River, they urgently sent Liang Fangping to lead 70,000 troops to defend Liyangjin. In the same month, the Jindong Route Army captured Zhending and forced Junzhou. The Zhao and Song dynasties also sent He Guan, the deputy envoy of Hebei Hedong, to Junzhou with 20,000 troops to reinforce them, and Liang Fangping held the Yellow River Tiancheng and Shenggong two pontoon bridges to resist the Jin soldiers.

Later, the Jurchen cavalry marched day and night, galloping across the Junzhou border to the Yellow River. Liang Fangping led his troops to garrison the north bank of the Yellow River, and when he saw the arrival of the Jin soldiers, he rushed to run. The Jin army rushed all the way to the south, and the Song army was no longer reunited. He Guan, who was stationed on the south bank of the Yellow River, was in a hurry to burn the pontoon bridge, wanting to take advantage of the danger to block the Jin soldiers. At that time, the pontoon bridge was crowded with the Song Dynasty rout army that had not yet crossed the river, and more than 1,000 soldiers were instantly buried in the Yellow River. Liang Fangping fled without a fight. He Guan saw that the situation was not good, and also retreated to Liyangjin. The officers and men guarding the bridge on the south bank of the Yellow River fled.

The Jin army occupied Junzhou and crossed the river by boat. A boat can only accommodate a few people, and the golden soldiers will be crossed in five days. The cavalry followed the crossing, pursued the routed army, and approached the Beijing division.

After occupying the Junzhou Yellow River Bridge, Shuibo Liangshan has another benefit.

That is, if the Liangshan army wants to fight a defensive battle with the Song army, it can fight a defensive war, and if the Liangshan army wants to fight a decisive battle with the Song army, the Song army must obediently come to the decisive battle.

- Otherwise, as long as Liang Shanjun crosses the bridge in a big way, Zhao Jijun's courage will be frightened.

However, Jiang Hongfei does not want to fight Song Jun yet.

The reason why Jiang Hongfei didn't want to fight a decisive battle with the Song army,

First, the person who is currently desperate for a quick solution is not Jiang Hongfei, but Zhao Jijunchen.

For today, Jiang Hongfei has prepared too long and too sufficiently, and for food alone, Jiang Hongfei has already saved thirty or forty million stones.

On the contrary, the Zhao Song Dynasty has now lost its economic and food powerhouse, the Jiangnan region, and even if Tong Guan recovers a little, it will become a scorched earth, and it will not be able to supply blood to the Zhao Song Dynasty in a short time.

In this case, the two sides fought a war of attrition, and the losing side must be the Zhao and Song dynasties.

Second, although the Liangshan army has divided Hebei from the Zhao and Song dynasties, there are still large areas in Hebei that are not under the control of Shuibo Liangshan, and there are still a large number of Song troops there.

——Conquering the whole of Hebei is not something that can be completed in a short period of time, and the more it drags on, the more difficult it becomes, and when the Zhao and Song dynasties have just transferred the main army of Hebei to the southeast to suppress Fangla, it is the best time for Jiang Hongfei to occupy Hebei.

Third, the current situation is that if Jiang Hongfei fights too hard here, it is difficult to guarantee that the Western Army or Tong Guan will not come to reinforce him.

- In that case, it is equivalent to Jiang Hongfei sharing the pressure for Tian Hu, Wang Qing, and Fang La, and on the contrary, it is Tian Hu, Wang Qing, and Fang La who share the pressure for Jiang Hongfei. To put it bluntly, Jiang Hongfei also has to prepare for everyone to compete in the Central Plains in the future.

Based on these, Jiang Hongfei discussed with a group of military advisors and decided:

Xu Guanzhong led the Second Infantry Army and the First Ma Army to clean up the forces of the Zhao and Song dynasties around the Daimyo's Mansion, and then guarded the Daimyo's Mansion.

By the Fourth Army of Infantry and the Fourth Army of Ma, the forces of the Zhao and Song Dynasty around Kaide Mansion were cleaned up, and then Kaide Mansion was guarded.

