Di Zhi thought for a long time, "Prince, if I meet, my subordinates think the best way is not to get entangled with it and take the important place directly. If he comes to harass him, he will repel it with his superior firepower."

Li Xingzhou nodded and smiled, "You think more than Yan Shen and the others. This was the case with Wei Qing and Huo Qubing when dealing with the Huns. Regardless of their harassment, they rely on the experience and decision of the head coach to advance straight into the Huns' royal court.

This is the best way to deal with the nomadic tribes on the Mobei grassland." Li Xingzhou nodded, "Only by attack as defense can you have a chance of victory. Passive defense will only be dragged to death."

But when he said this, he changed his subject; "It's a pity that Jing Kingdom is not the original Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty initially had the Liaodong Plain, but later Huo Qubing recovered the Hetao area, with two major horse farms in hand, and later there were tributes from various countries on the grassland. The Han Dynasty could organize a cavalry army of about 100,000, one man and two horses, and cooperate with a crossbow to rush to the royal court on the grassland in the northern desert for thousands of miles. Do you think Jing Kingdom can do it?"

Di Zhi shook his head: "The prince is right. Now our dynasty says that the Hetao pasture is in the hands of Xia Kingdom and the Liaodong Plain is in the hands of Jin Kingdom. The power of the whole country cannot squeeze out so many Malays."

"That's right, so if we encounter such an opponent, we will not be able to take the initiative." Li Xingzhou also felt helpless. In the face of this tactic, all he needed was to defend his own city, and then use high-mobile troops to ignore the opponent's harassment, directly attack the gathering place, and eliminate the living forces.

Unfortunately, this is currently impossible to achieve in the scenic country.

The Jing Kingdom had few horses, and could not stop the military forces that could raid the nomadic gathering areas in the northern desert. The Xia Kingdom had horses, but few people. Three thousand iron kites were already the family of the Xia Kingdom.

The Jin Kingdom is currently the most likely to realize this plan. The Jin Kingdom has a Liaodong Horse Factory, a nomadic area near Yinshan, and a horse factory left by the Khitans.

However, the Jin Kingdom was unable to realize that the threat from the north was a big problem. Moreover, the reason why he thought of fighting in this way was that he came to the conclusion from the perspective of God. Looking at the rise and decline of the Mongolian Golden Family, if he put himself in his shoes and was in it, it would be difficult to think of a solution before heavy losses.

"But these are not the key points at the moment. I want to form a new navy." Li Xingcheon said.

"Navy!" Di Zhi was a little surprised.

"Yes, you can also understand it as a navy army, but you need to go more sea routes in the future. The military port is located outside Kaiyuan City, and follow the river eastward into the sea, and go south to the canal into the river." Li Xingzhou said that although Kaiyuan is flat on all sides and is not suitable for defense, so in history, the Jin Kingdom could drive straight into the capital, but it also has an advantage.

That is, the surrounding water network is dense, which is convenient to connect to the Yangtze River and enter the sea. As a military port, it can be said to be well-connected.

To the northwest, you can go along the river to support the coastal cities, threaten the important towns along the river in Xixia, and to the southwest, you can go along the river to reach various important towns.

Going eastward to sea, it can quickly radiate to Hangzhou, Fuzhou, Jiaozhou, Yanshan Prefecture, Liaodong, Korean Peninsula and other places, which can be described as a key place in Zhangluo.

Di Zhi was very excited, "Prince, I have thought about this a long time ago, and I am afraid that the prince will disagree!"

"After the battle of Yanshan Prefecture, my subordinates found that the navy had at least two benefits compared to the army. First, it was faster and took ten or half a month by land. If you were to walk along the way, you could reach it in one or two days. Moreover, soldiers and horses could immediately start fighting as soon as they arrived at the destination.

Secondly, it is flexible and changeable, and it is hard to defend against it. Take the Jin and Xia countries as an example. If we want to use troops to the Jin countries, we will march westward to Datong Prefecture, and we will march eastward to Shanhaiguan. If we cannot pass these two places, the army will be blocked. As long as the Jin countries increase their troops in these two places, we will have to fight, and we will have to fight if we don’t fight.

But if there are thousands of navy, more than a dozen cities in the Jin Kingdom along the Bohai Sea coast, you can attack them everywhere, and fight wherever you want. Not only is the Jin army unable to run around to defend, they also have many more opportunities. If a city is strong, just change the city to attack them. Put the navy on the sea and you can shoot them when you get close to them."

Di Zhi became more and more excited the more he said, "The prince, Xia State is the same. If they go by land, Jingsai Military Office, Yongle City and other places, they will be important cities and cities that must be fought. But if there is a powerful navy, they will go up the Yellow River and keep the important cities along the river. They will never be fast in the water.

