In all fairness, Tao Jiefu's point is very reasonable. The plan to attack Xingling in two steps did not take into account the reaction of the Liao State at all, if it was a one-shot attack, the Liao State might not be able to react, but if it was to be delayed in two steps for three years and five years, how could the Khitans be completely unprepared?

However, Tong Guan did not support Tao Jiefu!

The reason is very simple, Tong Guan has already fished enough. In the previous battles of Huangzhou and Shanzhou, although it was Gao Yu who was in the limelight, Zhao Ji was not stupid, and he knew that it was Tong Guan who took the lead. Therefore, when Tong Guan was transferred out of Xihe Road, he was promoted to the envoy of Jingfu Hall and the observer envoy of Xiangzhou from Wupin. And this great achievement of recovering Yin, Shi Erzhou, and beheading and capturing more than 8,000 party items, how can he, the prison army, share one or two, and not win it with his eyes closed?

Further, it is not impossible to become the deputy governor and all the governors of Nei Province. It is even possible to be the same as Li Xian in the past, and become a pacification envoy of Jingluo!

Oh, it's not possible, as long as the states of the Wuding River Valley are successfully recovered, this great achievement can be obtained.

Attacking Xingling? Hehe, an internal servant, no matter how great the merit is, can he still pay homage to the prime minister? But if it is the same as Yuanfeng's four-year and five-year war, wouldn't it be to follow Li Xian's old path, and the evening festival will not be guaranteed?

Tong Guanwei is as clever as he is, and naturally knows the truth that he must stop in time when he has caught enough. After all, the Great Song Dynasty had the problem of being anticlimactic when it fought abroad......

However, as the most trusted military eunuch of today's official family, it is not easy to withdraw from the northwest battlefield before the risk comes.

Fortunately, at the moment, there are two grasshoppers tied to a rope, Wu Haogu and Gao Yu, and they are probably not willing to be trapped in the northwest battlefield all the time, right?

Therefore, Tong Guan also ignored the wind and snow of the cold winter and the moon, and immediately took his relatives to Shizhou, where the three straight capitals of Yu Housi were located, after leaving Tao Jiefu.

"Dolph, you're just in time, see how these meritorious notes are written?"

After Wu Haogu invited Tong Guan into his hall of the Duyu Marquis, that is, the lobby of the original Xixia Xiangyou Military Division, he happily took out a bunch of freshly written pieces and handed them to Tong Guan.

Some of these recitals were written by Wu Haogu himself, and some were drafted by his staff, and then copied them himself, and the content was almost the same, that is, boasting about the great military exploits of the three straight fronts.

Wu Haogu's mood is also extremely good now. Because he had just received a report that the defenders left by the Western Thieves in Mida Cave had slipped away, and Mida Cave had been controlled by the Imperial Horse Nao Knight who had gone to reconnoitre. In other words, the entire Yinzhou (not the Yinzhou of Western Xia, but the original Yinzhou territory of the Song Dynasty) has been recovered by Wuhaogu! Although it was a bit of a trick, there were more than 2,000 beheadings, more than 3,000 prisoners, and three large cities.

Tong Guan pretended to look at the piece handed to him by Wu Haogu, and said with a smile: "Regain one state at a time...... According to the practice of rewarding military attachés for meritorious service in this dynasty, Da Lang, you can be regarded as a general. ”

"Really?" Wu Haogu smiled, "According to Daofu's experience, what kind of official can the official family promote me?" ”

"Hehe," Tong Guan smiled, "The rampant is making Jiayao County is certain, I don't know if you can fall down, it's not that the official family refuses to give it, it's probably because you're afraid that you will be jealous if you rise too quickly." ”

The rampant envoy is the thirteenth order between the envoy of the inner guest province of the fifth grade and the envoy of the sixth grade of the west pavilion. The military rank of the Song Dynasty was very strange, and the provincial envoy of the fifth rank was a second rank of the lieutenant. Taiwei is not ordinary, that is to say, the martial rank officer is almost at the end of the fifth rank of the guest province!

However, there are still two very strange existences in the military attache system of the Song Dynasty, Yaojun and Zhengrenguan. The so-called Yao County means that the county of Yao Lingzhou has a total of five levels, including the Jie Du Liuhou, the Observation Envoy, the Defense Envoy, the Regiment Training Envoy and the Thorn History. And after receiving Yaojun, there is also a promotion route for falling down and being promoted. That is, the military rank official was removed, and the remote county official became a regular official. There are six levels of regular officials, namely the Jiedu Envoy, the Jiedu Queen, the Observation Envoy, the Defense Envoy, the Regiment Training Envoy and the Assassin History. However, it is rare to see military attachés after Jiayao County is added to Jiedu, and they can generally fall to the third level of defense, regimental training, and assassination.

And it is not impossible for Wu Haogu's merits to be promoted to the main position this time, but Zhao Ji will probably not do that, after all, he will be hated if he climbs too fast.

Besides, the Battle of Silver Summer isn't over yet! When Wu Haogu attacked Xia and Youzhou, there was a full-time official lying down.

By the way, the five states of the early Western Xia were Xia, You, Yin, Sui, Jing and other five states. Among them, Suizhou has long been recovered by the Song Dynasty, and now it is the Suide army. Jingzhou is south of Lingzhou and west of the Hanhai Desert, and is not the target of the Battle of Wudinghe. The remaining three states of Xia, You, and Yin are the so-called states of the Wuding River Basin. The Western Xia added Shizhou, Hongzhou, and Longzhou to the land of these three states, but the Great Song Dynasty did not recognize it.

