"If you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves. Cai Jing is now thinking about your Jiehe Business Market, Lu Yihao's secret music is just the beginning, there will definitely be a follow-up move in the future, unless he can be knocked down, he can be stable for a few days. ”

"What does Ling Zun think?" Wu Haogu rode his horse and turned his face to Su Yu, who was leaving Qionglin Palace with him, "Does he think Jiehe Shang City should be changed to a state county?" ”

When Wu Haogu and Mi Youren left from Qionglin Palace, it was already evening, and when they left the palace, they met Su Yu, a storyteller from Chongzheng Palace, so they went to visit Su Dongpo who was sick.

On the way, Su Yu also mentioned the matter of Lu Yihao's secret performance. Obviously, he, the storyteller of the Chongzheng Palace, has also read this secret recital. Zhao Ji deliberately let Su Yu see this, wanting to test Su Dongpo's meaning.

"My father thinks it's right to change to a state county, but he can't act rashly. Jiehe Shang City involves the Song and Liao countries, and if we unilaterally reform the system, there will definitely be a conflict with the Liao State. With the strength of the Kaifeng Forbidden Army and the Hebei Forbidden Army, they could not resist the attack of the Liao State at all. ”

"That's right." Wu Haogu nodded.

In fact, with the strength of Jiehe Shang City's own, it can resist the Liao soldiers before the Jiehe River freezes! But once Jiehe Shang City becomes a Jiezhou, then the Liao State will be able to easily seize it no matter what season it is......

Fortunately, Liaophobia is still an epidemic in the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty, and Zhao Ji also has a hereditary timidity.

He was worried about it, and when he really made up his mind at the end of the day, most of the courtiers who were afraid of Liao in the court would not dare to do it.

However, Cai Jing's concern is still a headache!

"What's going on with Cai Jing now attacking Xingling?" Mi Youren seemed to know Wu Haogu's thoughts, and turned the topic to Cai Jing, "Is it to meet your wishes, or are you bewitching the king?" ”

"Both, right? Cai Jing is also known for being good at pandering. If it weren't for the fact that the Son of Heaven wanted to use soldiers, how could he be so active? However, he blindly advocated recklessness, and he did bewitch the Son of Heaven, who was young in the end.

Da Lang, do you see that Cai Jing is now trying his best to advocate the advancement of things, will the strategy of attacking Lingzhou be successful? ”

"It is actually unnecessary to attack Lingzhou, as long as the western front can take Qin Wangchuan, the western thieves will have to move westward. The Eastern Route Army feints to attack Lingzhou to attract the main force of the Western Thieves, and the Western Route Army attacks Zhuoluo City and Qin Wangchuan, cutting the Western Thieves into two sections in one fell swoop. But...... Does anyone really think that East and West are willing to work together? ”

Although Wu Haogu did not know how to fight, he also knew that it was extremely difficult for hundreds of thousands of troops to cooperate on the battlefield within a radius of 1,000 miles. Before the invention of the telegraph, this was an almost impossible task. Moreover, the Western Army has long been surrounded by mountains, and seeing that this round of war against Western Xia is progressing smoothly, everyone must be gearing up to take the lead.

In addition, a total of four coaches will soon appear on the northwest battlefield, including Lu Huiqing, Tong Guan, Zhong Fu and Tao Jiefu...... And these four managers also have their own little abacus.

Lu Huiqing and Tong Guan have already made enough contributions, and now they are seeking stability while watching coldly, but they are afraid that they are still looking at Zhong Fu and Tao Jiefu in their hearts. And Tao Jiefu and Zhong Fu both want to win the big cake of Xingling Erzhou, and most of them want to swallow it alone. I'm afraid that no one wants to cooperate with the other side to make a feint.

Even if it's himself, Wu Hao Guxin said: I'm afraid I don't want the battle of Xingling led by Cai Jing to succeed, right?

Once Xingling succeeds, Cai Jing's position in the court will be as stable as Mount Tai. At that time, the Jiehe Commercial Market will face an even greater crisis......

Su Yu sighed: "Although this dynasty is said to be a civil and martial artist, it still can't completely change the bad habit of being a general. As long as there are still soldiers, all kinds of self-fighting and fighting with each other will not stop. If you want to eliminate the Western Thief and recover Yanyun, it is always impossible. ”

"That's right." Wu Haogu responded lightly.

The Song army did still have some remnants of the warlord system, not only in the Northwest Forbidden Army, but even the Kaifeng Forbidden Army and the Hebei Forbidden Army had similar problems. It's just that the appearance is not quite the same.

The Northwest Forbidden Army had a large number of utility guards, archers, and even regular forbidden troops, forming a warlord group.

The Kaifeng Forbidden Army and the Hebei Forbidden Army had a monopoly on the ascending channel, and because there was no war for a long time, they also turned the forbidden army into a tool for their wealth through methods such as "occupying service" and eating empty quotas.

Therefore, there are various efforts to restore the government military system, hoping to replace the mercenaries monopolized by the generals with the government soldiers controlled by civilian officials. If this time, the government soldiers belonging to the elite of the three straights can have an eye-catching performance on the battlefield, I am afraid that the reform of the government military system will be fully launched, right?

Su Dongpo's Prime Minister's Mansion has arrived, Wu Hao Gule stopped his horse, and his expression was worried, "If there are many things today, the teacher will have to support it!" ”

……

At the same time, Tao Jiefu and Zhong Fu were happy in the pavilion in Zhengzhou. The two left different places at different times and headed towards the same goal, but they "met" at the Zhengzhou Pavilion Station.

