After listening to this planning report, Wan Yan Gao, the number two person in the Jin State and the commander of the army, raised the following questions:

The first is to remind the two of them to pay enough attention to the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty guarding the western towns. Whether it is Zhi Kehe, Liu Yanqing, or Liu Zhongwu, according to the secret spy report, their total strength has been reduced on the surface. At that time, each of them secretly expanded their troops, and the total number of troops reached 70,000.

Because, after they implemented the garrison system, they were not only able to provide for themselves, but also had a surplus, and it was not a problem to raise more soldiers and horses.

After the battle of Song and Xia, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers and horses in these towns was greatly improved, although it could not be compared with the Dajin Iron Heel, but compared with the cavalry of the Liao State, it may be evenly matched.

If the high-level officials of the Song Dynasty knew that Liaojin would jointly send troops to the Central Plains, let the people of the Three Towns abandon the west and try to protect the Central Plains. Then to deal with these more than 200,000 troops, even if you take a defensive position, you need at least 150,000 soldiers and horses of the Liao State and a small number of warriors of the Jin State.

Second, among the Zhongshi who wanted to send tens of thousands of troops to contain Taiyuan, he took 40,000 Taijun troops to Taiyuan, plus the original defenders of Taiyuan, and the number of troops in his hands was no less than 70,000 or 80,000. And his 40,000 elite soldiers are stronger than the Liao army.

The third is the Yang family army in Taihang Mountain, which is said to be an army organized according to Zhao Chongyang's training method. Now there are no less than 80,000 horses, and these 80,000 horses may have a combat strength of no less than 80,000 people. To contain these 80,000 horses, more than 100,000 Liao soldiers are needed.

Fourth, there are 40,000 elite soldiers placed there under the Zhongshi Dao of the Daimyo Mansion. Although Zhong Shidao is no longer in charge, and the army is mainly managed by the eldest grandson, his combat effectiveness is still there. In addition, Liang Zhongshu, the left-behind guard of the Daimyo's Mansion, had 50,000 or 60,000 horses under his command, led by two fierce generals, Li Cheng and Wen Da, both of whom were ruthless men of the three armies, and they could not be underestimated.

The three groups of Taiyuan, Taihang, and Daimyo's Mansion are just like three nails, blocking the way we must go south to the Central Plains, all of which are arrangements made by Zhao Chongyang before leaving the Great Song Dynasty.

This shows that Zhao Chongyang had long expected that one day, the Liao or Jin people would go south.

Of course, he did not expect that in a few years our two countries would form an alliance and unite to the south.

Until a practical solution is found to these problems, it is impossible for the army to act rashly.

Regarding the question raised by the marshal of the Dajin Kingdom and the famous general Wan Yan Gao, of course, the two of them cannot get through in the dark. Although Jin Wushu and Wanyan Xiyin have some preliminary considerations on these issues, many of them are not yet fully mature.

Jin Wushu said, please give them a few days, and then report back to everyone after they find a way to deal with it. At that time, he will give a satisfactory answer to the marshal of the capital.

Seven days later, the top level of the country met again. At the meeting, Wanyan Xiyin put forward the following countermeasures on how to deal with the soldiers and horses in the three towns in the northwest, Taiyuan, Taihang Mountain, Damingfu and other places when the Jin-Liao coalition army launched a full-scale war against the Great Song Dynasty:

The first is the overall strategy. Immediately make a false alliance with the Great Song Dynasty, and let the Liao State also send a delegation to the Song Dynasty to emphasize the alliance between the two countries, and also send some gifts to curry favor with the Song Emperor.

In this way, the high-level of the Song people can be completely paralyzed, so that they can be in a peaceful atmosphere of singing and dancing, and they will not feel a trace of danger at all.

At the same time, let Qin Hui spread public opinion in the court, now that the Western Xia is dead, Daliao and Dajin are fraternal states, everyone is peaceful and friendly, and the country does not need to spend a lot of money to support these many troops.

instigated the traitorous ministers to ask the emperor to order the disarmament of all places. The western army shall not exceed 20,000 horses per town, Taiyuan Mansion and its subordinate localities, at most 30,000 horses, Daxingshan Yangjia Army is disbanded, Daming Mansion Zhonghou is old and can not lead troops, except for Hou Mansion to leave 3,000 guards, the rest of the disbandment, Taiyuan left no more than 30,000 soldiers and horses.

In this way, from the date of promulgation, Taihang Mountain and Zhongshidao completely cut off their salaries, and the others also greatly reduced their salaries. In this way, starting from the high-level of the Song Dynasty, the imperial grain in various places was cut off at the national level, and Taihang Mountain may be able to raise some of it by itself, and Zhong Shidao and others will definitely not be able to raise many troops.

In this way, the army in the north of the Song Dynasty is expected to be reduced by half in terms of numbers.

Second, for the three towns in the northwest, it is convenient to send spies to infiltrate various places and use assassination, robbery, night raids, and other means to provoke contradictions between the three towns and let them take care of themselves.

On the other hand, because the imperial court asked them to disarm, they were unwilling, and spread public opinion that the imperial court was dissatisfied with them, which made them resentful of the Song court.

At this time, they were encouraged to take refuge in Dajin or establish themselves as kings, so that the three towns in the northwest would survive and die, and they only needed to let Liao send a small number of troops to watch them.

In order to implement this plan, I have already asked people to bring hundreds of secret spies to the west to find Li Chenghua, and he will carry out the plan. He brought hundreds of people back to Xingqing the year before last, and wanted to mobilize the lower-level party Xiang clan to rebel and restore the Western Xia, but with little success.

The third is to target Taiyuan, besiege but not attack, preserve strength, and hold the passage of the army's retreat.

Fourth, in response to the Yang family army in Taihang Mountain, a large number of fine workers were sent to spread rumors in various parts of the north, saying that the Yang family village in Taihang Mountain recruited a large number of refugees, homeless people, and beggars, and consciously organized them, so that thousands of refugees continued to pour into the Taihang Mountain area.

Let them be anxious by refugees all day long, and they will not be able to solve the problem of food and clothing. Of course, at this time they could not afford to raise a huge army.

Fourth, the countermeasures against the Daimyo Mansion are easier to do, the Zhong family only has 3,000 men and horses left in their hands, although the combat power is good, but it is impossible to deal with the army all the way.

The rest are Liang Zhongshu's men, Liang Zhongshu stayed in the Daimyo's Mansion for seven or eight years, and was selected by Cai Jing as his son-in-law, so he naturally has the ability. But now that Cai Jing has fallen, as an important figure in Cai's party, someone must have wanted to move him a long time ago.

Let Qin Hui agitate a little in the middle of the court, and his position will be unstable. At that time, let Qin Hui, who is the servant of the ministry, get a guy who is not familiar with military affairs to sit there, it is entirely possible to be cowardly before fighting, and he secretly escaped with the army......

When everyone heard this, they all laughed knowingly.

Wan Yan Aguta, Wan Yan Gao and others were very satisfied with the answer sheet handed over by the two. Wan Yan Gao particularly appreciated their countermeasures against Taihang Mountain, saying that the two of them used refugees to deal with Taihang Mountain, which was simply a pioneering move......