Song Jiu still didn't say anything.

After saying some kind words, Song Jiu went back to rest.

Zhao Kuangyi began to appease the people, and asked Liu Jiyuan to send people to recruit those officials and generals who continued to resist.

At this time, Pan Mei suddenly said: "Your Majesty, the minister heard that Taiyuan has a royal spirit in the city, and I hope that Your Majesty will move Taiyuan City to the east of Fenshui." ”

"Uncle, there's something wrong with that." Song Jiu said.

Everyone looked at the pair of sons-in-law strangely.

"Xiao Jiu, what's wrong?"

"Taiyuan has become the city of our dynasty, and the east of the river has also become the east of our dynasty, and it is also an important gate of the future country.

Separated by a strip of Fenshui, the nature is completely different.

In Hexi, Taiyuan is surrounded by mountains in the north and west, swamps and depressions in the south, and Fenshui in the east, so it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. But moving to the east of the river, it is a plain and licorice land, which will become the same as Kaifeng City.

Pan Mei said: "That's the case, but there is this city, the people are afraid that they will always be unwilling, Your Majesty is benevolent, do not kill the people, if someone demagogues, in case there is a change, can you be responsible?" ”

Song Jiu couldn't be silent.

The combat effectiveness of the Northern Han army is not strong, but it is very strange that these soldiers are not good in other places, but as soon as they enter Taiyuan City, they are all like drinking chicken blood, or there is a high priest in the city who is casting a monstrosity totem, or that kind of durability.

Just like this time, more than 100,000 troops fought bravely and fiercely, and they attacked alive for more than a month before Taiyuan was taken.

Song Jiu didn't know what he was talking about, without his push, weapons, and economy. In history, it took more than two months to take Taiyuan after a strong attack.

Of course. There is no high priest in the city, and there is no so-called royal spirit. The reason for this. It is because Taiyuan City has become a spiritual symbol of the people of the Northern Han Dynasty. If you forcibly dissuade yourself, in case something happens, you will be sad.

After contemplation, he acquiesced in his father-in-law's approach.

After all, if there is no military strength, no city can be strong. Just like Kaifeng, the city is not unfortunate, and because Youzhou is in the hands of the Khitans, Zhao Kuangyin planted trees outside the city in order to prevent the Khitans from going south. Wasn't it broken by the Jin people in the end?

Zhao Kuangyi was even more jealous of this royal spirit, so he agreed with Pan Mei's opinion.

The military and civilians began to build the new city.

But Song Jiu found Pan Mei again.

To build a new city, Pan Mei changed the street from a "well" shape to a "T" shape.

Normally, it's fine, at most it extends the distance in disguise, but it can have big problems when defending. The tic-tac-toe-shaped streets are all horizontal and vertical streets, and in wartime, troops and materials can be transferred to critical places in the shortest possible time, and war horses can also run wildly.

But the T-shaped street is different, not only makes the distance half longer, but also is not conducive to the running of war horses. This makes the defense even worse.

So Song Jiu said: "Zhangren can't do this. If so, it would be better not to build a wall. Taiyuan is close to the Hu people, and the country has its prosperity and decline, once it is at a low ebb. When the Hu people go south, there is Taiyuan City, which can become an important gateway. But if Taiyuan is lost. The Hu army could easily reach Luoyang and the capital. Children and grandchildren will suffer. ”

Pan Mei hesitated.

Song Jiu persuaded again: "Zhangren, you are afraid that the king will be angry." I understand the move, but it's too much. ”

The most Lu was later adopted by Pan Mei.

It's just a trifle. The army slowly withdrew. But not from the line of Luzhou, but climbed over the Taihang Mountain and arrived at Zhenzhou.

Song Jiu felt bad, and Zhao Kuangyi began to gather the generals in Zhenzhou, including Cao Bin, Pan Mei, Cui Yanjin, Li Hanqiong, Liu Yu, Mi Xin, Tian Chongjin, and Song Hao, Song Jiu, Zhao Yanmei, Zhao Dezhao and others.

Zhao Kuangyi said: "I want to crusade against the Khitan. ”

Everyone was obviously disappointed that when they won the Northern Han Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyi didn't mention the reward, but wanted to touch the tiger's buttocks, so they were silent one by one.

