"That depends on how to fight," Wang Yan answered, "Now our army has occupied half of Hedong, and the rest is just a Taiyuan Mansion, and the current situation in Hedong, the two armies are facing each other across the two Yangliang Passes, whether we go north, or the gold thieves go south, it is not easy, if our army decides to recover the entire territory of Hedong, then we must gather heavy troops, attack Yangliang Pass, and then take Taiyuan Mansion, Taiyuan, other such as Lan, Xian, Xin, and Dai Zhuzhou are easy to do, but this time there is no Khitan cooperation, and the elite soldiers of the Jurchens are gathered in this area, and the pressure is relatively great”

"If, according to what Xu Jingluo said, send out two troops to think that it is contained, then there is no need for us to gather 100,000 troops in my personal opinion, you might as well follow Xu Jingluo's opinion, feint with part of the troops, attract the attention of the Jin army, and then send troops from the Tiger Prison Pass to help the southern armies, so that it will not be difficult to recover the Central Plains."

Including Xu Wei, everyone thought carefully after listening to Wang Zicai's words, and no one expressed their stance for a while that the Western Army was fighting, and there was great autonomy, as long as they remained consistent with the imperial court in the general direction, for example, this Northern Expedition, the task given by the imperial court to the Western Army was to contain the main force of the Jin Army and reduce the pressure on the southern armies, in order to successfully recover the Central Plains, Huaidong and other places

"I agree with Wang Fu's opinion, this is a good way," Yang Yan was the first to express his support, and in the end, it was the old brother of the Hu'er Army

"I agree, my lord, that's it?" Wang Yu also said

"What? It's all this opinion? Then I didn't say anything, I just listened to the king's order," Xihe Shuai Yao Pingzhong said

Although the rest of Liu Guangshi, Zhang Xian and the others did not speak, they did not express their objections, Xu Wei looked at the commanders under his command, when he saw his cousin Xu Wu, the red-haired tiger wanted to speak, and the cousin immediately cast an encouraging gaze, because Xu Jiu has understood him over the years, this fifth brother speaks and acts cautiously and steadily, and he never says what he shouldn't say, but what he should say is not ambiguous If he thinks that this method will not work, there must be his reasons

Sure enough, Xu Hong then said: "The reason why the marshal Jin people promised to return to the Central Plains and Huaidong was as a condition for peace and their intentions, of course, we are all insightful, but one thing is undeniable, an important reason why the Jin people did this is that the Jurchens themselves also know that they are unable to stabilize the area south of the Yellow River, no matter whether we send troops from the Tiger Pass to help, I dare to assert that this Northern Expedition, if we dare not say it, we will definitely be able to achieve the best expectations, but there will definitely be greater gains In this case, our Western Army is the elite of the country, Why bother to help others? This is not a singing opera, if the Western Army wants to do it, it will do serious things"

This made everyone dare not agree, Wang Yan immediately said: "Xu Jingluo, why is this not a serious matter? If the country wants to recover the Central Plains and recover the old capital, the Western Army will strike a blow from the side, which, of course, even if the southern armies have the ability to fight this battle alone, we will help it, isn't it easy? ”

"Exactly, this is not a serious matter, so why is Xu Jingluo a serious matter?" Yao Pingzhong also asked

"Fifth Brother Xu, do you have any good suggestions?" Yang Yan also asked

In the face of everyone's inquiry, although Xu Hong's expression did not change, he fell into silence, Xu Wei saw this, and came forward and said: "Sending troops from Henan Mansion to Zhengzhou and Jijing, of course this method works, but people don't necessarily want us to help."

Since the outbreak of the Song-Jin War during the Xuanhe period, the Western Army has been playing the role of strengthening the determination of the whole people to resist the war in the past 20 years, the Western Army has fought hundreds of battles, with great achievements, and in the Western Army system, there are six envoys in the light of the festival, which is the most direct manifestation of the three Xuanfu Divisions in the south, except for Zhe Yanzhi and Zhao Dian, no one has built a festival Liu family brothers, needless to say, everyone knows that it is a title obtained by relying on the identity of "foreign relatives", which is not expensive

Of course, the Western Army is brave and good at fighting, attacking must be conquered, and the attack must be taken, which is not said, but can your Western Army bear the national war? How about simply dismantling all the armies in the south and handing over all the national defense of the Great Song Dynasty to the Western Army? If you really want to talk about it, the western army is only a border guard, and the southern armies are the real kings, and how the western army does everything to insert a lever, first, it will make people suspicious, and second, it is not conducive to beating the southern troops

Seeing that the marshals were speechless, Xu Wei knew that they had listened to what they said, so he took advantage of the situation and said: "In my opinion, we will not participate in the war in the Central Plains, and everyone will make meritorious contributions, this is an opportunity for the three armies of the Imperial Camp Division and Shenwu to make meritorious contributions, and it is not appropriate for us to intervene."

