"The thieves are indeed shameless. Do you have any good ideas?" Long Guangning sat down and asked Bi Jiyu.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, the old minister didn't have any idea at the moment. My Emperor is wise, mighty, and wise. I must have a plan in mind." Bi Jiyu was still flattering.
Long Guangning liked to talk to Bi Jiyu. Even when he was flattering, he was so upright and never minced his words. Unlike those sour and rotten scholars, even when they praised the emperor, they always spoke tactfully and secretly.
"I think that the barbarians are so shameless that they can just be beaten back. Today is different from the past. The barbarians are fighting continuously, sometimes going south, sometimes to the east, and from time to time they have to deal with Northern Mongolia... The barbarians are attacking everywhere, and they have to suppress the rebellion at home.
This has left our treasury empty and exhausted. I believe that if we fight back at this time, we will be invincible." Long Guangning said excitedly.
Just now, when Li Dangchen went to invite Bi Jiyu, he had carefully compared the national strength of the two countries. He believed that Dasong's national strength was now much stronger than Donghu's, and if he counterattacked Donghu at this time, he would definitely defeat them.
"But... Your Majesty... can we fight all the way to the capital of Donghu? Can we drive them back to the Far East?" Of course Bi Jiyu is not just a shoe-shine guy, he is a real fighting general.
"This...that...I'm not ready yet..." Long Guangning was a little embarrassed. Although he was sure to fight back the barbarians who were harassing Lizhou Road, he had not made any preparations to drive them away.
In a small border offensive and defensive battle, Long Guangning believed that Dasong could win with the strength of Dasong's current border army, but for the northern expedition to Donghu, Dasong was not ready. A battle without any preparation would be impossible to win.
, so he had to shut up.
"Your Majesty, I heard that the Hu thieves have put their strategic focus on the defense of the north. Northern Mongolia is a wolf that eats meat. Although they once had good relations with Donghu, Donghu is now weak, and Northern Mongolia may go south at any time. Moreover, Donghu
On the other side of Liaodong, his hometown, Brother Yelu has gained support from Northern Mongolia, and his strength is growing. If Donghu does not suppress the rebellion, he will eventually lose his hometown. Donghu is also under these two pressures, so he sends an envoy to confront Dasong.
Show your kindness, Your Majesty, Dong Hu is tense in defense in the northeast and his national power is empty, what reason does Hu Ting have to attack south at this time?" Bi Jiyu said very seriously.
Northern Mongolia has been coveting the Central Plains for more than a day or two. Everyone knows this. There are rebels everywhere in Donghu State. It is too late to prevent Mongolia and quell the rebellion. What energy does it have to look south?
But the problem is that the Hu soldiers have indeed invaded Shiquan County under the jurisdiction of Lizhou Road, and went south along the Ziwu Valley to Raofeng Pass. If Raofeng Pass was not majestic and easy to defend and difficult to attack, I am afraid that the Hu soldiers would have entered Shiquan County.
Long Guangning didn't understand what Bi Jiyu meant. He looked at him with confused eyes and said, "Bi Qing means..."
"Your Majesty, this attack is suspicious. Although the thief and the Dog King are not extremely intelligent, they are not so stupid to attack our country at this time. First, Hu Ting has no ability to go south. Second, if he really wants to invade south, the preparations are terrible.
It takes a year and a half, such a long time of preparation, but there is no report from Dasong's scouts, detectives, and detailed work? Therefore, it is certain that this raid is a temporary, small-scale raid... As for why there is
This harassment, Your Majesty, is probably not simple." Bi Jiyu analyzed.
"Your analysis is reasonable. Could it be that this harassment was a local so-called attack? Hu Ting didn't know about it?" Long Guangning thought for a moment and said.
"Nine times out of ten, that's the case. Maybe it's to grab grain..." Bi Jiyu was also a little confused. The summer grain hasn't been confiscated yet, so what kind of grain was he grabbing?
"Well, how do you think our government should respond?" Long Guangning was thinking about the Northern Expedition to drive out the barbarians, but now that he heard what Bi Jiyu said, it seemed that there was no battle to fight, and he couldn't help but feel depressed. When could this be achieved?
What a wish.
"We have to fight, and not only we have to fight, but we have to fight vigorously, so that everyone in the world will know about it, and we will make the foreigners tremble in fear." Bi Jiyu thought for a moment, and said, stroking his long beard on his chin.
"Well, I also want to boost the country's prestige, but... Bi Qing, do you think Dasong's frontier troops can fight vigorously? Will the fighting make the Hu people afraid? There are only thousands of Hu soldiers, but you can't mobilize the Forbidden Army thousands of miles away, right?" Long.
Guang Ning glanced at Bi Jiyu and said, "I think it's better to forget it. Just drive them out of the country, wait for them to be rich and powerful, and then beat them to pieces."
Who wouldn’t want to be able to fight vigorously? Is this a matter of saving face? No, this is a matter of great prestige for the country. But, can the soldiers of the Dasong Dynasty achieve such results? It’s good to be able to drive people out.
Come on. You can't mobilize the imperial army for such an attack, unless you are sure that the Hu soldiers will move south in large numbers.
Long Guangning initially thought that Dong Hu was going south to invade Song again. However, after Bi Jiyu's analysis just now, he believed that these Hu soldiers were not a military operation ordered by the imperial court, but should be a private act of local officials. Since it was not Hu Ting who was going south to invade
, naturally there is no need to mobilize the imperial army. It is not fun to mobilize troops and generals. If you move casually, you will spend a lot of money and food.
