Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 64 Zhao Kuangyi

Although there is no result if I can go, my father did not say.

But in order to be fully prepared, Shi Congyun inquired about a lot of news, mostly from chatting with veterans in the army.

Most people think that the soldiers of Shu must not be able to fight with the Khitans of the Northern Han Dynasty.

The more he inquired, the more Shi Congyun felt that compared with the Northern Han, Liao, and Southern Tang adjacent to Dazhou, Shu was the soft persimmon that was easier to pinch.

If you want to make meritorious deeds, it is best to fight Shu.

He remembered that in the future Guo Rong should still fight the Southern Tang and Khitan.

The Southern Tang navy is very famous, not to mention the iron cavalry of the Liao Kingdom, it will not be so easy to go all out at that time, maybe it will be sent by myself.

After that, Guo Rong died and Lao Zhao usurped the throne, but looking at the situation after he was micro-manipulated, he felt that the chance of Lao Zhao usurping the throne was much less.

The next day, Zhao Kuangyin came to visit again, this time with a young man.

The visiting scholar dressed up, his body was slightly fat, and the whole person was pure and white, completely different from Zhao Kuangyin.

Because Zhao Kuangyin marched and fought all year round, he was very sturdy, dark-skinned and bearish, in stark contrast to the vain young man beside him.

"This is the third child in the family, whose name is Zhao Kuangyi. I brought him to see Brother Yun today." Zhao Kuangyin said with a hearty smile, walking around a lot, plus the grace of saving his life, Lao Zhao has regarded him as a friend.

When Shi Congyun heard what he said, he was stunned. Zhao Kuangyi, Zhao Guangyi?

He didn't think much about it, and beckoned the two to sit down, silently admonishing himself not to miss out on wearing small shoes for Lao Zhao.

The Shi family's chair is not very clean, and there is often a fine layer of dust on it. This is because the father Shi Yanchao and Shi Congyun are both soldiers. Shi Congyun usually patrols the imperial city, and Shi Yanchao often travels to various military camps. .

Today's roads are not the asphalt roads of later generations, and dust is common in the sky, especially during horse racing.

This has almost become the norm. Zhao Kuangyin also grew up in a small military camp and has fought for half his life. He laughed and sat down.

On the other hand, his younger brother frowned slightly and withdrew the smile on his face. He took a hand towel from his waist without a trace and put it on the stool before sitting down.

This action was very small, but it fell into Shi Congyun's eyes. He immediately understood that this younger brother was not the same as Lao Zhao.

Lao Zhao sat down and said with a smile that he felt that Shi Congyun was a young and handsome man, so he brought his younger brother with him and introduced them. Maybe the young people could have something to say.

This is how human relationships are. You have to move around often. Lao Zhao probably thinks that he is worth interacting with, so he looks for opportunities to bring his younger brother Zhao Kuangyi to know him.

It's a pity that Shi Congyun's first impression of this white and clean younger brother Zhao was not good.

Later, Shi Congyun and Lao Zhao talked about the expedition of Houshu. They said that they were talking about soldiers on paper. Zhao Kuo could only look at his shoulders. It happened that Zhao Kuangyin was also a talkative person, and when he talked about military affairs, he suddenly talked endlessly.

The two talked about the situation in the world, talked about the possibility of sending troops to attack Shu, and slowly talked about the possible route of sending troops, the candidates for generals, and so on.

Lao Zhao is still very insightful. His words made Shi Congyun feel a bit stunned and learned a lot.

"The official family should only want to take back the land of Qin Feng and relieve the threat of Guanzhong, and the focus should be on the Southern Tang Kingdom.

If I say that the most important thing in the world today is the Khitan in the north, the Liao Kingdom has become a climate, and it will definitely be the enemy of the Central Plains in the future. If there is a real fight, the Dazhou may not be an opponent.

It's just that there is no way to do it right now, so we must proceed step by step, first from the south to the north, to take the land of Tang and Shu, and to enrich the imperial treasury.And Guanzhong Bashu, Henan and Hebei, Qidi Jiangnan, integrate all the soldiers, wealth and silk south of Yanyun, and then fight the Liao Kingdom decisively, then the general situation of the world will be clear, and there will be a chance to restore the homeland of Qin and Han.

A certain felt that especially the land thousands of miles north of the Yangtze River, as long as the states along the Huai River were lost, they would definitely not be able to keep it. It was a good place to be rich. "Old Zhao said with a dry mouth, took a sip of the wine at hand.

Shi Congyun's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he quickly flattered: "Listening to your words is better than reading ten years of books!"

"Hahahaha, Brother Yun has won the prize." Zhao Kuangyin also smiled heartily.

What Shi Congyun thought in his heart was not how well Lao Zhao said it, but that he thought of a way to attract the attention of officials, that is, "Ten Treatises on Meiqin" and "Nine Discussions" written by Xin Qiji.

Of course, he could not remember the whole and details of these ten and nine discussions, but he knew that Xin Qiji put forward an important strategic thought, which has also been proved correct by the history of countless wars in later generations, that is, "Shoujiang must guard Huai".

The simple summary is: the Yangtze River line of defense cannot be held, the north and the south are fighting, and the Huaihe line of defense can be defended in the south.

Conversely, if the northern countries attack, as long as they break through the Huaihe defense line, the southern countries will be slow to die.

The reasons for this analysis are generally remembered clearly by Congyun, as well as the analysis by later historians from the perspective of geographical plates.

Shi Congyun was overjoyed. He remembered that the official family had long wanted to clean up the Southern Tang Dynasty. I was afraid that fighting Houshu was also to remove worries and prepare for the Southern Tang Dynasty.

