Let us sneak into the Southern Tang Dynasty General Staff and formulate the Northern Expedition policy for Li Jing.
The Northern Expedition route of the Southern Tang Dynasty had about four ports from west to east:
, Gwangju.
Reasons for selection: The northwest of the Southern Tang Dynasty is the most important, with convenient transportation, complete military facilities, and the shortest straight-line distance to the Hezhong area and Bianzhou;
Disadvantages: Compared with Nan Chu, a large-scale military build-up will inevitably arouse fear in Nan Chu, easily induce an arms race, and run the risk of misfire.
, Shouzhou.
Reasons for selection: The northern part of the Southern Tang Dynasty is also the most important, and the deputy commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition is Liu Yan, the governor of Shouzhou, which has favorable geographical location and good people;
Cons: The only drawback is that there are no cons.
, Haozhou, Sizhou
Reasons for selection: Like Shouzhou, it is a famous border town in the northern part of the Southern Tang Dynasty and a star fortress at war with the Central Plains. It can flow upstream through the Surabaya River and directly reach the Xuzhou area;
Disadvantages: Same as Shouzhou.
, Haizhou
Reason for selection: Today's Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, is the northeasternmost part of the Southern Tang Dynasty, stretching lonely to the foot of the Shandong Peninsula. The only reason to start from here is that it can have an unexpected effect, because only *** would choose to start from here.
Disadvantages: The farthest from the main battlefield; lack of flank protection, very easy to be "cut off"; although it can catch the enemy, it cannot attack it. Haizhou-Mizhou-Yizhou are the forces of Huainan colluding with the Shandong Peninsula. As an important link for rebel forces (such as the former Qingzhou Jiedushi Wang Shifan), the Central Plains dynasty has always attached great importance to this "Huailu Corridor" and deployed heavy troops in Xuzhou, Yanzhou, Yunzhou, etc.
From a comprehensive analysis, Shouzhou should be the first, and Haozhou and Sizhou can be used as backup. If the elimination method is used, the first one to be excluded is Haizhou.
However, Li Jing did not follow the routine. He perfectly avoided the fixed idea of "optimal solution" and found a new way. He decided to start from the north of Haizhou, along the eastern coastline of the motherland, to the beautiful Shandong half, and then turned around. Xiang, left Shandong, crossed the river, and traveled thousands of miles to rescue Li Shouzhen in the river.
In fact, by leaving Haizhou, we can roughly guess Li Jing's thoughts. He did not really want to rescue Li Shouzhen, but took advantage of Li Shouzhen to contain the main force of the Central Plains in the west and plunder the territory in the eastern part of the Central Plains. If this "Huailu Corridor" is really opened up, it may continue to extend northward, passing through Dezhou-Cangzhou-You, and finally open up a "Huai-Liao Corridor", forming a substantial hard connection with Khitan, thus conspiring with the Central Plains .
Of course, it no longer mattered where Li Jing's planned destination was heading north, because he hadn't even taken a step forward. In short, Li Jing wanted to take advantage of the Central Plains to gain benefits for the Southern Tang Dynasty.
Commander-in-Chief Li Jinquan led the army to advance to Yizhou City according to the prescribed route, and then ordered a full meal to fight, so that he could go on the road after eating.
As soon as the meal was done, the patrol sent back a message saying that there were hundreds of soldiers from the Later Han Dynasty ahead, separated only by a small stream of water from us, and that the hundreds of people were all old, weak, sick, disabled and pregnant... Go ahead and do it!
As soon as the generals picked up the bowl, they immediately threw it down and invited them one after another, intending to grab this easy first victory in the war.
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Li Jin's face was frozen, and he gave the order: If you dare to speak out about war, you will be killed immediately!
The soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty could not hide their disappointment and were afraid of the army. They all looked sideways at Li Jinquan.
At sunset, the soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty sighed, thinking that they had lost a fighting chance. Unexpectedly, a trumpet was suddenly heard in the dense forest ahead. Immediately afterwards, countless ambush troops of the Later Han Dynasty abandoned their formations, their eyes exposed, and their eyes were filled with disappointment. "Empty pole, let's go." According to records, the sound of the golden drums of the Later Han army was heard. For more than ten miles, one can see the large number of ambushes.
Li Jinquan pointed at the retreating Hou Han army and said to the soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty: "Look for yourselves, do you still want to go out and fight?" The soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty were frightened to the core, and they admired and were grateful to Li Jinquan.
For this time, Li Jinquan, the commander-in-chief, did not have enough confidence.
He followed Li Si, Mingzong of the Later Tang Dynasty, as a soldier since he was a child. He was very familiar with the battles of the soldiers in the Central Plains, because the Central Plains had almost never stopped fighting in recent decades, and the soldiers generally had rich practical experience. w_/a_/p_/\_/.\_/c\_/o\_/m
On the other hand, due to Xu Zhigao's recuperation policy, the soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty had not been in contact with the real world for many years, and their combat effectiveness was generally inferior to that of the Central Plains. Moreover, the power center of the Southern Tang Dynasty was controlled by the "Five Ghosts and Four Evils". They put personal interests first and lacked the overall situation. Even if the front is going smoothly, it will inevitably be defeated.
There was a struggle for power in the rear, and the success fell short.
For example, this attempted ambush was such an obvious trap. No one knew the soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty. If Li Jinquan hadn't acted at the right moment, I am afraid that the entire Northern Expedition army would have been annihilated outside Yizhou City.
Although this contact between the Huai and Han armies did not cause substantial damage to the Southern Tang army, it had a huge impact on the morale of the Southern Tang, from Commander-in-Chief Li Jinquan to grassroots officers and soldiers.
Li Jinquan felt that he could not carry these vegetables, so he called everyone to discuss countermeasures. The generals reached a consensus - to withdraw.
At this time, Li Jinquan went to Shu Li and requested to withdraw. When he received a positive reply, Li Jinquan led his troops back to Haizhou.
Li Jing's second Northern Expedition ended in vain.
After withdrawing from the army, Li Jing wrote a letter to Liu Chengyou of the Later Han Dynasty, mediating the affairs in the river, to the effect of making him magnanimous. Li Shouzhen was still a child, and also requested to restore friendly diplomatic relations and resume trade with the Later Han Dynasty.
International politics often follows the objective law of "big countries want face, small countries want lee". If both parties are large or have similar overall strength, then they have to exchange chips with each other. You give in on this issue, and I give in on that issue. You come and go at the negotiating table; and if one of the parties is on the battlefield, If it is obviously at a disadvantage, then it should learn to adapt to the role of a "small country".
The Later Han Dynasty was undoubtedly a big country, and Li Jing believed that the Southern Tang Dynasty was also a big country.
The Southern Tang blatantly interfered in the Hou Han Dynasty and deployed military forces to support the domestic opposition of the Later Han Dynasty. They lost first on moral grounds and then on the battlefield. This created an extremely passive situation for the Southern Tang Dynasty in the subsequent peace talks. However, Li But Jing also pretended to be a big brother, pretending to be a big brother, mediating affairs in the river. \./Hand\./Machine\./Version\./First\./Posted\./Updated\./New~~My face is swollen to make me fat, I don’t know how much I weigh.
Liu Chengyou of the Later Han Dynasty did not give Li Jing any face-to-face contact, and did not respond to Li Jing's letters.
Li Jing was very angry, and the consequences were serious. Third time north, arrange!
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