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Chapter 241 - The Northern Channeling Plan

Zhao Chen and the rest headed towards where the staff officers were fighting!

Currently, there were a total of five hundred people in the War Office. These five hundred people were all outstanding military officers! They all had battle experience, and they all performed exceptionally well in battle. They knew how to use their wits! In addition, they were all more or less literate. This was also extremely valuable in this era! In this era, the literacy rate was extremely low. Most of the soldiers could not read. During this year,, Yu Yunwen, Curved End, and the others had been teaching these people information, imparting their own experience to the staff officers in the battle department!

The entire operations office was also divided into several agencies, including the handling of emergency intelligence, domestic and foreign forms, including the formulation of strategic plans, and so on! And now, the battle plan for Western Xia was a strategic plan and an emergency intelligence report prepared jointly!

Zhao Chen was already here, and was looking at his battle plan!

The battle plan was abnormally detailed, including an analysis of the internal situation of the Western Xia, as well as the number of troops to be used, including the logistics and transportation, as well as the approximate attack route, etc. The battle plan had a total of more than ten pages. After a long while, Zhao Chen finally finished reading through the battle plan.

"Your Majesty, we do not have the strength to fight on three fronts! So, before we use force against the Western Xia, we need to restrain the Female Genius and the Emperor Kang! " The Chief of the Operations, Curved End, said at this moment.

"How can we restrain their strength?" Zhao Chen said.

"As for Valkyrie, we can use the allied forces of Hedong and Hebei! Right now, the number of troops from Hedong and Hebei already exceeds three hundred thousand, and these troops are all under our control! chieftain of the allied army Wang Gui is your personal follower and also General Yue Fei's sworn brother. They will not disobey our orders! This time, the allied army of three hundred thousand would attack the important strongholds in the east and north of the river, leaving the Nvzhen powerless to advance further west. When necessary, we will even have to sacrifice all of these three hundred thousand soldiers! We need to make them stop her at all costs! " Curved End said.

"Sacrifice?" Zhao Chen frowned slightly.

"For the sake of overall victory, the necessary sacrifices are acceptable! Otherwise, we would really be stuck in a three-sided pincer attack and would lose both the Guan Shan and the Guan Shan! At that time, we will no longer have the power to reverse the situation! " Curved End said.

"Where's the Emperor Kang? How can we restrain them? " Zhao Chen said.

"We need General Wu Jie to restrain the Emperor Kang! We want to create the illusion that General Wu Jie is about to go down the Yangtze River! We can send a large number of intelligence agents south into Jiangnan to create rumors! This way, the Emperor Kang will definitely mobilize their army to head south, and they will not have the strength to look to the west! " Curved End said.

"That's right!" Zhao Chen nodded.

"Western Xia is also a large country in the Northwest, its land area is extremely large, there are many cities, and its military strength is also about four hundred thousand! If we want to fight against the Western Xia, we need to use at least two armies! All the food and supplies accumulated over the past year will be used for this battle! " The Curved End said.

"Use two armies!" Li Xianzhong led the Shanbei Forbidden Army from Yongxing Road into the Western Xia Region, Zhao Zhe led the Jingyuan Army from Qin Feng Road into the Western Xia Region! The two armies advanced together, with the Shanbei Forbidden Army as their main force, while the Jingyuan Army's main force was to fight for the destruction! " Wang Shu said from the side.

"Your Majesty, both armies might not be able to do it! The Western Xia is able to fight against our Song Dynasty for more than a hundred years, they are powerful! After His Majesty ascended the throne, by carrying out the infantry exercise code, the strength of our army was increased by at least ten times compared to before! But even so, we cannot underestimate the Western Xia. I think the Tsinghua Army should also at least mobilize half of their troops! This way, we can use two hundred and fifty thousand soldiers to enter the Western Xia territory, and obtain victory on the battlefield, and change the situation of the three-sided pincer attack! " Yue Fei said.

Zhao Chen nodded! These combat plans were all there, but these people only explained them in more detail!

"Your Majesty, after we received news last winter that the Western Xia was about to make a move, we immediately began to draw up the relevant battle plans! Furthermore, we have already ordered the armies to begin mobilizing for the war! Especially Shanbei Forbidden Army and Jingyuan Army, they were already prepared to attack at any time! Other than that, we have already sent people to inform Hedong to call Wang Gui, and have him attack Hedong and Hedong female strongholds at all costs! We have also sent a large number of intelligence agents south to Jiangnan! Your Majesty, if you had not returned, we would have gone to war against the Western Xia on the day of the Lantern Festival! Now that you, your majesty, have returned, everything needs your majesty to make a decision! " Yu Yunwen said.

Zhao Chen was startled, he did not expect that they had already planned everything, and mobilized everything!

"Your Majesty, the Western Xia is actually a threat that we have to face! Even if the Western Xia is not restless, we still have to fight the Western Xia! If, during our battle with Emperor Kang and Female Genuine, Xi Xia suddenly comes out from behind us, that would be terrible! That's why before we fight the Emperor Kang and the Female Genuine War, we have to make it difficult for Western Xia to head south! " Curved End said.

"Your Majesty, the Western Xia has only produced a single momentum! The reason they sent Li Qianming here, should be to probe his majesty! If His Majesty gave in, they would certainly propose even more outrageous conditions! If His Majesty did not give in, they would have an excuse to go south! Right now, the Xixia country should still be unprepared for war, there should still be differences within their country! This was the perfect opportunity to attack the Western Xia! We suddenly launched an attack, but they were not prepared at all, so we were able to catch them off guard! " Yue Fei said.

