It is taboo for a layman to lead an insider, Liu Zhongwu was afraid of Liu Zhenglong, a three-way defense envoy, to command the battle of the Zhuo Luo South Military Division, which was a common practice of the Song Dynasty's civilian officials and military commanders. However, he did not expect that this young civilian official would actually propose to go out and walk around, and did not participate in the battle at all, but only handed over the 300 cavalry, and gave his subordinates a chance to make meritorious contributions.

Of course, Liu Zhongwu knew what the other party meant, and he said to his son Liu Qi: "Liu Yuanjun's three hundred cavalry were selected from the 100,000 forbidden army, and they are the elite of the elite, and now I will hand it over to you, remember that you are only allowed to use it as a scout, and it must not be used to charge into battle, if there are casualties, it is not easy to explain to your father." ”

"Father, what is the use of that grandfather's army?"

"Confused, Liu Yuanjun handed over the cavalry to you, which means that he will report this military merit and will not be strangled by anyone. Okay, you personally led an army of 30,000 to attack the Zhuo Luo Nan Military Division, this battle is related to the future fate of Qin Fenglu, you must play the prestige of our Liu family's army. ”

Attacking the Zhuo Luo South Military Division, this is a very severe test for Liu Qi, he has never had experience in attacking the city, although the other side only has 5,000 people to defend, but if you want to conquer this military city halfway up the mountain, the difficulty factor is still very great.

In order to let his son win the victory, Liu Zhongwu told all the siege experience he knew, and mobilized the most elite team, with rich combat experience of partial generals, deputy generals, not only that, but all the siege equipment that could be brought with him, for this battle can be said to have spent blood, and the army responsible for transporting siege equipment and grain and grass weapons exceeded 5,000.

When Liu Zhenglong saw this scene, he didn't say anything, because the result of the war is the most important thing, and how much investment is not something that should be considered now.

After Liu Qi set off with the team, Liu Zhongwu said to Liu Zhenglong: "Don't be surprised by Liu Lingjun, my son has a set of leading troops to fight, but he has never experienced leading troops to attack the city alone." ”

"Experience is honed on the battlefield, and commanders still have to use their brains more than stick to experience. The national strength of our Great Song Dynasty is dozens or even hundreds of times stronger than that of Western Xia, but why can't we get cheap in war? When he said this, Liu Zhenglong paused for a moment and continued: "Many people say that there is a lack of horses, which is true, but is it not at all? In the battle of Shuofang, Richard's cavalry did not play to the advantage? War horses are only one aspect, in the final analysis, civil officials do not understand the war, military generals can't let go of war, they are timid, they want to win and are afraid of losing, this is the reason why the Great Song Dynasty has not been able to really win for a hundred years. A generation of war god Di Qing's depression ended, for the generals are a great blow, but also let the generals fight with a tight spell, the battle is very hard, but the reward is less pitiful, this is the fundamental reason for repeated defeats, what no war horses are, is it impossible to look at the cavalry riding horses to attack the city? ”

Liu Zhenglong said that Liu Zhongwu's heart was on the road, these words have been held in his stomach for many years, he didn't dare to say it, and he couldn't say it, but now that this civil official said it, he was full of emotion.

"I can't hide it, the official family sent me to the Western Front, there is only one purpose, that is, to transform the strong national strength into victory on the battlefield, the official family has prepared 10 million guan, and only hopes that the Western Army will play with real strength, here, I make a statement on behalf of the official family, as long as the victory is reported, as for the process, it belongs to you generals, and the official does not intervene, nor does he want to know. For example, in history, Bai Qikeng killed 450,000 Zhao troops, and what was written was the great victory of Qin in the Battle of Changping, laying the foundation for the unification of the six countries, and the defeat of Zhao was blown, sounding the horn of Zhao's death. Guan Yunchang flooded the Seventh Army, and history only remembered Guan Yunchang's victory. Don't know that, you know? ”

"I understand, and I will definitely live up to the expectations of the officials."

Liu Zhongwu now seems to understand the significance of Liu Zhenglong's coming to Western Xia, and also understands what the relationship between this three-way defense envoy and Tong Guan is, who should be the leader, and what he will do in the future.

In the past, if too much material was consumed on the battlefield, it would be difficult to pass in the Privy Council, and if you killed too much, you would be impeached, change the combat route without authorization, and the tactics would be punished. Now there is no more, as long as it is a victory, even if it is a slaughter of a city, even if it is the burning of a city, as long as it is a final victory, it is a hero, of course, defeat is a sinner.

Liu Zhongwu knew that since his son had already led the team to the expedition, it was not up to him to control the outcome of the battle, so he accompanied Liu Zhenglong to visit various places on Qinfeng Road.

Liu Zhongwu didn't know why Liu Zhenglong was walking around at all, he knew that Qinfeng Road was located in the northwest border, and it could be said that there was no fun place in the poor mountains and remote areas, so his first reaction was to check the garrisons everywhere, which was to understand the military situation of Qinfeng Road.

