In the Weizhou Bureau, when Lin Chong said the tactics that the Liangshan Army was going to use this time, the hall was immediately shocked.

Therefore, there will be such a reaction, not that it is too cruel and barbaric, and it does not conform to the set of benevolence, righteousness, morality, and humble gentleman values advocated by the scholars and doctors of the Song Dynasty.

For example, in real history, because of the inexplicable ideas of Zhao Ji of Song Huizong and the ministers of the DPRK and China, they ordered not to release an arrow to the Liao army, and they were slapped in the face.

But now it is the country of robbers that Western Xia has to deal with, although everyone present also felt that Lin Chong's plan was too vicious, but no one thought that there was anything wrong with doing so.

Therefore the thief deserves this retribution.

You must know that in the past hundred years, the Western Xia has only developed and grown by plundering the population and materials of the Song Dynasty.

For decades, every time the western thieves entered the Song Dynasty and broke through the military villages of the Song Dynasty, they all killed all the old and young in the city, robbed the young and strong and all the materials, and did not forget to set fire to burn the homes of the Song people to the ground when they left.

For example, the elite cavalry of the Western Thieves captured the army, which was an army that specialized in plundering the Song people as slaves, and now nearly a million slaves in Western Xia came from this way.

The so-called Western Xia army was actually a group of robbers and beasts, who had plagued the northwest of the Song Dynasty for dozens of hundreds of years.

It can be said that every Kansai person has a deep blood feud with the Western thief!

Over the past few decades, countless Kansai men have joined the Western Army to fight to the death against these robbers, and their fathers and sons have died on the battlefield from generation to generation, and few of them have survived the age of 30; Every village is a bunch of widows living together, struggling to survive.

Therefore, from a personal point of view, even if all the Western Xia party members, regardless of age and infants, are slaughtered and exterminated, the generals from Kansai present will not be unbearable.

What really surprised everyone was that Liang Shanjun was too risky.

The first is the disparity in troops.

You must know that the western thieves have a population of 3 million (not counting women), with a total strength of nearly 600,000, including 33,000 central guards, about 100,000 captive troops, and 500,000 local troops.

Even if there has been a long-term fierce war with the Western Army over the years, and the elite of the Western Thieves has been consumed, the system of the Western Thieves and all the soldiers is replenishing new recruits very quickly, and it is not a problem to urgently mobilize 600,000 soldiers and horses when the country is dying.

Even if the western army on the front line of Xingqing Mansion can help the Liangshan army contain more than half of the soldiers and horses, the Liangshan army still has to face at least 200,000 soldiers and horses.

Even if the local army of the Western Thieves is generally not strong, it is not a problem to rely on favorable terrain and walled cities to cover the defense.

The second is the terrain advantage.

The terrain of Western Xia is complex, mountainous and desert, only a few areas are suitable for human habitation, and the rest are mostly uninhabited, and the cavalry also have to walk for many days in large deserts.

This kind of terrain is really a good natural barrier for the western thief.

Now that it is winter, the environment is getting worse and worse, and the supply is becoming more and more difficult, Lin Chong said well: "Do not bring grain and grass to carry a heavy load, go forward lightly, and go deep into the hinterland of Western Xia", but once the supply is cut off and falls into a heavy siege, it is a desperate situation, and you can't escape back.

You don't even have to fight, you starve to death or freeze to death in the desert!

You must know that for more than 70 years, Liaoxing Sect Yelu Zongzhen of Liao State also led 100,000 elite cavalry to crusade against the Western Thieves, but in the end he ended up almost annihilating the entire army.

At that time, the western thieves took advantage of the terrain to lure the enemy deeper, set fire to the battlefield pasture and clear the fields, and then carried out a decisive counterattack when the Liao army was sleepy and short of horses and ran out of food and grass, and won a complete victory at a very small price.

Now the Liangshan army wants to go deep into the hinterland of the western thieves with 20,000 light horses, isn't this a repeat of the mistakes of the Liao army? Even more dangerous than the Liao army at that time!

Moreover, Lin Chong's tactics of using the Western Han Dynasty to defeat the Xiongnu are completely unreasonable, because the Xiongnu at that time were completely nomadic and had no walled cities at all, and as long as the Han knights did not get lost and found the Xiongnu settlement, they could rush into it without hindrance.

However, the current Dangxiang Qiang people are mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry, and learn from the Han people, even the herdsmen do not live in the wilderness grassland, but all live in the well-fortified city, and it is impossible for the Liangshan army to directly rush into the village to kill people.

Thinking about these clearly, everyone was shocked at first, and then they all sneered or sighed in their hearts.

Tong Guan rolled his eyes, glanced at the reactions of everyone in the government office, and then looked at Lin Chong with bright eyes: "Lin Jiedu is really courageous, the lone army went deep behind the enemy line to make such a strange plan, not to mention that he did it, even if he wanted to think about it, he didn't dare to think about it."

Needless to say, the risks of this battle are clear to Lin Jiedu, but since Lin Jiedu dares to do this, he must be completely sure!

I heard that Lin Jiedu only led more than 3,000 elite cavalry into the hinterland of the Liao Kingdom and defeated 100,000 Liao troops! Now Lin Jiedu leads 20,000 troops, this battle will be able to succeed immediately, and I wish Lin Jiedu a miraculous achievement and a great victory! ”

With him taking the lead, everyone in the government office also reacted, and listened to Liu Yanqing, Xin Xingzong and others immediately echoed: "The Liangshan Army has been invincible since it became an army, and this expedition to suppress the Western Thieves will be the only outcome of the great victory, and we will congratulate Lin Jiedu in advance on the completion of the great success!" ”

"It's really a good man, so bold, curious, I'll wait for the Liangshan army to report the success......"

Only the seed master Dao glanced at Lin Chong, Tong Guan, Liu Yanqing and others with complicated eyes, and wanted to say something, and only said after a while: "Although Lin Jiedu's strategy is good, it is risky, the time, the place, and the supply are all problems, once something goes wrong, it will be a desperate situation, and the whole army will be wiped out, Lin Jiedu really wants to do this?" ”

"Don't worry, we have made a thorough battle plan early in the morning, and there will be absolutely no mistakes, but we still need the help of the Western Army, and I also ask Xuan Shuai and all the ministers to support and cooperate!"

After Lin Chong finished speaking, he felt more and more respect and gratitude for the old man in front of him with white hair.

There were no fools in the audience, how could they not know that Liang Shanjun was just their theoretical friend, but in fact it was a big trouble for the imperial court, and the two sides would turn their faces and break up sooner or later?

At this time, Tong Guan and the others were all saying good things, wishing that Liang Shanjun would jump into the fire pit as soon as possible, only the seed master Dao stood up and reminded him.

It can be known that among the generals of the Western Army, only the master is focused on the overall situation, knowing that the imperial court and the Liangshan army are internal fighting, while the Song Dynasty and the Western thieves are national enemies, at this time, it is necessary to unite with the outside world first.

Tong Guan smiled slightly, glanced at the Seed Master, and then retracted his gaze and looked at Lin Chongdao: "Lin Jiedu, please say, as long as we can do it, we will fully cooperate." ”

Lin Chong smiled: "Then thank you, Lin doesn't ask for anything else, but I ask Xuan Shuai and you to cut their love, lend me a few young generals temporarily, and provide us with a few guides, and it is best to have the natives who have surrendered from the West Thief."

In addition, I also asked Xuan Shuai to agree that the 10,000 cavalry who stayed on the front line of Xingqing Mansion would only obey the command of Wang Huan and Wang Wende, two old generals, and Xuan Shuai would use the ...... they could only use."