Chapter 525: Scheming
On the table was a large map with many arrows drawn on it. This is also the second marching strategy map sent by Wang Ju.
The painting is more detailed, such as the battle of Anjiang Fort, Gao Min's movement first broke through from Dashun City, and the first battalion returned to the rear of Dashun City halfway, using it to confuse the enemy, Gao Min's sixth battalion advanced for a while, and hid in the tunnel prepared in advance, from this arrow and arrow body, it can be seen. Then he pounced on Anjiang Fort, and attacked Yao Lin with two divisions, defeating the Xia army. However, this arrow did not end, after the victory, the two divisions went to Rouyuan Village, and the rest went to Donggu Zhai.
This is the Song army's, as well as the enemy's, they also set off from Dashun City, and Liang Yongneng's subordinates are stuck in front of Anjiang Fort. Then the battle ended, and Brother Ruding's troops were almost wiped out, and Liang Yongneng went to Rouyuan Village to join Liang Yi's army.
It was only the march and battle of the armies of the enemy and us before and after the First World War of Anjiang Fort.
In fact, these days, nearly 120,000 Song troops are constantly interspersed and moved, so that each fort has at least three or four arrows, most of which are like Dashun City, which can reach more than 20 arrows.
Dozens of bigwigs were dumbfounded.
I definitely can't read it, but it doesn't matter if I can't read it, it just looks tall anyway.
Everyone looked at the map and broke out in a cold sweat on their foreheads.
I couldn't understand it, so I had to read the report, this time Wang Ju wrote in more detail, including the pre-war preparations, some battles, the military merits of various meritorious soldiers, and casualties. The Song army also suffered casualties, and the number of casualties was not small, reaching more than 11,000 people before and after, not all of whom were killed, including the wounded. But this injured person refers to the seriously injured person. Completely out of the fight. This does not include the casualties of those Western Xia prisoners of war in Rouyuanzhai.
In fact, if it weren't for the other side, the casualties would have been heavier. This number of casualties was almost beyond the scope that the Song Dynasty bigwigs could bear.
This is the number of casualties of the Song army, a number that feels extremely heavy. However, the enemy suffered nearly 90,000 casualties!
There may be errors, especially in assessing the number of casualties of the enemy, the error will be greater, such as the casualties of the Xia army in front of Rouyuan Village, only Liang Yi buried clearly, and Li Sangou can only make an estimate. There were also a few great victories, when the enemy fled. Some froze to death on the way, which is impossible to count.
But even if Liang Yi is buried, it can't be assessed to calculate an accurate number, especially in the battle of Dashun City, some Xia soldiers were greedy for life and afraid of death, so they escaped anyway, so they simply fled back to their hometown, unwilling to participate in the battle.
However, this estimate is basically accurate, because Liang Yi's casualties and the number of prisoners are more than 92,000, but some deserters continue to meet. Some fled back to Western Xia, and the actual number of casualties was close to 90,000. But it will not exceed 90,000 people, which is about the same as Wang Ju's estimate.
Moreover, when Wang Ju met with the commanders in the valley, he deliberately issued several military orders, not the military orders he said to the Baojie army, but the other three.
I can guarantee that the rewards and punishments will be fair, but no one is allowed to exaggerate the merits of the war, kill the people to make up the merits, compete for the merits of comrades-in-arms and subordinates, and anyone who violates the rules will be beheaded. Even if Lao Dou is greedy and exaggerates his great achievements, he must also be killed. With this mantra, all the generals are cautious when reporting their merits, and they are originally very glorious, and what benefits can be gained by killing one more person, so they would rather report a little less than dare to report a little more.
This Wang Ju also reported to the court.
And when he was in Zhihuachi County, he did a similar thing, so the enemy casualties reported by Wang Ju are basically credible.
The remaining two are that women and children must not be slaughtered under any pretext except those who resist. There is a premise for this, that is, people who do not resist, some people in Western Xia are very fierce, women have Makui army, and some boy scouts, old soldiers. If these people resist, they can't just watch them pick up the guy and cut it at themselves, that is not called charity, but stupidity.
