Smelting and Exploding the Heavens

Chapter 143 Battle of Ideas
Fan Zhuoyuan said: "Fan is nothing more than innate supernatural power. The so-called martial arts is nothing more than military swordsmanship learned by himself through actual combat on the battlefield. It's just a wild way. It's not the same as Miss Mu who came from a famous family."

The taciturn Empress Dowager Xiao couldn't help saying: "General Fan is originally a Han from Yandi?"

Fan Zhuoyuan said calmly: "The queen mother has wanted to ask a certain question for a long time."

Empress Dowager Xiao smiled wryly, "I never thought Yanjing would be destroyed by Yan people."

"Government corruption in the Liao Dynasty, levies and miscellaneous taxes are increasing day by day, nobles worship Buddhism and enjoy themselves, obsessed with hunting, and do not rescue them from natural disasters and hunger, and the people are in dire straits.

The Yelu family and the Xiao family often fight for power and kill each other. Every time the throne is changed, there will be various rebellions and fights. The unlucky ones are always me and other innocent people. Presumably the Queen Mother knows it better than Fan. "

Empress Dowager Xiao couldn't help being silent for a while, and then said helplessly: "This is the end of the matter, there are Jurchens in the east, Song people in the south, and internal rebellions. Maybe it's time for my Daliao to die. General Fan, this cup, I wish you a happy future." I am proud of my official career in Song Dynasty!"

This sentence is a blessing, but anyone can hear the meaning of resentment and hatred.

But the subjugated queen mother, who would care about her thoughts.

Empress Dowager Xiao drank a cup by herself, Fan Zhuoyuan sneered, pretending not to know, talking and laughing freely with Wang Ting and others.

It was already late after dinner, so Fan Zhuoyuan planned to go to the Shengjie army to pick people.

At this time, Mu Qingyan came over, "General Fan, can I borrow a word?"

The clothes I wear are all sewn by other people, so I have to give this face.

The two walked on the main road of Yanjing City where the curfew was imposed. It was a starry night and there was no moon, but the Milky Way was shining brightly above the night sky, which was extremely beautiful.

It was only then that Fan Zhuoyuan discovered that Mu Qingyan was actually extremely tall. Even if he was a man, only a stalwart could reach the height of his shoulders.

And Mu Qingyan's height is like this, enough to make many men feel ashamed.

She was silent for a long time, as if organizing her words, and then said: "General Fan, you are not from the Song Dynasty, do you know how famous Tong Shuai is in the court?"

Hearing this sentence, Fan Zhuoyuan knew what Mu Qingyan was going to say.

He said: "In ancient times, eunuchs have always represented the extension of imperial power. Since the interests of the scholar-bureaucrats have conflicted, Xuanfu envoys can sit in the Western Army and lead the attack on Yanyun. Presumably they will not have a good reputation in the court."

Mu Qingyan saw Fan Zhuoyuan's well-informed look, showing roughness and finesse, not as rough and reckless as on the surface, so he couldn't help but re-examine the other party.

"Since this is the case, General Fan is eager to express his loyalty to Tong Guan. I am afraid that he will be excluded by all officials when he enters the court in the future."

Fan Zhuoyuan snorted coldly, "So what if Di Wuxiang got close to the scholar-officials? Didn't he die in fear because of being suppressed by the civil servants in the end?

Hmph, Fang is a good man who is called out outside the Donghua Gate, but I don't think he is as good as Xia Song He Zengsheng, Han Qi is not surprising! "

Mu Qingyan was surprised and said: "General Fan seems to know a lot about the story of the Song Dynasty."

"It's just something that everyone knows. Who doesn't know that the Song Dynasty emphasizes literature over martial arts."

Then he looked back at the palace, and said solemnly: "If you serve the literati, nine out of ten you will be abandoned by the literati in the future. Even if you are not abandoned, I will fight in the front, and he will gesticulate in the rear, making a lot of noise. Then should I listen or listen?" Do not listen?
Everyone in the world says Tong Guan is an eunuch, but can literati do better than him?When Sima Guang came to power, the first thing he did was to return Hehuang, who had been sacrificed by tens of thousands of people, to Xixia!