"Can we win this battle?" Zhao Chen said.

He really did not expect that after returning to the Guan Shan, he would face such a situation!

"Your Majesty, our generals are of one mind! We can definitely win! " Curved End said.

"Your Majesty, make your decision soon!" Yue Fei said again.

"Pass down the order, Shanbei Forbidden Army, Jingyuan Army, Tsinghua Army will go north immediately and attack Western Xia! We will personally supervise the battle, with Curved End and Yu Yunwen following us! Grand Councilor Yue Fei will stay behind in the Guan Shan to take care of military affairs, it will be convenient to take care of this! " After a long while, Zhao Chen suddenly shouted!

The time for battle couldn't be missed. Once missed, finding another opportunity was as difficult as ascending to heaven! Whether it was Yue Fei, Curved End, or Yu Yunwen, all of them thought that they could wait until the fifteenth day of the first month. Therefore, Yue Fei and the rest asked Zhao Chen to make a decision immediately! Once the army reached the north, it would also be the day Wang Gui would launch a huge attack in Hedong and Hebei. It would also be the day when the rumors would spread widely in Jiangnan! This was a war that was close to the end of the nation. As the emperor who oversaw the battle, Zhao Chen was able to raise the morale of the warriors, causing them to be cautious. They understood the importance of this war, in order to defeat the enemy.

Zhao Chen looked at the battle plan in his hands, and was completely amazed! This was a battle plan that took full account of the situation in the country, Jiangnan, Valkyrie, and Western Xia. Before the Military Department appeared, it would be almost impossible for them to formulate such a plan! This was the result of the intelligence of hundreds of people in the War Office. To some extent, it had already proven the words put forward by the Germans — even the most talented general in history would not be able to match up to a well-organized staff officer! Even if it was the War God Yue Fei of this era, to analyze so much foreign and domestic information by himself, to formulate a plan in such a short amount of time that would restrain the Faithful and Emperor Kang as well as allow them to enter the Western Xia in the north and south, at the same time doing battle mobilization and material allocation the moment the information appears, it was almost impossible!

From the moment Zhao Chen gave the order to fight, the gigantic war machine of the Guan Shan began to move!

Over a thousand Royal soldiers s rode their horses in all directions, some towards the Shaanxi, some towards the Fengxiang Residence, some towards the Jing Road, some even towards the Dazhang Pass! The troops in all directions would mobilize according to the battle plan of the staff officer, and the food and supplies in the other areas would also be sent to the Western Xia! The ones in charge of delivering the rations were the soldiers of the Production and Construction Corps. According to the battle plan, when necessary, these soldiers of the Production and Construction Corps would also go onto the battlefield to participate in the Western Xia battle!

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, in the area where the Shaanxi's security guards were stationed, the snow was still flying everywhere!

There were more than a hundred shabby houses on a desolate plain. This place belonged to an army camp of the Shanbei Forbidden Army.

The cold wind howled, and the sky was abnormally dark! Under such circumstances, the soldiers were still training!

Over a thousand soldiers held long spears in their hands. They lined up in neat formation and, along with shouts of "kill", were constantly moving forward to assassinate! Use all the strength in your body!

The weather was exceptionally cold. The faces of the soldiers were red from the cold, but no one stopped. No one fell behind! The sounds of "kill" could be heard from afar, their voices were neat and sharp!

Other than them, there were also soldiers running in the distance. They came from far away, each one of them breathing heavily and sweating all over! The soldiers ran to the front of the military camp and burst into laughter!

Further away, in the snow, there were soldiers training bare-chested! They gritted their teeth and endured the cold. However, none of them fell behind, and none complained! As they wiped the snow on their bodies, a bone-piercing cold came over them, and their skin turned red! When the training stopped, the soldiers burst into laughter!

At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves could be heard from afar. From afar, three people on horseback were approaching! Immediately, someone from the military camp went up to welcome them!

"Who is it?" someone asked loudly.

"Emergency military situation! Emergency military situation! " The three of them were also dressed in the Song Army's uniform, and the leader of the three said loudly.

"What urgent military situation?" the soldiers in the barracks asked.

The three of them had already stopped their horses. They got down from their horses, and one of them ran over with big steps, saying, "Where is General Mo? Get him out of here! "It is an emergency military report!"

Hearing that it was an urgent military report from the military, someone immediately went to find General Mo, who was in charge of this military camp!

A short while later, a twenty-something year old high-ranking officer ran towards them! He was the person in charge of this entire army camp, the commander of the Third Army of Shanbei Forbidden Army, Mo Biao!

When he arrived, the messenger who had come to report immediately sent a letter from the general's division!

"Gather the troops now!" After Mo Biao finished reading all ten lines at a glance, he immediately shouted out.

"General, what is it?" A deputy general beside him said.

"We are going north to fight! General Li Xianzhong gave an order. We will immediately head to the Yan'an Prefecture to meet up with the army there. A hundred thousand Shanbei Forbidden Army s will enter the Western Xia territory within five days, and take down the Hongzhou! " Mo Biao said.

"What?" The deputy general was stunned!

"Why aren't you summoning the army? Within half an hour, you have to clean up everything, we need to head to Yan'an Prefecture overnight! " Mo Biao shouted.

"Yes sir!" The deputy general said with a surprised and happy expression.