The second plan is for the Jin State to send troops into the territory of Western Xia and directly rescue the Western Xia, and the Song and Jin countries will start a decisive battle in the territory of Western Xia. Because of fighting in the territory of Western Xia, Western Xia will inevitably provide many convenient conditions for the Jin State. Moreover, it can be attacked and defended, and it is not a big risk for Jin Guo. It should be considered a middle policy. It is not uncommon for the country to adopt such a plan.

And this requires the Song army to defeat the main force of the Western Xia army as soon as possible in the first stage of the war, and quickly gain a firm foothold in the territory of the Western Xia, so that before the Jin army sends troops to the Western Xia, occupy the favorable conditions for facing the Jin army, and at the same time, the imperial court should also timely reinforce the Song army attacking the Western Xia to ensure that the Song army has enough troops to meet the Jin army. And if this happens, the Song army can also attack the Jin State on the Jianghuai line to contain the Jin State's forces.

The third plan was for the Jin State to directly send troops to attack the Great Song Dynasty from the Jianghuai area, implement the plan of encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao, and force the Great Song to withdraw its troops from Western Xia. However, at present, the Great Song Dynasty has completed the complete formation of six imperial forces in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, with a total of about 160,000 men and horses, and there are no less than 100,000 Sanya forbidden troops who stayed in Jiankang, and there are Yangtze River natural dangers as a support, so it is completely feasible to resist the attack of the Jin army. This is the next policy, and it is expected that Jin Guo will not use this plan.

It can be said that such a plan is very thorough, and the circumstances of the birth can be thought of as much as possible. After Zhao Chen saw it, he couldn't help but praise it. Immediately, the ruling ministers were summoned to discuss whether Yang Yan's plan was feasible.

The five ruling ministers and Xin Qiji have also read the plan written by Yang Yan, and they also think that this plan is very well written and very feasible, but this war is related to the overall strategic situation of the Great Song Dynasty in the next few years, and it must not be taken lightly, and it must be cautious.

Therefore, Zhao Ruyu first asked: "Horse, you set the time for sending troops in mid-September, and at the end of November, it will enter a winter that is not conducive to conquest, and the winter in Western Xia is colder than that in Jianghuai, which means that you only have about two months to complete the goal of the first stage, is it too hasty to do so, is it better to advance the time of sending troops by one month?" ”

Hearing Zhao Ruyu's question, several other ministers also nodded frequently, obviously thinking that Zhao Ruyu's question was very in place, and even Zhao Chen felt that the goal of completing the first stage in more than two months was too tight, and now it depends on how Yang Yan answers.

Yang Yan nodded and said: "Prime Minister Zhao asked well, in fact, I also want to send troops as soon as possible, but the preparatory work for the army also takes time, and now it is late April, and the preparation time is less than five months, so it really can't be less." And now we have Ren Dejing to do the internal response, and the Mongol army is attacking from the north, so I think as long as the tactics are used properly and the goal of the first phase is completed, two months should be possible. ”

Zhao Ruyu shook his head and said, "Although what the horse said is also reasonable, but the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, who knows what other accidents will happen, and it is better to leave room for everything." ”

At this time, Zhao Chen also said: "Yang Qing, I also think that Zhao Qing's words are reasonable, there must be room for major events, if the time of the attack really can't be advanced, then it is better to delay until the beginning of spring next year to send troops, anyway, it is only three or four months of time, and in this way, we have enough time to prepare for the army, and the time to complete it is not so tight." What does Yang Qing think? ”

Yang Yan shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, ladies and gentlemen, I have set the time for the attack to be mid to late September, and I have another purpose. If after the Great Song Dynasty sent troops, the Jin State wanted to send troops to aid the Western Xia, whether it was to adopt one of the three plans, and after the preliminary preparations for their troops were completed, they would also enter the winter, and even if they wanted to send troops, they would have to wait until after the beginning of spring. And if we have completed the goal of the first stage, we can take advantage of the spare time of these two months to gain a firm foothold in the territory of Western Xia, and after the beginning of spring, we can also calmly face the Jin army. ”

Zhao Ruyu and Han Yanzhi glanced at each other, obviously thinking that what Yang Yan said was not unreasonable.

Yang Yan said again: "In fact, there is no definite law for the war, any season can be sent to fight, the winter of Western Xia is cold, but the winter of Jin is even colder, if my **** of the Great Song Dynasty can't even overcome this cold, then how can I go on the Northern Expedition in the future? ”

When the other ministers heard this, they had nothing to say.

