Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

"Counterattack Guan Shan?" Whether it was Qu Duan, Zhao Zhe, Zhao Wu or Wang Shu, they were all taken aback!

"What? Is there any problem?" Zhao Chen asked.

"Your Majesty, the Jurchen army is powerful and claims to be invincible! Since the Jurchen invasion, I have been thinking that we should hide for ten to twenty years and use ten to twenty years to develop a strong army. , and then fight the Jurchens!" Qu Duan said.

Qu Duan is still the idea of ​​"preserving strength"!

Historically, Qu Duan has always insisted on "preserving strength". Zhang Jun served as the Xuanfu envoy of Sichuan and Shaanxi at that time, and ordered Qu Duan to send troops. In the end, Zhang Jun couldn't bear it anymore and killed Qu Duan!

Now, he still said such words!

"Ten to twenty years, how could I have waited so long? If there is a chance, we can counterattack Jurchen at any time! You all think about it carefully, is this an opportunity?" Zhao Chen said.

Zhao Zhe, Wang Shu and others were all lost in thought. After a while, Wang Shu said: "Your Majesty, this is indeed an opportunity! Guan Shan is empty, and we can indeed counterattack Guan Shan! It's just that Jurchen is really powerful, we have to do it." Prepare to make great sacrifices! Besides, Your Majesty, we have just experienced the turmoil that can only be sought, and the hearts of the people in the country have not yet settled down. Can we really counterattack Jurchen now?"

Zhao Chen said: "The hearts of the people in the country are not yet stable, of course I know that! I just want to use a victory to stabilize the hearts of the people! If we can successfully counter-attack Shanxi and defeat the Jurchens, the hearts of the people will be brought about by the chaos. Uncertainty will naturally disappear! Don’t you think so?”

Wang Shu was stunned, nodded and said: "Your Majesty is right! But it is good to win, but if you fail, what should you do? If you fail, people's hearts will definitely be more unstable!"

Zhao Chen said: "So we have to carefully study the situation, carefully investigate, and then we can use troops! We first need to know whether the Jurchens are really going south, and second, if they go south, how many soldiers and horses there are in Guanshan! The third is to understand whether we can defeat these soldiers!"

Wang Shu thought for a long time, then nodded slightly!

Zhao Zhe said: "Your Majesty, our Song army has never won a battle with the Jurchen! The reason why General Wu Jie was able to win last time was because he had the advantage of the terrain. At that time, General Wu Jie was mainly defending the Jurchen! , I'm really worried!"

Zhao Chen said: "Don't worry! Even if the Jurchens are powerful, let's use more soldiers and horses! They have 10,000 people, and we use 100,000 people. Believe it or not, we can't beat them! Just never use force against them? If this is really an opportunity, then never give up!"

After a long time, Zhao Zhe also nodded!

During this period, Qu Duan stopped talking. Qu Duan knew that he had just joined Zhao Chen, so he was not considered Zhao Chen's confidant! He felt that Zhao Chen might not be able to listen to what he said!

In Zhao Chen's view, Qu Duan is an indecisive person! Obviously when the opportunity comes, we have to wait ten or twenty years. Others say that Qu Duan is an all-rounder in civil and military affairs, but it is a pity that Qu Duan, an all-rounder in civil and military affairs, has no overall concept! If you wait ten or twenty years, Jurchen and King Kang will probably have to fight for a victory. I hide in Hanzhong, Sichuan and Shu are just developing, and I have never fought the enemy. I have no combat experience. The army that has gone through hundreds of battles is probably not an opponent! Therefore, when it is time to make a move, you must make a move, even if it is to increase combat experience, you must make a move!

There is another reason why Zhao Chen wants to seize this opportunity. He wants to know whether his method of training troops is really useful! He wants to see if these measures he has implemented are really useful!

Only through a real war can all this be tested and the shortcomings can be found!

Therefore, he desperately hopes that this battle will happen!

*** ***

Qu Duan originally wanted to go directly to Hanzhong to meet Zhao Chen through the Dashan Pass, but Zhao Chen is now in the Dashan Pass, so naturally he can't leave the Dashan Pass by himself!

Qu Duan was in a gloomy mood. He was originally a general with one hundred thousand soldiers in his hand, but now he has nothing! He only has the title of "Secretary Envoy", which is supposed to be much higher than that of the original Jingyuan Road Jinglue Envoy. He is the country's highest military officer! However, he also heard that Zhao Chen set up a military aircraft department. Important military information on the frontier was sent to the military aircraft department. The Privy Council was only responsible for cumbersome matters such as food, supplies, weapons, etc. The specific strategy was no longer involved in the Privy Council! It is even more impossible for the Privy Council to control the frontier army!

