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Hearing Zhao Ji call out his name, and seeing everyone looking at him, Cai still walked out of the ranks with a steady pace, and said: "The minister thinks that there is no need to talk about whether to recover Yanyun at this time, Fang La's gang gathered millions of people to occupy the southeast, cutting off the economic lifeline of our Great Song Dynasty, in this case, it is impossible for our Great Song Dynasty to go north to recover Yanyun no matter what, otherwise I am afraid that there will be a disaster for the country......"

Cai still said this, Deng Xunwu, Zheng Zhongju and others nodded their heads, thinking that Cai still finally saw the situation clearly and fell to their side.

What Deng Xunwu, Zheng Zhongju and others didn't expect was that Cai still changed his tone and said: "However, there is no need to give up on recovering Yanyun now, although Fang La's gang is numerous, but after all, it is just a group of people, and their combat effectiveness is limited, so they are not to be afraid, as long as we can exterminate it in time, we can continue to go north to recover Yanyun, as Mrs. Tong said, this may be the only chance for our Great Song Dynasty to recover Yanyun, if you don't grasp it, then Yanyun is bound to be obtained by the Jurchens, the party, and Dadan, all three are tigers, wolves, and robbers, and they are neighbors. And without a barrier, our rich Great Song Dynasty is bound to become its hunting ground......"

Wang Huang and Tong Guan smiled at the same time, looking at Deng Xunwu, Zheng Zhongju and others who had stopped nodding.

Deng Xunwu, Zheng Zhongju and others were furious, thinking that Cai Yinghuangkou still couldn't see the situation clearly, and they were just about to break out and fight with Cai Ying.

Seeing this, Cai still hurriedly changed his tone, and said: "If our Great Song Dynasty does not go well to pacify Fangla, then it is not realistic to go north to recover Yanyun, fighting on two fronts, and the rapid development of one side shakes the foundation of our country, and the other side is a strong country, and the situation is still extremely complicated, no matter how strong our Great Song is, it is easy to be dragged down, if that is the case, then our Great Song can be determined according to the situation - if the Khitan can still insist, it will continue to recognize the Tanyuan Alliance between our Great Song Dynasty and the Khitan on the condition of ending the New Year's coin, when necessary, It is even possible to put forward some conditions to send troops to help the Khitan. If the Khitan can't insist, then Chen Bing Hebei and Hedong, depending on the belonging of Yanyun, Yanyun to the Jurchen, then with the Western Xia and Dadan tribes, Yanyun to the Western Xia, then with the Jurchen and Dadan tribes, Yanyun to Dadan, with the Jurchen and Western Xia. ”

After a pause, Cai still continued: "However, this is only a way to cure the symptoms but not the root cause, if you want to cure the root cause, it is better to recover Yanyun, take the Great Wall of Yanyun as a natural danger, and close Hu Lu at the door, so that our Great Song Dynasty can be invincible and slowly try to do it." ”

Cai still concluded: "Between countries, there are no permanent friends, only eternal interests, and there is no immutable national policy, it depends on the situation, so we don't need to make too long-term plans now, we can adapt to changes." ”

"Improvised?"

After hearing what Cai still said, some people nodded in agreement, some people fell into contemplation, and of course, some people were still stubborn, like Deng Xunwu, who was resolutely opposed to the recovery of Yanyun.

But—

Cai still said that depending on the situation, if necessary, he can also choose to continue to recognize the Tanyuan Alliance.

This made Deng Xunwu unable to continue the war with Cai for a while.

