armyinform Chapter 968 What is annual luck?
Chapter 968 What is annual luck?
Chapter 968 What is a hundred years of luck?
Xihe Road is blocked by heavy snow.
The Tao River has been frozen, and the city outside Xizhou City has also been suspended for a few days due to snow.
In Xizhou City, Li Xian and Quan Fa sent Gao Zunyu, the military envoy to Xihe Road and the general manager of military affairs, and Zhang Kai, the deputy economic envoy, to eat roasted mutton around the stove.
Gao Zunyu looked like a warrior and even rough. He pulled out a large piece of freshly roasted lamb leg and chewed it. The juice of the lamb dripped down the corners of his robe.
As for Zhang Kai, he ate so gracefully that he cut the mutton bit by bit with a knife.
Li Xian watched the two men's actions, personally held the candles for them, and then said: "Xianggong Wu said that we should tell the northwest that nothing is going on, so as to report back to the court, what do you think?"
Gao Zunyu chewed the plump and juicy mutton, drank a large glass of wine and said, "I think it's okay."
Gao Zunyu thought to himself that this was a good time to make friends with Wu Chong, and he could also give Zhang Yue a favor, so why not?
Li Xian nodded, looked down at Zhang Kai and asked, "What do you think of the hostage?"
Zhang Kai said: "I think this letter was written incorrectly."
Hearing this, Gao Zunyu glanced at Zhang Kai, smiled, and continued to cut a piece of fatty sheep tail oil with a knife and eat it.
Zhang Kai said: "Now that the [-] cavalrymen on Xihe Road have been transferred to Daizhou, Xixia can take advantage of it at any time, and as far as I know, Liang Yimi, the Prime Minister of Xia State, is obsessed with Xihe Road and always wants to take it back. Once I say that there is nothing wrong with Xihe, what should I do if Liang Yimi sends troops in the future?"
Li Xian thought to himself, I heard that Zhang Kai, Zhang Yue and Zhang Dun were both cousins, but they were closer to Zhang Dun.But this position of deputy economic envoy of Xihe Road was obtained by Zhang Yue's recommendation.
When he came to Xihe Road this time, Zhang Yue wrote to him again and again, saying that Zhang Kai had extraordinary talents and could be reused.Once something happens to Xihe, he can let it go and leave all the rights to him.
Li Xian was different from other eunuchs in that he was good at recognizing people. When they were at Xihe Road, he and Zhang Yue cooperated well with each other. They were promoted to Xuanzhou Observation Envoy, Xuanqing Envoy, and deputy capital magistrate.
Zhang Yue asked him to trust Zhang Kai, and he was prepared to give it a try.
Li Xian said to Zhang Kai: "What are you going to do once Liang Yimi comes to invade Xihe?"
Gao Zunyu should have asked this question, but Li Xian is now the top person in charge of Qinfeng Road and Xihe Road, and Gao Zunyu has actually been ignored by Li Xian.
Zhang Kai said: "The Xixia soldiers and horses come and go without a trace. If we defend everywhere, we will be in vain. This was the case with previous defeats. Therefore, we must first collect enemy reports so that we can know the direction of the Xixia troops in one day." , it will take one more day to prepare.”
"Once the thief invades the border, I will not fight with him first. When the thief enters one house, I will retreat. After the thief retreats, I will wait for an opportunity to attack him and return."
After speaking, Zhang Kai took a cowhide strap and several wine cups and placed them on the table for Li Xian.
Zhang Kai first put a cowhide strap on the table and said: "This strap is the border between me and the Western bandits. In the past, when we attacked the bandits, we used to defend the enemy from the border. However, the disadvantage of this method is that once the Western bandits break through a little, they can penetrate fully. Moreover, our troops are far away from the rear to attack the thieves. Without unclear intelligence, they are easily ambushed, as was the case with Sanchuankou in the old days."
"So we can let the Western thieves enter and guard a few key cities, such as Xizhou City, Hezhou City..."
Zhang Kai used a wine cup as a weapon for Xizhou. Hezhou put a lamb stick bone that had just been trimmed aside behind the cowhide straps and said: "We gathered our troops and horses outside. After bypassing the strong city, we used this stick The sheep's stick bones attack the rear of the Western thieves."
