"The time to unify the world?" Chen Xuan repeated thoughtfully.

"Exactly," Zhang Shanfu took a step forward, "The marching plan has been prepared, the Liao and Song countries have reached a stalemate in Ezhou, just wait a while, both sides are exhausted, Fangzhou is outstanding, and the Song army is attacking back and forth, defeating the Liao army in one fell swoop," he paused, looked at the other people, and said meaningfully, "Luoyang is actually at your fingertips, Guanzhong levies 200,000 troops, and marches on foot, which can cut off the back road of the Liao army in one fell swoop." After destroying the Liao State with the Song army, the infantry army turned to the south, and the Shu army went down the Yangtze River to attack Jiangnan and unify the Han people. ”

Zhang Shanfu said, and General Xie Yuan said: "The warehouse of the baggage division in Guanzhong is enough to provide 30 days of rations for 600,000 troops. Shu Di marched to the southeast, there was a big river as a way to supply military supplies, and Fuhaixing summoned local grain merchants to supply military rations, and the situation was even better than that in the north. After the war breaks out, you can buy military supplies from the Chang'an market, and I estimate that it only takes half a month to raise another half a year's military supplies. After conquering the place of the Song State, you can also collect military quarters on the spot. The Khitans of the Liao State set up farms and pastures in Henan and Hebei, and they easily took them from them, and it didn't cost much food to help the hungry. ”

"Because of the grain in the Song Dynasty, we also have to take care of people's hearts," Zhang Shanfu frowned, "It should be feasible at first." After all, at the beginning, we were allied with the Song to deal with the Liao State. However, if there is a war with the Song Dynasty......" His gaze turned to Wu Ting, the general of the Military Intelligence Division.

"The hearts of the Kanto people are still a little nostalgic for the Song Dynasty." Wu Ting also said, "But the Liao and Song dynasties have been fighting for a whole year, and now Henan and Hebei are in ruins. It's just that in the southeast area, there are still those scholars of the Li Society, as well as Yue Fei and Han Shizhong, in a short period of time, I am afraid it will be difficult to clean up," he hesitated, did not mention "Zhao Xingde" and "Baoyi Army", and continued, "The southeast of the Song Kingdom is covered with a dense water network. Judging from the battles of the Liao State against the Song Dynasty, in order to solve the Eastern and Southern Song Dynasty armies, I am afraid that the naval division must be indispensable. But we only have a few gunboats from the Chengying Army over there. ”

"The war may last for a long time," Chen Xuan said in a low voice, his face turned to Liu Yi, "What does the prime minister think of the current situation?" ”

Liu Yi was silent for a while, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, the minister once marched in the river and once stayed in a farmhouse. The family's grandparents moved from Guanzhong to Hezhong in the 29th year of Weiyuan. Zhang Shanfu heard Liu Yi suddenly change the topic and mention Hezhong, his face changed slightly, Liu Yi shook his head, and continued: "In the twenty-ninth year of Weiyuan, it was the time when the rebellion was first peaceful, and the troubled times used heavy codes to 'sue the people for adultery and sit down'. The Han people in the river are scarce, just after the chaos, there are epidemics everywhere, from time to time there are fleeing rebels, horse thieves harassment, the wilderness can be compared to the northern Xinjiang, in the face of disease and famine, it is impossible to get relief and care like Guanzhong. The family gave birth to five sons and four daughters in a row, and only three survived. After two or three generations, the road was blue, and the foundation was laid in the river. ”

Chen Xuan's eyes moved slightly, and Xie Yuan and Wu Ting were also thoughtful.

Liu Yi stood up and said, "Why?" Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, generation after generation of people have migrated from Guanzhong and Shuzhong to the river, willing to risk being killed by thieves, reclaiming and expanding the border, so that there are now five million Han people in the river. In all dynasties, immigration is a national policy. However, in the end, it is often angry and resentful, and the gains outweigh the losses. Why is it only in our country that the real policy of immigration can prevail? Why? He swept his gaze over the faces of the people in the room and replied, "Why?" From the beginning of the Weiyuan Dynasty, our dynasty used the sword as a fence to protect our people, and the people could trust the court, go over the mountains and mountains, and go to the wilderness. He paused, "This is the biggest reason why our dynasty is in the river and has been expanding its territory in northern Xinjiang, the people can trust the sword of the imperial court, this is the foundation of our dynasty, the enemy killed the people on my border, so that my dynasty can make a vow not to stand together." If we sit idly by, or even go against Di Yi, we will lose the hearts of the people in the river and destroy our foundation! He raised his voice, "I thought that the Sultanate of Rûm should not be tolerated, and should send troops to fight as soon as possible!" ”

After Liu Yi finished speaking, the room fell silent for a while. Xie Yuan and Wu Ting's eyes were a little regretful, but they didn't say anything to refute it. Outside, the lieutenants were already waiting in the council hall. Yang Ren has returned to Guanzhong, and in the council hall, Kang Deming's voice is very loud: "Those who commit strong men will be punished even if they are far away!" If the thieves kill the people in my river, if they do not immediately crusade and return blood for blood, what is the use of the people supporting the soldiers? Several lieutenants also chimed in: "Fight!" "Fight when you fight!"

