Whether the cannon can directly attack the city must be experimented, but Liu Zhenglong didn't look at it, he handed over the problem to Pan Yu, and he took the two beauties of Emperor Maode Zhao Fujin and Yunqingyu to start going north, this time towards Taiyuan. The reason why he was reluctant to stay was because the official family came to the holy decree, although he didn't say it directly, but the meaning in it was very clear, that is, to send Tong Guan back to the capital, and he must not be killed without permission. Obviously, there is something going on.

Liu Zhenglong really didn't know what was going on in the capital, but he knew that he had to go to Taiyuan quickly, and he had a lot of dreams at night, maybe something would happen if he delayed.

Taiyuan, the capital is just against the two armies of the Jin State, the west is Wanyan Zonghan, and the east is Wanyan Zongwang, these two can be said to be the double walls of the Jin State. For Liu Zhenglong, this time he could only fight against one of them, and in the end he chose a commander who was short-tempered and good at cavalry sneak attack warfare and annihilation warfare. As for the capital, anyway, this is the first time that the Jin State has invaded the Song Dynasty, and it can't conquer the capital, so there is no need to worry about it, on the contrary, the Taiyuan War is crucial.

The reason why Taiyuan was chosen, there is also a reason, the first Taiyuan defense battle, although in the Taiyuan prefect Zhang Chunxiao, the organization of the commander Wang Yu won the victory of defending the city, but the state capitals around Taiyuan were basically occupied by the Jin State, to put it bluntly, Taiyuan City became a lonely city. Not only that, the Jin State used the encirclement to annihilate a large number of Western troops, in a sense, it was to drag down the living force of the Great Song Dynasty, and finally when the Jin army went south for the second time, it was unable to rescue the capital, which caused the 'Jingkang shame', this time Liu Zhenglong wanted to do not keep Taiyuan, but also to keep the entire Hedong Road and clean up the gang of rebels Tianhu.

There is one thing that Liu Zhenglong will not tell anyone, that is, because of the problem of his own rebirth, history has produced a butterfly effect, and the Western Liao army marched eastward, approached Western Xia, and forced Yunzhou. Since the armies of Western Liao can join in, will the Jin State also make strategic adjustments? Liu Zhenglong didn't dare to gamble, so he could only take the most conservative plan, no matter how to say that the capital was the power center of the Great Song Dynasty, as long as the emperor was not stupid enough to surrender, the first Jin invasion of the Song Dynasty would definitely not be able to conquer the capital.

On the way to Taiyuan Mansion, Liu Zhenglong gave Yue Fei a secret order, asking him to send the war horses of Mu Huogang to Luoyang at all costs after the Jin army crossed the Yellow River, saying that he could not lose these war horses.

Historically, Li Gang, a civil servant, presided over the first defense of Tokyo and won the victory, but because he did not pay enough attention to the war horses, the 30,000 war horses of Mu Huogang were captured by the Jin army, so that the Song army could only use two legs to fight against the Jin national iron cavalry, and the result can be imagined.

I don't know if I don't want to meet Liu Zhenglong, or for other reasons, Tong Guan chose to leave the day before Liu Zhenglong arrived in Taiyuan, which was the first day of the seventh month of the seventh year of Xuanhe, and the army of the Jin State had embarked on the journey, nearly three months earlier than in history.

Zhang Chunxiao, the prefect of Taiyuan, was obviously not very interested in Liu Zhenglong, he didn't go out of the city to greet him at all, and claimed that he occasionally felt a cold in the hot July, and this excuse was obviously not good.

Wang Yu, the commander of the Taiyuan capital, personally led the Taiyuan city ten miles outside the city to greet him, after all, he was a military general, and he still had great respect for the invincible God of War of the Great Song Dynasty.

"The king of Taiyuan is under the control of the kingdom, and he pays a visit to the grandfather of the country." Although it is not appropriate to call Grandpa Guo, after all, it is only a lord, and it is not actually an official position, but Liu Zhenglong has not yet taken up the post of Xuanfu envoy of Hedong Road after all, in this case, it is not wrong for Wang Yu to be called like this. Of course, it's okay to call Liu Taiwei, but calling Guogong actually means defecting.

