Cao Bin called twice more, and Zhao Gu came back to his senses and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Cao Bin said his words again, and Zhao Gu frowned slightly after hearing this: "Do you think the Liao army is coming, where will it choose as a breakthrough?" ”

"Yunzhou, Huanzhou, and Yingzhou are all possible, right?" Cao Bin was puzzled. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhao Gu shook his head, his gaze swept over the map, and finally settled on Shuozhou City.

"You said they would start attacking from Shuozhou?" Cao Bin was confused and asked.

"Why does Lu Guogong think that they will not attack from Shuozhou?" Zhao Gu asked rhetorically.

Cao Bin paused, he instinctively thought that Zhao Gu was not aiming for nothing, but he couldn't figure out what the benefits of the Liao army choosing Shuozhou to attack.

Mi Dechao interjected at this time: "Zhao Gu, you are only in your twenties, but you are questioning Lu Guogong here, you are too big or small, right?" ”

Zhao Gu smiled coldly: "This is the emperor's supervisor, can't he even ask?" General Mi Dechao, are you denying this? Or are you denying the emperor? ”

Mi Dechao was choked up, frowned, and said: "This is not what the general meant, it's just that the sixteen states of Yanyun are all occupied by us, and Shuozhou City is in the middle of the Great Song Dynasty and the sixteen states of Yanyun, how can the Liao army attack from here?" Aren't they afraid of being surrounded? ”

"Besieged? The west of Shuozhou is the territory of Liao, where did the encirclement come from? Zhao Gu asked rhetorically.

Mi Dechao was speechless when asked again, so he simply stopped talking, and decided to wait for Zhao Gu to finish explaining before questioning him, and prescribe the right medicine.

Wang Jien came out at this time to relieve the siege and said: "Don't quarrel between the two of you, Marquis Zhao also asks you to tell your truth." ”

Zhao Gu nodded: "I have already said that Shuozhou is a place that must be fought for, and it is also a place that must be defended, because he is the closest place to the Great Song Dynasty and the Great Liao, and the grain and grass of our army will pass through here. ”

At this time, Mi Dechao thought that he had found an opportunity, and sneered: "Time-consuming? How much time does it take? It's only a few hundred miles, and you can reach it in two or three days. ”

Zhao Gu sneered and said nothing, just looked at him with idiot eyes, which made Mi Dechao angry again.

Yang Yanzhao smiled bitterly and reminded: "What General Mi Dechao said is under normal circumstances, but there is a lot of rain and snow in this northern territory, if the snow covers the mountains, and if you walk hundreds of miles again, I am afraid that it may not be completed in ten days." ”

Mi Dechao was startled, and after glaring at Zhao Gu, he chose to be silent again.

Cao Bin asked again: "Then the Liao army doesn't have to choose Shuozhou, Yunzhou and Huanzhou are equally important, aren't they?" And Shuozhou is too close to the Great Song Dynasty after all, is it necessary for Liao to take risks? ”

For Cao Bin, Zhao Gu still has a lot of respect, so he explained very carefully: "Because of this, I concluded that Shuozhou must be the first place of the Liao army, because everyone subconsciously ignored the importance there, so the Liao State was better to succeed." Moreover, as soon as Shuozhou City was lost, Huanzhou and Yunzhou were equivalent to being exposed to the eyes of the Liao army, and Xinzhou, Fuzhou, Yingzhou, and Ulzhou were equivalent to falling directly into the hands of Liao. If they take down the five states, the morale of the Liao State will definitely be greatly boosted, which is very unfavorable to us. ”

After listening to Zhao Gu's explanation, Cao Bin couldn't help but believe his statement a little, and finally nodded: "What Marquis Zhao said is not unreasonable, so how should we deal with it?" ”

"First, the state capitals bordering the Liao State should all send heavy troops to guard them, and another 30,000 cavalry should be selected to move between the state capitals to deter the Liao soldiers. Then withdraw all the soldiers from Xinzhou, Yanzhou, Yingzhou, and Ulzhou, and assemble on standby. ”

"Don't you save Shuozhou?" Wang Jien was puzzled.

"The first place for the 30,000 cavalry to wander, choose Shuozhou." Zhao Gu said with a smile.

Cao Bin and the others looked at the smile on Zhao Gu's face, and suddenly felt a chill on his body, and inexplicably began to feel cold in his back, sour and numb.

What a smile this is!

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Two hundred miles away from Shuozhou City, there is a high mountain, the high mountain is nameless, but it is extremely high, the mountain is wide, stretching for dozens of miles.

There are pine trees, which are still green and vibrant in this winter, and there are several streams in the forest, swimming freely, and gradually forming a small river that winds into the distance.

The Great Liao army was stationed on both sides of the river, and unlike the Song army, which liked to build fortifications, the Liao army camp only had tents and galloping horses, and there was nothing to defend.

In the eyes of the Liao, a man should take the initiative to attack, not passively defend, and there is no need for fortifications.

This is also related to the fact that the Liao people live on the prairie, most of the Liao people are Khitans, and the Khitan people live on the vast grasslands, and there are no wood, stones and other things to build fortifications on the grasslands, so for countless years, the soldiers on the prairies have become accustomed to empty barracks.

In the evening, the Liao soldiers did not practice, but each happily shuttled through the jungle, preparing the ingredients for dinner, while their horses were completely let out, chasing each other, laughing and playing.

This should have been a very spectacular military camp scene, but the Liao soldiers were full of sorrow one by one, as if they had something on their minds.

In the military tent in the center of the barracks, Han Derang, the general of the Liao State, sat in the first place, also frowning and undecided.

Unlike the Privy Council of the Great Song Dynasty, the ministers, and the three yamen in charge of the military, the military system of the Liao State is still a little chaotic, Han Derang as the envoy of the Southern Privy Council of the Liao State, but he once led the army as a minister, and defeated the Song army in the Gaoliang River during the first Northern Expedition of the Great Song Dynasty, so he is not only a civil official in charge of military orders and military runes, but also a military general who can fight well.

Now, this high-ranking official of the Liao State, who is capable of writing and martial arts, has a look of suffering on his face, and it seems that there is something unspeakable.

His gaze kept sweeping over the map of Song Liao, and he placed small flags on it, as if he was deducing.

Looking at the markings on the map, he seemed to be thinking about how to recapture the sixteen states of Yanyun that had been recovered by the Great Song Dynasty.

The moon was slowly rising in the sky, and it was another cold night tonight, and his soldiers came in and lit the lights for him, and then withdrew again, as if they were afraid to disturb him.

After thinking for a long time, Han Derang muttered: "Heavy snow falls from the sky, there is a shortage of grain and grass in Daliao, our army cannot fight for a long time in this battle, only the army can press the border and force the Great Song Dynasty to retreat." ”

"Although I don't know why the Great Song Dynasty has such a great determination this time, the Great Song Dynasty is still the world of literati, once the war situation is unfavorable to them, or the Great Song Dynasty casualties are too large, there will definitely be civilian officials who propose to withdraw the army."

"This time...... You can only gamble! ”

Suddenly, Han Derang fixed his eyes on Shuozhou City!