"Big Roundabout Strategy!"

The hearts of the hundred officials were shocked, and according to the plan of the Great Roundabout Strategy, the next plan of the Great Song Dynasty was to wait until the Liao civil strife, find the right time to destroy the Western Xia, and then fight a decisive battle with the Liao State.

"Think twice, now is not the best time to destroy Western Xia." Lu Dafang objected.

However, the current situation is after the death of the Empress Dowager Xiaoliang of the Western Xia, although the Western Xia is suspicious, but through the marriage of the Liaoxia to make the Liaoxia relationship closer, attacking the Western Xia at this moment, I am afraid that it will cause a joint counterattack of the Western Xia Liao.

The old party has always been opposed to the war, and the ability to agree to the Great Roundabout Strategy is also based on the fact that the Great Roundabout Strategy is the same as the policy of the Great Song Dynasty to unify the world first and then the difficult.

And now Zhao Xu has forcibly promoted the strategy of a big detour before the time is ripe, which naturally makes the old party extremely opposed.

Zhao Xu frowned, he was in power when he was young, and it was when he was advancing bravely, so he naturally couldn't get used to the conservative policies of the old party.

The New Party was eager to try, Zeng Bu said proudly: "Qi Qi officials, ministers and others think that they can implement the strategy of the Great Circuit, and now our Great Song Dynasty soldiers are strong and strong, and the financial resources are sufficient, and they are superior to the Western Xia in terms of strength, which is enough to implement the second step of the Great Roundabout Strategy." ”

According to the new party's assumptions, if you want to destroy the Western Xia, how can you wait for the rabbit, now the Western Xia has just experienced civil strife and weakened national strength, and the Great Song Dynasty is thriving, weapons, money and food are the most in the past, there is no opportunity to create an opportunity.

"Never! The soldiers are also dangerous, although the country is warlike and will perish, if there is no certainty of victory, how can it start a war lightly! Yang Wei objected again and again.

As for the old party, they were quite satisfied with the current situation, the Great Song Dynasty won several foreign wars one after another, more than self-preservation, insufficient attack, not only not oppressed by foreign enemies, but also so that the Great Song Dynasty would not start the war lightly, this is simply the most ideal situation for the conservatives.

"Although the country is safe, forgetting the war will be dangerous, last year the Western Xia and the Liao State jointly attacked the Great Song Dynasty for no reason, this revenge has not been avenged, how can we be willing, not to mention, now that the Liaoxia marriage, with the support of the Liao State, it will not be long before the Western Xia will once again become the confidant of the Great Song Dynasty, and the ministers believe that it is necessary to implement the Great Roundabout strategy in advance, and not let the Western Xia have a chance to breathe." Zhang Dian said fiercely.

Now the situation is extremely clear, neither the Great Song nor the Liao State is sure of defeating each other, so naturally they will not start the war lightly, and the main focus of the wrestling is the Western Xia.

The intention of the Liao State was to support the Western Xia to continue to attack the Great Song Dynasty and let the Great Song continue to weaken, while the Great Song Dynasty tried its best to suppress the Western Xia, wanting to completely destroy the Western Xia once and for all.

Western Xia can be said to be the competition field of the world's forces, whoever wins the Western Xia can have the upper hand, and now the Liao State has bound the Western Xia with marriage, and what the Great Song can do is to carry out a great detour strategy in advance and completely destroy the Western Xia.

However, on whether to forcibly destroy the Western Xia, the officials of the Great Song Dynasty had different opinions, and the old and new parties debated endlessly.

Su Song also fell into hesitation, he naturally didn't want to start a war lightly, and of course he couldn't sit back and watch the Western Xia rise again and continue to threaten the Great Song Dynasty.

"Qiqi official, since the big detour strategy was proposed by Fan Taicheng, it is better to ask Fan Taicheng's opinion." Su Song's words changed.

The old and new parties couldn't help but pause, and looked at Fan Zheng one after another.

