In the big tent in Dingchuan Walled City.
Su Wei's little eyes were fixed on the sand table made by Liang Chuan. It was unexpected that the mountains, rivers, land, enemies and features could be displayed so perfectly in this small wooden box. Inside the wooden box, not only the high mountains and Gobi desert, but also the direction of the river are clearly marked. Where are the shoals for wading, where are the woods suitable for hiding ambushes, and our fortresses and cities. If the distance between them is Magnified multiple times, the distance is still the same as reality!
"With this artifact, if our scouts can return intelligence from the front in time and analyze it in this square wooden box, they can respond in time. If we go out to attack, we can also set up military formations in advance and choose a suitable terrain to wait for work. The changing situation in the northwest is within your control!"
Liang Chuan said with satisfaction: "This is natural."
Are you kidding me? For two months, more than 20 members of their intelligence team disguised themselves as traders, farmers and herdsmen in the northwest to infiltrate in various ways, just to understand the complex topography of the northwest. The result of countless hard work, this is also indispensable in modern warfare. Small, if Su Wei still looks down on him, then all the hard work has been wasted.
Yelu Zhongguang's men are the best in riding and shooting. If they can beat them, they will fight. If they can't, they will run away. They are most suitable to be scouts!
Su Wei looked at the sand table, his eyes so solemn for the first time: "The Li family has become a leader, and he has a hundred thousand cavalry who are willing to bleed for him. This battle must be won..."
"how..!"
"If the imperial court does not die, it will be difficult to reach heaven!"
Liang Chuan knew that it was impossible to rely on the Song Dynasty to launch another large-scale campaign.
The Song Dynasty was defeated in succession in the War between Song and Xia. It not only lost a huge amount of national funds, but also consumed the confidence of the people of the Song Dynasty in the Song army and the court. Even small forces like the Western thief Li Shi could show off their power over the Song Dynasty. , will it be possible for a random peasant army to establish itself as king in the future and challenge the Song Dynasty?
Da Song definitely didn’t want to see such a scene.
Fortunately, the Li family has been isolated outside the Song Dynasty for a long time. It has been able to survive for hundreds of years. Everyone in the world knows that the Li family is not a kind person, and the peace talks are quite acceptable to the superiors and subordinates!
"We can't count on the imperial court, and we don't have much time left. Li Yuanhao will most likely negotiate peace with us!"
Su Wei said: "Peace talks? Why? Li Yuanhao has always been ambitious. In the past, Li Yuanhao's father Li Deming was grateful for the numerous annual gifts from the Song Dynasty. He was afraid that the benefits of breaking up with the Song Dynasty would be lost. Li Yuanhao rebuked his father at a young age and issued 'Heroes are born, be kings and dominate the ears, why Jinqi does it!' The consequences of peace talks with the Song Dynasty are nothing more than seeking annual gifts. The Song Dynasty treated them well, so why bother!"
Liang Chuan retorted: "Li Yuanhao's desire to become king and hegemony may just be his personal ambition. Xixia has a population of only one million. The Song Dynasty did not pay much attention to it before it could establish itself as a country. Li Yuanhao achieved supremacy in the country through war. Prestige can consolidate his ruling position. Secondly, one country can treat the Song Dynasty a hundred times better than before. After a few battles, the Xixia people have no life. If Li Yuanhao wants to continue to sit down as the leader of his country, he can Better at peace talks!”
Su Wei repeatedly considered Liang Chuan's words: "The Song Dynasty has suffered a new defeat. Can you swallow the bad breath?"
"So, someone has to say this, and this is what we have to do!"
Su Wei set his sights on the Xixia territory in the north. To plan a city, he must plan a country, and to plan a war, he must plan a battle. Fighting this battle is not limited to one battle, but should rise to the level of the overall situation.
"According to my estimation, Li Yuanhao should have expert help around him!"
Liang Chuan's eyes lit up and he gave Su Wei a thumbs up and said, "Old Wei, you can do it. I'll let you figure it all out!"
Su Wei asked anxiously: "What do you know?"
Liang Chuan immediately told Su Weiting everything about Zheng Zuliang.
Naturally, Liang Chuan couldn't spread the word about Shitou's father, Zheng Zuliang.
But when Su Wei heard about Zheng Zu's strange things, he was so shocked that he could hardly close his jaw!
Su Wei shook his head when he heard this: "In the past, the wars between Song and Xia were small battles with a thousand people, but now Li Yuanhao is launching tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 people. It should be noted that in such a battle, every battle in Xixia will be fought with all his strength. The whole country is fighting, and logistics requires many times the number of soldiers to provide support. Except for green salt, which can be regarded as income, the northwest has nothing else to offer. To support such a large-scale battle, it turns out that someone is helping to raise food and grass. Take care of all kinds of supplies in the country from behind!"
"I have summoned Zheng Zuliang's son. Tiger poison is not harmful to his son. Zheng Zuliang never appeared in public under Li Yuanhao. He even changed his name. It seems to me that he is afraid of implicating his wife and children. We will sneak into Xingqing quietly in the next few days. The government will bring Zheng Zuliang back!"
Su Wei's brows were still furrowed and he said something earth-shattering.
"There may be more than one Zheng Zuliang working as a talisman, and there are experts arranging troops and formations for him!"
Liang Chuan stood up suddenly and punched the palm of his other hand with his left hand. After Su Wei reminded him, he remembered someone!