The biggest achievement since Xining's reform, let it be lost in one day!

The old lady presided over the military affairs against Xixia. Although she killed the famous general Liu Fa, she also recovered the four states ceded by Sima Guang, and she still made great contributions to the country. "

Mu Qingyan was not moved by Fan Zhuoyuan's words, and only said: "There is nothing wrong with what General Fan said, I know that the Northwest leader has many victories in the battle against Xixia, and has recovered a lot of lost ground.

But the decline of the Western Army is also inseparable from the wife.Randomly named general Liu Fa stormed Xixia, and was besieged and killed.Later, he promoted the generals of the Western Army directly to the emperor without going through the ministers of the court.

The internal balance of the Western Army was broken, so that the factional conflicts of the Western Army intensified, the overall combat effectiveness declined, and the Western Army who was good at mountain warfare was ordered to enter the plains to attack Yanjing, which led to the two consecutive disastrous defeats of Yanyun in today's Northern Expedition. "

Fan Zhuoyuan nodded and said: "Miss is right, the old lady may not be proficient in the art of war, and she also made the same mistake as Emperor Taizong, after attacking Fang La, without rewards and rest, she immediately went to the north, resulting in today's situation.

But he has one advantage, that is, since Liu Fa's death, except for the strategic direction, he will never interfere with the commander's command and operations at the front line, and will never engage in any absurd things such as granting maps on the fly.

In the first battle of Yanjing, Liu Yanqing was completely delegated to command the 20 troops. He never went to the front line to intervene in any way, and once the general made various requests, as long as his strategic needs could be met, he would basically readily agree.

Only in this point, he is much stronger than most court princes! "

The civil servants of the Northern Song Dynasty did not know soldiers. The only one who knew soldiers was Wang Shao, who commanded the battle against Xixia.

Moreover, among the civil officials, choosing to go out and lead troops to sit on one side and enter the center has always been difficult and dangerous, and it is not liked by the Confucian officials who are greedy for comfort.

Therefore, the Han, Tang, and Ming dynasties had no lack of civil servants who knew soldiers. In the Northern and Southern Song Dynasties, there was an extreme shortage of such talents. Even if there were, such as Xin Qiji, they were not reused.

Such a dynasty is really hard to save.

Therefore, Fan Zhuoyuan would rather take refuge in eunuchs than famous officials.

From Fan Zhuoyuan's words, Mu Qingyan understood his choice. It turned out that he was extremely dissatisfied with the princes of the Song Dynasty, so he would rather stand with the treacherous eunuchs despised by the world.

She didn't know how to judge this choice. From Cihang Jingzhai's point of view, they never interfered in the struggle between the court and China. They only hoped that China could be unified in the Song Dynasty, which is known as China's orthodox, rather than the nomadic barbarians in the north.

"Since that's the case, Qingyan can only wish General Fan to integrate the elite and conquer the sixteen prefectures of Youyun in one fell swoop, so that the world will be unified."

Fan Zhuoyuan looked to the north and shook his head solemnly, "The situation in Youyun Sixteen Prefectures is not optimistic at this time, I am afraid we will only be able to recover the land of Yanji in the end, Yunzhou is where Xijing of the Liao Kingdom is located, and it has already been occupied by the Jin people at this time.

Once the Liao Kingdom is destroyed in the future, it is quite remarkable to be able to maintain the current situation in the confrontation with the Jin Kingdom. "

Mu Qingyan was surprised: "General Fan seems to be very pessimistic about the future?"

"Hmph, with Huang Song's military morale, it's hard to underestimate him."

After speaking, he went to the Shengjie Army to select troops. The first thousand soldiers who fought with Fan Zhuoyuan were the most heartbroken for him. When Fan Zhuoyuan asked to form a new army, these thousand soldiers were the first to stand up.

Then Fan Zhuoyuan selected another 1000 soldiers from among the soldiers who voluntarily joined his subordinates.

In the next few days, he selected a thousand mixed Khitan and Xi people from the prisoner-of-war camp. The only requirement was that they must be born in Yandi.

Only in this way, in the future, in response to the invasion of the Kingdom of Jin, the natives will do their best to defend their homeland.

(End of this chapter)