"Liao?" Several prime ministers were dumbfounded.

This is what Wang Ju can't figure out the most, in fact, in the Song-Liao War, in addition to the tragic battle of Gaoliang River and Qigou Pass, there were mutual victories and defeats in other battles, especially in the defensive battles launched in the Song Dynasty, the victory rate reached seventy percent, even if it was several battles before the alliance of the Yuanyuan, most of them were won by the Song Dynasty, but when it came to the Liao State, all of them were like the color of the earth.

Of course, in today's situation, if Xia Liao joins forces and launches an attack on the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty will indeed be in danger.

Wang Ju had to speak: "Princess, it's okay, have you forgotten the battle of the river meander?" ”

"Yes, that's the shame of the Khitan." Zhao said.

"The Qingli War brought a heavy burden to the finances of our dynasty, but the Western Xia side was even more unbearable, and Bao Zheng and other ministers also wrote about this in the sparse music, saying that the Western Xia people were poor and hungry, hunting birds and digging rats for food, and even eating tree bark and soil. Although in the battle of Hequ, the Liao State was defeated. If we join forces with the Khitans, and the Khitans will inevitably agree in order to retaliate, then the Western Xia will die. However, why did His Majesty Renzong not send troops, just sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and even quickly set up a contract in advance, giving 255,000 to Western Xia every year? ”

"That's so easy, if you join forces with the Liao State at that time, but our dynasty soldiers have been defeated repeatedly, and finally failed to occupy much of the Western Xia territory, but it was obtained by the Liao State, once Lingxia Hengshan was obtained by the Liao State, our dynasty was really in danger." Wen Yanbo said.

"Duke Wen, if the Liao State makes a move now, and our dynasty quickly forms a contract with the Western Xia to join forces to deal with the Liao State, what will the Liao State do?"

"It can't be."

"Why can't it be? If I cede Suizhou and give 500,000 coins to the Liao State to the Western Xia, will the Western Xia agree? ”

"It's even more unlikely!"

"Why is it impossible, exchange one Suizhou for Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures. Don't I want to? ”

"The Tangut people will not watch me become dominant."

"But will the Western Xia also learn from the Qingli period, not only to get the benefits, but also to watch the tragic battle of Song Liao, they will make peace on the side or take the opportunity to reap greater benefits?"

Wen Yanbo was speechless.

"500,000, for Liao. It is also a huge amount of money, as well as the hatred of Xia Liao in the past, and unknown risks, will Liao blindly cooperate with Western Xia to send troops? ”

"Why would they agree?" Zhao asked.

"The reason is simple, disagree, and the Western Xia will make a truce. agreed, and the Western Xia had the courage to fight a miserable battle with our dynasty, so the Liao State would be good at watching the show from the side, and even taking advantage of it in time. ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and Wu Chong suddenly asked, "How did you get this news?" ”

Today's discussion. It was Wang Ju who sent a secret letter, which said that the Western Xia sent an envoy to the Liao State to ask the Liao State to rescue the Western Xia, and the Liao State agreed to send troops. The Liang clan was overjoyed, so while counterattacking Luowu City, they drew a huge army from all over the country and prepared to attack Dashun City. By then, the number of troops may be close to 300,000.

Zhao Ji was shocked when he saw the secret performance, and immediately summoned several Zaizhi to discuss. Then Wang Ju was summoned to the Yanhe Hall to discuss the matter.

But the amount of information contained in this message is too large, such as Wu Chong's question.

Song Xia Liao has established a set of espionage systems, but this effective range. It's just at the border, in fact, just think about it, if the effective range of Western Xia is not Kaifeng, as long as it reaches Chang'an, then how can the Song Dynasty dispatch troops?

Wu Chong didn't refer to this either, but to what Wang Ju said to Chen Xiang. Wang Juru has such a strong "underground force" in his hands, and he puts it on probing various ministers* or mistakes. Who will dare to speak ill of Wang Ju in the future?

This is absolutely absolutely not allowed!

It was impossible for Wang Ju to make this mistake, and he said, "Duke Wu. It's none of your business, hang high. Almost all of the profits from the shochu workshop were handed over to the state, so the accounts became chaotic one after another. ”

A few people's foreheads, this is easier to understand, the shochu workshop is good.

