"It's been eight years, and before I know it, it's been eight years!"

In Hangzhou City, Zhao Pu was sighing, feeling like a dream.

When I first came to this world, the Song Dynasty was approaching dusk, the Jin army was killed under the city of Bianliang, the royal family was in danger, and the struggle to stay alive was simple and straightforward.

In order to live, Zhao Pu had to play with his life and train the army, although he was not skilled and was a layman, he could only grit his teeth, hold his back, and continue to move forward.

In this way, he fought step by step, with constant ups and downs, many mistakes and twists and turns, but he still survived.

It's been eight years in a flash, and Zhao Pu is now twenty-six years old!

Now, the situation is very good, the Great Song Dynasty is no longer in danger of extinction, and even if the Northern Expedition is successful, there is some hope. At worst, you can do a good job of rowing the river and rule, in short, your life is saved, and you don't have to worry about being cut off by the Jin Army and kicking the ball.

And the most worrying thing is the Battle of the Northwest!

In the battle of Fuping, the Song army was still defeated, and the defeat was very bad, and hundreds of thousands of troops were wiped out.

At that time, Zhao Pu had already prepared for the worst: first let the middle route army retreat, and then send 30,000 elite eight-character troops into Sichuan, in order to save the emergency.

At that time, Zhao Pu was already planning to fight with the Jin army in the Chengdu Plain and fight a battle to defend Chengdu.

It's a pity that he once again overestimated the Jin army, maybe the Jin Wushu command level was insufficient, or it could be that the Jin army was tired after a long battle, first defeated in the monk Yuan, and then frustrated at the Xianren Pass, the Jin army has lost the opportunity to enter Sichuan.

The so-called Chengdu defense battle can't be fought!!

Let's. Zhao Pu was panicked, but finally breathed a sigh of relief.

And with the Jin army's offensive frustrated, the northwest fell into a standoff. The Jin army was unable to attack, and the Song army was unable to regain lost territory. In other battlefields, it also entered a state of confrontation, and the war between Song and Jin subsided again.

Although the front line is still tense, both sides are trying their best to restrain themselves.

There may be skirmishes, small fights, but big battles, big bloody battles. It will never be staged again.

Both sides were tired and rested for a while.

The first Northern Expedition, after two years of hard work. And so it ended.

From the very beginning, Zhao Pu had no intention of destroying the Jin Kingdom in a war. That's impossible!

The country of Jin is not so fragile, not so weak. The steps are too big. If you attack too hard, you will leave a flaw and lead to defeat.

There are four main objectives of this Northern Expedition: First, it is to recover Shandong, and it is not necessary to recover the entire territory of Shandong, but only to occupy a few strategic points along the coast and some plain areas. Form a sufficient strategic fulcrum for a sea crossing. And from Shandong. The distance of attacking Youyun and Liaodong is closer than starting from Jiangnan.

This strategic goal has been achieved, and some important ports and some plain cities in Shandong have been linked into one, which can better deter the hinterland of the Jin army.

The only deficiency is that after Shandong experienced the war, it was seriously damaged, thousands of miles of barrenness, and it would cost a lot of money to rebuild after the war, and it was necessary to spend money to build some defensive fortresses and consolidate the results of the war. This will not be done in three or five years.

Before Shandong is stabilized, it is not suitable for a large-scale attack at all.

The second goal is mainly to test the strength of the Jin Army and hone the combat effectiveness of the recruits. In recent years, the number of recruits has increased, although they have undergone strict training and can be regarded as passing, but it is a pity that they have not fought on the battlefield, and no matter how good the training is, it is in vain.

Only through the mixing of new recruits and veterans and continuous training can they become elite soldiers completely.

In the early stage, the confrontation between the Eastern Route Army and the Jin Army was only a small-scale attack, in order to strengthen the tacit understanding between new and old soldiers, improve the combat effectiveness of new soldiers, and quickly transform new soldiers into veterans. And this goal has also been achieved, after more than two years of bloody battles, as long as they don't die, they are all elites;

And this time, it once again tested the strength of the Jin Army. The combat effectiveness of the Jin army has declined sharply, and it is no longer that the Jurchens are dissatisfied with 10,000 and are invincible.

The third goal is to use war to divert contradictions.

Zhao Pu is not from an economics background, and it is really not good to play with the economy and change the law. In the course of a series of reforms, some problems have emerged, which have seriously harmed the interests of the middle and low-class people, and some social turmoil has emerged.

At this time, Zhao Pu successfully transferred some contradictions through foreign wars.

This trick has been used in many countries.

Once, if the battle is lost, it may be a faint move; And once the battle is won, it is a fairy move.

