Chapter 25 Jinzhou Strategy
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On July 24th, the general generals Yu, who were ordered to arrive at Jinzhou in advance, discussed matters.
The four commanders of the rebel army, Li Hu, Dong Xiaochou, Luo Qinghan and Tieying.
Six major officials of the General General’s Office: Huang She, Huo Liuge, Chai Yun, Hu Tu, Yuanye, and Ma Liang.
The general managers of both sides of the rebel army: Zhang Jue and Tian Hao.
The head commander of the 12th Army of the Rebel Army: Mao Army, Hu Jiayong, deputy commander of the resentful army, Dong Zhongsun, Feiyun Army, Hou Guai, Wu Yong Army, Zhang Guanyu, Bohai Army, Gao Baolong, Liao Xing Army, Wei Fu, deputy commander of the King of Hell, Zhang Gaoer, Shenlong Army, Dugu Feng, Thunder Army, Li Jin, Yunshu Army, Win Qin, Yunhai Army, Wu Chongtian.
Luo Sinan, the head coach of the old camp of the rebel army, and Hong Yun, the deputy coach.
Li Hu stood in front of the map and personally explained and deployed the war.
During this period, Li Hu's negotiations with all parties were controlled by Li Hu. The contact with the Liao Kingdom was related to the morale of the rebel army, so this matter was very confidential; the contact with the Jin Kingdom involved Wuyan's internal security, so Li Hu never allowed others to participate; the contact with the Song Dynasty was absolutely secret, and Li Hu would not allow others to participate in the negotiations.
"At the end of this month, the Jin army will launch an attack on Zhongjing, and the situation in Liaodong will undergo a surprising change."
"In Liaodong, where the turbulent weather is changing, if the rebel army wants to survive and develop, it must seize any opportunity. This time it is an opportunity, a very good opportunity."
"Through various channels, we have learned the latest developments of various forces. The tycoon Wanyan Aguda will lead his army to attack Zhongjing at the end of this month. The Liao Kingdom has quelled the rebellion of the Zubu people in the northwest. Yelu Dashi led his army to Zhongjing Road and will launch a counterattack in August to try to retake Shangjing. The Song Dynasty will launch a northern expedition in October, with the main target of Xijing. After years of hard fighting, the strength of Xixia and the Song Dynasty have been severely consumed. It is said that the Khitans had asked for help from Xixia, but were politely rejected by the Emperor of Xixia."
After saying this, all the rebel generals in the mainland, except for a few insiders, were secretly shocked.
Li Hu has magical power. He often speaks amazingly. Everyone doesn't think it's surprising. It's just that this time the Song Dynasty is going to fight the Northern Expedition. And it's very certain that the target is Xijing. This makes everyone's eyes suddenly shift from a small Liaodong to the world. The tiger of the Song Dynasty finally came out. And he goes out and will immediately change the situation in Liaodong. How can the rebel army survive?
"I once said that we want to return to the Heavenly Kingdom. But the Heavenly Kingdom has rules for the Heavenly Kingdom. Once it returns, the Liaodong righteous army will be dispersed. This is obviously something that everyone cannot accept. So our return is conditional. That is, it means returning in the form of a vassal state. Or to put it simply, it is to become a vassal state vassal state."
"For this reason, our Liaodong rebel army must have its own territory and its own independent small kingdom. We can respect the emperors of the Song Dynasty and the Song Dynasty. But the Song Dynasty cannot control us. The Liaodong rebel army is not subject to any constraints of the Song Dynasty."
"At present, our Liaodong rebel army does not have a complete territory, does not have its own independent small kingdom, and does not have a land capital to bargain with the Song Dynasty. Therefore, the goal of this war is to capture Yanjing, seize Youzhou, and take down Xijin Prefecture intact, thereby establishing its own small kingdom, and the land kingdom of Han people in Liaodong."
This sentence is resounding. Li Hu finally spoke for the first time in front of the generals of the rebel army in Liaodong's rebel army's future goals and strategies for future survival and development.
Zhang Gaoer, Dugu Feng and others were the first to applaud. The general general has been struggling in western Liaoning for a year and a half, and finally made a sentence that everyone likes to hear. Why do you do with blood and sweat? Of course, it is a plan to do the cause of kings and dominance. The Song Dynasty is the Song Dynasty in China, and Liaodong is the Liaodong of the Han people. Although we do not have the strength to compete in the world, it is still possible to compete in Liaodong.
"Since it is an independent kingdom, why do you still have to be a vassal of the Song Dynasty?" Zhang Gao'er asked bluntly. With Youyan, you Li Hu are kings, we are all civil servants and military generals. We have our own independent kingdom, why do you still have to be other people's grandsons and look at their faces?
"Youyan is the place where four battles are, and it is a dead land." Li Hu pointed to the map and explained, "Please see, in the northeast of our Jurchens, the Khitans, and the Song people in the southwest of our Song people. If we want to survive, the only way is to seek refuge in the Song Dynasty and become a vassal of the Song Dynasty. In this way, while we help the Song Dynasty guard the northern border, we can also get assistance from the Song Dynasty. In the future, with the help of the Song Dynasty, we can attack the Jurchens to the northeast and the Khitans to the northwest."
"Since the Han and Tang Dynasties, the vast territory outside the Great Wall belongs to us Han people. It was our homeland. If we could conquer this territory of thousands of miles, we could not only realize the wishes of our ancestors, but also build achievements for generations. In the future..." Li Hu pointed to the generals in the tent, "Our kingdom has territory of thousands of miles and amazing strength. We can be on par with the Heavenly Dynasty, one south and one north, and dominate the world, and you will also become heroes who will remain in love forever."
