The Bianliang Privy Council of the Northern Song Dynasty, the highest military institution in the Northern Song Dynasty, controlled the military and political power of the Northern Song Dynasty and was the highest organ of all armies in the entire Northern Song Dynasty.

It stands to reason that there should be a rain of famous generals, but under normal circumstances, they are all controlled by civilian officials, and only one or two of the privy deputy envoys are military generals.

Similar to the previous Privy Council meeting, Han Qi, Cao Di and other privy deputy envoys can speak freely, but nominally, they are the first privy councillors, and they rarely have the opportunity to speak.

Since Renzong of the Northern Song Dynasty, the authority of the civil servants has gradually expanded, and a seven-rank civil official can serve as the head of a county or even a city, but he is in charge of this level, and he is already an absolute senior general, but unless he leads the army to go on an expedition, when he is stationed, he sometimes has to be constrained by the civil officials of the sixth or seventh grade.

Under such a premise, the military attachés in the Privy Council tried their best to reduce their sense of existence, and even did not easily get involved in internal strife, they knew very well that the civilian officials lost in the battle, perhaps only lost the limelight, or suffered a slight setback, but once this encounter fell on the military attaché, the military attaché who hated the same enemy would never recover.

However, this time, there were some exceptions, and many generals gathered in the Privy Council and sat in the lobby of the Privy Council.

This decision was made by the privy envoy, Jia Chaochang took charge of the nearby military generals, mobilized about 12 people, almost all of them were military generals above the general manager, and they were all famous generals for a long time, his purpose was very simple, to study the battle of Western Xia, find out the root cause of the victory, and copy it.

What kind of place is the Privy Council, a place to control the armed forces of the Northern Song Dynasty, it can be said that any military success will greatly strengthen Jia Chaochang's merits.

However, there must be exceptions, the Battle of Western Xia, this battle was out of the control of the Privy Council from the very beginning, and the Privy Council knew the entire battle plan, but the initial plan was just to get a little cheap in the Battle of Liaoxia, but I didn't expect that it would suddenly become a war to destroy the country.

Perhaps, Jia Chaochang has a little credit, but this credit is still very different from Han Qi's prosperity.

Even before, the aggressive Han Qi gave him huge pressure, when Qingli changed the law, Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan were both privy envoys, but one who actually drove was the authority of the Eastern Mansion, and Han Qi was the privy envoy.

It's so easy, I hope to change the law, even if Han Qi still has a chance to go up and down, but there is no ten years, it is impossible, Jia Chaochang just breathed a sigh of relief, and now, it is here again.

Of course, Jia Chaochang knew that some remarks were spread by conservatives, and their purpose was very simple, to win over enough people and make trouble for Han Qi on the premise that he could not redeem Han Qi.

To make it clear, Jia Chaochang is almost inevitable that he will stand on the opposite side of Han Qi, and if he wants to sit firmly, he must be against Han Qi.

In Jia Chaochang's heart, he really wanted to use other means, but unfortunately, even the conservatives had no choice but to put Han Qi out and pull the enemy, Jia Chaochang did not have this self-confidence, and did better than the conservatives who were mainly relatives and big officials, so proving himself became the only choice.

War, that is the Privy Council mastered, non-war achievements can not be rewarded, it is also common in the military, before, Jia Chaochang did not dare to move, on the one hand, the Northern Song Dynasty was weak, and it was already good to be able to resist the attacks of Western Xia and Liao, let alone attack. On the other hand, the imperial court had no money, not enough money to support the entire need for the use of troops.

Under the premise that the entire economic environment of the Northern Song Dynasty is a red line and a fiscal deficit, what can be compressed is the military's expenditure.

But now, the situation has changed fundamentally, and the financial situation of the Northern Song Dynasty, which is full of deficits and can only be maintained continuously, has undergone a fundamental change.

An iron material has reduced the financial expenditure of the Northern Song Dynasty by more than half, which has made the finances have a positive trend, and most importantly, the pacification of the northwest.

