The small group of King Zhaoji of Suining gathered in an emergency and gathered around the study room to look at the copy of the urgent military report.
I am puzzled!
Zhao Ji stared at the paper, his eyes almost burning the thin paper.
Li Qingchen had a solemn look on his face and kept strangers away.
Zhao Tingzhi held his beard, stroking it downwards for a while, then stopped there, gently and smoothly for a while, and almost pulled off the beautiful beard.
Bai Shizhong's attention was not on the thin piece of paper.
He felt that the news on this piece of paper had little to do with him. He was more concerned about Zhao Ji's expression and was always listening to every word Li Qingchen said.
Two glass bead-like eyes were spinning around, jumping back and forth on Zhao Ji and Li Qingchen.
Today, in addition to these few, there are two people who are rarely seen on weekdays. One is General Xu, the Minister of Personnel.
After Zeng Bu was reprimanded, he was unable to stand alone and was beaten from time to time by Zhang Dun, which made him very uncomfortable. After several choices, he finally got in touch with Zhao Ji.
Another person is Cai Jing, the Minister of Household Affairs.
Sitting next to Li Qingchen, he gently offered him a cup of hot tea.
Zhao Ji read the military report and finally slumped down on his chair.
"There are rumors that this king is the reincarnation of Empress Li of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the thirteenth brother is the reincarnation of Shizong of the former Zhou Dynasty. Is it true?" Zhao Ji murmured.
"Nonsense!" Li Qingchen said loudly, "These rumors about ghosts and gods are just nonsense from traffickers. How can your Majesty take it seriously!"
"But..." Zhao Ji raised his head, held up the copy of the military report, and said hysterically: "400,000 Xia troops were dispatched in full force, but the thirteenth brother first annihilated 100,000 in Huangzhong, and then chased him to the territory of Xia Kingdom.
Lian Jie, beheaded 70,000 people and captured countless others."
"Three battles and three victories. In just twenty-one days, he fought consecutive battles. He beheaded and captured nearly a hundred generals named Wei Ming, Li, Yeli and others. Brother Richard, the younger brother of the leader of the Xia Kingdom, was beaten.
I have to escape alone."
"How did he do it! Who can tell me how he did it!"
Everyone was speechless.
Each of them is an expert in poetry, song, and flattery. This kind of marching and fighting can only be done in Goulan tile houses. I heard the scholar mentioned it several times.
I don't understand it at all, and I can't tell you anything.
"Could it be that he lied about the military situation? It was just a small and insignificant victory, exaggerated hundreds of times by King Jian's clever writing?"
As soon as Wu Cai said these words, everyone stared at him as if he were an idiot.
Even if you lie about military information, no matter how brave you are, you will only dare to falsely report the number of captures in the thousands or tens of thousands. In this military report, more than 200,000 people were beheaded and captured. No matter how brave you are, you will not dare to lie like this because it will be too easy to be exposed.
"Could it be that King Jian received some divine help from an immortal? I heard that he went to Weizhou and paid a visit to Kongtong Mountain. That's where the Yellow Emperor met Guangchengzi. Could it be that he received the talisman given by the immortal there?
Turn yellow paper into soldiers and summon Six Ding Liujia?"
Bai Shizhong put forward a very creative conjecture.
Zhao Ji's eyes lit up and he actually believed it.
"It must be like this! Without the help of the immortal family, how could Brother Thirteen achieve such a great victory! This is a rare great victory since the war between Song and Xia! Even if Di Qing and Guo Kui were reincarnated, they would not be able to win like this
The victory is coming!"
Listening to Zhao Ji's excited words, Wu Cai echoed from the side: "What a pity. If His Highness had asked for orders to comfort Shaanxi, then you would have been the one to worship Kongtong, obtain the talisman, and defeat Xia's army."
When Zhao Ji heard this, he immediately beat his chest and felt sad for losing such a great opportunity.
Li Qingchen looked coldly at these comrades who had fallen into a state of madness. His hands hidden in his sleeves were trembling slightly.
He glanced at the crowd and suddenly saw two people who were also watching with cold eyes, it was Cai Jing and Xu Jiang.
Seeing Li Qingchen's turned eyes, Xu Jiang deliberately turned his head, but Cai Jing smiled in front of him.
This faint smile made Li Qingchen feel a chill down his back.
One leaf falls and one knows autumn.
