This is not the first time Zhao Xin has come to the Privy Council, before, when discussing a few big orders, he had also come, but it was the first time to enter the core institution of the Privy Council, or in the company of Ye Qingchen.

The high-level knew Zhao Xin's identity, in order to avoid suspicion and prevent getting involved in the turmoil, they rarely contacted Zhao Xin, and only a few, such as Han Qi, were not very afraid.

This time, there is a valid reason, after all, the fund of close to 1 million guan is very important for this Northern Expedition.

In the past, when the Northwest was fighting against the Western Xia, not to mention millions of guan, millions of guan was not much, but it depends on what it is compared with, since the emergence of the Dinghai Navy, the price of many materials has dropped significantly.

This time, most of the materials given by the Navy are materials, which are urgently needed by the Privy Council, and if they are converted to the previous standard, they may be several times, which has not been calculated yet, because of the increase brought by the weight reduction.

Simply compressing military rations, which reduced the investment of each expedition in the Northern Song Dynasty a lot, transporting 1 liter of grain to thousands of miles away, and 100 grams of grain to thousands of miles away, these are completely different concepts, but the final effect is the same.

240,000 pieces of military food, which is very large for the support of the army at the front.

These rations, all of which were sampled by the Ding Navy and allowed the Privy Council to try, to be honest, shocked everyone at the time.

The previous compressed biscuits have surprised many people, such a light thing, can actually make people full, many people think that compressed biscuits may be a limit, who knows, there is a limit beyond the limit.

Even Han Qi, who was the calmest and quite supportive of the Dinghai Navy, couldn't help but be depressed, if, a few years ago, Haoshuichuan, their forbidden army, had such dry food, they might not be defeated.

In the battle of Haoshuichuan, Han Qi did venture forward, but the combat effectiveness of the forbidden army was so strong, even if it was besieged by ten times the enemy, if it was not for the food cut-off, it would definitely not be completely annihilated.

With such military rations, any soldier can support at least 10 days of consumption by carrying 3 catties of military rations, 10 days, for that time, it was the moment when the reinforcements arrived, and the camp was held firmly, and then there were reinforcements outside, and how many Western Xia soldiers were not enough to fight.

Although the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun said that unlike Western Xia, there were more cities and densely populated cities, but after all, they were within the scope of the enemy, and there might be captures, or maybe not, and with twice as much military rations, there would be more room for operation.

Not to mention other military equipment, for example, a multi-purpose shovel made of stainless steel, which is small and lightweight, but can do all kinds of work, and can even be used as a weapon in battle, with a sharp side that is enough to remove a person's head.

With these equipment, it seems that the absolute combat effectiveness has not been improved, but the foundation has improved a lot, and at a certain time, the combat ability and the ability to complete it will be increased many times.

This is also the fundamental reason for the Privy Council to come forward, at this time, facing the national war of the Northern Song Dynasty, even if this national war is not in the territory of the Northern Song Dynasty, but the national war of the outside world, they have provided great support to a privy envoy, to see, or even commend, this is also something that no one can say.

The meeting was presided over by Jia Chaochang, and he first expressed his gratitude to Zhao Xin, but the sense of alienation in his words was very obvious.

Han Qi is very close to Dingjun, and so is Ye Qingchen, neither of these can be turned into allies, and Han Qi is even directly an enemy, which makes Jia Chaochang happy.

Not to mention, this Northern Expedition that he had planned for more than half a year, it should have been time to pick the fruit, who knows, was directly detonated by Han Qi at the Great Dynasty Meeting, and all of a sudden, the explosiveness and merit were reduced by more than half, and the difference between him and Han Qi should have been opened, but he had to give Han Qi a large part, and even Han Qi also got the right to command the battle, how happy did he be.

Of course, Zhao Xin can't be arrogant, he is not a prince, he can only be an envoy of the festival, fortunately, the envoy of the festival is also a military position, you can ask about some military, not overstepping the authority, he first asked, is there a more complete map.

Of course, there is a map, although these ministers of the Privy Council, although they are from civilian backgrounds, they have been in the Privy Council for many years, and they are still not very unfamiliar with the military.

