In the main hall, the high-level officials of the Jin State gathered together, and the first person sitting was Jin Taizong, and the important ministers of the Jin State were sitting on the side.

The house can be said to be full of people, both civil and military.

Seeing that the people were already together, Jin Taizong said: "I left the division last autumn and returned to the division before the summer, our army won a lot, broke Bianliang in one fell swoop, captured the two emperors of the Jin country, plundered a lot of wealth, and established Zhang Bangchang as the emperor." It's just a slight deficiency, the Song land is not chaotic, Zhang Bangchang is not angry, he just persisted for a month, and then surrendered to Zhao Pu Xiaoer of the Song Kingdom! ”

When he heard this, a trace of gloom flashed in Lou Room's eyes, in order to abolish the issue of Li Song Qinzong and Song Huizong, Zong Han, Zong Pan and Zong Wang had a violent quarrel.

Zongwang did not want to destroy the Song Dynasty and change the dynasty, so he could leave the Second Emperor of Huiqin to continue to be the Emperor of the Song Dynasty in Bianjing, but he had to be controlled by the Jin State, so that he could still get along with the Han people. Zong Han and Zong Pan must destroy the Song Dynasty and change the dynasty, take the second emperor of Huiqin to the north, "establish a different surname", and let Zhang Bangchang and Liu Yu, who are not surnamed Zhao, establish a pseudo-Chu and pseudo-Qi regime to control the Han people, "the country is easy to move", mess up the Han land a little, "Xu Tu mixes one", can fish in troubled waters, and is slowly annexed by the Jurchens.

In the end, with the prestige of Xianye, Zongwang was suppressed.

Now that a few months have passed, Zhang Bangchang surrendered to Zhao Pu, the new emperor of the Song Dynasty, and the Song land is not in chaos, but in Hebei, Hedong and other places. With the abduction of the two Song Dynasty emperors, the Han and the Jurchens, and between the Song and the Jin, formed an enmity that did not share the sky.

Originally, in the land of two rivers, the city that was about to surrender suddenly became resolute in its resistance, and swore to fight to the death with the Jin army; And the city that was originally attached to it was even more rebellious; Even those cities that have not rebelled are unstable; The Han advisers who were subordinated to the Jin army also underwent strange changes to the Jin state.

Nowadays, in Youyun, Hedong, Hebei and other places, people's hearts are in turmoil, and the rebels everywhere are rising and falling, and there are constant troubles.

The facts proved that they were wrong, not only did they not mess up the Han land, but they became hostile to the Han people, and the relationship became tense.

It's just that there is no turning back when you open the bow, and you can't regret it, you can only make mistakes and continue to make mistakes.

Just a few simple accusations, Jin Taizong did not mention too much, and the topic changed to the topic of today's discussion, "The Third Cutting of the Song Dynasty".

A huge map was placed in front of everyone, describing the mountains and rivers on the surface, the vast land of the Great Song Dynasty, and the rich cities, everything was so beautiful, but now the Jin Kingdom only occupied a corner of it, and it was not even a tenth of the area.

"The first time he attacked the Song Dynasty, he explored the strength of the Song State, and forced the Song State to sign an alliance under the city, and harvested a lot of money, land, and population; The second attack on the Song Dynasty eliminated the most elite Shaanxi army of the Song State, broke through Bianliang in one fell swoop, and captured the two emperors of the Song Dynasty. Everything is very good, the only deficiency is to let Zhao Pu, the fish that slipped through the net, run away, and only catch this Han prince, let the heirs of Zhao and Song be cut off, the Song Dynasty will be completely destroyed, and the Song Dynasty will inevitably be chaotic! ”

"In this battle, the focus is to capture Zhao Pu and sweep the southeast, it is said that more than half of the taxes of the Song Kingdom come from the Jiangnan and Lianghuai regions, and this time our dynasty will loot these two regions!" Zong Bi said.

