In Chongzheng Hall, officials from the Privy Council and the Third Order of the Third Order of the Privy Council were seated in two rows, and Zhang Ji was in one row, and the last row was seated. On the other side, in front of the generals of the Third Order of the Prime Minister Wen Yanbo and Han Qi, and there were no other ministers.

Zhao Zhen said: "Zhang Ke went to Beijing to report his work and will go to Hebei soon. Take this opportunity to recruit all ministers to discuss the situation in Hebei Road in detail. According to Hebei Road reports these days, this winter, the Khitans are very likely to invade, so they have to be careful."

Du Zhongxiao said: "According to the Hebei Road, the Khitan did not collect troops on a large scale, and there was no large-scale invasion of the south this winter. However, because Xiongzhou took in the fleeing people in the south in the summer, Zhuozhou was extremely unhappy and was likely to organize a small number of troops to come to the south. According to their estimates, in winter, there may be about 10,000 Khitan troops to come to the south and prepare early."

Wen Yanbo said: "How can the Khitans have a chance if ten thousand soldiers and horses are stationed on Hebei Road?"

Du Zhongxiao bowed: "Your Majesty, the Hebei Road Army is stationed in different places, and there are always quite a lot of gaps. In winter, the river stands frozen, and the army is crisscrossing and crisscrossing. If the Khitans produce thousands of cavalry and cross the river and attack, they have to be guarded."

Han Qi said: "The Khitan did not collect troops and horses, but only thousands of people came south. What big can it do? If the court gathered troops and horses, surrounded these thousands of people, and let them never return."

"My husband, the Khitans just wanted to find their face and did not have any major strategic purpose. Thousands of people crossed the river and plundered the people, and went back in one or two days. How to prevent him? Our army gathered and they left."

Du Zhongxiao carefully analyzed the Khitan behavior over the years and believed that this was the most likely thing for them. The two countries had a sudden arrival and going within thousands of miles of distance. It was really hard to guard against. As long as the place they chose was accurate and they did not cross the river to pursue them, there was no way.

After hearing Du Zhongxiao's words, several ministers discussed it and found it difficult to deal with it.

Wen Yanbo said: "I won the Khitan in Shuozhou at the beginning of the year. If they were allowed to come and go freely in winter, this advantage would be lost. Zhang Ji and his army were transferred to Hebei Road, and they could deploy along the border and carefully prevent it."

Zhao Zi shook his head: "Duke, the border is thousands of miles away, how can we defend it? The cavalry is a hundred miles a day. If the Khitans enter the country only thirty or forty miles, they will turn back before our army arrives."

Zhao Zhen said to Du Zhongxiao: "Taiwei, if you say so, there is no way to stop the Khitans?"

Du Zhongxiao held the scepter: "If you want to stop the Khitans, there are two ways. One is to find that the Khitans cross the border, and send troops immediately. Even if they escape the border and still chase them, they must catch up with the war and win. In this case, the other is not good, it is a large-scale war between the two countries."

Zhao Zhen frowned after hearing this: "The imperial guards are not ready yet, and there seems to be something wrong with large-scale wars."

Du Zhongxiao said: "We are not ready, the Khitans are not ready either. The brave ones win when the two strong men meet, but they are just brave."

Zhao Zhen shook his head: "It's inconvenient to fight now, so wait a moment. What's another way?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "Another way is to have a general on the front line. From the Privy Council to the general on the intelligence agency, get information about the Khitan in advance in time and make predictions, where will the Khitans cross the river and where will they attack. Arrange early. Once the Khitans cross the river, they will immediately send troops to seal their retreat. Then they will surround them with superior forces and siege them!"

Speaking of the last four words, Du Zhongxiao's words were obviously murderous, and everyone was shocked.

Zhao Zhen said: "If this can be done, it is the best! Only by annihilation of thousands of Khitan troops in our territory can we shock the Northern Dynasties! The Khitans rely on the convenience of cavalry and often intimidate them by sending troops. If they can annihilate thousands of their men, what will happen in the future!"

Li Zhang said: "If you want to know the Khitan attacking place in time, it is probably very difficult. Since they have made up the idea of ​​fast in and out, how could it be so easy for someone to find out?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "It is naturally the case. However, in the past, when we spy military information, we only sent a few spies, but it was not a system. If there was a Shuaisi organization and a source of information that was established as a system might not be impossible."

