Youyun Sixteen Prefectures, this is the concern of the successive emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty, Song Taizu for the Youyun Sixteen Prefectures, even prepared a huge amount of money for redemption to the Liao State, after being rejected by the Liao State, turned to such a huge amount of money, for military expenses, for the attack of the Liao State.

It's a pity that Song Taizu died early, and in the Taizong era, because of the sixteen states of Youyun, he launched two wars against Liao, but they all ended in failure, and because of this, the war between Liao and Song was set off, and Liao turned from defense to offense, becoming a great enemy that has always affected the entire Northern Song Dynasty.

Taking back the sentence of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, almost every Song Emperor will shout a few slogans, but since Zhenzong, basically, there is no possibility of this realization.

At any time, taking out the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun is a high-profile event, let alone taking it out at this moment.

Jia Chaochang not only put forward the statement of recovering the sixteen states of Yanyun, but also came up with a feasible report.

At this juncture, Jia Chaochang, as a privy envoy, put forward this, obviously, it is not without purpose.

It's different from just now, the governor who participated in political affairs and laughed casually, this time,

Jia Chaochang said it in a formal way, and in the entire hall, there was silence, and everyone kept their previous smiles and began to seriously consider this matter.

Just as a joke, even the person who said this sentence never took it to heart,

Jia Chaochang met at this time, and said it seriously, which is not ordinary.

No one dared to speak, and no one could speak, Jia Chaochang, who was the focus of everyone's eyes, was not in a hurry, and looked directly at Renzong.

Renzong felt before that Jia Chaochang came up with a study of the Liao State at the court meeting, although now, the relationship between the Liao and Song dynasties is also the most important relationship in the Northern Song Dynasty, and the study of him is okay, but it is not so important.

After that, the entire Privy Council took out the most critical things, determined every detail, and even sent special personnel to contact Yuan Hao, and also took out 20,000 sets of replacement armor for trading with Yuan Hao.

This kind of thing, can be big or small, before the change, a fornication with a foreign enemy is not able to run away, but this batch of materials, is replaced, for the problem of changing clothes, the original more than half of the foot armor, turned into more than 7 into a longbow, so that the replacement of the armor is a lot.

This part of the armor could not be disposed of casually, and the Privy Council also reported it at that time, and the final result of the study was that it was cheaply disposed of.

In the eyes of Renzong and the higher-ups at that time, at this time, what other way to deal with it was nothing more than dissolving it through the Privy Council, or sending it to the Dinghai Navy to smelt steel.

However, such a method of processing was sent to Yuan Hao, not only did he get several times the benefits, 20,000 sets of armor, in exchange for tens of thousands of horses, and hundreds of thousands of yuan in cash.

In addition to the method, at the same time, it was given to Yuan Hao, not Liao, for now, the threat of Western Xia to the Northern Song Dynasty is almost equal to zero, the reason is very simple, Suzhou and the Northern Song Dynasty are thousands of miles away, if you want to affect the Northern Song Dynasty, you must take back the land that belongs to the Western Xia.

The two enemies fought each other and lost both, which was a great thing for the Northern Song Dynasty.

The entire process of the transaction, in fact, was carried out by the Imperial City Division, and in the middle, Jia Chaochang also played a role to Renzong.

It is not ill-intentioned, but at the same time, it has achieved very good results, both economic and strategic.

At that time, Renzong was still curious about why Jia Chaochang, who had always been more conservative, would take the risk of doing such a thing, but it was obvious that that was not all, and this attack plan against the Liao State was.

I really didn't expect that Jia Chaochang would be able to play such a game of chess, and he really underestimated him before.

Renzong glanced at Jia Chaochang deeply, smiled, and asked, "Jia Qing is serious!" ”

"That's right, in the last year, we have begun to prepare, so far, the time is ripe, this time is just our opportunity, especially now, the main army of the Liao State has been lost, and the rest have been fighting for a long time, and they are in a weak time!"

This sentence is not nonsense, the army in the era of cold weapons, in addition to the absolute requirement of physical strength, also has the fatigue of long-term combat, which may not affect the direct combat effectiveness, but will be weakened, and in the war, it will definitely suffer a big loss.

