Ma Zhi looked at Tong Guan, and his eyes regained a confident light, this old man is not only the closest minister of the Holy Heaven today, but also an important minister who holds military power, and at the same time regards himself as a friend who has forgotten his year! What he said is absolutely credible!

Ma Zhi then thought about it carefully, although he had never been to Western Xia, but ten years ago, when he was just a weak-crowned boy (1105), Western Xia was attacked by the Great Song Dynasty.

Emperor Li Qianshun of the Western Xia hurriedly asked for help from the Great Liao, and the Great Liao Emperor was unwilling to let the Great Song Dynasty destroy the Western Xia to increase his strength, so he named a clan woman Yelu Nanxian as a princess and married Li Qianshun, established a marriage relationship with the Western Xia, and forced the Great Song Dynasty to reconcile with the Western Xia.

At that time, he heard from the mouth of an elder in the family who was ordered to escort the princess to marry Li Qianshun that the elder saw the scene of the Western Xia along the way, in addition to admiring how brave the Western Xia army was, more said how the land there was barren and how the people were poor, the reason was that it was at war with the Great Song Dynasty for many years, as long as the Western Xia treasury had a little savings, the Great Song Dynasty would raise troops to attack, although relying on the bravery of the Western Xia people did not let the Great Song take any advantage, But because of this, the whole country was dragged into the quagmire of huge war consumption and could not extricate itself, and this time it was almost destroyed by the Great Song Dynasty!

This incident left a deep impression on Ma Zhi, and he also thought that the Great Song Dynasty, which had been fighting with the Western Xia for many years, was no better, but when he came to the Great Song Dynasty, he found that it was surprisingly rich and peaceful, the people were well fed and clothed, and the imperial treasury was full, and it seemed that it was not affected by the war with the Western Xia at all!

At this moment, after listening to Tong Guan's point, Ma Zhi suddenly realized, yes! In terms of comprehensive national strength, the Great Song Dynasty is indeed unrivaled! In addition to the military confrontation, the war is also about money, food and population, and the Great Song Dynasty wants money and money, grain and food, and the people are said to have a huge population of up to 10,000! Looking at Na Xixia again, there is little food, little money, and few people, if you want to deal with a behemoth like the Great Song Dynasty, you can only rely on a quick battle, but the Great Song Dynasty didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional to drag him down with a protracted war, until he was dragged down!

The reason why the Liao State signed the Yuanyuan Alliance with the Great Song Dynasty was probably unwilling, but the Khitans had reached the point where they could not bear it in order to fight against the Great Song Dynasty, and finally had to sign the alliance. And the Great Song Dynasty relied on the hundred years of peace after the Yuanyuan Alliance, relying on the fertile vast land, several virtuous monarchs, and the extremely terrifying population base to grow rapidly!

So, what if the so-called million-dollar army is only five or six out of ten? The Great Song Dynasty still actually had a main force of five or six hundred thousand, and the Northwest Army was even more brave and good at fighting, and the remaining other armies were not strong in combat and could not launch an attack, but they always had the ability to protect themselves by relying on strong cities. And if it is really needed, as long as the imperial court orders the expansion of the army, it must be able to build a real army of one million in a short period of time!

What about being embezzled by those officials? After so many years, there is nothing to do, and it is even more overwhelming that Xixia is out of breath!

Almost in an instant, Ma Zhi "figured it out", and immediately took a step back and bent down to Tong Guan and said guiltily, "The good heir doesn't believe in the court and the prince, but only believes in the words of a golden man, and the good heir is really stupid to the extreme!" I have lived up to the trust of adults! ”

Tong Guan picked up Ma Zhi and smiled at him, "Good heir doesn't have to be like this, after all, you have only been in the Great Song Dynasty for a few years, and you have only stayed in Bianliang City all the year round and have never been to my Great Song Dynasty, so naturally you don't know that my Great Song Dynasty is really strong, this is not to blame you." ”

Ma Zhi apologized a few more words, and out of the corner of his eye, he happened to see the letter on the table, so he pointed to the letter and asked Tong Guan, "Taishi, ...... this letter?" ”

