Chapter 319 Memorial
After Zhao Jiu entered Jintang City, he basically kept collecting military reports, memorials, and notes.
With the reunion of Yue Fei and Hu Hongxiu, and the subsequent fatal attack, the battle that was originally intended to bluff and divert troops to control the Hexi Corridor has now developed beyond everyone's expectations. Most of the participants in the war have fallen into confusion, doubt and choice due to the time difference, information gap and distance gap.
This is due to the special and complex geographical conditions in the Northwest region, especially in the Western Xia territory and its surrounding areas where the battlefield was located.
The Yellow River forms a "J" shape here, dividing the battlefield repeatedly; and on the battlefield there are Hengshan Mountain, Quwu Mountain, Liupan Mountain, Helan Mountain, Yin Mountain... These are all large mountain ranges that are enough to isolate the battlefield or play a huge deterrent role in the war. In comparison, the hilly landforms and loess landforms in northern Shaanxi are simply too lazy to be taken into account.
In addition, there are deserts. The Mu Us Desert, Tengger Desert, Ulan Buh Desert, and Kubuqi Desert in later generations were also within the scope of this battle. Although the 700-mile vast sea to the east and south of Lingzhou is insignificant compared to the other large deserts, it is also stuck in a real strategic point.
Rivers, mountains, deserts, a battlefield stretching thousands of miles from east to west and nearly a thousand miles from north to south, as well as the complex battle lines between the five families of Song, Khitan, Jin, Menggu, and Western Xia, are enough to make everyone dizzy.
But in this case, there is still a question that cannot be avoided, that is, how could the Western Xia in the past be able to use its troops so effectively in these desert mountains?
The answer is simple. Western Xia controlled the Xingling area, which is the Yinchuan Plain.
Although the population of Western Xia was small, its land area was still very large. The four core blocks, namely the Hexi Corridor, Xingling, the Seven Prefectures of Hengshan, and the Houtao area under the Yinshan Mountains, formed an inverted T, and Xingling was the connecting point in the middle... From here, go east to Hengshan, connect to Hexi in the west, and go up the river to the Houtao of Yinshan Mountains. The transportation is very convenient.
In contrast, the other three places are separated from each other by deserts, mountains and rivers, making it difficult to pass through them.
In fact, this is an important reason why, although Xixia started from Hengshan in history, it quickly migrated here after acquiring the Xingling land.
And now, the force that controls Xingling, or to be more specific, controls the main part of Xingling except Lingzhou, is none other than the Song army.
It was precisely because Yue Fei 'might' have controlled the Xingling area and divided Xixia into three parts, making it difficult to connect, that Wu Jie and other high-ranking officials of the Song Dynasty made up their minds so quickly to fight this battle at all costs.
Because even Hu Yin, after looking at the map for half a day, could realize that the advantage in this battle was mine.
This became even more obvious after Yue Fei sent a battle report from Xingqing Prefecture and informed them of the capture of Tanliang City. Thanks to the accumulation of one million acres of fertile land in Tangqu, the Song army's logistics were greatly eased this time.
This further strengthened the determination of the Song army's top brass to continue fighting.
However, fighting is one thing, but how to fight next is also a problem.
At this moment, while the Song army was firmly in Xingqing, it also had its own blind spot, which was the movements of the Jin army.
Therefore, Wu Jie took advantage of the loss of Xingqing Prefecture and the disappearance of Li Ganshun, which caused the entire Hengshan line to be shaken, and joined forces with Xiao...Zhao Heda. After easily attacking the hinterland of Hengshan, they stopped in Yanzhou. Then they immediately sent a letter to Zhao Guanjia in Bao'an Army, requesting to return to the east to seize Yinzhou and Shizhou (the same name as Shizhou controlled by the Jin Kingdom on the other side of the river) at the eastern end of Hengshan, so as to encircle Suide Army and Yan'an from the rear.
The memorial was delivered on the morning of the second day after Zhao Heda left, that is, one day after Wu Jie took Youzhou without a fight. It was timely. However, it was somewhat unexpected that Emperor Zhao took the memorial and read it carefully, and then fell into some doubts.
"What does Wu Jinqing mean by this?" After thinking for a while, Zhao Jiu actually handed the memorial to Hu Yin... He actually consulted Hu Yin about the war. "He has the power to make decisions, and he can fight however he wants. He was the one who seized the opportunity to attack Hengshan before. Why is he asking me for instructions now, and then wasting time in Yanzhou?"
Hu Yin, who was also unexpected and recognized as ignorant of military affairs, was confident after reading the memorial handed over by Emperor Zhao, and immediately explained: "Let the emperor know that I think this is Wu Jinqing playing tricks... He should not be willing to go to the east to help fight Yan'an, but he can't say it out loud. Otherwise, why would he gather the army in Yanzhou and not move, but look for the emperor behind him to make the decision?"
"I thought so too." Zhao Jiu immediately laughed. "So he wanted to attack Yanzhou to the west and then pursue to Lingzhou?"
"That should be the case." Hu Yin answered seriously. "But I am not familiar with military affairs, so I don't know what Wu Jinqing's specific military plans are. I can only guess at some of his other ideas about the two routes of advancing west and taking the east..."
"Tell me in detail."
"If we attack Yanzhou and Lingzhou to the west, we will face the main force of Xixia gathered in Lingzhou. Although the main force of Xixia is at the end of its rope, it is not the end of the road yet. It is a tough nut to crack. Moreover, if we advance, it will inevitably involve the problem of cooperation with Yue Fei, Qu Duan and other troops... Yue Fei is of higher rank than him, and Qu Duan is his old superior... These are all things we should consider. In addition, there is a vast sea between Yanzhou and Lingzhou, so it is not easy to advance."
"good."
"As written in the memorial, it is quite natural to turn around and advance to Yan'an. First, Yinzhou, Shizhou, Youxiangjunsi and other places have already been like frightened birds, and it is easy to take them; second, we can use these three places to encircle Yan'an and Suide Army, resist the Jinning Army, and almost surround Huo Nu; third, we can also prevent possible reinforcements from the Jin Army. But he..."
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