Han Qi and Pang Ji didn't think the same, he thought that if the future wars of the Great Song Dynasty could bring war dividends to the Great Song Dynasty like Di Qing's attack on Dali, such wars might as well come more and fight some wars that must be won, which would not only be good for the morale of the Great Song army and people, but also good for the fragile finances of the Great Song Dynasty.

As a political counselor, he hopes more than anyone else that Yun Zheng can sneak attack on Shenglong City in Jiaozhi, and once he really breaks through Shenglong City, he can at least reap the income of the first or two agricultural taxes of the Great Song Dynasty.

This year has just started spring, Huainan East Road Suzhou, Haozhou, Shouzhou suffered a hundred years of floods, the floods of previous years are in the autumn, only this year there was a large-scale peach blossom flood, so that these three rich land of fish and rice have become the country of water waves. Ying Tianfu has always been the financial and tax center of the Great Song Dynasty, and this disaster made the fragile finances of the Great Song Dynasty even worse, and the argument that has disappeared that "the people do not give more and the country is sufficient" has once again appeared in the eyes of the world.

Bao Zheng went to Haozhou as a pacification envoy, only to find that the losses caused by the flood far exceeded the expectations of the imperial court, and the anxious Han Qi had to collect the salt tax, wine tax, and silk tax in Shu in advance, and these taxes directly turned into grain in Shuzhong and were carried down the Yangtze River by ships, and finally became the food in the mouths of the victims of Tianfu.

In the original plan, the money was originally intended to enrich the general prisoner, and he was going to build a large gunpowder workshop on the island west of Jinmingchi, Zeng Gongliang had been waiting for this to the point that his neck was sore, and now it has become an eastward stream, and Zeng Gongliang's extremely disappointed look yesterday made Han Qi ashamed.

Yin eats grain, if there is anyone in the dynasty who wants Yun Zheng to sneak attack Shenglong City to succeed, there is no doubt that he Han Qi and Han Zhigui. In his opinion, Yun Zheng's way of obtaining money is the real "people do not add endowment, but the country is sufficient!" ”

Han Qi looked at the south, sighed and prepared to deal with the Liao State's "expenses for helping the army" this year, 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 horses of silk.

Yun Zheng is not short of money, he is not short of money at all, he is worried about how to transport the money away, Li Rizun finally knew that he had broken through Shenglong City. With the army rushing back day and night, his front sentinel had already begun to make contact with Xiaolin's cavalry.

In the end, there was still not enough time, Yun Zheng stood in the Jiaozhi Palace and looked at the construction site-like Shenglong City, and his heart was surrounded by deep depression. The spring building made of sandalwood and various precious woods has only been half demolished now, and the huge sandalwood piles driven into the earth have no time to be cleaned up, and those huge timbers are the essence of this building.

Watching the elephants pull out the wood one by one with iron chains, it looks fast, but it is inconspicuous in front of the huge number, and it can't be pulled anymore, and it has no effect to pull it down, and there is no way to transport these sandalwood back to the Great Song Dynasty through the guò land.

The stipulated time was almost up, and the old money of the Treasure Pavilion was anxious. Both hands were scarred, one leg was still lame, and the eye sockets were deeply sunken, no matter who didn't sleep for three days and three nights and was smashed by a log.

The horn of the assembly sounded at the end, and the old man fell to the ground with a howl. With tears streaming down his face, he wailed to the soldier who forced him to leave: "Master Jun, give the old man two more hours, give the old man two more hours, even if it is an hour, this main beam is about to be removed......"

Such scenes were everywhere, and the city was filled with the wails of merchants and the whirling of treasures all over the ground. There are also those who don't let go of the good things they just saw, and the big shopkeeper of the Rejuvenation Hall is holding a large pot of seven-colored camellia in his arms, and would rather walk step by step than throw some of the goods on the carriage down......

The Jiaozhi people looked at these Song people who were even sadder than themselves, and their eyes were at a loss, the palace was gone, the temple was gone, and the proud national treasures were all taken away by the Song people. As the first wisps of smoke began to rise from the imperial city, the Song army of the brigade began to retreat from the western city, and the heavy sandalwood rubbed against the hard stone slabs behind the elephants.

"The enemy was coming from all directions, but they were not in a hurry to attack, as if they were waiting for something. Only the Liangshan Jade Dragon Guard pounced on us with his six thousand soldiers and horses. Zhou Tong marked this military force from Yulong Pass on the map, and so far, the perimeter of Thang Long City has been densely packed with red arrows, each red arrow represents a Qinwang force, and they all stopped less than a hundred miles away from Thang Long City.

