In order to achieve the goal, one can always become discerning and find the right excuse for himself. However, Xu Xi's vision is not bad, and it is difficult for both Chong Mo and Li Xian to refute these words for a while, and they are even faintly a little moved.

However, the various problems they faced made the two afraid to speak. In the cool autumn season, it is almost the end of August and the beginning of September, and the food and clothing of more than 100,000 soldiers and horses have to be transported through hundreds of miles of dangerous roads. The people who are levied are all people! And the army has been out for a long time, and the morale of the army is a problem.

But when Chong Mo and Li Xian saw the crisis, Xu Xi saw an opportunity.

In the past few days when he was blocked on the east side of Hanhai, he couldn't sleep all night long, and even regretted coming to Yanyan Road, how good would it be if he went to Huanqing Road?

What kind of merit is that for destroying the country?!

Hangang District is a garden erector, he can't even do poetry, and he is reliable with his military exploits, if it weren't for his age, the east and west mansions would be in front of him for him to choose, but now he is only one step behind. There are also Wang Shao and Zhang Dian, and the two of them became privy deputy envoys one after another.

At present, the biggest advantage of this battle is that there is no civilian commander at all, all the commanders are military positions, and the promotion is also to the sequence of the three government management army, he, the civilian official who serves as a military officer, has no conflict with others, as long as he can intervene in it, it is just a push, and he can also take a big step on the road to the slaughter.

Misfortune and blessing are relied upon, and blessing and misfortune are lurking.

The failure of Gao Zunyu and Miao Zhu is not necessarily a bad thing.

Li Xian shook his head helplessly, you can't just see the good side in the war, the soldiers are still the same soldiers, and they are exhausted for what will be the decline of the three times, the momentum is weak, the morale is declining, and if you want to win, you can only dream, "Yelu Yixin didn't move after he arrived at the Mandarin Duck. Now that the thief has finally won, he will definitely send someone to contact him. ”

"It's just blackmail!" Xu Xi was full of energy, when it came to literary brilliance and eloquence, there were really few people in the court who could compare to him, "Does he really dare to go south?" There are more people who want Yelu Yixin's head behind him than in front of him......" He leaned forward and emphatically said, "And there are many more!" ”

"Even if he comes out with 30,000 or 50,000 yuan, it's unbearable. The grain road is too long. Li Xian frowned, the one in front of him should go and see the sand table first, "Money and grain are difficult to transfer, and it is not so easy to keep the grain route of the Wuding River." ”

"Yanzhou goes south, you can go straight to Huanqing." Xu Xi immediately replied, "Think about which Yanzhou was taken all the way." ”

When the news of the failure of Huanqing and Jingyuan came, Xu Xi only felt that his thoughts were clear, and his thinking became very sharp.

Li Xian's face was embarrassed, "If you want to transport grain to us on Huanqing Road, how can you tell Gao Gongxuan about this?" ”

"Lingzhou is defeated, can Gao Zunyu still stay in Yanyan Road? What's more, Yanzhou was originally recovered by the Huanqing army, and there are 5,000 soldiers and horses in Huanqing, if the official army can hold Yanzhou, after capturing Xingling in the future, he can also get a little credit, and he can atone for his sins. People are of the same mind, can it be said that Li Duzhi is willing to take credit for the mere 300 beheadings? Xu Xi smiled slightly, it felt really good to be arguing like this—even though one of the objects he was debating was a eunuch and the other was a martial artist. It's not a martial arts! He thought triumphantly.

Li Xian's face darkened. He didn't know what to say, the prison army sent by the Son of Heaven was okay with civil officials and military generals, but as a eunuch, it was not very convenient.

What's more, since the dispatch of the army, except for a fight with the western thieves who harassed the grain road, and took 300 beheadings, there is nothing else to do.

From Li Xian's point of view, of course, he hopes to achieve something, but the current situation is not that it can be said that he can occupy Yinxia steadily, and it can even be said that the opportunity is completely opposite to the probability of Gao Zun Yumiao's defeat of the official army to capture Lingzhou, and the western thief is far stronger than the official army.

Li Xian had no choice, so he had to look at the kind of man again and let him come forward to shirk it.

I didn't see it.

He is not Li Xian, the strength of Yan Yanlu far exceeds that of Hedong, if the plan to hold Yinxia can be successful, the biggest credit must be his.

According to Chong Ge's original intention, he naturally hopes to lead the army to drive directly to Xingling and monopolize the whole work. Before the war, he did not have any doubts about the victory of this battle, and it was enough to rely on the soldiers and horses of Yan Yanlu - you must know that before this, the news of the simultaneous outbreak of civil strife between the two countries of Liaoxia not only induced the Great Song Dynasty to raise troops to attack Xia, but also made the tribes in Western Xia begin to fall apart, as long as the attack is fast enough, this broken house can be kicked down with one kick.

But after he sent his troops, he was called back, which not only exposed the division within the official army, but also gave the Liang brothers and sisters time to clean up the interior, and at the same time let the central tribe of the Western Xia Kingdom see the support of the Liao State for them - Yelu Yixin's speed of cleaning up the rebellion was too fast, and he stabilized the country in the blink of an eye, and led the army to Mandarin Duck.

Gao Zunyu and Miao Zhu's previous failures were not only due to the bursting of the embankment and the release of water. If you attack quickly, why do you need a half-moon siege? Even if you release water, you can also find a high ground to avoid the water, and then attack it when the water recedes. With the preparation of the Xixia people at that time, I am afraid that they would not even have time to dig out the grain stored in the cellar, and when the wheat in the field was officially harvested, there was no need to worry about the problem of grain, grass and morale.

I hated it so much that it hurt my teeth. It's a bunch of idiots in the court!

