Lu Ji looked embarrassed, and he was still laughing at this time, he really didn't know that the sky was about to fall. Zhao Goping retreated from others and handed Zong Ze's letter to Qu Ping to read. After reading it, Qu Ping didn't expect it to be so fast, and he hadn't heard about it along the way.

"Your Highness, we have already seen through all this, and now in addition to expressing our sorrows, we must still strive to strengthen ourselves and improve our prestige, so as to win the hearts of the people in the future and show our ambitions."

Zhao Gou thought to himself, this person is ambitious, and he must be a hero in troubled times, and he must take care of him. Otherwise, the sharper the blade, the easier it is to hurt yourself. Therefore, striking iron also needs its own hardness.

Zhao Gou said: "Or to put it mildly, this king was hypocritical just now. ”

Qu Ping also returned to him and said: "Your Highness has a heart of loyalty and filial piety, and you will definitely be able to be ashamed in the future." ”

Lu Ji greeted Qu Ping and asked, "Big brother, Your Highness has been thinking about you, what is the current situation on your side?" ”

Qu Ping glanced at Zhao Gou's longing eyes and said, "I successfully entered the Helan Five Tigers and subdued all of them, and currently have 5,000 soldiers and horses under my command. ”

Zhao Gou's expression was gloomy, and he said to himself: "It's only 5,000 people." ”

Qu Ping knew that the numbers were definitely not attractive enough, so he picked out the key points and magnified the coming and going of the matter, and heard that Qu Ping used just over ten days to train a team of 2,000 people to wipe out the same number of people in Erdu Mountain in minutes, and the difference in the proportion of casualties was huge, which surprised Zhao Gou and convinced Qu Ping at the same time.

"I didn't expect that I could not only train soldiers, but also use soldiers, it must be Han Xin's reincarnation to help this king." Zhao Gou warmly held Qu Ping's hand and said.

Qu Ping knew that Han Xin was a man who had derived dozens of idioms, and Zhao Gou was really embarrassed to compare himself to him. Qu Ping said: "In the name of His Highness, I formed an independent national self-help army, and I also made a promise to my subordinates, hoping that His Highness would allow it. ”

"I am also a generalissimo of soldiers and horses in the world, and today I will be named the marshal of the national self-help army as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and you can form your own troops and directly obey the orders of this king."

"Thank you, Generalissimo of the world, I will go to the soup and do my best for His Highness!"

Zhao Gou said: "Okay, when this king has real power, he will officially seal you in front of the Manchu Dynasty." ”

Lu Ji was envious and congratulated: "Congratulations to the eldest brother on his promotion to the handsome position." ”

Qu Ping patted him on the shoulder and said, "Serve Your Highness well, if you have a brother who eats meat, you will inevitably drink soup." ”

Everyone was overjoyed, and after the tea and dinner, Zhao Gou invited Qu Ping to play chess together, and Qu Ping said that I don't know how to play Go, only chess. Zhao Gou said that chess has been around since the pre-Qin period, and we should have a good fight. The two played a few games, but Lu Ji was bored with it, so he excused himself and walked away.

Seeing that there was no one around, Zhao Gou took a sip of tea, stared at the chessboard and said: "This king was originally going to play Go, but now he is playing chess with you, and the choices in life are sometimes really strange." ”

Qu Ping knew that his drunkard did not mean to drink, and set up the cannon general, and said: "General! In the peaceful and prosperous times, it is good to play Go, just one around and one to eat, but when the turmoil is turbulent, you have to play chess, you not only mobilize people from all walks of life, weigh the trade-offs, but also see your handsome position, not to mention, yours is handsome, mine is the general. ”

Zhao Gou walked away from the chess between the cannon and the handsome, and said: "Although I am handsome, your pawn may also cross the river and eat my handsome." ”

"Your Highness, if the carriages and horses are complete, how can I eat your handsomeness." Qu Ping ate Zhao Gou's horse with one shot, "If two people play chess, one person compromises with the other party as soon as he comes up, and obviously sends him a son to eat, the other party wins every game, and he can't show his strength." Tang Taizong even dared to use Li Jiancheng's Wei Zheng, and Han Xin was also the general of the overlord of Western Chu, but Han Xin ended up being a cunning rabbit and a dead lackey. ”

Zhao Gou said: "A stool has four legs, one leg is shorter and can be stable, but if one leg has a stool, it may fall." ”

"It depends on how you put this stool," Qu Ping said, "Your Highness, please relax, since I was a child, I want to realize my ambitions, and at worst, I want to be able to regain the mountains and rivers and restore the prosperity of my Great Song Dynasty." ”

"It seems that I have lived the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and I apologize to you for what I just said. To borrow what you said, if I Zhao Gou eats meat, there will be a time when you Qu Ping drinks soup. ”

Qu Ping said: "I want to remove the bones inside first and drink the soup." ”

Zhao Gou said: "Okay, I will give you a good knife." ”

Lu Ji came over with a pot of tea at this time and said, "What are you talking about, it's meat and knives." ”

Qu Ping said: "We are saying that tonight it is better to eat roast whole sheep and cut the meat with a quick knife." ”

After this conversation, the distance between the two sides became closer.

