"It has been two months since the official army confronted the Western Thieves in Qinwangchuan, and the cost is amazing, and the advance and retreat are lost, so it is better to retreat to Lanzhou earlier."

"The cost of the official army is amazing, and the cost of the western thief is less? The strength of the official army in Qin Wangchuan is less than 50,000, and the western thieves can have 70,000 or 80,000 people, and it is beneficial for the official army to wear them down. ”

"The official army has already taken the land of Yin, Xia, You, Shuo, Yan and other five states, which is already an unprecedented victory, so why do you need to finish it in one battle? It is better to postpone for two or three years, and wait until Shuofang Road has trained 100,000 elite soldiers, and then Xingling can be bulldozed in one fell swoop. ”

"Now that the western thief is already at the end of his life, Gao Yongnian only needs to be supported by Qin Wangchuan to exhaust the western thief."

"What if the thieves have plenty of food and grass? How much food can Xihe Road give Gao Yongnian? ”

"The Khitan Southwestern Recruiting Division has now entered the Hetao Hebei Grassland and occupied the territory of the Western Thief Black Mountain Weifu Military Division. In a few years, when the Khitans have gained a firm foothold in the Hebei grassland, will they still be able to watch us destroy the Western Thieves? If you want to recover the spirit of revival and not start an all-out war with the Khitan, the only way is to seize Qin Wangchuan and force the western thieves to move west......"

In the Chongzheng Palace, Zhao Ji was listening to Cai Jing and Su Dongpo's-for-tat words with a straight face.

Su Dongpo's tuberculosis eased after the weather warmed up, so he became a little nagging again. And he also made up his mind to accept it when he saw it - although Su Dongpo was not the initiator of this western expedition, there was no doubt that the partisan forces he led had profited greatly from this war, so he didn't want to fight it.

Tong Guan became the envoy of the system - Tong Guan was not a member of the old party, but he had a close relationship with Gao Yu and Wu Haogu, and he was almost one. So it was also classified into a group of people who were close to the old party and Su Dongpo.

Gao Yu became the deputy envoy and the head of the soldiers and horses, responsible for training the government soldiers in Shuofang. In the recitals of Hou Meng and Wu Haogu, they both shouted the slogan of "shaking the mountain and shaking the army of the Gao family". Although it remains to say what this means, it certainly shows that the government soldiers can fight, and this is very beneficial to the old party that advocates the establishment of government soldiers.

Wu Haogu was also appointed as an envoy, although his envoy to the coastal city could not be compared with Tong Guan's Shuofang Lu Jinglu pacification envoy. But after all, it's time to open the government and build a government! Moreover, the boundary river, the city, and overseas affairs are all difficult for others to interfere in.

Wu Haogu has now obtained a very ideal territory. It's not big, but it's easy to control, and it has the name of occupying territory overseas. Don't get too complacent.

However, what worries Cai Jing the most is that Su Dongpo's younger brother Su Zhe is going to return to the furnace to be the prime minister again!

Because Su Zhe's envoy in Liao became relatively smooth because of "Gao Yu's provocation". Before the Battle of Mingtangchuan, Su Zhe's situation in the Liao State was very difficult, and the asking price of the Liao people was also very high. Demand that the Song State return all the lands of the five states of Yin, Xia, You, Yan, and Shuo to the Western Xia, otherwise there will be a war!

But I don't know what's going on, after "Gao Yu is good at opening the border", the tone of the Khitan people has suddenly lowered, and there is a trend of getting lower and lower - according to the recital sent by Su Zhe from Xijin Mansion, the Liao people's current asking price is to return Yan and Shuo Erzhou, and withdraw from Qinwangchuan, Kaluochuan, and Zhuoluo City.

In other words, the Khitans can admit that the three states of Yin, Xia, and You belong to the Great Song Dynasty!

And Su Zhe also said in the recital that as long as he argues with reason, the Great Song Dynasty should be able to occupy Yanzhou and Shuozhou - for Su Zhe, this is a great achievement. After eating the five states of Western Xia, he also avoided war with the Liao State, and he was not blackmailed, which was definitely a diplomatic victory.

Merit must be rewarded! In this way, Su Zhe will have the opportunity to return to the political hall again. It may not be possible to be the right minister immediately, but it can take over the position of Shangshu Youcheng after Li Gefei becomes the right minister.

For Cai Jing, this is a big bad!

Therefore, Cai Jing is bent on taking Qin Wangchuan, as long as he takes Qin Wangchuan, Xixia will be standing on the edge of the cliff! The light of Tong Guan, Gao Yu, and Wu Haogu is covered, not to mention, even Su Zhe will be in big trouble. The peace talks with the Khitan will not be successful, and there will be a fight if it is not good. At that time, it would be good if Su Zhe was not accused of "angering Liao State".

"The western thief is not without the ability to fight, if the dog jumps over the wall in a hurry, it is not ruled out that he will launch a fierce attack on Qin Wangchuan. If Gao Yongnian was defeated, would the Khitans still be so easy to talk to? ”

"How can the army be defeated? Gao Yongnian has an army of nearly 50,000 people, deep ditches and high bases, how can he be defeated? ”

"It's true that even if Gao Yongnian can't win, he can maintain it. And the Gao Yu on the Eastern Front is also good, it is easy to shake the mountain, and it is difficult to shake the Gao family's army! Zhao Ji laughed and nodded.

Hou Meng and Wu Haogu's recitals have arrived. Hou Meng pointed out in the recital that Gao Yu probably used the black-armored cavalry to raid the Khitans and beat the opponent's leather room army cavalry. At the same time, Hou Meng also talked about the training of the Xinfu soldiers, and said that Gao Yu had many henchmen in the Xinfu army......

