"If there is no military horse to guard the way, when the Jin army retreats, it can wantonly destroy fields, destroy houses, destroy towns, and plunder people, and the disaster caused will be devastating."

"It's April, it's the time to plant crops, and the plan of the year lies in spring, and if you delay the farming time, it's another famine year. If there is no military horse to take care of it, and the Jin army is allowed to roam and destroy the hinterland, within thousands of miles of the important land of Gyeonggi, there will be an unprecedented great famine year, destroying the plan of the Great Song Dynasty to recuperate. ”

The Seed Master said in a deep voice.

"The old general has a point, but the risk is too great, once you don't win, then Bianliang is dangerous!" Song Qinzong was still hesitant, too risky, "Once our army escorted the Jin army out of the country, there was a fight with the Jin army, which led to a big war, causing the Jin army to be angry again, and at that time the two armies were fighting, and our army couldn't bear it!" ”

"After several months of siege, Bianliang's food has long been exhausted. To escort the Jin army out of the country, it takes at least 150,000 troops, even if it is just a month's ration, at least 300,000 loads of food, which is not enough at all! ”

The plan of the Seed Master Dao is beautiful, using the story of the Yuan Yuan to "escort" the Jin army out of the country, and if the timing is right, it can eliminate part of the main force of the Jin army. But in practice, I encountered a lot of problems and some fantasies.

During the period of Song Zhenzong, the Song army was still in a strong period, when the country was stable, the soldiers were well fed, there were enough troops, and there were enough financial resources to "escort" the Liao army to leave, and prevent the Liao army from destroying farmland, damaging villages, and plundering the population on the road.

However, at this time, after the western expedition to the Western Xia, the recovery of lost land, and the pacification of the Qingtang and Qiang, although the victory was achieved, the financial loss was huge, and the treasury was empty; Coupled with the Shengchengang, Huashigang, Fangla Songjiang Rebellion, etc., the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty was hugely depleted, and the treasury was empty. Coupled with the redemption of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun and the indemnity of the Golden State, the last consistent money in the treasury was also exhausted.

In addition, Yan Yun was defeated, Yao Pingzhong and others were defeated several times, and the elite division was completely damaged, and there was more than enough to hold Bianliang, but the number of attackers was limited.

At this moment, send troops to escort the Jin army out of the country, and attack the Jin army halfway, regardless of the odds of victory for the time being, the first thing is to have soldiers or not, to ask for money or not, and to have food or not. Without the strength to support it, even the best plan is empty and in vain.

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The next day, Song Qinzong threw out this issue in the court.

The seed master proposed to let his younger brother seed master lead the troops to follow the Jin army, and attack it halfway through, completely wipe out half of its still on the south bank, and cripple the most elite East Route Army of the Jin country to eliminate future troubles. Li Gang also suggested using the old story of Lanyuan to "escort" the Jin army out of the country, and secretly told the generals to pursue them when they had the opportunity.

But soon, Wu Min, Tang Ke, Geng Nanzhong and others resolutely opposed it and canceled it.

He also proposed to gather a large army to garrison both sides of the Yellow River to prevent the Jin army from crossing the river again, which was a plan for the next "autumn prevention". Song Qinzong was allowed to perform. However, the calculation of the amount of food, money, etc., was quickly rejected.

The soldiers and horses did not move the grain and grass first, and the emperor did not send hungry soldiers.

The treasury has no money, and there is no confidence in fighting a war.

Even if you know that there are many benefits on both sides of the Yellow River, you can't do anything without money.

Since that court meeting, the planter Dao has been sick, because he can't see a glimmer of hope for the future of the Great Song Dynasty, and his heart is desperate to the extreme. Moving the capital is the best strategy, but the political influence is too bad, before the Western Zhou Dynasty moved the capital to Luoyang, "ceremonial conquests are all from the Son of Heaven"; However, after the Western Zhou Dynasty moved its capital to Luoyang, "ceremonial conquests came from the princes".

