The front line has repeatedly won great victories, and gradually aroused the confidence of the king and his subjects.

In fact, it was not until Song Jiu came back in the summer of the third year that the real reason was revealed.

And propose a new tactic, which will be the enhanced version of the Zhangxie offensive tactic.

Then Song Jiu introduced another tactic, which is an extended version of the chain-type shallow attack tactics with offensive nature.

Song Jiu does not have this ability yet. Northeast China has given Song Jiu a space to grow in the past two years. From the consideration of economic and people's livelihood, military thoughts finally gradually matured.

However, now Song Jiu is in Liaodong...

Why did the Song Dynasty win these battles? Perhaps others would say that Zhao Yanjin and Li Jilong dared to take responsibility, and that several of the leaders and generals cooperated perfectly, and that Pan Yang was a first-class famous general. But it was not the fundamental point.

The first one happened on the border, with the time, terrain and people, and the Song Dynasty did not have a disadvantage.

The second point is that the force it uses is the local garrison. It does not require the rear to provide food and supplies, nor does it require the civilians who carry food and grass. At most, the imperial court will pay some rewards and pensions, and the combat cost is small and will not seriously harm the people's livelihood.

The third point is that the local troops are garrisoned, familiar with the terrain and the weather, so they have stronger combat effectiveness.

But compared with the defenders of the Song Dynasty, the Khitans were exactly the opposite. Compared with border defense wars, the Gaolianghe Song Dynasty army was exactly the opposite. If it had absolute advantage in military strength, it could be ignored, but it could not be ignored when the two countries had similar military strength. For example, Yelu Xiuge next.

It is precisely this premise that makes a person suffer and a homesick person.

Hou Renbao had a good life for most of his life. First of all, he had a good father. His father Hou Yi was originally a martial artist. Because of his bravery in fighting, he became a general of the Later Tang Dynasty. Hou Yi betrayed the Later Jin and the Later Han Dynasty. With his keen political vision, he always looked at his master, and finally threw himself into the arms of the Later Zhou Dynasty and gained a prominent political status.

He later retired, but his status in the world was quite high. Including Zhao Kuangyin, he also gave him the status of prime minister. Hou Renbao had a good fate and had a good brother-in-law. After Zhao Pu became rich, Hou Renbao married Zhao Pu's younger sister as his wife. From then on, his happy time came.

However, life cannot be smooth sailing.

As Zhao Pu lost power, Lu Duoxun gained Zhao Kuangyin's trust. At Lu Duoxun's suggestion, Hou Renbao became the governor of Yongzhou.

In the history of the previous life, it was not too tragic. After Fan Yu's governance, Yongzhou became the most prosperous place on Guangnan West Road and was better than Guizhou. It also had a name, Nanning, which became the capital of Guangxi later.

This life is even less tragic. Under the rule of Song Jiu, the entire Guangnan has been changing with each passing year.

But northerners always feel uncomfortable when they arrive in the south.

One or two years, three or four years is fine.

In recent years, Jun Renbao has done a good job, at least not as a stupid official, but he has always been a forgotten corner and has been staying for nine years.

He was about to go to seven years old and missed home. In fact, there was another way, which was to resign and return home. Then Lu Duosun was gone. He was in his sixties and was completely easy to retire. This was the Song Dynasty, not the dark Ming Dynasty.

But Hou Renbao didn't want to withdraw from the officialdom like this, so he thought about good plans.

The opportunity came.

Just as the Jiaozhou Jiedushi Ding Lian died and Li Heng took power, Hou Renbao wrote a memorial to Zhao Kuangyi, Your Majesty, the current situation in Jiaozhou is in chaos, and the court can conquer Jiaozhou by dispatching a small number of troops. I hope to take the postcar to quickly return to the capital and describe the specific strategy to you in person to ensure that everything is safe.

Let’s talk about the situation in Jiaozhou.

At that time, Song Jiu withdrew, Pan Mei agreed, and there were reasons. At that time, Guangnan had relatively few troops, and because some barbarians did not accept the rebellion, they had to divide their troops to suppress them. If Jiaozhou was calm, Song Jiu and Pan Mei might have occupied Jiaozhi. However, the local people resisted fiercely, and the terrain was complex and there were many tropical rainforest terrain. It was easy to occupy Jiaozhou without the help of the court. However, Pan Mei and Song Jiu were both hesitant. If they wanted to occupy it, they had to carry out a long suppression. Liu Yu burned the treasury, and Zhao Pu was in power, and there were some small conflicts with Song Jiu. The court could not support it. Then the troops must be recruited from Guangnan and used materials. The entire Guangnan was not a benevolent government, but became a harsh government in Guangnan. Moreover, this battle was at least several years, and because Zhao Pu was too variable.

So he stopped the troops in a hurry.

