Wait. ”

As soon as Cai still said this, everyone looked at Cai Ying.

Zhao Ji, Wang Hao, Tong Guan and other people who were in favor of sending troops to recover Yanyun were all frowning, secretly blaming Cai for standing up at this critical moment to stir up the situation, so that the matter of recovering Yanyun that had already been decided might be uncertain.

Zheng Juzhong, Li Bangyan and others who opposed sending troops to recover Yanyun all looked at Cai Yi with some expectation, and they hoped that Cai Ying could change Zhao Ji, who had already made up his mind, and stop the stupid plan of sending troops north to recover Yanyun.

And yet—

made Zheng Juzhong, Li Bangyan and others happy.

Cai still expressed his attitude straight to the point: "The minister is in favor of sending troops to recover Yanyun ......"

Hearing Cai still say this, while Zheng Juzhong, Li Bangyan and others were disappointed, Zhao Ji, Wang Hao, Tong Guan and others put down the hearts they had just mentioned.

Cai still continued: "However, the minister feels that it is necessary to remind you that the Western Army has lost tens of thousands of dollars this time, and has now withdrawn to the northwest to rest. ”

Speaking of this, Cai still looked at Tong Guan and said, "May I ask Taishi, how long will it take for the Western Army to gather again?" ”

Tong Guan glanced at Cai Ying, then was silent for a while, and then looked at Zhao Ji and said, "At least half a year." ”

"So long?" Zhao Ji was surprised.

How did Zhao Ji know that this time to suppress Fangla, the Western Army was really broken, among which Tong Guan's Shengjie Army suffered the greatest casualties, and both the Western Army and the Shengjie Army were poached a lot by Cai Zhen.

In this way, it will be impossible for the Western Army to restore its previous combat strength without a year or two, especially in the current period of lack of money and food.

In addition, the time to go back and forth, the time to assemble, and the time to transfer the army from the northwest to the Daimyo's mansion.

Tong Guan said that for half a year, it has been a big discount.

It is conceivable that even according to what Tong Guan said, the Western Army really gathered in the Daimyo's Mansion within half a year, and the assembled Western Army must be the Western Army with greatly reduced combat effectiveness.

However, even if the Western Army, which has been greatly discounted, will have less than half a year, it will be difficult to assemble again.

Zhao Ji doesn't know these things, but how can Tong Guan, who has been in the military for a long time, not know?

Tong Guan knows, can Cai, who is also in charge of the army, still not know?

Moreover, not only Tong Guan and Cai still know, but Gao Yu, Tan Zhi and others can also know a rough idea.

Therefore, this matter cannot be hidden.

Tong Guan explained to Zhao Ji in a deep voice why it took half a year for the Western Army to assemble again.

Zhao Ji listened, frowned, and said, "Can the Jurchens wait for us for another half a year?" ”

It's obvious.

The key is that Zhao Song has delayed the Jurchens for more than half a year, and if he delays for another half a year, he can't say anything.

Zheng Juzhong took the opportunity to say: "In this way, don't think about recovering Yanyun anymore." ”

Li Bangyan also said: "This may be the will of heaven, so is it not necessary to postpone the matter of sending troops to recover Yanyun and wait and see?" ”

Cai still can't let Zheng Juzhong and Li Bangyan spoil their good deeds, he said: "Don't worry, I have a way to get the best of both worlds." ”

Zhao Ji hurriedly asked, "What is Aiqing's way to get the best of both worlds?" ”

Cai still said: "The Jinwu army can go north at any time, and it only takes half a month to go to the front line in Hebei, so the minister can first lead the Jinwu army to Hebei, and then wait for the fighters to gather the troops of Hebei, waiting for the opportunity to move, at the same time, Tong Taishi can slowly gather the western army, and wait for the western army to be ready, and then send troops, in this way, we have fulfilled the agreement with the Jurchens, and we don't have to make a big mistake because of too urgency, isn't it the best of both worlds?" ”

When Zhao Ji heard this, his eyes lit up, and he said, "This plan is good." ”

didn't want to, but Tong Guan said: "This plan is not appropriate. ”

Without waiting for Cai to still ask, Zhao Ji couldn't help but say, "What's wrong?" ”

If someone else proposed such a plan, Tong Guan would never stand up so eagerly to stop it.

But this plan was still proposed by Cai, and Tong Guan must stop it immediately.

What do you say?

