"Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from Hewai County in Liangzhou. Mongolian Hebul has once again assembled a heavy army, with his son Hutu Ci as the vanguard. Now he has entered from outside the wall and swept all the way.
The news came from the tribes such as Qunlang and Fuer that we had surrendered before. Their menacing attack did not look like a show. "
"At the same time, news came from Xiao Heda that Li Qianshun of Xixia was preparing to attack. It has been rumored that Li Qianshun was in poor health over the years, but this time he seems to have decided to fight in person..."
"There are Jin people!" Finally Lu Yihao also stood up, "The new Meng An Wanyan Fushou, the son of the former Meng An Wanyan who lived together in the Jin Kingdom, personally led troops to station in Hebei.
Wanyan Zonghan at the rear was seriously ill and it was unclear whether he could go on the expedition, but Wanyan Zongwang and Jin Wushu had made all preparations.
The Jin people mobilized a large army, claiming to be one million, but according to a message from the scouts and spies, it was said that at least 300,000 were mobilized, which was almost the entire country's military strength. "
After Lu Yihao said this, he looked at Zhang Yong, the commander of the Imperial City Division.
Zhao Huan also set his sights on Zhang Yong.
"Until now, the Imperial City Secretary has nothing to say?"
At this time, Zhang Yong's face was dark and he knelt directly in front of Zhao Huan.
"The last general is guilty, and the Imperial City Division... was suppressed!" After Zhang Yong finished speaking, he stopped giving any more excuses and continued directly, "In recent years, our Imperial City Division has indeed made some mistakes in the Jin Kingdom and Mongolia. A lot of effort.
But the Kingdom of Jin may be okay. There are still many Han people in it who are willing to help, but the Mongolian side simply cannot get in.
The final general is incompetent. Instead of expanding the Imperial City Division left behind by Tong Guan, the final general is asking for forgiveness! "
"I will go and get thirty military sticks later, and I will be fined half a year's salary."
"The general will obey the order."
"Get out of here!"
Zhao Huan couldn't help but cursed angrily and told him to get lost, and then took out all the various documents and read them one by one.
"What do the generals of Tiance Mansion say?"
"Now this news has just reached us. Of course, Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and other generals have also received these battle reports, but their response methods may not have been transmitted yet.
I think His Majesty should discuss it with us first and come up with a rough idea.
We all have an idea of how much of the troops, horses, food and fodder we can use, and when the generals' countermeasures are received, we will be able to choose the best and use them. "
Lu Yihao This was a normal practice in the Song Dynasty. The court was in charge of money and food expenses and there were many corvee logistics.
The various generals in the army are responsible for how to fight. They can decide how to fight this battle, when to fight it, and with whom to fight.
But the prerequisite must be to ensure that you can keep up.
One hundred thousand stones of grain and grass cannot support the size of an army that can easily reach one million, so Zhao Huan needs to have a general understanding here.
"Qing Zhao, does the Ministry of Household Affairs have enough food and grass now?"
"This year's grain supplies from various armies have been allocated. Apart from military expenses and ensuring next year's spring planting and emergency supplies, several of our granaries are sufficient.
The first batch can produce millions of stones of grain and grass, but now it is summer planting, followed by autumn harvest.
If corvee is used, it may have some impact. This is the helplessness between the Song Dynasty and the Jin people and Meng people.
The Liao people now mainly focus on farming, so there is no need to worry too much, but Hebule and Wanyandan have no such scruples at all.
They are all nomadic cattle, sheep and horses. This is a good time to send troops! "
"So it's a foregone conclusion that the Jin will send troops, and although we now have enough food, supplies, and a sufficient population, we are unable to mobilize them on a large scale?"
"That's not the case. As usual, it would be enough to directly mobilize the people of Yuzhou. But now if Yuzhou and Guanzhong are recruited for this kind of decisive battle, then this year's autumn harvest will be really troublesome.
What Lao Chen means is that the people in Yuzhou and Guanzhong will be the main ones, and one of the three households will be selected, and at the same time, they will be subsidized with money and food.
After that, one out of ten people from Yangzhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou were selected to recruit corvees.
As for Yizhou... let's not move for the time being and continue to fully support Wu Lin. "
"It will take a long time to do this." Zhao Huan is already quite mature and can easily discover the problem here. "If Yuzhou and Guanzhong are transferred in the early stage, I am afraid that it can only support an army of 200,000 to 300,000 people. Grain.
Although Old Shangshu Chen did not thoroughly study the cyclone cannon before his death, he officially supported the four-wheeled carriage.
Now there are tens of thousands of four-wheeled carriages, oxen, horses, donkeys and mules are mobilized to transport soldiers and horses to the number of 300,000.
Liu Qi was the chief general in Liangzhou, and Zhang Jun was transferred to the side army to march from Bingzhou. Xiao Heda was ordered to hold back Li Qianshun of Xixia and not allow him to act rashly.
Liu Qi can mobilize 80,000 troops and horses, and Bingzhou will dispatch another 40,000 troops. A total of 120,000 troops will be enough to protect Liangzhou.
At the same time, Yue Fei was ordered to lead 100,000 Yue family troops to send troops to Jizhou, and Han Shizhong was dispatched to lead 80,000 elite troops along the coast passing Zhoushan to attack Youzhou and Liaodong.
