Jia Sidao knew very well that a year or two or even several years was not enough to truly make up for the huge military power gap between the Song Dynasty and Mongolia. This military power gap was ultimately the combat effectiveness of the army.

It is obviously not enough to build a truly elite army just by cramming for a few years. After all, it is no less than a dream to train elites who can compete with the Mongolians by relying solely on closed-door training. No matter how perfect the so-called elites perform on the training ground, if they have not been on the real battlefield and have been baptized by blood and fire, they will never be called elites.

After all, even if the training ground is real, it is still just a training ground.

What's more, facing the Mongolian army that can be hundreds of thousands and there are countless servants, what role can it play with just an elite army? An army may be able to gain an advantage over Mongolia in part, but the local advantage is ultimately limited to the area where the elite army is located, but it cannot turn that advantage into a strategic advantage that is beneficial to the entire Song Dynasty.

After all, the war between the Song Dynasty and Mongolia will definitely not be like the current situation in a few years, but the national war. The national war will eventually fight the overall situation. The local victory faces the decline of the whole situation will only have a little more symbolic meaning at most.

Jia Sidao could see these clearly.

In the era of cold weapons, the Song Dynasty, which had been weak in military power for a hundred years, had no comparison in the face of the Mongolian cavalry sweeping across the Eurasian continent, and there was no time to change this situation for the Song Dynasty. What's more, the Song Dynasty, which was weak in military power, could not change it in a short time.

Since the disadvantages of the Song Dynasty could not be changed internally, Jia Sidao could only change the contrast between the two sides through external forces. In the era when cold weapons were kings, if they wanted to have an overwhelming advantage over the strong Mongolia, they could only be hot weapons.

Didn’t the Qing Dynasty, which was opened to the country by the powerful ships and cannons of the Sun-Battle Empire? Even though the Qing Dynasty, which was already on the decline at that time, was still the most powerful country in the world at that time, was economically the most powerful country in the world, but facing the Sun-Battle Empire equipped with muskets and cannons, it could only become fish on the chopping board.

This is also the only way that Jia Sidao could think of to narrow and reduce the military power gap between the Song Dynasty and Mongolia in the shortest time. However, even though he had already started preparing, even the old craftsmen in the military weapon prison had gathered and sent them to Guangzhou in advance, they had to get support from the court in certain matters.

After all, no matter what you do, you cannot lack one thing, that is silver. If you want money to train soldiers, develop firearms, study gunpowder weapons, equipment, weapons, casting weapons, etc., you need silver.

It also takes time to make money. However, these things have not arrived in Guangzhou yet, and they have not done anything, and they cannot see any possibility. Whether Shi Songzhi and others will support them is still a matter of different reasons. All he can do now is to try his best to prepare for himself and gain more time for the Song Dynasty.

However, whether Shi Songzhi and Zheng Qingzhi believe in these things or not, they do not have any strength to tell them in detail at this moment.

"The two lords, Sidao also knows that it is a bit beyond the reach of private release of Wanyan Hongye. On the side of the emperor, Sidao will naturally explain it happily. As long as the two lords don't say it, after a few years, even if Wanyan Hongye's identity is revealed to the world, it would be too late to come to this day. It is hard to say that at that time, my Song Dynasty had already fought the national war with the Mongols. In the face of the national war, a mere princess was really nothing."

Jia Sidao was not too worried about the private release of Wanyan Hongye. After all, Zhao Yun himself did not attach as much importance to Wanyan Hongye as Shi Songzhi and Zheng Qingzhi imagined, otherwise he would not have let Jia Sidao come to see Wanyan Hongye.

"Shi Xian is so sure that the Mongols will start war with our Song Dynasty again?" Shi Songzhi said in confusion.

At this time, he also discovered that looking at Jia Sidao's actions over the years, he seemed to be preparing for the future war with the Mongols. However, the Yangtze River is in its natural barrier. Although the Mongols have unparalleled cavalry, it is because the Mongols themselves are a nation that grows on the grasslands. However, if they are talking about the navy, the Mongols may not be as good as the Navy of the Song Dynasty even after decades.

Without the assistance of the navy, no matter how powerful the Mongol cavalry is, can they still fly across the Yangtze River?

"It's not that Sidao is sure that the Mongols will start war with our Song Dynasty again, but that the Mongols will definitely use troops to our Song Dynasty again. And once the Mongols invade the south again, they will no longer plunder and retreat as before, but they intend to destroy our Song Dynasty's foundation in a battle."

Shi Songzhi and Zheng Qingzhi were silent when they heard Jia Sidao's words.

From the bottom of my heart, both of them thought that Jia Sidao's actions were a bit unfair to worry. After all, the Mongols suffered a secret loss in Xiangyang City not long ago and withdrew their troops. Now the Later Jin army in Hebei and other places are tangled with Wen Buhua. Even the Song people and Jin people in Shandong Central Plains and other places are ready to move. How can the Mongols have any energy to take care of the Song Dynasty?

"Haha, what the emperor wants most, without Shi Xian, I think both adults know. Why should I wait for the Mongols to take the initiative to move south? Passively be beaten? Luoyang and Kaifeng, the two capitals of the Central Plains, are all my ancestors of the Song Dynasty, but now they are all allowed to be trampled by the Mongols. Why is this? The royal family in the court, Neo-Confucianism and other sects, and the disputes are endless? It would be fine if the Song Dynasty could last for thousands of years. If there was a day when the country was destroyed, how would the history books in later generations comment on the present? Is it a verbal criticism for thousands of years or is it too light to be as light as a feather?"

Jia Sidao knew that he wanted to talk nonsense and persuade Shi Songzhi and Zheng Qingzhi was impossible. The only thing he could do was throw out some things that the two really care about to impress them. Just follow Qiao Xingjian to cooperate with him in the next few years.

In fact, Jia Sidao had already made a plan in his mind. After several years, as long as everything goes well, when he feels that the time has come, even if the Mongols don’t go south, he will try his best to instigate Zhao Yun to go north.

Luoyang and Kaifeng will always be nightmares that are lingering in the hearts of Zhao Yun and everyone in the Song Dynasty. Not to mention it does not mean that they don’t want it, it’s just because the Song Dynasty does not have that strength.

Hearing Jia Sidao's words, Shi Songzhi and Zheng Qingzhi's expressions changed.

Only then did they realize that Jia Sidao took the initiative to go south to Guangdong, not because he wanted to jump out of the whirlpool of Lin'an City, Mingzhe, but because he didn't want to waste time fighting in Lin'an City.

The words and writing are so bad that it has been for thousands of years? One stroke is as light as a feather?

This is indeed a problem.

The two of them also knew that Jia Sidao had not said one thing, that is, to keep famous in history for generations. This is what every scholar, especially the high-ranking scholar, wants the most.
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