Zhao Kuangyin won the country is not right, so he is also on guard against his generals in every way, the country's elite are all transferred to Kaifeng near the forbidden army to become a forbidden army, the implementation of the policy of strong cadres and weak branches, it can be said that the forbidden army has not practiced martial arts for many years, and the armament has long been relaxed, but the border army of Hebei and the northwest has been stationed on the border all the year round, and from time to time there are conflicts with enemies outside the country, and have maintained a strong combat effectiveness.

However, in order to prevent the local army from making chaos, the Great Song Dynasty began to use the policy of civil and military affairs, and the power in the hands of the military generals was seriously weakened, and they were only responsible for training troops in peacetime, and there was no power to mobilize the army at all.

It can be said that through the above series of policies, the hands and feet of the generals are almost all tied, even if they are in charge of the army, but they can't do anything, such as the Great Yanlin Rebellion of the Liao State, the Liao State transferred the main force of the border army to quell the chaos, it can be said that as long as the Song army pushes over, there is almost seventy or eighty thousand sure that the main force of the Liao State will recover Yanyun before the main force of the Liao State returns.

However, it is a pity that generals in the border army like Huyan Shouxin have no right to transfer troops at all, and the reported twists and turns are not taken seriously, of course, the most important thing is that Liu E does not want to fight, she just needs to guard the country handed over to her by Zhao Heng, not to mention the civilian officials, they have always sought stability, coupled with the need to suppress the generals, after all, if there is a war, the generals may borrow military merits to get ahead, which is something that the interest groups of civilian officials do not want to see.

Thinking of the above, Li Zhang couldn't help sighing, but now it's useless to think about this, Da Yanlin has been arrested, the main army of the Liao State has also begun to retreat, and the Great Song Dynasty has no chance to send troops again.

After Fu Bi and others arranged the mission, they also immediately found Li Zhang, and then went to the banquet under the warm greeting of Huyan Shouxin, this time in order to pick up Li Zhang, Huyan Shouxin also invested a lot of money, and even invited a chef from Zhending Mansion, after all, Suicheng is a small city, and there are no big restaurants, and if you want to eat something good, you have to go to the nearby big city.

Li Zhang didn't be polite to Huyan Shouxin, don't look at the military generals of the Great Song Dynasty, but they are not bad at all, the salary of the civil officials of the Great Song Dynasty is high enough, but the salary of the military generals of the same level is higher than that of the civil officials, this is also the rule set by Zhao Kuangyin at the beginning, since the military generals are deprived of their powers, they can only be compensated from the financial aspect, such as the generals like Huyan Shouxin, who guard the city alone, just his salary, even if the Huyan family does not do business, it is enough to live a very nourishing life.

However, Li Zhang doesn't like to drink, and Hu Yan knows this better than anyone else, so he let his men pour other people, and he chatted with Li Zhang while eating, Li Zhang is not only interested in the intelligence of Liao, but also interested in the situation in Hebei, after all, he hopes that one day he can let the Great Song Dynasty recover Yanyun, and even further destroy Liao, and Hebei is the front station to attack Liao.

"Brother Li, don't look at our small city, but this is the place where Yang Yanzhao and General Yang were stationed back then, and they have defeated the army of the Liao State several times!" Hu Yan Shouxin was also a little drunk at this time, and after introducing the situation near Hebei, he suddenly pointed to his feet and smiled.

"That old General Yang of Tianbo Yang Mansion?" Li Zhang's eyes lit up when he heard Hu Yan's words.

The Yang family will be the one he is most familiar with, and Yang Liulang is his childhood idol, but it is a pity that Yang Liulang has passed away when he crosses, but his son Yang Wenguang is still alive, and Yang Wenguang is Yang Liulang's grandson, but in the official history, they are actually father and son, so after all, they can't really be seen as history books.

"That's right, it's the old general Yang, I have to call the other party an uncle, Suicheng here is where he was stationed, in the second year of Xianping, the Liao army suddenly attacked, Suicheng soldiers are few and there is no preparation, but General Yang Lao organized the soldiers and civilians in the city to defend the city desperately, countless times to repel the attack of the Liao soldiers, and then the Liao army attacked the city at any cost, seeing that the city wall of Suicheng was going to hold on, as a result, General Yang had an idea, and let people splash water on the city wall, when the weather was cold, and built an ice city overnight, The forced Liao army was helpless and finally had to retreat. When Hu Yan Shouxin mentioned Yang Liulang's original exploits, his face also showed a look of yearning.

Li Zhang also knows Yang Yanzhao's deeds very well, and naturally knows the story of Bingcheng's retreat from the enemy, but the records in the history books are relatively brief, and Li Zhang is not specialized in studying history, so he doesn't know in detail, and he also inquired again at the moment: "Brother Huyan, what else do you know about General Yang, tell me about it." ”

"That's too much, when General Yang was stationed in Suicheng for many years, and also repelled the Liao army here several times, the most famous of which was in Yangshan, not far from Suicheng, where it was originally called Yangshan, when General Yang also defeated the Liao army there, so the local people in order to commemorate him, Yangshan was renamed Yangshan......"

