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In Zhang Dan's eyes full of disappointment, Li Kui said leisurely: "But it's not that there is no way at all. ”

The fuss was followed by anger. Zhang Dian drooped his head and said to himself silently: "This damn boy! ”

It's just a matter of panting when you talk, and you don't put the prime minister in your eyes, what else can such an official want?

According to Zhang Dan's previous practice, if Li Kui is a military general, it is estimated that he can explain the future. But he is a civil official, the death penalty is exempted, don't think about it when you launch the Deshengmen beheading, the tradition of not killing civil officials in the Great Song Dynasty has lasted for a hundred years, and it can be regarded as preserved. Even if they are found guilty of crimes, they rarely raid their homes and exile civil officials. Generally speaking, there is only derogation, or removal of official status, and never hired. If it's really serious, you can only go to Salmon Island, this is really nine deaths.

Of course, the laws of the Great Song Dynasty would not agree to the truth that civil officials who plotted rebellion and subverted the dynasty could survive, but the civil officials of the Great Song Dynasty had never heard of rebellion.

However, there are a lot of false accusations, and they are basically nothing.

Therefore, even if Zhang Dian has murderous intentions towards Li Kui, he will at most put this goods in Yazhou to destroy himself.

But according to Li Kui's insight, he can definitely live a very good life in Yazhou. Although Zhang Kui was half angry to death, he didn't really want Li Kui's life. Even if he has a small belly, he has a strong sense of revenge. But Zhang is not a fool, he is much smarter than most people. He also knows one thing that today's Da Song Dynasty, if you want to talk about famous generals, you really can't find them.

It can be said that there is a commander who can lead troops to fight, and he can't find it among the generals, but two people unexpectedly appeared among the civilian officials.

One is Zhang Dan's brother, the cousin who doesn't put him in the eyes of the prime minister. The other is Li Kui, who also doesn't take him as a dignified prime minister.

This made Zhang Dian unable to get angry even if he wanted to. Those who have the ability have a temper, and those who don't have the ability are overwhelmed, which is probably the most tiring side of Zhang Dan.

To be honest, Zhang Dian really didn't want to agree to Li Kui, but there was no way, his long-cherished wish, or his desire to become a famous face through the ages, had to fall on Li Kui.

Only when the Great Song Dynasty recovered the sixteen states of Yanyun could Zhang Dian be qualified to become a famous minister through the ages. Otherwise, there were too many cattle in front of him, and he didn't even have a chance to take the lead. The Northern Song Dynasty became famous, starting from Zhao Pu, a famous prime minister, not to mention Zhang Dian, even if Wang Anshi wanted to surpass them, it was not easy.

"Renjie, the old man asks himself if he is an open-minded person......" When he said this, Zhang Dian was a little tight-chested, and he would report to the old man, when did he become an open-minded person? But Zhang Kui still wanted to gain Li Kui's favor, or rather, in order to let Li Kui say the way to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, he had to pretend to be a saint: "As long as you can subdue the sixteen states of Yanyun, what you want, what the old man will give you." As long as Da Song has it, the old man can find it out for you. You can rest assured of this! ”

Is Li Kui relieved?

He was not at ease, but when it came to recovering the sixteen states of Yanyun, the obsession in his heart was no less than that of Zhang Dan.

Today's Li Kui is also a big family, and there have long been signs of civil strife in Liao in the north, so there is no need to worry. But what really worried him was the Jurchens who ran out of the woods.

It seems that there are not many Jurchens, but they shouted the slogan 'Jurchen is not more than 10,000, and more than 10,000 are invincible', and this slogan turned out to be shouted by the enemies of Jurchen, which made him worried. In case the ordeal of the Great Song Dynasty comes again, it will be an unbearable loss for Li Kui. And according to his age, he experienced such tribulations around the year of knowing the destiny of heaven.

Therefore, Li Kui wants to solve the threat from the north more than anyone else.

Needless to say, the importance of the sixteen states of Yanyun is needless to say, this is the only way for the grassland to enter the east and west roads of Hebei, if the sixteen states of Yanyun are occupied, the northern defense line of the entire Great Song Dynasty will be complete, and the advance can be attacked, retreated and defended, facing the grassland tribes, and taking the fate into their own hands. Even if the armament of the Great Song Dynasty has a huge corruption and decline in strength due to the system, as long as the sixteen states of Yanyun are controlled, the combat method of the Great Song Dynasty will magically change from a field battle to a defensive battle in the city.

If you want to ask what the tactics of the Great Song Dynasty are best at, any forbidden army and box army will tell you that defending the city.

