When convincing Jia Chaochang, Di Qing was also a little unsure, the huge difference between civil and military affairs and grades, Jia Chaochang is a privy envoy of a very popular minister, if generally speaking, he is already regarded as the top civil official, but he is a little weaker than the head of the Eastern Mansion, and he is the head of the military along with the Zhongshu Sect.

Civil and military is a huge difference, and the grade is even higher, it seems that Di Qing has fought all the way, from an ordinary soldier to the deputy head of the capital, and can be called a successful person anywhere, but compared with a person like Jia Chaochang, who stands at the top, the difference is not ordinary.

If Di Qing knew that in real history, a few years later, relying on the battle of Kunlun Pass and the evaluation of the merits of the south, he achieved the position of privy deputy envoy, but died of depression, I am afraid it would be another idea.

People are in demand, Jia Chaochang is no exception, the reason why he will summon these generals is to study the success of the battle in the northwest, and apply it to the war in the north, not to seek more, only to seek a breakthrough in the north, among the sixteen states of Youyun, to find a state to take, as long as one.

It is this premise that the two sides have a basis for talking, as long as they can explore it calmly, Di Qing quickly released another key, which is the root of Jia Chaochang's strong support, the reason is very simple, to defend the Liao State, not to let them easily enter the hinterland of the Northern Song Dynasty.

War is a game of offense and defense, where there is attack, there is defense, there is no such thing as only offense and only defense.

Even if he got some advantages of the northwest, applied epoch-making weapons to the forbidden army, and improved the attack power on a large scale, but the real effect depends on the reaction of the Liao State.

The Liao State is so easy to move, it prides itself on being the number one power among the Three Kingdoms, and it always appears in the relationship between the Three Kingdoms in the way of the boss, and now, and it has taken the Western Xia, it is almost certain that as long as this side attacks, they will inevitably react, and it is a big reaction.

If you don't do a good job of defense, what if the Liao State, which is annoyed and angry, comes to attack with all the strength of the country, even if you have gained a little advantage before, you will be completely buried under the army.

In the past countless years, the Northern Song Dynasty hoped to take back the sixteen states of Youyun, but in the end, the fundamental reason for not making the trip was defense.

In the past, it was avoided as much as possible, and if the Liao State did not come to attack the Northern Song Dynasty, it would have already snickered and dared to take the initiative to attack.

After having the longbow, in the field battle, the longbow troops with worry-free logistics can confront the heavy cavalry head-on, and at the same time give the opponent huge damage, and then their own losses can be accepted, which is the courage of the Northern Song Dynasty and Jia Chaochang to start a war, but it does not mean that the Liao State will really honestly fight with you in positional warfare, really send a group of troops, detour, or plunder like the Western Xia, what to do.

The northern region, in Hebei, behind the three passes, is all the essence of the Northern Song Dynasty, and it is also a rich place, not to mention the Daimyo's mansion, which is the core of the absolute core.

Di Qing's straightforward narration immediately aroused Jia Chaochang's vigilance, and he woke up from his frenzy, Liao is not a weak chicken, that is the real big tiger, or after the destruction of Western Xia, once the war starts, it must be a full-scale war between the two sides, and it is good to win everything, but what if you lose? Without Han Qi to fight, he himself would lose his status.

All of a sudden, the indecisiveness in his nature immediately gained the upper hand, and he was a little hesitant, whether to do all this, whether it was worth it to take the initiative to take a stand.

Realizing that Jia Chaochang had flinched a little, Di Qing secretly said that it was not good, and what he said was a little too much.

He just wanted to know what the fortress was for, looking at Han Qi's description, it seemed to be a very powerful thing in defense, but he didn't see the real thing, and he still didn't know the bottom of his heart.

There is a clear understanding in Di Qing's heart, without considering the words of the Yellow Dragon, simply conquering one or two military states in the sixteen states of Youyun, there is no problem, the longbow has enough ability to fight against any army, and under the premise of logistics, let alone one-on-one, one-to-two is not too much of a problem.

However, the ability to protect is also an important aspect, if his judgment is correct, this fortress will have a very strong ability to protect, and it is easy to manufacture, so it is very important for the defense line in the north.

