"That's right, right here, here, and here, a part of the army stationed and a relatively strong fortress will definitely be able to stop it!" Zhao Xin saw everyone's eyes on him, and then said calmly.

The location that Zhao Xin refers to is in the north of Zhejin Prefecture, the three passes of the Great Wall, although it is said that the Great Wall in the north, because of long-term disrepair, can not assume the role of protection, but these three places are exceptions, which itself is an important pass on the Great Wall, blocking here, at least, the cavalry can not enter on a large scale.

This is the role of large levels, in a sense, the buildings of these levels are secondary, and the natural environment is the most important, and the natural environment, together with the buildings, constitutes a terrible level, becoming the protection of a certain area.

The mobilization ability of the cavalry of the Liao State, as well as the speed of marching, must be considered in the attack on the sixteen states of Youyun, once the cavalry is supported on a large scale, it may take two or three days to be able to enter the Zhijin Mansion, at that time, they will be greatly threatened by the personnel who enter the sixteen states of Youyun, which is also something that must be considered in the Northern Expedition.

Really blocked these, so that the superior cavalry from the north, Zhongjing, Shangjing and other places could not quickly enter the Zhejin Mansion, with the only strength in Nanjing at present, they have a great chance of taking it.

But is it really that simple, some of the privy envoys of the army, for example, Han Qi, and for example, Di Qing and others who were invited to come, were a little depressed after thinking about it for a while.

This is completely impossible, with this ability, deploy troops to the Great Wall, and take down the Zhejin Mansion a long time ago, although the defense of the fortress is strong, but this thing, the consumption is also huge, to be able to send these materials over, and start construction, they have already taken the Zhejin Mansion.

For example, if you kill the emperor of Liao, some people will say that as long as you bring the emperor of Liao to him, you can kill him as much as you want, this sentence is true, but how to bring people in front of you? That's the hardest part.

Build a few fortresses at the Great Wall checkpoint, yes, not much, even if it is two or three, as long as these are blocked, the Liao army in the north will have no way to come in at all, they only need to deal with the Liao army near the entire Zhejin Mansion, so the threat will be greatly reduced, but how to do it?

Jia Chaochang looked at Di Qing expectantly, he knew that Han Qi knew, but his relationship with Han Qi couldn't ask with a face, only Di Qing.

Di Qing said it simply and clearly, and Jia Chaochang's face was full of disappointment.

Zhao Xin is a child after all, even in other aspects, there are many miracles, but in the military, he is really on paper, this thing, as long as you think about it a little, even if you don't know the soldiers, you know that it is very difficult, with this kung fu, it is better to get some foundation, steady and steady.

Ye Qingchen was also a little embarrassed at this moment, he used the authority of the three divisions to invite everyone here, although Zhao Xin provided 1 million yuan, which was already given, and the Privy Council would never suffer a loss, but he couldn't hold back on his face when he saw Zhao Xin still want to say, so he walked carefully to Zhao Xin's side and whispered: "Don't say it, let's leave!" ”

Ye Qingchen's words, as well as other people's expressions, how could Zhao Xin not understand that his feelings regarded his plan as a child's play?

How can the asymmetrical strikes, roundabouts, and strategies of encircling points and reinforcements from later generations be seen clearly by the people of this era.

Zhao Xin pushed Ye Qingchen away and said calmly: "It seems that everyone treats my plan as a child's play on paper?" ”

Many high-ranking officials, although they didn't say it, the expression on their faces revealed what he meant, only Di Qing came out of the crowd and said: "Dinghaihou, fighting a war is not so simple!" ”

Di Qing, although Zhao Xin has never seen Di Qing, but he has been famous for a long time, and he has specially asked someone to understand some of Di Qing's situation, just now Di Qing was in the back, standing behind the privy envoy Jia Chaochang, he didn't notice that he came out of the crowd all of a sudden, and it was immediately quite eye-catching.

The Great Song Dynasty Military God, with a small soldier, finally achieved the position of the privy deputy envoy, it can be said that he is the representative of the Great Song Dynasty dream, and like the Donghuamen roll call, it is the eternal dream of the soldiers.

For him, Zhao Xin is not arrogant, but quite respectful, in the future, when Zhao Xin holds the authority and opens up the territory, such a military god, even if his body cannot support him to fight, whether it is in the military academy or in the general staff, it is his best destination.

