To be fair, the point put forward by Tao Jiefu makes sense. The plan to attack Xingling in two steps did not consider the reaction of the Liao Kingdom at all. If it was a one-stop action, the Liao Kingdom might not be able to react, but if it had to be delayed in two steps for three or five years, how could the Khitans be completely unprepared?

However, Tong Guan did not support Tao Jiefu!

The reason is very simple. Tong Guan has already made enough money. In the previous battle between Huangzhou and Shanzhou, although Gao Qiu was the one who showed the limelight, Zhao Ji was not stupid. He knew that Tong Guan was the one who took the lead. Therefore, when Tong Guan was transferred from Xihe Road, he was promoted to the fifth-rank Jingfu Palace envoy and Xiangzhou Observation envoy. This time, the two states of reclaiming Yin and Shizhou, beheading and capturing more than 8,000 Dangxiang's great achievements, how could he, as a military supervisor, share one or two, and one of them fell down with his eyes closed?

Going further, it is not impossible to become the deputy governor of the Nei Provincial Department. It is not impossible to become the governor and appeaser like Li Xian in the past!

Oh, it is not possible. As long as the states in the Wuding River Basin are successfully recovered, this great achievement will be achieved.

Direct attack on Xingling? Haha, an eunuch, no matter how great his contributions are, he can still be the prime minister of Xuanma? But if it is the same as in the fourth and fifth years of Yuanfeng, wouldn’t he have to follow Li Xian’s old path and lose his integrity in his later years?

Tong Guan is so clever, so he naturally knows the reason why he should stop in time after he gets enough. After all, the Song Dynasty had the problem of being a big start and a bad start when fighting against the outside world...

However, as the most trusted military eunuch in the government today, it is not easy to withdraw from the Northwest battlefield before the risks come.

Fortunately, the grasshoppers tied to a rope, including Wu Haogu and Gao Qiu, are probably not willing to stay trapped in the northwest battlefield all the time?

So Tong Guan ignored the wind and snow of the cold winter month, and after leaving Tao Jiefu, he immediately took him to Shizhou where the three Zhidu Yuhousi was located in the imperial court.

"Dorph, you are here just in time. How are these memorials for rewarding merits?"

After Wu Haogu invited Tong Guan into the lobby of his Duyu Houshi, which was the lobby of the original Xixia Xiangyou Military Office, he happily took out a bunch of freshly written memorials and handed them to Tong Guan.

Some of these memorials were written by Wu Haogu himself, and some were drafted by the staff, and then copied them by themselves. The content was similar, which was to boast about the great military achievements of the three emperors in the front line.

Wu Haogu is in a very good mood now. Because he just received the report, the defenders left by the Western thief in Amitabha Cave had escaped, and the Mida Cave had been controlled by the Imperial Horse Knight who went to reconnaissance. In other words, the entire Yinzhou (not the Yinzhou of the Western Xia, but the Yinzhou territory of the Song Dynasty) has been recovered by Wu Haogu! Although it is a bit tricky, there are more than 2,000 beheadings, more than 3,000 alive prisoners, and three big cities were captured. Such military achievements are real.

Tong Guan pretended to look at the memorial handed to him by Wu Haogu, and smiled and said, "Regain one state at a time... According to the practice of military officers of this dynasty, you must reward him for any merits. Dalang, this time you have already set up a general."

"Is that true?" Wu Haogu smiled, "In accordance with Dover's experience, what official can the official family promote me?"

"Haha," Tong Guan smiled, "It is certain that Jiayao County is in a position to go down. I don't know if it can be reduced. It's not that the officials refuse to give it to you, but that they are probably afraid that you will be envied by others if you advance too quickly."

The rank of the fifth-rank Neike Secretariat is the thirteenth rank between the sixth-rank Neike Secretariat. The setting of martial officials in the Song Dynasty was very strange. The fifth-rank Neike Secretariat is a second-rank Taiwei. The Taiwei is not ordinary, which means that the martial officials have almost reached the fifth-rank Neike Secretariat!

However, there are two very strange existences in the military officer system of the Song Dynasty, Yao County and Zheng Renguan. The so-called Yao County means that the commander of the prefectures and counties is a total of five levels, including the Jieduan, Observer, Defensive, Governor and Governor. After receiving Yao County, there is also a promotion route of being promoted to the Zheng Renguan. That is, the military officer is removed and the official officer is turned into a Zheng Renguan. The official officer has a total of six levels, namely the Jieduan, Jieduan, Observer, Defensive, Governor and Governor. However, there are not many military officers who add Yao County to the Jieduan and Governor. Generally, the third level of defense, Governor and Governor can be dropped.

It is not impossible for Wu Haogu to be promoted to the official position this time, but Zhao Ji probably won’t do that. After all, he will be hated if he climbs too fast.

In addition, the battle of Yinxia has not been completed yet! When Wu Haogu attacked Xia and Youzhou, there were all one official lying down.

By the way, the five prefectures that were first developed in Western Xia were Xia, You, Yin, Sui, Jing and other five prefectures. Among them, Suizhou had long been recovered by the Song Dynasty and is now the Suide Army. Jingzhou is south of Lingzhou and west of the Hanhai Desert, and is not the target of the Wuding River Battle. The remaining three prefectures of Xia, You and Yin are the so-called Wuding River Basin states. Xixia added Shizhou, Hongzhou and Longzhou to the land of these three prefectures, but the Song Dynasty did not recognize it.

