Zhang Shanfu proposed a campaign plan that was unexpected, but extremely in line with the style of the marching division. To confuse the opponent with complex and changeable actions, the Anbei army is a regular soldier, and the Anxi army is a virtual and then real, and it is surprisingly victorious. Lu Qingzong and Xu Wenhu's faces became solemn, and Zhang Shanfu also paused, listening to the reactions of the other generals. Xu Wenhu muttered: "Haixi Port is isolated outside the territory, and if the army wants to sneak into Haixi Port and then attack Kiev, the capital of Rus' State, it is very easy to be detected by the enemy. ”

Zhang Shanfu nodded and explained: "If Musti raises troops to the east and backwards, there will not be too many defenders in Kyiv City. The marching division estimated that 10,000 elite soldiers would be enough to break through the city, and the battalions infiltrated Haixi Harbor in stages, which was not conspicuous. ”

Xu Wenhu frowned and said: "It has been more than 100 years since the founding of the country, and although Musti has oppressed the people a little harder, the people's hearts have not dispersed. A sneak attack of 10,000 soldiers can capture the city of Kyiv, but it is difficult to hold it, and it is difficult to do well. ”

Lu Qingzong punched the pillar in the hall, the dust fell, and he said in a rough voice: "I knew this earlier, I should have raised troops to the east a hundred years ago, and I shouldn't have let this gang of barbarians become the climate." "The Rus' king Musti constantly sent nobles and officers across the stone mountain to survey the terrain, and when they encountered the Xia army, they said that they had lost their way, apparently with ambitions for the vast desert area east of the stone mountain.

Zhang Shanfu coughed, the national policy of a hundred years ago has its own calculations a hundred years ago, and the marching department only considers the current situation, the national strength of Rus is rising too fast, and in order to prevent the rise of a strong enemy, it has to strike first. He said to Xu Wenhu: "As long as you attack Kyiv, you must immediately protect the eleven brothers who are imprisoned by Musti." The Rus will be divided into eleven principalities, each of which will pay tribute to our country. The Department of Military Intelligence has been in contact with the families of the eleven princes. ”

Wu Ting nodded and said briefly, "Yes." ”

"And then?" Lu Qingzong asked.

"If Musti saves trouble, he will be spared and the twelfth duchy will be established. With this wolf with a broken leg, the other eleven princes have more scruples about us. If he resists stubbornly, let the Anbei army fall. Zhang Shanfu said in a deep voice, he looked at Liu Yi.

Liu Yi said slowly: "His Majesty the Emperor will issue a decree of tui'en, in order to avoid fratricidal incidents in the Rus Kingdom, the next generation of these Rus' princes will all be marquis, plus those who are marquised because of the military exploits of the Rus' War, Rus will probably become the territory of more than a hundred marquises." ”

"Good Push Grace Order!" Lu Qingzong clapped his right fist and said, "Cheap these guys." "The Rus have just become a country from barbarians for more than a hundred years, and the tradition of dividing the family property equally among the sons is still very strong. It's just that Rus is almost impossible to rise as a great power.

"More than a hundred marquis will form a self-governing noble council, and in order to demonstrate the equality of all marquises, all the laws and policies governing the Rus' people must be unanimously approved by all the marquises." Liu Yi continued. He estimated that, according to this principle of unanimity, the autonomous Rus' would remain within the framework set by the Xia state for a long time, and that any slight reform would die because of the disagreement of a marquis. At the same time, the marvelous autonomous aristocracy would allow the Rus to maintain their ability to defend themselves against the Western nations, while allowing the Xia to bear the least obligations to the Rus. What's even better is that all arrangements seem to be for the good of the Rus' people, and they will not plant a gritty hatred for the Xia Kingdom in the minds of the Rus' people.

Zhang Shanfu added expressionlessly: "Musti imprisons his brothers, which is contrary to human morality, and the heavens are angry and resentful. I sent troops to Rus' out of the sole interest of justice. Since this Rus has an autonomous aristocracy. We will administer justice to them only in exceptional circumstances and at their request. Of course, as compensation for the justice of our dynasty, the unowned land east of the La River and west of the Stone Mountain will not be touched by the Rus' nobles. ”

The marching division first reported to Emperor Chen Xuan, and Chen Xuan was only looking at the map. Several other generals also felt that the plan for attacking Rus' was well thought out, and the rest was to perform their duties and implement the details of the operation one by one.

Next, we will move on to the second stage of the discussion of the strategy of the Lumei Kingdom. Before Zhang Shanfu could speak, Xu Wenhu, the general of the Anxi Military Division, expressed his opinion, that is, he opposed the annexation of Lumei.

