Chapter 1,753 Victory without a fight

Yao Lin had a huge scar on his face. When he and his brother Yao Si fought against the Xia people in the northwest, they were "hit to the bone". This killer still "talked and laughed with ease", and became famous for a while. Together with Yao Si, they were known as the two Yaos in Guanzhong.

Su You smiled and said: "Jun Rui's stature is not wearing heavy armor and holding a snake spear. It's a pity. But he is still practicing calligraphy? Huan Hou's calligraphy is also very impressive."

Yao Lin went to Dunhuang with Su You. Su You knew that his idol was Zhang Fei, and also knew that he often exchanged mutton with Han Wei's nephew Han Zongru for Han Wei's handwriting, so now he uses Zhang Fei for comparison.

Make fun of him by the way.

Yao Lin was very proud and patted his chest: "Situ, look, we use pens now!"

Su You smiled and said: "Get on your horse and lead us into the stronghold."

Yao Lin said with a straight face: "I will lead the way for Situ and Yun Shuai."

In fact, there was no need to bring them with them. Trumpets had already sounded in front of the stockade, and the sergeants rushed out of the queue. After that, Zhe Keda and other shogunate commanders poured out of the camp gate, waiting for the arrival of Su You and his party.

Another important purpose of the military reform of the Song Dynasty was to wrest military power back from civilian control in the process of replacing the old army with the new army.

Zhe Keda was one of the killers of the Third Artillery Squadron. After blowing up the entrance to Xuanfang, he recognized Chen Zhaoming as his teacher, the real culprit behind the Jialuchuan fire. Later, he was transferred to Zhong E's men and killed all the way to Xixia to destroy the country.

He has appeared in several major battles and has made outstanding achievements. Now he has become a general.

The assassins of the third artillery squad now also have their own destiny.

Among them, Wang Junwan is the oldest and is now an envoy guarding Minhuang;

Zhong Pu served as a strategic and technical staff instructor at the Military Academy;

Miao Lu became the ruler of the Qing and Tang Dynasties;

Mr. Qian Xiaohou joined the navy and is now the leader of the Nanhai Navy Association, stationed in Longya City;

Wang Wenyu's son-in-law, Yao Xiong, son of Yao Si, was the assistant leader of the Beiting Protectorate;

Speaking of which, among the few people, Zhe Ke Da Lao has been involved in the most battles and has risen the fastest. Now he is on the same level as his uncles such as Yao Si and Wang Wenyu.

These few people represent the new generation of soldiers in the Song Dynasty, and they have grown into the country's screen vassals.

Zhe Keda has a delicate appearance and is polite in his dealings with others. Putting on the scholar's robe, he looks like a handsome scholar. He is even more deceptive than Wang Cai next to him.

However, he is the one who is the most ruthless to the enemy in the 3rd Artillery Squadron.

Having learned the true stories of Zhong E and Chen Zhaoming, on the battlefield, no matter the enemy or we, the soldiers became numbers, fighting became like doing math problems, and this kid became the killer of Mo De's emotions.

The fire beside Jialu River caused Grandma Wang to have nightmares from time to time.

However, Su You admired him very much and believed that only when a soldier can do this is he can be called a true professional, comparable to the German soldiers of later generations.

Because only in this way can soldiers achieve victory as quickly as possible, and victory is the most cost-effective way.

The costs here include human lives.

When he came to the big tent, he saw the staff arranging in front of the map. Su You looked at the map again and said: "I just said, why do you have so many telegrams? You still think you are in charge of the strategy department of the four routes! And you?

Isn’t this picture a little too unique?”

Telegraphs were wired and required relay stations. More than 300 states and counties in the Song Dynasty actually relied on dozens of relay stations to connect them.

For example, all telegrams between states and counties on the four roads in Hebei must go through the Damingfu Telegraph Office; all telegrams on all roads in Hexi must go through the Lanzhou Telegraph Office.

After the major military training in the fall of the year before last, Su You re-optimized the configuration of each general's defense area according to the military types and generals' abilities.

Generally speaking, the further west you go, the more powerful your troops' cavalry tactics, scouting, and armed cross-country capabilities become;

The farther east, the stronger the troops' capabilities in civil engineering operations, bridge erection, night fighting, and amphibious operations become.

On the map is not only the strategic deployment and attack route along Hebei West Road, but the entire Song and Xia front lines, starting from Jiuyuan to the Heqing, Jinsu and Ningzhou armies in the northwest of Hetao, which are still in the hands of the Liao people.

After that, there is the entire north of the Great Wall, including half of the Liao Kingdom's Xijing Road and the entire Nanjing Road, which are all strategic targets.

