"The latest news has not been received yet."

"I understand."

Zhao Ning is not in a hurry, nothing can be rushed right now.

People in Bianjing City now have different opinions on the situation in Hebei and Hedong. There is a great momentum of turmoil and panic, which makes people still panic.

In times of chaos and chaos, as an emperor, you cannot be impatient.

You need to be calm and calm, so that other people will not mess up, and speculators will not be so easy to cause trouble.

Chess must be played step by step.

He concluded that the Jin army had really withdrawn, and Zongze would definitely be able to stabilize the current situation.

First, Zhang Jun arrived at the palace and summoned Zhang Jun in Wende Palace.

Zhang Jun must be an unavoidable character in the history of the turn of the Song Dynasty.

He is even more suitable to be the Privy Councilor than Li Gang.

Li Gang was impeached by many people for not understanding military affairs. Even Yue Fei impeached Li Gang.

Of course, this does not mean that Li Gang really does not understand military affairs, but everyone's arguments are different, or that Li Gang's military ability can only be considered half and half.

Is Zhang Jun’s military talent very good?

Not necessarily.

The real excellence of these people is that they can take on the overall situation at critical moments.

At the turn of the Song Dynasty, too many unreliable people appeared.

The most recent one is Tong Guan, who ordered Zhong Shidao to adopt a policy of "non-violence and non-resistance" against the enemy during the Liao Dynasty. Later, the Jin people went south, leaving everyone on the northern front behind and fled back to Tokyo alone.

In some key positions, you may not need to be proficient in very professional skills, but you must know how to stabilize the overall situation and hold things up so that the people below can operate in an orderly manner.

This point is very good for both Li Gang and Zhang Jun.

Zhang Jun walked into the Wende Hall and saluted the emperor: "I see your Majesty, may you be blessed."

"You're here." Zhao Ning's tone was very calm.

"I wonder what your Majesty's instructions were when he summoned me."

"I heard that when you were working as an editor in the Privy Council, you did a lot of research on military classics. Now that the Jin people are retreating and the northern front is in chaos, I want to see you and hear what you have to say."

Zhang Jun was a little surprised. He knew that his official position had not reached the point where the emperor summoned him alone to discuss military and state affairs.

"Your Majesty, I am too stupid to talk about military and national affairs."

"It doesn't matter what you say. If you say anything wrong, I will forgive you."

"Then I will speak out boldly." Zhang Jun's eyes have fallen on the map, "Your Majesty, I need to use this map."

"Can."

Zhang Jun walked to the map, his eyes fell on the map, and his whole temperament seemed to change instantly. He pointed to the north of Gyeonggi Road and said: "Your Majesty, if the Jin people have not completely withdrawn their troops, they are still gathering in Hebei and Hedong.

In order to protect the land, we need to quickly take measures to strengthen the walls and clear the wilderness."

Zhao Ning didn't speak, and the opportunity to speak was given to Zhang Jun. He just watched calmly.

"There are two main methods of strengthening the walls and clearing the country: first, part of the villagers evacuate to the south of the Yellow River, and part of them enter Cizhou, Xiangzhou and other cities; second, cut off all food outside the city. For example, in Cizhou, Xiangzhou, each of these cities leaves one hundred thousand soldiers and civilians.

, one person has one catty of grain per day, and three million catties of grain per month.”

"The food supply point is set in Huazhou, and Huazhou is used as a logistics supply point, with heavy troops stationed and grain transported regularly."

Zhang Jun pointed at the pictures and spoke like a river.

He then pointed to the northeast of Huazhou: "Use Daming Prefecture as the second food supply point, connect Daming and Huazhou Jixian through the Yongji Canal, and use the Yellow River to supply food to Daming City, so that the two points can be fully interconnected.

Then the food and grass problem will be solved."

"Our food and grass are intact. The gold thieves do not dare to stay for a long time and will inevitably withdraw to the north."

Zhao Ning stopped and couldn't help but feel excited.

Zhao Ning's idea was to build a two-thousand-mile military defense line from Shaanxi Road in the west to Hebei East Road and Jingdong East Road in the east.

(Hebei East Road is the eastern part of Hebei Province, Jingdong Road includes part of Henan Province and the entire Shandong Province, and Jingdong East Road covers most of the eastern part of Shandong Province)

The Jin army must have retreated now. What the Song Dynasty needs to do now is to establish a defense system in the north and slowly drag the war into a protracted war.

After all, the Song Dynasty was riddled with internal problems. Only by establishing a deep defense and stabilizing the crisis in border affairs, could Zhao Ning begin to carry out internal restructuring step by step, and truly enrich the country and strengthen the army.

What Zhang Jun just said is obviously a more detailed execution plan.

This is really the talent Zhao Ning needs.

The emperor makes top-level strategic plans, and the prime ministers break down and refine the top-level strategic plans and ensure their implementation.

Zhao Ning did not interrupt Zhang Jun, meaning to let him continue.

Zhang Jun did not stop. He continued: "If the Jin army has all retreated, it is necessary to quickly appease the people of Hebei and Hedong, and build a continuous wall of cities in this area to prevent the Jin army from going south again at the end of the year."

Here, Zhao Ning interrupted Zhang Jun and said: "Will the Jin army go south at the end of the year?"

"Reply to Your Majesty, yes!"

"how do you know?"

"Definitely. The Jin people are good at fighting in winter, and winter is when we are at our weakest."

Of course, Zhao Ning knew that the Jin Army would definitely come. According to orthodox history, the Jin Army once again marched southward at the end of the year, and the scale of its troops was larger than that of the Second Battle of Tokyo, with a longer front.

The reason why he is Zhang Jun is actually because he is constantly getting to know Zhang Jun.

Zhang Jun continued: "If I were the commander of the Jin Army, I would definitely extend the front line next time?"

Zhao Ning was even more happy, and he continued to ask: "Why?"

"The Jin army was unable to attack Tokyo for a long time. Even if all the main forces were gathered in Tokyo, they would not be able to expand their victory. If the front was extended, they could defeat our Northern Front of the Song Dynasty from the front."

Zhang Jun pointed to Hebei East Road and Jingdong Road and said: "This is the right arm of the country. If the right arm is lost, the capital will be in danger."

Judging from the strategic map, if the Shandong area is lost, the Huaihe River area will be completely exposed to the Jin Army's iron cavalry.

Zhang Jun continued: "If Jingdong East Road (Shandong) is lost, Huainan East Road (Jiangsu area) will be in danger."

Huainan East Road is in danger, what does it mean?

This means that the economic center and food center of the Song Dynasty will be cut off.

The Cao Canal River in the Song Dynasty was centered on Tokyo City and stretched to the southeast, stretching out many river channels.

Taxes in the southeast were already the highest in the Song Dynasty.

In this era, the southeast economic circle was dominated by the Taihu Economic Circle.

If the Jingdong East Road is lost, the Jin army will immediately go to Yangzhou, attack Suzhou, and direct its troops towards Hangzhou.

At that time, let alone defending Tokyo, there was no point in defending it, because the source of tax revenue was cut off, there was no money, and part of the food supply was also cut off.

Then we really have no choice but to abandon Tokyo and flee south, following Zhao Gou's old path.

Zhao Ning took a deep breath, what Zhang Jun said was really profound, and it was exactly the same as what he was thinking.
Chapter completed!