"Emperor, the ministers are not on the front line, and the officials in Shaanxi have different opinions, so it is difficult to screen and judge, so they dare not speak."

Gao Tao said.

In fact, the truth is that everyone doesn't understand military affairs at all, just like when Zhang Qixian was the prime minister, Li Jiqian made trouble, Zhang Qixian asked Song Zhenzong to pay attention, Song Zhenzong didn't listen, thinking that Zhang Qixian's assembly of the army was a waste of money and labor, and later Lingwu fell.

Well, since then, the Northern Song Dynasty has been consumed with the Western Xia.

Although Song Zhenzong did not listen to Zhang Qixian's advice, it proved that Zhang Qixian understood military affairs, and if he understood it, he would have his own opinions, so when the country had something, the prime minister could put forward reasonable opinions.

But Gao Tao didn't say much, Wen Yanbo didn't understand military affairs, why did he still occupy the position of prime minister of Xifu, and he occupied it for several years.

You must know that if you save Wen Yanbo's salary subsidy, you can feed at least 1,000 families!

So Gao Taotao said very smartly, everyone is not on the front line, Wang Ju has Wang Ju's statement, Guo Kui has Guo Kui's statement, and Han Jiang has Han Jiang's statement, so how can everyone judge the real truth in order to find out the solution?

"But the emperor, this is also a warning, in the future, the border must be treated quietly, and the border ministers must not be innocent."

Again, this is a very vague statement.

In general, there are now four views on border affairs in the Song Dynasty, one is the real appeasement faction, the representative is Sima Guang, who is for the so-called "peace"

Can do whatever it takes.

Some of the practices are almost close to those of capitulationists, even traitors.

One is the moderates, who are more rational than the appeasementers, and although they believe that they can spend money to buy security, they will not be superstitious about spending money to buy security.

They will not agree to the practice of dividing the territory and strengthening the enemy to buy security.

Its representative is Fan Chunren.

One is the counterattack faction, which belongs to the moderate war faction and does not agree to buy An.

But we must start the war sensibly, taking into account the financial resources of our own country and the pressure that our people can bear.

Then use the smartest way to play and slowly wipe out the Western Xia.

Its representatives are Zhang Qi and Wang Ju.

There is also a radical faction, belonging to the radical militant faction, after several victories, thinking that Western Xia can be at your fingertips, and its representatives are Han Jiang and Chongge.

Through the long river of history, the choice of King Zhang and Wang is the most correct, only when the Western Xia is destroyed, can the Song Dynasty be truly strong.

The crisis has also declined further.

There are many benefits, after the destruction of Western Xia, the soldiers can be further reduced, at least hundreds of thousands of Baojie in Shaanxi, as well as tens of thousands of Fanluo, as well as a large number of strong men and horses and Han people, can be banned.

Shaanxi was immediately given a break to recuperate, and the state also saved a lot of finance.

When the northwest is safe, the country can directly put its focus on Hebei and Hedong, even if the Jin people rise.

Nor will they be powerless to fight back because the troops are pinned down in the northwest.

It is even possible to further reduce the army, even if it saves 10 million guan a year, then put it on the bundles, stones, and horses of the two taxes.

It is at least 15 million, and the pressure on the people has also been relieved.

And, cavalry!

Therefore, it is necessary to destroy Western Xia rhythmically.

But the same destruction of Xia does not mean that Western Xia is not attached, let alone that Western Xia is within reach.

In fact, if the Song Dynasty had implemented shallow attack tactics rhythmically after recovering the Xihe River, the Western Xia crisis would not have been the defeat of the five-way war against Xia and the fall of Yongle City.

However, Gao Tao and Zhao Ji can't be blamed.

How can you see clearly when you are in the game?

Just like Wang Ju wore before the Song Dynasty.

Jin San is hateful, isn't Smecta hateful?

It was right to associate with Smecta.

But who can say what kind of relationship it is?

Hei Myanmar and Fei Yue slapped the face of the Celestial Empire again and again, and almost all of them swollen the face of the Celestial Empire, but how the Celestial Empire should respond, who can say clearly?

Also, the stick Japanese people are rich, so some people are Ha Han Ha Ri, but the Celestial Empire is gradually getting better, why do no people in the surrounding countries have Ha Zhong, but hate the Celestial Empire even more?

You must know that the Celestial Empire has been buying An, just like the Song Dynasty now.

However, the more you buy An, the more you are demonized, and the more you become a lonely so-called big country, what is the reason for this?