Judging from the deduction, this baby is going to start from Baozhou, attack Xijinfu to the northeast, cut off the key points, and then turn to the southwest, and join the Jiuyuan 2nd Army, Linfu 2nd Army, and Hezhong Taiyuan Front Army to divide the army into four groups.

Eat all the areas north of Taonai and the Great Wall, and west of Xijin Prefecture.

It also includes the Southwest Recruitment Department of the Liao Kingdom at the connection between the Hetao and the Great Wall.

According to this approach, the Hebei West Front Army alone took over the main task of recovering Youyun, and the remaining Hebei East Road Army could only play in the area from Beijing to Shanhaiguan, and today's Xijinfu and Yuguan.

As for Damingfu Road, it has been reduced to a pure logistics and transportation team.

Zhe Keda didn't think that Su You was criticizing him, and smiled shamelessly: "The more tasks I complete, the less pressure our brother troops will have to face..."

"Bullshit!" Su You scolded with a smile: "Xijin Prefecture has Zhuoshui, and there are many rivers in Sanggan River that can be used. Xiongba is close to it, so I will leave the navy alone and use the cavalry from Hebei West Road to fight.

,How stupid do I have to be to do this?”

"Do you think your plan can be approved by the second handsome man in the breeding nest? You are called unrealistic and too addictive!"

Wang Cai chuckled on the side: "That's what I told Mr. Zhelang, but he still didn't listen. I'd better hang up the original command chart..."

Su You looked at the map again: "Wait a minute, this idea is still valuable, let me take a look..."

He thought about the map for a while: "It is indeed valuable... Look, if the Hebei East Route Army plan does not succeed, we can also send a partial army from Baozhou to attack Xijin Prefecture in a big way.

By attracting the Liao people to divide their troops, the Hebei East Route Army can return safely..."

Everyone in the tent, including Liu Fengshi, all rolled their eyes. Oh, Situ is such an old man! It’s better not to worry about victory, but to worry about defeat first!

Seeing the disdainful looks from everyone in the tent, Su You laughed and said, "And this map is a little old, so it's a little inaccurate."

"The latest information is that Yelu and Lu We have withdrawn all the troops from the three states in Taonai and withdrawn to the north of the Yellow River to deal with the Tatars with all their strength."

"Leave the land of the original three states to Xiao Haili, the commander of Yunnei Prefecture, for defense. The entire Hetao belongs to me, the Song Dynasty."

Everyone was surprised and happy.

The Liao Kingdom actually had three states within the Hetao, occupying a little bit of the northeastern corner of the Hetao. Zhonge had long been dissatisfied with it, but due to the diplomatic situation, he did not dare to provoke easily.

Now the Song Dynasty didn't even send out any troops, and it was easily obtained, which made Zheke feel a little nervous: "This trick... How did you do this? Is the Emperor of Liao Kingdom so obedient?"

"Because of the situation, this was originally the best plan for the Liao people." Su You said calmly: "Seeing that the Tatars are about to start their offensive again, the Southwest Recruitment Division is about to face Mengturak and Magusu.

Attacked from two sides, Yelu and Luo received no reinforcements from the country."

"The three prefectures in the Tao are now dead places. The Liao people who depend on them can be swallowed up by any soldiers and horses in Linfu and Jiuyuan of the Song Dynasty. But the Liao people are across the Yellow River and cannot be saved even if they want to.

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"Rather than leaving the army wasted there just to occupy the land, it's better to mobilize it."

"Firstly, we can ensure the safety of these armies, and secondly, we can strengthen our own strength."

"Of course, such an obvious act of abandoning land will cause an uproar within the Liao Dynasty, but Xiao Haili happens to be here, so he will leave the blame to Xiao Haili."

"This is what Yelu, Luo and Asu, the privy envoy of the Beiyuan, think."

"For Yelu Yanxi, Xiao Haili is unreliable, and he knows this completely."

"But in the current Liao Kingdom, the army is far more important than land. Yelu Yanxi also knows this."

"This is called the helplessness of those in power. They can only choose the less bad choice among two bad choices. Anyway, they already have an excuse, which is enough to stop everyone in the world from talking about it. Isn't that enough?"

Zhe Keda said: "I care about Yelu Yanxi's death, but... But like this, our Song Dynasty is too weak to win, isn't it?"

"That's right, planning without force means victory without force."

"Jiulang, don't you naively think that Zhong Wu can hold Xiao Haili in his hands, that Yelu Yanxi, Yelu and Lu We can make such a choice, or that the land of three states can fall out of the Liao Kingdom's bag?

In the hands of our Song Dynasty, we, the Song Dynasty, were ordered by heaven, so we didn’t make any efforts at all, right?”
Chapter completed!