"If you want to increase the number of troops by 20,000 more? That would be nearly 30,000 troops!"

Zhao Ji met Wu Haogu in the side hall of Chongzheng Hall, and Tong Guan and Mi Youren were in the side hall where the "Pingxia Fang Lace" was placed.

Zhao Ji seemed a little surprised at Wu Haogu's request to increase the 20,000 troops.

Twenty thousand soldiers are not a small number!

This time, the total force used to attack Xixia, is about 200,000 if the civilians are not counted.

A 20,000 army accounts for one tenth!

"Your Majesty, I don't need imperial guards, I only use the government troops."

"The soldiers of the government?" Zhao Ji was stunned. "The soldiers of the government can fight? Didn't they say they can only farm land?"

The soldiers of the government are actually a hated existence! Because the soldiers of the government moved the cheese of the generals and recruited soldiers. If the soldiers of the government can really fight, then who will eat in the future? The soldiers of the government have no military pay and have no place to eat the empty amount. That would be a pity?

As for recruiting soldiers, we regard the existence of the government soldiers as a job loss. If the government soldiers who do not pay their wages can fight, what is the purpose of recruiting soldiers a year?

Therefore, in the court, no matter the new and old parties, when referring to the government soldiers, they almost unanimously positioned them in the grades of "military farm soldiers" and "transport soldiers". Therefore, Zhao Ji had the impression that the government soldiers could not fight and could only farm and farm.

"Your Majesty, these soldiers are mainly used to build cities." Tong Guantai knew the bullshits in the army, and quickly explained to Wu Haogu, "Wu Xuanzan is good at building cities and building houses. This time he is planning to bring the master craftsmen of the construction industry to set off. Moreover, the blasting siege method of siege in the cave is also effective. I think it can capture several Western thieves' cities. Digging moats and siege tunnels are all labor-intensive."

"I see!"

Zhao Ji nodded, as if he understood. Wu Haogu originally planned to build a city and attack the city... It was indeed a smart person! Who can compare with him in building a city? A city as big as Jiehe Shang City has been built! And it is a brick city, which is stronger than Kaifeng Prefecture!

As for siege, he had a way to find a group of people who dug rocks in Xuzhou. It was also good to use the method of digging tunnels to bury gunpowder.

It turns out that he has not read it wrong in Wu Haogu! Although he can't fight seriously, he has a good military strategy...

"Dalang," Zhao Ji called Wu Haogu to the front of the map platform, pointed to several prefectures in the Wuding River Basin north of Hengshan Mountain on the map, saying, "These are the cities you want to attack or build... The first target should be Yinzhou City. Although Yinzhou is broken, there is a large army of Western thieves stationed in the nearby Amitabha Cave, and that should be your second target."

Yinzhou is an ancient city, built in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, it was ruled by Tuoba Sigong, the leader of Dangxiang Qiang, the ancestor of the Western thief, and was therefore the old nest when the Western thief emerged.

However, because this nest is too close to the Song State, it is just north of the Suide Army, next to the "actual control line" between the two sides, and was occupied and destroyed by the Song army in the fourth battle of Yuanfeng. Therefore, it has long been a abandoned city. The Western thieves re-controlled Yinzhou after the Battle of Yongle City, but they are unable to repair it. Therefore, Yinzhou City has been abandoned to this day. Although the Western thieves have deployed troops, the number is very small, and it is actually a forward base.

Therefore, there is no problem in seizing Yinzhou. Wu Haogu just needs to lead 30,000 troops over. The rest is to restore Yinzhou City under the threat of the Xixia Zuoxiang Army, making it a base for the Song Dynasty to advance towards the Wuding River Basin.

In addition, although Yinzhou City is broken and defenseless, there is the Zuoxiang Shenyong Army Office of Xixia in Mida Cave, Xiazhou, not far from Yinzhou City. It is a military center. If it is not captured, it is impossible to farm near Yinzhou.

"Please rest assured, your Majesty, I will be careful."

Zhao Ji glanced at Tong Guan again, and Tong Guan said, "Your Majesty, as long as the Hexi army can contain half of the elite troops of the Western thieves, there will be nothing lost in the Battle of Yinzhou."

"Well." Zhao Ji asked, "Dalang, what do you think about Zhong Fu?"

Wu Haogu didn't know Zhong Fu, but Wu Haowen, who had not yet gone to Xiangzhou, often said bad things about Zhong Fu in front of his brother.

"It should be competent, right?" Wu Haogu said uncertainly, "In fact, he doesn't have to advance to Qin Wangchuan. As long as he can attract half of the elite troops of the Western thieves, the army on the eastern front can successfully capture the states on the Wuding River."

In Wu Haogu's opinion, it seems that it is not difficult to capture the states on the Wuding River. It is nothing more than repairing the city that is broken, and using a tunnel to blast it to the rag... and then repair it after taking it down. It is basically a work of demolition and ramming earth.

These 30,000 people with his own "stupid work" can be completed with some of the people who are on the road. Tao Jiefu's elite soldiers are enough to be prepared for the main force of the Western thieves to fight to the decisive battle.

The main force of the Western Army has always been on the eastern front. Even if it does not include the elite soldiers from the front two straights, Tao Jiefu has more than 40,000 elite soldiers, and the entire number of elite soldiers of the Western thieves seems to be.