Even Wang Ju's current status, sometimes in retrospect, he can't think clearly.

It may be a big chess game, but what kind of chess is played, Wang Ju really can't figure it out.

It's called being in the game.

Why do many people value Wang Ju, such as IQ, Wang Anshi and Sima Guang may be as high as one hundred and fifteen, and Wang Ju is at most one or one hundred and two.

But because he has mastered a little finger, it seems that his IQ is twice as high as Wang Anshi.

Gao Taotao is just a vague statement now, and that no longer disappoints Wang Ju.

Zhao Ji couldn't refute it, and Feng Jing's 300,000 Liao army frightened Zhao Ji again.

Gao Tao said again: "But the emperor, don't worry, the mourning family calls someone to ask, and you will probably know the answer." ”

"Who?"

"That little lady of Wang Zi'an."

Of course, 300,000 will also shock Gao Tao, and at the moment of this national disaster, Wang Ju stepped forward, which still moved Gao Taotao very much.

Therefore, it is actually called a word.

"yes,"

Zhao Ji said happily.

Wang Ju left his little wife in the capital and did not bring it to Shaanxi, but he must have said something before leaving, and even around New Year's Day, there will be correspondence.

Some Wang Ju is not very easy to say in the performance, but he may give some foundation to his wife.

The concubine was taken to the harem in a while.

This involves another question, how the opinions of Sima Guang and others were transmitted to the harem.

You must know that Wang Ju is young, so he doesn't need to be so evasive, but Gao Taotao only met twice, once with her husband on the side and her son on the other.

Sima Guang and the others couldn't see Gao Tao at all.

In fact, the problem is very simple, the ordinary palace maids in the palace are sad, if the emperor does not send kindness, he may be locked up in this rich prison for the rest of his life, but for the queen mother, the queen, and other important concubines, there is also a good way to squeeze out loneliness, that is, they have the right to summon the minister's wife into the palace to talk, so that they can relieve their boredom.

It is precisely because of this that the wives of Sima Guang and others are summoned to the palace from time to time, and Gao Tao has obtained a lot of news from the outside world from their mouths, but the husband and wife are one, what good news can be obtained from the mouths of these women?

Therefore, Gao Tao hated Wang Anshi more and more and admired Sima Guang.

The concubine didn't get this honor before, first, Wang Ju's official position was not high at this time, and second, the concubine was born a little poor, yes, it was a poor village.

When Wang Ju was in Wangjiazhai, the Li family's conditions were good, which could be placed in Gao Taotao's eyes.

What is the Li family?

The third is that the concubine is too young to speak.

"Let's be flat."

Gao Tao said.

But the concubine was stunned by Gao Tao's powerful aura, and stood cautiously.

Gao Tao suddenly thought of Wang Ju's "audacity"

, couldn't help but say: "Mrs. Li, the mourning family is not a man-eating tiger, you don't have to be nervous, sit down." ”

"Thank you, Queen Mother."

"The mourning family asked you, what did Wang Qinglin say when he left the capital?"

What was said?

Said you must stay in the capital.

It is equivalent to a hostage, so that no one will resist it.

But can the concubine say?

She muttered, "It doesn't seem like anything has been said." ”

"Did he say anything about a specific way to defeat the enemy?"

"Queen Mother, this is a major military event of the country, and officials never tell their concubines."

"Didn't say anything at all?"

"It seems that only one ...... was said"

The main concubine was shocked by Gao Tao, so she leaked her mouth.

"What?"

Before the official left, the concubine was very worried, and the official said a possibility in order to comfort the concubine. If the enemy does not attack more than 100,000 troops, then fear not. If there are really 300,000, then there is no need to be afraid. ”

"Why?"

"Because the Western Xia country is small. If 300,000 troops are dispatched, a large number of troops will be drawn from Ganzhou, Liangzhou, and Lanzhou, and then the troops in the Lianglan area will be empty. On the southern side of this area, however, is a group of Tibetans. They are also very poor, and once this happens, Dong Yu will definitely send troops to Liangzhou, Ganzhou or Lanzhou to plunder them on a large scale. As long as the officials dragged the enemy in Gyeongju, after a long time, those states were not only plundered by Dong Yu, but could even shake the rule of Western Xia in those states. ”

This is very possible, after all, the number of party members in the several states of the Hexi Corridor is small, mainly Tibetan and Uighur races.

Therefore, the loyalty of the people in this area to Western Xia was not so high.

