"Zhang Qing, what would you do if you were asked to lead 100,000 officers and soldiers to level Jiaozhi?" Zhao Xu asked.

In fact, Wang Jude was not very clear. It was because of the complex terrain of Jiaozhi and the smoky land. The army set out to gather when it was hot, which was easy to spread to falciparum. As for how to treat falciparum, Wang Ju was helpless, and only some medical treatment could slightly control the aggravation of the disease. Then it depends on everyone's resistance.

Or, not let mosquitoes bite, is that possible?

Even in the capital, after a summer, mosquitoes have to bite hundreds or even thousands of bites.

Then there was almost nothing.

Does it work?

Zhao Xu asked, it was just a reference and then he studied Zhang Qing’s military knowledge.

Zhang Qi replied: "Your Majesty, if you are led by me, there are two ways of playing: one is fast attack and the other is slow attack."

"Why are the fast attack, how about the slow attack?"

"If you attack quickly, I will go to Guangnan immediately. With the border troops and local soldiers trained by Liu Yi, I will build a fortress on the front line and build a defense line first to prevent the second invasion of Jiaozhi."

"Oh, ah," Zhao Xu sighed. It was not Wang Ju's reminder, but the civil and military officials in the court did not expect. After Wang Ju reminded him, Zhao Xu deliberately flipped through the map. In fact, the borders of Song Jiao were all mountainous areas. As long as they were slightly prepared, the people of Jiaozhi would not succeed so easily. At least Su Jian made the mistake of Fan Yong during the Battle of Sanchuankou. Fan Yong was also a good official back then, and was called Lao Fan Laozi. But he loved the people and harmed the people.

"I sent another civilian from Jinghu South Road and Jiangnan West Road to transport the grain to Guizhou."

"Why is Guizhou?"

"Guizhou is not heavy, but when it goes south, it is heavy and summer again. It is easy to develop malaria."

Zhao Xu smiled bitterly again.

"At the same time, I will send a few more roads to widen so that the later army can reach the front line as quickly as possible. Then I will use a lot of money to buy scouts and investigate the reality of Jiaozhi. After autumn, I will ask the court to send 200,000 troops to come, and then organize manpower and ships, and use the advantages of water to harbor food and grass to Taipingzhai. Then even if the 200,000 troops head south, there will be no 200,000 people. More than 100,000 is enough. Even if I use the scouts properly and find out where the enemy has food, I will not need 100,000 people. First, I will take the food and grass prepared in advance, and second, I will find a way to maintain the logistics supply of this battle with the enemy's food and grass. The 200,000 troops head south in early September, and then arrive in Guangnan about 100,000 months. In this way, I will avoid the high incidence of malaria and smoke and enter Jiaozhi. Then it will be winter months. Then the troops will be divided into three or four routes and quickly kill towards Shenglong City."

"Do you need two hundred thousand soldiers?"

"Jiaozhi is finally a country. Your Majesty. I remember that in the Qingzhou Battle, the war only spread half of the territory of Qingzhou, but in this half of the territory of Qingzhou, it accommodated 400,000 troops. Two hundred thousand troops were actually nothing in a country of Jiaozhi. And if you want to fight quickly, without so many troops, you cannot pose a fatal threat to Jiaozhi. Of course, this requires that you have mastered most of the information on Jiaozhi in advance, and you can barely know yourself and your enemy, otherwise you will have the possibility of failure. In this way, you can take Shenglong City before the end of February."

It was delayed until March, and the smoke and chaos officially came up again.

"What if it's a slow attack?"

"Slow attack is the same as the previous arrangement. You must understand the enemy's intelligence and prevent the second invasion of Jiaozhi. However, it is slow, so you don't have to be so anxious. You can gradually raise food. Moreover, Guangnan can provide some rice because of its development. It is even rare to use Jiangnan West Road and Jinghu South Road to draw a small number of civilians to build roads. In winter, some of the food will be taken to Guangguang. In this way, the chances of civilians being infected with malaria will be even higher. Then, I trained more than 50,000 border troops in Guangnan. Although I cannot make them an elite soldier for more than a year, in the south of Jiaozhi, 50,000 border troops will be worth 100,000 forbidden soldiers. Then the court sent 100,000 troops and cooperated with 50,000 border troops in the second year to take Shenglong City. In this way, although the court had to wait for a year, the sacrifice would be less, and the cost of military use would be reduced by half."

Zhao Xu finally understood that anyway, the troops were indispensable, and even hundreds of thousands of troops were missing.

The second is to try to find a way to bypass this smoky period, and like Pan Mei, the time to use troops is set in the end of October to early February.

