In the territory of Liao State, it is difficult to say who is the thief and who is the soldier nowadays.
The small tribes of Liao are not kind people.
They used to live under the pressure of the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu, but now they have the opportunity to resist, and they can regain huge benefits by resisting. Naturally, they will not miss it.
The key to the civil unrest in Liao was the prisoners of Xingqing Mansion, but the core was the Liao people from the small tribes of Liao.
If only the prisoners of Xingqing Mansion were involved in the Liao Kingdom, Da Song would have a way to solve them and control their direction.
After all, when they set foot on the battlefield, they had demands.
As long as Song can satisfy their demands, most of them will act according to Song's mind.
But when there were more Liao people, there were variables.
The Liao people deliberately rebelled by taking advantage of Xingqing’s criminal prisoners to rebel. In a very short period of time, the number of rebels surpassed the Xingqing’s criminals, and Yin Yin had replaced the Xingqing’s criminals and became Liao’s domestic prisoners. The core of chaos.
They also had demands, but their demands were not satisfied by Da Song, so Da Song couldn't control the civil strife centered on them.
After they completely disrupted the Liao Kingdom, they would not advance to the Song Dynasty or how to advance to the Song Dynasty, no one knew.
The border line between the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom is thousands of miles away.
Every point thousands of miles away will become a breakthrough for them to go south.
The Liao soldiers invaded southward, there are traces to follow, and the murderers invaded southward, which is elusive.
The purpose of the Liao soldiers invading south was to defeat the Song Dynasty's heavy soldiers and occupy the military powerhouse in the Song Dynasty, using this as a springboard to siege cities and land in the Song Dynasty.
If the murderers invade southward, they should not have much interest in attacking cities and plundering land. They should prefer to think of ways to break through the defenses of the Song Dynasty, appear in the Song Dynasty, burn, kill, and looting in the Song Dynasty.
Therefore, when the Liao soldiers invaded south, their purpose would be very clear.
It is very easy to judge where it will appear and what pass will be attacked.
The murderers are different. In the eyes of the murderers, every corner of the border line is their breakthrough.
They can break through Da Song's defense line from any place and in any way, and enter the back of Da Song to wreak havoc.
Of course, the Song Dynasty had many generals and sharp firearms.
However, the advantage is not so obvious after being assigned to the frontier line of thousands of miles.
The front line from Xiliang City to Yunzhou is fine. As long as there are enough troops to defend the Great Wall, as long as the troops guarding the Great Wall are not too ugly, it is difficult for the murderers to break through the defense line.
The sixteen states of Yanyun are different here.
After crossing the Great Wall and entering the Sixteenth State of Yanyun, there are no Xiongguan barriers, and there are breakthroughs everywhere.
Da Song sent out wandering horses to strangle, and it was easy to be surrounded by murderers.
Da Song gathered his soldiers together, and the murderers might not head-to-head with Da Song.
The first line of defense from Yanmen Pass to Youzhou City is not monolithic.
Otherwise, it would not be so easy when the Liao people went south to hit the grass valley in the past.
The Song Dynasty could only send troops and horses to garrison some key cities, military villages, and gates.
If the assailants go south in a big way, the big group of assailants will naturally compete with the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty.
But the small group of assassins would definitely avoid Da Song's sight.
They will inevitably avoid cities, military villages, and passes, and cross mountains and ridges to enter the Song Dynasty.
Da Song couldn't prevent the murderers from going over the mountains.
Not to mention that Da Song had muskets and artillery, even if it had a complete set of advanced armaments from a certain King brand during World War II, plus the help of aircraft, it would not necessarily be able to stop it. (Don't ask why, if you have to ask, I recommend looking at modern Chinese history.)
If the murderers appeared in the hinterland of the Song Dynasty over the mountains, the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty would have to come back for help.
Once the soldiers and horses on the border return to aid, the large groups of murderers on the border will have time to breathe, and they will also have a chance to approach Da Song again.
"The Liao people in the Liao Kingdom are now humans and ghosts. It is not clear at all. Once the Liao Kingdom is cleaned up, no one can say how many people will go south. Therefore, we must take down the Great Wall. Only in this way can we kill the murderers. We are blocking the gate of my Great Song State."
After Cao Wei analyzed the situation thoroughly, he made a firm decision.