"Then, simply gather heavy troops, take Taiyuan, and recover the whole territory of Hedong" Yao Pingzhong said happily Xu Hong kept shaking his head, Yao Pingzhong saw it, frowned and said: "Xu Jingluo has an opinion?" If it weren't for the fact that Xu Hong was the cousin of King Xu Jun, his words would definitely not be so polite

"Huaidong in the Central Plains, the Jin people are powerless to take care of, Wang Shi takes it, and once the Western Army recovers the entire territory of Hedong, the Bingfeng will reach the Yanyun region, which is impossible for the Jurchens to accept If the Western Army captures Taiyuan Mansion and collects the entire territory of Hedong, I estimate that from now on, the Jin people will fight with me here repeatedly, and they will never give up", Xu Hong analyzed

"So what does it matter? Beat him and be afraid of him? Yao Pingzhong sneered

"That's not to say, in this battle, we still need the imperial court to allocate funds, the people of Sichuan and Shaanxi are already insufficient, if because of this battle, the Western Army has been fighting for many years, then our reconstruction will be greatly affected, which no one wants to see" Xu Hongdao

After hearing this, Wang Yan questioned: "How can there be a war without paying a price? Fighting a war is to burn money and food, because I am afraid of falling into continuous wars, so I will not collect the lost land? What is the rationale for this? What does Xu Jingluo think? "I'm not afraid, but because there is no need to do this for the time being, if we recover the whole territory of Hedong, it will be equivalent to a lone army going deep, and under the noses of the Jin people, people can get food in Yanyun and easily go south to launch a campaign, while our army needs to send materials from Sichuan to support the front line, and in the long run, the consequences are worrying" Xu Hong argued

No one refuted what he said, because what he said was that Hedong had already made a mess of the Jurchens, and Shaanxi was also rebuilding and struggling towards self-reliance

"It makes sense" Yang Yan nodded and admitted, "If you don't have an absolute advantage, you can go straight to Yanyun in one go, then it's better to be cautious", the absolute advantage referred to here, that is, Hebei also opens up the situation, otherwise the western army will recover the entire territory of Hedong, and it will be a lone army

Xu Wei nodded slowly, Xu Hong's words were indeed reasonable

"What then? The Central Plains can't go, Taiyuan can't be beaten, and it's impossible for our 100,000-strong army to Chen Bing to be in the Tiger Prison Pass, waving flags and shouting cheers every day? Yao Pingzhong asked

Xu Hong looked at him, still saying in a tone as steady as Mount Tai's well: "Of course not, the Western Army did not participate in the Battle of the Central Plains, but we can support the friendly army from another place", "Where?" Several handsomes asked in unison

"Hebei", Xu Hong said the "answer" case calmly

After these words came out, the atmosphere in the hall was very strange and no one spoke, but this does not mean that everyone does not know what to say, but everyone knows what to say, but it is inconvenient to say that more than one of the people present wanted to ask if Xu Jingluo was crazy, and the matter in Hedong has not been settled, why did you go to Hebei again?

Do you know what Hebei is? In the past, Hebei recruited Zhang Suo, that is, the father of Zhang Xian, the current deputy marshal of Qin Feng, after he led the army of the Daimyo's Mansion to withdraw from Hebei to Tokyo Kaifeng, Hebei has been occupied by the Jin people for so many years

Unlike Hedong, Hebei not only fell for a long time, but since the fall of the gold thieves, the Song army, even the righteous army, no one has made waves on the land of Hebei, in other words, the Jurchens' operation in Hebei is definitely much more stable than that of Hedong

Now, the symbol of Hedong and the most important Taiyuan Mansion have not been taken down, but you say that you are going to fight Hebei, isn't this whimsical?

Xu Hong probably also knew what everyone was thinking, and explained: "Of course, of course, I don't mean to recover Hebei, but we can surprise and disrupt Hebei, so that the Jin army south of the Yellow River will inevitably be in chaos", Xu Wei couldn't help but smile on his face when he heard this

"Well, okay, Xu Dashuai, let's admit it, if we can enter Hebei to attack and plunder, it can make the Henan Jin army unstable, but I have a few questions I want to ask, first, how to go? In the east of Hedong, Hebei, a Taihang Mountain is separated, and our 100,000 army just crashed into it with our heads? Second, Hebei is a flat river, although the Western Army is fierce and good at fighting, but there is no logistics supply, how can we gain a foothold in Hebei? Third, Hebei is an important place for the Jurchens to focus on business, which must also be known to you, do you think we will get a bargain if we break in so rashly? Although Wang Yan is right about things and not people, his tone is still a little unpleasant

After Wang Yan said that, everyone was silent, wanting to hear what Xu Hong had to explain about this, and even Xu Wei listened to it

Xu Hong still looked like Mount Tai collapsed in front of him and did not change his color, and he was not in a hurry and said: "Although Taihang Mountain is crisscrossing the north and south, if our army wants to cross Taihang Mountain and enter Hebei, it is not that there is no way, and I did not say that I want to take 100,000 troops to break into the other, since it is strange, it must be a war decision, and logistics supply is not a problem As for the Jin people operating in Hebei, it doesn't matter, we are caught off guard and caught off guard."