Chapter 496: Virtue is not worthy

Yue Fei's best strategy was a bit cruel in Zhao Huan's opinion, but it was very much in line with the interests of the Great Song Dynasty.

And the difficulty of execution is extremely low.

【Wait and see】

Yue Fei had already learned what the Tangut people were doing in the Hetao area through Tanma.

The morale of Li Renzhong's soldiers was very high, and the reason was that he was unscrupulous in plundering.

During the siege, not only the defenders of the city would be demoralized, but the besieging soldiers would also have to face this problem, and Li Renzhong's solution was simple, crude and effective.

Raids not only bring a morale boost, but also capture civilians who can act as the vanguard of the siege.

The main thing is to plunder to obtain a lot of wealth and stimulate morale.

Based on this, Yue Fei gave Zhao Huan a good policy.

Although it looks a little cruel, it is extremely beneficial to the Great Song.

Watch and see what happens.

It was the Great Song Dynasty that watched Li Renzhong's troops plunder, watched them cut themselves off from the people, and watched them run out of popular support in Hetao for nearly a hundred years.

By the beginning of spring next year, Sun Yi also trained the recruits properly, and the city of Dongshengwei became stable, the military supervision of Dongshengwei became perfect, and the defense of the city became simple.

Whether Yue Fei went to conquer Western Xia from Dongshengwei or went to Shangjing Road to conquer, he had more room for maneuver.

When the time comes, Yue Fei will attack, no matter from which direction, the Western Xia people will not have the ability to resist.

And the purpose of watching the changes is not only to give the Great Song Dynasty some time for strategic buffer, but also to lay the foundation for future rule.

The composition of the people in the Hetao region was extremely complex, with the Dangxiang, Qiang, Yellow-headed Uighurs, and even the rumored Great Cannibals.

"If it is not of my race, its heart will be different." Zhao Huan put the notebook in his hand on the case.

As a commander-in-chief, Yue Fei did not let himself down, and the three strategies were all reasonable.

Zhao Huan hesitated for a long time, looking at these three strategies, he was in a dilemma.

The next policy is the easiest to implement, but there are endless troubles, and Zhao Huan finally decided to give up.

Although the wife is good, Zhao Huan still puts state affairs first.

The implementation of the middle strategy is more difficult, and there may be a danger of losing Dong Shengwei, and it may also cause significant damage.

The implementation of the best policy is simple and beneficial, waiting for the Tangut people to die by themselves, and then the Great Song Dynasty soldiers will come and regain the hearts of the people.

On the issue of the Loop, it also has the effect of once and for all.

The plundering of 50,000 soldiers in the Hetao area of the Western Xia has actually completely angered the people of the Hetao, and the people who originally wanted to be loyal to the Western Xia should also grit their teeth against the Western Xia people at this time.

If the Tangut people wanted to enter the Hetao area again, it would not be as simple as it is now.

The people of Hetao did not need to make any promises from the Great Song Dynasty to make the right choice.

They will let the Western Xia soldiers know what it means to be caught in the vast sea of the people.

Zhao Huan suddenly remembered that when he was under Datong City, he wanted to give an order to let the Great Song soldiers minimize the casualties of the people and civilians when they captured the city.

But he was stopped by the Planter Dao.

The lives of the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty should not be exchanged for the lives of the people of Datong.

Seed Master Dao stood in the position that a general should have, and Zhao Huan agreed with Seed Master Dao's statement.

However, the benevolence of the officials of the Great Song Dynasty still made the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty not attack the people in the execution, but only looked for the golden people.

Zhao Huan really wanted to choose the second middle way to win over the hearts of the people in the Hetao area, and to save them from fire and water.

Moreover, Zhao Huan believed that his orders would also be carried out by Yue Fei.

Yue Fei's personality is like this, and he will not easily oppose himself in major matters.

But in the end, he still chose the best strategy and urged Sun Yi to train the new army well. Fight again in the spring of next year.

The lives of the people of Hetao are fate, but the lives of the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty are not?

