Wen Yanbo and Han Qi arrived outside the gate of Fanlou, stopped and said, "Du and Tian, ​​the two Grand Marshals, don't know what Yaxing is. Please invite us to come here to drink at this time? If you don't go to court tomorrow, will you have to drink all night?"

Han Qi smiled and said, "My husband, in my opinion, they came out of the palace and asked us if they had something to do. Taiwei Du entered the court for more than a year. Do you remember when he invited someone to drink some free drinks? I was afraid that there was something important and I would not attend court tomorrow, so I came to us."

Wen Yanbo couldn't help laughing after hearing this: "That's right. Although Taiwei Du is not stingy, he doesn't like to have fun."

After saying that, Fan Lou's servant had already come over and led the two into Cailou. He continued to lead Du Zhongxiao's pavilion.

After greeting each other, the two of them sat down. Wen Yanbo said, "When I was just at the door, Mr. Han said that the two Grand Marshals must have come out of the palace and asked us to discuss matters. Now, it is true."

Du Zhongxiao said: "I'm sorry to both of you tonight. It's a bit abrupt, don't be surprised."

After saying that, he raised his glass and said, "Let's drink one and give a favor to the two husbands."

After three rounds of wine, Du Zhongxiao put down his wine glass and said, "Justice just now, we were invited to enter the palace and talk about preventing autumn this year. This is a big deal, and the help of the Secretary of the Communist Party of China is indispensable. Therefore, we invite two husbands to come."

Han Qi said: "Since it is a business, why not wait a few days to discuss matters in the capital?"

Du Zhongxiao sighed: "There is no way, the matter is too big, the time is urgent, and I can't wait. It's late June and it's not far from autumn. If things are not done well, I'm afraid the Lord will blame you."

Wen Yanbo said: "Now there are 250,000 troops trained on Hebei Road. Even if the Khitans come, they will not be able to do anything. What is the big deal to prevent autumn? As long as you prepare enough food and grass, the Khitans come and fight."

Tian Kuang couldn't help but sighed: "We think so too, but the emperor doesn't think so."

Han Qiqi said: "What does the emperor want to do? Could it be that after repelling the Khitan, he wanted to go north to restore Youzhou this year? That's a bit difficult."

Du Zhongxiao said: "It's not just that. The emperor will concentrate his army to annihilate the main force of the Khitan in Youzhou when the Khitans come this year. Then the army advances north and restores Yanyun. He even takes advantage of the situation to advance north and completely defeat the Khitan, and eliminates the northern border troubles."

After hearing this, Wen Yanbo and Han Qi were both stunned. They looked at Du Zhongxiao and the others seriously. After a while, they said, "Is that true?"

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "That's true! If it weren't for such a big event, we would have only been waiting for a few days. Why should we invite our two husbands?"

Wen Yanbo looked at Han Qi and said, "It is already an amazing victory to defeat the Khitan. Is it too whimsical to completely wipe out the Khitan? The Khitan must have a huge army of troops, hundreds of thousands of troops, how to completely wipe out the entire?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "So we have to discuss it with the two. This is a big deal. How can we do it with the Privy Council and the Third Office alone?"

Han Qi said: "Taiwei, if you only defeat the Khitan this year, wait for another one or two years, the imperial guards will be completed. It would be better to go north at that time? Now the imperial guards have only trained about half of their troops, and they have more than enough defense, but they have insufficient attack. Why don't you explain to the emperor and not rush to one or two years?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "We said that the Emperor did not agree, so it was so difficult to deal with it. I originally thought that the Khitan came south and let the newly trained troops fight and fight a war to see how the training was achieved. Only after the war can we say that the training was really completed. Unexpectedly, what the Emperor wanted was to encircle and annihilate the main force of the Khitan in one battle, and then settle the world."

Han Qi said: "Even if the emperor intends to do this, if he cannot do it, he will not force it. It seems that the Privy Council also believes that it can be done?"

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "The Khitan came south in autumn, and the Privy Council naturally reported it according to various situations. If you concentrate your efforts, it is possible to encircle and annihilate the Khitan army, but it is very difficult. I didn't expect that in the eyes of the emperor, you have to face the difficulties. Alas, it's not necessary to do it. I don't know why the emperor made such a determination. It's too difficult to encircle and annihilate the Khitan army in Youzhou."

Han Qi said: "How can the Khitan power be easily annihilated when its troops are coming? The Grand Marshal, can the Privy Council really do it?"

Du Zhongxiao was silent for a while and said, "No matter whether it can be done or not, the Khitans have sent such an opportunity, so they cannot let it go. As long as we make the best efforts, even if we cannot do it, we will have a clear conscience!"

Zhao Zi said: "If the Khitan comes to the country, if there is no mistake, it is certainly difficult to surround them all. However, if the arrangement is done properly, it is still possible to surround its main force. As long as the Khitan main force is surrounded, things will be easier."

After hearing this, everyone else nodded. The characteristic of the Khitan is that the main force of the army is the palace tent troops. Whenever there is a war, the emperor must fight in person. If the Song army seizes the opportunity and surround Yelu Hongji, the Khitan army will not be able to escape even if they want to.

Du Zhongxiao also thought so. It is not easy to surround the country's 300,000 troops in Youzhou, which is not dangerous to defend. However, it is still possible to create opportunities to surround the Khitan emperor and attract the Khitan army to retreat.

In the Chanzhou Alliance, the Song army injured its general Xiao Talin and forced the Khitan to seek peace. If he surrounded Yelu Hongji this time, even if the Khitan was immortal, he would not dare to fight with the Song army. At that time, the north would be stable.

Wen Yanbo thought for a while and said, "If this is the case this fall, what will the Privy Council want the Secretariat to do?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "War is to get food and grass. The first thing to ensure is that hundreds of thousands of troops are concentrated on Hebei Road, and there is no shortage of food and grass. It is estimated that at that time, there will be about 500,000 to 600,000 troops on Hebei Road, plus the other imperial guards, we will start transporting grain to Hebei now. Otherwise, even if there is a train, it will be difficult to guarantee it. In addition to the army, we must also think that the war will start, and the people will also lack food. If we win, there will also be Khitan prisoners to have food. In total, one million people will have three months of food to avoid any accidents."

Wen Yan couldn't help but frown: "In two or three months, it's not easy to concentrate so much food and grass. Last year, Dangxiang was destroyed, and the food and grass in western Jing were transported to Shaanxi without any storage. It only took one or two months to raise it from Liangzhe, Jianghuai and Jingdong Road."

Du Zhongxiao said: "No matter where the food and grass come from, it must be shipped in July. No matter how late it is, the railway will be difficult to guarantee. In addition to food and grass, the ammunition used by hundreds of thousands of troops is also a big number. If so many troops are reorganized at once, there will definitely be fewer cannons in the army. However, muskets are one branch per person, and the gunpowder used must be enough. As for gun bullets and artillery shells, let alone."

Wen Yanbo and Han Qi nodded, their expressions becoming serious. After roughly calculating the supplies, they knew that they had to start preparing immediately, otherwise it would be too late. This was the first time for nearly one million people to transport grain from other places to prepare for such a large-scale war.

Yang Wenguang said: "In addition to food and grass, money is also indispensable. During the war, the rewards in the army must be distributed to the soldiers participating in the war, otherwise the morale of the army will be unstable. This matter also involves the local area, and the Secretariat and the Three Yases must be together to ensure safety."
Chapter completed!