"We know, just talk about it casually, don't mind, adults." Seeing that Yang Congyi seemed to be angry, Luo Cong hurriedly made a round.

Luo Cong has followed Yang Congyi for more than 20 years since he established the Xuanwei Army that year, and his words still have some weight in front of Yang Congyi.

Yang Congyi glanced at Luo Cong, and then said: "As a general of the Great Song Dynasty, you must obey the arrangements of the imperial court in terms of grand strategy, and this matter cannot be questioned, either implement it or hand over the army in your hand, how many times have I told you this, I can't ignore it." There are some words, the speaker has no intention, but the listener has a heart, you don't understand this truth? ”

"As a general, when you reach your position, you must understand the truth that trouble comes from your mouth. I hope that from today onwards, you will all control your own mouths, and the most important thing is to obey the strategy set by the imperial court from your heart, instead of talking nonsense based on your own ideas, let alone nonsense. ”

Yang Congyi saw that all the generals had a look of shame on their faces, and his expression couldn't help but ease.

Then he continued: "The grand strategy of the imperial court, I have already told you more or less in Jinan Mansion before, and some of you must have guessed the intentions of the imperial court, but here today, I will still tell you a general talk, I hope that after telling you, I will not question the strategy of the imperial court again." ”

The generals were silent, but they all raised their heads and put on a look of listening attentively.

"Eight years ago, when the imperial court moved its capital to Bianjing, five hundred miles west of Bianjing was Hangu Pass. Jingzhao Mansion, Fengxiang Mansion, Pingyang Mansion and other places in Hangu Pass, the Jin garrison is more than 100,000 people, Taiyuan Mansion and Xinzhou in the north of Pingyang Mansion also have 40,000 or 50,000 troops, and there are more than 100,000 Jin army elites outside Yanmen Pass in the north, although we have recovered Bianjing, Luoyang, Daimyofu and Shandong and other places, once the Song and Jin Dynasty have a conflict or their own accidents, the Jin army can drive directly from Hangu Pass to Bianjing within three days, Bianjing is facing a real threat, so eight years ago, the imperial court secretly set a plan to recover Hedong and Guanzhong. ”

After nearly seven years of preparation, the Northern Expeditionary Army from Luzhou and Liaozhou first entered Taiyuan Mansion as a righteous army, attracting the Jin army stationed in Taiyuan to encircle and suppress, and then there was a secret Xinzhou army to occupy Taiyuan City, and the Northern Expeditionary Army was bloodless to recover Taiyuan Mansion, at the same time, the Yanmen Pass defenders who were used to win over and buy captured Yanmen Pass, cut off the contact between inside and outside the pass, and waited for the army to enter Yanmen Pass, Completely blocked the large passage outside the Guanwai Guan, the entire Hedong, Guanzhong, and northern Shaanxi lost contact with Datong Mansion, and then the Northern Expeditionary Army gathered in Taiyuan Mansion went south to Pingyang Mansion, and the Sichuan and Shu armies went north to Fengxiang Mansion from Xingyuan Mansion, and the Xiangyang and Nanyang garrisons went north to bypass Hangu Pass, and attacked together in three ways, so that the Jin army of Pingyang Mansion and Jingzhao Mansion that had no way to escape was eliminated, and quickly recovered Hedong and Guanzhong, and lifted a knife hanging over Bianjing's head. You only see that Xue Wang, Ming Fu and others have made great achievements in just a few months, but you don't know how much preparation they have secretly made in the past eight years. Hedong and Guanzhong have been recovered, and the strategy of the imperial court naturally does not need to be kept secret, but about Yanjing and Zhendingfu, it cannot be said nonsense. ”

After Yang Congyi finished speaking, he paused slightly, and when he saw that the generals looked curious, he said: "What I said today is all confidential, because you are needed to recover Yanjing and Zhending Mansion, so I will reveal it to you in advance." Remember, what is said today must not be preached! ”

"Yes!" The generals replied in unison.

"If you want to take Yanjing, you must take Pingzhou. If you want to defend Pingzhou, you must take Laizhou. If you stick to Laizhou, you must take Liaoyang Mansion. Taking Liaoyang Mansion is inseparable from the Great Song Dynasty Water Army. Chenzhou, where the Great Song fleet used to go in the early years, was already heavily garrisoned, so the navy could only land in Suzhou, opposite Dengzhou, and approached Liaoyang Mansion along the coast. With so many places to fight, where do we fight first, how many troops do we need, how many supplies do we have to prepare? It's not something that can be prepared in a year or two. Fortunately, the imperial court is already preparing, and I came to Jinan Mansion from Bianjing three years ago to prepare for this matter. As for the future, what responsibilities each of you will bear, it depends on you, whose troops have strong combat effectiveness, who bears heavy responsibilities, if you can't fight, I'm sorry, then give someone else a hand, transport military rations and materials, and serve as a guard of the grain road and the city! ”

When the generals heard this, they were shocked.

It turned out that the imperial court had already been preparing for the Northern Expedition to Yanjing, and even wanted to attack the idea of Liaoyang Mansion, the capital of Tokyo!

And some people have a look of surprise, in their opinion, the dignified deputy envoy of the Privy Council, not staying in Bianjing, running to Jinan Mansion for three years, must be to make a big move, not as rumored to say, just to put pressure on Xijin and Dongjin, to dispel their delusions about Hejian Mansion.

