Chapter 1645 1321. Fan the flames

The movements of Tubo and the appearance of Luotuo, and the firearms of the Yuan Dynasty supporting Daxia, made Zhao Dongting realize that the Yuan Dynasty must have had a large number of arms.

They suddenly showed their hideous minions, and they must have been fully prepared.

Zhao Dongting was in a very serious mood.

He deeply realized that the Song Dynasty was actually in a passive position now. If the Yuan Dynasty was led by the nose, the disaster might have come at any time.

"You two will retreat first!"

Zhao Dongting waved his hand and asked Xuanxue and Zhongsun Guge to retreat, and then he began to ponder in the imperial study room.

Li Goudan brewed a pot of tea next to her and didn't dare to speak.

He had never seen his brother Dongting show such a solemn appearance.

Zhao Dongting wrote and painted on paper.

Yuan Dynasty, Tubo, Western Xia, Song Dynasty, Yue Li Dynasty, Japan...

Although the Yuan Dynasty was only helping Daxia, its ultimate goal must be the Song Dynasty. Zhao Dongting knew this very well.

The first to defeat the Western Xia was entirely because the Western Xia was the northwest barrier of the Song Dynasty. The Yuan Dynasty was paving the way for the army to attack the Song Dynasty.

If Zhao Dongting wants not to be passive, he must predict the enemy from the initiative and know the Yuan Dynasty's intentions strategically.

Tubo had long bowed to the Yuan Dynasty and was not strong enough. Even when the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty defeated the Yuan army one after another, there was no movement. Now they suddenly moved, it was because they learned that the Yuan Dynasty already had firearms and could fight against the Song Dynasty. But they might not have the courage and strength to fight against the Song Dynasty’s imperial guards. The most likely thing was to make a bluff to restrain the Shuzhong Military Region of the Song Dynasty and prevent the Song Dynasty from supporting Zhongxing Prefecture.

This is the most annoying.

Even though Zhao Dongting did not take the Tubo soldiers seriously, he could not ignore them. After all, it would be a problem if these guys really took advantage of the situation.

So, let Xianglong Military Region lead the army to lift the siege of Zhongxing Prefecture?

Zhao Dongting's eyebrows were always frowning tightly, and he drew a circle on the four words of Xianglong Military Region.

Only north of Xianglong Military Region, there are Yuanjingzhaofu Road and Nanjing Road.

Since the Yuan Dynasty even mobilized Tubo soldiers, I don’t think I would sit by and watch Xianglong Military Region go to support Zhongxing Prefecture.

If Xianglong Military Region moves, I am afraid that the Yuan army will raid from Jingzhaofu Road or Nanjing Road into Jingxi South Road, and may even directly attack Xiangyang City, the northern border barrier of the Song Dynasty.

The Yuan army used to be fine, but now the Yuan army has most likely possessed firearms, so it can no longer be treated like before.

Jiankang Military Region...

The Jiankang Military Region has Yuanshan East Road and Shandong East Road, which is also facing threats at any time. Moreover, it is far from Zhongxing Prefecture, so it is unrealistic to send troops to Zhongxing Prefecture.

When we arrived at Xingguo Military Region, although Xingguo Military Region was located in the inland and had not many foreign enemies, it was impossible to cross the Song Dynasty to break the siege of Zhongxing Prefecture.

The same is true for Zhennan Military Region, and there is also a Yue Li Dynasty and the Song Dynasty in the south.

The Dali Military Region is also beyond reach.

When Zhao Dongting literally drew circles on the paper, he suddenly realized that it was inconvenient for him to mobilize any military region.

However, we must never ignore Zhongxing Mansion.

Not to mention the Western Xia, the Song Dynasty was an ally with his lips and teeth. Even with his relationship with Li Xiushu, he could never sit idly by and watch the Western Xia be destroyed.

His eyes fell towards the Dali Military Region and Shuzhong Military Region again.

After a while, he narrowed his eyes slightly, "Since you want to fight, why bother to hide it anymore... You fanned the wind, then I'll just light a fire for you..."

After saying that, Zhao Dongting started writing on the paper again.

There are a large number of defenders in Chengdu Prefecture, Jiading Prefecture, Chongqing Prefecture and other cities in Shuzhong. Now it is time to use these defenders.

Although the defenders of the cities in the Song Dynasty were not as elite as those of the imperial guards, they were by no means uncombat.

Just gather together to defend the troops, there is no need to be afraid of what the 50,000 Tubo soldiers can do.

In addition, the Dali Military Region, the Song Dynasty, Bagan, Tianzhu and other countries had no long-cherished wishes, so it was unlikely that the Yuan Dynasty could invite these countries to attack the Song Dynasty.

The Dali Military Region should be safe and worry-free.

In this way, it would be better to let Liu Zhuwen lead his soldiers to attack Tubo. Since he wanted to fight, Zhao Dongting was not just trying to protect Zhongxing Prefecture.

