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- (Oh yes, the alliance has generously rewarded me, and I am very grateful.)
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"The west wind shakes the door all night long, and the lonely house in the depression has a dim light. Looking back three thousand miles from the home mountain, there are no wild geese flying to the south of the broken mountain."
On the front line of Zhuozhou, Di Lie was filled with emotions as he held Zhao Ji's last handwriting sent back by the messenger of Ma Kuang's secret order. On the front of the book, there is this poem that Zhao Ji gave to Ma Kuo when he was leaving. On the back, there are some shocking characters: "The Supreme Being was assassinated, and the Prime Minister did it."
Zhao Ji was a coward for most of his life, and even died in such a cowardly way, but I am afraid he did not know it until his death. His death sounded the drum of the Northern Expedition and the death knell of the Jin Kingdom.
From this point of view, Zhao Ji¡¯s death was a well-deserved death.
"Welcome back the two saints and return our mountains and rivers." It has always been the political slogan shared by Tianshu and the Southern Song Dynasty. Although neither Tianshu nor the supreme leader of the Southern Song Dynasty was interested in welcoming back the Second Saint, the slogan was shouted loudly.
The Second Emperor has become a political symbol and an important political bargaining chip for the Jin Kingdom. When this bargaining chip is crushed, the Kingdom of Jin will inevitably be pushed to the forefront of morality.
Although in fact, Zhao Ji's death was an accident and had nothing to do with the Prime Minister Wanyan Zonghan But who said that it was the guards of the Prime Minister's Mansion who killed Zhao Ji? Moreover, Wanyan Xiebao was also found dead on the spot - a complete chaotic scene of catching someone raping in bed, then I'll kill you, and you kill me. As a father and a state minister, Wanyan Zonghan cannot escape this responsibility no matter what.
As soon as the news of Zhao Ji's death came out, the whole country was in an uproar. The whole country was shocked. The urgent report was sent for eight hundred miles from north to south. Wherever it passed, the officials and the people all cried and looked up to the sky and worshiped. The imperial court of the Southern Song Dynasty was out of court for three days, and the whole country was in mourning. People in the government and the public were in a fierce mood. They denounced the beasts of the Jin Kingdom and called for the Northern Expedition to join forces with the Tianzhu Army.
April. The third batch of support materials was shipped from Yangzhou. Going northward, this batch of materials and labor was actually the sum of the previous two batches - this value far exceeded the amount of payment that Di Lie had secretly discussed with Zhao Qi and Zhao Jiu. It could be regarded as a bonus for Zhao Ji's death.
?Also in April. Di Lie, the leader of Tianzhu Army. Submit an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Jin. Within one month, Wanyan Zonghan will be handed over and compensation of 100 million yuan will be paid. Return the twelve states of Youyun to comfort the spirit of the Supreme Being in heaven. Otherwise, the Tianzhu Army will raise a hundred thousand troops to avenge the Song Emperor.
Di Lie¡¯s revenge is a matter of course, and Zhao Ji is his real father-in-law. A son-in-law is like a half-son, and a father-in-law is like a half-father. There is no better reason to raise an army than this. Even the Kingdom of Jin had to admit that Di Lie had the right to hold him to account and retaliate.
But, is it possible for the Kingdom of Jin to agree to such extremely harsh conditions? Don¡¯t even think about it, it¡¯s absolutely impossible!
Di Lie did not expect or even hope that Jin would agree, so one moment he delivered an ultimatum to Yanjing, and the next moment he immediately ordered the mobilization of the Northern Expedition.
The times chosen for the Northern Expedition and the Southern Expedition are exactly opposite.
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The Tianzhu Army¡¯s Northern Expedition is just the opposite. It must start the operation between April and May and end it before the end of the year. Otherwise, the cold weather will become an enemy a hundred times more terrifying than the Jin soldiers.
The vast majority of the southern generals in the Tianzhu Army may not understand this, but how could Di Lie, who was born in a military academy, not know this? For an expeditionary force, the most terrifying thing is not the enemy, but the climate. Napoleon, Hitler, these European heroes were all defeated miserably by the Siberian cold current at the peak of their lives.
¡°It is better to have a hot war than a cold war. This is the general principle of the Northern Expedition.
In mid-April, the entire Tianzhu Army pledged itself to the Northern Expedition on the 600-mile front.