If the opponent enters the territory of the enemy to fight, if the opponent does not resist, he shall not plunder the property of the other party for any reason, and shall not commit adultery with a woman under any pretext, regardless of whether the other party resists or not.
This refers to the villages and towns that do not resist, if they resist, then they do not need to be polite, not only will they kill people with weapons, but they will also plunder property, and Wang Ju also made it clear that half of the looted property will be confiscated and half will be divided equally among the soldiers.
But all the bigwigs in the DPRK and China here have ignored one point, the enemy territory, the enemy territory they thought was the three forks of the Meng Gate, and they didn't expect that this enemy territory would be the real enemy territory.
However, some people laughed and laughed when they saw it, including Wen Yanbo, who was afraid that everyone would gossip, so he simply classified the prisoners of war in the ranks of casualties, and finally asked how many prisoners of war they had, and also learned from Li Ruoyu and Wang Kexing, prisoners of war, there were only 100 or so people, and I was released.
Wang Ju really has this plan, if the large Weiyuan area, was repeatedly plundered and slaughtered by the Western Xia, almost became a place of death, Wang Shao opened the side, saying that there are nearly 10,000 hectares of land, and there are at least thousands of hectares that can be reclaimed, is it wrong? As a result, these two gangsters, together with Li Shizhong, coerced Dou Shunqing to go down to verify the result, and the result was 60 acres of one acre.
These two people dare to do this, why can't Wang Ju say that there are no prisoners of war?
Zhao Ji was also speechless, this is not a joke, but if you think about it seriously, it is really funny.
Of course, he was still very happy, 90,000 people, this almost set a record in the history of the Song Dynasty's foreign wars, if it wasn't for the fact that the Xia army had not retreated, it would be a great victory.
It's just that he's not satisfied with the back.
Negotiate peace, what is Wang Ju doing? Zhao Ji couldn't understand the tall map, but he also knew that now that the Song army had the upper hand, what should he discuss at this time?
But where he was dissatisfied, it was the most satisfying place for many people, and even Wen Yanbo showed a rare smile and took the lead in saying: "Your Majesty, although there have been many great victories ahead and people are happy, the enemy's forces still have an advantage. Moreover, our army has suffered heavy casualties so far, and it has also brought painful bad news to more than 10,000 families. ā
The boss spoke, the younger brother hurriedly expressed his position, Yang Hua said: "A success, ten thousand bones are withered, although the front line has a slight good news, but the people of Shaanxi Road are not happy, in order to strengthen the wall and clear the wilderness, the people of the entire Huanqing Erzhou evacuated their homes in this cold day." Appalling. He was beaten by soldiers. Cool Torture. It was Wang Ju's wise move to end the war as soon as possible.
Lu Huiqing wanted to slap his big mouth.
Because of the battle of Gyeongju, the people of Shaanxi Road in the rear were indeed hard.
But when the war started, how could the people not suffer, and the people suffered in the previous wars, and the front line was still defeated. Besides, the 300,000 troops of Western Xia invaded Huanqing, what should I do if I don't fight? Could it be that the Western Xia took Huanqing. In the future, you will slowly take the whole of Shaanxi?
Also, although he didn't go to Shaanxi, he also heard some news that Wang used a lot of money this time, but at least he did okay in the resettlement of the evacuated people in Huanqing and Erzhou, and it was miserable. It was the soldiers and officials who were mobilized, and there was a reason for this, the people who were withdrawn were mixed, and some of the unscrupulous people took advantage of the chaos to do mischief. What should I do if the soldiers don't suppress it, and the officials don't punish them?
This kid Jane is really upside down black and white.
And so to speak. Wang Ju seems to have made meritorious service for his crimes.
But it's okay, Wang Ju has been learning Su Wei, ambiguous, see how these people treat you, will you stand in line in the future?
Wang Anshi said fairly: "Even so, if you don't hurt the western thieves, you will invade again and again in the future, and when the time comes, the people will suffer more bitterly, and the soldiers will suffer more casualties." ā
He doesn't understand how to fight, but the reason is still clear, if Xixia is not beaten, there will be fights in the future, and there will be more dead soldiers. Moreover, the imperial court is going to open the border river, and if it does not hurt the Western Xia, it may evolve into a two-sided war.