"Brother Zili, as long as you and I can work together, we will definitely win this battle now." In the pavilion, Zhong Fu, the pacification envoy of Hexi Jingluo, held a wine glass, "The western thief has fallen down, the three states of Xia, You, and Yan are available in a blink of an eye, and the capture of Lingzhou is just around the corner." ”

Tao Jiefu smiled lightly and took a sip of wine, "Xia, You, and Yan are easy to take, but how can Lingzhou be so easy to fight?" Attacking Lingzhou from the Wuding River has to cross the Hanhai Desert, a vast desert of 400 miles...... The army can pass, but the logistics are not easy. However, Qin Wangchuan is easy to obtain, and it is 150 miles away from Lanzhou, with the strength of the Xihe Army, it is not easy to take? Therefore, after taking Xia, You, and Yanzhou, Yan Yanjun was responsible for feints to attract the attention of the Western thieves to Lingzhou. The Xihe army attacked the main attack and took Qin Wangchuan. Then the east and west will go to Lingzhou. ”

Listening to Tao Jiefu's words, Zhong Fu immediately scolded in his heart. The surname Tao is too ugly! It is not only necessary to monopolize the credit of Xia, You, and Yan, but also to share the credit of the Runxihe army to take Qin Wangchuan...... In the end, he also threw the Xihe army a drudgery of marching 500 miles to attack Lingzhou.

This is clearly to play the dead Xihe Army!

If Tao Jiefu's plan could succeed, the Eastern Route Army with the Yan Yan Army as the main force would have taken the three prefectures of Yin, Xia, You, Yan and the Hejian grassland, as well as the great merit of attacking Qin Wangchuan and Lingzhou. Undoubtedly the biggest winner!

And the Xihe army worked hard to defeat Zhuoluo City and Qin Wangchuan, and it is not counted that they have to share a piece of the Yanjun army. After the battle, there will be a 500-mile long-distance march to Lingzhou to join the Yan army - Qin Wangchuan is a nail stuck in the throat of the traffic between the east and west of the western thief. If the Song army is controlled, won't the Western thieves fight back desperately? I'm afraid that the 500-mile march of the Xihe Army will be killed all the way, and it is difficult to say whether it can go to Lingzhou or not. And Tao Jiefu's Yan army just took advantage of the opportunity of the Xihe army to attract the main force of the Western thieves to attack Lingzhou......

"Just a Qin Wangchuan, do you still need to feign Lingzhou with Yan Yanlu?" Zhong Fu said with a smile, "However, Xiazhou, Youzhou, and Yanzhou are all big strongholds that the Western Thieves have worked hard to operate for many years, and the city is high and strong, and it is difficult to attack. It is better to have the Xihe army defeat Qin Wangchuan first, and then feint Liangzhou to cooperate with Yanyan Road to capture Xiazhou, Youzhou, and Yanzhou. ”

The capture of Qinwangchuan can only seriously threaten the Hexi Corridor, but it cannot completely cut off the Hexi Corridor. If you want to completely cut off the Hexi Corridor, you must capture Liangzhou. Before Zhao Baozhong (Renduo Baozhong) returned to Shun, it was unlikely that Liangzhou would be beaten. Because Liangzhou is too far away from Zhuoluo City and Qinwangchuan, logistics can't be taken care of at all. But now the Song army has a stronghold near Liangzhou, which is Renduoquan City. Zhao Baozhong hoarded a large amount of grain and grass in Renduoquan City, as long as the Song army could get some of it, it would be enough to support the siege of Liangzhou City.

And no matter whether the Xihe army can take Liangzhou or not, the credit for attracting the main force of the Western Thieves to the west will not be missing. In addition, even if the Xihe army was frustrated in Liangzhou and threatened by the western thieves from Lingxing on the back road, it could still turn to Renduoquan City, which could be described as invincible.

Tao Jiefu nodded and said with a smile: "That's okay...... Then the two of us will jointly report it to the Son of Heaven. ”

Tao Jiefu actually made a big step so easily, which really surprised Zhong Fu. However, this is his own plan, and it is not easy to swallow it back. So he smiled: "Just according to what Brother Zili said."

By the way, Lü Jifu was not in favor of taking Lingzhou directly, advocated stopping at Yanzhou and the grasslands between the rivers, and also suggested the establishment of Shuofang Road for the Khitan. Maybe the official family will listen to the opinion of his old minister, then you and I will be much easier. ”

"Lu Jifu is old, and it is inevitable that he will act too steadily." Tao Jiefu said, "If it is said that the Khitan may intervene in the Xingling War, then we should step up the march in order to make a big move." ”

"Good!" Zhong Fu raised his wine glass with a smile, "Let us go all out to eradicate the giant for the world and give the people from all walks of life in the northwest a long-term peace and stability!"

The lower officials do it first for respect! ”

……

"Teacher, the disciple has met the teacher and met Mr. Ziyou."

Wu Haogu also saw the sick Su Dongpo and Su Dongpo's younger brother Su Zhe at this time. Su Dongpo didn't mention his sick face, and he was too thin to look good, his cheekbones were high, and his skin was sallow, but there was a trace of sickly flushing on his cheeks.

Su Zhe was in good spirits, sitting on the edge of Su Dongpo's hospital bed, frowning, and slightly raised his hand to signal Wu Haogu to sit down, and then asked: "Da Lang, can Lingzhou be defeated?" ”

"The younger generation is a businessman and can't fight, so I don't know if Lingzhou can recover ......"

"Da Lang!" Su Zhe looked at Wu Haogu, "Even if you fool others, the old man will also fool you?" You don't know how to fight, but you have a bunch of people around you who can fight! You won't ask them? ”