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"I heard that when you worked as an editor in the Privy Council, you did a lot of research on military classics. Now that the Jinren are retreating and the chaos on the northern front is unclear, I want to find you and hear what you have to say."

Zhang Jun was a little surprised. He knew that his official position had not yet reached the point where the emperor summoned him alone to discuss military affairs.

"Your Majesty, the minister is dull and dare not talk about military affairs."

"It doesn't matter if you say anything, I will forgive you if you say anything wrong."

"Then I will speak up boldly." Zhang Jun's gaze had already fallen on the map, "Your Majesty, I need this map."

"can."

Zhang Jun walked to the map, his eyes fell on the map, his whole temperament seemed to change instantly, he pointed to the north of Gyeonggi Road, and said: "Your Majesty, if the Jin people have not completely retreated, there are still people gathered in Hebei and Hedong. In the land, it is necessary to quickly adopt the strategy of strengthening the wall and clearing the wilderness."

Zhao Ning didn't speak, and gave Zhang Jun the chance to speak. He just watched calmly.

"There are two main reasons for clearing the walls: 300. Part of the villagers evacuate to the south of the Yellow River, and some enter Cizhou, Xiangzhou and other cities; [-]. Cut off all food outside the city. Such as Cizhou and Xiangzhou, each of these cities has [-] soldiers and civilians. , one catty of grain per person per day, and three million catties of grain per month.”

"The food supply point is set in Huazhou, and Huazhou is used as a logistics supply point. Heavy troops are stationed and grain is transported regularly."

Zhang Jun pointed at the dotted picture, eloquently.

He pointed to the northeast of Huazhou: "Use Daming Mansion as the second grain supply point, connect Daming and Huazhou Ji County through the Yongji Canal, and use the Yellow River as the grain supply for Daming City, so that there is more than enough water transportation between the two points. Then the problem of food and grass will be easily solved.”

"We have no loss of food and grass, and the gold thieves don't dare to stay for a long time, so they will definitely retreat to the north."

Zhao Ning stopped, feeling excited.

Zhao Ning's idea is to build a two thousand-mile military defense line from the roads in Shaanxi in the west to Hebei East Road and Jingdong East Road in the east.

(Hebei East Road is part of the east of Hebei Province, Jingdong Road includes a part of Henan Province and the entire Shandong Province, and Jingdong East Road is most of the east of Shandong Province)

The Jin army must have retreated now. What the Song Dynasty has to do now is to establish a defense system in the north and slowly drag the battle into a protracted state.

After all, the Song Dynasty was riddled with internal diseases. Only by establishing a deep defense and stabilizing the crisis of border affairs can Zhao Ning start to reform the internal system step by step, truly enriching the country and strengthening the army.

What Zhang Jun said just now is obviously a more detailed implementation plan.

This is really the talent Zhao Ning needs.

The emperor made the top-level strategic plan, and the prime ministers decomposed and refined the top-level strategic plan and ensured its implementation.

Zhao Ning didn't interrupt Zhang Jun, meaning to let him continue talking.

Zhang Jun didn't stop either. He continued, "If the Jin army has all retreated, it is necessary to quickly appease the people in Hebei and Hedong, and build a series of city walls in this area to prevent the Jin army from going south again at the end of the year."

Here, Zhao Ning interrupted Zhang Jun, he said: "Will the Jin army go south at the end of the year?"

"Report to His Majesty, yes!"

"how do you know?"

"Of course, Jin people are good at fighting in winter, and winter is when we are weakest."

Of course Zhao Ning knew that the Jin army would definitely come. In the orthodox history, the Jin army went south again at the end of this year, and the scale of its troops was larger than that of the second Tokyo defense battle, and the front line was longer.

The reason why he is Zhang Jun is that he is constantly getting to know Zhang Jun.

Zhang Jun continued: "If I were the commander-in-chief of the Jin army, I would definitely stretch the battle line next time?"

Zhao Ning was even happier, and he continued to ask: "Why?"

"The Jin army can't attack Tokyo for a long time, and even if the main force gathers in Tokyo, it can't expand the results. If the front line is stretched, we can defeat the northern front of the Great Song Dynasty."

