In the blink of an eye, the New Year is approaching, and Zhao Ta plans to return to Xining Prefecture for the New Year.

With Yuan Jing and Xiao Zhao Chen, he returned to Qingtang on the twentieth day of the lunar month, and the house was already full of lights, and he was full of joy.

After introducing Gengami and Koshiro, he arranged a place to stay until Chinese New Year's Eve arrived.

On the morning of the 29th, the palace was even more lively, but Zhao Ta received a letterhead from the Song-Jin border.

The letter was sent by Zong Ze, who was the transit envoy of Hebei West Road at this time, which was the northern border.

After Zhao Ta left Tokyo, Emperor Daojun did not take any action against the people he corresponded with, one is that many people have merit, and there is no fault, it is not easy to handle, and the other is that Zhao Ta is out of Tokyo, probably to hide it, it is not easy to do it too obviously, so that the outside world will know that he has lost a lot of face.

Zhao Ta opened the envelope and saw that there were three pages, which were written by Zong Ze on the sickbed.

Zong Ze is nearly seventy years old at the moment, and his body is still quite tough, but it is also the Jurchen seizure of Yanyun that makes him angry, and the Song army has been defeated several times, and he has been angry for a while, and he has not recovered for a long time.

Zhao Ta carefully read the letters, all of which analyzed the length of the Jurchen combat strength, the deployment of troops, and the logistics supply routes.

The transfer envoy does not bring troops, and he is not the commander of Hebei West Road, and he has no military power, even if Zong Ze has no military insight, it is useless, and it is impossible for the marshal of Zhending to listen to him.

He didn't have any background in the Great Song Dynasty, if Zhao Ta didn't go to Dengzhou to ask him, he would have been framed and detained in Zhenjiang, and it would take several years to release any petty official who collected liquor tax.

Originally, if Zhao Ta was there, he would be able to enter again, but Zhao Ta went out of Tokyo, and immediately flew like a lonely ping, originally when Jin Bing fought Yan Yun, he had played a fold and asked for his life, and wanted to go out with the army, but then Yan Yun did not go down at all, and Jin Guo put forward three conditions, from which he had insight into the Jurchen ambition to go south, and once again went up to persuade the imperial court to take precautions, but they were all like stones sinking into the sea, and there was no news.

At the end of the letter was Zong Ze's bitter plea, saying that once the Jin State really went south, with the current strength of the Great Song Dynasty, it would inevitably suffer huge losses, and it was difficult to resist.

Zhao Ta sighed after putting down the letter, Zong Ze was worried about the country and the people, and his vision was a hundred times stronger than those corpse vegetarians in the court, but what could he do?

The court is not reused, his age should not be long before he is served, and it is impossible for Emperor Daojun to stay and not leave like a favored minister, and he will probably return to his hometown depressed.

And according to the calculation of time, Zong Ze doesn't seem to live long, but I don't know if it's because of the illness, or because the Jin soldiers went south, the north was lost, and after returning to Tokyo, Zhao Jiu ignored it in Hangzhou, and was depressed.

After sighing, Zhao Tan couldn't help but think of Li Gang again, Li Gang is a loyal minister, a good minister, and should be admired by future generations, there is no doubt about this, but he is sometimes stubborn and self-serving, and his vision is still a little worse, not as good as Zong Ze's soldiers, and finally led to some unpredictable consequences.

Emperor Daojun gave Zhao Huan the throne, which was Li Gang's suggestion, the Jin army went south, Li Gang offered the five strategies of Yurong, and the blood book of the stabbing arm, and strongly recommended that Emperor Daojun Zen was located in the crown prince Zhao Huan.

Li Gang also prevented Emperor Daojun from leaving the city and going to Zhenjiang.

After Emperor Daojun became Emperor Taishang, he had left Tokyo to the south, and it was Li Gang who deceived Emperor Daojun back to Tokyo, and Zhao Huan immediately put Emperor Daojun under house arrest.

Li Gang also vigorously opposed Zhao Huan's relocation of the capital.

Whether these things are wrong or not, the benevolent will see the benevolent, and the wise will see the wise, and Li Gang is somewhat biased.

He underestimated Emperor Daojun and overestimated Zhao Huan.

As a result, after the family was relieved of the siege of Tokyo by the Jin soldiers, they were directly demoted, and some subsequent plans could not be implemented.

What is a loyal servant? Loyal ministers must be more traitorous than traitors, otherwise before the traitors fall, the loyal ministers will be overturned, how can we talk about protecting the society and protecting the people?

He overestimated Zhao Huan and underestimated the traitors in the upper direction, resulting in his own house being unfinished by flying birds, hiding the good bow, putting the horse in the West Mountain, and falling into the well.

He was too upright, he thought that he could always turn the tide, but he didn't expect Zhao Huan to drive him away and drive him out of Tokyo.

This was all unexpected by Li Gang, he saw Zhao Huan wrong.

So the first time the defense of Tokyo was successful, the second time he was not there, all the ideas could not be implemented, Zhao Huan operated in a riot, and the Northern Song Dynasty perished.

