"The Khitans have been in the founding of their country for fifty years. Although the grasslands are bitter and cold in the north, their national strength is not weak. The territory is close to the Yellow Sea in the east, to Jinshan in the west, to the Luqu River in the north, and to Baigou in the south. It is a vast area and strong army. The population is four million. Both men and women can ride and shoot, and their war horses are several times that of knights.

"And the Central Plains have been fighting in a mess. Only the Later Zhou and the Song Dynasty have stabilized. The Khitans have all the dangerous terrain. They can attack and defend. They can be said to be free to attack and defend. This kind of force is indeed powerful. When they charge into battle, they are as powerful as thunder.

"It's just that the people in the grassland are less likely to study, have more courage, and lack wisdom. Their systems are not perfect. They are not used to entering the Central Plains and do not know how to govern. Therefore, it is not realistic for the people of Liao to occupy the Central Plains. Now the grassland tribes are constantly fighting, and they still can't take action to attack the Song Dynasty for a while. Therefore, the emperor of the Song Dynasty would be at ease to send heavy troops south to attack the Tang Dynasty in Jiangnan."

After Xu Xuan's analysis, he almost quoted the classics and briefly explained the situation of the Khitans so that the rest of them could know.

In particular, after Xu Xuan finished speaking, he looked at Su Chen specifically. The meaning was very obvious. He asked him to listen to the current situation in the world, only ministers with high ranks could contact the news about other vassal states outside.

Otherwise, in such an era of underdeveloped communication, domestic scholars, Confucian scholars, etc. rarely hear these major national events. Even if they hear about it, there are various rumors, and it is difficult to distinguish between true and false.

Many students often focus on a message, regardless of whether it is true or false, first of all, discuss from the "Big Way" and "orthodox" aspect, and ignore how to truly block and change.

Xu Xuan was worried that Su Chen did not understand the national strength and current situation of the Liao Kingdom, so he explained this way.

Su Chen smiled faintly. His understanding of Liao Kingdom should be even better than the people of Liao Kingdom themselves!

In February of the 19th year of Yingli (969 AD), Emperor Muzong of Liao, Yelu Jing, was killed in Heishan, Huaizhou. Yelu Xian was welcomed by Xiao Siwen, Nuli and others. He was honored as "Emperor Tianzan" and changed the reign to Baoning. In order to consolidate his status, Yelu Xian promoted Xiao Siwen to the Privy Council of the Northern Court, and recruited his daughter Xiao Chuo into the palace to be the imperial concubine.

During his reign, Han Kuangsi, Gao Xun, Shi Fang, Guo Xi, Liu Jing and other Han officials became increasingly prominent and their roles gradually became greater. They followed the established policy of supporting the Northern Han, but tried to maintain the status quo with the Song Dynasty. In March of the sixth year of Baoning, they reached a peace agreement with the Song Dynasty and restricted the Northern Han from making light moves.

It was not until September of the fourth year of Qianheng (982 AD) that Yelu Xian died of illness in Jiaoshan, and he ordered King Yelu Longxu of Liang to succeed the throne and obeyed the order of Empress Xiao Chuo in military and national affairs.

"Empress Xiao of Liao Kingdom, if I remember correctly, she should be thirteen years old this year, as old as Ling'er, and in her prime!" A smile appeared on the corner of Su Chen's mouth. This was the most outstanding female politician, military strategist and reformer among the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

During the regent of Xiao Chuo, the Liao Dynasty entered its most prosperous period.

"What a pity, she is in the grassland, and I am in Jiangnan, so it's hard to see her at first."

Such nonsense thoughts in Su Chen's mind flashed by and he stopped thinking about them.

Han Xizai also looked at Su Chen at this time and asked, "Su Chen, do you have any ideas? Just say something and let me wait and listen."

He had great expectations for Su Chen. Perhaps others didn't know that Su Chen had been to Shu and led troops, but Han Xizai knew, so he thought that Su Chen must have a clever plan.

Su Chen pondered for a moment, and faced the gazes of several third- and fourth-rank officials in the court, and said calmly: "At present, although the Song Dynasty is stronger than the Tang Kingdom in Jiangnan, the military strength is not very different. Even with a small number of people, our army can raise more than 200,000. However, our army is good at water warfare, while the Song army is good at ground group field battles, siege battles, etc. A Song imperial guard is worth three Tang soldiers. This is a fact. What we need to do is to play to our strengths and avoid our weaknesses."

"I have heard of General Lin Renzhao's ability to lead the army as much as possible. As long as he guards the central defense line and is not framed by the Song side, he can resist Cao Bin's army's crossing the river. In addition, the eastern front is very critical. Whether it is the Yangzhou garrison of the Yangtze River or the Wu Yue soldiers faced in the Changzhou area, they all have risks and must not be lost."

"Well, I have thought of all these things. It is rare for Yixuan to see these." Gao Yue nodded and recognized what Su Chen said.

Xu Xuan, Zhong Mo and others also nodded slightly, their eyes with admiration, and they felt that Su Chen was indeed not disappointing. They said some very realistic analysis, but they were not young scholars talking nonsense, but entering the general arguments such as "the truth is more helpful, no help is less supportive", which shows that Su Chen is very pragmatic and has real talent and knowledge.

But Han Xizai looked at Su Chen with great meaning, and then signaled him to continue. Han Xizai was not satisfied with this little analysis, because they all thought of these insights.

Han Xizai just wants to hear some amazing plans now that can truly receive goods and make amazing results.

Su Chen seemed to have understood Han Xizai's eyes, thought carefully, and said: "In the face of the Song Dynasty, we must compete for both hard power and soft power. The hard power is financial resources, military pay, medicines, etc. The longer it is delayed, the more beneficial it is to us. As long as the internal warehouse is running, the official new porcelain, liquor, etc. can go to sea to trade, and trade with Nanhan and Dali in exchange for the food, weapons, silver, metals, etc. we need to compete for national strength, and we can also make blood-making ability."

"Soft power is comparable to public opinion warfare, spy warfare, etc. In addition to the existing spy system of the imperial court, the newly established secret spy department should also be put into operation as soon as possible. I hope that you will send some reliable personnel to me. After training, you will immediately put them into use, spread some rumors to slander the Song army, exaggerate the hatred between the Tang soldiers and the Wu and Yue soldiers, and increase your determination to resist.

"Also, send some secret spies across the river to bribe the officials of the Song court and disintegrate the Song army court, such as setting up conflicts between King Zhao Guangyi of Jin, the crown prince, the Song official family, and the prime minister Zhao Pu, and some conflicts between the Later Zhou and the Later Zhou Dynasty, causing internal problems, which will also be beneficial to us to break the enemy!"

What Su Chen said was not a big truth, it was all about some secret spies operating and information and public opinion warfare.

However, in this era, it was already an advanced public opinion war. Han Xizai, Xu Xuan and others were stunned and their eyes lit up. These methods were all black-bellied, but they were very in line with the appetites of the old men of the court, and they were even more conspiring and tricky.

But they didn't expect that Su Chen was so old and so talented, he should have been like a snowy person, but when he used the trick, he was so slim as thin needles, which was particularly piercing!
Chapter completed!