When Zhao Ting arrived at the gate of Zhongjun Yingzhai, he got off his horse first and said a few polite words to the two masters Chen Guang and Luan Tingyu.
"Master Chen, Master Luan, I have to attend a military meeting. The two masters will go to rest first. We will continue to practice at night."
"Okay, Your Highness, I will take my leave first."
Saying goodbye to the two masters, Zhao Ting took Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, Yang Zheng, and Wu Lin and hurried to the Chinese army's tent.
When we arrived at the door, staff officer Guo Hao was waiting there.
"I have met His Highness the Duke of Qin."
"Chongdao, is Father here?" Zhao Ting asked politely.
Guo Hao was the son of Guo Cheng, a veteran general in the army. He had served as an aide to Zhao Shi and was quite trustworthy.
"Your Majesty has been here a long time ago, but he is currently meeting with Brutaire, the liaison officer sent by Liu Sima."
"Ah, the North Road has broken through the obstruction of the Azerbaijani tribes?" Zhao Ting asked in surprise.
"Yes." Guo Hao didn't say much.
"Has everyone else arrived?"
"The only ones left are His Highness and the Duke of Chu. Oh, the Duke of Chu is here too."
Following Guo Hao's gaze, he saw Zhao Geng coming over with Wang De, Li Yanxian and other retinues.
"Third brother, are you done?"
"You're done, let's go in."
"Okay, let's go in together."
Zhao Geng and Zhao Ting went in, while Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, Wang De and others stayed outside the tent.
Guo Hao said: "Guys, please go to the tent and have a rest. There is hot tea and food there. This military meeting will not be held on time."
"Yes!" Han Shizhong was the older among the group and had the highest military rank, so he became the natural eldest brother.
"Everyone, let's go sit in the side tent, don't get stuck here."
"Okay, let's go together."
Zhao Geng and Zhao Ting walked into the Chinese army's tent, which was filled with generals.
Headed by the former enemy capital commander Yang Weizhong, deputy commanders Wang Shunchen, Zhe Yanzhi, Yang Zongmin, Yao Gu, chief of staff Zhong Shizhong, operations director Wang Yan, branch commander Li Xiaozhong, Yelu Leshi, Yelu Dashi and others, and General Lin Lin II
Thirty generals.
Seeing Zhao Geng and Zhao Ting walking in, they all greeted them in unison.
"The last general has met the Duke of Qin and the Duke of Chu."
"All generals are loyal ministers of our father and emperor, and are also our brothers' teachers. Please don't be too polite." Zhao Ting said politely.
After a few polite words, the generals separated again and started discussing among themselves.
"Third brother," Zhao Ting looked at the generals in the tent and suddenly discovered an interesting phenomenon. He couldn't help but mention it softly to his brother beside him.
"What's wrong with myna?"
"Did you find something interesting?"
"What's up?"
"When my father was still in Qiandi, he had eight generals from the northwest under his command. Later, he led the army to conquer Hehuang. The Western Army surrendered and was willing to serve as his wing. The generals of the Western Army, including Liu, Yao, Zhong, Zhe, and Yang, were full of talents.
, and now the second generation has begun to be active in various armies."
Zhao Geng glanced at his younger brother, thinking about the meaning of his words.
Now the situation is clear, the emperor and his ministers have been divided, some things should be said, and some things should not be said. He is a few years older, and his actions are much more prudent. He has been warned many times by his mother, and he knows that under the emperor and his ministers, many things are not based on brotherhood.
of.
"Bago is right. These people are all brought up by the Emperor Father, and they are very trustworthy in their usage. However, in the Song Dynasty Army, the middle and low-level officers are all non-commissioned officers and officers who came out of the military academy, and the senior officers are all Wan
The Huaide camp is the backbone of those who came out of Sheng Academy. And the hundreds of thousands of families who came out of Changzi camp are all over the Four Banners Army."
After Zhao Ting heard this, his heart moved. He thought silently for a while, then turned around and said, "Thank you, third brother, for waking me up."