Therefore, what Wu Haogu needs to recover is the three states of Xia, You, and Yinzhou, and now that Yinzhou has been taken, there are still two states that are indispensable for Wu Haogu's participation, especially in the battle of tough battles! If Xia and You are fully restored, Wu Haogu will have a regular official to do.

It is one thing for the Great Song Dynasty to emphasize literature and light on martial arts, and it is another thing to promote officials on merit. Even if Wu Haogu's merits are tricky, as long as he can take the land of the state and county and behead him, Taiwei may not have anything to do, and the Jiedu envoy is certain.

However, the military attache of the Song Dynasty was a market that rose and fell, and it could rise and fall continuously, and once it lost the battle, it would also continue to fall to the limit...... Therefore, the real big winner must be the military attache who will avoid danger and leave the field.

As soon as Tong Guan changed his words, he began to talk about the issue of risk avoidance.

"Da Lang," Tong Guan said, "Tao Envoy Xiang is worried that the Khitan will get the Houtao grassland after we occupy the land of Wudinghe, and use it as a base to reinforce Xingling Prefecture at any time. ”

"Then let them occupy it," Wu Haogu smiled and nodded, "but we can also take a part of the Hetao grassland, which is the land of Sui and Tang Dynasty horse grazing." If you can make a good living, you can also become a horse breeding place for herd supervisors in the future.

In this way, the pastures in the Central Plains can be used to house the knights, and if there can be 10,000 imperial knights, it will not be a problem to recover Yanyun. ”

There is a lot of land under the supervision of herd herding, and a considerable part of it is now used for rent, and some is used to "give land and raise horses", but the pastures under the supervision of herd herding still occupy more than 10 million acres of land, enough to house 10,000 knights.

That's the combat power of 10,000 armored cavalry and 20,000 auxiliary light cavalry! If they can have the combat power of the current imperial knights, not only will it not be a problem to recover Yanyun, but even the Jurchens who will be prosperous in the future will not have the strength to invade the Central Plains.

Tong Guan said slowly: "But once the Khitan occupies the Houtao grassland, then it will be impossible for us to seize Xingling within three or five years." ”

Wu Haogu smiled: "The three states of Yinxiayou are the land of iron smelting and grain production of the Western Thieves, and the Hetao grassland is their place of horse production. Without iron, food, and horses, how could the Western Thieves establish a state? It is inevitable to abandon Xingling and move westward. ”

He paused, "With the strength of the western thieves, we can't please us, and if we go to the Western Regions to keep a large piece of heaven and earth, they won't be able to take care of Xingling's bones at that time, and maybe even Liang, Gan, Su, Gua, Sha and other states will have to give up." At that time, the imperial court will buy all the silk silks, and then seal them to the Western Army. ”

Tong Guan thought to himself: Wu Haogu's wishful thinking is also too good!

He coughed, "Da Lang, what Tao Envoy means is that next year, he will take Xingling Erzhou in one go!" ”

"Next year?" Wu Haogu was stunned, "Isn't this to force the West Thief to fight hard?" ”

"Isn't it?" Tong Guan smiled bitterly, "Actually, it's not just Tao Envoy who has an idea of being angry, Zhong Fu of Hexi Road is only afraid that he is more anxious...... I'm afraid that as soon as the weather is warm, I will pounce on Qin Wangchuan. ”

"If Zhong Fu pounces on Qin Wangchuan, our battle in Wuding River will be easy to fight." Wu Hao Gudao, "It's just that Qin Wangchuan is a place that the western thieves must defend, I'm afraid it's not easy to fight!" ”

Tong Guan sighed: "Qin Wangchuan is not easy to fight, Xingling is afraid that it is even more difficult to fight, right?" ”

Wu Haogu glanced at Tong Guan, and said in his heart: Are you going to flash when you have enough? How can this battle be fought in the same way as making investment?

"Even if the Battle of Xingling is going to start, it will be next autumn, right?" Wu Haogu pondered and said, "You must wait until the wheat in Yinzhou is ripe, and the army can have food to eat!" Before that, we still have oil and water in Xia You Erzhou to eat! ”

"What about after eating Xia You's Erzhou?" Tong Guan asked, "I wonder if Da Lang has a way out?" ”

Wu Haogu laughed: "The retreat can be arranged!" Since you have reminded the lower officials, the lower officials will naturally arrange it. ”

"And what about our family's retreat?" Tong Guan said slowly, "Xingling Erzhou may be able to let Tao Jiefu and Zhong Fu take it...... This credit is not small, and our family also wants to share one or two. Don't you know what Da Lang has to do with the best of both worlds? ”

"The best of both worlds?" Wu Haogu looked at Tong Guan and thought: This old fox with no eggs is quite fine, why was he confused when he was in the Northern Expedition?

Thinking of this, Wu Haogu exhaled and said with a smile: "Garrison Hejian, how about guarding against Khitan?" ”

"It's the same as our family!" Tong Guan stroked his beard, "Not only must there be people on the grassland between the rivers, but there must also be generals guarding the two roads in Hebei!"

"Hebei, just leave it to Xiaguan and Gao Taiwei!" Wu Haogu said with a smile, "With the prestige of Gao Taiwei, he should be able to suppress the Khitans, right?"

In addition, Xia Guan can also be a sea route control envoy to threaten Liaodong from the sea and contain the Khitan forces. ”

"That's the best!" Tong Guan stroked his palms and smiled, "It's just that our family can't leave, and there is no way to exercise, so it's better for Dalang to go to Kaifeng Mansion to report on his work instead of the official." ”

"It's good!" Wu Haogu smiled and said, "There are big officials in Yinzhou, if it is foolproof, the lower officials will go to Kaifeng Mansion!" ”