In this way, at least more than half of the Liao army cannot be used immediately, and in the war, let alone a few months, even if it is ten days and half a month, it is enough to gain an advantage.

Whether it is a longbow or explosives, it is a sharp weapon for attacking the city, and if the Liao State cannot concentrate enough troops to defend in the shortest possible time, then just like Xingqing Mansion, no matter how strong the defense is, it will not be able to resist the attack of the Song army.

This Jia Chaochang knows, but what he told and the report formed, after these high-level officials of the Northern Song Dynasty read it, they will definitely give a discount, if there is one person who understands among all people, it is Han Qi in the crowd, his colleague who understands, raised his eyebrows, he clearly understood the reason why Jia Chaochang did this.

Feelings, he Han Qi is making great progress in the northwest, Jia Chaochang has not stopped, he is also preparing, and he is also preparing to the idea, which was really done by him, and it is to the point.

In fact, the attack on the Liao State is also what Han Qi has always paid attention to, some preliminary plans have been in Han Qi's heart, but not in his position and not in his position, with the experience of the northwest, as well as what he knows, Yuan Hao's results on the grassland, he knows very well that the Liao State is a seemingly powerful paper tiger, as long as the means are appropriate, it is very normal to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, and under certain circumstances, it is still very possible to go further.

The side of the couch is not allowed to snore, the Northern Song Dynasty is in a chaos, completed the unification of the Central Plains, the five dynasties and ten kingdoms also ended because of the Northern Song Dynasty, how to form a strong and unified Northern Song Dynasty without destroying so many countries in the north and south.

Now, the Western Xia has declined, and even the Liao State has been weakened several times, and it is no longer as strong as it used to be, and the Northern Song Dynasty has begun to flourish again, and it is not impossible to take the Liao State.

The prestige of the Liao State is still there, a country with hundreds of thousands of powerful cavalry, it is not so easy to challenge, in Han Qi's opinion, after he serves as a privy envoy, he will spend three years, or even five years to prepare, and then gradually launch a battle, and then gradually achieve results.

Han Qi didn't expect that in the face of his pressure, Jia Chaochang actually made such a choice directly.

However, the arrogant Han Qi knows very well that this is a normal competition, and he knows very well that if Jia Chaochang really gets such a feat, it is obvious that he will sit firmly in his position, and with it, the possibility of him Han Qi going further will be reduced, either to compete with Ye Qingchen for the third envoy, or, there is only one step in place, to be the head of the Eastern Mansion.

The head of the Eastern Mansion, that is almost impossible, this is the highest civil official in the Northern Song Dynasty, that is, the position below one person and above ten thousand people.

Even Fan Zhongyan, who was once in the world's popularity, put forward a plan that was very in line with the Northern Song Dynasty, but he did not stand in the position of prime minister in one step.

Fan Zhongyan has already gone into the wilderness, and it is already very difficult to find Han Qi back, if it is placed in the position of the head of the East Mansion, it will be a bit too demonstrative.

Han Qi also knew very well that what he was more able to receive was the privy envoy, and he had never prepared for this, but now, Jia Chaochang had already begun to prepare, and he was unwilling to wait for death, so he should do something.

Almost everyone will make a similar choice, but Han Qi will not, he is a very arrogant person, and if he wants to destroy such a good situation for his own selfish interests, Han Qi can't do it, and he doesn't want to do it.

At this time, Jia Chaochang saw that everyone had seen it in general, and began to explain this, although the report had been written very clearly, but he still began to explain in an orderly manner, mainly to explain the rarity of power and opportunity.

Han Qi looked down at Jia Chaochang's report, as one of the few high-ranking officials in the entire court who was very clear about combat, he saw the details from this report.

In Jia Chaochang's plan, the most important thing is a group of integrated forbidden troops, and he also knows the number of this forbidden army, a total of 30 forbidden armies were reorganized last year, which is almost 75,000 people.

This number, in normal times, is nothing, the battle with the Liao State, the use of 100,000 people is the most basic place, the first war of Song Taizong, the main force of the East Road alone is 100,000 troops, a total of three ways to attack.