Tong Guan put away his smile and snorted coldly, "Jin Country Projectile Small Country, Frog at the bottom of the well, that Wanyan Ah Gu can't help himself, let him have a few years of Spring and Autumn Dreams, let's still follow the original plan, wait and see the changes in the situation in Liaojin and then wait for the opportunity to move, in short, no matter what, we have reached the moment when we can tear up the shameful covenant of Lanyuan, and now is indeed the best time to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, we must not miss it!" ”

Ma Zhi was even more overjoyed when he heard this, but when he saw Tong Guan's tone change, he said, "The old man is not very interested in Wanyan Agu's madman, but he is the most curious. ”

After that, Tong Guan sat back in his chair, picked up the letter and read it again, and said to himself while reading it, "I only sent you letters from Zeng Lang and the people of the Jin Kingdom, but I didn't write a single word, this Zheng Linfeng is really interesting." ”

"Haven't you Yan Yunhui been monitoring him? Tell me everything you find about him, and don't miss a single one! ”

The three words "Yanyun Society" blurted out from Tong Guan's mouth, but Ma Zhi didn't mean to be surprised or nervous at all, because the recovery of Yanyun's sixteen states was imminent, and what he relied on was this Tong Taishi in addition to today's saint, so Ma Zhi ignored the old president's deathbed entrustment, and insisted on telling Tong Guan everything about Yanyun Society.

And the Yanyun Society has now become a hidden force under Tong Guan's command, relying on the ubiquitous intelligence network of the members of the Yanyun Society, the three sects and the nine streams, and indeed collected a lot of information for Tong Guan on the Manchu Dynasty civil and military and local officials, Tong Guan is extremely satisfied,

With the support of Tong Guan, the scale and strength of Yanyun Club have also been greatly developed.

"Yes!" Ma Zhi continued, "In the first month of the fourth year of Zhenghe, the Holy Shangwei went out of the palace that night ......,"

Next, Ma Zhi started from discovering Zheng Fei at the Shangyuan Poetry Conference, from risking his life to rescue him from Cai's mansion, and recounting all the experiences of Zheng Fei being forced to flee Qishan, but suddenly appearing in Liangshan after disappearing for a long time.

In Ma Zhi's narrative, although it is only some of Zheng Fei's general experiences, and many periods are blank periods without any information at all, they are also rare and detailed!

“…… After learning that Zheng Linfeng suddenly appeared in Liangshan, his subordinates wanted to send people to infiltrate Liangshan, but they were unsuccessful, until a few days ago they suddenly learned that he led the Liangshan bandits to defeat a local force called Zengtou City, and then a few days later, they received a letter from him. ”

Tong Guan nodded lightly, his tiger eyes narrowed slightly,

"Are you sure he's just a pig killer in Weizhou City?"

"Absolutely! He is extremely famous in Weizhou City, everyone knows it, no one knows it! ”

"He hasn't studied since he was a child, let alone left Weizhou City?"

"Sure! It is said that three years before Zhenghe, he even had to be kept by someone else because he was illiterate. It's just that...... How could it be impossible for him not to be literate? Is he pretending? There is no unreasonable outfit for more than ten years? ”

"What's the matter with Zhu Wu who betrayed him? Isn't there a fraud? ”

"My subordinates also suspected this, and I only glanced at Zhu Wu a few times that day, and I only felt that this person was very shrewd, but I didn't know how he was a person. Later, the secret agents who infiltrated Qishan in the Yanyun Society had determined that Zhu Wu had indeed betrayed Zheng Linfeng, and it didn't seem like he was pretending at all, besides, why did Zheng Linfeng and Zhu Wu stage such a play? It doesn't make any sense at all. Therefore, his subordinates believed that Zhu Wu had indeed betrayed Zheng Linfeng. However, this is not surprising, there are many people in Qishan, and they have a lot of wealth, in the face of such temptation, they can only blame Zheng Linfeng for leaving Qishan for too long, and he also mistrusted Zhu Wu. ”

"How many people are there in Liangshan now? How many people are there in Zengtou City? ”

"This ...... Even his subordinates couldn't believe it when he said it, and now he has sent someone to verify ....... ”

"Tell me about it."

"Liangshan, four or five hundred people, Zengtou City...... Five thousand! ”

Tong Guan suddenly stood up from his seat, his wide eyes full of deep shock!