The time and space of Yongxi in the Great Song Dynasty, the third year of Yongxi, and the eve of Zhao Jiong's second Northern Expedition of Taizong of the Song Dynasty.

Great Song Palace, Long Live Palace.

The faint yellow candle flame flickered, and the atmosphere in the whole hall was very solemn, as if there was a major decision.

Mr. Zhao Jiong, the second speaker of the Great Song Group, is the noble god of the sorghum river, the leader of the Axe Gang, the Breaking Bad, and the owner of the backyard flowers.

At this moment, he is wearing a decent and majestic brocade red dragon robe, his hands are on his waist, his eyes are like a river, standing in the center of this long live palace, raising his head and raising his chest, and he has a look of looking at the world and swallowing mountains and rivers.

At the moment, this Zhao Jiong in a dragon robe is not the one who played with an axe and cut himself in Zhao Da time and space.

Compared with Zhao Guangyi, who was killed by Zhao Da himself, this Mr. Zhao Jiong has successfully ascended the throne for more than ten years, his spirit is refreshing, his face is ruddy and shiny, and at first glance, Xiao Zhouhou served him very moisturizing.

At this moment, under the feet of Mr. Zhao Jiong, he is stepping on a large hand-drawn map covering an area of three zhang square, and the places drawn on it are the states of the sixteen states of Yanyun.

The sixteen states of Yanyun are bounded by Taihang Mountain, divided into seven states in front of the mountain and nine states behind the mountain, the seven states in front of the mountain are headed by Youzhou, and the nine states behind the mountain are mainly Yunzhou, so they are simply called the sixteen states of Youyun, and then the Liao State changed Youzhou to Yanzhou, so the later generations called it the sixteen states of Yanyun.

At this moment, around Mr. Zhao Jiong, Cao Bin, the Duke of Luguo, Pan Mei, the Duke of Korea, Cui Yanjin, the Taiwei of the Inspection School, Mi Xin, the Jiedu Envoy Tian Chongjin, and the Observation Envoy Yang Wuving, all of them were standing, listening to the great pre-war tactical guidance formulated by the second generation of officials of the Great Song Dynasty.

Song Taizong's second Northern Expedition was bound to conquer the sixteen states of Yanyun in one fell swoop, and the power of the whole country sent a total of 200,000 troops, divided into three routes.

The East Route Army was deployed by Lu Guogong Cao Bin in front of the Youzhou Road Camp, and Cui Yanjin, the captain of the inspection school, led more than 100,000 troops, and marched north from the Xiong and Ba areas with flat and open terrain, and approached Gu'an and Zhuozhou.

In addition, Mi Xin was deployed as the camp and horse infantry army of the northwest road of Youzhou, as the response force of the East Route Army, and led a part of the army to pass through Xincheng and approach Zhuozhou.

In the middle of the road, Tian Chongjin was deployed as the capital of Dingzhou Road, and tens of thousands of troops were led from Dingzhou to the north to the Flying Fox to capture Ulzhou.

The west road is deployed by the Korean Gong Pan Mei as the Yun, Huan, Ying, and Shuo Road camps, and the invincible Yang Ye is deployed as the deputy capital, leading the army from Daizhou to Yueheng Mountain out of Yanmen Pass, and capturing Huan, Shuo, Ying, and Yun Prefectures.

Zhao Er's strategic intention was to launch three routes at the same time, with the eastern route army to carry out a feint in the Xiongxiong and hegemony areas, claiming to advance into Youzhou (now Beiping), holding heavy and slow, attracting the main force of the Liao army to the south of Youzhou, so that the main force had no time to look westward, and ensuring that the central and western roads captured the prefectures of Shanhou (now Hebei Taihang Mountain, Jundu Mountain, and Yanshan in the north of the adjacent areas), and then the three roads would attack Youzhou.

As long as the Song army can successfully take Youzhou, the seven states in front of the mountain will be in the bag, and after taking the seven states in front of the mountain, the nine states behind the mountain will be just around the corner.

"The policy set by the official family is meticulous and seamless, and our army will win a big victory in this battle, break the Khitan in one fell swoop, and recover the sixteen states! Dingding my great Song Dynasty family national prestige! ”

"Long live my emperor!"

The person who spoke was the current leader of the Privy Council, the Privy Envoy Wang Xian.