"No, this battle should focus on capturing Guanshan, passing through Shaanxi, destroying the Western Xia, and then combining the power of the Western Xia, and the force is like Sichuan, and then going down the river to directly destroy the Song Dynasty!" Lou Mu immediately objected, "And this method is also the only way for the north to destroy the south and dominate the world!" ”

As long as you occupy Shaanxi, you can easily attack Henan, Hubei and other places, and even more so to threaten Sichuan. After obtaining Guanshan, our army gained the strategic initiative, and the Song Dynasty was bound to fall. Sending troops to the southeast, there are three major disadvantages, two Huai, the land south of the Yangtze River, most of which are densely covered with water, which is not conducive to the vertical and horizontal cavalry, and it is difficult for our cavalry to give full play to the advantages of our cavalry, which is one of them; Second, going deep into a foreign country for thousands of miles, insufficient food and grass, scattered troops, and a humid climate, it is not conducive to me to eat this battle; Third, the rear of our army is unstable, and there are many rebellions in Hebei and Hedong! ”

Regarding the prospect of conquering the Song army, Lou Room is really not optimistic.

The two consecutive crusades against the Song army seemed to be victorious, but after the continuous campaigns, the soldiers were tired, and the most worrying thing was that they had a sense of comfort, and they were tenacious not to conquer the Liao State again. But the combat effectiveness of the Song army is rising little by little, maybe Zong Han didn't notice it, His Majesty the Emperor didn't notice it, but Lou Mur, who was on the front line of the battlefield, noticed it.

The Song army continued to be defeated, but its combat strength was improving, and some generals became smarter.

In the future, it will be difficult to fight. In the future, it will be difficult to defeat 100,000 or 100,000 Song troops in one fell swoop.

On the contrary, the Jin army, due to the small population of the Jurchens, even with the addition of the Khitans, Bohai people, and Xi people, the number of troops is still small. With the sweep of the Song realm, in order to consolidate the occupied area, it was inevitable to expand the size of the army, and the only way to do this was to recruit the surrendered Song army and transform it into a Jin army. And these Jin troops had the Song Dynasty in their hearts, and they were bound to rebel. Once the Song army is strong, these Jin troops will inevitably defect.

In short, there are many hidden dangers, problems are continuous, and the victory over the Jin army has caused a series of troubles.

Vaguely, Lou Room somewhat understood why Taizu prevented most of the main battle factions of the court from attacking the Song Dynasty. At first, he thought that he was grateful for the kindness of the alliance of the Song Dynasty, and he was embarrassed to carry the alliance, but now he knows that this is vaguely not the case.

"It's hard to fight in the southeast, isn't it difficult to fight in Guanshan?" Zong Bi opened his mouth and said, "Guanshan is barren, and it is simply unable to support a large-scale army, so it is powerless to ......."

So, Lou Room and Zong Bi quarreled again, telling their respective reasons and the drawbacks of the other party's plan.

Next to him, a Han man listened quietly, analyzing the pros and cons, he was the Privy Council Governor Han Qixian.

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The situation is very favorable to Jinguo, but the contradictions have also become acute.

The Eastern Route Army, led by Zong Fu and Zong Bi (Wuben), advocated that the Zong Han Army abandon the strategy of passing through Shaanxi and join forces to go south, capture Zhao Gou in one fell swoop, and destroy the Northern Song Dynasty; The Western Route Army, led by Zong Han, Lou Mur, and Yinshuke, advocated first settling Shaanxi, subduing Western Xia, and then destroying the Song Dynasty with the combined efforts of Jin and Xia.

The main representative of the second opinion is Wanyan Lou Chamber.

The two sides could not argue, so they sent representatives back to Shangjing, presented their reasons to Jin Taizong, and asked Taizong to make the final ruling. Lou Mu, as the representative of the Western Route Army, and Zong Bi as the Eastern Route Army, returned to Jin Shangjing.

One advocates attacking the northwest Shaanxi region, and the other advocates attacking the southeast, Jianghuai, and other places.

It is all reasonable, which makes Jin Taizong a little embarrassed, it seems to be a conflict in the use of troops, but in fact it is a political entanglement, a violent conflict between the two factions.

The Eastern Route Army, Zong Fu, Zong Bi and others, are the heirs of Taizu; And the Western Route Army Zong Han, Lou Mu, Xi Yin and others are the heroes of the faction.

The dispute between the two factions over the use of troops is actually a dispute over the interests of the two factions. Once the Eastern Route Army's proposition of attacking the southeast is agreed upon, and the troops are deployed between the two Huai, then all kinds of resources will inevitably be tilted towards the Eastern Route Army. When going out, it must be the Eastern Route Army as the main Army, supplemented by the Western Route Army. If the troops are used in the northwest, the Western Route Army is the mainstay, supplemented by the Eastern Route Army.

