"Sister Yan, I heard that you fell down in the Dazheng Palace yesterday...are you okay?"
"No, it's okay... I'm very strong and can't be broken!"
"That's good, that's good..."
In Guangning City, in the palace of King Liang, the powerful Wanyan Zongqian was smiling with a smile on his face as he asked Wanyan Yan who came to say goodbye.
Wanyan Yan didn’t gain much from her trip to Guangning, but she helped Wanyan Zongpan and Wanyan Zonggu figure out the determination of Wanyan Zongqian and Wanyan Liang. Yesterday at Dazheng Palace, after Wanyan Yan fell, Wanyan Yan Yan Liang vowed to her: Their father and son will have a big fight with Zhao Kai at the Guanning Jinshan defense line!
Wanyan Liang also told Wanyan Yan that if his father is no longer alive... he will mobilize all the troops in Dajin to fight the Southern Dynasty to the death!
It has to be said that although this Wanyan Liang is young, he is still very ambitious and is ranked first among Wanyan of this generation.
Wanyan Zongqian smiled bitterly and said: "Sister Yan, when you pass through Liaoyang on your way back this time, tell Puluhu that the Gu family is dying... My son is young, so he can only rely on Wushu in the future. Becoming the auxiliary king together with Puluhu... I need to ask him to put more thought into the defense line of Ningjin Mountain.
"Your Majesty, don't say such things," Wanyanyan hurriedly comforted Wanyan Zongqian and said, "Your Majesty is not yet fifty years old. He is at the peak of Spring and Autumn. He will have a good life and take care of himself, and his health will be fine."
Wanyan Zongqian waved his hand, "Sister Yan, I know my body myself...it won't be many years, and I will count on Wu Shu and Pulu Hu in the future. So Pulu Hu must come to Guangning!" "
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"Well, this sand table is well made, not bad... Where is Jinzhou? Where is Guangning? Where is Fuzhou Huacheng Pass? Where is Pidao?"
Beijing Road, Shuntianfu Old City, Imperial City, Yaochi Palace. A military meeting is underway!
Zhao Kai's imperial military meeting was an expert's military meeting, so it was held with everyone standing around a huge sand table.
This sand table was made by the soldiers and craftsmen of the Privy Council. It took several months and tens of thousands of military expenditures.
According to Yue Fei's report, the cartography team first consulted many maps that were moved from Jinling City to Shuntian Mansion and were originally collected in the Northern Room of the Privy Council of the Song Dynasty. They also asked many generals who originally served in the Liao Army, and sent a large number of "good at cartography" "The staff officer took a naval warship (originally belonging to the Southern Song Dynasty) to conduct field surveying and mapping along the coasts of western Liaoning, eastern Liaoning and the western coast of Goryeo. Now I finally took out a sand table of the terrain of western Liaoning, eastern Liaoning, and the western coast of Korea that even Zhao Kai couldn't recognize... Well, if the real terrain is the same as the sand table brought by the Privy Council, then Zhao Kai will be suspicious. Have you traveled to an alien planet?
"So that the officials know that this is Jinzhou!" Yue Fei proudly held a long stick and pointed at a red bastion model on the sand table - it was a medium-sized bastion with six sides and twelve corners. On the north bank of a river called Xiaoling River.
"What? The bastion in Jinzhou is so well built?" Zhao Kai was shocked when he saw the bastion model pointed by Yue Fei.
Yue Fei shook his head and said with a smile: "Guan family, Jinzhou is a restricted area for gold thieves. There are many checkpoints around, and there are cavalry patrols. Our spies can only watch from a distance. How can we see what's going on? So the Privy Council's The soldiers who joined the army used wooden models from Shanhaikou Xinbao instead."
Shanhaikou New Castle is not a new castle, but the original old fort is covered with red bricks... This time it is much stronger and more durable!
Zhao Kai breathed a sigh of relief and nodded to Yue Fei to continue.
Yue Fei pointed to a north-south mountain range in the northwest of Jinzhou with a wooden stick, "Guanjia, this is Yiwulu Mountain, also known as Beizhen. The Jinthief's Guangning City is at the foot of Yiwulu Mountain... This is it This square castle is an old city left over from the Liao Kingdom. It has been slightly repaired. If our army reaches Guangning, Guangning City will not be able to hold on. However, the Golden Thief built it near the mouth of the Liao River in Guangning City. A bastion was built to guard the Liao River waterway, and a palace was built on Yiwulu Mountain.
I believe that the Golden Thief has no intention of defending Guangning Mansion... If our army captures Jinzhou, the Golden Thief Emperor will most likely retreat northward to Linhuang Mansion via Medical Lu Mountain. "
Zhao Kai nodded and thought: Jinzhou is the gateway to the Northeast. If Jinzhou cannot be defended by the golden thieves, Guangning will indeed not have to defend it... And if Jinzhou and Guangning are both controlled by the Song army, the golden thieves will have It may be further divided into two parts: "Yanshan-Linhuangfu" and "Liaoyang-Liaodong Peninsula-Xianpingfu-Huiningfu".
Of course, this kind of cutting requires a series of bastion systems to achieve, and it cannot be completed in a few months. It may take a year or two.
