Zhao Xin's abnormal state, at the beginning, did not attract attention, Sun Ji, who should have been noted, because during this time, has been training in the group, did not notice Zhao Xin's state, however, a few days later, he was still discovered by Wang Song.

Wang Song has been following Zhao Xin during this time, to be honest, he admires Zhao Xin now, whether it is the canal interception or the Baozhou mutiny, it is difficult to deal with, in his opinion, if it is not for Zhao Xin, as early as the canal interception, they will be difficult to pass, let alone the Baozhou mutiny.

The siege of more than 8,000 heavy infantry is very rare in the real Northern Song Dynasty combat experience.

Of course, neither the Western Xia nor the Liao State had the ability to make up so many heavy infantry, and under such a premise, they also successfully passed the hurdle in front of them, which was also a happy thing.

But why is Zhao Xin unhappy?

However, after careful observation, Wang Song soon understood what Zhao Xin was worried about.

He was worried about the villagers who had been killed by the rebels

This should not be considered by the superiors, so in the next time, Wang Song intentionally or unintentionally talked more about these rebels by Zhao Xin's side, and all of them were blamed on the rebels, not him.

If Zhao Xin is really a child, if Zhao Xin is from the royal family, he may accept this opinion, and the upper echelons can despise everything, and they don't have to care about what the people at the bottom think.

This is very normal in feudal society, but from later generations, the concept of equality has always been full of everyone's heart, and Zhao Xin is very clear that people represent this, in feudal society, people do not have much role,

But in the industrial society, with some training, the effect that manpower can play,

These are superimposed, especially the Wang family's actions behind the scenes.

The canal interception is acceptable, but the Baozhou mutiny is a little unacceptable, how much did the Baozhou mutiny lose, not to mention the loss of the people, the loss of nearly 10,000 soldiers alone, for the entire Northern Song Dynasty, it is a big loss, not to mention the loss of at least tens of thousands of people around the porridge,

This is the first time, what will happen if Wang Jiahe continues to do it behind his back?

A Baozhou lesion will lose tens of thousands, if you really take this step by step, how much will it be, 200,000, 300,000, 400,000, 1 million?

As long as Zhao Xin can resist the opponent's attack. For the sake of the throne, the other party will rise step by step on the premise that he has already done it, which is like getting on a thief ship, so there is no way for him to move forward step by step, and step by step more excessively.

This excessive, will go from the current Baozhou lesion to the upward, not to mention the more tragic, for example, to attract the Liao State, even if it is still such a mutiny, Zhao Xin can't stand it.

He is in order to change the fate of the Liao State, to become the destabilizing factor of the Northern Song Dynasty, when such a mutiny one by one, what will it bring to the Northern Song Dynasty, after the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, there can still be the Southern Song Dynasty, that is because the Northern Song Dynasty has not been consumed much, although there are foreign places, but there is no internal war, now, if there are even internal problems, what will be the concept, maybe, the Northern Song Dynasty can not even hold the Liao State.

Is it really good to go on like this, before, before the lesion in Baozhou, the idea that popped up?

Why do you want to go on like this endlessly, is it possible, he is a traverser, can only passively resist like this.

A traverser doesn't want to be put in such a focal position, so what's not to do if you take a step back and open the sky

There was a knock on the door, which interrupted Zhao Xin's thoughts, which one of the thoughts was so myriad, he had to think about it clearly, at this moment, it was not too perfect, so he simply put away his mind and saw what Sun Ji was doing here.

After Sun Ji came in, he wanted to speak and stopped, it seemed that he was a little embarrassed, under the urging of Zhao Xin, Sun Ji said the purpose of coming, he first wanted to ask, what is the cost of this fortress, if it is reduced, will there be such a strong defense?

As soon as Sun Ji's words came out, Zhao Xin knew what Sun Ji meant.

That's right, Sun Ji is really an excellent general, and his consciousness and vision can easily see the value from this fortress.

The fortress is for defense, it can be said that it is the most powerful defensive weapon in the era of cold weapons, and after adding some later theories, his defense strength is higher.

In Europe, with the help of earthwork, with the method of trench excavation, to conquer the fortress, in principle, it is possible, but in the face of the fortress transformed by Zhao Xin, this time it is more difficult, although a road to the fortress has been opened, but to completely occupy the core of the fortress, this requires more losses, but the possibility has increased a little.

Sun Ji will not have the luxury of expecting to get a fortress that will not fall, he just reduces the cost, when the size is only five or six times the current fortress, it may only be three or four hundred square meters, some like a large blockhouse-like fortress, whether his defensive strength is still strong.

The result is certain, on the one hand, the strength of the fortress comes from the city wall, the 40-meter-high outer wall, like a moat, isolating the internal and external passages, in this sense, as long as there is a height, the defense of the fortress is guaranteed.