Although the Privy Council was the highest military institution in the Great Song Dynasty, it held real power in the early Song Dynasty and was comparable to the prime minister of central political affairs, but except for Cao Bin, a military general who served as a privy envoy for a period of time during the Song Taizu period, Cao Bin was a civilian official after that, and no matter how awesome the military general was, he could only be a deputy envoy.

Of course, in the middle and late Song Dynasty, the position of privy councillor had already become an honorary title like the third duke, and it was often given to meritorious generals as a welfare package.

For example, Han Shizhong chose to admit cowardice, and after taking the initiative to relieve himself of the military power in his hands, he was happy, and with a wave of his hand, he promoted Han Shizhong to the privy envoy.

And Han Shizhong saw Yue Fei's ending, he was disheartened, and he no longer had any interest in the government, and after drinking tea in the Privy Council for a few years, he directly resigned as a privy envoy, and exchanged a meritorious service with Yan Gou for a king of Xian'an County to go home to retire.

Wang Xian's sycophant exit, Cao Bin, Pan Mei, Yang Ye and several others, although there was no change in expression on their faces, their eyes were full of contempt for Wang Xian, a sycophant.

This Wang Xian was born in the early years of a small official in front of the palace, and later speculated into the Jin Palace, serving Zhao Er, the king of Jin at that time, and became Zhao Er's confidant with his kung fu of slapping horses with one hand.

There is no fame in the body, and there is no success on the battlefield.

But it was such a thing that couldn't do anything, after Zhao Er successfully ascended to the throne, he began to be promoted by rockets, and in just eight years, he actually jumped from a small official in front of the palace to the leader of the center of the army.

Who said there is no future for being a dog?!

Wang Xian: Ah Wang~ Ah Wang~ Ah Wang!

In fact, Zhao Er also knew in his heart that this thing had no ability at all, and when Wang Xian was still a privy deputy envoy, Zhao Er specially summoned Wang Xian to see him, and personally gave three articles of "Military Ring".

This means that Wang Xian should read a few military books after returning home, enrich his cultural knowledge, and not be too embarrassed, even if he goes through the back door, he must have some real skills.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Er promoted Wang Xian to a privy envoy that year.

This is Zhao Er's consistent employment style after he took office, and it can also be said that Zhao Er has to adopt the employment method.

After all, it is through the not-so-normal procedures to ascend to the top, in order to ensure this dragon chair under the buttocks, of course, it is necessary to implement the adjustment policy of all core positions to adopt their own people.

For Zhao Er, regardless of whether you have the ability or not, loyal dogs are the first criterion.

After Zhao Er ascended to the throne, under the fierce manipulation of the tiger, the seven prime ministers and three governors of Zhongshu Province, five of the prime ministers were Zhao Er's own sons, and most of the others were also confidants.

But.

Zhao Er knew one thing in his heart.

The temple can be changed, but the general can't mess around.

The country has strong enemies outside, and fierce generals are indispensable.

Therefore, henchmen such as Cao Bin and Pan Mei, who followed Zhao Da back then, were not replaced after Zhao Er took the throne, but were treated preferentially, because if the Great Song Dynasty wanted to fight, no one could replace these people.

This example also tells us a truth, no matter where you mix, you must mix to an irreplaceable position and hold irreplaceable resources, so that the boss can't easily move you.

"The Liao army is prosperous, and the officials must not be careless."

Pan Mei glanced at Wang Xian and spoke lightly.

Underestimating the enemy before the war is a taboo for soldiers.

One more thing to say here, Pan Mei's buddy is really too miserable to be blackened by later generations.

The death of Yang Invincible of the Western Route Army in the Second Northern Expedition was more due to the demons of Wang Yu and Liu Wenyu, the supervisors of the Western Route Army.

With Pan Mei's current status and status, there is no need to engage Yang Ye as a Yunzhou observer.

"Although the new monarch of the Liao State has just been established, the real ruler is still Xiao Yanyan, and there are generals like Yelu Xiuge in the Liao army, and there is no image of great chaos in the country, which must not be underestimated."

Han Gong Cao Bin frowned, and followed Pan Mei's words and spoke.

Xiao Yanyan in his mouth, known as Xiao Xuan, also known as the Empress Dowager Xiao of Liao, the strongest woman on the surface, there is no one.

Although Xiao Yanyan did not directly claim the title of emperor like Wu Cao, the power in her hands has reached its peak, and as a woman, Empress Dowager Xiao is not only able to govern the country internally, but also a group of cattle to fight on foreign marches.