Zhang Jun pointed to Hebei East Road and Jingdong Road, and said: "This place is the right arm of the country. If it loses its right arm, the capital will be in danger."

Judging from the strategic map, if the piece of Shandong is lost, the area around the Huaihe River will be completely exposed to the cavalry of the Jin army.

Zhang Jun continued: "If Jingdong East Road (Shandong) falls, Huainan East Road (Jiangsu area) will be in danger."

Huainan East Road is in danger, what does it mean?

It means that the economic center and food center of the Song Dynasty will be cut off.

The canal rivers in the Song Dynasty were centered on Tokyo City and stretched to the southeast, stretching out many rivers.

The taxation in the southeast was already the highest in the Song Dynasty.

In this era, the southeast economic circle is dominated by the Taihu Lake economic circle.

If Jingdong East Road falls, the Jin army must immediately go down to Yangzhou to attack Suzhou, and the soldiers will point directly at Hangzhou.

At that time, let alone guarding Tokyo, it was meaningless to guard, because the source of taxation was cut off, there was no money, and part of the food was cut off.

Then you really can only abandon Tokyo and flee south, and follow Zhao Gou's old path.

Zhao Ning took a deep breath, what Zhang Jun said was really penetrating, just like what he thought.

Therefore, the next war must be larger and more brutal.

Chapter 70 Strategic deception of Jin Kingdom?

Zhao Ning continued to ask: "What is your strategy?"

Zhang Jun said: "If you want to keep the Hebei East Road, you have to go through Shaanxi."

really!Zhang Jun has a soft spot for managing Shaanxi!

In the official history, it is his proposal to manage Shaanxi.

It was this move that saved the Southern Song Dynasty.

For the rise of Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and others later, it provided a buffer time for the war situation.

Zhao Ning continued to pretend not to know, he said: "Why do you want to pass through Shaanxi while keeping Hebei East Road? There are nearly two thousand miles between them."

"Your Majesty, look here, station heavy troops on all roads in Shaanxi, waiting for the Northern Expedition, and attract the main force of the Jin army, so as to relieve the pressure of the war on the eastern and central lines."

Zhang Jun pointed to the area of ​​Shaanxi, and then pointed to East Road (Shanxi Province), West Hebei Road, East Hebei Road, and East Jingdong Road.

"The land of Shaanxi is where the elite of the Song Dynasty hoarded. There are countless fighters. The Jin army dare not take it lightly, and will definitely attack with heavy troops."

Zhao Ning said: "You mean, strategic deception?"

Strategic deception?

Zhang Jun was slightly taken aback, he didn't expect Zhao Guanjia to use the word very concisely.

In fact, it cannot be regarded as strategic deception, because it is a conspiracy.

Just like at the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Japanese army was preparing to fight from the north to the south. The strategists at the time believed that the main force of the Japanese army should be attracted to the eastern front, and the Japanese army should be drawn to fight from the east to the west.

why?

Because since ancient times in China, it has been very easy to fight from the north to the south.

There are several main roads going south, as long as those cities are opened up, there is basically no room for the south to fight back.

And if the Japanese army goes west from the eastern front, the land in the south of the Yangtze River in the east has many lakes and waters, which will have very large restrictions on the march of the tank corps.

And I tried my best to fight to Wuhan, enter Jingzhou, and then go west, I found that it was all mountainous, and tanks couldn't get in at all.

This is grand strategy.

At this time, Zhang Jun proposed to manage Shaanxi to attract the main force of the Jin army to enter Shaanxi and relieve the pressure on the central and eastern fronts, which undoubtedly gave these two weak military places time to prepare.

This is called exchanging space for time and making a strategic layout.

In fact, this is exactly the purpose of Zhao Ning looking for Zhang Jun.

Zhang Jun has lost several times in history, and that doesn't matter, Cao Cao has also lost many times!

Anyone is a talent, there is no lack of talent, only leaders who can't employ people.

Everyone is good at different points, and the position they are in should naturally be different.