The smaller area represents a reduction in the number of soldiers per unit area, although the ratio is not five or six to one, for example, this fort needs about 1,000 to 1,500 people, and in the future, a smaller fort needs 300 people.

Theoretically, this is true, but when carefully calculated, especially in the case of long-term resistance, at least 500 people are insured.

In this case, in fact, the defense of the fortress is not weakened by the scale of the fight, and the killing per unit of time may be reduced a lot, but when integrated, the strength of the fortress is still guaranteed.

Shrinking represents the reduction of the cost, according to the calculation of the card system, the cost of a fortress is close to 3000, the cost is not low, compared to the city is a little lower, the smallest city defense, also almost need thousands of runs, more than 1.5 kilometers of city wall, compared with this only 300 meters long city wall, several times worse, even if it is higher, the area is larger, with cement and bricks, the actual cost is reduced.

If the foundation of the Miaojiazhuang fortress is reduced again, although this fortress will no longer become a reserve force and the fulcrum of the counteroffensive, it can become a key point on the front line that is difficult to uproot.

Fewer personnel, the reduction of logistical pressure, a city of 10,000 troops, all kinds of resources needed, it can be said, very amazing, but 500 people, what does it matter, even if the average person pays, the cost of two times a month, is only 1,000, plus a strong defense, the entire northwest changes can be imagined.

With the help of three victories over the Northern Song Dynasty, the Western Xia completely laid the foundation for the founding of the country, in the current situation in the northwest, it is mainly defense, whether it is Xia Zhu, Fan Zhongyan, or Han Qi who was sent this time, they all suffered a big loss in Western Xia, and the current policy towards Western Xia is still the implementation of the policy of Fan Zhongyan's time, and large-scale construction of fortresses and city defenses to resist the infiltration and attack of Western Xia.

This method is effective, and now in Western Xia, it is becoming more and more difficult to penetrate deep into Longxi, and even in the border areas, it will be blocked by the city defense, but the cost is huge.

The wealth of the Northern Song Dynasty, simple city defense construction, this is nothing, big deal, in two or three years, the expenditure of forty or fifty million yuan, this money in the Northern Song Dynasty gritted its teeth, it can be taken out, but this is not a matter of one or two years, and the city defense is not established, it can play a role.

The larger the city defense, the higher the garrison is needed, the small city needs to be stationed with hundreds of archers, and the large city, as little as five or six thousand, as much as one or two thousand, the entire northwest garrison, almost occupies one-third of the standing army of the Northern Song Dynasty, which is a heavy one, almost overwhelming people to consume heavily.

The military also knows that this is to drink to quench thirst, but there is no way, the lack of cavalry such a mobile force, can only be fortified step by step, which place is simple to fortify, it may be the breakthrough of the cavalry torrent, and the nomadic Xixia, there is almost no output, once natural disasters and man-made disasters, when it can not be maintained, it will come up with a killer weapon, and eat in the Northern Song Dynasty, which is a tried and tested method.

The beginning of the rising military spending every year, as well as the maintenance costs, more and more northwest garrisons, has become a heavy burden on the Northern Song Dynasty, even the most developed, the highest annual income of the Song Dynasty, can not bear such a scale of consumption, the northwest issue, has become the focus of controversy in the court.

The Qingli New Deal presided over by Fan Zhongyan, its core problem is also to solve the problem of money, money is not omnipotent, no money is impossible, the Northern Song Dynasty's amazing income is much higher than that of the Han and Tang Dynasties, but the cost of the Northern Song Dynasty is higher than that of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

From Taizu Taizong, all the way to Zhenzong, three generations of emperors, the accumulated wealth, under the control of Renzong Dynasty, was gradually consumed, and under the control of Renzong, it was found that Fan Zhongyan was deviating, so he directly set things right, and in the back, during the Shenzong period, completely changed.

On the one hand, it is a problem of funds, on the other hand, it is burdened with the great hopes of the world, and it has been difficult to raise a name for 30 years, and in the end, the last wisp of vitality of the Northern Song Dynasty was consumed, and the party struggle became the focus of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Sun Ji doesn't have such a high vision, he just looks at the problem from a military point of view, this high defense is terrifying, but the garrison is only a fraction of the previous one, or even a dozen of the fortress, it is simply a natural choice in the northwest.

As long as the cost of the fortress is within an acceptable range, then just reducing the garrison by seventy or eighty percent will reduce the finance of the northwest to an acceptable range, as long as it is stabilized, under the premise of dragging down the Western Xia, silently accumulating strength, after a large-scale battle, it will be possible to solve the problem of peaceful restoration of the Western Xia.