Guessing the deployment of the imperial court, it is natural that his eyebrows are fluttering, and he can't wait to stand up immediately and show off to others, but the person who can guess the strategic deployment of the imperial court is not a person with developed limbs and a simple mind, so he won't jump up and say anything.

"My lord, how exactly will we fight, and when?" Shocked, someone suddenly asked.

"When to fight, it depends on when the imperial court is fully prepared, at least 200,000 troops must be saved for a year's grain and grass, there must be 100,000 troops to fight ten major battles of military resources and ordnance reserves, in addition, it must also have the ability to transport the required grain and grass to the front line within a month. So when to fight is not something we can decide, what we can decide is how to fight when we can. I have some ideas on how to fight, so I'll tell you first, and you can think more about how to fight this problem when you have time. First of all, you must take Yanjing, you can't storm Yanjing, the stormed Yanjing is not of much use to the Great Song Dynasty, it is better to adopt the strategy of recovering Bianjing, cut off their supply lines, cut off their contact with the outside world, and let them take the initiative to join or give up the city. And to do this, it is necessary to firmly occupy Pingzhou, and take advantage of the open area of Laizhou to attract reinforcements from the direction of Liaoyang Mansion in Laizhou, and then send surprise troops from Suzhou to Liaoyang Mansion to disrupt the deployment of Dongjin in one fell swoop. In order to succeed in this battle, in addition to the completion of the corresponding tasks by various departments, they must also cooperate with each other and appear at the right time and in the necessary place, and the entire military execution level must be more coherent and precise than the recovery of Hedong and Guanzhong! ”

"I see."

"From this point of view, it shouldn't be able to fight in the short term, our grain and grass this month, the court hasn't sent it yet, and we have to accumulate enough grain and grass for 200,000 troops for a year, I don't know what year and month it will be."

"Since the Lord has come to supervise it in person, it means that it is not far away, what are you all worried about? Are you afraid that you won't be able to fight without a war? ”

"It's not that I'm afraid that there won't be a fight, but I'm afraid that by the time the fight starts, I won't be able to climb the war horse."

"If you really can't fight, your lord told us so much today what to do. Don't worry about it, if you have time, you still have to think about how to fight, how to fight, how to defend, simulate and deduce. ”

"My lord, if you look at it this way, in the future, it will be the hardest battle to fight Laizhou, and it will be a dangerous battle to fight Liaoyang Mansion!"

"Not bad. Laizhou will be the largest battlefield to fight with the Jin people in the future, Laizhou is wide outside the city, you can set up a position, you can put the Jin people in to the greatest extent, as long as you get to Laizhou, you can't beat Laizhou, no matter how many troops they have, they don't dare to go west to Pingzhou, Laizhou will be the most difficult battlefield. And the surprise attack on Liaoyang Mansion, from Suzhou to the north, the road is impassable, there are many difficulties, but also through the territory of Chenzhou, the danger is greatly increased, to Liaoyang Mansion is to go deep into the enemy's territory, a little careless, it will fall into death, it is indeed the most dangerous battlefield. Yang Congyi nodded.

"What should we do now?" A registrar asked.

"Training, training, training, and then waiting for the imperial court to give orders!" Yang Congyi replied.

"Since we are also going to take Pingzhou in the future, can we concentrate our forces now and take Pingzhou first, so as to save trouble later."

"The time is not right. The imperial court is not fully prepared, even if we take Pingzhou, judging from the current situation, we will not be able to hold it, and there is no need to waste troops. Now all we have to do is to occupy the five cities that we have already occupied, if not all of them, but at least three cities. Although these small cities do not have many people, and they are not strategic locations, the recovery is to give an explanation to the imperial court, and at the same time, it can also expel the Jin forces from these places, further compress their space for activities, and push our defense line to the north, and then it will be difficult for them to find out what we do in Hejian Province. Yang Congyi explained.

"Indeed, there is no need to attack Pingzhou now, otherwise you will suffer a big loss like last time, it is better to wait until you are fully prepared and fight a battle!"

"Okay, what should be said today, what should not be said, I have told everyone, what can be said and what cannot be said, I hope you can remember, this is related to the imperial court's recovery of Yanjing, and it is not sloppy at all!"

"Yes!"

"According to my speculation, Wan Yan Yong will soon send reinforcements to support Pingzhou, you should restrain your subordinates, do not be greedy for merit, rashly attack the city, once the enemy cavalry chases out of the city, it will be difficult to get out. If your subordinates don't understand, tell them that this time leading the army north is an exercise, and it is a rehearsal in advance for the future recovery of Yanjing, so there is no need to achieve much success, the most important thing is to train the troops. Yang Congyi explained again.

"Yes! The end will understand! ”

"Also, the new ordnance and armament sent by Jinan Prefecture, you should first select one or two troops to try it out, which areas are easy to use, which are good for fighting a war and improve combat effectiveness, and which places are not easy to use, and how you want to change them, study and study them, and collect opinions, so that Jinan Mansion can adjust and change them. But one thing to keep in mind is that this is a new type of armament, and none of it can be leaked out, and even if it is damaged, it cannot be discarded, it must be put in the arsenal! ”

"Yes!"

"Remind you again, if there is a sudden military situation and you can't decide yourself, report it quickly and don't delay! If there is no time to report the crisis, you can make a decision on the spot and report the details afterwards. ”

"Yes!"

At the end of this meeting, all the generals got up and left, and Luo Cong was about to leave, but was stopped by Yang Congyi.