Qin Hui hurriedly walked into the imperial study, bowed and said: "See you, Your Majesty!"
Zhao Gou knocked on the imperial eucalyptus and said with some dissatisfaction: "Why haven't Huzhou's taxes and grain production been delivered yet? Today is already the middle of the first month, when will it be delivered?"
Qin Hui quickly reported: "The state and county officials in Huzhou have changed last year. They need to be familiar with the situation. I have urged you last time. It is estimated that there will be a report in the next two days. But please rest assured, Your Majesty, the weather in Huzhou last year was smooth, and the harvest should be more than
Happy New Year."
Zhao Gou's expression softened slightly, and he said to Qin Hui: "Tomorrow Liu Dutong will give a report on his work, and Qin Xiangguo should also participate!"
"Your Majesty, do you need me to ask you a question?"
Zhao Gou shook his head, "Tomorrow is the Privy Council report. Xu Zhiyuan will preside over the questions, and Qin Xiangguo will listen and understand."
Qin Hui felt as uncomfortable as swallowing a fly. Of course he had to attend tomorrow's work report. The official reminded him at this time, which was not a good thing. In fact, he was told in advance not to talk too much, and there was no room for him to ask questions.
Feeling uncomfortable in his heart, Qin Hui still said respectfully: "I obey the order!"
Zhao Hua thought about something and said: "In addition, I want to use him to exchange benefits for the captured captain. How about exchanging Haizhou?"
"Your Majesty, you can give it a try! Send Wei Liangchen, the Minister of Rites, to Jinan Mansion to negotiate with Wanyan Wushu. The minister thought that the Wanyan Digu we captured was a noble of the Jin Kingdom, and Wanyan Wushu would agree to the exchange. In addition,
Wei Chen suggested preparing a backup plan. If the other party refuses to cede the land, it would not be bad to exchange 5,000 war horses."
"The war horse can do it!"
Zhao Gou happily said: "I heard that the Western Army was growing pasture and raising sheep and cattle by the river to develop animal husbandry. We have more rivers. We can also use the riverbanks to grow pasture, so there is no need to use cultivated land to grow grass and raise horses.
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"Weichen understands and will arrange it as soon as possible!"
Qin Hui bowed and retreated. Zhao Gou was in a good mood and wrote the four characters "Victory without End".
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On the morning of the next day, Liu Qi, the former commander of the military capital, gave his work report in the side hall of Ziwei Palace.
More than 20 senior officials attended this debriefing meeting.
This report was slightly different from the previous reports of other generals. This time it was Emperor Zhao Gou who took the initiative. His ambitions for the Northern Expedition had expanded, and he was eager to understand the situation of Jinbing in Shandong Road.
The debriefing was presided over by the Privy Council, and Xu Xiantu, as the chief of the Council, asked the questions. Of course, the questions he wanted to ask were all about the military situation that the emperor was very concerned about.
The Emperor Zhao Gou entered the hall and sat down. Everyone saluted together, "See your Majesty!"
Zhao Gou waved his hand and smiled at Liu Qi: "Today's report is mainly about asking about some military information. Liu Dutong doesn't need to be too nervous."
Liu Qi bowed and said: "I will try my best to answer this question!"
Zhao Gou nodded and said to Xu Xiantu: "Let's start!"
Xu Xiantu coughed and said slowly: "The six thousand troops you wiped out this time were all Jurchen cavalry. This is the content of your military report. However, a minister wrote that what you wiped out was not the real Jurchen army. Is this rumor true?
reality?"
The person who wrote the letter was Liu Ziyu. While everyone was celebrating the victory, he wrote a letter pointing out that using 70,000 troops to encircle and annihilate 6,000 Jurchen cavalry was not something worth boasting about. Moreover, this Jurchen army was not the other Jurchen army. He criticized the imperial court for blindly exaggerating the results of the war.
But why is this Jurchen army different from that Jurchen army? Liu Ziyu was vague and did not give the reason.
Liu Qi knew it well, and he also thought of a good answer to this question.