75,000 people, attacking the Liao State, is very unreliable, but at present, it is a very suitable one, on the prairie, just lost 100,000 troops, at the same time, most of the main forces of the Liao State, are from the Western Xia thousands of miles, returned to the Liao State, continuous operations, plus losses, the combat effectiveness of the Liao State, in fact, has decreased a lot.

The troops of the 30 armies, in fact, already have considerable attack power, and the most important thing is that after the transformation, the attack power of the longbow troops is much higher than the previous ones, especially in field and siege operations.

In addition to the troops invested, Jia Chaochang was very well prepared, and the various fortresses built on the border, and even the offensive routes, were completely arranged

Because he has a good understanding of Yuan Hao's actions on the grassland, part of the battle plan refers to this battle.

The expedition of laborers, coupled with the heavy damage to the grasslands, has greatly affected the national strength of Liao, but these influences are on the potential and prospects, and if you really want to talk about it, the combat effectiveness of Liao's own has not been reduced much.

The first battle in the grassland, but it is not a joke, the cumulative annihilation of more than 100,000, the wounded are even more, this is the elite troops of the Liao State, less than the army of nearly 100,000 people, the Liao State is really hit hard, at least, the number of troops that can be used is reduced by 100,000, in this case, if the Liao State has half a year, or a year of cultivation, it can be recovered, but now, it is indeed the best opportunity.

When Jia Chaochang finished speaking, everyone calmed down, although it sounded like this, but this is the Liao State, even if it has declined, he was beaten so hard by Yuan Hao, but his shadow on the Northern Song Dynasty is not a lot at all,

Even if they were completely sure, they didn't dare to move troops easily, let alone look like Jia Chaochang, who was very unreliable. With less than 100,000 troops, as well as those fortresses, the defensive force has been reduced so much, what if, what if the Liao State takes this opportunity to break into the territory of the Northern Song Dynasty.

In fact, since the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty, there has been friction between the two sides, but there is still no large-scale war, but from Taizu Taizong, the sixteen states of Youyun, who have never forgotten it, even took the initiative to attack.

Let the strategy of the Liao State shift from defense to offense, and finally there will be the final alliance of the Yuanyuan, the war that has lasted for decades has finally ended, and it is easy to have decades of calm.

One by one, the important ministers expressed their views, on the whole, there was little support, and there was a lot of opposition, most of them asked Jia Chaochang to wait a little longer, and wait until two years later, when the water conservancy construction in the northern farmland was completed, and the water conservancy construction in Lingzhou really gave full play to its strength.

Similarly, since the change of the longbow has made great changes in the forbidden army of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the combat effectiveness has increased greatly, then how many of the 800,000 forbidden army have been modified, not to mention that all the modifications have been completed, at least more than one-third of them must be modified, so that the combat effectiveness of the army can be improved.

At this time, the fastest is two years, and the entire Northern Song Dynasty will definitely undergo earth-shaking changes, at the very least, the resources and manpower that can be used will be higher.

Jia Chaochang is of course well aware of everyone's reactions, if it weren't for Han Qi's stimulation, he had a deep understanding of everything in the Liao Kingdom, as well as the combat effectiveness of the longbow, his thoughts would probably be the same as these people, and now, with the support of Di Qing and others, his opinions have changed.

If it is said that without Yuan Hao's trouble, it is no problem for him to recover 4 of the 16 states of Yanyun, but with Yuan Hao's trouble, it is obvious that there is a possibility of winning the 16 states of Yanyun, but it is not too big, but there is still no problem in winning 8 to 10.

Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures won one or two, which is already a huge credit, and now more than half of them are won, and the probability is quite high, this plan is worthy of Jia Chaochang's support.

In order to prevent leakage of news, when Jia Chaochang was preparing this plan, he did not communicate with some close forces, nor did he connect with him.

However, except for some subordinates who knew about this plan, there was no one to support it, all of them were opposing voices, and Jia Chaochang saw that there were not many people in the entire court who supported him, so he turned his attention to Han Qi.

It is precisely because of the hostile relationship between the two sides that Jia Chaochang also has a very deep understanding of Han Qi, if among all the courtiers, there is one person who supports him, that is Han Qi, he believes that even if he gives the choice to Han Qi, Han Qi will not ignore this opportunity of great benefit to the Northern Song Dynasty because of his own future, this opportunity, he must be able to see.