The door of the First Secret Pavilion slowly opened with the creaking sound of the machine, and the ministers of the two prefectures were a little strange, no one has been here for a long time, unless it is related to the matter of the country, the official family will not open here lightly.

Could it be that there is something else hidden in today's military exercise?

With a slightly apprehensive heart, everyone entered the secret pavilion, Xia Zhu had already seen the strangeness, and Pang Ji, who was a flat chapter, also found out that there was something wrong, and turned his head to Cao Wei, who was light-hearted, and said: "Cao Shumi, what is the matter with the official family calling us to come to the secret pavilion?" ”

Cao Wei smiled faintly and said: "When the official family comes, we will see the difference, and Pang Xianggong will be calm and impatient." ”

Lu Zongdao and Yan Shu looked at each other and stopped talking, judging from the attitudes of Cao Wei and Di Qing and Yang Huaiyu, these three must know something.

The courtiers always have to wait for the arrival of the emperor, which is an insurmountable etiquette, but this time the wait made the ministers feel that it was so long, and everyone was eager to know the reason why the official family summoned them, and in their conjecture, they thought that it was at least inseparable from this military exercise.

Zhao Zhen was taken aback after entering the Secret Pavilion, and everyone fixed their eyes on their bodies, their eyes full of questions and expectations.

Zhao Zhen coughed lightly and said: "This secret pavilion duet is the highest secret of the Great Song Dynasty, and it must not be leaked out, the slightest leakage may cause immeasurable harm to my Great Song Northern Expedition!" ”

Northern expedition?!

After Zhao Zhen's words were finished, a group of Wenchen immediately exploded.

How many years has the term Northern Expedition not appeared? This is the dream hidden in the hearts of the civil and military masses of the Great Song Dynasty, to take back the hometown of Yanyun and unify the Great Song Dynasty Jinou!

But since the failure of Taizong's two Northern Expeditions that year, it has left a shadow on the entire Great Song Dynasty, as if the Liao people are invincible, which also leads to the reason why even if Zhenzong won the battle of Tanyuan in person, he will still lose money.

In the bottom of their hearts, the Song people were full of fear of the war of the Liao Dynasty, and the experience of two defeats haunted the heads of the Great Song Dynasty like a nightmare, making many people feel that it was impossible for the Great Song Dynasty to defeat the Liao Dynasty, and this idea was deeply ingrained and difficult to change.

For the Northern Expedition, everyone is looking forward to and fearing, after all, the defeat of the year is still fresh in memory, the elite at the beginning of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty was consumed by Taizong, and the strategy of great depth and detour was also denied.

Xia Zhu is full of excitement, the Northern Expedition to the Liao Dynasty for the Great Song Dynasty to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun is the dream of every scholar, and he is the supreme glory as a supervisor, but obviously other people don't think so, Yan Shu doesn't like military affairs, in his opinion, it is good to stick to the Great Song Dynasty to make the Great Song prosperous, there is no need to attack the Liao Dynasty to claim the land that has been ruled by the Liao people for a hundred years.

"Qi Guan's family, although the Northern Expedition is a hundred-year plan, but my Great Song Dynasty soldiers need a lot of armor, and the land of Yanyun is also dispensable to my Great Song Dynasty, and now I have a lot of wealth in the Great Song Dynasty, how can the farmland be more than ten thousand hectares? Why do you need to waste money and waste money and kill soldiers in vain? ”

As soon as Yan Shu's words were finished, Di Qing snorted coldly: "Dispensable? Hum Yan's participation in politics is very easy, the smoke cloud is the throat of the Central Plains, and the terrain is dangerous to resist the Liao people's 100,000 iron horses, otherwise why would Taizu Taizong attack the smoke and clouds? Otherwise, why did the Liao people of the Zhenzong Dynasty go south and approach Tokyo City! In vain, you are familiar with history books, and throughout history, there is a dynasty that lost the land of smoke and clouds?! ”

Of course, Yan Shu's talent knows the importance of Yanyun, but in his opinion, the current Great Song Dynasty doesn't need Yanyun at all, and isn't it good that the Great Song Dynasty doesn't have the land of Yanyun? Even better than before! Whether it is civil rule or martial arts, it has reached the level of prosperity, why bother to mobilize the people to seize the smoke and clouds?