Both the New Party and the Old Party believed that Fan Zheng would agree with his views, after all, in the eyes of the New Party, Fan Zheng proposed a great detour strategy, the purpose of which was to eliminate the Western Xia, and now was the time when the Western Xia was at its weakest, and it was a good time to defeat the Western Xia.

And for the old party, it is also full of confidence, the official family implemented the big detour strategy in advance, which obviously violated Fan Zheng's previous steps to formulate the big detour strategy, and now the Liao State is not in civil strife, if it rashly attacks the Western Xia, I am afraid that it will repeat the attack of the Liaoxia coalition army.

Looking at the gazes cast by Zhao Xu and the hundred officials of the Manchu Dynasty, Fan Zheng sighed, got up and said, "Fan thinks that the officials and the adults have miscalculated the strength of Western Xia. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Zhao Xu was puzzled.

Fan Zheng said solemnly: "Today's Western Xia has been weakened by the continuous Cold War of the Great Song Dynasty, and its strength has indeed been greatly reduced, but the Western Xia, as the henchman of the Great Song Dynasty, can not be easily eliminated." ”

"The ministers agree with Fan Taicheng's words!"

It is rare for everyone in the old party to agree with Fan Zheng's point of view, and it is indeed a bit hasty to send troops to Western Xia at this moment.

"Then Da Song is going to miss this God-given opportunity!" Zeng Bu frowned.

He didn't have Fan Zheng's perspective of God, and he didn't know what harm the Jurchens would cause to the Liao State, in his opinion, the current situation in Western Xia and the advantages of the Great Song Dynasty were enough for the Great Song to destroy the Western Xia.

"I think at the beginning, Renzong and Shenzong once thought of destroying the Western Xia once and for all, but they all suffered a big defeat, although the strength of the Great Song Dynasty has increased, but the trapped beasts are still fighting, and the Western Xia still has iron harriers, cold forging armor, divine arm bows and other sharp weapons, even if the Great Song Dynasty is barely defeated, with the Liao Yellow Sparrow behind, I am afraid it will be difficult to destroy the Western Xia." Fan Zheng retorted.

Zhang Dian said toughly: "If you don't fight, how can you know that the Great Song Dynasty will wait until the Western Xia rises again in the future and continue to attack the Great Song Dynasty." ”

The New Party nodded one after another, the New Party pursued a policy of opening the border, and had always advocated being tough on the Western Xia, and the Western Xia was a territory split from the Great Song Dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty was eager to take it back.

Fan Zheng asked rhetorically: "What if the Great Song is defeated?" ”

Zhang Dian was stunned for a moment, and a cold sweat flowed for a while.

Zeng Bu said strongly: "How can I lose, now the advantage is in my Great Song Dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty occupies the agricultural land in the southern part of Western Xia, and there is more earth-shattering thunder to help it, which is enough to destroy Western Xia." ”

Zhao Xu nodded, it was with the help of the earth-shattering thunder that could attack that the Great Song Dynasty had the confidence to destroy Western Xia.

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "Although the new type of sky-shaking thunder has been improved, the farthest is only thirty steps, the last time it won over Western Xia, it was just a surprise, and now that Western Xia is prepared, it is not enough to change the situation of the battle at all." ”

In this era, the battle is still dominated by cold weapons, the Western Xia army has the advantage of war horses, as well as cold forging armor and divine arm bows, and the gunpowder weapons at close range have been used once, the Xia army must be prepared, and the attack again may not be so smooth.

Zhao Xu frowned, he was full of confidence and wanted to destroy Western Xia in one battle and achieve immortal achievements, but he didn't expect Fan Zheng, who supported him the most, to oppose this battle.

Suddenly, Fan Zheng's words changed and said: "But as Zhang Xianggong said, how can you know if you don't fight!" ”

Zhao Xu said with joy in his heart: "Fan Taicheng also agrees to implement the second step of the big detour strategy in advance? ”

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "What Weichen said about fighting is not to fight Western Xia, but to fight Tibet!" ”

"Fighting Tibet?"

The hundred officials looked at each other, not understanding that they were still discussing whether to fight Western Xia just now, and in the blink of an eye, Fan Zheng actually proposed to attack Tubo.

