"It's already very good, I talked with Brother Shouyi the day before yesterday, and Brother Shouyi also said that Daqi has never surpassed the barrier of passive defense in the past ten years, which may be the most wrong place in Daqi's military thinking in the past ten years, and it is also the place that must be corrected next."

Liu Fan saw that Li Shouyi listened to Li Min's remarks, and nodded slightly.

As soon as the second prince's words were finished, Wang Kai had already stood up in a hurry and said, "Lord Wang, Manager Li, I am a big old man, and it is my weakness to give advice, but yesterday when I, Xiao Min and Liu Fan and a few brigade commanders of the Shence Army discussed the matter of exterminating the bandit Qiu Mazi here, Liu Fan said a few words at that time that touched me deeply, that is, the problem of knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent in the war. ”

"Qiu Mazi has been entrenched in the northwest region for more than ten years, during which the officers and soldiers have carried out many encirclement and suppression, but they have not been able to eradicate it until now, the reason is because we almost don't know what kind of person Qiu Mazi is, let alone what the situation of Qiu Mazi's troops is, and I don't understand the situation, so we relied on our soldiers and food to fight in a hurry, and the result can be imagined.

"This situation can also be extended to our war with the Khitans, in the war with the Khitans for more than ten years, we just think about how to hold our own land in Daqi, and rarely think about what the situation of the Khitan State is, that is, now the military department does not even have a detailed map of the Khitan State, but the Khitans know very well about the internal situation of Daqi, and even the commanders of the armies and brigades in the northwest camp know very clearly, which is also one of the reasons why it is difficult for us to win in the previous wars with the Khitan."

"Therefore, I think that no matter how this battle is fought in the future, this problem must be solved first, and that's all I can say, right, please ask the prince and Mr. Li to correct."

As soon as Wang Kai finished speaking, not only the second prince and Li Shouyi and others were surprised that Wang Kai could have such a cognition, but Liu Fan couldn't help but change his perception of Wang Kai a lot, originally thought that Brother Wang was more good at those things in Qinglou, but I didn't expect that Brother Wang not only had a deep understanding of his remarks yesterday, but also drew inferences from one another, one of the sentences was too right, Daqi has not had a detailed map of the Khitan Kingdom until now, this intelligence work is made like this, can it still win in previous wars?

"Good, good, good, today is really worth the trip, Xiao Min and General Wang Kai's expositions are thought-provoking, and they are very beneficial to how to deal with the next war with the Khitan State, I don't know what General Xiao Liu can teach me?"

"Please forgive me and Manager Li, I also wanted to talk about the initiative and intelligence work in the war, but I didn't expect Xiao Min and Brother Wang to finish it in advance, and I don't have any updated opinions now, I just want to ask two questions, which can also be said to be a little supplement to Xiao Min and Brother Wang's speech, right, please consider it."

"The first problem is the question of gaining the initiative in war. As the prince has said earlier, how will Daqi deal with the next invasion of the Khitan State, and when it comes to coping, it means that our measures are still in a passive position, since we want to take the initiative in the war, why can't we take the initiative again, and completely change the war mode of the Khitan people attacking and defending in the past 20 years, and transform it into a model of our attack and Khitan defense, we don't respond, but let the Khitan people deal with it, and completely lead the war to the Khitan grassland? ”

"The second question is about how to obtain information about the Khitan State. I don't know when Daqi's seclusion to the Khitan began, but judging from the current situation, Daqi has basically put an end to commercial contacts with the Khitan, in fact, the reopening of commerce and trade can not only enable our country to obtain huge returns, but also the best way to arrange detailed work. I think that in the past, due to the defeat of the Great Qi, the negotiations with the Khitans may be made by the other side many unreasonable demands, but this year, our country has won a big victory, can we put down our posture and discuss with the Khitans about the resumption of border trade between the two countries? ”

When Liu Fan's two questions were finished, everyone was dumbfounded, although this first question sounds incredible, isn't this really the most active way to fight on the battlefield, yes, how many years of war with the Khitans since the founding of the Great Qi have been invaded by the Khitans every year, and the Great Qi has been defended every year, why hasn't everyone mentioned that we have invaded people once? Who has decreed that they must attack us and defend it?

And the second problem is even more unimaginable, every year and the Khitan people kill a river of blood, but still have to calm down and do business with the enemy in harmony, but it doesn't seem right to make money, and besides, you can arrange detailed work to the enemy country.

Because the two issues mentioned by Liu Fan are too big and complex, basically subverting everyone's previous cognition, both questions have risen to the level of national strategy and policy, and the second prince can't give Liu Fan a clear answer in person, but even so, the second prince also gave a high degree of affirmation to Liu Fan's ideas, thinking that Liu Fan's thinking may be able to solve the powerful enemy that has threatened the northern border for a long time since the founding of the Great Qi State, and said that he would exchange views with Li Xiang and General Manager Guo on the proposal of the three people today. If there is no disagreement between the two, they will supplement and improve it after returning to Beijing, and formally set up the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Households, and the Prime Minister's Office, and strive to discuss the feasibility of the two things in the court.

Li Shouyi next to him listened to the responses of the three people, and when he saw the expression on the face of the second prince, he already understood that the second prince was very satisfied with the performance of the three of them today, and Li Shouyi, as the deputy head of the camp, was also relieved, after all, if the three of them did not perform well, they would lose the face of the camp, and the three of them were the most dazzling young and middle-aged generals in the northwest camp.

At this time, he already knew that the purpose of the second prince's coming here today had been achieved, so he whispered a few more words to the second prince, and then turned his head and said to Wang Kai, "The prince is going to go to the soldiers' barracks to have a look, General Wang, you go with the prince, you must ensure the absolute safety of the prince." ”

After the group sent the second prince, General Lu and Wang Kai out of the conference hall respectfully, Li Shouyi said to Liu Fan and the others, "Come and sit together, there is still a little matter next." ”

After a few people sat down, Li Shouyi continued with a smile, "Yesterday, because there were many things in the camp, I couldn't get out of my body to go to the scene of the flower list competition, and I heard that Liu Duwei has become a high-profile figure in the venue, which is really gratifying!" ”

"Manager Li, don't be kidding, it's not that Manager Guo has an order, it's not that the situation at that time is extremely urgent, and I didn't think about any poems to show off, in fact, I don't understand poetry at all, even the final poem was also transcribed by Xiao Min, and I can't take out my bad words at all......"

"I heard that you also made a song "Breaking the Array" in Yihong Courtyard some time ago, and yesterday's "Water Tune Song Head" is already two, although I am not very interested in the way of poetry, but I can also see that these two words are rare good words, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are masterpieces, I wonder if Liu Duwei's two poems are also from the booklet that the traveling monk in the Western Regions gave you when he was a child?" After speaking, he looked at Liu Fan with a smile.

"This ...... That ......"

"What's this, that's it, it's not, isn't it, is there something so difficult to export?" Li Min interjected.

"Okay, Xiaomin, don't be embarrassed for Liu Duwei, Liu Duwei is the savior of the literati in Liangzhou this time, after all, if there is no Liu Duwei, it is not our Liangzhou who will lose face? Listening to Manager Guo's tone, he will reward Liu Duwei heavily. ”

Li Shouyi continued, "Let's not talk about these things first, let's talk about some serious things, because the prince was here just now, I didn't introduce you to him, this is Zhao Tongju, the yamen of Liangzhou Prefect, and I came here today to write a poem for you yesterday." ”