Beauty loves heroes, I don't know why, along the way, Liang Hongyu kept telling Cheng Susu about Liu Zhenglong's great achievements, as if this man was an invincible god of war. It's just that this big beauty has been emphasizing that Liu Zhenglong is strategizing and winning thousands of miles away, and she doesn't say how capable this man is, otherwise it will be a contradiction and dismantle Liu Zhenglong's platform.

Liu Zhenglong and Hua Rongying were in the same car, and they didn't know that Liang Hongyu was touting themselves, nor did they know what kind of impression such praise would leave on Cheng Susu.

After arriving in the capital, that night, Pan Hui came to invite Liu Zhenglong to Pan's mansion, obviously Pan Xu had something important to discuss with this baby son-in-law, so he sent his nephew over.

Liu Zhenglong also likes this Pan Hui, he is not very old, he reads very well, and he is definitely a leader among the children of the family. It is also among the best in Taixue, and it is said that there are already relevant Guan Pu shops betting on the odds of this kid winning the championship.

The night banquet, this night banquet was much more deserted, only Pan Xu, Pan Jing, and Pan Li were there, and the other little characters did not appear at the banquet.

Liu Zhenglong prepared the gifts for the elders early, although the three of them lacked nothing, they were still very happy, and the gifts of the female dependents were even more abundant.

It's all a family, and after the polite words, they quickly got to the point. The first to speak was Liu Zhenglong's father-in-law, Pan Xu, who put down his wine glass and said: "Virtuous son-in-law, you were assassinated in that place in Jingzhao Mansion, but it scared the old man into a cold sweat. ”

"Big brother, won't Aaron soon have a flying pigeon to pass the book? If you don't take this opportunity, how can you break with the Cao family? It was Pan Panjing who spoke, and now he has gotten the sweetness of standing in line this time.

For a hundred years, the Cao family has always been respected, and everyone has long been accustomed to it, and the Cao family has given priority to all resources, and then distributed them, and no one feels inappropriate. But the Pan family suddenly made a difficulty, causing the four major families to break up, no one thought that the Cao family's counterattack was so weak and powerless, and they didn't expect the Gao family to stand with the Pan family at a critical moment, which really surprised many people.

The current Pan family has the support of the official family, coupled with the powerful ally of the Gao family, so they don't take the Cao family's counterattack into account at all, and the Cao family is now in a state of flux, and there is indeed no person who can stand up and stir up the storm, which is far inferior to the Pan family. For more than 100 years, the Pan family is the most powerful at this time, not to mention that the four Pan Xu brothers are in their prime, the next generation of Pan Feng, Pan Yue can already be on his own, and more importantly, Liu Zhenglong, the son-in-law, can be said to be the most dazzling star of the younger generation, which is incomparable to the Cao family.

Liu Zhenglong said with a smile: "Father-in-law, and two uncles, may I ask if you broke with the Cao family on that matter and slapped the Cao family so that the Cao family can't refute it?" ”

Pan Li said with a smile: "Ah Long, let me talk about this matter, Emperor Rongde Zhao Jinnu was originally going to be married to Cao Sheng, the little master of the Cao family, and the Cao family was also fully prepared, and the official family also meant this at the beginning, but the late Empress Huigong's younger brother Wang Xiande, the general of the right guard, had a conflict with the Cao family, and at the critical moment, we took action to save face for Wang Xiande." Later, under the facilitation of Wang Xiande, the official family has decided to marry Emperor Rongde to my son Cao Huaiyu. ”

Cut, it's okay to operate like this, this Pan family is too inauthentic, this official family is too casual, and this Wang Xiande is too shameless. But it's okay to do this, if the Pan family succeeds in cutting off the Cao family, then it will become the leader of the meritorious family with the support of the official family in the future.

The matter is definitely not as simple as Pan Li said, but Liu Zhenglong didn't want to ask so much, he said with a smile: "That's okay, the Cao family should come down after so many years, the next step is to recover in the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, and in the battle against Western Xia, how the Pan family really became the leader of the meritorious family." The next question is not whether the Cao family has the strength to fight back against the Pan family, but how the Cao family can protect themselves. There are many problems in the century-old meritorious family, and if you throw one out, as long as the official family instructs and suppresses it, the Cao family will not be able to bear it. ”

"Yes, that's why I want to hear what you plan for Western Xia, and why the official family summoned you this time." After all, Pan Xu is the head of the Pan family, and considering things more comprehensively, he knows that the Cao family's background is far greater than that of the Pan family, and he must deal with it carefully in the future to avoid mistakes.

