Chapter 40 6 The Elimination of Households
After the dismissal, Gao Dingbian was called to the inner room by Su Chengdong and Yang Lian to discuss the matter, Wang Hanxin walked back alone, and as soon as he turned out of the door of the house, there was a slight sound of footsteps behind him, Wang Hanxin immediately reacted, turned around and looked, it turned out to be Wu Sicheng hurriedly rushed up.
"Is there anything important to do in such a hurry?" Wang Hanxin said as he saluted.
Wu Sicheng smiled and said: "It's nothing, it's just that I saw the moonlight and came out for a walk." ”
Wang Hanxin smiled slyly: "My lord, you have this Yaxing to admire the moon, and the last general guesses that you have to take a walk." ”
"You're smart." Wu Sicheng nodded and smiled when he heard this, and walked under the moon with Wang Hanxin, saying as he walked: "I just want to ask, everyone is talking about the defense of the north during the banquet, why are you the only one who is indifferent to this?" ”
Wang Hanxin raised his head and spit out a breath of wine, and said: "I have no interest in studying how to be beaten, besides, I am a humble official, and I have no room for me to interject, what can I do without drinking wine and eating meat?" ”
"You say that the defense of the north is being beaten?" Wu Sicheng's eyes lit up, and Wang Hanxin's implication was clearly that he had a better strategy.
"Yes, I think that the northern border of our country stretches for thousands of miles, even if there are hundreds of people who will be fortified everywhere in the future, there will not be one that can really be foolproof. I see that a thousand miles of fortification is everywhere as a weakness, and Abicheril only needs to concentrate on attacking a little, and it is difficult to protect any of them. What is the use of researching and studying how to be passively beaten? ”
Wu Sicheng couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and said, "Interesting." So what should you think of it? ”
Wang Hanxin turned his face to look at Wu Sicheng, and it seemed to Wu Sicheng that he was confirming whether what he asked was just chatting and teasing or really asking. When he stopped, he saluted, "If Lord Wang has a good plan." You might as well say bluntly, as long as I can maintain my border defense, I will play the emperor and ask the emperor to make a decision himself. ”
Wang Hanxin nodded and said: "The last general can talk to adults about this matter, also because you are a celebrity around the emperor, and you can listen to the words of the last general, if you just treat it as simple gossip, it will be very troublesome." ”
Wu Sicheng saw that the young general's expression suddenly became so heavy, not at all like the pompous expression that he had nothing to do with himself before. I was also secretly surprised. I only heard Wang Hanxin say: "Instead of passive defense, it is better to take the initiative to attack." Although the number of cavalry in our dynasty is not large, the number of horses is actually not large, and if they are trained, they can quickly become an army, and the level of weapons and equipment of our army is better than that of Tuqi. With such a cavalry force, he can come, I can go. We have the means of warfare that are equivalent to those of Tuqi. When the Turks came to our territory, we held on to the deep ditches and high bases, and the worst thing the Turks were good at was siege warfare. They suffered heavy casualties but gained very little, and all they grabbed were dead goods, making transportation difficult. On the other hand, if our army can go straight into the hinterland of Tuqi. There were no cities in the Turkic country, and our cavalry did not need to attack the city hard, but only plundered their cattle, sheep and horses. We can rush back these long-legged trophies, which can be used as military rations on the road. And if the Turks were without these cattle, sheep and horses, they would only be starving and cold. This kind of battle has been fought a few more times, and the Tuqi has not hurt my vitality. I'm about to exhaust my national strength. Our army only needs a few cavalry units to attack the east and the west to make the Tuqi defenseless, and when the time comes, will the Tuqi choose to fight us, or defend their nest first? ”
Wu Sicheng couldn't help but high-five when he heard this: "Well said!" Although this is more risky, it can indeed better contain the southern invasion of the Turks, and it can also strategically give full play to the advantages of our DPRK's strong national strength. ”
"That's right, although the Turkic contract is strong, if our dynasty can implement this strategy, the defeat of the Turkic contract is only a matter of time."
Wu Sicheng nodded again and again, and said, "This plan is very good, but there is one problem that cannot be solved." We are doing our best to deal with the Turbatonic Contract, so how will the Goryeo side deal with it? ”
Wang Hanxin arched his hand and said, "The last general has another strategy to use to deal with Goryeo, but it is too vicious, and you may not agree with it." ”
"Oh? Let's hear it. ”
"Yes. The last general learned this method from this battle with the Tukchi, and this method is to learn the tactics of the Tukchi cavalry. The main purpose of the Tukish cavalry was not to storm cities, but to plunder goods and population. Therefore, they do not like to fight with our army, but pay attention to the mobility of the cavalry, come and go like the wind, look at a weak point, and pay attention to the possibility of success. We can also do the same and form a special cavalry unit to penetrate deep into the northern hinterland of Goryeo. Since we were already familiar with the northern borders of Goryeo during the first two expeditions, we could take advantage of this and destroy all kinds of Goryeo infrastructure, dikes, water supply systems, granaries, weapons depots, villages, and crops without fighting their regular troops. The small number of cavalry of the Goryeo army did not pose a threat to our cavalry at all. As a result, the area destroyed by the cavalry would quickly fall into ruin, and the king of Goryeo would have to transfer supplies from the south to the north, which would cost tens of millions of dollars. The small people of Goryeo are tired, and it will only take a few years to deplete the reserves in the treasury, and when the time comes, they will have no soldiers and no food, and they will have no money to fight. Before that, our army was able to preserve its strength and maneuver with the sudden contract, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone? ”
After listening to Wang Hanxin's words, Wu Sicheng stayed in place: although he had long seen that this young man was very special, he still exceeded his expectations. What a vicious and strategic strategy this is! If this strategy is carried out, the Goryeo Kingdom will inevitably fall into a catastrophe from which it will never recover, and the Silk Kingdom will be able to gather forces in a good time to deal with the northern Turks and prepare for the final blow against Goryeo. At a young age, Wang Hanxin clearly realized that the real terrifying thing about the Silk Country was not how strong his army was, but that his national strength was unparalleled in the world. Use this deep national strength to drag down Goryeo and Tuqi, then these two countries must only bow down to their vassals in the end.
What surprised Wu Sicheng the most was that such a terrible strategy did not come from the mind of the famous general Su Chen, but was conceived by the young general in front of him, who was not yet twenty years old. Wu Sicheng suddenly felt that he had underestimated this person too much before, maybe this person would be a general who could surpass Chang Miao in the future, but he had an evil and violent aura that was completely different from Chang Miao.
At that moment, Wu Sicheng nodded and said: "Lord Wang's idea is really unexpected, but it is very interesting, I will definitely convey the meaning of Lord Wang to the emperor, and ask the emperor to decide in person." ”
Wang Hanxin smiled slightly, and arched his hand: "In this way, you have to worry about Lord Lao, and the last general will leave." ”
After saying that, Wang Hanxin turned around and strode away, Wu Sicheng looked at his back, and his heart was full of thoughts. At the beginning, Chang Miao took a fancy to the talents, and removed Mu Yanping, who had passed away with Chang Miao, that is, Li Kancheng, as well as Su Chengdong, Xue Boren, Gao Dingbian, and this Wang Hanxin. Chang Miao said that these four people have their own merits, and they can all become the only generals in the country of silk in the future. But now Wu Sicheng feels in his heart that it is difficult to say which of these four people will have the greatest achievements in the future, but the most difficult to control must be this Wang Hanxin. (To be continued......)