There will be a great war between the Song Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty sooner or later. Now the Yuan Dynasty has firearms and has exposed its minions to the Song Dynasty. It is better to directly determine the outcome.

There are only Zhennan Military Region and Xingguo Military Region, and Zhao Dongting does not plan to mobilize it for the time being.

Not to mention how much effort it would take to go around the coastline to the Yuan Dynasty with the two major military regions and how much food and grass would be needed, just with the two major military regions, it may not be possible to defeat the Yuan Dynasty now.

"Print an order!"

After a while, Zhao Dongting suddenly shouted to Li Goudan: "The Marshal of Dali Military Region, Liu Zhuwen, led Tiangui, Tianxian, and Tianjian Four Army to attack Tubo! Zhang Guangbao, deputy commander of Shuzhong Military Region, led all the imperial soldiers of Shuzhong Military Region to help Zhongxing Prefecture. The defenders of each city drew half of the troops to Chengdu Prefecture and along Yazhou. If Tubo troops arrive and take the initiative to attack, they must be wiped out. The four military regions of Zhennan, Jiankang, Xingguo and Xianglong are diligent in training and are ready to actively respond to the battle! Please wait for my mobilization at any time."

Li Goudan was busy holding a pen next to her and writing quickly.

His handwriting is quite beautiful and fast. It is no slower than Zhao Dongting's oral statement.

Soon, several decrees were presented on paper.

After seeing this, Zhao Dongting called in from outside and asked him to send him to the Ministry of State. He also told him to let the Ministry of State to communicate to the major military regions as quickly as possible.

Then he said to Li Goudan: "Go and general the State Order, Deputy Military Order and Minister of War Xuan."

Li Goudan hurriedly ran out of the imperial study room.

He just drafted the imperial edict, and even though he was not old, he knew that something big was going to happen.

Such a major event may involve the entire Song Dynasty.

Even, it determines the ownership of the Central Plains.

After a while, Lu Xiufu, Su Liuyi and Zhong Jian, who was temporarily appointed as the Minister of War, rushed to the Imperial Study Room.

Judging from their expressions, they were obviously already outside the Imperial Study room and heard Li Goudan tell me what happened just now.

As soon as he entered the house to pay a tribute, Lu Xiufu asked, "Is this yourselves going to go to war with the Yuan Dynasty?"

Zhao Dongting snorted softly: "They used arms to support Daxia, and also wanted the Tubo soldiers to suppress our borders on the Song Dynasty. Their intention was already very obvious. If the Western Xia was destroyed, our Song Dynasty would inevitably suffer from the dilemma of enemies on all sides again. How can I let them do what they want? Since he plans to do everything step by step, then we must advance as a retreat and disrupt their deployment."

Lu Xiufu, Su Liuyi and Zhong Jian nodded slightly when they heard this.

They all admire Zhao Dongting's military insights from the bottom of their hearts. After all, the Song Dynasty is now under the wise guidance of the emperor.

Although the emperor is not very old and is not very good at commanding the army, he has never lacked it in terms of overall situation.

Then Lu Xiufu said again: "Then the emperor announced that I would wait, so I should ask me to prepare food and grass?"

"Um!"

Zhao Dongting nodded and said, "The three armies must move, and food and grass should be the first. The Ministry of State and the Ministry of War, the military and mechanical affairs must unite closely and transport the food to the major military regions as quickly as possible, so as to be prepared for any accidents. In addition, the cities will gather all the food and grass that need to be necessary to meet the needs of the times. In addition, all regions will purchase excess food from the people."

"yes."

Lu Xiufu, Su Liuyi and Zhong Jian all bowed to accept the order.

The Yuan Dynasty has always been very profound, and it is necessary to compete for hegemony with the Yuan Dynasty. Even if it is to gather food and grass in the country, it may not be complete.

After all, the time for rest and recuperation in the Song Dynasty was still too short. The domestic reserves were also limited.

This is due to Zhao Dongting reforming agriculture and promoting new crops. Otherwise, at this time, there were still many people in the Song Dynasty who could not eat, so there would be no remaining food.

Unless it is a war to support the war, no country in this era could last for ten years of conquest and fill the people's stomachs. Except for the Song Dynasty.

Later, Zhao Dongting asked Su Liuyi and Zhong Jian to jointly draft the order for the garrisons of various cities in the Shuzhong Military Region.

Under the current Song Dynasty, the defenders in various places were under the jurisdiction of the Grand Military Region, Military Affairs and the Ministry of War. Major military regions could only mobilize the defenders as appropriate when the situation was critical. In normal times, they did not have the right to mobilize the defenders. The Ministry of Military Affairs and the military department governed the logistics, military pay and other matters of the defenses in various places, but they did not have the right to mobilize the defenders separately. To mobilize the defenders, only Su Liuyi, the center of the Military Affairs and the Ministry of War, and Zhong Jian, the Ministry of War, jointly signed a transfer order.
Chapter completed!