"That's the key. Zhang Qiyuan replied crisply, and said loudly: "The Northern Servant Army has invested troops and horses in Hebei, resulting in a situation of stubbornly defending the military states in Hebei. ”

Li Gang kept nodding, Zhang Qiyuan's method could not but be said to be exquisite, and it was very likely to make contributions to Hedong, Zhengse said: "The main force of the captives is entangled in Hebei, and the imperial court will be able to recover Hedong with the western army as the main force." ”

"That's a good idea." Shen Mo glanced at Zhang Qiyuan rarely, and his eyes were full of banter.

Wang Xiu suddenly understood, it turned out that Li Gang and Zhang Qiyuan came to Duan Shuanggong, they must have already calculated and co-authored to convince him.

However, he didn't care about the abacus of the two, but calculated the feasibility of Zhang Qiyuan's construction, and he didn't expect to be in the bureau.

Taking advantage of the imminent outbreak of the war in Hebei to launch a military operation against Hedong cannot but be said to be a tiger's mouth, but it is also very feasible.

Even he didn't think about seizing Hedong, let alone the Jurchens, I'm afraid that few Jurchen people believe that the Great Song Xingchao dared to take the initiative to attack, and even plotted to seize Hedong, it was a big joke, they didn't fight the Great Song Xingchao, they were extraordinarily gracious, how could they believe in the counterattack of the Song army

Zhang Qiyuan's plan seems to be very feasible, and he is a little optimistic, but he is still very hesitant. Also, the key point is how Hebei can entangle the main force of the Jin army, how to cooperate with the western army and the northern army, and the two issues of taking Hedong in the shortest possible time must be solved.

The troops invested in Hebei should not be too much, it must be able to attract the attention of the main force of the Jin army, and the soldiers and horses invested in Hedong cannot attract the attention of the Jin army, at least before the breakthrough is completed, the Jurchen noble chieftains must not be allowed to discover their true intentions, otherwise it will definitely be a disaster.

He groaned a little and concluded that the probability of success was only 40%, which was really hesitant.

"It's very constructive, but I have two questions, the first is that the imperial court must invest part of the main force in Hebei, resulting in a decisive battle situation for the main force of the Northern Servant Army and even the main force of the Dianqian Division, how many people should be invested, and what should be done to convince the captives that we are launching a feint attack in Hedong. The key point is whether our army has the ability to block the counterattack of the captives when it advances to a certain depth."

Regarding Wang Xiu's reaction, Li Gang and Lu Yihao were appreciative, and no one could avoid the two questions. Because, war is by no means child's play, a little lack of consideration will lead to a loss in all the plates, especially Li Gang is particularly sensitive to Hedong, when he dispatched an army of 180,000 to relieve the siege of Taiyuan, but was destroyed by the defeat.

The Song army's counterattack on Hedong was certainly able to use Hebei to hold back the main force of the Jin army, but the horse army took the lead, and the speed of mobilization was very fast. If you can't complete the breakthrough in depth, you won't be able to contain the opponent's counterattack, and only by controlling the key points in depth can you delay the opponent's counterattack and organize forces for mobile defense.

"Another point, even if this counteroffensive can achieve its goal, with the current financial resources of the imperial court, can it be sustained" Shen Mo put forward his own point of view, he stood from an economic point of view, fighting a war is burning money, and there is not enough money to fight a bird

The cost of garrisoning an army of 100,000 is a thousand gold a day, if a defensive war is carried out, it will soar to 10,000 gold, not counting the consumption of cowhides, tendons and copper and iron, it is simply unbearable, this is the popular algorithm, and it is a set of calculation methods when it really fights.

"What Brother Zhizhi said makes sense, looking at the scale of the thousands of miles of front, the army must be more than 300,000, not to mention those people. At present, the main fleet of the guards and sailors is assembling in Yazhou Dazhai, and the two armies of the tiger and the wing are all transferred to the south, which will definitely not be able to give strong support to Hebei, and there are only dozens of warships that can be dispatched, which cannot pose a threat to the rear of the captives. ”

Cai Yi clarified his point of view from the position of the guard navy, in the expeditionary operation of the guard navy, he had the responsibility of supporting the northern army, or launched a landing battle behind the Jin army and carried out an attack in the eastern part of Yanshan.

Because Wang Xiu adhered to the plan of conquest of the South China Sea, Li Changsheng led his team to the sea, and Li Bao and Shangguan Qian immediately organized a second wave of southward troops.

Almost half of the main ships guarding the navy were transferred, and the first and second armies of Tiger Wing also followed southward as the main force for the conquest of Srivijaya in the South China Sea. It is true that the Srivijaya is a vassal of Fangwai, but it is also a big country in the South China Sea, and after mobilization, the number of soldiers and horses has reached more than 100,000, and it is difficult to confront it without considerable elite troops.

Therefore, with the southward movement of the Tiger Wing Army, in addition to defending the Great River, Huaishui and Great River, the troops that can carry out mobile operations are not enough to form a strong deterrent, let alone attack Yanshan.

Zhang Qiyuan was quite embarrassed because of this, the containment of the guards and sailors was very useful, and he could keep a considerable number of captives in Yanshan, but the sea ships were transferred to the southern sea fleet to control, and the vital Tiger Wing Army also followed the expedition, and the northern sea fleet could not carry out large-scale operations, and his plan was even flawed.

What's even stricter is that if you are silent, fighting a war is burning money, and it is unrealistic to organize such a large force, which is a direct blow to his plan

Lu Yihao said categorically when everyone hesitated: "Know, how long can the imperial court support it?"

"If it's pure defense, it doesn't hurt, whether it's a regular liquidation or a closure of the money, it can only be more than half a year, until the next year's money and grain collection is completed. However, if you want to launch a counteroffensive and use more than 100,000 troops, I am afraid that the money and food of the imperial court will not last too long, and it will be exhausted in three months at most. ”

silently calculated an account, the imperial court is not fake, and it is not like the embarrassment when it just moved south, and even the royal palace cannot be built.

Wang Xiu knew that what Shen Mo said was not an exaggeration at all, defensive warfare and offensive warfare were completely different, 100,000 troops carried out high-intensity defense, that is, 20,000 gold per day, and put it into offensive operations was simply flowing money, according to Shen Mo for three months and 90 days, that was 3.6 million yuan, not counting a lot of other consumption.

If a battle is lost, a lot of armor equipment needs to be re-added, and the cost is not something that can be won by ten thousand gold.

The financial situation of the imperial court is gradually improving, but there are also many places to spend money, whether it is the manufacture of naval warships, or the armor of the forbidden army and the equipment of new weapons, it is all piled up with money

The money of the bureaucrats and ministers of the imperial court is also a large amount, which has not been effectively solved so far, and the flood control and disaster relief plus various welfare benefits for the people are regarded by the imperial court as having a very high income, and it is evenly distributed, and there is not much money left every year.

"The expenses are too great, the imperial court is constantly open source, but it can't be throttled, and now the landlord's family has no surplus grain," Wang Xiu issued a black humor