Zhao Xin nodded slightly at Di Qing and saluted politely, which made Di Qing's own persuasion no longer speak.

The identity of Di Qing's chief is not low, this identity can be used as the supreme military commander of a certain prefecture, and when the commander of the army goes out, he can control the army of at least 4 armies, that is, more than 10,000 people.

In the military, he is already a very high official, much higher than Sun Ji, but in the current Privy Council, he is really nothing.

Since Renzong in the Northern Song Dynasty, the difference between civil and military affairs has begun to be huge, and the seven-rank civil officials can reprimand the generals, as for the more advanced ones, they will come and go even more, for example, now, the privy envoys in the hall, the governor of the government, and Di Qing's status are almost the same as those at the bottom.

Who Zhao Xin is, the high-level and the governors know it, and some middle-level civil officials have their own channels and also know it.

Di Qing doesn't have this channel, in a sense, he can be regarded as Jia Chaochang's winner, but unfortunately, his importance is not enough for Jia Chaochang to tell him Zhao Xin's identity.

But Zhao Xin can stand with Ye Qingchen, and he is also a military envoy, and his status is very high.

The distinction between civil and military also depends on people, and the Jiedu envoy of the border military state is a very high status, even some civil officials of the Sixth Ministry and the Privy Council dare not underestimate him, let alone him.

Being able to look at him more equally and respectfully is already very high.

"Vice Envoy Han, do you think so too?"

Han Qi looked at Zhao Xin a little strangely, he didn't know why, he drew the fire to his body, among the people seated, if he said that he knew more about Zhao Xin, Han Qi would definitely be one of them.

As early as when he was in Hebei, he came into contact with Zhao Xin, and because of Zhao Xin, he made great contributions in the entire northwest, not only cleaning away the stains of the past, but also becoming a solid foundation for him to enter the center.

It is precisely because of his understanding that Han Qi knows that Zhao Xin is a genius-like figure, and he has repeatedly created miracles in both military and political aspects, such a person really shouldn't make such a child's play-like plan, but he can't figure it out, how to achieve it.

Zhao Xin pointed to the map and said again: "These places used to be the checkpoints of the Great Wall, but now, it shouldn't be!" ”

The Privy Council has the intelligence of the Imperial City Division, of course, it knows that the Great Wall, a large defensive structure guarding the Central Plains, has long been abandoned, and the nomads will not understand the important role of the Great Wall, and the Liao State is the head of the nomads, and it is the most powerful country in the entire country, so there is no need to set up a defense line.

Looking at the Privy Council, the officials in charge affirmed that Zhao Xin was very calm, which he had known for a long time, if the Liao State and the Jin State had a little preparation to build the Great Wall defense line, in history, they would not have been defeated so quickly.

Whether it is the Jin State replacing the Liao State, or the Mongolian State replacing the Jin State, it is all completed in a short period of time, like a bamboo, after the annihilation of the army, it will directly face the capital, and there is no obstacle in the middle.

However, the Great Wall and the entire defense line of Zhejin Prefecture, in a more ancient era, was a symbol of Xiongcheng, whether it was the destruction of Qi by the Qin State or the pacification of Shandong by the Tang Dynasty, it was a great war, and the stakes were huge.

As long as it is not the point and there is no garrison, then there is a chance, and the most feared thing is that there is a garrison, even if there are only tens of thousands of people stationed around, it will be a devastating blow to the entire plan.

"Look here!" Zhao Xin clicked on a certain place in Bohai Bay, which in later generations should be near Qinhuangdao City.

Compared with the Yellow Sea, the Bohai Sea is still in general condition, although due to the injection of the Yellow River and the accumulation of sediment, the bottom of the Bohai Sea is constantly sinking, resulting in the Bohai Sea not shrinking on a large scale like the Yellow Sea.

However, whether it is or not, then I don't know, the land under the control of the Liao State, it is already good to know that there is such a position.

Where Han Qi looked, the location was good, it was very close to the easternmost pass next to the Great Wall, that is, dozens of miles, and it was also an important position, the cavalry coming from the north must pass through, as long as it was blocked here, at least a considerable part of the cavalry could be blocked.

