"In terms of absolute strength, all conspiracies and tricks are useless!" Zhao Pu once again emphasized, "I am on the Northern Expedition, not pursuing strategic radicalism, not pursuing military adventures, and not pinning the hope of victory on a certain great victory or a certain famous general!" ”

"Instead, we must build a high wall, accumulate grain, train and strengthen the army, and the army and the people should work together to enhance the comprehensive national strength and form an absolute overwhelming trend. At that time, even if there was a Ming Jun alive in the Jin Kingdom, even if Sun Wubai was resurrected, it would be difficult to recover the defeat! ”

Historically, there have always been Northern Expeditions in various names. These Northern Expeditions are different, but the same thing is that they all failed!

A very important reason for the defeat is to pin hope on some famous generals and some Ming Jun, hoping to rely on them to win the battle; In the specific process of the Northern Expedition, it was always hoped that there would be a great victory and a great defeat of the enemy army.

Actually, this is wrong! Mingjun's famous generals are not reliable, and there are many Mingjun in history, but once defeated, peace was quickly negotiated, and there was no thought of the Northern Expedition; In history, there have been many famous generals, but most of these famous generals won first and then lost, or were defeated by strong enemies, or were dealt with by kings. ”

And pinning on a certain victory is even more unreliable, and the victory may turn into a big defeat.

Historically, the peace faction was mostly a capitulation faction, and they were afraid of the northern peoples; And the main battle faction, most of them are quick victory factions, fantasizing that as soon as the king arrives, the enemy army will collapse.

What is truly reliable is the comprehensive national strength!

In absolute strength, everything in front of you is nothing, regardless of your Ming monarch and famous ministers, they will all be crushed.

In later generations, the evaluation criteria for comprehensive national strength can be divided into dozens of items, but in today's era. The social hierarchy is simple, the structure is simple, and only a few simple ones are enough!

"Evaluating the strength of a country is called comprehensive national strength. There are seven main evaluation criteria for comprehensive national strength, one is the quality of the army, the second is grain output, the third is fiscal revenue, the fourth is the size of the imperial court's power, and the fifth is the flow of elites. The sixth is the credibility of the imperial court, and the seventh is the cultivation of talents! ”

Talking, talking. Zhao Pu began to digress.

Originally, I wanted to talk about the Second Northern Expedition and formulate a battle plan for the Northern Expedition.

It's just, talking and talking. It talked about the improvement of comprehensive national strength.

This is also the characteristic of Zhao Pu's meeting. As he spoke, he often digressed. It's just that even if it's off topic, even if you don't want to listen, you have to pinch your nose and continue to listen, who made Zhao Pu the emperor!

However, although there are some digressions, Zhao Pu does not plan to turn back to the topic.

This can be regarded as a unity of thought!

An hour later, the meeting ended.

There can be opinions, but they can only be kept.

The military ministers present all understood. This time, the emperor is determined to go on a northern expedition, and no amount of obstruction will be useless. If you provoke the emperor, you will only be miserable and miserable.

This emperor seems to be mild, and he is usually very good to his ministers, but once he touches the mold on the issue of the Northern Expedition, he will definitely die.

With Zhao Pu's order, the huge war machine was launched, first of all, in public opinion, hyped up the Northern Expedition, preaching that the Northern Expedition would be victorious, constantly cheering up, and unifying thinking. Those anti-war remarks were all banned, and it was okay to put forward opinions, but not to oppose the Northern Expedition

With the acceleration of the procurement of equipment, grain and grass in various places, and the continuous transportation to the front line, the material reserves for three to five years have been prepared.

At this time, several military institutions, such as the Privy Council, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War, were either mobilizing generals, or busy formulating battle plans, or busy coordinating various departments, and were very busy.

At this time, generals from all over the country also entered the capital one after another and began to arrange tasks.

The wind and rain are coming, and the Northern Expedition is brewing, with the momentum of sweeping the world. In the north, the Jin army was also actively preparing for war, and the emperor Wanyan Kang, who had just ascended the throne, actively appointed several uncles to take care of the government, and some Jurchen nobles who were busy with internal strife also put aside their opinions and joined together to fight against the Song army.

Preparations are still ongoing.

It will take about a month or two again!

With the approach of the Northern Expedition, Zhao Pu also became more and more panicked and anxious before the war.

…………

In the midst of the dust, a young general entered the city of Hangzhou.

This person is none other than Yue Fei.

At this time, Yue Fei was only thirty-two years old, and he was already the Xuanfu envoy of Shandong Road, and he was regarded as a military general from the second rank.

If it is in other periods, it is slightly outstanding, and it is rare in the army; But in this day and age, it's nothing. Today's emperor attaches great importance to military equipment and promotes more young generals, as long as they have outstanding military achievements and as long as they do not violate military discipline, they will be reused by the emperor.

