Zong Ze is worthy of a generation of civil and military ministers, he has been running Dengzhou for several years, and Dengzhou has become the most politically enlightened and socially stable in the entire Jingdong East Road, the most stable society, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Later, although he had no choice but to evacuate Dengzhou, his influence did not dissipate with his departure, and haunted Zheng Fei for a long time.

This trouble is first of all the people's hearts, how much the people of Dengzhou love Dai Zongze, it can be seen from the arrival of the Tiandao Army, Dengzhou is also the only place in the entire Jingdong Road where the people generally resist the arrival of the Tiandao Army, and only three days after the Tiandao Army occupied Dengzhou, three small-scale civil unrest broke out in succession, which was the first time in the history of the Tiandao Army. In the days that followed, it took a long time for Zheng Fei and the Heavenly Dao Army to gain the recognition of the people of Dengzhou.

Secondly, Zong Ze was quite far-sighted, and he clearly realized the purpose of the Heavenly Dao Army that would rather give up the six states of Jingdong West Road, which had been operating for half a year, and exchange the six states for a Dengzhou, and take the entire Jingdong East Road into his hands. So before he evacuated, without receiving the will of the imperial court, on the one hand, he let the Dengzhou Navy go south, on the other hand, he destroyed all the warships in Dengzhou Port, this is not over, he burned all the workshops and shipyards in Dengzhou that can build large warships, and took away all the warcraftsmen who made warships in Dengzhou, leaving Zheng Fei with only an empty Dengzhou military port, there are no ready-made warships, and it is impossible to rebuild the shipyard in a short time, and more importantly, no one will build large warships.

Zheng Fei's nose was crooked after getting the news, and he scolded Zong Ze, your sister! Of course, he had forgotten that he had done something similar when he led the Heavenly Dao Army out of Jingxi Road......

If today's Dao army is preparing to build a navy is all ready, only warships are owed, and the navy is very important and can not be delayed, Zheng Fei immediately issued several orders, first of all, in Jingdong Road, a big reward to recruit skilled craftsmen who can build big ships, as the so-called masters are in the people, Zong Ze, don't think that I will be out of trouble if I only take away a few warcraftsmen who build big ships.

Secondly, a large number of people were sent to track the whereabouts of Zong Ze and the Dengzhou army, intending to find the whereabouts of those military craftsmen who were taken away by Zong Ze. Zong Ze, since you can take people away, unless you kill them all, or focus on protecting them as national treasures, you can wait for us to return the favor to the other in their own way. We can all tie up Ling Zhendu, who is under the key monitoring of the imperial court, from the heavily defended Tokyo, and then tie up a few of your little warsmiths or what's the big deal? It's nothing more than a little more delay.

Again, send a large number of people to the location of the Southern Song Dynasty Zhulu Water Division, since these places are stationed in the water division, then there must be a large number of warcraftsmen who can build warships, these military craftsmen are generally not high, the old way, tie up all that can be tied!

After these three orders were issued, all parties took action, as for whether it had any effect, we still need to wait patiently, and at present, Zheng Fei can only temporarily let the two sailors use fishing boats for training.

Unexpectedly, the shipbuilders and craftsmen have not yet recovered, and a decree from the imperial court has been quickly delivered to the commander's mansion, which is the imperial court's order to ask the Heavenly Dao Army to abide by its promise and immediately send troops to the northwest to fight against the Western Xia army, and to help the imperial court go south to exterminate the Qishan bandits.

It turned out that in the ten days since the Heavenly Dao Army completely occupied Jingdong Road, the imperial court had lost another game in the northwest and lost two states again. There are three main reasons why the Western Army could not resist it: First, the Western Xia Army was very well prepared for this attack, which caught the Western Army by surprise. The second is that Liu Fa, the main general of the Western Army, surrendered to the Tiandao Army, which made the Western Army not only lose one general, but also suddenly reduce the army by 50,000, and the cavalry of the Western Army was also in chaos due to the lack of the command of Liu Fa, the cavalry commander, and could no longer bring great threats to the Western Xia Army as before. Third, due to the lack of Tong Guan's command, Tong Guan has presided over the military affairs of the northwest for more than ten years, and his prestige in the northwest armies is unsurpassed, and he is the only one who can lead the overall war affairs of the northwest and let the northwest armies cooperate with each other. Now that Tong Guan is not there, the armies in the northwest have no leader, no one can serve the people, and each army fights separately, echoing nothing, giving the Western Xia army an opportunity to take advantage of!