"Has your Majesty ever thought about why the border troops from Donghu Jingzhao Mansion suddenly went south?" Bi Jiyu said suddenly.
"This...that...are they going to plunder?" This is what Hu Bing does most often.
"Your Majesty, the summer grain has not been harvested, and Shiquan is not a rich place. On the contrary, Jingzhao Mansion is not a barren place. They don't need to plunder at all." Bi Jiyu paused and said, "The plundering may be just their excuse, veteran minister.
I believe that the real reason for their action this time is...to scare us and cooperate with a certain strategy to force Dasong to go in the direction they set."
ah?
Long Guangning was very surprised. What did General Bi say? Why couldn't he understand it?
Wait, how can a dignified son of heaven not understand...cooperate with some kind of strategy? Is it...is it an alliance with Mongolia to destroy Hu? Are there any such shameless people who cooperate with outsiders to destroy their own country?
Haha, Long Guangning is really ignorant. What dynasty doesn’t have such people? Aren’t all those traitors doing this kind of thing? In order to eat the bones thrown by others, they would not hesitate to sell their own country.
There are traitors, and of course there can be traitors.
"You are saying that the people who ordered these Hu soldiers to attack south are traitors?" Long Guangning was not a fool. He thought about what Bi Jiyu said for a few times and then figured it out.
"Your Majesty, tomorrow morning I should scold the resident ambassador of Donghu and give him a scolding. He will definitely say that this is definitely not what their emperor meant. Then the emperor casually told him that maybe they had a mole." Bi Jiyu smiled.
He said with a wicked smile on his face.
"Okay, I understand, haha, this time it's the traitor's heartache." Long Guangning was overjoyed. To be honest, he had encountered this kind of thing many times. Traitors are the most hateful.
He had been depressed for several years, and Long Guangning felt very happy that he could make Emperor Donghu depressed once. Although he didn't get much from this song, he felt comfortable if he could make the enemy sad.
"Your Majesty, whether it's the emperor's intention or the local officials' intention, we must make the traitor pay the price." Bi Jiyu did not smile. It was not his goal to make Emperor Donghu sad. He felt that this time
You can do something on the plane.
"Well, what you said makes sense, but how can we make the thief pay the price?" Long Guangning was worried. He really couldn't think of any clever ideas.
"I don't understand this kind of thing, but I think there is one person who is very good at it. However, in addition to strongly condemning Hu Envoy tomorrow, the Emperor will also prepare to send someone out... Well, of course, Lizhou must be ruthless
It would be great if we could wipe out all the Hu soldiers." What Bi Jiyu thought of was to fight a vigorous battle, and then denounce Hu Ting for not keeping his word.
There is a person who is very good at it. The person Bi Jiyu is referring to is naturally Ma Hanshan. And Long Guangning suddenly remembered Ma Hanshan. This person once destroyed a Hu barracks. How can he destroy another army? It’s not practical, isn’t it? That’s ten
Many times the number of people.
"Who is the person Bi Qing mentioned?" Long Guangning was very curious.
"It's a pity that guy is just a businessman... No, he is a salary official, he seems to be a jobber." Bi Jiyu raised his head and looked at Long Guangning and said, "Your Majesty, extraordinary people are used for extraordinary things, that man from Wagonzhai
Ma Hanshan, if he can destroy a Hu Bing camp, he can also destroy a Hu Bingxiang army."
What Bi Jiyu meant was for Long Guangning to give Ma Hanshan some kind of mission, so that he could deal with the Hu soldiers who invaded the south.
"Is this appropriate?" Let an official who paid a salary to lead troops to fight? This has never happened before, and Long Guangning felt that something was wrong.
"The veteran believes that as long as the barbarians can be defeated, anything will be fine." Although Bi Jiyu studied to be a scholar, he was a military commander, so for him, as long as he wins in war, there is nothing wrong with it.
"But... that boy is building ships in Mingzhou now, and I'm afraid he will be in trouble..." Of course Long Guangning also wanted to test whether Ma Hanshan was really that powerful.
"Quick horse can go back and forth to Mingzhou once in a day." Bi Jiyu smiled and said, "Even if that kid can't go, I think he still has an idea. Your Majesty, you should go and see the security team he trains when you have time."
Bi Jiyu is really good to Mahanshan, and he recommends Mahanshan so hard.
"Security team? Oh, I understand, militia...Have you seen it? How is the situation?" Long Guangning became interested again.
"I took a peek and it was very shocking. He said that his militiamen could easily defeat the Royal Forest Army. I didn't believe it before, but now I believe it. Those militiamen are really powerful and their collective fighting power is very strong." Bi Jiu has met him more than once.
I went to take a peek at the security team's training. The security team was so disciplined and powerful that even a veteran like him was shocked.
"Haha, it's true. I really need to find a chance to go and take a look." Long Guangning was overjoyed.
Of course he was overjoyed, because Ma Hanshan said that once the training is completed and the security team changes their uniforms, they will be his new army.
If the security team can really defeat the Royal Guards easily, they will definitely be a powerful force.
The monarch and his ministers chatted for a full hour before Bi Jiyu came out of the palace. Of course, Li Dangchen was among those who came out of the palace with him. However, after Li Dangchen sent him back to the palace, he led two of his men overnight