Some of the generals were younger than him, and their official positions were only slightly lower than him.

For example, Yu Yunwen in the middle of the court has entered the military department at this moment, originally a fourth-rank military general, but now he has become a fifth-rank military general, which is considered a downgrade on the surface, but everyone understands that this is a bright descent and a secret promotion. Military officials, who seem to be of low rank, can be in a critical position, and they are close to the emperor, which is quite important, and it is not an exaggeration to say that military officials are close associates of the emperor.

For another example, Li Pojun is only twenty-eight years old, but he is guarding Xiangyang, and his official position is only slightly inferior to him.

Today's era is the best era for military generals, who do not pay attention to seniority or seniority, as long as they dare to work hard, can win battles, and abide by military discipline, they will be promoted.

But it is also the worst era, the mortality rate of military generals on the battlefield is extremely high, and the death of officers of four or five grades is a normal event; It is extremely common for military generals to be dismissed or executed for violating military discipline; Because they did not abide by military discipline, they fled without authorization, and many people were killed.

Heavy rewards and heavy punishments are the characteristics of today's military generals!

After entering Hangzhou City, Yue Fei's emotions were complicated.

This time, the emperor transferred half of the senior generals to the capital, in order to send troops to the Northern Expedition in the next step, and this time, the emperor specially summoned him to discuss the military!

At this moment, sitting in the side hall, Yue Fei was a little nervous.

"The emperor has arrived!" A eunuch shouted.

Then, a man in a yellow robe walked into the side hall, followed by some guards and someone.

"Wechen greets Your Majesty!"

"Qing family, no courtesy!"

After some politeness, Yue Fei cautiously sat on the chair.

Without asking questions, Zhao Pu just looked at Yue Fei quietly.

In history, Yue Fei has become a myth, not a human being, but more of a spiritual symbol and the embodiment of loyalty.

In this era, especially the endless wars, Zhao Puke didn't expect to rely on a few famous generals to appear, and then turn the tide and save the country. A good celebrity is not as good as a good system. Formulating a good military promotion system and training system is far more reliable than simply reusing a few famous generals and expecting a few famous generals to turn the tide.

After learning the information of Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, Wu brothers, Yang Yizhong, Zhao Pu did not take much care, so he adopted a "stocking policy" - not too reused, not too promoted, just given a few more opportunities to make meritorious contributions.

This also proves once again that gold shines wherever it goes!

In just seven years, Yue Fei had a squad leader who became a border town general commanding an army of 70,000.

Seeing that the emperor was looking at him with great interest, Yue Fei was a little anxious and a little frightened, and he didn't know what the emperor was thinking in his heart!

"Qingjia, the scenery of Shandong is good!" Zhao Pu asked.

"Back to the emperor, the mountains in central Shandong are prominent, the southwest and northwest are low-lying and flat, and the eastern hills are gently undulating, forming a general trend of terrain with mountains and hills as the skeleton and plain basins staggered and intertwined, which is conducive to the Jin army's cavalry attack, and is not conducive to our defense!" Yue Fei said, "Later, I built fortress groups with Qingzhou and Jinan as the center to defend against the attack of the Jin army, and the situation eased slightly!" ”

"Shandong is indeed not easy to defend, but the victory or defeat of Shandong relations is the key point of my northern expedition to the Jin Kingdom, and there is the convenience of the canal, which is conducive to transporting grain and grass!" Zhao Pudao: "Qing family, guard Shandong, I can rest assured!" ”

"General, thank you, Your Majesty!"

Yue Fei thanked.

Zhao Pu said with a smile: "The Qing family, this time the Northern Expedition is going to be, does the Qing family have a plan?" ”

The general policy of the Northern Expedition has been specified, but at this moment it is for better consultation. The people who know the situation best are the generals on the front line, not the ministers who sit in the capital and talk about the army on paper.

"Your Majesty, my army is strong and strong, and the people of the Jin Kingdom are poor in money, this is the opportunity for the Northern Expedition, and the general will feel ............"

Then, Yue Fei began to talk about the Northern Expedition plan.

In Yue Fei's plan, it should be a three-way attack, the east road to contain the Jin army's soldiers and horses, the middle road to attack Bianliang, and the west road to attack Guanzhong. The Eastern Route Army, the Central Route Army are mainly contained, and the Western Route Army is the main direction of attack. The focus of the operation is to seize Guanzhong, and then seize Hedong, and then join forces with the Middle Route Army to break the enemy in Henan; Then threaten Hebei, Youyun, and seize the land within the Great Wall; Finally, Liaodong was captured.

The combat policy was to attack clockwise, outflank the Jin army, and close the Jin army step by step. (To be continued......)