Zhang Fu, Zhang Dun, Huang Fu, Zhang Shangying, Zhang Shuo and Zhang Yuan gathered in the study room to discuss this military report.
"Zhang Xiang, how did His Highness King Jian do it? In twenty-one days, he fought in succession and captured more than 200,000 prisoners. It was an unprecedented victory. If it hadn't been for the counter-signatures of Zhang Zhifu and others, I would really have doubts.
It’s a lie.”
Huang Fu's voice trembled a little when he spoke.
"How to do it? We will have to wait for the follow-up details to know. It should take a few days. But now I understand why King Jian Zhao Shisan did it personally and spent nearly a month to get it from Weizhou
Let’s set off and walk around Huanqing, Pingxia, Huizhou and Lanzhou, along this section of the Song-Xia border.”
"Why does Prime Minister Zhang know about King Jian?"
"King Jian is the coach, not just a general of the army. From the standpoint of the coach, what he wants to see is not just the Xihe road, but the entire Song-Xia war situation. And it is precisely because he stands so high that he can
Maximize the weakness of the Xia army and the advantages of the Song army."
Zhang Dun said while stroking his beard.
"What are the weaknesses of the Xia army? What are the advantages of the Song army? Please ask Prime Minister Zhang to explain."
Huang Fu knew that Zhang Dun was really responsible for major military affairs, and he knew all the government and military affairs well. So he humbly asked for advice.
"Although the Xia Army can easily mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops, it is an army of all people. The country has elite new forces such as the Proton Army, the Wei Xu Army, the Capture Army, and the Iron Kites. Even if the 'burden' of the Capture Army is added, 1
The total number is only 150,000. The soldiers of the twelve military supervisory departments are for the people in peacetime and soldiers in war."
Zhang Dun is indeed a rare capable prime minister. He talks about the enemy's situation that other noble civil servants don't bother to understand. He speaks clearly and eloquently.
"It is necessary to cultivate and train, and the people's strength is used to the extreme. The north must defend the Liao Kingdom and the Monan tribes, the east and south must confront the imperial dynasty, the southwest must suppress the Tibetan tribes, and the northwest must defend Gaochang."
"With such a long defense line, it can be seen that the strength of the Xia army is very tight. Moreover, his soldiers are Dingkou. If one is missing, there will be one less person to farm and herd, and the Xia State's national strength will be reduced by one point."
When Zhang Dun said this, Huang Fu understood a little, no matter how ignorant he was.
He and his brother Zhang Kai learned from Fan Wenzhenggong's experience and lessons, established strongholds, built fortresses, and used the terrain to constantly fight a war of attrition with the Xia Kingdom. This is the reason. The dynasty could afford it, but the Xia Kingdom couldn't.
, sooner or later it will be exhausted and the country will be impoverished and the people will die.
And this tactic indeed takes advantage of Guochao's advantages and avoids Guochao's disadvantages.
"King Jian saw this. So his basic principle in this war was to seek people but not the ground. In his previous letter, brother Qifu mentioned one of King Jian's combat principles, 'Save the land and lose the people, and the people will lose the land.
All are lost; those who survive lose their land, and everyone and their land remain.'"
A rare look of appreciation appeared on Zhang Dun's face.
He and his clan brother saw through the fundamental problems between the Song and Xia countries, and formulated the strategy of "controlling Xia by terrain", which in essence was to consume Xia's manpower and material resources and drain its national power.
Not only did King Jian see through it, he also upgraded his strategy and directly competed with Xia Guo.
Even if they fight one on one, as long as the Xia Kingdom's Dingkou is reduced to 500,000 yuan, it will collapse on its own without the Song Kingdom fighting.
There will definitely be people who clamor that such a strategy is too hard-hearted.
Those who want to be in a high position must have a heart of stone. If they are reluctant to cry in one county, the whole state will cry; if they are reluctant to cry in one state, they will cry all over the country; if they are reluctant to cry all the way, the whole world will cry.
1. Burden: According to historical records, the Xixia army captured 30,000 soldiers, and the burden was 70,000. That is, 30,000 combat soldiers and 70,000 auxiliary or auxiliary soldiers, a total of 100,000. There are also records that the Xixia military system, each household or account,
If there are more than two soldiers, the strong ones will be the main army, and the rest will be the bearers. This chapter has been completed!