From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 1093

Where are the most elite soldiers of the Jin Dynasty? Without a doubt, it is the Northwest Army.

There are many hardships in the world, but nothing is more difficult than guarding the border. The pressure faced by the Northwest Army all year round is huge, the training is rigorous, the military discipline is the most stringent, and it is good at fighting and has experienced the washing of war. It has always been synonymous with the strongest army in the Jin Dynasty.

The same is true for the Beijing Camp. Since the establishment of the Jin Dynasty, although the Beijing Camp has been restructured many times, it has always maintained a relatively complete system and has a deep foundation. Although the strength of Song Shanao declined rapidly after his retreat, Zhou Yuan pulled them up, so that the current Beijing Camp is undoubtedly one of the most powerful armies.

Therefore, the 100,000 elites led by Liu Fang and Min Tianrui are undoubtedly the most solid force in the Jin Dynasty. If this force is pulled out to gamble, it would be a pity if it is really defeated by food and grass.

But after receiving the order, Min Tianrui and Liu Fang did not hesitate at all, and immediately broke through to the northeast and got rid of Gumanyev's pincer attack.

They headed towards the Odolun Guard, and only slowed down and set up camp when they saw that Gumanyev did not pursue them.

At the same time, Zhou Yuan led the Wuyao Camp, Wufen Camp and exactly 20,000 Yehe soldiers, a total of more than 37,000 people, crossed the Songhua River and headed north, and joined the Northwest Army and Beijing Camp.

"Meet the General!"

Liu Fang saluted and stood up, feeling a little anxious: "General, the situation is not optimistic. We don't have much military rations. We stayed in the Heshi area for a few days. Now the military rations of all the troops can only last for eight days at most."

"Eight days, too dangerous."

Zhou Yuan ignored him and walked into the general's tent and drank the tea.

Liu Fang and Min Tianrui followed into the tent, Luo Kun, Liu Daguang and Hong Bo looked at each other and followed in.

Zhou Yuan said, "Go get something, we can talk while we eat."

In order to catch up with the army of 100,000 people, Zhou Yuan's troops really didn't even have time to cook. They ran for two days, eating only the dry food they brought with them. They were almost exhausted.

The food was delivered quickly. Zhou Yuan took a few bites before saying, "Hang up the map. There is something important to talk about."

"I'll do it!"

Min Tianrui quickly hung the map on the shelf next to him.

Zhou Yuan said as he ate: "There is only one reason to go to the northeast, that is, we don't have time to delay the war any longer. We have to resolve the battle in October at the latest, which means there are still more than two months."

"Once winter comes, we will be completely passive, especially the Huguang Army and the Leiden Army, which are not cold-resistant at all. At that time, diseases will break out frequently and something serious will happen."

"And the situation in the northwest is very dangerous. Although I left a card there, it cannot play a decisive role. The key is whether Song Wu can hold on."

"We must speed up the pace of the war and quickly enter the strategic decisive battle stage. We can't wait."

Liu Fang couldn't help but say: "But We are heading northeast... There is nothing here, and the rear is empty. "

"What if Gumanyev sends all the more than 200,000 troops to Guhewei, where there are no complete fortifications, no complete city walls, and the place is small, and the army cannot be deployed, Wang Xiongshiyi can't stop it at all."

"In the entire Liaodong region, only Shenzhou and Jianzhou have complete fortifications and can hold on, but if they are surrounded, they will be isolated cities."

"General Jie, how are we going to fight! Up to now, our subordinates can't see any trends or signs."

Zhou Yuan raised his head, wiped his mouth, and looked at everyone present. Sure enough, they were all puzzled.

He took a sip of tea and grinned, "If Gumanyev really goes to attack Guhewei, he will choose a dead end, a road that will lead to their annihilation."

This sentence shocked everyone. How could an army of more than 200,000 be annihilated... How could it be so easy...