The northwest border troubles that plagued the Northern Song Dynasty for decades, even from Yuan Hao's father and grandfather, have finally ended, perhaps the Liao State occupied the Western Xia, but in terms of military affairs, the northwest border troubles will completely dissipate, even if there is a large-scale war between the two sides, it will be concentrated here in Hebei.

Hebei itself is a place to hold it, even if it is to strengthen the defense, the materials consumed are not high, Hebei here, backed by the system of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, from Bianliang, from the Daimyo's Mansion The forbidden army can be arranged in place within half a month at most, and there is no need to arrange it in the frontier.

This saves a lot of money, and it makes the military possible.

Jia Chaochang knows very well that as long as he can successfully start in Hebei and win a little bit of military exploits, he will be able to surpass Han Qi without destroying the Liao State.

In the entire history of the Northern Song Dynasty, there has always been a lingering thing, no matter how weak the emperor is, it is their inevitable wish to calm the north and recover the sixteen states of Youyun, even if it is Renzong, who is famous for his benevolence, his purpose is the same, there is a possibility of recovering the sixteen states of Youyun, and he will not let go at all.

The strategy of the conservatives, in fact, is successful, Jia Chaochang, Zhang Dexiang, Ye Qingchen, this privy envoy, the prime minister of the Eastern Mansion, and the three envoys, are the three mountains in front of Han Qi, and if Han Qi wants to leapfrog from the level of deputy envoy, then the three positions are necessary.

Perhaps, if after decentralization, Han Qi, who concentrates on accumulating strength and coming back, may be the most likely position of the three envoys, but now, with the blessing of the great merit of the destruction of Western Xia, the Lingzhou Peace Conference, and the Northwest Water Conservancy Project, Han Qi has undoubtedly crossed the authority of the three envoys.

Although the third envoy is important and known as the Minister of Finance, his narrowness makes it difficult for him to cross this level, and Ye Qingchen's performance also proves that he has no such idea for going further, but Han Qi is different.

Zhang Dexiang is trying to find a way in the East Mansion, and as the Privy Council of the West Mansion, Jia Chaochang also can't sit still.

Perhaps, Han Qi's ambition is to directly leapfrog the three envoys and Xifu and jump to the position of prime minister, but in the eyes of everyone, the most likely is the position of privy envoy.

Jia Chaochang is not doing well here, Han Qi is also a privy deputy envoy, and he already has this foundation, and then with the great victory in the northwest and the destruction of Western Xia, even if he does not need to be fueled by conservatives, Jia Chaochang is already in danger.

How is the army of the Northern Song Dynasty, Jia Chaochang knows it well, it is more than self-preservation, and the attack is insufficient, this is his opinion, but under the bonus of the new tactics, under the sufficient movement speed, the miracle of Western Xia was born.

The army of Western Xia is not worse than that of Liao, if you figure out how Han Qi defeated and what is the essence of this tactic, it is very likely to replicate everything in the northwest of Han Qi in Hebei.

For Jia Chaochang, the most important thing is to show the presence of the privy envoy, and in this situation, the easiest and best sense of existence lies in the military.

Figuring out the source of Han Qi's military exploits has become the only thing that needs to be done, Han Qi's military exploits, after all, are in the northwest, and they are at the juncture of the Liaoxia War, many of them are tricks, if Jia Chaochang can go further and make a breakthrough in Hebei, even if he wins one or two states, it is enough to erase the gap with Han Qi.

Research has become the focus, and for this reason, Jia Chaochang even crossed the civil and military dignity and humility, asked these generals to teach them, and gathered these generals together.

Di Qing was also invited, as he was not from a family, he was born poor, he took the blame for his brother at the age of sixteen, was arrested in Beijing, and began his military career.

But the Western Xia gave him the opportunity, from the early days of Baoyuan, the Western Xia rebellion, entered the Northwest Frontier Army, four years and twenty-five battles, and made great achievements, and then because of Yin Zhu's promotion, he crossed the door of the low-level generals, and now he is the deputy head of the real capital.

