The Battle of Jinzhou, which took place in the early summer of the 11th year of Hongwu's reign in the Song Dynasty, was actually an upright contest, with the commanders of both warring parties playing clever chess.
This is a collision of nearly a million troops from both sides!
Moreover, both the Song Dynasty and the Northern Jin Dynasty are now following the line of land soldiers, and the number of active troops is very small. There are more than 200,000 active army troops in the Song Dynasty. There are even fewer soldiers in Daikin, with only over 100,000 serving soldiers.
This small number of troops must be dispersed and deployed in dangerous locations. The number of troops that can be mobilized is very limited, and they cannot fight a decisive battle.
Therefore, before the decisive battle begins, a round of troops must be dispatched!
And with such a large-scale mobilization of troops, it is impossible to keep it secret unless the opponents are all slow-responsive fools.
Since the end of the 10th year of Hongwu, more than 300 Zhechong mansions in the Song Dynasty have successively received large military edicts and military registers stamped with jade seals - all the soldiers named in the registers must go to Zhechong before the designated time. government report. If you are unable to apply for military service due to old age or injury, you can invoke the "Order to Serve in the Military for Your Father" and let your nephew or brother join the army in your place.
These nephews and nephews who took the place of joining the army could only "receive" the farm on their behalf, but could not directly inherit the farm. They had to climb up from the rank of corporal, and accumulate enough merit and corresponding merit within the specified time before they could inherit the farm that originally belonged to their father, brother, and uncle. The farm was transferred to his own name.
Of course, the contributions and honors of their fathers, brothers, and uncles will not be erased. You can still serve as an official and join the army, and you will be promoted after meritorious service, and you will also get corresponding land!
These lands cannot be merged with the previously transferred farms, but they can be passed on to other nephews.
This thing looks like a loophole, but it is actually a trap. Because these old soldiers who "recovered from their injuries and illnesses" would be transferred to Zhechongfu under Jieduzhi Road in Hexi or Datong Jieduzhi Road.
After making meritorious service, you will receive the ranch at Hexi Road or Datong Road
Because of the existence of this "back door", each Zhechong Prefecture can often exceed its recruitment targets!
In the Song Dynasty, all camp roads, Jiedu Road, and Zhuan Road were designated as "utility men." For those strong men with strong military skills but little education, joining the army for utility purposes was a rare opportunity for advancement!
In addition, the red scarf cavalry among the soldiers of the Song Dynasty can bring their own followers. Starting from this big collection, these followers can also enjoy the treatment of utility soldiers. Therefore, those Iron Cavalrymen who have the conditions will bring their dearest relatives and friends.
In addition, Beijing Road, Datong Road, Hedong Road, and Hebei Road near the northeast also received orders to recruit military and civilian servants, mules, horses, and carts—there are no corvees in the Song Dynasty, only hired labor. For ordinary people in these economically underdeveloped areas, this is a rare opportunity to make money!
Finally, the Song Dynasty Navy, which has just been integrated, will also take advantage of the south wind that has just blown to sail north to join this unprecedented Song-Jin Dynasty decisive battle!
Therefore, after the Song Dynasty, which had 650,000 military households, completed its large army, including "replacement soldiers", utility soldiers and civilian servants, there would really be more than 1 million people joining this powerful war machine!
And the scale of mobilization in the Great Jin Kingdom is also unprecedented!
More than 300 Meng'an, starting from the late first month of the first year of Tianjuan, have successively received orders from the Dajin court or various Jiedu envoys!
The scale of the Dajindian soldiers this time is also unprecedented. Each Meng'an needs to hand over a regular soldier according to the standard of one soldier per household, and at the same time, each regular soldier must be assigned an auxiliary soldier.
In addition, many tribal soldiers (including Xibo, Shiwei, and grassland tribes) from Beijing Road (Linhuang Mansion), Puyu Road, Huli Gai Road, Supin Road, and Helan Road were also recruited to Dajin In the army.
In other words, the size of the Great Jin Kingdom will exceed 600,000 people this time!
In addition to sending out men, these more than 300 Meng'an and affiliated tribes also had to prepare three months of rations for the soldiers who went on the expedition, which really cost them all their money. If they were defeated, they would be dead.
The news of Dajin's crazy mobilization was also learned by DaSong, which was actively preparing for war!
The Forbidden City in Shuntianfu New City is now the home of the newly formed pro-conquest camp!
Zhao Kai still plans to conquer in person this time!
However, unlike the previous personal expeditions, this time he would not visit the front line in person, but would station himself at the Shanhaikou bastion to oversee a battle involving millions of troops, which had exceeded the limit of his command ability.
So he should just wait for the good news in the fortress at Shanhaikou.
There were three generals who served as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy in this expedition. They were Han Shizhong in charge of the Yanshan battlefield, Yue Fei in charge of the Liaoxi battlefield, and Dong Jingang in charge of the Pidao battlefield.
Among them, the Liaoxi battlefield that Yue Fei is in charge of is the most important, so there must be no mistakes!
In the Daqing Hall of the Forbidden City, Zhao Kai fought in front of the huge sand table. Seeing the staff below placing war chess pieces symbolizing the armies of both sides in Yanshan, Guangning, Jinzhou and other places, he was a little excited and could not control himself. He turned to Yue Fei and Yue Pengju, who was frowning and said, "Haha, we are called a million people, but they are also called a million people. In a battle with two million people, how do you think it is appropriate to fight?"
