Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

Chapter 140: The plan of dragging thunder, the murderous intention against Zhang Yong

"In addition, Wei Chen thinks that Xixia can also give something more." Shi Miyuan said with a smile.

"Oh! Then everything will be settled according to Aiqing's plan."

After determining the war trend, the Song Dynasty's war machine began to mobilize internally.

Since eight years ago, due to Mongolia's attack on the Jin Kingdom, the Song Dynasty has stopped paying annual coins to the Jin Kingdom.

Therefore, in the past few years, the Song Dynasty's money and power were still very sufficient. The civil and military officials of the Song Dynasty quickly identified a leading general and a supervisor.

Fifty thousand soldiers and horses also began to gather near Tianshui, and a full 12 stones of food and grass were sent over.

Of the 12 stones of food and grass, only [-] stones were for the [-]-strong army. The remaining [-] stones of food and grass were all provided to support Xixia.

20 is food and grass, which is enough for an army of 20 people for 120 days. This batch of food and grass is enough to last until the end of the war.

In addition to the [-] regular troops, the Song Dynasty also mobilized [-] civilians to prepare to transport grain and grass along the way.

In addition, the Song Dynasty's treasury continued to allocate money, and another army of about 5 people was secretly assembled.

It took four months just to assemble the army and transport food and grass. A large number of brand-new armors and weapons were distributed to the soldiers.

The Jin Kingdom also opened a passage of more than 200 miles long to allow the soldiers of the Song Dynasty to pass. Because of the distance from Xixia, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty had to walk within the territory of the Jin Kingdom for five to seven days before they could enter the border of Xixia. .

When the Song Dynasty was carrying out war mobilization, Xixia also gritted its teeth and paid some cattle, sheep and livestock to the Jin Kingdom in exchange for the Jin Kingdom opening up the door of convenience. They really didn't have money, food and horses.

Even if there is, it will be used to fight the Mongols, and it is impossible to support the Jin Kingdom.

After all, the current Emperor of the Jin Kingdom is Wanyan Shousu. He clearly knows that if Xixia and Song countries join forces at this time, they can withstand Mongolia for a longer period of time, which will allow the Jin Kingdom to accumulate more power and defeat Mongolia in the future.

Of course, it is best to defeat Genghis Khan once and defeat Mongolia so that he can launch the Northern Expedition and regain the lost land of the Jin Kingdom.

Xixia Zhongxing Mansion.

"Master, I, Xixia, have been saved. The Song Dynasty has promised to send troops to help, and will also support us with [-] shi of food and grass. Now [-] troops have entered the border of the Jin Kingdom. If they hurry up, they should be able to reach it in half a month. We are in the Xixia Kingdom." This time, the Xixia civil servant who was on an envoy to the Song Dynasty came to Li Dewang and said.

"Hahaha! Good! The inheritance of our ancestors can finally be saved." Li Dewang, the leader of the Xixia Kingdom, said excitedly.

Since he came to the throne, he has been in a huge mess. The previous Xixia lord and the Jin emperor made mistakes, which led to today's situation, and left a huge mess to future generations.

"Does the Song Dynasty have any requirements? Send troops this time." Li Dewang asked.

"This time the Song Dynasty sent [-] soldiers to assist Xixia, and they will also provide food and grass. However, the Song Dynasty also has a request, that is, we must contribute [-] war horses." Xixia civil servants said.

"Twenty thousand war horses? Not to mention [-] war horses, even if it is [-] war horses, I, Xixia, can't get it!" Li Dewang said.

He knew that it was not that simple. Some gold and silver treasures and his daughter could not satisfy Da Song's appetite. What Da Song really wanted was war horses.

The Song Dynasty was located in the south, and there were no suitable horse farms at all. What the Song Dynasty lacked most was war horses.

But now they were about to go to war with Mongolia, and things like war horses were very much needed. When they borrowed the road from the Jin Kingdom before, the Jin Kingdom also asked for war horses, but he didn't give them.

"Your Majesty! Most of the next battles will be city defense battles. If a large number of cavalry are sent out of the city to fight the Mongols in the field, you should know what the result will be. We Xixia cannot defeat the Mongols in the field.