Zhao Chen nodded and said, "Okay, the date for sending troops has been set like this, there is no need to discuss it anymore, do you have any other questions?" ”

At this time, Ye Hao said: "According to what the horse said, although Ren Dejing is now attached to my Great Song Dynasty, but he is still a minister of Western Xia, and now that my Great Song Dynasty has destroyed Western Xia, how can Ren Dejing be indifferent, in case he reconcilies with Li Renxiao, the monarch of Western Xia, and suddenly attacks our army while my army is marching westward, isn't it dangerous?" ”

Yang Yan said: "Lord Ye is too worried about this, after the last peace, the Manchu Dynasty in Western Xia knows that Ren Dejing colluded with my Great Song Dynasty, so Ren Dejing and Li Renxiao are like fire and water, there is no possibility of reconciliation, he can only rely on the Great Song Dynasty, in order to compete with Li Renxiao, at least after my Great Song Dynasty destroys the Xia, it can also protect the peace and wealth of the Ren clan, but once it breaks away from the Great Song Dynasty, the Ren clan has no place in Western Xia, Ren Dejing is also a smart person, and he should be able to see this." Therefore, it was absolutely impossible for him to betray the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Ye Hao said again: "Even if Ren Dejing and Li Renxiao can't reconcile again, then don't you know that Ren Dejing won't have other intentions?" For example, taking advantage of the defeat of our army and the Western Xia, and then he will reap the benefits of the fishermen, or take the opportunity to capture the Western Xia, and the assassins will abolish Li Renxiao for some reason, and set up another puppet as the lord of the Western Xia, so as to control the power of the Western Xia. In the end, isn't my Da Song making wedding clothes for others? ”

Yang Yan nodded and said, "Lord Ye's worries are indeed reasonable, but now Ren Dejing is untrustworthy to the Xia people, and he is not allowed to be in the Western Xia Kingdom, and it is impossible to take advantage of the fishermen, and as long as we control it effectively, we will never give Ren Dejing such an opportunity." ”

At this time, Zhou Kui said: "Your Majesty, Emperor Huizong also formed an alliance with ** Zhenren to attack Liao, but after the destruction of Liao, ** really reneged on the alliance and renounced the contract, and there was a difficulty in Jingkang>

Yang Yan listened to it, and also sighed secretly, of course he knew that the difficult life of Jingkang was caused by Song Huizong's own incompetence in the final analysis, and it had nothing to do with Lianjin's strategy of destroying Liao. Judging from the situation at that time, the Liao State could not resist the attack of the Jin State at all, and it did not matter whether there was a Song army or not, in fact, in the process of destroying the Liao, the Song army did not play much role. Once Liao was destroyed, the Song and Jin countries lost their buffer, unless the Great Song Dynasty itself had strong military strength, so that the Jin Dynasty did not have the certainty of victory, otherwise the **** war between the two countries was almost inevitable.

In fact, most ministers can understand this truth, but the suffering brought by Jingkang's difficulty to the Great Song Dynasty is too great, and in line with the principle of being a shame for the Venerable, the ministers can't have too many accusations against Song Huizong, so they can only blame the mistakes on the strategy of Lianjin to destroy Liao. He is a serious old minister like Zhou Kui, so he is naturally full of disturbance about this Lianmeng's move.

However, Zhou Kui said this to the emperor, so Zhao Chen did not open it, and Yang Yan was inconvenient to answer immediately.

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In this regard, Zhao Chen did not have too much worry. Although at the beginning, when Yang Yan proposed the strategy of Lianmeng's anti-Jin, he also had some worries, but after Yang Yan's explanation, he was relieved. Moreover, Zhao Chen himself is still young, with a very strong enterprising spirit and fighting spirit, since he succeeded to the throne, the Great Song Dynasty has been victorious in military affairs, which has also greatly increased Zhao Chen's confidence. At the same time, because Zhao Chen inherited the throne as a vassal king, in his heart, there was no need to cover up the mistakes of Song Huizong as much as Zhao Gou, so that he could more clearly recognize the real reason for Jingkang's difficulty, so he was far less scruples than others about Lianmeng's resistance to Jin.

Zhao Chen then said: "The Han Dynasty once united with the Yue clan to resist the Xiongnu, and the Tang Dynasty also used to use the clan to fight against the Turks. And at this time, the enemy of my Great Song Dynasty is still the Jin State, and with the power of my Great Song Dynasty alone, I am afraid that it will not be easy to repay the revenge of the first emperor, so it is the best policy to resist the Jin Dynasty. What's more, my Great Song Dynasty is now at the peak of national strength, the soldiers are full of food, and there is a ** loyal and virtuous minister, who is my ** humerus, even if after the destruction of Jin, Mongolia betrays the alliance, I don't have to be afraid of them. Therefore, there is no need to discuss the anti-gold move of United Mongolia. ”

Zhou Kui listened and knew that the emperor had decided with the scriptures and could not be changed, so he was silent. And Wang Yan, Xin Qiji and others originally supported Yang Yan's opinion, let alone say anything?

At this time, Han Yan came out of the queue and said: "Your Majesty Shengming, according to the minister, 'Lianmeng to resist Jin', or 'destroy Western Xia first, and then try to Jin Kingdom' can be implemented, please make a decision." ”

Zhao Chen nodded and said, "Okay, then the Zhongshu Province will immediately write the book, and I will review it." ”

On the second day of the war, Han Yanzhi immediately read the book on behalf of the Chinese book, begging the Great Song Dynasty to immediately march into Western Xia, and a war related to the national fortunes of the Great Song Dynasty began from then on. However, the monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty, including Yang Yan, did not know that in fact, at this time, a rebellion was brewing in the country of Jin.