It has been written as a system. I have heard Du Zhongxiao talk about this word many times recently, and I have also seen the reforms of the Privy Council and the Third Organs. In a few months, the system began to slowly form, and many things were different from before.

Organizational and unorganized, with clear division of labor, the way of doing things is completely different from that of unorganized. The training of the imperial guards is to establish a complete military system. When it comes to soldiers, what is the difference between them? There are so many officials and generals added to the army, and they are still fighting. Just relying on their mouths, there are 1,000 reasons for opposing people. But the facts are there, and the combat effectiveness of the army after training is much stronger than the previous imperial guards. The battle to destroy the party is the most obvious, making people have nothing to say.

From Suizhou to train troops, Du Zhongxiao paid the most attention to the establishment of a system for all institutions in the army. Hequ Road was the commander, and the various institutions under his rule were operating very normal. As long as the later commanders did not foolishly destroy the Great Wall, the military and political affairs of Hequ Road would be very stable.

Wen Yanbo said: "Now the general minister of Hebei Road is the master of Liang Shi, the Daming Mansion. Liang Shi, the civil servant, did not know about military affairs, but was afraid that he could not do this. The Gaoyangguan Road belonging to Xiongzhou was all deployed by Wang Zhi, who was also a civil servant. If the Taiwei said, these two people would probably not do it."

This is the organizational structure before the Song Dynasty, and the old imperial guards were under their jurisdiction. The newly transferred Dou Shunqing and Liu Ji's troops were also under the jurisdiction of Liang Shi, the Hebei Road. However, the current command system is more of the Privy Council commanding them.

Du Zhongxiao said: "The past deployment is only one of the five departments, and it is not considered the commander. Now, relying on all deployments, I am afraid that I can't command the war. The imperial guards who have completed the training are no longer as good as before. They are only stationed in the local area, and they basically do not care about local affairs."

Zhao Zhen nodded and understood Du Zhongxiao's meaning. In the past, Du Zhongxiao was on Hequ Road, serving as a strategic commander and a pacifier, and deployed, and at the same time, he was also the governor of Shengzhou and controlled the military and political power. When the party and Xianghe were destroyed, Di Qing and Han Qi were appointed as commanders respectively, so they were considered the commanders.

Han Qi said: "The imperial guards have been trained, and they are different from the previous battles. They can't be the same as before. The former commander only controlled the imperial guards under their jurisdiction. Now they are different, they are to command the imperial guards to fight."

Zhao Zhen thought for a while and said, "Dou Shunqing and Liu Ji who were newly transferred to Hebei Road do not have to be deployed by the official position as before. The strategic commander and the official position can only manage the former imperial guards under their jurisdiction, and the training should not be completed. Everyone, what should the Hebei Road do?"

Tian Kuang held the scepter: "I think that Liu Ji has had great reputation in the army after many great battles. He can be appointed as the commander of Hebei Road, to control the imperial guards after the training of Hebei Road, and to establish the commander. The Privy Council has an order, and directly order the commander."

Wen Yanbo thought for a while and said, "This matter needs to be changed. There are many things involved. You should not go hastily. In addition to the strategic pacification envoy, Hebei Road still has four routes to deploy and pacification envoys, as well as transfer envoys, which involve a lot of them. It is better to use the three armies newly transferred to Hebei Road to complete the training, Dou Shunqing, Liu Ji and Zhang Ji, and under Liu Ji. Liu Ji unified the command of the war against the Khitan, establish the commander-in-chief, regardless of local affairs."

Du Zhongxiao said: "What Mr. Wen said is that this is the safest and has little impact on the government."

The road was not a first-level administrative region of the Song Dynasty, but was divided according to its functions. There are Transportation Road, Dixingsi Road, and Military Road, with different jurisdictions and different affairs. Generally speaking, the road of Transportation Road is roughly the same, but there are always some prefectures and counties that are different. The functions of the two are independent and do not belong to each other. Military roads are also divided into governor roads and deployed roads. Generally, the governor roads are in the mainland and deployed roads are on the border.
Chapter completed!