Han Qi's battle of Western Xia, in one fell swoop, took Xingqing Mansion, destroyed Western Xia, made him extremely surprised, it can be said that the entire half of his life, spent in the Western Xia war, he is very aware of the strength of Western Xia, in his opinion, it is difficult to take Western Xia without the strength of the country.

But Han Qi took it, and it was extremely easy, as a general, Di Qing would not care, how much advantage was taken in the subsequent Lingzhou peace talks, he didn't care about these, what he cared about was more about the tactics, the confrontation between the two armies, about the use of arms and tactics.

In fact, none of the dozen or so generals who can be selected to the Privy Council is simple, among them, Di Qing is the most outstanding, he is not only proficient in tactics, but also proficient in military strategy, and he is also one of Jia Chaochang's most important.

The 12 generals, located in the lobby of the Privy Council, can reach the level of today, these generals, who are relatively familiar with each other, and are relatively familiar with each other's abilities, after communicating with each other, began to pick up the battle report.

In order to facilitate the 12 officers, Jia Chaochang's preparations, not only did he have the entire battle process of the Northwest Battle, everything was recorded in detail, and enough copies were copied so that every general could see it.

It has been more than half a year since the First Battle of Western Xia, and the entire battlefield has been sent over, about the relationship between the dead, because it is too important, now only the privy envoy knows about it, and some things about him are covered by the Spring and Autumn penmanship, and the language is unknown.

Even these people can be trusted, but after this battle of Liaoxia, the dead not only entered the military sequence, but also entered the eyes of Liao Xingzong, it is certain that as long as he spends a period of time, when he really grasps the power, he will inevitably become the most important chess piece of the Northern Song Dynasty.

In the whole process, unless there is a very urgent matter related to the survival of the Northern Song Dynasty, he will be used, and other general things will not even notify him at all, which greatly avoids the possibility of exposure.

In terms of intelligence, the language written is unknown, and even some processing has been done, deliberately hiding the existence of this dead room, some keen, such as Di Qing, have already felt the difference, he vaguely feels that in terms of intelligence, it seems that some are too accurate, but what is wrong is not clear.

But this doubt, just in the mind, flashed slightly, and then disappeared, because next, there are more things of interest, and the battle process on the side of the Northern Song Dynasty is very detailed.

The whole beginning, as early as the third year of Qingli, the Privy Council began to realize the tense atmosphere between Liaoxia and began to make due preparations, and later found that between Liaoxia, war materials were greatly mobilized, and finally judged that this war was inevitable.

This was already a new method of warfare, which was proposed by Zhao Xin, and after being verified, it became a significant method for the Privy Council to judge military action.

Di Qing and others were very interested, in the past, judging what the war situation was, on the border, in key places, most of the cottages were arranged, these cottages with hundreds of soldiers stationed, to put it bluntly, are cannon fodder, playing the role of early warning, whether it is after being breached, sending people to deliver letters, or wolf smoke methods, or judgment after losing contact, you can roughly judge the form of war.

However, before the start of the war, this method of prediction was unheard of, but it was very suitable.

War requires resources, maybe in the nomadic tribes, there is no such thing, if you want to fight, pull up the people and horses, and start fighting directly, but once the form of a country is formed, even if it is the nomadic Xixia and Liao, it is necessary to mobilize the necessary materials.

From the aspects of horses, grain, ironware, cloth, wood, at least more than 20 categories, and more than 40 kinds of necessary materials for war, a simple calculation, one or two, or three or four floating, that is a normal phenomenon, once there are seventy or eighty percent of the materials, in a short period of time, there is tension or rise, it means that there is the strength of the country, in the reserve of materials.

This is a new method, and it is difficult to disguise, the more sudden, the more improvised, the more impossible it is to hide, these can be easily obtained through long-term and short-term analysis.