And Wu Haogu's recital also verified Hou Meng's opinion on the Xinfu soldiers, but he was exaggerating Gao Yu and praising a Gao Taiwei as a peerless general, a pillar of the Song Dynasty.

Of course, Gao Ji's cultivation of power in the Xinfu army is a problem, but Zhao Ji is not too worried. Because Gao Yu's resignation was also sent to Kaifeng Mansion, at the same time, Tong Guan also made a secret fold, saying that he could completely take over Gao Yu's strength in the army.

In other words, Gao Yu has no bad intentions, and his foundation in the army is still shallow, so he does not pose any danger for the time being.

Zhao Ji's words changed, and his tone became a little heavier, "What do you think about Gao Yu's resignation due to illness?" Can there be no Gao Yu in the Northwest Army? ”

"The minister thought that he should be allowed to resign from his military position," Cai Jingdao, "The soldiers of the Six Generals' Mansion and the Three Forbidden Troops are all from his disciples, which is not good for the country, and it is not necessarily beneficial to him." Your Majesty might as well punish him in the name of opening a border provocation without permission, and give a light punishment, and give an explanation to the Khitans. ”

If Gao Yu heard Cai Jing's words, he would definitely be very grateful and immediately admit the crime of provocation.

"Your Majesty," Su Dongpo said, "If Gao Yu's crime is cured, the Khitan people are afraid that something will happen!" Now although the Khitan people are shouting fiercely, there is nothing to do on the borders of Shuofang, Hedong and Hebei. The asking price of the Liao people is also getting lower and lower, and if Gao Yu really provokes the border, it will definitely hurt the Khitans. Maybe they really killed 500 of their 500 leather chamber cavalry with hundreds of black-armored cavalry, so the Khitans didn't dare to look for trouble. ”

Zhao Ji suddenly laughed, "If you really hurt the Khitan with the black armor horse, I will not cure him of the crime of provoking the border, and I will reward him heavily." ”

He paused, "Gao Yu's soldiers are well led, and the battle is also good...... Shuo Fang's soldiers still want him to bring. So don't check Hou Meng, let's go back to Kaifeng Mansion with Wu Haogu as soon as possible.

In addition, let's give Gao Yu another knot...... He doesn't admit to provoking, but I'm still going to reward him! Give him a Guanghua military festival to make it dangdang! ”

Zhao Ji's words made Su Dongpo's brows furrow slightly. The official Zhao Ji obviously doesn't trust Gao Yu as much as he used to!

……

Su Dongpo really guessed a little. The attitude of the Khitans is getting lower and lower, because almost all the important ministers know the truth about the battle of Mingtangchuan.

Of course, Yelu Yanxi was still in the dark, not knowing that his army of 10,000 was defeated by hundreds of Song people's armored cavalry - this was too incredible and terrifying to hear, and no one dared to report it to Yelu Yanxi.

After all, Xiao Delisi, who lost the battle in Mingtang River, is Xiao Delide's younger brother, and Xiao Delidi is Yelu Yanxi's confidant, and has a close relationship with Xiao Fengxian, Xiao Baoxian, and Xiao Sixian's brothers.

To expose Xiao Delis, wouldn't it be difficult to get along with Xiao Delidi, Xiao Fengxian, Xiao Baoxian, and Xiao Sixian?

However, not exposing Xiao Delis does not mean that you want to provoke the terrible Captain Gao!

Gao Taiwei can't be beaten, so Shuo Fang can't look for trouble.

And Hebei can't look for trouble, because everyone knows that Wu Hao Gu Wu God of Wealth is about to become a coastal city ship system...... At that time, there will definitely be money that everyone can earn together, what else to fight?

Where there is profit, there is no war!

Since Shuofang can't be beaten, Hebei can't be beaten, so it seems that only Hedong is the place that can be hit......

"Your Majesty, in addition to Hedong, our army can also directly enter Hexi!"

Mandarin ducks, in the imperial tent of the Son of Heaven of Daliao.

The old minister, Yelu, finally came up with a more reliable method.

Yelu Yanxi frowned, "Directly into Hexi?" Go to Qinwangchuan? ”

The Khitans were semi-nomadic, so they were very mobile. At the beginning of the 11th century, around the time of the reign of Song Zhenzong and Song Renzong, the Khitans repeatedly sent troops to attack the Uighurs in Ganzhou. In 1010, he conquered Suzhou, and in 1028, he besieged Ganzhou for 4 months. However, he failed to break the city, but gave Yuan Hao the opportunity to attack Ganzhou - Yuan Hao took advantage of the Liao army's retreat and the Ganzhou Uighurs were greatly injured to attack Ganzhou and break the city in one fell swoop.

So for the Khitan, it was not a problem to walk thousands of miles into Hexi.

"That's right, let's go to Qin Wangchuan!" Yeluyu said, "The Song people have only one Gao Yu who can fight, and now Gao Yu is in Shuofang, not in Hexi. And Gao Yongnian in Hexi is only a medium talent, tens of thousands of troops have not taken down a Qin Wangchuan City, and now he has been confronting Chage for a long time, and the army is dead.

If tens of thousands of Liao soldiers and horses can appear in Qin Wangchuan at this time, the Song army will definitely be frightened, and the morale of the party will be greatly boosted! ”

"Good!" Yelu Yanxi was overjoyed when he heard this, and in the end, he killed the old minister of Mogus, there is a way!

But then Yanxi's brows furrowed again, "Is it possible to tear your face with the Song people?" ”

He said with a smile: "The old minister can take his troops to Hexi, and the custody can make Brother Chada win a complete victory, and we will not fall into it." ”

"That's great...... I wonder how many soldiers and horses you are going to bring with you? ”

"There are 30,000 cavalry, of which 6,000 are armoured cavalry."