"Even if you win a big victory and get Longwangshu, when can you rest?" Wu Chong said.
This is another way of saying that if you win today, you will have the courage to fight back against Western Xia tomorrow, and the war will not end. The fact is also the same, that is, the Western Xia was subdued, and it was temporarily peaceful, and immediately used troops to fight again.
But if the question is settled, won't the Song Dynasty need to fight against Hehuang?
Raise soldiers for a thousand days, and use soldiers for a while. What does that mean? Raise and raise, but when it comes to fighting, the soldiers have to dare to fight. However, there is another layer of meaning, raising more than three years of soldiers, you have to fight a battle, only after the test of actual combat, the three armies can be strong, and when the big war comes, there can be a strong army in hand.
Why is it more than three years, this is an imaginary number, which refers to a moderate hit according to the country's financial resources, which is actually what Wang Ju said, the mean.
Therefore, there is another saying, although the country is big, the warlike will die, and although the world is peaceful, forgetting the war will be dangerous. In fact, although these words are different, the real meaning is the same.
Wu Chong is also equivalent to a deep and knowledgeable reversal of black and white.
However, Wang Anshi didn't say any more, not because he was disgusted with Wang Ju, but because he was disgusted with Wang Ju's method of using troops. It's a waste of money, if you play like Wang Shao's self-reliance, maybe you can support it.
Zhao Ji felt a kind of loneliness, he changed the subject, and said, "What if Xixia doesn't agree." ā
Wang Ju analyzed the reason for agreeing in the report, so many soldiers died in Western Xia, Liang Yibury really didn't feel heartache, he was not afraid of fighting to the end and going away in a fiasco?
He also expressed enough sincerity, and even Song Ji, who was extremely painful to him, was released back, which was equivalent to giving enough steps for Liang Yi to bury back. Could it be that Liang Yi really doesn't know life and death, and doesn't know the general situation?
Maybe in two days, the news of Dong Yu's dispatch to Hexi also reached Liang Yi's ears, and he would go back if he didn't go back.
Therefore, the ministers had the courage to negotiate peace with the Western Xia.
The truth is...... Anyway, let's reverse black and white together.
But what if Liang Yi is buried and is a person who doesn't know life and death, and doesn't know the general situation?
It's really hard to say.
Feng Jing said: "Your Majesty, the report said that the Khitan gathered 300,000 soldiers in the belly, not to mention 300,000, it is 100,000 pressures, and the enemy is on both sides, and our dynasty is also in danger." Can we support a battle of Gyeongju, but can we support another battle of Daiju or the battle of Fuju with the financial resources of our dynasty? Therefore, the Xia people did not want to make peace, and they had to force them to make peace. According to the minister's plan, it is best to send an envoy to Gyeongju to preside. ā
"Feng Jing's words are reasonable." Wen Yanbo said.
Lu Huiqing's eyes lit up, and he said on the side: "Your Majesty, if this is the case, it is best to send a powerful minister to Gyeongju, otherwise Gyeongju is full of tigers and wolves at the moment, and may not obey the imperial edict. The minister thought that it was best to send Feng Gong to go in person. ā
Feng Jing glared, I have an enmity with you!
Wen Yanbo was also anxious, and said: "The number of Xifu is degraded and separated, and it is already empty, how can you let Feng Jing leave Xifu again?" ā
"In this way, Yang Yi can go to Gyeongju." Lu Huiqing said, this is his real intention. This kid is not a good thing, let you go to Gyeongju and taste it.
