"Zhang Qing, if you are asked to lead 100,000 officers and soldiers to level the toe, what will you do?" Zhao asked.

In fact, Wang Ju said not very clearly, that is, the terrain of Jiaozhi is complex, the land of smoke miasma, and the army sets out to gather when the weather is hot, which is easy to spread to falciparum malaria. As for how to treat falciparum malaria, Wang Ju is helpless, he can only say that there are some medical treatments that can slightly control the aggravation of the disease, and then it depends on the resistance of each person.

Or, don't let mosquitoes bite, is that possible?

Even in the capital, in a summer, you have to let mosquitoes bite hundreds, or even thousands.

And then there was almost nothing to say.

In fact, did it work?

Zhao Ji asked, it is nothing more than to have a reference, and then study Zhang Qi's military knowledge.

Zhang Qi replied: "Your Majesty, if you let the minister lead, there are two ways to play, one is to attack quickly, and the other is to attack slowly. ”

"What is the fast attack, what is the slow attack?"

"If it is a quick attack, the minister will immediately go to Guangnan, and build a fort on the front line with the border army and native soldiers trained by Liu Yi, and build the defense line first to prevent the second invasion of Jiaozhi."

"Alas, alas," Zhao sighed. It's not Wang Ju who reminded him, the Manchu Dynasty didn't expect it, after Wang Ju reminded him, Zhao Ji deliberately flipped through the map, in fact, the borders of Song Jiao are all mountainous areas, as long as they take a little precautions, the Jiaozhi people will not be so light. At least Su Mian made the mistake of Fan Yong during the Battle of Sanchuankou. At that time, Fan Yong was also a good official, and he was called Lao Fan Laozi. But if you love the people, you will also harm the people.

"The minister sent the people of Jinghu South Road and Jiangnan West Road to transport grain to Guizhou."

"Why Guizhou?"

"Guizhou smoke miasma is not heavy, but further south. The smoke miasma is heavy. It's summer again. It is prone to malaria. ”

Zhao Ji smiled bitterly again.

At the same time, the ministers sent the people to widen several roads again, so that the later armies could reach the front line as quickly as possible. Then bribe the scouts with a lot of money to find out the truth and truth. After the autumn, let the imperial court send 200,000 troops over, and then organize manpower and ships, and take advantage of the waterway to escort the grain and grass to Taipingzhai. Then even if the 200,000 army goes south, it will not take 200,000 people. At most, 100,000 is enough, and even if the minister uses scouts properly to detect where the enemy has food, he does not need 100,000 people, one is to start the grain and grass prepared in advance, and the other is to find a way to maintain the logistics supply of this battle with the enemy's grain and grass. The 200,000-strong army marched south in early September, and then arrived in Quang Nam about half a month ago, thus avoiding the high incidence of malaria and tobacco miasma. Enter Cochin. It was even more winter. Then the soldiers divided into three or four ways and quickly killed Thang Long City. ”

"Do you need 200,000 soldiers?"

"Cochin is a country after all. 陛xià. When I think about the original Gyeongju Campaign, the war only spread to half of Gyeongju, but in this half of Gyeongju, there were 400,000 soldiers and horses galloping. The 200,000-strong army is actually nothing in a country in Jiaozhi. And if you want to fight quickly, without so many soldiers and horses, you can't pose a mortal threat to Cochin. Of course, this must be done by the minister in advance to grasp most of the information of Jiaozhi, and to be able to reluctantly know himself and the other side of Jiaozhi, otherwise there will be the possibility of failure. In this way, before the end of February, Thang Long City can be taken. ”

After a further delay in March, the miasma officially came up again.

"What if it's a slow attack?"

"The slow attack is the same as the previous arrangement, it is necessary to understand the enemy's intelligence, take precautions first, and prevent the second invasion of Cochin, but if it is slow, the time will not be so urgent, and the food can be raised gradually, and Quang Nam has been able to provide some rice because of development. It is even rare to use the people of Jiangnan West Road and Jinghu South Road, at most a small number of people, to repair the road, and in winter, to escort some grain into Guangzhou. In this way, people are less likely to be infected with malaria. Then the minister trained more than 50,000 border troops in Guangnan, although they could not become an elite army for more than a year, but in the south of Jiaozhi Lingnan, 50,000 border troops should be worth 100,000 forbidden soldiers. Then in the second year, the imperial court sent 100,000 soldiers and horses, and then cooperated with 50,000 border troops to take Thang Long City. In this way, although the imperial court will have to wait for a year, the sacrifice will be less, and the cost of using troops will be reduced by half. ”

Zhao Ji finally understood, anyway, the number of troops is indispensable, and there are fewer than 100,000 soldiers and horses.