Liu Zhenglong carefully looked at Wang Yu, who was good at defending the city, and said after a long time: "Wang Tong, I don't know why Zhang Chunxiao, the prefect of Taiyuan, didn't come?" ”

You must know that Liu Zhenglong is now the second lieutenant, and Zhang Chunxiao, the prefect of the fifth grade, does not go out of the city to greet him, it is definitely a problem, if he is impeached, then he must not be able to eat and walk around. Besides, Liu Zhenglong himself is still the State of Qin, and he will immediately serve as the Xuanfu envoy of Hedong Road, and he is Zhang Chunxiao's top boss, how can he be so rude?

Wang Yu didn't want to give Zhang Chunxiao eye medicine, so he just stubbornly said: "Governor Zhang's mansion occasionally feels cold, so he entrusted the lower officials to come to greet Grandpa Guo." ”

"Okay, then the official will go and visit this sick number." Liu Zhenglong's tone was a little cold, obviously very dissatisfied with this excuse. If he goes to visit Zhang Chunxiao at this time, this prefect will come to an end. This is the rule of the game of the Great Song Dynasty officialdom, no matter who you are, you must abide by it, because no one likes to disobey discipline and disrespect superiors and subordinates.

When Wang Yu saw that something bad was going to happen, he hurriedly lowered his voice and said, "My lord, the lower officials have prepared a banquet, after we enter the city, shall I report to you first?" ”

"Reporting, no need, this official has not yet taken office, and now the king of Guangyang County is still the Xuanfu envoy of Hedong Road, at this time, the report is not good."

"The King of Guangyang?" Wang Yu snorted softly, and he said helplessly: "The king of Guangyang County ran away yesterday, and he was scared away. ”

"Scared away, what's going on?"

"Lord Qiqi, a few days ago, Jin Guo came as an envoy and asked the king of Guangyang County to cede Hedong Road and the city of Hebei Road to Jin Guo." Speaking of this, Wang Yu stabilized his emotions and said: "The king of Guangyang County asked Governor Zhang to discuss this matter with his subordinates, and at that time Governor Zhang said indignantly: "The Jin people betrayed the alliance, and the king should order the soldiers and horses of the world to resist with all their might, and now abandon it, it is to throw Hedong to the enemy." As soon as Hedong enters the hands of the enemy, what will Hebei do? The king of Guangyang County, who asked at that time, was speechless.

"Oh, I didn't expect Zhang Chunxiao to really have a literati temperament, by the way, what did the Tong Shufu envoy say at that time, after entering the city, you write it as it is, and the official will report to the court." Liu Zhenglong's tone was full of disdain, obviously despising Tong Guan.

At this time, Wang Yu understood that this time the Duke of Qin came to Taiyuan with a secret mission, it seems that it was to bring down the king of Guangyang County, which should be the meaning of the official family, since he didn't plan to hide anything, so he said: "At that time, the face of the king of Guangyang County was a little unbearable, and he angrily reprimanded Zhang Zhifu and said: "I Tongguan was ordered to Xuanfu, not to guard the territory." You will definitely keep me, what is the use of having a general? Zhang Xiaochun patted the table and sighed: "The county king has a very high prestige in his life, but when the matter comes, he cowers and fears, hugging his head and running away, how can he see the Son of Heaven again?" If Qin Guogong is here, it will definitely stop there. ”

Liu Zhenglong pointed at Wang Yu and said: "The last sentence was added by you, don't worry, this official is not so rat-bellied, and he won't trouble Zhang Chunxiao." ”

Wang Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief, and he continued: "The two quarreled for a long time, and finally the Privy Envoy Tong gave up compromising with Jin Jun, he wanted to leave, and I and Governor Zhang couldn't persuade him. In the end, Governor Zhang angrily reprimanded: "As an important minister of the country, you can't use your body to overcome difficulties, once you abandon the city and flee, what will you see in the world." In the future, all the soldiers and civilians on Hedong Road will be killed, and I, Zhang Chunxiao, will not leave Taiyuan. At that time, I was also deeply encouraged and rebuked loudly: "Even if my Wang Yu sheds the last drop of blood, he will try his best to ensure that Taiyuan is not lost." "After that, the envoy of Tong Shu took away 30,000 Shengjie troops, and the defenders of Taiyuan City are now less than 20,000, if the Jin army kills it, it will still be very difficult to defend the city, but rest assured, even if I die in battle, I will defend Taiyuan."

