Yang Huaiyu and Zhou Tong were discussing the attack plan for Xingqing Mansion among the cadets of the military academy at this time, and they didn't expect Zhao Yan to come to Jingzhou at all, and they were very surprised when they saw him, and they all reacted after a while, and they all came up to salute Zhao Yan and said, "Inspector, why are you here?" ”

"Hehe, I just happened to have something to see my eldest brother, I stayed there in Xi'an for a few days, and then I came to see you." Zhao Yan said with a smile, and then glanced around at the students in this big tent, although he couldn't call the names of these students, but these students all recognized him, and now they can see Zhao Yan here in Jingzhou City, and they all showed excited expressions.

Zhao Yan first exchanged a few words with Yang Huaiyu and Zhou Tong, and then said hello to the other instructors who led the team, and then said with a smile: "I heard that you are discussing the attack plan on Xingqing Mansion, this is an extremely important matter, maybe your plan will be adopted by General Yang, so don't stop because of my arrival, you continue to discuss, and let me see what you have learned during this time?" ”

Hearing Zhao Yan say this, Yang Huaiyu and Zhou Tong also hurriedly ordered the students to sit down again, and then continue the previous discussion.

Zhao Yan sat next to Yang Huaiyu, and had been silently listening to these students express their opinions, and he was also summarizing these students' views on attacking Xingqing Mansion in his heart.

Zhao Yan actually doesn't know much about military affairs, and it can even be said that any of the students here are much stronger than him in military affairs, but even so, Zhao Yan also heard that if he followed this method of the military academy students, the Great Song Dynasty would definitely pay huge casualties for this, after all, Li Liangzuo concentrated most of the remaining troops in the country this time, in order to let the Great Song Dynasty hit his head under the wall of Xingqing Mansion and bleed.

"That...... Is there any way to reduce casualties? Zhao Yan finally suddenly interrupted the students' speeches and said that he was not a soldier and could not be ruthless as a soldier, and he was still a little uncomfortable with this practice of exchanging casualties for victory.

Hearing Zhao Yan's words, the students present, including Yang Huaiyu, and these instructors also looked at each other, and finally Yang Huaiyu stood up and said to Zhao Yan: "Governor, the war has come to this point, whether it is our Great Song Dynasty or Western Xia, we have made all preparations, and it is difficult for the conspiracy and trickery to work, so for us, we can only fight a tough battle next!" ”

"Huh? I see, when I didn't say! Zhao Yan couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when he heard this.

However, as soon as Zhao Yan's words fell, a thin student suddenly stood up among the students in front of him, hesitated for a moment and finally spoke: "Actually, the student has an idea to reduce casualties, which may be a little whimsical, but the student has been thinking about it for a long time, and I feel that it should be feasible!" ”

"Oh? What's the solution? Zhao Yan couldn't help but ask with great interest when he heard this.

"That's the case, now our Great Song Dynasty army is equipped with a lot of hot air balloons, these hot air balloons are usually only used for reconnaissance, that is, after taking the soldiers into the air, let the people above use binoculars to observe the enemy's situation, and do not directly participate in the war, this is mainly because the hot air balloons cannot grasp the direction in the air, it is easy to be blown away by the wind, and the load is also limited, it can only carry three or five soldiers at a time, and no matter how much it can't fly."

When he said this, he saw this thin student pause for a moment and then said: "However, although the hot air balloon has many shortcomings, it can fly high in the sky, making it difficult for the enemy to be prepared, so I think it is possible to gather the hot air balloons in the army, and then choose a weather with the right wind direction, so that these hot air balloons carry a part of the elite soldiers to fly to the sky above the city gate of Xingqing Mansion, and then land, let this part of the elite soldiers open the city gate from the inside, and then the army prepared outside will rush up, If you succeed, you can not only capture Xingqing Mansion as quickly as possible, but also greatly reduce our casualties! ”

"Empty...... Airborne! Zhao Yan couldn't help but muttered to himself in shock when he heard this, and at the same time looked at the thin student in front of him with an unexpected gaze, and even now he was a little skeptical that the other party was also from the afterlife.

"This is a novel idea, but although it is feasible in theory, there must be many unexpected difficulties in practice, and if it fails, none of the soldiers who ventured into the city will want to live." But then another student had a different opinion.

