In the western camp of Shazhou, fast horses galloped out, no matter how this battle was to be fought, gathering the armies of various departments was the first thing to do; Time is pressing, and it may take a month to assemble the armies of all the ministries, and it can be said that this matter cannot be delayed for a moment. ,!

The grand gathering of the various sects in the Mogao Grottoes was being held enthusiastically, and in the distance, a fast horse kicked up the billowing yellow dust, and immediately the messenger brought an order for the various factions to cooperate with the army and provide intelligence assistance.

There are still many disciples in the various factions who disguise themselves as merchants and go deep into the Black Khanate to preach, and because they are concerned about their own safety, they have some channels of mutual contact, and they will naturally not let go of some resources.

In the western camp of Shazhou, Chong Jianzhong and Yao Gu were still urgently discussing, Chong Jianzhong put down the teacup in his hand and asked in a deep voice: "According to General Yao's meaning, is it to fully occupy the original territory of Khotan?" ”

Yao Gu replied: "Yes, if it is a small fight like before, it is unthinkable, and now that you have to fight with all your strength, you naturally can't go back empty-handed." Imagine that if we successfully capture the original territory of Khotan, it will be to expand the territory of the Great Song Dynasty for thousands of miles......"

It is impossible to say that the construction of the plant is not at all moved by the great achievements of opening up the territory.

But he still interrupted Yao Gu and said: "We still have to be cautious in this matter, General Yao has not thought about it, the reason why we can make all the ministries willing to jointly send troops to attack the Khan is that the distribution of interests after the war attracted them; If it is according to General Yao's intentions, the entire original territory of Khotan will be defeated, and no matter whether it can be done in such a short period of time, even if it can be done, how will General Yao explain to the ministries at that time?

If we allow them to loot as much as they did before, what's the point of us going to great lengths to lay down a blank slate? If you don't agree with them to plunder, how can you make them willing to join the army? ”

Chong Jianzhong immediately pointed to the core of the problem, yes, all the departments are not fools, the reason why they can obediently obey the order to send troops is not the order of the Great Song Dynasty, don't dare to disobey. It was mainly the generous distribution of benefits after the war that made them excited; Without such a lucrative lucrative lucry, they probably won't be able to contribute even if they send troops; On the other hand, if they continue to be allowed to reap the benefits of the post-war period, all the cities they have conquered will be robbed, and then it will take so much effort to lay down a piece of white land, isn't it a fool's thing?

Thinking of this, Yao Gu stopped speaking for a while, and carefully sorted out these complicated situations in his mind; If it is only with the more than 20,000 garrisons at Yumen Pass, even if it is poured out, it will be difficult to achieve the strategic goal this time; Even if you don't bring logistics, after you take the city, you will always divide the troops to defend it, and then this city will be divided into 2,000 troops, and that city will be divided into 3,000 troops, and the entire territory of Khotan has not been defeated, it is estimated that the 20,000 horses will be used up, what else to deal with the counterattack that Fu Hei Khan will come?

At the beginning, Yang Yi conquered the Hexi Corridor, and in the case of cutting off the Xixia reinforcements in the Hetao, he had to use nearly 40,000 troops, but now he uses 20,000 troops to take the entire territory of Khotan within a month and hold it, which is indeed a bit arrogant.

There is another point that is the most important, let all the ministries send troops together, the fundamental purpose of the Great Song Dynasty is to use wars again and again to consume the vitality of the various ministries, and it is even more necessary to bring them.

How to solve the problem of making the various ministries willing to send troops to fight without robbing the territory that has been fought into a blank slate, this is really a headache.

"What's the general's plan?" Yao Gu couldn't think of a good way for a while, so he had to look up and ask Jianzhong.

"Actually, Scholar Yang has already pointed out the strategy for this battle in his letter."

Listening to Chong Jianzhong's words, Yao Gu couldn't help but think back to the text message sent by Yang Yi to the staff pavilion.

Yang Yi emphasized one point in the letter, that is, the number of Black Khan troops eliminated in this battle should not be less than 30,000, which undoubtedly means that they should mainly destroy the enemy's living forces in the construction of the city, and attack the city as the secondary.

When Yao Gu first saw this letter, he was too excited to think about this sentence, but now that he mentioned it, he found that this sentence did contain a mystery.

"What Scholar Yang means is that we don't focus on attacking cities and plundering land, and try to fight with the Black Khan in this battle, consuming the troops of the various departments and the Black Khan, and at the same time not causing too much damage to the cities of Khotan?"

Chong Jianzhong nodded and said: "Yes, Scholar Yang must be this intention, first consume the forces of Black Khan and various departments, and then fully occupy it when the time is ripe in the future." As the so-called deposit of lost land, all of which are deposited; If the land is lost, the land is lost. As long as we try to consume the troops of the various ministries and the Black Khan, why worry that those cities will not be our white spoons in the future? ”

Although Yao Gu was unwilling to give up the work of opening up the territory, the time was indeed not ripe for the full occupation of Khotan; It is difficult to resolve the entanglement of interests with various tribes.

Yao Gu had no choice but to say: "Since the general has made up his mind, the last general will obey the order." ”

Chong Jianzhong replied with a faint smile: "It's best if General Yao can figure it out, and General Yao doesn't have to be humble, this battle is urgent, and it is not easy to complete the set strategic goals, and General Yao still needs to make more suggestions; How to fight this battle, how to send troops in several ways, which way to be the main and which way to be supplementary, and how to lead Mockmore out of the decisive battle, all of these must be formulated in advance to make several sets of plans. ”

Yao Gu lowered his head and pondered for a long time, feeling that since the purpose of this battle was not to attack the city and plunder the land, but to consume the black sweat and the troops of various departments, it was better to follow the right path than to do the right way.

Yao Gu said his thoughts, but Chong Jianzhong was not very optimistic about this battle plan.

He said indifferently: "If we act in this way, it will not be difficult to achieve the goal of consuming the strength of the Black Khanate and the various ministries, but when we go, I am afraid that the purpose of our white spoon will also be seen clearly by the ministry, which will make it difficult to ensure that the various ministries will not be suspicious of the Great Song Dynasty, so that there will be many unpredictable variables for the situation in the Western Regions in the future, which will be very unfavorable to the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Chong Jianzhong's ability to grasp the overall situation is indeed much stronger than Yao Gu, even Yao Gu has to admit this in his heart.

If there is no involvement of the Liao State, after the completion of the Great Song Dynasty, he can directly go all out to the west, Yao Gu's strategy is not unfeasible; As long as the troops of the various units are consumed, the Great Song Dynasty will go all out to the west, and then why will they not be able to afford to be suspicious?

However, the Great Song Dynasty may not be able to look west within a year or two, so it can't be too much for the ministries, too obvious.

Bi Jing is not a fool, after seeing Da Song's intentions, for the sake of their own survival, they can very well make trouble for Da Song together.

At that time, Hexi is afraid that there will be smoke everywhere.............

"What is the general going to do?"

"This commander believes that the soldiers still have to be divided, and this time we will no longer specifically command the various departments to fight, just let the departments go hand in hand; When the time comes, whether we win or lose, there is no reason for the ministries to blame us. After the various departments are almost consumed, they will be gathered together and a real decisive battle with Mockmore, what does General Yao think of this strategy? ”

"Good!"

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