Qu Ping thought for a while and said, "Don't cut off your hands, you can handle other personnel lawsuits!" However, in order to exhort the people to abide by the law and rules, you will be punished for three months to promote traffic safety and manage traffic in Yingtian City. Would you like to? ”

"The little ones are willing, the little ones are willing. Thank you for your kindness! "Cheng Guan is unwillingly forgiven.

Another thing is that Lu Ji and his group of technicians have successfully developed powerful artillery shells. To be exact, it was just a bomb, because it was still buried in the ground and had not yet been loaded into a cannon and fired. At present, the country vigorously explores mineral deposits, the state controls factories and mines, and rigorously private mining, which makes metal minerals highly centralized and unified control, and greatly exerts the effective use of mineral metals. Good steel should be used on the edge of the knife. With the logistics of metal deposits, the stiff texture of the cannon chamber is not far away!

This is great news. Zhao Gou ordered people to work overtime to transport materials, and the personnel worked day and night to develop and test, and they must fire the earth-shattering first shot in three months, that is, in October! In addition, the whole country searched for reserves of nitrate and developed gunpowder. Qu Ping proposed to dig deep holes in Sijing and strategic places to accumulate grain, and set up trebuchets and bed crossbows on the highlands of various transportation arteries, including rivers, to strictly protect the integrity of every inch of river land from being violated.

While the courtiers felt that the defense was solid, there was a subtle sign that a storm was coming. This is a major event that moves the people, and it is by no means an overnight thing.

In September, it is autumn, the weather is dry, the autumn wind is whisking, and it is already a little cool in the morning and evening. It is the season of harvest, but also the season of withered leaves.

Today was not the day of the last dynasty, but the emperor received the news of Liu Xiaochen and Li Changyou who were far away in the Western Regions, so he immediately summoned Qu Ping and Li Gang to the palace to discuss.

This letter from afar was received by Qu Ping and handed over to the emperor.

Zhao Gou handed the letter to Li Gang: "Aiqing, take a look first." ”

Li Gang read it carefully, returned the letter to the emperor, and said: "Congratulations to the Holy Lord, the emperor has lived up to his wishes, Liu Xiaochen and Li Changyou finally got rid of the pursuit of the Western Xia, went west out of the Yumen Pass, and accepted the power of the Uighurs. Now looking at the east and west of the Central Plains, just waiting for the Western Regions to be connected, you can have the opportunity to reproduce the prosperous land of the Tang Dynasty! ”

Qu Ping said: "Master Li, don't say it too early! Although these two men subdued the Uighurs with wisdom and courage, the Uighurs were already lost dogs, and their strength was worrying, and with Western Xia in the east and Western Liao in the northwest, they could be killed like ants in their hearts at any time. ”

"In other words, the situation is not optimistic!" Zhao Gou said, "Now that Western Xia and my Great Song Dynasty have diplomatic relations, it is difficult for our army to come to the rescue through Western Xia." ”

"It's not impossible!" Qu Ping whetted their appetite, and then said, "Our army can send out a team of elite cavalry, follow the model of opening up the Longyou capital to protect the mansion, go west to Xining, in the name of regaining Longyou, although the Western Xia is not good with our Great Song Dynasty, but it will not go south to intercept our army, so as not to increase hostility." At that time, repeat the land of Longyou, and then join Li Changyou. ”

Li Gang said worriedly: "The mountain roads between the two places are blocked, I'm afraid that when you get there, Liu Xiaochen and Li Changyou may have encountered an accident!" ”

"That requires our army to race against time, and whoever takes the lead first will win." Qu Ping said.

Zhao Gou said: "In Aiqing's opinion, who can take on this responsibility? ”

"Wu Juejun had a nose before, if it weren't for Wu Jue himself, I'm afraid it would be difficult to complete this mission." Qu Ping analyzed, "However, if General Wu personally leads the troops out of the fortress, I am afraid that the northwest will not be able to leave him!" ”

"Han Shizhong, Yue Fei and Liu Guangshi guarded the north, and they couldn't leave an inch, and the others, only Zhang Jun, and Zhang Li......" Zhao Gou counted them one by one.

Qu Ping interrupted Zhao Gou and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is better for the minister to personally lead the troops!" Because, compared to other generals, Li Changyou can listen to the words of the ministers better. ”

Li Gang was stunned and said, "General Qu wants to go in person?" ”

Qu Ping looked at Zhao Gou firmly, Zhao Gou thought for a while, and said: "Aiqing will definitely be able to succeed immediately, but Aiqing only came back from the north in May, and the Duchess of Guo is pregnant, I really can't bear to let you out." Moreover, now that Aiqing is the backbone of the country, my right-hand man should be in charge, how can I take risks alone? ”

Li Gang also persuaded: "What the Holy Lord said is extremely right, why don't General Qu give up the opportunity to others." ”

"It's not that I'm reckless, I don't trust others, I don't give others a chance, I'm afraid that others won't be able to grasp the great opportunity, and they will mislead the country and themselves." Qu Ping cut the railway, "I hope the emperor will allow the ministers to lead the troops to the west!" Since Li Changyou suffered because of me, he naturally had to clean up this mess. If you can successfully subdue Li Changyou, Western Xia can slowly figure it out! ”

This game of chess is not insignificant.

Emperor Zhao Gou grabbed Qu Ping's arm and said gratefully: "Anyway, I really don't know how to thank you!" If you are a bystander, you must ask, you are already in a high position, I don't know what else to do? ”

"All the pictures are just the sun and the moon shining on my Han land, and the pitch is all my people! May the country be stable forever, and the people will be prosperous for generations! Qu Ping said longingly.

