The development of the city is not achieved overnight, and even what the future of the navy will be, Zhao Xin does not know, but when he has the ability, he still tries to prepare as much as possible.

Similar to overpasses, ring expressways, these, there is no way to use them for the time being, and there is no need for this, but this open community and the method of connecting the trunk line and the branch line is still a more suitable method.

It doesn't take too much effort, it's just that when you plan, you can plan well.

In a few months, the development of the Dinghai Navy came to an end, and at this time, on the Mongolian steppe in the distance, it was a fierce army.

From May, after the Liao State was killed by Yuan Hao and Liao Xingzong was furious, the two sides were ready to fight, and with the full support of the Northern Song Dynasty and the help of the Zhou family, Zhou Zhengxiu also successfully entered the position.

Zhou Zhengxiu's level can't directly join Liao Xingzong, and his level can't make great strides, but he defected to Xiao Hui, the privy envoy of the Northern Yuan.

This nobleman from the descendants of the Liao State can be said to be outstanding in war, 61 years old this year, he is old and strong, not only a single privy envoy of the Northern Yuan, but also a general in the army.

The difference between the Liao State and the Northern Song Dynasty is that the clan and tribal system still occupies the absolute upper hand, and without the backing of clans and tribes, there is no way to support his advance.

Zhou Zhengxiu himself is an outstanding talent, otherwise the entire Liao State would not be famous, some nobles are co-opted, among them, there are Xiao Hui's sons and nephews, with the help of them, put into Xiao Hui's command, with the military is good at it, and at the same time, it also took out substantial benefits, worth 300,000 yuan of ordnance.

A small Zhou family, taking out so much, looks a little scary, but the Zhou family is also a deep-rooted family, and at the same time, this is the price of Liao.

In terms of the price of 80 wen per catty of iron in the Northern Song Dynasty, in Liao, a catty of iron almost exceeded 400 wen, which was 8 times that of the Northern Song Dynasty and 100 times that of the current Dinghai naval smelter.

In order to win trust, most of them are weapons, almost, that is, equivalent to the Northern Song Dynasty, 40,000 weapons, hundreds of sets of sophisticated full-body armor, and a batch of sophisticated equipment.

In other words, such large-scale ordnance could not flow into the Liao State at all, the Liao State and the Western Xia were on horses, and they controlled the Northern Song Dynasty, and correspondingly, the Northern Song Dynasty was also on the iron, and they were controlled, although there was smuggling, they were all civilian products, and the performance indicators were far behind.

The Zhou family took it out, in fact, it was the Imperial City Division through various methods to get it to the Liao State, such a batch, enough to equip 1000 elite cavalry equipment, and it is also heavy cavalry, which immediately got Xiao Hui's attention, Xiao Hui directly promoted Zhou Wenxiu to Pingzhang, responsible for counselor military affairs.

When the entire Liao State was mobilized, Xiao Hui was also ordered to be the vanguard, and he had to carry 7,000 men and horses from his headquarters to serve as the vanguard.

However, at this time, due to Zhou Wenxiu's donation, there were more than 9,000 people in Xiao Hui's headquarters, of which a team of 1,000 people was specially assigned for Zhou Wenxiu to lead.

Zhou Wenxiu is also worthy of being carefully cultivated by the Northern Song Dynasty, not only proficient in scribes, but also proficient in force, in just half a month, he trained this half of the recruits and 1,000 people like an elite, and at the same time, he also proposed to Xiao Hui that the terrain should be trained purposefully.

As a historian, Zhao Xin is quite familiar with the history of the Northern Song Dynasty, which determined the war trend of the entire Northern Song Dynasty.

Even so, the Liao State may not be defeated at that time, and when Yuan Hao took advantage of the sneak attack on peace, Xiao Hui still resisted quite resolutely.

But at the critical moment, a strong wind suddenly appeared and blew towards the Liao State, because of the belief in the power of ghosts and gods, the Liao State army was in chaos, and it was finally defeated.

Even if supplies are provided, so that in the war between Liao and Western Xia, it is an all-round play, and this problem cannot be solved, and it will be given in vain.

Zhao Xin specifically mentioned this problem, Zhou Wenxiu also attached great importance to it, similar customs, he also knew, he specially read some things, as well as the Imperial City Division, and sure enough, he found a record of the gale.

In the mountains of the Netherlands, there are a lot of plains and deserts, and the climatic conditions are very variable, and there are all kinds of winds.

Of course, Zhou Wenxiu could not affect the army of the entire Liao State, but Xiao Hui's subordinates, it can be said that in addition to the Donglin Army, the most powerful army in combat effectiveness, such an army, if it can be suitable for which climate, when the Liao State was disrupted, under the initiative to attack, laid the foundation for reorganization.

