"Your Majesty, how many people can pass the imperial examination once every three years? But for this fame, how many scholars did not miss their precious youth but studied silently, and even suffered from their families."

"The two are of different natures."

"It was very difficult at the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty. Did the Tang Dynasty silently view Liu Heita as a result of the threat of the Turks?"

In the early Tang Dynasty, the Turks were stronger than the Liao Kingdom, at least the same as the two, and Liu Heita was not inferior to the Western Xia. If the Tang Dynasty considered this, could there be a powerful Tang Dynasty in the end?

In fact, Wang Ju just didn't explain. Did Zhao Xu give up on suppressing the Western Xia?

But in history, he didn't know what to do, so he was discouraged. In the end, he was depressed and was a competitive person again. He had a stroke and died.

But now he is still discouraged?

The reason for saying it to Zhao Xu is that someone will definitely gossip in the future and use some seemingly wrong reasons to gossip. Therefore, Wang Ju clarified Zhao Xu's ideas and he would not be confused.

Wang Ju said again: "In fact, I have asked Zhang Tianjue about the situation in the past two years of the Song Dynasty. When I arrived in Mizhou, I asked the people again. At that time, I had some ideas in my mind. I can't avenge this year, but I can see if Zhang Zhifu can get back from the south. If I can get back, I will transfer him to Jingyuan Road."

Yongxing Army was Liu Xiang, Fuyan Road was Liu Changzuo, Huanqing Road was Zhao Fu, Jingyuan Road was Lu Bing, Qinfeng Road was Liu Jin, and Xihe Road was Miao Ju. However, because the Song Dynasty obtained Xizhan City, Lanzhou and Kangu area, and wrapped Qinfeng Road in the back, the location of Qinfeng Road became slightly inferior. But now the key is the candidate for Jingyuan Road. Lu Bing seems to be good, but it must be a bit inferior in military terms.

"Zhang Zhifu..."

"It was him who transferred him to Jingyuan Road and let him spend a year rectifying military discipline and training the army. In the next year, can his Majesty take out the map of Shaanxi?"

Zhao Xu asked the eunuch to bring the big map of Shaanxi Sixth Road. Wang Ju put it on the table, pointed to a place, and said, "Build a city here."

"Yongle City..."

"It's not Yongle City. In fact, neither Li Xian's strategy nor Zhong Yan's strategy is wrong. Your Majesty, why did he defeat Xia in a crushing defeat? First, there was a mistake in the appointment of the chief general. Gao Zunyu's talent was enough to serve as a side general, but he was not able to be the head general. Second, it was too hasty. When the five armies were dispatched, August was approaching, and the temperature in the northwest in October would drop rapidly, which means that the time suitable for our army to fight was less than three months. Is it possible to win Xixia in three months? Even if Wang Quanbin claimed to be the fastest destruction of Shu in history, it took 66 days. How much time did it take for me to destroy Jiaozhi? How much time did I take for me to destroy Dali?"

"What about Chameng and the Southern Han Dynasty."

"Pan Mei's destruction of the Southern Han Dynasty was a waste of power, but it took more than five months. Although I didn't take much time to destroy Cham City, I did a lot of planning and inquire about Cham City before using troops. Besides, Cham City is such a big place. Can it be compared with Western Xia? Let me ask, when the Xia Dynasty was attacked, did the imperial court have a clear plan?"

If there is, it's weird.

So Li Xian stopped in Lanzhou because his logistics could not keep up. Then he crossed the Yellow River and had to stop when he arrived at Tiandu Mountain. Zhong Yan also failed because his logistics could not keep up and the three armies were defeated.

"As for Yongle City, Your Majesty, or the appointment of the chief general is not appropriate, Zhao Kuo is very good at talking about the war on paper. But can he go to the battlefield? Xu Xi, Zhao Kuo! If there is no previous example, it can be said to be a mistake. Your Majesty, how did Dingchuan Village be defeated?"

The defeat in Yongle City is a replica of the defeat in Dingchuan Village.

Ge Huaimin was also a singular person. Even the court believed that he could use troops.

This is the improper appointment of the chief.

Secondly, Dingchuan Village lacks water sources, not because there is no water source, but because there is very little water source. Once a large-scale army is stationed, it will immediately become severely short of water.

How similar are the two?

How many years have passed since the Battle of Dingchuanzhai?

When Zhao Xu thought of this, he felt heartbroken.

It was not Xu Xi's mistake. Zhong Yan mentioned this repeatedly in the memorial, but he believed Xu Xi's words, resulting in the death of more than 200,000 soldiers and civilians under Yongle City.

"Therefore, two key points are water sources and the main general. If a city is built here, Xixia will send a large army to fight, but if a city is built here, there is no need to worry about the water sources. Zhang Zhifu's ability to use troops is not even more important. Besides, there is such a powerful weapon. Then, it will become a meat grinder for Xixia. In one battle, the Xixia can be weakened. Then I will launch an economic war."

