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The Bianjing Great Song Dynasty court ran the state apparatus with all its might for the establishment of the Western Xia state, and Zhao Lei, who was far away in Hangzhou and the envoy Yamen, was not idle.

In the special study room of Zhao Lei, a six-meter-long and two-meter-wide huge Songxia frontier topographical sand table made everyone who saw it amazed, this is the result of Zhao Lei's hard work, plus the Songxia frontier map that was enlarged five times by five times on the south wall of the study, the whole study looks not much different from the wartime headquarters.

Around the sand table, Zhao Lei, Su Xun, Pang Bai, and Ou Xifan, who were dressed in scarlet official robes, were planting various small flags on the sand table that represented the deployment of various forces.

"The situation can be seen at a glance, this kind of sand table is indeed ingenious, but the more you know about the deployment of Western Xia, the more you feel that you are not sure about the upcoming war!

The distribution of 500,000 soldiers and horses in Western Xia, Yuan Hao deployed 40,000 horses in the Gully side, 60,000 horses in the three states of Huihu that had just been captured, 100,000 on the Xia-Liao border, 50,000 in Bianjing in the Xia Song Dynasty, and 250,000 in Xingqing Mansion and the most elite capture army and other armies in Western Xia. 500,000 troops, and the imperial court only sent 300,000 soldiers and horses to gather in the three northern roads, with the combat effectiveness of the Xia and Song Dynasty soldiers, I don't think this is a close war! Ou Xifan, who was thin and dressed as a scholar, looked at the sand table made in the middle of the study, frowned and said in a deep voice.

"The key is the attitude of Liao, if Liaoguo can be like my Great Song. Dispatch more than 200,000 local men and horses to the Xia-Liao border, then in addition to the soldiers and horses arranged by Yuan Hao on the border to guard against the Liao State, it will definitely be able to attract 50,000 to 100,000 Western Xia troops from Xingqing Mansion, so that the Western Xia can meet the 300,000 troops of our Great Song Dynasty, only 150,000 to 200,000 troops. As long as these Western Xia troops are dragged down, and the Hui Gul and Hui Que are able to storm the Western Xia with all their might, the situation on the battlefield will change rapidly, and I am afraid that there will be unexpected changes at that time! I'm afraid that those people in the imperial court also pay attention to this, so they showed great sincerity to unite the Three Kingdoms to attack Xia! The fat round-faced Pomber looked at the sand table with a sneer and whispered.

"If the imperial court really hits the heads of those tribes who have no real power in the party, I'm afraid they will be disappointed this time, those tribes are always party members, and the interests of the family and the country are very clear, even if they want Yuan Hao to die. But it will definitely not make a move when Western Xia faces foreign enemies, those party members from the tribe value the future of the party more than Yuan Hao, even if Western Xia loses in this war, those people will not only not fall into the ground. I'm afraid there will be charcoal in the snow! Zhao Lei heard Pang Bai's words and retorted disapprovingly.

"The imperial court is really going to make a mistake this time, and it is a mistake to put the chips on the internal strife of the enemy!" Ou Xifan also agreed with Zhao Lei's opinion, nodded and agreed.

"In fact, no matter what the outcome of the war, as long as this war is fought. The imperial court had already achieved his political goal, and the Great Song Dynasty undoubtedly had only one purpose in uniting the Three Kingdoms to attack Western Xia, to show the power of the Great Song Dynasty to the vassal states around the Great Song Dynasty. As long as the Liao, Gulao and Uighur send troops, it has been proved that the Great Song Dynasty has diplomatic influence on these countries, and war is only the last means of deterrence, the rich and rich people thunder loudly, and the plan is very correct, as long as the three kingdoms send troops, it proves that the influence of the Great Song Dynasty on other countries and the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty itself, as for the war, I am afraid that it will not be as fierce as imagined, and the imperial court is now just giving Western Xia a lesson. It doesn't have the ability to destroy the Western Xia Land, so the moisture of this war will be very large! Su Xun looked at Zhao Lei, Pang Bai, and Ou Xifan with a light smile and said.