Li Xian held up his palm and said, "Yes, it's just like the city-wide battle that defeated the Liao Dynasty."
Zhang Kai said: "When Zhang Xianggong was in the northwest, he used a shallow attack method. My method is exactly the same as Zhang Xianggong. In the past, we were worried about the intruders from the west, but not the outbound ones. Now it is the other way around, and we are not worried about the intruders from the west. If there is a thief from the West, then there will be a thief from the West.”
"Once the Western thieves enter the country, they will inevitably come out full of plunder. The troops will be trapped and horses will be exhausted, and they will rush to return. The soldiers will have no fighting spirit. Our army will use elite soldiers to attack them on their way back and cut off their heads and tails. This is called not to risk their escape."
Li Xian deeply felt that this strategy was brilliant. In the past, when the Song army fought with Xixia, they guarded everything like an iron barrel, for fear that you would come and steal my things.
Now I have changed my tactics and opened up the road for you to plunder. I only need to defend a few strong cities. When you have plundered enough outside, you must take the goods home. Then I will concentrate my forces on your return. Waiting for you on the way home.
Just like a robber, he is most vicious when he has nothing in his waist and is hungry.
Once they have robbed enough things, the robbers want to run home immediately with the gold and silver treasures. At this time, they have the least fighting spirit, so I will ambush you on the retreat road at this time.
Another point is to attack shallowly. The supply line is the weakness of the Song Army, so I will not fight you on the outside, but adopt the idea of a decisive battle on the inside.
Lian Gao Zunyu couldn't help but nodded and said to himself, "This is a brilliant strategy, why can't I figure it out?"
Li Xian is not a famous general and is not good at generals, but he is good at generals. The so-called generals are good at knowing people.
He will understand as soon as he hears whether your words are reliable or whether your approach makes sense.All powerful people have the same knowledge. This is what the saying goes, heroes cherish heroes.
Zhang Kai's tactics can be summarized in two points: don't worry about what's coming in, but focus on what's coming out, and the other is to attack shallowly.
Li Xian immediately said: "Deputy Zhang, please sign and write down this battle plan immediately, and I will report it to the officials in a secret letter!"
When Zhang Kai heard this, he thought that Li Xian wanted to cultivate himself.
Zhang Kai said in fear: "Zhang really doesn't know what to say when a high official cultivates me like this. In fact, I am a relative of Zhang Xianggong, and he cultivated me. Zhang is very uneasy about this." Li Xian said: "You are a minister of the imperial court. , deputy envoy of Xihe Road Economics and Strategy, it is the greatest truth to put state affairs first."
"Besides, Li is not cultivating you. Maybe Li will depend on you, Zhang Zhifu, for his future future."
After speaking, Li Xian laughed, Zhang Yue was really awesome and recommended such talents to him.If the military officials hear about this kind of war, they will definitely be reused. Sooner or later, this person will rise to great heights.
Zhang Yue, Zhang Dun, Zhang Kai and Zhang Zhi are all extraordinary children of the Zhang family. They will all become generals and prime ministers in the future.
Gao Zunyu was secretly jealous when he heard this, but he still had a smile on his face, picked up the wine cup and said, "Deputy Zhang Gao Ce, I will rely on you to promote him from now on."
That night, Gao Zunyu wrote Zhang Kai's idea of flexible defense into a letter, saying it was his own idea, and sent it to the capital for Empress Dowager Gao to review and ask him to speak to the officials again.
At this time, the official family in Bianjing also received Zhang Yue's letter.
Zhang Yue always pays attention to initiative when doing things. For many things, instead of waiting for the leader to come to you, you have to take the initiative to find the leader. Once you wait for the leader to come to you, you will usually be in big trouble.
However, although Zhang Yue has been communicating with the officials on the front line, the officials are still operating according to the traditional habits of the old Zhao family.
Just like Emperor Taizong liked to control the generals from the middle, arrange the next formation chart and let the generals below fight according to the formation chart.Officials also like to do this.
Emperor Taizong was resolutely unwilling to delegate power to his border generals, even though he clearly knew that in order to win the Liao Kingdom, he must give his border generals the power to act expediently.
