"The little Jiaozhi is so arrogant, my big Song Dangti million army set foot in the Thang Long Mansion......"

"Even the Western Xia was wiped out by us, and a southern barbarian actually came to pick up the tiger whiskers of my Great Song Dynasty, and I don't know how to write the word dead......

"This is not the first time, every year Jiaozhi will send troops to my Great Song Dynasty to loot, and the ministers in the court turned a blind eye, they are all corpse vegetarians......"

In just a few days, the news about Jiaozhi's dispatch to the Great Song Dynasty has spread all over the capital, and for a time the entire capital was discussing this matter, and even Wang Anshi's proposal to change the law was rejected. In fact, if it had been placed in the past, the matter of Jiaozhi sending troops to the Great Song Dynasty might not have caused such a big sensation, but some time ago, the Great Song Dynasty had just destroyed the Western Xia, which made the Great Song Dynasty unprecedentedly confident in its own military strength, and even the Liao State began to ignore it, but I didn't expect that at this juncture, the small Jiaozhi State in the south would dare to break ground on Tai Sui's head, which is simply a naked slap in the face.

It is precisely because of the above mentality, so after hearing the news that Jiaozhi sent troops to the Great Song Dynasty, everyone's attitude was surprisingly consistent, that is, they must send troops to teach Jiaozhi a lesson, and even many radical young scholars even clamored that Jiaozhi must be destroyed, otherwise it is not enough to show the national prestige of the Great Song Dynasty.

"Haha~, the king of the county is really calculating, now the people in the entire capital are discussing the matter of Jiaozhi sending troops to the Great Song Dynasty, and few people mention the matter of changing the law anymore!" Under the willow tree on the bank of the Bianhe River, Su Shi laughed and said to Zhao Yan next to him.

The reason why the news of Jiaozhi's dispatch to the Great Song Dynasty spread so quickly this time was actually Zhao Yan behind the scenes. Speaking of which, this incident also indirectly helped Zhao Yan a lot, at that time he was distressed by the fact that the imperial court refused to change the law, which might trigger another student petition, but he didn't expect Jiaozhi to send troops at this time, which made him immediately think of a way to divert his attention. instructed Su Shi to publish the news in the newspaper, and also counted the crimes committed by Jiaozhi against the people of the Great Song Dynasty over the years, but for a while, the crowd was full of emotion, and no one paid attention to any changes in the law.

"Third brother, your method of diverting attention is good, but as soon as the news of Jiaozhi's dispatch to the Great Song Dynasty came out. But it is undoubtedly to roast the court on the fire, if you don't send troops, I'm afraid that the people in the world will not agree, but if you send troops, the climate is bad over there, and our army is there, I'm afraid that we will lose a lot of manpower before the war, and the imperial court is now empty in the treasury, and there is really no money to fight! At this time, Zhao Ji, who was sitting next to him, said with a wry smile. He came to Zhao Yan today just to do it, but he didn't expect to meet Su Shi just now.

Hearing Zhao Yan finally call himself poor, Zhao Yan gave him a blank look and said, "Big brother, although I don't care much about the affairs of the imperial court, how much can it cost to attack a small Jiaozhi?" What's more, this time it is rare for the Great Song Dynasty to work together, if this battle is won, it will win countless hearts and minds for the imperial court, so no matter how much money is spent, it is worth it! ”

"You're right. What about the casualties, don't tell me that you don't know the climate over there. Our people from the north went there, and they couldn't adapt to the hot and humid climate over there, even if the most elite Western army went there, I am afraid they would not be able to exert their combat effectiveness, and if the casualties were too great, the compensation alone would not be a small amount. So the gains outweigh the losses! Zhao Yan retorted again at this time, he came to ask Zhao Yan on behalf of Zhao Shu this time, after all, Zhao Yan did not discuss with anyone in advance, and as a result, the court is now very passive.

Seeing that there was a dispute between Zhao Ji and Zhao Yan, Su Shi hurriedly opened his mouth to persuade: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not strange. At that time, because of the change of the law, there were already bad signs among those young students, and the king of the county was also worried about the change, so he was in a hurry to release the news to divert everyone's attention, and in comparison, although it took some manpower and material resources to attack Jiaozhi, it was much better than making those scholars out of control because of the change. ”

"Brother Zizhan still has vision!" Zhao Yan also praised Su Shi when he heard this, the main reason why he didn't discuss this matter with Zhao Shu in advance was that he was worried that Zhao Shu and others would think too much and delay time, after all, those students were too easy to be agitated, God knows when they would launch a petition, so the sooner the news of Jiaozhi came out, the sooner the risk was lifted.

Zhao Yan can actually understand Zhao Yan's approach, but he is here on behalf of Zhao Shu today, so I saw him glance at Zhao Yan again and said: "Father has already put down his words, whoever causes trouble will find a way to deal with it, now the imperial treasury is empty, and there is really no money to come up with, in addition, the Western Army also needs time to recuperate after the battle to destroy Xia, and it can't be moved for the time being, the Hebei Army has been abolished, Hu Yanqing They don't know when they want to rebuild the Hebei Army, as for the forbidden army in the capital, don't even think about it, the three forbidden armies can't move, Where did you say the army came from to attack Cochin? ”

"This ......" Su Shi couldn't help but show an embarrassed expression when he heard Zhao Yan's words, and at the same time glanced at Zhao Yan, and was worried about him in his heart, after all, although Zhao Yan is the king of the county, this matter is related to the government and politics, and it may bring some trouble to Zhao Yan.