The second is to try to find a way to circumvent this miasma period, and like Pan Mei, the time for the use of troops is from the end of October to the beginning of February.

However, now Zhang Ji didn't know why Zhao Ji summoned him to Beijing quickly, so he continued: "But Your Majesty, if you let the ministers choose, it is not the main battle, at least not a big war, but to go to Guangnan to train a strong border army, and then build a border defense, and then launch a local revenge on Jiaozhi, so that Jiaozhi can be frightened, not to want to extinguish Jiaozhi." Looking at the outcome of this battle, Yichen's guess may have several changes. ”

"What's changed?"

"Although Jiaozhi is defeated, it makes us return if the big country cannot destroy the country, although it is defeated, it is still glorious, and the cohesion of the people of Jiaozhi has been strengthened, so it is getting farther and farther away from our dynasty."

Although this battle is a victory, but a tragic victory, the minister thought, even if the treasury gradually has savings, it is mostly due to the catastrophe of Xining's seven years, and last year's expedition to the south, and exhausted, at least if you want to launch a second large-scale battle, the cost will be insufficient. Therefore, the negotiations with the Khitan will fall even further. ”

"I am pouring such a great force, but I can't extinguish Jiaozhi, and if it spreads, it will be underestimated by some powerful barbarians, and if there is a hero, the western part of Quang Nam will be turbulent in the future."

"And ......"

"What else?" Zhao asked.

"Shu Chen has the courage to say that many people congratulate His Majesty on the fact that the imperial court has won the five states, but in fact, the five states are mostly in the mountainous areas, which are difficult to manage. After my victory towards the Fuliang River, I retreated as if I had failed. This is also understandable, after all, malaria in the army became more and more severe at that time. But this also makes the mountainous areas of the five states despised. Even if we don't levy taxes or levy forced labor, then we can only do nothing. However, there is a threat to the cochines. How did the imperial court deal with it? The minister dared to predict that in just 20 years, the five states of our dynasty had to take the initiative to give up. ”

That is, in this battle, countless money was spent and many people died. In the end, nothing was gained.

He said these consequences. It's even stricter than what Wang Ju said!

Zhang Qi said: "Even if it is as the minister just said. But there's more. Since the invasion of Cochin, the minister and the prince Antong Guò have written several times. It's a pity that the minister hurriedly entered Beijing and didn't bring it, otherwise he could also show it to His Majesty. Wang Zi'an and his ministers had similar thoughts, even if they could get Thang Long City, but they were afraid that the small lord would retreat into the vast rainforest with his minister. How will the imperial court deal with it then? It's a pity to lose it, if it is governed by the road and the state, and they will resist stubbornly with the remnants, it will not be as easy to extinguish as Bashu. On the contrary, it is not good. It has become a big whirlpool, and the imperial court will invest more manpower and financial resources, and finally withdraw its troops in grief. ”

Zhang Qi said heavily: "If the imperial court wants to expand its territory, it is better to expand Dali." ”

The two countries are about the same in strength.

Although Dali is mostly mountainous and has tropical jungles, it is not a tropical rainforest, and the situation of smoke miasma is milder than that of Cochin.

But Dali...... Zhao Ji also shook his head.

Although it has a tropical rainforest climate, there are many alluvial plains of rivers. And with the development of seagoing ship technology, its proximity to the seafront is also an advantage. The language, culture and customs are also very similar. Theoretically, there is a property, and it is better to govern.

But what is the use of Dali? Most of them are mountainous areas, and they can't be transported out if they have materials, and it's not easy to manage.

He asked, "In this way, the toe cannot be extinguished." ”

Zhang Ji also heard that Wang Ju was planning to take over the mess of Jiaozhi, which was suppressed first and then promoted, and was waiting for Zhao Ji to ask, so he replied: "It's not that it can't be extinguished, but at least the minister can't." You can't blame Guo Gong, the minister is just analyzing it after the fact. If he had issued an edict to let his ministers go last year, he might have lost even worse than Guo Gong. ”

This is a modest statement, Zhao Ji didn't take it seriously, Zhang Ji continued: "But there is still one person who can do it, and that is Wang Zi'an." ”

"Why Wang Ju?"

"It is beyond the imagination of the officials in the capital, which requires a certain amount of ingenuity. Looking at our dynasty, only Wang Zi'an can do it alone. ”

"Look." Zhao Ji handed Wang Ju's recital to Zhang Ji to see.

Zhang Qi was at a loss after seeing it, this time was longer than Zhang Qi expected, and indeed, without this time to prepare, how could he defeat the enemy?

