969.Chapter 969: Wang Xiu arrives in the northwest
"Oh, there is labor." Feng Yuan smiled at the commander, his attitude was quite gentle, and he walked quickly towards the handsome tent in a very chic manner.
When he arrived in front of the big tent, Gao Ping had already entered, obviously very rude, he didn't care, but smiled at the general outside the tent, and said: "I haven't seen you for many days, but Kong Wu is still powerful." ”
The general is Xu Zhong, the two of them don't know each other, he looked at Feng Yuan with a smile, and bowed his hand and said, "Fourth brother, go in!" ”
"I'll have a chance to talk about it." Feng Yuan nodded and walked inside.
In the big tent, there are a gathering of stars, Quduan, and Xie Qian, Zhang Yu and Wang Zongyin, the deputy capital of the army, and Li Yanxian and Xu Huiyan, who are all in charge of the camp.
"The last general has seen Xianggong." Seeing Gao Ping sitting, Feng Yuan immediately bowed and saluted, and it was Wang Xiu who was seated, and he could not be called Mr. in the army, and he did business according to the official system.
"It's just right for the first time, okay, everyone is here." Wang Xiu smiled, his attitude was quite easy-going, and he was very appreciative when he looked at Feng Yuandi's eyes, which made people look at him as a good man, and no one could associate him with the slaughter of ten thousand people.
He made a little arrangement in Kaifeng, and on the day that Zhang Tonggu and Gao Sheng left, he threw all the broken things that should be returned to Taishang Zigong to Zhang Bangchang and Cai Yi. Anyway, the secret terms have been agreed, and the rest is all trivial, and it is impossible to let him sit in charge.
There is also an arrangement for Yu Wenyi to be the deputy envoy, following the old and strong Ma Kuo, together with the envoy to the grassland, although the captives divide the road, but they can go back and forth in the name of the caravan, as long as there is money, even if they meet the patrol force of the Jin army, it is quite easy.
This is the unspoken rule of the borderland, it is impossible to prohibit the caravan to and fro, even if there is a prohibition order from the high-level, the people below have to make a fortune to eat, there are always loopholes to drill, as long as there is enough money, there will be someone to escort you.
Many Hui Yi caravans of the Song Dynasty traveled to and from the northwest frontier, whether it was the border defense of the Western Army or the checkpoint of the Jin Army, they were all very familiar with each other, and everyone could even sit down and call them brothers, and it would be over at a reasonable price.
He crossed the horse and whipped all the way to Shaanxi, and did not stop in the Yongxing Army, so he took the generals of the Northern Service Army to the north and came directly to Helan Plain.
The east road is the key to the success or failure of the war in the northwest, and it is also the place where there may be a conflict with the Jin army, he must come to watch the war in person, it is not about trust or distrust, but it is too critical, he can't afford to lose this war, even if it is a draw.
Because, the northwest is the key link he delineated, not only for Ma Zheng, but also for a reliable flank.
If it is only for the source of war horses, it is wrong, the horse farm in the northwest has been developed for nearly a thousand years, and the grassland where the wind blows grass and sees cattle and sheep is slowly degraded into sandy soil, and there are many places in Hexi and Henan on the edge of Shaanxi, which are horse grazing areas in the Han and Tang dynasties, and now they are overwhelmed.
There is only Liangzhou, and the Henan land of the north river north of Lingzhou, which is still an excellent horse herding area, if you take Liangzhou, it is equivalent to taking half of the horse herding area, but it cannot form the whole system, and it will let the continuous war destroy the pastoral area.
Only by laying down the entire area ruled by the party can we effectively build the Ma Zheng Reserve, improve the overall defense of the northwest frontier, and carry out protective development of the pasture, so as to give full play to the maximum benefits.
Gao Ping came in first, and then Feng Yuan arrived, which of the generals present was not an old fritter, they were plain-looking, but they were careful, it seemed that the relationship between the front division of the palace and the cardinal staff was average.
However, there are also people who are very disdainful of Gao Ping, that arrogant attitude is simply disgusting, I don't know if Feng Yuan is a child of the Wang family? also put on a stinky shelf in front of Wang Xianggong and deliberately alienated Feng Yuan, which is simply pretending to be high and doing death.
Wang Xiu didn't seem to care, and nodded to Zong Liang on the side, when it came to him, it was already necessary to pay attention to others, and the deputy capital of the army and the camp colonel couldn't arouse him too much, unless he was a famous general with a good reputation in the sea.
Zong Liang nodded, and walked up two steps: "Captains, the captives can't get any benefits along the river, and now the main force is gathering to the west, according to the military situation in all aspects, they have about 70,000 troops in the northwest, and the Ma army has more than 40,000 ......."
The Xuanfu Disposal Division deals with the military situation of all parties, which is more detailed, and can also roughly estimate the specific strength of the Jin Army.
Today, it is true that it is a high-level military meeting, but Wang Xiu, as the prime minister, cannot personally say these mundane affairs, and he can only do it for him.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the imperial court is dedicated to exterminating Shengqiang, and the intervention of the captives complicates the situation, can it withstand it once the war starts? I need to hear your opinions firsthand. After Wang Xiu finished speaking in Zongliang, he put forward his own requirements.
He needs to be fully prepared, Wushu does not dare to start a war on the five roads of the Great River, but it does not mean that he does not dare to provoke in Henan.
Qu Duan had long understood on the road that he would not discuss it as the coach for the time being, his eyes turned to Xie Qian, and his face was a little unnatural.
Xie Qian was originally the dominant West Road, but he thought that the West Road would become a war zone by itself, and he was afraid that Xie Qian would get out of control, so he used his wrist to put this guy on the East Road, which was intended to be controlled nearby, and it was better to suppress it at any time, so as not to make a great achievement.
However, it backfired, Xie Qian was obviously not a light lord, showing superb military command skills, the cooperation of the two major camps, coupled with the intervention of the northwest camp of the palace front division, actually broke the defense of the Xia army and entered the hinterland of the left wing, which he did not expect.
At the critical moment, Gao Ping, who had always been conceited, listened to Feng Yuan's persuasion and threw the two armies of the palace into the east road to fight, making Xie Qian the focus of the imperial court's attention.
He is not a coach without a sense of the overall situation, and he agrees very much with Gao Ping's initiative to invest in the East Road, but he is jealous of the achievements made by Xie Qian.
People are a combination of contradictions, without Gao Ping's intervention, it is impossible to free up his hands and achieve such great results, but one is tolerated and the other is hated.
"Xianggong, the three camps of my East Road Army are enough to deal with the Shengqiang Dingdifficult Left Wing, and the captives are stationed on the front line of the Tiande Army and the Jinsu Army. Once something happens, they will directly intervene in the Mingtang River from Nuanquan Peak, which is the biggest threat to our army. The most terrible thing is that the three states of Fuzhou Road are also under attack, and we cannot use the space of Fuzhou Road to threaten the flank of the captives. "Xie Qian, as the host of the East Road, naturally made the first announcement.
Wang Xiu bowed his head silently, the analysis of Xie Qian was very reasonable, the Jin army directly attacked the Song army, and the most powerful way to strike was to go south along the two roads of Nuanquan Peak, and annex the Fuzhou Road of the Great Song Dynasty. Well, with the main force of the Xia army's left flank still there, this move is quite vicious, and it is possible to disintegrate the offensive on the eastern front.