Seeing Zhao Kai's murderous look, Han Shizhong coughed and said with a smile: "Brother, Li Ganshun didn't seem to say he wanted to fight. Now it's just the Jin thief who wants Li Ganshun to send troops."

Obviously, Han Shizhong was unwilling to go to war with Xixia in the northwest. He and Xixia are also considered old rivals, and he knows how difficult it is to deal with Xixia.

And the next main battlefield is clearly in Hebei. What are you going to fight against Xixia? Isn’t this a problem? What if you can’t fight, what should you do here in Hebei?

Yelu Yuji nodded repeatedly, "Yes, Li Ganshun is a thief who guards his family and has no ambitions. Moreover, he has always been close to the Liao Kingdom and deeply hates the Jurchens to destroy the Liao Kingdom. After the demise of the Liao Kingdom, he also recruited many Liao people who were unwilling to destroy the country. They were all led by Xiao Heda, the commander of the Xiazhou commander, and were also stationed in Xiazhou.

So he probably wouldn't launch a large number of troops, at most he would take advantage of the situation to seize Feng, Fu, Lin, and Jinning's army in Hexi. If we defeat the Jin thieves, it would not be difficult to get back these lands."

The major policies of Xixia are no longer entirely controlled by the Dangxiang people!

Because Li Ganshun accepted many Khitan fugitives when the Liao Kingdom was destroyed. This group of Khitans were all soldiers. Now they are all led by Xiao Heda, the accompanying minister of the Liao Kingdom princess, and they have become one in the Xiazhou area. These Khitans and the Jurchens have hatred of losing their country, so they can never help the Jurchens to defeat the Song Dynasty.

Not only did they not work hard, they might even rebel while the Xixia army was dispatched, so Li Ganshun did not dare to suppress his life and fight with Zhao Kai at all.

Of course, it is impossible for Zhao Kai to travel thousands of miles to Xingqing Mansion that he can't cross the Yellow River! But it's hard to say that Xiao Heda!

So in Yelu Yukyu's opinion, if Zhao Kai is reluctant to spend money, then don't pay attention to Xixia, and most of them will not really fight with the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Kai turned his gaze to the military general Yue Fei, whom he trusted the most. Yue Fei now "does not understand politics" and only talks about military affairs. So he would not say whether Xixia should beat the elder brother and say that he should fight, that is what he should fight! Isn't there a 'driver' in "Manjianghong" that "Driving a long car and breaking through the Helan Mountains'? This is to beat Xixia!

However, Yue Fei still shook his head slowly now, "The army left Xiaoguan and marched along Huluchuan and the Yellow River. It takes 300 miles to Lingzhou. If you encounter a field battle, my brother and Li's concubine can take it. But how can Lingzhou be captured? If you don't take Lingzhou, the Western thieves will probably not be frightened."

Yue Fei pondered for a while and said, "And it's three hundred miles from Xiaoguan to Lingzhou, and it's only after six or seven days that the infantry can reach it. The Western thieves in Lingzhou cannot be unavailable, and they will definitely be prepared. It is impossible to raid Lingzhou and it is impossible to seize Lingzhou City, so the Western thieves will not be in a hurry to rescue. It's difficult to use Lingzhou as bait and lure the Western thieves into a decisive battle!"

With the field capabilities of the Western Xia army, they have no advantage in the old Western army led by Tong Guan, let alone against the current Great Song Dynasty soldiers? But the question is why should the Western thieves be eager to fight the decisive battle with the lonely enemy? Isn’t it better to let the enemy’s teacher’s veterans be exhausted at Lingzhou City and then fight back?

"Official family, the Grand Marshal Yue is right!" Li Fuchen, a young man of eighteen or nineteen years old, got the best fit with Zhao Kai, but now he does not support Zhao Kai's proposal. After Yue Fei finished speaking, he took over the topic and said: "The Western thieves knew that I could not last long. They would definitely have deep ditches and high bases and would not fight with me. It is not difficult for a large army to travel 300 miles to Lingzhou, but Lingzhou City is strong and dangerous, and the city is connected to the Yellow River embankment. It is not only extremely difficult to capture, but also the defenders may dig the embankment and release water at any time.

In the past, when Shenzong attacked Xia in the five directions of the Shenzong, there were more than 130,000 soldiers in Jingyuan and Huanqing, and the people were 100,000. They would attack Lingzhou for 17 days. As a result, the Western thieves dug the Yellow River embankment and drew large waters to flood our army camps, resulting in a disastrous defeat!”

The terrain of Lingzhou is somewhat similar to that of Sanshan Floating Bridge and Wannian New Dike. It is a city defense that connects the embankment, and the Yellow River section near Lingzhou has also become more likely to have a riverbed higher than the ground as silt.

The army led by Gao Zunyu and Liu Changzuo was unable to control the Yellow River Dam because they failed to attack Lingzhou, so they were defeated by the Western Xia army and lost water. The losses were extremely heavy!

Li Fuchen was born in a general in the Western Army, and many of his elders participated in this profound Five-Road Battle against Xia, so he was also afraid of the task of capturing Lingzhou.

Huang Wuji was also from the old Western Army. He also knew that the Western thieves were very hard and it was difficult to win quickly. So he advised Zhao Kai: "Brother, with our current military strength, if we fight one-on-one, even if we want to destroy the Western thieves, it would not be difficult. It was just a method of using the Tang Dynasty to deal with Goguryeo. He sent troops year after year and fought for three or five years, so that their elites could not rest, the old and the weak could not farm, and the national strength was gradually exhausted, and the country would naturally be destroyed."

