"This ......"

When the two golden-armored guards heard Yang Qi's words, they obviously showed embarrassed looks.

According to the practice of the Great Song Dynasty, the total number of Xiang troops, Fan soldiers, and township soldiers in a state should not exceed 30,000.

Yang Qi opened his mouth, and on the basis of this number, he expanded by 20,000.

In the Great Song Dynasty, except for some prosperous cities that have been upgraded from states to prefectures, the tax revenue of a state can only support 50,000 horses at most.

The reason why the state capitals provided for 30,000 horses was because there was still a part of the money left over to be filled into the treasury.

Yang Qi now threatened to support 50,000 horses in each state under his rule, which meant that he would not give the imperial court a penny of tax silver in the future.

How is this different from self-reliance?

The two gold-armored guards, since they entered the palace on an errand, have really never seen this kind of thing.

I didn't know what to say for a while.

Yang Qi seemed to see what the two people were thinking, and he smiled and said, "Of course, every year in the land of our five states, in addition to paying a certain amount of taxes and silver to the imperial court, there will also be additional tributes sent over. ”

One of the golden-armored guards had the courage to ask in a low voice, "I don't know how much money Yang Tanhua prepares to pay tribute to the imperial court every year?" ”

Yang Qile smiled and said: "Talking about money and wealth, this official believes that with a little money, the court will still not look at it." In the land of our five states, there are basically no special products, that is, they are close to the party and the Liao people, and there are enough horses. Every year, the official would pay a tribute of 5,000 horses and 3,000 foals. ”

The two golden-armored guards nodded subconsciously.

Five thousand war horses, plus three thousand foals, were sold to the Great Song Dynasty, which was worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

The tribute of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver is indeed not a small amount.

The two gold-armored guards hugged their fists to Yang Qi at the same time and said: "Please also rest assured Yang Tanhua, we two brothers will definitely tell Your Majesty Yang Tanhua's words word for word."

Please also ask Yang Tanhua to take care of our other brothers and not hurt them. ”

Yang Qi glanced at the other detained golden-armored guards, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, this official will definitely serve them with good food and drink." When your news arrives, the official will let them go. ”

"I'm tired."

After the two gold-armored guards said goodbye to Yang Qi, they borrowed two war horses and hurried towards Bianjing City.

The golden-armored guard who went to report the news left.

Yang Qi immediately had people stripped off the armor on the other golden-armored guards.

The armor on these gold-armored guards is a fine product created by the Great Song Dynasty General, which is not only gorgeous, but also very practical.

What Yang Qi is now is armor.

Nearly twenty sets of gold armor were stripped off and sent to the barracks.

The officials above the rank of general in the barracks reluctantly mixed in a decent armor.

Yang Qi threw the gold-armored guards to the weapons workshop, and let these guys who had been raising fat in Bianjing City all day long be used as coolies.

Only Hou Renbao was tied to the horse's tail with a rope and hanged.

Yang Qi has a deep grudge against Hou Renbao, so he will definitely not deal with Hou Renbao easily.

When Yang Qi dragged Hou Renbao to the Fuxing Pass.

Chen Yao hurriedly hurried down the wall and reported to Yang Qiyu, "General, according to the report of his spies, the Liao people have gathered 150,000 soldiers and horses to go south, and they have arrived in Youzhou City under the command of Yelu Xiuge, the king of the Southern Court of Liao. ”

Yang Qi threw the reins of the horse in his hand to Wang Xing, and said with a solemn face: "150,000 Liao troops, the Liao people have made up their minds to give me a dismount." Youzhou City is still five days away from Chenjiakou. You go and pass on my military order, ordering Yang Yanping to lead 20,000 Fuxing foot soldiers, and Yang Yanhui to lead 50,000 Jin troops to climb the city wall and hold the Fuxing Pass.

At the same time, he ordered the Mourning Son to lead 30,000 revival rangers to clear the wilderness. Outside the revival of the Guan, all the Han people within 20 miles withdrew to the Guannei. ”

Chen Yao immediately went down to convey Yang Qi's order.

Almost after Yang Qi's order was issued, Yan Tianzi led 30,000 revival rangers to rush out of the revival pass and implement the policy of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness.

Yang Wu also took 50,000 Jin soldiers to the Fuxing Pass.

The three-mile-long city pass was almost filled with 70,000 soldiers and horses.

Under the leadership of Yang Da and Yang Wu, the soldiers began to set up heavy crossbows on the city wall.

Due to the lack of heavy crossbows, a large number of archers were sent in places where there were no heavy crossbows.

