After discussing the situation on the front line, returning to your seat and sitting down, Zhao Zhen said: "From tomorrow, if you have free time, you will come to Tianzhang Pavilion to explain the military operations. I will choose ministers - mainly Hanlin Bachelor, listen to the explanation of Zhongcheng. By the way, there are many old subordinates in the military academy in the capital. When you arrive in the capital, you heard that except for Wu Song who has been with you for many years, no one else has ever seen him."

Du Zhongxiao said: "They are all military generals in the court. Since I have handed over the military power, I should not have come and go. Wu Song was when I was in Yongcheng. Seeing that he was talented and specially promoted him to be with him, it is naturally different from others."

Zhao Zhen said: "It's always a match between colleagues, and you can't be too unkind. From tomorrow, you can go to the military academy to get familiar with it and see how it is there. Now the ministers in the court have more time to go to the military academy and learn how the current army fights. But when they are old, many people can't learn anything, they only know that they are different from before."

Hu Su said: "This is inevitable. I am 62 years old this year. I have looked for textbooks used in military academy and heard them in military academy, but I was confused about what they were talking about. I am afraid that most ministers in the court are like this. I want to learn, but I really can't learn it."

Ouyang Xiu said: "According to what my ministers have seen, most of the ministers who go to the military academy are confused and don't know what to say. Instead, some young officials in the museum can understand and learn something."

Zhao Zhen said: "This is impossible. The military rules set by Du Zhongcheng and how to fight were summarized for many years and have been tested in practice. How can we learn it clearly in a short time?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "In fact, ministers in the court do not need to understand everything in the army, just know the general principles."

Ouyang Xiu said: "But now in the military academies, we start with the most basic soldiers' exercises, so how can we know the general idea?"

Du Zhongxiao suddenly thought that the military academy was actually used to train generals in the army, and it was aimed at middle and lower-level generals. There were actually no corresponding subjects for the teaching of ministers and senior generals. When on Hequ Road, there were actually not many senior generals and they would not work hard on it. The content learned by senior generals is very different from that of middle and lower-level generals, mainly based on strategy. And how to train soldiers, etc., is not very useful for senior generals. There is no way to systematically train generals, so we should specifically train ministers and senior generals.

It would be better to put forward this matter when I understand the Beijing Military Academy. Moreover, there are not many qualified senior generals now, and writing textbooks, etc. are all troublesome. The military system, used as scientific research, is already very complicated.

It was midnight when Zhao Zhen ordered to disperse. Du Zhongxiao and the three Hanlin scholars thanked each other and left the Damen together.

When I arrived outside Donghuamen, the streets were still very lively. There were crowds of people on the streets, and vendors from all walks of life set up stalls on the roadside or carried a basket to yell. Tokyo City is known as Nanhebei City, and Nanhe is naturally the Caihe route in front of Daxiangguo Temple, and this area is the area of ​​Beishi.

Ouyang Xiu said: "It's not too late, so why not find a restaurant and drink two glasses of light wine?"

Wang Gui said: "This is just right. I have nothing to do when I go home at this time."

Du Zhongxiao was about to interact with the court officials, so he naturally refused.

Hu Su said: "Then go to Gaoyang Branch in the south, where roasted mutton is very meaty, and it is incomparable to other places."

The four of them walked together with their followers and headed south. They went to Xuande Gate and turned east and arrived at Gaoyang Zhengdian. This place is not far from Du Zhongxiao's house, which is convenient. Du Zhongxiao came to the capital and didn't even understand the restaurants near his home.

It was late at night, and the downstairs of Cai Building in front of Gaoyang's main store were empty, with only a few servants standing outside the door. There were a few vendors selling all kinds of food on the nearby streets. Because they were not far from Xiangguo Temple, there were still many pedestrians on the street.

Seeing the four people coming, the servant hurried forward. While greeting, he led the four people into the Cailou. When he arrived at the pavilion facing the street on the second floor, the four of them sat down, ordered food, and the servant went to make arrangements.

Hu Su said to Wang Gui: "You and Du Zhongcheng were the Jinshi of the same year and have always been a noble official in the Qing Dynasty. People's lyrics are promoted to the level of promotion, but today they are the rank of Zhongcheng, which is rare in this dynasty."

Wang Gui said: "How can I compare? How many great achievements did Du Zhongcheng make on Jingxi Road and Hequ Road? This dynasty has today, and the inner and outer Qingming Festival, how many of them are from Du Zhongcheng? I am just writing articles, so of course I cannot compare with Zhongcheng."

Like the Hanlin Bachelor, the Censor Zhongcheng, they all started to be the chief magistrate. If they do well, they can become the chief magistrate in the next step. The status is similar. But if they are sent, the official position is much different. Du Zhongxiao was already the Shangshu, and Wang Gui was far apart before he became the Minister of the Secretariat. This was still before he became a Jinshi. Wang Gui had been an official for many years, otherwise it would be impossible to become a Hanlin Bachelor.

Du Zhongxiao entered the capital with the border commander. He was young and had great contributions. Many ministers were willing to make friends. It was fine if the prime minister was over. Their status was above Du Zhongxiao, and the court also prohibited the prime minister from having any connection with the Censor Zhongcheng. There was no taboo for officials under the Hanlin scholars.

