I became the son of Renzong

Zhao Xi dare not say that he is stronger than everyone in the cabinet. Since the cabinet has a unanimous opinion, let's get in touch...

As far as the cabinet is concerned, it is enough to persuade officials to send troops.

As for fighting with superior forces... Although they don't understand the official's intentions, the cabinet doesn't think there is any problem with it.

After all, there is nothing wrong with the purpose of reducing unnecessary battle damage when not fighting on all fronts.

In fact, this kind of non-all-out military order is the most taboo when going on an expedition.

Chapter 888 Delusion of Territory

It's not that the cabinet ministers think this is the best time to send troops, even the frontier troops, those generals trained by Zhao Xi, are always ready.

Therefore, when the imperial edict was issued, the expedition team was assembled in a short time.

As for the superior force in a certain area... this is the status quo.Compared with cavalry, there is still a big gap in the mobility of chariots. Only when there is a superior force, can the chariot infantry have the possibility of victory against the cavalry of Beiliao.

"How about Northwest?"

"Northwest... has been implementing the encroachment strategy. At present, there is civil strife in the Northern Liao Dynasty, and the Northwest Recruitment Division has insufficient soldiers and horses. However, the imperial cavalry is limited. In the northwest region, we should continue to implement the encroachment strategy."

"It is correct to encroach on the Northwest, and if you conquer a city, you will stabilize it. The transportation of armaments in the Northwest is too expensive, and the lack of armaments and materials must be considered. The cavalry of the Kingdom and Dynasty is insufficient, and the mobility is not as good as that of the Beiliao, and the armaments carried by the chariots are limited. , steadily advancing for good!"

"Actually, as far as the Northwest is concerned, as long as the city is laid down and advanced steadily, even after the civil strife in the Northern Liao Dynasty is finally quelled, it will only be maintained in the end..."

The Northwest is sparsely populated. During the existence of Xixia, the purpose of setting up the Northwest Recruitment Department in Beiliao was to defend Xixia.Regarding the Great Song Dynasty, Beiliao also knew that Yanyun was the core of the dispute between the two sides compared to the Northwest Territory.

All the cabinets are also clear that sending troops at this time is not a full-scale battle. To put it bluntly, they just want to take advantage of the fire to loot and win a city.For the Northwest edict, there is no need to make any adjustments.

"If the land in the northwest is gradually encroached, and finally a smooth line is established on the grassland, when the decisive battle with the Beiliao, the west army's eastward movement will not be effective in encirclement and suppression, it will also save the trouble of turning to the Central Plains and going north."

"If this is the case, on the East China Sea, the navy of the dynasty and the troops of the four princes will be basically wiped out. At that time, some troops will be transferred to land from the sea, and they will automatically go west. The passage to the northwest will go east, and the main force will go north from the Hebei Road. It can also form a trend of encirclement and suppression in the grand strategy!"

Affected by the officials, whether it was the Battle of Hedong or the suppression of Xixia, the encirclement and suppression were all completed strategically.

The territory of the Northern Liao Dynasty is thousands of miles from east to west, and it is dominated by plains. It is impossible to encircle and suppress Xixia like the eradication of Xixia.But if it is true, east, west, south, and all-out war on three sides, it will be even more useful to the morale of the Northern Liao army than the combat power itself.

"It's a bit difficult!"

As Zhang Dun said, isn't it what all the ministers hoped for?But everyone knows it's hard.

"Rhubarb Shiwei, Dila, Wang Jila, Chachila, Yexi, Bigude, Nila, Dalaguai, Damili, Mierji, Hezhu, Uguri, Zub, Pusuwan , Tanggu, Humusi, Xide, Jiuerbi and other grassland eighteen tribes regard the Northern Liao Dynasty as orthodox."

"This is the result of the unification of the Northern Liao Dynasty for more than a hundred years. In a hundred years, there are almost three generations. Coupled with the reasons of their own living habits, even if the Western Army of the Kingdom Dynasty is defeated, it will not be possible to stabilize the rule in the short term. Smoothly."

"This is not Hexi. Hexi was originally a place where people lived in mixed places, and the party was overly oppressive. The Han, Tubo, and even the Khitan people did not agree with the party members. The eighteen tribes in the Northwest did agree with the Khitan."

"Furthermore, the Guo Dynasty has now recovered the Western Regions, and the Xizhou Uighurs and Huangtou Huihe have not yet been fully recovered. The entire Northwest Road is still incomparable with the former dynasty's territory in the Western Regions."

"Such as Yizhou, Beiting, Gaochang, Zhenzhou, etc., the governing offices of the former dynasty that governed the northwest have not yet recovered. Even if the Guochao can open up the passage from west to east, there are still Fengbei Liao people in the west. The tribe, I'm afraid it will be attacked by the enemy."