"Forget it, I've been in the army for more than 20 years, and it's time to rest now! I don't care how your Majesty fights with the Jurchen, or how your Majesty fights with King Kang! As long as I can live well!" Qu Duan secretly said.

He had no great ambitions in the first place, and when he was in Jingyuan City, he only thought about "self-protection"! At this moment, he has lost all his troops, has no ambitions, and only wants to "protect himself"!

"What is General Qu thinking?" Qu Duan was standing on the city wall when a gentle voice came from behind!

Qu Duan hurriedly turned around and was about to kneel down, but Zhao Chen had already stepped forward to support him, saying: "There is no need to be too polite! Actually, there is no such thing as kneeling in the imperial army now! I am going to abolish kneeling in the entire army." present!"

Qu Duan was stunned, and said, "How is this possible?"

Zhao Chen said: "Why not? Normally, the training is fine. If the subordinates see their superiors when they are marching and fighting, they will kneel down and worship. This will waste time, delay the military situation, and even affect the victory or defeat!"

Qu Duan said: "But this will affect the majesty of His Majesty and all the superiors!"

Zhao Chen said with a smile: "This majesty does not come from kneeling! If I can defeat the Jurchen, I will naturally have infinite majesty! If the superior officer loves the soldiers and loves the soldiers like children, the soldiers will naturally respect the superior officer. What does this have to do with bowing down?" relation?"

Qu Duan frowned, still unacceptable! He is conservative in thinking and has stayed in Jingyuan for more than 20 years. In his opinion, everything is the best now, and any change is unacceptable! But thinking that he doesn't have much right now, Qu Duan sighed and stopped talking!

"What's wrong with General Qu?" Zhao Chen asked.

"It's just that I'm in a bad mood after leaving my hometown!" Qu Duan said.

"General Qu lost his army, right?" Zhao Chen laughed.

"Ah! Weichen absolutely dare not have such an idea!" Qu Duan said.

"It's nothing for you to have such an idea! If I were you, I wouldn't be happy!" Zhao Chen said.

Qu Duan remained silent, expressing his acquiescence.

"You should be a privy envoy and do your job well! In the future, when we go to war, we will still need you! In the future, you will still have the opportunity to lead the army!" Zhao Chen laughed.

"This..." Qu Duan shook his head and did not speak.

He didn't believe Zhao Chen's words, he felt that he was already like this, how could Zhao Chen hand over the army to him again!

Zhao Chen knows that this person is tolerant of both literary and martial arts, and he can be regarded as the number one person in the Western Army to a certain extent! Apart from having no ambitions, this person is quite capable! His ability to command battles is probably not inferior to that of Wu Jie and Liu Kai! In the future, I will definitely use him, so I have to say something to him first, don't let him down!

It's a pity that Qu Duan didn't understand his kindness, but was just depressed!

Zhao Chen smiled and said no more!

*** ***

The next day Zhao Chen left Dashanguan and headed down the mountain!

Soon Zhao Chen came to the forbidden army!

Zhao Chen immediately approached Yue Fei, and discussed with Yue Fei the matter of counterattacking Shanxi!

"Your Majesty, the last general thinks that it is feasible to counterattack Shanxi! The Jurchens are not that scary. When the last general was in Hedong, he led a rebel army with no food and no weapons. He dared to fight the Jurchens at that time! Since the rebel army was much stronger back then, why didn't you dare to fight them?" Yue Fei said.

"Very good, you are the first person to support the counterattack against Shaanxi without hesitation!" Zhao Chen was overjoyed.

"However, we must understand the Jurchens' intentions! Only after we are sure that the Jurchens will go south to the south of the Yangtze River can we mobilize to counter-attack Shanxi! If the Jurchens don't go south, once we counter-attack Shanxi, the Jurchen army in Hedong and Hebei Come, we are still no match for them!" Yue Fei said.

"You are right! You still need to do this matter! You contact Wang Gui, Zhang Xian and others in Hedong, and let them watch the Jurchens carefully to see if the Jurchens are really going to attack Jiangnan!" Zhao Chen said.

"Okay!" Yue Fei nodded and agreed!

"We have to discuss with Li Gang about the counter-offensive in Shanxi! In addition, I also want to ask Wu Jie for his opinion! The war is extremely important, and we need to be cautious. Although I am eager to counter-attack in Shanxi, I will not use troops blindly! " Zhao Chen said.