Of course, Tao Jiefu has a way! In "History of the Song Dynasty", this man is a resourceful demon. The nickname of Zhiduoxing should not be given to Wu Yong, just press it on.

When he was a record officer in Guangzhou, he used any tricks to catch Yang Yuan, a thief who had repeatedly escaped from prison, and made the thief willing to commit suicide. Later, when he was acquainted with Xinhui County, he was favored by Zhang Shi, who was in charge of Guangzhou affairs, and entered the shogunate, and followed him to the northwest to make achievements.

During the years when he worked in the Shogunate, Tao Jiefu did not squint in the castle behind him comfortably, but went deep into the forefront many times. Although there was no record of being in front of the battle, he was very familiar with the terrain of the Yokoyama and Wuding River, and he could be said to be very familiar with the terrain of the Yokoyama and Wuding River.

In addition, Zhang Shi paid great attention to intelligence work when he was in the Northwest. The victory in the Battle of Yokoyama was because he mastered the movements of Empress Dowager Xiaoliang's army. Tao Jiefu was also responsible for the intelligence collection work of the Shogunate.

So Cai Jing came to him to steal Wang Hou, and Gao Qiu's credit was really the right person!

"The subordinate officials have two strategies!" Tao Jiefu said: "One is to surrender benevolence and protect loyalty!"

"Who?" Cai Jing was shocked when he heard this, "Zi Li was talking about the army supervisor of the Western thief's right wing, Renduo Baozhong, the chief of the Renduo clan?"

"Yes! It's him!"

The Zhuoluo Military Supervisor Office is located near Lanzhou, and its headquarters is Zhuoluo City. It is a large stronghold at the entrance of the Hexi Corridor of Xixia. Once it falls into the hands of the Song army, it is possible to divide the Xingling area and the Hexi area of ​​Xixia into two!

And this is not the most fatal, the most fatal thing is the rebellion of the Renduo family. At the beginning of the founding of the Western Xia Kingdom, it was based on a large clan, including Weiming, Weimu, Gongli, Yeli, Wuzang, Renduo and other major clans. Later, the Liang family emerged. However, due to the fierce internal political struggles in Xixia, the major families were repeatedly purged. Weimu, Yeli, Wuzang, and Liang family declined one after another. Because the Renduo family was far away from the Xingzhou political center, it was not hit hard. Now it has become the second largest family in the Western Xia Kingdom after the Weiming royal family, with a large number of clan soldiers.

The base of the Renduo family is located in the northwest of Lanzhou, the border between the Western Xia, the Song Dynasty, and the Zongkha and Tubo.

Once the Renduo family turned against each other, the Song Dynasty could not only cut off the traffic between the east and west sides of Xixia, but also obtain a large number of Renduo cavalry!

"Renduo Baozhong was promoted by Empress Dowager Xiaoliang," Tao Jiefu said with confidence, "The last time the army supervisor of Zhuoluo and the head of the Renduo clan, Renduo Weiding was not Baozhong's father, but Baozhong's uncle. Without the support of Empress Dowager Xiaoliang, Baozhong would not be the supervisor of the army supervisor and the patriarch. There would be a minister in this dynasty! How could Qian Shun, the ruler of Xixia, look down on the people in his mother's arms?

Moreover, because Chu Qing, the son of Renduowei Ding, did not become the military supervisor and the patriarch, took more than 40 family members to the Xihe Risk Division in October of the first year of Yuanfu. He was also awarded the position of Ganzhou Tuanjian and the inspector of Zhuoluo, the right wing. His return to Song not only allowed the Renduo family to have a pro-Song faction, but also allowed us to contact Renduo to protect the whole city."

"If Ren Duo Bao Zhong surrenders, we can cut off the Hexi Corridor?" Cai Jing asked afterwards.

"No," Tao Jiefu shook his head and said, "Although the Renduo clan is not weak, it cannot resist the main force of the Western thieves. Once the Hexi Corridor is in danger of being cut off, the Western thieves will definitely fight back. Our troops on Xining Road are limited, and we are not enough to defeat the main force of the Western thieves in Hexi."

"Then what is the point of us recruiting Ren and Mainland China?"

"We can mobilize the main force of the Western thieves to move westward!" Tao Jiefu said, "The deployment of the Western thieves has always been in the east and the west. In order to prevent us from seizing the Wuding River Basin, we have deployed heavy troops in Yinzhou, Shizhou, Xiazhou, Youzhou, Hongzhou and other places. Once the main force of the Western thieves in the Wuding River Basin is transferred westward, we can seize it in one fell swoop. As long as we take down both sides of the Wuding River, we can farm there, so that Xingzhou will be under our military front."

In fact, after the Song army captured the Hengshan-Tiandushan area, the passage to attack the Xingling two prefectures had been opened. However, the long logistics line restricted the Song army's actions, making them unable to launch a decisive attack on the Xingling two prefectures.

To solve this problem, military farming is undoubtedly the only way. However, the land in northern Shaanxi is barren, with ravines and water resources, so it is difficult to find a suitable area for military farming. The Wuding River Basin is actually quite barren, but it can still be reclaimed.

"... New government soldiers can use military farms," ​​Tao Jiefu continued to suggest, "The new government soldiers do not bring their families. In addition to providing their own food, the rest of the gains can be handed over. At most, they can make up some money to encourage farming. They can also let them practice martial arts while farming. When they send troops to attack Xingzhou, these government soldiers can at least act as transportation soldiers."