If he had made a high-level argument at this time, "Shoujiang must guard Huai", he might be able to enter the eyes of officials!
If Lao Zhao hadn't mentioned it, he would never have thought of this.

Shi Congyun was happy, and even calling Lao Zhao became more intimate. Zhao Kuangyin didn't know why he was so happy.

On the other hand, Zhao Kuangyi was on the side. He had no experience in warfare, and the two of them couldn't get in when they spoke.

Zhao Kuangyin didn't pay attention to what he said, and talked with him more and more. Slowly, Zhao Kuangyi looked gloomy, bowed his head slightly, his eyes flickered, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

In the afternoon, after sending off brothers Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Kuangyi, Shi Congyun hurried to the backyard to find Zhao Shijian.

He could come up with ideas and truths, but he still needed professionals like Zhao Shijian to implement them into written articles and to choose words and sentences.

The little girl was still angry with him. He didn't say a word. He had no choice but to coax people.

In the evening, carefully recalling the meeting with the Zhao brothers during the day, I became more and more sure that the third brother Zhao Kuangyi should be Zhao Guangyi, the future Song Taizong.

To be honest, Zhao Kuangyin subconsciously felt that this person was awesome and easy to get along with. If he hadn't known that Lao Zhao would usurp the throne, then his father might be in danger, and the two might become very good friends.

But he didn't like Zhao Kuangyi, who was pure and innocent, whether it was the feeling after contact or the impression in history.

From Shi Congyun's point of view, Zhao Kuangyin is a capable man, but his only drawback is that he is not as ruthless as Liu Bang or Li Shimin.

If he was more decisive and ruthless, only to find out that the signs were wrong, he would not think about moving the capital, and if he was ruthless, he would chop up his younger brother directly and let his son succeed him, and there would not be so many troubles in the future.

Zhao Kuangyi is the kind of person whose brother feeds all the rice to his mouth, and he can't even eat soft rice.

Shi Congyun likes to pick soft persimmons, but in fact this is not a simple matter, but a kind of strategic wisdom, especially after rising to the national level.

War is a dangerous behavior with extremely high cost. If the war cannot be paid back, the country will only become weaker and poorer, even if it is won, it will be useless.

Under what circumstances can you guarantee a high probability of repaying your capital in war, or even making a fortune in war?That is to pick up soft persimmons.

Those emperors in history whose martial arts are powerful and famous in history, such as Qin Huang, Han Wu, Tang Zong, and Song Zu, seem to be like gods in their use of soldiers. beat.

But if you look closely at their detailed operations on the overall situation, most of the time they are how to coax and where to start.

Sometimes there is really no way to do it. Pull down your face and admit it. You have to pinch the softest to endure humiliation. It is best not to fight on multiple fronts.

This shows that they are all relatively rational and wise monarchs. There is no such thing as a destined son in the world, who will respond casually with a wave of arms and crowds, and no one can stop them.

Impossible, as Wang Pu said, all the imperial plans and hegemonies are easy first and then difficult.

This is especially true of war.

Because it is easy to fight an easy enemy, and the chance of overturning is small, it can make the war sustainable and the people of the country can support it, and then gradually accumulate war dividends and reach the peak.

Even Han Wudi Liu Che, Tang Taizong Li Shimin and other powerful characters operate like this. First pick a soft fight, admit it when you can admit it, and try to avoid multi-line battles.

Guo Rong and Zhao Kuangyin also followed the same line of thinking, first easy and then difficult, first south and then north, using all means to avoid fighting on multiple fronts.

But it was different when it came to Zhao Guangyi.

Probably because his brother won too much and made him flutter, thinking that it was all his credit, he made a lot of very flirtatious expansion operations, so that he failed repeatedly in foreign wars.

In fact, sometimes Shi Congyun himself doesn't understand why it is Lao Zhao's stinky brother who is floating, and it should be Lao Zhao who is floating.

Taking Jingnan, capturing Wuping, destroying Houshu, subjugating the Southern Han, swallowing the Southern Tang, and defeating the Khitan are all things that Zhao Kuangyin did. The key people, Lao Zhao, have not gone away, even to pacify the rebellion of Jiedu. Stabilize one, quickly solve the other, and then clean up to avoid multi-line battles.

Proper operation, stable and smooth, no one floated, but his stinky brother floated.

He took over the elite soldiers of the hundred battles and many strong generals from Lao Zhao by means of unclear means. As a result, under a sudden expansion operation, he fought in the north and south, used troops year after year, and lost battles everywhere. In the end, he was only able to get a good result by being beaten by Zhao Kuangyin earlier. The remnant Northern Han was destroyed.

Sometimes Shi Congyun would think to himself, you said they were two brothers, why is the gap so big?

If we say that he is both respectful and afraid of Zhao Kuangyin, respecting his strength and character, but also afraid that he will usurp the throne and kill his father, so he is always on guard.

That is a complete contempt for Zhao Kuangyi. If there is a chance, and on the premise of not letting the Zhao family know, he will definitely kill Zhao Kuangyi.

But for the time being, he didn't dare, because Lao Zhao loved his younger brother too much. If he did this, he would definitely tear up his face with Zhao Kuangyin, which would not be good for his father's future.No matter what the Zhao family said, Zhao Kuangyin and his father were both high-level generals of the Imperial Guard.

At noon the next day, he was in the yard thinking about how to copy the high theory of "Shoujiang must guard Huai", Zhao Shijian was writing beside him.

Just then, someone outside said that Xiang Xun came to him.

Shi Congyun had to stop temporarily and go out to meet people.

(I'm back late, code [-] words today)

(End of this chapter)