Chapter 1,324 Battle Plan

Along with Su You's victory report, there was also a list of crimes. Li Wenzhao massacred 30,000 Xia troops at Lujiadu. Su You thought it was too much.

But Li Wenzhao's mood is understandable, because Xia Jun's crimes were too brutal. After the war, it was discovered that Ren Duo was alone and Liang Yongneng went on a killing spree in the Three Hundred Miles Dry Sea in order to raise grain due to the interruption of the grain route, killing almost everyone in the oasis.

Tribes everywhere also drove out men to form groups and serve as cannon fodder.

A rough estimate shows that more than 300,000 people died tragically in this catastrophic humanitarian disaster, leaving no one alive including the elderly, weak, women, and children.

Li Wenzhao, after Fu Pinghou of Xia State, was one of the few people in Xia State who believed in benevolence and righteousness. After hearing about this disaster, his heart was filled with grief and anger, and his eyes were bleeding. Therefore, he carried out revenge on the remaining Xia army at Lujiadu in Lingzhou.

The mood is understandable, but the method is absolutely wrong. Although Li Wenzhao believes in benevolence and righteousness, he is still a Xia native. After newly joining the Song Dynasty, he still does not understand the policies and laws of the Song Dynasty.

Li Wenzhao can be regarded as a great contributor and should not be blamed. This is because the commander-in-chief did not teach him well. It should be that the six-pronged military affairs department should be in charge, and Su You himself should bear all the responsibilities.

A perfect example of Duke Fu's style, but this time even his political opponents couldn't stand it.

Why do Xia people care about his life? Isn’t the more dead the better?

Zhao Xu said: "The cruelty of the monarchs and generals of the Xia Kingdom is not unknown. The crimes were committed by them. Even the most merciful country must punish them."

"As a member of the same race, Li Wenzhao feels the same way. This is understandable."

"What's more, those 30,000 people were themselves an army. When the army was fighting fiercely under the city, they were not seen surrendering. They even went out of the city to attack our army."

"If it weren't for my sharp fire, would they be able to escape?"

"The Duke of Fu's love for others can be applied to the oasis people who were slaughtered by Ren Duo and Liang Yongneng alone, but it is a bit excessive to apply it to the 30,000 Lingzhou defenders."

"According to my decree, as long as you don't kill good people for meritorious deeds, those who deserve to be rewarded must be rewarded, especially for the generals who surrendered."

"Li Wenzhao continued to guard his Marquis of Fuping, and was promoted to Lingzhou Jiedushi and General Youwuwei. Let Duke Fu personally award the reward, and tell him that if he is a minion of the Song Dynasty, I will not treat him lightly!"

The ministers immediately bowed and said: "Your Majesty is wise!"

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In Lingzhou, the three armies joined forces for repairs, and the excitement became even greater.

Many generals treat Su You as a commander, although in terms of age, he may be older than Su You.

Su You's attitude towards them is not easy to deal with. If you keep it to yourself, they will say you are showing off. If you get too close, they will say you are colluding with the military officials to plot evil.

Fortunately, Su You is a smart person, and there is one place where everyone can do it regardless of their status - the sports field.

The current battle situation has basically been completed, except for the Xingqing Mansion on the other side of the river.

Theoretically speaking, Xingqing Mansion is not the Song Dynasty, it has been more than 80 years ago.

In the Qin Dynasty, this was the border area of ​​Beidi County. It was not until the Northern Zhou Dynasty that Huaiyuan County was established.

At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, this part of the territorial heritage was inherited and renamed Huaiyuan Town, becoming one of the famous "Five Towns Outside Hewai".

After the Weiming clan captured Lingzhou, in view that Lingzhou could be attacked by the Song army, they chose a new city on the other side of the Yellow River as the capital, which was Huaiyuan Town.

In order to celebrate the birth of the country, Huaiyuan Town was renamed Xingzhou, and with Xingzhou as the center, large surrounding areas were brought under direct jurisdiction. This is the origin of Xingqing Prefecture.

After that, the population increased, and within the scope of Xingqing Prefecture, the Xia people established Shunzhou, Jingzhou, Huaizhou, and Dingzhou to settle the population and defend the capital.

From Shunzhou down from the mouth of the gorge to Shengwei City at the Camel Port, with Helan to the west, the Yellow River to the east, and the desert to the north, the lush Ningxia plain washed out by five rivers is the geographical scope of Xingqing Prefecture.

Because across the Yellow River, Zhao Xu's most exaggerated imagination did not actually have much hope for the highest strategic goal of regaining Xingqing Mansion. It can be seen from the fact that the logistics equipment has not prepared a boat to cross the river.

Get clues.

In the reconnaissance information of the Xia people, there seems to be no sign that the Song people built ships at several large ferries.

