One Piece of Song Dynasty

Yue Fei suddenly became serious and said: "Okay, let me tell you my plan now. According to the internal response, I plan to divide the entire army into two groups, and land one from Changli. This group of troops will be led by Zhang Xian and Pang Rong. To lead, Zhang Xian will be the leader and Pang Rong will be the deputy. I will give you troops. After landing, they will first occupy Changli County with the help of the internal forces. Then the troops will be divided into two groups and go straight to Yuguan and Songting Pass. After seizing these two passes, they will turn back. Capture the entire territory of Pingzhou and Luanzhou. I will leave the land of these two states and the two passes to you. The Jin army in western Liaoning will definitely pounce on you. You must guard these two areas for me and not let the Jin army attack. Come in."

The two of them stood up and said, "Yes, Commander-in-Chief, I will finally get the order."

Yue Fei continued: "The remaining people will follow me to land at the mouth of Haihe River. After landing, Xu Qing, you lead troops and go straight to Shunzhou. I will hand over Shunzhou and Gubeikou to you. Yu Peng, you will lead Ten thousand horses will go to Jizhou, and the others will follow me straight to Yanjing City. After capturing Yanjing City, Wang Gui, I will give you five thousand horses to guard Juyong Pass; General Lu, I will give you ten thousand horses, and I will hand over Zijingguan and Yizhou. Here you go, that is the main road to prevent the Jin army from entering Hedong, so there must be no mistakes. Yao Zheng, I will give you troops to guard Zhuozhou and Waqiao Pass. Yue Fan, you will lead troops from Wuqing to Yijin. Deploy defenses on the front line, Kou Cheng, your cavalry troops will stay with my troops to stay in Yanjing City and be ready to support various places at any time."

The generals raised their fists and said, "The last general has received his order."

Yue Fei continued: "The date for our landing has been set, which is the night of July th. Considering that it takes time for us to take a boat from Jeju Island to Yanyun, we will set off on June th, but before the two armies Before the official landing, we still need to send two advance teams to land in advance and control the villages near the landing site in advance to create conditions for the safe landing of the follow-up army. These two advance teams, Wang Gui and Pang Rong, you two When you go back, you must personally select and lead them out.”

Er Rutou said: "The general will understand."

Yue Fei then urged: "And don't forget the ethnic policy I have been emphasizing in recent years. Yanyun is a place where many ethnic groups live together. This is already a fait accompli and cannot be changed by us, so no one is allowed to discriminate against other ethnic groups. Everyone, please keep military discipline to me. If anyone ruins our Northern Expedition because of this matter, don’t blame me for turning against you."

Everyone replied: "Yes, Marshal."

Yue Fei finally said: "Four gentlemen, after occupying Yanjing and other places, I will leave the civil affairs to you. I also hope that these gentlemen will help me guard Yanjing and other places."

The four of them stood up and bowed: "Yes, Commander Yue, I understand."

While Yue Fei was assigning tasks to the generals, Liu Qi was also assigning tasks to his men. Currently, Liu Qi's generals include Niu Gao, Yan Chong, Zhao Bingyuan, Wang Jing, and Li Shan.

On June , Li Xin received Yu Wen's letter from Fei Ge in Jiankang Mansion. Seeing Yue Fei and others' plan, Li Xin excitedly called Zhao Ding and others: "You three, haven't you always wanted to do this?" If you know what Yue Fei and Liu Qi are doing with those people, I will reveal the answer to you now, come on, you all can take a look."

After that, Li Xin handed the flying pigeon letter sent by Yu Wen to the three people. After reading it, the three people looked at each other in shock. Zhang Jun asked: "Your Majesty, this"

Li Xin smiled and said: "I'm surprised, Zhang Jun. There is nothing wrong with the Northern Expedition strategy you first proposed. It's just that what should we do after we regain the Central Plains? The Central Plains and Hebei are both flat. After regaining the Central Plains, we will face the Jin Army's cavalry. How can we defend it? The Central Plains has been destroyed by the war, not to mention the banditry in various places. At that time, we will need a large number of troops to defend against the Jin army and bandits. Finally, we will need to invest a lot of manpower. We must use material resources to govern the Central Plains. From this point of view, recovering the Central Plains is a loss-making business, because we cannot guarantee that we will be able to stop Jin Rao's attack, and no one can determine the outcome on the battlefield."

Zhang Jun bowed respectfully and said, "I didn't think about it."

Wang Shu said: "So the prince made this more bold plan to march northward to Yanyun by sea, and solve the lost large areas of land such as the Central Plains, Lianghe, Yanyun, etc. in one fell swoop, and directly push the future war against Jin to the front line of Yanyun."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Wang Shangshu is right. The best way to block the Jin army's cavalry is to rely on Yanyun's favorable terrain. Relying on Yanyun's favorable terrain, we can save a lot of border defense troops. The saved troops can Used in the domestic suppression of bandits, as long as the Jin soldiers are kept out of Yanyun, we can manage the Central Plains and the Two Rivers well. When the Central Plains and the Two Rivers are restored, our national strength will be at least double what it is now. That’s when it’s time for us to attack the Jin people.”

The concubine Wang came up and said energetically: "Your Majesty, what is your plan for the -strong army that Ma Kuai has? You can't let them watch the show on the side, right?"

Li Xin laughed and said: "Of course not, they will not start taking action until Yue Fei captures the first few states of Yanyun Mountain. Their goal is to land in Shandong from the sea, go around behind the enemy's east and middle armies, and cooperate with me The East and Central Governor's Offices have severely damaged or destroyed these two enemy armies. When the news of Yue Fei's occupation of Yanyun spreads, the morale of the enemy army will be severely affected, and then it will be a good opportunity to defeat the enemy army."

Zhang Jun said: "So this is why the prince has kept the three-way governor's office from attacking. Our army is best at defending the city. While defending, it consumes the enemy's troops and attracts more reinforcements from the enemy's country. When the enemy's country is empty, send The Qi soldiers thrust their swords into the enemy's rear."

Zhao Ding praised: "The virtue is far away. It's like one person. The three governors' mansions restrain the enemy's hands, while Yue Fei and Liu Qi are two sharp daggers heading straight into the enemy's chest."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Okay, Mr. Zhao, inform the three-route governor's office to prepare for a counterattack and wait for my order. I want to give a special instruction to the west-route governor's office not to invest too many troops when they counterattack. , once the situation between us and the Jin Kingdom reverses, the relationship with the Xia Kingdom will also become very delicate, so it is better to take precautions early."

Zhao Ding bowed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, I understand."

Li Xin continued: "We will lead our troops across the river to Luzhou tomorrow to join Zhang Jun's troops stationed in Lujiang."

Zhao Ding frowned and said: "My lord, is this a bit risky? After all, Luzhou is not far from the front line. If Jin Wushu knows about this, it may irritate him."