Because Ouyang Bian did not like morning court, there was no morning court in Xixia.

But in the Song Dynasty, Zhao Xu was happy with the morning dynasty. Even if he was driven to Hangzhou, the morning dynasty was still open every day.

At the court meeting on the second day of the Beginning of Autumn, a very important matter was established, and this matter was about the choice of war and harmony.

Zhao Xu firmly stood on the side of the pro-war faction, which made the pro-peace faction look dirty and even felt a little angry.

This process is not that simple. Even Zhao Xu cannot suppress all the discussions with a tough stance, but Zhao Xu said something that made the debate less intense.

Zhao Xu said: "Give up your fantasy and prepare for battle!"

Every major change in national policies means an alternation of power.

The same is true this time.

Since the national policy has been transferred from the Lord's peace to the Lord's war, then power must also be transferred.

Before this, Zeng Bu's faction had actually been marginalized, but Zeng Bu seized this opportunity and convinced Zhao Xu to promote this change of national policy and became the head of the war.

Zeng Bu's pro-war faction began to plan for war and took over the power of logistics, officials' adjustments, and war propaganda.

In fact, Cai Jing's faction has followed Zeng Bu's previous footsteps.

Because from this moment on, the system of the Song Dynasty would change. Faced with the extremely powerful enemy of Xixia, the Song Dynasty would completely change the system, from a normal country to a national war system, and the military and national power was in the hands of Zeng Bu, the pro-war faction.

What happened in the Song Dynasty court appeared completely on Ouyang Bian's desk in less than a day.

After Ouyang Bian looked carefully, he nodded in agreement: "I still understand people. If I still come to seek peace, I can only say that the mud cannot support the wall."

Ouyang Bian was also very clear about Zeng Bu's claim to be a war, but he did not comment on this, but only recognized Zhao Xu's choice.

If Zhao Xu still sent someone to seek peace, it means that Zhao Xu really couldn't see the situation clearly or had a lucky attitude. If this is the case, Ouyang Bian would be more despised of Zhao Xu again.

In fact, for Ouyang Bian, whether the Song Dynasty seeks war or peace, it has no effect on him at all. This battle is impossible to avoid. Unless Zhao Xu gives up the country, this battle is indispensable.

But will Zhao Xu take the initiative to give up the country?

Of course it is impossible.

So this battle will definitely happen.

So whether the Song Dynasty chose to fight or reconcile, there was only one result in the end, that is, war!

But it’s not that this news is not important, because it also puts forward countermeasures from the Song Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty court had a clear understanding of itself. Most people believed that the Huai River would definitely not be able to defend it, so they placed their hopes on the natural barrier of the Yangtze River.

As for whether the Huaihe River should be defended, no one dared to give up, so there may be symbolic defense, but the defense will is definitely not firm.

This provides Ouyang Bian with some ideas.

Ouyang Bian sent someone to summon Wang Shao and Zhong Yan over. One of them was the Minister of War and the other was the Minister of War.

"Zihou, what's going on with the Navy?"

Ouyang Bian asked.

Wang Shao said: "It's almost done. After fighting Jiaozhi, the navy handed over the position to the army that passed by behind, and then officially carried out the division of the navy. After the division, the Nanyang Navy and the Beiyang Navy each had backbone of more than 10,000 yuan.

During this period, each of them expanded their troops with more than 10,000 backbone members, and now each has completed the expansion of 50,000 people."

Ouyang Bian nodded: "Have the warship arrived?"

Wang Shao smiled and said, "It has been all in place before the beginning of autumn. Also, you have already prepared the inland river warships you told the land before. You still have to use inland river warships to cross the Yangtze River."

Ouyang Bian nodded: "Have the navy formed combat effectiveness?"

Wang Shao looked at Zhong Yan, and this matter was being stared at.

Zhong Yan quickly continued, "Yes, although the Navy's division was completed during this period, the training of the recruits had already begun.

This so-called expansion is just to adapt the trained recruits into the combat sequence. As long as you conduct a few training sessions at sea, you will be a qualified navy."

Ouyang Bian knew about this, so he nodded and said, "It's so good. The last time he attacked the Dading Prefecture of Liao Kingdom was the main force of the army. This time he attacked Lin'an, let the navy be the main force."

Wang Shao was surprised and said, "Our army is all on the edge of the Huai River. As long as you order it, you can occupy the land between the Jianghuai River and peek south of the Yangtze River. How can you let the navy take the main force?"

Ouyang Bian smiled and said, "Zichun, you, you are the Minister of War now, not the marshal of the army. Don't always worry about the army's plate. You have to see the overall situation.

The army is your soldier, but the navy is also a soldier under the Ministry of War. Don’t be more favorable than one or the other.”

Wang Shao felt a little embarrassed: "Ji Mo, I don't mean that. I mean, the navy is a pioneering force after all, and the army is stronger in terms of strength. Moreover, all kinds of military logistics are mainly based on the army. If the navy is mainly based on the navy, I'm afraid there will be great adjustments."

Ouyang Bian just smiled and didn't argue: "Well, there is no need to adjust. I mean, the main force is still the army, but the final result is the navy.

Zichun, Master Zhong, you can see the map.

The army must go south, cross the Huai River and cross the Yangtze River, and it will take a long time to continue the journey. Of course, this is necessary. We must complete the occupation of all land before we can achieve true domination. This step is essential.

But if we want to save more effort, we have to adopt some special strategies... "

Wang Shao suddenly responded: "Ji Mo, what do you mean is to use the army to arrange the Huaihe line to attract the Song Dynasty imperial guards to the north, and then the navy landed in Hangzhou Bay to fight, attack Lin'an, and capture Zhao Xu alive?"

Ouyang Bian smiled and said, "Zichun still understands me."