And the nomads on the steppe really don't have any experience in attacking cities. Facing the city, they can only insult outside the city: "Have the ability to come out!" ”

With the protection of the city wall, the army of the Great Song Dynasty has the courage and confidence, and in the face of the unobstructed mouth of the grassland people, they will inevitably stand at the head of the city and shout: "Have the ability to come in!" ”

This is equivalent to the Great Song Dynasty fighting against an opponent who has no experience in siege in a very good and experienced military field, and even if he is almost there, he can teach the horseback people in the north to behave.

Therefore, Li Kui also wants to take the sixteen states of Yanyun, besides, Taizong has not had an edict to take the sixteen states of Yanyun and crown him king.

It was because of this sentence that Tong Guan wanted to become the first eunuch to be crowned king in the Great Song Dynasty.

Tong Guan can think, why can't Li Kui think?

Thinking of this, Li Kui sorted out his thoughts in his heart and said: "The Great Song Dynasty wants to fight with the Liao State, and has to face the situation of a field battle. In any military battle, it is a foolish act to use what you are not good at to fight what the other side is good at. Although the infantry phalanx of the Great Song Dynasty was able to obtain a certain amount of self-protection ability in the field when crossbow arrows were abundant. ”

"But once the crossbow arrows are exhausted, the phalanx of foot soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty almost becomes the meat in the mouths of the Liao cavalry, and they can eat it whenever they want. And how many foot soldiers can have the ability to protect themselves in the wilderness, and can fight with the cavalry for a short time, Zhang Xiang, I am afraid you also know, right? ”

From Li Kui's analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of the two sides, Zhang Kui's mood finally did not have to be provoked by Li Kui's broken mouth to the point where he could not be restrained. Instead, he followed Li Kui's words and thought about it.

In fact, Li Kui was the most experienced in this regard, and the original Tiger Battalion fought against the Western Xia army in Jinmingzhai. In that battle, on the surface, Li Kui won, and the Great Song Forbidden Army won honor and victory.

But in fact, according to the intensity of the war at that time, as long as it fought for half a day, the Tiger Battalion would face a situation where all the bows and crossbows and gunpowder were exhausted, and once that situation occurred. Except for a few who might have escaped, thousands of men and horses were wiped out. There will not even be a chance to escape. This is the inferiority of infantry to cavalry, to escape, and not to escape; Chasing, but can't catch up. Once the means of self-protection are lost, it is a situation where the fish and meat on the board are slaughtered by others.

But even such infantry is very troublesome to train. The training of crossbowmen requires passing many trainings such as posture, hard work, listening to military orders, and arranging formations before they can become a qualified elite infantryman. It's better to go to the battlefield and get some blood, and it's even more perfect.

After a long time, Zhang Dian said calmly: "Less than 50,000." ”

These 50,000 are still the elite of the Western Army, and they are not at all comparable to the Hebei Forbidden Army.

But then, Li Kui's questioning made Zhang Dian suddenly fall into an ice cave: "Zhang Xiang, I mean that if the Song and Liao battles and the Great Song Dynasty is at a disadvantage, do you want to use these 50,000 people to stabilize the position?" ”

"Nature."

There is nothing to think about, such a question does not need to be thought about at all, said Zhang.

Li Kui then asked; "What if, these 50,000 horses are broken?"

The most elite soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty were broken, which was no different from a broken backbone for the Great Song Dynasty. Although, as long as the Great Song Dynasty is given five or ten years, it will still be able to pull out such an army. But the question is, did the Liao Congress give the Great Song this opportunity?

It will definitely not give, but will attack like crazy, once the Great Song Dynasty even the most elite army is destroyed, how can the two roads in Hebei be defended? The Great Song Dynasty wants to subdue the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, do you think that the Liao State does not want to enter the Central Plains? If a war can give the Liao State the hope of controlling the Central Plains, the Liao State will definitely be united. Put aside all the contradictions for the time being, and attack the Central Plains with all your might.

Even the Liao State was more eager to obtain the Central Plains than the Great Song Dynasty.

Because once the Liao State has achieved this step, all the contradictions in the country will disappear.

If the cavalry of the Liao State drove straight in, would the Great Song Dynasty have to experience the battle of Lanzhou again?

Zhang Dian is like a deflated ball, his tense body can no longer support it, and he is also a person who has led soldiers. He knew how long it took to train a crack army. Especially during the Song-Liao War, crossbowmen could not be trained at all without three years, and the heavy infantry was even stricter.

Zhang Dian said disappointedly: "Is there no way at all?" ”

Li Kui suddenly laughed, seemingly confident, but he looked gloating in Zhang Dian's eyes. He was secretly ruthless in his heart, if Li Kui didn't give a perfect strategy, he had to let this kid know how serious the consequences of offending the prime minister were?