During this time, Qu Ping stayed in Xiangzhou, and Zhao Gou pointed out the country on the panoramic map, analyzed the current situation, and inspected the terrain and people's conditions in Xiangzhou together. After Zong Ze led the troops away, the barracks were empty, Qu Ping flew a pigeon legend, and pulled all the national self-help troops of Helan Mountain into the barracks, and now there are 8,000 people after continuous efforts, except for Li Cailian's four tigers, who have been the commanders of the army. Qu Ping took the former members of the military committee to meet with Zhao Gou, the king of Kang, and this army evolved from a bandit to finally become a legitimate regular army.

On the school ground, Zhao Gou inspected the 8,000 national self-help troops standing neatly and neatly, and the soldiers were silent, and there was a domineering spirit forced out.

Zhao Gou nodded and said, "Okay, this is the true character of my big Song man." If everyone can wear armor, it will be even more heroic. Anyway, tomorrow you go to the arsenal and find out how much armor you have left, and equip them all. ”

Li Cailian said: "Your Highness, I have checked it before, and there are only three thousand sets of armor, among which there are many old and defective products. "Li Cailian is now a marquis of Duyu by His Royal Highness, and she is still in charge of logistics.

Zhao Gou was silent for a moment, he didn't expect that weapons and equipment were so scarce, he said: "Li Duyu Marquis, you don't let you shave your eyebrows, it's really hard for you." ”

"It is our honor to serve His Highness and my Great Song Dynasty." Li Cailian said.

Zhao Gou said: "We must increase the production of weapons and equipment, and use extraordinary means to put all the mining and iron-striking in Xiangzhou City into logistics, and you will be under your control, and we must ensure that all the soldiers have a set of weapons and armor." If the funds are insufficient, the king will find a way. ”

Qu Ping shouted to the soldiers at the right time: "Soldiers, have you heard, Your Highness is all thinking about your safety, your ambition will not die, the country will not die, and the nation will not die!" ”

The soldiers shouted: "The ambition will not die, the country will not die, and the nation will not die!" ”

Zhao Gou waved his hand to greet the soldiers and whispered, "A tiger and wolf lion like this, it would be better to have more." ”

Qu Ping said: "There are not many soldiers but fine, with the wise leadership of His Royal Highness, we will definitely grow." ”

"I want to beat up the gold thief right away." Zhao Gou sighed.

"There will be such a day." That's what everybody says.

In the two months here, Qu Ping has already started to raise a batch of carrier pigeons, and every spy who goes out on a mission or a general who sends troops out of the army must bring at least one carrier pigeon with him to send back the latest news at any time. In the future, it is necessary to comprehensively roll out the intelligence network.

A soldier sent a message, and Qu Ping laughed after reading it: "Your Highness, there will be a chance soon." ”

Zhao Gou said, "Oh? I would like to hear about it. ”

"Tomorrow, there will be a grain transport unit of the Jin Army passing through Xiangzhou, and it is the time to perform for His Highness."

Zhao Gou said: "Okay! I didn't expect that in just a few months, the intelligence network was already so powerful. ”

Qu Ping said: "Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles." These are the eyes of His Highness. ”

The next day, on the mountains on both sides of the narrow road where the Jin army's grain and grass team must pass, Jiang Boyan and Chen Chong each ambushed 2,000 people in the bushes, just waiting for the Jin army to enter the pocket urn to catch turtles.

Qu Ping led Zhao Gou, as well as Qing Xuanzi, Wang Zhiquan, Li Cailian, Lu Ji and others with a small army to protect King Kang Zhao Gou, and they wanted to sit on the mountain here to watch the play.

Qing Xuanzi said: "After Qu Dashuai's teaching, our combat strength has been reborn, and this thousand-person grain transportation team is simply not enough to stuff the teeth. ”

Qu Ping said: "The road must be taken step by step, the meal must be eaten one bite at a time, we must always be around the leadership of His Royal Highness King Kang, accumulate a lot, accumulate steadily, learn to be patient, grasp the opportunity, in order to win more with less, step by step, and strive for a comprehensive victory." ”

Zhao Gou said: "Haha, it's beautiful! I heard that you still have some other political lessons, is that all you can do? ”

Wang Zhiquan replied: "Marshal Qu taught us that we must guide military battles with firm thinking and unswerving conviction, and every soldier must have an ambition and a tiger courage, and a fearless heart will create an invincible body." ”

Zhao Gou laughed and said, "It's interesting, I want to listen to it when I have the opportunity." ”

Saying this, I have seen that the Jin army's grain transportation team has slowly entered the encirclement, and Zhao conceived that two thousand soldiers would raid a thousand grain transportation team, and the other party would have to damage two or three hundred people if they were all wiped out.

Zhao Gou and the others stared intently at the place where the battle was about to start, but Qu Ping and the others were there, knowing in their hearts that they had already settled on the other side's troops. After all, this way of fighting has been practiced dozens of times.