Concubine Er said again: "The two armies are deadlocked, and Western Xia can't attack it for a long time. If you hear that Lanliang has a police, the morale of the three armies of Western Xia will be low. Especially at the time of retreat. At that time, our army will be able to defeat the enemy with a small victory. As for the rest, the officials did not talk to the concubines anymore. ”

"Oh,"

Suddenly, a man's voice came from behind the screen.

The concubine was so frightened that her face turned white.

Because this man's voice is normal, not the sharp voice of the eunuch, so what is this queen mother doing.

Gao Taotao made the concubine's face change cry and laugh, and said, "Emperor, don't be naughty." ”

It turned out to be the emperor, then it was normal, Concubine Li almost touched her chest, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "The concubine is see Your Majesty." ”

"Tell me, I've broken in by mistake, and I'll leave right away."

Zhao Ji was also anxious to find a reason, this spread out, but it was very unpleasant, but he asked behind the screen: "Li Niangzi, I ask you, if Dong Yu does not send troops, then what should I do?" ”

"Your Majesty, this concubine also asked, and the official said that since the death of the concubine, Tubo has been divided, and his descendants have different ideas, just like the ministers of our court, some want to make peace, and some want to go to war. Although they are the same (every time you type this root, Nakajima Ai always appears first, and I always think it's Iijima Ai, it's too evil love) to be a descendant of each other, but each of them has different ideas. Mu Zheng took refuge in the Western Xia, but Dong Yu insisted on his father's business, although he could not say that he had a friendly attitude towards our dynasty, but he must be hostile to the Western Xia. This opportunity is rare, and the Western Xia has gathered a large army, arrived in Gyeongju, and then stalemate with our army in Gyeongju, this time lasted for a long time, and Tubo was also poor, so he would send troops to plunder. ”

That is, Dong Yu's troops, not to show goodwill to the Song Dynasty, but for the sake of wealth, he will definitely send troops.

However, Wang Ju's words can also reveal another meaning, that is, although Mu Zheng is Dong Yu's discord and his opinions are opposite, but they are a family after all, if the Song Dynasty sends troops to Xihe, Dong Yu may be unhappy.

However, Wang Ju would not explain this to the concubine, and Wang Shao had not yet started to run Xihe.

Zhao Ji also didn't think much about it, but an excited look immediately flashed in his eyes.

With this reason is enough, Dong Yu is ninety percent sure that he will send troops!

Zhao Ji hurriedly rushed out from behind the screen, but when he was about to leave, he heard the concubine ask: "Queen Mother, did Western Xia really send 300,000 troops?" ”

"yes,"

His mother replied.

Then he heard the concubine cry again: "Ahh ”

There are a lot of rumors about this little woman, and the biggest rumor is that this little woman has gone out of shit luck.

In fact, what Zhao Ji didn't know was that including Li Wanyuan, he thought that his sister was lucky and snatched a good husband from the noble eldest princess.

Well, in the eyes of the common people, the princess is still a very noble term.

With the growth of Wang Ju.

More and more people have this idea, thinking that the two are not a good match.

But it doesn't matter to Zhao Ji, whether it is the daughter of a Yanzhou businessman.

is still the daughter of a scholar, for Zhao Ji.

Is there a difference?

On the contrary, I heard that this little woman was a very docile woman from a small family.

Isn't such a woman very good, if she is replaced by Xia Zhu and Fu Bi's wife, no matter how good the background of the Yue family is, the husband may not be happy.

I believe that the enemy that her husband is going to deal with is 300,000 enemy troops, and this little woman must have frightened her.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ji was a little ashamed, and waited for this battle to be over.

Let's get some official positions out of the ordinary.

This can only be compensated with.

What is the mood of the concubine at this time, Zhao Ji didn't think much about it, he rushed to the Privy Council, and said to Wen Yanbo: "Duke Wen, immediately send a fast horse to Qinzhou, and let Qinzhou pay attention to the movements of Tubo Dong Yu." ”

"Dong Yu? Your Majesty, you must not be,"

Wen Yanbo was also frightened, Nima, Gyeongju hasn't done it yet.

How did you hit the idea on Huangzhou Dong Yu?

"No, Western Xia has gathered an army of 300,000 troops, and it has also gathered a lot of troops from the Hexi Corridor. At this time, the Hexi Corridor was empty, and Dong Yu could take the opportunity to send troops to plunder the wealth and population of Western Xia. ”

"How can this be...... It's really, that's it, Gyeongju An. ”

Wen Yanbo also woke up.

However, Zhao Ji was a little frustrated, just this simple truth, why can't everyone think of it?

