"It has a lot to do with you looking at the map. ++++" Cai Ting took Wang Ju to the study and took out a large map. Thanks to the Song Dynasty's mastery of all aspects, including cartography, although it is the kind of non-standard map in ancient times, the Song Dynasty began to attach importance to maps, and the government also sent many people to draw maps, and the maps of various places were very secret, and it was strictly forbidden to leak them to Liaoxia, and even irrelevant Koreans were not allowed to show them to the Koreans.

This is a large map of Shaanxi.

Cai Ting drew several large arrows on the map, two extra-large arrows started from Jintang City and White Leopard City, and went straight to Dashun City, and one small arrow branched out from White Leopard City, one ran to Rouyuan Village, and the other also ran to Dashun City.

"Cai Gong is wise," Wang Ju said.

This is Cai Ting's imaginary route for the Western Xia people to send troops in the future.

The best road in Song Xia is not the road in Suizhou, nor the road of the Great Wall Ridge Security Army, nor the roads of the Huanqing Road, but the Zhenrong Military Road, which follows the Huluchuan River in the north and goes straight to Lingzhou. It connects the Haoshui River and the Wating River to the Deshun Army in the west, and then enters the Jinghe River Valley in the south, which is the smoothest and easiest road in the Song and Xia dynasties.

Several roads on Huanqing Road are important, but most of them are very rough, including the road from Dashun City to Western Xia. However, relatively speaking, the road from Dashun City to Western Xia is slightly better, whether it is to Jintang City or to White Leopard City. As for the ballast road, it is also important, but it is more difficult to do. It can be suitable for the march of thousands of troops, but it is not suitable for the march of tens of thousands of troops. Therefore, if Western Xia attacked Dashun City, the main army must also come out of Jintang City and White Leopard City.

It is a little farther from Jintang City, but Jintang City can still reach the security army and arrive at Dejing Village. As long as the Western Xia army came from Jintang City. Yanzhou did not dare to divide his troops to rescue him. It's a two-pronged solution.

"Wang Ju. Look at it again," Cai Ting drew another arrow in Dashun City and went straight to Liyuan Fort, and then drew a few small arrows from Jintang City and went straight to Pingrong Town.

"Do you understand what the old man means?"

"Cai Gong, the lower officials know that although there is no avenue from Jintang City to Pingrong Village to facilitate the march, there are several rugged mountain roads that can allow a small group of enemies to reach Pingrong Town directly, which is also the reason why the imperial court set up a fort in Pingrong Town in the first place. If the main army of Western Xia came to attack Liyuan Fort. If a small group of enemies is sent down the trail to reach Pingrong Town, there will be panic in the rear, and even the strongman army organized by me will not have the heart to fight. ”

"Not only that, the old man pondered for a long time, you are right, because you won three victories last year, and this year you humiliated them for prisoners of war, and the Tanguts will definitely retaliate. However, if there is a main force from Jintang City in Western Xia and the heart to retaliate against you, Huachi County will be passive. Although because of Huachi County. It will disperse the pressure on the other two, but Huachi County is in danger. Theoretically, you're right. The enemy wanted to plot against Gyeongju. He will take the city of Dashun. Otherwise, if you besiege Dashun City and then divide your troops to arrive in Gyeongju, you will not be able to capture Gyeongju with few troops, but it will have an impact on taking Dashun City. If you drop Dashun City, the rear forts, Dashun City, Liyuan Fort, Huachi Town, Fengchuan Town, Rouyuan Village, Wujiao Town, Yele Town, Fucheng Walled, Longpan Town, Zhubao Fortress troops swarm, although the troops are small, but as long as the old man clears the wall in advance, and uses the strength of these forts to use the terrain of Liangshan to constantly harass and cut off its supply, the enemy will usher in a fiasco. This is not Hebei after all, so that the Liao army can move south unimpeded. Of course, the enemy will not make such a choice. ”

"Cai Gong is right."

"However, there is a crisis in Huachi County, once you lose the enemy and lose Huachi County, even if you lose Liyuan Fort and Pingrong Town, the Western Xia people will be able to launch a fan-shaped attack, and they can also wave their superiority in strength." Speaking of this, Cai Ting frowned. In the end, the enemy has more troops, and the more troops there are, the more cards he can play. There are too many loopholes that can be exploited in the terrain of the border of Huanqing Road.

"Do you understand what the old man said?"