"Don't sell it, tell me the truth?"

Zhang Dian suppressed his throat, with both impatience and anticipation.

Li Kui raised his eyebrows and asked, "Zhang Xiang, what do you think of the artillery?" ”

"Artillery is very useful, you have the most experience in this area." Zhang Dian was a little strange, and then said in his heart: "You mean, combined with artillery, the Liao cavalry can make the elite of my Great Song infantry unable to break through?" ”

"How is that possible!" Li Kui said loudly: "Zhang Xiang, I mean that the training of artillery can achieve initial results in just one or two months for a soldier, and if the training of crossbowmen can be reduced to three months, for the Great Song Dynasty, as long as a large amount of money is invested, the Great Song Dynasty will no longer lack elites." ”

Short-range artillery training without any sights, with all-hand-eye aiming, is so simple and crude.

Zhang Dian doubted: "What does this have to do with artillery?" Besides, artillery is not cheap to build, and the cost of training is even higher. It is much more expensive than the Divine Arm Bow, and even if Da Song can squeeze out an income of 20 million yuan a year, he can't afford to be so bad. Besides, don't think that the old man doesn't know the danger if he doesn't have field experience, the iron lump like artillery, the copper lump, really wants people to rush to the eyes, people and things are people's, and there is no difference from picking up in vain. ”

The artillery position is so vulnerable that if it is really attacked by the cavalry, it will not be able to protect itself at all.

But Li Kui was not talking about artillery, but about another weapon - muskets. "Zhang Xiang, you didn't think about making the cannon smaller, and then turning it into a weapon that a single soldier can operate. This weapon is fired with gunpowder, has a much higher range than a bow and arrow, and will also be more lethal than a bow and arrow. It's certainly not appropriate to say that it is a cannon, but what do you think of the name of the musket? ”

"The training cycle is short, the lethality is sufficient, and it has the ability to strike continuously. In this way, the situation of the war will also change, and the Great Song Dynasty will have an advantage, and the Liao cavalry will use the disadvantage to fight against our Great Song Dynasty. Li Kui said bewildermently: "In the future, my Great Song army, no matter how close the city defense, will become a nightmare for the grassland cavalry." ”

"What is this weapon called, and how much does it cost?" Zhang Duan suddenly stood up excitedly, and grabbed a handful of the void with his arm, as if he wanted to grasp his fate.

Li Kui opened his mouth and cautiously said to Zhang Tun: "This is just the boy's imagination, and it hasn't been created yet." But the kid thought that as long as the Great Song Dynasty had this weapon, the war between the Great Song and the Liao State would undergo a subversive change. As long as it succeeds, I will be ...... will be invincible...... Invincible......"

The dignified and unashamed was as if he had been struck by lightning, and the whole person was frozen.

His heart exploded on the spot like ignited gunpowder, and he roared: "Li Kui, you dare to play the old man!" The old man fought with you—"

can force Zhang Dian to this part, Li Kui is definitely one of the few death experts in the Great Song Dynasty.

As for talking about desperately, no. With the physique of Old Man Zhang, can he threaten Li Kui?

Come and put a hundred of them easily.

It's just that after Zhang Kui's roar, a team of forbidden soldiers came to the door, looking at Zhang Dian and Li Kui's tense appearance, they didn't dare to move as if they were stupid.

Whoever they offend, they will have no good fruit to eat.

"Get out, get out of here! Without the old man's order, no one is allowed to step into the main hall. ”

Fortunately, Li Kui saw that Zhang Dian was really hairy, so he didn't hide it, and said loudly: "I can make it." ”

"How many manpower and craftsmen do you need?" Zhang Dian said without hope, he had been angry with Li Kui for so long, and he found that he was close to his open-mindedness.

"Not right now." Seeing Zhang Dian raise his eyebrows, Li Kui immediately explained: "The iron of the Great Song Dynasty is not good, and it needs to be better forged." And then the craftsmen need to be trained, and the technology of smelting iron needs to be improved, and it doesn't seem to matter if you look at these things, but it's science. ”

Li Kui said it seriously, as if he really understood science.

On the contrary, Zhang Dian was stunned, if Li Kui didn't understand science, Zhang Dian wouldn't understand it even more.

Li Kui explained: "Science is a rigorous discipline, and it needs to be done step by step, and you can't be in a hurry. This is a natural process, if it really comes to that day, let alone the Liao Kingdom, the Western Regions Song Dynasty can also be recovered, and it will be easy to restore the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties. Zhang Xiang, I can write a detailed plan for this after I go back for you to see. ”

Zhang Dian looked at Li Kui for a while, and said leisurely: "Don't go home, just write to me in the Dushitang, when will you finish writing, when will you go home!" ”