Liu Zhenglong waved his hand and said: "It's good that you have this heart, but defending the city is not just a matter of showing your heart." Once the Jin army goes south, even if Taiyuan Mansion is defended, what is the point, you must know that once the surrounding states and counties are conquered by the Jin army, then Taiyuan is an isolated city, and it is only a matter of time before it falls. This official this time to promote the Fuhe East Road, it is to rectify the defense and ensure that the Hedong Road is not lost. ”

Domineering, there may be only this jade-faced god of war in the world who has such domineering, Wang Yu has been studying the achievements of the army under Liu Zhenglong, and finally came to the conclusion that even if the god of war is white, and the soldier immortal Han Xin is reborn, it is nothing more than that. He firmly believes that as long as Liu Zhenglong Xuanfu Hedong Road, he must not be afraid of the Jin army.

Taiyuan City, this military town since ancient times, now looks a little shabby, the city wall is not even Jingzhao Mansion high, at most three zhang, the circumference of the city wall is only fifteen miles, it is not a big city, and its military status is extremely inconsistent. The moat was only two feet wide and only one foot deep, and it was only more than three feet deep.

Liu Zhenglong did not immediately invite Taiyuan City, and rode around the horse, followed by Wang Yu.

"Wang Tong, this moat needs to be widened to three or four zhang, the depth must be more than two zhang, and the water depth must be more than one zhang. In addition, let Zhang Chunxiao come to see me tomorrow, and if you haven't recovered yet, go to Jingzhao Mansion to recuperate. ”

Obviously, this is not the tone of discussion, if Zhang Chunxiao does not visit the official again, he will be placed under house arrest in Jingzhao Mansion, where is the place where Qin Guogong made his career, saying that he is going to recuperate, but in fact he is under house arrest, which Wang Yu is still very clear.

Wang Yu pondered for a moment and said: "My lord, the current Taiyuan Mansion has long been emptied by the Tong Shufu Envoy, and it is overstretched to do things, but the problem of the moat, I and Governor Zhang will definitely solve it as soon as possible." ”

Liu Zhenglong said categorically: "It's not as soon as possible, but it must be in place within ten days, money is not a problem, you arrange a banquet tonight, and your country's official will come to meet the local rich businessmen." The city wall is five feet high, the female wall and the arrow tower are added, and the urn city is repaired, and the pit is dug out of the ground between the urn city and the city wall. Now the official tells you that money is not a problem, you just need to organize people. Time waits for no one and must be completed within two months. Otherwise, you and Zhang Chunxiao's heads will be used to sacrifice the flag. Although there is no precedent for our dynasty to kill civil officials, but Zhu Mian, Wang Hao's head was killed by me, so you better not joke with that head. ”

"Yes." Wang Yu felt a cold sweat on his back, and Wang Tongguan of Guangyang County also said something similar, but he just listened to it at that time. But he knew that the Duke of Qin in front of him was not just talking, you must know that Zhu Mian is known as the 'King of the Southeast', with monstrous power, Wang Hao is the prime minister of the political hall, and he has been cut off by the young heat in front of him, what is it to have himself and the prefect Zhang?

"Alright, let's go into town."

In fact, Liu Zhenglong didn't want to kill Wang Yu to establish his authority, mainly because of the fire in his heart, the strongest Taiyuan city in history was burned by the stupid Song Taizong Zhao Kuangyi, you must know that this is the land of Tang Taizu Longxing, which is definitely easy to defend and difficult to attack. It's a pity that it's already a thing of the past, and now the scale of Taiyuan City is much smaller, and the sturdiness of the city wall is not enough.

After entering the city, Liu Zhenglong was busy arranging to move in, Wang Yu did not bother, he sent someone to arrange the evening banquet, and decided to visit Zhang Chunxiao in person.

