Han Hong said: "Your Majesty, my deployment is as follows. Our army starts from Xinyang, crosses the Huaihe River, attacks Xi County as a supply base, and then moves all the way north to occupy the three counties of Runan, Shangcai and Jieshou. These three counties form a horn.
With this situation, it will be even more difficult for the Jin Kingdom to conquer us.
At this time, our army is not far from Kaifeng. Now that Kaifeng is the capital of the Jin Kingdom, the Jin Kingdom does not dare to ignore it and will definitely try its best to solve its problems.
But at this time, Mongolia is at war with the Jin Kingdom. The Jin Kingdom is afraid of being attacked from both sides and will not dare to escalate the situation. Then it will send envoys to our court to sue for peace, and our court will take the opportunity to offer a price and threaten it to cede territory and pay compensation, so as to avenge its previous shame."
Although the Kingdom of Jin is declining now, a lean camel is bigger than a horse, but it is still very strong. Zhao Yun has just ascended the throne, and everything is still unstable. There are a lot of problems like this, so if you want to completely eliminate the Kingdom of Jin in a short time
That is impossible.
Therefore, according to Zhao Yun's combat purposes, this battle was first to test the strength and bottom line of the Jin Kingdom, secondly to train troops and train generals, and thirdly to boost military morale and prepare for the future Northern Expedition.
And these three points have been achieved in Han Hong's combat deployment. Han Hong can be said to be mature and prudent.
After reading the copy, Zhao Yun closed it tightly and said excitedly: "Okay, Han Qing's family, your arrangement is very good, I am very satisfied, so I will do it."
Han Hong was very happy to see that his deployment was recognized, but he hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, this battle is not like the Northern Expedition. It is just a tentative blackmail war. If we don't have a suitable reason, we will go out without a name. In the future,
Negotiating with the Jin Kingdom is also difficult."
Zhao Yun nodded, deeply convinced.
When our Central Plains dynasties fought wars, the most important thing was to go out with a good reputation, because only when we go out with a good name can we have the confidence to fight. Otherwise, the soldiers themselves will feel guilty.
Moreover, this reason must also take into account the future fight with Jin Guo at the negotiating table, which is not simple.
Han Hong thought for a while and said: "It is better to wait for the Jin Kingdom to send envoys again, and then we will humiliate them and force them to send troops first, and then we will fight."
Zhao Yun waved his hand and said: "No need to wait for them to come again. How long will it take? The reason is easy to handle. The Huaihe River is so long and there are no fishermen anywhere. When the fishermen on both sides started to dispute, they directly crossed the Huaihe River on the grounds of protecting the environment and the people.
Kill it."
The Jin Kingdom and the Southern Song Dynasty were bounded by the Huaihe River. There were fishermen's villages everywhere on both sides of the Huaihe River. In order to compete for fishery resources, it was common for them to have conflicts, and it was common for them to kill people.
What's even more annoying is that when the fishermen of the Song Dynasty returned home with a full load, the soldiers of the Jin Kingdom would come to rob them in their boats. They killed people and robbed the boats. They did this frequently.
When the time comes, the Song Army will not only have a reason to send troops under the pretext of seeking justice for the fishermen, but it will also gain support from the fishermen and leave room for maneuver in future negotiations with the Jin Kingdom. It can be said to be the best of both worlds.
Han Hong was convinced that this reason was indeed good. He raised his hand and said: "Your Majesty is wise, I am not as good as you."
"Hahaha, when did the Qing family learn to flatter me?"
Zhao Yun laughed, but the feeling of being held by someone is indeed comfortable, and it is true that he can be flattered by everything he wears.
After the monarch and his ministers finalized everything, Han Hong went down and began to make detailed arrangements.
Zhao Yun summoned Cheng Mi, the third envoy, and said to him: "Cheng Qing's family, we are going to fight a battle with the Kingdom of Jin soon, but the scale will not be large, but no matter what, Youdao means that the troops have not moved.
, Food and grass go first. As the third envoy, you control the court’s money bag, so you have to arrange the food, grass and baggage."
Cheng Bi was surprised and said: "Your Majesty, why do you want to start a war with the Jin Kingdom? The two countries have only had a truce for three years, and I haven't heard that the Jin Kingdom has come to attack our country again?"
"If he doesn't attack us, can't we attack him? When did we, the great dynasty, become a turtle and only know how to submit?"
Zhao Yun was angry, and the Song Dynasty was bullied by foreign enemies. Over the past few hundred years, the bullies did not dare to fight back. How could Zhao Yun endure this?
Cheng Bi felt a little panicked and did not dare to argue head-on with Zhao Yun, so he could only bring up the two prime ministers.
"Then,,,do the two prime ministers know? Do they also agree?"
Zhao Yun glared, really angry, "Why, is it true that if the two prime ministers don't nod, my nodding will be in vain?"
"No, no, no, I'm guilty. I'm guilty. I made a mistake. Please forgive me." Cheng Bi was startled and hurriedly knelt down and confessed.
What Cheng Bi said just now was indeed wrong and inappropriate. Even if Zhao Yun punished him for contempt of the king, it would not be too much.
But Zhao Yun is not the kind of emperor who punishes people randomly just because of a word.
Zhao Yun said: "Okay, you just have to do your own errands, especially the things I entrust you with. You must do it well. Don't worry about other things. If anything happens, I will take care of it. I will never let you be my ministers."
Go take the blame for me, go down and prepare."
Cheng Bi could neither leave nor stay. He knelt on the ground and didn't know what to do.
Zhao Yun frowned and asked, "Is there anything else going on with the Qing family?"
Cheng Biwei said: "Your Majesty, the treasury is out of money and we cannot prepare food, grass and luggage."
Zhao Yun was surprised and asked: "How come there is no money? Didn't I transport all the two million military pay recovered to the national treasury for sealing?"
Cheng Bi said: "Your Majesty, the New Year is coming soon. We have paid salaries to the officials these days, but there is no money left."
"This salary can't pay so much money, can it?"
"Your Majesty does not know that there are more than 10,000 officials and clans in Lin'an. The two million yuan is not enough. There are still many officials who are owed salaries."
Cheng Mi was trembling and cautious enough to say, "Your Majesty, how about waiting for the taxes from various places to arrive next month before preparing food, grass and luggage?"
Zhao Yun was so angry that he almost rolled his eyes, "You are the Third Secretary. What do you want me to say about you? When you use money, you have no money. When you use money, you have no money. Could it be that this money has a grudge against me?
, Are you afraid of seeing me with this money? There is no money in the national treasury, so you have to think of a way quickly. If it doesn’t work, you should tell me in advance, so that I can feel confident."
Cheng Bi was a little ashamed by Zhao Yun's remarks and said: "I am incompetent. Please forgive me. I request to resign as the third envoy. Please give me your permission."
"You,,,forget it, I will allocate some money to you from my private treasury first, and you should hurry up and get things done."
The war cannot be delayed. Changing the third commander temporarily will take a lot of time. Zhao Yun will have to replace him, so he can only pay for it himself first.
Fortunately, the last time the house was raided, the profit was huge, and more than three million yuan was recovered from the businessmen and the Yang family, so the private treasury was very rich. This chapter has been completed!