Tang Dynasty Mingyue Song Dynasty Pass

Chapter 542 Consultation
"The Khitan people have established their country for fifty years. Although the grasslands are bitter and cold in the north, their national strength is not weak. The territory is bounded by the Yellow Sea in the east, Jinshan Mountain in the west, Luqu River in the north, and Baigou in the south. Strong, with a population of 400 million, men and women of all ages can ride and shoot, and their war horses are several times that of knights.

"Furthermore, the Central Plains has been fighting in a chaotic manner, and it was only in the Later Zhou Dynasty and the Great Song Dynasty that they stabilized. However, the Khitans occupy all the dangerous positions, and they can attack and defend, and they can attack and defend freely. This kind of force is indeed powerful.

"It's just that the grassland people are less educated, more than brave, but not resourceful, their system is not perfect, they are not used to entering the Central Plains, and they don't know how to govern, so it is not realistic for the people of Liao to occupy the Central Plains. Now the grassland tribes are constantly fighting. , For a while, there is still no time to attack Da Song, so the emperor of Da Song will feel relieved to send heavy troops south to crusade against our Jiangnan Tang Kingdom."

After some analysis, Xu Xuan almost quoted scriptures and gave a general account of the situation of the Khitan people, so that others can know.

In particular, after Xu Xuan finished speaking, he looked at Su Chen deliberately, the meaning was obvious, let him focus on listening, the current situation in the world, only ministers with high status like them can contact the people of other vassal states outside information.

Otherwise, in such an era of underdeveloped communications, domestic scholars and Confucian scholars would rarely hear about these major national events.Even if you heard about it, there are all kinds of rumors, and it's hard to tell whether it's true or false.

Many college students often focus on a piece of information, regardless of whether it is true or false, first discuss it from the "road" and "orthodoxy", and ignore how to really block and change it.

Xu Xuan was worried that Su Chen didn't understand the national strength and current situation of the Liao Kingdom, so he made such an explanation.

Su Chen smiled faintly. He should know more about the Liao Kingdom than the people of the Liao Kingdom themselves!

In February of the 19th year of Yingli (969 A.D.), Yelujing, Emperor Muzong of Liao Dynasty, was killed in Heishan, Huaizhou. Yeluxian was welcomed by Xiao Siwen, Nvli and others. He was honored as "Emperor Tianzan" and changed his Yuan to Baoning.In order to consolidate his position, Ye Luxian appointed Xiao Siwen as the privy envoy of the North Court, and recruited his daughter Xiao Chuo into the palace as a noble concubine.

During his reign, Han Kuangsi, Gao Xun, Shi Fang, Guo Xi, Liu Jing and other Han officials became increasingly prominent and played a greater role.Externally follow the established policy of supporting the Northern Han Dynasty, but try to maintain the status quo with the Song Dynasty.In March of the sixth year of Baoning, a peace agreement was reached with the Song Dynasty to restrain the Northern Han Dynasty from fighting lightly.

Until the ninth month of the fourth year of Qianheng (982 A.D.), Yeluxian died of illness in Jiaoshan. He left the imperial edict of Yelulongxu, king of Liang, as his successor, and the military and state affairs were under the orders of Queen Xiao Chuo.

"Empress Xiao of the Liao Kingdom, if I remember correctly, she should be thirteen years old this year, as old as Ling'er, in the age of cardamom!" A smile overflowed from the corner of Su Chen's mouth. This is the most outstanding female politician and military officer in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. house and reformer.

During Xiao Chuo's regency, the Liao Dynasty entered its most prosperous period.

"It's a pity, she's in the grassland, and I'm in the south of the Yangtze River, so it's hard to see her."

Such nonsensical thoughts in Su Chen's mind flashed by, so he stopped thinking about it.

Han Xizai also looked at Su Chen at this time, and asked: "Su Chen, what do you think, just tell me, let me listen."

He has great expectations for Su Chen. Maybe others don't know about Su Chen's experience of leading soldiers in the Shu Kingdom, but Han Xizai knows it. Therefore, he thinks that Su Chen must have a clever plan in mind.

Su Chen pondered for a while, and facing the gazes of several important officials of the third and fourth ranks in the court, he said calmly: "As far as the current situation is concerned, although the Song Dynasty is stronger than my Tang Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River, the difference in military strength is not that big, even when the number of people is small, Our army can also gather more than 20 soldiers, but our army is good at water warfare, while the Song army is good at ground group field warfare, siege warfare, etc. It is a fact that one imperial army of the Song Dynasty can be worth three soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. What we have to do is to maximize our strengths and avoid our weaknesses.”

"Try to minimize frontal fights with the Song army, and focus on water warfare. I have heard of General Lin Renzhao's ability to lead troops. As long as he guards the central defense line and is not framed by Song Fang, he can resist Cao Bin. In addition, the eastern front is very critical, whether it is the Yangzhou garrison on the Yangtze River or the Wuyue soldiers facing the Changzhou area, there are risks and must not be lost."

"Well, I've thought of all of this, it's very rare for Yixuan to see this." Gao Yue nodded, agreeing with what Su Chen said.

Xu Xuan, Zhong Mo and the others also nodded slightly, with admiration in their eyes, feeling that Su Chen really did not disappoint, and he said some very realistic analysis, not young scholars talking about it in general, such as "the right is more helpful than the wrong", etc. Cutting into the argument, it shows that Su Chen is very pragmatic and has real talents and learning.

But Han Xizai gave Su Chen a meaningful look, and then signaled him to continue. Han Xizai was not satisfied with just such a little analysis, because they had thought of all these insights.

Han Xizai now only wants to hear about some intriguing schemes that can really achieve miraculous results.

Su Chen seemed to understand Han Xizai's eyes, thought for a while, and said: "To fight against the Song Dynasty, we must fight hard power and soft power. The hard power is financial resources, military pay, medicines, etc. The longer it is delayed , the more beneficial it is to us, as long as the internal warehouse is in operation, the new porcelain and liquor produced by the government can be traded overseas, and can be traded with the Southern Han Dynasty and Dali in exchange for the food, weapons, silver, metals, etc. we need. Competing for national strength, we It can also produce blood."

"Soft power is compared to public opinion warfare, espionage warfare, etc. In addition to the espionage system already established by the imperial court, the newly established secret espionage department must be put into operation as soon as possible. I hope that your lords will send me some reliable people. After training , Put it into use immediately, spread some rumors to slander the Song army, exaggerate the hatred between Tang soldiers and Wu Yue soldiers, to increase the determination to resist.

"Also, send some secret spies across the river to bribe the officials of the Song court and disintegrate the Song army court. If there is a problem, it is also good for us to defeat the enemy!"

What Su Chen said was not a big reason, it was all about the operation of secret espionage and the idea of ​​information and public opinion warfare.

However, in this era, it is already considered an advanced public opinion war. Han Xizai, Xu Xuan and others were dumbfounded and their eyes lit up. These methods are black-bellied, but they are very suitable for the appetite of these old court officials, and they are more conspiratorial.

It's just that they didn't expect that at such an age and with such talent, Su Chen should be a spring and white snow, but when he uses tricks, he is as soft as a thin needle, which is extraordinarily stinging!
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