Zhao Lei heard the words of Su Xun, Ou Xifan and Pang Bai, and began to sigh in his heart the difference between the three.

In Zhao Lei's eyes, the three staff members around him have their own strengths, Su Xun has a strong overall view and can analyze things from a strategic point of view, this upcoming war has not yet begun, Su Xun has seen the intentions of the imperial court and the trend of the war, not only that, Su Xun is also proficient in military affairs, and commanding the formation may not be his strength, but giving advice is definitely the best choice for the strategists around Zhao Lei.

And Pomber, the insidious and fat man who likes to drink, is like Jia Xu in the Three Kingdoms in Zhao Lei's view, good at self-protection and insidious and vicious, although he has no chance to get ahead from following Zhao Lei, but his character can be seen from his usual behavior, when Bianjing was not demoted to Hangzhou, Pomber proposed to Zhao Lei to secretly send those advanced weapons of Xinjunming to Xia Liao to frame Chen Yaozuo, Chen Xiliang and other officials of the Privy Council, although Zhao Lei refused, but it can be seen that Pomber's viciousness.

And Ou Xifan is the most low-key among the three, his personality is extreme, and his mind is a little narrow-minded, although his strategic vision is not as good as Su Xun, and his insidiousness is not as good as Pombai, but Ou Xifan is tenacious enough, no matter what he does, Ou Xifan has a belief that he will not give up until he reaches his goal, and the things he believes will never change, this kind of person is most suitable for some of the most tedious and complicated things, when helping Zhao Lei deal with the official affairs of the Yamen, Ou Xifan contributed the most, and he is also the only one among the three who can endure boring work and bury himself in the accounts all day long.

After sighing at the different personalities of the three staff members around him, Zhao Lei looked at the sand table in front of him and said in a deep voice: "In fact, this war is not without a chance to defeat the Western Xia, don't forget that the current Gang is no longer the previous Guy, since the Gang Guy has continuously defeated the Western Xia invasion army, the Guy has become one of the most powerful tribes in the Tu Domain, first the Pan Luo branch and the Uighur tribe more than 100,000 horses surrendered, so that the Guy Guy not only healed the wounds of the war, but also increased his power, and tightly occupied the Qing Tang Dynasty. Occupy the main road of communication between China and the West, the merchants of the Western Regions have poured into the country to trade, just a few years has become strong, the current army is strong, there is money and food, plus the hatred brought by the slaughter of the cat Niucheng by Yuanhao in the Western Xia, the army will definitely send a large army to attack the Western Xia, if I the Great Song and the Liao ** team drag the army of the Western Xia, with the 40,000 troops of the Western Xia defense, it is estimated that it will not last long, this is one of the chances of winning this war. ”

"And this war is the second chance to win. It's in the back of the bird! The Uighurs had just captured the city of Yochang from the hands of the Black Han Kingdom, and the Uighurs, who had defeated their enemies for generations, were now in high spirits. And the Western Xia took advantage of the fact that the Hui Crane and the Black Han fought against Yochang to seize the three states of the Cao family of the Hui Crane made the Hui Que very dissatisfied, even if they wanted to recapture the three states of the Cao family, they would agree to the conditions of the union of the Great Song Dynasty and would definitely send troops to the three states of the Cao family. Strive to recapture the land of these three states, the Hui Crane soldiers are strong and strong, plus there is also the help of the Yellow Head Hui Crane, the 60,000 Western Xia army wants to guard against the Hui Crane who is not much weaker than the Western Xia, I am afraid it will be difficult, once the war starts, once the three states of the Cao family fall, the Western Xia Yuanhao will send troops and horses to help, this is the best opportunity for the Great Song Dynasty! Zhao Lei lit the army of the Hui Kuo country on the sand table, and said to Su Xun and the three of them in a deep voice.