The relocation of the capital means the movement of the ruling center, and the decline of the central government's binding power on the local government, which will completely break the policy of strengthening the strong and weak branches, and at least the division of the feudal towns, and the disintegration of the country.

In the Anshi Rebellion, Emperor Tang Ming fled west and moved the capital, which meant that the central government's authority over the local government declined, forming the prototype of the division of feudal towns; Later, Huangchao captured Chang'an, and the Tang Emperor fled west again, which caused the authority of the Tang Dynasty to drop to the extreme, and sure enough, within a few years, the Tang Dynasty perished.

At this point, there is a stalemate, and there is a dilemma. At this time, the Song Dynasty ceded land, paid indemnities, hostages, sent relatives, and called ministers, etc., almost dispersed the majesty of the imperial court, lost its majesty, and could it still form limited control over the place? Once the capital is moved, the situation will deteriorate completely, and control over the local area will be completely lost.

If you don't move the capital, you don't have the strength to defend, you don't have money, you don't have soldiers. Once the Jin army goes south again, it will be a dead end.

Since it can't be resolved, then put the dispute on hold for the time being.

At this time, Zhang Min said: "The siege of Taiyuan has been completed, and Li Ying should send troops to relieve the siege of Hedong!" ”

"Wow!"

Only then did the ministers think of Taiyuan and the abandoned son.

Jinyang City, the predecessor of Taiyuan, was the capital of Zhao during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The northern edge of the Taiyuan Basin built a strong military castle, which was called Jinyang City because it was built in the Yang of Jinshui. During the Northern Dynasties of the Sixteen Kingdoms, it was the capital of the late Qin Dynasty and the "other capital" of the Northern Qi Dynasty. During the period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, the former Qin, established by the Di people, a nomadic people in the northwest, once unified the north.

Although the capital of Qi is still in Ye, Jinyang is the place where the Gao father and son started their business, and the rulers of the Northern Qi Dynasty designated Jinyang as "other capitals". The emperors of the Northern Qi Dynasty lived here more, and built a large number of buildings here, built palaces, and also built palace villas in the Jin Temple and Xishan, and built grottoes and temples. Jinyang was the political, military, economic, and cultural center of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

Taiyuan in the Tang Dynasty was called Beijing and was the capital of the Tang Empire. Jinyang was the "land of dragon prosperity" in the Tang Dynasty, where Li Yuan and Li Shimin raised troops and established a strong and prosperous Tang Dynasty. Jinyang is an important military town in the north, and it is an outpost position to prevent the northern nomadic Turks and Hui from going south. Jinyang became the third largest metropolis in the country after Chang'an and Luoyang at that time, and its shape and scale reached its peak.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Huangchao uprising occupied Chang'an, and Tang Xizong ordered Li Keyong, the chief of Shatuo who was entrenched in the north of Jin, to go south and attack Huangchao. Li Keyong led the Shatuo cavalry, drove straight in, attacked Chang'an, and was named the envoy of Hedong Jiedu and the king of Jin by the Tang Dynasty. Li Keyong took Jinyang as his capital, established the Jin regime for 17 years, occupied half of the northern country at that time, and confronted the Houliang built by Zhu Wen.

The Later Jin Dynasty and the Later Han Dynasty took Taiyuan as the capital for a total of 15 years. Because Li Cunqiao, Shi Jingjiao, and Liu Zhiyuan are all members of the Shatuo tribe, the Later Tang Dynasty, the Later Jin Dynasty, and the Later Han Dynasty are called the "Three Dynasties of Shatuo" in history.

At the end of the Five Dynasties, Liu Chong, the younger brother of the Later Han Emperor Liu Zhiyuan, took Jinyang as his capital and established the Northern Han Dynasty, a small power in secession. After the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuang, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, besieged several times, was defeated several times, and lost countless soldiers, but he couldn't break Jinyang City. It was not until the reunification of the whole country that Zhao Guangyi, Taizong of the Song Dynasty, broke through Jinyang City.