Yan Shu's dislike of military affairs is a well-known thing in the Manchu Dynasty, when Zhao Zhen ordered the army to go west to conquer the party, he went up to oppose it, and then he was on the ten points to warn Zhao Zhen of the harm caused by the war.

Zhao Zhen humbly accepted it and began to doubt himself at the same time, and now that he was opposed to attacking Yanyun, Zhao Zhen began to doubt not himself, but the fear and worry of war in Wenchen's head.

It was a mistake to let Wenchen's soldiers fight, all they saw was the destruction of Taizong's 100,000 forbidden army, and this nightmare has been haunting them, this time Zhao Zhen Dasong let Wenchen as a supervisor responsible for logistics and army loyalty, and the rest of the things were left to the military generals to carry out, so as to avoid the literati's cowardly thinking affecting the army.

Di Qing's words almost slapped Yan Shu in the face, but he was not angry, but shook his head and said: "Chen just thinks that it is not worth it, after all, my Great Song Dynasty is prosperous now, even if there is no land of Yanyun." ”

Zhao Zhen smiled: "Didn't you think that if the Great Song Dynasty became decayed one day, it would be okay?" The moon is still cloudy and sunny, not to mention the big Song Hu? If you don't take the smoke clouds at this time, the descendants of future generations will have no chance, and if I succeed in the Northern Expedition and recover the land of smoke clouds, even if the descendants of future generations decline, they can hold on for many years to extend the national worship! ”

Zhao Zhen's words woke everyone up, the official family did this for the sake of future generations and for the sake of the Great Song Dynasty!

Now even Lu Zongdao, who still has something to say, is reluctant to speak, what the official said is right, with the current military and financial resources of the Great Song Dynasty, when will he not take it at this time?

Pang Ji opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, why do you want to use the name of military exercises? ”

Zhao Zhen smiled: "Who said this is not a real military exercise?" Not just once, but more than three times! ”

"Three times?!" The crowd couldn't help but scream.

The cost of a military exercise is already quite huge, but I didn't expect the official family to have to carry out it three times! What is this not a loss of life and money?

Zhao Zhen waved his hand when he saw the appearance of everyone and said: "Don't worry too much, all the ministers, in fact, the three military exercises are almost the same as the needs of one, I just used the three military exercises to paralyze the Liao Dynasty and the party, and transferred the required expenses to the front line." And for the third time, after the Liao and the party people became accustomed to it, they waved their troops to the north and took back the land of smoke and clouds with a drum! ”

Repeated military exercises are just to paralyze the enemy's feints? Cao Wei and Di Qing glanced at each other, this plan was really good, why had no one ever thought of using military exercises as a pretext before!

Everyone was also stunned by the official's words, is this considered a military trick?

Their reflection was expected by Zhao Zhen, why were later generations so sensitive to military exercises? Not only does he hate that others show off his muscles at his doorstep, but he is also worried that countries with ulterior motives will take advantage of the opportunity to overwhelm the country.

Mao Zi's millions of soldiers on the Sino-Soviet border back then was not pretending, but preparing to do it from time to time......

Zhao Zhen explained the plan in detail, except for Cao Wei and the others, Xia Zhu understood the fastest: "Does the official mean to take the opportunity of the military exercise to secretly transfer the armor and leave it behind several times?" ”

Zhao Zhen smiled and nodded: "Yes, this is my plan to confuse the enemy!" ”

Everyone knows that such a plan is indeed thorough, and it can confuse the enemy to the greatest extent, the number of military exercises is more, and the Liao and the party members are used to it, but it is a sudden blow, which is instantaneous, and it is bound to break with one blow!

Cao Wei and Di Qing glanced at each other and stepped forward to praise: "Your Majesty's plan is like smoke and fog, and the truth is the essence of the soldiers, and your subordinates are impressed!" ”

Even Cao Wei and Di Qing, who were privy envoys, said this, and the others naturally had no doubts, and praised in unison: "The ministers are impressed!" ”