The Fifth Army of Infantry and the Eighth Army of Ma cleaned up the forces of the Zhao and Song dynasties around the Amway Army and the Amway Army, and then guarded the Amway Army.

The Seventh Army of Infantry and the Third Army of Ma cleaned up the forces of the Zhao and Song Dynasty around Weizhou and guarded the state.

The Ninth Army of Infantry and the Second Army of Ma cleaned up the forces of the Zhao and Song Dynasty in the Hanoi area and defended the Hanoi area.

The 10th Infantry Army and the 11th Ma Army guarded Liyangjin and Junzhou, and held the Yellow River Tiancheng and Shenggong 2nd pontoon bridges.

Xiao Jiasui led the Third Infantry Army, the Fifth Ma Army, the Ma Sixth Army and garrisons from all over Shandong to defend the Shandong region.

In addition, Sun Jing led the Ma 9th Army, Ma 10th Army, and 11th Infantry Army to capture the Hebei East Road; Zhu Wu led the 12th Army, the 13th Army, and the 6th Army of the Infantry to capture the West Hebei Road.

Jiang Hongfei personally led the remaining army and a group of sailors and garrisons in Shuibo Liangshan to mediate with the "million army" led by Gao Yu.

Under this grand strategy, Jiang Hongfei's second-hand preparation was to eliminate the hidden dangers in Shuibo Liangshan as much as possible and consolidate the defense line in Shuibo Liangshan as much as possible.

To eliminate hidden dangers, the main thing is to knock down Dongping Mansion, Dongchang Mansion and other places that have not yet been defeated by the Liangshan Army in Shandong before.

- Previously, there were 100,000 forbidden troops, Xiang troops, and township troops led by Zhang Ji, the general of Shandong Zhenfu and Mrs. Jia in this area, and I have to admit that although Mrs. Jia is a woman, she does have a set, and she has fierce generals like Dong Ping and Zhang Qing, and it is not easy to fight for a while, so the Liangshan army will let this place pass.

In fact, in Shandong, the Liangshan Army did not fight down, not only Dongping Mansion and Dongchang Mansion.

There are a few other areas.

For example, Xingqing Mansion and Puzhou.

Yuncheng County in Puzhou is a nail wedged into Shuibo Liangshan.

In addition, the southern areas of Shandong, such as Yingtianfu in Nanjing, the southern area of Xuzhou, and the Huaiyang Army, were not under the control of the Liangshan Army.

In addition, there is also a small area in the Qingnan area of Qingzhou (that is, Zhengyi Village, the area controlled by Yun Tianbiao, and the area of Halal Mountain) that is not under the control of the Liangshan Army.

The central mountainous area in Shandong is prominent, the southwest and northwest are low-lying and flat, and the eastern part is gently undulating, forming a topographical trend with mountains and hills as the skeleton and plain basins staggered and intertwined.

According to the current occupied area of Shuibo Liangshan and the natural conditions of Shandong.

If Yun Tianbiao in the Qingnan region did not withdraw in time, they might be trapped and killed in Qingzhou by Xiao Jiasui and them.

Therefore, in this area, Jiang Hongfei is not worried.

Jiang Hongfei estimated that although the people of Zhengyi Village and the people of Qinghal Mountain were definitely unwilling to leave, most of them would eventually abandon the area that was easy to defend and difficult to attack under the persuasion of Yun Tianbiao, and chose to break through and leave Shandong.

And once Yun Tianbiao and they dare to move, Xiao Jiasui, Cao Zheng, Hua Rong, Luan Tingyu and others, who have been staring at them, not to mention eating this Song army 100%, will definitely bite a large piece of meat on them until they completely leave Shandong.

And that area in the south of Shandong was deliberately not wanted by Jiang Hongfei, for no other reason, just because that area was difficult to defend and easy to attack, and after asking for it, it would greatly waste the troops of Shuibo Liangshan.