In view of the importance of Jinyang's strategic position, especially the history of building the capital many times, I was afraid that someone would take advantage of Jinyang and build the capital again to endanger the rule of the Song Dynasty, so I ordered the city of Jinyang to be burned, and the two rivers of Fen and Jin were used to irrigate the city, and a thousand-year-old famous city was in ruins. In the seventh year of Taiping Xingguo (982), the Song general Pan Mei was invited to build a new Taiyuan City on the basis of Tangming Town, which was north of the original Jinyang City.

And Taiyuan has always been the forefront of the fight against the Liao army, and now it is the front line of the fight against the Jin army.

Taiyuan once again showed his awesome side, Bianliang as the imperial capital, the city is high and the river is deep, the western army rescued everywhere, and finally it was almost lost, and it was only humiliating to sign an unequal treaty, and the Jin army retreated.

And Tai Zhi was much stronger, and with a city of land, he stubbornly carried the Western Route Army, so that the powerful Jin Army stopped under Taiyuan City. Thanks to Taiyuan, it resisted the Jin Army's Western Route Army, so that the Jin Army's east and west roads, the pincer offensive collapsed, so that Bianliang only suffered the attack of the East Route Army.

"Taiyuan was broken, all the land east of the Zehe River was lost, and at that time, the Yellow River was all the places where the Jin army attacked, and Bianliang was in danger at that time. Only by holding Taiyuan, Bianliang can not be lost! "Bai Shi Zhongdao.

The ministers all nodded, and this meeting was surprisingly united, and no one raised any objections.

"Then I don't know who is going to rescue Taiyuan?" Song Qinzong asked.

As soon as he asked this sentence, the ministers all looked at Li Gang.

Bai Shizhong said: "You can send the elite of the Western Army to rescue Taiyuan, Yao Gu, and famous generals such as the seed division, and attack with horns in two ways." Li Xiang is brilliant and intelligent, and he can be the envoy of Hedong Xuanfu, control the army, and rescue Taiyuan! ”

"P.S.!" Zhang Min said.

Li Bangyan said: "This method is feasible! ”

Everyone present agreed, in the Song Dynasty, there was a popular tradition of using civil power to control martial arts, most of the military generals were deputy positions, and only civilian officials could be the main positions. But looking around the court, there are really no literati who can fight, and they don't even understand some basic common sense of marching.

Only Li Gang had some experience and led the soldiers to defend the city and resist the attack of the Jin army. He may not be the best person to be selected, nor the most suitable person, but there is no one else who can find the right person other than him.

Li Gang wanted to defend and excuse himself, but looking at the scene in the field, he had no choice but to do this.

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"What, let Li Gang go on the expedition, isn't this looking for death?"

Back in Bianliang, Zhao Pu has always paid attention to the situation in Bianliang, not for anything else, just to escape for a better time.

Hearing that Li Gang was the envoy of Hedong Xuanfu, Zhao Pu's eyes flashed with despair, not long ago Yao Pingzhong lost more than 300,000 people in a big battle, this time the elite of the Western Army, rescue Taiyuan, may have more than 200,000 people to be destroyed. In the previous night raid battle, the elite of the Western Army suffered huge losses, and this time to rescue Taiyuan, the remaining family resources of the Western Army will be completely exhausted.

The land is lost by people, and both land is lost; If the land is lost, everyone and the land will be gained.

It doesn't matter if you lose Bianliang, it doesn't matter if you lose Taiyuan, it doesn't matter if you lose the land of Hedong and Hebei, or even if you lose the vast area north of the Huai River, as long as there is an army, sooner or later there will be everything, but if the army is exhausted, even if you hold the land, you will lose it in the end.

The Western Army is the only elite of the Great Song Dynasty. Once the Western Army is completely finished, the Bianliang will also be lost, and even if you want to break through and run away, you can't run.

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