The Sichuan-Shaanxi straight road is unimpeded, and 3 million stone grain can be transferred from Shu every year, which is enough to support hundreds of thousands of troops, and 30,000 infantry are currently drawn from Bashu.

These 30,000 fresh troops joining the battle group on the front line of Hengshan can play a role in turning things around!

Di Qing and Xixia fought each other, both sides reached a very tired time, after several months of fierce fighting, the Great Song Dynasty was uncomfortable, and Xixia also vomited blood.

30,000 Sichuan soldiers are a bundle of straw that crushes the camel.

"The minister has ordered Hebei to transfer mountain equipment over, and Wang Shao also sent two thousand soldiers from Qingtang who are proficient in mountain warfare, with a little run-in, two months later, he will be able to launch a general attack on Western Xia, before this autumn, we must open up the Hexi Corridor and cut off the arms of Western Xia!"

Watching Wang Ningan pointing out on the sand table, Zhao Zhen's biggest feeling is cool!

It feels so wonderful to overwhelm people with momentum, and Mount Tai to the top.

A straight road raised the mobilization ability of the Great Song Dynasty by several steps. In the past, the Great Song Dynasty fought with the north, relying on nothing more than the Hebei Army and the Northwest Army, and other places provided at most a little food and people, but now the entire empire is like an arm, and its strength can be fully exerted.

In the face of a small country, it is completely one-sided ravage!

Zhao Zhen suddenly understood, why the population of Qin was less than one-tenth of that of the Great Song Dynasty, and as a result, hundreds of thousands of people could be mobilized in a war, think about what the First Emperor was keen to do!

Build straight roads, dig spiritual canals, and build the Great Wall...... It's all infrastructure, and this thing is really useful!

Wang Ning'an's understanding of infrastructure, of course, is much deeper than Uncle Zhao, take the Führer as an example, many people are keen to talk about how the blitzkrieg is good, but few people care, the Führer spent a few years to build the world's first highway network, which is the basis of the blitzkrieg, in the shortest possible time, the soldiers and materials are concentrated anywhere on the border of the empire.

Don't look at the calculations on the books, maybe the Führer's troops and weapons are not superior, but in fact the supplies are abundant, the preparations are sufficient, the morale is high, and the time is good, far from being comparable to those enemies who lack guns and ammunition and are panting.

The straight road of the Great Song Dynasty, in this era, is the highway, which can be called a cheating artifact.

"Jingping."

Zhao Zhen, who was in a good mood, took out a letter and stuffed it to Wang Ningan.

"This is what Zong Yuan just sent, you are his master, take a look."

Wang Ningan took out the letter paper and quickly browsed it.

Zhao Zongyuan's handwriting is very beautiful, at least it is much better than Wang Ning'an, there is no way, writing is the ability of their old Zhao family, and they can't envy it.

After reading the content, Wang Ningan was also surprised.

In the letter, Zhao Zongyuan wrote in detail about the benefits of many straight roads, praising the wisdom of the imperial court, which is common, but later, Zhao Zongyuan actually proposed to build a few more straight roads, and the labor of building straight roads can be obtained from Western Xia and other places. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince even more openly stated that he would use the captives of Western Xia in the future to complete the infrastructure of the Great Song Dynasty.

Whether it's roads, the Great Wall, aqueducts, etc.

In addition, Zhao Zongyuan also met many merchants from the Western Regions, and he also consulted the historical materials of the Tang Dynasty.

It is believed that after opening up the Western Regions, a series of castles will be built in the Hexi Corridor.

These castles were used to hoard people and provide protection for trade routes.

Here, the caravans rested, replenished, and traded.

In addition, around the castle, agriculture and animal husbandry should be developed to supply the needs of the local garrison.

All in all, a very large project.

Zhao Zongyuan estimated that the price of repairing this Silk Road should be more than ten times that of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Straight Road, and if the captives and barbarians were not used, the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty would be wasted, and the people would be provoked, and the gains outweighed the losses, but the road could not be repaired, there was only one opportunity, please prepare the court early!

If this plan was made by someone else, Wang Ningan would not be surprised at all, but if it came out of Zhao Zongyuan's mouth, he would be dumbfounded.

Is this still his own apprentice?

Could it be that someone else told him?

Is it Dogtooth, or Su Shi?

It doesn't look like it, this letter is completely in the tone of a family letter, that is, the father and son of the Zhao family communicate their feelings and exchange experiences, and it is written very casually, not like it is carefully prepared.

Wang Ningan's pupils suddenly constricted, could it be that his apprentice has become a teacher?

In fact, to be honest, Wang Ning'an has not taught Zhao Zongyuan for a long time, but has only laid a foundation, in Wang Ning'an's place, Zhao Zongyuan has just learned to learn from others' strengths, to think more, not superstitious, not stubborn, all knowledge and action are one, and practice is the standard......

After entering the Royal Primary School, there were too many people who wanted to erase Wang Ning'an's mark and really influence the prince, they instilled too much Confucius and Mencius in Zhao Zongyuan, and explained to him the story of benevolence and love for the people, especially the gains and losses of the past dynasties, to tell the little prince.

A lot of people like to investigate the truth of history.

But how can history be true!

First of all, the historians of the past dynasties are not objective, especially after the exclusive respect for Confucianism, the power to revise history is in the hands of civil officials, and any biography cannot record all the things of a person, but can only pick up some important records.

So how do you determine if important is not important?