"Economic War?"

"The biggest flaw of Xixia is that they are poor. So I have planned for this for many years..."

"That's that?"

"Yeah, the success rate can reach more than 80%.

"That's great."

"Then the next year, I went to Shaanxi and transferred Zhang Zhifu to Hedong, one to defend the Liao Kingdom, and the other to cooperate with me in attacking Xia. At the same time, I will rectify the military discipline of the entire Shaanxi and train the three armies within this year. In the next year, I will start to attack Xia in spring."

Even if Zhang Qi defeated Xixia, he still needs enough time.

"It may be as short as half a year or as long as eight months. Xixia must be taken down, otherwise when it is cold and cold, I will be helpless."

"I'm going to attack Xia in the next year?" Zhao Xu asked in surprise.

Gao Taotao was worried that Wang Ju would be unfavorable to the Song Dynasty after controlling the three armies in Shaanxi. So how could he control it only one year? Even if he could control it, how could he convince all soldiers to rebel against the Song Dynasty?

Therefore, Zhao Xu thought to himself that he would say to his mother later, so that she would not have to worry.

Wang Ju didn't know this section and continued: "Yeah, destroying Xixia does not mean taking Xixia. There will inevitably be many rebellious forces. Maybe the Liao Kingdom will send troops to help. Therefore, I will attack Xia in the second year, eliminate the rebellious forces in the third year, and prevent the Liao Kingdom from helping each other."

If it were the third year of Faxia, he would not have time to do this. Could it be that he would have to break his promise at that time?

Six years may be very long for Zhao Xu, but in fact, time is really... very tight.

However, Zhao Xu was still a little excited.

In his heart, the first thing is to take down Xixia.

If Xixia doesn't take it down, there is no expectation to recover the Yanyun area.

And after taking it down, you don’t have to worry about fighting horses. Not to mention that there are many pastoral areas in Xixia itself, there are many pastoral areas around, such as the Jiashan area of ​​Liao and the Shubu area, and you can buy horses from the Uighurs at the same time.

Wang Ju got Dali, and then Zhang Zhi ran Tengchong Mansion and encouraged the people to raise horses. The horses there were not expensive, and a war horse was only about ten cents of chunks of money, but they could not be cheaper. Although a horse was equivalent to two cows, the horse's breeding ability was too poor.

But it is transported to the northwest or Central Plains step by step. More than ten cents of coins will become more than thirty cents of coins, and it will eventually be a southern horse. When it comes to the north, it will be somewhat uncomfortable and will cause a large number of deaths.

However, Xixia won it and all the problems were solved.

In fact, in Wang Ju's mind, the horses in the south are indeed used to transport and cultivate land.

Not only will the problem of war horses be solved, but the Western Xia will be captured, as long as we organize a strict defense line from Fuzhou to Beihetao and Helan Mountain, there will be no need for so many troops left. At least more than 100,000 yuan of ban soldiers can be cut, so how much money can we save in a year?

It even poses a threat to the Yanyun area from two directions.

The Yanyun area is his biggest dream. If he can take over the Yanyun area, with the financial resources of the Song Dynasty, he will no longer have to build the Great Wall, and at least a few hundred large and small fortresses can be built. Then the northern nomadic peoples will be unable to move south.

At that time, more than 100,000 imperial troops or border troops can be cut.

If the Song Dynasty maintained the 300,000 imperial troops and 250,000 border troops, how much expenditure would it save in a year?

I don't have to collect the two taxes anymore.

Wouldn't the world be peaceful then?

But he never thought about how long would the Liao Kingdom last if Yan Yun was lost? As long as the Song Dynasty recovered Yan Yun, it would be a death-death battle.

That has nothing to do with Wang Ju.

And he didn't believe that Zhao Xu could live for ten or eight years.

And Zhao Xu was also optimistic, that was, to destroy Xixia, and Tubo also had an Ali Gu.

But Wang Ju didn't care too much. Without Xixia as the inside and outside, can Aligu jump out of three feet high? Then the Tengger Desert and Dafeichuan, whose water and soil deteriorate, will become natural barriers.

As for not turning the territory of the Song Dynasty into a fat rooster again, how could Wang Ju not think about it? But consider the reality. Looking at the Song Dynasty's court, if you have this energy, it is better to find a way to migrate more people to the other side and encourage more children and children. It is better to have more people to occupy the 40 million square kilometers of the other side before the Europeans.

That is the greatest contribution to this nation.

Wang Ju said again: "This is my plan. Only with the plan can we analyze the dynamics of the Liao Kingdom. In the past three years in the capital, the Liao Kingdom will not use troops to our dynasty. Even if Zhang Zhifu may defeat Xixia, it is just a battle on the border. It is not a battle to destroy the country."

Zhao Xu nodded.

"After I went to Shaanxi, the Liao Kingdom might be vigilant, but as long as I did not use troops to Xixia, there might be some conflicts at the border, the Liao Kingdom would not send troops to our dynasty. What Mr. Fan was worried about was when I used troops to use troops to Xixia in the fifth year. The emperor of the Liao Kingdom was relatively stupid..."

