"Bianliang is not suitable for the capital for the time being." Taiwei Zhao stood up and said calmly. No one dared to speak at this time, and only the voice of Taiwei Zhao echoed in the conference room.

When the staff saw that Zhao Taiwei made a gesture, they hurriedly pushed the map frame to the front and lifted the curtain on the map frame. These actions finally made some movement in the room, and relieved the tension of the crowd to a certain extent.

Zhao Taiwei pointed to the map and continued: "The purpose of laying down Bianliang is to adjust the border. Now the border between us and Mongolia is very unfavorable for a truce. Too many areas are separated by natural borders. Especially in the Henan region, Mongolia still has territory south of the Yellow River. If the two sides can be bounded by the Yellow River, there is such a natural separation, the difficulty of starting a war will be greatly increased, and the chances of continuing peace will also be greatly increased......"

The strategic explanation came to Wen Tianxiang's ears, but it didn't enter his mind. Bianliang was the old capital of the Great Song Dynasty, and in the early days of the Great Song Dynasty's southward migration, it had signed a contract with the Jin State to take the Yellow River as the boundary, which triggered a backlash from the hardliners within the Jin State. After a series of wars, the two sides could not fight. After agreeing to use the Huai River as the boundary, the two sides each took out the hardliners in their own countries, and finally settled down for a few years. Since then, Bianliang has been under the control of the Jin State. If Taiwei Zhao can 'revive the Han dynasty and return to the old capital', it will be an incomparably huge credit.

When Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, was alive, Chai Rong of Shizong of the Later Zhou Dynasty had also defeated the Khitan, and he was about to pacify the Central Plains. Zhao Kuangyin is just a general under Chai Rong, but after Chai Rong's death, Zhao Kuangyin is still in a yellow robe...... Turning his head to look at the group of people in the school, Wen Tianxiang wanted to know which of them were already preparing to sew yellow robes for Zhao Jiaren.

“…… The battle was not easy. The Mongol cavalry came and went, and our army had to fight on a large plain. It is very likely to conquer Bianliang, but it is not easy to defend. It is precisely in this way that the Mongols cannot be allowed to master battlefield maneuvers. Zhao Jiaren didn't care what was going on in the minds of the people below, he continued to explain the war.

As a psychiatrist, Zhao Jiaren believes that human beings will think that what already exists should be an unconditional necessity. The Great Song Dynasty did not fall, for most people, that is, the Great Song Dynasty should not be destroyed. Whether there is Zhao Jiaren or not, they will probably think that it is actually no different. In other words, from a physiological point of view, human beings are forgetful and ungrateful. If the people really used their brains to think about the problem, the system of exploitation would have been overthrown long ago.

Since this is the case, Zhao Jiaren did not put the expectation of sitting on the supreme throne on this military operation. He thought that at some point in the future, the time would inevitably be ripe for his accession to the throne, so he didn't bother to spend precious time and experience playing clever tricks.

With the attitude of giving priority to work, Zhao Jiaren continued: "In this battle with the Mongolian army, eight divisions will be used on the front line, and there are predictions for equipment and food and salary. I don't know if we will be able to complete the initial plan before the Mongolian envoys come. I'm going to assign tasks to you right now......"

Many members of the academy who were born as cadres had already taken out their notebooks and began to record, but Wen Tianxiang, who was in a state of confusion, did not react immediately, until he heard Zhao Jiaren say: "Wen Tianxiang, Wen Zhizhou, and others began to count the personnel who served in the local area this time, and if the scale of the war is expanded again to the scale of the Mongolian army dispatching 300,000 troops, our strength will have to be increased to 30 divisions......

Hearing the figure of 300,000 Mongolian troops, Wen Tianxiang's heart was shocked, and his divergent thoughts were immediately retracted. Last time, the Mongol army sent 200,000 troops, and if the scale of this war reached 300,000, then the Great Song Dynasty would once again face the possibility of destroying the country. This sense of panic easily banishes those power-related thoughts aside.

On the third day after the first launch of the academy, the heads of various military departments in Yangzhou also gathered in Lin'an. Originally, Zhao Jiaren was ready to let the members of the army enter the Privy Council, but he still didn't have enough confidence, so he gave up at this time. The Privy Council was left with an empty shell, and the troops still completely ate the taxes managed by Zhao Jiaren.

As for the troops, Zhao Jiaren described the specific implementation of the war. Deeply influenced by the PLA, Zhao Jiaren has a soft spot for fighting annihilation wars. Deeply influenced by Zhao Jiaren, seeing the battle plan proposed by Zhao Jiaren, the commanders of the troops all came to their senses.

Zheng Jie said loudly: "Tai Lieutenant, if you solve the 20,000 defenders of Bianliang, Mongolia will know the difficulties and retreat." ”

Zhao Jiaren said with a smile: "Where is it so easy to deal with 20,000 Mongolian troops." ”

Zheng Jie immediately replied: "But the Mongolian army has fought against us several times, didn't they all take the initiative to meet the enemy?" ”

Zhao Jiaren was of course happy to see his subordinates so willing to fight, so he replied with a smile: "Of course I hope that the Mongols can do this, but the Mongols are not fools. They are also quite brave in fighting. Since they have courage, they will look for a chance to win. Since they have the courage, they will also try all kinds of means of warfare. Taking the initiative to meet the enemy is only one means of war, not all means of war. ”

"Will they cut off our shipping lines, for example?" Zheng Jie replied seriously.