He also understood the reason why Kou Ji rushed to Youzhou City day and night, so he had to take the Sixteenth State of Yanyun within half a month.
Zhao Zhen nodded his head solemnly, "I will leave it to you in military matters. I will go back and order Yang Wenguang and Wang Sui to try to recall the crimes in Xingqing Mansion and other places that caused trouble in the territory of Liao. Prisoners, reduce our stress as much as possible."
With a decision, the two immediately ordered their men to arrange.
Before giving the order, Zhao Zhen solemnly instructed the black man to pretend, "The person with you, give me a stare at the murderers in the Liao Kingdom. If you have any situation, please report to me at any time."
The man with a strong black costume agreed, left the temple, and hurried to the South Jingdao Road of Liao State and other places.
Koj slept in the temple for two days.
Two days later.
Kou Jiyouyou woke up, opened his eyes and saw Zhao Zhen sitting on his bedside reading a document.
Kou Ji was taken aback for a moment, and hurriedly got up.
When Zhao Zhen saw that he was awake, he put down the paperwork in his hand and told him to continue lying down, "There are no outsiders here, Brother Si don't have to be polite..."
Kou Ji did not pretend, and continued to lie on the bed.
"Official family, how was the battle in Youzhou City?"
Hearing Kou Ji's question, Zhao Zhen did not rush to answer. He first ordered Chen Lin to go to the kitchen to help Kou Ji make some nourishing decoction. After Chen Lin left, Zhao Zhen spoke slowly.
"Cao Aiqing has already gone to make preparations. In another eight days, Chong Shiheng and Di Qing should be able to get here. Cao Aiqing meant that when they arrived at Youzhou City, they would fight Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu again."
"That's good… "
Kou Ji sighed.
Zhao Zhen stared at Kou Ji, questioning: "Four brothers think, those murderers in the Liao Kingdom who are in trouble, really dare to invade my Song Dynasty south?"
Kou Ji pondered for a moment, and said, "This matter is no longer a matter of the Liao State. If it really develops to an uncontrollable level, Da Song will not be spared.
The assailants are still fermenting in the territory of Liao, no one knows how far they will ferment.
The minister did not dare to conclude that those murderers would definitely go south.
But the minister can conclude that once they go south, they will have an immeasurable impact on our Song Dynasty.
If I don't prepare early, it will be very troublesome. "
Zhao Zhen nodded slowly and said: "I have ordered Yang Wenguang and Wang Sui to recall prisoners from Xingqing Mansion and other places in the Liao State. I hope it can alleviate the chaos in the Liao State."
Kou Ji nodded and said: "Speaking of which, the Liao Emperor Yelulongxu is also very heartened. The territory of the Liao Kingdom has been completely chaotic, and he is still in the mood to confront us here.
If he buried all the elite soldiers of the Liao Kingdom in Yanyun, I am afraid that the Liao Kingdom would be gone. "
Zhao Zhen said with emotion: "I am also puzzled."
The internal chaos in the Liao Kingdom has become a pot of porridge, and the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu refused to retreat.
Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen really couldn't understand this operation.
"If you can't figure it out, you don't want to. There will always be a day when things will come to light."
Zhao Zhen smiled indifferently, instead of guessing, he stared at Kou Ji and smiled: "Speaking of which, the war in Hexi can be ended so quickly, the fourth brother has made a great contribution."
Kou Ji shook his head and smiled, "It's not me, but all the soldiers. If it weren't for the bait of Qingtang, the battle in Hexi wouldn't take so long."
Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "I have read all the memorabilia handed over by the fourth brother. I will not lose any of the heroes who deserve to be rewarded. So the fourth brother does not have to ask for them again."
Kou Ji smiled calmly: "The minister is telling the truth."
Zhao Zhen did not continue to defend the matter with Kou Ji. He said with emotion: "Western Xinjiang has been decided, Southern Xinjiang has been decided, and now it is Eastern Xinjiang and Northern Xinjiang. As long as we defeat Liao and get back Yanyun, I will bring you back. It's really set."
Kou Ji said seriously: "The murderers should not be underestimated."
Zhao Zhen nodded and said, "I know."
Kou Ji still wanted to speak, but saw Chen Lin carrying a bowl of nourishing decoction into the room.
