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Since the detection of the Khitan, he put on a posture of southern invasion, and rushed all the way along the way, and rushed from Daizhou to the capital in three days.

That's a lot of speed. Han Gang thought, and by the way, he observed the expressions of all the Zaifu in the Chongzheng Hall with the corner of his eye.

His current status is very special, he is not a person in the two mansions, but he has enough weight to speak in the Chongzheng Palace. Han Gang didn't fight for anything for himself because of this opportunity, as long as he didn't ask his head, he wouldn't say a word.

"Yelu Yixin knows the news of the defeat of the official army in Lingzhou!" Wang Jue said a nonsense, but even Lu Gongzhu was in no mood to give him a mocking smile.

The strength of the Liao people arriving in Xijing Datong was determined to be only 20,000, but no one thought that it would be only 20,000. If the Liao people really went south, two or three hundred thousand iron horsemen would be a matter of an eye.

"Hedong is full of dangers, and the Yanmen passes are even more open. The Liao people have always been not good at attacking the city, in the old year, the Empress Dowager Chengtian took the Liao lord to the south, and the car has been driven to Lanzhou, and the border cities are still self-preservation. Hebei city is like this, what about the dangerous pass in Hedong, your majesty does not need to worry. ”

Is this what I'm worried about? Zhao Ji couldn't wait to pick up the paperweight on the table and smash it at Yuan Jiang, he was not a yellow-mouthed son who had just ascended the throne, so he didn't need to be so obedient to coax! He needs to be able to solve the problem.

Lu Gong wrote out of the class: "The Liao people won with cavalry, and Hebei is where they come in." The attack on Hedong will not outweigh the losses, and it will not be like this. Now there are three Taihang eight in the hands of the Liao, the military capital, Puyin, and the flying fox. The Khitan selection of troops to go south to Datong was just a plan to attack separately. ”

Lu Gongshu is telling the truth, but the privy envoy who has always been dismissive of sending troops to Western Xia will not make the Son of Heaven feel comfortable at this time, "Although there is Guo Kui in Hebei, there is really no need to worry about idle bandits." But now the border is surrounded by tigers and wolves, and the Liao people have gathered hundreds of thousands of troops, which is beyond Guo Kui's ability. In the old years, Wang Chao was also a famous general, and the 150,000 horses of the Pingrong Wanquan Array were in his hands, but the Khitans still attacked the Yellow River, forcing Emperor Zhenzong to conquer Lanzhou in person. ”

"It's summer!" Wang Qi refuted sharply.

Lu Gongzhu asked rhetorically: "How many days are there until autumn?" ”

The privy envoy succeeded in making Zhao Ji's heart heavy this time.

Autumn prevention, like autumn harvest, autumn tax, and autumn grain, is all autumn scenery. The northern border of the Great Song Dynasty is the most tense time of the year in autumn and winter, and the defenders are all waiting for it, just in case. In the past two years, the country's military strength has risen and stabilized a little.

The borders of Hebei are all plains, there is no danger to defend, and there is an agreement with the Liao State, and the border passes are not allowed to be built privately, but the city wall of the border state, so all along, the Song people have been planting willow elm as the border wall on the border, and the water of the river has created the Tangbo River for 800 miles, and the rice that is not suitable for the water and soil is also planted - harvesting many seeds that have not been sown for many times - to block the Liao iron horse.

In the summer, when the water is abundant, this defensive system is still very effective, but in the winter, it becomes meaningless because the water is frozen. And there is an even more ironic point, that is, the entry of the Liao State or Western Xia is basically in the autumn and winter when the war horses are fat and strong. In spring and summer, it is necessary to raise horsepower, and if the troops are forcibly dispatched, the situation of the horses lacking physical strength will be very serious and die on the way. The second captives invaded the south for the sake of the goods they had not yet grabbed, and there was no reason to exhaust their war horses to death.

"Could it be that the Khitans will really tear apart the alliance of the Yuanyuan and invade the south on a large scale?" Lu Huiqing, who had been waiting for the opportunity, finally spoke.

