Fu Bi was not sure whether the officials really had such a plan.
Take one step and see three steps... This has always been the case in the official family.
Now think about it, since the war started, the officials have been worried day and night, looking at the sand table in the council hall and not leaving.
Just the battle on Hedong Road, after watching it for so long, those mountains and rivers have already been burned into my mind, so why bother!
Zhao Xi looked at the princes, and then at this one who was a Jinshi in Jiayou's second year...
"I have thought about it, or I have had this plan..."
"Your Majesty, you must go on an expedition! You must not do it!"
"Your Majesty, the strength of the new army lies in firearms. When the army leaves Yanmen, Gongfang City cannot supply the same armaments as in the pass. Your Majesty, this is putting the army in danger!"
"Your Majesty, the army has been on the campaign for nearly a year, and the veterans are exhausted. It may be difficult for them to fight again!"
Yes! Look how scared you are.
"My dear ministers, you are overly worried. If there are another 200,000 new troops, this matter will definitely be feasible. But now... forget it, the morale of this great victory has been wasted!"
Think about how many times the officials mentioned soldiers... It seems that the officials really did not have enough intentions this time.
However, looking at the current situation, everyone in the political affairs hall also feels that it is a pity.
There are less than 20,000 new troops stationed in Bianliang. The entire border lines of Hedong Road, Hebei Road, Huanqing, Qinzhou, Xihe, Yan, and Linfu are fully prepared for war. 200,000 new troops are really not enough.
This still brought all the new troops from Jinghu, Jiangnan, and Chengdu to the north.
If there are still 200,000 new troops on the move, half of them will be sent to Hedong and half to Hebei to attack from both directions... There is even the possibility of recapturing the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun in one fell swoop!
Pity!
The princes were not really opposed to the war, but they were genuinely worried about the new army officers and soldiers.
The New Army allowed them to see the hope of expanding their territory; the New Army allowed them to find a way to control the army without the generals... ~ If not for this, no one would dare to keep this nearly 200,000-strong army outside.
The new army cannot do without armaments, which is an important reason to reassure the court.
We also know that after leaving Yanmen Pass, the large army now operating in the Yunzhou area has a very difficult supply of firearms.
Under such circumstances, attacking Yuzhou and joining the defenders of Hebei Province... would result in considerable losses.
Fortunately, the officials did not lose their minds because of the victory.
"Officials and veterans believe that even if the imperial court has no intention of ordering the Hedong army to advance eastward, it should be on guard against Dutingyi and change its accompanying envoys to warn the Liao envoys..."
Fu Bi was not silent about military affairs, but he was very familiar with struggle, especially this kind of intrigue and intrigue.
It was an unintentional move by Dou Bian, but it had the effect of changing the general trend. From what Dou Bian told about the situation, even Xiao Zhuoer was frightened after Dou Bian said these words.
Considering the situation in Hedong and Hebei Provinces...this possibility is too great.
As for Northern Liao, after the winter began, troops on the border with Hebei Province continued to withdraw for the first time. The reason why hundreds of thousands of troops were left behind was that they no longer had the idea of ​​continuing to go south. It was more like preparing for the Song Dynasty's Hebei Province to go north...
What now? The Hedong Road has stabilized, and the Song Dynasty is fully capable of dispatching large armies to march eastward. However, Zhong'e is a militant. After leaving Yanmen Pass, he has not stopped marching eastward... Could it be that the officials had expected this to happen?
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Fu Bi thought so! Otherwise, there would be no way to explain why after leaving Yanmen Pass, the east road turned to the west and the west road headed to the east!
Zhong'e is good at attacking and Guo Kui is good at defending. This is recognized by the country and the dynasty.
Official, what a monster you are!
The government has created such a general trend. If the political affairs hall does not take full advantage of it, it will be a bit of a meal.
At this time, the purpose of increasing troops at Duting Station was to prevent the Liao envoys from sending people northward. At the same time, the imperial court changed its envoys. If there is another rumor of Dou Bian being demoted...
