Chapter 109: Yan Yun’s Restoration (Seventh)

The Xixia captured the five cities of Anding and the situation in Shanzhou was critical. Song Shenzong issued an order to Wu Ji, asking him to send troops to break the siege of Shanzhou. This is the top priority. The reason why Wang Shao did not talk about this first, but introduced some situations to Wu Ji first, was to allow Wu Ji to have a comprehensive understanding of the entire situation so that he could make the most correct judgment.

After Wang Shao's concise report, Wu Ji had a comprehensive understanding of the current situation of the Song Dynasty, which was the most important thing to solve.

"That's it, I think it's better to send troops as soon as possible!" Wu Ji raised his eyebrows and said, "The five cities in Shanzhou have turned into ruins. The tragedy that the Song Dynasty has never experienced before. This time, we will seek justice no matter what! The blood debt and blood payment are paid, and I must make Xixia pay the price of bleeding!"

When talking about the tragedy of peace and stability, Wu Ji felt nervous. It was a massacre of the city. The bloody massacre of the city was uneasy. If he didn't seek justice, he felt uneasy.

"It is inevitable to seek justice." Wang Shao clenched his fist with his right hand, shook it hard, gritted his teeth, and said hatefully: "If the people of Xixia commit heinous crimes this time, if they do not punish them severely, they will not be able to exert the majesty of the Song Dynasty. They must be severely punished! Xixia must pay the price of bleeding! Never be ruthless!"

The Song Dynasty was weak for a hundred years and its reputation was not strong enough. The foreign race did not know the prestige of China. They did whatever they wanted, did everything they wanted, and did everything they wanted, and did not take the Song Dynasty seriously. At present, although the Song Dynasty was about to defeat the Liao Kingdom and recover Yanyun was about to, it was still not enough to make the foreign races frightened. Only by establishing their authority could the foreign races know the prestige of China. This was very necessary. Wang Shao said that it was important.

"The power of the Great Song Dynasty was first revealed, and the foreign races did not know that the power of the Great Song Dynasty was powerful. This act of establishing authority must be carried out. If there is a stable matter, it is legitimate. This time, when I go to Xixia, I must make the blood flow into a river of Xixia! If the Dangxiang people mentioned my name, they will change their color!" Wu Ji knew the importance of establishing authority. If there was no power, no matter how much kindness was, it would be useless. People would think that it was weak and could be bullied.

In this regard, the Song Dynasty was weak for a hundred years, lost annual monies today, and paid tribute tomorrow, making the Khitan and Dangxiang people think that the Song Dynasty is easy to bully, and attacked today and captured tomorrow, and treated the Song Dynasty as a warehouse for you to seek. In the past, the Song Dynasty was weak and could not let foreign races know the power of the Song Dynasty. Now, the Song Dynasty's army is greatly promoted and it is necessary to establish its authority.

Think about the Han and Tang dynasties, which foreign race dared to do this? If they do this, they will inevitably be conquered by the Han and Tang dynasties army.

Not to mention anything else, the bold statement of "Those who violate the strong Han Dynasty will be punished even if they are far away" is enough to intimidate foreign races. In the era of the strong Han Dynasty, no matter how far you are from the Han Dynasty, as long as you offend the Han Dynasty, you will be conquered by the Han Dynasty. In the face of the strength of the Han Dynasty, who dares not open your eyes to offend the Han Dynasty?

"Yeah!" Wang Shao agreed with this matter, raised his eyebrows and said, "Brother Wu, this matter is necessary. But I think it is better to slow down the period of sending troops to the Western Xia Dynasty than to slow down. When the Yanyun land is recovered, give the brothers some time to rest. Since the dispatch of troops before the New Year to the present, we have been fighting hard, fighting in the ice and snow, and it is extremely difficult for the brothers to rest. The brothers are very tired, so it is necessary to let them rest."

In order to capture Zhuozhou in one fell swoop, the Song army did not even have a year to launch a surprise attack on Zhuozhou, and conquered Zhuozhou in one fell swoop, allowing the Song Dynasty to stand on a higher level. However, the war continued and continued until now. It has been more than a month. The soldiers were indeed too tired, and it was necessary to let them rest.

Wang Shao is worthy of being a soldier who is aware of the army and hits the point with one word.

"Brothers are very tired, so it is necessary to let them rest and recuperate. But time is too late!" Wu Ji frowned and turned into the character "Sichuan" and said in contemplation: "If we do not send troops immediately, but resume and resume before dispatching troops, we may miss the opportunity! Miss the opportunity to solve the problem of Xixia in one fell swoop!"

"Good opportunity?" Wang Shaowei felt strange, raised his eyebrows and asked, "What does this mean?"

"After the Western Xia conquered Shanzhou, it was their best opportunity to attack Guanzhong. Shanzhou was in a high terrain and looked down at Guanzhong. If troops were sent from Shanzhou, they could go down to Guanzhong in one fell swoop." Wu Ji's eyebrows kept beating and said, "This would mean that the Liao Kingdom was not defeated. The Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom were in stalemate, and the war was undecided for a long time. In this case, it would be the best for Xixia. But now, it is no longer possible. The Song Dynasty defeated the Liao Kingdom, and the Liao Kingdom was lost. Yelu Hongji fled in panic. The Liao Kingdom almost became an empty city. Yanyun was about to recover, and the road to attack Xixia from Yanyun was back to the hands of the Song Dynasty. With this line of march, Xixia was completely exposed to the attack of the Song Dynasty. Shaanxi Province was no longer important. Even if Xixia occupied all Shanzhou and Guanzhong, it would be of no use to the overall situation."

