In the Great Song Palace of Bianliang, Song Shenzong summoned Wang Shao, Chongshidao and Zhang Dunli, all three of whom were firm main battle factions, especially Zhang Dunli had a hatred for Li Liangzuo's wife, so Zhang Dunli couldn't wait to send troops to kill the Great Xia Kingdom and destroy Li Liangzuo; Since the last time the Liao army entered the Song realm, the Song army began to reorganize and train the army, and purchased war horses from the Great Xia State at all costs, and now the scale of the Song army is very considerable. \ In the imperial garden of the Bianliang Palace, Song Shenzong met the three here, and Song Shenzong said to the three: "Three Aiqing, now that the Great Xia Kingdom has set up the Andong Protectorate in Liaodong, what do you think about this?"
"Your Majesty, it is obvious that the Great Xia Kingdom is doing this to deal with the Liao State."
Wang Shao first said to Song Shenzong; "Although Liaodong had already belonged to the Great Xia Kingdom more than ten years ago, the Great Xia Kingdom did not establish direct jurisdiction over this place, but divided it into thirty-seven vassal states; Now the Great Xia Kingdom has returned to Liaodong, conquered Goryeo, and established the Andong Protectorate, which is precisely to carry out the right to rule Liaodong, and to prepare for its future destruction. ” "Aiqing, please continue."
Song Shenzong said with a solemn face.
Wang Shao continued to say to Song Shenzong: "Your Majesty, once there is a conflict between Xia and Liao, the Xia army can concentrate superior forces to attack the Liao State from the east and west, and in the face of the powerful Xia army, the Liao State is not an opponent in its heyday, not to mention that it is only surviving now, so once the Xia army attacks the Liao State, the destruction of the Liao State is inevitable; And once the Liao State perished, the situation in the world will be extremely unfavorable to our Great Song Dynasty, without the containment of the Liao army, the Xia army can transfer all the main forces to deal with our Great Song Dynasty, although our Great Song Dynasty has a vast territory, a large land, and a large population, although our Song army is not afraid of life and death, but independently against the battle-hardened Xia army, after all, it is also in a disadvantageous position. ” Song Shenzong frowned and said, "Then Aiqing has any suggestions?"
Wang Shao continued to say to Song Shenzong: "Your Majesty, Weichen has three strategies for Your Majesty to choose, Shangce continues to maintain relations with Xia, secretly contact Liao, we can complement Liao, we support Liao, money, iron, tea, salt and other strategic materials for Liao, in exchange for Liao's excellent war horses, and secretly form a military alliance with Liao, once any of the two countries have a war with Xia, the other country must fully support; Strategy: continue to maintain good relations with the Xia State, and jointly divide the Liao State with the Xia State, after the destruction of the Liao, our dynasty won the Nanjing Road of the Liao State, and the rest of the Liao territory was assigned to the Xia State, and then after the destruction of the Liao, there will only be two Song and Xia countries in the world, although the two countries will maintain peace in a short period of time, but it will not last long, so after the destruction of the Liao, our northeast will not be in danger to defend, our dynasty can follow the previous dynasties in the north to build the Great Wall, and send a large number of troops to garrison the border, the same is true in the northwest and western territories; Strategy: Sit and watch the Liao State be destroyed by the Xia State, after our dynasty and the Xia State went to war, the ministers could only lead the army to fight to the death with the Xia army, but after the Xia State annexed the Liao State, its strength was bound to increase greatly, and the ministers were not sure that they would be able to block the Xia Army's iron cavalry to the south, once the war was unfavorable, our dynasty could only withdraw from the Central Plains, shrink the front, cede the territory north of the Yellow River, rely on the Qinling Yellow River defense line to defend, and keep half of the rivers and mountains of our Great Song Dynasty "Enough" Wang Shao's words were not finished before he was interrupted by Song Shenzong; "I will never allow the Great Song Dynasty to lose an inch of land in my hands, otherwise I will face the ancestors and ancestors, and you two will also talk about how to deal with it."
