If Gao Taiwei was also standing in the Chongzheng Hall today, it is estimated that he would cut off his robe with the traitor Wu Dalang on the spot......

That's the ambassador of Xingling Xuanfu! Governor Shuofang, Yanyan, Huanqing, Jingyuan, Xihe, Hexi Six Route Army! In order to increase the authority of Gao Taiwei, he had to give him the title of Privy Councillor. Now he surpassed Di Qing and Guo Kui, and suddenly stood at the height that only famous generals at the beginning of the country could reach. Although Di Qing has been a privy envoy and Guo Kui has been a privy deputy envoy, neither of them has ever been an ambassador for Xuanfu and the commander of the Sixth Road!

The power of such a position almost exceeds that of the camp deployment in the early days of the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, and it is similar to the greatest power that the generals of Zhongxing in the Southern Song Dynasty once had. If a military attache of the Great Song Dynasty achieves this point, will there be a good end?

And Wu Haogu is now proposing to grant Gao Taiwei such power, the purpose is naturally for the country and the people...... Under the wise leadership of the current Great Song Dynasty Khan Zhao Ji, all work, especially infrastructure and military construction, was carried out very smoothly.

If this trend continues, the Northern Expedition to Yanyun is likely to advance. At that time, Wu Haogu himself is probably Xuanfu, if he doesn't let Gao Yu test the water as this rising bird, then Wu Dalang himself will have to go ahead! I don't know if a group of civil officials will hold the Divine Arm Bow and wait behind to shoot the first bird?

So I have to let Gao Yu explore the way first...... In case there is really a storm pavilion or something, Wu Haogu should be prepared.

"Your Majesty," Wu Haogu had already prepared the answer to Gao Yu's question, "The six-way army refers to the generals coming from the six pacification envoys, not the soldiers divided into six routes. The armies in the northwest come from the six routes, which have always been difficult to command, and hundreds of thousands of armies do not have a commander, and they fight for themselves, which is a taboo for soldiers and the way to defeat.

And now the territory of the West Thieves has been greatly compressed, and the states and the land between the rivers are all owned by me. The armies of Shuofang, Yanyan and Huanqing can garrison Yanzhou. It is only 200 miles away from Xi'an Prefecture (Tiandu Mountain) where the Jinglu army is stationed, and only 7 or 800 miles away from Lanzhou, which is not far away. If there is no commander-in-chief, Yanzhou, Xi'an and Lanzhou will not be able to echo, and it is likely to be broken by the Western Thieves - Khitan Coalition Army. ”

Zhao Ji hesitated, and then set his eyes on the important ministers in the palace. The ministers all frowned and said nothing.

Let Gao Yu serve as the commander of the six roads, Xingling Xuanfu, and give the right to dispose of it cheaply...... Aren't you afraid of the rebellion? Oh, I'm not afraid. Everyone knows that Gao Yu can't rebel, but Gao Yu is a military attache after all! The ancestral system of the Great Song Dynasty was to use literature and imperial martial arts. If Gao Yu served as the commander-in-chief, wouldn't it become a martial artist? Except for Tong Guan, who has the rank of military attache, the others are all civilians.

"Your Majesty," I don't know how long it took, but Zuo Xiang Su Dongpo finally spoke, "The old minister thinks that it is not necessary to set up a six-way commander-in-chief. Because the battle in the northwest has been protracted, the roads in Shaanxi are exhausted, and the newly obtained Shuofang Road is also in ruins. It seems unrealistic to destroy the western thief in one fell swoop. It's better to let go of the western thief for the time being, and allow the brothers Qianshun and Chage to reform themselves. ”

Su Dongpo's suggestion is indeed sound...... However, the Khitans' asking price is still quite high now. Su Zhe sent a message from Xijin Mansion that the Khitans demanded that the Song Dynasty hand over the two states of Yan and Shuo, and recognized that the Western Thieves were vassals of the Great Liao.

