This secret meeting, in fact, was held for three days, the first day, mainly with the participation of the governors, and on the second day, the third day, the Daimyo's Mansion stayed, the Hebei Xuanfu envoys, and some of the generals who were training in Hebei also returned one by one.

Because he was preempted by Han Qi and lost the suddenness of saying this plan for the first time, Jia Chaochang was quite unhappy, but what if he was unhappy, the project had been leaked.

Jia Chaochang didn't know that there was a problem in that link, in fact, he was a little too confident in himself, involving 50,000 people, more than 20 generals of all kinds, if you want to keep it completely secret, it is impossible.

It may be said that Han Qi did not come back, and Jia Chaochang could easily cover it, but Han Qi came back and became the first privy deputy envoy, and when the power of the Privy Council was almost on a par with Jia Chaochang, this matter, in fact, could not be stopped.

Jia Chaochang is also very anxious, and he also wants to send troops quickly, but unfortunately, some preparations have not yet been perfected, this is a big war related to the fortunes of the Northern Song Dynasty, and it is also a war against the Liao State.

In this case, Jia Chaochang, who was only born in Wenchen and was placed in the position of the Privy Council, did not have the courage, he could only prepare a little more, and wait until he was sure of it, but he waited for something to go wrong.

In fact, Han Qi only learned about this matter recently, and he was really shocked after knowing it, he didn't expect that Jia Chaochang, who seemed to be weak, and even in the court, Jia Chaochang, who was silent, actually made such a big satellite.

After a careful understanding, Han Qi found that it was an opportunity, itself, after changing the longbow, the strength of the Northern Song Dynasty in the field was no less than the elite infantry of the Liao State, which was proved in the northwest, with real battles, in the entire Northern Song Dynasty, no official knew better than him, because he was on the scene.

When he was in the northwest, Han Qi thought about whether to wait until he mastered the Privy Council in the future, and then choose to attack, even if it was to take part of the occupied land.

But Jia Chaochang is obviously one step ahead, he has trained 50,000 forbidden troops, these are the main force, and they may be involved in the future, as high as 300,000, once the war is started, it will not be a little gain, it is to completely take the sixteen states of Youyun.

This is a bit bold, but if you really think about it, there is a real chance.

The strength of the Northern Song Dynasty has increased greatly, and there are explosives like this, the killer weapon of attacking the city, and correspondingly, the Liao State has been greatly weakened during this time, although the weakening of the army is not right, the Liao State still has a terrible number of troops, but the foundation has been affected.

If this year's situation spreads, next year, Liao will not be able to support a huge army, the population will be reduced by half, and all kinds of income, and even food, will be greatly reduced.

When the time comes, the Liao State will either blackmail the Northern Song Dynasty, or simply rob it, in this case, it will definitely be stronger to strike first.

Compared with Jia Chaochang, Han Qi knows more about the army, he has been preparing for such a long time, the opportunity has come, summer is coming soon, this is the best time to send troops, it really dragged on until winter, which is not good for the Northern Song Dynasty.

Jia Chaochang's preparation, I don't know when to wait, just take advantage of this time, when the entire court is discussing Hangu Pass, he took the initiative to throw this out.

Compared with Han Qi's throwing, Jia Chaochang's unsparing preparation is also an important weight, no matter what the future development prospects are, Jia Chaochang is the privy envoy, and in the position of the privy envoy, he has been in the position of the privy envoy for several years, and he has his network and henchmen.

When these people waved their flags and shouted together, coupled with Han Qi's power, two powerful military personnel, when they gathered together, the strength they showed, even if it was Zhang Dexiang, might not dare to face the edge.

The most important thing is that this is what the Northern Song Dynasty has always been looking forward to, from Taizu, Taizong, to Zhenzong, three generations of emperors, tireless efforts, all of which are this.

With the sixteen states of Youyun, in the north, there will be a hard support, the Great Wall built from the Qin Dynasty, the northeast, in the sixteen states of Youyun, as long as it is slightly repaired, it will become a strong line of defense, isolating the Liao State, and the entire Central Plains will be completely safe.

Similarly, in the current territory of the Northern Song Dynasty, there are not many places suitable for raising horses, that is, the northwest land that has just been taken, but in the sixteen states of Youyun, there is a tradition of raising horses, and when the time comes, the Jingsai army that has dissipated may not be impossible to reappear.