Moreover, she has an advantage over Wu Cao, and she has personally cultivated a successor, her good son, Liao Shengzong Yelu Longxu.

"Huh."

"When the two princes said this, do they think that there is a problem with the deployment of the official family?"

"The official family is here, if there is any problem, the two princes might as well speak out."

Wang Xian glanced at Cao Bin and Pan Mei, smiled coldly, and continued to add.

"I remember."

"When the Taizu Palace made a decision, the two princes had never questioned it like this, and they were all obeyed by the orders of the Taizu."

The voice fell.

Cao Bin and Pan Mei felt a sigh in their hearts, and the two of them couldn't wait for one of them to give Wang Xian a knife.

Damn, yin and yang weird.

In terms of marching and fighting, can Zhao Er compare with Zhao Dabi?!

Hearing this, Zhao Er frowned.

Since he ascended the throne, he has been committed to one thing all these years, that is, he has surpassed his brother Zhao Da in all aspects, in order to tell everyone in the world that he Zhao Lao Er is the best child of the old Zhao family, and he deserves to sit in the chair of the Great Song Emperor.

"Since the Northern Expeditionary Army policy has been decided, the princes should abide by it."

Zhao Er's voice, after Wang Xian's words, was obviously a lot colder.

As long as the word Taizu was mentioned in front of Zhao Er, Zhao Er's already small amount of reason in his mind would instantly return to zero.

Cao Bin, Pan Mei, Cui Yanjin, Tian Chongjin and Yang Ye, these generals who followed Zhao Da back then all frowned tightly and clasped their fists and saluted.

Since Zhao Er ascended the throne, the Song generals have one more rule when they march to fight, they must report before they can act, and they must absolutely obey the command of the leadership.

"Yes."

At this time.

On Zhao Er's side, there are six figures that no one else can see, calmly watching the eve of the storm before this national war.

Especially Zhao Da, he looked at Zhao Er in front of him wearing a dragon robe, and he had an indescribable strange feeling in his heart.

After all, for Zhao Da, the space-time line where he is has not been scratched, that is to say, an hour ago, Zhao Da had just killed Zhao Guangyi in his own time and space, and he would see Zhao Er wearing a dragon robe again.

In my heart, I always feel weird.

Fortunately, Zhao Da had seen a lot of the space-time isotopes of the princes of the Great Tomorrow in the Drunken Immortal Mansion before, and he was still able to accept it after a little psychological construction.

When Boss Chai saw Zhao Er in a dragon robe, his heart instantly balanced a lot, thinking that you usurped my son, but you were usurped by your little brother again, the way of heaven is good reincarnation, who will be spared by the sky.

"The three-way strategy is acceptable."

Zhao Da frowned and nodded slightly.

As the Great Song Taizu, his eyes were first set on the Northern Expedition of the Song Army.

Lao Zhu and Li Er didn't speak, both of them are at the level of a military grandmaster, and it is difficult to come up with one in hundreds of years, so it is natural to see how Zhao Erding's strategy is.

I really want to evaluate a wave, not up or down, decent, nothing to complain about, and nothing outstanding.

"If we continue to fight according to this strategy and advance steadily all the way, even if our army cannot break through Liao in one fell swoop, it will not end up in a big defeat, let alone lose the power to attack Liao."

Ji Boying glanced at Zhao Da who was speaking, Zhao Da obviously overestimated his family's sorghum river car god who was good at micro-manipulation.

"Song Taizong's second northern expedition ended with the collapse and defeat of the whole army of the main army on the east road led by Cao Bin at Qigou Pass, and the Song Dynasty completely lost the power to attack Liao, and there was no possibility of recovering the sixteen states of Yanyun."

Hearing this, Zhao Da was stunned, and the main force of the East Road collapsed? !

Just as he was about to ask, Ji Boying's voice rose again and interrupted him.

"The core of the defeat of the Eastern Route Army lies in Cao Bin's inability to suppress the generals under his command."

"Cao Bin rushed forward under the urging of the generals, stretched his own battle line twice in succession, and finally turned back and ran back because of the problem of grain and grass, creating an excellent fighter for the Liao army."

Briefly describe the entire process of the defeat and collapse of the Eastern Route Army led by Cao Bin.