After lunch, Liu Zhenglong said to Tao Zongwang: "You must pay more attention to the repair work of Taiyuan City this time, you must cooperate with the work of Zhang Zhifu and Wang Zhi, don't be afraid of spending money, you must repair it according to the plan we discussed before, and it must not be discounted." You have to stick to the issues of principle and not give in to their opinions. Of course, there is still the necessary respect for these two people. If Taiyuan City finally succeeds in resisting the Jin Army this time, it will be a great achievement, and the position of Langzhong in the Ministry of Industry will be booked for you. ”

"Lord, don't worry, the cloud mud (cement) we developed before will come in handy this time. I think the city wall of Taiyuan City is made of blue bricks, if the Jin army uses artillery fire, it is easy to have problems, or we use stones to build an inner city, then it will be much stronger. ”

Building an inner city? Taiyuan City is originally very small, and it will be even smaller to build an inner city, which is actually of little significance. Liu Zhenglong shook his head and said: "Building an inner city costs people and money, and it is useless, what if you build an outer city?" "Liu Zhenglong has always been generous in doing things, after all, he never thinks about money.

After pondering for a long time, the nine-tailed turtle Tao Zongwang said: "Building an outer city is too time-consuming, and it will take seven or eight months at the earliest, this is already the limit, and no matter how fast it is, the quality cannot be guaranteed. ”

"You estimate how much it will cost to build an outer city, day and night, manpower, money is not a problem. In this way, there is no need to strengthen the city wall, and there is no need to build an urn city, and a new urn city is formed between the original city wall and the new city wall. ”

Liu Zhenglong did not deliberately overturn the previous plan, mainly because he suddenly realized that the big stones around Taiyuan Mansion would be used by the Jin army to attack the city in the future. There is no way to destroy these stones, if the soldiers are transported hundreds of miles away, not to mention that the generals will be tireless, and the soldiers will also be passive and slack, that is too nonsense, only by building a city wall, can everyone be blocked. Even if it was Zhang Chunxiao, Wang Yu couldn't refuse.

Taiyuan City is too small, this is indeed beyond Liu Zhenglong's expectations, he knows that such a city in the face of the attack of the Jin State, it has indeed held on for more than eight months in history, but now that he has been reborn, maybe the butterfly effect will change a lot, what if it is overcome. To be honest, Liu Zhenglong was not confident in defending the city, he was afraid that something would go wrong, and on this trip to Taiyuan, he didn't bring his family at all, and left Emperor Maode Zhao Fujin and Yun Qingyu directly in Jingzhao Mansion.

The course of history has changed a lot, the Jin army invaded the Song Dynasty in October in history, and now it is only July, the Western Route army has begun to invade, and the Western Liao army may launch an attack on Yunzhou at any time, these are all things that Liu Zhenglong must consider.

Tao Zongwang pondered for a long time before he said: "It also takes five months to cultivate day and night, and it can't be faster, after all, it takes time to use a boulder, and as for the cost of at least 500,000 guan, or even more." ”

"A million times, three months." Liu Zhenglong waved his hand, signaling the other party not to speak, he only needs the result, as for the process is considered by Tao Zongwang, he said: "The manpower is considered by Zhang Chunxiao, the prefect of Taiyuan, and let 20,000 troops participate in the repair of the city wall." Ben Guan will issue a message, if the city wall cannot be repaired in three months, you, Zhang Chunxiao, and Wang Yu have all been executed. If there is any deception in the middle, destroy your three tribes. ”

Liu Zhenglong has always been a grace and power to his subordinates, and the reward makes the people below enthusiastic, feeling the grace of heaven, and the people who punish him are frightened and miserable.

Now it is very clear that to complete the task, Tao Zongwang is to serve as the Langzhong of the Ministry of Works, which is a step to the sky, and the budget will increase by 500,000, which can be regarded as a reward. But if something goes wrong, it's going to destroy the three tribes. When Liu Zhenglong employed people, he would first control his family, which was called the Zhulian Three Clans, to ensure that people would not flee because they were evading punishment.

Of course, all tasks are choices made by people at the time when they think clearly, and they can refuse if they can't be completed, but they must be completed once they are taken.

Tao Zongwang didn't speak, he didn't want to make the slightest mistake.

"You think about it carefully before answering, and go back and discuss it with Jiang Jing, the god operator." Liu Zhenglong knew that the matter was serious, and Tao Zongwang was not wrong to be cautious, it was better than a mistake in the project.

Tao Zongwang knelt on the ground and said: "If there is a team of 5,000 people responsible for transporting stones, and 20,000 people participate in the construction of the city wall at the same time, and the construction starts on all sides at the same time, it can be completed in four months, but in these four months, only one city gate and a water gate can be left to be responsible for external traffic, otherwise, you will kill my head, and it will not be completed." ”

"Okay, it's only four months, you don't want to sleep tonight, come up with a specific plan, and I'll arrange for Governor Zhang to implement it tomorrow." During this period, all the generals, the chief, do not obey the command, you have the right to directly kill them, and your own government will support you. ”

"Xiaguan is going to prepare."