However, Zhang Xi didn't know why Zhao Xu summoned him to Beijing quickly, so he continued: "But Your Majesty, if you ask me to choose, it is not a main battle, or at least a big battle, but to go to Guangnan to train a powerful border army, build border defense, and then take local revenge on Jiaozhi, so that Jiaozhi can be frightened, rather than trying to destroy Jiaozhi. Let's look at the result of this battle, according to my guess, there may be several changes."

“What changes?”

"Although Jiaozhi was defeated, it made us a big country unable to destroy the country and return. Although we were defeated, we were still prosperous. The solidification of the people of Jiaozhi was strengthened, so we went further and further away from our dynasty."

"Although this battle is a victory, it is a tragic victory. I think that even if the treasury gradually has savings, it will be mostly exhausted due to the great disaster of the seventh year of Xining and the expedition last year. At least I want to launch a second large-scale battle, and the cost will be insufficient. Therefore, the negotiations with the Khitan will be even more at a disadvantage."

"If we pour such great power into our minds, but we cannot destroy Jiaozhi, and if we spread it, we will be underestimated by some powerful barbarians. If there is a hero, the western part of Guangnan will be in turmoil again in the future."

"besides……"

"What else?" Zhao Xu asked.

"I'm brave enough to say that many people congratulate Your Majesty for the court to win the five states. In fact, the five states are mostly in the mountainous areas, which is difficult to manage. After our victory in Fuliangjiang, we seemed to have failed and retreated in a hurry. This is understandable, after all, the malaria in the army was getting worse and worse at that time. But this also made all the mountainous areas of the five states look down on them. Even if our dynasty does not collect taxes or corvee service, we will only do nothing. However, Jiaozhi can threaten and tempt. How should the imperial court handle it? I'll dare to predict that in just twenty years, our dynasty will have to give up on its own initiative."

In this battle, countless money was spent and many people died. In the end, no benefits were obtained.

His consequences are even more serious than those of Wang Ju!

Zhang Qi also said: "Even as I said just now, there is still. Since Jiaozhi invaded, I and Wang Zi'an have passed several letters. Unfortunately, I have rushed to the capital and did not bring it, otherwise I can also show His Majesty. Wang Zi'an and I have similar ideas. Even if I can get Shenglong City, I am afraid that the king will take the minister to retreat into the vast tropical rainforest. What should the court do when the time comes? It's a pity that if I throw it away, I will be able to resist stubbornly. If they are placed in the road and state, they will not be as easy as Bashu to destroy it. Instead, it will not be done well. It will become a big vortex. The court will invest more manpower and financial resources, and will eventually withdraw its troops in grief."

Zhang Qi said again: "If the imperial court wants to expand its territory, it is better to expand Dali than to expand Jiaozhi."

The two countries have similar strengths.

Although Dali is mostly mountainous and has tropical jungles, it is not tropical rainforests, and the smoke and masturbation are even milder than Jiaozhi.

But in Dali... Zhao Xu also shook his head.

Why do you have Jiaozhi? Although Jiaozhi has a tropical rainforest climate, it has alluvial plains of many rivers. Moreover, with the development of sea ship technology, it is also an advantage to its approach to the seashore. The language, culture and customs are also very similar. In theory, there are products and are better managed.

But what is the use of developing Dali? It is mostly in mountainous areas, and it cannot be transported out even if there are materials, and it is not easy to manage.

He asked, "In this way, Jiaozhi cannot be destroyed."

Zhang Feng also heard that Wang Ju planned to take over the mess Jiaozhi, and was suppressing it first and then rising. He was waiting for Zhao Xu to ask questions, so he replied: "It's not that it cannot be destroyed, but at least I can't do it. I can't blame Mr. Guo. I just analyzed it afterwards. If I issued an edict last year and asked me to go, I might be defeated even worse than Mr. Guo."

This is a humble method, and Zhao Xu did not take it seriously. Zhang Feng continued: "But there is still one person who can do it, that is Wang Zi'an."

"Why is Wang Ju?"

"Jiangzhi is not something that officials in the capital can imagine, and this requires some wonderful ideas. Looking at our dynasty, only Wang Zi'an can do it."

"Look." Zhao Xu handed Wang Ju's memorial to Zhang Yue.

After seeing this, Zhang Feng was confused. This time was longer than Zhang Feng expected. Indeed, without this time to prepare, how could he defeat the enemy?

But just relying on the power of Guangdong and Guangxi, I want to destroy Jiaozhi?

This destruction does not mean breaking the enemy's capital, but also capturing or shooting them to death, including the enemy's escape into the tropical jungle. Is this possible?

