Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

"Then how can we send troops to Gaochang now?" Fan Zhixu asked again.

But Sun Fu stood up and said: "Gaochang is a small country, hand it over to the two economic envoys from the northwest, and it can be destroyed with a single hand, and there is no conflict with the northern expedition gold thieves!"

Zhao Ning looked at it, good guy, even Sun Fu agreed, so it can't be the other way around?

Fan Zhixu said: "Sun Shilang, don't add to the chaos. The Kingdom of Fajin already has a five-way army. If there is a disturbance in the northwest, what should we do if the situation of the battle changes?"

"What changes?" Sun Fu obviously disdains Fan Zhixu's conservative thinking. In his opinion, this kind of thinking is cowardly and hesitant, which is contrary to the current attitude of the Song Dynasty to the outside world.

Sun Fu continued sonorously and forcefully: "The Northwest defeated the Gaochang State, and the five-way army destroyed the Jin State. What changes? Can there be any changes? Now, under the wise leadership of His Majesty, the whole country is united as one, and everyone is brave and fearless." Die, the gold thief is nothing more than paper! Fan Xianggong is still saying such dejected words, what is his intention!"

After hearing Sun Fu's description, Lu Yihao and Zhang Jun couldn't help being a little dumbfounded.

Good guy, is war so simple in Sun Shilang's mind?

Will you be able to win if you send troops?

Not to mention the strength of the Kingdom of Jin, let's talk about the five-way campaign against gold, mobilizing 10 people. It is absolutely extremely difficult to control the front line. If there is a little carelessness in operation and it collapses all the way, wouldn't the risk be doubled?

At this time, the use of troops in the Northwest will continue to increase the risk of uncertainty?

Although Zhao Ning was annoyed, he couldn't help but sighed.

What Sun Fu said was correct, but his point of view was based on the fact that the Song army could win every battle. As long as they won every battle, let alone sending troops to the northwest at the same time, it would be fine to go all the way to fight the grassland.

This is just talking on paper.

Winning or losing is a common matter for military strategists. The larger the organization, the more factors that cause uncontrollable risks.

This is easy to understand. The difficulty of commanding 1 people is not at the same level as commanding 100 million people.

For 1 people, you only need to set up ten commanders, and you hold meetings with these ten commanders every day, and ask them to report the situation in the army in detail every day, and you do spot checks from time to time.

But for 100 million people, how many commanders do you want to set up?

A thousand?

Obviously at this time, several marshals will be set up, and different marshals will command the various armies.

So how do you know the status of the various armies?

The more layers of information, the easier it is to deviate.

The information that reaches your ears may not be the real situation on the front line.

If there is a mutiny along the way, how can we ensure that the other hundreds of thousands of troops in the army will not be defeated?

"Everyone tell me what to do now?" Zhao Ning asked, "Gao Chang not only killed my envoy, but also detained all the merchants."

The hall fell into silence again.

Zhao Ding said: "What Sun Shilang said may not be wrong, Gaochang is nothing to be afraid of, it will not affect our Northern Expedition to Jin Kingdom."

As soon as Sun Fu heard that the great minister supported him, he immediately came to God, and quickly added: "In the early Tang Dynasty, Hou Junji's conquest of Gaochang did not take much time. Although he also sent a large army, there was no loss. Take Tang as an example, our crusade against Gaochang will not affect our Northern Expedition."

Fan Zhixu said: "Although this is the case, the Gaochang we are facing is not the same as what Chutang was facing."

"How is it different? Could it be that Gaochang is stronger?"

"No." Fan Zhixu said, "According to the sources I have received, the current Uyghurs have defected to the Khitans of the Western Regions. If we want to fight Gaochang, it is definitely not as simple as just fighting Gaochang."

"Khitan people from the Western Regions?" Sun Fu asked in surprise, "Aren't the Khitan people in the Kingdom of Jin? How did they get to the Western Regions?"

"Sun Shilang is in the Ministry of Rites. It's understandable that he didn't know about it." Zhang Jun took over the words, "The Yelu Dashi back then traveled all the way west and arrived in the Western Regions. It gradually grew in the Western Regions. The Gaochang Uighurs have a close relationship with Yelu Dashi."

Sun Fu said: "It's just Khitan. Khitan was defeated by the Kingdom of Jin. Now I have defeated the Kingdom of Jin many times. Looking at it this way, I can easily defeat Khitan."

Now everyone is even more speechless, Sun Fu is usually fine, why does he talk about his military issues like a child playing house?

"It's better, let's let the Northern Expedition to Jin Kingdom go first." Lu Yihao said suddenly, "You can't have both fish and bear's paws. National affairs need to be planned slowly. The most taboo is to act too hastily."

Zhao Ding also said: "If there are Khitan people behind the Gaochang Uyghur, I am afraid that the Northern Expedition to the Jin Kingdom will not be in a hurry. Although our country is rich and powerful, the most taboo thing is impatience."

Zhao Ning walked back and forth a few times, and said: "Yue Fei sent troops to the grassland, Jin Guo must have known by now, they will not let it go, I am afraid that there is already a war in Anbei Mansion, if the crusade against Jin State is temporarily put aside, then how to deal with the current Anbei Mansion conflict?"