Chen Xuan nodded and asked Xie Yuan: "If troops are sent in the river, can the military supplies hoarded in Guanzhong be used?" ”

Xie Yuan frowned and muttered, "If you want to crusade against the Sultan of Roma, you can recruit soldiers from the river and form a large army to crusade. With the help of the cavalry of Qiuzi, Shule, and Khotan, the livestock purchased from the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains to make dried meat and supply the market in the river, so as to stabilize the rising grain prices. The military supplies hoarded in Guanzhong were slowly sent to the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains with the caravan. ”

He subconsciously took out a small notebook that he carried with him, turned a page, and filled it with numbers in small letters, and continued, "The country of Lumei has repeatedly attacked the Sultan of Roma, and often retreats because of the lack of food. Until enough grain could be requisitioned locally, the baggage division had to maintain the transport of grain from the river. Most of the military supplies hoarded in the river were dried beef and mutton, lard, fried noodles, and peanuts, and each sergeant only needed one pound of military rations a day, plus ammunition, at least more than 200,000 catties. Although forage is relatively easy to requisition from the local area, but at least to ensure the fine material of tens of thousands of war horses, is 300,000 catties a day, to transport these 500,000 catties of grain from the hinterland of the river, we try to take the river canal water transport, once landed, we set up a post station every 60 miles, between the two and two of the post station have to use 500 two-horse carts, a day of coachman's food is one catty, a horse eats five catties of grain, adding up to eleven catties. Each section of the post station consumes more than 5,000 catties of grain and straw to maintain the transportation carriage every day, and these must be added to the transportation volume of the previous post station, which is not counting the forage consumed by the cavalry needed to protect the transportation line," Xie Yuan paused, glanced at the small book, and continued, "The farther the land conveyor line advances, the more grain is needed to maintain the transportation, more than two thousand li, and the grain and straw to maintain the transportation may exceed the supply of the army itself." Therefore, after the army penetrated into the Sultanate of Rûm, the marching division still had to collect grain and grass in the local area as soon as possible. ”

"If you want to collect military supplies on the spot," Wu Ting nodded, "in addition to taking them from the enemy, you can also buy them from Lumei with gold." He paused for a moment and added, "The grain ships will take the waterway, and the Lumei Kingdom will send them to Zhenxi Fort, and we will transport them south from Zhenxi Fort to the army." ”

"Didn't Lu Mei besiege the Sultan of Rôme?" Zhang Shanfu frowned and asked.

"Yes, but," Wu Jian shook his head and smiled, "It's gold that is easy to use, and those princes of the Lumei Kingdom and the Great Food are not clear." ”

"Although what the prime minister said is good," Zhang Shanfu also stood up and faced Liu Yi, "The battle between Song and Liao has reached the final moment, and our dynasty has been established for a hundred years. Your Majesty," he turned his face to Chen Xuandao, "Now that the Liao army has invaded the south, Bianliang has fallen, the throne of Zhaoqi in Guandong is still unstable, and more than 60 million people are under the blade, I am marching eastward towards the army, and the unification of the world is just around the corner. Never! ”

Liu Yi and Zhang Shanfu, the heads of the Chinese military forces of the DPRK, disagreed with each other, and neither Xie Yuan nor Wu Ting spoke. Outside, the chatter of the lieutenant of the council hall was getting louder and louder. The hut fell silent, and the eyes of the four important officials of the court all looked at His Majesty.

Chen Xuan nodded, shook his head again, and said slowly: "What the prime minister said is right, the people in the river are the people of my Great Xia, if we don't even take good care of our own people, what qualifications do we have, what kind of face do we have to talk about unifying the world?" He turned his gaze to a map hanging on the wall, including Hezhong, Guanzhong, Shuzhong, Northern Xinjiang, Song Liao, Rus, and Lumei, and said word by word, "The people of Xia are the foundation of my Great Xia country." ”

Chen Xuan arched his hand to several ministers: "The captains are the pillars of the country, and they can't be allowed to wait for a long time, so let's go out." He stood up and said to the ministers in the room, "It is better to solve the threat of the Roma Turks first and stabilize the river." As for the war in the east," he looked at Zhang Shanfu, "in my opinion, it is better to stabilize first, and not to let the Liao State sit as big as the Roma Turks." Wait until we've cleaned up the west, then turn east. ”

Zhang Shanfu sighed slightly. Although the Captain of the Protectorate Mansion decided on the country, the Prime Minister, the generals, and especially His Majesty himself all had great influence on the Captain of the Protectorate Mansion. Hezhong is located in the land of four wars, and the captains in the river are particularly sensitive to the invasion of Diyi. Although it is believed that the Sultan's younger brother did the work of the Sultan's younger brother in laying siege to the state of Silyu and killing hundreds of people, the captain of the river will not give up as long as the Sultan does not send the heads of all the murderers, including his own brother, to apologize. On this issue, the captains of northern Xinjiang have always stood with Hezhong. If His Majesty had not come forward to convince these lieutenants, I am afraid that the Protectorate would have passed a decision to crusade against the Sultan of Rûm at once. The Sultan of Rûm is the co-lord of the Great Eclipse Princes, and if he does not go to war, he will go all out, and he must be cut down and eradicated. It is also taboo for soldiers to suffer from the enemy on their backs, so it is impossible for Guanzhong to mobilize more than 200,000 troops to fight the war of annihilating the country. However, only through limited troops, the situation of the Liao and Song tigers fighting each other can be maintained, and after the war in the west is over, the army will be waved eastward.

While he was groaning, Zhang Shanfu suddenly felt that someone had patted him on the shoulder from behind, and when he looked back, it was Prime Minister Liu Yi.

"The Liao and Song dynasties are just a corner of the dispute," Liu Yi's face was grim, and he said in a low voice: "I live in the continent of the world, guarding the land route, controlling the four seas, and its pattern, a place in the river, has a great relationship. ”