"Official, it is impossible to have a million Western Army, but Bachelor Qian and Captain Chong lied about one million not to bully the king, but to scare the gold thieves outside the city!"

Of course, it was Li Gang who was explaining for Qian Gai and Seed Master Dao in the Chongzheng Palace. Li Gang was in a good mood today, and a smile finally appeared on a face that had been tense for three months.

The Western Army is finally here!

Although before Kaifeng was trapped, the edict asking the local king of Qin was sprinkled everywhere like snowflakes, but the real savior of the Kaifeng court was the Western Army.

After all, after the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Western Army, which was at the forefront of the conflict with Western Xia and Tubo all the year round, was the strongest army of the Song Dynasty. Although they were defeated by the seemingly desperate Liao soldiers commanded by Yelu Dashi in the Xuanhe Northern Expedition, they finally had to spend a huge amount of money to buy back a "door" Youzhou, which laid a hidden danger for the current gold thieves to enter the Kou.

But apart from them, Li Gang really couldn't think of any other army in the Great Song Dynasty that could trap the golden thieves of Kaifeng Mansion in a battle.

If the Western Army does not come to King Qin for a long time, then Li Gang really has no confidence to go to the field with the gold thief - if he can't fight in the field, he will definitely not be able to defend Kaifeng Mansion if he blindly defends it.

After all, there is no food produced in the city of Kaifeng Mansion, and once the grain storage is exhausted, Kaifeng Mansion will be broken without a fight. And once Kaifeng Mansion falls, who else can the Great Song Dynasty count on? Zhao Kai, the king of the Daimyo Mansion? It's not reliable to think about......

Therefore, if King Qin's Western Army hadn't come yet, Li Gang really wouldn't dare to gamble on the national fortune of the Great Song Dynasty to fight with the gold thief.

And even if he wanted to gamble, those forbidden troops, box soldiers, and people in Kaifeng Mansion would not dare to go out of the city to fight the gold thieves. They really don't have the ability to do this, and forcing them out of the city will be in vain to die.

But now it is different, the most elite Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty has arrived, and with the Western Army joining, Li Gang has the confidence to fight a war.

Not only Li Gang has confidence, but even the crown prince Zhao Huan has confidence...... Before going to court today, the prince's teacher Geng Nanzhong has already passed through the end with Li Gang, and the prince is now resolutely fighting and is determined to fight with the Jin people!

If the official family is in harmony, then hehehe......

The prince also asked Li Gang to release the news that "a million western troops have arrived", so that the good people in Kaifeng Mansion would know about it...... In this way, it is impossible to negotiate peace or something!

If the peace negotiation cannot be successful, then the merit of Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, will be gone, and it will be good not to cure him for the crime of misunderstanding the country in the future......

Thinking of these happy things, Zhao Huan, the prince who had a seat next to Zhao Ji, was about to laugh out loud!

Zhao Ji glanced at Zhao Huan from the corner of his eye, and felt a little unhappy in his heart. Isn't it just that the Western Army is coming...... Why are you, the prince, so happy? Could it be that you are in collusion with Qian Gai and the planter? No, you can't be too proud.

You look a bit like a rebel now! Do you want to become an official in the yellow robe after the Jin people retire from the army?

That's not going to work! I don't agree!

After making up his mind, Zhao Ji coughed and asked Li Gang: "Li Qing, then how many soldiers and horses do you estimate in King Qin's Western Army?" ”

"This ...... There are always 200,000 in the courtier's estimate, right? Li Gang reported a very reassuring number.

"So many?" Zhao Ji shook his head lightly, expressing disbelief.

"There is, there are always 100,000 to 150,000." Li Gang had no choice but to say a little less.

Zhao Ji looked at Li Gang, "Li Qing, you and I are telling the truth...... How many troops in Kaifeng Mansion can go out of the city to fight? ”

"This ......" Li Gang couldn't be sure if there was such an army in Kaifeng Prefecture? However, after pondering for a while, he still reported the number, "About fifty thousand." ”

Zhao Ji said: "The Qinwang Western Army outside the city of Kaifeng Mansion is counted as 100,000, and the number of soldiers in the city is 50,000, and the total number of soldiers is only 150,000...... So how many gold thieves are there besieging Kaifeng Mansion? ”

"About 100,000." Li Gang reported another guessed figure.