Zhao Zhen immediately ordered a Gong E to feed Kou Ji with the decoction.
Kou Ji drank a bowl of soup and porridge.
Accompanied Zhao Zhen to have a long conversation with Xu Jiu and told each other about what they had seen and heard in Hexi and Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, as well as some experience in running the country and the army, until late at night before Zhao Zhen left.
A few days later.
Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji patrolled the city of Youzhou together.
While inspecting the palace of Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu set up in Youzhou City.
Kou Ji said to Zhao Zhen for no apparent reason, "The official family may consider moving the capital..."
When Zhao Zhen heard Kou Ji's words, he was slightly taken aback, "Fourth brother said, move the capital here?"
Kou Ji specially proposed to move the capital in Youzhou City, and Zhao Zhen naturally felt that Kou Ji wanted to move the capital here.
Kou Ji nodded slowly.
Zhao Zhen hesitated for a moment, "Moving the capital is not a trivial matter. The interests in Bianjing are intertwined. If I move the capital, I am afraid it will affect the interests of everyone in Bianjing.
At that time, all people in Bianjing will oppose me. "
Although Bianjing was the capital set by the ancestors, Zhao Zhen felt that Bianjing was not suitable for being a capital.
Bianjing City has a low terrain and is adjacent to the Yellow River.
It can almost be said that small water is distributed every three years, and big water is distributed every five years.
Every time the Yellow River floods, it is a huge disaster for Bianjing City.
Once disaster strikes, the court needs to pay a lot.
The imperial court needs to pay for the post-disaster reconstruction work, as well as for disaster relief.
Because Bianjing was the political, economic and cultural center of the Song Dynasty.
Therefore, once a flood occurs, Bianjing City will be temporarily blocked.
The political, economic, and cultural leaders of the Great Song Dynasty will be briefly paralyzed.
The consequences were very serious.
Once water is sent to Bianjing City, at least 10% of the tax revenue of the year will have to be used to deal with the various evils that have occurred after the flood in Bianjing City.
Most importantly, once a flood occurs.
It is always the court and the people who suffer.
Not only will those rich and powerful families not suffer, but they will also make a fortune in the aftermath of the floods.
After the flood, the ridges were buried under the silt, and the wealthy and wealthy could freely invade the people's fertile land.
After the flood, some houses and shops were washed away.
The rich and powerful will also take advantage of cleverness.
Great Song Dynasty settled the capital in Bianjing for decades.
Suffered the court and the people, but made the wealthy and wealthy alone.
Zhao Zhen has gradually seen the disposition of the rich and powerful.
Therefore, he was unwilling to let the rich and powerful people continue to lie on the court and the people, knocking on the bones and sucking the marrow.
Therefore, he did not oppose the transfer of the capital, on the contrary, he was very in favor of it.
Things such as the ancestor's cultivation of the law are not useful for him, and there is no way to form any ideological constraints on him.
After all, he now has faintly surpassed his ancestors in terms of Wenzhi Wugong.
He no longer needs to rely on his ancestors to gain power.
He can call himself one ancestor and one ancestor, and set his own ancestor's law.
Violating the rules laid down by the ancestors, in the eyes of others, it is a disrespectful sin.
But in Zhao Zhen's eyes, there is no sin at all.
Even if he committed a crime, who would dare to ask about his sin
Kou Ji settled some of Zhao Zhen's thoughts, so he dared to raise the topic of moving the capital in front of Zhao Zhen.
After hearing what Zhao Zhen said, Kou Ji nodded slightly, and said: "Now the matter of moving the capital is really out of date.
However, officials may wish to consider this.
If the capital is to be moved later, this place is definitely a good choice. "
Zhao Zhen hesitated when he heard this.
In Zhao Zhen's view, Youzhou City is not a good choice if the capital is really moved.
Because Youzhou City is not prosperous, if the capital of the Song Dynasty moved to Youzhou City, it would have a certain impact on economy, politics, and culture.
Secondly.
Youzhou City has been occupied by the Liao people for many years, and many places have been Liaoning.
If the Song Dynasty wants to move its capital here, it must be rebuilt here.
The money needed to rebuild a capital is not one or two million dollars.
Ten to twenty million links may not be able to stop it.
Moreover, moving the capital to Youzhou City would have a huge impact on the economy of the Song Dynasty.