"Your Majesty, Emperor Li Liangzuo of Xia is ambitious, there will be a battle between Xia Liao and Song Xia no matter what, this battle will determine the final belonging of the world, our dynasty has a vast territory, a strong country and a rich people, and a large population, its comprehensive national strength is not comparable to that of Xia, and our dynasty can use its own advantages to confront Xia State; Although the territory of the Xia Kingdom is larger than that of our Great Song Dynasty, it is mostly barren land, and its comprehensive national strength is not as good as that of our dynasty; Weichen's suggestion is that once the two countries go to war, our dynasty needs to make use of its strengths and avoid its weaknesses, not to rush to a decisive battle with the Xia army, but to exchange space for time, the national strength of the Xia army cannot support a long-term war, we can drag the Xia army into the quagmire of war step by step, and slowly consume the national strength of the Xia country; In the early stage of the war, our army will focus on defense, the middle stage will be the stage of stalemate between the two armies, and the later stage will be the moment of our army's counteroffensive; However, if Your Majesty wants to carry out this plan, our dynasty must sit down and prepare from now on, build granaries and weapons depots in some key strategic locations, and also need to build armor, weapons, and bows and crossbows day and night; After all, our army is a foot soldier, and fighting against the strong Xia army not only does not have any advantage, but is also at a disadvantage. ” "Dunli, what do you think?"
Song Shenzong continued to ask Zhang Dunli.
Zhang Dunli said to Song Shenzong: "Wechen basically agrees with the views of the two adults, and Wechen suggests that our army should focus on the development of heavy infantry and bow troops, and build the Mo knife team in imitation of the Tang Dynasty, the Mo knife team is the nemesis of the cavalry, and the addition of the bow and crossbow troops will inevitably give the Xia army a heavy blow."
After listening to these suggestions, Song Shenzong nodded and said, "Go back and write these suggestions into a chapter and hand it over to me, and I still need to discuss it with the prime minister." ” "Yes, Weichen takes the order."
The three of them commanded.
After the three of them left, Song Shenzong sent someone to find Prime Minister Wang Anshi, and Song Shenzong asked Wang Anshi: "Aiqing, now that the law has been changed, I know how my new army is being trained."
Wang Anshi said to Song Shenzong: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the new army has been well organized, and has begun to have combat effectiveness, and now our Song army has recovered to the scale of 1.2 million people, of which 700,000 are in the upper reaches of the show, and the remaining 500,000 are all soldiers and horses secretly trained in the depths of Dabie Mountain."
"Okay, that's great."
Song Shenzong said happily; "Aiqing, the size of the new army must continue to expand, and I want to have time to see these soldiers of mine, and I plan to send Zhang Dunli over to manage these new troops."
"Your Majesty, you are the Son of Heaven, you can't leave the capital easily, as for Lord Zhang, Weichen will arrange it."
Wang Anshi said to Song Shenzong.
Song Shenzong nodded, for the new army of the Great Song Dynasty was trained by Wang Anshi, and now the new army is quite large-scale, Song Shenzong decided to meddle in the affairs of the new army, and intends to use Zhang Dunli to balance Wang Anshi, after all, Wang Anshi has not been the prime minister for nothing these years, and now many people in the court of the Great Song Dynasty are pulled up by Wang Anshi, and now Wang Anshi has this new army in his hands, although Song Shenzong trusts Wang Anshi very much, but he also has to guard against it, not afraid of 10,000, just in case, as a person in power, he must know the check and balance.
The news of the secret training of the new army in the Great Song Dynasty, Li Liangzuo's Yipintang did not get any news at all, and the current Great Song Dynasty is no longer the Great Song Dynasty of history, Song Shenzong and Wang Anshi, the two are taking the Great Song Dynasty silently towards strength step by step: