Chapter 87 Go north, go north!
The capture of the Great Wall shocked the world, and what happened afterwards was even more shocking.
The Zubu tribe in the west of Liao Kingdom suddenly rebelled, which was nothing. After all, the Zubu tribe has always been dishonest, and it would be strange if it did not rebel for a long time.
What makes people smell some unusual smell is that the Jurchen tribe in the east has also rebelled. Compared with the Shubu tribe, the Jurchen tribe is actually more docile, and the Jurchen tribe also attacked the Liao Kingdom, which is somewhat unusual.
What is even more surprising is that the Uighurs and Goryeo in Xizhou also launched an attack on the Liao Kingdom.
For a moment, the Liao Kingdom fell into a situation of betrayal of relatives and relatives, and it felt like the huge empire was about to collapse.
When Wang Shao heard this news, he immediately seized the opportunity to march towards Dading Prefecture, and the navy led by Di Xiang also quickly advanced towards Dading Prefecture.
For the Xia army, who possessed explosives, a powerful siege weapon, the city's strength was no longer an obstacle to progress.
Of course, this is also based on the Xia army's field capabilities. If the Song army had explosives, they might still be huddled in the city, and they would not be able to exert the true power of explosives.
Wang Shao and Di Xiang, one heading north and the other heading west, were all Dading Prefecture, and they captured cities and villages along the way, while the army supported behind them continued to support.
Wang Shao's victory in using troops lies in his uprightness. Once the grand strategy is settled, he will advance step by step. The captured city will not be abandoned, but will let the people from the rear take over, and the civil servant will take over the city.
In later generations, there were always people saying that the Han people lost their enterprising spirit because they built the Great Wall. This is just a nonsense.
The Great Wall is not just for defense. In fact, it is an offensive war fortress with the Great Wall as its core and many city nodes outside the Great Wall as a springboard.
Wang Shao knew this very well, so the city he took down had to be integrated into the Great Wall system. Therefore, it became a must for the army to garrison and civil servants to take over the city.
This steady approach is actually even more devastating.
This is especially true for those who are guarding Dading Prefecture.
Continuous military newspapers followed one after another.
“……On May 21, the Luan River fell;”
“…On May 21st, Jinzhou fell;”
“…On May 22, Anchang fell;”
“…On May 22, the enemy crossed Jiugongling and advanced to Kuancheng;”
"…May 2nd is the evening of the second day, and Kuancheng has fallen!"
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The cities fell one by one, and even worse news came one by one, just like the death of black and white impermanence, which shocked the generals guarding Dading Prefecture three times a day.
The general who guarded the Dading Mansion was named Yelu Hui. His name was ordinary, but his origin was not ordinary. He was from Yelu Hongji's guard. If it weren't for this relationship, it would not be his turn to guard the Dading Mansion.
Yelu Hui kept asking for help, but every reply was to ask him to defend himself. As for reinforcements, there was only one sentence - no more troops could be allocated for the time being.
Yelu Hui naturally knew this. Three hundred thousand Liao troops attacked Xia and Tianmo. Now Goryeo, Uighurs, Jurchen tribes, and Bu Bu tribes all opposed Liao. Military forces are needed everywhere, so how can they send military forces to rescue him?
Yelu Hui also had his own plans. The reason why he kept asking for help was constantly exaggerating the terror of the Xia army was indeed very terrible, but the purpose was not this, but to cover his retreat.
If he does not raise these difficulties, who will lose the city then?
According to his current practice, he can be justified if he loses the city - there are so many troops in the enemy, and I only have so few troops, how can I stand it? I have asked for help. You don’t even send a single person to me. Can I blame this?
When Yelu Hui was about to shirk responsibility, Wang Shao was imposing.
Wang Shao has not had a good sleep for several days. He has been conquering cities and villages these days, and has been approaching Dading Mansion. Wang Shao has become more and more excited.
This excitement comes from expanding territory. For literati, expanding territory for the country is one of the most supreme glory. Moreover, this war to fight against foreign races that invade the Han country has a sense of national pride.
Therefore, although Wang Shao fought steadily along the way, his attack speed always maintained a fire-like situation, which gave the Liao army great deterrence.
At first, Wang Shao was still worried about the strength of Di Xiang's navy, afraid that Di Xiang would not be able to keep up with his speed, and intentionally slowed down a little. Unexpectedly, the strength shown by Di Xiang's navy was amazing.
Di Xiang also held his breath in his heart. There was a dispute over intention and practical interests.
The navy is about to face expansion, and this expansion naturally depends on the strength of the navy.
The navy is a new force. This army has its own special features. The ocean is vast and boundless, and the naval power required is very large. However, there were some opinions in the court that the center of Daxia was on land. Although there was business on sea, the threat on land was greater.
On land, we are now facing double-teams from the Song Dynasty and Liao Kingdom, as well as the Tubo tribes, Uighurs, etc., and on the ocean, the Daxia navy is now enough to maintain its power, so there is no need to expand again.
Di Xiang entered Bianjing City for a while and heard this argument a lot, and felt a little angry.
Others don’t understand, but Di Xiang can’t understand it.
Di Xiang believes that land represents the past and present, but the ocean is the future of Daxia.
After galloping on the sea for so many years, Di Xiang is extremely optimistic about the potential of the ocean. He believes that maritime power is as important as power on land, and the future is the ocean.
The navy is more than enough to control the near sea. Liao Kingdom has no navy, Goryeo and Japan are not even more opponents, but the ocean itself is an opponent. The ocean is too big. If the Daxia Navy wants to enter the deep blue, it must have stronger power.
Entering the deep blue requires larger ships, more manpower and better equipment, and all these require funding from the court.
In the past, only the funding required by Ocean Ocean Group was required, but now it has been separated from Ocean Ocean Group, so we have to rely on the imperial court.
Now that there is such a voice within the court, Di Xiang is uncontrollably nervous.
At that time, the navy will be divided into two parts. If there is not much difference when the family is divided, we can only rely on the government's allocation to expand the army.
Now that there are so many enemies on the road, if it cannot be proved that the navy can play a great role, even the emperor who supports the navy must consider it carefully, right?
So, if you want to have a full meal, you must work hard!
Chapter completed!