Before the economic center gradually shifts and a new economic center is not formed, Da Song may have to maintain a situation where it cannot make ends meet.
Da Song is now going through a big battle, which is very costly.
Da Song Changping had accumulated food for many years, and was used up to 30%.
The money accumulated in the national treasury, and the money accumulated in Zhao Zhen's small treasury, took up two and a half.
The common people did not feel the cost of the Great Song's foreign war, and most of the officials in the court did not feel it obviously.
After the reform of the military system of the Great Song Dynasty, many things were mobilized but not passed through the people or too many officials.
So many people in Da Song didn't know how much Da Song spent in this battle.
But Zhao Zhen, who was in the center, knew exactly how much Da Song had spent.
How much is 30% of the grain that Song Changping has accumulated for many years
It's tens of millions of stones.
How much is two and a half of the money accumulated by the National Treasury and Zhao Zhen's small treasury
Tens of millions of sticks.
The reason why the Song Dynasty dared to go to war on two fronts, and the reason why Song Dynasty dared to consume with the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu for a long time, was because in this war, the Song Dynasty invested far more than the three major ones of the Black Khanate, Qingtang, and Liao. Power’s money and food.
There was no shortage of rations for the soldiers, a small number of civilians, and the captives from beginning to end.
After the war, the imperial court may have to pay a large reward.
I'm afraid the amount will be huge.
Because Da Song faced enough enemies this time, and enough soldiers participated in it, the credit for the establishment was also enough, and the amount of rewards was naturally large enough.
For example, some people were made knights through this war.
At the same time that the imperial court was knighted, it had to give corresponding rewards.
Farms, houses, servants, grants, etc. are all indispensable.
After all, people won the title by virtue of their military exploits, and the court gave them a title dryly, and nothing else was given, which was obviously inappropriate.
After the court has rewarded the heroes, the money in the treasury will probably shrink significantly.
Zhao Zhen considered that after the end of the war, he would propose a different surname and plan to assign them to poor places to become vassals.
At that time, it will inevitably be given a generous gift.
Otherwise, people may not be willing to go.
The treasury's money will definitely shrink again.
The remaining money has to deal with the occasional needs of the ruling and the opposition, and there is no way to meet the expenditure of making ends meet when the capital is moved.
Therefore, in Zhao Zhen's eyes, Youzhou City is not a capital that satisfies him.
In comparison, Zhao Zhen prefers Jinling in Jiangning Mansion.
Because Jinling is prosperous enough.
Jinling and other places are the economic centers of the south.
The transfer of Bianjing’s economic center to Jinling’s economic center is a process of adding bricks and tiles, rather than rebuilding.
So if he moved the capital to Jinling, Zhao Zhen didn't need to prepare more money to deal with the situation of making ends meet.
Kou Ji saw Zhao Zhen's hesitation and guessed Zhao Zhen's thoughts, but he didn't say much, let alone admonishment that Zhao Zhen could not choose Youzhou City.
Now that the battle is still undecided, he just said casually, now that Zhao Zhen has a seed buried in his heart, there is no need to force Zhao Zhen to make a choice.
Moreover, the appearance of Youzhou City is indeed not good, and the appearance of other places around it is not very good.
Zhao Zhen doesn't like Youzhou City, and is also being cleaned up.
After all, most people like to go to prosperous places, and few people are willing to stay in remote areas.
The emperor is even more so.
They are used to enjoying the glory and wealth, you let them eat the soil, you see who they want.
If Kou Ji didn't know what Youzhou City would become in the future, Kou Ji would not place the target of moving the capital on Youzhou City.
Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen stopped in front of the gate of the palace of the Liao Emperor Yelulongxu, and did not talk about moving the capital.
After the two left the palace of the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu, they went to tour around the city of Youzhou City and inspired a lot of soldiers.
This patrolled for a few days.
Chong Shiheng and Di Qing led a hundred thousand soldiers and horses, and Hao Hao entered Youzhou City.
After Zhao Zhen summoned them in the palace, he ordered them to take the soldiers and horses down to rest for half a day.
That night.
Zhao Zhen, Kou Ji, Cao Wei, Chong Shiheng, and Di Qing all appeared in the palace.