Moreover, he and Wang Ju co-chaired the Battle of Qingzhou. Although Wang Ju was very good and had many wonderful ideas and visions, in specific commands, mistakes still occurred one after another. Fortunately, he was humble and constantly corrected, and finally he had a great victory. That is, Wang Ju is a human being, not a god, or at least not a god of war like Li Jing.

However, Wang Ju is not a proud person, and he is not sure that he will not write this memorial.

If this battle is good and the age is about the same, then Wang Ju may be at the time to enter the two palaces.

But how did Wang Ju fight?

"Zhang Qing, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty, when it comes to this point, there is no room for madness. Only by destroying Jiaozhi can you shock the south." Zhang Feng replied vaguely.

"But now the king of Jiaozhi offers a letter of surrender."

"You can accept the surrender book. After receiving it at least, you can give Wang Ju a buffer time. Otherwise, it will be very difficult for him to destroy Jiaozhi with the power of Guangdong and Guangxi."

"Will our dynasty lose faith after being conquered?"

"Your Majesty, it doesn't matter whether it is a breach of trust. Let's see if our dynasty is so condemned by our dynasty. Did they keep their trust? In the Chanyuan alliance, the Liao army was trapped under the city of Chanzhou, which was actually very dangerous. Therefore, both sides considered the risks and formed a national alliance. In the same way, our dynasty's national strength was in vain, and the Xixia was even more incompetent. The Liao Dynasty was also threatened by the Liao Kingdom, so they formed a peace talk with our dynasty. Once the power of both sides was unbalanced, this peace talk was just a piece of paper. This is the truth. Don't use internal governance to bind yourself with this credit. That's not the act of the hero, but the ignorance of Duke Xiang of Song. Your Majesty, what about Emperor Taizong of Tang?"

"One Emperor of Eternality."

"In the early Tang Dynasty, there was a severe drought in the country and the country was not stable. Jie Li and Tuli attacked. Emperor Taizong of Tang brought more than 100 cavalry into his camp and made a brother. After the Xuanwu Gate Incident, the Turks attacked Guanzhong. Emperor Taizong of Tang set up a suspicion of military plans and angrily scolded the two khans for breaking the agreement. Then he emptyed the treasury and gave him gold items to form the Wei River alliance. The two khans withdrew their troops. But what did Emperor Taizong of Tang do afterwards? Jie Li and Tuli kill each other and sent envoys to seek help. Emperor Taizong of Tang, I had an alliance with Jie Li Khan, and then formed a relationship with the Tuli Khan. He also formed a partnership with the Tuli Khan.

Brothers, brothers must be saved when they are in trouble, but they are not very easy to save them. What should I do? Du Ruhui, the barbarians do not follow their trustworthiness. Although I keep the promise, they often break the alliance. Now he is in civil strife, and he is trying to perish himself. Therefore, he does not save them. Later, Xue Yantuo, the Turkic tribe, claimed to be Khan and sent envoys to report. Emperor Taizong of Tang immediately seized the opportunity of the fight and sent Li Jing and Xue Yantuo to annihilate the Eastern Turkic Khan in one fell swoop. Xue Yantuo, and this is the case. If Emperor Taizong of Tang abides by the alliance, where would the great cause of the eternal emperor come from?"

"Your Majesty, there are many examples like this, such as Ju Jian, Duke Wen of Jin retreating... Your Majesty, Emperor Taizong of Tang can do it, why can't Your Majesty do it? And the same is true for the Liao Kingdom. Liao Kingdom is somewhat afraid of our dynasty. In the battle between Song and Liao, Liao Kingdom did not have the absolute upper hand. If Liao Kingdom judged that they could have the absolute upper hand, or if the disaster was only our dynasty in the seventh year of Xining, and the Liao Kingdom was not affected by the disaster, it would not be the current blackmail border, but the army headed south in a mighty manner."

“What’s the point.”

"but……"

"But what?"

"But in this case, I'm afraid the court officials and officials will oppose it."

Wang Ju went to Guangdong and Guangxi, and after this battle, he knew that Jiaozhi was not that easy to deal with.

Therefore, no matter what Wang Ju does, as long as he does not force the people of Guangdong and Guangxi to rebel, or he rebels himself, the court will not have any objection whether he trains troops or otherwise. This is impossible. Although Wang Ju cares about the people, it is not as good as the people's rumor, it is still OK to the people. He will not rebel. Is there any condition for rebellion?

He agreed to Jiaozhi's surrender and also gave Wang Ju a buffer time. He had been preparing for three to four years, at least the first two years, and there must be a peaceful environment.

But in this way, when it comes to sending troops, I don’t know how many scholars and officials will object. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!