Since the Great Song Dynasty conquered the party in the west, almost all the actions were to develop to the south, develop the Jinghu Plain, develop the land of Lingnan, destroy Dali in the south, and then conquer Mayi and Malacca.

This series of actions seemed to outsiders to be a move by the Great Song Dynasty to be unwilling to confront the northern nomads, and would rather spend great efforts to develop the Lingnan land and the South China Sea countries than advance a single cent northward.

Zhao Zhen stood alone in front of the map of the imperial study, the countries of the South China Sea had been painted red to represent the fire virtue of the Great Song Dynasty, and he continued to accumulate strength for the Great Song Dynasty, and everything he did was to attack the north.

Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, what a familiar and sad word, only in the Great Song Dynasty will have this word, because only the Great Song Dynasty has lost this land of great significance to resist foreign races.

The significance of this land to the Great Song Dynasty was too important, not only because the terrain was dangerous and difficult to defend, but also because it was a barrier for the Central Plains Dynasty to resist the northern nomads.

Sancai stood aside worriedly, the official family always had such a serious expression every time he saw the map, and even full of sadness, and he didn't know why the official family had this kind of sadness, to put it mildly, Sancai even felt that this kind of sadness was as desperate and uncomfortable as the loss of the country, and it was not an exaggeration to say that it was a national hatred, but he would never say it, he only dared to guess boldly in the depths of his heart.

It is not a day or two that the Great Song Dynasty lost Yanyun Land, from Taizu Dao Taizong did not want to take it back, and the same was true of the first emperor, but it was not successful, listening to the old immortal Chen Lin said, every time it comes to the first emperor and Taizong of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, they are full of disappointment, but disappointment and sorrow are two completely different things.

Where does Sancai know the history, Zhao Zhen's sorrow comes from the blood and tears in the history of the Song Dynasty, when the national strength is strong and there is a Ming monarch, the importance of the sixteen states of Yanyun is not so obvious, after all, the Great Song Dynasty can flood the fields by digging embankments, so that thousands of hectares of fertile land can become the iron hooves of Zeguo to block the Liao people.

How sad is that?

The loss of the sixteen states of Yanyun is twofold, on the one hand, the Great Song Dynasty lost the barrier, and on the other hand, the development of the Liao people has been greatly helped, the land of Yanyun is not small, with a large number of farmland and grazing land, coupled with the Great Wall barrier and the mountain danger, it is almost the most ideal land.

Losing the sixteen states, the Liao people could directly fight the Yellow River, and the Liao Dynasty also sublimated from a nomadic state to a semi-nomadic and semi-agricultural state, which was a very terrible state transition, and the Liao people found the benefits, so they would stick to the land of Yanyun.

Zhao Zhen sighed slightly, if he couldn't take this land in his lifetime, Zhao Zhen didn't dare to imagine what would happen to the future generations, so he was so eager to develop the army of the Great Song Dynasty and improve the military system of the Great Song Dynasty, because this was already an urgent matter.

Ambition will be worn out over time, and Zhao Zhen clearly feels that he is now more and more rejecting the uncertain war.

Attacking the sixteen states of Yanyun and attacking the Western Xia, Dali is different, this is a violent collision between the great powers, the difference in military strength between the Liao Dynasty and the Great Song Dynasty is not very much, the technical equipment of the Great Song Dynasty cannot completely crush it, not to mention that people occupy favorable terrain......

If Shi Jingjiao's tomb was in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Zhen wouldn't mind digging him up and whipping his corpse, this kind of hatred was incomprehensible to others.

Gently pasted a red arrow on the map, which represents the future offensive direction of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Zhen still intends to use the route of his grandfather's second Northern Expedition, and does not go straight to Youzhou, but the troops are divided into three roads, Youyun Sixteen Prefectures are divided into seven states in front of the mountain and Kyushu in the back of the mountain by the lengthy Taihang Mountains, relatively speaking, the seven states in front of the mountain are easy to capture, and the Kyushu behind the mountain has to be slowly mapped.

But the soldiers are fast, Zhao Zhen plans to use the Great Song Dynasty's chariots and horses to cooperate, and the soldiers are divided into three ways to take the entire land of Yanyun, so they can only cooperate with the infantry in the way of chariots and horses, and the chariots and horses load the infantry in front of them all the way to the back of the mountain Kyushu, and hand over the front mountain seven states to the back of the foot soldiers to attack.

This is also the reason why Zhao Zhen formed the Sixteen Guards, the Four Guards of the Son of Heaven, the Beiwei Army, and the White Army, all of which became the vanguard troops, capturing Kyushu behind the mountains, the crimson arrows represented their marching routes, and the remaining sixteen guards were represented by pink arrows.

In this way, you can take the entire territory of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures to the fastest extent!

Zhao Zhen's eyes were already scarlet, and the tragic picture of the battlefield seemed to flash in front of his eyes like a movie, the war in China was always large-scale, and it was always a river of blood, which could not be matched by any region!

How tragic is a war involving hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people? How many young lives will this massive flesh mill devour? Grief is all over the field, and the bloodshed and pestle are afraid that they can't express the tragedy of the war, but Zhao Zhen has no hesitation.

He was not originally a belligerent person, but for the sake of long-term peace and stability, why should the beauty of the Great Song Dynasty be passed on, and in order for the sad history not to reappear, Zhao Zhen planned to make a big gamble with everything he had and the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty!

There was silence in the imperial study, Sancai suddenly felt that his hairs were exploding, a piercing chill rose from the bottom of his heart, and the cold and nonexistent killing intent permeated the carved and painted imperial study, and Sancai even raised a fear of fleeing immediately.

And all this is from the young official family in front of him......

This is the feeling that Sancai has never felt in the official family, even when the Western Expedition Party Xiang Nan destroyed Dali, the official family did not show such a fierce killing intent and war intent, this war intent is so strong that it is difficult for him to feel the determination of the official family.

Quickly glanced at the map on the wall, the route composed of countless red and pink arrows made Sancai stunned, isn't this the route of the Great Song Dynasty into the palace Liao Dynasty? The official family plans to use soldiers in the Liao Dynasty! Sancai decided not to drink alcohol during this period of time, stay sober anytime and anywhere, and never leak everything you see today, this imperial study will also become a forbidden place in the palace, and I will clean it myself every day......

"What time is it?"

Zhao Zhen's question made Sancai breathe a sigh of relief, and he quickly pinched off the incense stick in his hand and said: "Qijuan Guanjia, it's already early noon, where does the official family plan to eat?" ”

"Let's send it to the back garden, I'm going to relax."

Sancai nodded again and again: "The slave will go and prepare." ”

Before Sancai left, Zhao Zhen turned his head and said: "In the future, except for you, no one is allowed to enter or leave the imperial study without my call, even the middle palace and the imperial heir......"

Sancai's body trembled slightly, and he immediately nodded: "The slave obeys the order!" "It seems that the official family is really going to drive the royal family this time, and isn't it just afraid that the queen of the middle palace and the harem concubines are worried about it?