Zhao Zhen ranked first, Kou Ji and Cao Wei were seated on the left and right of Zhao Zhen.
Zhong Shiheng sat down.
Di Qing sat beside Cao Wei with him, ready to serve Cao Wei.
In this regard, no one showed dissatisfaction and strangeness.
Because in their eyes, Di Qing, as the son-in-law of the Cao family, is on the go, serving the seriously ill Cao Wei, that is what it should be.
If Di Qing doesn't serve Cao Wei, he will be controversial.
After the five settled down.
Zhao Zhen said with a serious face: "After discussing with the fourth brother and Cao Aiqing, we decided to leave Youzhou City and drive the Liao Emperor and the Liao people out of Yanyun Sixteen Prefecture.
Because the battle was of great importance, I, my fourth brother, and Cao Aiqing waited for the two Aiqings for several days.
Now that the two Aiqings have arrived, they will fall under Cao Aiqing's command and listen to Cao Aiqing's dispatch. "
Zhao Zhen said this to Di Qing and Chong Shiheng.
"Here!"
Di Qing and Chong Shiheng responded together.
Zhao Zhen turned his head to look at Cao Wei and said, "Cao Aiqing, tell them how to fight."
Cao Wei nodded, and said: "You have a way to be fast. Now that you have arrived, there is no need to waste time. We will leave Youzhou City tomorrow to fight the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu head-on."
Di Qing and Chong Shiheng answered again.
Cao Wei continued: "Our number of soldiers and horses is far higher than that of the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu, so there is no need for any magical tricks.
After our troops came out of Youzhou City, we directly fought over in an upright manner. "
Hearing this, Zhong Shiheng hesitated for a while and said, "Liao soldiers are used to field battles. Isn't it appropriate for us to fight against Liao soldiers in the field?"
Cao Wei's face sank slightly when he heard this, "Before I was equipped with firearms, the Imperial Forbidden Army of the Song Dynasty, with only the infantry armour and the army formation, was able to contend with the Liao soldiers in the open field.
Now equipped with more powerful firearms, but afraid of the Liao people? ! "
The reason why the former Da Song Forbidden Army lost frequently to the Liao people in field battles was not that they could not beat the Liao people.
But there are problems in strategy and tactics.
Coupled with the low mobility of the infantry soldiers and the strong mobility of the Liao soldiers, they fought a drag war in the field and did not take advantage.
In addition, the baggage line was too long, and the infantry armour could not effectively protect the baggage under the sneak attack of the Liaobing light cavalry.
This also resulted in repeated defeats when the Song Dynasty fought against the Liao Kingdom.
The Liao State has always used tactics to lure the enemy into deep, part of the reason is to lengthen the supply line of the soldiers and horses of Song Dynasty to facilitate their sneak attacks.
Therefore, in terms of troop strength and combat effectiveness, the Song Dynasty Forbidden Army did not fail to defeat the Liao soldiers.
Everyone thinks that the reason why the Song Dynasty was weak was because the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty were too weak.
actually not.
Da Song's soldiers and horses were not weak, but rather tyrannical.
Infantry armor can almost be said to be a pinnacle of infantry in the era of pure cold weapons.
The reason why the Song Dynasty is weak in the history books is purely the above problem.
A general incompetence, exhaustion of the three armies, very suitable for the Song Dynasty.
In fact, the generals of Song Dynasty are not incompetent.
The real incompetence is the upper level.
They were sitting in the city of Bianjing, controlling military affairs thousands of miles away, and talking about soldiers on paper was a joy.
This is the root cause of Da Song's weakness.
Therefore, after hearing Cao Wei's exhortation, Zhong Shiheng did not refute.
The reason why he opened his mouth to raise objections was that Cao Wei seemed a little anxious, and a little eager to start a war.
He was afraid that Cao Wei would rush into the enemy's plan to lure the enemy into depth.
It's just that Cao Wei is the coach. As a subordinate, he can't directly question the coach's strategy, so he responded to Cao Wei from the side.
Cao Wei glanced at Zhong Shiheng, he saw Zhong Shiheng's mind, but didn't say much.
Cao Wei continued: "After our soldiers leave Youzhou City, I will send Gao Chu Gong to lead the Chinese army to the Liao army camp. The two of you will be responsible for leading the soldiers and making copies."