"This is the time that Li Dezheng's sons have bought us, those armies must be in a state of integration and integration now, this is the same situation as the Three Kingdoms period, when the princes Qin Wang killed Dong Zhuo, general, which army or force should we take to attack first?" Su Xun always talks about the war, but when it comes to decision, this is Yun Zheng's job.

"The whole army retreated to the entrance of the forest, and after a big battle with the Jiaozhi people here, we will leave, the fortifications of the canyon at the exit should have been completed by now, if I have a choice, I am very willing to compete with Li Rizun."

After listening to Yun Zheng's words, Lang Tan pointed to the exit of the canyon and said: "According to the information provided by Yesu, we can only hold on here for ten days at most, and after ten days, the army of the Jiaozhi people will bypass the canyon and attack us from behind, don't forget, the Jiaozhi people are also very familiar with Lin Mang." ”

Yun Zheng shook his head and said: "We can't hold on for ten days, at most seven days, on the eighth day, we must quickly leave the battlefield, Wu Jie, you go and urge those merchants, tell them that they must hurry as much as possible in these seven days, hurry up, the time we can provide them is only seven days, if they fall behind, the army will not wait for them!" ”

Wu Jie left the military tent as soon as he promised, and Yun Zheng continued: "Order Xiaolin, Liang Ji, Peng Jiu, and Chu Dazhi to disengage from the enemy and rush to the entrance of the forest with all their might. ”

Seeing the herald galloping away, Yun Zheng smiled and said to all the people in the military tent: "Sixty percent of the goal of this battle has been achieved, and now we are about to run away after sniping the enemy for seven days, I hope everyone can go back alive to be promoted and make a fortune, and don't fall on the way home." ”

Zhou Tong smiled and said: "We haven't used much of the crossbow arrows and gunpowder, in order to reduce the weight of the run, we don't need to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, we just need to give full play to the advantages of our long-range weapons, and kill and injure as many enemy soldiers as possible." ”

Everyone laughed and left the military tent and began to do their own things, Su Xun sat next to Yun Zheng and drank tea and said, "It's the most difficult time, why do you still say such words that hit the morale of the army?" ”

"This is the truth, I really want to see all the brothers go back with me, no less than 2,000 soldiers have been killed in this attack on Thang Long Mansion, and the corpses can't be brought back, so I can only go home with the ashes."

"This should not be a matter for a general to consider at this time, the post-war pension and burial are the affairs of the imperial court."

"So I can't be a qualified general, I'm just a bandit leader, and I don't want to be a general, when I return to Tokyo Bianliang City, I will immediately go to participate in the big competition, will you go?"

Su Xun laughed and said: "The old man has been waiting for twelve years, how can he miss such an opportunity, I am afraid that the thirteen generals of the Wusheng Army will also participate in the hall lock test, have you considered what to do with your subordinates?" Are you really planning to disband this division? ”

Yun Zheng sighed and said: "The hungry wolf who is fed, can't eat people, the old doesn't go and the new doesn't come, you see, three years later, there will be another army in my hands, a real army."

This army will not only think about promotion and wealth, they want their own ideals and revenge, have more complete training, better equipment, and more stable commanders, and it will definitely make the world tremble when it is born. ”

Su Xun closed his eyes, nodded with satisfaction, put down the tea bowl in his hand, and went out to do his own thing.

By the time the army reached the exit of the canyon, it was exactly noon, and the former chaotic canyon had disappeared in favor of a military fortress, with towering peaks, dense forests, winding roads and wide terrain in front of the wooden village, which was destined to be a flesh mill.

Yun Zheng stopped at the gate of the military village and waited for his cavalry to return to the camp, he didn't wait long, it was Chu Dazhi who came back first, looking at him riding on a horse and swaying around, he knew that he was not lightly injured, and when he arrived, he found that he was not seriously injured, but he was very tired, and his armor was full of traces of swords and fires.

Yun Zheng didn't talk to Chu Dazhi, but just ordered them to go back to the camp immediately to rest and raise their spirits first.

In contrast, Peng Jiu's mental state was much better, and when he saw Yun Zheng standing at the gate of the camp, he jumped off his horse and reported: "After Xiaolin and Liang Ji broke in the back, a group of cross-toed puppies were very tightly entangled, Chu Dazhi and I gave them crossbow arrows and gunpowder bullets and came back, it is estimated that they will come back in another hour." ”

As soon as the words fell, they heard the roar of the galloping horses, Xiaolin and Liang Ji fled back from the bend of the mountain road, and as soon as they saw Yun Zheng, they shouted for the Eight Bull Crossbow to be on guard.

As soon as Xiaolin and Liang Ji ran to the front of the camp, the sentry on the top of the mountain sounded the gong, and the valley was full of piercing sounds, and at the foot of the mountain, countless Jiaozhi cavalry locusts rushed towards the military village.

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Chapter II