When everyone was about to ask, Zhou Yuan stood up and pointed at the map and said, "We will stay here for a day to let the soldiers recover their strength, and then we will continue to travel to here."

He pointed at Tashanwei and said in a deep voice, "Now the Xuanfu Army is attacking Tashanwei, and Gumanyev's food and grass are There are only 40,000 soldiers at most, and they are struggling to hold on. The Xuanfu Army can't take it down for a while. "

"We have to kill them directly, attack from both sides, and eat up Tashan."

"In this way, Gumanyev's food and grass supply line will be completely cut off by us. They are forced to make a desperate attack on Guhewei, and then attack in the direction of Jianzhou and Shenzhou. Only by taking down the city can they complete the supply."

"The battle over there is difficult, but the final victory will definitely be ours."

Speaking of this, Zhou Yuan took a deep breath and said: "Now Gumanyev still has a way to survive. The onlyThere is only one way to survive, but there is such a big piece of fat meat in Liaodong area, I don't believe he is willing to eat it! "

"I hope he eats it, it is enough to choke people to death."

Min Tianrui said: "Marshal, where is Gumanyev's only way to survive?"

Zhou Yuan smiled and pointed to Sayihewei.

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"Three ways! We have three ways!"

The map was in front of him, and Colonel Andre's tone was very firm.

"First, regardless of the consequences, the front-line troops plus the food and grass reserve totaled 120,000 people, biting the Beijing Camp and the Northwest Army, wherever they go, we will follow. In that case, they will either fail to do anything and starve with us, or turn back to fight us, and we are not afraid. "

"Ivan and I, with a total of 120,000 people, will defend the Songhua River Basin to prevent the Huguang Army and the Leiden Army from crossing the river to support. If both sides fight, we will be invincible. "

He hardly considered his words, as if he had seen through everything, and continued: "Second, go all out and put all the troops in Liaodong area, attack Guhewei, Jianzhou and Shenzhou, and occupy the whole Liaodong."

"They have more than 100,000 elite troops outside, and there is no time to support. As long as we succeed in taking them, it will be a real victory, and the war will directly usher in the end."

Hearing this, Gumanyev's eyes lit up.

Colonel Andrei said: "Third, the front-line troops are stationed here to suppress the army of Guhewei and prevent them from making any moves."

"Ivan and I will gather 120,000 troops and go to Sayihewei to support Tashan in the north."

"If we hold Tashan, we can rely on Tashan as a springboard to recapture Mulijiwei and open up our food and grass supply line again. "

He took a deep breath, stood up, and saluted: "Commander Gumanyev, my opinion is that we should stick to the third strategy. You will lead the front-line troops to keep an eye on Guhewei, and Ivan and I will go to Sayihewei, and then go north to support Tashanwei."

"This is the most reliable and safest strategy."

"We are not afraid of delay. We are used to the cold and we are willing to welcome the arrival of winter."

"At the same time, the northwest of Dajin is in danger. Zhou Yuan has no time to play with us. When he gets impatient, he will naturally choose to attack, and we will definitely defeat him when we are tired."

"We don't have to worry."

Gumanyev nodded and was silent for a long time.

He looked at Colonel Andrei and frowned: "But Guhewei has only 120,000 people. There are no fortifications there at all, and it is impossible to stop our attack. "

"Jianzhou and Shenzhou were looted by us once again. It seems that only Shenzhou still has tens of thousands of people stationed there. They are new recruits trained in Jizhou, Jinmen and Shanhaiguan in the past one or two years. Their combat effectiveness is very weak and they are mostly responsible for some food and grass supply tasks."

"Their most elite forces have left, why don't we dare to fight?"

"Such a big piece of fat meat, victory is at hand, but you want to fight a protracted war?"

"Are you too conservative?"

Andrei said solemnly: "Sir, war is not afraid of conservatism, war is only afraid of failure!"

Gumanyev smiled and did not answer for the time being.

He was unwilling to give up the things in front of him.