Therefore, Weiming Awu and Renduo Baozhong focused their main efforts on fighting against the Song army in Yingli Pass, and scorned the Song people's boast of crossing the river to attack and collect Xingqing Mansion.

But what they didn't know was that Su You had already piled a lot of cowhide tires in several rivers behind Lingzhou.

"Sheepskin Rafts Racing Warships" is a famous tourist project in Lanzhou City in later generations. What many people don't understand is that cowhide rafts are more powerful.

It was a true warship race. At least Suyou knew that until the opening of the railway in New China, cowhide rafts still played an extremely important role in the transportation of materials from Lanzhou to Baotou.

And this thing is really not that difficult for Sitong Company, whose leather processing is as close as possible to later generations.

Therefore, in Su You's secret message to Zhao Xu, Chen Chen's army has almost no losses now, and there is plenty of food and fodder after capturing Lingzhou. After Liang Yongneng and Ren Duo's separate cleaning, there are not many Xia people left in the Hetao area, and there is no hesitation.

Completely fell to the Song Dynasty.

The gentry in the Hetao area, such as Wang Chong, Liu Yanshan, Suo Jiusi, etc., completely gave up on the Xixia regime after the Song people vigorously publicized the atrocities of the Xia army massacring their people.

How can such a regime be worth serving?

Therefore, Su You suggested that Zhao Xu should follow the will of the people and the general trend, and all conditions are ripe. He can fully carry forward the glorious tradition of the Song Dynasty's invincible navy and capture Xingqing Mansion in a way that the Xia people did not expect!

Rivers have always been good friends of farming people in the military. This move will definitely make all the Xia people's arrangements in Xingqing Mansion completely come to nothing!

After receiving Su You's battle plan, Zhao Xu's illness was mostly cured. He summoned the Zhongshu, the Third Division, the Privy Council, and the big bosses from the Military Aircraft Department to discuss it all night long.

Of course, there are still differences. Most people's opinion is to give up when it's good. The strategic goal has been achieved. What's left is to occupy and consolidate and collect dividends. This is the kingly way.

But there is no doubt that Xingqing Mansion is the laurel crown on the Hetao Plain. It would be great if it could win it.

To put it bluntly, if we can capture Xingqing Mansion, then Zhao Xu's achievements will make him unashamed even if he stands before Taizu.

Now everyone has to weigh the emperor's will. Wang Congzhi, the envoy of the Third Division of Quan, coughed lightly: "This time, the victory is all due. Different from the past, Shaanxi not only did not become weak because of military supplies, but became more and more prosperous."

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"Regardless of the military prowess of the Duke of Fu, his economic achievements can be regarded as the first in history."

"To be honest, when the 400,000 troops came out of Hengshan, I was always on tenterhooks. But this year, the report from the Shaanxi Road Transport Department came out, and the taxes were increased by 30%, and I actually made a fortune in the war! How did this trick come about? I am still like this to this day.

In a dream."

Zhao Xu's heart was bleeding, those were my personal money.

Wang Congzhi continued: "I think we can draw a bottom line for Duke Fu, on the premise of ensuring the safety of the Loop, or... can we give it a try?"

It is true that a lot of grain and fodder were transported for this war, but while Soviet oil was solving military problems, it was also solving economic problems.

There were a large number of volunteers in the rural army in Shaanxi. After Su You captured Shanbei, he began to turn the army into a people-oriented army and award rewards based on merit.

The important material to be awarded is land.

There is so much land, even if it is a hundred acres, there is still a lot of vacancy.

The process of dividing the old army to defend Shannan is actually a process of turning the army into a people. Suppressing bandits is always temporary. After the task of suppressing bandits is completed, these old armies will automatically turn into a population of farmers.

In the first three years, these old armies were still under unified management, similar to the construction corps. After three years, when the savings have been made, they will be transferred to the transportation department for management. The military will no longer be responsible and the designation will be cancelled.

Among the three Shanbei transfer envoys, Zeng Xiaokuan actively supported this plan. His place had the best foundation and the least pressure.

Fan Chunren also agreed. After all, the old man was lenient and the sergeants in Shaanxi had suffered for too many years. They should indeed be allowed to live a good life.

But he made a condition, one hundred acres, farming is too hard, oxen, tools, etc., Mingrun, you have to help.

Su You said there is no problem, but Mr. Fan, you are a little off track. Local development must be based on local conditions. Why did you forget about wool again?

The biggest opponent is Zhao Man, because Lanzhou is still under attack from Qingtang and Hexi and is not safe.

In the end, Su You made a gentleman's agreement with him. If I fully support you in regaining Liangzhou, Guazhou, Shazhou, and Yumen in the west, I will exchange your achievements in reopening the Silk Road for your current support for me. Do you agree?

agree?

Zhao Man was angry, do you think I'm a fool? This is the merit of searching for a feudal lord for thousands of miles!
Chapter completed!