On March 29, the headline of "Hebei War Times" read: The Military and Political Council will send 100,000 additional troops to the front line in Hebei!

On the same day, the "Shaanxi Battle Report" established by Jingzhao Mansion also published their first page of the newspaper: The Privy Council sent 200,000 additional troops to Shaanxi!

For a time, the news began to spread rapidly throughout the country.

On the first day of April, Zhao Ning received Zongze's latest memorial.

Wu Shu retreated to Zhending Mansion, and Zhaozhou and Xingzhou were taken back by the Song army. The two sides faced each other in Zhending Mansion.

Although the military was suspended, the crisis in Hebei has not abated.

Zongze wrote in this memorial what he saw and heard in Hebei.

Thousands of miles of fertile farmland have been turned into desolation. Refugees froze to death or starved to death on the roadside. Bandits and bandits took advantage of the situation, and some even occupied the county seat.

This phenomenon is not one or two, but very common.

The war destroyed the past order, and monsters and ghosts jumped out to take advantage of it.

This can be described as internal and external troubles.

This issue is of vital importance, and Zhao Ning naturally already wants a countermeasure.

However, the most urgent thing to do right now is not the matter in Hebei, but the compensation for the soldiers who died in battle and the dispatch of a new batch of food for the front line.

Zhang Jun's memorial was delivered to the palace early this morning and placed in front of Zhao Ning's imperial case.

Zhang Jun's memorial specifically includes two aspects:

1. Number of casualties in Shaanxi.

Second, the current situation on the Western Front.

It took more than two months just to collect statistics on the situation of various roads in Shaanxi.

How many people died in the war in Shaanxi?

About 350,000 soldiers and civilians lost their lives, and only about 30,000 were seriously injured, which shows how brutal the war was.

In the past two months, the Jin army in Shaanxi successively fought several small-scale wars with the Song and Jin Dynasties, and each suffered casualties.

But the Jin army's military front in Shaanxi was contained.

In the battle of Yan'an Prefecture, 100,000 Song troops were beheaded. I heard that the place is still red.

During the Battle of Chang'an, human heads were floating in the river of blood and corpses were piled up like mountains.

The wild dogs on the roadside eat until their eyes are red!

The previous rumors that 300,000 people died in the battle have caused an uproar in the capital.

Now that the final figures have been calculated and reported, naturally they are treated as top secret without any disclosure to the outside world.

The biggest threat right now is that the Jin Army may make a comeback.

But with the situation like this, the Jin Dynasty Court must also have concerns.

This time, they will definitely not underestimate the Song Dynasty as they did in the past. There is a high probability that they will send people to investigate the information and make a decision after investigating the information clearly.

Therefore, even if the Shaanxi Road suffered heavy losses, the real number of casualties cannot be announced to the outside world.

Not only cannot it be announced, but it must also be publicized that the imperial court is continuing to mobilize troops to the front on a large scale.

For example, "Hebei War Daily" and "Shaanxi War Report" both announced the latest decisions of the imperial court.

However, those numbers only remain on paper.

Zhao Ning no longer has that many soldiers.

Regarding the issue of the source of troops, Sun Fu, a doctor in the Ministry of Rites, put forward his genius idea: The Song Dynasty has a population of tens of millions, how can there be no soldiers? Your Majesty only needs to give an order, and countless good men will come forward to succeed, and each one of them can spit a star.

Drown the gold thief!

Fu Jian: Yes! Official Sun, we are really close friends. I told them back then that we could block the flow of the river by throwing our whips into the river. I could destroy the Southern Dynasties with just a wave of my hand. Listen to me, what is that?

The sounds of the wind, the roar of the cranes, the rustling of the grass and the trees and the soldiers are all made up by later generations. There is absolutely no such thing... Listen to me...

For military novices, there is actually no need to explain too much. You only need to tell them the story of "every tree and grass are soldiers" and let them think about it for themselves.

If they can't understand such a simple truth, there is no need to explain it.

In short, military affairs are complex. Social psychology, organizational behavior, finance, management, art of war, etc. are all indispensable in a war.

It's not like people like Sun Fu just come here with open mouth. I have many people in Song Dynasty, so I'm not afraid.

Zhao Ji: Yes, I thought the same way at the time. There were many of us, so joining forces with the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty was not a problem.

In addition to the report of casualties, Zhang Jun also reported on the current situation of Shaanxi's defense line.

He reassembled a group of soldiers and civilians. The current actual number is about 150,000, and it is known to the outside world as 300,000. They confronted Lou Shi in Shaanxi.

It seems like there’s an advantage in numbers, right?

But in fact, Zhang Jun had less than 20,000 regular troops.

During the Battle of Chang'an, there was a huge collapse. Many people died and fled. Some people were no longer willing to fight and hid.

In addition, Xi Gong, the strategic envoy of the Jingyuan Road, escaped at the moment of battle, causing the collapse of the left road and the collapse of the entire army. An impeachment memorial was also sent.

This matter was actually brewing more than a month ago.

Zhang Jun's intention was to directly kill Xigong to shock the three armies.

However, Zhang Jun did not have the power to kill Xigong. Xigong was an economic envoy, a civil servant, and the top military and political leader of Jingyuan Road.

Zhao Ning has naturally already thought about how to deal with Xigong.

In addition to the current actual military situation in Shaanxi, Zhang Jun also reported on the trends in Xixia.

I heard that the Lou family sent people to Xingqing Mansion several times. The Jin envoy met with the Xixia leader, hoping that Xixia could send troops at this time.

Zhang Jun also sent people to Xixia and met Jin King Brother Richard several times.

He doesn't talk about war, only business.

Talking about buying and selling means taking practical actions to make Brother Richard make money, so there is no need to talk about war.

However, Richard's family was not the only one in the Xixia court. The prime minister, Wei Anhui, was a pro-gold sect. He repeatedly told Xixia leader Li Qianshun that he would seize the opportunity to send troops to the Song Dynasty to gain control of Shaanxi.

Brother Richard and Weiming Anhui each hold their own opinions.

But now the Xixia court is obviously more supportive of Brother Richard.

Why?

Because of the sale of green and white salt!

Green and white salt is now traded in Huizhou on the edge of the Yellow River, and can even be transported all the way from Shaanxi to the Central Plains for sale.

This is a fatal temptation for party members.

There is a saying in later generations to describe Xixia: Xixia is a group of salt dealers disguised as political power.

Coupled with giving silk at a low price to Brother Richard, at this critical moment, diplomacy really played its vital role.

No matter how much people sent by the Lou family coaxed, deceived, coerced and lured Li Qianshun, Li Qianshun kept practicing Tai Chi, often making verbal promises but never taking actual actions.

In fact, during the third war between Song and Jin Dynasties, Zhao Ning had a thorn in his heart, and this thorn was Xixia.

Because once the war situation enters a certain critical period, Xixia's actions can influence the entire war situation.

As long as Xixia joins the war now, there is no need for support from Zonghan and Wushu. Xixia and Lou Shi can defeat the Song army, which is at the end of its battle.

Once this happens, all of Shaanxi will be lost!
Chapter completed!