"Newspaper, military newspaper." A Coast Guard soldier shouted, and the voice was heard in the meeting hall of the political hall.

Where did the military newspaper come from? Now, the government hall finally quieted down, and everyone returned to you.

"Holy. Lingya Military Newspaper. The Coast Guard soldier gave a salute and handed over the newspaper.

Zhao Ji took the military report, nodded, stood up and saluted back, and said, "Hard work." Let's go to the inn and rest. ”

"Yes." Coast Guard soldiers salute.

Zhao Ji did not open the military newspaper, but threw it to Guo Kui, the secretary of the military department, as soon as possible. This is a regulation of the government office.

After Guo Kui finished reading it, he transferred it to Wang Anshi, followed by Shen Kuo. Shen Kuo then handed it to Sima Guang.

After Sima Guang finished reading it, he handed the military report to Zhao Ji and said, "Holy Lord, it seems that the southern expedition to India is going to be advanced. ”

Zhao Ji took the military newspaper and quickly browsed it, his brows tightened, as if he was trying to remember something, and only after half a loud voice did he raise his head and say, "Let Fan Chunren come in!" ”

A gentleman has played a trick, he is still a gentleman, Fan Chunren is such a gentleman. When he re-entered the conference hall, he had calmed down and arched his hand towards Zhao Ji. Zhao Ji returned the salute and motioned for him to sit down and read the military newspaper.

There are three contents in the military report, one is the situation of the Indian expeditionary army, the second is the situation of the Sriwijaya State, and the third is the situation of the Chola State.

More than 100,000 members of the Indian expeditionary force are now stationed in the Katoha (Kuala Lumpur) area, but the results are not satisfactory. The grain income is relatively low, but the harvest of pepper, one of the spices, is relatively good. The main role of spices is now to preserve and facilitate food storage.

However, spices could not fill their stomachs, and the expeditionary force could only exchange spices for food from Sriwijaya. The spice trade was completely in the hands of the Sriwijayaya, and the pepper worth enough to feed an army of millions was exchanged for less than 100,000 expeditionary troops to fill their stomachs.

This is not because Sriwijaya deliberately raised the price of grain, but because Jinzhou imported a large amount of spices into the Great Song Dynasty, which led to the price of spices falling all the way, while on the contrary, the price of grain went all the way up. The countries of the South Seas have been fighting wars for several years, and their food consumption is also serious.

The decline in the price of spices has led to a serious financial deficit in Sriwijaya, a country founded on commerce and mainly exporting spices. Coupled with the fact that the national capital was breached by West Java, the situation was even worse.

The Great Song Dynasty's intervention in the Nanyang War seemed to give strong support to Sriwijaya, but in fact it was the root cause of the great decline of Sriwijaya's national strength. The Three Buddhas formed a good alliance with the Great Song Dynasty, intending to use the power of the Great Song Dynasty to resist the eastward invasion of the Chola Kingdom. However, the establishment of Linga State not only seized most of Sriwijaya's commercial taxes, but also hindered the export of Sriwijaya spices.

The export of spices was blocked, and the subject countries of Sriwijaya were dissatisfied with Sriwijaya and took refuge in West Java. The root cause of Sriwijaya being conquered by West Java is that the various subject states of Sriwijaya have taken refuge in West Java. The political system of the Srivijaya was similar to that of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and it was a feudal mining system. There were fifteen vassal states under the Three Buddhas, and of these fifteen vassal states, five of them took refuge in West Java, three of the five vassal states in the Katoha region were destroyed by the Chola state, and two were under the control of the Great Song Dynasty.

In other words, there are only five subject states in Sriwijaya now, with a population of less than one million, and the overall national strength is not even as good as the Indian expeditionary force of the Great Song Dynasty.

Sriwijaya King Zhanbei is a famous monarch in the history of Srivijaya, under his leadership, Sriwijaya east and West Java, west of the Chola country, occupy the island of Shilan (Sri Lanka), with the establishment of the country of Sriwijaya control of the Lingya Strait (Malacca) and the Sea of Shilan, the commercial tax greatly increased, the national strength is strong.