Fan Zheng nodded and said: "After my Great Song Dynasty captured Qingtang, Tubo was provoked by Western Xia and has been unstable, intending to recapture the land of Qingtang. ”

Zeng Bu frowned and said: "I waited to destroy Xixia in order to promote the strategy of the Great Circuit, and now we will not get rid of the fierce enemy of Western Xia, but create a new enemy, wouldn't it be putting the cart before the horse." ”

Baiguan nodded slightly, not to mention the new party, even the old party also thought that Fan Zheng's move was inappropriate.

According to the intention of the old party, it is better not to go to war, Fan Zheng is good, but it is not enough to have a strong opponent of Western Xia, but it is necessary to open up another battlefield.

Fan Zheng said as a matter of course: "Fan is also a big detour strategy!" ”

Cai Jing immediately seized Fan Zheng's loophole and mocked: "Fan Taicheng is not confused, the big detour strategy is to destroy Western Xia first to the north, and then defeat the Liao State to dominate the world, instead of attacking Tubo in the south, isn't this the opposite of the south?" ”

Fan Zheng continued: "The Great Roundabout War is a roundabout battle, to achieve the goal, you can take a detour to the north, and naturally you can also take a detour to the south, now Tubo and Western Xia are secretly connected, Qingtang is in danger, attacking Tubo is also isolating Western Xia, and after we attack Tubo, we can also take advantage of the situation, take Dali, unify the southwest, and complete the great cause of surpassing the Tang Dynasty." ”

"Take and attack Tubo, take Dali!"

All the officials of the Manchu Dynasty looked at Fan Zheng dumbfounded. No one thought that Fan Zheng would be bold and reckless, and he would make a big turn in the big detour strategy and make a big detour to the south.

This is indeed a great detour strategy, and the possibility of success is easier than a detour to the north, but it is contrary to the original strategy of the Great Song Dynasty.

"It's just bold, my Great Song Dynasty has already connected the great enemies of Xixia and Liao, how can I provoke the two countries of Tubo and Dali again." Lu Dafang said angrily.

The original intention of the old party was to stop the war, maintain the status quo, wait for a good opportunity to destroy the Western Xia again, and recover the sixteen states of Yanyun.

The New Party, on the other hand, was surprised, they still underestimated Fan Zheng, and did not expect Fan Zheng to be more radical than them.

Zhao Xu was excited, according to Fan Zheng's great detour strategy to the south, the Great Song Dynasty's occupation of Tubo and Dali was a great cause beyond the Tang Dynasty, but the Great Song Dynasty was not strong in force, and it was unwise to make enemies everywhere.

However, Zhao Xu did not rush to deny it, but looked at Fan Zheng patiently, he believed that Fan Zheng would give him a reasonable explanation.

In the face of the opposition of hundreds of officials, Fan Zhengzheng did not change his color and said: "Although the Great Song Dynasty has artificial insemination to allow horses to reproduce on a large scale, but there is still a lack of excellent horse breeding land, so Qingtang is the top priority for the Great Song Dynasty, and there is no room for loss, but Tubo, which is the same source as Qingtang, has kept harassing Qingtang, and the former 30,000 soldiers have increased by as much as 100,000 so far, so as to stabilize the situation in Qingtang." ”

Zeng Bu nodded slightly, the small Qingtang has occupied 100,000 soldiers, although there is no need to burden a large amount of grain and grass for on-site reclamation, but it also shows the importance of Qingtang and the pressure it is facing, and Tubo is indeed a great threat.

"A detour from Qingtang to the south and the destruction of Tubo can not only eliminate the threat of Qingtang, but also make Western Xia lose important allies and further weaken Western Xia." Fan Zheng said solemnly.

Zhao Xu nodded slightly, Qingtang is indeed the only horse breeding place in the Great Song Dynasty, and it is too important to improve the strength of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is indeed impossible to afford to lose.

