Chapter 1,665 Strategy

Lu Dafang was in a panic: "Xiong Shangshu is the military strategist of our court. You should know that if you show off your military power for thousands of miles, you can expect victory? If you lose your army and overthrow your generals, what will be lost is not as great as appeasement?"

Zhang Dun said: "What is the purpose of King Black Khan's actions? He just wants to give orders and move his hands. His ambition is not small."

"If I wait for him to kill the opposition voices, and unite the top and bottom, and unite as one, I will lose the hearts of the people on the road, and the opportunity of Hexi's blunt force will be reversed from now on!"

"At that time, the disaster will be even greater than today."

"Since the fire is visible, why don't you just lift the pot and put it to rest? Only when the flames burn down the beam can you cry out in sorrow and regret."

Deng Runfu said: "The poem goes: 'If you pick 葑葑 and philippines, there will be no lower body?' Disasters need to eliminate their roots, rather than just sweeping away the branches and leaves and re-emerging when the time comes."

"As Han Jiayan and Chao Buzhi said, Hei Khan carries 150,000 men with armor and more heavy cavalry than our dynasty. He is not a small country. Moreover, religious reform is its internal affairs, and he is not a Fan official. He adds troops without reason to fight with

The etiquette is inappropriate."

"I am afraid that the war will lead to disasters, which are easy to cause but difficult to solve, and the western frontier will be unrest from now on."

"And the Tatar tribes are vassals of the Liao Kingdom. It is even more unwise to spread the message of the Living Buddha in the West and encourage them to use troops to make trouble. I am afraid that if things in Hebei are not settled, things in Hebei will happen again!"

Zhang Dun said: "To save all people from water and fire, this is called benevolence, which is the greatest etiquette in the world. And etiquette cannot be maintained by words alone."

Liu Zhi said: "In the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, there was still the defeat of the Talas in the river. Moreover, the military strength in the west of the river today is far less than that in the Tang Dynasty."

Zhang Dun said: "The defeat in Tang Hezhong was the result of Gao Xianzhi's massacre of the Shi Kingdom and the loss of the hearts of the Western Regions. It is completely different from the uplifting mood of the people in Hexi today."

"The Anxi Protectorate under the control of the Tang Dynasty only had 300,000 troops, and the total army was only 200,000. However, the military and civilian power of the Song Dynasty in Hexi is far from comparable to that of Gao Xianzhi."

Lu Dafang said: "The Right Prime Minister is including the Qingtang people, Dangxiang people and Tatars, right?"

Zhang Dun immediately counterattacked: "Prime Minister Zuo is careful to say that Qingtang, Ningxia, are all part of the Song Dynasty, and the ethnic groups above them are all our subjects of the Song Dynasty."

"In the Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty, excluding the local tribes, the Han army in Lunwu was only 20,000. According to Zuo Xiang's calculation, the Tang Dynasty was far behind the Song Dynasty."

Liu Zhi said: "Then don't we consider Liao's reaction?"

Zhang Dun said: "The control of the Liao Kingdom in the west is extremely weak. Black Khan is thousands of miles away from Shangjing. Tatars now generally believe in Buddhism, so they will definitely block the road and hide the news."

"It will take at least half a year for the Liao people to know. Zhang Kai and Liu Changzuo just need to make a quick decision. They can decide the overall situation before the Liao people react."

Cai Jing said: "Actually, there is no need to worry about the reaction of the Liao people. Situ is in Hebei, and the relationship between the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom is deepening, so the Liao people do not dare to have a stalemate with us easily."

Liu Zhi asked: "We in Hexi only have five new troops, and we have to guard twenty-six counties. Once we leave the customs, what will happen to the local area? This is Guanpu, and I don't agree."

Cai Jing said: "Therefore, all forces need to be mobilized in proportion. Except for the 35,000 new troops and 50,000 old troops in Jiuyuan to defend the Liao Dynasty, there are 25,000 new troops in Hexi and 80,000 Gao's Eighth Route Army.

, Liu Changzuo has 5,000 heavy cavalry, 10,000 light cavalry, 60,000 Tugan tribe troops, and 20,000 Renduo tribe troops."

"The total number is two hundred thousand, not counting the servant armies from Qingtang, Tatar, Khotan, and Gaochang who are willing to participate."

"As long as half of the military strength is drawn from each tribe in Hexi, the balance will not be affected. With an army of 100,000, plus the subordinate troops, Black Khan is actually not enough to equalize."

Liu Zhi said: "What about military supplies?"

Kumamoto said: "There is no need to worry about this. Hexi is rich in products, especially refined iron. The Ministry of War just inspected the military warehouses this year. They are all full and will last for five years."

Cai Jing said: "Before the Lanzhou Iron Bridge was opened, Hexi produced too much iron, so Situ and Lu Xiangcai planned the Shalan Railway. For most of the old army in Hexi, they only needed crossbows, swords and shields, and armor for men and horses. As for

Each ministry can provide horses."