I think Qianshun and Cha Ge dare not throw all their elite soldiers into the battle along the Wuding River, right? In this way, the soldiers of Hexi, Xihe and Jingyuan won the Qin Wangchuan? If they lost Qin Wangchuan, even if the Western thieves won the battlefield of Wuding River, they would have to move westward.

So in Wu Haogu's opinion, this journey is just about the work of the engineering team... there should be no danger.

"Dalang, when are you going to set off?" Zhao Ji asked.

"I also want to experiment with the blasting method of caves in Moutuogang," said Wu Haogu, "and I want to wait for Brother Zhao Zhong to return from the birth of the Jurchen."

"He hasn't come back yet?" Zhao Ji said, "Didn't it mean that the birth of a Jurchen is vulnerable? Tong Guan, is that true?"

"It's indeed vulnerable," Tong Guan said, "It seems that Goryeo will become a big trouble for the Khitans in the future."

"Not necessarily," said Wu Haogu, "I received a letter from Brother Zhao Zhong a few days ago, saying that the Jurchen Alliance is preparing to send 500 troops to compete with the Koreans for the slack."

"How many?" Zhao Ji seemed to have not heard clearly.

"500..." Wu Haogu was a little uncertain.

Why are the Goryeo people in Helandian so many tens of thousands of troops? Is it a Jurchen sent 500 troops... I really think he is Ganda? This is not a historical butterfly effect, right? If the Jurchen was defeated by the Goryeo people, the Song Dynasty would be safe.

"Hahaha……"

Zhao Ji and Tong Guan laughed at the same time.

Zhao Ji said: "How effective is it for 500 people to give birth to a young girl? Are they all three heads and six arms?"

Tong Guan replied, "Even if there are three heads and six arms, it will only be 1,500 people. The Koreans have tens of thousands of elite soldiers!"

Even tens of thousands of elite soldiers might be defeated by 500 Jurchens! Wu Haogu didn't dare to say this, but in Brother Zhao Zhong's letter, he believed that the possibility of 500 Jurchens defeating tens of thousands of Koreans was quite high.

Zhao Ji smiled and said, "Dalang, since you are waiting for Brother Zhao Zhong, then stay in Kaifeng Prefecture for more days.

By the way, Yuanhui, you can stay for a few days, but our monarchs and ministers haven’t had a party or fun for a long time.”

"I received the order."

...

When Brother Zhao Zhong received a letter from Murong Wangyou, he was helping Wanyan Aguda to handle the funeral of his uncle Wanyan Yingge, the boss of the Jurchen Alliance died in September. So the 500 Jurchen Gundam has not been dispatched yet. The most important thing for the Jurchen Alliance is to hold Wanyan Yingge's funeral.

That’s right, Brother Zhao Zhong is helping Brother Wanyan Ying hold a funeral! This is not a trivial matter, but means that the Confucian theory of nature is spreading the Wanyan tribe of the Tiger Water, and a major breakthrough has been made!

Because Zhao Zhongge will be a doctor of Confucianism and join Aguda in organizing the funeral of the chief of the Jurchen League!

At this time, the Jurchens were in the process of developing from tribal alliances to the country, and their primitive shamanism was also on the verge of being eliminated.

Religion is not just about pretending to be a god but just being a ghost. In most cases, it also includes a whole set of things like ethical principles, values ​​and organizational methods of the state and society, and the original shamanism does not have it.

Wanyan Aguda, who will play the shaman wizard dance master, has realized that the profound Confucianism is exactly what the Jurchens need to establish a country.

The Confucian "Theory of Heavenly Rules" and the shamanistic worlds have spirits and are not contradictory and have spirits, but can be interpreted as reason, while the highest existence of shamanistic shamanism, immortality can also be interpreted as the law of heaven. The theory of the greatest law of heaven and the return to heaven after death (the law of heaven) seems to be completely transparent to the shamanistic believers.

The five Confucian Confucian "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness" of the five Confucian conjuncts can help the Jurchens establish a feudal order between the ruler and the son, the elders and the young are in order, the husband and wife are different, the monarch and ministers are righteous, and the friends are trustworthy, which can help the Jurchens establish a feudal order between the ruler and the ministers and fathers! The rules and systems of the Central Plains that are matched with Confucianism can also be selected for some countries used to establish the Jurchens.

In other words, as long as the Jurchens accept the "Story of Heaven" and the Confucian system related to it, a country can be easily established.

In addition, Confucianism is also a "sect" rooted in the clan, which is exactly in line with the survival status of the tribes organized by blood.

Finally, the "Yuntai Confucian School" with "Theory of Heaven and Soul" as its worldview is still very simple. Various ceremonial and sacrificial activities are all about saving, and there is no need for believers to pay much to offer.

For these reasons, Wanyan Aguda and Wanyan Yingge's heir Wanyan Wuyashu decided to hold a half-shamanic and half-Confucian funeral for the late Yingge Grand Tutor.

In order to hold the funeral well, he also showed that he was favored by God to other tribes of the Born Jurchen. Aguda and Wu Yashu also asked Zhao Zhongge to send someone to Jiehe Shangshi to invite a few doctors to press the Tiger Water Wanyan tribe to strengthen the momentum. The Born Jurchen tribe looks quite weak now. Even if the Tiger Water Wanyan tribe is only two or three thousand heroes, he can invite doctors from the Song Dynasty to establish a college. It has fully demonstrated that the Tailings Wanyan tribe has received the favor of the natural law.

Those who came with these doctors also had a letter from Murong Wangyou to Brother Zhao Zhong to call him back to Jiehe Shang City.
Chapter completed!