Zhao Xu also became happy.

Yelu Hongji ruled the country and ruled the Liao Kingdom to control the chaos. Of course, the Song Dynasty hoped that the Liao Kingdom would become like this.

"Therefore, the Liao Kingdom will not react after at least two months, but at the beginning, they may not send troops, but will have to controversy. The Liao Kingdom has been in peace for too long, and many people are tired of war. Moreover, our dynasty gives 500,000 yuan a year. For the Liao Kingdom, this is not a small number. Especially the emperor of the Liao Kingdom, who has always liked the Han civilization. Therefore, they will argue for a long time before making a decision. But just in case, if those kinds of mixed grains can succeed, we can give these mixed grains to the Liao Kingdom and teach them to plant them."

“Why?”

"Your Majesty, in the long run, once these miscellaneous grains begin to be promoted in the Liao Kingdom, it will force more people to go from nomadic life to settled life. If they become a farming civilization, will your Majesty still have to worry? Or compare the economy and population with our dynasty?"

"That's true."

It actually has nothing to do with the Liao Kingdom, which is to prevent the rise of the Jurchens.

If a group of Jurchens who farmed in Liao Kingdom appeared in a group of farming Jurchens, then there would be no need to worry anymore.

Maybe the Song Dynasty will revive again in the future, or a powerful new dynasty will appear, because the people of Liao Kingdom have become farming, and they will be able to take it down in one go and merge quickly.

"From the moment, this is also my show of kindness to the Liao Kingdom... It is best if I am in the year when I use military service in Xixia, I will send the people to our court to study and observe, and I can also send officials to come and observe. Our court will also promise them all the expenses of these officials and the people. Then under the temptation of these high-yield and drought-resistant food, they will have a greater controversy."

"wonderful."

"There will be two results. One is that the Liao Dynasty will send envoys to protest mediation, and send some troops to the border to threaten our dynasty, but it does not mean that they will really invade our dynasty. This will probably be six or seven months later."

Six or seven months later, Wang Ju can no longer take over Xixia, and winter is coming soon...

That is, try to win the Liao Dynasty as much as possible.

"The second result is that they will really send troops to help, but in that case, they must raise more troops, food, grass and supplies, and they will be delayed until half a year. As long as the soldiers on the border can compete for one or two months, the major event will be settled."

"Maybe everyone is still very worried. However, the Liao Dynasty's monarch and ministers are incompetent, and because of the lack of major threats, there have been few large-scale battles over the years, and even the experience of large-scale wars is not as good as our dynasty and Xixia. The Liao Dynasty has been stable for a long time, and its life has improved. If it is not poor, it will not be barbaric. So as long as we prepare in advance, not to mention two months, it will be an anniversary and half a year, with our dynasty's border defense in Hedong and Hebei, we can hold on."

To put it bluntly, the Song Dynasty was peaceful, and the Song Dynasty was a little better. The northwest often fought endlessly, so the Liao Kingdom was really raising pigs. Therefore, the Jurchens rose and quickly defeated the Liao Kingdom. Of course, that's it. If the Song Dynasty rashly sent troops into the Yanyun area, there might not be good results.

But it was really difficult for the Liao Kingdom to destroy the Song Dynasty.

Not to mention the Liao Kingdom, it was the Jurchens. If it weren't for Zhao Gou, he would have to return to Liaodong obediently in the end.

Some people say that the Yue Family Army is a peasant army, which is not bad, but the Western Army is the original main body and core! So peace is a good thing for the people, but if they don’t participate in the war for a long time, they lack practical combat training. When the war comes, it may lead to the disaster of national destruction!

Wang Ju didn't want to mention it anymore and said, "Why? Because as long as you take down Xixia, Liao will make no sense to launch troops in Hedong and Hebei. Or you will transfer the army back and join forces with some rebel forces to launch troops in Hetao, but that can be left to me to deal with."

Whether the Liao Kingdom will intervene will inevitably intervene. Just like in history, Zhang Ju killed all 300,000 soldiers in Xixia at once. Xixia was in danger. Liao Kingdom immediately sent envoys to kill Xiao Xiaoliang to adjust it. In addition, the witchcraft case in the palace of the Song Dynasty stopped.

But it depends on how they intervene. As long as they are ready, even if the Liao Kingdom will really send troops, there will be no big problem.

This is what Wang Ju wants to say.

But there is a primary premise, Wang Ju must destroy Xixia within eight months.

How to destroy it depends on this Helan stone.

As long as the Helanshi makes people live in poverty and have financial difficulties, Wang Ju can achieve his goals.

In other words, Wang Ju had related ideas when he became the magistrate of Huachi, and the Battle of Gyeongju began to be implemented five years later.

Thinking of this, Zhao Xu took a breath of air conditioning.
Chapter completed!