Zhao Ji said in his heart: "Between countries, there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests? Cai still knows the way of the country and the country! ”

But—

Zhao Ji would not say what he thought in his heart, on the contrary, seeing that no one came out to refute Cai Ying, Zhao Ji himself scolded Cai Zhen and said: "Aiqing is surprised, how can the covenant be violated?" My Great Song Dynasty is a state of etiquette, how can I do that defeat of the alliance? The reason why my Great Song Dynasty wants to recover Yanyun is because Yanyun is the hometown of my Great Song Dynasty, and the Khitan is treacherous, ignoring the alliance of Tanyuan, taking advantage of the war between my Great Song Dynasty and the party, to extort 200,000 coins from my Great Song Dynasty, which has long violated the alliance of Tanyuan, so it is reasonable and justified for my Great Song Dynasty to recover Yanyun, which has nothing to do with the so-called interests. ”

Cai still scolded secretly: "I want to be a watch and I want to set up an archway!" But he immediately admitted his mistake and said: "Your Majesty has taught you a lesson, but the minister is narrow-minded." ”

Zhao Ji said: "Punish you to go back and copy the "Book of Rites" ten times, can you take it?" ”

Cai still said in his heart: "I serve your sister!" But he said honestly: "Surrender and obey." ”

Zhao Ji looked at the others and said, "Although Cai still Aiqing's theory of the supremacy of interests is wrong, in the current situation, it is true that Fang La should be pacified first, and then improvise. ”

Everyone said: "Your Majesty is Shengming." ”

finally set the general direction, and Zhao Ji ordered everyone to discuss how to send troops and who would lead them.

In this matter, a consensus was easily reached - everyone recommended Tong Guan to lead the army, and led the western army that was preparing to recover Yanyun to the south to exterminate the Fang La Yi army.

Zhao Ji also believed that at this critical moment, the person who could quickly pacify Fangla was Tong Guan, and the army that could quickly pacify Fangla was none other than the Western Army, so he appointed Tong Guan as the Xuanfu envoy of Jiang, Huai, Jing, Zhejiang and other roads, and led the Western Army that was about to gather to pacify the Fangla Righteous Army, and at the same time, Zhao Ji ordered the local government to try to recruit An Fangla.

Although Wang Hao and Liang Shicheng agreed with Tong Guan's ability, they didn't want Tong Guan to monopolize military power and specialize in military affairs, so Wang Hao came forward and recommended Tan Zhi to serve as the envoy of the Liangzhejiang Road.

Tan Zhi of the Central Forbidden Army sequence went to war, of course, it was impossible to lead the Western Army - Zhao Ji still had hope for the recovery of Yanyun, so he wanted to pacify Fang La as soon as possible, so he asked Gao Yu to mobilize 50,000 Central Forbidden Army to Tan Zhi, and the 100,000 Western Army led by Tong Guan went south to exterminate the Fang La Righteous Army in two ways, preparing to destroy the Fang La Righteous Army in one fell swoop with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai.

Tong Guan has no opinion on this, because for the sake of recovering Yanyun, most of the 100,000 Western troops have already gathered in the Daimyo's Mansion, and if they haven't arrived, they will be ordered to be urged, and if they have it for fifty or seventy days, they will definitely be able to reach the Daimyo's Mansion.

On the contrary, Gao Yu and Tan Zhen, who were close at hand, were worried.

Fifty thousand!

It has to be a forbidden army!

Moreover, the rule of sending troops has always been that when 50,000 forbidden troops are dispatched, 100,000 soldiers must be sent to act as civilian husbands to escort grain and grass materials!

In this way, it is an army of 150,000!

Where are they going to save up these 50,000 troops?

After the implementation of the art of war, the central forbidden army, that is, the Qifu area (Kaifeng, Jingdong Road, Jingxi Road), a total of 37 generals, a total of 300,000 troops (100,000 forbidden troops, 200,000 Xiang troops) - Kaifeng 35,000 forbidden army, 70,000 Xiang army, Jingdong Road 45,000 forbidden army, 90,000 Xiang army, Jingxi Road 20,000 forbidden army, 40,000 Xiang army.

The Xiang army will not talk about it for the time being, but only the forbidden army.

Since the beginning of the country, the palace guard Ma Busi Sanya forbidden brigade has never been less than 100,000.

Until Zhao Ji ascended the throne and appointed Gao Yu as the commander of the palace.

With years of painstaking management, Gao Yu managed only half of the 100,000 Central Forbidden Army, that is, only a little more than 50,000 - in the Jingkang year, there were only about 30,000 left, but there were also a lot of losses in the battle of Fangla and the recovery of Yanyun.