Naturally, the judgment and trade-off are based on the values of the historian.

The name is beautiful, the Spring and Autumn penmanship, for the Venerable.

The biography that later generations see can only be a part, and mistakenly take this part for the whole thing, as if you have only learned half of the exercises, thinking that you are a Tai Chi master, but you can't even hold on for 10 seconds.

Wang Ningan is very clear about this set of things. But he couldn't tell the little prince anything, and his understanding could only rely on himself.

Fortunately, Wang Ningan gave Zhao Zongyuan a very good foundation.

The little one's head did not freeze, it froze.

When he arrived in the northwest, what he saw was different from what he saw in books, so he naturally thought and speculated, and gradually had ideas, so he kept communicating with his father.

Uncle Zhao is very pleased, and he is pleased that his son can think for himself and have his own opinions.

That's a good thing!

Great good thing!

As an emperor, you don't need to be too smart and don't need to do anything specifically.

But a good emperor must not be deceived by others!

I didn't get confused when I was too old, and I realized the truth, Zhao Zongyuan began to understand it when he was in his early teens.

Well, that's good!

"Jingping, your master is very good!"

Wang Ningan said humbly: "It is His Highness who is smart, reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles. His Royal Highness is tireless in learning, often walks around the place, sees more and asks more questions, and will naturally become a generation of heroes, and the minister will congratulate His Majesty in advance. ”

Zhao Zhen smiled, "If Zongyuan can support the ancestral foundation, I can rest assured." By the way, is there any news from the Western Regions? Two months later, this side is going to attack Hengshan, can they send men and horses to cooperate, and take Western Xia in one go? ”

Wang Ning'an's face sank, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it won't be." The minister has just received news that the Qarakhanid has moved troops. ”

"Oh?"

Zhao Zhen saw Wang Ning'an's grim face, and couldn't help but worry: "Jingping, they have a lot of people?" ”

"Hmmm! According to the minister's knowledge, there should be no less than 100,000, of course, most of them are temporarily recruited, but there should also be 30,000 elites, and it is said that there are many big food samurai. ”

"What?"

At the mention of the Great Food Samurai, Zhao Zhen's face changed.

Even after a few years, Zhao Zhen still remembers that assassination vividly.

Especially those big food samurai, who actually purified their bodies, cut off their tongues, cut off all their thoughts, and acted as a weapon with one heart, although they died without looking back, it makes people shudder to think about it.

This is the world, how can there be such a terrible person?

Who the hell created this war machine, and how hard should his heart be?

Even Zhao Zhen had to admire, there is a sky outside the sky, even the most brutal monarch in the Central Plains is much more merciful than in some places.

"Jingping, will they be in trouble now?"

Wang Ningan pondered: "The battle will not be easy to fight, but there is still a chance of victory!" After all, the minister had already sent Murong Qingchen, and he should be in the Western Regions at this moment. ”

"Murong Qingchen?"

Zhao Zhen immediately remembered the battle of Youzhou at the beginning, the ruthless, ruthless, and decisive young general!

Yes, he is the only one who can make a heart, desperate for victory.

"Wang Qing, you know people well, Murong is a very good candidate, I hope he can win this crucial battle for the Great Song Dynasty!"

……

"Haha, this is the taste of the Western Regions!"

Murong Qingchen took a deep breath, his mouth and nose were full of yellow sand, he coughed twice, and then a smile appeared on his face.

Since the recovery of Youzhou, he has been on the front line of the Great Wall for almost five or six years, and there is no big war, which is simply a waste of his life.

Murong Qingchen was particularly distressed, and he wrote to Wang Ning'an several times, hoping to serve in front of the Northwest Army.

However, Wang Ningan never agreed, and Murong Qingchen could only endure it.

Waited and waited, not to the northwest, but to the Western Regions.

After Murong Qingchen got the news, he was overjoyed.

The higher the sky, the better, the more vast and boundless, the better, and the Western Regions is a good place for men to make contributions. In the past, there was Ban Dingyuan, and now there is me Murong Qingchen!

This guy is also interesting enough, he did not follow the army into the Western Regions, but disguised himself, set out from the Liao State, crossed the desert, walked north of the Tianshan Mountains, passed through the territory of the Uighurs in Xizhou, and came to the Puchang Sea.

After walking such a long circle, Murong Qingchen is not idle and has nothing to do.

He had already figured out the situation of the Khitans and the Uighurs.

In the Western Regions War, the Khitan did not have the ability to mix, their territory was already large enough, after losing Youzhou, there were no millions of people to support, the actual control of the Liao State was shrinking, and they had withdrawn from the Western Regions.

An obvious ironclad proof is that the Uighurs of Western China no longer pay tribute to the Liao State.

As for the Western Uighurs, they were completely torn apart, and at most they waited for the battle to end, and ran over to fan the victors and give them hugs.

So this time all they need to deal with is the king of the Qarakhanid Kingdom, Xizhi, and his army of 100,000!

Murong Qingchen was dressed in tattered animal skins, and there were a bunch of fleas and lice on his body, black and black, like a little ghost, only a pair of eyes were exceptionally bright.

Ambitious and triumphant.

Murong stood in front of the Great Song military camp, gathered enough strength and shouted, "Go quickly, it's the Great Song Dynasty General of the Western Expedition, and the Western Regions have been protected!" ”

He shouted three times, but the guards took him for a madman, arrested him, and put him in prison......