Xiao Hui is not a person who can't listen to words, after getting Zhou Wenxiu's warning, he also sent someone to find some information, in fact, some of Yuan Hao's arrangements, these situations in Helan Mountain, there is no secret at all, but Liao Guo didn't notice it before.

Just in the territory of Liao, many of these Qiang people living there have been there, and after a little inquiry, they know that in the Helan Mountains, there is such unknown weather, and it is very common and often occurs.

Xiao Hui had to pay attention to it, as the privy envoy of the Northern Court, he had already received an order, he would be the vanguard, the first to go out, to lay the foundation for the entire Wang Division, in case he encountered this situation, it was possible for the entire army to be annihilated.

Caring about anything else, he immediately decided to find a similar place to test, and sure enough, he found such a place in the territory of Liao, where all his 9,000 people trained, and notified Liao Xingzong.

Liao Xingzong also attaches great importance to it, but he can't influence the generals below, in the end there are less than 40,000 people, and they have been specially trained for about a week, and they can't be said to fight in the gale, but in a sense, they can be in the gale, normal, and they won't be shocked.

The time is slowly approaching the middle of September of the lunar calendar, that is, more than October of the solar calendar, under the premise of several ultimatums, Liao Xingzong finally couldn't bear it anymore and began to send out a large army.

The army was opened, 100,000 horses, mighty, this can't be concealed at all, historically, it is what the Northern Song Dynasty did not notice, and the Liao State did not hide it, in their opinion, he taught the Western Xia, and there was no connection between the Western Xia and the Northern Song Dynasty, let alone affect them.

But at this moment, the entire Privy Council, and even Renzong, are related to this matter, after the efforts of Han Qi and others, coupled with the current investigation, on the premise of having a deep understanding of the war between Liao and Western Xia, they know that this battle is very important for the Northern Song Dynasty.

As long as this battle caused relatively large losses to the Liao State and the Western Xia, this battle was very important for the Northern Song Dynasty.

Crippled, annihilation of Western Xia, occupy a favorable strategic position, and arrange a large number of fortresses, although it is not possible to make the military investment in the northwest, completely reduced to zero, but can be reduced by seven or eighty percent, if coupled with the changes to the north, gradually abolished, military expenditure will be reduced by a large piece.

This piece coincides with the reduction of iron materials, but in terms of discounts, there are also about 10 million yuan, such a huge amount of money, as long as it is invested in other areas, such as farmland and water conservancy construction, to a certain extent, it can be increased, and the entire Northern Song Dynasty heritage, which is a great thing for the Northern Song Dynasty.

Although the construction of farmland water conservancy cannot avoid all disasters, it has a huge effect on disasters such as floods, droughts, and locusts that have a huge impact on agricultural production.

A large number of water conservancy construction, the construction of some lakes and other adjustment methods, can avoid floods, allocate drought, at the same time, after the drought will be there will be locust plague, even in the year of the great drought, with the help of water conservancy facilities stored in the water, it is enough to produce food, which can reduce the generation of locust plague.

The laying of eggs of locusts requires an environment of alternating water and drought, but it is humid and has many plants, which is not suitable for locust eggs.

Zhao Xin has clearly told Ye Qingchen and Han Qi that in the future, it is necessary to focus on farmland water conservancy construction, increase the allocation capacity for flood and drought disasters, and increase the area of irrigated land, which is the biggest benefit for the Great Song Dynasty.

Farmland itself is the foundation of the dynasty, especially watering the land, if possible, Ye Qingchen also wants to invest, but before, it was barely maintained, and now, with the help of iron, you can reduce the expenditure by several million, as long as you spend this year, you can accumulate enough funds for the construction of farmland.

Liao Xingzong finally set off, through the channel of the Imperial City Division, the news penetrated to the Northern Song Dynasty, and through the military channel, transmitted to Han Qi, at this time, the Northern Song Dynasty will not do anything, and it will be said until the Liao and Western Xia are clear.

The preliminary preparations have been completed, and whether it can succeed depends on Zhou Wenxiu's efforts and Han Qi's on-the-spot performance.

Han Qi didn't show much expression on his face when he received this information, he spent several months preparing, according to Zhao Xin's proposal, he formed 15 armies, almost 35,000 elite troops, gathered almost 26,000 longbowmen, and after training and part of the field battle, he had already shown very good combat effectiveness.

There was a certain advantage over any of the previous armies, unless it was surrounded by heavy cavalry that surpassed their numerical superiority.

There are only a few heavy cavalry in Western Xia, and their 15 armies, I am afraid that the entire Western Xia, pouring out, may not be able to defeat them, unless they rashly enter the ambush circle of the other party.

This is Han Qi's killer weapon for this battle, all the preparations have been completed, he even sent a large number of scouts to listen to the movement, of course he will not go to the war zone, but such a battle of hundreds of thousands of people, even if it is far away, he can hear the movement, this, he has never been worried, his mind does not know how, he drifted hundreds of kilometers away, where, what kind of war will break out.