"I'm afraid it's hard to convince the Son of Heaven."

Han Gang shook his head and refused very simply. Zhao Ji wouldn't believe it, and of course Han Gang wouldn't believe it either.

Guo Kui's plan to return to Taiyuan surprised Han Gang. If you don't do a good administration, how can you think about going out?

What's more, recommending Guo Kui to go out, Han Gang asked himself that he didn't have this ability. Let's not talk about whether his own qualifications are enough to recommend, even if he beats the side and beats the side drum for Guo Kui, it seems too abrupt.

And Han Gang wouldn't want to see Guo Kui go to Hedong. Yanyan Road is close to Hedong, and Guo Kui went to Taiyuan, which is equivalent to fighting with the seed man - to be exact, it is Guo Kui who unilaterally stepped on the seed man, and the famous seed five is not qualified to go to the West Mansion to govern the ring.

No matter how you say it, Guo Kui is the first person in the military generals who have been promoted to Xifu twice and are qualified to govern. Once he arrived in Hedong and participated in the Battle of Pingxia, he would naturally encroach on the power of the plant. When all the soldiers and horses join forces, Guo Kui will inevitably sit in the tent of the Chinese army, and the generals of the Western Army such as Chong Ge will have to stand honestly left and right.

Originally, all the soldiers and horses would not give in to each other in order to occupy the first merit of destroying the country, but as soon as Guo Kui went like this, he would have to fight internally. This is pushing the Pingxia army to the bottom of the cliff, where can Han Gang support it?!

With Guo Kui's knowledge, it is impossible not to think of this. Therefore, Han Gang was full of suspicions about Guo Zhongxiao's relay. The more Guo Zhongxiao said and the more detailed he was, the heavier Han Gang's suspicions became.

"Stand up." Han Gang interrupted Guo Zhongxiao's defense, "Does Taiwei want to go to Hedong or Hebei?" ”

"It's indeed Hedong." Guo Zhongxiao paused, peeked at Han Gang, and said with a little embarrassment, "If you can't go to Hedong, you can only retreat." The family is strict and the country is favored, no matter what, he can't stay in the capital and watch the crisis. ”

got up and sent Guo Zhongxiao out, and Han Gang immediately hung his face.

Guo Kui is unwilling to be lonely, so he asks for his own head. But the secretive attitude made Han Gang dislike it very much.

Although Guo Kui wants to go to Hebei, as long as he thinks about it, it is not difficult to guess - anyone understands that the Son of Heaven will not give him the opportunity to go to Hedong or Shaanxi, as Guo Zhongxiao said, going to Hebei is indeed a retreat - when Han Gang prefers Guo Zhongxiao to be frank, rather than playing any vertical and horizontal tricks.

It's just that Guo Kui went to Hebei, what can he do?

Guo Kui offered an exchange condition for this, but there were several important military positions in Xihe Road. When Guo Zhongxiao helped Lao Tzu open conditions, his face was red.

Although it is not a position that Wang Sunchen, Zhao Long, and Li Xin can hold—their status is already too high, and they must be transferred through the pass of the Son of Heaven—it is only a personnel arrangement for low-level generals, but it is a suitable reward for Han Gang, who wants to establish a solid foundation in Xihe Road.

At such a price, Guo Kui only begged for Han Gang's last sentence, which seemed to be a little too generous.

Is there something I haven't seen? Or does Guo Kui have information in his hands that he doesn't know?

Back in the study, the children had already gone back to sleep, and Han Gang leaned back in the rocking chair and meditated. The rocking chair swayed back and forth, but it didn't shake out the flash of inspiration that Han Gang wanted.

When Yan Suxin came in with supper, he saw Han Gang lying on the rocking chair with his eyes closed, as if he was asleep, but when he saw his tightly furrowed brows, he knew that Lu Dao was still thinking about business.

"Official."

The soft voice echoed in his ears, and Han Gang opened his eyes, and in front of him was a cup of mutton and wolfberry soup that was warm in winter, steaming hot. The enticing aroma wafts along with the heat.

The food was in front, and the concerned eyes made Han Gang smile and put his mind down for the time being.

After tonight's supper, the thick white soup is dotted with a few bright red wolfberries and two bright green shallots. Yan Suxin cooks, and he also works appearance. The red, green and white as the base color, as well as the small cup of mutton soup on the wall of the cup, are already pleasing to the eye before they are eaten.

The mutton made by Yan Suxin melts in the mouth, without a bad smell, but with a faint sweetness of wolfberry.

"How long has it been stewed?" Han Gang took another sip of soup. The flavor in the soup is strong but not strong, and it is just the same as his taste.

"One day. Stewed on a small stove. Su Xin sat down beside Han Gang, smiled, and watched Han Gang eat the soup with meat, "I used the meat on the waist ribs, and the wolfberries were sent from Longxi a few days ago." ”

While Han Gang was eating, he was talking to Su Xin without saying a word. After eating enough, Han Gang suddenly found the question that had bothered him before, and now that he thought about it, there was no need to pursue the answer so much.

It's also an old problem of my own family, everything has to be investigated, and the more I can't figure it out, the more I will concentrate on finding the answer. In fact, as long as you wait, you can see at a glance what Guo Kui has planned. If you don't have enough information on hand, no matter how much you think about it, it's just a waste of energy.

It's better to wait and see, since I can't figure it out for a while, I'll wait to see what kind of medicine is sold in Guo Kui's gourd.

Anyway, the final decision is in the hands of Zhao Kui, and Han Gang doesn't mind helping Guo Kui say a word. If there is any change in the situation in the north, with Guo Kui in Hebei, it can still be reassuring.

……………………

Zhao Ji stayed up all night again.

By the time it was almost the third watch, he hadn't even gone to rest.

Even though his eyelids were already blue and black from overtiredness, Zhao Ji's eyes were bright and his spirit was still vigorous.

In the side hall of Wuying Palace, the lights are bright, and the son of the Great Song Dynasty is guarding a sand table today, concentrating on fiddling with the small flags that symbolize the army.

The ups and downs of the composition represent the northwest topography. The Western Xia, which lived in the center, was surrounded by the six pacification envoys of the Great Song Dynasty. Around the Western Xia Kingdom on the sand table, there is now a dense circle of small flags, representing six roads, adding up to a total strength of 400,000.

This time the battle to destroy Western Xia will be the simultaneous departure of the six routes. Zhao Ji is determined to use a lion fight rabbit offensive to block all the possibilities of failure. Such a huge force is beyond the reach of the Western Xia monarchs and ministers who are now in trouble. Judging from the past records, the combined forces of any two roads can defeat the entire Western Xia army head-on, and Zhao Ji is going to use six roads!

In the past, there had never been a war of similar scale in the northwestern frontier of the Great Song Dynasty. On the thousands of miles of border between the Song and Xia countries, there will be at least 300,000 troops to fight. It is a real force, not a pompous force used to intimidate the enemy.

A hint of self-satisfaction appeared on Zhao Ji's face, and only now, after ten years of changes, can the wealth accumulated from this can support a war of this scale.

Grain, grass, salaries, armor, and war equipment are all piled up and can be taken at any time. The generals and soldiers are all elites who have experienced war. This is the result of more than 10 years of accumulation. Once it is put into it - Zhao Ji is confident - it is the Liao State in its heyday, and it will also avoid the edge for the time being.

From the time he was still the crown prince, Zhao Ji was bent on destroying Western Xia, defeating Liao, and recovering Fuxing Ling and Yanyun. can make the Great Song Dynasty, like the Han and Tang Dynasty, let the Siyi Bin.

Despite the difficult steps, I did it step by step. Today, the old dreams are close at hand, as if they are within reach.

The heavens are helping him, and the enemies of the Great Song Dynasty, one or two, are all caught in civil strife. Such good luck is that Zhao Ji has never fantasized about it in his sleep in the past.

How can there be such a good thing in the world?!

If someone told him in advance: One day in the future, the Liao Kingdom will kill the emperor because of its ministers, and the Western Xia will have civil strife at the same time due to the power struggle between mother and son. The answer that Zhao Ji can give will only be a burst of laughter, maybe depending on the mood at the time, he will give punishment or reward, anyway, he will never believe it.

But now, it's a reality.

The two sworn enemies have fallen into chaos, and the destruction of Western Xia is just around the corner.

Zhao Ji's heart burned like a blazing fire, and he couldn't wait to hear the good news of the official army's invasion of Xingqing Mansion immediately. I can't wait to see Bingchang and Liang's mother and son now, being sent to me with weapons.

In such a good situation, there are even people in the DPRK and China who say that they should be cautious and cautious, and they are not afraid of delaying the fighters.

Guo Kui is old, Han Gang has earned too much because of his merits, and he has no motivation to improve, and the two are now blindly seeking stability.

Thinking about Han Gang, two years ago, he and Zhang Dian went all the way south from the capital, and after arriving in Guizhou, they went non-stop to the outside of Yongzhou City and defeated Li Changjie. At that time, I didn't say anything about acting cautiously.

Could it be that all the generals of the Western Army are not familiar with military affairs, why do they all say that now is a good opportunity to smash Xingqing Mansion?

It was time for Wang Zhongzheng to arrive. Zhao Ji thought.

When it comes to military affairs, Wang Zhongzheng is the first person in the inner chamberlain. Whether it is in Hengshan or Hehuang, it has the power of praise and painting. Independently leading the army, you can also calm the southwest in one battle. I have the courage to take the initiative to enter the city when I was besieged by Western thieves in Luowu City. Even the slightly inferior generals of the Western Army are difficult to compare with him, and only a few people such as Chong Ge can barely overpower him. Zhao Ji wanted to hear his opinion, and this time, he could also lead the way alone.

Zhao Ji flexed his fingers, Wang Zhongzheng all the way, Chong Yi all the way, Gao Zunyu all the way, the coach of these three roads can be decided, but the remaining three roads, how to arrange, you have to think about it. Now there is no shortage of generals, but handsome talents are rare, and there will be a headache to arrange the commanders of the six routes of soldiers and horses.

Zhao Ji did not plan to set up a Xuanfu Department or a General Management Department to command the whole army. On the border of thousands of miles, from Hedong to Xihe, it takes a month for news to be exchanged, and it makes no sense to set up a commander who oversees the overall situation. He planned to let each side deal with the enemy army in front of him, and finally gather under Lingzhou City, and naturally, he would be able to capture the victory in his hands.

"Official, it's time to rest." Li Shunju came over again and advised Zhao Ji to rest early, "If you sleep so late for a few days in a row, it will definitely alarm the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager." ”

Zhao Ji answered, but stood by the sand table and didn't move.

Li Shunju was about to urge again with a bitter face, but suddenly he heard the Son of Heaven say: "By the way, go and choose a good day, just a few years ago, I planted the pox for the sixth brother and Shushou." …… Heaven looks down on my Great Song Dynasty, and I will not have any accidents when I look at my imperial heir. ”