These should really be thanks to Zhao Xin, before, if they wanted to get the map, they had to go through a higher relationship, from the high-ranking officers of the Liao State.

However, everything in the Liao State is modeled after the Central Plains, and in the bones, it is still the same set of barbarians and tribes, and there are some civil officials, but compared with the Northern Song Dynasty, I don't know how much worse.

There are also military maps, but like ghost drawings, if you want to draw a scoop from a gourd, you can't find a way at all.

Zhao Xin proposed to search from the subtle places, in addition to the overall search for some basic materials and judgment, the other is to draw a map on a large scale.

This point, after the Privy Council and the Imperial City Department sent a large number of personnel, became a reality, and thousands, or even more spies entered the Liao State, almost carpet-style search, and really drew a map.

This is the benefit of the kingdom, Zhao Xin is really unable to do this now, it is easy to send people, but how to send them, how not to attract the attention of others, these are all problems, without the background of the Northern Song Dynasty for many years, it can't be done at all.

Under the changes of history, the above millennium, the entire topographic map is not the same, and the subsequent inland is not very different, and the general location is still so much, but in the coast, especially near Huanghuai, the change is huge.

For example, Hongze Lake on the Huai River is still a very small, almost inconspicuous place, Lianyungang is still an island, and even the topography of the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea has changed greatly.

If the navy wants to redraw the map, it must send a large number of personnel, or have tools such as aerial photography.

Zhao Xin has never considered this, and the Northern Song Dynasty drew it, perhaps in terms of habits and accuracy, it cannot be compared with the military maps of later generations, but it can finally be used.

Zhao Xin asked to take a look, and several governors hesitated, but finally agreed, Zhao Xin himself, whether it is the level of the sea or the level of the navy envoy, both of them have reached the level of secrecy, and there are many things that do not need to be hidden from him.

The danger of Zhao Xin lies in his identity, he is the prince of Renzong, even if he fakes his death and escapes, he can't hide it from these important ministers of the court, but it is precisely this identity that makes it possible for others to leak this information, but Zhao Xin will not.

After leaving the Northern Song Dynasty, what else can he go to, at least now there is a Dinghai Empress and Dinghai Jiedu Envoy, who really defected to the Liao State, will it be more noble now?

In a large house of the Privy Council, a very large map appeared, which took the Privy Council and the Imperial City Division at least 5 months to draw little by little, and summarized the map, including most of the Liao Kingdom.

The Liao State of this era was mainly distributed in the Northeast, Inner and Outer Mongolia, and part of the Loess Plateau, with a very large total area, but the population was not large.

On it, the sixteen states of Youyun and the northeast are more careful, this is the core area of the Liao State, and it is also the focus of the investigation, as for Inner and Outer Mongolia, it is a grassland, even if it is placed in the 21st century, it is not easy to investigate where to draw a map, let alone this era, just simply draw some small dots.

Zhao Xin looked at the map seriously, it was not much different from later generations, I don't know if it was the error generated when the map was drawn, or the natural terrain was like this.

Whatever the reason, this map already has a more intuitive performance and can be used as an explanation.

Ye Qingchen is also very strange, he has been following Zhao Xin, I don't know what the last benefit of Zhao Xin is, and he has to find all the privy envoys of the Privy Council, although they are in the face of 1 million, they are all here, but if they don't say why, or if it is very important, then there will really be a problem.

Zhao Xin didn't continue to talk to him, but said directly to the point: "The focus of this attack must be the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, although the Liao State has suffered great damage, but their forces are still very large!" ”

"As far as I know, most of the forces of the Liao State are mainly distributed in three parts!" Zhao Xin casually found a stick, pointed to the map, and said, "Shangjing, Tokyo and Zhongjing!" ”

This is known to everyone, and the governors who are doing it, during this time, are also considering the issue of operations against Liao, and of course they are very aware of this.

Nanjing, that is, Zhejin Mansion, this is the core of the sixteen states of Youyun, but there are not many troops, most of the troops have been transferred, or on the border of the Liao and Song Dynasties, there are not many people who are really in Nanjing.

On the map, it is clear that these places are in the north.