However, because of the arrival of Zhao Ji, the history of Srivijaya has come to a fork in the road. Although it is true that Sriwijaya was destroyed by Java in the 15th century, it is now the 11th century, 400 years earlier.

The weakening of Sriwijaya led to a series of chain reactions. In history, the original Srivijaya gathered 10,000 warships and more than 400,000 troops to fight against the Chola Kingdom and achieve victory. However, the five vassal states of Sriwijaya took refuge in West Java, and Sriwijaya suffered a great loss of national strength and was unable to launch a counterattack against Chola, but was instead attacked by West Java.

The weakening of Sriwijaya fulfilled the kingdom of Chola and West Java. The success of the Chola military campaign to occupy the Katoha region consolidated the throne of the Chola kingdom as the new king, Lozetula, by killing his brother. With the consolidation of the throne, there was no rebellion in the Pandia region of the Chola kingdom as in history, and the Chola kingdom also succeeded in invading the Ganges valley and destroying the kingdom of Para, and the kingdom of Qakyadi also surrendered to the Chola kingdom, which for a time occupied one-third of the territory of India.

After the five subject states of Sriwijaya took refuge in West Java, West Java's national power soared, and it successfully annexed Central Java and East Java, and unified Java. After the unification, Java has made contact with the Chola State, flanked the Srivijaya and divided the Srivijaya into the Srivijaya.

It was precisely because of this crisis that King Zhanbei of Srivijaya decided to go all the way to the end and joined the Huaxia Alliance.

As one of the member states of the Chinese Empire, if the Three Buddhas die, it means that the Chinese Empire has a crack of disintegration. To protect Sriwijaya is to protect the Chinese Empire, and to protect the Chinese Empire is to maintain a state of peace after the establishment of the Chinese Empire. The establishment of the Chinese Empire meant that the Great Song Dynasty no longer had border pressure, and could fully devote itself to carrying out a ten-year plan to rule the world and concentrate on economic construction. Therefore, the survival of the Three Buddhas is related to the success of the Great Song Dynasty's ten-year plan to rule the world.

The Chola Kingdom came from the west and brought with it an army of 300,000, which was a strategic offensive to destroy the Three Buddhas and drive the Great Song out of Nanyang. The state of Java came from the south, cobbled together an army of 100,000, and rebelled against the five remaining vassal states of Srivijaya. These five subject states were all under the deterrence of the Great Song Dynasty sailors, fearing the military strength of the Great Song Dynasty, and were in a state of vacillation. If the Great Song Dynasty does not send troops, the Three Buddhas will die, and the Great Song Dynasty will not be able to gain a foothold in the Jiatohe region.

Looking at this battle report, Fan Chunren was also undecided, and he didn't know how to choose. Fan Chunren also knows the importance of the Three Buddhas, Java is a Hindu country, and if the Three Buddhas perish, half of the South Seas will be reduced to the Hindu world. Not only did it break the covenant of the Chinese Empire, but it was also very likely to threaten the Golden State of the Great Song Dynasty and cut off the sea route from the Great Song Dynasty to Aozhou. Java, which replaced Sriwijaya, must also be a country that exports spices and is a country based on commercial taxes, so naturally it will not allow Jinzhou to import a large number of spices to the Great Song Dynasty, and will not allow the price of spices to continue to decline.

Whether to fight or not, they are all betting on the national fortunes of the Great Song Dynasty. If you fight, there is not enough food. If it is not fought, the Maritime Silk Road will be blocked, and the Chinese Empire will most likely collapse.

The military newspaper was passed among the members of the political hall, and everyone frowned. This is related to the choice of the fortunes of the Great Song Dynasty, and no one dares to make a decision easily. At this time, everyone looked at Sima Guang, who advocated sending troops to the south.

A good politician must not only learn how to compromise, but also how to weigh. Sima Guang is a master of historiography, and he is very experienced in weighing the pros and cons as well as looking at people. Hearing Sima Guang say that he was going to send troops, everyone was in favor of sending troops. Because the ten-year plan to rule the world has begun to be rolled out, this is related to the national fortunes of the Great Song Dynasty, and there must be no mistakes. However, the reckless military force is based on grain, and Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty made three expeditions to Goryeo, and without the full granaries left by Emperor Wen of Sui, it would not be possible to fight at all.