But with the power of Liangguang alone, you want to destroy Jiaozhi?

This destruction does not mean the capture of the enemy's capital, but the capture or death of the enemy who flees into the tropical jungle. Is this possible?

And he and Wang Ju co-presided over the Battle of Gyeongju, although Wang Ju is very good, there are many whimsical ideas, and foresight, but in the specific command, there are still mistakes one after another, fortunately, he is more modest, constantly corrected, and finally produced a great victory. That is, Wang Ju is a human, not a god, at least not a god of war like Li Jing.

However, Wang Ju is not a proud person, and he is not sure that he will not write this concerto.

If this battle is fought well and the age is about the same, then Wang Ju may have entered the two mansions.

But how does Wang Ju deal with it?

"Zhang Qing, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty, when it comes to this, there is no room for reluctance, only by destroying Jiaozhi can we deter the south." Zhang Qi replied vaguely.

"But now the little king of Jiaozhi presents a letter of surrender."

"The book can be accepted, at least after acceptance, it can give Wang Ju a buffer time. Otherwise, it would still be very difficult for him to quell Jiaozhi with the strength of the two broads. ”

"If we accept it and then levy it, won't my dynasty lose its trust?"

"Your Majesty, it doesn't matter if it's untrustworthy or not, and look at the Western Xia and Liao Kingdoms, I'm so subservient, are they trustworthy? At that time, the alliance of the Liaoyuan State, the army of the Liao State was trapped under the city of Lanzhou, which was actually very dangerous, so the two sides considered the risks and formed the National Alliance. At that time, our dynasty and the Western Xia alliance, the same is true, our dynasty's national strength is crippled, the Western Xia is even more crippled, and there is the coercion of the Liao State, so we made peace with our dynasty. Once the two sides lose their power, this peace agreement is just a piece of paper. That's the truth. Don't use the method of internal governance to tie yourself up with this credit, it is not the act of the hero, but the stupidity of Song Xianggong. Majesty, how is Tang Taizong? ”

"The First Emperor of the Ages."

"At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, there was a great drought in the country, and the country was not stable, Jieli and Tuli came to attack, and Tang Taizong took more than 100 horsemen into his camp, about brothers. After the Xuanwumen Incident, the Turks invaded Guanzhong, Tang Taizong set up a suspicious military plan, angrily reprimanded the second khan for betraying the contract, and then the empty treasury gave him gold and things, and formed an alliance of Weishui, and the second khan withdrew his troops. But then what did Tang Taizong do? Jieli and Tuli Khan killed each other and sent envoys for help. Tang Taizong said, I have an alliance with Jieli Khan, and I have become a brother with Tuli Khan, my brother is in trouble, I must not save it, but it is not easy to save, what should I do. Du Ruhui said, Yi Di does not pay attention to faith, although I keep the covenant, but they often betray the alliance, and now he is fighting in civil strife, and it is he who seeks his own destruction. Because there is no salvation. Later, Xue Yantuo, a Turkic subordinate minister, proclaimed himself Khan and sent an envoy to complain. Tang Taizong immediately seized the fighter and sent Li Jing to join forces with Xue Yantuo to annihilate the Eastern Turks in one fell swoop. and Xue Yantuo, it's just that. If Tang Taizong abides by the covenant, how can he be the great cause of the first emperor through the ages? ”

"Your Majesty, there are many such examples, such as sentence practice, such as Jin Wengong's retreat...... 陛xià, Tang Taizong can do it, why can't 陛xià do it? There is also the Liao State, which is also the case, the Liao State is somewhat afraid of our dynasty, the original Song Liao War, the Liao State did not occupy the absolute upper hand, if the Liao State judged that they could occupy the absolute upper hand, or Xining seven years only had a catastrophe in our dynasty, and the Liao State was not affected by the disaster, then it was not the current extortion of a little border, but the army marched south. ”

"Very much."

"But ......"

"But what?"

"But so, I'm afraid that the court doctor will oppose it."

Wang Ju went to Liangguang, and after this battle, he knew that Jiaozhi was not so easy to deal with.

Therefore, no matter what Wang Ju does, as long as he does not force the people of Liangguang to rebel and revolt, or he rebels himself, no matter whether it is training troops or others, the court will not have an opinion. This is impossible, Wang Ju is not as good as folklore in caring for the people, but it is okay for the people. There will be no rebellion, is there such a condition for rebellion?

Agreed to the surrender of Jiaozhi, and also gave Wang Ju a buffer time, he said that three to four years, at least the first two years are prepared, there must be a peaceful environment.

But in this way, when it is really time to send troops, I don't know how many scholars and doctors will oppose it. (To be continued......)