Chapter 46: The Great Scheme
Wu Ji's words were so amazing, Wang Shao, Zhou Wei, and Lin Hong all opened their eyes wide and looked at Wu Ji in surprise.
"Brother Wu, you don't have any ideas, do you?" Wang Shao was stunned for a moment, and then asked.
"We've got to talk about it." Wu Ji walked over and sat down, Zhou Wei was busy pouring a cup, handed it to Wu Ji, and urged: "Brother Wu, say it quickly." ”
"Say what?" Wu Ji took the teacup, took a sip, and asked rhetorically.
"What else? Of course, it's the earth-shattering event you said. "Zhou Wei is very angry.
"That's it." Wu Ji said slowly: "I was originally going to say it, but with a shake of your fist, I was scared." Where does this begin? ”
They all understood that Wu Ji was taking this opportunity to threaten them. Suitable talents, they did not hesitate to threaten in order to get war horses, and now, Wu Ji has seized the opportunity, and it is strange not to turn around.
"Brother Wu, if you don't say it, we are really going to rob you." Zhou Wei is a vulnerable person, rolled up his sleeves, and was ready to play prestige.
"That's right! Who made you rich? Lin Hong followed and coaxed.
"You give us all the war horses, and don't care about you." Wang Shao also joined.
"I see, I see." Wu Ji leaned back, looked at Wang Shao, and said with a smile: "It turns out that Wang Shumi is also afraid of Liao dogs, so he had to rob me." ”
Wang Shao rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Brother Wu, don't use the agitation method, it won't work for me." I commanded hundreds of thousands of troops, and I have encountered countless methods of agitation, and I have not been fooled. ”
With Wang Shao's intelligence, how can he be so easily fooled.
"I'm not agitating the law, I'm telling the truth." Wu Ji-for-tat: "The brothers of the Converting Army worked hard, and finally got some gains, and you nailed it." There is a kind, go to the Liao border to rob, there are war horses there, how many you want. You don't dare to go to Liaojing to rob and target me, aren't you afraid of Liaogou? ”
Zhou Wei opened his mouth and was about to speak, but blocked Wu Ji back: "Don't say that you don't have a chance." There is a chance that if I lead two thousand surrender troops, I dare to crisscross thousands of miles in the Liao realm, and you have 10,000 elites in Xiongzhou, will you not say that you don't have this strength? That's because you didn't plan to do it. ”
“……”
Zhou Wei's mouth was open for a long time, but he didn't say a word. In terms of troops, the Xiongzhou army has 10,000 people, which is several times that of the Guixin army, and the Guixin army dared to go deep into the Liao border to plunder, but the Xiongzhou army did not do it, that is because Zhou Wei did not plan to do so.
The generals of the Song Dynasty were rigid in their thinking and not bold enough, although Zhou Wei was a good general, it was still the case, Wu Ji's words were critical, and Zhou Wei was speechless.
"Brother Wu, you want to strengthen our hearts, don't worry, my Wang Shao's courage is not big, nor is it small, if I really have the opportunity, I will definitely do it!" Wang Shao understood Wu Ji's intentions and made a decision on the spot.
"Okay, I'll get straight to the point." Wu Ji stood up, came to the map, patted the land of Yanyun on the map with his right hand, and said: "This is the land of Yanyun, I went to Liaojing this time, and the biggest feeling is that the people here cherish their homeland and recognize the Great Song Dynasty as orthodox, and look forward to Wang Shi going north to recover the land of Yanyun in one fell swoop." If the Great Song Dynasty sends troops, we will make good use of it, and we will definitely get the support of the people. With the support of the people, it will be much easier to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun. ”
Hearing about it and seeing it with your own eyes are two different things. Wu Ji had long heard that the people of Yanyun Land recognized the Song Dynasty as orthodox, but when he went deep into the Liao realm and saw it with his own eyes, he felt very deeply.
Next, Wu Ji told some of the things he saw about the Khitan people oppressing the people, and Wang Shao, Zhou Wei, and Lin Hong gritted their teeth.
"We've heard a lot of these things, but it's still infuriating to hear Brother Wu say." Wang Shao clenched his fists, too hard, the back of his hand was a little blue, sighed, and said: "They all complain about the imperial court, and they have not recovered the land of Yanyun, resulting in the death of the people!" ”
After a slight pause, he continued: "It is precisely because of this that the official family has the ambition to destroy the Western Xia and unify China, and my generation should work hard!" ”
"I should work hard!" The generals echoed in unison, very excited.
It's not that the Song people don't have blood surnames, it's just that their blood surnames didn't inspire the Song Dynasty and didn't use them well.
"For more than a hundred years, the army of the Great Song Dynasty has not penetrated deep into the Liao border to plunder. This time, my actions will definitely anger Yelu Hongji, and he will definitely fight back, and this is our chance. Wu Ji slapped his right hand on the map and said loudly.
"How can this be an opportunity?" Zhou Wei asked loudly.
Wang Shao didn't speak, just raised his eyebrows, he didn't quite understand, but he didn't ask.