If everyone can think of it, then it's weird.

The actual use of soldiers and magic are one nature, and the truth is revealed, which is the same thing.

But the truth is covered up in some way.

It made everyone unexpected, so they all felt magical.

But it was this that inspired Zhao.

He also said: "Actually, there was another way before, if you recruited soldiers from Hedong Road at the beginning." Xia Kou fell into Gyeongju, and the soldiers of Hadong Road and Fulin Road gathered together to attack Yinju. Wouldn't it also force the Xia people to retreat? ”

"Your Majesty, no, you really don't want to guard against the Khitan?"

Wen Yanbo was taken aback.

In fact, the Khitan would not send troops at all.

But Zhao's idea is also unrealistic.

If you want to force the Xia army to withdraw, then the strength of the Song army must really pose a threat to Yinzhou, even if there is a Zhejia army, if you want to create this threat, you must have at least 50,000 or more Song troops.

This means that it is not the consumption of grain and grass that makes money, but the idea that grain and grass restrain this idea is not valid.

The reason is very simple, if you use 10,000 or 20,000 troops, you can still raise some grain and grass from Hedong.

But with an army of 50,000, then grain and grass must be transported from the rear.

This is not Shaanxi, and there is more or less Weishui and Jingshui to reduce the pressure on transportation costs.

It was transported from the capital to Lanzhou, and then from Lanzhou to Linzhou, which was a road of more than 2,000 miles.

And eighty percent of them are difficult mountain roads.

Can it be achieved?

It can be realized, and this loss alone can drag down the finances of the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, Li Yuanhao attacked Fulin Road that year, Linzhou was in an emergency, and the bigwigs in the capital were also in a hurry to gray their hair, and in the end they only asked Gao Jixun to rescue with a small number of troops.

Not to mention the rest, just one piece of grain and grass stumped everyone.

Therefore, at that time, some ministers even built yì and directly abandoned Fulin Road.

The second difficulty is the concealment of time and information.

The first is time, and it is impossible to recruit an army of 50,000 in a short time.

So it is necessary to know the enemy's actions in advance, did the Song Dynasty have such a developed intelligence system?

Even this time, it was a fluke, Wang Ju deliberately asked Han Yun to pay attention to the enemy's movements on the side of Dashun City, and used soju to contact the people on the other side of the mountain, so he was lucky to find out the news.

That is, this example is impossible to imitate.

So when the enemy has already arrived in Gyeongju, and then go to collect the three armies and prepare grain, grass, and armor, can you still be in a hurry?

Or even if it is urgent, how to do a good job of secrecy in the rear.

You must know that this time it is Wang Ju, Shengsheng put himself in Sanyuan, even if he has fought until now, Wang Ju has not yet appeared in Gyeongju.

Is it possible to do it for someone else?

I can't do it, the news leaks, okay, I'll disband the three armies and stop fighting you Gyeongju.

After wasting countless money at that time, what did the Song Dynasty do?

Even if the Song Dynasty had abundant finances, would it be able to afford to drag on a few times like this?

Even if you can afford to eat, how much of a sensation and controversy will it cause if you are played as a monkey by the Tangut people again and again?

Not to mention that the bigwigs from all walks of life are better than the other, who listens to whom, how can this situation cooperate?

A simple example is like the current Yanzhou, Han Jiang is not evil to Wang Ju, and Guo Kui will not be evil to Wang Ju, but can Han Guo really cooperate with Wang Ju?

can only say that Cai Ting was fortunately not transferred back to the capital.

Therefore, the passive defense of the Song Dynasty could not fight a good battle at all, or it could not fight a beautiful battle.

Just like football, there are all kinds of tactics, including defensive counterattacks, but 4231 is good, 451 and 4222 are good, even if it is 541, but is there such a formation as 10-0-0?

None of the tactics of the bus will have such a ridiculous formation.

However, the Song Dynasty scholars forced the border soldiers to put up this formation.

Well, don't concede a goal for 10 minutes, so what about a game down.

One without conceding a goal, then two.

Anyway, they are all defenders, there is no central defender, striker and striker, although the enemy kicks around your goal, who can do it without conceding a goal?

Of course, Zhao Ju just said it, and he wouldn't really do that, and at the same time, this doesn't mean that Wang Ju has succeeded, even if Dong Yu takes the opportunity to send troops to plunder Western Xia, it will be Wang Ju to withstand the onslaught of 300,000 Xia troops in Gyeongju.

Still have to fight...... Gyeongju is fighting!

(To be continued)