Yang Zhi waited for Liang Xun to sit down, looked around at everyone and said: "The battle situation is already like this, and the lower officials should not give in, but Lord Liang and Lord Liu, is there really no problem with grain and grass?"

Liu Tao is now the deputy envoy of the Third Division of the Dingbei Army, in charge of the transfer of Yunzhong, Shaanxi, Hedong, Hanoi, and Hebei, and when he heard Yang Zhi's words, he sighed lightly, frowned and said: "Lord Yang, the situation in Yunzhong and Hebei is worrying, and Liu Guanglie and other troops on the Yongxing Military Road left, it is said that the grain and grass were rolled up, and the current situation in Chang'an is also unsustainable. Hedong and other places can only barely support it, and Shaanxi still hopes to solve it by itself. ”

Yang Zhi naturally knew that this was Liu Tao's rhetoric, and it was also Zhao Kai's true thoughts, Zhao Kai had worked hard for many years, and finally obtained the entire Guanzhong region, so he naturally regarded it as more important than the cities of Western Xia; if it weren't for Song Huizong's attack on Western Xia as a condition, Zhao Kai might not be interested in turning his face with Western Xia at this time. However, the difficulties in Hedong and other places are completely exaggerated, and the Taiping in recent years has made all parts of Hedong and Hanoi have abundant stocks, which is by no means as Liu Tao said; besides, Liu Tao's difficulties are fighting, and Yang Zhi's difficulties are even greater, after all, the transshipment in Hexi is full of risks, and if you can't win at one time, the proportion of material losses will increase exponentially.

Yang Zhi carefully pondered it and said: "What Lord Liu said is that the skeleton of the army here in Shaanxi is still there, and there is no problem in rectifying a group of men and horses to go out, but grain and grass are the foundation of the army, in case it can't keep up, a battle can't be won, it is small, the life and death of more than 100,000 soldiers is big, and the grain should take Shaanxi first." And Guanzhong, it is impossible to have no grain at all, and it is close to the land of Henan, the big deal is to spend money to buy grain, and the government can't do it, so you can buy it from the people. ”

The meaning of Yang Zhi's words was very clear, he was persuading Zhao Kai not to follow Liu Tao's train of thought; Zhao Kai nodded, and said with emotion: "The Dingbei Army is the family foundation we have accumulated for many years, you and I really don't know, it is a crime to let the army have no food." However, we will continue to recruit troops to Guanzhong and Henan on the Yongxing Military Road in the future, and the people's hearts must not be lost. The attack on Western Xia is the strength of the whole of Shaanxi, and I hope that you will go all out at any cost, even if you take out your own family resources. ”

Yang Zhi understood Zhao Kai's true intentions, and still hoped that he and the Western Xia would be defeated and then replaced by a newly recruited army; Yang Zhi was not angry, Zhao Kai's reason must be the opinion of Liu Tao and others, and it was not interesting to argue, Yang Zhi suddenly smiled and said: "Then we can only learn from Zhuge Vawei, divide the army into two branches, and take turns to go on the expedition, in case the grain and grass are short, there can also be a response." ”

This is the plan that Yang Zhi and Zhu Wu and others have discussed, and after a few days of supplementation, it has basically taken shape; but Zhao Kai and others heard it for the first time, and Zhao Kai understood that Yang Zhi was retreating to the next best thing, and in the case that the Transshipment Division could not guarantee grain and grass, Yang Zhi asked himself to decide on a plan to attack Western Xia, so that others could not interfere. Zhao Kai couldn't help but have mixed joys and sorrows, happy that Yang Zhi had a resolute attitude on this point; worrying that if he captured Western Xia in this way, Yang Zhi's prestige in the army would definitely be even stronger, and he didn't know if he could suppress it at that time.

Seeing Zhao Kai's hesitation, Yang Zhi said earnestly: "The prince's good intentions, the lower officials already understand, but you also know that after all, there are still more than 100,000 cavalry in Hexi in Western Xia, and the geographical environment there is far inferior to that of Youzhou. Even if we take Xingzhou and other places, we are afraid that we will be able to eliminate the remnants of the enemy in a short period of time. Besides, the number of war horses under my command is still not as good as that of Western Xia, and I ask the prince and all the adults to be considerate, otherwise I am afraid that it will be difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. "Qiqi Chinese Network

If the war horses captured by Yang Zhi are added together, Yang Zhi's current number of war horses should be about the same as that of Western Xia, but in the past six months, Zhao Kai has transferred tens of thousands of war horses from Yang Zhi in various names, and in order to attack with grain and grass, Yang Zhi has successively delivered more than 30,000 war horses to the Taiping Firm to transport them to Kanto, and now the entire Shaanxi cavalry is less than 100,000 people; Yang Zhi cannot transfer all these people to the front line at one time, so compared with Western Xia, Yang Zhi's cavalry on the front line is really not as much as the other party, even if Yang Zhi defeats the other party, if he wants to destroy the other party, the possibility is very small。

Yang Zhiyi explained that Zhao Kai and the others naturally knew that what Yang Zhi said was the truth, but if they spit out what came to their mouths, even Zhao Kai would not do it. Zhao Kai smiled slightly and said: "I have already considered these things, of course I will not force you, but now I just let you prepare in advance." To be honest, as long as Xingzhou is taken, I think the demise of Western Xia will be a foregone conclusion, and I estimate that it will not take more than a year at most, and we will be able to gradually wipe out the remnants of Western Xia, what do you think?"

It turns out that Zhao Kai still has capable people around him, and he has set a small goal for Yang Zhixian to capture Xingzhou; it is a pity that Zhao Kai does not know that Xingzhou is the second step in the battle plan formulated by Yang Zhihe and his subordinates for many days. But Yang Zhi did not refute in person, attacking Xingzhou first does not mean that it must be defeated, it is commonplace to change tactics in the process of war, so that Zhao Kai can confuse Western Xia and benefit himself to win the war in the end.

Yang Zhi's eyes flashed, and his thoughts flew and said: "The prince's plan is naturally proper, I will notify the armies of Lingzhou and Youzhou to prepare for war when I go back, and order Yue Fei to organize his men and horses to prepare for the north." ”

Yue Fei already knew Yang Zhi's plan, and as soon as he heard it, he knew that Yang Zhi was talking nonsense, but Yue Fei didn't have a complete sense of trust in the people here, so naturally he wouldn't pierce Yang Zhi, and nodded on the side and said, "You can raise a batch of grain and grass on Qinfeng Road first, and I can set off within five days." ”

Listening to the tone of the two of them, Yang Zhi didn't go, completely focusing on Yue Fei, Zhao Kai and the others looked at each other, Liu Tao shook his head and said: "Lord Yang, the tiger and lion fight the rabbit, you also need to use all your strength, General Yue's ability is naturally no problem, but the front line is full of arrogant generals, I am worried that Qu Duan and others may not obey the order; Lord Yang, I think it is best if you can go to Xingzhou in person." ”

After Liu Tao finished speaking, he looked at Cao Qianli and the others, he knew that the relationship between Cao Qianli, Liang Xun and Yang Zhi was far more than his own, and he hoped that the two could come forward to persuade Yang Zhi;