However, Li Gang's loyalty is not to be said, his strategic vision is a little worse, and he is very strong in other aspects and can be used.

Zhao Ta walked to the window and thought about it, Li Gang had been recruited back to the court at this moment, and he was too often Shaoqing.

If there were no Jin soldiers surrounding Tokyo, the situation would be very critical, and Li Gang would probably not stand out.

As for whether Jin Bing can hit Tokyo, he was still 100% sure about it, but at the moment it is a little difficult to say.

Because the night before he returned to Xining from Xingzhou, he received a secret report from a spy lurking in Beijing.

According to the secret report, the Jurchen officials in the capital have recently made a sudden move, picking up high-ranking war horses, and even spending money to buy them from the people, and many of them have been shipped from the north, and many ironware workshops have been built, and craftsmen have been hired at high salaries everywhere, but I don't know what to do.

Zhao Ta only pondered slightly, and knew the reason for the change in Shangjing.

There are no such fancy things in the normal southern invasion, and there is nothing else to pick up tall horses, it is good if there is, and they all have to be used.

So the reason for picking up alone must be to form a special team, which must use tall horses, but what kind of special army must use tall horses?

Combined with the addition of iron mills, the increase of iron mills in the official face must be to build armor weapons, but the Jurchen undertook such a large plate in the Liao State, and the most important thing should be armor weapons, not to mention that the existing iron mill will also be built, why do you need to increase so much, and hire craftsmen at high salaries in the people?

That is, to create armor or weapons that are different from the existing ones, which are extremely special equipment, and the existing ironworks are simply not enough to complete.

High-headed horses, special armor weapons, the Jurchens are going to form heavy armored cavalry!

Zhao Ta's eyebrows tightened, does the Jurchen want to build the Iron Floating Massacre? It will take some time to build this under normal development, but it seems to be ahead of schedule for now!

After the death of Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Zongbi inherited Zongwang's will, and it took a few years to create it, and then attacked the Southern Song Dynasty several times, all of which led the charge.

If the Jurchens could build the Iron Floating Massacre in advance, then he didn't dare to guarantee that the other party would be able to hit Tokyo.

Although he has a large army, occupies Hexi, or can lead his troops to the Gyeonggi line to advance north to protect him, there are two problems in this.

The first is the passage of the army, this is his army, if Emperor Daojun does not allow it, it is not easy to fight hard at this moment, after all, it is to save Tokyo, what is the matter with fighting it? It will make the national power and the people more traumatized.

And waiting for the matter to be critical, Emperor Daojun opened his mouth and asked him to come over, then he was afraid that it would be too late, and it was not good to say that the Jin soldiers had besieged Tokyo.

The second is still very important, if the Tiefutu is really formed, and the other party leads the Tiefutu south, then even if there is no obstacle on the side of the house, and it has passed in advance, is it possible to easily stop the Tiefutu? Do you want to use an iron harrier to stop it?

But the Iron Harrier is of great use, and he can't be placed on Hedong Road and Hebei Road to intercept Tiefutu, let alone let go of Gyeonggi Road.

Zhao Ta thought about it, he didn't have a clue, the Iron Float was the biggest variable, the other party didn't have the Iron Float and everything was under control, and the other party had the Iron Float, so it would depend on the variables.

With the Jurchens of Tiefutu, even if Li Gang is in Tokyo, he may not be able to hold it.

If you don't bring an iron harrier with you, it's not easy to intercept it, so the best way is to put it in first, and then consume it.

But if you put it in, you put it in, and Tokyo must not lose it!

The next day came to the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and this year Xining City was still lively, because the west opened up the situation and directly opened the passage to Central Asia.

In this way, the depth is further expanded, the advance can be attacked, the retreat can be defended, and the advance and retreat are all worry-free.

Zhao Ta gave red envelopes to the government and the army as usual, set up banquets, and was lively until midnight.

In the sound of firecrackers, the spring breeze sends warmth into Tusu, and thousands of households always replace the new peach with the old one.

Jingkang came three years ago, Xiao Zhao Zhen was six years old, Xiao Zhao Xi was five years old, Xiao Zhao Yi was three years old, and Xiao Zhao Zhen and Xiao Zhao Yue were two years old.

They are Da Lang Erlang San Lang Shilang, and there is also a Zhao Xiaoniang.

Early in the morning of the first day of the new year, Zhao Ta called all five of them to his side, Zhao Zhen was sent by Liyan Nazha to Dafanha, and Liyan Nazha needed to guard the Uighurs and suppress the Eastern Qarakhani, so he did not come for the New Year.

The eldest two Saburo can speak, give Zhao Ta a New Year's greeting, Xiao Zhao Yue is learning to speak, babbling is not very clear, Xiao Zhao has not learned, only knows "giggle" laughter, reached out to grab the fruit on the table, and then stuffed Zhao Ta's hand.

At this time, Zhao Ta gave gifts, said some auspicious words such as family and prosperity, and then continued to arrange a banquet to celebrate the New Year.

After the seventh day of the new year, the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Because Yandi is far away from Longyou, he can't wait for the Jurchen news to come and then deal with it, so he can only prepare in advance.

