Chapter 209
In Chongzheng Palace, Zhao Zhen looked at Lu Yijian and Li Di who were rushing over and asked, "It's getting late. What's the matter that you have to see me? Wait for one night, will you say it tomorrow morning?"
Lu Yijian took out a memorial from his sleeve and handed it to the little yellow gate who came down, holding the scepter and said, "It's important. Xu Ping of Longyou Protectorate sent a memorial, detailing the recent war in Tiandu Mountain. The most important thing is that he explained the future strategy in detail!"
Zhao Zhen suddenly became energetic, and his expression of laziness and dissatisfaction swept away. He took the memorial and looked at it carefully. In the past few days, the priest has not decided what to do next in the war. No one can come up with an idea. At this time, the opinions of the Longyou Protectorate's Office were very important, and looking at Lu Yijian's expression, you will know that the memorial was already clearly stated.
After reading the memorial and put it on the desk in front of him, Zhao Zhen exhaled: "Look at the meaning of the memorial, the overall situation of the battle in Tiandu Mountain has been settled now. What the soldiers of Longyou are thinking about is how to finish it? This is really unexpected!"
The front-line wars were not only the Longyou Protectorate, but also the troops participating in the war, and even the Huizhou governor Bao Zheng sent detailed war reports back to the capital. However, even after reading all the war reports, Zhao Zhen and the ministers in the court did not expect that the development was so fast that they would be decided in less than a month, and they would undoubtedly win.
The biggest variable in this situation was that Sang Yi's Xuanwei army attacked the Xishou Military Supervisor Division, which was so smooth. Originally, one army was evenly matched by a military supervisor. More than half a year ago, the five troops of Xu Ping launched a sneak attack, and only destroyed the 20,000 personal soldiers led by Zhuo Luo, Nanjun and Yuanhao, and let most of the personal soldiers escape. In less than a year, the Xuanwei army attacked the Xishou Military Supervisor Division, like chopping melons and vegetables, and almost without a decent war, swept across the entire valley, blocking the commander Dou Weiji and his remaining soldiers in the lonely city. Dou Weiji had no strength to fight back, and it only saw Xu Ping decide when to end the war.
Zhao Zhen was filled with mixed feelings. When he first ascended the throne, he only wanted to be the Emperor Taiping, but he didn't want to cause trouble. Yuan Hao was extremely angry and was at a loss when he rebelled. When Sanchuankou was defeated, he did not recover for a month or two, and was quite pessimistic about the future prospects of the war. Sometimes he thought, like Emperor Taizong, he could make Yuan Hao bow down and surrender. He could accept it on a broad scale, even if he paid some money, he could accept it. However, he did not expect that in less than two years, the situation suddenly changed. The clown who had made him hate him and had no choice but to be defeated in Tiandu Mountain, and could only fight for trapped beasts.
"Your Majesty, after reading the memorial, Xu Ping proposed the war arrangements for the future." Seeing Zhao Zhen distracted, Lu Yijian hurriedly reminded him.
After coming back to his senses, Zhao Zhen picked up the memorial and read the contents carefully. He lowered his head and thought about it, and then ordered the little yellow gate beside him: "Go to the capital to receive the order to enter the palace - by the way, the Wang Xuezhai, who was in charge of Longyou, was with Tathagata!"
The little yellow gate promised, took people out of Chongzheng Hall and asked people to go out of the palace.
Zhao Zhen then remembered to give Li Di and Lu Yijian a seat, and gave them tea soup to drink it to remove the cold air. Zhao Zhen saw that the ministers never had charcoal fires, and he suffered himself, and the ministers who came to the palace also suffered.
After eating tea soup, Zhao Zhen said: "Xu Ping's meaning is to block the Hao Thief Clown in the Hulu River and destroy it in one battle! If you really do it, it can be said that a battle will determine the world, and the northwest will be pacified!"
Li Di said: "That's right. So Mr. Lu took this memorial and went to the conference hall to discuss it overnight. We thought this matter was of great importance, so we went to the palace overnight to invite the Holy Tribunal!"