Han Gang, who opposed the quick attack, knew at that time that Lu Dao must not withdraw his troops - this is the Wenchen who really knows how to fight military affairs - but the Son of Heaven and the Prime Minister forced him back in order to let everyone share the non-existent work of the summer war.

Chong Mo was silent, Li Xian's eyes were about to cramp, and he didn't see him speak out. Xu Xi saw it in his eyes, and secretly rejoiced proudly in his heart.

He doesn't believe in the seed and doesn't want to turn the tables?! The fifth elder of the breeder was one of the initiators of sending troops to Western Xia. There are rumors outside that the seed is not dead, and there is chaos on the side. Once the seed man resigned himself to his fate, and settled the account afterwards, the culpability guarantee could not escape him.

Xu Xi hit the railway while it was hot, "Zizheng, you must know that the current official army is not the defeat of the whole division, and the losses on the two roads of Huanqing and Jingyuan may not be too big." This was only a minor setback. Although there are fewer soldiers, there is also a relative increase in grain and grass. And don't look at the fiasco of Ji and Miao Ershuai, the western thief also killed 1,000 enemies and lost 800. In addition, the battle strategy of the strong wall and the clear field has always been to hurt oneself first and then others, and the loss of the western thieves will only be higher than that of the officials and soldiers. ”

Xu Xi's tongue was unhindered, "Even if the losses are comparable to China's, but with China's people and property, how can it be compared with a small country?" A rich man will not hurt his muscles and bones if he loses 1,800 yuan, and if he becomes a middle-class household, he will go bankrupt and sell his children and daughters. ”

He felt that he might indeed be too underestimated, Xu Xi was not completely a military idiot, but he was also at the level of Zhao Kuo and Ma Yan, and his eloquence was enough to impress people.

"It is true that the official army can hold on better than the Western Thief, but the premise is to hold Yinxia. But now the morale has been exhausted, the land of Yinxia is originally advantageous to attack and not to defend, if there is a situation where Huanqing Road and I open the horns, it is not that it cannot be resisted, but at present, it is difficult for Yan Yanlu to support it alone, if the West Thief suddenly comes to attack, it is not a hard fight to win. ”

Ignoring Xu Xi, who had an ugly face, "Now that Huanqing is newly defeated, and the Western Thieves are in full swing, what if they don't attack Western Xia, but instead go south to attack Huanqing Road and encircle Wei to save Zhao?" In case Wang Zhongzheng fails, Yan Yan and Hedong will have to fight against the western thieves alone, even if we have confidence, will the Son of Heaven and Zai Fu agree? ”

It is impossible for Chong Ge to be willing to give up the land of Yinxia, but he will never stick to Yanzhou and Youzhou, the latter has too long a grain road, and the former was defeated by the Huanqing army.

At least to retreat to Xiazhou, and even Shizhou between Xiazhou and Yinzhou, this is the safest way. And the troops can't be stacked too much, they can only be regarded as a stronghold from the front. On the banks of the Wuding River, Yinzhou, which is close to the Song-Xia border, and the Mida Cave that connects the two roads of Hedong and Yanyan are the strategic points that must be protected.

"The consumption of grain and grass during marching and fighting is far greater than when the army is stationed, and with the extension of the grain route, the loss of grain and grass on the road will also increase greatly, and the amount of grain and grass transported to the front-line army will continue to decrease. Do Shaanxi's reserves last until winter?

During the harvest season in May this year, due to a large number of requisitions from Shaanxi people, it is said that this year's harvest was reduced by more than 10%. This year, Shaanxi's taxes may be reduced or exempted, and the reserves are empty, so what will happen to the grain and grass then?

Moreover, during the harvest season, the people will be levied to transport grain, and in the early winter cultivation season, they will also be levied and sent to the people to transport grain, can the Son of Heaven and the court agree? There was no problem before, but now Gao Gongxuan and Miao Zhidu have failed! I can only give up Yanzhou and Youzhou, which are close to Hanhai, and keep Xiazhou and Shizhou from losing. ”

He made one excuse after another, but his purpose was just to stop Xu Xi.

The children of the seed family are not the ones who will be willing to admit defeat after a little setback. Just like the saying in the Keju competition that is popular in Shaanxi today, it is only the end of the first half, and there is no gong in the second half. As long as he can ask the imperial court to let him command the overall situation, he can still overwhelm the western thieves with the strength of the two roads of Yanyan and Hedong.

And what Xu Xi said is not wrong, although the Western Thief has defeated Gao Zunyu and Miao Zhu at the moment, he has been beaten to the heart, and he has to break the embankment to release water, and the actual loss is much more serious than here in the Great Song Dynasty. For now, as long as you persevere, the final victory is like a pear hanging down from the side of the road, and you can pick it with your hands.

Xu Xi can be regarded as confirming the attitude of the kind of man. It is also Baoyin Xia, but the scope of protection is still different.

"Zizheng's intentions, Xu Xi understands." Xu Xi smiled, "Although you and I have differences, the idea of keeping the current results is no different, it is better to put aside the controversy first, and put the common ideas on the court, lest a villain take the first step and pull the Son of Heaven to retreat, and then it will be irreparable." ”

Xu Xi didn't want to fight with the seed for the time being. First of all, you have to get the court to agree to keep Yinxia, as for which places to keep, it is not impossible to wait for the holy decree to be issued, and he is timid, but his subordinates are bold.

He was about to answer, "The bachelor's words are very good, how dare you disobey?" …… Zifan, what do you think? ”

Xu Xi and Chong Ge looked at Li Xian at the same time, and the strength of Hedong Road was indispensable at the moment. Li Xian's words cannot be missing.

Li Xian pondered, Xu Xi's plan was too self-righteous, but his plan was quite safe. He bowed slightly, "I don't want to attach the tail." ”