The entire revival pass has entered a pre-war state.

The people who were in charge of building the city wall in Fuxing Pass could clearly feel the tense atmosphere in Fuxing Pass.

Just when everyone is nervous.

Yang Qi arrived outside the city wall with 20,000 people, but he still did an unbelievable thing.

On the city gate building, Yang Da and Yang Wu were wearing armor and stood side by side, looking at Yang Qi and the people busy outside the city, a little stunned.

Yang Da frowned and asked Yang Wu beside him, "What is the seventh brother doing?" ”

Yang Wu hesitated for a moment and said, "It seems to be digging a pit." ”

Yang Qi was indeed digging a pit with the people, but what to do in the pit, he didn't know very well, so he was a little hesitant.

Yang Da clasped his hands in front of his chest, and the armor pieces on his arms knocked on the heart guards on his chest, making a crisp sound of gold and iron colliding.

He grimaced, shook his head and smiled, "Seventh brother, is this digging a stumbling pit?" This method may be effective on the plains, but it does not play much role under the city. As soon as the enemy sees these potholes, they will bury them as soon as possible. So it's just doing useless work. ”

Yang Wu nodded approvingly, and then sniffed and said, "After all, the seventh brother has been involved in too little in the war, so it is understandable to make some strange moves." ”

However, in the next two days, Yang Qi's performance was even more strange.

He hid in a makeshift workshop almost every day, occasionally sending people to pull out cartloads of things, and then took advantage of the night to pull them out of the gate.

Two days later, all the holes dug by Yang Qi outside the city were buried by him.

It seems to be a disguise that there used to be potholes in this place.

He even sent out the Mourners, who spent most of the day leading the Revival Rangers, frequently running through the open spaces outside the city.

This time, Yang Da and Yang Wu were confused again.

Yang Da also stopped Yang Qi and asked him what medicine was sold in the gourd, but Yang Qi told him a secret.

After that, Yang Da characterized all of Yang Qi's actions as nonsense.

He didn't bother to pay attention to Yang Qi's approach anymore.

He and Yang Wu were single-mindedly on the head of Fuxing Pass to strengthen the defense of Fuxing Pass.

Day 4.

Yang Da, Yang Wu and Yang Qi arrived at the city gate together.

The reason why the three of them gathered before the Great War was able to gather together was because of the support of the Yang Mansion.

Yang Qi was surprised by this.

Yang Da and Yang Wu looked accustomed to it.

The team that Yang Mansion came to support was a team of more than 100 people.

What made Yang Qi feel incredible was that the leader was actually Yang Hong, the housekeeper of the Yang Mansion.

From afar, Yang Qi saw Yang Hong's figure.

Yang Hong was wearing a long shirt, riding on horseback, hunched over, looking like he could fall off the horse at any time.

He didn't have any energy at all, not even as good as those old men among the people in Fuxing Guannai.

Behind him, followed by a group of old fellows who looked like riffraff.

These people Yang Qisan all knew.

It is one of the few generals in the Yang Mansion.

The old guys walked without a look, and they were like homeless people together.

However, the three brothers of the Yang family, no one will despise them.

These old guys who look like ruffians, but there are few remaining generals in the Yang family.

One by one they were thrown in the army, but they were all baby bumps.

When Yang Qi saw these people, he hurriedly greeted them.

"Uncle Hong, and all the uncles, why are you here?"

Yang Hong jumped off the horse, and said with an unnatural smile: "We old guys, we are idle in the house, I heard that you have a war here, and all of them have itchy hands, come over and join in the fun." ”

Yang Qi hugged his fists excitedly and said: "It's the kid who is messing around, and you guys are going out to help the kid clean up the mess." ”

"Hey, hey, hey......"

The general of the Yang Mansion smiled and said, "Don't say so much politeness about you kid." As far as these things you kid did in the northwest, our old brothers felt lifted.

If you kid can take back the sixteen states of Yanyun from the Liao people. Our group of old brothers, we can just throw this old bone at the revival pass. ”

Yang Qi said solemnly: "I will not disappoint you." ”

Yang Hong worked hard to straighten his waist and snorted coldly.

This group of old generals who looked like ruffians subconsciously stood up straight one by one.

Yang Qi's eyes were different when he looked at Yang Hong all of a sudden.

These generals, in the Yang Mansion, respect Lao Yang and She Saihua on weekdays, and rarely see them soft in front of others.

Even when they saw Yang Qi and his brother on weekdays, it was all because of their identities and showing respect.