Di Qing hurriedly put his thoughts and ideas out, Liao Xingzong raised troops at that time, it must have been for the Iron Harrier, under the premise that the Western Xia was broken, the Iron Harrier had almost returned to the Liao State, and it must be that the Liao State was unwilling to be blackmailed by the Northern Song Dynasty and let them get so many benefits, so they came to retaliate.

Han Qi simply killed the iron harrier, which further angered Liao Xingzong, therefore, Liao Xingzong ignored the fatigue of the battle formation, and forcibly attacked, how could he have entered Lingzhou, but returned so in vain, there must be a strong defense that blocked him.

Although Di Qing didn't know how Han Qi performed, the longbow must be one of them, with the longbow alone, with the strength of the forbidden army of 40,000, there was no way to keep up with the annexation of Western Xia, and tens of thousands of troops were added to the books, adding up to almost 150,000 or 60,000 Liao Kingdoms, and the fortress should also occupy a huge aspect.

Di Qing's speech was very strategic, not only to ensure that Jia Chaochang understood it, but also not to stimulate Jia Chaochang too much, especially to pay attention not to say Jia Chaochang's purpose, although this is already something that Han Qi and other generals have guessed a long time ago, but they can't say it in front of Jia Chaochang.

In fact, people with a little brain will come up with the idea that military generals, in the eyes of civil officials, are irritable and reckless, but they can be in the Northern Song Dynasty, which one of the martial artists who have a fairly basic foundation in the military, not to mention Di Qing, the others, that are not in the fight of thousands of troops, in addition to the enemy, in addition to the enemy, but also to face their own people.

The civil officials of the Northern Song Dynasty were given preferential treatment, but the generals were not like this, except for the nobles who were waiting to die, other military generals, if they wanted to rise, they had to resist all the pressure, such as the nobles, such as civil officials, and then the harsh battlefield environment.

At the beginning of this meeting, a little communication, learn something, and you will know that it is not that simple.

Under the premise that a huge victory has been achieved in the northwest and the situation in the entire Northern Song Dynasty is improving, Jia Chaochang mobilized these people for what, to improve the military system of the Northern Song Dynasty, don't be kidding, if Jia Chaochang had such an idea, he would have done nothing before.

To be able to get to this point, it is impossible to be ignorant of the battle above the court, they all have their own channels, not to mention, the conservatives have made it so big, almost the entire court has been gathered together, whether it is the re-emergence of the reform faction, or to occupy the three major positions, these are all problems that must be solved, in this case, Di Qing clearly grasped Jia Chaochang's lifeline.

To start a war with Liao, even if it takes some initiative and goes to some victories, but if it can't be held, it will be in vain, the entire Hebei defense line is strong enough, in Di Qing's opinion, it is not necessarily true, otherwise, it will not be continuously blackmailed by the Liao State in the past time, once the Liao State uses a large army, the border situation will be unstable

In Di Qing's opinion, the advantage that Han Qi achieved in Western Xia was a powerful advantage of the sudden application of the longbow, and this longbow was indeed the most suitable weapon for the entire Northern Song Dynasty, not only easy to obtain, but at least, to get out of 1 million longbows, would not shake the foundation of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Knowing the importance of elm, colleagues in felling will also strengthen planting, the entire Northern Song Dynasty, there are too many places suitable for elm growth, as long as it is maintained, there will be no problem.

The source of making a longbow is very wide, and it is not like the tendons and horns of the short bow, it is a biological thing, and once there is a problem, or you can't collect so many animals, it will affect the crafting.

Elm is the most common tree species in the north, and in the northern wild, among the dozen or so species, there must be elm, and in some places, even all over the mountains.

The healing of silk is the most in the Northern Song Dynasty, even if it is silk that flies up every year, it can support the use of millions, or even tens of millions

The most important difference between the Northern Song Dynasty and the Liao State is that he is more wealthy, and the Liao State does not need to attack the important towns of the Northern Song Dynasty, but only needs to enter in key places, and then after looting some cities, it will get huge benefits.

