Early the next morning, Li Yanqing held the first militaristic meeting in the council hall of the Zhizheng Hall.

The so-called militaristic deliberations are a kind of joint meeting attended by military generals and prime ministers to discuss major militaristic matters.

This time, Li Yanqing, in the name of the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, summoned Liu Jian, Wang Gui, Wu Jie, Cao Sheng, Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, Liu Guangshi and other generals to gather in Lin'an.

Of course, there are still some people who have not yet arrived, such as Cao Xing, the capital of Tongguan, Liu Ziyu, the capital of Lingxia, Wu Fu, the capital of Hexi, and Tang Huai, the capital of southern Sichuan, etc., because they are far away and cannot leave the army, so they cannot come for the time being.

Also participating in the militaristic deliberations were five ministers, Fan Zhixu, Gao Shen, Cao Yan, Zheng Wangzhi, and Li Gang.

Seeing that everyone was seated, he got up and said with a smile: "Today, the military and political officials are gathered together, I am afraid that everyone has guessed that there will be a big event, and there are indeed two major events to discuss today, the first of which is the reform of the military system.......

Li Yanqing observed the faces of the generals, and when Gao Shen mentioned the 'reform of the army system', everyone basically did not change their faces, and their expressions were calm, except for Liu Guangshi's face.

Li Yanqing secretly sneered in his heart, only this Liu Guangshi is the most weak-hearted!

Gao Shen continued: "His Royal Highness the Prince Regent also proposed that the reform of the army should be carried out slowly and should not be too radical, so the Zhizheng Hall unanimously voted to agree to first restore the military supervision system since the Sui and Tang dynasties. ”

The generals were silent, and at this time, Yue Fei said: "Since the establishment of the supervision army is a system, I hope to improve it, and everyone will do things according to the system, there should be no problem." ”

Everyone nodded again and again, Yue Fei suggested that since it was a system, they didn't object to it, they just hoped that the system would be fair and just, and the prison army wouldn't deliberately make things difficult for themselves.

At this time, Li Yanqing said: "Yue Dutong is very right, since it is a system, it will be strictly implemented in accordance with the system, and the implementation of the army supervision system is also to better protect everyone, so as not to encounter unjustified disasters." ”

Speaking of this, Li Yanqing saw that everyone no longer objected, so he said to Gao Shen: "Please ask the Privy Council to improve the military supervision system again, first show you the draft, everyone has no opinions, and then officially implement it." ”

Gao Shen hurriedly agreed, "It can be perfected this afternoon, and it will be copied to you early tomorrow morning." ”

At this time, more than a dozen people moved several large tables, and the tables were full of map models, and everyone was in high spirits, which was what they were looking forward to seeing today, and everyone stood up and gathered around.

Several large tables are put together to form a model of the Great Song Dynasty rivers and mountains, all of which are made of mud, and then burned into ceramics, all kinds of cities, bridges, official roads, mountains, rivers, and various characters, all made vividly.

"This is the map of the world that it took me three years to make, and only half of it is currently made, the southernmost point is Mingzhou Port, the northernmost point is Mobei grassland, the westernmost point is Shazhou, and the easternmost point is Silla."

Li Yanqing pointed to Yanshan Mansion with a wooden pole, "I want to tell you the latest news today, Jin Guo has increased 100,000 troops to Yanshan Mansion, the incident happened last month, Jin soldiers increased troops to Yanshan Mansion in three batches, the latest increase was ten days ago, so that the number of Jin soldiers in Yanshan Mansion reached 130,000, if you add the Jin soldiers of Datong Mansion, Hebei and the Central Plains, then the number of Jin soldiers has reached 200,000, which does not include the Han army of Yanshan Mansion, the Ji army of Gao Qing and Liu Yu's Qi army, if you add up, the total strength of Jin soldiers will reach more than 400,000. ”

Many people gasped, the army of the Great Song Dynasty was only 600,000, and the number of Jin soldiers exceeded 400,000, which really surprised everyone.

"This number is really surprising, but we don't have to be presumptuous, today's Song army is not as vulnerable as three years ago, we have cavalry, there are many crossbow troops, as well as powerful firearms, and sharp heavy infantry, we can completely fight with the Jin soldiers, in fact, except for 200,000 Jin soldiers, the combat effectiveness of the Qi army and the Ji army is not strong."