"So I asked Han Yun, the guest I invited, to go to Jingzhao Mansion to preside over the soju workshop, but before leaving, I told him that if he had the opportunity, he could use the form of concessions and other forms to get through the guò moonshine channel to see if he could find out useful news about Western Xia."

Although the Song Dynasty hated private merchants, especially private salt merchants, Wang Ju's soju workshop was of a different nature, one was to make profits and completely use it for the country, and the other was not to make money from the Song Dynasty, but to make money from the Tubo people, and the money of the Western Xia people, and even heard that it was transported to the Western Regions and Zhubu.

So if Han Yun knows how to do things, if he is lucky, it is not surprising to hear this news.

In fact, for this news, Han Yun took nearly 10,000 pieces of goods, but Wang Ju didn't explain.

And Wang Ju doesn't take it very seriously, even if Han Yun doesn't send this news, I believe that with such a large-scale troop transfer, the border soldiers of the Song Dynasty will know about it sooner or later. At most, I can prepare half a month in advance.

But even if he is not prepared, Lee Fu-gyu will not lose Gyeongju and Daesun City. It can only be said that being able to gradually buy a few useful news channels on the Western Xia side will be of great help in the future.

"After Han Yun received the news, he immediately sent someone to send the information to me quickly, and I handed it over to the official family."

Wu Chong, don't be suspicious!

"So that's the case, then why did Western Xia fight the idea of Dashun City again?"

"It's not the idea of fighting Dashun City, but the idea of hitting Gyeongju, Gyeongju has Meridian Mountain, once the Xixia people get Gyeongju, they can use Meridian Mountain as the boundary to block the counterattack of our Korean army. Huanqing and the two states are lost, and the entire Shaanxi border defense is in danger. This is just one of them. Second, Li Liangzuo was defeated in the attack on Dashun City, and he was seriously injured and died, if the Liang family captured Dashun City, not only avenged her husband, but also consolidated her position in Western Xia. ”

"Liang is Han."

"Han Derang is also Han, isn't he loyal to the Khitan? Murong Yanzhao, Dang Jin, Kang Yanze brothers, and Zhejiajun are all Tibetans, aren't they loyal to my Great Song Dynasty. The Anshi Rebellion should be punished, but it can't be all soldiers. Not to mention that the family is the queen mother of a country, and the son is the master of a country. There were many Han people in the territory of Western Xia and Liao, but there were also many Tibetan barbarians in the territory of our dynasty, and if they were not included, they would be separated. There will be endless turmoil, and besides, there are many soldiers in the west who are fighting bloody battles for our dynasty! ”

Wu Chong's old face turned red, and he asked again: "The location of Gyeongju is so important, why didn't Li Yuanhao attack it?" ”

"Gong Wu, Li Yuanhao is not Li Liangzuo and Liang's two fools."

Wang Anshi was speechless. People are the lord of a country and the queen mother, but they have become fools.

Wang Ju continued: "Although Li Yuanhao has also been defeated, he was defeated by Zhang Kang, but in terms of strategic vision, few people can match it. Therefore, he was in battle for the Linlu Road. Dunyan Road and Jingyuan Road, because the use of troops on these three roads will not pose a fatal threat to our dynasty, and if they can occupy it, they will occupy it, and if they cannot occupy it, they will take advantage of the fact that these roads are far away from the capital and Jingzhao Mansion. Defeat our army. ”

"Why?"

"Founding a nation! Why do you want to establish a country, just look at Tubo, because he did not establish a country, as soon as he died, Tubo was torn apart, and even his descendants ignored the feud between Tubo and the party, and some people actually made peace with the Xixia people. But the Western Xia was established and was reunified. Therefore, from Li Liangzuo to the current Liang family, the country is generally stable, at least there has been no split. This is where Orthodoxy comes in. So at that time, I heard that Li Yuanhao established himself as the king. Renzong was furious, including the Liao State was also extremely dissatisfied with Li Yuanhao. ”

"If Li Yuanhao is in battle for Gyeongju, my court will fight with Li Yuanhao endlessly, which is not good for Li Yuanhao?"

