"To add another 20,000 troops? That's nearly 30,000 troops! ”

Zhao Ji met Wu Haogu, Tong Guan and Mi Youren in the side hall of the Chongzheng Hall - it was in the side hall where the "Pingxia Strategy" was placed.

Regarding Wu Haogu's request to increase the number of 20,000 soldiers, Zhao Ji was a little surprised.

20,000 soldiers is not a small number!

The total number of troops used to attack Western Xia this time, if you don't count the people, is about 200,000.

An army of 20,000 accounts for one-tenth!

"Your Majesty, the ministers don't use the forbidden army, only the government soldiers."

"Soldiers?" Zhao Ji was stunned for a moment, "Can the soldiers fight?" Didn't you say that they could only tuntian? ”

Fu Bing is actually a hated existence! Because the government soldiers moved the gate and the cheese of the recruitment. If the government soldiers can really fight, then who will eat after the gate? The government soldiers have no salary, and they don't even have a place to eat, isn't that too miserable?

As for recruitment, it is even more regarded as the existence of government soldiers as smashing jobs. If the unpaid government soldiers can fight, then what is the use of spending dozens of dollars a year on recruitment?

Therefore, above the court, regardless of the new party or the old party, when mentioning the government soldiers, they almost unanimously positioned them on the level of "Tuntian soldiers" and "transport soldiers". Therefore, Zhao Ji also had such an impression that the government soldiers could not fight, and could only farm the fields.

"Your Majesty, these government soldiers are mainly used to build cities." Tong Guan knew too much about the bullshit in the army, and hurriedly explained for Wu Haogu, "Wu Xuanzan is good at building cities and houses, and this time I am going to take the master of the construction industry to set off." Moreover, the cave blasting siege method is also effective, and I think it can capture the city of several western thieves. And digging trenches to besiege the city, digging tunnels and attacking the city are all labor-intensive. ”

"I see!"

Zhao Ji nodded, as if he understood. Wu Haogu originally planned to build a city and attack the city...... Sure enough, he's a smart man! Who can compare with him in building a city? A city the size of the Jiehe Merchant City has been built! And it's a brick city, stronger than Kaifeng Mansion!

As for the siege, he also has a way, he went to Xuzhou to find a group of people digging coal, and it is also good to use the method of digging tunnels to bury gunpowder.

My own family really didn't misunderstand Wu Haogu! Although he doesn't know how to fight seriously, he also has a set of military strategies......

"Da Lang," Zhao Ji summoned Wu Haogu to the map table, pointed to several state cities in the Wuding River valley north of Hengshan Mountain on the map, "These are the cities you want to attack or build...... The first target should be Yinzhou City. Although Yinzhou is ruined, there is an army of Western thieves stationed in the nearby Mida Cave, which should be your second target. ”

Yinzhou is an ancient city, founded in the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, in the late Tang Dynasty was handed over to the Dingyan Army Jiedu Envoy to govern, that is, the leader of the ancestor of the Western Thieves, Xiang Qiang, Tuoba Sigong, so it was the nest of the Western Thieves when they arose.

However, because this old nest was too close to the Song Kingdom, it was just north of the Suide army, next to the "Line of Actual Control" of both sides, and was occupied and destroyed by the Song army in the four years of the Yuanfeng War. Therefore, it has long been a ruined city, and the Western Thieves regained control of Yinzhou after the Battle of Yongle City, but they were unable to restore it. Therefore, Yinzhou City has been abandoned to this day, although the western thieves have also deployed troops, but the number is very small, in fact, it is an advance base.

Therefore, there is no problem in capturing Yinzhou, Wu Haogu only needs to lead an army of 30,000 to go over. All that remained was to repair Yinzhou City under the threat of the Western Xia Left Xiang Army, and make it an advance base for the Great Song Dynasty to advance towards the Wuding River Valley.

