Chapter 534

More than half a month later than the normal climate, Xiangyang finally ushered in the moment of ice and snow melting, but the temperature did not rise because of the melting of ice and snow. On the contrary, the melting of ice and snow brought low temperature.

It was nearly two months ago to send a fleet to invade the southwest peninsula. Liu Yan, who is in Xiangguo, not only pays attention to the official documents, but also checks through the "map" in his mind when he is free.

Originally thought that the invasion of the southwest Peninsula would be smooth, but the process was somewhat twists and turns. Not only did Fu Wei, a front-line commander, not expect it, but also Liu Yan, who was in Xianguo, was surprised.

Being unfamiliar with Nanyang's weather and environment has brought a lot of trouble. Fortunately, after paying some costs, he finally began to get a return. With the first harvest, he will have a second one, so that Liu Yan can turn his attention to northern Xinjiang again.

The Han state has been paying attention to the white disaster on the grassland recently. The intelligence shows that Mobei suffered heavy losses, and the Dingling tribe ravaged by the white disaster continued to move south.

Those Ding Ling people went south to the border of Shijie Zhao. There were tribes incorporated by Shi Hu and tribes that harassed Shijie Zhao. The situation was relatively complex.

Han sent people here to collect intelligence and go deep into the grassland to find Ding Ling tribe. The main purpose of the Han people who went to Dingling tribe was to make the tribe difficult to get along with Shijie Zhao. Their action was not very smooth. The main reason was that Dingling people didn't know that a new overlord was rising in the Central Plains.

The climate in spring this year is somewhat abnormal. The cold season of ice and snow is not suitable for military use. The Han Army has not taken action for the time being, but is only preparing for a war.

Three generals at the level of the fourth expedition were appointed, and a new round of army reorganization began. The organizational systems of the Northern Expedition corps and the southern invasion corps were cancelled, a large number of soldiers were retired, the three shogunates of the northern expedition, the eastern expedition and the southern expedition were established, and the units directly under each shogunate were planned.

The shogunate of the general of the Northern Expedition consists of six armies. Considering that the war against Shijie Zhao will be a war against cavalry, Huben army and Yulin army are classified under the shogunate.

At present, Li Tan, general of the northern expedition, is already in Jingling and will preside over the next war. At present, the location of Jingling mausoleum is relatively special. In the northeast is Jicheng, which confronts with Zhao army led by Shi Xuan, and in the northwest is Zhongyang, which confronts Fu Hong's army.

"The melting of ice and snow in Bingzhou has not started yet. Considering that even the melting of ice and snow will make the road muddy, the war will start about a month after the melting of ice and snow." After Xu Zheng became a Taiwei, he could not go out to lead the troops directly. His main authority was to stay in the center and play the role of chief of general staff: "at present, four armies have entered the waiting position. After the war, the plan is to target the enemy in Yangyi first."

Yangyi is the garrison point of Shijie Zhao Jun against Jicheng. At present, Yangyi is the most important barrier in Jinyang, the capital of Bingzhou. It is headed by Shijie crown prince Shi Xuan and assisted by Shijie General Li Tu.

According to intelligence, Shijie Zhao Jun in Yangyi should have a scale of 120000 to 13000. Donggong Gaoli, one of the elite Shijie, is among them. Shijie's own family should also have 30000 to 40000, and the rest are Qiang, Di and zahu.

"Excluding the forbidden guards, including the Huben army and the Yulin army, we will arrange four cavalry armies on the north line, and the other two are infantry armies." As Xu Zheng spoke, an officer put the flag representing his name in the right place on the sand table. He pointed some positions and continued: "considering that the Bingzhou war needs to conquer several hard cities, there should be enough troops on the rear wing and flank of the main force, the counties and counties in the northern line need to move north, and a sufficient number of servants will be transferred."

The reason why Shijie Zhao gave up the Central Plains and retreated to Bingzhou and Shuozhou was forced by the current situation. On the one hand, it was not that the Hu people were not used to the city attack and defense war.

The massive migrations of the stone tiger elite section are the real way of letting Liu Yan destroy the plan of the destruction of the stone in the Central Plains. The battle between the two sides is no longer as fast as before. Shi Jie has more flexible circuitous space, so long as Shi Jie does not want to fight the Han Army, it is difficult to carry out what annihilation war.