"There are indeed difficulties, but it is not impossible to overcome them, such as the problem of wind direction, we can choose a suitable weather, and the gate of Xingqing Mansion has long been blocked like Jingzhou here, so as long as the people we send can quickly take down the city gate, and then enlarge the army into the city, then Xingqing Mansion will be equivalent to being half defeated by us, so this risk is still worth taking!" The skinny student said again with a resolute face.

For the novel idea of using hot air balloons, other students are also very interested, and more people are involved at the moment, and soon more people stand up to speak, as a result, the atmosphere in the whole venue is warm again, and Zhao Yan soon found that a considerable number of students are very much in favor of the idea of using hot air balloons, and even they are already thinking about the difficulties to overcome when implementing this plan.

"Brother Huaiyu, what is the name of this skinny student?" Taking advantage of the lively discussion among the students, Zhao Yan asked Yang Huaiyu beside him at the moment, can he think of landing into the city in a hot air balloon, which also makes Zhao Yan very interested in this student.

"This person's name is Chong Jianzhong, he is the grandson of the famous general Chong Shiheng, and he is also a student of Brother Zihou, who was written by Brother Zihou at the beginning of last year to study at the military academy, don't look at his thin and small, but his brain is extremely flexible, dare to think what others dare not think, and his courage is also very great, the instructor in the military academy has been dumbfounded by him several times, and he is one of the students in the military academy who is very headache!" Yang Huaiyu replied with a wry smile at this time, but when he spoke, he looked at Chong Jianzhong with a very satisfied gaze.

"Chong Shiheng's grandson, and Zhang Zai's student?" Zhao Yan couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, because he remembered a famous figure in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty, that is, the most outstanding human species teacher in the third generation of the breeder, although the breeder will not be as famous as the Yang family, but in actual history, the contribution of the breeder to the Great Song Dynasty is greater than that of the Yang family, especially in the late Northern Song Dynasty, the seed master and the younger brother are called the old and the small breed, which are the two pillars of the Great Song army. The two brothers died of illness and the other died in battle, and after the death of the seed master, Kaifeng City was quickly broken by the Jin, and the Northern Song Dynasty also perished.

Seed Master Dao is the grandson of Chong Shiheng, and he is also Zhang Zai's student, but the thin student in front of him is named Chong Jianzhong, which makes Zhao Yan a little strange, and he can't help but ask Yang Huaiyu at the moment: "Brother Huaiyu, Brother Zihou has accepted several students with surnames, is there one named Seed Master Dao?" ”

"Seed Master Dao?" Yang Huaiyu was also stunned for a moment when he heard Zhao Yan's question, but soon he shook his head and said, "Brother Zihou has a lot of students, and many of them have joined the military academy or Gewu Academy to study, but as far as I know, there should be only one student with the surname of the caste, but there is a younger brother named Chong Shizhong, but he is still young, and it is estimated that he will be sent to the military academy to study in a few years." ”

"That's right!" Zhao Yan also said secretly in his heart when he heard this, now he can be sure that the seed building in front of him is the historical seed master Dao, but I don't know if he changed his name later, or if there is another name called the seed master Dao? In fact, what Zhao Yan didn't know was that Chong Jianzhong was the original name of the seed master road, but later in order to avoid the name of the year of Song Huizong Jianzhong Yasukuni, he changed his name to Shiji, and was later given the name of the seed master road by Song Huizong.

"Speaking of Chong Shiheng, I remember that he has several sons who are also in the army, and one of them is named Chong Ge, is he also participating in this war this time?" Seeing the Seed Master, Zhao Yan suddenly remembered several other outstanding talents of the Seed Family, and asked Yang Huaiyu again at the moment.

"Seeds?" Yang Huaiyu heard Zhao Yan ask about this person, but he looked at him with a strange look and said, "Your Highness is right, several sons of the old general are indeed in the army, and they all participated in this war, among them, especially the appearance of the seed is the most outstanding, but although the person is brave and good at tricks, he is a little cunning and cruel, and he will kill the soldiers who make mistakes under him, and he is so happy, my father is very unaccustomed to him, and he has beaten him several times before, Unfortunately, he did not repent, and my father once told me privately that although he was talented, he was not easy to control, and if he did not do so, he might hurt the enemy in the future. ”

Zhao Yan couldn't help but admire Yang Wenguang's talent when he heard this, the historical seed brother was indeed like his evaluation, for his own merits, he took the initiative to provoke wars many times, and even later history books once commented that "the seed is not dead, and the side affairs are not stopped", but what Zhao Yan himself did not expect was that he would soon meet the controversial figure of the seed brother. R1152