The emperor really didn't want to see this situation, let alone hear the name. But he didn't have a problem, who let the patronage of building a walled fort in the barren mountains and mountains of Youzhou in the past few years, but forgot the hungry wolf of Xixia.

Let Zhao Fu volunteer so much, but he, the emperor, has become the target of public criticism. If you don't invite King Liang out of the mountain, isn't it obvious that you want your nephew to go to the front line to die. Go and ask King Liang to come out of the mountain...... It's really uncertain whether King Liang will agree or not.

At the beginning, he partnered with Wang Anshi and Sima Guang to seize the military power of others, and the new army was also disbanded, and he also asked his family to repair the river embankment for several years.

Who dares to guarantee that this cool king, who has never been eclectic, will not take the opportunity to pick a child? Don't forget that he is a crazy horse, and madness has never been neat, so he doesn't need to talk nonsense, just say that the old disease has recurred, and he can hide and watch the excitement.

This is the scene where Cai Jing came to Yangtze River University in person, Su Shi was not sent by the emperor, but volunteered to accompany him. Why? I'm afraid that Wang Shu won't see Cai Jing, but he is also Wang Xiaoya's teacher, so he still has this face.

At this time, he also knew what Wang Xu's departure from the mountain meant to the Great Song Dynasty, and hoped in his heart that this victorious general would not be too entangled in his personal grievances in the past, and could go out for the country again.

"The soldiers of the northern roads will all be deployed by King Liang, and the imperial court can raise 300,000 forbidden troops, 200,000 servants, and 500,000 people within three months, and horses, grain, and grass are all available!" Cai Jing obviously came prepared, he was the emperor's representative, and his words were more effective and accurate than Su Shi.

"Lord Cai misunderstood, this king will not lead the forbidden army to fight, and it is useless to give millions. If you want to get this king out of the mountain, you can only rebuild the new army, and there is no other way. This army does not listen to anyone's deployment, and this king fights as he says. And this battle is not the end of defeating the Tanguts, it is necessary to destroy the Tangut Kingdom and the remnants of the Liao State, and leave no future troubles once and for all. ”

It's really a big deal, and it's millions of troops at once. That's right, this is how the calculation of military strength was made in ancient times, and I can't wait to include even the families of the people. But Hong Tao was unmoved, he didn't want a forbidden army, and fighting with the forbidden army was tantamount to suicide.

It's not that the forbidden army is so wasteful, on the contrary, many generals of the forbidden army are still very capable of fighting and dare to fight, and it is precisely because of this that Hong Tao does not dare to ask them.

These armies are accustomed to the old ways of warfare, and it is difficult for them to change quickly, even if they are forced to change, and they will change back again at a critical moment. Instead of going out with such an army that does not stop at orders, it is really better for a group of people who can only obey orders and don't understand anything.

"The New Army...... I'm afraid it's too late. This condition was obviously also expected by Cai Jing, King Liang was right, he had never led the forbidden army to fight.

But at this time, it is no better than in the past, and there is still a three-year preparation period for the Northern Expedition, which is enough to train the new army, but now it is necessary to wait for another three years...... Not to mention three years, maybe the border war will be eroded in one year.

"Three months! One day is not much, and even if the forbidden army is dispatched, it will take two or three months. "Since he dares to put forward the conditions, Hong Tao is at least 80 percent sure that he will be able to do it, and time is not a problem.

"Three months! This...... This...... I'm afraid it's not appropriate to train troops in such a hurry? According to the intention of this official, it is better to lead the forbidden army out of battle first, and at the same time arrange suitable people to train the troops. ”

Rao is Cai Jing has done his homework, and he has also scared this deadline. It's too unbelievable, it can train a new army in three months to sweep the Western Xia and even level the Liao State...... Do you really treat yourself as a star monarch and scatter beans into soldiers? Are you kidding!