The commander-in-chief of the Tianzhu Army ordered that the Northern Expedition Group Army be established immediately, with jurisdiction over the First Reorganized Division, the Second Reorganized Division, the Fourth Reorganized Division, the Bohai Division, the Tianbo Division, the Qin Feng Army, the Jaeger Battalion, and the Guard Battalion, totaling sixteen brigades and six Battalions (four battalions of Tianbo Division), with a total of 60,000 soldiers and horses. These are pure combat troops and auxiliary troops. If we add in the Tianshu forces and the service chiefs supported by Qin Fenglu, Southern Song and others, the total army will exceed 80,000.
The commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition Army: Di Lie, the leader of the Tianzhu Army.
Second Marshal: Yang Zaixing, He Yuanqing, Guan Zhongyong, Zhang Rong, Guan Sheng, Qu Duan.
Chief of General Staff: Ling Yuan.
Deputy Chief of Staff: Zhao Neng.
The combat objectives are as follows:
On the northwest front, the Fourth Reorganized Division and the five brigades of Qin Feng Army, with a total of 30,000 troops, left Yanmen Pass at sunrise and divided their troops into three groups to surround Yingzhou, Shuozhou and Wuzhou. After capturing the three states, they joined forces to capture Yunzhong Mansion in Xijing. Once the Yunzhong Mansion is restored, the situation in the northwest will be stabilized.
On the northern line, the second reorganized division went out of the Great Wall, captured Feihu and Lingqiu, and finally captured Yuzhou, cutting off the communication between Jin Guoxi and Yan Beijing, and threatening the two capitals from the flanks.On the northeastern line, the First Reorganization Division and the Bohai Division unite to eradicate Yanjing, Youzhou, which has the strongest troops, the tightest defense, and the most critical terrain among the twelve Youyun states!
In addition, there is a strange force that must be used - the Tianbo Division and the Jaeger Battalion.
On the third day of May, in Zhuozhou, Di Lie was working with Ling Yuan, Zhao Neng and other staff members in the main hall of the state government office, studying maps, setting up sand tables, and conducting war games. The entire main hall was used as a combat staff room, and the atmosphere was tense and intense.
An announcement from the guard came from outside the door: "Military Commander, Commander Zhang, General Han, and Commander Liang are here with orders."
Di Lie threw the charcoal pen on the table and said with a smile: "It came very quickly. Okay, please come in."
Of the three people who came in, the tallest and strongest one was Zhang Rong, the commander of Tianbo Division; the one with a strong body and sharp face was Liang Xing, the commander of the Jaeger Battalion; and the tall and muscular man in the middle was actually Han Shizhong!
Yes, Han Shizhong is here too.
After Zhao Qi ascended the throne, in accordance with the agreement with Di Lie, Wang Yan, Li Gang, Han Shizhong, and Yu Wenxuzhong's family members were all transferred to Tokyo.
After being silent for nearly half a year, Han Shizhong finally agreed to serve as the deputy commander of the Tianbo Division at the kind invitation of Long Xu and Zheng Wo, the generals of the Tianbo Division, and came forward to gather the old officers and soldiers who were dispersed in the Battle of Huangtiandang that day. After more than a month, more than 2,000 people from the old army were gathered, plus the old army of Zhao Li, the former Chuzhou army, a total of more than 5,000 people. Officially merged into Tianbo Division. Tianbo Master finally broke through the crowd of thousands of people.
The Northern Expedition was such a glorious battle. How could Han Shizhong miss it? He insisted on going north to join the war. With the approval of Di Lie, the leader of Tianzhu Army, he agreed to join the war.
"Compared to Han Shizhong, Wang Yan was much more stubborn. He refused to come out despite repeated invitations from Tokyo's military commander Zhang Li. but. News came recently. Because of Zhao Ji's death, the veteran general was so angry that he came uninvited and asked for military leave in person. It is necessary to summon the old members of the Eight Character Army. Participate in the Northern Expedition.
Zhang Li was overjoyed. At that moment, Di Lie, the leader of the Tianzhu Army, had already approved and issued the official document - Tokyo Deputy Remainer and Commander of the Eight-Character Army.