Zhao Zhen still felt unreal, as if he was in a dream. This year, because the training of the Longyou army was completed, the war started in advance and the successive victory made the court optimistic about the front-line war. But before winter even entered, there was a sense of fighting to set the throne, which made Zhao Zhen feel a little unreal.
After waiting for a while, Li Zhang and Wang Xuezhai brought maps and other related items into the palace. Zhao Zhen asked them to hang them in Chongzheng Hall. Then he lit the candle, which made it clear and went up to watch with Lu Yijian and Li Di.
Lu Yijian brought reading glasses and pointed his finger at the Xishou Military Supervisor and said, "According to the strategy of the Longyou Protectorate, after Sang Yi's troops occupied this place, they must immediately advance eastward and follow the inherent roads in the mountains to exit the Huluchuan River Valley. From here, they exited the mountain in Xiaoguan County during the Tang Dynasty. Then they went south along the Henan Province to advance north and south with the imperial guards stationed in Zhenrong Army, and completely sealed the roads out of Tiandu Mountain."
Li Di said: "It's just that there is a road leading to Weizhou in the old place of Xiaoguan. I'm afraid that the thieves will die and attack Sang Yi from there, it will be unbeautiful. This strategy is a bit risky, and it's worth it. We need to consider it carefully."
Looking at the map, Zhao Zhen was both excited and worried, saying, "If this battle is successful, the overall situation can be determined! However, Sang Yi's army had only more than 30,000 people. After fighting the Xishou Military Supervisory Office, he had to deal with the endgame, and he had to comfort the Shengqiang in the mountains, and then draw troops out to attack Xiaoguan County. I am afraid that he would be unable to do so. If he had twice the strength in his hands, he would have no worries!"
Lu Yijian said: "According to the arrangement of the Longyou Protectorate, it is necessary to concentrate troops in this battle. If we agree, they will immediately transfer Cao Keming's troops to follow Sang Yi, and then Zhang Kang's troops in Yuzhong followed and went forward with the forces of the three armies. Yuzhong's defense was handed over to the Inspection Commission, Zhao Zi and his subordinates stationed in Yuzhong, and Fanluo was temporarily handed over to the Fanluo Department. Similarly, the Xishou Military Supervisory Department that was captured was also handed over to Feng Gao, the inspector in Triangle City, and the Triangle City and Huizhou were handed over to the local area."
Zhao Zhen calculated silently in his mind that after this, the number of troops used in the direction of Xiaoguan was nearly 60,000. Based on the combat power shown by the Longyou army, he was really not afraid of Dangxiang's army.
Turning around, Zhao Zhen paced back and forth a few steps, and asked Wang Xuezhai who was standing on the side: "You came to the capital from Qinfeng Road, let's talk about it. According to what you see, if one army is against another, how about the Longyou army comparing with the thieves?"
Wang Xuezhai was a little embarrassed and thought for a while before saying, "Report to Your Majesty, most of the troops in Longyou are recruited from Sichuan and Shu. If one soldier is against one soldier, the strength and bow and horse are actually worse than the imperial guards. As for the foreign soldiers, because the last general was there, he didn't pay attention to it. However, when it comes to fighting alone, the foreign soldiers are also worse than the imperial guards. Therefore, in terms of single-handed battles, I think the Longyou soldiers are not much different from the foreign soldiers."
Zhao Zhen sighed: "This is a bit risky. The Weizhou Military Supervisory Office and the troops from Tiandu Mountain can also gather 50,000 or 60,000 people to attack Sang Yi's army. In this way, isn't the victory or defeat of the two armies in this battle a 55-5-5!"
Wang Xuezhai said with his hands: "Your Majesty, according to the practices of the Mo General in Longyou, the Dumai has said many times that fighting alone is completely different from the confrontation between the large army. In terms of the situation when the Mo General left there, fighting alone may be comparable to the Longyou army's army, but if the two armies confront each other, one capital of Longyou will defeat a hundred foreign soldiers, and one battalion can destroy all of them. Tens of thousands of troops can fight, and the Longyou army can be one or two, as long as there are no surprises, they will win!"
Chapter completed!