"This king repeats again, if anyone expects me to die in battle, then let this king go with the forbidden army, and ensure that one face can throw away the 500,000 army without a single one. If you want to win this war, give this king three months, or the two of you will ask for another master, and it will not be too late for us to sit down and talk about this topic when the war is eroded. In addition, this king also wants to remind the two adults not to use any crooked brains, thinking that they can retreat from the enemy by poking at the border pass just by using the name of this king. The heroes don't mention the courage of the year, the Xixia people didn't go south this time to fight the grass valley or arrest people, they came to take away their homeland, and they didn't die. And those unidentified tribes are afraid that they are more vicious, and more troublesome than the Tanguts. Once the war in the northwest is unfavorable, the enemy facing Youzhou Road will not miss the opportunity. They are descendants of the Bohai Kingdom, with whom the king had a relationship when he attacked Xijin Province. ”

Once Hong Tao is allowed to take the initiative, the other party usually has no room for bargaining. If you want to make a deal, you have to execute it according to his terms, otherwise you will be shot and scattered.

It's really not that he is too chicken thief and disregards the interests of the country and the nation, but that he is too rational and unwilling to be a tragic hero like Yue Fei. wasted half a day's strength, and even put his life on the line, but the problem was not solved. No matter how much future generations praise it, failure is also failure, and there is no difference in essence.

The winner does not want the title of hero, but the real gain. Chu Overlord Hero No? But he is a loser, Liu Bang is a success, and the nation that likes tragic heroes too much is also a loser.

In addition, Hong Tao had already roughly guessed why the Xixia people suddenly went south and why a large number of unidentified troops appeared near Youzhou. There is only one possibility, that is, the Liao State has perished, and it has been mixed up by the eastern and western tribes.

To the east is naturally the Jurchens, that is, the Jin State that replaced the Liao State and destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty in history. History is really stubborn, I tossed it so much, and in the end, it was still here that should have come, and there were two of them at once.

Xixia must not have been idle after being disabled, and has been thinking about how to fight back. But when he looked at it, there were no allies to the south, west, or east, so he set his sights on the north. Coincidentally, to the north of the Tangut people was the area where the Bu ethnic group was active.

Divination people, this is the Khitan name for the Mongols. Coincidentally, he defeated the Liao army in Youzhou, which made the Liao country very empty, and he had to transfer troops from Xijing Road back to suppress the Jurchen rebellion.

As a result, the east was not suppressed, and the west was also chaotic, and without the heavy military deterrence of the Northwest Road Recruitment Division, the Zubu tribe, who were not very willing to be exploited by the Khitans, also rebelled, and united with the Western Xia people.

As for how they discussed it and why they went south, Hong Tao is not clear. Anyway, it's useless to talk about what to say, and the only way to make the other party stop is to round his big fist and beat him.

It's not that Hong Tao boosts the morale of others to destroy his own prestige, if only the Western Xia and Khitan people attack, there are 10,000 new troops to stabilize the situation. But with the addition of the more aggressive Jurchens and diviners, 30,000 new troops may not be enough.

Now Cai Jing and the emperor are still fantasizing about being able to deal with the forbidden army, if they are prepared in advance, it is indeed possible to attack and defend each other, and there is really no possibility in the case of a hasty battle.

Speaking of which, I have to blame myself, if I hadn't crippled the Western Xia and captured Youzhou, I wouldn't have relieved the court and the emperor, so I ignored the military strength of my country. Fighting if you have nothing to do, at least it won't let the forbidden army degenerate so quickly.

There is no back and forth bargaining in this negotiation method, and the process is destined to be very short, so Hong Tao really saved a meal, Su Shi and Cai Jing couldn't make decisions immediately, and they had to go back to Beijing to wait for the emperor to decide.

With such a big shackle, they didn't have the heart to eat, if they had known that Wang Shu was so simple, he wouldn't even drink tea, and he wouldn't have been able to explain things in an hour when he stood on the steps.

However, Cai Jing and Su Shi also let go of their words before leaving, as long as King Liang was sure to retreat from the enemy, they would try their best to persuade the emperor to order a new army to be reorganized. The meaning of the words is to let Hong Tao stop running around and stay honestly in Yangzi Town to listen to the announcement.

It seems that the war in the north is indeed not optimistic, so that this minister of power is so frightened that he can't even think of playing with power, or he has not tasted the taste of monopoly, so he is not a minister of power with interests in mind, and he can think about some responsibilities.

No matter what Cai Jing and Su Shi thought, Hong Tao had to make a very difficult decision, overturning the huge plan that had been implemented for seven or eight years and moving forward steadily every day, and making preparations to turn against the imperial court in advance, and probably make all previous efforts go to waste.