"It has a lot to do, come to see the map. + + + + +" Cai Ting took Wang Ju to the study and took out a large map. Thanks to the development of the Song Dynasty in all aspects, including mapping. Although it was an unstandard map in ancient times, the Song Dynasty began to attach importance to maps. The government also sent many people to draw maps specifically, and kept the maps in various places very confidential. It was strictly forbidden to leak to Liaoxia. Even the irrelevant Goryeo people were not allowed to show them to the Goryeo people when they came.

This is a large Shaanxi map.

Cai Ting drew several big arrows on the map. The two super-large arrows started from Jintang City and Baibao City and went straight to Dashun City. There was also a small arrow separated from Baibao City. One ran towards Rouyuan Village and the other ran towards Dashun City.

"Tao Gong Yingming," said Wang Ju.

This is Cai Ting's imaginary future route for the Xixia people to send troops.

The best road for Song Xia is not the road in Suizhou, nor the road of the Security Army in the Great Wall Ridge, nor the road of Huanqing Road, but the road of Zhenrong Army, following Huluchuan in the north and heading straight to Lingzhou. Connecting to the water river in the west, Watingchuan in the west, and Deshun army in the Deshu army, and then entering the Jinghe Valley in the south. This is the smoothest and easy-to-see road in Song Xia.

Several roads on Huanqing Road are very important, but most of them are very rugged, including the road from Dashun City to Xixia. However, relatively speaking, the road from Dashun City to Xixia is slightly better, whether to Jintang City or Baibao City. As for the road from Xinjiang Basin, it is also important, but it is even more difficult to walk. It can be suitable for marching thousands of troops, but not tens of thousands of troops. Therefore, if Xixia attacks Dashun City, the main army must also set off from Jintang City and Baibao City.

It is a little further away from Jintang City, but Jintang City can still reach the Security Army and Dejing Village. As long as the Xixia army comes from Jintang City, Yanzhou will not dare to divide the troops to rescue each other. This is a trick of killing two birds with one stone.

"Wang Ju. Come and see again," Cai Ting and Dashun City drew another arrow to Liyuan Fort, and then drew a few small arrows from Jintang City to Pingrong Town.

"Do you understand what I mean?"

"Mr. Cai, the officials know that although there is no road to march from Jintang City to Pingrong Village, there are several rugged mountain roads that allow small groups of enemies to reach Pingrong Town directly. This is also the reason why the imperial court set up a fort in Pingrong Town at the beginning. If the main army of Xixia invaded Liyuan Fort and sent a small group of enemies to arrive at Pingrong Town from the path, panic would arise in the rear, and even the strong army we organized would not have the heart to fight."

"Not only that, I have been thinking for a long time. You are right. Because you won three victories last year, and this year you humiliated them for prisoners of war, the people of Xixia will inevitably take revenge. However, if a main force in Xixia comes from Jintang City and is willing to retaliate against you, Huachi County will be passive. Although Huachi County will disperse the pressure from the other two places, Huachi County will be in danger. In theory, you are right. The enemy wants to plot against Qingzhou without any tricks. You must take Dashun City. Otherwise, you will be surrounded by Dashun City and then divide your troops to Qingzhou, and you will not attack with less force.

Going to Qingzhou will have an impact on taking down Dashun City. If you leave Dashun City, the forts behind, Dashun City, Liyuan Fort, Huachi Town, Fengchuan Town, Rouyuan Village, Wujiao Town, Yele Town, Fucheng Village, Longpan Town, and the forts are coming. Although the troops are small, as long as I clear the walls and fields in advance, and use the troops of these forts to use the continuous harassment of Liangmao terrain and cut off their supply, the enemy will face a crushing defeat. This is not Hebei, and it will allow the Liao army to move south unimpededly. Of course, the enemy will not make such a choice."

"Tai Gong's words are reasonable."

"However, Huachi County is in crisis. Once you lose and lose Huachi County, even if you lose Liyuan Fort and Pingrong Town, the people of Xixia can launch a fan attack and exert their military strength advantage." At this point, Cai Ting frowned. After all, the enemy has more troops and more troops, and the more cards you can play. There are too many loopholes in the staggered terrain on the border of Huanqing Road.

"Do you understand what I said?"