Attack from two sides and fight against the golden man! "
Zhao Huan quickly formulated his own plan. Of course, the specific details still required the cooperation of various generals.
It's just that Zhao Huan made the most preliminary plan, including food and fodder, corvee labor, the number of troops to send, and the general fighting method.
This plan was quickly formulated by the six ministers and detailed operations were sent to the generals.
Zhao Huan looked at many battle reports and finally decided to focus on his son.
"The prince has grown up, and now it is time for him to serve as an official, so let him serve as the Luoyang order."
As soon as this sentence came out, Crown Prince Zhao Chen had no idea. After all, there was a rule in the Song Dynasty that once the royal heir was determined to grow up, he would be transferred to another place.
Among them, the most standard position is that of Kaifeng Ling Yin.
That's almost standard equipment for the crown prince.
Of all the crown princes in the Song Dynasty, I am afraid that my father has never served as the emperor of Kaifeng...
Now that the capital has become Luoyang, the position of the Luoyang Order is naturally a work of practice for the Crown Prince.
But what Zhao Chen couldn't think of, how could Zhao Ding, the old guys who had followed Zhao Huan for many years, not think of it.
After everyone looked at each other, Zhao Ding bowed again.
"Your Majesty has arranged this, but you still need someone to supervise the country?" Zhao Ding's tone was very gentle, as if he was afraid to hear Zhao Huan say those words.
It's just that His Majesty's temper seems to be as fiery as before.
"Get me that thing from Zhao Kai. He has built up his temper after so many years. Come back to me as soon as possible to supervise the country. I'm going to lead the expedition myself!"
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"Your Majesty, your Majesty is nearly fifty years old now, otherwise we should still..."
"This battle is related to the life and death of our Song Dynasty. If we defeat our Song Dynasty, we can march straight in and regain the quiet land of Jizhou. If we fail, our Song Dynasty..."
"We can fight again!" Lu Yihao interrupted his Majesty with one sentence, "My Song Dynasty is not what it was back then. Even if it is defeated, our Song Dynasty still has the strength to fight again."
"...We, the Song Dynasty, cannot be defeated!" Zhao Huan left these words, and then directly set his own tone, "I will lead the expedition in person. If our army is victorious, I will be the vanguard.
If our army had not been unfortunate, I would have been the last barrier for future generations!
The Song Dynasty lacked integrity. Mr. Zhong once said that the Song Dynasty lacked real spirit, the spirit of the Han and Tang Dynasties.
I don’t know what the Qi of the Han and Tang Dynasties was, but I know it.
If I, the Great Song Dynasty, want to stand at the top of the world again, I can only do one thing.
The emperor guards the gate of the country, and the king dies in the country.
How can we sit back and watch the frontline soldiers fight in this critical time of life and death! "
"His Majesty..."
"My mind has been made up, you don't need to say anything more!"
Seeing that Zhao Huan refused to listen to the advice, everyone who had always known this man's prestige in the military could not stop him. They could only look at each other and sighed in despair.
Then they left each other and went to invite King Yun Zhao Kai at the same time. The brothers did have something to say.
The recent court discussions were temporarily put on hold. Many courtiers were waiting in the side hall, and at the same time, they looked at the six ministers in front of them one by one, trying to get an answer from them.
But even Guo Rong, the newly appointed minister of the Ministry of Industry, said nothing about this.
He was a serious member of the Yue Family Army. After succeeding Chen Lao Shangshu who died of illness that year, he devoted himself to managing the floods in the Song Dynasty. He didn't ask a word about government affairs.
The current people in the Ministry of Industry are incompatible with today's courtiers.
Not to mention those who formed cliques for personal gain, or even if they could not be found on ordinary days, Guo Rong often left only three or two officials to look after the documents submitted from various places, and then took hundreds of officials from the Ministry of Industry and thousands of craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry. Fighting in all directions.
If one day you see a group of "mud monkeys" filing in from the city gate of Luoyang, surrounded by soldiers guarding them, then don't think too much, it must be the officials from the Ministry of Works who have returned.
The six ministers remained silent, and many courtiers could only speculate, wondering if something had happened recently.
The talented ones have already made some guesses and are worried about each other, while the mediocre ones are still whispering in groups.
Looking at this scene, Zhao Ding, the Minister of Household Affairs, chuckled directly at Zhu Shengfei.
"It seems that another group of officials will be decentralized for this year's assessment."
"Everyone is uncertain about how to serve as an official in the court. Recently, a certain family of whisperers has kept it in mind. This year's end-of-year assessment will depend on their results.
I hope they don’t let someone find a reason! "
"Well... Tang Situi has been a county magistrate for several years. How is his performance now?"
"....good!"
"It's time to move his position when the time is right. It's not a problem to always be the county magistrate near his hometown. It's okay to let him change his place."
"Well, by the way, does your Majesty really want to lead the expedition in person?"
"...Ah...His Majesty's thoughts...who can say for sure..."
At this time, Zhao Ding looked towards the direction of the front hall, where there should be two middle-aged men looking at each other and smiling, probably...
"Probably...there won't be a fight..."