This is also the fundamental reason for the large-scale construction of defense lines in the north, once the war starts, if any place is not in a good position, it will cause problems for the entire Northern Song Dynasty and huge losses.

Under the premise of not doing a good job of protection and rashly attacking Liao, it will cause a big war, and that trouble is big.

Another aspect that Han Qi valued, the fortress, became a natural choice.

Di Qing's request was very careful, the Privy Council, almost everything about the fortress was put together, Di Qing wanted to really understand what the fortress was for, and how powerful it was.

Among the many texts, there is no intuitive statement about the content of the fortress, which proves more and more Di Qing's idea that the fortress is not simple, otherwise, it would not be written without notes.

In the middle of these things, by peeling off the cocoon, he really found some things, Han Qi's importance to the fortress, even on the longbow, when he went to the northwest with 300,000 guan, he changed the forbidden army, which is just one of the aspects, the bigger action is also to arrange the fortress, a fort of about 2,000 guan, 80 have been built in the entire northwest, with a total investment of more than 160,000 guan, not to mention the investment of manpower, which is almost more than half of the funds brought by the entire carry.

After the Lingzhou Peace Conference, when there was no pressure on the funds, under the premise of opening the Northwest Farmland Water Conservancy Project on a large scale, Han Qi still did not give up the construction of the fortress, at present, in the entire northwest, there are a total of about 350 fortresses, almost most of the important areas in the border area, are included.

Di Qing couldn't judge for the time being, what the fortress was like in the northwest, whether it was with the protection of the fortress, there was a back, the emergence of large-scale water conservancy projects, or the emergence of water conservancy projects, and only the fortress was considered, but this is the inevitability of two sides of the same body.

If the fortress has no advantage, Han Qi will spend a lot of money to do this, and in the same way, Han Qi also suggested that the Privy Council should change the protection system in the north, change the previous border checkpoints, the way of the stockade, and replace it with the fortress, in Han Qi's idea, this can reduce the garrison of Hebei by two-thirds.

Two-thirds is a large proportion, even at the most critical juncture of the Northwest War, the Northern Song Dynasty did not mobilize a large-scale army from Hebei, and the main force of the Hebei Forbidden Army was stationed in Hebei, but now, Han Qi said that it can be reduced by two-thirds, which is a very big and very confident data, what makes Han Qi so confident?

The role of the fortress has become the top priority, and if you don't figure out the real data of the fortress, many things will be impossible to mention.

However, Di Qing had some expectations, with his understanding of Han Qi, such a proud person who almost disdained to seek personal gain would not say this casually, then, it also means that the fortress is really useful and has a great effect.

Really as Han Qi said, on the front line of the entire Hebei, put 200 fortresses, so that if you go all out, it may be completed in 2 months, seeing that Han Qi is in the northwest, under the premise that the manpower and funds are insufficient, there will be such a big change, and Hebei is the same, once Hebei is solid, then they will attack again, there will be no problem.

Di Qing's statement quickly aroused the interest of the generals, and after seeing the change of the longbow to the Northern Song Dynasty forbidden army, he looked forward to it even more, this role of the fortress did not show much hideous in the Northwest War.

Among the materials that Di Qing read, in addition to the more than 350 fortresses distributed in the northwest in a large area, there is also a fortress in the Central Plains, the closest place to them.

That's right, it's Baozhou, where is the place of the Baozhou mutiny, none of the generals who came here have participated in the counterinsurgency, otherwise, they should have known the real data of the fortress, however, Di Qing is also a man of action, he proposed to take time and go to Baozhou immediately to have a look, which was agreed by most of the people, and finally, through official channels, made a request to the Privy Council.

In the military, Jia Chaochang does not have too high ability, in the military, all these generals have to do, especially in the future, if you really want to fight against the Liao State, these generals are indispensable.

Jia Chaochang also attached importance to the opinions of these generals, and after thinking about it again, he finally agreed, and it was prepared by the Privy Council, and it took most of the day to finally complete the preparations, and an ultra-fast fighting ship appeared in Bianliang, and left Bianliang with a part of the generals.