Tao Zongwang has gone from a farmer to the current seven products, it can be said that it is all supported by Liu Zhenglong, this guy knows how to be grateful, works diligently, not to mention, and constantly improves himself.

After Tao Zongwang left, Zhu Wu, the military master of the divine machine, asked puzzledly: "Lord, if you spend so much trouble repairing Taiyuan City, I am afraid that the gains will outweigh the losses. Moreover, for such a large project, the city gate must be closed and the people will be restricted from entering and leaving the city, which will bring great pressure to the local government and there will also be hidden dangers to public security. Let's not talk about whether the prefect Zhang Chunxiao will resist it, the people below are not conducive to work, that is a very unstable factor. ”

"The money is paid out of the public by the country, and it does not need the approval of the government office." Liu Zhenglong looked at Zhu Wu, and he said helplessly: "You are thoughtful and resourceful, but your vision is not good, if there is something like this, Gongsun Sheng will definitely not ask me." If you only defend a Taiyuan city, there is no need to toss like this at all, and the national government has the confidence to defend it. However, the Duke of China wanted to defend not only Taiyuan City, but the entire Hedong Road, as well as assisting Liu Fa to defend Yunzhou, assisting Yelu Nanxian to fight against the Western Liao army, and defending Western Xia. Neither the troops nor the energy are enough. Therefore, Taiyuan City is not a question of whether to lose or not, but how to contain the army of Jinguo, its strategic significance is beyond your imagination. ”

There is another deep-seated reason for this, which Liu Zhenglong is reluctant to mention, that is, he has crossed over and produced a butterfly effect, many things that have not happened have happened, and the trajectory of historical progress is impossible to control. The Western Liao army intended to invade Western Xia, which was not in history, and the Jin army's westward expedition was also three months ahead of schedule. Whether this will change or not has become unknown. If you take the lead in defending Taiyuan City, then the Jin army will take Taiyuan City at any cost, which is beyond doubt. In case Marshal Jin Guodu Wanyan also twitched his head and gave up attacking the city, but pressed all the 200,000 Jin troops to Taiyuan City, then even if he had three heads and six arms, he would not be able to stand Taiyuan City.

What's even more terrifying is that the Jin army just surrounded Taiyuan City, and then concentrated its forces to attack the capital, in case the defense of the capital collapsed, what to do, these outsiders don't know, but Liu Zhenglong must take it into account, which is why he insisted on repairing the outer city of Taiyuan City.

Liu Zhenglong's biggest distress was that he knew what kind of destruction the Jin army would be when it went south, but he couldn't control the direction of the Jin army. In his opinion, Liu Zhenglong got up with the help of nepotism, in fact, there is no real material, this time he was able to successfully Xuanfu Hedong Road, not because of his ability, but because he was a court horse and a protégé of the Son of Heaven.

In fact, Zhang Chunxiao can't be blamed for misunderstanding Liu Zhenglong, in fact, the civil officials all over the world, especially the governors of the state capitals outside, look down on Liu Zhenglong even more in their bones, because they always firmly believe that the civil officials in the world, and they don't look down on leading troops to fight in their bones, and Liu Zhenglong does not have any great achievements in governing the country, and his two major reputations are despised by civil officials, one is invincible, and the other is greedy for money and lustful. The civil officials are pretentious, and they look down on the greedy and lustful people, as for the invincibility of the war, Di Qing, the god of war in the Northern Song Dynasty, was not forced to death by the civil officials in this way.

This time, Wang Tongguan of Guangyang County was afraid of war like a tiger, and was forced to flee in a hurry by the Jin army, which in itself made Zhang Chunxiao look down on him, and in this case, Liu Zhenglong, who came to Xuanfu Hedong Road, naturally would not be taken seriously by this pretentious civil official.

Zhang Chunxiao, who was pretending to be sick at home, was reprimanding his own pair of children, Zhang Zilong and Zhang Zilin, because these two thirteen or fourteen-year-old children were mindful of the jade-faced god of war, as if this man was the savior of the Great Song Dynasty, which he absolutely could not tolerate and would never allow.