Lu Gong was displeased: "How can there be a reason to put life and death in the hands of an enemy?!" The murder of the mastermind has been done, what else does Yelu Yixin dare not do? ”

Lu Huiqing asked rhetorically: "The world says that it is not profitable to be early, what is the benefit of attacking China in the south and Yelu Yixin?" ”

More than a dozen eyes turned to Han Gang, and the kings and ministers of the palace all remembered that Han Gang had analyzed the reason that Yelu Yixin would not lead the army to invade the south earlier. Han Gang was silent, and he wouldn't speak if no one asked.

"The situation has changed." Lu Gong was prepared, but he didn't expect it to be Lu Huiqing and not Han Gang to come out and question, "Three months ago, Gao Zunyu and Miao Zhu didn't defeat Lingzhou miserably. ”

"It is only a two-way garrison, and the losses are negligible relative to the total number of officers and troops."

Han Gang glanced at Yuan Jiang in surprise, who was he helping?

I saw Lu Gong's voice suddenly raised: "There are more than 100,000 soldiers on the two routes, seventy percent of which are forbidden armies, which is already one-eighth of the forbidden army in the world, and it is also the most warlike Western army!" ”

"Especially when it was the time of the True Sect Renzong!" Lu Huiqing-for-tat: "Back then, there was no plate armor, a horse chopping knife and a divine arm bow, and it also blocked the Liao people who were in the prime of the country. ”

"Could it be that the two armies of Jingyuan and Huanqing don't have it?"

"The defeat of Lingzhou is the defeat of the attack, not the defeat of the defense. Between offense and defense, the difficulty is different. The public is the privy, and you should not know it! Lu Huiqing didn't wait for Lu Gongshu to refute, "I don't know why Yelu Yixin invaded south?" can be a great evil, and the mind should be too ordinary. Although he was a traitor, the government and the opposition of the Liao State obeyed his will, but he rashly invaded the south, and once the army was defeated, he would die without a place to be buried. ”

"Participating in politics and wanting to be a guarantor for Yelu Yixin?" Lu Gongshu said sarcastically.

How could Lu Huiqing help Yelu Yixin as a guarantor, and scolded secretly: "No, if China is weak, it will immediately raise troops to invade the south." Yelu Yixin is a powerful minister, who controls the government and the government, and his name is not right, so he must sell the important ministers and tribes in the country. When the time comes, he will not be able to help himself. ”

He glanced at Zhao Ji: "The Khitan Emperor died violently for some reason, Yelu Yixin is quite suspicious, although he coerced the Son of Heaven to order the ministers, but there are many people in the country who can't bear it." Whether it is a southern invasion or a sitting by, no matter what Yelu Yixin does, his purpose will not be the property of the Great Song Dynasty, but to maintain his current status. From the minister's point of view, as long as the western thief cannot completely defeat the official army, Yelu Yixin will not immediately bet. ”

"It's all speculation." Lu Gong's book gave Lu Huiqing's analysis a high evaluation.

"Whether it is speculation or not, there is a public opinion." Lu Huiqing is no longer entangled with Lu Gongzhu.

"How long can the grain of Western Xia be eaten?" Yuan Jiang asked suddenly.

Lu Gong's eyes flickered, this is a good question, but he was also quite surprised, when did Yuan Jiang turn the wind.

Doubts are doubts, and he replied: "Last year was the best year in ten years, and all states and counties were basically bumper harvests. And the Liao State and the Western Xia are also a good year that has not been encountered in more than ten years...... In addition, since the battle of Luowu, Western Xia began to prepare for war and famine, and the grain reserves in Xingqing Mansion should not be a few. Even though the consumption after the war is very high, it should still be able to eat until the end of the year. If the enemy is lenient, it is not impossible to harvest next summer. ”

Lu Huiqing did not stand up again, but glanced at the side ahead.