Now, from the level of funds, from the level of materials, and from the combat effectiveness of the army, one by one vivid examples are put there, even if they are the most conservative, they dare not say that it is absolutely impossible, and even some who are a little more optimistic are already thinking about whether to take a few states, or all of them.

Renzong was tempted, before, almost every year, there were some officials who invited favors, and he kept not mentioning the proposal on the sixteen states of Youyun, nor did he say that he was to blame for it, after all, the sixteen states of Youyun are politically correct, if they are really investigated, it will chill the hearts of these courtiers.

However, Renzong is not a casual fool, a person who doesn't even know a little bit of military affairs can plan, many of them are invited to pet, these people, on the surface, do not deal with it, but soon, because of all kinds of other problems, one by one.

Once upon a time, Renzong didn't expect that he would really realize his father's grandfather's idea and take back the sixteen states of Youyun, but this is a mountain, even the Western Xia can't solve it, from a border trouble to a big trouble, and the finances of the entire Northern Song Dynasty have huge problems because of this, these are like a mountain, and they are hard pressed on Renzong's heart, and he can't take care of these.

But now, Jia Chaochang, Han Qi, and all officials who understand military affairs have always recognized that on the Dongfu side, except for Zhang Dexiang, as the prime minister, who does not express his position casually, others are more silent than opposed, which is a very good signal.

In the Northern Song Dynasty for decades, there was a blowout in Renzong, and since he was in power, all kinds of outstanding talents did not know how many, and they all supported or did not oppose it, and the possibility of this realization was not low.

Han Qi's words became the last straw that broke the camel's back, in fact, he had been prepared for this for a long time.

Sun Tzu's art of war has clouds, knows oneself and knows the enemy, and is invincible in a hundred battles, before, everything that was laid out was his own side, whether it was the longbow reloaded, the forbidden army with gunpowder, or materials and weapons and many other aspects, these are all narrating, the strength of the Northern Song Dynasty, what about the Liao side?

Before the change, there was really no way, the Northern Song Dynasty's understanding of the Liao State, that is, some envoys, and some hearsay parts, these can't be said to be incorrect, but the timeliness is poor, and under the passage of time, I don't know how many opportunities there are before, and after the Northern Song Dynasty knows, things have changed.

Zhao Xin's investigation of Liao, from the most basic people's livelihood survey, this is a huge data, but not easy to find the method, the country's national strength, not only the army, but also these most subtle places, and then based on this, gradually upward.

Sometimes, a large amount of basic data, coupled with a little other intelligence, can deduce a lot of things, avoiding the problem of having to enter the high-level of the Liao State before.

The Liao State is dominated by the Khitan people, they are very different from the Han people, and the Khitan nobles have a transcendent status in the Liao State, so they cannot be rebelled, and they cannot know the information of the higher levels, which is the root of the lack of intelligence before the Northern Song Dynasty.

Now, on the premise of collecting a large amount of various data, plus those Han people located in the territory of the Liao State who are backed by the Northern Song Dynasty, they will eventually get a more systematic report.

The people of the Imperial City Division intervened in a large-scale military and political plan for the first time, although they did not know it yet, but after mobilizing the various files collected by the Imperial City Division, more than 1,000 cases, and systematically analyzing the situation in the Liao State, many problems suddenly became clear.

It seems that the Liao State, which is still strong, has actually reduced the number of troops, not as large as they claimed.

Yuan Hao's attack in the hinterland of the Liao State directly caused not many casualties, only more than 100,000 people, but indirectly there were more, one tribe after another was wiped out, even if there were survivors, they were all old and weak, women and children.

These people don't just just put them there, these people almost all have to be guarded.

Liao is a tribal system, the tribe represents everything, land, population, wealth, the entire Liao army, most of them are also provided by the tribe, the big tribes, provide a little more, the small tribes provide a little less, gather sand into a tower, only to achieve the terrible military strength of the Liao State.

Now, these armies are in service, but the tribes in the rear have been lost, in this case, the remaining old and weak women and children are their concern, at least 100,000 troops, unloaded and returned to the field, they must return to the tribe, otherwise, in the cruel environment on the grassland, after three or five years, their tribe will completely disappear.