"Your Excellency is right! If the Hui and Hui really attacked the Western Xia with all their might. And the armies of my Great Song and Liao State are dragging the main force of Western Xia, so it is really possible for the Great Song Dynasty to fight a big victory in this war and win the world, but the premise of this victory is that our Great Song can hold back the main force of Western Xia, and it will take at least three months to half a year, can the Great Song army do it? I doubt it! And whether the Liao State will send a large army to drag the main army in the east of Western Xia as we expected. I'm even more skeptical, so I'm not optimistic about the outcome of this war, and the only consideration is that my Great Song Dynasty won't lose too badly. Ou Xifan, who was born in Yizhou in the south, scoffed at the combat effectiveness of the Great Song Army, and then said with a sneer and disdain.

"Hebvan is right! It is a mistake to put the key to victory and defeat on the Liao State. Although the relationship between Liao and my Great Song Dynasty is more harmonious than a few decades ago, it has not yet reached the friendship of working hard for the Great Song Dynasty, and the Liao State is not a deep enmity with the Hui and Western Xia, and Yuan Hao is the concubine of the Liao State, and he is also ready to make the prince born to the princess of the Liao State as the prince, whether it is a real prince or a fake prince, it is not so easy to persuade the Liao State to send troops to attack Xia, even if the Liao State sends troops, this war is only a six-point victory certainty, if the Liao State does not send troops. There must be defeat and no victory! Su Xun heard Ou Xifan's words, and also nodded in the affirmative.

"Hey, hey! In fact, I hope that the Liao State will not send troops, if the Liao State sends troops, the imperial court will win this war, and then the adults will have no chance to come out; Opposite! If the Liao State does not send troops, the imperial court loses the war, and the comeback of the adults is already a sure thing, I hope that the Liao State will not send troops, or maybe the Liao State will sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, Chen soldiers at the border, and sit back and watch the war exhibition, my Great Song Dynasty will attack Western Xia if it wins, and I will send troops to the Great Song Dynasty if it is defeated! Pombo smiled slightly, and said with his sinister thoughts guessing Liaoguo's actions.

"The Liao State is not credible, it is estimated that this war will not be so smooth, and the comeback of the adults is definitely a matter of course!" Ou Xifan nodded in agreement with Pomber's opinion and said.

"Those are all things in a few months, now Fu Bi has just arrived in Liao, and the other envoys have just come into contact with the Hui and Hui Birds, and want to complete the alliance and send troops to Western Xia, it is estimated that it will not be possible to do it this year, and it will be necessary to wait until the spring of next year." Zhao Lei shook his head, looked at the sand table in front of him and said in a deep voice.

At this moment, the door of the study was pushed open, Tian Lan walked into the study, handed a newspaper of the imperial court in his hand to Zhao Lei and said, "Official! The latest Imperial Court newspaper has just been delivered! ”

Zhao Lei took the imperial court newspaper sent by Tian Lan, opened it and read it, pouted and sneered, and then handed it to Su Xun.

"The imperial court canonized the leader of the Baoshun Army Festival! The official family ordered Zeng Gongliang, Ding Du and others to compile "The General Essentials of the Martial Arts"! The Ministry of Officials will officially join the martial arts from next year's imperial examination! The imperial court officially implemented the bonuses and official positions of the winning soldiers and soldiers in the Spring Games of the Great Song Army two years ago! Isn't this a temporary cramming of the imperial court! When the war came, I remembered to improve the status of the warriors, what did I do before, but in this way, it still had a certain impact on the morale of the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty! Su Xun said with a wry smile after reading the newspaper of the imperial court.

It seems that the imperial court also knows that the weakness of the Great Song Dynasty army is because the status of the martial artists is too low, but since you know, why don't you want to change it! Could it be that as rumored through the ages, after the Zhao family stole the world by force, they have always regarded themselves as thieves, and they dare not give power to the soldiers because of their inferiority! Zhao Lei thought about the content of the newspaper and groaned strangely.

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