"That's right. This is a good means of warfare. Zhao Jiaren replied equally seriously.

The mobility of the cavalry was a huge advantage of the Mongol cavalry, and when fighting in the Yangtze River valley, this advantage of the Mongol cavalry was greatly limited by the terrain. Fighting in this kind of terrain in Henan, the cavalry of the Mongolian army has a lot of room to play. Listening to Zhao Jiaren's unabashed words, the war exuberance of the commanders was replaced by cold war considerations.

The army had been preparing for a war with the Mongols, and after only one day of speaking to them, the troops had already adopted the battle plan for the Shandong region, which had been drawn up long ago. This battle plan was very simple, that is, to go north along the main road and canal, attack the city when you see it, and fight when you see the Mongol army. to kill and injure the living forces of Mongolia.

As soon as the plan was approved, Xu Qinghui, commander of the Eighth Division, who remained in Yangzhou in Shandong to liaise, immediately went to the Shandong Military Region. Zhao Jiaren sent him to the dock, and Xu Qinghui, who was about to get on the boat, saluted Zhao Jiaren: "Captain, please rest assured." I will only fight where there is an advantage for us, and I will not go after the Mongols in the ass. ”

Zhao Jiaren nodded in agreement, but he couldn't help but worry that his subordinates were young and vigorous. While they were still in awe of the Mongol army, Xu Qinghui should still be able to control his army. But Zhao Jiaren has full confidence in the combat effectiveness of the current Song army, which means that it does not take long for them to become proud soldiers. Even though he knew that this was the price that would have to be paid, Zhao Jiaren still hoped that the troops would not suffer such losses.

Seeing Zhao Jiaren's expression, Xu Qinghui's knife face showed an expression of preparing to be taught. Zhao Jiaren didn't want to say anything, because what should have been said had already been said. He just stretched out his hand, and Xu Qinghui hurriedly stepped forward to shake hands with Zhao Jiaren. Holding Xu Qinghui's hand tightly, Zhao Jiaren instructed: "The main purpose of the Shandong operation is to contain the Mongolian army and let them know that we are worthy of them over there. So that the Mongol army can put more troops into Henan. Don't fight too much. It's up to you to take care of it. ”

"Understood!" Xu Qinghui replied in a firm tone.

Letting go of his hand, Zhao Jiaren watched Xu Qinghui get on the ship heading north. According to the agreement, unless this time the Mongol envoy did not bring news of war. As soon as Xu Qinghui arrived in Shandong, he began to prepare for war. The moment this young division commander boarded the ship, the war was actually already underway.

Because the new Great Song court did not use vassals, the number of officials increased greatly. The more people there are, the greater the overall efficiency. However, with more people, the chance of news leakage has also become much greater. At least before the Mongol envoys arrived in Lin'an, Liu Jingwen had heard from his friends in the household that the Great Song was preparing to fight against the Mongols.

Hearing that the Song army was going to go on the Northern Expedition, Liu Jingwen, whose eldest son Liu Chong was a soldier, felt that his hairs were about to stand up. He couldn't help but recall the argumentative question that caused a huge controversy in the imperial examination last year, the topic was that Han Yanzhou failed in the Northern Expedition and was murdered by Shi Miyuan and Empress Yang, how should this matter be evaluated.

In hindsight, anyone who simply applauded Han Yanxuan was not admitted to the Jinshi, and anyone who expressed support for Shi Miyuan was not admitted. The arguments of those who were admitted to the Jinshi on this topic are basically that Han Yanxuan's rashness is not advisable, and the murder of Han Yanxuan should be punished. Therefore, the problem of the Great Song Dynasty is to operate the system better, neither let the murderers go unpunished, nor let the wrongdoers act arbitrarily.

Liu Jingwen has been an official, so of course he knows that this kind of impartial argument is correct. However, because it is correct, it is the most difficult to achieve, and each faction of the government means huge resources. In the struggle between the main peace faction and the main battle faction back then, the victorious side could get the financial power of the imperial court, which was a huge wealth. It's huge enough that countless people can completely ignore reason and even morality.

Now Taiwei Zhao can propagate the theory of equality, and has a strength far beyond any power minister. That's because the imperial court no longer has the ability to provide tax revenue, and those in power don't get any benefits. Now the entire imperial court is taking Yu Lu from the hands of Zhao Taiwei, if you can't take away the power in Zhao Taiwei's hands, but just remove Zhao Taiwei. The Lin'an court will collapse when the payroll is paid next month. Because the court actually didn't have a penny in its hands.

But the power base of Zhao Taiwei is not Zhao Taiwei alone, hundreds of thousands of people, including Liu Jingwen's son Liu Chong, are serving in Zhao Taiwei's army. Therefore, Liu Jingwen now hopes that Zhao Taiwei can be a capable person as he said. is a prime minister who can lead his subordinates to victory, rather than let them die.

Seeing Liu Jingwen's face, Hubu's friends knew about Liu Jingwen's son. He comforted and said, "As long as we can win this time, I probably won't be afraid of Mongolia." ”

Liu Jingwen smiled bitterly: "How can it be called winning?" Where is the fight to win? ”

Tobe's friends only heard that there was going to be a war, but they didn't know how far the war was going to go. Listening to Liu Jingwen's questioning, he was also embarrassed and closed his mouth.