Zhao Xin pointed out these positions one by one, if they were replaced by some young officials, they might be disdainful, these positions, as long as they have a little understanding of the intelligence and go deeper, they will know what is the use of saying this.

Those who can participate in political affairs, none of them are simple, they are killed in the midst of thousands of troops, starting from a scholar, step by step in high school, and then competing with colleagues, and came to the top of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Zhao Xin didn't have a cloud mountain fog cover, but said in a shocking manner: "I have a way, so that when I attack the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, I can reduce the threat from the north!" ”

"What!" Han Qi's eyes twitched, and then his eyes widened suddenly, and the same action also appeared on most of the governors' bodies.

During this time, although the Northern Expedition was well prepared, the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Liao State were always a huge threat, and once they were quickly mobilized, it would be a huge threat to the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Due to various reasons, there will be no more than 50,000 people who can enter the hinterland of Liao, and the other armies are more contained and dispersed, so that Liao cannot invest heavily in the sixteen states of Youyun in a short period of time.

These are all uncertain, no matter how to contain them, the other party is in the territory of Liao, and the main army is cavalry, maybe, in two or three days, the movement can be in place.

If, there is a way to stop the northern army, it won't take too long, ten days and half a month will be about the same, as long as this part of the northern main force does not affect the Northern Expeditionary Army, with the strength of the Northern Expeditionary Army, not to mention all the 16 states of Youyun, those cores, especially the current Nanjing Zhejin Mansion of the Liao State, will not have any problems.

Among the sixteen states of Youyun, there are two cores, one is Youyun and the other is Yun.

You refers to Youzhou, his core lies in Zhejin Mansion, and Yun is Yunzhou, his core is in Datong Mansion, both of which are the top priorities, not only the core, but also the bear city.

Of course, in the Liaoxia dispute, Yuan Hao had already burned down Datong Mansion, and it was not easy to recover.

But Nanjing is still there, this city that belonged to the Yan Kingdom in the Western Zhou Dynasty, it can be said that it has a long history, from the Qin and Han dynasties, to the Three Kingdoms, to the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and then to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, especially to mention the Tang Dynasty, so that the Tang Dynasty from the prosperity to the decline of the Anshi Rebellion, at that time An Lushan's base camp, is Beijing.

It's a pity that the Song Dynasty has never taken back Beijing, in the Liao period, this is Nanjing, is the base camp for attacking the Northern Song Dynasty, to the Jin State, it simply became the central capital of the Jin State, Mongolia is the capital here, and then it is the capital of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Such an important city, of course, is the key, and the Zhejin Mansion is equivalent to or, the recovery of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun has been completed, and most of the bones that are difficult to gnaw off have been gnawed off, and the next thing is to slowly encroach away.

"Dinghaihou can really do it!" Jia Chaochang can't be reserved at this time, although he is only sitting in the rear, but if he can take the Zhejin Mansion, it is quite important for the stability of his position, even if Han Qi makes more military achievements, he must also give him a leadership credit, when the time comes, I am afraid that he will not be able to clean up Han Qi, and at most it will be the current state, evenly divided.

Han Qi, and some other governors who were very clear about military affairs, didn't say much, they frowned, they were thinking about how to do this.

Zhao Xin didn't let them guess, pointed to a row of mountains and said: "As long as you control this place and build a fortress, you can defend it!" ”

The direction that Zhao Xin pointed to was the northern part of Zhijin Province, which is a series of endless mountain ranges, and in the history of China, that area, there is also a resounding name, the Great Wall.

That's right, from the beginning of the Warring States Period, to Qin Shi Huang, almost every central dynasty has taken it as the focus of defense against the northern nomads.

But such a treatment, in the Northern Song Dynasty did not enjoy, Youyun Sixteen Prefectures in the hands of the Liao State, the Great Wall in the hands of the Liao State, not all, but the most important section, from the Bohai Sea, all the way to Datong Mansion, this is the most elite place of the Great Wall, but also the strongest defense of the place, these fall in the hands of the Liao State, and other places to build, it is meaningless.

Now, this name has once again appeared in the Privy Council, in front of all the governors, and everyone is moved.