Li Gang said: "The heart of Yongguo Gong's fist is really embarrassing for the old man!" ”

Zhao Gou said: "The mind has been decided, I only have full support, the country's manpower and material resources, you can choose!" ”

"No need, it's enough for me to have the old troops of the Gyeonggi Road Army!"

"It's good! Then Aiqing can rest assured, I will take care of your house! ”

"Emperor Xie!"

Zhao Gou turned to say: "Besides, the doctor Tang Shenwei you introduced to me last time is really clever, and I will tell you a good news, Wu Guifei, I am happy!" ”

"Congratulations to the Emperor! Congratulations to the Emperor! Qu Ping and Li Gang congratulated.

"Don't worry, if you have a capable person, I will definitely use it again! Talent is the foundation of national rejuvenation! ”

"The emperor is a blessing to the world!" Qu Ping said.

Three-six-nine, go out. On September 29 of the second year of Jianyan, Si Tianjian pinched his fingers to watch the stars at night, and today was a good day for sending troops. Qu Ping said goodbye to Xiao Lu in the morning, and told her to take good care of herself, let everyone in the mansion take care of pregnant women and children, abide by their duties, and don't cause trouble in their lives just because they are people in the Guogong Mansion.

"Take care of yourself when you're away from home! Where there is life, there is hope. Xiao Lu helped Qu Ping tidy up the already neat armor on his body.

Wu Zhishen said: "My lord, you can rest assured that when you go out, the poor monk will protect the safety of his wife!" ”

Steward Huang was holding the little white dragon on the side, touching its face, and said, "Little white dragon, you have to protect the master!" ”

Qu Ping nodded, said goodbye to everyone, took Wang Chongyang out of the house, and rode straight to the west gate of Yingtian City.

Zhao Gou took hundreds of officials outside the city gate, waiting to see Qu Ping off. The 10,000 elite horsemen were already ready to go, and Jiang Boyan and Wang Zhiquan rode horses to lead the team, waiting for the departure order. Qing Xuanzi and other generals were looking forward to it not far away, and told the brothers who were about to travel far away with their eyes: "While you win glory for the country, you must also protect yourself and protect the handsome, we are at home!" ”

Qu Ping took Wang Chongyang to the front of the army and nodded to greet Jiang Boyan and Wang Zhiquan. Qu Ping gave an order, and the whole army got off their horses with a bang, kneeling on one knee, Qu Ping reported loudly to the emperor: "The ministers have been assembled, please review the emperor!" ”

"Flat!" Zhao Gou's face was filled with excitement, "With such a mighty and majestic army led by General Qu, it will definitely be able to succeed immediately, and I am waiting for your good news!" I ordered Qu Ping to be the generalissimo of the expedition to the west, the army is outside, everything is in power, I hope you will recover and triumph! ”

"This commander will not dishonor the emperor's order!"

Qu Ping led the soldiers to get on the horse, and Zhao Gou ordered: "The whole army is leaving!" ”

"Be loyal to the country and live up to your mission!" The whole army shouted.

Qu Ping led the army to leave under the expectations of the emperor, ministers and the people. The official road of the Great Song Dynasty is smooth and spacious, and it has been repaired several times along the way, and it will take a few days to arrive at the Shaanxi Road under the jurisdiction of Wu Jue.

Wu Jue followed Qu Ping's subordinates in Qinzhou, and he took his generals to come over quickly to meet Qu Ping, and said with a smile: "Lord Guogong has come from afar, and it has been hard." Ben General has already prepared a wine to catch the wind and wash the dust for the whole army! ”

Wu Jue was originally a frontier general with profound qualifications, and he should have been the person the most relied on by the imperial court, but now he let a young man step on his head. Although the Wu family is a double master, it is difficult to guarantee that there is no resistance in his heart. Especially the descendants behind him, their eyes flickered, and there were a few who were not angry. In addition, Wu Ting was choked back by Xixia, and it stands to reason that the emperor should let Wu Jue come out, but he didn't expect it to be handed over to Qu Ping in the end. It's really the first month near the water.

Qu Ping knew that there must be people in the Wu clan who didn't like him, so he humbly led his generals to get off the horse early and quickly greeted Wu Jue.

Qu Ping said: "General Wu has a heart!" If it weren't for the emperor's need for General Wu to deter Western Xia here, this drudgery would be General Wu's departure! The emperor was relieved that there was no general Wu guarding the northwest border, and it was difficult for others to take on this position, so he had to order Qu to go to the Western Regions. ”

When Wu Jue heard that the emperor relied on him so much, he was overjoyed, and his face was even more wrinkled, and he said: "Lord Guogong is serious, this general is not old, and he will definitely live up to the high expectations of the saint!" ”

"General Wu can call me Qu or General Qu, and the general will call me Guogong, which is really frustrating." Qu Ping said.

Wu Jue and the others saw that Qu Ping was not behaving in the slightest, and their good feelings gradually increased.

After Qu Ping's department finished eating lunch in Wu Juezhi's office, Qu Ping asked Wu Jue to let each of his subordinates prepare 30 catties of white rice on the horse, no longer stayed, bid farewell to Wu Jue, and led his troops to embark on the road of the western expedition again. In order to take care of Wu Jue's feelings, Qu Ping also brought his most capable nephew Wu Ting with him, which can be regarded as a credit to him.