Zhao Ming, who had just stepped into the main hall, saw that the minister of the upper study in the main hall and his own old man were looking at him with strange expressions, and he couldn't help but feel a little panicked in his heart, secretly remembering what he had done to provoke the entire upper study? How do you look at the appearance of a panda? No, even if you are a little ridiculous and out of line in the red sleeve moves, you will not lose the face of the court by using a pseudonym, right?

Zhao Ming, who was a little uneasy in his heart, hurriedly gave everyone a bright smile and greeted: "I have seen my father and the emperor, and I have seen all the ministers." ”

"Bold Zhao Ming!" ushered in the explosion of his father's emperor, which frightened Zhao Ming, "As the son of the royal family, I don't know how to respect myself." Dressed in underwear in broad daylight, he spouts wild words. But I have a royal bearing! I was also drunk, and it was rumored that it would insult my Zhao family's prestige! ”

I'll go, the emperor knows what he did last night, this Zhao Ming is not strange at all. It was the first time he spent the night outside the palace, and he was not captured and returned to the palace in the middle of the night, which was already Zhao Ming's expectation. Is it that serious? Give me back the one who went online, and return the Zhao family's prestige? The hat is too big. "Erchen knows his mistake, but Erchen doesn't use his own name."

"Hmph, it's okay not to show your real name? God knows ghosts, and God knows. As the Great Zhao royal family, he didn't dare to reveal his real name, which was even more hateful! The voice above was full of anger, and the tone of the scolding was full.

No, you really wish I had my real name? Zhao Ming frowned secretly and secretly glanced at the ministers standing on both sides. But the ministers are all looking at their noses and noses, and they can't see anything at all. These old foxes!

There is really something wrong, the old man doesn't care about this kind of trivial matter, Zhao Ming secretly glanced up at the old man again, and saw that although the emperor's voice was loud, there was no anger on his face, he knew it in his heart, and his whole body relaxed and said perfunctorily: "Erchen knows that he is wrong!" Don't dare next time. ”

"What's wrong?"

Yes? How do I know what I'm doing wrong? Zhao Ming was dumbfounded, don't play like this, or you will always give a hint. Zhao Ming secretly threw a look at his father, almost got it, if you want to scold me, you have to give me an understanding. Otherwise, don't blame me for not giving you the face of my father and start refuting it, you know, I don't have a door, I can say anything!

Father and son were connected, Zhao Hao knew what Zhao Ming meant as soon as he saw Zhao Ming's ignorant eyes, but the tone of his mouth was not relaxed: "Be bold, dare to discuss the essence of the Three Kingdoms." Zhao Ming, you are so bold, don't you know how many catties and taels you have? ”

Roger that! Oh yes! So that's the problem. Zhao Ming once again gave his father an understanding look, and knelt down to ask for guilt: "It's the son's bold words, the son's young and frivolous babbling for a while, please forgive my father." "In front of the ministers, you must always give your old man a little thin face.

I don't know if the ministers really can't stand the inferior acting skills of these two fathers and sons, and they are impatient to watch the old father and godson. He Zhiqing was still sincere, and took a step forward to greet Zhao Ming before saying: "The advantages and disadvantages of the Three Kingdoms said by His Royal Highness are very agreeable, and there is nothing to say, His Royal Highness is too humble." ”

"The first Tu Khitan is a good strategy, but the Khitan people are nomadic and uncertain. Usually attacking, but capturing one or two tribes is not hindered in the overall situation, I don't know if His Highness has any good strategy to get rid of this fang? Wu Shu was also impatient with the fact that the two fathers and sons were always beating around the bush here, and said further.

I see, so I'll just say it when you ask for it, and let's beat it first. Is this an emperor, old man, a subconscious means? Zhao Ming was completely relieved now, stood up and looked at his father with a smile. Is there anything you can't say directly? Do you need to beat this set?

This time it was the emperor's turn to take it anymore, so he snorted and didn't speak. He looked down at the music and pretended not to see it, but his ears were pricked up.

Zhao Ming, who had finished teasing the emperor, was satisfied, it was really a trouble to solve the problem of Khitan, walking back and forth in the main hall and thinking, thinking that when he was in a trance, he still picked up the teapot on his father's imperial table, and drank it as soon as he started. Such an impertinent posture made the minister stunned, but Zhao Hao smiled and did not speak at this time to reprimand, and the minister, who had never seen this scene, was amazed.

Zhao Ming, who had a manuscript in his heart, stopped, touched his chin and his eyes were completely out of focus, obviously talking while still thinking: "First: intelligence." War intelligence comes first. In order to use troops, we must first detect the enemy's situation. Look at its warehouse, measure its grain, determine its strength and weakness, observe its heaven and earth, and see its gaps. I, Da Zhao, can't beat the Khitan who lacks soldiers and few armor. I just can't find it. So detailed information on the Khitan is needed. In particular, the region, population, and soldiers of each tribe are located. Be prepared to hit the ground running. ”

"What Your Highness said is very true. But the Khitan is nomadic and often rotates the station. I, Da Zhao, once found out the location of a tribe, but when the army came, it was empty, and the tribe had already changed. How about this? Shangshu Zuocheng Li Ji, who had not spoken, asked, who called the five ministers of the study, and the information from various places has always been deleted by him.