It's okay to hand over Yan and Shuo Erzhou, but it's a bit difficult to admit that the West Thief is a part of the Great Liao Domain. Because the Great Song Dynasty has always believed that the territory of the Western Xia is the land of the Great Song Dynasty, the Western Xia is not an independent country, let alone a vassal of the Khitan. If they give in on this issue, then it will be impossible for the nine prefectures of Xingling, Yanshuo, Liang, Gansu, and Shagua to recover before the victory of the Song-Liao War.

Moreover, once the Western Thief "enters Liao", it will be more difficult for the Great Song Dynasty to recover the land of Yanyun in the future. Not only must the Khitans be defeated, but also the Western Xia, which was united with the Great Liao, must be suppressed in the northwest.

"No!" Cai Jing, the left minister, immediately stood up and sang against Su Dongpo, "If the tiger returns to the mountain, there will be trouble; One day of indulging in the enemy, ten years of restlessness. Now that the western thieves are declining, our dynasty is at its peak. Even if you can't capture Xingling in one fell swoop, you don't have to cut the land and thieves, let alone recognize the western thieves as Khitan vassals. ”

"Cai Qing supports Gao Yu as the commander of the Sixth Road?" Zhao Ji asked.

Cai Jing shook his head, "Gao Yu is a martial artist, he has courage and no strategy, how can he be the commander of the Sixth Route Army?" In the opinion of the ministers, the army of the six roads can be divided into two, and the west road governs the soldiers of Hexi, Jingyuan and Xihe, and is commanded by Zhong Fu. The East Road governs the soldiers of Shuofang, Perfunctory, and Huanqing, and is marshal Tao Jiefu. Gao Yuke was deployed in the former army and led his troops westward to Xingling. ”

Zhao Ji nodded slightly, Cai Jing's suggestion was exactly what he thought - the soldiers of the Six Routes were divided into two commanders, so that they could contain each other. The commander-in-chief is all civilian officials, and the following is arranging for military generals to be deployed and in charge. It is not possible to arrange one by one, at least to arrange several to be deployed and in charge, so that they do not control each other, and at the same time arrange for the ministers to supervise the army. In addition, Zhao Ji can also grant formation maps to both the east and west, and the generals below only need to act according to the formation map to ensure ...... Defeated!

Wu Haogu has been peeking at Zhao Ji, and he will also be able to observe things like words and looks.

"Your Majesty," Wu Haogu said, "Zhong Fu has been using troops on the West Road for many days, and the progress is quite slow, and it seems that there is no talent for the handsome. ”

As soon as these words came out, even Su Dongpo was a little dissatisfied.

How can a military attache say that a civil official has no talent? Moreover, who doesn't know that Zhong Fu is a soldier? Now among the civil officials of the Great Song Dynasty, that is, Zhong Fu and Tao Jiefu, they really know how to fight, and the level of others is even worse.

Wu Haogu said again: "Although Tao Jiefu has a talent, he is a pacification envoy of Yanyan Road, sitting in Yan'an, thousands of miles away from Xingling, how to command the battle?" If you can't command, what's the use of this commander-in-chief? ”

Cai Jing asked coldly: "Doesn't Wu Defense know that in the midst of strategizing, the decisive victory is thousands of miles away?" ”

"This is the "Historical Records. According to the record in Gaozu Benji, Gaozu said: In the planning and strategizing tent, the decisive victory is thousands of miles away, and I am not as good as the ovary. But Han Gaozu didn't let Zhang Zifang fight instead of Han Xin's overseer army? Tao Jiefu is good at strategizing and has the talent of Zhang Zifang. Gao Yu is good at commanding troops to fight, no less than Han Xin, Marquis of Huaiyin, and Cai Xianggong and Su Xianggong have Xiao He's talent. Zhang Liang, Han Xin, and Xiao He each did their own thing, and the Han Dynasty was established. ”

Wu Haogu's sophistry actually made Cai Jing speechless. However, if Gao Yu heard it, most of them would not dare to admit that he had Han Xin's talent...... Han Xin didn't end well!