But their respect for Yang Hong is like that for Lao Yang and She Saihua, with respect from the bottom of their hearts.

Yang Qi stared at Yang Hong, his face was full of words, old guy, do you have a story?

Yang Hong didn't seem to see Yang Qi's eyes, and said coldly: "The last general, Yang Hong, was ordered to come to support." Wait for the generals of the Yang Mansion to perform their duties. ”

"No!"

The generals of the Yang Mansion respectfully agreed, and then without waiting for the three brothers of Yang Qi to order, they quickly climbed to the top of the city.

As soon as they reached the city, they domineeringly deprived the revival foot soldiers on the city wall and the position of the middle and low-level generals of the Jin army.

But whoever has a mouth is kicked by them like a gourd rolling on the ground.

Yang Qi was a little stunned, but Yang Da and Yang Wu had a familiar look on their faces.

This is the characteristic of the general, and it is impossible for the generalist to be in charge of everyone in the army.

Therefore, when the generals of the generals are fighting, they will quickly replace the junior officers in the army.

In this way, it is also possible for the generals who are the real commanders of the army to quickly control and command the whole army.

This is the characteristic of the Great Song Dynasty generals, and it is also one of the magic weapons for every general.

Yang Qi had rarely experienced this kind of thing before, but as a disciple of Jiangmen, he had heard a lot.

The generals of the Yang Mansion temporarily seized the command of the foundation, and Yang Qi didn't mind.

At this moment, he focused more on Yang Hong.

"Uncle Hong, did you just say the last general?"

In the court of generals, those who can call themselves the last generals are not ordinary people.

Basically, they are all generals who can lead an army alone.

In Yang Qi's impression, Yang Hong is just the old housekeeper who smiles on weekdays and takes Lao Yang's orders as the benchmark.

He didn't expect that the old housekeeper of the Yang Mansion, who had always been kind to people on weekdays, was actually a general.

Yang Hong was stared at by Yang Qi all the time, a little unnatural, and said, "It's barely a general, right...... It's all old. ”

Yang Qi's face had an expression that I wanted to hear.

Yang Da knew some inside information, although he didn't know it very clearly, but he knew a little bit about Yang Hong's identity, and he also knew that Yang Hong was reluctant to mention it and had his own difficulties.

He hurriedly opened his mouth to help Yang Hong out of the siege, "Seventh brother, it's all some old things." Don't get to the bottom of it, the top priority is to resist the Liao. This time the revival is a battle, and my father can't help us. However, Uncle Hong's arrival is also a big help for us. ”

Yang Da forcefully bypassed Yang Qi and invited Yang Hong to the city wall.

When they arrived at the city gate building, Yang Da carefully explained their layout at Fuxing Pass and the strength of the troops on both sides in detail.

After listening to this, Yang Hong stroked his beard and asked thoughtfully: "So, in this battle of Fuxing Pass, it was the 70,000 recruits of the Fuxing infantry and the Jin army who resisted the Liao people?"

30,000 Revival Rangers, all idle? ”

Yang Da nodded awkwardly.

The city defense is offensive and defensive, as the side of the guard, Yang Da really can't think of any other use for the revival of the rangers.

Yang Qi proposed to let the Revival Rangers go on a raid, but Yang Da and Yang Wu sternly refused.

Yang Hong gave a different suggestion.

"The old slave thinks that what the Seventh Young Master said makes sense."

Yang Qi's face and Uncle Hong understood my expression.

He smiled and said, "Uncle Hong, don't call yourself an old slave, there is no domestic servant in this army." You call yourself an old man, and you have an addiction. ”

Yang Hong smiled bitterly and nodded in response to Yang Qi's request.

Yang Qi pulled Yang Hong, went to the front of the map, pointed to the map, and said, "Uncle Hong, I plan to let the Fuxing Rangers raid from the north of Shengzhou, detour back behind the Liao, and try to destroy their rear. At the same time, this can also prevent the Liao people from bypassing the mountains and attacking from the north. ”

Yang Hong muttered: "This is indeed a clever move by you, but the top priority is not to let the Revival Rangers raid. Instead, they should be sent out to destroy the bridges on the road that the Liao people must pass, and put the carcasses of cattle, sheep and horses in the water. ”

Yang Qi's eyes lit up and said, "Destroying the water source? ”

Yang Hong nodded approvingly: "Not bad!" Anything that can delay the Liao people's march cannot be missed. You must know that on this battlefield, if we can hold off the enemy for a little longer, our chances of victory will increase by one point. ”

Yang Qi immediately summoned Yan Tianzi and ordered him to take someone to do it.