Moreover, the needs of the current situation for talents are also different.

For example, in the current situation, Zhang Jun is very much needed, even if he loses the Shaanxi Economic Strategy again and again, it doesn't matter.

Because the purpose of conquering Shaanxi is not for the Northern Expedition and the Eastward Expedition to regain lost ground, but to contain the main force of the Jin Army.

And this is easier said than done.

Knowing that going to Shaanxi may be a failure, who wants to go?

If you lose, you will be blamed. This kind of thing goes against human nature.

The court of the Great Song Dynasty is up and down, and there are pot throwers everywhere, who wants to go?

Zhang Jun is willing.

Then let him do it.

There is absolutely no doubt about Zhang Jun's loyalty, he is a proper loyal minister.

"If Your Majesty thinks this is a strategic deception, it makes sense."

Zhao Ning continued: "So, we are doing a lot of planning in Shaanxi, and we must let the Jin army know?"

"Yes, Jin Guo must know about our fanfare in Shaanxi, and we must really make a big fanfare in Shaanxi."

Zhao Ning stood up and walked to the map. He looked at the map for a while.

The Eastern Front must be preserved.

Even Zhao Gou knew in history that he wanted to protect the Eastern Front.

The southeast is the place with the highest taxation in the Song Dynasty, mainly due to the development of water transportation, lower transportation costs, and faster mobilization.

In ancient times, transportation facilities were limited, and grain was transported by land, and the consumption (food consumed on the road) accounted for almost half of the total grain.

This problem does not exist for the southeast with well-developed water transport.

This time Zhao Ding was mobilizing grain from the southeast.

Zhao Ning was silent for a moment, then his eyes suddenly fell on Zhang Jun, and he said, "Would you like to go there in person if you visit Shaanxi?"

"I'm afraid it's difficult for the minister to speak lightly."

"It's okay, I ask you to be the privy envoy and the envoy of the Shaanxi towns, are you willing?"

Zhang Jun was completely dumbfounded now.

His current official position is actually just a master book, what level of Zhima official is the master book of Kaifeng Mansion?

Almost at the same level as the county magistrate.

From the county magistrate to the highest military and political officer, entering the West Mansion is equivalent to the county magistrate directly becoming the deputy of the military commission.

and many more!

Since Zhang Jun can be promoted in this way, why can't Yue Fei be directly promoted to a senior officer in the army?

The two positions are completely different.

More precisely, Zhang Jun is taking the blame for the current situation.

After completing this order, the future situation has changed, and he may not be suitable for the Privy Council.

But Yue Fei is different, Yue Fei is doing long-term training.

Therefore, the way of employing people needs to be analyzed in combination with the current situation and the characteristics of talents, and it must not be templated.

After Zhang Jun came to his senses, he hurriedly knelt down and said, "What kind of humble minister is He De? I am grateful to the emperor for his mercy."

Zhao Ning quickly helped him up: "Qing is my thigh. The current situation is serious. I only need to entrust this important task to Qing. Hope you don't refuse me."

Zhang Jun was shocked, delighted, excited and grateful at the same time. This is how much trust he has in himself to entrust him with such an important task.

"I will live up to the great trust of the officials, and I am willing to go through fire and water for the officials!"

Zhao Ning sighed in his heart, going to Shaanxi is really not a job for ordinary people.

The various roads in Shaanxi in the Song Dynasty were not only infighting, but also extremely xenophobic.

For example, Qu Duan, the titan in Shaanxi at this time, is a typical example.

I have to adjust the Qu Duan later, otherwise Zhang Jun will have to cut the Qu Duan.

Qu Duan is also a talent. Although he is ambitious and unrestrained, it is too wasteful to cut it!

"Okay! Your appointment edict will be announced in the next two days. Today, I just summoned the envoys of various routes in Shaanxi. You are here to meet them with me."

"The minister obeys the order."

In fact, the separation of officials and positions in the Song Dynasty was to deal with talents flexibly.

For example, Zhang Jun is a seventh-rank official, but the official does not represent his position, and the position can be appointed according to specific circumstances.