Zhao Ji wanted to rub his head again, but he had an idea, this was indeed a good idea, so he didn't wait for Yang Hui to react and said: "According to Lu Qing's wishes, Yang Qing, you should immediately prepare to pack and rush to Gyeongju." ā
Yang Hui's face turned white, a group of tiger and wolf warriors in Gyeongju are not afraid, but that stubborn boy is also afraid of himself. Besides, Gyeongju is that kid's territory! But Zhao Ji gave an order, did he dare to refuse, so he had to stand up and say, "The minister has an order." ā
Wen Yanbo was a little demented, how did it become this rhythm, he turned around in his mind and said: "Your Majesty, Guo Kui and Han Jiang have a slight discord in Yanzhou, and the old minister's opinion is that Xifu is just empty, so it is better to recall Guo Kui and know Yanzhou with Zhao Xuanquan." ā
This is very meaningful, what kind of person is Han Jiang, the second general of Wang Anshi's change, but Guo Kui is Han Qi's person, Han Qi and Wen Yanbo could not be called close friends before, but because of Wang Anshi's change, they became close comrades-in-arms. Therefore, Guo Kui is equivalent to a conservative person, a person from Wen Yanbo's faction! He re-entered Xifu, which was conducive to Wen Yanbo's consolidation of Xifu's power.
Let's talk about this Zhao Wei, the official position he holds is a little vague, and the official position of Shaanxi in charge of Yanlu seems to be similar to Wang Shao's official position, but it is actually different, literally Wang Shao is in charge of Qinzhou's military and political affairs, but can not literally understand Zhao Wei's official position, first, he is not Wang Ju's deputy, and second, he has no right to intervene in the military and political affairs of the entire Shaanxi Road. The real official position is the head of Yan Yanlu in front, this is the treatment of literati, whether it is Zhang Yu, Yang Sui or Dou Shunqing, they are only the deputy chief of soldiers and horses, but when it comes to Wenchen, he is the chief manager.
In fact, this official position was to handle Shaanxi military affairs as Guo Kui's assistant.
Why did Wen Yanbo recommend Zhao Wei, because Zhao Wei wrote a piece last year, which said: Planting and wanting to repair the post and Yihe Town. He is greedy and cunning, and everything he does is to seek succession. Succeeding the slaves, the benefit is in the soldiers. He slaughtered with authority, participated in the meeting with fierce virtue, and feared that he would be in danger. Luo Wucheng will not be defended, Bincao, Funing have not been prepared, and the battle of the post will be strengthened, and the border will be close to the inside, and the equipment will be guarded urgently, and the work will be difficult to achieve. The fence is corrupted, and the people are crippled, even worse. The strong soldiers and good generals are biased, and the ministers are in charge of the city and the lawsuits. It is not only a combination of cultivation and righteousness, but also a regular post, looking at each other, and it is clear that they are bullied.
Planting is not a good thing, and the successor is just a mediocre slave, not only a slave, but also a mediocre minion.
This makes the successors who worked hard for the Song Dynasty feel embarrassed.
Therefore, Chong Ge became Han Jiang's person, but Zhao Wei was Guo Kui's person, and he was in Yanzhou, which was enough to contain Chong Ge and Han Jiang.
Now that these relationships are sorted out, we can also understand the meaning of Wen Yan Boti yƬ.
This is the true face of the real five famous ministers of Qingli, Fan Zhongyan is absolutely okay, Pang is also good, Fu Bi is average, although it is just like that, but Fu Bi still needs a face. As for Han Qi and Wen Yanbo, don't take it seriously.
But Zhao Ji didn't react, he only thought that what Wen Yanbo said was the truth, Han Guo and the others were tearing up in Yanzhou, he also heard about it, thought about it and said, "Just according to Qing's wishes." ā
Wen Yanbo was overjoyed, and said: "Zeng Gongliang is old and knows that the Yongxing army is inadequate, so it is better to let him continue to sentence the Yongxing army, and then Sima Guang will know the Yongxing army and assist Zeng Gongliang in handling specific affairs." ā
Look, how fair I am, take the initiative to let Sima Guang go out.
However, Lu Huiqing was anxious and said: "Your Majesty, Wang Ju is in Gyeongju, and then Sima Guang will go to the Yongxing Army, I'm afraid it's not appropriate." ā
As soon as this kid goes to Chang'an, he will have to pull the king's hind legs.
But he couldn't figure it out, why did Wen Yanbo take the initiative to let Sima Guang go out?
This is Wen Yanbo's scheming. (To be continued......) R1292