In order to alleviate the unfavorable situation in the northwest, the emperor has ordered to send envoys to the Western Xia to express a request for a truce and reconciliation.

In the south, Tong Guan's army has been suppressing bandits for more than a month, and Qishan bandits have won and lost each other, from the battle situation, Tong Guan will never be able to exterminate Qishan bandits in a short period of time, and as time drags on, the more unfavorable it will be to the imperial court, Qishan bandits occupy the granary of the Great Song Dynasty, and it will be okay for a while and a half, and there will be problems with the grain and grass of the Great Song Dynasty after a long time.

The emperor and the Manchu Dynasty were anxious like ants on a hot pot, they thought about it, and then looked at the Tiandao army on Jingdong Road, didn't you say that after Zhao'an, we can send troops to help us deal with Western Xia and exterminate the Qishan bandits? Why don't you do it yet?

And from the will full of anxiety, suspicion and faint anger sent by the imperial court, it can be seen that the imperial court is currently on the verge of madness, if the Heavenly Dao Army does not fulfill its promise, they will think that the Heavenly Dao Army is lying to them,

Zheng Fei quickly responded to the imperial court's will, and he invited Cai You to the commander's palace and said to him, "Please explain to the imperial court that our Heavenly Dao Army will definitely abide by the previous promise, do a good job of the obligations of a feudal town, and will soon send troops to participate in the war." ”

Cai You was naturally very happy about this, but before he could thank him, Zheng Fei continued, "However, it is too impractical for the imperial court to ask us to send troops to the northwest and southeast to participate in the war at the same time, because the Heavenly Dao Army does not have so many troops, although we now claim to have 180,000 people, at least half of them are recruits, and even the weapons are not fully rationed, and now they can only be sent to death if they go to the battlefield, and at the same time, we must leave enough troops to prevent ......, so we can only promise the imperial court to send an army, As for whether to go up to the northwest to fight the Western Xia, or go down to the southeast to fight the Qishan army, it is up to you to decide. ”

Cai You didn't expect Zheng Fei to say this, he hesitated for a moment and asked, "Then may I ask the envoy, how many people can there be in this army?" ”

Zheng Fei stretched out three fingers, "At most 30,000 people, no one more will be sent, if the emperor wants to, I will send someone immediately, if he is unwilling, then he can only ......,"

Cai You understood what Zheng Fei meant by "only", he immediately reported the situation to Tokyo, the emperor and the ministers were very angry, you have 180,000 Tiandao troops, but you are only willing to send 30,000 people, what about you send Huazi? But Zheng Fei's "threat" also made them feel terrified, and they must not turn their faces with Zheng Fei at this time, otherwise the trouble will be even greater!

Okay, 30,000 is 30,000, Da Song once again compromised, but which battlefield should these 30,000 people be put into? The ministers expressed their opinions, and agreed to go to the northwest and southeast, and there were good reasons, and the emperor was also undecided,

At this time, Zhao Liangsi played a secret recital, he said, "Compared with the crisis in the northwest, the situation in the southeast is not so bad, although Master Tong has not pacified the southeast, but he has not let the Qishan thieves encroach on my Great Song Dynasty land again, so these 30,000 people should be put into the northwest battlefield." In addition to benefiting the war situation in the northwest, this also has an advantage, that is, the combat effectiveness of the Tangut people is stronger, and letting these 30,000 people fight the Tangut people is not a legitimate opportunity to consume the strength of the Heavenly Dao Army? ”

The last sentence made the emperor's heart pound, when the Liangshan thieves proposed the conditions to be a feudal town, the Manchu Dynasty was full of opposition, and one of the reasons he persuaded the Manchu Dynasty was that he could take advantage of the opportunity of the war in the northwest and southeast to consume the strength of the Liangshan bandits. And Zhao Liangsi's words today are in line with this purpose, no matter how strong the thieves in the southeast are, they are just a group of chaotic people, but the Western Xia people are different, they are all elite Xia Lu, each of them is extremely strong, let the Heavenly Dao Army fight with them, isn't it just the result of the two strong encounters and both defeats?

The emperor made up his mind and immediately issued an order, ordering 30,000 men and horses of the Heavenly Dao Army to rush to the northwest to fight against Western Xia!