Huang Wuji's method is actually quite reliable, even better than Genghis Khan's six battles to the Western Xia.

In history, Genghis Khan's six battles in Xixia seemed to be quite a lot, but the six battles were not carried out together, but were carried out one after another for twenty-two years. Therefore, Xixia could continue to recover her blood and could only be beaten by the Mongols six times.

If Genghis Khan had continuously attacked Xixia, Xixia would definitely not last for three years, but Zhao Kai would not have been interested in accompanying Xixia to play slowly for three years!

"I know what you all mean!" Zhao Kai smiled and shook his head after hearing the opinions of everyone, "This time I have no idea to destroy the Western thieves. I want to personally raise the elite troops of the brigade this summer, and leave Xiaoguan and go straight to Lingzhou with speed like lightning. Return to the army immediately after capturing Lingzhou. I will never delay. I will definitely be able to rob the Jin thieves in Hebei, Hedong and Huaidong to return to the Guangwu Mountain Camp. What do you think?"

He is no longer as fast as the wind, but as fast as lightning, and he is fighting a blitzkrieg!

Ma Kuo, the Hebei appeaser, was also from Shaanxi. After hearing this, he shook his head and said, "It's 4,000 miles apart from Guangwu Mountain and Lingzhou! Even if you can travel eighty miles a day, it will take fifty days! If the official wants to go back within three months, he has to gather Shaanxi prefecture troops within forty days, break through Lingzhou City, and then repel the counterattack of the Western thieves! How is this possible?"

Liu Ziyu, the Hebei Yingtian Envoy, also shook his head: "If you delay the city of Lingzhou, you will be in danger!"

"I can't delay it," Zhao Kai shook his head, "To be honest, when I left Luoyang last year, I secretly created a sharp weapon for siege, and now it has been completed. I plan to rush back and test it immediately. If it can be used, it should be able to break Lingzhou City within three days."

What weapon is so powerful? It can break Lingzhou in three days? Everyone present was stunned. Could this official be drunk and talking nonsense?

"Brother," Han Shizhong was the first to react and asked, "What kind of weapon is that? So powerful?"

Zhao Kai smiled mysteriously: "It's okay to tell you, this weapon is called a cannon!"

The cannon is finally here!

After nearly two years of wearing Zhao Kaihun, it was finally cast.

Before leaving Luoyang, Zhao Kai handed over the task of making cannons to Zhao Kai, the "Biaoshou Minister" of the Ministry of Revenue. Zhao Kai's cannons were not produced by the Ministry of War or the Ministry of Industry, but by the "central bank"!

The specific department in charge is Fucai Supervisor under the jurisdiction of the "Biaoqian Secretary", which is a money supervisor with an annual output of 200,000 stag of copper coins, which is located in Baibo Town outside Luoyang City. Copper coins are cast of copper, so Fucai Supervisor hired many copper smiths and stored a large amount of brass.

Zhao Kai had asked the carpenter to make ten mortar models of different sizes and draw drawings himself, asking Zhao Kai to take him to Fucai Supervisor to order the copper smiths to try to cast it. This is actually not difficult. If it was a cannon with a long cannon, the copper smiths might not be able to cast it well. However, Zhao Kai's requirements were not that high. What he wanted was a short, fat, mortar cannon like a soup pot. The difficulty of casting this thing was not as difficult as casting the bell used in the temple.

Moreover, Zhao Kai also gave away a thousand pieces of silk, ten corporal guards, and ten ninth-rank official photos as rewards!

As long as Zhao Kai tried the cannon and felt that it was qualified and useful, then the responsible artisan who casts cannons would be promoted and made a fortune!

Just a few days ago, Zhao Kai received a memorial from Zhao Kai, saying that all ten mortars had been cast according to Zhao Kai's request.

With cannons, Zhao Kai felt that he was confident in speaking!

Whoever is dissatisfied will be bombarded by him!

"Big Cannon? How powerful is this thing?"

Some people actually doubted the power of the cannon! When Zhao Kai saw that this person was Han Shizhong. Han Shizhong thought of the cannon throwing a big stone, and he didn't recognize the cannon next to the word "Fire".

"Brother, we have seen the sacred cannon. No matter how big it is, it is impossible to smash Lingzhou City within three days!" Yue Fei also misunderstood. He didn't recognize the cannon next to the word "Huo"!

"Yes!" Huang Wuji didn't recognize the word "cannon". "It's difficult to build a three-day breaking city outside Lingzhou City, right?"

Zhao Kai looked at the group of generals who did not recognize the word "cannon" below and wanted to make a comment, so he waved his hand to stop everyone, "No need to say anything is worse than seeing it! You might as well go back to Luoyang with me and see the power of this cannon together. I can assure you that this cannon is very light in weight and very convenient to transport.

If you think this kind of cannon fires and thinks it is not enough to blow the Lingzhou city wall, then I won’t attack the Western thieves.

If you all think the cannon has amazing firepower, then you might as well give the Western thieves a ruthless one. They will first use it to blow up Lingzhou City, and then use it to attack the Western thieves who counterattack Lingzhou. After these two battles, the Western thieves' vitality will definitely be greatly damaged. It is hard to say whether Li Qianshun can control Xiao Heda at that time."

Zhao Kai said this, but the group of generals below did not say anything, just staring at Zhao's house in a daze.

What does this mean? Zhao Kai was a little confused by them. After a while, he was the first to see Yue Fei and asked: "Brother, what is 'fire' and 'fire power'?"

Zhao Kai laughed when he heard this and said, it was right that you didn’t know!
Chapter completed!