However, when Zhao Yan heard Zhao Yan's words, he chuckled and said: "Big brother, are you really confused or fake, how can our Great Song Dynasty lack an army, especially in a situation like now, you can have as much as you want." ”

"Huh? What do you mean? Zhao Yan couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Zhao Yan's words, and even Su Shi next to him looked at Zhao Yan in surprise, because he really couldn't think of any troops that could be used in the Great Song Dynasty?

Seeing Zhao Ji and Su Shi's surprised expressions, Zhao Yan laughed at the moment, and then stretched out his hand and pointed to the northwest direction of the Great Song Dynasty and said: "Big brother, we destroyed the Western Xia in a battle, but that only defeated the Western Xia army, not completely wiped out the Western Xia army, most of the Western Xia army chose to surrender, before the imperial court did not disband these armies for the sake of stability, but only disarmed them, originally the arrangement of these surrendered troops was a big problem, but now there is this matter of Jiaozhi, Just enough to put waste to good use and send them to the south to fight the Cochins! ”

"Huh? How did I not think of that? Zhao Yan's eyes lit up when he heard Zhao Yan's idea, he had a headache with those huge number of Western Xia troops when he was in Western Xia, but he didn't think about using these Western Xia troops in waste.

"County King, I have a question!" At this time, Su Shi said with a puzzled face, "Those Western Xia troops have lived in the northwest for many years, if they are transferred to Jiaozhi in the south, I am afraid that as the prince said before, they will not be able to adapt to the local climate at all, even if the combat effectiveness is strong, they will not be able to exert themselves, and they may even suffer heavy casualties due to illness!" ”

Hearing Su Shi's question, the brothers Zhao Ji and Zhao Yan looked at each other and smiled, and then Zhao Ji spoke: "Su Jucheng, it is inevitable that there will be some casualties in the war, not to mention that those surrenders are a big trouble, every time there is one less surrender, our Great Song will reduce a burden, speaking of which, they can sacrifice their lives for my Great Song Dynasty, which is also their honor!" ”

"Hiss~" Su Shi couldn't help but take a breath when he heard Zhao Ji's words, naively he finally understood, Zhao Ji and Zhao Yan brothers wanted to drive those surrendering troops to fight with the Jiaozhi army regardless of casualties, anyway, these surrendering troops are also a trouble, the more naturally the better, and it can also consume the military strength of Jiaozhi, which is naturally a matter of killing two birds with one stone for the Great Song Dynasty, but this method is really too cruel, and an orthodox reader like Su Shi may not be able to think of it anyway.

Maybe Zhao Yan felt that he should refresh Su Shi's worldview, but he showed a cruel smile again at this time and said: "Big brother, I heard that the imperial court seems to be liquidating those party members, since this is the case, it is better to use it and recruit the men of the party and Xiang clan to be sent to the battlefield of Jiaozhi, of course, considering the stability of the Western Xia, this matter needs to use some power and strategy, and it is best to send a competent minister to preside over it, so as not to make the newly settled Western Xia chaos again." ”

Zhao Yan's words simply spoke to Zhao Yan's heart, the two brothers also looked at each other and laughed at the moment, only Su Shi next to him couldn't help wiping the cold sweat on his forehead, usually when he got along with Zhao Yan, he just felt that he was talented and sincere, but he didn't expect Zhao Yan to have such a side, and Zhao Yan, the prince with an excellent reputation, was so insidious, is this the unknown side of the royal family?

At that moment, Zhao Yan and Zhao Yan began to discuss the details of waste utilization, after all, this matter is easy to say, but there are also many difficulties that need to be solved, such as how to recruit those party members, and it will not cause a backlash from party members, etc., although Su Shi felt that this was a little unkind, but the party members were originally their enemies, and they had committed countless crimes against the Great Song Dynasty before, so Su Shi finally gave up the last bit of mercy in his heart, and even joined in to discuss together.

Zhao Yan and the three of them discussed until the sunset, and then they discussed a complete plan, and then Zhao Yan immediately told sù, and he entered the palace to report to Zhao Shu, but Zhao Shu was also surprised and happy when he heard Zhao Yan's method, and convened Han Qi and other ministers overnight to discuss, but the next morning, they came up with a detailed plan, and then Zeng Gongliang personally presided over this matter, and the entire Great Song Dynasty also began to prepare for the conquest of Jiaozhi.

However, the Great Song Dynasty's reaction was still a little slow, and when Zeng Gongliang and others were busy transferring troops from Western Xia, the army gathered on the border of the Great Song Dynasty under the command of Li Changjie finally officially entered the Great Song Dynasty, and the target was Yongzhou City. (To be continued......)