Liu Qi said calmly: "Reporting to Your Majesty, to Xianggong Xu, and to all the ministers, the Kingdom of Jin has carried out many reforms after the new emperor came to the throne. One of the reforms is to expand the scope of the Jurchens and include the Jurchens before the Liao Dynasty was destroyed.
The Bohai people, Shiwei people, Mohe people, Korean people, Khitan people, Xi people and other Donghu people living in the Jin Kingdom are all collectively called Jurchens.
In fact, after more than ten years of long-term war with our Song Dynasty, there are not many real Jurchens left, with a population of less than one million. The most elite Jurchen army of 200,000 is in Liaodong, which is the bodyguard of the Jin Dynasty emperor, and there are ten
Ten thousand Jurchen troops are distributed on Yanshan Road, Hebei Road and Shandong Road. These 300,000 Jurchen troops are the real Jurchen troops, and the other 200,000 Jurchen troops are the Donghu army, but they are also called Jurchen troops.
At present, most of the Jurchen troops on Shandong Road and Hebei Road are Donghu troops. Among the 100,000 Jurchen troops in the hands of Wanyan Wushu, only 30,000 are real Jurchen troops, and the other 70,000 are Donghu troops.
The real 30,000 Jurchen army was directly commanded by Wanyan Wushu and focused on defense and would not attack at will, so the 6,000 Jurchen cavalry we annihilated were one of the 70,000 Donghu army."
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It turns out that the Jurchen army is also divided into two categories.
Xu Xiantu glanced at the emperor Zhao Gou, and Zhao Gou waved his hand to indicate passing. He knew these answers, but he wanted to know the military situation that he did not know.
Xu Xiantu smiled and said: "Forget this question, my second question is, the current military situation of all parties in the south of Shandong Road? General Liu should know!"
Zhao Gou perked up, this was the question he wanted to know.
Liu Qi thought for a while and said: "Currently, there are a large number of troops stationed in the three parties. We have one hundred thousand troops deployed in Suzhou, Chuzhou and Pizhou. Among them, Pizhou is divided into two parts by the New Yellow River. The western Pizhou is controlled by us, and the eastern Pizhou belongs to the Jin Kingdom.
, while the western part of Xuzhou above Pizhou is controlled by the Western Army, and Pengcheng County is the Yellow River Navy garrison of the Western Army. There are 15,000 garrison troops, all of whom are naval forces. The Jin soldiers did not deploy the Jurchen Army in the south of Shandong Road, but deployed
We recruited 50,000 troops and stationed them in Haizhou and the east of Xuzhou, under the command of Li Cheng, the governor of the capital."
"The Western Army only has 15,000 troops?" Zhao Gou couldn't help but ask.
"Reporting to your Majesty, the Western Army has more than 15,000 troops. This is just a naval force. As far as I know, the Western Army's garrison on Henan Road is about 100,000 people, which is roughly the same as us."
"If I want to attack Shandong Road from the north, where should I start?"
Liu Qi was a little embarrassed. This was a major military secret. How could he tell it on such an occasion? There were too many people and it would spread.
He could only say with a smile: "Reporting to Your Majesty, there are so many clues that need to be sorted out that I can't explain them all in just one sentence!"
Zhao Gou also realized that he couldn't say it here, but he was eager to know, so he waved his hand impatiently, "This is the end of the report, leave the court!"
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In the imperial study room, Liu Qi bowed and said: "If your majesty wants to march north, I suggest that your majesty not to rush, take it step by step, and capture Haizhou first. We have a foothold in Pizhou and the eastern part of Xuzhou, and use Haizhou as our foundation."
, take the sea route to replenish logistical food and supplies, and after solidifying the logistical foundation, continue to expand northward, seize three or four more states, and then consolidate and carry out cannibalistic northward expansion."
"Then how many troops do I need to surrender?" Zhao Gou asked again.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, if Your Majesty wants to seize Shandong Road, he must surrender at least 300,000 troops."
"An army of three hundred thousand!"
Zhao Gou was shocked for a while, how could he surrender so many troops?