"My father's strategies for using troops and personnel are all laid out in the open. It's just that Brother Bago is still young and didn't take it into consideration. You will understand it after you stay with your father for a few more years."
The two brothers talked softly, and after waiting for a while, the big tent suddenly fell silent. Zhao Si, accompanied by Liu Ziyu, the servant, and Gao Shixuan, the commander of the internal and external deployment of the imperial court, walked in. Behind him was Brutaire.
"Everyone sit down!" Zhao Si waved his hand and motioned for all the saluting generals to sit down. He also saw Zhao Geng and Zhao Ting, and just nodded, motioning them to sit aside and listen.
"According to the decision made at the Western Expedition Military Conference held in Beiping City last spring, Liu Fa, together with Hu Luxiong, Xu Guangliang, Zhang Shiyun, He Qifan, Dong Xiulie, Qu Kechang, and Li Yunhai, mobilized the Xuanwu Banner, the White Tiger Banner, and more than ten Party troops.
Thousands of people launched the advance operation of the Western Expedition to the North Road last summer."
Zhao Si said slowly.
"One of the purposes is to consolidate the results of the previous operations of the Four Banners Army against the Aral Sea and the northern Caspian Sea. We all know that during our operations to recover the Tianshan, Congling and Hezhong areas, Persian and Turkic defeated generals fled one after another, and many of them fled
They fled north and rushed into these areas. They colluded with local tribes and planned to launch attacks on Hezhong, Qihe and other areas from the north."
"In order to eliminate future troubles, the White Tiger and Xuanwu Banners have listed the conquest of the area as a daily war since the 19th year of Tianqi. The two banners mobilize 20,000 to 30,000 cavalry every year, with the Xuanwu Banner from the north and the White Tiger Banner from the east.
The areas north of the Aral Sea, the Caspian Sea, the Wu River (Ural River) and the Sushui River (Volga River) grasslands will be cleared."
"In the 21st year of the Apocalypse, the Qinglong Banner also dispatched flag troops to assist in this task in turn. By the 23rd year of the Apocalypse, that is, last year, our army had swept from the Don River in the west to the Changliu Mountains (Caucasus Mountains) in the south.
In the Caspian Sea and the vast area of the Persian Plateau, more than 60,000 people were beheaded and more than 400,000 troops were surrendered."
"One of the purposes of the Western Expedition Northern Route Army led by General Liu Fa is to consolidate this victory. We have discussed that the current western border of the Song Dynasty should be from the Ruoshui River (Dnieper River) to the West Sea (Baltic Sea). At this border line
The tribes of Edom must either submit or move westward.”
"After conquering Jifu City, the largest city of the Russians to the west of the Ruoshui River and the greatest threat to the east of the Ruoshui River, the Russians, Poles, Lithuanians and many nomadic tribes moving west have lost the importance of invading eastward.
Fulcrum.”
"Leave Li Yunhai and Dang Xiangjun to continue the attack on the area west of the Ruoshui River. General Liu Fa led the main force to conduct another dragnet attack on the northern Black Sea grasslands, and then turned around to the southeast to attack the Wu River, Lushui River and the remaining
The Khazar Khanate is conducting another sweep. There are people here who are dishonest and have surrendered and rebelled again."
"Then there are the north and south areas of the Changliu Mountains. The terrain there is difficult, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is also condescending. It has a strategic location for Asia Minor, the source of the two rivers and western Persia. The most important thing is that it is the east coast of the Black Sea, and the sea route can directly lead to Junshi.
Fort Tantino, right down to the Mediterranean. What a great place!”
"Judging from the current battle reports, this goal has been achieved." Zhao Si said decisively, "Of course, this grassland belongs to the Song Dynasty now, will belong to the Song Dynasty in the future, and will always be ours. But now it is just a preliminary cleanup.
After reading it again, in the next ten to twenty years, we need to continue to clean up, and at the same time continue to suppress the west of the Ruoshui River, so that the Russians and Poles should not have other ideas and turn around and go west to seek life in peace."