Rather than keeping the war horses in the city, it is better to exchange for more support. Sixty thousand stones of grain and grass are only enough to support us for a period of time. I think we should increase the number of war horses to a larger number and exchange grain, grass and weapons from the Song Dynasty.

Our Iron Kites Army in Xixia still has nearly [-] soldiers and horses. We will first allocate [-] horses to the Song Dynasty, so that these [-] Iron Kites Army soldiers can become infantry to participate in the defense of the city, so that their value can be brought into full play. "A Xixia military general said.

In fact, Xixia, like the Jin Kingdom and Mongolia, are all peoples on horseback. They were also herders in the past.It was not until the founding of Xixia that it gradually changed into a semi-farming and semi-herding nation.

For the next battle with the Mongols, it was a very unwise choice to gather a large number of cavalry outside the city to fight with the Mongols in the field.Instead of doing this, it is better to hand over the war horses and exchange more support and food support from the Song Dynasty.

How long could the Mongols lay siege to them?A few months, half a year, a year or two years?As long as the city gates are closed and there is enough food and grass support from the rear, Xixia can survive.

These cavalry who have lost their mounts can also participate in defending the city.The cavalry are all excellent soldiers. They can fight on horseback and defend the city on the city wall. Now is the moment of national survival.The leader of the country should be able to know the choice.

"In that case, let's give the mounts of the [-] Iron Kites Army to the Song Dynasty!" Li Dewang said with a helpless sigh.

The Xixia people are a nation on horseback. They have [-] war horses. It only takes a few years for Xixia to recover and they can re-tame new war horses.

Moreover, without the influence of the powerful minister Asha Dabu, Li Dewang can already make decisions on many things.

"Your Majesty Shengming."

(Here I will explain something to you. In fact, although Li Dewang, the leader of Xixia during this period, was relatively timid, he was still relatively wise. Unlike the previous leader of Xixia, the Jin Kingdom was also in the same state. The powerful minister Asha dare not He had sole control of the court, so after he went to Shazhou to defend the city, Li Dewang could make some big decisions. Moreover, in history, the Song Dynasty hoped to support Xixia and the Jin Kingdom, hoping that they could fight against the Mongols for a longer time, but Xixia and the Jin Kingdom It’s just that faint tricks happen frequently.)
At the same time that the Song Dynasty's army set off, the war horses from Xixia also set off, and a full [-] war horses were handed over to the Song Dynasty.

This move of Xixia made everyone in the Song Dynasty very happy, because what the Song Dynasty lacked most at this time was war horses.

After getting [-] horses, the Song Dynasty could build [-] cavalry. Needless to say, how strong the combat effectiveness of [-] cavalry is, it is equivalent to several times the combat effectiveness of infantry!
Genghis Khan received the news after the Song Dynasty's army began to gather, but at this time the Mongolian army had not completed its rest.

He didn't have enough food and grass. Even if he wanted to attack Xixia now, he couldn't do it!
In Genghis Khan's Chinese army tent, a large number of high-ranking Mongolian generals, including Zhang Yong, were gathered at this time.

"Hmph! Xixia is indeed an ungrateful people. First they surrendered to Mongolia and said they wanted to be my right hand, but then they turned around and betrayed me. Now they want to form an alliance with the Song Dynasty to fight against us Mongolia." Genghis Khan said angrily .

He has not yet sent an envoy to Xixia to plead guilty to Xixia, but is waiting for Xixia's envoy to come and plead guilty to himself.

Unexpectedly, the envoy did not wait, but what was waiting was Xixia who was reinforcing the city defense and even contacted the Southern Song Dynasty to prepare to deal with him together.

What is even more annoying is that the Song Dynasty actually sent [-] troops to support Xixia, and also brought a large amount of grain and grass.

This is a slap in Mongolia’s face!Slap him in the face of Genghis Khan.

"Father Khan! My son is willing to lead the army and start attacking Xixia now." Tuo Lei said.

"Now is not the time. It will take more than a month for our army to complete its repairs, and it will also take another month for the food and grass to be assembled." Wokuotai said.

"Hmph! So what do you mean, we have to swallow our anger and wait for reinforcements from the Song Kingdom to arrive in Xixia?" Tuo Lei asked with a cold snort.