Liu Zhenglong thought for a while and said: "Obviously, the official family will transfer Tong Guan to Hebei Road to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun and leave me in Western Xia. The officials mainly want to listen to my thinking and see if I can take charge on my own. ”

"Oh, that's fine, after all, Tong Guan is deeply rooted, and it's understandable for the official family to hang him." Pan Jing is still a little unconfident, and thinks that Tong Guan is still reliable in the war.

Liu Zhenglong shook his head and said, "I came this time, as long as I wanted to stop Tong Guan from leading troops to Hebei." You must know that the territory of the Liao State is thousands of miles wide, and the armor is two million, which is comparable to the Western Xia. Tong Guan's Northern Expedition will undoubtedly fail, because you should know better than me what the combat effectiveness of the forbidden army is. ”

It has long been no secret that the forbidden army is rotten in the outside world, and the meritorious family is the culprit of this situation, how can the three brothers of the Pan family not know?

"However, at the beginning, you supported the Northern Expedition of the official family, and you also won the favor of the official family by recovering the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, so that our Pan family and the Cao family broke up, but now how can the tone become that the Northern Expedition will be defeated?" Pan Xu's face was a little ugly, in his opinion, Liu Zhenglong was a political opportunist, and he had no position and principles at all.

"Northern Expedition, what I want is for me to personally lead the Northern Expedition, not the Northern Expedition of Tong Guan and old thieves. Do you really think that Tong Guan fought beautifully on the Western Front, it was piled up with mountains of gold and silver, and it was exchanged for the lives of countless soldiers of the Western Army. That's right, once the generals succeeded, the bones withered, but the Western Army killed the Western Xia Army 10,000, and it would have to pay at least 20,000 or even 30,000 yuan. In your opinion, Tong Guan is a great achievement, but in my opinion, he is a butcher, a waste who dragged down the economy of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Zhenglong was a little excited and crushed the wine glass in his hand. After calming down for a while, he continued: "Tong Guan's kind of strategic policy is quite effective against Western Xia, step by step, and build a military village when he takes a little land, so as to compress the strategic depth of Western Xia little by little. But in the face of the Liao State, with a territory of thousands of miles and two million soldiers, can you win, you will definitely lose. ”

It's that truth, but when you say it, it's still difficult for everyone to accept it.

Pan Jing was silent for a moment and then said: "Ah Long, what you said is right, but your qualifications, age, and official position do not allow you to take the right person to the expedition, you are very clear about this, the official family will definitely not allow you to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, and you must choose Tong Guan in the end." ”

"I know, that's why I want to ask the second uncle for help."

"Help, how can I help you?" Pan Jing didn't expect Liu Zhenglong to ask him for help, he said with a wry smile: "Although I am a fellow privy councilor, if I am asked to persuade the official family to let you go to the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, then you will think too highly of your second uncle." ”

Everyone is clear about this issue, and they also understand that this is not something that Pan Jing can control.

Liu Zhenglong said with a smile: "As long as Fang La rages a little more in Jiangnan, Wang Qing makes some big moves in Huaixi, Tong Guan will represent the expedition, I have a way to make him fall into the quagmire and can't get out." And I will spend five years to solve the Western Xia problem smoothly, and the level will also go up, and I will have enough capital to recover the sixteen states of Youyun. If it is not what I expected, Gao Taiwei will soon be defeated when he goes to Liangshan, and I will be the next commander. ”

Gao Yu led an army of 100,000, if he was defeated by a group of thieves, it would become the biggest joke in the Song Dynasty in a hundred years, and everyone didn't dare to think about it, and they didn't want to think about it. However, as long as Gao Yu is defeated, then the Pan family is willing to join forces with the Gao family to push Liu Zhenglong up.

There was a lot of talk in the Pan family, and Liu Zhenglong's central idea was that the national war was the national fortune, and the deal with the Western Xia relied on the strong national strength of the Great Song Dynasty, rather than the army.

On the third day, the official family summoned Liu Zhenglong in the Longde Palace.

The official Zhao Ji looked at Liu Zhenglong for a long time and said: "I haven't seen you for a few months, you have darkened a lot and lost weight, it seems that it is very hard to fight on the Western Front." The battle of Shuofang was fought beautifully, and you commanded it properly, which made me very pleased. What do you think of the fiasco of Rouwolf Mountain, is the Western Army really so vulnerable in the face of the Western Xia cavalry, and will our Song Army only be passively beaten when it encounters the Western Xia Iron Harrier in the future. ”

The official family asked several questions at once, and each question had a deep meaning behind it, which made Liu Zhenglong have to deal with it carefully, he pondered for a moment and said cautiously: "The fiasco of Rouwolf Mountain, on the surface, is caused by the crushing of the Western Army by the Iron Harrier, but in fact, it is caused by Qu Ze Wuneng's faintness. ”

"Oh, how can I see it, say it so I can hear it." As the monarch of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Ji of Song Huizong didn't like to hear about the crushing of the Great Song army by the Western Xia or Liao State, which was related to the national system and the royal face, and he didn't like to hear it because there were iron harriers in the Western Xia, so the Song army would collapse.

