Chapter 745: Unwilling party members (thanks to the leader Cai Shuning today
Zhao Xi's few words made the cabinet ministers feel embarrassed. When the imperial edict arrived at the front, it was like a rebuke to the various coaches...
What does it mean to know? What does it mean to just be good like this? At the end of the war, such passive combat was actually recognized by the court? How is it possible?
Whether the fighting is intense or not, the inner turmoil of the various coaches is quite intense anyway; whether the fighting is frequent or not, the discussions between the various coaches are becoming more and more frequent.
The meeting was held again, and this time not only the commander-in-chief and deputy commanders, but also the generals were summoned together. The original intention was to encourage everyone to stop being so negative... He must be killed if he deserves it!
The model of combat staff and frontline headquarters is a risk-sharing model. For the various coaches, although the credit is divided, the responsibilities are also decomposed. Especially for the coaches who came from the late emperor's period, the credit does not matter, the real
What I'm afraid of is responsibility.
When the imperial court cannot understand an edict like this, and cannot figure out whether it is punishment or approval, it is more desirable that we can jointly shoulder this responsibility.
"If it doesn't work, just kill him!"
Gao Zunyu had been besieged by the Xixia people for so long, and they fought each other most frequently, with the most casualties on both sides. With an absolute advantage, he didn't think he couldn't just kill them.
"The imperial court agrees with the frontline's current strategy of suppressing the enemy..."
Wang Shao had always pursued a moderate policy of opening borders, so he did not think there was any ambiguity in the imperial edict.
"How to kill? What standards should be set? There are millions of people in the party..."
"After the siege was formed, the intensity of the battle was reduced, which reduced the casualties on both sides. Once the decision was made to kill, the party members were bound to be desperate..."
"If this continues, hundreds of thousands of elites from the imperial court will stay in the border areas for a long time, which is inappropriate. Besides, it will be difficult for the imperial court to maintain the expenditure of money and food for the war..."
Di Qing remained silent. In other words, Di Qing rarely participated in other matters except tactical deployment. But Di Qing himself was a little confused about this matter.
The imperial court's goal was to quell Xixia. After many years of dealings with the officials, Di Qing also believed that the officials' ultimate goal could not be abandoned halfway.
As for the worry that the army is out and the court is not at ease, Di Qing doesn't take it seriously. He still understands the official family. But just like this stalemate with the Xixia people... Just as Wen Zuoshuai considered, the court cannot support the war ahead without restrictions.
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Negotiating peace? This idea suddenly came to Di Qing's mind. Of course, when one's side has an absolute advantage, he would not first consider negotiating for peace.
"Commanders, I finally believe that the imperial court's recognition of the current strategy and passive combat are not the same thing..."
The headquarters consulted, and all the commanders and deputy commanders, including Commander Wen Zuo, were discussing, and Zhong Jianzhong also made suggestions.
"tell me the story."
"The officials are not murderous kings. On the contrary, the officials admire the way of the sages, but the idea of the officials is the kingly way after domination. Just like Wang Shuai's approach, there is suppression and pacification."
"Not to mention the more than 3 million party members, there are only 500,000 party members who control the strings. It is unrealistic to annihilate them all. The general believes that the court's so-called "this is good" refers to the recognition of the current strategy of the front line, rather than the recognition of the battle.
intensity."
"These two points are not contradictory. The strategy of siege and encirclement without annihilation is to create a situation of trapped beasts fighting for the Xixia people, so that they can understand the situation. However, the reduction in the intensity of the battle will cause the party members to have delusions."
"The final general believed that the imperial edict referred to the strategy of encircling the front line without annihilating it, and using the oppressive fighting intensity to force the Xingqing government to make a choice. There was a joke among the officials, which is to surrender the gun but not to kill.
, now the court’s intention may be to let the front line create a situation where Xingqing Mansion will surrender its guns and not kill.”
To encircle but not annihilate, but to maintain the intensity of the battle... seems contradictory, but what Zhong Jianzhong said seems to make sense.
The goal of this war is to annihilate Xixia. In fact, with the current superiority in military armaments of the country and North Korea, it is completely possible to annihilate Xixia with a direct crushing advance.
The officials planned such a large-scale situation and formed the current situation of encircling Xingqing Mansion. It seems that they have considered the method of annihilating Xixia from the beginning.
"The established goal is to annihilate the party members. If it is just to build momentum, how can we achieve this goal?"
"To eliminate the effective forces of the party members, there is not just one way to annihilate them. Just like the government has been promoting the dismantling of the original Imperial Guards, it does not mean that all the Imperial Guards can be disarmed and returned to the field, and they can be transferred to craftsmen, orbital troops, engineers, etc.
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"The people of Xixia have 300,000 standing troops and 500,000 string controllers. As long as there is no royal family in Xixia and no one to be loyal to, the string controllers will always be herdsmen..."
This is no longer something that the generals at the front should consider, but what Wang Shao said should indeed be correct. What the officials have done over the years has confirmed this approach.
Since there was no punishment or rebuke, everyone felt relaxed when the discussion was resumed. Finally, the forward command team formulated a strategy of advancing in turns and pressing forward step by step, and reported it to the court...
Xingqing Mansion sent envoys.
After formulating a strategy, the front line advanced for only two days under high-intensity fighting before the Xixia people sent envoys to negotiate peace. It is estimated that the report from the front line has not yet reached the court.
"armistice?"
After the Xixia envoy came over, the generals at the front discussed matters again.
"Let's cease the war. As a rule, when one party proposes peace, the war means it has stopped. However, I think we should remain vigilant. The party members may not give up there. It is possible that the war will not end."
The origin of Xixia is known to all the generals who have fought with Xixia for many years. Now with the absolute advantage, the imperial court will never surrender again like Li Jipeng did in the past.
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"Accepting the imperial court's reward, retaining Xingqing, and the Yinxia area, party members are autonomous? Or hereditary? I dare to think!"
"The Dangxiang people still don't give up. They don't even mention whether to revoke the country's title. Is it possible that the imperial court still allows the title Xixia?"
"Shepherding sheep for the Song Dynasty? But you can take advantage of the loopholes and raise sheep by shepherding them, so that the state can support them and recharge their batteries?"
Xixia did send envoys, but the sincerity of surrender left the court speechless. Obviously, Xingqing Mansion hopes to return to the model of Li Jiqian's era and become the Jizhou of the Song Dynasty... It is so obvious that it is for the future market.
What do you think, do you really think that the Great Song Dynasty is a bunch of idiots?
"Let them go back..."
Zhao Xi glanced at it casually and handed Xixia's so-called credentials to the cabinet. From the title of the credentials, it was clear that the party members would not give up.
"It seems that mercy is wrong, but it still doesn't hurt! Order the front line, within three days, the front line must advance for fifty miles, and all enemies encountered must be annihilated at any cost!"