"Nope. You only have intelligence but you don't analyze it. Or the analysis is completely in the wrong direction. Zhao Ming interrupted Li Ji's words and said to him, "Even if it is a nomadic field, there is a certain rule, otherwise if you graze here again today, and go there again tomorrow, one day a pasture will meet two groups, or even several groups of people grazing at the same time, and it will be strange if you don't hit your head and bleed." Weaken the strength of the entire clan in vain. So they must have a certain pattern in grazing. Here in the summer, definitely in the winter in another place where no one has grazed yet. ”

Zhao Ming walked back and forth in the upper study, his thoughts became clearer and clearer, and his eyes became brighter and brighter.

"Or the royal court divides, or speak by strength. There must be a pattern to this, and what you have to do is to find this pattern and refresh it from time to time. The strength of the grassland tribe has changed drastically but it can always be maintained for a few years, and the venue for the transfer of the central tribe should not change in the past few years, what we have to do is to scatter a large number of spies or caravans, even if we lose money, we must find out the transfer location and strength of the tribe for later use. ”

Li Ji nodded, it is true, his spies often meet the same tribe in the same pasture at the same time. It's just that this tribe has changed in the past few years, and I didn't care, after being reminded by the Sixth Highness, there are only a few places where a ranch is suitable for stationing, and most of them are by the river. As long as you throw more money, you are not afraid of not being able to figure it out.

"What should I do after I find out?" Wu Shu continued to ask.

"It's not about figuring out what to do next. It should be prepared at the same time as you find out. Zhao Ming looked a little strange, as if he was worried about something.

"Prepare what?" Wu Shu looked at Zhao Ming's strange expression and asked.

"Army! A special army! ”

"What? And to expand the army? Isn't there a Shenwu Cavalry? "When it comes to this He Zhiqing's old face, it is a bitterness, just because the court has just experienced a flood. He Zhiqing, who was in charge of finance, really couldn't think of a sum of money to support the army.

"He Lao doesn't need to worry too much, the size of this army doesn't need to be very large. The Shenwu Army can't. Zhao Ming thought about it for a while, it was not good to belittle Xiao Wu's army like this, it was really a little frustrating for her, "I don't mean that the Shenwu Army is bad, it's just a little inappropriate." The cavalry of the Shenwu Army is mostly high-headed horses, and the concentrated charge is unstoppable, and it is easy to break through the enemy's strong formation. ”

"Isn't that bad?" He Zhiqing asked curiously, isn't that the role of cavalry.

"It's not bad, it's inappropriate." Zhao Ming shook his head and explained to Lao Chen seriously, "You have seen the Shenwu Army fight against the Khitan Army several times, and every time the Shenwu Army breaks the Khitan Army but there are few casualties, why?" ”

Zhao Ming didn't need He Zhiqing to answer, he continued, "Because the impact of the Shenwu Army is enough, but after the impact, the horses consume a lot of physical strength, and the endurance is insufficient. ”

"So to train a cavalry whose impact is not so strong, and can even be weaker than that of the Khitan. Anyway, it's a surprise attack, and the impact is not so important. What matters is endurance, the endurance of pursuit, the cavalry that kills a tribe and can immediately set off for the next battlefield with amazing endurance. It is better to have cavalry equipped with Mongolian horses. Although Mongolian horses are not very tall, they have high endurance and are simple to support. Simply tailor-made for this cavalry. Zhao Ming squinted his eyes and remembered the Mangu tactics of the Mongolian cavalry in later generations, this era is simply incomprehensible!

"But we still have to expand the army." He Zhiqing completely agrees with Zhao Ming's point of view, and he can't get by on this finance. This big Zhao can still afford to raise a Shenwu army.

"No, you don't. The role of this army is only to plunder and kill the small tribes, forcing everyone to put themselves in danger and gather together. The final battle will still be put on the Shenwu Army. Therefore, it is not easy for this cavalry to be numerous. If you have more, you will lose the speed of the cavalry's surprise attack. On the contrary, the effect becomes smaller. ”

"How many cavalry does Your Highness think is appropriate?" Hearing that there should be no need to expand the army on a large scale, He Zhiqing relieved himself, if there were thousands of people, Zhao would still be able to afford it.

Zhao Ming was a little hesitant to ask this question, and his face was a little green. It's not that he can't estimate this number, it's just that this number is too subtle, and he has a bad feeling. But it's not easy to talk nonsense about the affairs of Da Zhao's state, so he can only be cautious, and he said weakly: "Three... Thousand... People are enough. Once the army is formed, it is equipped with only a small amount of dry food, completely abandon the baggage and go deep into the grassland to fight and feed the war. ”

"Three thousand?" The emperor's pupils on the imperial table narrowed, and he was thoughtful, so frightened that Zhao Ming secretly said that something was wrong.

"Feasible." He Zhiqing glanced at his colleague and nodded in agreement.

"Seconded."

"Seconded."

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