"The officials understand that once the Xixia tilts its troops towards Huachi County, inspector Yao and I will become the key. If we can withstand the attacks of the Xixia people and keep Pingrong Town and Liyuan Fort, the attacks in other areas will be weakened and we will also win the chance of victory. But if Liyuan Fort and Pingrong Town are lost, the whole situation will become extremely dangerous."

"It really understands military affairs, but this is not only the wealth and honor you want to pick up, but also the entire battle situation."

"Mr. Cai's intention..."

"I want to transfer officers and soldiers from the rear to Qingzhou, and I also want to divide officers and soldiers from the third battalion to Huachi County."

The troops on Huanqing Road were not only in Huanzhou and Qingzhou, but also in the rear Binzhou, Ningzhou and Ganzhou, and most of the time, the troops garrisoned in Ningzhou were even better than Qingzhou.

This is also due to the results of supply.

To give an analogy, if a capable minister presided over the leadership of the Central Plains, a bucket of Gaoliang from all over the Central Plains might only cost more than twenty cents. Sanmenxia could not be navigated, and it would be transported from land to Shangsanmen, and then transported from small boats to Weishui and transported to Chang'an. At this time, the price of a bucket of millet would reach fifty cents, and a bucket of rice would reach more than one hundred cents. This was acceptable to the court.

Then after arriving in Chang'an, he could no longer transport it to the front line with cheap ships, so he had to use a small car to pull it, which was the beginning of the loss. Often, a bucket of corn in Ningzhou can turn into two hundred cents of money, and when he arrived in Qingzhou, he turned into four hundred cents of money.

If you are greedy for a thousand liters, it is not uncommon for a thousand liters to be greedy.

Therefore, the Song army is not necessarily distributed on the front line, but gradually spreads from the front line toward Chang'an. When the weather is good, the local tax and grain can bear the supply of soldiers. However, there are too many troops, so when encountering major disasters, the front line will be calm, which will often allow soldiers on the front line to be transferred to Chang'an for food, saving the cost of grain.

Cai Ting transferred the officers and soldiers of the sixth battalion in the rear to Qingzhou, which also meant that the court would have to increase its extra expenses.

But this has nothing to do with Wang Ju, and Cai Ting does not refer to this extra expense, but to wine.

"Mr. Cai believes that even if the officers and soldiers of the third battalion were added, Huachi County was still very weak. All the officers and soldiers of several battalions must be trained into truly strong troops. Although the troops were a little less at that time, only the elite soldiers and generals could protect Huachi County?"

"I am thinking about this, but if I want to strengthen the army, the conventional means are not good. First of all, the court seems to be in financial difficulties. Han Gong will not allocate too much money to Huanqing Road to overcome this difficulty. He will allocate, but the money allocated is limited, but the use is very useful. This amount of money cannot be handed over to Huachi County. Besides, if the army is strong, it is impossible to say it with your mouth. Do you understand my meaning?"

"The officials understand and must come up with some practical things like the officials. Only then can the soldiers of the three armies be willing to train carefully and dare to fight. However, the country is financially tight, and the two is that Mr. Cai must take the overall situation into consideration. If the funds are specially transferred to preferentially treat Huachi County, other soldiers will inevitably be dissatisfied and have not played a good role, but instead play a bad role. However, so many officers and soldiers want to mobilize their enthusiasm and need a lot of money, and that wine will become the key."

"It's also the one in the middle, so I heard that the people of Xixia banned alcohol. I had a headache."

"Mr. Cai, don't worry. That wine..." Wang Ju laughed and said, "Mr. Cai, please watch the show."

"Oh, what's the trick?"

"I have my own tricks, but I send someone to inquire about the specific situation. When the news comes back, I will have a solution."

"Then I'm relieved. Let me say another thing. I heard that the wine consumes food."

"This is a bit, but Mr. Cai should not worry. Although he consumed food, he was the official in Huachi County to overhaul water conservancy, encouraged the people to farm, and even introduced some measures to encourage the people to raise oxen. This year the increase in grain production is enough to preserve the consumption of wine."

"This is a bit unbeautiful, your vision is low..." Cai Ting paused and did not criticize again. After all, Wang Ju is still young, so it is good to have such ideas. Moreover, his political achievements and military merits are first-class. This is an important talent in the future of the Song Dynasty, but it is still in the growth stage and has been decided to be insufficient. Therefore, the topic changed: "As you said, food will be extremely precious after the autumn. As long as there is enough food in Qingzhou, I dare to transfer enough troops from the rear. Otherwise, the enemy's attack will be the only thing that can be used as food and grass to drag down the speed of the march."