"Guan family, Fuzhou Huacheng Pass is here," Yue Fei pointed at the tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, which looked a bit "fat" on the sand table at this time, "There is a port outside Huacheng Pass, and there is also a market. ...If we can capture this port and land, we can gain a foothold outside Huacheng Pass. However, the defenses around Huacheng Pass are very solid, and the terrain is extremely narrow, making it difficult for our army to deploy. Therefore, it is still very difficult to go north from Huacheng Pass to attack Liaoyang."
Yue Fei said it was difficult... Needless to say, it must be difficult!
But think about it, the Liaodong Peninsula heading north from Huacheng Pass is not a flat plain, but has layers of mountains. Only the west coast of the Liaodong Peninsula is relatively flat. But the terrain there is not open, and it can easily be blocked by a triangular fortress.
Although this kind of triangular fortress cannot stop the Song army who has mastered the parallel siege method, stacking a few more can still have a delaying effect.
It's okay to advance with a partial army, but if the main force of two to three hundred thousand is piled up and everyone is blocked on the road, it will delay the big event.
"As for Pi Dao," Yue Fei looked at Zhao Kai with an embarrassed look, "I have never heard of the official family..."
Even Pi Dao doesn't know... let alone Dongjiang Maoshuai! So Zhao Kai glanced at the west coast of Korea near the mouth of the Yalu River, and then found a quite large island, so he raised his hand and pointed, "That's the island...that's Phi Island. "
This island is not Pi Island, but Shemi Island. But since Zhao Kai said it was "skin", it can only be used as a skin island.
Zhao Kai said: "We can first occupy the territory outside Huacheng Pass, and then use it as a springboard to send troops to Pi Island. After taking Pi Island, we can build a city and open a port on Pi Island, and use it as a stronghold to go to Koryo. March troops on the west coast... to cut off the road from Korea to transport grain and cloth to Liaoyang."
"Guan family," Han Shizhong, who had been standing by to listen to the conversation between Zhao Kai and Yue Fei, interrupted at this time, "Are we going to capture one of the three cities of Goryeo, including Xijing, Kaijing, and Nanjing (Seoul)? Now The King of Koryo is taking refuge in Tamna, we can send the King of Koryo back to one of the three capitals of Koryo and let him call on the Koryo people to resist the gold thieves."
"No need," Zhao Kai waved his hand, "Just cut off the main road on the west coast of Korea so that they can't eat Korea's oil and water... We have to leave some illusions for Wanyan Zongqian so that he won't give up Jinzhou and Guangning runs to Linhuang Mansion. I want not only Jinzhou, but also Wanyan Zongqian’s main force!
Moreover, Korea is our bargaining chip to recruit Wanyan Zongpan and Wanyan Zonggu. If the King of Goryeo is allowed to return to Goryeo, Liaodong will be difficult to fight. "
Of course Zhao Kai can use the tactics of political inducement and division to collapse the enemy!
For him, the only opponent that must be eradicated at the moment is the imperial court of the Kingdom of Jin. He can still recruit a few Jiedu envoys under the imperial court of Dajin.
Of course, places such as Shenzhou, Liaoyang, and Xianping cannot be given to the remnants of the Jin Kingdom. But we can let them go to Korea...
After hearing what Zhao Kai said, everyone present understood - no wonder several families deliberately let Wanyan Yan's party go after Zhao Kai got rid of Zhao Gou. It turns out to be the big chess piece that will divide and disintegrate the Jurchens in the next game!
"The official family," Dong Jingan, the deputy privy envoy who knew the Jurchens quite well, reminded, "Although Wanyan Zongpan and Wanyan Zonggu have resentment towards Wanyan Zongqian, before we capture Jinzhou and Guangning, we will still use our full strength to Those who went to aid Wanyan Zong... must not have the slightest illusion about them!"
Zhao Kai nodded, "I know this is not easy... and I don't expect to capture the entire Northeast in one or two years. If I can level Liao in five years, I will be extremely satisfied." !”
Five years of Pingliao is something Yuan Chonghuan cannot achieve in Haikou, but Zhao Kai believes that he can definitely complete it.
Because he has powerful generals like Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Li Shifu, and Dong Jingang, as well as more than 600,000 soldiers with a strong desire to fight... and he still has money now!
There is plenty of money!
Zhao Kai raised his finger and pointed at Jinzhou and said to his left and right: "Next summer, I...will spend the summer in Jinzhou! Can you please take Jinzhou for me?"
The civil and military officials around Zhao Kai immediately took over and saluted him with folded hands and said: "The official has an order, and I will not hesitate to die!"
Zhao Kai nodded and said to Yue Fei and Han Shizhong: "Okay! Good ministers, Pengju, the Privy Council must come up with a plan for the battle of Ningjin before mid-December... I will make a plan before the New Year. Order troops!"
Now the number of soldiers in the Song Dynasty is close to 650,000! However, less than 50,000 people served in the long-term military service. Adding in the 200,000 people who served in the camp on the regular service, the total number of soldiers in the camp was 250,000.
Although this number is quite large, the Song Dynasty now has a large territory, and many places need to be guarded by government soldiers, so there are not many people who can gather in Yan Yun.
Facing the crisis of destroying the country this time, Da Jin will definitely fight tooth and nail... It is not surprising to pull out an army of three to four hundred thousand, so the Song army is not enough if the number is small. According to Zhao Kai's idea, the total force required for the Battle of Ningjin...includes those used directly to attack Jinzhou, those used to block reinforcements, and those used for containment. All kinds of forces are added together. It costs four or five. One hundred thousand, right?
So there must be a big fight between the officials!