For the first time, the Song army broke through, the Liao army retreated wildly, and when the Song army was in a hurry, the battle line was lengthened, and the Liao army raided the Song army's grain road after the rear, and the Song army, which had no grain and grass to help, was forced to quickly retreat to Xiongzhou, and was chased and beaten by the Liao army as a dog during the retreat, which was the first time to turn back.

The second time, the Song army was inexplicably iron-headed, did not trim, but completely ignored the problem of grain and grass, only carried short-term grain and grass to continue to break through, the Liao army retreated again, the same drama was staged twice in succession, and so on until the rations carried by the Song army were eaten, the Song army was forced to turn back again, and this time it was not so lucky, the Liao army supplemented by reinforcements from the rear attacked on all fronts, under the crazy pursuit of the Liao army, the tired Song army finally collapsed completely in Qigou Pass, and with the collapse of the East Route Army as the main force, the Northern Expedition failed.

This seems simple, but when you analyze it carefully, it is really strange.

"Cao Bin can't suppress the generals under his command?!"

Zhao Da was stunned when he heard this, and he couldn't react a little.

Who believes this?!

Who is Cao Bin?

Born in a family of military generals since childhood, the nephew of Guo Wei, the Taizu of the Later Zhou Dynasty, under such a prominent background, his nature is benevolent and generous, and he is not different from others in terms of rank, in the process of unifying the north and south of the Great Song Dynasty, one person destroyed the two countries, and was praised as the first good general of the Great Song Dynasty by later generations.

In the Taizu era, he was already the first high-ranking military official such as the privy envoy, and the absolute number one military boss.

From the merits of war, from experience, from qualifications, and from official rank, it is really a bit unreasonable to say that Cao Bin can't control the generals under his command.

When the Song Dynasty destroyed Hou Shu, Zhao Da said that as long as the land of Shu was not wanted, all the others were not wanted, which led to the crazy robbery of the Shu army, only the army under the jurisdiction of Cao Bin, the military discipline was strict, and the people in Shu were not moved.

A commander who attaches so much importance to military discipline and can bring the troops into such a commander who has nothing to do with Minqiu, do you say that he can't suppress the generals under his command?

And.

Cao Bin has always been steady and cautious in his marching, knowing that he was the first god of war in Liao, Yelu Xiuge, who was just against him, so he should be more cautious, how could he dare to rush with his eyes closed? Isn't he Cao Binmo a big fool with a lack of brains?

There is another thing that is also worth playing.

After the end of the Second Northern Expedition of the Song Army, under the mysterious operation of Zhao Er's immigration decree and the supervision of the Western Route Army, Yang Wushu died, and Pan Mei, as the commander of the Western Route Army, was naturally jointly and severally responsible, and was directly demoted by the company by three levels, and was completely excluded from the central core by Zhao Er.

However, the collapsed commander of the Eastern Route Army, Cao Bin, the nominally culprit who led to the failure of the Second Northern Expedition, was only demoted by Zhao Er by two levels, and rose back a few months later, and was also rewarded.

This routine asks you if you look like a little brother who has been squatting for a few months for the eldest brother.

And Cao Bin also has a very famous characteristic, that is, he is very obedient, resolutely implements any instructions from the leader, and does not care whether he thinks the instructions are right or wrong.

Song Taizu Zhao Da once said: Those who do not deceive their masters are the only ones who have a good ear.

This meaning is translated to mean that as long as it is an order issued by the emperor, no matter what it is, Cao Bin should follow it.

That being the case, make a bold assumption.

In the Second Northern Expedition, the Song Army launched three routes at the same time, and the Western Route Army and the Central Route Army, which were responsible for covering, were all in a hurry, and the successes were frequent.

These good news were continuously transmitted back to Kaifeng and sent to Zhao Er's office case, and every time a good news arrived, Zhao Er's adrenaline soared by a notch, and his self-confidence exploded directly.

But Zhao Er saw these great victories in the middle and west roads, and waited over and over, but as the main force of the east road, Zhao Er, who was full of self-confidence, couldn't help it.

Therefore, the god of the sorghum river car chose to take action in person, and with a wave of his hand, a holy decree of 800 miles was rushed to Cao Bin's East Route Army.

Cao Bin looked at it, since the boss has ordered him to go up, it doesn't matter what fighter plane is not a fighter, as soon as his eyes are closed, it will be over.

If you lose, you will at most blame the boss, but the whole family will have to play the whole family.

And after the Eastern Route Army returned to Xiongzhou for the first time, the next urging decree of the car god arrived, and Cao Bin could only continue to do so.