There is no one left, how many soldiers you have depends on guessing, and the number of enemies is also guessing!

Zhao Ji nodded, and asked again: "Then can Li Qing defeat the 100,000 army of the Jin people with the 150,000 forbidden troops in the northwest and Kaifeng?" ”

"This ......" Li Gang didn't know what to say.

150,000 Song troops fought 100,000 gold soldiers...... It seems that it can't be beaten!

At that time, the Western Army and the Hebei Forbidden Army fought against the remnants of Nanjing Road in the Liao State and did not win!

Zhao Ji looked at Li Gang and had nothing to say, and then said: "King Yun has been going to Hebei for a while, so he must not be just busy negotiating peace, right?" King Yun is a soldier who knows the army, and there are no less than 100,000 court officials and troops in Hebei. Before, the dragons were leaderless, but now with King Yun as the leader, they must have been condensed. If you add the soldiers and horses from Hedong, it will be even more.

If King Yun can take the troops of Hebei and Hedong to Liyang, Weizhou, and Kaidefu, according to the Yellow River to block the return of the gold thieves, and Li Qing, you will send another 150,000 troops out of Kaifeng, and march forward step by step. can make the gold thief advance and retreat, and suffer from the enemy. At the same time, neither Qing nor King Yun had to fight with the thief waves, as long as they advanced with a high base and slowly forced each other, they would definitely be able to force the golden thief to retreat north. After the thief retreats, send a large army to pursue him, and he should get the full success.

Li Qing, what do you think of my approach? Can we win? ”

Listening to Zhao Kai's words, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and the crown prince Zhao Huan were all taken aback - when did the official family learn to fight?

In the surprised eyes of everyone, Zhao Ji just smiled proudly and fought a battle...... It's hard to get me! I have read the book of war in the palace these days, and I have read all the "Art of War", "The Art of War", "Liutao", "Sima Law", "Three Strategies", "Wei Yizi", and "Li Weigong Asks Right"!

So now I've learned to fight!

"The father and the emperor use soldiers like a god, and the sons and ministers admire it!"

Zhao Huan was the first to take the lead in patting Emperor Daojun's ass.

"The officials and soldiers are wonderful, this battle will undoubtedly be won, and the ministers congratulate Your Majesty!"

The ministers also followed suit, only Li Gang was silent.

Zhao Ji coughed, and the court immediately quieted down, and he looked at Li Gang who frowned slightly, "Li Qing thinks my method won't work?" ”

"Your Majesty has misunderstood," Li Gang shook his head and said, "The minister also thinks that Your Majesty's strategy is clever enough to break the enemy. It's just that now the internal and external traffic is not smooth, the news is not clear, and the situation in Hebei is not clear......"

Zhao Ji said with a smile: "The traffic is not smooth, it's not completely impossible to get in and out, didn't the Qian Gai and the Seed Master Dao pieces come in?" I can also follow the example of the cat and the tiger, and also send a dozen teams of cavalry to give an edict to King Yun. Ordered him to lead millions of troops in Hebei, enter Liyang, hold the Yellow River, and cut off the northern road! ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Zhao Huan again, and said, "In order to boost the fighting spirit of King Yun, I can also issue an edict and crown him as the general of Tiance!" ”

The matter of sealing the king of Wei is no longer mentioned, and it has been changed back to the path of "Zhao Shimin"!

Hearing the official title of "General Tiance", Zhao Huan was trembling!

Li Gang asked in a calm tone: "Your Majesty, I don't know what the authority of this Tiance General is?" ”

Zhao Ji said: "General Tiance is above the Tai Lieutenant, he is a military attache of the first grade, and he is the head of the military ministers of this dynasty!" ”

This turned out to be a martial officer!

But Zhao Huan's heart is still hanging, after all, Zhao Kai has long claimed that he wants to learn from Li Shimin, and now he is a general of Tiance...... It's scary to think about!

Thinking of this, Zhao Huan cast a look at Li Gang for help again.

Li Gang only didn't see it, but talked about the peace talks: "Your Majesty, will the peace talks with the Jin people continue?" ”

Zhao Ji smiled: "Of course we have to continue...... I must let the Jin people relieve the siege of Kaifeng Mansion first, and then I can dispatch the world's troops! ”

It turned out that Zhao Ji, who had already learned to fight, did not find a way to break the Jin army outside Kaifeng City from the war book, so he could only cheat peace!

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