Wang Shao's credit is all from the northwest, and even being able to enter the cabinet is also due to the credit of the northwest.After joining the cabinet, he was also in charge of the Northwest and Southwest... Of course, not only the army, the Northwest and Southwest had just returned to the court, and there were quite a lot of affairs.

It is also in dealing with the affairs of many ethnic groups in the northwest and southwest that Wang Shao has accumulated a wealth of experience, so that he has a better understanding of the northwest, especially a certain understanding of the governance of non-ethnic groups.

Whether it is the Hexi Corridor or the Southwest, the degree of Sinicization is considered high, and it has been completely recovered by the Guochao, and there has never been a break in disputes.It is very difficult to send troops from the west to enter the Northern Liao Dynasty!

"What Zichun said is true. Even though the former dynasty had a vast territory, it never completely surrendered to the nomads in the northern desert. Instead, it wasted a lot of energy and money from the previous dynasty."

"In the early days of the previous dynasty, the Western Regions were also rectified to a certain extent. However, Gao Xianzhi went out to conquer Talas, fought against Dashi, and Ge Luolu's rebellion led to the failure of the previous dynasty's Western Expedition."

Wang Anshi was talking about the Battle of Talas in the Tang Dynasty.

In fact, this battle should in fact be classified as a close encounter.The military defeat did not affect the foundation of the empire, and the defeat of Talas could only be regarded as a small setback for Datang at that time.

Although Wang Anshi didn't say that the so-called non-my race must have a different heart or something, there is still some meaning in this regard.

Wang Anshi probably understood culture, or in other words, differences in the level of civilization are the root cause, but he couldn't express it accurately for the time being.

"What will the final territory of the Kingdom be like? Is it the same as the previous dynasty?"

This question seems to be a bit early to think about. Yanyun has not recovered yet, but we are talking about the final territory... The ministers of the Great Song Dynasty are actually not very ambitious.The so-called kings of the world, because of the crampedness since the establishment of the dynasty, have not cultivated much ambition.

This is due to the increase in military strength over the years, and it is only the obsession with Yan Yun.

"Don't teach Huma Duyin Mountain!"

Take a break at this point.

"In the early years, the officials drew a general map of the territory in the guard camp..."

Lu Gong walked towards the sand table while talking... At this time, the sand table of Qinzheng Hall had already included the territory of Beiliao.

"At that time, I also thought it was a delusion. Now it seems that what the officials envisioned is not completely impossible. No matter whether it is kingly or overbearing, after having the soft rule of wool and cotton cloth, add the rigidity of chariots and firearms. Combat power, as long as it can be used reasonably. The author believes that the rumors of the officials are really possible."

Lu Gong's finger was drawn across the sand table, and the cabinet followed his finger to look at it... This is to include the so-called eighteen tribes in the Northwest, Uighur, Uyghur, Jurchen, Annan, and even Tubo. , a map of a large territory that is nearly ten thousand miles away from east to west, north to south.

It is impossible for the cabinet to know that this is Zhao Xi's habit, not an assumption.However, it was Zhao Xi's casual habits that made the current cabinet members really excited.

The current cabinet is not a pedantic generation, on the contrary, they all have the ambition to make contributions and be famous forever.Just thinking about the officialdom...

Chapter 889

In the battle against Northern Liao, Hebei Road is an absolute battlefield, and there is no objection to this point.

Due to the success of the strategy of peacefully annihilating Xixia in the Battle of Hedong at the beginning, the court officials of the entire country were more inclined to consider the strategy when planning the battle against the Northern Liao Dynasty.

There is nothing wrong with this, but different wars require different strategies.

The North China Plain, from the south of the Yanshan Mountains to the east of the Taihang Mountains, is entirely plain land.As for the lost sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, except for the four prefectures on Hedong Road, the twelve prefectures still belong to Beiliao.

This meant that the battle against Beiliao would take place on the North China Plain.

Hedong, Yinshan, Taihang, and Luliang, the three mountains divide the East Road into many basins, and the four prefectures of Yunying are also basin terrain.

Such terrain can be used to plan encirclement and suppression strategies.

The same is true for Xixia.The Yellow River, the Luliang Mountains, and the desert are numerous and limited.

To go east from the sandbar, and to block the passage to the northwest, does not require too many troops.Then from Linfu, Qinzhou, Lanzhou, Huanqing and other places, several roads were encircled and suppressed...

Xixia's strategic depth is limited, and there is a foundation for strategic success.

Even so, Zhao Xi put [-] to [-] soldiers from Gao Zunyu's army as bait.In the end, Ping Xixia was able to succeed.

But for Northern Liao, first of all, the Northern Liao system has been in operation for a hundred years, and it can be regarded as a stable dynasty.

Secondly, the strategic depth of Northern Liao is not comparable to that of Xixia.Going north and west, Guochao simply didn't have enough troops to carry out the strategy of encirclement and suppression.