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Zhao Kuangyin pondered for a moment, then said slowly,

"In my opinion, there is no need to dispatch so many troops to rescue Diaoyu City.

What we need most right now is to capture the land of Jingxiang.After regaining Xiangyang, he immediately went south to capture Changsha, and after taking down the entire Jingxiang, he tried to capture Jinling.

As for Diaoyu City, it is enough to send thousands of elite soldiers to support them and let them continue to stay in Hezhou. "

The main reason why Zhao Kuangyin did not agree to rescue Diaoyu City was because he knew that the Land of Abundance, which once had a population of tens of millions, had become a desolate land during the decades of tug-of-war with Meng Yuan.

Chengdu, Mianyang, Luzhou, Langzhong, Dazhou, basically the whole of Shu, were all slaughtered by Meng Yuan.

Today, wolves and tigers appear on the streets of Chengdu in broad daylight.

Central Shu was completely broken, and it would not be able to recover within a few decades.

There is neither manpower nor financial resources, so there is not much point in recovering the whole Shu.

As for Diaoyu City, it only needs to send a few thousand elite soldiers to help the defenders in the city continue to hold on for a long time.

Now that Zhao Kuangyin has made a final decision, Wen Tianxiang and Chen Shuzhen immediately nodded and said with a smile,
"Emperor Taizu still has the foresight. In this case, we will take advantage of Meng Yuan's exhaustion to attack Jingxiang and Guangnan West Road with all our strength. To rescue the generals of Diaoyu City, let Ximen Biao lead [-] Xingsong troops to go."

Ximen Biao stepped out boldly and said loudly,

"If the last general fails to enter Diaoyu City, he is willing to die to apologize."

Zhao Shishang smiled and said,
"Who asked you to apologize with death? The war between us and Meng Yuan will continue for many years. Whether it is victory or defeat, we must try our best to survive. You must know that it is easy to get a thousand troops, but it is hard to find a general."

After everything was agreed upon, Zhao Shishang just patted his head, looked at Zhang Shijie and asked,
"I don't know if the Taiwei thinks the plan to capture Jingxiang is feasible?"

Zhang Shijie thought to himself, you have all discussed it, and you come to ask me again, isn't this just plain embarrassing to me.

Whether I object or agree, it does not hinder your actions.

So Zhang Shijie stroked his long beard under his jaw and said with a smile,

"Emperor Taizu founded the country after a hundred battles. Of course, the plan he formulated is good. The old minister has no objections."

Su Liuyi's temper was a little explosive, so he couldn't help but interjected at this moment.

"The Yuan army is all elites in all battles, mobs, they can't be defeated with only their blood, they will only sacrifice in vain. If you want to win the battle, do you have enough armor? Do you have enough food? Only nerds Only then will they always talk about strategy and tricks, while real generals only talk about logistics."

Su Liuyi directly regarded Wen Tianxiang as a bookworm.

But his words annoyed Zhao Shishang.

Zhao Shishang said coldly,
"General Su, I am also a scholar, do you think I am also a nerd?"

Su Liuyi was startled.

Although Su Liuyi was a general, he was actually a literati. He was the sixth grandson of Su Dongpo.

He knew that although the Song Dynasty did not kill scholar-bureaucrats, if they really wanted to, they could still find a reason.

For example, put a charge of "disrespect" on your head!

Su Dongpo, a pure scholar-bureaucrat, was almost framed and killed by the New Party on this charge.

What's more, what about Su Liuyi, an impure scholar-bureaucrat who abandoned literature and followed martial arts?
So Su Liuyi quickly apologized to Zhao Shishang.

"I absolutely dare not slander the officials. I just want to say that Wen Xiang's strategy just now is too wishful thinking. Once the Mongols cut off the retreat and the food and grass are scarce, the whole army will be wiped out."

Su Liuyi and Wen Tianxiang were completely at loggerheads.

In fact, he didn't have a problem with Wen Tianxiang, he was not convinced that his father-in-law Zhang Shijie was removed from the position of privy envoy, and Wen Tianxiang was concurrently in charge.

In his opinion, Wen Tianxiang is just a nerd who likes to talk about military affairs but doesn't know the secrets of the battle.

If Wen Tianxiang is allowed to direct the next battle blindly, Da Song will soon be driven to sea again.

Wen Tianxiang didn't care about Su Liuyi's accusation.

He just smiled lightly, then looked at Zhao Shishang and said,
"The officials don't have to worry about General Su's words. After all, General Su doesn't know that our army is short of everything now, except armor and food."

Zhang Shijie and Su Liuyi looked at each other, confused.

They couldn't understand Wen Tianxiang's words.

Chen Shuzhen looked at Zhang Shijie and said with a smile,

"Taiwei Zhang doesn't know anything.

Dr. Tongtian has great admiration for Wen Xiang.So he agreed with Wen Xiang to exchange armor and food with him with the least valuable objects from the Song Dynasty.

To be honest, our total army is now close to 25. Although there are differences in elites, both the main army and the auxiliary soldiers all have a set of armor with excellent protection.

As for food and grass, Dr. Tongtian can send food and grass to any barracks of our army at any time. "

"25 men in armor! Inexhaustible food!"

Zhang Shijie repeated these two numbers, suddenly his eyes flashed, and the thought of fighting his cousin Zhang Hongfan surged in his chest.

"With the help of Dr. Tongtian, the Mongolian Yuan army is nothing!"

Zhang Shijie pondered for a while, then suddenly knelt down on his knees, looked at Zhao Shishang, and called for a fight.

"Officials, the veteran also knew that he was too disrespectful to the officials a year ago. But the veteran is absolutely loyal to my Great Song Dynasty. The veteran voted for my Great Song 25 years ago. In these years, he has fought many battles with the Mongolian and Yuan troops. There are winners and losers.

Although the veteran is not as good as the victorious Marshal Yue, he is not weaker than any general in the world.

If the officials trust the veterans, please give them [-] elite soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers. I will definitely be able to regain Jinling and drive Zhang Hongfan back to Jiangbei. "

"This one……"

Zhao Shishang didn't expect Zhang Shijie to take the initiative to ask for a fight, and he didn't know how to answer.

But Zhang Shijie really didn't brag. Among the current generals of the Song army, there should be no one who is more familiar with the Mongolian and Yuan army than him.

Zhao Kuangyin looked at Zhang Hongfan and asked lightly,
"As far as I know, Zhang Taiwei was also defeated by Boyan Zhang Hongfan and others in Ezhou and other places. How confident are you that you can defeat Hongfan now?"

Zhang Shijie laughed loudly,

"I lost two times to Zhang Hongfan and three times to Boyan, all because I was cut off by Meng Yuan Jingqi. I won two times against Zhang Hongfan and one victory against Boyan, all because of sufficient food and grass.

Now that our army has no worries about food shortages, there is no need to be so cautious, and we can attack with all our strength.

Zhang Hongfan's 40 southern expedition army had already exhausted the food and grass saved by the Mongolian and Yuan courts.

As long as they are not given a chance to breathe, they can only retreat again and again. "

"good!"

Zhao Kuangyin gave Zhang Shijie a thumbs up.

"A general should be indomitable. Since Zhang Taiwei is not old in ambition, then you will be responsible for attacking Jinling."

Zhao Shishang also reacted at this time.

Since Zhang Shijie still has the ambition to compete with Zhang Hongfan, let the two cousins ​​compete again.