Yang Yizhong has been in drought for a long time, and he has met his old acquaintance in another country.

But how did Ma Kuo appear in the sky above the battlefield in southern Liaoning? Isn't he the boss of the Li Fan Academy, shouldn't he stay in Bianjing City and wait to talk to the Fanbang of the Quartet?

The reason is actually very simple, because Liu Xing decided to let Yue Fei's troops enter the Mongolian steppe and pacify those fools who dared to help the Jurchens oppose the Great Song Dynasty.

There were not just one or two tribes in the steppe, but more than a dozen. If they are all wiped out, not to mention whether the current Great Song Dynasty can support an army that expeditions to the grassland. In terms of its own combat strength and combat readiness alone, there are too many deficiencies.

First of all, to go on an expedition to the prairie, Yue Fei's subordinates are now the establishment of three armies and six towns, and the personnel are still less than the staff, and the total strength is actually only about 200,000 people.

If the dozen or so steppe tribes join forces, there will be millions of people who control the strings. If 200,000 people really went to the grassland, it would inevitably be a protracted war if they met the resistance of millions of people.

As long as the war needs to be fought for a long time, logistics support will become the biggest problem for the Great Song Dynasty to enter the grassland army. From Suiyuan to the grassland, there are endless grasslands everywhere along the way. Those tribes were all cavalry, and they would cut off the grain route behind Yue Fei anytime and anywhere.

People are iron, food is steel, and no matter how powerful an army is, it will not be able to persist in fighting for a long time without food and grass. The fighting spirit will quickly decline due to the lack of food, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to win the battle at that time.

Secondly, Hui Liao had already helped Liu Xing to predict with certainty that it would only be the Tatar tribe leaders and their subordinates who would go to Saibei to help Wu beg for them.

As for the king of the Menggu Kingdom, his attitude towards the Great Song Dynasty has always been neither far nor close, neither close nor thin. It's a typical neutral.

Since they did not invade the Great Song Dynasty. In the words of Confucianism, it is "should not be forcibly recruited by teachers who are nameless and unjust." In Liu Xing's words. That is, "people didn't provoke us, so why bother others".

The king of the Monghur kingdom was the recognized co-lord of the steppe, at least for now, so he could not easily move troops against him, but it caused panic in all directions. Once those aliens are frightened, it is not possible to make the Great Song Dynasty fall into a tense state of enemies on all sides and on the verge of war in all directions......

The third point is that in terms of the allocation of troops, Liu Xing knows very well that he cannot ensure that Yue Fei will succeed in the first battle with his 200,000 soldiers and horses and become a national hero like Huo Qubing and Wei Qing.

Isn't the Great Song Dynasty Wangshi already very good now, and he is in a state of invincibility? Why does Liu Xing still think like this?

It's not hard to see why. As long as people with common sense of geography and only those who have read the history of the Han and Tang dynasties will remember one important point, that is, there are more cavalry in the grassland and less cavalry in the Central Plains. In the Great Song Dynasty, the cavalry was even more pitiful.

Although Liu Xing is now vigorously supporting the foundation of domesticating war horses in the Central Plains through the folk Jockey Club, it will take time after all.

Now being able to arm 180,000 fire cavalry under Yang Yizhong's command has actually cost Liu Xing almost half of all his savings in the Hunter Valley in the past two years.

Liu Qi, Yue Fei, and Wu Jue each had 60,000 fire cavalry under their command, plus 40,000 fire cavalry under Liu Ziyu, and the 220,000 fire cavalry had already made Mr. Zhao Ding's old man complain. Just for the sake of those fire cavalry, he even did the auction of the little treasure left by the royal family......

Besides, the other arms of the Great Song Dynasty, those infantry troops fighting in the mountains and fighting on the plains, it was difficult to fight against the cavalry coming and going like the wind on the grassland. Even with great firepower. They will also kill the enemy while losing more than they gain.

The absolute main force of Yue Fei's selection of fronts and trapping soldiers was actually an infantry army that was good at siege warfare. What are they doing on the prairie?

There is a city on the steppe. Or Mound City. The sweat tents of the other tribes are in the east in the spring, the north in the summer, the west in the autumn, and the south in the winter.

When a group of people who are good at siege warfare and fortified battles get there, they can't even catch the figures of other people, but they are easy to be beaten and smoked by others......

In short, considering all aspects, Liu Xing believes that the current Great Song Dynasty does not have the strength to conquer the vast grassland in a war. Knowing that he can't do it, there are times and some things, Liu Xing dares to do it.

But this matter is related to the whole world, to the fortunes of the entire Chinese nation for many years to come, and even more to the 30 million people of the Northern Dynasties.

The responsibility is heavy, Alexander, in order not to increase the pressure on himself, Liu Xingcai chose to let Ma Kuo take an airship to meet the king of the vultures. As for what Ma Kuo should do after meeting King Mengwu, there is no need for Liu Xing to tell him clearly, this is something that he has already tacitly agreed with Liu Xing as a peerless national official......

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Ma Kuo, who was shouldering a heavy responsibility, stepped down the ladder from the airship, and when he saw Yang Yizhong, he complained a little vulgarly: "I said Lao Yang!" I'm just passing by you, but what do you want me to do here? You, General Yang, are now Megatron, do you need me to delay your trip to serve you? ”

Hearing Ma Kuo's words, Yang Yizhong sneered and said, "Governor Ma, my brother Ma, don't make fun of me!" If I didn't have you behind this megatron and didn't have the support of Taifu, wouldn't it be all empty words and could only appear in dreams? ”

Knowing gratitude, this is a major characteristic of Yang Yizhong, and it is also the fundamental reason why he can make Liu Xing, Zong Ze and others trust and appreciate him.

People who know how to be grateful will never engage in wind and rain, and turn clouds and rain. Because as long as you have kindness to him, you can tie him to your chariot with kindness forever. Ma Kuaneng became a good friend with him and thought of him as a brother, to a large extent, because he was a person who knew how to be grateful......

Stretching out his hand not to hit the smiling person, seeing Yang Yizhong's grateful smile, Ma Kuo waved his sleeves and said: "The work that the Taifu scolded me to do is very important, if you have anything you want me to help with, tell me quickly." I won't go to your handsome tent. ”

Seeing Ma Kuo like this, Yang Yizhong was not ambiguous, and said directly: "Outside the north gate of my camp, Zhang Xiaochun, who the Emperor Taishang and the Taifu have been trying to rescue, is calling the camp gate there. Zhang Xiaochun wants to make peace with me on behalf of the emperor of the Golden Dog, this matter is not my duty as a governor, it is your brother's business. ”

Halfway through the sentence, Yang Yizhong changed to a slightly sly smile, looked at Ma Kuo meaningfully, and said: "That's why I asked you to come down and see if you go to see that envoy now, or wait until you finish the work of the Mughal Kingdom and then come to talk to him?" (To be continued.) )