"I have wronged Dou Yanfa!"
After all the acting, only Dou Bian obeyed the law and could the imperial court's strategy of advancing eastward and flanking the Liao soldiers be implemented.
"Your Majesty, I will not be wronged by you!"
Dou Bian finally understood that he had made a contribution to the country this time.
"Prepared order: Kaifeng Mansion will take Dou Yanfa to the prison, and he will be dealt with after the war is over!"
Sent to prison? This... Dou Bian thought he would be demoted from office...
Look at the relaxed expressions on the faces of the husbands... Let's just go to Tianlao. I originally thought it would be serious.
Xiao Zhuoer knew about it as soon as Dou Bian was sent to the Heavenly Prison. He was very lucky that he sent people out of Bianliang that night, otherwise it would be difficult for the news to spread.
Because, just before Dou Bian was imprisoned in the sky prison, the Song Dynasty once again sent more troops to Dutingyi, and the interrogation became more stringent.
He was sure that the Song Dynasty was really going to attack the Liao army in Hebei Province.
Xiao Zhuoer now only needs to wait, wait for Song Guo's new ambassador, and wait for Daliao to give him another bottom line for negotiations.
"There are rumors in the market that Dou Bian was thrown into the sky prison because he leaked military aircraft and violated the Song Dynasty's secrecy law. I heard that he will be interrogated and executed!"
"The Secrecy Decree is the first decree issued by His Majesty the Song Dynasty after he ascended the throne. I heard that leaking military aircraft is the most serious crime!"
The person I was talking to Xiao Zhuoer in a low voice at this time was a boy delivering food...~ Now he didn't have the usual submissiveness and was very solemn.
For decades, Northern Liao's penetration into the Song Dynasty was not limited to officials. All walks of life had arranged for exploration, just like the Imperial City Department of the Song Dynasty.
However, the Imperial City Department of the Song Dynasty paid too much attention to the internal affairs and sent relatively few personnel to foreign countries.
This was after Zhao Xi came to the throne, he asked Wang Zhongzheng to reorganize the Imperial City Division and increase the espionage arrangements for foreign countries.
For example, now, when Song and Liao are at war, and Dutingyi is under guard, such insignificant figures have room to play a role.
Song Chen was very strange. He dared to criticize the court's policy towards Liao in the court, but he would not pass on the information in private...
This information was of little use, so Xiao Zhuoer just listened to it.
During the war, Dutingyi was under strict supervision, and the friendly relations in the Song Dynasty court were no longer needed.
"People from official families and ministers' houses can be excluded. There are no people who have entered Dutingyi, and there are no people who have come into contact with all kinds of people coming in and out of Dutingyi."
It was a last resort. Zhao Xi did not believe that his husband-in-law had committed treason and surrendered to the enemy, but except for Wang Anshi's house, the other families had hundreds of people, so it was inevitable that they had some shady roots.
This time was so important to the country that the Imperial City Division had to guard it.
It's not that I don't believe my husband's words, but I'm worried that inadvertent revelations will affect the overall situation.
"What about other situations?"
"Back at the official house, the food delivery person designated by Kaifeng Prefecture has been fixed for the past few days. There is only one person. It has not been changed since the Liao envoy came."
Delivering food? This is a bit interesting. The news must be just rumors in the market, and the truth cannot be found out.
"Keep it, don't touch him for now, keep an eye on the officials who come into contact with him, and let the Imperial City Department deal with it later. If there are officials, they will be killed suddenly!"
"In addition, within two days, some of the courtiers who have had private contact with the Liao envoys since the beginning of the war and are suspected of treason will be killed first. Be careful with your methods!"
I'm afraid announcing the crime would mean demotion and not killing the scholar-bureaucrats. Zhao Xi didn't want to make this nonsense.
You know what you have done, and the relevant people also know it. Kill a group of them, even if they think it is punishment from gods.
There is no possibility of forgiveness for this act of treason and surrender to the enemy!