Song Jiu sat at the bottom, he could understand Zhao Kuangyi's mentality, he took Taiyuan and did what his eldest brother and Chai Rong did not do, and his confidence was highly inflated, so he changed his plan.

But......

After thinking about it, he still stood up and said: "Your Majesty, besieged Taiyuan City for more than a month, fought bloody battles every day, and then assisted the people to build a new city, and climbed Taihang Mountain, the weather was hot, the soldiers were tired, and then fought the army of Yi Chengshi. Besides, Taiyuan has meritorious, and His Majesty has not yet been rewarded, and the ministers are worried that the soldiers below will not be happy. ”

Originally, there was a chance to make a fortune, that is, after breaking through the city, he plundered on a large scale, although Taiyuan was poor, and it was the capital of a country after all, but under the stop of Zhao Kuangyi, the big guy almost didn't get anything.

As soon as Song Jiu's words fell, Cui Han said: "This matter cannot be raised again, taking advantage of this momentum, the Khitan is not prepared, it is very easy to take, and the time must not be lost." ”

"Cui Qing's words are extremely true, Song Qing, I also know that the soldiers are a little tired, and that's exactly the case, so I don't appreciate it. Once the reward is made, the soldiers lose motivation and have no will to fight. If you wait for the soldiers to recover their strength, the Khitan side will also have precautions, and it will be even more difficult to recover Youzhou. When the Khitan envoy came to see me, I said that I would send troops to Taiyuan, and if the Khitan kept the peace treaty, I would forgive them. Otherwise the war also. Song Qing didn't say anything. ”

Of course, it is a good thing to have this courage, but it took three generations of efforts to fight a Taiyuan city, and Youzhou also has a high wall, which is not much worse than Taiyuan, and it is not the Northern Han Dynasty behind it, but the powerful Khitan. The speed of the soldier is noble, but it cannot be used in Youzhou.

Fight until now, build a new Taiyuan City, climb a Taihang Mountain, arrive at Zhenzhou, and then fight, can the soldiers not be tired? That would be a real tired army.

However, at this time, Pan Mei was glaring at him fiercely.

Song Jiu was still unwilling, and Zhao Kuangyi shouted again: "Got Long, look back at Shu!" ”

Delong Wangshu is a derogatory term in later generations, describing the lack of people's hearts, but at this time it is a positive word, Liu Xiu led his troops to level the northwest, the generals Cen Peng and Wu Han surrounded Kui Huan in Xicheng, and Sichuan Gongsun Shu sent troops to rescue. Liu lured Gaiyan and Geng Gongyi to lead troops to surround it, and wrote to Cen Peng saying that if he captured the two cities, he could lead his troops south to attack Shu.

There is also a source, Cao Cao took Zhang Lu, Sima Yi admonished that Liu Bei captured Liu Zhang by force and fraud, and the Shu people went to fight for Jiangling before they were decided. This is an opportunity not to be missed. Cao Cao said that people are just suffering from discontentment, and they have already won Long. Also look at Shu. In the end, I didn't listen, which led to the regret of Mo Die.

One has to look at Shu. Ambition has created great achievements, one has won the dragon and does not hope for Shu, and the most Han Zhong was defeated, and the three kingdoms were divided.

Song Jiu couldn't be silent.

Otherwise, the Song army will be defeated in the future, and Zhao Kuangyi can blame him for losing the opportunity precisely because of his own advice.

Over there, Pan Mei was squeezing her eyes again.

Song Jiudao: "Like that, now that the grain is exhausted, if you fight in Youzhou, you must transport a large amount of grain, grass, materials and weapons." Escorted to the front line, this must be familiar with the terrain over there, and at the same time, there must be a heavy general to assist, in case the Youzhou people hijack the supply, the minister implores Yang Ye to help. ”

"Exactly."

After the ministers were about to disperse, Pan Mei pulled Song Jiu aside and said, "Your Majesty has made up your mind, why do you want to make Your Majesty unhappy?" ”

"Zhangren, what do you think are the chances of winning this expedition?"

"Win or lose, what's your business. Look at who has objected, you are a literati, don't you know the story of Tian Feng, a strategist under Yuan Shao's account? ”

"Your Majesty is not Yuan Shao."