The atmosphere in the big tent suddenly became warm.
The plan for Li Hu's vassal states is just a plan for rights and interests. The goal is to survive and develop, waiting for the storm to turn into dragons and eagles to soar in the sky, that is another scene.
"Attack Yanjing, seize Youyan, establish a kingdom, and then form a three-point pattern in Liaodong."
Li Hu drew three major pieces on the map, "We have the smallest territory, the weakest strength, and are in the middle of the attack of the Three Kingdoms. Therefore, although the three-point pattern can maintain our survival, it limits our development. The only solution is to become a vassal of the Song Dynasty and continue to maintain the three-point pattern of Liaodong for a long time in the future, thus giving us time to develop."
Speaking of this, Li Hu took Shi Jingtang as an example.
Shi Jingtang won survival and development by betraying the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and becoming the son emperor of the Khitans. Then he went south to the Central Plains, eliminated the Li family's Later Tang, and established his own Great Jin (known as the Later Jin in history). Looking at the history of Shi Jingtang and the Later Jin, we can see that if the Liaodong rebel army wanted to establish its own kingdom, it was a necessary process to become a vassal of the Song Dynasty.
Speaking of this, Zhang Jue spoke, "The Song Dynasty's Northern Expedition was intended to regain its hometown. If we seize Youyan, we will definitely have conflicts with the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty had foresight and established an alliance with the Jin Dynasty early. Now that the Song Dynasty saw that we had captured Yanjing, it would definitely unite with the Jurchens and attack them from both sides. May I ask the general general, if the Song Dynasty was worried about raising a tiger, and was unwilling to accept us, and insisted on regaining Youyan, what would we do?"
"Being the first to attack Youyan and form a three-point pattern in Liaodong was to force the Song Dynasty to accept us." Li Hu pointed to Xijing on the map, "Please see, the Song army set the primary goal of the Northern Expedition as Xijing, and it must be the Song and Jin alliance that took effect. One of the Song and Jin countries attacked Zhongjing, one of the Xijing, the other attracted most of the Liao army's main force, and the other took advantage of the emptiness of Xijing. If we take the opportunity to take Yanjing at this moment, the Khitans would be driven into the desert."
"Although the Khitans lost all five capitals, they still had certain strength. They retreated to the desert and must have a counterattack. The first choice for counterattack is Xijing."
"In this way, not only did the Xia people in the northwest of the Song Dynasty become enemies, but the Liao people also repeatedly went south to plunder. If they were enemies with us again, they would be fighting on the third line." Li Hu looked at the generals and smiled, "You can imagine what kind of response the Emperor of the Song Dynasty would make at this time?"
It is very simple. The Song Dynasty would do its best to deal with the Khitans, then maintain peace with the Western Xia, and at the same time accept Li Hu as a vassal.
The future problems are solved, how to solve the current problems? How to attack Yanjing?
Li Hu used the same trick again, but he still made the same move.
"The envoys of the Liao Kingdom frequently recruited and pacified, especially after the fall of Shangjing, they gave us generous conditions for pacification." Li Hu roughly explained the fact that the Liao Kingdom's emperor granted the title of King of Han and allowed the establishment of the Han Palace. "The Liao Kingdom's emperor's condition was to cooperate with their counterattack, recover Shangjing, and ask us to attack Tokyo."
"I was happy to agree to this condition because I just needed to make a name for myself."
"The Jurchens are in a good situation now. After defeating Shangjing, they want to attack Zhongjing. Wanyan Aguda is even willing to use three-point Liaodong to exchange for our cooperation in the attack." Li Hu smiled, "I agreed, but I remind them that this may be a hard battle, killing one thousand enemies, and losing 800 to themselves, so I suggest that he should use the old method to use the bait to attack Zhongjing, lure the main force of the Liao army through the Tribulus Mountain, and then gather the main force to completely annihilate or severely damage the Liao army, so that he can easily take Zhongjing."
"The attack strategies of the Liao army and the Jin army require us to attack Tokyo to cooperate. In the process of cooperation, we secretly transported the main force to Pingzhou Road. When the Liao and Jin armies were in Zhongjing and Tokyo fiercely fought, and when the Song and Liao armies were in the battle of Xijing, we were unintentional and killed Yanjing."
"There are three key points among them. "First, the Tokyo War will be delayed until October, preferably after the Song army's Northern Expedition. Once the news of the Song army's Northern Expedition reaches the front line, the Liao army will be eager to fight. We will hide the situation and withdraw the main force. The Jin army lacks military strength and will have a bloody battle with the Liao army. This will cause both sides to lose their troops, which is very beneficial to us."
"Second, our intention to attack Yanjing cannot be exposed too early. The Song army invaded Xijing in the north, and the troops of Xijing Road were empty, so the Emperor of Liao would definitely draw troops from Nanjing Road to support him. Once the reinforcements on Nanjing Road crossed Juyong Pass, they would immediately launch an attack."
"Third, the time for the Song army's Northern Expedition may be advanced or delayed, so we must be prepared for both. If the time for the Song army's Northern Expedition is delayed, our target will not be Youyan, but the Tokyo War. During the Tokyo War, we will attack the Liao and Jin armies at the same time, causing them to hurt them, lay the foundation for us to attack Youyan and score three points of Liaodong."
Chapter completed!