At present, there is a confrontation between the state of Han and the state of Shi Jie and Zhao in Binzhou. In fact, Liu Yan wants to create a phenomenon that makes Shi Jie mistakenly think that some cities can be defended and mobilize more troops to garrison the cities, so as to have a good opportunity for the Han army to eliminate more Shi Jie and Zhao troops in the attack and defense war of the cities.

Xu Zheng has talked about the probability that Shi Xuan and Fu Hong will stick to the city. In the view of the Taiwei office, if the situation is wrong, neither Shi Xuan nor Fu Hong will stick to the gains and losses of the site, regardless of whether the city changes hands.

"The old line of Hu people is to use enough vast space to fight whenever they can. They can't fight and rely on mobility to escape." Xu Zheng pointed to the northwest and north of Binzhou on the sand table and said, "these areas are ideal fighting space for Shijie."

It doesn't matter what the northwest of Bingzhou looked like during the rule of the Han family. Now it is desolate this morning. Although there are mountains, most areas are flat terrain, and decades of waste has long become grassland landform.

In fact, the northern part of Bingzhou is Yanmen County, which has never been greatly developed. During the reign of the Han family, Guancheng was built by using the terrain, and the greatest barrier against the southern invasion of grassland Hu people is the Great Wall.

Whether it is the Great Wall built by various countries in the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, or the Great Wall built during the Qin Empire, or even the Great Wall in the western and Eastern Han Dynasties. With the passage of time, the Great Wall has actually fallen into disrepair, the towering walls have become ruins, and the Great Wall in some sections has even been razed to the ground. Unless it is under construction or repair, it will no longer have military value.

"Considering that Shi Xuan and Fu Hong may abandon the city and fight in the field, at the beginning of the war, our army may successfully seize all cities, and even capture Jinyang without paying much price." Xu Zheng pointed to a city model representing Jinyang and said with a smile: "this will become the next bridgehead for the confrontation between the big man and Shi Jie. It has the value of renovating it as a garrison point and material reserve."

"Can the Taiwei Department estimate how far the stone tiger will persist in Bingzhou?" Liu Yan really used the Taiwei office as a staff headquarters. Before Xu Zheng answered, he continued to ask, "do you have a plan for the next battle of Heshuo?"

"How long Shi Hu will persist in Bingzhou depends on Shi Jie's loss." Xu Zheng confirms with a group of subordinates that Shi Jie has recovered the temperament of the Hu people. He doesn't care about the gain and loss of the site, but the members. He looked at the location of Heshuo on the sand table and said, "Heshuo in the early Han Dynasty has not changed much from that in today's Heshuo. I looked through the classics, mainly referring to the war of Mengtian to recover Henan and the war of Weiqing to recover Hetao..."

Liu Yan naturally remembers how the Qin Empire and the Han Empire captured Heshuo. The situation in different periods is different and the situation is different, but in terms of terrain, there must be something to learn from.

Without exception, whether Qin Empire or Han Empire, the scale of troops sent to Hetao area is very large, and it is not just all the way.

Meng Tian's main force in the battle of Henan was to attack from Yanmen, and arranged a partial division in the north. He took the offensive of double arrows complementing each other.

When the Qin army attacked Hetao, the Huns in Hetao didn't realize that the Qin Empire would suddenly start a war. At the beginning of the war, Qin Jun appeared unexpectedly and destroyed some unprotected Hun tribes. Waiting for the Hun Shan Yuting to react, Meng Tiandu led his army to attack Beihe, and the Huns began to prepare for the war.

The decisive stage of the Qin Empire's war to recover Henan was not just in one place. It was in the highlands of Yinshan and Helan Mountains, but also in gaoque, Yangshan and beifake. After many bloody battles, the Huns realized that they could not compete with the Qin army. After more than 200000 Huns were annihilated, they fled to the northwest.

The war that the Han Empire fought in Heshuo was similar to Mengtian's sending troops. Similarly, the Huns were not prepared. Compared with Mengtian's victory in annihilating the enemy, Wei Qing only killed and killed thousands of Huns and captured more than 15000 people.

The battle against the Huns commanded by Wei Qing was often the one that killed thousands. The most successful battle in Mobei was the annihilation of more than 90000 Huns. Mengtian destroyed more than 200000 Huns in just one battle. Maybe... That's why Mengtian is known as the first warrior in China?

"This is naturally known." Xu Zhenggang was just asked by Ji Chang. He said that the two defeats of the Huns in Heshuo were not prepared for battle. Shi Jie was not a Hun who was not prepared. He was not angry and said, "compared with the Pre-Qin and pre Han Dynasties, the situation faced by the Han Dynasty is different..."

