Zhao Kai led an army of 100,000 to Hezhong Prefecture and Xiezhou?
Isn't this too fast?
Hezhong Prefecture and Xiezhou are far away from Taiyuan! How could his army of 100,000 arrive so quickly?
The expressions on the faces of the generals of the Western Army who were present suddenly became solemn... They originally planned to fight Zhao Kai as Brother Weiming of the Western Thief, but they did not expect that a hundred thousand troops roared in. . It came so quickly, this seems to be Yuan Hao's level!
Moreover, Zhao Kai had defeated the real gold thief before... He also solved the siege of Taiyuan and recovered Xinzhou, Daizhou, Xianzhou, and Ninghua Army!
To be able to fight such a battle, among other things, Zhao Kai must have a very high level of military ability. And here at home...
These generals of the Western Army glanced at Qian Gai, Fan Zhixu, Wang Shu, Zongze... three old scholars and a white-faced scholar! Needless to say, it was the four of them who commanded the Western Shaanxi Army to fight Zhao Kai.
Use literature to control martial arts!
Now that the imperial court has disappeared somewhere, it will no longer be possible to control it from the center, but it will not change to control the military with culture!
The four laymen must have discussed it before letting these unlucky warriors carry it out... If Lao Zhong and Lao Yao were here, they might still be able to resist.
But now there are only a group of second- and third-rate characters left. Who dares to resist Qian Gai and Fan Zhixu's blind command?
I'm afraid my life will be in vain by then!
Qian Gai and Fan Zhixu are actually very vain... They have no money!
There is no problem in letting them be the imperial generals. They are not characters like Lao Zhong and Lao Yao. Among this group of people, the three who are a little tougher are Qu Duan, Miao Fu, and Liu Zhengyan. How dare they rebel?
But it would be difficult for them to command troops without enough goods to distribute!
The general will not dare to fight back, but the soldier can run away!
If you take enough money, you will run away, let alone if you don’t have much money to take?
To be honest, these two old men are not capable of commanding a large army, so now they can only ask Wang Shu and Zong Ze for advice.
Wang Shu twirled his black beard, frowned deeply, and seemed to be thinking hard. After a while, he nodded and said: "The troops from the east of the river are powerful. It seems that they are heading straight for Jingzhao Mansion!"
This judgment should not be wrong... Jingzhao Mansion was built on the ruins of the original Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty. Although it cannot be compared with the original Chang'an City, its political significance is still extraordinary!
Once Zhao Kai occupies Jingzhao Mansion, he will have a political center that can truly be compared with Kaifeng Mansion!
Moreover, this political center is located in the heart of the four powerful dynasties of Qin, Han, Sui and Tang. It has been the residence of emperors since ancient times and can give the people of the Central Plains great expectations.
Once Zhao Huan abandons the Central Plains and favors the south of the Yangtze River, people in the Central Plains will definitely look west to Chang'an... So in Wang Shu's view, the outcome of the Battle of Guanzhong depends on the Jingzhao Mansion!
As for the battle for the legitimacy of the Song Dynasty, it depends on who can stay in the northern part of the Central Plains to lead the fight against the Jin Dynasty?
Once Zhao Kai captures Guanzhong, he only needs to hold on until Zhao Huan escapes.
Until then, who would dare to say that Zhao Kai is unorthodox?
Wang Shu added: "So most of Hezhong, Jiezhou and Shaanzhou cannot be defended. For the current plan, we can only station other troops in Tongguan, Huazhou, Tongzhou and Danzhou to guard Guanhe and delay their troops.
At the same time, he gathered more troops in Jingzhao Fucheng and took strict precautions to wait for the rebels. If the bandits arrive in large numbers, they can defend the city and overwhelm their army. If the thieves are few, then go out of the city to fight decisively and annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop! "
Zongze touched his white beard, frowned and said: "If we want to fight in Jingzhao Mansion, then there is no need to defend Tongguan, Huazhou, Tongzhou, and Danzhou. If there are few troops in those places, it will not be enough to defend them. If there are too many troops, they will not be defended." Then there will be fewer soldiers in Jingzhao Mansion. It is better to concentrate on fighting Zhao Kai in Jingzhao Mansion!
In addition, Baqiao Town outside Jingzhao Prefecture was guarded by troops... making Jingzhao Prefecture and Ba Shang the horns of each other, so that they could last long. "
Qian Gai turned to look at Fan Zhixu.
Fan Zhixu said: "General Secretary, I think what Grand Administrator Zong said is true. Why don't we just set up a stronghold in Baqiao and let Xia Guan take charge personally!"
Qian Gai nodded, "Okay! Let's do it like this... We will gather our troops in Jingzhao Mansion! Zhao Kai's advantage lies in speed when he raises troops to plot rebellion. We won't let him speed up, so we will attack Jingzhao Mansion." If the government drags him with him for three to five months, his military morale will definitely be in chaos, and it will not be difficult to kill him again."
Is it really not difficult?
I hope so!
The military attachés present all murmured a little... If you can't fight in the field, it's not easy to win by defending the city! Moreover, Jingzhao Fucheng was built in the late Tang Dynasty. It has been more than 200 years ago, and it has not been repaired much during this period... Can it really be defended?
...
"Guan Family! The Suide Army is already in front. The front team of the Xuanfeng Army has arrived at the Wuding River... There are no enemy defenses on both sides of the Wuding River. Our army can cross the river at any time!"
Several fast horses rushed back from the front. The knights on the horses were all sweating profusely and were not wearing armor. The sleeves of their purple coats were rolled up high.
They were all passers-by of the Xuanfeng Army led by Han Shizhong, Liu Qi, and Yue Fei, and they came to report to Zhao Kai on the combat situation of the surprise attack on the Suide Army.