"Your Majesty is not Yuan Shao, but can you convince Your Majesty. If the morale of the three armed forces is shaken because of your forcible admonition, can you bear this consequence? If you lose, someone will hold you accountable. Winning you is a joke. ”

"It's also ......" Song Jiu was stunned for a moment when he saw the figure of a thin old man in front of him.

"And Guo Jin ......"

"Uncle. How did Guo Jin die? Song Jiu guessed that Guo Jin would die, but the specific details were still not clear. But Pan Mei is at the highest level of the military. It may not be that you don't know the way.

"Guo Jin is brave and fierce, except for Tian Qinzuo, there are a few capable enemies, but Guo Jin can't bear it, in fact, after passing this level, he will also be able to open the sky, and the old Guo has not passed."

Song Jiu finally understood, did the military talent of the prison army have to be comparable to that of the main general? If so, what military capabilities does Wang Yu have? The reason why Tian Qinzuo, who can handle military ability, to be the supervisor of the army is that Zhao Kuangyi is not at ease with Guo Jin. Guo Jin didn't understand at first, and when he came back from White Horse Mountain, he saw Tian Qinzuo's dissatisfaction, so he sued the emperor. Zhao Kuangyi punished him for a small time, but continued to let Tian Qinzuo be the protector, and at this time Lao Guo vaguely understood.

Still Tian Qinzuo continued to provoke Guo Jin, Guo Jin said a few words, Tian Qinzuo pierced the truth, Zhao Kuangyi was not at ease, what would happen to Guo Jin, so he committed suicide in despair.

Guo Jin is a tragic end that has made great achievements, how do other generals think?

Therefore, knowing that the road cannot be done, no one dares to dissuade him. Even when Song Jiu shouted out the voices of these generals, no one dared to echo them.

"Zhangren, with this mentality, do you think you can take Youzhou?"

"Who knows?"

"If you lose, what can you do to reduce your losses?"

"Defeated...... The defeat is like a mountain, who has the ability to reduce the loss. ”

"Father-in-law, you know the way, now this army has been on the battlefield for a long time, it is a strong force, if it perishes, the elite of the whole country is lost, how can the country bear the consequences?"

"Xiao Jiu, don't say it again, Your Majesty wants to fight, you can only break the cauldron and sink the boat, you can only win, you can't lose, fortunately, the front-line spies come back to report, although there are 100,000 soldiers and horses in Youzhou, they are not too prepared."

"Can you only win, can't you lose?"

Song Jiu returned to the big tent and found the map.

Looking at it, I suddenly saw the three words Gaoliang River.

Zhao Kuangyi didn't care what Song Jiu thought, since he decided to liberate Youzhou, he continued to dispatch troops. Originally, when attacking Taiyuan, 100,000 soldiers and horses were dispatched, and 100,000 archers were transferred, and all these 200,000 soldiers and horses were moved to Zhenzhou, and then tens of thousands of reserve troops were transferred from Hedong and Hebei Jingdong, almost close to 300,000.

At this time, Zhao Kuangyi, regardless of whether he has talent or not, does have ambitions, including last year's imperial examination, and the palace test is entitled "Success without Formation" and "Lectures on Martial Arts and Watching Battles".

And in the past 20 years, since Zhao Kuangyin's whole army was in the military, he selected tall and burly young people from all over the country to join the forbidden army, after years of tempering of the civil war, Song Jiu's reform, some thin and sick soldiers were eliminated from the army, if it is not a tired army, the combat effectiveness of this army must not be underestimated.

Zhao Kuangyi rested in Zhenzhou for thirteen days and summoned an army of 300,000 to assemble, but on this day, Pan Mei's caution was verified.

On the first day of the Northern Expedition, the generals should go to the oath of division. But when he set off, Zhao Kuangyi found that there were still generals who had not come to report. He was very angry, and wanted to put the military law and behead the public, or Zhao Yanpu, the head of the Mabu Army, persuaded him: "Your Majesty is patrolling the border, and the foreign invaders are in trouble, and the enemy is not destroyed and the soldiers are punished. ”

If you don't get rewarded for taking Taiyuan, but you want to kill people, will the soldiers be happy?

Zhao Kuangyi listened.

It was with these unfavorable factors that the 300,000-strong army embarked on an unknown journey...... (To be continued......)