A southern expedition to Fang La, which has allowed Tong to see through Cai Yi thoroughly.

In Tong Guan's view, Cai is still an ambitious guy who is both capable and courageous.

If he does what Cai still said, Tong Guan dares to say that the matter of recovering Yanyun will probably have little to do with him.

At that time, whether he wants to or not, he will have to retire early.

But Tong Guan couldn't tell Zhao Ji about this reason.

Tong Guan could only say: "This is a national war, it may be a national war with hundreds of thousands of troops participating in the war, just with the 40,000 or 50,000 horses of the Jinwu army, attacking a city, it may not be enough, how can the enemy survive, this may become a refueling tactic." ”

Cai still listened and said: "I just led the troops to Hebei to patrol the border, and I didn't say that I was going to fight, and although the Jinwu army is not enough, there is still the Hebei Forbidden Army, and I can also recruit some more Xiangyong as auxiliary troops." ”

What Tong Guan is most afraid of is actually this, he doesn't dare to let Cai still grow stronger, if he really lets Cai still continue to grow, then he will really be replaced by Cai Zhen.

Tong Guan said: "Once the army is out, whether to fight or not, how can you have the final say, it is a national war, not a child's play." ”

Tong Guan said again: "Besides, Hebei is not as good as Hedong, there is no danger to defend there, and if you want to fight there, you must have more soldiers and horses." ”

The military defense system in the north of the Song Dynasty was mainly composed of two defense regions, Hebei and Hedong.

Hedong (that is, Shanxi in later generations), the mountains and rivers are full of dangers, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Hebei, on the other hand, is a vast plain with no end in sight.

Therefore, the Hebei defense area was the top priority of the northern defense of the Northern Song Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty had four important military towns in Hebei, namely four pacification envoys:

1. Gaoyangguan Road, which is governed in Hejian Mansion (later Hebei Hejian);

2. Dingzhou Fu Road, which is located in Zhongshan Mansion (later Dingzhou, Hebei);

3. Zhendingfu Road, which is located in Zhendingfu (Zhengding, Hebei in later generations);

Fourth, the Daimyo Mansion Road, the administrative office in Beijing Daimyo Mansion (later Hebei Daimyo).

The garrisons of Gaoyangguan, Dingzhou and Zhending and the garrisons of Taiyuan Mansion and Daizhou on Hedong Road constitute a north-south longitudinal in-depth defense system.

The garrison of the Daimyo Mansion Road was distributed along the east and west of the Yellow River, defending horizontally, constituting the second line of defense in the north of the Song Dynasty.

If you want to fight a national war, these areas of Hebei must send troops to strengthen the defense, otherwise, once the front line is defeated, the enemy is likely to drive straight into the country and destroy Zhao and Song in one fell swoop.

Therefore, Tong Guan said that Cai still did not have enough troops to go to Hebei, and it was not without a target.

But Cai still has to fight for going to Hebei - Yandi is close to the sea, and there is a Tianjin port in later generations, if Cai can still conquer Yandi, he can connect with his base Taiwan by sea, and then he can get manpower, money, and food support from Taiwan.

Therefore, Cai still insisted on taking the Jinwu army to Hebei without complaining.

Tong Guan said that he would not let Cai still go to Hebei.

The two argued over this, but neither of them would budge.

Zhao Ji thinks that the two of them are reasonable, and it is a little difficult to choose.

In this way, it is difficult to have a result for a while.

But—

Although there are still endless debates about how to send troops, the matter of sending troops has finally been decided.

As a result, the crowd began to discuss who would go back with the envoy to submit the covenant.

For this reason, Zhao Ji asked Zhao Liangsi to be found.

When Zhao Liangsi heard that the imperial court was preparing to send troops to the Northern Expedition to recover Yanjing, he was very happy, and hurriedly came to see Zhao Ji and others, and then said to Tong Guan in public: "Taishi personally led the army to the expedition, and Yanjing will definitely be recovered." ”

Tong Guan was very happy with Zhao Liangsi's words, and he said: "Your Majesty summoned you this time to ask you, who is suitable to send an envoy to the Jurchens and set a joint time with the Jurchens to destroy Liao?" ”

Zhao Liangsi thought for a while and said: "Don't bother the two masters, according to Weichen, let's let Ma Xuanzan go." ”