Wang Yan came out of the mountain, but it was not as easy as Han Shizhong to summon his old troops. Han Shizhong gathered the scattered army. Wang Yan's Eight-Character Army had already been dispersed and integrated into various armies of the Southern Song Dynasty. With the assistance of Tianbo Division and secret agents from the Bureau of Secrecy, he wanted to go to the military camps along the Yangtze River Defense Line in the Southern Song Dynasty to poach people. This work will not be completed for a while. I hope he can lead his army to participate in this glorious battle before the Northern Expedition succeeds.
This is the first time Di Lie has met Han Shizhong, and he has deep respect for this general who trapped Wu Shu in the Battle of Huang Tiandang and made great contributions to the Tianbo Division's annihilation of the main force of the Jindong Route Army. In another time and space, this was the famous ancient general Di Lie had to look up to, but in this time and space, he became his subordinate.
Di Lie and Han Shizhong made eye contact, nodded and smiled at each other. The understanding of soldiers is as simple as that. Di Lie wouldn't feel anything unnatural when driving Han Shizhong - even Yue Fei became one of his men, not to mention Han Shizhong.
"Come and take a look." Di Lie called the three generals to come to the sand table.
The combat sand table in front of you was made by painters and skilled craftsmen from the survey team of the War Department of the General Staff. They went into the Kingdom of Jin in disguise and conducted surveying and surveying. It took them a full half a year to make it. The sand table shows the terrain of Tokyo, Beijing and Yanjing Three Roads in the Kingdom of Jin in great detail.
The baton in Di Lie's hand first pointed at Cangzhou Nigu Village, then along the Haihe River to the Bohai Sea, and then rowed along the Bohai Bay towards Liaodong Bay. Finally, he tapped on a small island and said: "This island is called Juehua Island. After landing on this island, you will enter the Beijing Road of the Jin Kingdom. To the north is Jinzhou, to the south is Zongzhou, and to the west is Lizhou. These three states and Juehua Island just form a pin shape, and the attack range is from 50 to 80 Within miles. The three states are close to the sea and are far away from the main battlefield of Yanjing. The most important thing is that the Jin army has limited strength. Therefore, the Jin state has only a few hundred soldiers and horses stationed in each state."
Liang Xing has been a hunter for a long time and has become very accustomed to the surprise attack. His eyes naturally followed the direction of the three states on the sand table and glanced to the west. He stretched out his hand and pointed with shining eyes: "Dading Mansion! The target is here. !¡±
Di Lie nodded in approval: "Yes, after capturing these three states, Tianbo Division will be divided into two. Han Shizhong will guard Jinzhou and Zhang Rong will guard Lizhou. As for Zongzhou, the enemies of Yanjing will be unable to take care of them. Liang Xing led The Jaeger Battalion, give full play to the advantage of cavalry warfare and cut off all support from Dading Prefecture to Yanjing!"
It was the first time that Han Shizhong saw such an exquisite sand table. In addition to the novelty, he praised it repeatedly, saying that if every war had a sand table like this, his chances of winning would increase by five points.
Zhang Rong measured it on the sand table with his finger and said: "It is about five hundred miles from Nigu Village to Juehua Island and can be reached in seven or eight days. Including finding a place to stop and rest, it will take ten days." That¡¯s it.¡±
Di Lie put down his baton and looked aroundThe generals glanced at each other and said solemnly: "Half a month has passed since the ultimatum issued by our army. I will give you half a month, on May 18th, to launch the landing battle from Juehua Island on time. The art of war says, in order to be in harmony , to win by surprise. Our troops on the Zhuozhou front line are dignified soldiers; your joint cavalry landing force is a surprise force sent from heaven. It is up to you to cut off the enemy's back, disrupt the enemy's morale, and win by surprise."
Zhang Rong and Liang Xing looked at each other and laughed: "Military leader, just be optimistic."
Han Shizhong raised a question: "What if the Jin people really agree to the three conditions proposed by the military leader?"
Di Lie said calmly: "The Kingdom of Jin is not the Kingdom of Song. It is absolutely impossible to agree to such humiliating conditions! The Jurchens are still wild. However, if they really agree, there are only two possibilities: one is to delay the war; the other is to cause chaos in the Jin Kingdom. No matter what the situation is, we all have one word - fight! Take advantage of its illness and kill it!" (To be continued) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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