The war situation in Hedong has always affected the hearts of millions of soldiers and civilians in the capital.

When the news of the fall of Daishu came, many wealthy families in Tokyo began to prepare to evacuate to the south.

With Han Gang's inauguration as the envoy of Hedong, and as one after another forbidden troops stationed in Gyeonggi moved north to Hedong, the battle situation in the mountains and rivers of the table finally stabilized, and the balance of victory began to tilt towards the side of the Great Song Dynasty over time.

However, even after the great victory in Taigu, which reversed the declining trend, no one thought that the official army of the Great Song Dynasty would be able to completely defeat the Liao army that entered the Kou. The vast majority of people only hoped that Hedong would be able to do the same as Hebei, contain the long drive of the Liao army, and hold it until the Liao army had to retreat.

After that, the official army of Hedong and the Liao army were deadlocked on the front line of the Xin Dynasty, which just achieved people's hopes, which also forced Yelu Yixin, the powerful minister of the Liao State, to send people to Kaifeng for peace talks.

The change in the situation is in line with everyone's wishes, but no one expected that there would be an opportunity for the official army to directly take Datong Mansion. The Liao army's fiasco in Daxiaowangzhuang made the officials and people in Beijing speechless for a while, and at the same time, many people saw the possibility of recapturing the part of Youyun Prefectures west of Taihang Mountain.

It's just that the change in the situation was unexpected again, and under the auspices of Hedong coach Han Gang, the two sides reached a peace agreement in the blink of an eye.

A few days ago, there were rumors in Beijing that the emperor deliberately forced him with the edict of the king, so Han Gang gave up his plan to capture Datong for the sake of his future future.

In the people, this rumor has not spread, and the people who are fortunate still account for the majority, but in the court, there are many people who believe in this statement.

Some officials felt that Han Gang was too selfish, so that the Great Song Dynasty lost an excellent opportunity, while others felt that not only did they not lose land before the war, but also took back a Wuzhou, which was not a loss, and it was very profitable, but they still had to regret that they could not earn more.

But there are still voices defending Han Gang.

"The strength of the officers and soldiers has reached the limit. Carry a heavy burden and go far, exhaust in three days, and die in nine days. The officers and soldiers have been in Hedong for several months, and they have been waiting for them every day, and they have no time to warm up, even if they rest in the camp, how can they ever sleep peacefully in the middle of the night? The recapture of Daizhou is to help the track, but how can the track get Datong? ”

"Why did Han Shumi just arrived in Hedong to defeat the Liao thieves under Taigu City, not because he had the help of ghosts and gods, but because the Liao thieves went thousands of miles into Hedong, and they were already sleepy and lacking. But because he got the news of Han Shumi, he mustered up his spare strength to go south overnight. But it was blocked outside Taigu City for the privy. ”

"It only takes a single feather to defeat the thieves under the beleaguered city. Now on the other hand, it is the officials and soldiers who are tired, and it is the Liao thieves who are waiting for work. ”

"The sorghum river is not far away, and the defeat of Yizhou is even more imminent."

"Why does this sound so familiar?" Cai Wei squinted his eyes, and the words that came from the flower wall seemed to have been heard somewhere.

Xing Shu lifted the wine jug and poured wine for himself and Cai Qu's son, while saying with a smile: "Zong Rulin's original words in the newspaper have been changed by a few words, can you not be familiar?" ”

"Zong Ze?" Cai Wei snorted a sneer from his nose with disdain.

The young gentleman who was born in Zhejiang and Zhejiang, but had traveled to Hedong before the war, became famous since he became a columnist for the Hedong War. The analysis of the battle situation in Hedong is far more than others, and has almost become a military master admired by everyone.

The names of Zhong Ion and Chu Zhonglian even spread to the border. It is said that more than one border minister has asked for a courtesy, hoping to hire Zong Ze as a staff member. However, Zong Ze resigned because he was busy with his studies and had no time to separate.

It's just that at a higher level, the view of Zong Ze is completely different.

In the eyes of many courtiers, the young strategist who had become famous in Beijing was just a mouthpiece, just someone who wanted to say something in the capital that was inconvenient for him to say.

"It's just that Han Yukun has a good dog, and his reputation is chasing after Wuhou, Wang Meng and Zhao Hanwang [Zhao Pu]. If it weren't for Han Shumi's face, he would have been driven out of the country long ago. Cai Wei sneered, and didn't care that the voice was heard by the drinkers next door.

Xing Shu took a sip of wine and slurped.

Zong Ze's many comments on the Qiyun Express and the Daily Express, and his analysis of the battle situation in Hedong can be described as incisive. Otherwise, it wouldn't have convinced so many people. But the details in his text actually confuse the difference between the before and after, making Hedong's results seem less amazing.

After the war, it was very simple to analyze the cause of the defeat of the Liao army, but before the war, it was judged that the Liao thieves had become the end of the crossbow, and at the same time, they did not hesitate to use themselves as bait - it is difficult to make this decision with this judgment, and it is difficult to make this judgment with this decision - this is the difference between a famous marshal and a mediocre person.

But Zongze's words are not belittling Han Gang's merits, but should be Han Gang's self-obscure. With his identity, he can't learn from others to defile himself, and he can only be self-descured.