It is impossible for all of the more than 50,000 Central Forbidden Army to be transferred to Tan Shu, right? If that's the case, then who will protect the emperor and Tokyo Bianliang City, who will build Genyue, and who will build the mansions of these high-ranking officials and nobles?

As a last resort, Gao Yu and Tan Zhi could only gather all the generals in the Kifu region together to discuss how many troops each family could contribute.

After a coercion and temptation, each family came up with a total of 30,000 forbidden troops, including 7,500 men and horses contributed by Cai Ying.

There is no way, Gao Yu and Tan Zhi can only let the 20,000 Xiang army fill up in the name of the forbidden army, as for the lack of people, Gao Yu is worthy of being a master of kicking, and kicked the ball to various local governments with one kick.

After a lot of effort, Gao Yu finally passed the hurdle again without danger.

The rest of the things were handed over to Tan Zhen.

Through comprehensive consideration, Tan Zhi appointed his confidant Liu Zhen as the commander of the capital, and appointed Cai Yi to lead the Jinwu army of his headquarters as the selection of the front army.

Tan Zhi is also a helpless choice - except for Cai who can barely make up a box of people, the rest of the armies can't make it up at all, and not only can't make it up, but the middle army and the rear army are still impersonated by the box army.

In addition, Tong Guangong is highly qualified and old.

Some of the weak-hearted Tan Zhi did not say a word at the combat meeting, but only listened to Tong Guan.

Tong Guan was also the one who took it, and he said bluntly: "This commander intends to divide the army into two roads. The army on the left led by Ben Shuai himself, through Runzhou, Changzhou, Wuxi to Suzhou, and then Xiuzhou to take Hangzhou. On the other hand, the commander of Tan Zhizhi passed through Runzhou to Xuan, Xiangzhou, and Dusongguan, and then took Hangzhou. After capturing Hangzhou, we will discuss how to exterminate the rebels according to the situation of the rebels......"

It is not difficult to see from Tong Guan's perfunctory attitude that Tong Guan's public talk about the battle plan is just a situation, and then he will directly send people to the hands of the generals.

In other words, Tong Guan did not intend to discuss with Tan Zhi and others at all, but was ready to be dictatorial.

But—

This is the underlying meaning.

On the surface, Tong Guan can't do this, at least the situation that should be taken is still to be taken.

After Tong Guan explained his plan in general terms, he asked Tan Zhi: "Tan Zhizhi, what do you think?" ”

Tan Shu smiled and said: "There is no opinion on the lowly position. ”

Tong Guan looked at the others again and asked, "What about you?" ”

Everyone was silent.

Just when Tong Guan was about to announce the end of the meeting, a voice suddenly said: "The last general dares to ask, is this the final battle plan, or is it possible to discuss?" ”

There is no need to look at it, Tong Guan also knows that the person who spoke is definitely not the general of his Western Army, because before this, this battle plan has been passed within their Western Army, so it must be the general of the Central Forbidden Army who speaks out at this time.

Tong Guan's eyelids raised slightly, and he saw Cai Zhen, who was originally standing behind Liu Zhen, standing up.

Seeing that the person who spoke was Cai Ying, Tong Guan's brows were furrowed!

If it were someone else, Tong Guan would definitely turn around and leave, joke, the battle plan that I Tong Guan came up with, can anyone question it?

But the object is Cai Ying, Tong Guan can't help but hesitate!

You must know that Cai is still not an ordinary Qiu Ba, he can go straight to the sky.

And people like Cai Yi are often salty when they make salt, but vinegar can acid people.

Therefore, after hesitating for a moment, Tong Guan said: "Today is to discuss the battle plan, if Ziyin has anything to say, just say it directly." ”

Cai still listened to the words and said: "In this way, the last general will say it directly, if you are offended, please forgive me." ”

Tong Guan seemed to have a big belly and said: "Ziyin Dan said that it doesn't matter. ”

Cai still stopped talking nonsense, and said directly: "This plan is good for anything, but there is a very fatal loophole!" ”

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