Chapter 575 Privy Council

In the main camp of the Jingsai Army, Liang Yi's face was full of excitement: "Okay! Yong Neng is indeed a famous general of my Liang family!"

Liang Yongneng smiled and said: "Two thousand of the Song army were wiped out in this battle, and the connection with Huanqing was successfully cut off. Huanzhou is now an isolated city, and the Qingzhou defenders have been disabled by us. What to do next, please let the Prime Minister give instructions."

Liang Yimi laughed loudly: "Of course I will continue to attack and be unreasonable!"

Jialiang Qingshou said: "Prime Minister, the Privy Council's plan in advance is to negotiate with the Song people after the first strategic intention is realized, to gain benefits from the negotiations, and to order Wang Shao to restrain himself, increase the scale of market transactions, and even open it completely!

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"Now that the first step has been completed, it is time to send envoys to negotiate with the Song Dynasty."

Liang Yongneng waved his hand: "Mr. Jia, now that the situation is so favorable to us, how can we not continue to expand the results? Everyone was against it before the war. It was you who concluded that the Song Army's defense here was weak and went against everyone's opinions. Now we have achieved such great results.

, why are you holding back again?”

Jialiang said: "Prime Minister, this battle just caught the Song army off guard. Now when the wheat is ripe in Shannan, our purpose is to harass the Song Dynasty, causing it to suffer huge losses in food, and to surround Huanzhou and gain important bargaining chips for negotiations.

That’s all.”

"The information we received before said that Shaanxi implemented the Young Crops Law and the people's burden was arduous. The purpose of this war was to lure familiar households in the Song Dynasty and attack its agriculture, economy, and population."

"But now it seems that there are capable people in the court of the Song Dynasty. Zhao Song even exempted the fourth and fifth-class young people in the border states from paying. Since entering the country, the border households, familiar households, and Song people all regarded the army as enemies, because we robbed

It’s no longer Song Ting’s food, but all their own food!”

"Don't forget, this place is to the east of Weizhou and to the west of Yongxing. The total number of Song troops in the two places is no less than 250,000."

"A commander should understand the climate, be familiar with geography, and understand people's livelihood. If the war continues, it will turn against our country."

Liang Yimi didn't believe it: "What else can the Song army do? If the Xing army comes, we will just set up an ambush to bring reinforcements!"

Jialiang handed over his hand: "Ming Gong, don't think too stupid of the Song people. If they ignore the crisis in Huanzhou after one month, they attack directly from Weizhou, break through Shimenxia, ​​capture Tiandu Mountain, advance into Xiaoguan, and sweep away

Hanoi, how can our army crack it?"

"You know, by that time, it will be the time when the wheat is ripe in the north of the mountain!"

"We let Huanqing lose the harvest, and the Song Dynasty could still transfer shipments from Weizhou, Guanzhong, and Xijing without any impact; but if they let Hanoi lose the harvest, what would happen next?!"

As soon as these words came out, Liang Yongneng and Liang Yimi turned pale with fright. Liang Yongneng immediately waved: "Secretary Zhang! Map!"

After reading the map, Liang Yimi still had a sense of luck: "Mr. Jia, the Song people may not be able to see this. If I ask the Queen Mother to recruit a large army to strengthen the defense of Xiaoguan, then we and the Song people will be here

How about continuing to expand the results of the war?"

Jialiang said: "The Song Dynasty has never paid attention to the defense of the junction of Yongxing Military Road and Shaanxi Road, so we took advantage of this loophole. They deployed this way just because they were lucky, thinking that we might not be able to see this.

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Liang Yongneng was a famous general. As soon as the map was unfolded, he immediately saw clearly the situation that Jia Liang reminded: "Prime Minister, what Mr. Jia said makes sense. The outcome of the war is to make yourself invincible first, and not to rely on the enemy's stupidity.

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Liang Yimi felt that it was a pity to give up such a good situation: "Why couldn't this vulnerability be discovered two months earlier?"

Jialiang quickly lowered his head: "I am stupid."

Liang Yongneng said: "How can you blame Mr. Jia for this? I was right in front of Yongxing Military Road and didn't notice it. Mr. Jia was thousands of miles away, but he was able to strategize. If it weren't for Mr. Jia, how could we have today's great victory?"

Then he explained to Liang Yimi: "In the past few months, I have been exchanging letters with Mr. Jia. From intelligence analysis, scouting and investigation, to deciding on this battle, it took two months."

"Now the Song army is aggressive in Hehuang. We have made a decision before we dare to move back, because we really can't afford to lose... If uncle wants to blame Mr. Jia, then I should be punished as a whole."

