Chapter 668 The teacher said you can do it, you can do it, and you can do it if you can't (3)
Chapter 668: If my teacher says you can do it, then you can do it, and even if you don’t do it, it’s okay (third update)
Author: sunny
Chapter 668: If my teacher says you can do it, then you can do it, and even if you don’t do it, it’s okay (third update)
He is as open-minded as a grain of salt, generous and simple in nature, has both the talent of being a minister and a helper, and the courage to govern. He loves his disciples and loves his son-in-law. It is really a blessing for me, and it is also a blessing for the Song Dynasty.
"Xiao Gao, do you know why my master called you back alone?"
"Master must have something important that he wants to give instructions to his disciples. Please speak up, master, and I will do my best."
"Xiao Gao, do you still remember that my teacher was greatly shocked during that military exercise?"
"It was then that I realized that Xiao Gao not only had great literary talent, but also had Sun Wu's plans."
It's a pity that Master continued with a narcissistic look on his face, especially when the Jiangnan Zhu Family Rebellion occurred when he went to Jiangnan.
After Xiao Gao was eliminated by you three times, five times, five times and two times, my teacher has already determined that you and Fan Zhongyan are the same kind of people.
That means you can be a good general when you go out, and you can be a good minister when you go in.
Nowadays, Wang Fuye, the capable detective of the Imperial City Division, has become a confidant around Li Qianshun, the leader of the Xixia Kingdom.
Just when Gao Zhang was thinking wildly, he heard Master Zhao Ji speak again.
"???" Gao Zhang was immediately shocked by the idea of how bold a person like Master was and how powerful his land was.
Gao Zhang's eyes wandered back and forth on the sand table for a long time. When he decided to use gunpowder, Gao Zhang felt that his ideas suddenly broadened a lot.
Using trade between merchants and other countries, the intelligence system of the Song Dynasty was penetrated into all aspects of Xixia.
At this time, it is completely possible to take advantage of the Lingzhou River, a tributary that leads directly to the Yellow River, which is bound to freeze every severe winter and is strong enough to carry people and horses.
The current garrison in Xiping Mansion is only 15,000 troops, and most of them are old and weak.
Gao Zhang thought about it and felt that he still needed to discuss it with the veteran drivers who had fought in the northwest frontier for many years to see if it was feasible.
This time Xixia encountered a major disaster that had not happened in decades. According to this calculation, Xixia will definitely find a way to raise troops to sack the border towns in the northwest of the Song Dynasty.
Moreover, you have continuously implemented clever strategies to weaken Xixia's combat readiness capabilities using merchant methods, and you have also used it to vigorously support the Imperial City Division's intelligence system.
Gao Zhang stood there blankly, mumbling something while the official Zhao Ji waited patiently.
When Li Yuanhao of Xixia founded the country, the Xingfu Mansion had 70,000 troops. Later, as Xixia began to expand to the middle and surrounding areas, in order to defend against the two great enemies of Liao and Song Dynasty.
Sure enough, it finally came. It seems that the master has been holding back for so many years and has become somewhat uncontrollable and wants to mess with Xixia.
If there is a way, the soldiers and horses in the Xixia border town can be firmly contained, and then an elite force of a certain scale can be sent directly into Xingqing Mansion.
In addition, troops were also deployed to guard the north and west of the Xixia territory.
Among the 50,000 elites who had been trained for a long time, 10,000 elite cavalry were supported along the river, and 40,000 elites advanced quickly on the frozen Lingzhou River.
On the contrary, there are not many troops in the Xingfu area. Of course, there are not many troops, which can only be said to be relative.
As long as it can be transported to Xingqing Mansion, it will definitely burn down the capital of Xixia.
"Xiao Gao, now that your strategies have been effective in Xixia, and now Xixia has suffered such a disaster, will we, the Song Dynasty, have a chance to regain our old land?"
As for Xixia, this beloved disciple had already prepared for a rainy day and had done so much work, not to mention that the most elite and capable Western Army of the Song Dynasty was gathered here.
And Xixia has long been familiar with it and has become numb to this routine.
A strategy similar to the decapitation in the rear may actually have miraculous effects.
This was his intuition. He intuitively felt that this beloved disciple could definitely come up with a solution to Xixia.
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At this moment, Gao Zhang also had a general idea in his heart, that is, gunpowder, those gunpowder weapons that have been prepared for so long.
There is no need to cross mountains and ridges, and there is no need to attack cities and forts. With lightning speed, it can take at most one day to reach the gate of Xingqing Prefecture and Xiping Prefecture (Lingzhou), the companion capital of Xixia.
But facing the master's eager and expectant eyes, Gao Zhang really couldn't directly tell him to stop dreaming.
This is also the reason why for more than a hundred years, there have been many forts on the border between Song and Xia, and everyone is eager to build forts into each other's homes.
The main purpose of the war between the two sides is not to eliminate how many living forces, but to occupy or destroy how many fortresses.
"Master, I do have an idea, but this idea is not yet mature and needs to be considered carefully..."
All these are enough to make the official Zhao Ji feel that his beloved disciple is indeed worthy of the metaphor of Sun Wu's plan.
But this is back to the difficulty at the beginning, how to transport it...
That is, if the troops from all frontiers steadily move forward to suppress the Western Xia armies' Sicheng stronghold.
The garrison of Xingqing Mansion is decreasing day by day. The information received before is that the garrison of Xingqing Mansion is only 20,000, but they are definitely the best among the best.
He even personally brought tea to Gao Zhang. He was even more confident than Gao Zhang himself.
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Gao Zhang finally set his sights on the Xingqing Mansion, and had to admit that Xixia's protection of the royal capital, Xingqing Mansion, was very strict.
This is also the reason why Xixia dared to station heavy troops near the country's borders instead of gathering them in the royal capital.
Especially in the south and southeast areas, facing the Song Dynasty, eight military divisions with a total of 220,000 horses were arranged in an orderly manner.
It is absolutely possible to control the strength of the Xixia military divisions, but the north is busy causing disasters, and there is no spare capacity to send reinforcements southward in a short period of time.
The twelve military divisions established, from south to north, tightly surrounded the Xingqing Mansion in the center.
Just like the Liao Kingdom, he actually managed so many things after his mission, and even got together with many Han officials in the Liao Kingdom.
This mode of war has never changed.
After all, whether it was the Song Dynasty or the Liao Kingdom fighting against the Xixia, they were accustomed to fighting stupid battles, forming strongholds, fighting step by step, and slowly advancing step by step.
Therefore, it was at that time that I, my teacher, made up my mind to give you a bigger stage, and that was the Northwest.
However, how can we insert an elite force of a certain size directly into Xingqing Mansion and destroy the political and economic center of the Xixia Kingdom?
His eyes moved and fell on the sand table that had not yet been removed. He looked at the balance of power between the enemy and ourselves on it.
"... Therefore, I would like to send you to the northwest to take charge of military affairs."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Master Zhao Ji actively standing beside him, raising his hand and pointing at the sand table, and said with high spirits.
"You should have a good talk with me first. I will give you a detailed review. Maybe I can help you."
The posture of a teacher saying that you can do it, you can do it, and even if you can’t do it, you can do it.