"Fan Taicheng is inevitably too belligerent, not to mention Tibet, Dali has always been respectful to my Great Song Dynasty, how can he attack for no reason." This time, even the good old man Cai Bian couldn't stand it, in his opinion, Fan Zheng's move was simply too crazy.

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "Fan Zheng and the Great Song Dynasty are indeed good friends, but Dali is a vassal state of the Great Song Dynasty, and the Duan royal family in its country was forced out of the house to become a monk by the ministers, so that he was saved from death. ”

"Dali Duan!"

The hundreds of schools of thought in the court couldn't help but be confused, they naturally knew the chaos in Dali, but the Great Song Dynasty had been too busy to take care of themselves before, so they naturally couldn't care about the civil strife in Dali.

Now that the Great Song Dynasty has become a strong national strength and began to show its influence, under the intervention of the Great Song Dynasty, the little emperor of Goryeo has gained a firm foothold and stabilized the inheritance of imperial power, and the civil strife in Dali, the Great Song Dynasty does have a reason to intervene.

"Fan Taicheng doesn't really want to help the Duan family get ahead!" Zhang Dian sneered.

At the beginning, in order to sit on the throne, the little emperor of Goryeo bought armor and weapons from the Great Song Dynasty, and almost emptied the treasury of Goryeo in two years, he did not believe that Fan Zheng would help the Dali Duan clan regain the throne for no reason.

Fan Zheng said lightly: "The land of Dali belonged to the rule of China during the Han and Tang dynasties, and it has been the territory of China since ancient times, so it naturally belongs to the rule of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Zhang Dian couldn't help but be shocked, he didn't expect that Fan Zheng would no longer want money, but the entire Dali Kingdom.

"My Great Song Dynasty is a state of etiquette, how can I destroy the country at every turn!" Zhang Duan frowned.

Fan Zheng sneered and said: "Taizu once said, how can others sleep soundly on the side of the couch, who can guarantee that Dali is not the next Western Xia, and the southward detour strategy, whether it is Tubo or Dali, are some small countries, if the Great Song Dynasty can't even defeat these two countries, don't mention going north to destroy Western Xia and defeat Liao." ”

Fan Zheng is not a war maniac, but the official family, under the influence of the new party, actually wants to launch a big detour strategy in advance.

Fan Zheng took advantage of the situation to turn a corner in the Great Roundabout Strategy, and went south to destroy Tubo and Dali, which not only increased the strength of the Great Song Dynasty, but also exercised troops for the Great Song Dynasty, which was regarded as a drill for the Great Roundabout Strategy.

The old party's heart moved, if the Great Song Dynasty could not even destroy Tubo and Dali, it would naturally not be able to destroy the Western Xia and Liao, and it could take advantage of the situation and Liaoxia to maintain the status quo. After all, compared with the two small countries of Liaoxia, Tubo and Dali, the Great Song Dynasty was still offended.

Of course, if the Great Song Dynasty defeated Tubo and Dali very smoothly, it would prove that the Great Roundabout strategy was feasible, and the Great Song Dynasty would increase its national strength at that time, and there would be no external troubles, and it would not be impossible to fight with Liaoxia again.

"Qi Qi official, the minister agrees with Fan Taicheng's policy!" Lu Dafang agreed at the moment.

For the old party is reluctant to go to war, naturally unwilling to provoke Liaoxia, and the southward detour strategy, can consolidate Qingtang, the horse breeding land, and the Dali division is famous, of course, more importantly, the relationship between Tubo and Dali is not good, Tubo often relies on the plateau gas epidemic, there is no fear, looting Dali, I am afraid to attack Tubo, Dali will not move, can perfectly realize the great detour strategy.

The New Party pondered for a moment and said, "The minister thinks that this policy may work!" ”

Compared with Liaoxia, Tubo Dali is indeed two soft persimmons, and it can also verify the success of the big detour strategy.

"Accurate!"

Seeing that the DPRK and China had reached an agreement, he also understood that he was in a bit of a hurry, so he nodded and said, "Accurate!" ”

"The official is wise!"

Hundreds of officials gave up their hands.

(End of chapter)