Ouyang Xiudao: "Du Zhongcheng was thirsty and made countless military achievements and defeated powerful enemies in a row. He is really a minister of the country."

Du Zhongxiao bowed: "You are so kind. It's just that the time is here, just to catch up."

Ouyang Xiu smiled and said, "There are so many officials who are in charge of the border areas, so why can't other officials catch up? The Central Chief defeated the Khitan and Dangxiang in a row and restored the Western Regions. This was a great achievement that was unprecedented in establishing the country. As soon as the term of office arrived, he let go of military power and entered the court to become an official. He is really a role model for us."

Du Zhongxiao dared not.

At this time, the wine and food came up, and the servant placed it on the table, filling everyone with wine.

Hu Su raised his glass and said, "It's not easy to drink with Zhongcheng for the first time today. I've drunk this glass and talked slowly."

Everyone drank wine and put the wine glass on the table. They each ate their own dishes. The roasted mutton in the store was recommended by Hu Su. Du Zhongxiao tasted it and found it crispy and tender and delicious, but it was indeed not comparable to other places. The big restaurants in the capital all have their own specialty dishes.

After drinking for a while, after saying a few gossips, Ouyang Xiu said: "Zhongcheng, this time, you are not satisfied with the battle between Dangxiang. If there is a mistake, Zhongcheng thinks there will be any risks?"

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "As long as there is no big mess in front of you, what risks can there be? Dangxiang claims to have 700,000 troops, but in fact, there are only 200,000 people who can really fight on the front line. Di Taiwei's 300,000 troops attack Dangxiang, and even if Dangxiang pours out the whole country, he cannot compete. The Taiwei's troops gathered in one place, which is because of this. As long as the troops are not dispersed, Dangxiang will have no opportunity to take advantage of it."

Hu Su said: "In this way, although Taiwei Di's playing style is a bit clumsy, it is a complete plan?"

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "To be honest, Wanquan is too exaggerated. The most important thing in marching and fighting is to know yourself and your enemy, and win every battle. Three hundred thousand troops gathered in one place, which can be said to know the enemy but not yourself. Now the army uses muskets and cannons. If you really start a battle, you must have a distance. In accordance with local geography, the commander should be clear about this distance. Now, when you gather in one place, you will only have a few troops to fight when you encounter an enemy, and if you do not encounter an enemy, you can only send troops to fight temporarily. According to my estimate, in this arrangement, 300,000 people can only be used as more than 100,000 people."

Ouyang Xiu couldn't help but frown: "Zhongcheng said this, wouldn't it mean that Taiwei Di actually only has more than 100,000 people all the way?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "It's not that, Nehan misunderstood. Now the railway only reaches the Zhenrong Army. If it doesn't send troops from there, where can it come from? Instead, it means that the 300,000 army should first send troops to clear the enemy in Dangxiang, Tiandu Mountain as soon as possible, and then exit the Huluchuan as soon as possible to unfold. Attack Mingsha, occupy Yanzhou, and completely clear the enemy south of Lingzhou. The 300,000 army is properly arranged, enough to surround Xinglingzhou."

Ouyang Xiu nodded, understanding Du Zhongxiao's meaning. The normal combat range of the 300,000 army was spread out for hundreds of miles on the front and one or two hundred miles across, which actually covered the entire core area of ​​the Dangxiang Army. The Song army's fighting style should be cleared and then quickly expanded.

Du Zhongxiao said: "The current style of play is too different because the strength of the two sides is too great, so they should be able to win. But I think winning is not a good thing. With this example, the generals in the future will not attract lessons and will still fight like this, wasting military strength in vain."

Ouyang Xiu smiled and said, "What's the solution? Since the army switched to guns and cannons, only Hequ Road troops were easy to use, and other troops were inevitably still worried. There were several familiarity with the wars and they would gradually get better in the future."

Wang Gui said: "It is true. As long as you can win, everything will be easy to say."

After drinking a glass of wine, Du Zhongxiao said: "This kind of victory will inevitably require the court to pay too much material resources. In recent years, because the world has opened factories, shopping malls and savings stations, and the officials have collected too much money and grain. In fact, since the construction of the Iron Supervisory Commission and the gathering of local factories, there have been many things to do. It has just been dragging it there. Once it is done, it requires a lot of manpower and material resources. This money is originally useful. Not to mention, in the Khitan in the north, Yelu Hongji has turned against the defense and attacking, and the two emperors will fight each other and the result will be soon."

Speaking of Khitan, everyone's expressions became solemn. Khitan was not comparable to Dangxiang. It had a large population under its rule, with sufficient soldiers and sufficient food. Moreover, its territory was extremely vast and its strategic depth was thousands of miles away. Once unified, it would be a great enemy of the Song Dynasty.

In the past, the two countries had equal strength and were afraid of each other, and finally a stalemate was formed. The Song army was unable to recover Youyun and the Khitan was unable to move south, which was a strategic balance of the Song army's disadvantages. Now, the Song army clearly had the upper hand, and the strategic balance could no longer be maintained.

As long as the Khitan is unified, the two countries will inevitably face each other, and the front line must maintain a large army. Three hundred thousand troops are trapped in Dangxiang, and the Hebei Road of the Song Dynasty can still be supported, and the Hequ Road has obviously become a weakness. The actual strategic situation does not allow Di Qing to slowly attack Dangxiang.
Chapter completed!