Du Zhongxiao hurriedly came to the Tianguan Hall and bowed.

Tian said: "The deputy envoy sits." Just now, Captain Di Tai from the front line sent the military information, and we will discuss it. Today, Taiwei Jia and Deputy Envoy Cheng are not here, and there are only you and me in the cardinal mansion. We discussed it, and entered the palace to worship the saints. ”

Du Zhongxiao sat down, and Tian said: "During the Xia An period, he led the troops to occupy Yinzhou, and his subordinates will enter the Mituo Cave to occupy the Mida Cave, and the party will be dead." However, the remnants of Yinzhou fled, and after saving the soldiers and horses of Mida Cave, they fled into the desert together, according to An Qingze and Huang Yangping. A few days ago, Captain Di personally led an army of 100,000 troops, divided into three routes, to attack the remnants of the army. The military intelligence was sent to the capital, and the two armies had already engaged in battle. ”

Du Zhongxiao couldn't help frowning when he heard this: "If you occupy Yinzhou, the party will be officially dead." Why don't these remnants of the party surrender? Now An Qingze and Huang Yangping are surrounded on all sides, and there is no depth, how can they hold on? ”

Tian said: "Why don't the party members surrender, but lead the army north, this is not good." We don't have to guess the reason, we just know that they escaped. Di Qing's 100,000 army is attacking, according to the deputy envoy's estimate, will the remnants of the party have a chance? ”

Du Zhongxiao thought for a while and said, "At this time, where is the opportunity for the party members?" It's just a matter of breathing. They estimated that they were fighting the idea of boiling out Di Qing's army and then coming up again. When he moved to the country and treasoned, didn't he make a comeback after booby-trapping Cao Guangshi. Although it is not easy for Yanzhou to transport grain to the north, it can still support Di Qing's army for a few days, and the party's calculations will inevitably fail. ”

Tian said: "I think so too. The party war seems to be coming to an end. Now there are two things that matter. One is how to benefit from the struggle between the two Khitan emperors, and the other is how to deal with the two or three hundred thousand people in Di Qing's department. ”

Du Zhongxiao was silent for a while, and said: "For the Khitan war, we must adhere to one principle. Occupy key areas, but don't over-provoke them so that the two countries don't have a big war. After Yelu Hongji defeated Chongyuan, the Khitan was reunified, and there must be a short period of time, and the Khitan would be concentric, and its military strength was not comparable to peacetime. After two or three years, after this anger is discouraged, it will be easy to fight again. ”

Tian Guoqi said: "Why did the deputy envoy say that? Since Chongyuan was proclaimed emperor in Datong Mansion, the Khitan had been fighting for five years, and the country was not strong. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Taiwei, when the two Khitan emperors were fighting, the commanders in their territory were all ghosts and ghosts. Except for the front lines of the two armies, everything was safe everywhere, and even trade and traffic were not cut off. said that it had been fought for five years, but in fact, except for Yanyun and Yanyun, the rest of the places were not affected much. Once Hongji wins, the officials and generals of the world will inevitably show loyalty, and it will be difficult to control it for a period of time. ”

Tian Guo thought about it, and it was really like this. The Khitan civil war was different from that of the Five Dynasties in the Central Plains, the two emperors fought inextricably, and the local clans just sat back and watched the success or failure. Otherwise, how could they fight for five years, and the country would not be able to support a full-scale war. Only the two states of Yanyun were really affected by the war, and not only were other places unaffected, but many of the big clans also had a lot of slaves.

This is the characteristic of the Khitan, although the imperial system is also implemented, but in the final analysis, the power of several big clans is not small, and it has a great influence on politics. As Hongji's advantage became bigger and bigger, and he received more and more support from the big clans, his power became stronger and stronger. When he attacked Datong Mansion, all the big clans in the Khitan were mobilized, and the battle was not easy to fight.

The two sides fought for the emperor, and hundreds of thousands of people were on the front line. In fact, there are not many soldiers, most of them are mobilized people. The two states of Yanyun have been greatly affected, and the rest of the places can not be affected much, and now is not the time for a big war between the two sides.