There are still changes, weakening the power of Jiaozhou and making Jiaozhou poorer. At the same time, it supported several large tribes close to the Song Dynasty in Lang Son, resulting in Jiaozhou not taking over the northwest mountainous area so far.

However, it was ultimately a country. If it were so easy to occupy it, Pan Mei would have occupied it at that time. Besides, there were famous generals such as Yin Chongke and Wang Ming, who were both civil and military in Guangnan, so why wait until today?

Of course, the situation in Guangnan has improved now. Regardless of the economy or the number of people, the troops they can use are not comparable to those in Guangnan. However, where is the general who can make a move in Guangnan? Hou Renbao?

Let’s talk about the memorials of each prefecture and county. In addition to the secret memorials of ministers with good relations, the first step to reach is in the Secretariat, not the imperial palace.

Hou Renbao's memorial was submitted to the Secretariat, and several prime ministers presented it to Zhao Kuangyi. Zhao Kuangyi was very happy and decided to summon Renbao back to Beijing quickly.

But as long as he comes back, can he let the 60s go to Guangnan again?

It seems that Hou Renbao is looking at him when he returns home.

However, it was not Song Jiu who handled government affairs in the court. If Song Jiu had a humorous sarcasm at most, you would be more and more aged and you would like to return to the Central Plains to support your old age. You can just speak clearly. Why bother to deal with national affairs in a disadvantage?

Then Hou Renbao will come back, at most he will be demoted, and the court will not hastily attack Jiaozhou. But Song Jiu is not there. There is another person who understands that Pan Mei. But Pan Mei is in Hedong and has no right to interfere in national affairs.

At this time, Lu Duosun spoke: "Your Majesty, the civil strife in Jiaozhou is indeed a good opportunity for heaven. The court should be surprised and lead troops to attack. If Renbao is summoned first, Jiaozhou will definitely be prepared and be prepared. At that time, it is difficult for us to capture Jiaozhou. It is better to Renbao be the transfer envoy of Jiaozhou to prepare food and grass in advance, and at the same time select generals to lead 10,000 troops to Jinghu. In this way, the conquest of Jiaozhou is like destroying the dead."

Zhao Kuangyi agreed to Lu Duoxun's request and appointed Hou Renbao as the water and land transport envoy of Jiaozhou. Sun Quanxing launched an attack from Yongzhou on land, and Liu Cheng set out from Guangzhou on water. He wanted to replicate the tactics of Song Jiu and Pan Mei...

This battle will take several months to prepare, but Hou Renbao was stunned after receiving the edict.

If you defeat the Song Dynasty, you will not be able to occupy Jiaozhou. You will have too few troops and no famous generals. If you defeat the Song Dynasty, you will not be hurt, but it will be a little trouble later. In fact, it is still the north. If there is no restraint in the north, even as long as you don’t give Li Jiqian the opportunity to rise, Jiaozhou will not be anything.

However, this edict had a far-reaching impact, and eventually made Zhao Pu wipe his face and conscience become Lu Duosun's funeral. However, Jiaozhou did not put it in Zhao Kuangyi's heart. After the edict was issued, he did not ask about it again.

A country is strong, not only military but also civilized.

Since the attack on Taiyuan, there have been constant military affairs, but the people have not complained. This is the contribution of governance.

First, we managed the river embankments of Wei, Chan and Pu, and then the river embankments of Ji, Bei and Zheng. Then we dug ninety miles of the new river in the boundary of Weishi County, and after several days of completion, the residents benefited it.

Cheng Neng wrote a letter that the civil corvee labor service of the states and prefectures had never been divided into grades. They were worried that there were unevenness and expected to be divided into nine grades. The upper fourth-class households were ordered to be recharged, and the lower fifth-class households were exempted from service. That is, the original fifth-class households were classified as ninth-class, and it was clearly stipulated that poor households below fifth-class households were exempted from service. It could not be fully implemented, but it was undoubtedly positive that this article could be proposed in feudal countries. Zhao Kuangyi approved it.

Many horses in various states died. Li Yan was in charge of Xuzhou, and stole 250 stones of officials and beefs. The horses were killed, and they were sent to the palace. They were beheaded with the eunuch Liang Shouzhong and the chief official. The eunuch Feng Yanchen was beheaded, and the army was buried in the city. Zhang Xiyong, the magistrate of Yangwu County, sat on the throne and the chief official Zhao Zan, and stole 234 yuan of Xianyu's official money into him. It was found that the two of them were killed by sticks.

The first case may be that one thousand five hundred horses died, the second case is a tragic eunuch, and the third case is that it is an authentic scholar-official. He only embezzled 234 jin and then beheaded and displayed in public. Later, he learned that Song Jiu was confused, Zhao Da killed corrupt officials, and Zhao Er killed corrupt officials, so where did Zhao Da’s punishment come from?

But Song Jiu admired Zhao Er's approach.

