Zhi Zhenjiang planned early

Look at the general trend and be strategic

Let Xin Qiji sit in Jingkou is Liu Lan's suggestion. He explained the reason to Master Han in this way: "The Treatise on the Governance of the Qun Shu Zhi Yao: The Middle Theory" said: "Those who are also in the position are also the opportunity to establish morality; Those who are powerful are also those who do righteousness. The saint took the opportunity to grasp the pole and weave it into the transformation of heaven and earth, so that all things are smooth and humane is upright. This means that the position is like a loom for the establishment of benevolence; Power is like a shuttle that enforces morality. The sage stepped on the loom and held the shuttle in his hand, weaving into the beautiful and enlightening atmosphere of heaven and earth, so that all things could grow smoothly and people's ethical and moral relations would be pure. This is where the idiom comes from.

"There is morality in the heart, words and deeds are in line with morality", the reason why the world is peaceful is because the monarch has the way, the country has the way, benevolence prevails, and righteousness is long. The reason why the world is chaotic is because the king is not the king, the minister is not the minister, the father is not the father, the son is not the son, the ten evils are rampant, and the morality does not exist. Therefore, the chaos of the world is not the chaos of man himself, but the chaos of angels; Heaven sees that it has no virtue and no deeds, so it naturally wants it to lose all the remaining virtues and then eliminate them. However, no matter how chaos is controlled, heaven will surely save people's hearts. Heaven does not distinguish between you and me, but heaven will look at people's hearts. If the heart is good, it will be saved, and if the heart is evil, it will be abandoned. If people can understand, they can sublimate consciously and autonomously; When the human heart is attached, man will fall into ignorance and helplessness.

In the world, there are two kinds of people who are sober: one is to be alone, stay away from the troubled times, and only seek to liberate themselves; One is to help the world and face the troubled times, intending to save the people from fire and water. Those who are good to themselves do what is right and have the will of heaven in their hearts, but they have not taken on more missions, so they have no intention of saving the world or saving people. Those who help the world at the same time want to actively save because their great benevolence has come out, and the Buddha sees that all living beings in the world are suffering. Even if people can't change the chaos for a while, they can gradually change people's hearts by sticking to the right standards of life. No matter how poor people are, they can stick to the standard. There is no division and chaos in the world, and it can be directed at the hearts of the people. When people are sober, they have benevolence, righteousness and morality in their hearts, and their words and deeds are in line with morality.

Hearing this, Han Yanxuan nodded again and again, and Guangyu said it very well.

Poor knowledge of Zhenjiang, for Xin Qiji, seems to be a dragon into the sea, birds flying in the sky. While handling the day-to-day government affairs, he embarked on the defense of Zhenjiang. After the visit, the laziness and cowardice of the Xiang Army in Zhenjiang Prefecture surprised him, so he decided to follow Jiangxi's practice of reorganizing and reorganizing the Xiang Army. His plan was very thorough: recruit soldiers from the young and middle-aged people along the Huai River and the Yangtze River, because they were located on the border, these people would ride horses and shoot arrows when they were young, fierce and alert, gather them, and in Huaidong Shanyang and Huai'an Anfeng, choose a place near the mountains or near the water, each of which will be about 5,000 people, and let their old people and wives be among them, so that there is no need to worry back, send new generals, strictly manage, strengthen training, and make them form a high fighting spirit, so that no matter whether they attack or face the battle, they will not lose.

If you think about it, you will do it, and if you do it, you will do it well, this is his consistent style. He ordered Sima to join the army and be responsible for making 10,000 sets of military uniforms in the shortest possible time.

Xin Qiji's spirit was flying, pointing out the country, as if he was commanding thousands of troops. Liu Longzhou was a little puzzled, did the marshal's trip indicate that Song Jin was about to go to war? And to deploy the garrison on the front line of the Huai River, is it to defend the Yangtze River or Huainan?

Xin Qi laughed and did not answer. The day before yesterday in the palace, after he finished telling him about the law of the salt pestle, the emperor asked him about the situation of the Jin Kingdom, can my Great Song Dynasty start a war against Jin?