The food crisis may also lead to the collapse of the Great Song Dynasty. If there is no food, not only will the workshops built in big cities such as Shangjing and Jiangning become in ruins, but in serious cases, the population of the Great Song Dynasty is likely to drop sharply.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Sima Guang stood up and walked to the world map, picked up a long bamboo pole and pointed at Xilan Island and said, "Not long ago, the Civilization Academy established the Great Food Academy. I talked to Ansari, the great cannibal recommended by the Holy One, about Chola Kingdom. Most of the supply of grain and grass from the Chola Kingdom came from this island, and the grain and grass that the Chola Kingdom hoarded in the city of Katoha were all transferred from the island of Shiran. Therefore, my opinion is to abandon the Katoha region and march into the island of Shilan. ”

"Not bad. This opens up a situation. Our Great Song Indian Expeditionary Force can completely defeat the enemy. Guo Kui, the secretary of the military department, added.

In this case, it is likely that the enemy will cut off the retreat of the Indian expeditionary force, and Lingya Prefecture will probably not be able to hold it. My opinion is that it is not only necessary to abandon the Katoha region, but also to abandon the Lingya Prefecture and station the military forces in the city of Zhanbei and the old port. As long as we strive to ensure that the Three Buddhas are not destroyed, then as long as we occupy the granary of fine orchid, our Great Song Naval Division can also cut off the retreat of the Eastern Expeditionary Army of the Chola Kingdom. The military department Shangshu Zhangdun said.

At this time, everyone discussed it, and the general meaning was that the battle would definitely be fought, and the expeditionary force would let the expeditionary force get the food themselves. Zhao Ji suddenly remembered something, and said, "This battle can't be fought like this. ”

Everyone's eyes were focused on Zhao Ji, and they were all speculating whether this emperor was going to use a reckless military style of fighting again. Sure enough, Zhao Ji continued: "How much grain is there in the Great Song Dynasty?" ”

"In order to ensure the sufficiency of grain in Shangjing, most of the grain stocks in Chengdu and Taizhou have been transferred to Shangjing. Together with the original grain in Shangjing, there are a total of 8 million stones. Zhang Fangping, the head of the household, said.

"Good. Take out four million stones to support this southern expedition. Ladies and gentlemen, have you forgotten the original purpose of this southern expedition to India? The Great Song Dynasty was seriously short of grain, and to implement a ten-year plan to rule the world, I don't know how much grain would be invested in a short period of time. Therefore, I hope to get food and grass from India. According to your way of fighting, this battle will have to be fought for at least three years. I want to break through the Chola Kingdom in one fell swoop and obtain enough grain to replenish the granary of the Great Song Dynasty. This battle will have to end in six months at most. Zhao Ji stated his purpose.

"But, Holy Lord, these four million stone grains are ballast grains. In the event of a disaster, only when you have food in your hands can you not panic. Sima Guang said anxiously.

Sima Guang originally thought that as long as he supported Zhao Ji in this battle, Zhao Ji should be satisfied. Unexpectedly, Zhao Ji was still thinking about the few stored grains in the granary.

"I hereby promise you that within half a year, I will end this war and bring back ten times as much grain from the Chola Kingdom." Zhao Ji assured.

"Two million stone grain can support 200,000 troops for a year, and four million stone grain is enough to support 800,000 troops for half a year. How many troops does the Holy Lord plan to send? Guo Kui, the secretary of the military department, calculated.

"Thirty border guards, I want to take them all. The Coast Guard transferred another 40,000. The families of the 50,000 defenders of the Indian Expeditionary Force were all taken away, about 350,000. A total of 800,000 people. Zhao Ji said the deployment of troops, and when he saw that everyone was dumbfounded, he continued to say the strategic deployment. An army of 450,000 was divided into three routes. The first way, all the way west, seeking a decisive battle with the Chola naval division. The second way is to pacify the Jiatohe region and drive out the Eastern Expeditionary Army of the Chola Kingdom. The third way, with the Sriwijaya army, a decisive battle with the state of Java, completely destroyed the military strength of the state of Java. ”

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