Last year, when Ma Kuo was on an envoy to the Jin Kingdom, Yang Pu, the advisor of Wanyan Aguta, said to Wanyan Aguta: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that an important reason why the Khitan was able to develop and grow in the past was that he got Yanyun Han Land and Han Min. Today, once you promise to return Yanyun to the Great Song Dynasty, not only will our country's national strength be slightly reduced, but also the national border will retreat to the north of Wuguan. If we destroy the Khitan in the future and have all the land, how dare the Great Song Dynasty not dedicate it to us at that time? If we want to expand our territory to the south, how can the Great Song Dynasty reject me? Therefore, the minister thinks that there is no need to cross the sea to negotiate with the Great Song Dynasty, and when we set foot on the Khitan to occupy the Yan land and become neighbors with the Great Song Dynasty, we will press the border with troops and then negotiate with it, why not! ”

Everyone felt that what Yang Pu said had some truth, but Wanyan Zonghan didn't think so, he said: "The Great Song Dynasty is facing the border, if there is no army, can An build a country?" Can An be so strong? Don't despise the Great Song. Our country is now fledgling, and we must not rashly become enemies of the Great Song Dynasty. As for the southern expansion of territory, it should be done step by step, and we must not be impatient. ”

The people of the Kingdom of Jin argued endlessly because of this.

Later, Wanyan Zonghan suggested to Wanyan Aguda that in the name of hunting, he asked Ma to expand his horse and shoot a few arrows to see what his archery skills were like as a martial arts jinshi, so that he could get a glimpse of the military strength of the Great Song Dynasty.

On the way to hunt, Wanyan Zonghan took off a strong horn bow he was wearing, handed it to Ma Kuo, and said in a commanding tone: "And I bother you to open the bow, let me see the bow shooting methods of the Song Dynasty." ”

Ma Kuo silently took the bow and rode forward, and suddenly, he made a series of standard bow shooting movements, and he fought freely in front and back, left and right, and advanced and retreated skillfully.

Seeing this, Wanyan Zonghan was silent.

The next day, Wanyan Agu smiled and said to Ma Kuo: "I heard that you are very good at bowing, can you demonstrate it to me?" ”

Ma Kuo listened to the words, and used his bow and arrows to move his strength, and the swishing arrows were not missing, and he shot and hit.

Wan Yan Ah Gu praised: "Good shot." Did the shooters of the Song Dynasty have such means as yours? ”

Ma Kuo smiled modestly and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment." Actually, my archery skills are not good, I am weak, not as good as the Imperial Praetorian Guards in our capital division, they all have their own strengths, and there are many archers among them. There are also archers in the forbidden army of all roads, all of whom are strong in martial arts. I'm just a little teacher, and I'm a far cry from them. ”

After Yan Agu inquired, he pondered for a long time.

After breakfast, everyone rode to the hunting ground, Wanyan Aguta and Ma Kuo walked side by side, and Wanyan Zonghan and other Jin generals followed closely.

Wanyan took off his bow and arrows and handed them to Ma Kuo, saying, "When you see the beast running, shoot it." Wanyan Aguta wanted to personally test Ma Kuan's ability to shoot living creatures on horseback.

They had walked about two miles when suddenly a yellow roe deer jumped up from the woods in front of them!

Wanyan Agu gave an order: "Don't shoot, let the Song envoy shoot first." ”

Ma Kuo knew that the time had come to test him, and he jumped on his horse and galloped, and suddenly his straight arm led to a bow that swished, and the bow roared in the wind, and an arrow hit the yellow roe deer's head.

Huang Deer was killed on the spot.

Wanyan Ah Gu clapped and smiled: "It's good, it's good." Rare good ability, the Song Dynasty Wujinshi is really not good. ”

After that, the people who underestimated Zhao Song shut their mouths, and the two countries were able to form an alliance.

And Ma Kuo also got a Jurchen name because of this - Yeli Mali (a person who is good at shooting).

It is precisely because of this that Ma Kuo is now eating very openly in Jinguo.

This time, Zhao Song detained the Jin envoy for more than half a year for no reason.

This matter must be explained to the Jin State before the two sides can continue to form an alliance.

Therefore, Zhao Liangsi proposed that Ma Kuo send an envoy to Jin Guo again to explain the detention of Jin Guo, and agree with Jin Guo on the time of the attack.

Everyone also knew that Ma Kuo became famous in the Jin country, so it was unanimously agreed that Ma Kuo would make Jin ...... again

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