"Xia Guan understands that once the Western Xia forces are tilted towards Huachi County, I and Yao will become the key to inspection. If they can resist the attack of the Tanguts, and keep Pingrong Town and Liyuan Fort from losing, the attacks on other areas will be weakened, and they will also have a chance to win. But if Liyuan Fort and Pingrong Town are lost, the whole situation will become extremely sinister. ”

"I really understand military affairs, but this is not only the danger and wealth that you have to pick up, but also the entire battle situation."

"Cai Gong's meaning ......"

"I want to transfer six battalions of officers and soldiers from the rear to Gyeongju, and I also want to divide three battalions of officers and soldiers into Hwachi County."

The strength of Huanqing Road is not only in Huanzhou and Gyeongju, but also has a large number of garrisons in Pizhou, Ningzhou, and Qianzhou in the rear, and the garrison strength of Ningzhou is better than that of Gyeongju most of the time.

This reason is also a consequence of supply.

To use an analogy, if there is a capable minister presiding, and the sorghum from all over the Central Plains is transported to Sanmenxia, a bucket may only cost more than 20 yuan. Sanmenxia can not be navigated, from 6 places to Shangsanmen, and then transported into Weishui by small boats, transported to Chang'an, maybe at this time the price of a bucket of millet will reach 50 yuan, a bucket of rice will reach more than 100 yuan. This is still acceptable to the imperial court.

Then after arriving in Chang'an, it was no longer possible to transport cheap ships to the front line, so I had to use small cars to pull them one by one, and that was the beginning of attrition. Often, a bucket of corn can be turned into 200 wen yuan when it arrives in Ningzhou, and 400 wen yuan when it arrives in Gyeongju.

If you are greedy again, it is not uncommon to have a bucket of thousands of articles.

Therefore, the Song army was not necessarily distributed in the front line, but started from the front line, and gradually distributed in the direction of Chang'an.6 Then when the wind and rain were good, the local taxes and grain could bear the burden of the soldiers' supply. However, there are too many garrisons, so in the event of a major disaster, the front is calm, and the soldiers on the front line are often allowed to return to Chang'an to eat, saving the cost of food.

Cai Ting's transfer of the officers and soldiers of the 6th Battalion in the rear to Gyeongju also meant that the imperial court had to increase many additional expenses.

But this has nothing to do with Wang Ju, and Cai Ting is not referring to this additional expense, but to wine.

"Cai Gong thinks that even if the three battalions of officers and soldiers are added, the strength of Huachi County is still very thin, and it is necessary to train all the officers and soldiers of several battalions into a real strong army.

"The old man is thinking about this, but if you want to strengthen the army, conventional means will not work. The first imperial court seemed to be financially tight. Han Gong will not allocate too much money to Huanqing Road to tide over this difficulty. It will be allocated, but the money that can be allocated is limited, but it is very useful. This point of money and silk can't be handed over to Huachi County, besides, if you strengthen the army, you can say no with your mouth, do you understand what the old man means? ”

"The subordinate officials will understand, and they must come up with some practical things like the subordinate officials. Only the officers and men of the three armed services are willing to train seriously and dare to fight. However, the state is financially tight, and Cai Gong must take into account the overall situation, if the special transfer of funds to give preferential treatment to Huachi County, the other soldiers will inevitably be dissatisfied, and instead of playing a good role, it will play a bad role. But if so many officers and soldiers want to arouse their enthusiasm, they need a lot of money, and that wine will become the key to it. ”

"So the old man heard that the Tangut people banned alcohol. The old man had a headache. ”

"Cai Gong, don't worry. What about that wine...... Wang Ju was happy, and said: "Cai Gong, please watch the show." ”

"Oh, what's the idea?"

"I have my own solution, but I'm sending someone to inquire about the specific situation, and when the news comes back, I will have a solution."

"Then the old man is relieved, and one more thing, I heard that the wine consumes a lot of food."

"This is a little, but Cai Gong don't worry, although it consumes grain, but the officials in Huachi County overhauled water conservancy, and encouraged the people to farm, and even introduced some measures to encourage the people to raise cattle, this year's grain production is enough to keep the consumption of wine."

"This is a little unbeautiful, your horizons are lowered......" Cai Ting paused, and did not criticize again, after all, Wang Ju is still young, it is very good to have this kind of thinking, and his political achievements and military merits are first-class. This is an important talent in the future of the Great Song Dynasty, but it is still in the growth period, and it is deficient. Therefore, the conversation changed: "As you said, food will be extremely precious after the autumn, as long as Gyeongju has enough food, the old man will dare to transfer enough troops from the rear." Otherwise, when the enemy comes, the grain and grass alone will drag down the march. ”

"What then?"

