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Hearing Zhao Ji's name and seeing everyone looking at him, Cai Shen took steady steps and said, "I think there is no need to talk about whether to recover Yan Yun at this time. Fang La and his gang gathered millions to occupy the southeast, cutting off the economic lifeline of our Song Dynasty. In this case, our Song Dynasty would never rashly go north to recover Yan Yun, otherwise there would be a disaster that would have been a disaster for the country..."

Cai still said this, Deng Xunwu, Zheng Zhongju and others nodded, thinking that Cai still had finally seen the situation clearly and turned to their side.

But what Deng Xunwu, Zheng Zhongju and others did not expect was that Cai still changed his tone and said, "However, there is no need to give up the recovery of Yan Yun now. Although Fang La and his group are numerous, they are just a group of civilians. The combat power is limited and they are not afraid. As long as we can wipe it out in time, we can continue to go north to recover Yan Yun. As Tong Taifu said, this may be the only opportunity for our Song Dynasty to recover Yan Yun. If we do not grasp it, Yan Yun will definitely be gained by the Jurchens, Dangxiang, and Dadan. All three are tigers, wolfs and robbers. They are neighbors and have no barriers. Our rich Song Dynasty will definitely become its hunting ground..."

Wang Fu and Tong Guan smiled at the same time, looking at Deng Xunwu, Zheng Zhongju and others who had stopped nodding.

Deng Xunwu, Zheng Zhongju and others were furious, believing that Cai Jianhuang's son still couldn't see the situation clearly. They were about to start a sudden battle with Cai Jian.

Seeing this, Cai still changed his tone and said: "If our Song Dynasty pacifies Fang La, it is not realistic to go north to recover Yan Yun. We fight on both sides, and the development of one side quickly shakes the foundation of our country, and the other side is a powerful country. The terrain is extremely complicated. No matter how powerful our Song Dynasty is, it is easy to be dragged down. If that is true, then our Song Dynasty can decide again according to the situation. If the Khitan can still persist, we will continue to recognize the Tanyuan alliance between our Song Dynasty and the Khitan on the condition of ending the annual monies. When necessary, we can even propose some conditions to send troops to help the Khitan. If the Khitan cannot persist, then we will hold troops in Hebei and Hedong, and depending on the ownership of Yan Yun. If Yan Yun returns to the Jurchens, then form an alliance with the Xixia and Dadan tribes. Yan Yun returns to the Xixia, then form an alliance with the Jurchens and Dadan tribes. Yan Yun returns to the Dadan tribes, and Yan Yun becomes a alliance with the Jurchens and Dadan tribes. Yan Yun returns to the Dadan, then form an alliance with the Jurchens and Xixia."

After a pause, Cai continued, "However, this is just a solution to the symptoms but not the root cause. If you want to cure the root cause, you should recover Yanyun, take Yanyun's Great Wall as a natural danger, and lock the barbarians at the door. In this way, our Song Dynasty can be invincible and slowly take it."

Cai still concluded: "There are no eternal friends between countries, only eternal interests, and no unchanging national policy. It depends on the situation. Therefore, we do not need to make too long-term plans now, and we can adapt to changes."

“Adapt to the point?”

After hearing what Cai still said, some people nodded and agreed, some people fell into deep thought, and of course, some people were still stubborn. Like Deng Xunwu, he firmly opposed the recovery of Yan Yun.

but--

Cai still said that it depends on the situation and if necessary, you can choose to continue to recognize the Tan Yuan Alliance.

This made Deng Xunwu unable to continue to fight with Cai Jian for a while.