Of course, the Privy Council also found that this was only useful for the Western Xia and Liao, and for the Northern Song Dynasty, which was more rich in materials, there was a whole set of methods, even if it was an ordinary armament, it was also described as a large amount, and some temporary sudden wars could be directly called the arsenal and the Privy Council, and there was no need to buy them on the street temporarily.

These are all macroscopic, overall situation, and a commander like Di Qing will look at it very carefully, and others, directly skip it, and put it on the tactics, especially the whole process of the war, in the middle, the offensive and defensive battle in Lingzhou has become the focus of everyone's attention.

The elite forces directly broke through Xiping Mansion, and quickly occupied the overall situation of Lingzhou without leaking the news, which was the powerful attack power shown by the forbidden army.

"40,000 against 30,000, and still defeated, how is this possible!" A general obviously saw the complete war process for the first time, skipped the foreshadowing of the pit chief in front, and accidentally flipped to the end, the scene of 40,000 forbidden troops ambushing 30,000 heavy cavalry, when he saw it, he almost couldn't help but exclaim.

As long as you have experience in the Northwest War, you will know the horror of the Iron Harrier, and Di Qing is no exception, almost all of the wars he rose to prominence were won in battles with the main forces of Western Xia.

In the early days of the Song-Xia War, Yuan Hao and Western Xia were aggressive, the Song army cowered, and Di Qing, as the commander-in-chief, often took the lead, and gradually stood out in the non-stop wars and battles.

Even if there is a mental calculation or not, even if there is a stumbling rope and a trap, 40,000 against 30,000 is extremely unreliable, because it is a cavalry, or a heavily armored cavalry, if it is impossible, they can run completely.

This is related to the effect of the actual battle, this moment, everyone paid attention to it, and immediately turned here, this is also the final end of the whole operation, after that, there is only one Liao Xingzong who is forced with a fortress and a longbow, and the section that gives up the Xing army, because the space is less, and there is no fighting, very little.

Sure enough, everyone resonates, maybe in the city, there is a solid city defense, 40,000 forbidden troops against 30,000 heavy cavalry, this can be evenly matched, no one can help anyone, in the field, the two sides are only within 150 steps, even if there is a trap, as long as the reckless charge, these heavy cavalry rushed into the archer camp, it is also very terrible, it will not be so one-sided at all, this is almost one side of the total annihilation, one side of the slight loss.

Everyone shouted that the battle was fake, or rather, that they lied about the military situation, but Di Qing was one of the few who didn't think so, he was not confident in the outcome of this battle, he had confidence in Han Qi.

Di Qing is the same year as Han Qi, and now they are both 37 years old, but the trajectories of the two people are completely different, he is just the deputy head of the real capital, and he is also a member of the military, and when the war comes, he can independently carry the army to the battle, and he is one of the senior generals of the military.

But such a status, in the military, even in addition to civilian officials, is not ranked in the top 50, but Han Qi is already the top among the entire civilian officials, the previous four-way chief, the privy deputy envoy, is already considered the top 50 in the entire government and the opposition, and now, with such a great contribution, it is almost inevitable that he will enter the top ten industries.

For Han Qi, he is somewhat familiar, his benefactor Yin Zhu, is also a member of the Fa Change, and Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi are close friends, and he has also mentioned to him, especially after Han Qi became the head of the four roads, in the face of his request, he also made recommendations, but unfortunately, the battle in the northwest was carried out too fast and too fast, plus preparations, it was only half a year before and after, the real war process did not exceed a month and a half, even if Han Qi wanted to transfer, a senior official in charge of the deputy capital, fell from Zhending to the northwest, It's not that easy.

If you are not careful, the Battle of the Northwest has ended, and even the Western Xia has been destroyed, that is to say, even if Di Qing wants to participate in the war, it is impossible.

He also learned from the side that the soldiers and generals who participated in the war, there was nothing special, they were all normal forbidden troops, and they were not even inferior to the more powerful ones in the forbidden army, tactics or something, except for the battle when explosives blew up Xingqing Mansion, which was somewhat unexpected, and there was nothing else, normal combat methods.