"In this way, I have served as the deputy envoy of transport in Jingzhao Mansion for a period of time, and I have a few friends there, I will write a letter to the past, you send someone from the Zhu family to Jingzhao Mansion to buy wine, the freight is more expensive, you are not transporting grain, but transporting wine, and besides, the price of grain over there is cheaper than here, and the freight will not increase much if it is folded. Moreover, you are mainly selling to the Tangut people, and there will be no conflict with the merchants of Jingzhao Mansion. The problem of wine is solved, and the problem of food is solved. What do you think? ”

"That's fine."

"Also, the old man heard that the Tangut people robbed the soju, remember, at this time, don't act rashly, let alone use soldiers, so as not to give the enemy an excuse. If the enemy comes to fight without righteousness, the old man can boost morale. If the enemy has a great righteousness to attack, it will be difficult for the old man to deal with it, and this righteousness is especially important to the soldiers. ”

"The lower official will know the severity, but the lower official has a request, can Cai Gong allow it?"

"What request?"

"The officers and soldiers Xu instructed the old mother to be seriously ill, and he was the only son, so he has been very worried, and he did not dare to report to the imperial court, and told me his distress a few days ago, I want to ask Yao Xiong, the son of Yao Ji, to replace him as a temporary commander."

"Yao Xiong, the son of Yao?"

"I only found out about it recently," Wang Ju said with a wry smile.

He only knows the history of Eryao, but there are many things that he does not know, such as Yao Ji lost his father since he was a child, and he hated Xixia very much, so every time he used a painting instrument, he must engrave the four big characters of "revenge has not been reported" to show that he will not forget his family feud.

He also likes to practice calligraphy, and he writes with a brush, which actually makes Wang Ju feel better than his own writing. You like Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy, Wang Ju asked the reason, Yao Ji replied: "I admire his people." ”

Yan Zhenqing, like Su Dongpo, is a famous calligrapher, but much braver than Su Dongpo, not only a calligrapher, but also an important minister, a military strategist, and a generation of heroes.

Wang Ju only realized why he talked to him about using troops in Western Xia at the beginning, and they hit it off. Dare to love this lord more than himself, and he would like to start a war with Western Xia.

But he didn't fully know Yao Ji's personality at that time, until he released prisoners of war some time ago, when he stayed in Liyuan Fort, he heard a veteran tell the truth, it turned out that Yao Ji's eldest son Yao Xiong had entered the army, and under Yao Ji's account, he made many military exploits, but let Yao Ji's Grand Duke selflessly give it to others.

Wang Ju was speechless, so he found Yao Ji to talk, Yao Ji waved his hand and said: "He is still young, what credit do you want, so as not to be arrogant, I am not suppressing him, but teaching him." I didn't suppress him, I did merit for him, and I hurt him. ”

Wang Ju was even more speechless, thinking to himself, your son will not be inferior to you in the future. Of course, everyone grew up together, Yao Xiong didn't grow up either, and now he has to take shelter under his father's wings, but he can fly.

Just as Xu was worried about his mother's illness, Wang Ju thought of Yao Xiong. There is another person, Yao Jia's younger brother Yao Lin, but when he talked to Yao Jia, he heard that Yao Lin was still taking care of Yao Jia's mother at home, and Yao Jia was extremely filial, although Yao Lin's martial arts were also outstanding, that was all. Can't let people even want the old mother, that's called the mother, a widow raised her two sons, pulled them into a generation of famous generals, and pulled out the Yao family generals. Thinking about his pretty mother again, Wang Ju felt very ashamed......

"How old is this son?"

"In your early twenties, you're older than me anyway."

Cai Ting was happy, in terms of age, almost ninety percent of the officials and generals above the command level were older than Wang Ju.

"How is this son's martial arts?"

"Outstanding martial arts, no less than his father, and has made many military exploits, but General Yao has suppressed it and not reported it."

"In this way, Yao Ji is very interesting."

"If it is used well, General Yao can beat the Qingli generals Wang Qi and Ren Fu."

"The old man approved this agent."

"Thank you Cai Gong for your trust," Wang Ju returned to Huachi, feeling a little happy and a little worried on the road. (To be continued!)

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