"Okay! OK! This plan is very wonderful!"

Cai Jing smiled and said, "Zi Li is indeed resourceful... After the Spring Festival, I will recommend you to the official to be the governor of Yanzhou. If you surrender Ren and protect your loyalty successfully, you will be able to take charge of the rituals, Huanqing, Jingyuan, and Hedong District affairs!"

...

"Dalang, what do you think of Wang Hou?"

"It can be of great use! But..."

"If you have something to say."

"But it's not easy for him to make great achievements in the northwest."

“Why?”

"Because I think he has no foundation in the Western Army on the one hand, but he is not a member of the Western Army after all; on the other hand, he does not have much backstage in the court. When he goes to the northwest, it is probably difficult to let go of the situation."

On the morning of the seventh day of the first lunar month, the second stage of the imperial knight performance was in progress, while Zhao Ji talked to Wu Haogu, who was standing beside him. Wang Hou and Wang Hou were commanding the cavalry exercise with Gao Qiu. He said it was "together", but in fact, Wang Hou was commanding the command alone, and Gao Qiu pretended to be on the side.

Wang Hou must have some skills. Although he has not been in contact with these imperial knights for a long time, he can still command them to conduct queues and practice martial arts with his many years of leadership in the northwest and good at using cavalry. However, Wu Haogu did not say too many "good words" from Wang Hou in front of Zhao Ji.

Because he knew that Wang Hou was not a person who could settle the major hills of the Western Army. The generals and sects of the Western Army had their own systems, such as the generals, the generals of the Yao family, the generals of the Liu family, the generals of the Zhe family, etc. Wang Hou, a native of Jiangxi, was not a person in the Western Army system at all. Even if he worked in the Western Army for half his life, he was still mixed with sand.

It would be better if he was a civil servant from a Jinshi. If he was an important official like Zhang Shi and Lu Huiqing, he would have a new party and factional support, and the Western Army generals would not dare to be disobedient.

But Wang Hou is a military officer. His party is not outstanding, and he inherits the bad temper of his father Wang Shao. He is not very good at flattering and does not seem to be very happy to get along with his colleagues.

"Dalang," Zhao Ji looked at the knights on the martial arts field with relish and charged in a row with horses, while asking Wu Haogu, "Since you think it's difficult for Wang Hou to make great achievements, why do you let Wu Er go to the Xining army?"

Wu Haogu Yixiao: "Great achievements are difficult to build, but He and Huangzhou can still be restored... Then Erlang can be changed to a Beijing official. As for Wang Hou, as long as Qingtang is not restored, the generals and commanders of the Western Army will still obey his command."

"It's good to restore the river and the two states of Huangzhou." Zhao Ji nodded and smiled, "Wang Hou, Wu Er and my elite imperial guards will be recalled at that time."

"Your Majesty's wiseness."

Of course, Zhao Ji is very wise now. He also knows the empty treasury in the northwest, and understands that it is impossible to support a long-term war with Xixia. So he just wants to take down the Qingtang Horse Grazing Land in order to form more cavalry.

...

"What does Your Highness think of the Knights of the Song people?"

The person who asked about this was Xiao Baole, the envoy of He Zhengdan of the Great Liao Kingdom, and the person he asked about was Wei Ming Chage, the envoy of Xixia.

Xiao Baoen once served as an envoy to Xixia, and he also recognized it with the younger brother of the Xixia king, Ge. He also heard that Ganshun's brother was very talented in leading troops, so he asked this question.

"Overall." Cha Ge frowned and said, "These knights' skills on horseback are not bad, but the war horses under their crotch are still a little worse, they are about four feet and five inches tall, right?"

The Song Dynasty still lacked war horses! Even with the help of Jiehe Market, the knights who settled their homes in Beicangzhou could only use four-foot-five-inch horses as war horses, which was just over 140 cm in height.

Brother Cha glanced at Xiao Baoen and said lightly: "The envoy should recognize that the knights are all Khitan horses under their crotch?"

The Khitan horse is probably the Mongolian horse of later generations. It has a large head, a short neck, a strong body, and a wide chest and a long mane. There are differences in appearance between Hebei horses and Hequ horses, which are more common in the Song Dynasty.

Of course, ordinary people can't see it, but Brother Cha also grew up on horseback, so he still has this vision.

Moreover, he also knew that Jiehe Market, jointly established by the Song and Liao dynasties, has now become the source of horses for the Song Dynasty. Every year, I don’t know how many Khitan horses flow into the Song Dynasty through there...

"It's just a few horses," Xiao Baoen smiled, "and it's just one person and one horse... It's not easy for the Song people to do this, but that's it."

The Imperial Knights are still invented now, and there are not many horses in the farms of each family. It is already very difficult to get 1,000 "war horses" and 2,000 pairs of horses at this time.

But this configuration really goes to the northwest, and it is still not enough to meet the iron kite that matches the horse for a day.

Xiao Baoen also understood that Cha Ge's meaning was to direct the topic to Jiehe Shangshi City. Cha Ge wanted to remind the Liao Dynasty not to sell too many horses in Jiehe Shangshi City! It would not allow the Song Dynasty cavalry to grow and grow.
Chapter completed!