It is said in history that during the reign of Emperor Renzong, there was a man who failed in the exams consecutively, and finally had the idea of committing suicide. They met a man who also failed in the exams, and they went to Xixia and changed their names to Zhang Yuan and Zheng Hao. Not avoiding Li Yuanhao's name, he immediately caught Li Yuanhao's attention. The two eliminated products of the imperial examinations of the Song Dynasty suddenly became the talents that Li Yuanhao relied heavily on. Li Yuanhao relied on two people to kill four people and even wrote a poem.
Xia Song never stood tall, Han Qi is not surprising, the river is full of dragons and tigers, and he still talks about military plans.
Zhang Yuan is a Han, but he uses the bones of Han people to prove his reputation, and takes the destruction of the Song Dynasty as his ambition. The contentment in his words is beyond words. Facts have once again proved that the Han people's biggest enemy is not others but themselves.
Zhang Yuanyi was unable to do anything for a failed scholar to win the top three in the imperial examination. Song Renzong was so angry that he changed the system of the imperial examination. All candidates who passed the imperial examination were accepted as examinees and could be awarded officials, so as to avoid talents from returning to the imperial examination again. The exodus becomes an accomplice of the enemy!
"Lao Wei, you are really like a god in Zhuge's reincarnation!"
"Why, what do you know!"
Liang Chuan told Su Wei about Zhang Yuan's story, and Su Wei felt cold after hearing it. The Song Dynasty had a population of tens of millions, and the folk were Crouching Tigers, Hidden Dragons, but many talented people with the appearance of dragons and phoenixes were depressed under the pressure of those in power, and finally Such a number one figure has become a major problem for the Song Dynasty!
What Su Wei was thinking was, could it be that Liang Chuan really obtained all this information with the help of Yelu Zhongguang and those fools? This is the secret among secrets!
He, Su Wei, also had no ambitions in his life. Enke, who got an official job at the end of his life, found an official career and was assigned to be a small county magistrate in the middle of Sichuan. He was denounced by a villain and lost all his fame. He went to Qingyuan to work as an aide to Liang Chuan. Isn’t it the same!
"The masters are among the people, and the villains are in the temples!"
Su Wei sighed: "If Zhang Yuan's story is true, then there is no doubt that Zheng Zuliang, a member of the alias Zheng Hao! Liang Chuan went to Xiang Wang Temple and sang lamentations in front of Xiang Wang's statue for many days, which shows that he is not A villain who has no ambition to be a king, but the court is controlled by mediocre people, and the wise people will never get ahead, which makes him go to extremes. If he can be stopped from the brink, Li Yuanhao will not have these two things to help him. , Xixia is no longer a problem!"
"Current from the brink? He has killed so many soldiers of the Song Dynasty and returned to the Song Dynasty to still have a good life? Since ancient times, there has been no peace for the two ministers. Jin Dao Yang Ye surrendered to the Song Dynasty and let's see what will happen? Besides, Zhang Yuan is not Yang Ye!"
"The only thing we can do is find a way to get rid of this person!"
"Lao Wei, do you have a good idea? If you think of a way, let me do it!"
Su Wei rolled her eyes at him, "Of course you're the one to do it. I'm so old that I can't even kill a chicken. How could you still let me go!"
"My mouth is thirsty after talking for so long..."
Such a twist!
"Come here, where are they all dead, Chongguang? Bring in the tea!"
Yelu Chongguang brought a pot of tea. The tea was brought by Sun Houpu.
"Have you found the person who asked you to find Karma Gonpo?"
Yelu Zhongguang said: "Dingchuan Village is very close to Tubo. The brothers have already set off for Tubo. There should be news in the next few days. Karma Gongpo is in Tubo now. If he gets the news from us, he should be very happy to cooperate with us. Cooperation with the Song Dynasty."
"Humph, he's not happy about giving him money!"
Su Wei came over and said, "Why, there are also your people in Tubo?"
Liang Chuan could not deny it.
"I heard that Tubo's war horses are very good. You can buy a batch of war horses from Tubo! Our army is all infantry. If there is no cavalry to restrain us when the war starts in the future, the battlefield will not be good for us!"
"I think so too. Brother Pu has sent someone to Bianjing to get some tea! The Tibetan people will be very happy to exchange tea for horses. We still have good things like sucrose on hand. The Tibetan people are so greedy for our good things. It’s been a long time. When he comes back, the war horse will come back!”
Why did I go off topic while talking!
"You haven't said anything yet, what to do about Zhang Yuan!"
Su Wei said: "How reliable is this information for you?"
"Absolutely reliable!" Liang Chuan didn't need to ask. These information were all read from books and were 100% true.
The war between Song and Xia was originally too disparate in strength, and Zhang Yuan's experience was too fantastic. Every time he saw this historian's statement, although Liang Chuan had some sympathy for Zhang Yuan, he was still more angry!
"If this is really the case, then there is only one way to get rid of Liang Chuan!"
"tell me the story!"
"Li Yuanhao is a hero like Cao Cao. One thing they all have in common is that they are extremely suspicious. If Zhang Yuan can help him win the battle, he can still trust him. But Zhang Yuan is a Han after all. People who are not from my race must have different hearts. Li Yuanhao is sure We are always on guard against Zhang Yuan, as long as we make good use of this, we don’t need to rely on anyone to get rid of Zhang Yuan, Li Yuanhao will personally wield the butcher’s knife!”
"How exactly?"
"I have not decided yet."