Liang Yimi sighed: "I'm just sorry for this situation. If we eat the reinforcements of the Song Dynasty and then capture Huanzhou, we will have greater control over the court with the power of victory. It's a pity, it's a pity...

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After saying that, he shook his head: "No, if you don't advance but retreat in this situation, you will definitely attract a massive attack."

Jialiang cupped his hands and said earnestly: "Ming Gong, this is called a foolproof plan..."

Liang Yimi raised his hand to stop Jia Liang from continuing: "The attack I'm talking about is not on the battlefield. Mr. Jia is very resourceful, but he does not care about himself for the country. What you are talking about is something that has not happened yet. When the time comes, the gang in the court will

People attack us because we are afraid of fighting and abandoning our defense, giving up a good situation. How should we respond?"

"If they ask us how we are sure that the Song people will send troops from Weizhou? Or why we can't consolidate Xiaoguan while expanding Huanqing's victory, how should we answer?"

Jialiang and Liang Yongneng looked at each other.

Liang Yimi sighed: "So, let's report the prediction of the general's situation to the Xingqing Mansion and ask the Queen Mother to make the decision."

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The Song Dynasty, the Privy Council, and the core figures of the Song Dynasty were nervously considering the military situation.

Emperor Zhao Xu, political counselor Wang Anshi, Zhongshu fifth-room inspector Lu Huiqing, privy envoy Wen Yanbo, deputy envoy Wu Chong, and political counselor Han Jiang looked at the huge map of the northwest, hoping to find a solution.

Nowadays, one of the people in Beijing who is familiar with the military situation in the northwest is Su You, and the other is Feng Jing, a handsome guy who has just returned from Shaanxi and serves as deputy privy envoy. These two people have also been called in to plan together.

Zhao Xu was very angry. His plan was to use a few years to improve the Song Dynasty's finances and sharpen its army.

Then we must change from the strategic stalemate mentioned by Su You to a strategic offensive, annihilate Xixia, and then concentrate our efforts on dealing with the Liao Kingdom.

Now three years have passed, but things always turn out to be unsatisfactory. It's like being stuck in a muddy pond. I finally pulled out my left foot, but my right foot sank deeper, and I kept standing still, making no progress.

Zhao Xu raised his baton and raised his finger in celebration: "It's time for the weapons inspector to step in. Pull over the new weapons and let me destroy them!"

Su You and Feng Jing had just finished analyzing the situation in Shaanxi and shook their heads and said: "Your Majesty is joking. The weapons in the weapons inspection are reserved for us to have the ability to destroy Xixia before we can put them into use."

"We must destroy Xixia in a very short time, so that the Liao people have no time to deploy a response. Otherwise, half of the benefits will have to be handed over to others."

Wen Yanbo was furious: "Su Mingrun! Now someone is knocking on your door! Two thousand people died in the battle, the generals are afraid to fight, and Huanzhou is in danger. Do you still want to instigate His Majesty to be arrogant?!"

Su You quickly apologized: "Yes, it's true that Duke Wen taught me a lesson."

Lu Huiqing said: "Can we send reinforcements from Shaanxi Road? As far as I know, the Dun'an and Konghe armies now have one man and two cavalry, and their military strength has grown to 20,000. They are very powerful and even have a secret team in Beijing.

Instructing the new military training code, right?"

Lu Huiqing wanted to dig a hole for Su You, but Wen Yanbo jumped out first and slapped him in the face: "You know nothing and are talking nonsense! Weizhou is the head of the Xixia strategy. The security and control of cranes is the basic guarantee of Weizhou!"

"Once Weizhou is lost, the situation will immediately collapse. We can only give up Qingtang and Hengshan, give up all previous efforts, retreat to Xijing, and give up the entire Guanzhong. You are ignorant of military affairs, Lu Jifu, you have no brains.

Eyes?!"

Wang Anshi's recent attempt to take back the power of generals will inevitably lead to a backlash from the Privy Council, and Wen Yanbo is very emotional.

Lu Huiqing, who do you think you are? I need to give you face?

Su You said: "The hoarding security crane can be used, but it is not used as Lu Jiazheng said."

"Your Majesty, in fact, this loophole in Shaanxi and Yongxing Army has already existed, but we and Xixia have been selectively ignoring it."

"This battle also illustrates one thing, a good thing - Xixia can only find gaps in our army to make some achievements. Weizhou, Yan'an, Qingtang, and Song Dynasty have basically formed strategic advantages."
Chapter completed!