[Southern Song Dynasty] Splendid mountains and rivers

Zhao Gou frowned: "It's too risky."

But he did not refuse.

The sixteen prefectures of Yanyun are a thorn in the heart of Song Dynasty.

Ever since Shi Jingtan ceded Yanyun to Khitan in the later Jin Dynasty, the entire land from Gubeikou to Taihang Mountain to Yinshan Mountain could never be taken back.In addition, the Hexi Corridor was once drawn to the territory of Xixia, and the Song army was almost beaten back and forth, fighting to the death every day.

How important is that place?

The Great Wall traverses through the entire Yanyun Sixteen States, and ends at Shanhaiguan.Coupled with the formidable Gubeikou, it is simply the northern gate of the whole world.But this northern gate has been firmly controlled by foreign races for hundreds of years.Even though Shizong and Taizong of the later Zhou Dynasty wanted to seize it countless times... it was just "thinking".

After Tong Guanta took charge of the army back then, the first person who wanted to "recruit" was also the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun.

So Zhao Gou did not refuse, nor would he refuse.

Zhao Yuan lowered his head slightly, but did not speak.

Zhao Gou stood up, waved someone to remove the sand table, and looked at Zhao Yuan quietly for a long time.It wasn't until Zhao Yuan thought that he was going to directly become a clay sculpture and wood sculpture that he asked an irrelevant question: "Huanhuan, do you miss big brother?"

The "big brother" in Zhao Gou's mouth is Qinzong Zhao Huan who was taken away by the Jin people.

Zhao Yuan raised his head abruptly, with a slight hint of displeasure in his eyes.

What time does he still...

"Maybe it's not appropriate for me to ask you at this time." Zhao Gou seemed to see her unhappiness, and smiled self-deprecatingly, "We are all your elder brothers, so naturally you can't be biased. Huanhuan, I have known since I was a child that you are talented. You are agile, but I didn't expect you..." I didn't expect you to be so good at marching.

Fortunately, fortunately, you are not a man.

Zhao Gou got up and came to the incense burner, with his back to Zhao Yuan, he fiddled with the incense ash with a small stick, his eyes dimmed.

Just half a day ago, he summoned all the generals in the Song army who could fight, and asked them one by one.Most of the generals looked at each other in blank dismay, but Zong Ze said the same thing: "You might as well tear a hole from Yan Yun."

It's just that Zongze thinks that this hole should be torn from Shuozhou, not Zhuozhou as proposed by Zhao Yuan.

Zhao Yuan was still sleeping at that time, and the place where they were discussing was half a mile away, so it was impossible for her to hear their conversation.

But every word she said coincided with Zong Ze's.

Zhao Gou fiddled with the incense ash gradually for a while, and then thought about the sand table just now, and couldn't help feeling a little dazed.

Even if he was killed, he couldn't understand why he started from Yanyun sixteen prefectures.

Surround Wei to save Zhao?

Is "Wei" so easy to surround?Accidentally...

But Roufu... Roufu...

Zhao Gou never doubted Rou Fu's boldness and intelligence.

He had long been certain that Rou Fu had forged that blood edict, that edict that was called "The Supreme Emperor cried blood and wrote it".Because Huizong Zhao Ji, their father, did not have the ambition and courage to send his troops northward.

But he won't expose it.

Because the timing was too good.

The emperor's blood edict, Jinying's night terror, going north to cross the river, capturing Wushu alive... Although she deliberately planted a few small hidden dangers, it is obvious that these "hidden dangers" are still firmly under her control. palm.

She is too bold and too clever.

Fortunately, she is just an Empress.

Zhao Gou calmed down a bit, threw the stick into the copper incense burner, turned around and asked Zhao Yuan, "Do you want to see General Zong?"

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Zong Ze, the general who fought desperately in the Song and Jin battles, is also the only general who has both qualifications and can fight.

But he is already very old.

In another time and space, Zong Ze will die suddenly next year. Before he dies, he shouted "cross the river" three times, which is very sad.

But now when Zhao Yuan sees him, he is just a hale and hearty old man, laughing and pointing out the soldiers' marksmanship.It was only at the moment when the armor was put on that there was a faint killing intent.The moment he saw Zhao Yuan, Zong Ze frowned in displeasure—although Zhao Yuan was dressed like a man in a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat, but he was a woman after all.

Earlier, Zhao Gou insisted on bringing the maid in, and he was already very angry, but now Zhao Gou actually...