When Yue Fei heard Zhao Kai's question, he did not answer immediately, but was silent for a moment, and then said, "The official family minister thinks that the gold thief has only two strategies. One is to set up defenses layer by layer along the Western Liaoning Corridor and resist; the other is to directly attack me." Put the army under Jinzhou City and fight to the death with us under Jinzhou City!"
Zhao Kai said without hesitation, "The gold thieves will definitely choose to fight in Jinzhou. Their soldiers and horses are not one million and will not be less than 500,000! But what is their population? The country has a maximum of three million, plus the Han people they suppressed." , Khitan people, Korean people, and other ethnic groups, the population will not exceed 10 million. This population cannot support a protracted war. Therefore, the golden thief will definitely choose a quick decision! And the quick decision can only be fought with us in Jinzhou Got it!"
This is not a military issue, but an economic and political issue. If Zhao Kai did not have a military system, he would not be able to provide so many troops.
If he hadn't captured the extremely rich Southeast Seventh Route, he wouldn't have been able to fight a war of this scale!
A war of this scale is too expensive!
Of course, it’s too expensive!
To fight such a war with the power of the Jin Kingdom would undoubtedly be a huge overdraft of national power. Of course, if you win, everything will be fine, but if you lose, you will have to wait for death. Zhao Kai originally planned to drag the Kingdom of Jin to death with a protracted war, but he did not expect that the golden thief did not want to die slowly, but spent all his money and fought hard.
But thinking about it carefully, Zhao Kai also feels that the gold thief's desperate behavior is easy to understand. Now the balance of strength between Jin and Song Dynasty is becoming more and more unbalanced. The longer it is delayed, the greater Zhao Kai's advantage will be. Therefore, delaying tactics will not only fail to save the Jin Dynasty, but will also send the Jin Dynasty to a dead end along the way.
And no one will take the obvious dead end! Wanyan Zongqian and Wanyan Liang, father and son, do not have a way to survive, which does not mean that other Wanyan does not have a way to survive.
So instead of waiting to die, they might as well fight to the death while their hearts are still there.
Since we have to fight tooth and nail, we will certainly not fight a protracted war, nor can we fight a protracted war.
Yue Fei nodded and said, "What the officials said is that although the defenses in western Liaoning are more secure, the gold thieves no longer have the capital to hold them back. They are now like the Zhao State in the Battle of Changping. They must bite the bullet and fight." A quick decisive battle!
If my brother is a gold thief, he will definitely lure the enemy to Jinzhou City, and then use a strong force to hold Jinzhou, and then divide the main force into two, and place them in the mountains of western Liaoning and to the east of Yiwulu Mountain. After our army enters Jinzhou City, Then launch an attack from the west and northeast.
If our army fails to attack Jinzhou and is attacked by these two golden thieves, it is very likely to suffer a disastrous defeat! "
Hey, where have you heard of the plan Yue Fei mentioned?
Zhao Kai also felt that something was wrong. Why was the situation in the Battle of Jinzhou similar to the Battle of Jinzhou in the Liaoshen Campaign? Is there no problem with this Yue Fei?
"Pengju," Zhao Kai thought for a moment and then asked, "How do you want to fight?"
Yue Fei pondered for a moment and said, "My brother's idea is to advance to Jinzhou with at least 400,000 regular soldiers from the Liaoxi Corridor and the sea route, then use 200,000 of them to surround Jinzhou, and use 100,000 to stop reinforcements in the northeast of Jinzhou. One hundred thousand people blocked the reinforcements in the west of Jinzhou!
As long as we can capture Jinzhou City quickly, the overall situation of the Golden Thieves will collapse. Not only will Guangning Prefecture be unable to defend it, but Liaoyang and Xianping Prefectures will also be captured by us soon! "
Well, Zhao Kai glanced at Yue Fei and said to himself, Deputy Commander Yue, I am also familiar with your plan!
He thought about it again and felt that this was probably the same thing as heroes, right?
Jinzhou is the gateway to Liaoshen!
If the gold thief wants to defend the Northeast, he must also hold Jinzhou. Otherwise, the Song army occupying Jinzhou can use Jinzhou as a stronghold to continuously send troops to attack the hinterland of Liaodong, Guangning, Liaoyang, Shenzhou and Xianping. They will never be able to fight like Ningri for several years, dragging down the gold thieves!
"Okay!" Zhao Kai thought of this and nodded heavily, "Pengju, you are the general who is mainly attacking Jinzhou. It's up to you to decide how to fight this battle! If you need anything, just tell me that I will sell iron for you and I will help you raise it!"
In fact, there is no need to sell iron, because I have a good sister-in-law in Nanjing. Zhao Kai has corresponded with Zhu Lian repeatedly in the past two months, and has already said all the good things to say and promised all the benefits he could. Of course, she also received the assurance from her sister-in-law that she could help Zhao Kai raise 30 million yuan! This is not a tax from the court, but a loan from southeastern merchants
After hearing Zhao Kai's promise, Yue Fei just smiled and said, "Guardians, please relax and fight in Jinzhou. My brother is very confident!"
"Okay!" Zhao Kai cheered loudly again, "Pengju, as long as you capture Liaodong, I will make you king!"
Yue Fei quickly bowed to Zhao Kai and said, "I will live up to my command!"
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