"How to make a decision?"

Jin Taizong's tangled psychology, Han Qi first looked at it, this is the party struggle of Jin Guo.

He is a Han from Liaodi, in this Jurchen-dominated dynasty, he must tremble and walk on thin ice in order to live, and the slightest mistake may bring about a devastating disaster, at least he is unable to protect himself, and at worst he is dead.

"With troops in the northwest, it is the ancient method of unifying the Central Plains, this method is very good, but the terrain of Guanshan is dangerous, mostly mountains and hills, and it is difficult for our army to attack it, and the losses are bound to be heavy. In addition, the Guanshan generation, the land is barren, the people are scarce, the people are fierce, there are more strong troops, if there are few soldiers, it will be difficult to win, even if the Guanshan is captured, there are many rebellions, this law must be extremely difficult; If a large number of troops are sent and it is impossible to feed the war with war, the grain and grass will inevitably be embarrassed, and once it is difficult to win a quick victory, it will inevitably fall into a stalemate. ”

"If you use troops in the southeast, as long as you avoid Mizusawa and avoid some Jedi, it is not difficult to win, but it is difficult to defend and govern. Even if our army captures the southeast, it will not be able to gain a firm foothold, and it will not be able to properly govern the southeast, so it will inevitably withdraw its troops and return! ”

"It all depends on Your Majesty's intention to use troops, if Your Majesty intends to follow Qin Shi Huang to dominate the world, it is best to send troops to the northwest; If Your Majesty is just to capture the Song Dynasty Emperor Zhao Pu, just to plunder and plunder wealth, it is best to send troops to the southeast! ”

"Sending troops to the northwest is difficult first and then easy; Sending troops to the southeast is easy first and then difficult! ”

"First easy and then difficult, step by step; First difficult and then easy, step by step. ”

"Sending troops to the northwest is too risky, once it reaches a stalemate, our previous gains will be lost, but if the northwest is victorious, it can dominate the world. If you send troops to the southeast, the risk is less. Even if there is an occasional defeat, it doesn't matter, the disadvantage is that it is difficult to completely destroy the Song Kingdom! ”

Han Qi spoke his mind first.

He is just a privy envoy, and in the Jin Kingdom, he is just a strategist, and he only needs to say his own opinions, and as for whether he listens or not, then he does not need to be in charge.

Actually, there are still some ideas that have not been spoken.

At this moment, he does not approve of sending troops to the northwest, nor to the southeast. At this moment, the Jin country seems to be strong, but in fact, the people are struggling to make a living, the people are poor, and Hedong, Hebei and other places are in turmoil. At this time, what is most needed is not conquest, but cultivation and recuperation, and lay a stable foundation for the Jin Kingdom.

The foundation is solid, whether it is to send troops to the southeast or northwest, it is the best choice. At that time, with the strength of the Jurchen Iron Cavalry, he swept through the Song Kingdom, dominated the world, and completed the hegemony like Qin Shi Huang

The so-called difference between Huayi, Korean enterprises have never cared.

As the saying goes, history is written by the victors.

In the pre-Qin era, when the Seven Heroes of the Warring States were fighting, the Qin State was turned into a Western Barbarian by the Six Kingdoms of Shandong, but when the Qin State later ruled the world, who dared to say that the Qin State was a Western barbarian.

At this time, the Jurchen was called a barbarian, but when the Qin State ruled the world, who would say that the Jurchen was a barbarian?

Jin Taizu opposed the Song Dynasty, and even prevented the Jurchen nobles from cutting the Song Dynasty, and in the eyes of outsiders, he was grateful to the Song Dynasty's relatives; But in Han Qixian's view, Jin Taizu's ambition is too great, he is not willing to be the emperor of a small and wild country, but wants to dominate the world like Qin Shi Huang. I didn't levy Song, just because the time was not right.

Unfortunately, Song Taizu died soon after.

The enthroned Jin Taizong was good at calculation, but he lacked the eloquence of Taizu.

The two Song Dynasty were both for the purpose of fighting the grass valley, killing and looting, not for dominating the world.

This time the Song Dynasty was also to fight the grass valley, not to dominate the world.