In addition, although Yinzhou City is dilapidated and defenseless, there is a left wing of the Western Xia Divine Warrior Division stationed in the Xiazhou Mida Cave not far from Yinzhou City. It was a military town, and if it was not captured, it would be impossible to Tuntian near Yinzhou.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the minister will be careful."

Zhao Ji glanced at Tong Guan again, and Tong Guan said: "Your Majesty, as long as the Hexi Army can contain half of the elite soldiers of the Western Thieves, the Battle of Yinzhou will be lost." ”

"Hmm." Zhao Ji thought about it and asked, "Da Lang, what do you think of Zhong Fu?" ”

Wu Haogu didn't know Zhong Fu, but Wu Haowen, who hadn't gone to Xiangzhou yet, didn't say bad things about Zhong Fu in front of his brother.

"You should be up to the task, right?" Wu Haogu said uncertainly, "Actually, he doesn't have to enter Qin Wangchuan, as long as he can absorb half of the elite of the Western Thieves." The army of the Eastern Front will be able to successfully take the states on the banks of the Wuding River. ”

In Wu Haogu's opinion, it seems that it is not difficult to take the states on the banks of the Wuding River. It's nothing more than repairing the dilapidated state city, and blasting the unbroken ones to the ground...... Take it down and fix it again. It's basically demolition and ramming earth.

These "stupid jobs" of their own 30,000 people and a few people from Yanyan Road can be done, and the elite soldiers in Tao Jiefu's hands only need to guard against the main force of the Western Thieves to fight a decisive battle.

The main force of the Western Army has always been on the Eastern Front, even if it does not include the elite soldiers of the two fronts, Tao Jiefu has more than 40,000 elite soldiers available, which is similar to the number of all the elite soldiers of the Western Thieves.

Come to think of it, Qianshun and Brother Cha don't dare to put all their elite soldiers into the battle along the Wuding River, right? In this way, the soldiers of Hexi, Xihe, and Jingyuan still took Qin Wangchuan? After losing Qin Wangchuan, even if the western thieves won on the battlefield of Wudinghe, they had to move west.

So in Wu Haogu's view, this way is to do the work of the engineering team...... There should be nothing dangerous.

"Dalang, when are you going to leave?" Zhao Ji asked.

"The minister also wants to experiment with the cave blasting method in Mu Daogang," Wu Haogu said, "and the minister wants to wait for Brother Zhao Zhong to return from the birth of a Jurchen." ”

"He hasn't come back yet?" Zhao Ji said, "Didn't you say that the birth girl was really vulnerable? Tong Guan, is that so? ”

"It is indeed vulnerable," Tong Guan said, "It seems that the Goryeo Kingdom will become a big problem for the Khitans in the future." ”

"Not necessarily," Wu Haogu said, "I received a letter from Brother Zhao Zhongge a few days ago, saying that the Jurchen Alliance was going to send 500 troops to fight the Goryeo for Lazy Dian. ”

"How much?" Zhao Ji didn't seem to hear clearly.

"500......" Wu Haogu is also a little uncertain.

How can the strength of the Koreans be tens of thousands in Haoladian, right? The birth of Jurchen sent 500 troops...... Do you really think you are a gundam? It's not going to be the butterfly effect of history, is it? If the Shengnu was really defeated by the Goryeo, the Great Song would be able to be stable.

"Hahaha......"

Zhao Ji and Tong Guan laughed at the same time.

Zhao Ji said: "What is the use of giving birth to 500 girls?" Are they all three-headed and six-armed? ”

Tong Guan Yinghe said: "It is three heads and six arms, and there are 1,500 people." The Koreans have tens of thousands of elite soldiers! ”

Tens of thousands of elite soldiers may have been defeated by 500 raw Jurchens! Wu Haogu didn't dare to say this, but in Zhao Zhongge's letter, he thought that the possibility of 500 Shengjuzhen defeating tens of thousands of Goryeo people was still quite high.