This strategy is not very difficult for Ouyang Bian to come up with. Daxia is not Mongolia, and Mongolia has no navy at all. However, the Daxia Dynasty is the first-class naval power in the family today. Ouyang Bian is here in his later generations, and his emphasis on the navy is beyond this era.

Since he attaches great importance to the navy, it is impossible to ignore the role of the navy.

In Linhai, the navy's warships can drive straight from Hangzhou Bay, land along the Qiantang River, and then go straight to Lin'an.

Even though the navy was unable to capture Zhao Xu alive and let Zhao Xu escape, the court of the Song Dynasty would be destroyed. Even if the escaped Zhao Xu formed a fugitive court, he could not effectively command it.

At that time, the army on the front line will be in chaos, and the local governments may not have the intention to resist, and the whole country will fall into a state of headlessness. For Daxia, the difficulty of capturing will be to reduce several levels.

Zhong Yan took a breath.

If this is the case, the Song Dynasty... is over!

Zhong Yan’s first thought was - Fortunately, I am already from the Daxia Dynasty now.

That's right.

Zhong Yan thought that if he was the marshal of the Song army resisting Xixia, he would be very likely to be in chaos when he encountered this kind of fighting style.

If Zhong Yan had set up defenses in the Yangtze River to resist Xixia, but suddenly heard that Lin'an had fallen and Zhao Xu and all civil and military officials were missing, he thought he might give up resistance and surrender to Xixia.

On the one hand, Xixia is not a national enemy, and surrendering to Xixia is not impossible to take over. On the other hand, when Lin'an falls, Zhao Xu may be captured. In this case, he even fucked. The emperor was captured alive!

Ouyang Bian's plan was broken by Wang Shao, and Ouyang Bian nodded with a smile.

Wang Shao became more and more excited: "It's amazing! He beats the east and attacks the west, and builds a plank road and secretly travels to Chencang. The Song Dynasty thought we were going to the north to fight the south, but unexpectedly, we used this unprecedented new method of fighting to catch the Song Dynasty off guard. The key is that if this beheading tactic is successful, it would be worth several years of hard work!"

Ouyang Bian smiled but said in his heart: "In fact, it would be more enjoyable to fight from land, but now he is poor, so he can only surprise him and reduce some killings. The country's internal friction is not good. If you want to fight a war, let's talk about it when fighting foreign enemies in the future."

After learning about this fighting style, Wang Shao immediately went to the General Staff to arrange tasks and organize and plan a beheading plan.

This tactic is too important and can achieve twice the result with half the effort, so a series of arguments was quickly completed, and the mission was then assigned to the Navy.

The navy was divided into two branches of the Southern and Northern Oceans, Di Xiang took over the Northern Oceans, and the other was Huo Boyu.

Huo Boyu was originally an army general, but he was from the other side of Fujian Road. His family was a maritime businessman and he was quite familiar with maritime affairs. Because the navy split this time was to achieve control of the navy, the army that had been wandering abroad, so Huo Boyu took over the South China Navy to form checks and balances, and also to integrate the navy into the Daxia military system.

The person who received the task was Di Xiang. Di Xiang was the Beiyang Navy, mainly centered on the East China Sea Bohai generation, while Huo Boyu went south and centered on the South China Sea. Now it is mainly to maintain order in the South China Sea generation to ensure that the Nanyang Group's maritime trade in Southeast Asia is not disturbed.

Once Di Xiang's Beiyang Navy lands in Hangzhou, the Nanyang Navy will have to help Beiyang take on part of the patrol business, so as not to take the opportunity to make trouble.

When Di Xiang received the details of the mission, he almost jumped up on the spot.

Not scared, but happy.

This is a credit for the sky.

Let alone whether you can capture Zhao Xu, even if you attack Lin'an and capture the capital of the enemy country, how great is such a contribution.

Why was Zhong Yi able to become the second-ranked figure in the army? It was not because he attacked Bianjing City, otherwise Di Hu would not have been able to stand beneath Zhong Yi.

If I could attack Lin'an this time, I would have firmly taken the position of the fourth giant in the army.

It is normal for Di Xiang to have this idea.

Before, everyone thought that Di Xiang was the navy alone, and his status was at least comparable to Zhong Yi, but this was just on the surface. What was the situation in essence? Zhong Yi had the hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, and the navy only had a pitiful 20,000 troops. How could this be compared?

Moreover, Zhong Yi has the credit for conquering the sky of Bianjing City. What does he have?

Just take down a Kyushu Island in Japan?

Although Kyushu Island is not small, it seems to be a wasteland in everyone's eyes. There is nothing to brag about to take that place, and some people don't even know where Kyushu Island is.

Although Di Xiang later participated in the Liaoxia War, he was extremely powerful after landing. He even fought under the Dading Prefecture and later captured Liaoyang Prefecture, compared with the sensation caused by the capture of Dading Prefecture, the Liaoyang Prefecture battle was just a big deal.

Now the navy is divided into two parts. Di Xiang feels that his status has declined again. He is worried, but he didn't expect there to be such a good opportunity!

Di Xiang was full of confidence in this assault. After all, he was not on his hands now, but on his sixty thousand troops!

Sixty thousand elite navy landed from Hangzhou to attack Lin'an, and so many troops were more than enough.

The Yangtze River in the north has a friendship with Di Hu's army attracting the attention of the Song Dynasty. The threat from the sea has probably been ignored. After all, from ancient times to the present, no great results have been achieved from maritime attacks, because there were no decent navy before.

For this reason, Lin'an City is probably only tens of thousands of imperial guards are amazing. Lin'an is not Bianjing City, so Lin'an is too easy to fight. Moreover, with explosives to help, even Bianjing cannot defend it at all.

So, Lin'an is already in his pocket!

Di Xiang was full of confidence.
To be continued...