"Wu Gong's sentence is right, Gyeongju is too close to Chang'an. Although Li Yuanhao also went to Chang'an, it was only a threat. Then they withdrew their troops and went back. Then we gave 255,000 years of age and recognized him as the lord of the country. In addition, the Liao State sent troops, so Li Yuanhao never used troops in the northwest again. Before he died, he also left a will, so that future generations would not have bad relations with me. However, Li Liangzuo was careful and tried to swallow the elephant, so within a few years of his pro-government, he attacked Dashun City. The same is true for Liang. ”

"They failed miserably last time."

"Yes, but now that the Liao State supports it, and verbally promises that it will send troops to help, plus they may gather 300,000 troops, is it impossible to take Dashun City? After taking Daesun Fortress and losing the gate of Gyeongju, what will be used to block the march of 300,000 troops? ”

"Madman, this woman is a madman, does she not care about the people of Western Xia?" Feng Jing scolded.

It is a mystery how many households and armies there were in Western Xia. First of all, the army, in Li Yuanhao's later years, put the 18th Army Supervision Division, the chief of the committee, 70,000 troops from Beihetao to Woluo Niangshan, in order to prepare for the Khitan, 50,000 troops from Baibao City to Tiandu Mountain, 50,000 troops from Baibao City to Tiandu Mountain, 50,000 troops from Youzhou, 50,000 troops from Youzhou, 30,000 troops from Ganzhou, 30,000 troops from Ganzhou, 50,000 troops from Helan Mountain, 50,000 troops from Lingzhou, 70,000 troops from Xingqing Mansion, and the whole country. It was at that time that the Western Xia army reached 370,000.

Under the Western Xia military system, men had to enter the reserve at the age of ten, and from the age of fifteen to sixty, they had to bring their own armor and bows and arrows to carry out, and if they concealed it and did not report it, they would be punished with heavy punishment. The number of households must be more than one, so some people think that there are only 300,000 households in Western Xia. This is also the reason why Wang Anshi said that the number of households in Shaanxi Road alone is four times that of Western Xia.

But in fact, there are more than 300,000 households.

For example, in the Hexi Corridor, is there only more than 20,000 households in such a fertile place?

This is the same as the Song Dynasty, there are policies and countermeasures, and the system is the system, and it may not be the case when it is implemented. Therefore, Wang Ju's statement is more accurate, that is, the number of households in the entire Western Xia will reach 700,000. This is also the reason why the Western Xia army actually swelled to more than 600,000 later.

However, because of the poverty of Western Xia and the endless wars, the population of each household is far less than that of the Song Dynasty, even if there are 700,000 households, the population is at most 3 million, and will not exceed 4 million, and the number of households is only two-thirds of Shaanxi Road, and the population is only half of Shaanxi Road. Aside from the desert area, the area of Western Xia is not as large as the area of Shaanxi Road, but Shaanxi Road is also a mountainous area except for the Guanzhong area, but Western Xia has the Lingxia Plain and the Hexi Corridor. Therefore, Wang Ju's statement has been recognized by many ministers.

But according to Wang Ju's statement, it was also two households that were about to fight.

Or to use an analogy, if the Song Dynasty also learned from the Western Xia, the entire north would draw out more than 3 million troops, what kind of burden would it bring to the country and the people?

Besides, if 300,000 troops are withdrawn, won't other regions send troops to stay behind? Therefore, Feng Jing said that the Liang family went crazy.

Wang Ju snorted coldly: "Not necessarily, if Western Xia succeeds in taking Dashun City and Gyeongju, just by plundering, it can make up for the consumption of this army." ”

This is also the sorrow and embarrassment of the Central Plains Dynasty. If the Central Plains Dynasty wants to send troops, it must carry a lot of logistics, but Hu Fan's invasion of the Central Plains Dynasty, as long as it is not a fiasco, can guarantee a part of the logistics supply just by plundering.

The difference in the cost of the two soldiers is too great.

Wang Ju said this, and everyone began to believe that Wang Ju provided this news was reliable, but all of them changed color, 300,000, think about Cao Cao's descent to the south of the Yangtze River, how many real troops there are.

"Mobilize your troops." Chen Sheng's way.

"How to transfer troops? Xixia is mostly cavalry, and it moves quickly, and it is too late for me to transfer troops now, and I am mobilizing the army, how is the finance? Or draw troops from several other roads in Shaanxi, and the other roads are empty, just so that the Western Xia can take the opportunity to invade. Wen Yanbo said.

Zhao Ji rubbed his head anxiously. (To be continued)