Wang Jue knew that he had to speak: "Grain and grass are only one aspect, what about money?" What about the people? What about livestock? For this battle of Pingxia, the imperial court used the military and material resources of Shaanxi and even the whole country. The middle school of the Western Xia Kingdom has been broken, and once the war continues, where will the rations for next year come from? Summer is the time for war horses to raise fat, but the party's iron harrier has to run thousands of miles in a row, repeatedly fighting with the armies led by Gao Miao, Wang Zhongzheng and Li Xian, how many soldiers and horses are left in the autumn? ”

This point was discussed in the court for a long time, and it was used as one of the bases for the attack on Western Xia at that time.

Stick to it, and the Western Xia will be finished sooner or later. It is that the Wei Ming clan and the Liang clan plan to fight to the end, and the other tribes will not follow them all the way to the black.

From the beginning of the loss of Hengshan, the Western Xia had already begun the process of decline. Without the southern barrier, the Song army could enter and exit at will. Without the source of the footsteps, the Iron Harriers, composed of the party's cavalry alone, were just a lame army.

"So there is Yelu Yixin to cooperate." Lu Gong wrote: "Isn't the current situation a clear proof? ”

Zhao Ji breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, it is indeed a good way for Jun Heng to stir up different opinions, but when the external troubles are there, the internal worries can never be solved, how not to make him have a headache.

"Han Qing ......" Zhao Ji put his hope on Han Gang.

"The minister also takes Lu's opinion on participating in politics." Han Gang bowed, "But as Lu Shumi said, China's safety cannot be pinned on the enemy. Hedong and Hebei should strengthen their preparedness...... Fortunately, the Liao people will not move lightly until the autumn, and they will not be able to come to the south in Tangbo, Hebei. At least two months to schedule. ”

Basically nothing was said.

Zhao Ji was silent and pursed his lips. That's right! He remembered that this one was also unconscious.

Han Gang sighed secretly.

He is not a great god, nor is he a roundworm in Yelu Yixin's stomach, how can he know what the minister of Liao Guo thinks.

But Han Gang agrees with Lu Huiqing's view, which is in the same vein as his judgment a few months ago, and it has not changed now. It is unlikely that the Liao people will go south, and the current situation is still a means of blackmail. As long as he adds 100,000 yuan of coins, so that Yelu Yixin can use it to buy the central clan of the country, and can greatly increase his prestige, he will definitely be happy to stop here.

Han Gang glanced at several Zaifu again. He didn't believe that none of these foxes could calculate Yelu Yixin's calculations.

Although none of them have said in this direction, solving problems with money has always been the first choice since the Abyss Alliance. Avoiding it now, isn't it just that there are no three hundred taels of silver here?

In terms of the financial resources of the imperial court, 100,000 guan is not much.

An ordinary soldier of the forbidden army, the money and food spent on him by the imperial court, at least thirty or even fifty a year, a hundred thousand yuan, but two or three thousand, five or six commanders - and this is still infantry.

But when today's son has worked hard for more than ten years, and he has to increase the number of coins after the worst, the face of the Son of Heaven will be lost. Han Gang believed that Zhao Ji could swallow the person who proposed it alive. So the Zai Fu didn't mention this stubble, and let Zhao Ji make his own choice. Han Gang agreed that he was reluctant to lose this person, because there was no need at all.

But maybe it will really come to this point, Han Gang thought, it would be better to take himself out of the body first.

It is rumored that when he is in danger, he is likely to be sent to guard the border pass.

Although there is a lack of important ministers who are familiar with military affairs in the court, Guo Kui guards Hebei, Cai Ting has died of illness, and Zhang Dian is good at the south, but the edict to recruit Wang Shao into Beijing has been issued, and when Wang Shao goes to Beijing, Han Gang has a high chance of being arranged to go to Hedong.

However, Han Gang understood more clearly, and Wang Shao's condition was very problematic. Han Gang and Wang Shao basically maintained the frequency of one letter a month, in the past, Wang Shao's letters were all written by himself, but what he received in the past two months, except for the signature, was not Wang Shao's handwriting.

Because of Wang Shao's matter, during this time, Han Gang's mood has been very bad. If Wang Shao can't enter Beijing, it will be difficult for him to leave the court.

It's just that the current situation can still be taken advantage of.