"In the first battle of Xiongzhou, the Liao State was defeated, and Yelu Hongji endured it. I robbed the New Year's coin, and the Liao Kingdom also endured it. However, as soon as this incident came out, Yelu Hongji must not be able to sit still, and as for the reason, it is very simple. Wu Ji wrenched his fingers and began to calculate: "We set out from conversion, passed through here, entered the Liao realm, first ransacked the horse farm, and then divided the army. Here, here, no less than ten places for us to patronize. From here, I returned to the Song realm and returned to conversion. How long is this journey? It's not less than two thousand miles. ”
The tone turned high: "Two thousand miles across the territory of Liao, this has never been done in the history of Liao, this matter is serious, much more serious than the defeat of Xiongzhou." This illustrates a problem, the mobility of the army of the Great Song Dynasty is no longer under the Liao State. Besides, our combat power is unmatched, and even the leather room army is not our opponent. Yelu Hongji would have thought that the army of the Great Song Dynasty was already approaching in the direction of the Great Army. How terrible the army of the previous dynasty was, the Khitan people have not forgotten it, when Wu Zetian was in power, a partial division almost wiped out the Khitans, and they did not dare to appear for hundreds of years. If the army of the Great Song Dynasty has the combat power of the army of the previous dynasty, then this will be a catastrophe for the Liao State. ”
The crowd kept nodding. For the terrible Tang Army, they have heard a lot of deeds.
"The Great Song Dynasty has more than 100 million mouths, and the silver money of the Great Song Dynasty is several times that of the previous dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty also has developed skills, once these things play a role, it is not a problem to build a terrible army like the previous dynasty." Wu Ji's voice was even higher, and he said: "The reason why the Great Song Dynasty pressed and beat the Liao State was because these advantages were not brought into play. The Guixin army crisscrossed the Liao Territory for 2,000 miles this time, and Yelu Hongji must have thought that the Great Song Dynasty was approaching the Qianchao, and our dormant vitality was being unearthed. Once all of them are dug up, what awaits the Liao State will be destroyed, and Yelu Hongji will definitely raise a large army to attack us, and we must prepare early. ”
After Wu Ji's explanation, everyone suddenly realized, nodded their heads, and agreed.
"Brother Wu, you still see far-reaching. I just thought that Yelu Hongji would send troops to invade the territory, but I didn't expect that there would be so many Taoism. Wang Shao touched his chin, and his eyes shone brightly.
"If you hadn't listened to Brother Wu's analysis, where would you have thought that there would be so many mysteries." Zhou Wei echoed.
The Tang Dynasty was terrible, there is no need to say more, it was a nightmare of the Khitan people. Although the Song Dynasty pressed the Liao State, it did not mean that there was no potential, on the contrary, the Song Dynasty had infinite potential, and once its strength was brought into play, it far exceeded the Liao State. If that is the case, what awaits the Liao State will be destruction, and there will be no other result.
With Yelu Hongji's shrewdness, he will definitely not watch the Song Dynasty become stronger, and he will definitely take this opportunity to strangle the Song Dynasty in the cradle, and a big war is inevitable.
"Brother Wu, if the Liao State sends troops on a large scale, it will be very difficult for us to deal with it, how can you say that it is an opportunity?" Lin Hong asked.
What he asked was exactly what everyone thought, looked at Wu Ji, and waited for Wu Ji to answer.
"It's obvious." Wu Ji's face glowed red, and he grinned, "You think, if Yelu Hongji wants to raise a large army to attack, it will take a long time, right?" ”
"It will definitely take a long time, they have to mobilize the army, transport grain and grass, and mobilize war horses, and it will not be completed in three or four months." Wang Shao is a big expert in this regard, and he said it in one word.
"This is our chance." Wu Ji continued: "You think, for such a long time, it is impossible for the Liao army to be concentrated in one place, and it will be scattered all over the border. As soon as the Liao army arrives, we will take action, attack the Liao border first, and annihilate what the Liao army can annihilate, defeat what can be defeated, and burn the grain and grass that can be burned. ”
"What a great opportunity!" Wang Shao's eyes were full of light, and he was very excited, and said: "If you fight hard, this preparation time is very long, and it is impossible for the army to be concentrated together, and it is inevitable that they will be dispersed, and only when they rush to the border, will they be concentrated, and this will have an opportunity." If we go deep into the Liao realm, with the support of the people of Yanyun, we will really have a good harvest. ”
"Another important point, Yelu Hongji would never have imagined that we would have such courage." Zhou Wei also understood and shouted loudly.
Although Yelu Hongji was shrewd, he would not have thought that the Song army would dare to brush his tiger whiskers and attack the army he had mobilized. If Wang Shao made up his mind, he would really give Yelu Hongji a big surprise.
"If we don't strike first, as in the past, let the Liao State mobilize a large army and calmly attack the Great Song Dynasty, we will face a greater situation. If we take the first step, we can defeat as many Liao troops as we can, and the situation we face will always be better. Lin Hong couldn't stop rubbing his hands.
Wang Shao stood up, kept pacing, and muttered: "Wei Qing's attack on the land of the Hetao is the best example. At that time, the Xiongnu Youxian King was ordered by Shan Yu to lead an army of 200,000 to the Central Plains. However, what Shan Yu didn't expect was that Wei Qing would go straight to the land of Hetao from thousands of miles away, and took the old nest of King Youxian, and the 200,000 Xiongnu army was leaderless, and finally collapsed, thus losing the land of Hetao. ”
He stopped abruptly and said, "We did this!" ”
The voice is not loud, but it is unswerving, revealing a strong and resolute character, which is inspiring.
"To do this great thing, only the king's privy council can do it." Wu Ji continued, "The reason why the Great Song Dynasty can't defeat Liaogou is that there is another important reason, that is, the army of the Great Song Dynasty is too scattered. You defend a city, I defend a place, they are not coordinated with each other, they are not subordinate to each other, and Liaogou can completely concentrate his forces to break through each one. Wang Shumi is at the border pass, and the army at the border pass can be unified, and we can do a big job by obeying the dispatch of Wang Shumi. ”
"That's true!" Wang Shao nodded in praise, looked at Wu Ji, and said, "However, our army is not suitable for long-distance attacks, do you have a way to solve it?" ”
(To be continued)