The warriors performed feats for their tribes, but the tribes were the support of the warriors, and without the wealth and materials given by these tribes, they could not kill the enemy without distraction.

In addition to these, tribal strife also began to increase, some tribes were wiped out, most of them were lost, and the remaining strength was not enough to support the huge territory and wealth, which would inevitably trigger the peeps of the surrounding tribes.

The center of the Liao State, of course, knows that this situation is not a good thing, it is really a big trouble, and it will affect the stability of the Liao State, but he can't care about it.

Survival of the fittest, natural selection, this is the tradition on the grassland, the Khitan people are also on the grassland, through fighting, gained the right to lead, the various tribes, in the posture of belonging to the strong, attached to the Khitan, once the Khitan decline, will definitely be abandoned.

This is the fundamental way to shake the entire grassland, and he can only watch, besides, the battle with Yuan Hao has caused the Khitan people to suffer heavy losses, and there is no way to interfere with the killing on the grassland.

Similar killings have caused at least more than 500,000 casualties, and it is better to kill one person than more, and many soldiers and young men have followed the fighting on the grassland and have been completely buried.

The report provided by the Imperial City Division is very detailed, not to say that it is specific to a certain person, but it has been accurate to most of the tribes, although it is said that these civil servants above the court, I don't know why, the Liao State did this, and it was clear that it was killing each other, and it did not intervene.

This question is not important, the civil officials of the Northern Song Dynasty don't have to care, how the Liao State is managed, they just need to understand a little bit, the Liao State has really been weakened on a large scale.

An army of more than 200,000 is a large number in any country, let alone a population of more than 5 million, which is a huge harm to the Northern Song Dynasty, let alone the Liao State.

At this time, when the Liao State was obviously weak, it would be difficult not to take the opportunity to fight a dozen, and wait until the Liao State recovered its breath, raised more troops, and went to the Northern Song Dynasty to fight the grass valley.

Because of the investigation of the Imperial City Division, the most pioneered by the Liao State is not the army, but the lowest level, without these lowest-level herdsmen, who continue to provide livestock, how can the Liao State be rich.

For a long time, the balance between the Liao and Song dynasties, the alliance of the Yuanyuan is only one reason, and the Liao State itself, which is almost self-sufficient, is the key.

The tribe does not say, as long as it is to establish the country, they are not willing to start a war, and the Western Xia will not be able to go on, so they will rob it, if the Liao State also develops to this extent, then the threat is greater than that of the Western Xia, and a wave of consumption in advance, and even take the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, at least they have to rub each other's teeth, and do not let the Liao State completely stand on the side of the geographical advantage, which is normal.

The Imperial City Division has become the last straw that overwhelms the camel, above the court, among the many giants, it is impossible to come up with false news, besides, Yuan Hao's actions in the Liao State, through the Imperial City Division, were placed in front of everyone in an almost live broadcast method, they already knew that the Liao State had suffered a big loss, but there was just no final data.

In the face of such a Liao State, if you don't do it, it is not what the Northern Song Dynasty did, not to mention, Han Qi and Jia Chaochang are ready.

After three days of deliberation, the Dongfu drafted the decree, and after the approval of the Privy Council, the Three Divisions, and Renzong, a huge plan was made, Jia Chaochang's plan was approved, and the state apparatus of the entire Northern Song Dynasty began to act to fully support the Northern Expedition.

Jia Chaochang at this time, is dumb and eats Coptis chinensis, there is bitterness and unspeakable, although Renzong is considered to take care of it, this matter is mainly Jia Chaochang, but what is the matter of Han Qi inserting in, and after the war started, Jia Chaochang sat in Bianliang and did logistics support, while Han Qi was the governor of 4 provinces, commanding in front, who would have greater merit in the future.

After working hard for a long time and making a wedding dress in vain, Jia Chaochang was so unhappy and unhappy.

It's a pity that the big mistake has been made, and he is powerless to change, he can only promote this matter and develop smoothly, and Zhao Xin, who was in Bianliang, did not realize this at all, and his proposal to demolish Hangu Pass actually caused such an effect, and the Northern Song Dynasty actually took the initiative to fight the Liao State and recover the sixteen states of Youyun.