Most of the time, it's not something you can fight if you want to.

Similarly, once a war starts, it cannot be stopped just by saying stop.

No one can do it, not even the emperor.

Therefore, no matter whether it is a war or a truce, a lot of preparations will be made in advance, including the reasons for the war.

Justifying the reasons for the war is precisely the preparation for the future truce. If you want to persuade your own people to fight without fear of life and death, you must also think about how to stop everyone when the time comes.

This in itself is an extremely complex professional issue.

All the seemingly useless things that some scholars criticize are not that those things are useless in themselves, but that the critics have oversimplified the operation of the world.

Of course, some people say that Emperor Qin and Han Wu are domineering, and they fight as soon as they say it.

Those who say such things stay at the level of hearsay about history.

The reason why it looks effortless is precisely because a lot of preparatory work has been done, and the extremely complicated set of operations behind it is the real strength of people like Qin Huang Han Wu.

"Our crusade against the grassland is justified." Lu Yihao said, "Since the name is justified, there is room for us to sit down with Jin Guo and talk again. Stabilize Jin Guo and defeat Gaochang first, otherwise we will open an all-out front with Jin Guo. The Jin people Maybe they won't make a big detour to Hexi and attack our weakest point."

Zhao Ning nodded. In fact, there was another song so important that he changed his mind and wanted to play Gaochang in advance.

what?

Gaochang has a lot of saltpeter mines!

PS: I saw everyone's message, thank you for your concern.Let me declare that I don't have sheep. If I have sheep, I will say sheep, not sick.Recently, the temperature in Shenzhen has dropped too much. It’s a simple cold, and it’s much better after a good night’s sleep.

Everyone should also pay more attention. If you are a sheep, protect yourself well. If you are a sheep, calm down. You are not alone.

Chapter 1330 Yue Fei Sieges the City and Fights for Aid (Second Change)

What does saltpeter do?

That will do more!

In addition to being used in the manufacture of nitric acid, explosives, pyrotechnics, and metallurgy and glass industries, sodium saltpeter can be used as nitrogen fertilizer and other nitrogen-containing compounds, and potassium saltpeter can also be used as fertilizer (potassium nitrate) and nitrogen-containing compounds. High temperature explosion.

How many saltpeter mines are there in Turpan?

World number one!

And sodium saltpeter is the main one, followed by potassium saltpeter.

Sodium saltpeter can be made into nitrogen fertilizer, which greatly increases grain production.

Potassium saltpeter can be used to make explosives.

If you get the saltpeter mine in Turpan, you don't have to worry about food and gunpowder.

One is related to the foundation of people's livelihood, and the other is related to the expansion of territory.

Either way, it's a treasure trove.

Zhao Ning thought for a moment, and said: "This time Yue Fei conquered the Tata'er tribe. He learned from the Tata'er tribe that the Jin people wanted to unite with the Tata'er people to attack the Qiyan tribe. There are business contacts, and the people who come to Jin may not have thought about attacking our weak points on the western front."

This strategy has been played and played very successfully.

This person is Hou Jin's Huang Taiji.

How did Huang Taiji deal with the Ming Dynasty with weak resources?

It's very simple, he pinpointed Daming's weak point.

Daming set up a nine-sided defense, which looks powerful, but the nine-sided front is too long. For Da Ming, a breakthrough at every defense point is fatal.

But for Huang Taiji, every defense point is the entire strength of Ming Dynasty in a war, just find the weakest point and attack it.

And after finishing this fight today, wait for the emperors and ministers of the Ming Dynasty to transfer resources to this side, and fight there tomorrow.

Once the long line is too long, the uncertain factors will greatly increase, because as long as one side handsome pulls his hips, it will be over, and as long as one logistics cheats, it will be over.

This is the seven inches of the Central Plains Dynasty.

It is impossible not to know that there are many capable people in the court of the Kingdom of Jin.

Previously, Jin Wushu concentrated his forces and played a game of fighting Yinshan, but he almost succeeded.

"If this is the case, even if we capture Gaochang, we will not be able to solve the problem of the weakness of the western front." Sun Fu immediately came out again, like a studious pupil, "If the Jin people want to march westward to Xingzhou with cavalry , We are still powerless, and this has nothing to do with whether we will destroy Gaochang in advance, the weakness of the western front lies in the fact that the western front has no danger to defend, and it is too vast to effectively organize defense."

This time, Sun Fu finally got to the point.

Zhang Jun said: "Thus, managing the grassland can stop the Jin people from taking this step. If Monan and Mobei are both firmly in the hands of the imperial court, the Jin people want to rush to Xingzhou quickly, even if they defeat them in Xingzhou." Our army, their retreat may also be blocked by the two lines of defense of the Anbei Protectorate, and the Jin people dare not do this."

"At the moment, we have just laid down the Tata'er tribe, the foundation is not stable, and the Qiyan tribe is also at the top of the list. If we can take root in the grassland and then destroy the Jin Kingdom, it will be safer."