Besides, the movement on land consumes the strength of the soldiers. When mobilizing in the water, most soldiers can rest on the boat. They will be exhausted and eventually lose."

Li Xingzhou looked at Di Zhi in surprise: "You can think of so many things, and this injury will not be in vain. Be careful to recover from the injury. I have already asked Shenlin to do it when the naval personnel recruited. When the spring of next year begins, I will teach you a naval force of 10,000 people."

"Prince, where is that ship?" Di Zhi asked excitedly.

Li Xingzhou smiled mysteriously: "Have you heard the story of Lu Meng crossing the river in white clothes?"

Di Zhi nodded in a slight understanding.

"What I asked you to do is similar. Your analysis makes sense, and the Jin and Xia countries are both my expected goals. In fact, the four ships in the south and four ships in the north, and small ships from merchants from all over the country can basically maintain a long journey north and south, but why did I get twenty ships?" Li Xingzhou said, in fact, after the development of shipping, thousands of private ships of all sizes began to be invested in the north and south channel, and their share was not exclusive to the palace.

"What does the prince mean?"

"I tell you privately that after the Navy was formed, the primary goal was to fight against Jin, targeting cities along the Bohai Sea coast, especially Liaoyang. However, this move must be covered up and paralyzed by the Jin people, so dressed up as a merchant ship guard, train soldiers, and familiar with the waters, which is the purpose." Li Xingzhou whispered.

"I'll give you a year and a half, within a year and a half, to train a navy that can fight."

"Prince, please rest assured!" Di Zhi bowed and said, "I will live up to the prince's expectations."

"Haha, don't be so serious. I believe in your ability, but I still say in the specific implementation. You must be careful not to make the Jin Kingdom suspicious. During training, let the soldiers pretend to be merchant ships. As for the details, you will deal with it yourself."

"The subordinate understands." Di Zhi bowed again.

"Okay, the matter has ended here." Li Xingzhou waved his hand, "Tell me how you get along with Princess Yongming."

Speaking of this, Di Zhi's passion just now disappeared and smiled awkwardly: "Prince...this."

"What's wrong? Princess Yongming is still my sister-in-law. You don't like it."

"I dare not. But after returning from Yanshan Mansion, Princess Yongming...is like a different person, whispering warmly and taking care of her in every way. My subordinates are really unable to adapt..." Di Zhi said embarrassedly.

"You are sick, you must be used to it if you have to be cold to you." Li Xingzhou said with a funny look.

"No, I always feel a little uncomfortable." Di Zhi had no choice but to say, "I can't tell you anything wrong."

"Forget it, this is your family matter. I won't ask much about it, just because I'm afraid that you won't be able to recover from your injuries. Now I'm relieved. As for how to get along with Princess Yongming... you think about it yourself." Li Xingzhou said embarrassedly. It's hard for a clean official to make a decision.

Afterwards, Li Xingzhou bid farewell to Princess Yongming and left Di's mansion.

In a sense, Princess Yongming is Di Zhi's amulet.

There are strong unspoken rules in the officialdom. Although the story of going from a small army to a high position is inspiring, there must be mixed interests behind the inspiration. If no one protects it, there will definitely be no good ending.

For example, Wei Qing, even though he had great military achievements and was a general and a great sage, he still disdained him in the records of Taishigong's grandfather, saying that he relied on his relatives to the throne. This is enough to imagine that if Wei Qing had no sister Wei Zifu and no strong Emperor Wu, he would definitely not have a good end.

Di Qing of the Song Dynasty was another template for Wei Qing. He was born in the army and relied on his great military achievements to achieve the high position of Privy Councilor. However, in the early stage, Fan Zhongyan protected and promoted him, and not all civil officials were called Fan Zhongyan.

After Fan Zhongyan died and Di Qing lost his support, even as the Privy Councilor, he was impeached by civil servants in the court on the grounds that "the black dog in his family has a horn". Song Renzong could not protect him even if he pleaded for mercy, and was forced to leave the capital and died of fear.

Di Zhiye was born in the army and relied on military merits to become the commander of the infantry of the current guards. He may soon follow Di Qing's footsteps, so Li Xingzhou was eager to give him an identity.

The identity of a county horse is to give him the best protection. In this way, the censors in the court should also look at his and Prince Kang's face if they want to attack him.

It would be even better if Di Zhi could get along well with Princess Yongming, but it would only depend on their luck.

Just as his thoughts were floating, a servant from the royal palace hurried to him and said that it was Fang Xinyouxin and had already negotiated with the envoy of Xia. I hope that if he had time, he could go back and meet the envoy of Xia.

Li Xingzhou was overjoyed, "Then go back soon." These days have been a series of happy events.
Chapter completed!