So what Wu Haogu needs to recover is Xia, You and Yin. Now Yinzhou has been captured, and there are still two states that cannot be without Wu Haogu's participation, especially in the battle! If Xia and You are restored, Wu Haogu will have a full-time official.

It was one thing for the Song Dynasty to emphasize literature over military affairs, and it was another thing for promotion in terms of merit. Even if Wu was good at the merits of ancient times, as long as he could take over the land of prefectures and counties and behead him, the Taiwei might not be able to do it, and the Jiedushi was sure.

However, the military officers of the Song Dynasty were in a market with sharp rises and plummeting. When they rose, they could hit the daily limit, and once they were defeated, they would hit the daily limit... So the real big winner must be the military officers who would take risks and leave the market.

Tong Guan changed his mind and began to talk about the issue of risk aversion.

"Dalang," Tong Guan said, "Tao Envoy was worried that the Khitan would obtain the back grassland after we occupied the Wuding River, and use it as a base to reinforce Xingling two prefectures at any time."

"Then let them occupy it," Wu Haogu nodded with a smile, "But we can also take a part of the Hetao grassland, which is a place for horse herding in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. If we can manage it well, we can also become a place for horse-raising for herdsmen in the future.

In this way, the ranch in the Central Plains can be used to accommodate knights. If there were ten thousand imperial knights, it would be no problem to recover Yan Yun."

There is a lot of land under the jurisdiction of the herds supervision, and now a considerable part of it is used to collect rents, and some are used to "raise horses for land". However, the ranch under the supervision of the herds supervision still occupies more than 10 million acres of land, which can accommodate 10,000 knights.

This is the combat power of 10,000 armored cavalry plus 20,000 auxiliary light cavalry! If they can have the combat power of the current cavalry, it is not only not a problem to recover Yan Yun, but even the Jurchens who will rise in the future will not be able to have the power to invade the Central Plains.

Tong Guan said slowly: "But once the Khitan occupied the Houtao grassland, it will be impossible for us to seize Xingling within three to five years."

Wu Haogu Yixiaxia and the three prefectures of the Western thieves were the place where iron and grain were produced by grain, and the Hetao grassland was their place where horses were produced. Without iron tools, grain and horses, how could the Western thieves establish a country? It is inevitable that they would abandon their spirits and move westward."

He paused, "We can't get the strength of the Western thieves. If we go to the Western Regions to keep it, we can build a large area of ​​world. At that time, they will not care about Xingling's bones. Maybe even Liang, Gan, Su, Gua, Sha and other states will have to give up. At that time, the imperial court will buy some silk and then seal it to the Western Army Generals to manage it. "

Tong Guan thought to himself: Wu Haogu’s wishful thinking is so good!

He coughed, "Dalang, Tao Junxiang means to take down the Xingling two prefectures next year!"

"I'll make a big move next year?" Wu Haogu was stunned, "Isn't this going to force the Western thief to fight to the death?"

"Isn't that?" Tong Guan smiled bitterly, "In fact, it's not just Tao Zhixiang who has the idea of ​​making a concerted effort. Zhong Fu from Hexi Road is afraid that he will be even more anxious... He is afraid that the weather will be warmer and he will pounce on Qin Wangchuan."

"If Zhong Fu attacks Qin Wangchuan, our battle in Wudinghe will be easier." Wuhao Ancient Road, "But Qin Wangchuan is a must-guard place for Western thieves, so I'm afraid it's not easy to fight!"

Tong Guan sighed: "Qin Wangchuan is not easy to fight, so Xingling is even worse, right?"

Wu Haogu glanced at Tong Guan and thought to himself: Will you be flickering after you have enough money? How can you fight this battle be the same as investing?

"Even if the Battle of Xingling is about to start, it will be next autumn, right?" Wu Haogu said, "We have to wait until the wheat in Yinzhou is ripe so that the army can have food to eat! Before that, we still have the oil and water from Xia You and the other provinces to eat!"

"What after eating Xia You and the other provinces?" Tong Guan asked, "Do you know if Dalang has a way out?"

Wu Haogu smiled and said, "The retreat can be arranged! Since you have reminded the officials, you will naturally arrange them."

"So what's our family's retreat?" Tong Guan said slowly, "The Xingling two prefectures may be able to get Tao Jiefu and Zhong Fu... This contribution is a lot, and our family is also thinking about sharing the benefits. Do you know what Dalang has to do with both worlds?"

"The best of both worlds?" Wu Haogu looked at Tong Guan and thought to himself: This old fox without eggs is quite smart, why did Xuanhe be confused during the Northern Expedition?

Thinking of this, Wu Haogu breathed a sigh and said with a smile: "How about stationing troops in Hejian, how about guarding against the Khitan?"

"It's the same as our family thinks!" Tong Guan held his beard, "Not only will someone be in the Hejian grassland be there to be a general guarding the two roads in Hebei!

"Let's leave Heguan and Taiwei Gao!" Wu Haogu said with a smile, "With Taiwei Gao's reputation, you should be able to suppress the Khitans, right?

In addition, the subordinates can also be a sea commander, threatening Liaodong from the sea and restraining the Khitan troops."

"That's the best!" Tong Guan smiled, "It's just that our family can't go and there is no way to move. Why don't Dalang replace him to report his duties in Kaifeng Prefecture."
Chapter completed!