"In fact, He Zhengtong's statement is similar to Zong Ze's, but he feels that there is still room for strength in the east of the river, and if Hebei and Shaanxi cooperate again, it is not impossible to seize Datong."

Cai Wei put down his wine glass and frowned: "He Zhengtong? Zhang Zihou wanted to recommend him to teach martial arts [Note 1]? ”

"It was him." Xing Shu nodded.

Although He Qufei's reputation is far inferior to Zong Ze, he is also known as a soldier in the country. As soon as he emerged, he was brought into the scene by Zhang Dun's network, and there was already a motion to recommend him and Zong Ze to join the martial arts as professors.

"A martial arts professor can be a martial artist or a civilian, but he can't be recommended for nothing, and he can't enter the literary class. I don't know if they are willing to be in the same column with the red guy and be a popular temple in the third class courtyard. The corners of Cai Wei's mouth twitched, and he smiled gloatingly.

The members of the martial arts are not mainly military generals, and 'the envoys have not participated in the class and have not participated in the class and the door shade, the grass people and the two members of the Beijing official are allowed to be retained', and those who have no rank are the military attaches who enter the stream, and the children of the official eunuchs who cannot get the shade, and even the commoners with white bodies, as long as there is a recommendation from the Beijing officials, they can enter the martial arts, and at least get the opportunity to be assessed and enrolled.

However, it is precisely because of the need to have the sponsorship of Wenchen above the Beijing official that many capable low-level military attaches have no chance to study martial arts, but some incompetent people, relying on their family background, are recommended to enter the school.

Even though graduates of martial arts can be selected as the owners and owners of small walled forts, the children of generals with roots can be promoted without going through martial arts. And no one who has no foundation in martial arts graduates dares to put important positions in their hands. It has been nearly ten years since Xining's five-year martial arts restart, and the martial arts students who have graduated one after another have not performed well in the frequent battles in the past ten years.

"The great reputation of those two people is just empty talk after the fact, if it is as simple as using the skin of the enemy and the thief, the family does not need to worry about it every day, and the town sits in the political hall every day, lest the war situation change. …… It's just Ma Tan, Zhao Kuo and the like. ”

Xing Shu had also heard of it. Even Han Yukun himself is also saying: Retreating from the enemy and chasing away the enemy is not a conspiracy, only intentions. ”

Cai Wei thought for a moment and nodded vigorously.

He had read the correspondence between the Privy Council and the Hedong Legislature. In the event of a thief, the guard, the march, and the grain, every clause put forward by the Privy Council mentions the details to be paid attention to in the war, and the staff officers in the envoy and Han Gang himself must be responsible for one part of it, and give a convincing answer to the court.

From marching to lodging, from weapons to armor, from bedding to medicine. Just arranging food, clothing, shelter and transportation for 100,000 horses can drive people crazy, and in addition to that, they also have to fight.

Xing Shu is no better than Cai Wei, he has a good father and a good father-in-law. And for the sake of his reputation, he has rarely entered Cai Qu's Prime Minister's Mansion recently. So I didn't have the opportunity to see the documents sent back and forth by the Privy Council and the Imperial Envoy, but when the Western Xia was rampant, the imperial court talked and said that the old documents were all about the autumn prevention of various roads on the edge of Shaanxi.

But this is not the Privy Council to grant the formation map to remote control the front-line generals to fight, although Emperor Taizong and Jinshang both like to play this hand, but in the Xifu, the wise ministers still account for the vast majority, and they will only indicate the direction that needs to be paid attention to, and the specific tactical arrangements, the imperial court will not intervene, but entrust them to the front-line generals.

"Don't talk about that." Xing Shu saw that Cai Wei was not interested in talking about this, so he changed the topic, "Now that the war is over, I don't know which of the two Lu and Han can advance to Beijing." I heard that Lu Shumi is already operating. ”

"Han Shumi is not losing." Cai Wei said with a smile, and did not hide what Cai Cheng told him in private, "He asked the imperial court to immigrate to the Xin Dynasty to ensure the early stability of the northeast of the river." ”

Xing Shu also heard about it.

Han Gang forced Yelu Yixin to give up his position on Wuzhou at the cost of no longer pursuing the traitors. Hedong has an additional road that can be passed on the northern route, and the Linfu prefectures in Hexi are more closely connected with Hedong itself.

However, from another point of view, from then on, Hedong had an additional strategic place that had to be heavily defended. In particular, a large part of the mountainous trend of Wuzhou is open to the north, and it is not easy to hold it.

There is only one way to do this – to relocate.

Daizhou and Xinzhou urgently need more immigrants. Wuzhou also needs the same.

"In Han Yukun's words, how many households does Xin Daiwu want?"

"At least 10,000 households."

The mountains of Wuzhou converge, and the only land available is the valley by the river, which is very small, and can only be divided into two counties at most, and even the motion to withdraw the state and change the army may have been put on the agenda of the political affairs hall. No matter how small it is, it is also a military state, and it has added another member to the four hundred military states of the Great Song Dynasty. Without a 3,000 hukou, it is impossible to maintain normal production and life.

On the other hand. After the invasion of Liao thieves in Daizhou and Xinzhou, the loss of population was great. Not to mention returning to the prosperity of the old days, if we want to restore the old situation of self-sufficiency in grain and grass in the state, we must also increase the number of households by six or seven thousand.

Note 1: The author of the ancient Chinese military book "Dr. He's Treatise".