Zhao Ta held a meeting with the generals stationed in Hehuang, spoke very well, and asked someone to send a letter to Yao Pingzhong in Xizhou.

After the Western Xia soldiers withdrew from Xizhou, Yao Pingzhong led the army back and recovered this place, but at this time Yao Gu and Xin Xingzong were still stationed on the side of the Baigou River and did not return.

At this moment, there are not too many Hehuang soldiers, only tens of thousands, and once the incident starts in the future, let the soldiers here join Yao Pingzhong's soldiers, count the military horses of the South Road, and gallop to help Tokyo.

And the Xingqing Mansion in Hexi also went all the way to aid Tokyo, which is regarded as the Northern Army.

After everything was arranged, Zhao Ta didn't even have the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, so he rushed back to Xingzhou with Yuan Jing and Xiao Zhao Chen.

When he arrived in Xingzhou, he immediately dispatched troops and began to arrange future matters, and then called General Lu to the front hall for discussion.

"Weiqing, your chance to enter the Martial Temple has come!"

General Lu was shocked when he heard this, he is not dead yet, but don't enter any martial arts temple now.

"Lord Wang, but the Northeast is changing?"

Zhao Ta nodded, squinted his eyes and said, "The female real is starting to build a heavy armored cavalry, planning to use it as a weapon for southern invasion. ”

"Heavy cavalry?" General Lu was slightly stunned when he heard this: "Lord Wang, heavy armor is not something that can be created in a moment, not only a special horse army, but also a special armor weapon, the weapon is better to say, heavy armor requires complex forging technology......

Zhao Ta waved his hand: "Didn't Weiqing forget the Tielin Army of the Liao State?" ”

"Iron Forest?" When General Lu heard this, he suddenly realized: "What does the prince mean that the female straight got the construction method of the Tielin Army in Shangjing?" ”

"That's how it should be." Zhao Tan nodded: "If there is no technical method of the Tielin Army, if the female straight wants to build a heavy armor, I am afraid that it will not take a few years, but with these, then ...... It can be done in a few months, or even faster! ”

When General Lu heard this, he immediately thought deeply, and his face kept changing.

"The information that this king got was probably in October and November last year, and there began to be changes in Beijing, but when he entered the lunar month, he began to rise frequently, and he couldn't hide it, so he should have been preparing to create heavy armor."

"Lord Wang, when the other party does not have heavy armor, the Western Army and the Forbidden Army can't fight, once there is a heavy armored cavalry, I am afraid that it will be like a broken bamboo in the south!" General Lu immediately inhaled and said, "The prince wants to send the Iron Harrier to meet him?" ”

Zhao Ta looked at him and shook his head slowly: "This king just said that your opportunity to enter the Martial Temple has come, but you must rely on this iron harrier to make meritorious contributions, and the iron harrier will not be sent to intercept the southbound Jin soldiers." ”

"Then the prince means ......" General Lu pursed his lips.

"Now that you know, say it." Zhao said with a smile.

"Take this opportunity to raid the Huanglong Mansion, kill the emperor's village, destroy the Jurchen lair, and capture and kill Yan Wu and beggar!"

Zhao Ta smiled slightly: "The Jurchen army went south to invade the Central Plains, the rear is empty, this opportunity cannot be lost, it will not come again, and it will be completed in one battle, and it will be done in one fell swoop!" ”

"Lord Wang, General Lu is willing to lead troops to build this miraculous feat!" General Lu was a little excited, he had thought about this plan, but he didn't know who Zhao Ta would send.

After all, this is no better than the original Meridian Valley plot to attack Xingqing Mansion, the route is shorter, the combat power of the Western Xia army is not very strong, and the purpose is only to go down to Xingzhou City, although it is also very difficult, but in comparison, it is far less difficult than this direct attack on the emperor's village.

Xingzhou is nearly 5,000 miles away from Huining, which is only the estimated straight-line distance.

And once you enter the white mountains and black waters, some passes have to be removed, not just Xingzhou as before.

Huanglong Mansion is still more than 400 miles away from Huining, although Shangjing can be quietly bypassed, but such an important town must be taken, this is the gateway to the south.

And such a long distance, such a complicated march, is already an expedition.

"Good!" Zhao Ta said: "If you complete this miracle work, you Lu Weiqing will have the qualification to enter the Martial Temple!" ”

"Lord Wang, this, this is not enough, right?" General Lu was a little weak when he heard this, and it was one thing to be arrogant and compare himself to the sages when he made some contributions, but it was another thing to really be qualified to be on a par with the ancient philosophers.

"Isn't that enough?" Zhao Ta thought about it, stood up and walked out the door, and Lu Jiang followed.

He glanced at the north, and suddenly stretched out his hand and waved: "Then continue to fight, hit Kievan Rus, hit Hanhai, hit farther away!" ”

Hanhai is Lake Baikal in Siberia in later generations, and it is the place where Huo Quzhi hit in that year.

"Yes, Lord Wang!" General Lu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then his face was full of energy, and he saluted excitedly.

(End of chapter)