Zhao Ji thought to himself: "There are no eternal friends between countries, only eternal interests? Cai still knows the way of countries!"

but--

Zhao Ji would not say what he thought. On the contrary, seeing that no one came out to refute Cai Jian, Zhao Ji scolded Cai Jian himself and said, "What you said is surprising, how can the alliance be easily violated? My Song Dynasty is a country of etiquette, how could it do the defeated alliance? The reason why my Song Dynasty wanted to recover Yan Yun was because Yan Yun was the old place of my Song Dynasty, and the Khitan was betrayal and ignored the Tan Yuan alliance. He took advantage of the war with Dangxiang and blackmailed my Song Dynasty to extort 200,000 yuan in the Song Dynasty, which had long violated the Tan Yuan alliance. Therefore, the Song Dynasty's recovery of Yan Yun was reasonable and well-founded, and it had nothing to do with the so-called interests."

Cai still cursed inwardly: "I want to be a cousin and a archway!", but he immediately admitted his mistake: "Your Majesty has taught me a lesson, but I am narrow-minded."

Zhao Ji said: "You are punished to go back and copy the Book of Rites ten times. Are you convinced?"

Cai still said in his heart: "I am convinced by your sister!", but he said in a honest manner: "I am convinced by my heart."

Zhao Ji looked at the others and said, "Although Cai still loves Qing's theory of interests supremacy is wrong, under the current situation, it is indeed necessary to pacify Fang La first and then adapt to the situation."

Everyone said, "Your Majesty is wise."

Finally, Zhao Ji ordered everyone to discuss how to send troops and who will lead the troops.

This matter was easily reached a consensus - everyone recommended Tong Guan to lead the troops and led the Western Army that was preparing to recover Yan Yun to go south to wipe out Fang Layi's army.

Zhao Ji also believed that at this critical moment, Tong Guan was the one who could quickly pacify Fang La, and the army that could quickly pacify Fang La was the Western Army. So he appointed Tong Guan as the Jiang, Huai, Jing, Zhejiang and other routes to lead the gathering of Western troops to pacify Fang La's rebel army. At the same time, Zhao Ji ordered the local government to try to recruit Fang La.

Although Wang Fu and Liang Shicheng agreed with Tong Guan's ability, they did not want Tong Guan to monopolize military power and specialize in military affairs. So Wang Fu came forward to jointly recommend Tan Zhen to serve as the commander of Liangzhe Road.

Tan Zhen, who was in the central imperial guards sequence, certainly could not lead the Western army. Zhao Ji still had hope of regaining Yan Yun, so he wanted to pacify Fang La as soon as possible. Therefore, he asked Gao Qiu to mobilize 50,000 Central imperial guards to Tan Zhen, and the 100,000 Western army led by Tong Guan, and the troops went south in two directions to wipe out Fang La's rebel army, preparing to destroy Fang La's rebel army in one fell swoop with the force of Mount Tai.

Tong Guan had no objection to this. Because of the recovery of Yan Yun, most of the 100,000 Western Army had gathered in Daming Mansion. If they had not arrived, they ordered a urge to reach Daming Mansion in 50 or 70 days.

On the contrary, Gao Qiu and Tan Zhen, who were so close, were worried.

fifty thousand!

It must be the imperial guard!

Moreover, the rule of sending troops has always been that if 50,000 imperial guards are dispatched, 100,000 soldiers have to be sent as civilians to carry food and supplies!

In this way, it will be an army of 150,000!

Where can they save these 50,000 troops?

After the implementation of the military strategy, the Central Imperial Guard, namely the Jifu area (Kaifeng, Jingdong Road, Jingxi Road), had a total of 37 generals, with a total force of 300,000 (100,000 imperial guards and 200,000 xiang troops) - Kaifeng's 35,000 imperial guards, 70,000 xiang troops, 45,000 imperial guards, 90,000 xiang troops, 20,000 imperial guards, and 40,000 xiang troops.

Let’s not talk about it for now, we will only talk about the imperial guards first.

Since the beginning of the country, the three guards in front of the palace, the three yamen of the Ma Busi were never less than 100,000.

Until Zhao Ji ascended the throne, he appointed Gao Qiu as the commander-in-chief of the palace.

With years of hard work, Gao Qiu managed to manage only half of the 100,000 Central Imperial Guards, that is, only more than 50,000 were left. By the Jingkang year, there were only about 30,000 left, but among them, there were also many reasons for the battle of square la and the battle to recover Yanyun.

