Troubled Times: Start with 800 Dead Soldiers

Yuan Wenjing came here by himself. Because of his meritorious service on his mission to China, in just a few years, he had been promoted from an eighth-grade official to the Minister of Power of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

(Secretary Quan: This is what people with less qualifications as ministers are usually called), and he suddenly became one of the emerging star officials in the imperial court.

He came to the execution ground with his entourage and saw that the "fine work" brought back from thousands of miles away faced such an ending. He was filled with anger in his heart. Such manipulation and contempt for human life meant that the Song Dynasty would not perish, which was unbearable by nature.

The next day, Yuan Wenjing's mansion was hung with a red cloth banner (this was a secret plan with Su Xia, see the previous chapter for details).

Li Si, the Green Grass Snake who had been lurking in Bianjing for a long time, immediately sent someone to secretly contact Yuan Wenjing and secretly reported it to Su Xia.

At this point, Yuan Wenjing, the minister of power in the Ministry of Household Affairs (equivalent to the second-in-command in the Ministry of Household Affairs), has become the highest-ranking official placed by the Suxia Group in the DPRK.

Hebei East Road, all of Jingdong East Road, one section each of Huainan East Road and Jingdong East Road, as well as one section of Liangzhe Road and Jiangnan East Road, equivalent to the current Shandong, Hebei, Jiangsu, Jiangzhe, and Shanghai areas have all been occupied by Su Xia It has a population of nearly 2000 million and a military strength of more than [-].

The sixth year of Zhenghe in the Northern Song Dynasty was a few years after Su Xia rebelled.

Su Xia was preparing to raise his troops to launch an attack on Fujian Road. Fujian Road was already a prosperous place, so how could Su Xia turn a blind eye to him.

In fact, Li Dong's navy has been renovated for many years and the number of mobile warships has also been expanded. It has always been eyeing Fujian Road. Fujian East Road and Guangnan East Road (today's Fujian and Guangdong) have been in Yuanjing since After his death in the battle, the Northern Song Dynasty court no longer had any naval forces, and Zhao Wuji was sent to the Qiongzhou area on Guangnan West Road and became a marginalized officer in the court.

Although the Northern Song Dynasty and Su Xia's China signed an agreement, the friction between the two countries has continued to intensify for more than two years.

Unifying the Central Plains and pacifying the world are Su Xia's fundamental goals.

To send troops south to attack, one must have great strategy, great courage, and the strategic thinking of those with great tactical depth cannot be defeated.

In the past two years, Xiong Hui, Sun Li and other generals have requested war to occupy the Fujian Road, but Su Xia vetoed them all.

However, she was sternly rejected by Su Xia every time, and the opportunity was not enough.

War against the enemy requires more internal cocooning within the enemy.

War requires unprecedented preparation and abundant supplies.

After years of economic development, Su Xia has prepared for year-round operations. Su Xia expanded the original seven combat corps into [-] corps and three fire support corps, and expanded the cavalry brigade to the cavalry corps, which is under the jurisdiction of the cavalry corps. There are three brigades, and the fire support corps is mainly composed of artillery and muskets. The navy has [-] large and small warships, including more than [-] large mobile warships, and a naval force of more than [-] people.

In June of the seventh year of Zhenghe, a major event occurred, that is, a major earthquake at sea. As a result, the people on Guangnan East Road and Guangnan West Road had no harvest, which triggered many large-scale riots.

Here, China's food preparations for the war have already been piled up, and the army is ready.

What is the right time, place and people? This is the right time, place and people.

From the moment he learned of the earthquake, Su Xia decided to completely cut off the Northern Song Dynasty's southward escape route. It was not enough to occupy Fujian Road and Guangnan East Road, but also occupy Guangnan West Road.

In this way, all the seaside parts of the continent were annexed by Su Xia. Even if Zhao Ji wanted to run away in the future, he could only run westward to Dayue and Dali.

An attack must not give the enemy any breathing space.

The last elite force on the Guangnan West Road was a forbidden army commanded by Zhao Wuji, and it was also the last naval force in the Northern Song Dynasty. This force numbered about 5000 to [-] people. Therefore, the three routes must fight at the same time.

One group, with amphibious warfare capabilities, attacked from the west route of Guangnan to find Zhao Wuji's army and concentrated its forces to annihilate them all. The other group was composed of a naval force to attack, occupy Guangzhou, and attack from both sides with the army going south.

As for the land offensive, we must prepare to occupy Fuzhou.

There is no doubt that the cavalry must attack. The cavalry brigade led by Lin Chong will take the lead in attacking and wipe out all reinforcements west of Fuzhou. The navy will launch an elite attack on Fuzhou from the sea.

When he sketched out his preliminary strategic thoughts, the officers present at the meeting were a little surprised.

No one had ever thought that Su Xia would directly occupy the entire south!

The person in charge of the secret service headquarters thought for a while and then said: "Sir, we have completely occupied the south, especially the place where the earthquake occurred. Isn't it a bit unsteady enough?"

Su Xia said slowly: "At this time, the population of these two groups is suffering from famine due to the earthquake. As soon as our army arrives with food, the people will naturally be willing to submit to me. The Northern Song Dynasty court did not provide enough disaster relief, and wars have broken out in many places. At this time, Attacking at the right time will naturally provide relief to the people in times of crisis, without fear that they will not be willing to submit."

"Zongze, what do you think?" Su Xia asked Zongze the question.

As the person in charge of the management of grain, grass, and money, Zongze said: "To tell you what my lord, my subordinates have already sent one hundred thousand shi of grain to Hangzhou to make preparations before the earthquake. As for the money and grain issue, they have also reserved it. At this moment, it is used as military ration for the army." It is enough to support the hungry people for two months."

Zhu Fu added on the side: "We have built a gunpowder factory in Hangzhou. In addition, once the army captures Fuzhou, we will lay a rail car from Dengzhou to Hangzhou. This is a steam newly invented by Li Gaosheng and the Ministry of Science and Technology. The speed of a powered vehicle is almost the same as that of a horse-drawn carriage. Although it consumes countless steel materials, its carrying capacity is huge. It can deliver thousands of troops at a time and arrive in one day."

A satisfied smile appeared on Su Xia's face: "Everyone, don't fight an unprepared battle."

Because he was fully prepared, Li Dong stood up and asked the battle first:

"Sir, leave it to me to eliminate Zhao Wuji."