Wang Xiu shook his head, glanced at Li Gang, and said meaningfully: "Refusing to be out of the door is not the same as belonging." 『『【Fengyun Novel Reading Network Baoliny】Please search for the book network to see the most complete and fastest update"

Li Gang's eyes lit up, he knew that Wang Xiu intended to go northwest, and he had also communicated on some occasions, and it meant that he had moved his mind to fight the party, which was exactly in line with his original intention.

However, there are still some concerns, and he said in a deep voice: "Now, the army is marching south, how can I have the spare strength to divide the troops?"

"It's just a guard army, that's to feed the war with war, the West Servant Army has been fighting for ten years, and it's time to be a banker. Otherwise, there must be complaints. Wang Xiu looked at Li Gang with a smile, and his attitude was quite ridiculous.

This guy is really not a thing, it turns out that Zhong Lirui still has to be left, Li Gang couldn't help rolling his eyes, and he couldn't do it in his heart. It turned out that once there was to be a war, Zhong Lirui, as the commander of the capital, would definitely not have any other arrangements and would stay in the Privy Council.

Everyone also realized that what Wang Xiu didn't say, it was good to do something to the party, since the era of Zhao Ji, he had violently attacked the party, adopted a strategy of encroachment, and advanced step by step, if it were not for the southern invasion of the Jurchens, with the hard consumption of the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty, it is estimated that the party members would not be able to hold on.

Those who are not very interested in the southern expedition have a strong interest in the westward expansion, because this is a lost territory, and the significance of regaining it is very significant, and no one does not want to make a contribution.

Qin Hui's heart trembled, secretly calling himself really stupid, he forgot that Wang Xiu had the intention of going west, and acted as a villain in vain, and hurriedly said: "With Shaanxi alone, I'm afraid it will be difficult to succeed." ”

Wang Xiu glanced at Qin Hui with a smile, and said flatly: "The Western Servant Army is not enough, and the Northern Servant Army and the Front Division of the Palace can be transferred, or they can issue Ding Zhuang in the world." ”

"The captives are cunning, and they must not be guarded against." Tan Shiji came slowly.

"The ink is not dry, they are just shameless, and they will not tear up the covenant," Li Guang said with a little hesitation.

The two hit the nail on the head. The Jin army is in Hedong, Hebei, and still maintains a strong force, once there is something in the northwest, and a large number of northern servants are transferred to the west, the Jurchens will definitely take advantage of it again, and it will be really difficult for the imperial court to deal with it at that time.

"The captives have always had no credit, once I fall into the chaos in the northwest, they will inevitably drive straight in, and it will be too late to regret it" Xu Han said without hesitation, the painful lesson made him forget jì, it was the mistake of Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan's father and son, and the edict of the Great Song Dynasty changed the order of the dynasty, and only then did the Jurchens have no fear.

Lu Hao asked Xu Han blankly, he had different opinions with Xu Han on the handle of the army, which caused the disagreement between the two privy ministers, and said unhappily at the moment: "It is very beneficial for the imperial court to use troops in the northwest, and Taishang has opened up a good situation back then, but fortunately, the military and civilians of Shaanxi fought bloodily to keep the favorable terrain, and the imperial court gathered a large army, which can completely attack Lingzhou." ”

After a hundred years, in addition to the official occasion with the party members, the Great Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers called Xingqing, and they still replaced it with Lingzhou. Of course, Xia Jianguo's capital, which was changed to Xingqing in Xingzhou during the Li Yuanhao era, has long been unrecognizable.

Qin Hui pondered for a long time, and said cautiously: "Advancing westward, how sure are you that you can end the war quickly?"

This is to the point, whether the war can be ended quickly is the key to whether the Jurchens will go south, no one doubted Qin Hui's question, and his eyes turned to Wang Xiu, hoping to get a satisfactory answer.

Once a protracted war broke out, it would never be in the interests of the Great Song Dynasty.

Wang Xiu was concerned by everyone, and he was uncomfortable, he considered his language and said: "Seventy percent sure, for about one year, at the latest only two years." ”

Everyone's eyes suddenly dimmed, two years is too long, enough for the Jurchens to be ready, to find an excuse to go south, and when the time comes, they can't advance or retreat. One year seems to be a bit too short and feels unreal.

"However, as long as the troops are properly matched, there will not be too many soldiers and horses, only the forbidden army of Shaanxi and the palace will be the main force, and the northern army does not need to make a big move." Wang Xiu didn't want to destroy morale, that would only make his plan fall through.

In fact, the policy of elite troops also has shortcomings; in the face of two to three battlefields, it is true that the personnel are high, but it is difficult to reach a certain scale, and there is no guarantee that the initiative on the battlefield will be obtained. To simply take an example, to deal with twice the strength, the number of soldiers and the use of technology do not need to be much higher, and the triple strength requires the opponent to pay double the technical advantage, and so on, it is by no means a simple multiplication.

Inspired generals, high-quality soldiers, advanced war technology is the key to victory, but it does not mean that manpower is outdated, whether in the era of cold weapons or hot weapons, maintaining a large army of a certain size is also an inevitable factor.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is a war to destroy the country, the time cannot be too short, and the mobilization of troops cannot be too small, even if it is a rehearsal before the Northern Expedition. If it is feasible, the front division of the palace will be transferred to join the western army, gather 150,000 forbidden troops in advance, issue 160,000 township troops on the edge, and levy 500,000 people. ”

"There are not too many troops." Li Gang glanced at Wang Xiu, he didn't think that Wang Xiu was clever, and the highest peak of the party's combat use of troops, that is, more than 200,000 forbidden troops. Although that war ended in defeat.

However, this war must not be taken lightly, the 150,000 forbidden army is not too much, and the township army can only be used to replace the gap in numbers, and the Xia army is known as the 500,000 army

"The use of manpower and material resources is too great, I am afraid that the world will hurt the muscles and bones, and the captives will take advantage of it." Even Lu Hao hesitated, thinking that it was too much to mobilize more than a million people.

Don't think that there are only about 300,000 soldiers and 500,000 civilians, these are all manpower that directly participates in the war or is transferred on the military road, and all military states along the way must organize manpower and material resources, and the number of people involved in the war is by no less than one million.

Not to mention the possible southward movement of the Jin army, even the financial resources of the imperial court may not be able to cope with it, and after a battle, millions of guan will be lost.

Sustaining the war for one to two years is definitely a huge test for the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty.

Wang Xiu also sighed with emotion, war is a gold-swallowing beast, supporting a war of annihilation, without the support of huge manpower and material resources, it is obviously impossible, especially the war of annihilation that requires a quick victory, it is impossible not to go all out.

Li Gang was also a little hesitant, he advocated enterprising, but he was not a blind fool, and said in a deep voice: "Lord Wang, you still need to think about it in the long run." ”

Wang Xiu listened very unpleasantly, these people who usually advocated the Northern Expedition, when it came to the real battle, one by one was more than the other, and it was simply annoying.

His determination could not be changed, and he said bluntly: "In the long run, don't you understand that the captives are strong, and the imperial court has no war horses, so it is impossible to fight against them." The reason why we have achieved several great victories is that we have taken advantage of the right time and place, but there are very few elites of our own clan who have killed and injured captives. ”