"What should I do?"

"In this way, I served as the deputy commissar of the transfer of transportation in Jingzhao Prefecture for a period of time. I have a few friends there. I wrote a letter and you sent someone from the Zhu family to Jingzhao Prefecture to buy wine. The shipping fee is more expensive. You are not transporting grain, but transporting wine. Besides, the price of grain there is cheaper than here, and the shipping fee will not increase much after discount. Moreover, you mainly sell it to Xixia people, and there will be no conflict with the merchants in Jingzhao Prefecture. The problem of wine is solved, and the problem of food is also solved. What do you think?"

"This is the right."

"Also, I heard that the Xixia people robbed the sour wine. Remember not to act rashly at this time, nor should I use troops to avoid giving the enemy an excuse. If the enemy does not have a righteous attack, I can inspire morale. If the enemy has a righteous attack, I will be difficult to deal with. This righteousness is especially important to the foreign soldiers."

"The Xiaguan will know the importance of the matter, but the Xiaguan has a request. Can Mr. Cai allow it?"

“What request?”

"The officer and soldier Xu ordered his mother to be seriously ill and he was the only son, so he was always worried. He did not dare to report to the court. He told me his difficulties a few days ago. I would like to ask Yao Xiong, the son of Yao Yi, to replace him as a temporary commander."

"Yao Xiong, the son of Yao Yi?"

"I only found out recently," Wang Ju said with a wry smile.

He only knew the power of the second Yao, but there were many things he did not know. For example, Yao Yi lost his father since childhood and hated Xixia very much. Therefore, whenever he painted the instrument, he would engrave the four big words "The hatred has not been revenged" to show that he would not forget his family's hatred.

He also likes to practice calligraphy. He has a hand-written calligraphy, which actually makes Wang Ju feel that he is better than himself. He especially likes Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy. Wang Ju asked the reason for it, and Yao Yi replied: "I admire him."

Yan Zhenqing, like Su Dongpo, is a famous calligrapher, but he is much braver than Su Dongpo. He is not only a calligrapher, but also an important official, military strategist, and a generation of heroes.

Only then did Wang Ju understand why he talked to him about using troops to Xixia and hit it off. It turned out that this master was more eager to go to war with Xixia than he did.

But he had not fully understood Yao Shi's character at that time. It was not until some time ago when he was releasing prisoners of war and staying in Liyuan Fort, he heard a veteran telling the truth. It turned out that Yao Shi's eldest son Yao Xiong had entered the army and made many military achievements under Yao Shi's tent, but he made Yao Shi selflessly give it to others.

Wang Ju was speechless, so he found Yao Yi to have a heart-to-heart talk. Yao Yi waved his hand and said, "He is still young, what kind of credit should he be to avoid arrogance. I am not suppressing him, but teaching him. I will not suppress him, but performing his merits on his behalf, but harming him."

Wang Ju was even more speechless and thought to himself, your son is not inferior to you in the future. Of course, everyone grew up together, and Yao Xiong did not grow up. He must protect his father's wings at present, but he can fly.

Just as Xu Instructor was worried about his mother's illness, Wang Ju thought of Yao Xiong. There was another person, Yao Yi's younger brother Yao Lin. However, when he was talking to Yao Yi, he heard that Yao Lin was still taking care of Yao Yi's mother at home, and Yao Yi was extremely filial. Although Yao Lin was also outstanding in martial arts, that was only the only one. You can't let others not even want the old mother, that's what mother is called mother. A widow raised her two sons, and she became a famous general, and pulled out the Yao family generals. Thinking about her pretty mother, Wang Ju felt very ashamed...

"How old is this son?"

"In his early twenties, he is older than me anyway."

Cai Ting laughed. In terms of age, almost 90% of officials and generals of the above-level command were older than Wang Ju.

"How is this martial arts?"

"The martial arts skills are outstanding, no less than his father, and he has made military achievements many times, but let General Yao suppress it without reporting."

"In this way, Yao Yi is very interesting."

"If used well, General Yao can beat General Wang Gui, Ren Fu and other generals."

"I have approved this commander."

"Thank you for your trust from Mr. Cai," Wang Ju returned to Huachi, feeling a little happy and worried on the way. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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