He knew that this was the core content of this call, some people in Huaibei Jin Kingdom thought about crossing the Huai River to return to Shun, he had already heard about it, and in the conversation with Han Taishi, he also had a premonition, and now the emperor will definitely have something to say about this inquiry. He excitedly reported to the emperor the situation of the Jin Kingdom in the past few years, and said in a firm tone:

Judging from these circumstances, it is extremely inevitable that the Jin State will be turbulent and even the country will die, and our Great Song Dynasty can take advantage of this opportunity to choose the veteran ministers to do it, and prepare for the war to attack the enemy.

At that time, the emperor seemed very happy, and even said a few good words, and the Han Taishi present was also happy. And sending him to Zhenjiang is obviously profound. And these, because the policies of the imperial court are not yet clear, are not suitable for publication.

As for the plan to garrison the troops, we can talk about it.

From a strategic point of view, if the northern regime wants to conquer Jiangnan, it usually needs to meet two conditions, and at least one condition must be met. First, seize Huainan. Second, seize Bashu. If both conditions are met, Jiangnan is usually powerless. Because the northern regime is in this context, once the southern expedition plan is launched, the southern dynasty may only be able to ask for God's blessing. This is the formation of Jin and Wu and Sui and Chen. If this advantage is not achieved, it will be difficult for the northern regime to conquer Jiangnan. For example, even if the Jin army crossed the Yangtze River without completely conquering Huainan, the official army, the rebel army, and the rogues of Jianghuai would rely on the superiority of the naval army and repeatedly fight guerrilla attacks with it, so that the northern cavalry, which was not accustomed to water warfare, could not gain a foothold.

If the southern regime wants to hold Huainan, there are usually two ways. One way is naturally to fight the northern regime on the Huai River line. However, the Huai River is a flat river, and there is no danger to defend. Therefore, after the northern regime unified the north, as long as it made a large-scale southern expedition, it would usually quickly reach the Yangtze River. Another way is to advance and retreat from the enemy, and fight to the death. If the northern army wants to cross the Huai River and approach the line of the Yangtze River, let them let their horses come over, and we control the main stronghold in Huainan, and the enemy army is forced to the Yangtze River, which is useless.

Killing the Yangtze River, or even crossing the Yangtze River, is not the same thing as occupying Huainan. Because, Huainan is a vast area, and the northern army slaughtered to the Yangtze River, usually only to open a line, and it may not be a very important line. For example, the Jin army went south to the Yangtze River, but he obviously didn't even really control the canal. It is precisely for this reason that although the Jin army has been winning battles in the south of the Yangtze River, it can only return north, and when the north is close, it will take one step at a time.

On the other hand, if the southern regime wants to crusade against the north, it usually uses Huainan as a base to launch an attack from Huaidong and Huaixi at the same time, directly attacking the hinterland of the Central Plains.

After hearing this, Liu Longzhou was surprised: For many years, my generation has been shouting about recovering the Central Plains, but I don't understand how to fight and how to collect it, and I haven't thought about it. is still Xin Shuaixing, brave and strategic, if you are the commander of the Northern Expedition, the recovery of the Central Plains is just around the corner.

And that's not all that surprised him. Xin Qiji paid attention to collecting military intelligence on the Jin people, and told him that intelligence is the eyes and ears of the army, and it is related to the victory or defeat of the war and the safety of the country. In the past two years, I have asked the relevant departments to take out some silver taels and cloth, and recruit a few bold people to go deep into the territory of the Jin Kingdom to collect and spy on the movements of the Jin army, just to fight a prepared war.

So he took out a piece of silk brocade from his bosom and showed him, the silk brocade was unfolded, and it was a foot square, and on it was written the number of Jin cavalry and infantry, the place where they were garrisoned, and the names of their generals. Tell Liu Longzhou: This cost 4,000 yuan to get it. I send people to collect information on the enemy, not just one person, but also circumstantial evidence, so that others will not be deceived. For example, when the person sent to Yanjing, Zhongshan, and Jinan was told, he asked him to explain the location of the mountains and rivers, the temples and the official warehouses, all of which I had been to when I was a teenager, and I couldn't get by by telling lies from others. Of course, the chosen person must first be faithful and reliable, and he must not be afraid of sacrifice.