It is okay to maintain a high salary, but if you are greedy for a high salary, you must be killed.

The eighth Duan envoy Duan Duan was mainly engaged in Tiansiguan, built courtyard walls, invaded Jingyangmen Street and houses, and the people reported that this was for the public. However, Zhao Kuangyi was angry and decided to be beaten to Duan Renhui and demoted him to the deputy envoy of Chongyi.

The envoy of the Three Divisions Wang Renshan reported secretly that most of the close ministers and relatives sent close friends to the city of bamboo, wood, Qin and Long, and connected giant rafts to the capital. They passed by and did not pay taxes. When they arrived at the capital, they all formed deacons, and they all bought the official market and took the truth.

Zhao Kuangyi sent someone to investigate. The deputy envoy of the Third Department was also one of Zhao Kuangyi's confidant ministers, Fan Yu, demoted Fangzhou. Du Zai, the judge of the Ministry of Revenue, was demoted to Guizhou. He sentenced Cheng Dexuan, the Sifangguan affairs office, Liu Zhixin, the envoy of Wude, Du Yangui, the envoy of Hanlin, Dou Renbao, the commander of Wude in the Sun, Zhao Yanpu, the commander of the four wings of Tianwu, and Qi Tingxun, the general of the left guard, were all punished and surrendered. The son-in-law of the Duwei Wang Chengyan, Shi Baoji, and Wei Xianxin each had their salary for one year. Liu Zhixin was also the son of the sister of Empress Dowager Du, and Du Yangui was the son of Du Shenqiong. Zhao Kuangyi's confidant minister Cheng Neng was demoted to the general as the chief secretary because he was accused of Cheng Dexuan, but did not sue for the private sale of Zhulin.

There was another man, Lu Duan, who once asked for a deacon to Zhao Yanmei's confidant Qiao Lian, who was even more miserable. He not only placed him in Shangzhou, but also put heavy shackles on him and walked to Shangzhou for more than a thousand miles.

Lu Duan’s not counts, that is because he is involved in Zhao Yanmei, while the others are Zhao Er’s emphasis on the official atmosphere.

But don't forget that behind these good policies, there is another person, Ludoson.

If there is no Hou Renbao, it may be possible to re-examine Lu Duosun.

The Song and Liao battled again.

After the defeat of Yanmen Pass, Emperor Jingzong of Liao was furious, but this revenge came a little slowly until Dongyue.

This is because of the Khitan's military strength and the result of its military force.

The military system of the Song Dynasty was complicated and not complicated. After the ban on the wings was removed, the military power of the Jiedushi was removed, and the military soldiers became completely auxiliary troops, escorting two taxes, building bridges and paving roads, and guarding the prison city...

However, as the territory of the Song Dynasty expanded and the scale of the war increased, the system of the imperial guards could not meet the requirements, so there were village soldiers, foreign soldiers, local soldiers, as well as soldiers, archers and other troops or disguised military service in various places.

The Khitan military system is simple and complex. The core force is the Oludo system, followed by temporary troops drawn from various tribes by each resident army and the war is coming.

Oluduo is mainly scattered in the area of ​​Zhongshangjing. The permanent troops garrisoned in various places are divided into five major war zones, Yanyun War Zone, mainly Han soldiers. As the situation in the Song and Liao Dynasties deteriorated, it became more and more important.

The Northwest Raiders and Fufu Department mainly dealt with Wugu and the enemy Tatars. These tribes rebelled and subdued, and war continued. They had to be intimidated by a powerful army.

The Dujiaofu Department of Southwest Road is mainly used to deal with Dangxiang. It is not very important now, and it mainly manages the Datong Army.

The Tokyo Army Command, defending against Goryeo, has about 10,000 troops stationed.

There are also guarding the Jurchens born in the Northeast. This army was divided into two places, Huanglong Prefecture and Xianzhou. Huanglong Prefecture was abolished and changed to Tongzhou. This army was not large, with about five or six thousand troops.

These forces combined will not exceed 300,000 troops.

But everyone in the Khitans had soldiers, and theoretically they could immediately raise more than one million soldiers and horses. For example, Wanyan Aguda rose and the Liao Kingdom fought desperately, and nearly one million soldiers and horses gathered to fight fiercely.

However, this is just a theory. If everyone is really a soldier and the huge supply costs, not to mention the Liao Kingdom, even the Song Dynasty would be dragged down and the country would be destroyed.

Yanmen Pass was defeated. Emperor Jingzong of Liao saw that it was insufficient to seek revenge on the Song Dynasty's 100,000 troops, so he recruited 200,000 troops.

This was almost the limit of the Khitan's attack on the Song Dynasty's troops, so it was very difficult to operate. It was delayed until the winter month that 200,000 soldiers gathered, set out from Youzhou, and headed straight to Waqiao Pass.
Chapter completed!