How do you get there? Suddenly, an idea popped up in Han Qi's heart, before, when chatting with Zhao Xin, it seemed that he had mentioned the sea, and he had mentioned that using sea ships to transport grain from Jiangnan to Shandong could save a lot of freight and reduce the price of grain to the minimum.

Han Qi is more military, which does not mean that Han Qi does not know anything about literary affairs, the overseas trade of the Northern Song Dynasty has occupied a considerable part of the income of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the maritime merchants, carrying a large amount of real money and silver, came from overseas to buy various specialties of the Northern Song Dynasty at high prices, so as to produce the wealth of the south of the Yangtze River, which he also knows.

He also used to understand, but the wind and waves at sea are very strong, even if it is a coastal patrol ship, it sinks every year, so he has not studied more in this area, is it difficult that Zhao Xin and Ding Haijun have already completed it.

That's right, Han Qi's inference from Zhao Xin's words is of course correct, Zhao Xin's purpose is to land across the sea.

Although this will expose a little bit of the ability of the Ding Navy, in Zhao Xin's opinion, as long as the gunboats and battleships are not exposed, there will be no problem.

In this era, seaports and coasts have not yet become the focus, and even gunboats and battleships may not be able to pose a huge threat to land, let alone some transport ships.

Zhao Xin prepared to use 30 newly built transport ships to transport 1,000 elite soldiers, as well as more than 4,000 civilians and a large number of building materials.

First of all, two fortresses were built at the location of the Shanhaiguan in the later generations, and after that, they gradually spread and tried to seal all three roads.

I don't know the specific date of the Northern Song Dynasty army, but similar construction can be carried out in advance, at present, the rapid solidification of cement by the Ding Navy, the construction of a fortress, only takes 15 days at most, once completed, even if there is only one, the support for the entire Northern Expedition will be huge.

This point should be analyzed from the current situation of the Liao State, at present, the soldiers and horses of the Liao State are mainly concentrated in the three capitals in the north, and these three are all in the north of Shanhaiguan.

This is also the fundamental reason why the important node of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty is in Shanhaiguan, the focus of the contention between the Manchus and the Ming Dynasty, and it is also in this position, only by breaking through here, the Manchus can attack endlessly, occupy, not as before, from Datong into the customs, just harassment and plunder.

"At sea?" Han Qi said these two words directly before Zhao Xin could speak.

Zhao Xin nodded, and Han Qi asked next: "How much can be transported, it's useless if it's less!" ”

"30 big ships!"

"Silk" Even Han Qi, who was the most confident in Zhao Xin, couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, 30 ships of 10,000 materials, what is equivalent to 300 ships of 1,000 materials, 1,500 ships of 200 materials, you must know that at present, for the entire Northern Expedition, the river ships that ensure the supply of 200,000 troops are only 50 thousand materials, more than 100 ships of 500 materials, and hundreds of smaller ships.

The combined tonnage of these ships is probably not as large as 30 ships, and it should not be a problem to be able to transport supplies for 200,000 troops, for small forces, and to transport materials for the construction of fortresses.

"How sure are you!"

"One hundred percent!" Zhao Xin said proudly, at this time, it is not the season of strong winds, this is to the north, not the south, there will be no typhoon, in the more familiar waters, that is, into the Bohai Sea is a little strange, but it can be solved, what is the problem, the big deal is to walk on the shore, 100%, it is really not nonsense.

Han Qi was tempted, and other privy envoys were also tempted, such a northern expedition was difficult to choose for many privy envoys, once it succeeded, it was easy to say, everyone ate meat together, and the reward was not much, but once it failed, if it suffered heavy losses, someone must be responsible.

The leaders are Jia Chaochang and Han Qi, they must be in the front, but the others, I'm afraid the future will be cut off, and there is no possibility of going further.

A partial division, two battalions of elites, and some supplies and people, even if it fails, it will not hurt, once it succeeds, what support it will be for the Northern Expedition.

They didn't think that the decisive battle with the Liao State, at the beginning of Jia Chaochang's design, was to carry out a surprise attack, once they broke into the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, it would be better to take the Zhejin Mansion, and if they couldn't take it, they would also occupy several states and fight with the Liao State.

Now, the opportunity is in front of you, as long as it succeeds, blocking the main force of the Liao State in the north, the possibility of taking the Zhejin Mansion is huge, and the temptation is huge.