There was a large group of soldiers and horses beside Zhao Kai, who were resting on the ground. The soldiers gathered together and chewed their rations. Everyone looked tired, but their morale was extremely high.
We are all "shareholders". How can we not work hard and be high-spirited?
Zhao Kai marched towards Shaanxi in two ways this time. The Xuanfeng, Yuzhang, and Zuojun armies were led by Zhao Kai and Han Shizhong. After leaving Taiyuan, they crossed the Luliang Mountains to the west and crossed the Yellow River at the boundary of the Jinning Army. Attack the Suide Army and Yan'an Prefecture directly.
The front army, right army and rear army, led by Huang Wuji and Li Xiaozhong, marched towards Hezhong, Jiezhou and Shaanxi.
According to the decree issued by Zhao Kai when he went on the expedition, all soldiers who marched with the officials must be prepared to stay awake for three days and three nights!
Because only in this way can they complete the journey from Taiyuan Prefecture to Yan'an Prefecture in the shortest time!
Qian Gai, Fan Zhixu and others were waiting for Zhao Kai at Jingzhao Mansion, but Zhao Kai was not in a hurry to attack Jingzhao Mansion. Instead, he wanted to capture the Western Army at Huanqing Road, Fuyan Road, Qinfeng Road, Xihe Road, Jingyuan Road and other places first. The source of troops. Then they mobilized the archers from the Western Army's camp and the soldiers from the camp in the countryside, and finally forced them to the Yongxing Army Road in Guanzhong.
The reason for this arrangement is of course because Zhao Kai's men know the Western Army and Shaanxi too well!
Can you not understand? Han Shizhong, Liu Qi, Zhang Jun, Huang Wuji, Xiang Ke and others were all members of the Western Army. There was also Tong Guan who simply served as the leader of the Western Army for a long time!
They don't know the Liao Army and the Jin Army, so how can they know the details of the Western Army and Shaanxi?
Although Shaanxi is poor and far inferior to the Central Plains, Bashu, and Southeast, Shaanxi is the main source of troops for the Song Dynasty!
There are more than 100,000 households of archers in Shaanxi, and another 100,000 households of military aristocrats. Together, these two equal almost 300,000 households of "warriors"!
The hometown of these "Shaanxi warriors" is not in Guanzhong, but on the five border roads including Huanqing Road, Fuyan Road, Qinfeng Road, Xihe Road, and Jingyuan Road.
If Zhao Kai controls these five roads, he can immediately mobilize the archers in the countryside and the children of the camp to join the army, and an army of 100,000 and 200,000 will be at his fingertips. Moreover, these 100,000 and 200,000 troops can still have good quality... Soldier training in the cold weapon era is difficult! If a place does not have a military tradition, it will be very difficult to train soldiers.
In addition, the Five Border Roads in Shaanxi are still the largest production area of war horses in the Song Dynasty. Of course, they are also the main source of the Song Dynasty’s cavalry (soldiers who can actually fight on horseback).
Only with soldiers and horses can we have hope against gold!
When Chuanqi was reporting back, Zhao Kai was sitting cross-legged on the ground, munching hard on a piece of hard noodle pancake. When he heard the news about Wudinghe Wubei, he threw the pancake to Guo Tiannu, and then laughed loudly. He smiled and said: "Okay... I can have a good night's sleep in Suide Army City tonight! Damn it, it's not easy to be an official! Ever since I ascended the throne, I haven't even had a good night's sleep. Slept!"
He has failed so badly as an emperor that even sleeping comfortably has become a luxury!
At this time, Chen Ji's voice was heard not far away: "Guan Jia, you have to march with everyone tonight... It's not enough to just invade the Suide Army. We must at least capture Yan'an Prefecture. We Only then can you take a good rest!”
After hearing this, a group of exhausted soldiers and generals around them couldn't help but cast rather unkind glances.
This Chen Ji turns out to be "Chen Papi"! It's really abominable to not let everyone sleep well!
However, Zhao Kai, the "big boss", still nodded. He knew that Chen Ji was right!
This is indeed a critical moment. If Zhang Shen cannot take advantage of Zhang Shen's unpreparedness on Fuyan Road to capture the Yan'an Prefecture in the city of Fuyan Road in one fell swoop, and give Zhang Shen the opportunity to recruit troops and deploy defenses in Yan'an... the consequences will be It’s unbearable!
Zhao Kai looked around, "It's better to be tired now than to die later! Let's work harder and rest for three days when we get to Yan'an..."
What he wants most now is to sleep for three days and three nights!
"One day!" Chen Ji Chen Papi quickly corrected, "Only one day!"
Chen Ji then added: "Your Majesty... the more territory we take and the faster we move, the more afraid the people in Jingzhao Mansion will be!
If Brother Han and the others can successfully capture Shaanzhou and cut off the connection between Jingzhao Mansion and Luoyang, the people of Jingzhao Mansion will be even more shaken, and maybe they will let us win without a fight! "
"Yes," Zhao Kai nodded, "Subduing the enemy's troops without fighting is the best strategy! Keep the order going, we haven't won yet, you all must work hard!"
At this time, Chen Ji thought of another plan and said to Zhao Kai: "Guan family, we can also send knights from Shaanxi to post notices everywhere with the news that Kaifeng Mansion was flooded and the late emperor died and the late prince passed away. You can also say on the notice that there are traitors and traitors in the imperial court... That's why they concealed the news that Kaifeng Mansion was flooded and the former prince died! Otherwise, how could the prince not come to Guanzhong to recruit loyal people who dare to fight for the cause? Where is my father’s revenge?”
Zhao Kai nodded again: "Yi Zhi is right...the hatred between the country and the family is irreconcilable! And if you want revenge, you must come to Shaanxi, because only Shaanxi has the elite soldiers to avenge the Song Dynasty!"