The soldier is also the flesh and blood born and raised by his parents.

If you are not careful in winter marching and fighting, you will get frostbite and freeze to death, your armor will become brittle, and there will be more casualties in the battle formation.

Yue Fei's soldiers, the Hejian Army, were the elite of the Great Song Dynasty.

But no matter how elite the soldiers, they have been fighting for a whole year!

The Hejian soldiers had already begun to suppress bandits at the end of last autumn, transferred from Gyeonggi Road to Guanzhong, and then fought to Taihang, and on the way to Yanjing, they also pacified a Lianyun Village.

The battle of Tiandezhou was a solid and tough battle.

Twice in a row to explore the Western Xia, and then moved to Shangjing Road to deter and intimidate the Kerebu.

After returning, he took the Hetao, and then marched to Kunyi Prefecture and returned to Fengsheng Prefecture.

The Hejian Army, which has not stopped for a year, is a victorious army!

But they also need to cultivate when they fight thousands of miles.

The reason why the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty was defeated in the Battle of Liao is related to Zhao Ji's bullshit surrender strategy, and it is also related to the fact that the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty has no respite in successive battles.

The Hejian army will force the army to fight the Western Xia invasion again, even if it is often victorious, fight again and win!

There will also be many soldiers who will be killed.

Zhao Huan carefully weighed the pros and cons, the lives of the people who had everyone in Hetao and the soldiers of the Hejian Army, he weighed it carefully in his heart, and finally he felt that the lives of the Hejian Army were much more valuable than the lives of the people in Hetao.

The Great Song Dynasty, where Huayi's distinction is still relatively prevalent, is desperate for the people of Hetao, and Zhao Huan really can't do it.

When the people of the Jin Kingdom were released to enter the customs, Zhao Huan was also the principle of Han'er priority.

Zhao Huan finally decided to choose the best strategy, he leaned back in his chair and looked at the lanterns in the hall in a daze.

"System, do you think I'm becoming more and more like an emperor and becoming more and more selective? The dragon slayer has finally grown evil scales? I actually chose the best strategy. Zhao Huan muttered to himself.

【……】

Zhao Huan sneered and said, "You should talk about it." ”

Since the power of the emperor has increased, the courtiers have become more and more respectful of him, and this respect has tended to turn into worship.

Even Li Gang is not so rigid now.

[Mercy is not in charge of the army, your mercy can only shine in the Song realm now. 】

"Isn't Ci in charge of the troops?" Zhao Huan asked stunned.

[In other words, in fact, your Da Song is not strong enough!] Your fists aren't hard enough! It's already so hard to fight a country of Jin that is even more wasteful than Goguryeo, do you still want to shine Rendepu to a place where you can't reach it? 】

[Your fist is not big enough, not strong enough, you want to be a Khan that day, but virtue is not worthy! ] 】

[You need to convince people with virtue!] 】

Zhao Huan couldn't help but laugh and looked at the subtitles in front of him and shook his head with a smile, the system still pointed to his heart as always.

Virtue is not worthy, and virtue convinces people.

The virtue here is not a vain spiritual cultivation such as benevolence, but the power in the hands is not strong enough.

"Official, the preparations for returning to Beijing are almost complete, when will you leave?" Zhao Ying came out of the shadows again and asked.

The official family obviously had a temporary end to government affairs, and Zhao Ying watched the official family come back to his senses in a daze and hurriedly walked out.

"Go back to Beijing, the day after tomorrow." Zhao Huan said with a yawn.

It was already late in the night, and he was already a little sleepy.

The reason why Zhao Huan returned to Beijing was very simple, the war in the north fell into a scorching garbage time, and the north in the big winter was no longer suitable for war, only small-scale conflicts.

There was still a time, that is, the guy who repeatedly talked about Li Qingzhao jumped out again.

And this time Cheng Chu finally caught this person's tail, and pulled out a large number of people along the vine, and he had to rush back to Bianjing.

This person was beyond Zhao Huan's expectations, but it was also reasonable.