Tian said: "Don't talk about Khitan. After destroying the party, what should Di Qing's soldiers and horses do? ”

Du Zhongxiao was silent for a while, and said, "This matter depends on the holy will." Although the final victory of this war was a rare achievement, there were also many problems in the war. At the beginning of the march, the army advanced slowly. When we arrived at the back of Hengshan, there were many more disturbances. Speaking of which, these are all the shortcomings of Di Qing's department. When attacking the party, the party was already surrounded by the imperial court on all sides, and there was a lack of depth in all places, and the army was still competent. Fighting against the Khitan, there are these problems in the army, it is difficult to say what happened. ”

Tian Guo said: "Don't care about the holy will first, what does the deputy envoy think?" ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "According to me, the army should be recalled to the Beijing division and retrained." The Privy Council, like the Sanya, must be reorganized and truly manage the army and the war. The army must first win the battle, and then talk about other things. In doing so, I am afraid that the disturbance will not be small. ”

Tian Guo nodded: "This party war is actually enough for the ministers to see clearly the problems of the original forbidden army. However, there are two difficulties in reorganizing the forbidden army. One is that there are not enough generals who meet the requirements, and then where is the old man in the army going. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "If you want to restore Yanyun and defeat the Khitan, it is impossible not to make big changes. The commander-in-chief of the military commission, the imperial court and the commander-in-chief have insufficient control over the army, and if this question cannot be solved, it will be difficult to do so. And to solve it, it is impossible without major surgery. ”

Tian Guo sighed: "I think so, in fact, many ministers of the DPRK and China also think so. But to really do it, there will be many obstacles. Not to mention anything else, when the deputy envoy was in Hequ Road, he set up a military academy in the capital to train generals and train the forbidden army, and in the end he did not give up halfway. In the final analysis, if you want to really train the forbidden army, you must give the old people in the army a way out. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "The old man in the army is nothing more than seeking a wealth and being carefree all his life." The imperial court can always find a way to raise them. Now that the imperial treasury is full, it is not difficult. ”

Tian Guo shook his head with a smile: "Deputy envoy, if you raise a veteran, you need one less recruit, and the number of troops is dead." Also, in the past, it was customary in the forbidden army that everything was decided by the commander-in-chief, and many generals, who were not only in charge. There are few people who don't have anything, there are many such generals, and the court must also consider it. If it is not handled properly, these people will cause chaos in the place, and it is not a trivial matter. ”

Du Zhongxiao naturally knows that the biggest obstacle to military reform is the veterans of the army and some families who have been soldiers for generations. These people have no other survival skills, and there are quite a few of them, and if they are not given a way out, it will be difficult to carry out the reform of the army. The Song Dynasty established the country with the army, even if the emperor agreed to the reform for a while, these veterans and veterans lost their raw cloth and went to the palace to cry together, and the emperor still had to change it.

After thinking about it again and again, Du Zhongxiao said: "Tai Lieutenant, if you really want to train the forbidden army, see if you can do this?" Since I camped in Jingxi Road, the railway was built to Gangneung, and people in the area of the two lakes continued to move in, and there were many conflicts with the barbarians. There are many lakes in the Lianghu area, and the land is flat, which is a good place to camp fields. It is better to send the original veterans to Lianghu to suppress the barbarians and camp the fields. The money and food of the imperial court can also support this matter. ”

Tian Guo's eyes lit up: "This proposal is good." In fact, the veterans of the forbidden army are only one or two hundred thousand. If you really have to think about it, many of them can also enter military schools, and they can study and re-enter the army. There are only tens of thousands of people who really want to be raised by the imperial court. If they can go to the two lakes to camp in the fields, and the court will provide money and grain, it will be possible to be self-sufficient in a few years, which is a way. ”

Du Zhongxiao sighed: "Tai Wei, this matter depends on the holy will in the end. It is difficult for the forbidden army to retrain, in the final analysis, there are too many people eliminated in the training, and many of them have a close relationship with the royal family. We figured it out, we just figured it out. ”

Tian Guo said with a smile: "How does the deputy envoy know that the Holy Will doesn't want to do this?" ”

Du Zhongxiao couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this: "Could it be that the Holy Lord also intends to reorganize the army?" ”

Tian said: "The first battle of the party has been clearly seen, and it will be difficult for the forbidden army to deal with large-scale wars without training. And if you want to restore Yanyun, you have to fight with the Khitan, and the saint also understands. The day before yesterday, the Holy Majesty summoned me and Wen Xianggong to discuss this matter. ”

Du Zhongxiao nodded, knowing a little in his heart that with the end of the party war, the two governments will also change. And Tian Qian, obviously, has a higher status in the emperor's heart than Jia Changchao.