Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

After Zhao Chen nodded towards Qu Duan, Qu Duan walked up.

"Your Majesty, sirs, the General Staff Headquarters has been discussing the plan for the Northern Expedition since last year. We have been in contact with many frontier generals and listened to the opinions of countless border generals! In the past few months, the General Staff Headquarters has been discussing this matter day and night! Now! It's up to me to explain the plan that has been worked out to your majesty and the adults." Qu Duan said.

The room was extremely quiet at this moment, and everyone was waiting for Qu Duan to continue.

A huge northern map hung on the wall in front, and Qu Duan came to the front of the map at this moment.

"We decided to divide the troops into three groups! Among them, the Datong Military Region has 220,000 soldiers and horses. These 220,000 soldiers and horses will leave Yunnei Prefecture and go all the way to the north into Mayu Mountain, and detour from Mayu Mountain to attack Enzhou! Yue Fei The general sent more than a dozen waves of soldiers to investigate Mayu Mountain last year and this year. They have thoroughly explored Mayu Mountain’s roads, and there will be no accidents from here!" Qu Duan pointed to the huge arrow to the west. .

When fighting against Jinwushu in the grassland, Yue Fei once led an army through Mayu Mountain. The environment of Mayu Mountain was extremely difficult. At that time, the army paid a great price! But this time, the Datong Military Region has thoroughly explored the road there. This time it is much easier to cross Mayu Mountain!

"The 220,000 soldiers and horses of the Datong Military Region entered the north of Dadingfu in Zhongjing from the West Road. General Li Xianzhong led 170,000 soldiers and horses out of Juyongguan, crossing Jiugongling, attacking Bei'anzhou, Zezhou, and then Yuzhou! This is a soldier in the middle!"

"The 150,000 army of the Liaodong Military Region came out of Shanhaiguan and went all the way north, attacking Tanzhou, and then Tanzhou, attacking Lizhou! This is the Eastern Army!"

"In this way, we will encircle the Zhongjing Dading Mansion from the north and the south respectively! The Zhongjing Dading Mansion has only the 100,000 Jurchen army led by the fourth prince of the Kingdom of King Wanyan Wushu, and it is by no means an opponent of our hundreds of thousands of troops! After encircling Zhongjing, we will encircle but not fight, and wait for the Khitan army from Yelu Dashi and the Mongols from Hebrukhan to go south!

"The Intelligence Service has been following the news of Yelv Dashi and the Mongols over the years! After the demise of the Liao Kingdom, Yelv Dashi went to a very remote place in the northwest. He originally had 50,000 to 60,000 soldiers and horses, and then he brought more than ten Khitans in the north. The tribes are united together, and now the number of Khitan troops under him has exceeded 100,000! Moreover, after the demise of the Liao State, Yelu Dashi was willing to try his best to restore the Liao State. Therefore, the current Khitan troops are extremely powerful, although there are only ten. Ten thousand people, but it’s not easy to deal with! As for the Mongolian Hebrekhan, this person is the hero of the Mongols, and has integrated more than a hundred Mongolian tribes, if they really fight, they can only pull up one hundred thousand soldiers and horses. Of course, the Mongols are fighting in different tribes separately, and there is no unified command. Although the combat effectiveness is very strong, we did not take it seriously!" Qu Duan said.

The Mongols have existed for hundreds of years, but until Genghis Khan appeared, the Mongols did not worry about it! Both the Khitan and Jurchens have restricted the development of the Mongolians. The Khitans did not allow any iron to enter the Mongolian grasslands, while the Jurchens entered the Mongolian grasslands every few years. As long as they met a Mongolian who was taller than a wheel, Will chop off their thumbs and prevent them from using bows and arrows for the rest of their lives! In addition, the Mongols themselves continue to fight and have many tribes, so it is difficult to pose a threat to the southern countries! Now this Hebul Khan is a Mongolian sweat in name. In fact, there are too many tribes under him, and many people are violating the yang and the yin! Therefore, Qu Duan values ​​the Khitan people more than the Mongols.

"There may be two situations for the Khitan and Mongol army to go south. One is to divide the troops into two groups and go south separately! The Khitan people must go south from Shangjing, passing through Fengzhou and Raozhou areas. After we encircle Zhongjing, we can send an army north. Intercept them here! The Mongols may also go south from Fengzhou and Raozhou, but they may also pass through Liaodong and bypass Liaodong! Therefore, our army needs a good investigation! Once it enters the north, at least several thousand people will be dispatched. Even the investigative team with tens of thousands of people will not let any news from the north be missed!" Qu Duan said.

"Of course, there is another situation. The Khitan and the Mongols have been staying in the Shangjing Mansion. They hope that we and the Jurchens will lose out! However, the number of our troops is far more than the Jurchens. If this is the case, the Khitans and the Mongols are too confused. We After destroying Zhongjing, you can slowly go north to destroy them!" Qu Duan said.

Qu Duan finished the overall battle plan, and everyone discussed it. At the moment, someone asked different detailed questions, and Qu Duan answered them one by one.