A commander who has fought for decades will never be wrong twice in a row on this matter of common sense, unless he is brain-dead.

As for how the history books write this paragraph.

For example, Taizong warned the generals to 'hold on to the heavy and slow down, do not be greedy for small profits to the enemy', for example, Taizong sent a decree to Cao Bin, ordering him not to march forward, etc., to show that although Emperor Taizong was in Beijing, he still controlled the overall situation at all times, and the failure of the Northern Expedition was really caused by these generals not listening to Taizong's wise orders, and resolutely maintained the positive image of Emperor Taizong's great glory in history.

But judging from the comprehensive performance of the Sorghum River Cheshen in the First Northern Expedition, this doesn't look like something he can say.

And there is a saying that makes sense, people always lack something and make up for something.

For example, Zhu Laosi made up for his own mother, and Li Er made up for his father to become a mediocre old man.

Zhao Er smiled: Tang Li Er, a model of my generation.

Anyway, there will definitely be no mistake with the Emperor Hengzhi, and the mistakes must be all from your group of soldiers.

In addition, Cao Bin is an obedient and honest man, since he has willingly expressed his willingness to take the blame for the boss, it is not a big problem to confess to the historian after returning to the court.

"Xiao Zhao, just get used to it."

"Although your little brother can't do it externally, it's still very good to use internal means, otherwise you won't be on the road."

Lao Zhu smiled and patted Zhao Da on the shoulder, signaling Zhao Da to look away.

This is indeed very appropriate.

Looking at the series of measures implemented internally after Zhao Er came to power, it was a complete set of flowing water, which was not inferior to Zhao Da's cup of wine and military power back then, from civil servants to military generals to clans, there was no one who was unconvinced.

Who is not convinced, and is directly poisoned in minutes, and really deserves the title of Breaking Bad as a white-collar worker?

Zhao Da ignored Lao Zhu, his eyes were slightly cold, and his gaze fell on Zhao Er in this hall.

The anger from Nicholas Lao Zhao is about to burst out.

And at this moment, Zhao Lao Er in this hall, with his hands behind his back, swept over the generals with a pair of eyes, and his eyes were full of contempt.

"In this Northern Expedition, I have only one request for you."

"Take back the sixteen states of Yanyun, restore the unification of my Han family, and fulfill the last wish of Taizu."

The voice fell.

All the generals in the palace saluted again.

At the same time, I thought to myself, you can get involved with Taizu in everything, are you so embarrassed?!

Thinking like this in my heart, of course, I can't say it with my mouth, it's all respectful.

Glancing at the generals who were about to go on the expedition, Zhao Er's face was filled with a shallow smile.

Then, his face was solemn.

"At the beginning of my reign, Wu Yue and Zhangquan were recovered."

"I drove the expedition in person, broke the Khitan in the north, and pacified the thieves."

"The reason why my brother chose me back then was because he believed in me and entrusted the Great Song Dynasty's Jiangshan Society to me, and now in the Central Plains, only Yanyun has not returned, day and night, all the time, I am not thinking about this matter."

"On the day when the land of Yanyun returns to my Great Song Dynasty, I will go to Yongchang Mausoleum to pay tribute to my brother in order to comfort my brother's spirit in the sky!"

"If Taizu sees today's Great Song Dynasty and sees today's Me, he will be pleased."

Zhao Er looked up and looked at it with a look of remembrance.

"Brother, did you see that?"

The voice fell.

An indifferent voice followed in the coldness of this Long Live Palace.

"I see it."

'Solution. ’

Ji Boying moved with a thought in his heart, and the six figures (Immortal Master, Lao Zhu, Zu Long, Li Er, Zhao Da, and Boss Chai) suddenly appeared in this Long Live Palace, and appeared in the eyes of Zhao Er and these Song Chen.

Airplanes~!

The brain melon seeds are buzzing, including Zhao Er, they are all '??? ’！

At the same moment.

Hongwu Drunken Immortal Building, the main hall.

In the holographic projection live broadcast, everyone was full of undisguised excitement on their faces, and there were freshly cut red watermelons on the table in front of them.

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PS: Time flies, in a blink of an eye, the little demon has been born for two months, and the weight is eleven pounds, and now I have to take a few hours a day to take the little demon out to see the world, it is said that this is to reserve the eyesight of the child.

PS: Wait for the little demon to be bigger, have more time, and see if you can add more words every day~!

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