It is impossible for more than 50,000 central imperial guards to be transferred to Tan Zhen, right? If that is true, who will protect the emperor and the Bianliang City of Tokyo, who will build Genyue, and who will build the mansions of these nobles?

As a last resort, Gao Qiu and Tan Zhen could only gather all the generals in the Jifu area to discuss how many troops each family could send.

After a series of coercion and temptation, the families gathered a total of 30,000 imperial guards, and there were 7,500 troops contributed by Cai Shen.

In a lack of help, Gao Qiu and Tan Zhen could only let the 20,000-flat army make up for the number in the name of the imperial guards. As for the lack of civilians, Gao Qiu is worthy of being a master of football and kicked the ball to various local governments with one kick.

After spending all his efforts, Gao Qiu finally passed the level without any danger.

Gao Qiu handed over all the rest to Tan Zhen.

After comprehensive consideration, Tan Zhen appointed his confidant Liu Zhen as the commander-in-chief, and appointed Cai Jian to lead the Jinwu Army in the headquarters as the electoral army.

Tan Zhen was also a helpless choice - except for Cai who could barely get a wing of troops, the rest of the troops could not get a wing of troops at all. Moreover, not only could they not get a wing of troops, but the central and rear troops were also pretended to be by the wing troops.

In addition, Tong Jian is highly qualified and experienced.

Tan Zhen, who was a little guilty, did not speak at the combat meeting, but only listened to Tong Guan's words.

Tong Guan was also unscrupulous, and he said directly: "I am willing to divide the army into two routes. The commander personally led the left army through Runzhou, Changzhou, Wuxi to Suzhou, and then went to Xiuzhou to take Hangzhou. The other route was set up by Tan Zheng, and then led the commander through Runzhou to Xuan, Xiangzhou, Dusong Pass, and then took Hangzhou. After conquering Hangzhou, he discussed how to eliminate the rebels according to the situation of the rebels..."

It is not difficult to see from Tong Guan's perfunctory attitude that Tong Guan talked about the combat plan in public is just a situation, and he will then send someone to the generals for the specific plan.

In other words, Tong Guan did not intend to discuss with Tan Zhen and others at all, but was preparing to be arbitrary.

but--

This is the potential meaning.

On the surface, Tong Guan could not do this, at least he should still leave the situation.

After Tong Guan talked about his plan in a general way, he asked Tan Zhen: "Tan Jianzhi, what do you think?"

Tan Zhen smiled and said, "I have no objection to the position."

Tong Guan looked at the others again and asked, "Where are you?"

No one spoke.

Just as Tong Guan was about to announce the end of the meeting, a voice suddenly said, "I dared to ask, is this the final combat plan, is it possible to discuss it?"

Without looking, Tong Guan also knew that the person who spoke was definitely not a general of his Western Army, because before that, the Western Army had already adopted this combat plan, so the one who made a statement at this time must be the general of the Central Imperial Army.

Tong Guan raised his eyelids slightly and saw Cai Jian, who was originally standing behind Liu Zhen, standing out.

When Tong Guan saw that the person who spoke was Cai Jian, he frowned!

If it were someone else, Tong Guan would definitely turn around and leave. A joke. Can anyone question the combat plan that I, Tong Guan, came up with?

But the target is Cai Gan, Tong Guan couldn't help but hesitate!

You know, Cai is still not an ordinary Qiu Ba, he can reach the sky directly.

People like Cai Shen often do not make salt but vinegar can kill individuals.

So, after hesitating for a moment, Tong Guan said: "Japan is discussing the combat plan today. If you have anything to say, just say it."

Cai still listened to the words and said, "In this way, the general will just say it. If you offend me, please forgive me."

Tong Guan said with a big belly: "Ziyin, it's okay."

Cai still stopped talking nonsense and said directly: "This plan is good everywhere, but there is a very fatal loophole!"

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Chapter completed!