"Most of the soldiers of the Song Dynasty are infantry. If we can lure them out of the city to fight in the field, then we only need a team of 2 or [-] people to annihilate this [-]-strong army." Chagatai said from the side.

Although Mongolia has never fought against the Song Dynasty, the Jin Kingdom has fought against the Song Dynasty many times, always in a state of victory and defeat. According to the intelligence they received, most of the Song Dynasty's horseless army were infantry.

"These 5 people, or even the entire Xixia, should not plan to fight us outside the city. With the food provided by the Song Dynasty, they can hide in the city wall." Zhang Yong said.

I really didn't expect that my appearance would cause such a big butterfly effect. The Song Dynasty did not intervene in the Mongolian war to destroy Xia, but I didn't expect that the Song Dynasty actually sent troops this time.

Could it be that he killed Ji Lasi Yi?Now the defender of Shazhou City has been replaced by Asha. Dare you not? This guy mocked Genghis Khan during Genghis Khan's Western Expedition.But in Xixia, he has very huge power and can even influence the behavior of the king.Now he came to Shazhou City to defend the city, but Li Dewang, the leader of the Xixia Kingdom, actually asked the Song Dynasty for help.

Moreover, the Song Dynasty actually sent troops and horses. What's even more damning is that the Kingdom of Jin actually gave way.

This battle to exterminate Xia is much more difficult than the original one.

"No matter what, we cannot wait until the reinforcements from the Song Dynasty join Xixia, otherwise it will be difficult for us to fight this battle." Genghis Khan looked at the map and said.

This time to attack Xixia, Bolu, the son of Muhuali, would attack from the east, and he would lead the army to attack from the west. It would be a pincer attack and destroy Xixia.

But now that the Song Dynasty has intervened, the Song Dynasty's [-] troops have become a problem. They don't know whether these [-] troops will appear on the battlefield on their own side or on the battlefield on Polo's side.

"Father, do you mean to attack Xixia now?" Wo Kuotai asked.

I don’t know if these 5 Song troops are the only ones. If these [-] people are wiped out and the Song Dynasty sends reinforcements again, then Mongolia will be in trouble if they are dragged into a protracted war.

"Toulei, what do you think? Tell me?" Genghis Khan looked at his fourth son and asked.

Among all the sons, Tu Lei was undoubtedly the one who inherited his military talent. Even Tuo Lei's military talent was slightly higher than his. In this situation, he wanted to see what the fourth son would do!
"Father Khan! Your main army does need to rest for more than a month before it can be dispatched, but you can give me a cavalry unit of 1 people. I will take this cavalry unit into Xixia territory, and then find a way to defeat them. , all connections with several cities in the west were cut off." Tuo Lei said.

"How do you plan to cut off their connection between the west and the east?" Genghis Khan asked.

"Father Khan, please look at the map. There are only three cities and a few villages in the west of the entire Xixia territory, and they are concentrated in the Hexi Corridor. There is a large area of ​​desert upwards, which is an uninhabited area.

We only need to cut off the Hexi Corridor to cut off Shazhou City, California City, Suzhou City, and some surrounding villages from the hinterland of Xixia, and even directly attack Xuanhua Prefecture.

If the Xixia people want to defend the city, then we will not give them the opportunity to defend the city and isolate Shazhou, California, Suzhou, and Xuanhua Prefecture, which is equivalent to one-third of the territory of Xixia.

Then, facing Heishui City on our grassland, we can also send a cavalry of about 5000 people there to cut off its connection with the mainland, divide the entire Xixia into three parts from the east, west and north, and then defeat them one by one.

If Xixia dares to send cavalry to rescue them, it will play into our hands and annihilate them all in the wild. Tuo Lei said.

Genghis Khan looked at the map and nodded thoughtfully.

This is indeed a good method. About 1 people can indeed cut off the connection between them. If you want to defeat the Mongolian cavalry of more than 1 people, at least two to 3 Xixia cavalry must be dispatched.

But now Xixia simply does not have the courage to fight the Mongolian cavalry head-on. The mobility and flexibility of the cavalry can completely isolate these cities.

They even forced Xixia to come and fight the Mongolian army in the field, annihilating all the resistance in Xixia in one fell swoop.