At this time, Fan Zhixu asked a little worriedly: "Yanshan Mansion has increased its troops by 100,000, but the Jin soldiers have an attempt to march south?" ”

Li Yanqing shook his head, "The Jin soldiers' Mobei campaign is not over yet, in this case, it is unlikely that the Jin soldiers will launch a southern expedition, and it is more likely to guard against our northern expedition." ”

Speaking of the Northern Expedition, the expressions of all the generals were a little unnatural, and Li Yanqing said with a smile: "It seems that the word 'Northern Expedition' tickles everyone's itch." ”

Han Shizhong said with a smile: "Of course, Your Highness said that everyone's hearts are at stake, you can't really wait until the end of the armistice agreement to launch the Northern Expedition!" ”

Li Yanqing slowly said to everyone: "Recently, there have been many voices in the DPRK and China who have proposed the Northern Expedition, and the Jingzhao Army has written one after another, asking the army to go out of Tongguan, I am not against the Northern Expedition, but my requirement is that the Northern Expedition must be won, there must be some gains, at least the Central Plains can be recovered, so the key is not whether you want the Northern Expedition, but whether the Northern Expedition is ready?" ”

Li Yanqing said to Han Shizhong again: "Please tell me Han Dutong, how far has your army been trained?" ”

Han Shizhong hurriedly said: "I have been training 30,000 pikemen to deal with the enemy cavalry for two years, and the morale is high, and the soldiers are elite and can fight." ”

"What about the equipment?"

"It is completely forbidden army equipment, and there is plenty of food and grass."

Li Yanqing nodded, "It sounds good, but how is your opponent?" ”

"Liu Yu has deployed 20,000 troops each in Sizhou, Suzhou and Pizhou, commanded by the Qi general Fan Qiong, and once we go on a northern expedition, these three armies will immediately converge."

Li Yanqing said again: "As far as I know, the Jin soldiers have deployed 20,000 cavalry in Xuzhou, commanded by the general Xianmao Ali, once we go on a northern expedition, will the Jin soldiers go south to support?" If the Jin soldiers go south to support, how should we respond? ”

Han Shizhong pondered, "The problems that His Highness said belong to tactics, once the Northern Expedition is strategically decided, we will discuss the specific tactics." ”

Li Yanqing said lightly: "I like to plan and then act when I do things, and I will never fight a blind battle, so let's tell everyone!" The Northern Expedition will definitely be carried out and will not drag on indefinitely, but you are chess pieces, and you must obey the unified orders of me, a chess player, please be patient and wait for my military orders. ”

Han Shizhong stopped talking, of course he understood what Li Yanqing meant, a game of chess in the world is not just his own family to march north, if you want all the armies to cooperate with each other, you can only be dispatched by Li Yanqing, a chess player.

Li Yanqing smiled again: "Although the unified dispatch is arranged by me, the specific operation still depends on you, let's talk about it!" What strategies do you have for the Northern Expedition, please speak freely. ”

Yue Fei smiled: "Then I'll say a few words first." ”

He picked up the wooden pole and pointed to the southern part of the Central Plains and said: "The northern expedition of the Jingxiang army must take the line of Dengzhou, I suggest that the army of Guanzhong go south through Shangluo Road out of Wuguan, and join my army in Dengzhou, Liu Yu has 20,000 troops in the Luoyang area, if I and the Guanzhong coalition army seize the first line of Deng Ru, the soldiers will refer to Xu Zhou, and Liu Yu's army will inevitably go south from Luoyang, which will create an opportunity for the army of Tongguan to attack Hangu Pass, and also create an opportunity for Zhang Dutong's army to cross the Yellow River south and attack Luoyang, Luoyang will inevitably be lost, and our front will continue to advance eastward, It can echo General Han's Northern Expedition Army. ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "General Yue's plan is our biggest advantage at present, in fact, we are encircling the Central Plains, the north is the southern Jin Zhangdutong, the west is the Jingzhao army, the south is the Yue Dutong, and the east is the main force of the Northern Expedition. ”

Li Yanqing pointed to Liang Shanbo on the map, "The breakthrough point I said is here!" ”