Qian, the reason why Liu Zhenglong came to Qinfeng Road to propose to come around is mainly in his memory, Qinfeng Road has silver mines, copper mines, coal mines and oil, which is what people said at that time. 20 million yuan in five years is not a small amount, if you want to achieve this goal, you can not just rely on business, you must open a mine, you must know that no matter what era, mining is a source of money.

In fact, as long as Qinfeng Road is under jurisdiction, Qinzhou and Fengzhou are two states, of course, the surrounding perimeter line also belongs to the defense range, adjacent to Xihe Road and Jingyuan Road. After all, Liu Zhenglong did not study geography, and the geographical location of the Song Dynasty was still very different from that of modern times, and he only knew that there were silver mines, copper mines, coal mines, and oil on the territory of Qinfeng Road, and it was not clear where they were. I don't know anything about geography and minerals.

Along the way, Liu Zhenglong said all his thoughts, of course, this is also an opportunity for Liu Zhongwu to make a fortune, after all, it is on this guy's territory, if he is not allowed to get involved, it will be too ugly.

"Liu Yuanjun, the mining has always been managed by the third division, even if the mine is discovered, what does it have to do with us?"

"The mines excavated on Qinfeng Road, Yongxing Military Road, and Xihe Road all belong to my three-way defense envoy Yamen, and I still have the privilege of making money, of course, only for five years. Forty percent of the mining in your territory will be used against military expenses if it belongs to you, of course, the reward for winning the battle, or my three-way defense envoy Yamen out, I don't know if Liu Defense can be satisfied? ”

"Of course I am satisfied." This condition is so generous, no matter how dissatisfied you are, you are a fool, it can be said that the wealth that fell from the sky is earned as much as you give, and it is forty percent far beyond Liu Zhongwu's expectations.

On the third day, Liu Zhenglong and Liu Zhongwu came to Longxian, where there was a mountain, according to the locals, there was a liquid that could be ignited by black paste, and the two of them went down with their men to check it.

Where have the peasants in the mountains seen such soldiers surrounding the officials, many of them were so frightened that they avoided it, only a middle-aged man with a big beard not only did not dodge, but also greeted him, he said as he walked: "Countrymen, I have not seen the world, and I hope the adults will forgive me." ”

"Who is your man's surname, why don't you come and meet the envoy." When Liu Zhongwu saw this man, he said: "This is Lord Liu, the defense envoy of Qinfeng Road, Xihe Road, and Yongxing Military Road, you don't hurry up and salute." ”

"Caomin Tao Zongwang wants to meet the two adults."

This Tao Zongwang is neither humble nor arrogant, in his opinion, these officials go to the countryside to harm the people, and there is no need to take it so seriously. He looked Liu Zhenglong up and down and said, "I'm afraid I'll disappoint my lord, there is nothing in the poor mountains and remote areas here." ”

"Presumptuous, don't be rude, do you talk to Shangguan like this?" Liu Zhongwu's nose was almost crooked, why is this guy so unpopular, he really doesn't need to clean up.

"You are the Nine-Tailed Turtle Tao Zongwang, and this official has heard of you."

Liu Zhenglong jumped off the horse, and he said with a smile: "Your cousin is under my command, I don't know if you are interested in having a future under this official?" Of course, everyone has their own ambitions, and this official doesn't force you, but today I mainly heard that there is a black liquid that can be ignited here, and I want to come and see it, I don't know if you can lead the way? ”

"It turned out to be Lord Liu, please forgive the recklessness of the grass people, and I will take you there." Tao Zongwang had long known about Liu Zhenglong's existence, and he also wanted to defect, but he had not been famous, so he was delayed, and since the other party was useful to his own place today, he also wanted to behave well.

Most of the oil is underground, but in the middle of the valley of this mountain there is oil and there is a lot of it, a lot, so much that it is outrageous. Tao Zongwang introduced this black liquid that can be ignited, and said to Liu Zhenglong: "My lord, there is a big silver mine behind this mountain, which I discovered when I entered the mountain a few years ago, but the local officials are too corrupt, so I didn't say anything about this mine. ”

Liu Zhongwu knew that Tao Zongwang was complaining, so he took the opportunity to replace the officials here with his own henchmen, so he said: "Regarding the officials who are corrupt and pervert the law, we must strictly investigate to the end and never tolerate them." ”

"Let's take a look at the silver mine first." In Liu Zhenglong's memory, it seems that this place has a silver mine that ranks among the top three in the country and has a super high purity, but he doesn't know the specific location, it seems that this is Tao Zongwang's name.

Silver mine, this is a silver vein, stretching for dozens of miles, it seems that it will not be developed for decades, so to speak, 20 million in five years should make a large proportion of this, Liu Zhenglong likes Tao Zongwang's name very much, and he also took this middle-aged man by his side.

The first step in the division of interests is to remove the magistrate and replace him with Liu Zhongwu's cronies, and Liu Zhenglong will come forward to negotiate with the three divisions to get the relevant official documents, only in this way can it be considered legal, otherwise it is a felony to bypass the three divisions without authorization. In the Great Song Dynasty, no one can open a mine to bypass the three divisions, and as for making money, it will be even more troublesome, and it will be regarded as a rebellion if you are responsible, and you will really want to destroy the nine clans.

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