Zhao Ji still frowned, seemed to be very hesitant, thought for a while, or waved his hand to announce the dissolution of the dynasty, but let Wu Haogu stay alone.

"Da Lang, you roasted Gao Yu on the fire!" As soon as the ministers left, Zhao Ji complained about the ancient way of martial arts.

Wu Haogu smiled: "Your Majesty feels sorry for Gao Yu?" ”

Zhao Ji sighed: "I wanted Gao Yu to make some contributions, but I didn't want him to be a genius in using soldiers." It's just that I'm like this, what can I do? ”

can say this in front of Wu Haogu, it seems that Zhao Ji still trusts Gao Yu.

"Your Majesty," Wu Hao Gu said, "now you don't need to be prestigious, and you don't put on a posture of destroying the spirit." Xiao Su Xianggong can't talk about it in Xijin Mansion...... If the Khitan army is really stationed in Xingling for a long time, then in the future, whether it is the Northern Expedition or the Western Expedition, we will all wage war with the Khitan and the Western Thieves at the same time. ”

"It's not okay to use Gao Yu to deploy for the former army?"

"Your Majesty," Wu Haogu shook his head, "now it's not about fighting, it's about attacking the heart." It doesn't matter whether Gao Yu leads the troops to attack Xingling, the important thing is to make the Khitans and Western thieves believe that Gao Yu will lead hundreds of thousands of troops on the Northwest Sixth Route to crush them! In this way, His Majesty will be able to surrender without a fight. As long as the Western Thieves are subdued, the Khitan withdraws their troops, and the Shuo side is rectified, a few years later, it will be the end of the Western Thieves. ”

Zhao Ji looked at Wu Haogu, "Da Lang, do you mean to let Gao Yu scare the Western Thief and the Khitan?" Is Gao Yu that scary? ”

"It's not how scary Gao Yu is, but His Majesty's courage to reuse the warlike generals and grant them full power is enough to terrify the Western Thieves and the Khitan.

The population and wealth of our dynasty are ten times that of the Liao State, and a hundred times that of the Western thieves. As long as there is a heroic lord who can use it well, destroying the thief and Pingliao is just a matter of rebellion! ”

Speaking of this, Wu Hao bowed with a clear conscience: "Your Majesty is the British lord of my Great Song Dynasty for a hundred years, and now the Khitan and the Western Thieves regard Your Majesty as the second Khan of the Heavens!" The minister also believes that His Majesty will be able to sweep away the thieves and restore the lost territory since Anshi! ”

This is actually not a good thing to say in the Song Dynasty, if it is said publicly during the court meeting, it will inevitably be impeached by the imperial history - the officials of the Great Song Dynasty are all Ming masters, how can they be compared with Li Shimin, the mediocre king? However, Zhao Ji is now bent on destroying Xia Pingliao, so he feels that Li Shimin is actually quite powerful. Naturally, I felt that Wu Haogu's "treacherous words" were quite pleasant.

And if it really works, it's not bad to put on a big posture to scare the Khitan and the Western Thieves. After all, this war has been going on for a long time...... Although it is progressing smoothly, the material consumption of the northwest roads is also very staggering. Now 200,000 troops have been mobilized and deployed, hundreds of thousands of people are busy transporting supplies, and there is still a whole Shuofang Road to be developed and utilized. Shaanxi Transshipment Envoy Si Ke has been complaining for a long time! If it can be ended early, recuperate for a few years, consolidate the results, and then it will be more convenient to start fighting again.

"As long as Gao Yu is appointed as Xingling Xuanfu and the commander-in-chief of the Sixth Route Army, can you force the Western Thieves to surrender?"

Wu Haogu smiled and promised: "When the minister arrives in Jiehe Shang City, there will be some arrangements, and the custody will leave the western thief with no way out but to subdue!" ”

"Good!" Zhao Ji looked at Wu Haogu and said with a smile, "If Gao Yu is my Han Xin, then your Wu Dalang is my Zhang Zifang...... With your assistance, am I still afraid that I won't be able to defeat Yan Yun and Xingling? ”