Wu Ji's analysis is very reasonable, and he pointed out the situation of Xixia. For Xixia, for decades, they have been determined to obtain Guanzhong. Guanzhong is not only a place of wealth, but also a famous "source of the warriors". If they get Guanzhong and get 800-li Qinchuan, it will greatly increase the strength of Xixia several times and get rid of the current situation of being so poor that they are almost crazy.

The premise is to hold the Liao Kingdom back to the Song Dynasty and not bring the traditional march route back to the hands of the Song Dynasty. Otherwise, even if Xixia occupied all Shanzhou and Guanzhong, it would be useless. Because the route of marching from Yanyun was most beneficial to the Song Dynasty, one was to facilitate the operation of the army, and the other was to facilitate logistics transportation. It was not like Shanzhou that always cut off the grain route for Xixia due to the complex terrain.

"Yes!" Wang Shao sighed and said, "Looking at the ancient and modern times, for thousands of years, since Huo Qubing attacked the Hexi Corridor, China has been marching towards the Xixia land in Yanyun, rather than from Shanzhou. The Song Dynasty lost the Yanyun land. This best way of march was not in the hands of the Song Dynasty, and it was owned by the Khitans. The Song Dynasty had to march from Shanzhou. Although it knew that it was facing many inconveniences, the terrain was complex and the terrain was dangerous, and it was difficult to coordinate with each other. The various divisions could not reinforce each other, and it was easy to defeat each other. What was even more uncomfortable was that even though they knew that every time they sent troops, they would face the danger of the food road being cut off, they always cut the food road for Xixia and had to retreat."

The way to cut off food was the trump card of the Western Xia. It was used to be sharper to the Song Dynasty. It took decades to work for decades, which made the Song people very angry. However, due to the terrain of Shanzhou, there was nothing to do.

This created a phenomenon, that is, whenever the Song Dynasty marched heavily and victory was in sight, news came that the food road was cut off and had to retreat.

This kind of thing was repeated in the war between the Song Dynasty and the Western Xia, but it was impossible to prevent it, causing the Song Dynasty to suffer a lot.

"Yan Yun is revived, and it is inevitable to advance from Yanyun's land. Even if Xixia fights well in Shanzhou and captures many cities, it is meaningless." Wu Ji frowned and said in contemplation: "Their best way to deal with it is to withdraw from Shanzhou before our army advances from Yanyun. Otherwise, the elite troops of Xixia will be trapped in Shanzhou, which is equivalent to the emptiness of the whole country. When our army advances from Yanyun's land, it will catch Xixia off guard."

Speaking of this, Wu Ji stopped, sighed slightly, and said, "Hey! I hope that Xixia's greed will rise, and will not withdraw its troops from Shanzhou, but will march into Guanzhong. In that case, the elite troops of Xixia will not be able to retreat for a while, and I will forcing Xixia as soon as possible, conquering cities and plundering the land, and defeating Xixia in one fell swoop. In that case, we will pacify Xixia in one fell swoop and solve this big problem. However, I know that this is impossible. Li Zongbao and Liang Xi are good generals, and they will not be unable to think of this. Therefore, we must send troops as soon as possible and compare with them to see who will take action faster!"

In order to attack Song this time, Xixia was fully equipped with all its elite troops, and even the Iron Harrier was dispatched. You can imagine how many troops Xixia invested. The whole country's troops were in Shanzhou. The country's domestic situation was empty. If Wu Ji's movements were fast enough, he would approach Xixia quickly, and attack unexpectedly, and attack in large numbers, and before the elite Xixia retreated, then Xixia would no longer exist.

However, this can only be a beautiful wish. Although Wu Ji didn't want to say it, he had to admit that Li Zongbao and Liang Xi were both good generals and would not be unable to see such a crisis. They would definitely withdraw their troops as soon as possible and return to defend Xixia before the Song army launched a large-scale attack.

Otherwise, once the Song Dynasty army is over, everything will be too late.

After all, it is faster than Wu Ji and Li Zongbao. Whoever arrives first will have the advantage. If Li Zongbao and others withdraw first, Xixia will be stable. If Wu Ji arrives first, he can conquer the city and land directly, and attack Xingqing Prefecture, and destroy Xixia in one fell swoop.

"It's reasonable! It's reasonable!" Wang Shao nodded and said, "Although we hate the people of Xixia, we have to admit that there are capable people in Xixia. Li Zongbao and Liang Xi are two good generals. They will definitely think of this and withdraw their troops as soon as possible. If they withdraw their troops back to Xixia, there will be endless troubles."

Wu Ji shook his head and said, "They are good generals, but it is not so easy to retreat safely from Shanzhou. You must know that Shanzhou has a complex terrain, a dangerous terrain, and a rugged road, which is inconvenient for the army to move. It is not easy for the Xixia army to withdraw safely. The Zhong Family Army and the Yao Family Army will not let them go, and will cause them a lot of trouble."

"Yes! Zhong Yan, Yao Gu, and that Li Xian are all good generals." Wang Shao nodded and expressed his deep agreement, saying: "If Shanzhou is defeated, they will definitely know their shame and be brave before they can be brave. They will definitely try every means to hold back the Xixia army and buy us time."

Zhong Yan, Yao Gu, and Li Xian are all good generals and will not be unable to see this point. They must take advantage of the retreat of the Western Xia army to hold a big move to cause great trouble for the Western Xia army. It is best to hold the Western Xia army and prevent them from retracting the Western Xia army.

"I can only buy some time. It is unlikely to drag the Xixia army to Shanzhou." Wu Ji was very sober and said, "So, I must set out as soon as possible, the sooner the better! Time is too late!"

It was definitely not a good time for the Song army to send troops at this time. However, the time waited for no one, so we had to go out.
Chapter completed!