"There are a hundred thousand grieving troops in the north, but they are under Guo Yaoshi. They are stationed in Yuzhou! Although General Li Xianzhong has an army of 170,000, our army must be stronger than the grieving army, but the 170,000 army may not be able to complete it. The Annihilation Army, if the enemy Army escapes from Yuzhou and enters Zhongjing, then Zhongjing’s defensive force will reach 200,000. We are afraid that we will encounter danger when we conquer Zhongjing!" Hu Quan stood up and said.

The army of resentment was a special army in the Liao, Song and Jin eras! Originally, this army was formed by the Liao people to deal with Jurchen! But when the Liao Kingdom was about to perish, Yao Master Guo led the army of resentment to join Da Song! By the time Jin Guo went south, Yao Shi Guo took refuge in Jin Guo again with the army of grievances! Yao Shi Guo is a famous "three dynasty famous general" in history, but the army of Yuan has a limited record in history and has hardly participated in many wars! Regarding the fighting power of the resenting army, Song Jun can only rely on estimation! Although everyone felt that the 170,000 troops of the Yanyun Military Region could eliminate one hundred thousand grieving troops, many ministers were still worried.

"North of Yuzhou is Luming Mountain. There are 50,000 cavalrymen in the Yanyun Military Region, and General Liu Qi also has 40,000 cavalrymen. Before the attack on Yuzhou, the cavalry from the Yanyun Military Region and the Liaodong Military Region went north to block all of Luming Mountain. Road, and then General Li Xianzhong led an army to besiege the city! If possible, the infantry of the Liaodong Military Region will also participate in the Battle of Yuzhou! It would be too embarrassing for us to use the strength of the two military regions to wipe out Guo Yaoshi’s grieving army. !" Qu Duan smiled.

"Wanyan Zonghan still has one hundred thousand fine riders in Liaoyang Prefecture, Tokyo. Although Liaodong is in chaos, no one can guarantee that Wanyan Zonghan will go west to assist Zhongjing! If Wanyan Zonghan's one hundred thousand fine riders go west, our combat plan Will be all disrupted!" Wang Shu stood up and said.

"The possibility of Wanyan Zonghan going west is extremely small! Now the scale of the Liaodong Rebel army is huge, and more than a million Khitans in Liaodong are likely to rebel! And Liaodong is the birthplace of the Jurchens. The Jurchen emperor and the family members of the Jurchen army are all in Liaodong Under such circumstances, it is impossible for him to go west! Of course, we must also take precautions. When the war begins, the two generals, Wu Jie and Wu Lin, will lead one hundred thousand navies to formally land for operations. They will first occupy Jinzhou, and then Go north to occupy Xingzhongfu, then attack Wuanzhou, completely cut off the road from Liaodong to Zhongjing! One hundred thousand navy is mainly for defense, although Wanyan Zonghan still has one hundred thousand fine horses, but it may not be able to break through the city occupied by the navy. !" Qu Duan said.

"How to solve the logistics problem?" Li Chuwen asked.

"We now have sufficient grain and grass reserves, and almost all of the grain tax this year has been shipped to the major military regions! In addition, we have mobilized 300,000 militiamen from the production and construction corps to transport grain and grass! These 300,000 militiamen are also often trained on weekdays. When necessary, they can even participate in the war as an army!" Qu Duan said.

Some people keep asking questions below, and Qu Duan keeps answering!

In fact, the Northern Expedition plan of the General Staff Headquarters is extremely detailed. Now I am only worried that there are loopholes, so all the ministers of the DPRK and China are summoned here, hoping to learn from others and see if there are any omissions!

After an hour's time, the discussion stopped and the room became quiet.

Qu Duan came down from above, and Zhao Chen walked up.

"After the recovery of Central Plains and Yanyun last year, in order to restore the economies of Central Plains and Yanyun, the military temporarily stopped fighting! After a year, the economy of Yanyun and Central Plains has certainly not recovered yet, but the people here are able to eat. Now, their families also have food for the winter, and the imperial court is only preparing for the Northern Expedition! Our annual taxes in Guanshan, Hanzhong, Sichuan, Shu, and Jiangnan are almost all spent on the Northern Expedition, Datong Military Region, Yanyun Military Region, and Liaodong Military Region. , Navy, plus 300,000 militiamen, we have mobilized more than one million troops! Since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, we have hardly mobilized so many troops! It can be said that this time is a war of overwhelming power, and there is no room for loss! Countless elites of the Intelligence Department have been lurking in Liaodong for many years, and now they are all involved in the Liaodong Rebels, participating in the rebellion of the Liaodong Rebels! All the power of the country has been used in this battle! The generals of this war should go forward bravely and not tolerate individuals. Life! In order to complete the military order, we must do nothing! I will also go to the army again to completely eradicate the northern cancer! This battle will win!" Zhao Chen said.

"This battle is bound to win!" Everyone below stood up, with an unusually firm voice!

"The total population of Jurchen is not one million. We have used a million soldiers and horses to destroy gold. It is really overkill! But the lion fights the rabbit with all its strength, let alone destroys the country! Time is running out, everyone should rest early! Tomorrow I Lead the ministers of civil and military affairs to worship the sky at the Temple of Heaven, swear to cut gold, and inform the world!" Zhao Chen said.