This time the officials received Zhang Yue's notes, mainly to analyze the Khitan intelligence obtained from him.
That is the instability of the Khitan Eagle Road.
When the Khitan Yelu Abaoji established the country, he targeted the Jurchens on the Eagle Road. After destroying the Bohai Kingdom, he continued to send large armies to attack various Jurchen tribes.
The Liao Kingdom won a lot at the beginning. For example, the famous general Yelu Xiezhen was not only good at fighting the Song army, but also an expert against the Jurchens.
After that, Jurchens were divided into raw Jurchens and mature Jurchens.
Mature women really served in the military and paid taxes, but girls who gave birth could only be governed by the system of restraints.
At the same time, there is also a Five Kingdoms tribe in the northeast of Jurchen.The Five Kingdoms tribe was conquered by Wugunai, the leader of the Wanyan tribe who gave birth to a girl.
Wanyan Wugunai was also a great person. At that time, the Zhenzhen tribe was divided into two factions: pro-Liao and anti-Liao factions. Wanyanwugunai regarded himself as a pro-Liao faction and constantly annihilated the tribe of Zhenzhen who were in the anti-Liao group, and protected the Liao Kingdom's Yinglu. At the same time, the Wanyan Department always regarded itself as a Jurchen, and refused to seek refuge with the Liao Kingdom like the Mature Jurchen. At the same time, it prevented the power of the Liao Kingdom from invading the Jurchen, and maintained a semi-independent posture.
Now Wanyan Wugunai died of illness, and his successor was Wanyan Qilibo.
The Liao people like the seaweed produced by the Five Kingdoms, and only the emperor of the Liao Kingdom can raise seaweed.At the Spring Bowl Ceremony, the Liao Emperor wanted to release Hai Dongqing to catch swans.
Afterwards, the monarchs and ministers of the Liao Kingdom held a goose feast, where they drank freely.
Therefore, the Liao Kingdom ordered the five kingdoms to pay tribute to Haidongqing every year. This tribute route was called the Eagle Road.
Haidongqing's tribute is just in name, but the most important thing is to ensure that the Five Kingdoms Department and Shengnuzhen on Ying Road surrender to the Liao Kingdom.Just like when Xixia was not independent, Li Deming, the father of Li Yuanhao, surrendered to the Song Dynasty.
Once the Yingluo becomes unstable, the Jurchens and the Five Kingdoms will become the next Xixia.
Today's Liao Kingdom is naturally not the same as when Yelv Xiezhen was in power and swept the world.The Liao State's direct control over the Northeast only extended to Huanglong Mansion.
Later, in order to maintain the five thousand-mile long Eagle Road, the Liao Kingdom also racked its brains.
The tribes that relied on the Liao Kingdom were canonized and rewarded, and the tribes that resisted the Liao Kingdom were punished.The Jurchen Wanyan Department was appreciated for this reason.
Later, the silver-ranked husband of the Liao Kingdom went in and out of Ying Road to search for Haidongqing and Beizhu. At the same time, he asked the women of various tribes on Ying Road to donate unmarried girls for them to play with. After that, they would take away the girls they liked.
Zhang Yue analyzed it with the officials in his notes.
The Liao Kingdom was not the Song Dynasty. There was no unified ideology to restrain the top and bottom, and various internal factions fell apart.In such a loose management system, only high-pressure internal and external rule can be suppressed, which will inevitably trigger rebellions one after another.
In a nutshell, Hulu has no luck for a hundred years.
This remark first came from Yang Su, but throughout the ages, the Liao Kingdom was the only country to break the Hulu's century-old fortune so far.
But even so, the Liao Kingdom passed its most powerful period.
Therefore, Zhang Yue strongly advised the officials in his letters not to be tolerant to Liao anymore, but to strive for courtesy in this demarcation.
The officials looked at Zhang Yue's letter and couldn't help but said to the left and right: "In the past, the courtiers knew nothing about Yu Ying Road and the birth and maturity of Jurchen, but it is really rare for Zhang Yue to find out the situation in Liao so clearly in just half a year. "
(End of this chapter)