"Your Highness, didn't several outstanding young generals emerge in this war against the Jin Dynasty?"
"Why don't you give them a try?"
Yu Yunwen proposed to Zhao Shen.
"I know who you are talking about, Yu Qing?"
"But after all, Han Yanzhi was a general who was on the battlefield for the first time. Although he was lucky enough to kill dozens of Tatars, his experience was still too immature. How could he be qualified for such a big job?"
Zhao Shen actually valued Han Yanzhi very much in his heart. After all, Han Yanzhi was the only son of the famous general Han Shizhong who knew martial arts. How could he not know the words of the general's tiger son?
"But I still feel that Li Xianzhong is unreliable!"
"I hope your highness...!"
"Do you hope that Your Highness will be cautious?"
"This must be the famous Yu Zhongshu, right?"
Suddenly, a voice interrupted Yu Yunwen's words.
"Xu...Xu Qing!"
"You're here, you're here!"
When Zhao Shen saw the person coming in, he stood up in excitement.
"Mo...could it be that you are Prime Minister Xu?"
Although Yu Yunwen was from Zhongshushe, he had never met Xu Xian because he had just returned from his mission to Jin Guogang.
"I am Xu Xian!"
"Actually, I have already arrived outside the door, but I just don't want to disturb His Highness and Yu Zhongshu!"
"Actually, I think Li Xianzhong can give it a try!"
"How about this!"
"Let Li Xianzhong command the Huaixi army and horses on behalf of the royal power. You, Yu Zhongshu, will serve as Li Xianzhong's military advisor and supervise him!"
"I wonder if it's okay with His Highness?"
Xu Xian suggested to Zhao Shen.
"good!"
"Why didn't I think of such a good strategy to achieve both ends?"
"Yu Qing, what do you think of Xu Qing's proposal?"
Zhao Shen was naturally satisfied when he heard Xu Xian's suggestion of having the best of both worlds.
"Of course I, Yu Yunwen, have no problem!"
"It seems that Prime Minister Xu is not only handsome, but also so resourceful. He is truly the best in the world!"
"My Da Song is really saved, saved!"
Yu Yunwen was naturally very satisfied with Xu Xian's suggestion.
"so be it!"
"Yu Qing, just go and prepare first, and rush to Huaixi tomorrow!"
"I have already sent someone to notify Li Xianzhong. He will probably rush to Huaixi within the next two days!"
Of course, Zhao Shen just wanted to discuss the fight against gold with Xu Xian in private at this moment.
After Yu Yunwen arrived, Zhao Shen first introduced the frontline news he had learned to Xu Xian one by one.
"Xu Qing, what do you think of the war on the Western Front?"
Later, Zhao Shen began to ask Xu Xian for his opinion.
"Based on the current situation where Tatar forces are mainly concentrated on the Eastern Front, the Tatars are only a second battlefield choice on the Western Front!"
"Just like if the Tatars' attack on our army on the eastern front reaches a stalemate, the Tatars will focus on their attack on the western front!"
"So there is no need to worry too much about the war on the Western Front for the time being. Just let Jiedushi Shen Tianhua do his best to organize the defense and not act rashly!"
Xu Xian responded to Zhao Shen.
"What about the center line?"
Zhao Shen asked again.
"The Tatars obviously have no intention of attacking on the central line. Maybe the soldiers are mostly old, weak, sick and disabled, otherwise they would not be easily repulsed by the prefect Zhou Ding!"
"So the Tatars on the central line just want to contain our troops in Xiangyang and other places, so as to prevent our army from cooperating with the Huaixi army from Xiangyang and creating a disadvantage to the Tatar attack!"
"So in this war, our army has a lot to do on the center line!"
Xu Xian responded.
"Then if our army has great potential on the central line, should I agree to Zhou Ding's proposal to increase reinforcements and launch a counterattack against the Tatars?"
Zhao Shen asked again.
"Of course not!"
"Although the Tatars in the middle line may be dominated by the old, weak, sick and disabled, their strength cannot be underestimated!"
"And our eastern front is the main battlefield that determines victory or defeat. We don't have enough soldiers, so how can we lend troops to the central front?"
"What I said is promising, I just want Zhou Ding to watch the changes and wait for the opportunity to take action!"
Xu Xian explained to Zhao Shen.
"What about the Eastern Front?"
Zhao Shen also finally mentioned the main battlefield of this battle.
"Now the war on the Eastern Front is divided into two battles in Huaixi and Jiangbei!"
"We have already suffered a big loss in Huaixi. We still don't know if Li Xianzhong and Yu Yunwen can reverse the situation after they arrive!"
"The same goes for Jiangbei, but Jiangbei is mainly focused on naval battles. Now our strongholds in Jiangbei are only Yangzhou and the land along Jiangbei!"
"Yangzhou is the mouth of the Huanghuai River entering the river through the canal, and it is also the throat of the Tatar navy entering the river!"
"If Yangzhou is lost, there will no longer be an obstacle for the Tatar navy to enter the river, and the Tatar army can use the power of the navy to easily cross south to attack Jiankang, or even Lin'an!"
"On the contrary, if we hold on to Yangzhou, the Tatar navy will not be able to go south, and even if the Tatar army crosses the river, it will be difficult, and it will inevitably end up like Cao Mengde and Fu Jian back then!"
"So in this battle, Yangzhou is crucial to our Song Army!"
Xu Xian analyzed it to Zhao Shen.
"Then Xu Qing's intention is that we are going to have a decisive battle with the Tatars in Yangzhou?"
After all, Zhao Shen grew up in the palace and was not very familiar with military affairs.
"Yangzhou is not the place for a decisive battle!"
"But Your Highness, you can go to Yangzhou tomorrow to boost morale!"
"Tomorrow I will go to various places on the Jiangbei front line to understand the situation for Your Highness!"
Xu Xian has already made plans for himself and even Zhao Shen.
Although it has entered late autumn, Yanziji, located in the north of Jiankang City in the south of the Yangtze River, is still as sunny as spring and has a mild climate.
"I heard that Yanziji, Caishiji, and Chenglingji are collectively called the three major rivers of the Yangtze River, and Yanziji is the first of the three. It seems that it really lives up to its name!"
At this time, Xu Xian climbed onto the cliff facing the river in Yanziji and began to look at the rolling Yangtze River in the distance.
Wherever you look at Shenzhou, your eyes are filled with the scenery of Yanziji.
How many things have happened in the rise and fall of the ages? The endless flow of the Yangtze River.
When he was young, he was still fighting in the southeast, and the war in the southeast was still ongoing.
Who is the rival of the heroes in the world? Cao Liu.
Giving birth to a son should be like Sun Zhongmou.
Be like Sun Zhongmou.
At this time, a burst of singing came from the river.
Who is singing this?
Isn't this song "Nanxiangzi" by Xin Qiji, a great poet of the Southern Song Dynasty?
Calculating this time, it seems that Xu Xian's favorite female poet Li Qingzhao of the Southern Song Dynasty is no longer alive, and the male poet Xin Qiji should be twenty years old.
Could it be that I met the great poet Xin Qiji?
Is it really Xin Qiji?
"Excuse me, is the man in the river Mr. Xin Qiji?"
At this time, Xu Xian couldn't help but shouted loudly in the direction of the river.
"How do you know I am Xin Qiji?"
"Who are you?"
Suddenly, the familiar voice came back immediately.
"You rowing boy, you have such a loud voice!"
"Don't you know that this is our current Prime Minister Xu?"
"Why don't you come to the shore and pay a visit to our Prime Minister Xu!"
Yue Lin seemed to have clearly seen the people in the river. This chapter has been completed!