Needless to say, Xingqing Mansion and Puzhou should be the main battlefield of the battle between the Liangshan army and the Song army.

As for the area of Dongping Mansion and Dongchang Mansion, it is necessary to concentrate forces to fight a dozen battles, after all, the Liangshan Army must avoid fighting on two fronts.

Looking at Jiang Hongfei's current territory, the only loophole is actually here in Yizhou.

Yizhou controlled the only access to Shandong on the eastern side of the hills, and if the Song army entered Shandong in a big way from here, it could be fed by war, then the Zhao and Song dynasties might not be afraid of fighting a war of attrition with Shuibo Liangshan.

As long as Shuibo Liangshan blocks this passage and then exterminates the Song army in the area of Dongping Mansion and Dongchang Mansion, the Song army will have to obediently fight the Liangshan army in the area of Xingqing Mansion and Puzhou!!

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Yizhou.

Qingyun Mountain.

Jiang Hongfei and Liu Huiniang took the leaders of the pro-guard army and Di Yun, the owner of the Qingyun Mountain sub-village, and went down the mountain for several days to see the location.

There was an empty city in the south of that mountain, and there was a thief patrol stationed in the past, and the city was within a radius of five or six miles, and then it was moved elsewhere, and the empty city was still there.

Liu Huiniang explained to Di Yun: "This city is up well, just repair it according to the original foundation, and there is no need to renovate it." However, there is no need for four gates, the east gate is directly blocked, and a sub-city is built outside the west gate and the south gate. Then he pointed with a horsewhip: "Two earthen walls are built outside the north gate, and they are connected to the foot of Qingyun Mountain to make a pass." ”

The group went into the city again, and saw that the doors of the city gate were gone, and the withered grass in the city was striking the horse's belly, and there was no one to be seen, not a single house. There is only one martial arts hall, and most of it has collapsed, and it looks like a teaching ground in front of it. There is a broken temple outside the wall, and it is said that it is a Guanwang temple, and there is a city god hall behind.

The group saw it and rode south.

Along the way, Liu Huiniang asked the guards to hold the compass, holding the pole, she suddenly rode a horse, suddenly walked, went to Zhang in the east, looked at the west, and pointed and said: A certain place is good to build a fort, a certain place is good to build a watchtower, a certain place is good to dig trenches, and a certain place is good to set up Binghuang.

Jiang Hongfei, who has read the Book of Heaven, also understands the art of war, but he did not say anything, let alone express his opinions, but like everyone else, what Liu Huiniang says, is what it is.

The reason why this is the case is that Jiang Hongfei knows that Liu Huiniang's level is much higher than his own, and secondly, Liu Huiniang's arrangement, Jiang Hongfei is very satisfied.

For two or three days, Jiang Hongfei and Liu Huiniang took a look at the surrounding situation, and then returned to Qingyun Cottage.

Jiang Hongfei saw Liu Huiniang locking her willow eyebrows, bowed her head and said nothing, and asked, "What is the lady chanting, is it for that Zhangjia Daokou?" ”

Liu Huiniang said: "Exactly. Looking at this situation, only the Humen Gate in the north is the most dangerous, and the two mountains are pressing one of the roads, leaning on Aishan, it is really like a tiger's claws on the ground. A few forts were built there, but only more than 1,000 people were needed to guard them, and even his hundreds of thousands of male soldiers could not attack them. The Luchuan area is also easy to deal with, and more Binghuang watchtowers are set up, and they are also guarded. It's just that Zhangjia Road crossing, even more than ten miles, flat and flat, there is no place to take root. If the Song army came here in a big way, Hugh said that he would be guarding, that is, he would escape, and there would be nowhere to hide in his eagerness. Only by building a brick city and setting up a trench to reach the Wei River is the best policy. But this project is huge, and it will take a year and a half. How could the Song army wait for me to build the city? ”

At this time, a voice suddenly sounded: "Don't worry about the virtuous niece, the old man has already arranged it there......"

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(End of chapter)