"This plan is very good, Great Khan! The general thinks that this plan can be implemented." A Mongolian general said.

"I think this plan is feasible."

"The tow mine only has 1 troops. Are you sure you can cut them off?" Genghis Khan looked at his son and asked.

"Each knight carries two spare war horses, and he is [-]% sure that he can cut the entire country of Xixia in half." Tuo Lei said.

"What about Blackwater City on the other side?" Genghis Khan asked.

"Heishui City is close to our Mongolian mainland. Father Khan can send a grassland army to Heishui City. It will only besiege but not attack. When the Song army comes, we will find that Xixia has been cut into three parts by us.

The 5 of them, if Hao'er's prediction was correct, should have arrived in Xixia from the Hexi Corridor. They should still be ten days away from Zhongxing Mansion. By then, Hao'er could disperse a small group of cavalry to harass them along the way.

Even cut them off and use the fire generated by gasoline to trap these Song troops in the Hexi Corridor, but this would require more than 2 cavalry troops. Tuo Lei said.

This is his strategy. From the map, even if he borrows the road from the Jin Kingdom, Linzhao Mansion will go up to Ganzhou, hoping to support the battlefield, and even enter Zhongxing Mansion, the capital of Xixia.

The shortest distance is to enter the Xixia territory from the Hexi Corridor. He can send cavalry to block the road and cut off this Song Dynasty army.

"Okay! I will give you 5000 soldiers and horses, and mobilize a team of [-] people on the grassland to besiege Blackwater City. As long as you can cut them off for a month and a half, my Western Expedition Army will enter the battlefield." Genghis Khan nodded and said.

My fourth son is indeed brave and resourceful!

Zhang Yong, who was standing aside, couldn't help but nod. Tuo Lei is indeed a military god!

No wonder he could defeat the Jin Kingdom's 10,000+ army in Sanfeng Mountain in the future with only tens of thousands of troops, and defeated several famous Jin Kingdom generals such as Wanyan Heda, Wanyan Chen Monk, and Wuxian.

This guy's military vision and strategic vision are first-class, cutting off the connection between the east and west sides of Xixia.

Even cutting off the Song Dynasty's reinforcements was indeed a very effective method.After all, the Mongolian cavalry's mobility is too strong.

"I will give you [-] cavalry immediately. You will set off tomorrow. How much food and grass do you need?" Genghis Khan asked.

"For a cavalry team of 2 people, each person carries seven days of dry food. The seven days of dry food carried by the army is enough for everyone to eat for half a month." Tuo Lei said.

"Half a month's worth of food and grass? It will take a month and a half for my army to arrive, and some villages in Xixia are already deserted, and there is no place to supply you. You'd better bring a month's worth of food and grass!" Genghis Khan said.

"Bringing a month's supply of food and fodder will slow down the march of the entire army. This time we must be very quick with our troops.

We must completely cut off the connection between the east and west of Xixia, and also cut off the reinforcements from the Song Dynasty. As for the food and grass issue, it will be easy to handle.

As long as I attack the Song Dynasty army's logistics and transportation troops, I can grab food from them. This time the Song Dynasty army brought a full 12 stones of food and grass, which was enough for me to eat for a long time. Tuo Lei said.

He has no intention of robbing Xixia. Why should I deal with the Xixia people when there is a fat sheep like Song Dynasty?

The Xixia people are hiding in the city, and I have no intention of attacking the city this time.

When the Song army enters Xixia territory, it is inevitable that they will have to fight in the field. When the time comes, they can just grab their food.

Not to mention fifteen days, with the marching speed of the Mongolian army, it would only take seven or eight days to reach the vicinity of Xuanhua Mansion.

Holy shit!This Tuo Lei is really brave!
Fifteen days of food and grass.

This is a rhythm of death if you don't win. If you are defeated by the Song Dynasty army or cannot grab their food, your 2 people will die directly!

"This time is very dangerous. To Lei, do you need any assistance from me?" Genghis Khan nodded and asked.

This son's courage is so much like his own self when he was young!
"Please also ask Father Khan to hand over the divine envoy Zhang Yong to me. His flying artifact can help the child better win this war." Tuo Lei narrowed his eyes and said.

"." Zhang Yong.

Nima!

(End of this chapter)