Chen Xuan, Zhang Shanfu of the marching division, and several other generals listened carefully to Xu Wenhu's arguments for opposition.

"During the Warring States Period, the death of Zhao State was lost in the Battle of Changping. Zhao Guosuo's hasty response to the battle in Changping lies in Shangdang County, which is greedy for profit and lightly surrenders to Cheng. Getting land is not always good for the state. Swallowing Lu Mei is simply a chestnut in the fire. In order to save this hot taro, my dynasty will have to shed blood for generations, and it may even drag the river down. The middle of the river is the fundamental place to maintain the western frontier. ”

The old general finished what he had been holding back for months, gasping for air. Emperor Chen Xuan frowned and considered Xu Wenhu's objection, and Zhang Shanfu also bowed his head in contemplation. It's not that they don't understand the possible consequences of annexing Lu Mei, but they are still more confident in Xia Guo to hold Lu Mei. Xu Wenhu, who was most familiar with the defense of the empire's western frontier, made Chen Xuan waver.

Zhang Shanfu can refute Xu Wenhu's statements one by one, but he disdains to play such lip service. He re-examined his judgment as to whether the marching division had underestimated the difficulty of annexing Lumei. Xu Wenhu also aroused the loud approval of Xie Yuan, the general of the Baggage Division.

"If you want to transport supplies from the river to Lumei, the road is long, and most of the route is within the range of the Turkic cavalry, and if you want to protect this conveyor line, you must at least have the same number of troops as the Turkic cavalry along the way. The forces themselves along the route were also targets for the Turks. As long as a short stretch of the conveyor line is interrupted, the forward army can only gather supplies near the country of Lumei. Xie Yuan frowned and said, he kept flipping through the notebook full of handwriting, reading the astronomical numbers that the army needed to mobilize for the expedition one by one, among several generals, he was the only one who could compete with Zhang Shanfu, the general of the marching division.

Under Xie Yuan's description, if the Lumei Kingdom really attracted the siege of the Western barbarians like a torch in the dark, as Xu Wenhu described, then the resources in the Xia River were likely to be gradually depleted in order to sustain the war. This will inevitably lead to the transfer of troops from the Western Regions and Guanzhong. In this way, it will be difficult to take into account the eastern front.

After being silent for a long time, Emperor Chen Xuan finally said: "Since this is the case, then the war in Lumei Country will be considered for a while." First, send the seventh battalion of Chengying over to test the situation. He paused for a moment and whispered to Zhang Shanfu: "I heard that there is a centurion named Zhao De in the seventh battalion of Chengying, who is very knowledgeable, and asked him to write a report on the observation of the situation around Lumei Kingdom and submit it. ”

Zhang Shanfu was stunned, and he didn't know why this centurion called Zhao De could alarm the emperor. Chen Xuan smiled: "Someone recommended him to me, he is a very interesting young man. Zhang Shanfu nodded slightly, although Xia Guo has all kinds of perfect channels for promoting talents, but it does not exclude the emperor from occasionally giving grassroots officers opportunities, as long as it does not violate the imperial court system, it will be promoted beyond the ranks.

Next, Wu Ting, the general of the Military Intelligence Department, briefed the emperor and the generals on the situation in the eastern border. The Jurchens and Han rebelled in Liaodong. The rebellion of the Ming Sect in the southeast of the Song Kingdom was also unsettled. Now the Liao and Song countries are busy pacifying their respective civil strife, so that the Liao and Song borders are temporarily calm. He specifically mentions the southeastern part of Xiaohai, where the steppe tribes between the Liao and Xia kingdoms had recently held an alliance, and a chieftain named Haidu Khan was elected as the leader of the alliance. The Military Intelligence Department is closely observing the movements of this new rising force, if they fight for pasture to the west, it is likely to use the cavalry infantry corps directly under the Great General's Mansion to reinforce the Duhan City in the southwest of Xiaohai to protect the cantonment, and the hussars must mobilize the herdsman cavalry that is subject to the Xia State to start a big battle in Mobei.

Chen Xuan's brow furrowed more and more, both in the East and the West, he was regarded as the emperor with the most powerful army. However, the burden of being attacked on both sides and taking care of both sides has also been pressed on the emperors of the Xia Kingdom for many years. The long distance between the eastern and western borders would take several months to mobilize troops as fast as possible. Whenever this happens, Chen Xuan thinks: "The rails and steam locomotives mentioned in the ancestors' handwritten notes would be successful if the trial production was successful as soon as possible." ”