Shi Jie has never been a grassland overlord. They directly operated in the Central Plains. The Huns turned over and became the rulers of the Central Plains.

It is precisely the process of Shi Jie's rise that is a turning over as the master. The areas where they can detour are Binzhou and Shuozhou. Further north, the northwest is the territory of Dingling people, and the northeast is Tuoba Xianbei, Rouran tribal alliance and Murong Xianbei.

If Tuoba Xianbei and Murong Xianbei could not interact with Shi Jie in Shuozhou occupied by Shi Jie in the state of Han, the state of Han would not be restrained in so many directions.

"However..." when it comes to diplomacy, Ji Chang is qualified to speak: "Tuoba Xianbei has become an enemy country. Murong Xianbei can't sit back and watch the Han attack Shi Jie."

It's not silly to know what it means. In particular, the aggressiveness of the Han state under Liu Yan's rule is a little scary. Tuoba Xianbei and Murong Xianbei can't watch the Han state destroy Shijie Zhao. They will do their best to block or coordinate.

"Tuoba Xianbei is outside Yanmen county. The big Han will border with Yanmen county only after he attacks and seizes Yanmen county." Xu Zheng has asked people to push a wooden frame to hang the mountain map, pointed to the grassland outside Yanmen county and said: "the border is in these positions at that time. If the city can be restored efficiently, the big man can be stabilized without too many troops."

Xu Zhengzheng remembered correctly that at the beginning of the war between the state of Han and the state of Shijie and Zhao, the state of Han was able to quickly build a city wall every place. In particular, the city wall with a length of ten li in the east of Liaoning was the most impressive, and it took only one month to build the city wall.

"Big man doesn't intend to take the defensive." Liu Yan's view of the Great Wall is very complex. He also knows that the great wall can't stop Hu Lu from going south. He looked at LV Yi and said, "what can we do here?"

LV Yi, as a Dianke, is responsible for diplomacy, but he hasn't played much. For example, he has done little in the face of enemy countries.

The reason why Hongru hall can't play any role in the enemy country is that LV Yi can't tell. When the Han country encounters the enemy, "doing" is one word. When the enemy wants to use diplomacy, he doesn't trust it at all. As a result, Hongru hall can only be used to bully those vassal countries.

"This......" how can LV Yi answer? He only smiled bitterly and said, "I will try my best."

The Tuoba royal family is Liu Yan's in laws. However, the marriage between the state and the state is only useful when both sides get along well. If they really feel the threat, the marriage will not hinder killing.

Seriously speaking, the situation will be like this. It is entirely because the state of Han is too tough. What is put forward is that the Han family is supreme. It is on the table to fully recover the old land of the Han family. Needless to say, the state of Shi Jie Zhao and Murong Yan, who were originally enemies, have also turned against the state of Han successively.

"I think it's the most appropriate time to fight against Shijie in two months." Xu Zheng did not seem to expect to use diplomacy to stabilize Tuoba Dai state or Murong Yan state. He directly said: "at that time, the muddy situation of the roads in Binzhou and Shuozhou would not be so serious. Youzhou should be in the muddy stage of the ground where the ice and snow had just melted."

There is nothing wrong with that. The earth is an ellipse. The north and south poles are at both ends. Youzhou is closer to the north pole than Bingzhou and Shuozhou, resulting in the melting of ice and snow in Youzhou later than Bingzhou and Shuozhou.

There is a lot of water on the ground, and it will become muddy when stepping on it. It is very troublesome to march on foot or on horseback. The carriage carrying luggage is more than troublesome when facing the mud. On the premise that it is difficult to transport supplies smoothly, any military action is not feasible.

"Two months later..." Ji Chang had an account book in hand and nodded his head: "nearly three million tons of grain and fodder have been harvested for the invasion to the south, which can supply the wars on the north line and the northeast line."

There is nothing wrong. If you want to attack the state of Shijie Zhao, you must act together with the state of Murong Yan. Conversely, if you want to attack the state of Murong Yan, you must fight with the state of Shijie Zhao. The state of Han wants to attack which country in the north, and it is impossible to avoid two-line operations.

Liu Yan thought of more. On the one hand, he was most gratified that most of the domestic families took action. Under his instigation, Yu Yi and sang Yu have begun to set up joint businesses, and many families have participated in them. It makes him feel that it is a correct decision to turn the southwest peninsula into a "hunting area".