Fortunately, with the victory on the battlefield again and again, all strata were transferred to the Northern Expedition, and as for the mistakes in the reform, they have long been ignored.

And at the moment when all levels ignored it, Zhao Pu shot quickly, quietly entered the village, didn't want to shoot, and when the world didn't care, he corrected the mistakes in the change and got everything done.

The fourth goal is to stimulate domestic demand. War is the most stimulating to domestic demand.

The reason why the Song Dynasty was economically prosperous far exceeded that of the Ming and Qing dynasties was only because of the fast circulation of currency.

According to the point of view of capital, gold and silver are stored in the cellar and are never capital, but only when they are used in the field of circulation, and only when they are constantly circulated, they are capital.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the currency was mainly gold and silver, and it was customary to hide gold and silver in cellars, but as a result, there was little currency in circulation in the market and the economy was not very prosperous; In the Song Dynasty, the copper standard was used, and copper coins were easy to rust, which was not suitable for storing money in cellars, resulting in fast currency circulation.

The purpose of fighting the war and carrying out the Northern Expedition was to activate the market and activate the capital that had been precipitated in the private sector.

The activation of private capital is not only conducive to providing sufficient funds for the Northern Expedition, but also conducive to providing money for the reform of the law.

In fact, many changes fail for many reasons, the most important of which is the lack of money.

Money is not everything, but it is impossible without money!

Money can solve many problems, and even make a change that should have failed a success.

There is a large amount of money injected, and there are several more layers of odds for the change!

Now it seems that the four objectives of the Northern Expedition have basically been implemented. Although the defeat in the Battle of Fuping is a slight inadequacy, it is also flawed.

This first Northern Expedition, which lasted for two years, was a perfect ending!

After two years of fighting, the treasury was completely empty, which was one of the important reasons for the halt of the offensive.

However, Zhao Pu doesn't care, later generations don't often say, don't be afraid of the empty treasury, just afraid of the government's lack of credibility. As long as the government has enough credibility, it has spent all the money today, and it will be again tomorrow!

Everything is in order, the only deficiency is that Zhang Jun came to add to the blockage!

In the Battle of Fuping, Zhang Jun rashly attacked, causing the collapse of the whole army and the entire northwest situation to deteriorate. Although Sichuan was preserved in the end, it also lost a large area of land in the northwest. It is no longer possible to use Shaanxi as a springboard to threaten Hedong.

Zhang Jun's defeat, under the premise of the Song army's victories in all directions, is particularly dazzling.

At this moment, the impeachment of Zhang Jun is one after another, some say that Zhang Jun is Zhao Kuo, Ma Jian and the like, and want the emperor to tear up Ma Jian; Some people say that Zhang Jun's loss of the northwest is the largest to the extreme, and not killing it is not enough for the people to be angry......

In short, the impeachment movement at this moment has already been completed.

Zhang Jun's political career is completely over.

Even if he is exempted from the death penalty, it is the life of exile and demotion of officials, and it seems impossible to turn over if he wants to turn over in this life.

As soon as he thought of the mistake that Zhang Jun put down, Zhao Pu had the urge to cut people,

It's just that, after thinking about it, forget it, cutting people won't solve the problem, it will only worsen the situation.

After the defeat of Fuping, the Northwest Army was panicked and unstable, and it was most necessary to calm the hearts of the people at this moment, but Zhang Jun was stunned again and again, first degraded Liu Xi for the crime of defeating the army, beheaded Zhao Zhe and his generals Zhang Zhong and Qiao Ze, and a series of slashing actions frightened many people in the Northwest Army. As a result, Murong Tao, the general of Huanqing Road, defected to Western Xia, and Zhang Zhongyan and Li Yanqi, generals of Jingyuan Road, defected to the Jin army.

A large number of the Northwest Army surrendered, and under the guidance of these leading parties, the Jin Army's offensive was much smoother.

In short, Zhang Jun made a series of faint moves, and he kept losing moves!

Whoever has not lost a battle, but after losing a battle, he will be guilty of cutting people, venting his anger, and looking for scapegoats. There is no crime in cutting people, as a marshal has the power to cut people, but he also has to divide the occasion.

Zhuge Liang slashed Ma Jian with tears, or when the situation was stable, when the situation was unstable, he did not dare to cut Ma Tan; And when Zhang Jun was in an unstable situation, he wanted to cut people again and again, showing his majesty, and as a result, the situation collapsed!

As a commander-in-chief, you must always stay calm, only by being calm, can you make the best choice, but unfortunately the continuous failures have already made Zhang Jun lose his mind

For Zhang Jun, Zhao Pu was very disappointed.

It's not because you lost the battle, but because you didn't handle the work after the defeat! (To be continued......)