"Old General Zong." He heard the girl speak slowly, "From Shuozhou to Shanhaiguan and then to Gubeikou, it's too difficult all the way. If you start from Zhuozhou, you can use the word 'quick' instead. .”

Zongze's pupils shrank slightly.

This girl... who is it?

Zhao Yuan unconsciously closed the neckline of the coir raincoat, and looked at Zong Ze with his black and white pupils without blinking.Zhao Gou stood behind her with a mocking expression, but intentionally or unintentionally clenched the jade hook in his hand.At that moment, Zong Ze thought of a person: the Princess Pingyang who helped Li Yuan and Li Shimin win half of the country, but ended in tragedy.

"This is a military plane." Zong Ze calmed down a little, and his tone was a little gentle.

Since it is a "military aircraft", of course it cannot be leaked at will.

Zhao Yuan frowned slightly for a while.She originally wanted to startle the old general straight to the point and open up his chatterbox, but now it seemed useless.Zong Ze is in charge of the soldiers, she has no official rank, no rank, and she is still an emperor...

"Shuozhou is located in the westernmost section of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, and further south is Daizhou. In the Western Han Dynasty, Dai County was set up here, connecting Taihang Mountain, Yinshan Mountain, Yanshan Mountain, Qilian Mountain and Hexi Corridor. It was stuck to Tongguan, Han The grain roads of Guguan and Yumenguan are also excellent horse farms. Coincidentally, the Western Army is stationed not far from Shuozhou, and if they are mobilized directly, they will get twice the result with half the effort."

Zhao Yuan spoke eloquently, and Zong Ze's heart skipped a beat when he heard it.

"But General Zong, if you want to transfer troops from Shuozhou, you have to go all the way east from Huanzhou and Weizhou in order to firmly block the pass for the Jin people to go south. If you can't hold this pass, then the battle will start. It doesn't make any sense, but it will lose soldiers and generals in vain. Old general, you should know that 'soldiers are expensive and quick'."

Zong Ze's face turned from white to red and then back to white, and there was a strange look in his eyes. He didn't know if he was more happy or angry. Thank you.

"Zhuozhou is the wilderness of Zhuolu in ancient times! Further south is a large plain, and the Jin people have cavalry!"

The cavalry, Iron Futu, is the eternal nightmare of Song people.

In the ancient and vast Zhuolu wilderness, once you let go and run, it will definitely destroy the entire Song army like a dead man.

This time, even Zhao Gou frowned: "Huanhuan, this is sending her to her death."

Zhao Yuan stomped his feet resentfully: "There is a big river there, which can go straight from Zhuozhou to Yanzhou! Even its second tributary is only a hundred miles away from Gubeikou!" Its tributaries respectively pass through Yanzhou ( present-day Beijing) and Tanzhou.

Zong Ze's eyes shone brightly: "From Shuozhou to Taihang Mountain, there is also a river."

Zhao Yuan almost knelt down to him: "But to the west of Taihang Mountain are plateaus and lofty mountains, and to the east is the plain where big ships can easily travel!"

Zong Ze smiled: "Who said...it has to be a big ship?"

Zhao Yuan was stunned.

Who says it has to be a big ship?

Zong Ze saluted Zhao Yuan sincerely.Only then did he vaguely guess Zhao Yuan's identity, and only then did he really treat Zhao Yuan as a real general.As Zhao Yuan said, Shuozhou's position is too terrible, if it can be directly taken down, it will definitely occupy a favorable location and harmony.As for the time of day...

Three is the second, which is pretty good, Zong Ze doesn't want to be too greedy.

"You reminded me just now that the Song army can walk in the water and avoid the most powerful iron pagoda of the Jin army. As long as the group of kidnapped horses enter the water, they will immediately become a bunch of dry grass. Although a fierce battle cannot be avoided in the end, but At least, it can reduce the loss by [-]%."

"High mountains, rapids, and small boats are much faster than big boats."

"Zhuozhou has an advantage, that is, it can continuously transport troops from the south via the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, but it is also easy to be swallowed up by the Jin people. Now the Jin people are divided into three routes to the south, and the east, west, and middle have been cut off. Two. If we start from Shuozhou, we can directly cut off his last path."

Zhao Yuan was stunned for a moment, then nodded in admiration.

She really deserves to be a veteran general, much better than her who can only play dirty tricks.

"General." Zhao Yuan said in a low voice, "Actually, I planned a 'return' plan, do you want to hear it?"