Zhao Ji smiled: "Da Lang, since you have to wait for Brother Zhao Zhong, then stay in Kaifeng Mansion for a few more days."

By the way, Yuan Hui, you can also stay for a few days, our monarchs and ministers haven't had a party and have fun for a long time. ”

"Commandment."

……

When Brother Zhao Zhong received the letter sent by Murong Wang, he was helping Wanyan Aguta to take care of his uncle Wanyan Yingge's funeral - the boss of the Jurchen Alliance died in September. Therefore, the 500 Birth Girl Zhen Dare Da has not been dispatched now, and the most important thing for the Birth Girl True Alliance now is to finish Yan Yingge's funeral.

That's right, Brother Zhao Zhong is helping Brother Yan Ying with the funeral! This is not a trivial matter, but it means that the Confucian doctrine of heavenly principles has made a major breakthrough in the spread of the tiger water to complete the face!

Because Brother Zhao Zhong, as a Confucian doctor, will work with Aguda to handle the funeral of the great chief of the Jurchen Alliance, Du Bo!

At this time, the Jurchens were in the process of developing from a tribal alliance to a state, and their primitive shamanism was on the verge of being eliminated.

Religion is not just a matter of pretending to be a god and a ghost, but in most cases includes a whole set of things such as the code of ethics, the outlook on life, values, and the organization of the state and society, which were not found in primitive shamanism.

He will make a cameo appearance as a shaman and a sorcerer dancing the great god's Wanyan Aguta, and at this time he has realized that the broad and profound Confucianism is exactly what the Jurchen needs to build a country.

There is no contradiction between Confucianism's "Heavenly Principles" and shamanism's animism - spirits can also be interpreted as reason, and the highest existence in shamanism, Changshengtian, can also be interpreted as heavenly principles. The theories of the greatness of heavenly principles and the return to heaven after death (天理) are completely transparent in the eyes of shamanic believers.

The Confucian Five Constants of "Benevolence, Righteousness, Propriety, Wisdom and Faith" are based on the Confucian Five Ethics of having relatives between father and son, order between the young and the young, the difference between husband and wife, righteousness of monarchs and ministers, and faith in friends, which can help give birth to a daughter to establish a feudal order of monarchs and ministers, fathers and sons! The statutes and systems of the Central Plains that are supporting Confucianism can also choose some countries for the establishment of the Jurchen people.

In other words, as long as the Shengnuzhen accepted the "Heavenly Doctrine" and the Confucian system related to it, it was easy to establish a state.

In addition, Confucianism is still a "sect" rooted in the clan, which is also in line with the survival state of the Shengnuzhen tribe organized by blood.

Finally, the "Yuntai Confucian School", which is based on the "Heavenly Doctrine" as its worldview, is still very simple, and all kinds of ceremonial and sacrificial activities are made to be economical, and do not require much support from believers.

Because of these reasons, Wanyan Aguta and Wanyan Wuyashu, the heir of Wanyan Yingge, decided to hold a half-shaman, half-Confucian funeral for the late Yingge Taishi.

And in order to do a good job in this funeral, and at the same time show the other tribes who gave birth to Jurchen that they were favored by God, Ah Guta and Wu Yashu also asked Brother Zhao Zhong to send someone to Jiehe Shang City to invite a few doctors to press the tiger water to complete the face of the strong momentum - foreign doctors are good at chanting! At present, the birth of the Jurchen still looks quite weak, even if it is pressed out of the Tiger Water Wanyan Department, there are only two or three thousand heroes, and the fact that the doctors of the Great Song Dynasty can be invited to establish the academy has fully demonstrated that the Tiger Water Wanyan Department has been favored by Tianli.

Along with these doctors, there was also a letter written by Murong Wangwu to Brother Zhao Zhongge summoning him to return to Jiehe Shang City.

(It was a mistake to write Wu Yashu and Ah Guda as Yingge's sons, but they should actually be nephews)