Zhao Ding nodded, expressing his approval. Zhang Jun is worthy of being a strategic talent, and he can always find the most important point in the general direction.

Cai Mao said: "Your Majesty, I feel that the crusade against Gaochang requires the imperial court to send someone to go to the prime minister for all military affairs to convey the imperial court's order."

"The imperial court sent a person there. What is the identity of this person? Is it above Li Yanxian and Liu Kai to have an overview of all the military affairs in the Northwest, or just to coordinate logistics? If you have an overview of all the military affairs, then there is no need. Leave it to Liu Kai and Li Yanxian , If it is logistics, then there is no need, now the logistics is mainly based on the Northwest Trading Company, just let Hu Quan make unified arrangements."

Seeing that Zhao Guan's family directly denied it, Cai Mao did not insist on it.

"Give Liu Kai and Li Yanxian an order. Liu Kai will attack Gaochang City, Li Yanxian will attack Beiting City, and destroy Gaochang in one battle!"

"In addition, I have already summoned Yue Fei and Wu Jie to return to Beijing, and we will discuss the strategy of cutting gold again."

Everyone said: "Yes!"

Sun Fu said: "Your Majesty, I still have a question."

"What question, tell me."

"Just now I said that Gaochang is attached to the Khitan people. If I send troops to Gaochang, the Khitan people will definitely not sit idly by. The northwest front is too long. It may not be easy to fight the Khitan people in the Western Regions. Liu Kai and Li Yanxian's soldiers and horses, Not necessarily enough.”

"Then send Li Shifu from Xingzhou over there." Lu Yihao said.

"I'm also afraid." Zhang Jun said, "The White Tatars reported by Li Yanxian before, also known as the Naiman tribe in the grasslands, were captured by Li Yanxian. In the past two years, the Naiman tribe has traveled south to Xingzhou many times. They must have known about Xixia. It is dead, and the Xingzhou military defense is no longer as strong as it was before Xixia, if the Naiman tribe takes the opportunity to go south, the pressure on the Xingzhou military defense will increase."

This principle is also easy to understand. When Xixia existed in the past, it was fortified by the soldiers of the whole country.

Now that Xixia is gone, Xingzhou is only one of the frontier defenses of the Song Dynasty, and it is impossible to compare with the strength of Xixia in the past.

Zhao Ning said: "The Military and Political Council will issue military orders to Liu Kai and Li Yanxian first, and Rong Yuefei and Wu Jie will discuss the Xingzhou frontier defense after returning to the court."

"Yes!"

On the tenth day of May, Wang Bolong was killed, and Yue Yun went crazy in the counties of Anbei Prefecture. The originally scattered Jin army was defeated in Anbei Prefecture.

The news of the siege of Yunneizhou city spread in various places, and the morale of the Jin army was extremely low.

The listless Jinjun can be seen on the trails in the fields and in the remote areas of the woods.

Some people simply took off their armor and claimed to be from the Song Dynasty.

Anyway, everyone is Han Chinese, and Song people can't tell whether they are Jin people or Song people.

Some simply ran to plant wasteland, with a look of "I'm not a Jinjun, I'm just a simple and honest farmer".

Others sold their armor and weapons privately, spent some money to get a household registration certificate, and went to join the caravan of the Song people.

In short, the power of the Jin people in Anbei Mansion is rapidly disintegrating.

Instead, it was Yunnei Prefecture, which was surrounded by Yue Fei, and the Song Army threatened Yunnei Prefecture with artillery every day.

At noon on the tenth day of May, the scouts intensively reported the news about the Jin people's reinforcements in Yunzhou.

According to the news, tens of thousands of Jin troops have already dispatched troops from Yunzhou to the west and are about to reach the banks of the Red River.

Honghe is only a hundred miles away from the city of Yunnei Prefecture. Once it enters the boundary of Yunnei Prefecture, it can quickly form a huge military pressure on the Song Army.

After half an hour of discussion among the top Song army, Yue Fei immediately recalled Yue Yun and prepared to start the strategy of besieging the city and fighting for aid.

That night, Yue Yun rushed over.

Yue Fei selected [-] of the most elite cavalry and asked him to rush to Honghe overnight, while he himself selected [-] heavy armored cavalry to wait for the golden men near Yunnei Prefecture.

The goal of the Song army was to wipe out the reinforcements from the Jin people fifty miles east of Yunnei Prefecture, and to block the alliance between the reinforcements and the Jin army in the city.

Also on the night of May, the news that Yue Fei personally led the army to besiege Yunnei Prefecture was placed on Jin Wushu's desk.

Chapter 1331 Battle in the Clouds (Part [-])

"Yue Fei besieged Yunnei State!"

As soon as Jin Wushu said this, the expressions of everyone present changed drastically.

"The Song people are going to war!" Wanyan Jing said angrily, "His Royal Highness, the Song people's actions have already shown that they want to tear up the peace treaty! We can no longer just wait for death!"

"Yes! We can't sit still!" Wanyan Yinshu also stood up, his tone was more forceful, his whole body was like a tiger, exuding a chilling murderous aura, "If we take a step slower this time, Will be suppressed by Song people!"