"Ganzhou, Suzhou, and Liangzhou have been together for ten years and tax-free for ten years. Now they are big granaries. The wind processing mills are especially developed. Even if the military warehouses are insufficient, the Ministry of Household Affairs can still buy them from the private sector."

"Furthermore, as far as I know, when the Han family marches in the Western Regions, they always recruit servants from various countries. In this way, they can achieve great victory. Now our dynasty can mobilize a hundred thousand elites, and then summon all the tribes. The situation should be better than in history.

It was much better than any time in the past.”

"What's more, this time, they are not fighting for the Song Dynasty, but the Song Dynasty is fighting for them. It is to save their common belief. In terms of morale, I think it will be different from the past."

"The advantage in war is nothing more than time, location, and people. Even if the time and time are equal, I have abundant land to supply military supplies. The train can go from Lanzhou to Shazhou. Not to mention people and people, so this battle,

It shouldn’t be as difficult to defeat as the left prime minister and the minister think.”

Everyone was discussing and disagreeing.

Among them, Lu Dafang, Liu Zhi, and Deng Runfu were in charge;

Zhang Dun, Chao Buzhi, Xiong Ben, and Cai Jing took the lead;

Han Zhongyan, Wang Cun, Bi Zhongyou and Zeng Bu expressed neutrality.

Finally, Su Che suggested: "Thousands of miles away, the situation is difficult to understand. Should we listen to the opinions of the commander-in-chief and the army supervisor?"

"Is it possible to ask everyone to raise their own issues of concern, and Chao Buzhi will compile them, and then send them to Hexi via telegram, ordering him to explain, and then submit a strategy for Zhongshu's reference?"

Chao Buzhi took out his notebook and pen: "There is no need to go down and gather them together. Just tell me, I will record and organize them as I go, and I can send the report after the shift ends."

The national strategy proposed by Zhang Kai is now basically known only to the military, the Military Aircraft Department, Gao Taotao, and Zhao Xu. Su You reported it at the time and requested that it be kept strictly confidential.

However, civil servants who cared about the military, such as Kumamoto, the meticulous Cai Jing, and Zhang Kai's uncle Zhang Dun, had already known this in their hearts.

At the beginning of the Hexi incident, Zhao Xu excitedly sent a report to Su You, thinking that an opportunity had come.

However, a telegram from Su You poured chills into his heart. When the opportunity came, he had to convince the important ministers in the court. The so-called place of life and death, the way of survival. At this time, it is even more important to listen to opinions and observe carefully.

Pros and cons.

If Zhang Kai could not convince all the ministers in the court, if Su Yuanzhen did not prepare sufficient logistics, and if Liu Changzuo and Tong Guan did not train the soldiers properly, then this opportunity would be missed.

However, the chief officials of Ningxia and Hexi did not disappoint Zhao Xu. It seemed that Zhang Kai had been thinking and preparing for more than a year in Hexi. He sent a telegram back that night and answered the questions that the big bosses were concerned about one by one.

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First of all, the Song Dynasty should stand on the side of morality and hold the banner firmly.

Belief should be left to people's choice and should not be forced, let alone a tool for murderers. The Song Dynasty would resolutely oppose this rule no matter what.

On the basis of this article, the Song Dynasty should stand on the side of the Buddhists in Hexi.

Secondly, it is necessary to provide help to the suffering people of Heihan and mobilize forces to rescue them.

This living Buddha has already done this, but if the unarmed people are allowed to enter the Black Khan and face the powerful armed forces of the Black Khan King, they will die.

Nowadays, it is inevitable that the Buddhist people will fall into the black sweat. Even if the Song Dynasty does not send troops to help, it still has to try its best to equip the people with weapons so that they can fight.

There are also many generals who believe in Buddhism in the army of the Song Dynasty. Now they are also petitioning the Duhufu. It is better to use them as the backbone and order them to train, educate and guide the people.

In name, these are not the armies of the Song Dynasty. At most, they can only be called irregular volunteer troops. The Song Dynasty can allocate "special rescue funds" from charity funds, and all warriors who are willing to go to Black Khan to save people will be given a five-guan reward.

Of course, these rewards will not be distributed directly to them, but will be used by senior volunteers to help refugees and purchase weapons and food from the Ningxia Capital Transfer Department.

After that, the volunteer army can serve as the king's vanguard, while the regular army in Hexi of the Song Dynasty will be on full alert, depending on the changes in the battle situation, and then decide where to go.

Buddhism was also the state religion in the Liao Kingdom. This made it very easy for the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom to negotiate, and they could advance and attack, and retreat and defend.

These are just to make the Song Dynasty not follow the truth above morality. The rest of the war strategy will be reported elsewhere.

Su Yuanzhen sent a report on the agricultural, industrial, and commercial output of Ningxia's three roads. Nowadays, the three roads are producing 15,000 kilograms of iron and have a lot of reserves. The weapons they make are only a drop in the bucket.

Shazhou and Suzhou have developed underground irrigation pipelines, and 300,000 hectares of fertile farmland have been developed in the valleys between three large lakes and several rivers in the north. The situation of Hexi's vast land and sparse population has not been solved, but Laishan No. 1 wheat and
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