In June, Tokyo was no longer as lively as before. As the prime minister, Zhao Pu imposed a curfew on the entire city and strictly investigated all kinds of suspicious people. It is absolutely impossible to let Tokyo leak anything.

He stayed in the Political Affairs Hall and discussed military rations, money, and ordinary things with two officials, but was concerned about the war in Luoyang, and seemed absent-minded.

At this moment, a messenger suddenly came, rushed forward for 600 miles, and panting, saying: "There is an emergency military situation--"

"Bring it!" Zhao Pu frowned, shocked, and took it to see that it was news from Caozhou.

At this critical moment, Caozhou, which guards the canal transportation, had problems, which made Zhao Pu particularly angry: "What did Gao Huaide do? He actually threatened Caozhou."

Immediately, he handed over to the two officials and political affairs, and couldn't help but give orders: "I ordered the army of Puzhou, Caozhou, and Tanzhou to strictly guard the city and not leave the city without authorization."

After saying that, he shook his head. It was such a difficult time now!

Looking at the direction to the west, he couldn't help but expect that this war would end as soon as possible.

Outside Luoyang City.

Nearly 100,000 Song troops were almost stationed outside the city, forming camps of all sizes, including about four or five, and almost one in each city gate.

When defending the city, you must build a camp. First, cooperate inside and outside, and second, the war is unfavorable, and you can escape immediately. Sitting in the lonely city is just the best way.

Therefore, for Li Jia, if he wanted to attack Luoyang, he had to defeat the Song army camps one by one, just like small cities.

As we all know, defending a city is easy to attack and it is difficult to pay, and the price it requires is the highest.

However, the strength of the Song army has been found out clearly.

The Iron Cavalry Army and Long Jie Army, about 30,000 elite cavalry, were the last remaining cavalry in the Central Committee of the Northern Song Dynasty after Li Jia continued to weaken, or in other words, the essence of the Shatuo Cavalry and the Central Plains merged with each other.

In terms of infantry, there are about 70,000, almost all of them are elite, with an armored ratio of more than 50%.

The current imperial guards are not later scheming, but elite troops eliminated from decades of war.

For example, Zhao Kuangyin had his own training method for the imperial guards.

It is said that when there is no war, every time the imperial guards lead the military pay, Zhao Kuangyin would order the soldiers in the north of the city to go to the south of the city to take the military pay, and the soldiers in the south of the city to go to the north of the city to get the military pay.

The soldiers carried more than 100 kilograms of food, sometimes wearing iron armor, and walked from the south of the city to the north of the city.

Of course, this is just a rumor.

In fact, the selection of the Northern Song Dynasty imperial guards was also extremely strict. In addition to height requirements, infantrymen need to use one stone five dou bows (Song Yishi is 92.5 Song Jin, 92.5 Song Jin, equivalent to about 82.5 kilograms today), which has great requirements for arm strength and physical strength.

How can it be ignored in this case?

In addition to the advantages of military strength and armor, other aspects are not outstanding.

In terms of cavalry, 20,000 Iron Cavalry of the Imperial Camp, thousands of Guanzhong Light Cavalry, and Wenmo Cavalry, if you only remember the battle, you will definitely be beaten to death.

On a quiet night, Li Jia was actively seeking a winning strategy. After thinking about it for a few hours, in the end, it was still the same word - consumption.

It is more than 400 miles from Luoyang to Tokyo, while it is nearly a thousand miles from Luoyang to Jiangling, and the journey is more than half the distance, so the consumption is naturally doubled.

Nowadays, there is no chance of winning, only to fight for loss, and the food road must be protected. According to Liu Guangyi and Cao Bin, the tradition of Shatuo cavalry is to like to intersperse and surround and cut off the food road.

"The cavalry may not be able to fight head-on, but I'm afraid it's the same for protecting the food road!"

Li Jia rubbed her sore neck, thinking about whether there were any other loopholes.

The guards on duty have already changed their posts, with the moon shining and the bonfire outside the tent is now burning strongly. The heat of summer is really unpleasant.

However, this is much better than the humid and stuffy heat in the south. If the weather is not suitable for the local environment, it is still a disaster.

"How to deal with the situation and the environment are not suitable for the local environment?"

Li Jia thought about it again and summoned Pan Chongche and Zhang Weiqing to discuss countermeasures.

"How many people have fallen ill in the military camp now?" the emperor asked directly.

"About 3,000 people." Pan Chongche thought for a moment, then said: "The majority are those who are not accommodating to the land. This is normal. Your Majesty should not be anxious. It will naturally be better after not long."

"With that being said, we should still pay attention to it."

Li Jia's lack of knowledge in his brain made him feel quite difficult about such a problem, and he couldn't help but whisper: "Pick more firewood and let the soldiers drink more hot water."

Hot water is omnipotent and can never be invaded by all diseases.

"Your Majesty clearly understands that most of the soldiers who fell ill are from Guanzhong. They are used to drinking raw water, so we can only drink hot water." Zhang Weiqing quickly flattered and said.

"The Luo water must be boiled." Li Jia continued to emphasize: "Eating, food and clothing must be complete. Please check carefully and don't have any problems at this time."

Immediately, the emperor told about his careful strategy.

"Your Majesty, it is really not easy to cross mountains and ridges from Jiangling to Luoyang. This is an excellent loophole and the Song people will never let it go."

Pan Chongche said in a deep voice: "It can plunder our food to replenish itself, guard against thieves from thousands of miles away, and it is hard to guard against!"

"It can dispatch most of the troops and horses to transport a large amount of food at one time. The baggage battalion is not an ordinary civilian, and it also has the power to fight."

Zhang Weiqing said casually.

"It's true that I can't defend myself." Li Jia nodded and said seriously: "It seems that the best way is to force a battle and quickly resolve it."

"Our side is weak in cavalry but infantry wins, especially for years of training, with a uniform pace and unbeatable battles over the years. Facing the Song infantrymen, we will never be at a disadvantage." Pan Chong said with full confidence.

Upon hearing this, Li Jia smiled. Xiangzhou City had been fighting for so long, in addition to the strong Xiangzhou, the Song army's tenacious combat effectiveness was also a great reason.

Only with tall people and big horses, rich fighting skills, and effective cooperation can we stick to it for so long.

Of course, its disadvantages are also very obvious. Once the battle is unfavorable, its fighting will continue to shake. The latter will be chosen between serving the king and saving his life.

This is a common phenomenon in which the imperial guards preserve their lives for many years in troubled times, and they cannot be changed by changing the emperor.

"That's right!" Li Jia said against his heart: "The boys have been fighting for many years and have long been able to destroy everything. What's the mere Song army?"

"This battle is related to the future direction of the world. If we win, we can unify the north, slowly reduce the vassals, and regain the sixteen states of Yanyun. If we lose, it will be a battle of Yiling. All the elites will be lost. We can only live in the south and rely on the Central Plains Navy to develop."

"Of course, it's more likely that my life is out of order."

"It depends on the current situation after working hard for many years."
Chapter completed!