Hu Yan Shouxin said that he told Yang Yanzhao's deeds again, Li Zhang also listened to it with relish, Suicheng is already the border between the Great Song Dynasty and the Liao State, and then the north is about to enter the territory of the Liao State, so Li Zhang also plans to rest here for two days, and today he heard Yang Liulang's deeds, which made him very interested, so in the end, he and Hu Yan Shouxin agreed that tomorrow the two of them will go to Yangshan together for a turn, which can be regarded as a tribute to the old General Yang.

However, when Li Zhang and Hu Yan Shouxin were talking, Fu Bi and others were unlucky, Hu Yan Shouxin called a lot of generals in the army to accompany the wine, and as a result, all of the rough men in the army were too drunk, and Fu Bi's group of civilian officials were not their opponents at all, and now they were all drunk, and many people began to shake even when they sat on chairs.

By the time the banquet was over, none of Fu Bi and the others could stand, of course, Hu Yan Shouxin's gang of generals were similar, they were usually forbidden in the army, and this time they were finally able to break the vows, so they naturally had to have a good drink, and in the end, the banquet was also a mess, Hu Yan Shouxin himself was also drunk, and Li Zhang could only let the soldiers outside send these people back to their respective residences one by one.

Early the next morning, Hu Yan Shouxin came to Li Zhang again lively, I have to say that the physical fitness of people who practice martial arts is good, I drank so much yesterday, but today it is still not affected in the slightest, which is really admirable.

Hu Yan Shouxin knew that Li Zhang was going to stay in Suicheng for two more days, so he planned to take him around the city today, especially since they made an appointment to go to Yangshan yesterday, so after he found Li Zhang and had breakfast, he first introduced the situation in Suicheng to Li Zhang.

Although Suicheng is a small city, it is the military town of the Great Song Dynasty on the border, because this is the north gate to enter the Zhending Mansion, if the Liao army wants to attack the Zhending Mansion, it must pass through here, so from the beginning of the establishment of the Great Song Dynasty, there is an elite soldier stationed here, it was Yang Yanzhao at the beginning, and now it is the musketeer of Huyan and his promise.

It's still early, so Huyan Shouxin took Li Zhang to introduce him while walking in Suicheng, when the musketeers were expanded to two supernumerary armies, each musket army of 3,000 people, the musket army on the Hebei side was led by Huyan Shouxin, and his 3,000 musket troops are now all stationed in Suicheng, and they have also fought with the Khitan cavalry who went south before, and in the face of the elite firearms troops, the Khitans also suffered a big loss, so in the past two years, even if the Khitans go south, they will not choose the direction of Suicheng.

"Now the musket army has made a name for itself in Liao, resulting in the two years that the musket army has no battle to fight, the top saw that the musket is so sharp, and has written to the imperial court many times to want to add a musket army in other armies, but the imperial court is in the name of too much musket to build, only two armies have been added, plus me and Brother Cao's two musket army, there are only 11,000 people in total, it looks like a lot, but there are too many places that my Great Song needs to be stationed, and this person can't affect the overall situation at all." When Hu Yan Shouxin said to the end, his face also showed a little angry.

Li Zhang also sighed when he heard this, he was imprisoned the year before, and he didn't know much about the outside world, and he didn't have contact with other people after he came out, mainly because he was afraid that Liu E would be too careful, so Cao Wei and others didn't dare to visit, so he didn't know much about the situation in the outside world, let alone the expansion of the army's musket army, but if you think about it carefully, it is normal for the imperial court to refuse the expansion of the musket army.

The cost of the musket is indeed higher than that of ordinary weapons, and the maintenance of the later period also requires a lot of costs, compared to later, the cost of cold weapons such as swords is much lower, plus the musket is a new weapon, even if the power of the musket has been proved in the army, but for the imperial court, it still does not dare to take too much risk to replace the sword with a musket, after all, for a country, stability is far more important than anything.

"This matter is not urgent for the time being, maybe there will be a few more victories in the future, and then the imperial court will understand that muskets are the mainstream of the future battlefield." Li Zhang could only open his mouth to comfort in the end.

"It can only be like this, but I'm afraid it will be difficult to have any big battles on the Hebei side, now it's up to Brother Cao's side." When Hu Yan Shouxin said the end, he couldn't help but sigh again.

"There should be a fierce battle in the northwest, Li Yuanhao of the party item has revived, and he is about to unify the party item, some time ago I heard that Brother Cao received an order from the imperial court to attack the party item, hoping to delay the pace of party unification, and I don't know what is going on now?" When Li Zhang mentioned the party item, his heart was also quite heavy.

However, as soon as Li Zhang's words fell, he saw that Hu Yan Shouxin slapped his head and said: "I almost forgot, I just received news from the northwest two days ago, Brother Cao, and the results of their attack on the party have come out!" ”