Liu Zhenglong said unhurriedly: "There are four reasons for the defeat of Rouwolf Mountain, the first point is that the commander Qu Ze listened to false information, rashly attacked, and abandoned the strong fortress to fight the Western Xia cavalry head-on, this is the first point. The second point is that the terrain at that time was that the position of the Western Xia cavalry was relatively high, and it was also downwind, and the cavalry was very fast to attack, and it was difficult for the Western army to resist. Fighting a war pays attention to the right time, place and people, and the western army is in a low position, and Iacs is doomed to suffer. The third point is that there will be a nest of bears. There are 30,000 troops in the Western Army, and the Western Xia only dispatched 3,000 Iron Harriers, which can be said to be ten to one, if the command is done properly, even if the geography is not conducive to our army, it can still be a battle, and Qu Ze, a bastard, was the first to escape. The boss fled, how could the soldiers not run, the defeat was like a mountain, and the main reason for this defeat was the incompetence of the coach Qu Ze. Fourth, if you find that the defeat is a foregone conclusion, you should have the courage of the warrior to break his wrist, give up the 30,000 soldiers, and stick to the military village, instead of leading the Western Xia cavalry into the military village, causing the 30,000 troops in the military village to be slaughtered, and the entire loss of 60,000 troops in this battle is Qu Ze's martial power. ”

It is still Liu Zhenglong who understands Song Huizong Zhao Ji, and his long remarks are honestly not nutritious, but they just happen to be in the hearts of the officials. In Zhao Ji's view, the army of the Song Dynasty was very powerful, and as long as it was properly commanded, it could defeat the Western Xia and defeat the Liao State. In the battle of Rouwolf Mountain, the defeat was Qu Ze's fault as Liu Zhenglong said, and it had nothing to do with the iron harrier crushing the infantry.

"If, if you command the battle, the opponent is Brother Richard, the king of the Western Xia Jin Dynasty, you come to guard the Rouwolf Mountain, there are still 60,000 infantry, and the opponent is still 3,000 iron harriers, how can you win."

"Your Majesty, this assumption of yours is not valid."

"Oh, why is that?"

"Because, as long as the minister is in Rouwolf Mountain, Brother Richard will never dare to attack with three thousand iron harriers, and at least ten thousand cavalry are needed."

Liu Zhenglong's face had a domineering attitude on his face, which made Song Huizong Zhao Ji appreciate it very much, and he said with a smile: "Okay, okay, just according to what you said." You have an army of 60,000, and Richard is 10,000 cavalry plus 3,000 iron harriers. Remember, I was not asking how to defend Rouwolf Mountain, but how to defeat the Western Xia cavalry. ”

In Song Huizong's opinion, it was too easy to defend Rouwolf Mountain, so it made it more difficult for Liu Zhenglong and asked to defeat the Western Xia army. But fortunately, it was defeated, and if it was all annihilated, he would be the first two big.

Liu Zhenglong took out a cardboard box from his arms, and after opening it, there was a map of the Rouwolf Mountain Military Village, he pointed to the map and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has a plan to completely annihilate the enemy army, but it is only detrimental to Tiande, I am afraid to say it, Your Majesty, you don't like to hear it." ”

"One will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither, as long as I have the result, no matter what the plan is, the winner is king, you win, even if you burn the entire Rouwolf Mountain military village and win, it is also a victory. You haven't lost a single soldier, and if you are defeated, you are still a defeat. ”

Song Huizong was curious about what method Liu Zhenglong could use to defeat the Xixi cavalry.

Liu Zhenglong pointed to the map and said: "The map of Rouwolf Mountain is very strange, on the surface, it seems that outside the gate of the military village is a very wide flat land suitable for cavalry combat, but outside this flat land is a lofty mountain, there is only a very narrow and long passage, and the narrowest place is only four or five feet. That is to say, as long as this opening is blocked, the 10,000 cavalry of Western Xia and 3,000 iron harriers will be trapped in the center, either to conquer the Touwolf Mountain military fortress, or all of them will die due to lack of food. ”

"But how do you close that opening? Couldn't the Tangut soldiers climb the mountains? ”

"The high mountain is high in the south and low in the north, and it is true that it can be climbed from the north, but the mountain is so high that it must be a strong soldier, but the horse can never climb it. After losing the war horse, the iron harrier is not an iron harrier, and the cavalry is not a cavalry, with 60,000 infantry of our army to defend the north mountain, then more than 10,000 Western Xia troops are destined to be hunted and killed, and they are destined to be wiped out. ”