"All over the Mobei grassland?" Xiao Se Se leaned down, lay on Wu Haogu's back, and asked with a low laugh in his ear, "Does the official mean to have more children with the slave family?" ”

I don't know how she came up with this?

Wu Haogu laughed: "Cersei, can you really give birth?" If it is reborn, it cannot be said that it is the seed of Yelu Yanxi. ”

Xiao Se snorted: "As long as the slave defeats Ah Guta and recovers the Linhuang Mansion, it is to give the official ten more children, and no one dares to say anything!" ”

The strong of the grassland nation are respected! Therefore, it is not wrong for Xiao Sese to give birth to children to Wu Haogu at all, and there is no need to cover it up at all. Who dares to be dissatisfied, let the horse come over and fight!

"Haha, that's right!" Wu Haogu laughed heartily, "Cersei, then we have to raise a few more, and they will all be sealed on the grassland in the future." ”

"Official," Xiao Sese asked softly, "You mean to send troops to help the slave family recover Linhuang Mansion?" ”

Wu Haogu smiled: "I don't need to send troops, Ah Guda is also poor now, and he is building a fortress on the grassland!"

He builds forts, you also build forts, let's have a fortress against a fortress, artillery against cannons. How much capital does Jin Guo have? Can you compare with us? Consume him too. ”

The tactic of building a fortress on the grassland obviously hit the key point of Aguta.

If you want to break the fortress, you must either fight the cannons, or compare the military rations for a long time. And whether it is artillery or military rations, Ah Guda cannot be compared with the Eastern Liao with the Great Zhou standing behind him.

Therefore, after the troops approached the Horqin grassland, Aguta did not rashly take the offensive, but built his own fortress defense system on the grassland.

On the current Horqin grassland, on the north bank of the Huang River, east of the Qianli pine forest, two almost parallel fortress lines appeared. On the side of the Eastern Liao, the back is repaired by the Huanghe River, and ten fortresses are built in a row. Except for the earliest Linhuang Fort, which was an eight-sided fort, the other nine were small four-sided forts.

However, in the absence of enough artillery to destroy the fort, the smaller four-sided fort was more formidable than the eight-sided fort - the smaller fort meant that it needed fewer troops and artillery to hold it firmly, and it was cheaper to build.

With overwhelming advantages in firepower, construction capacity, financial resources, and material resources, Wu Haogu would not risk a decisive battle with Aguta in the field. It is the safest to use the fortress to slowly block the Horqin grassland, and then force Ah Gu away step by step.

……

"Ahem......"

Ah Guda coughed violently again. This is a problem he fell on when he braved the cold to march into the Horqin grassland last winter, and when it was serious, he coughed up blood and became hot all over. The Jurchen generals who followed him thought that he was going to return to Heavenly Principles, but they finally survived.

Although I survived, the problem was not good, and I still coughed after eating cold wind, and sometimes I had a low-grade fever.

"Du Bo is extremely strong, let's get here today, it's not too early, let the sons and daughters set up camp......"

Ah Guta's younger brother also saw his brother coughing, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask. His face is not good-looking, but it is not because of his brother's illness, but because of the current battle situation.

As a general, there is nothing more painful than watching the enemy grow stronger day by day, but there is nothing to do.

The Great Liao, which had already fallen, was now divided into two, but it did not continue to weaken, but showed signs of revival.

Yelu Dashi, who went west, did not say anything, and took a large group of 50,000 Khitans, Tatars, and Nabarians to the Western Regions, which was said to be rich and weak. It doesn't matter, wherever he goes to make a fortune.

But Dongliao, under the leadership of Xiao Sese's sassy woman, has actually grown stronger. First, a new knight ten thousand households system was implemented, breaking the original tribal and palace account system, and the remaining people and horses were organized into three knight ten thousand households and Daning Mansion households.

The knights were soldiers, the people paid food, and the original tribal nobles and the nobles of this and that account all became knights who relied on military merits and wealth. There are too many monks and nuns to count, and most of them have gone to farming.

Moreover, the barriers between the Khitans, Xi people, Han people, and Bohai people were all demolished, and from then on, there were only a small number of royal families (only the children and husbands of Xiao Se and Xiao Si Se sisters were royal families) and people at all levels and commoners.

After a series of reforms, the Liao people, who were originally not clean, have finally regained their strength and rallied around their "queen" Xiao Sese, who still calls herself the queen mother, but in the eyes of most people in the Eastern Liao, she is already the master of a generation of entrepreneurs.

The current Dongliao is completely different from the big and tired Daliao in the past.

The perked up Eastern Liao soon put pressure on the emerging Jurchens. Although in the field, the Jurchens' iron cavalry could still defeat the cavalry of the Eastern Liao, the Jurchens could no longer fight an overwhelming victory.

This was not only because the combat effectiveness of the Eastern Liao cavalry had improved, but also because they began to rely on the fortress to fight. Their cavalry units were often a few dozen miles away from the fortress. In the event that the field battle cannot be won, it will decisively retreat to the fortress.

The troops deployed on the fortress line were not the main force of the Eastern Liao Army, but a partial division. The garrison of the ten fortresses plus one piece is no more than 10,000 people, and many of them are "mercenaries of the Zhou State".

And in the Horqin steppe south of the Huang River, the Eastern Liao could muster a complete cavalry division at any time, including auxiliaries, numbering as many as 20,000.

It is enough to fight a dumb battle with the Jin soldiers who forcibly broke through the fortress line to the south, relying on the wall dock, fortress, and fortification.

In the face of this kind of fortress and long-lasting fighting style of Dongliao, Rao is bone fight has no tricks. After all, there is still a Great Zhou behind the Eastern Liao, and even if Ah Guda can defeat the Eastern Liao, he will not have the strength to start a war with the powerful Great Zhou.

So he can only go-for-tat, engage in fortress to fortress, and do so to survive.

And after such hard work, I really don't know when it will be a head.

"It's all very vigorous, it can't go on like this!"

Inside a makeshift tent, Akuta, who had just returned from an inspection of a fort on the front line, leaned against a pile of fluffy fur. Xianye poured him wine and said: "It's better to gather troops and horses, and suddenly south of the Huang River, and then go straight to Daning Mansion."

The spies had already found out that Daning Mansion was surrounded by farmers who were farming, and they were not armed. As long as you kill it, you can loot it casually. ”

"Ahem," Ah Gu took a big sip of wine and smiled bitterly, "Don't mess up, it's not just us who are uncomfortable now, Wu Haogu is also having a hard time!" ”

When Ah Guda said this, he must not have known that Wu Haogu was working hard with Empress Dowager Xiao to create people at this time...... I don't know how good it is!

“…… For example, today is a three-legged stand, and the three legs are mutually contained, and no one can help anyone. If Zhou Guo moves south to Tusong, that is our chance to attack Daning Mansion. If Song Guoken joins forces with us, it will also be our opportunity to attack Zhou Guo from the north and south.

Now that the opportunity has not come, we have to be patient and not in a hurry. How many people are there in our Jurchen? If you are not careful, you will be beaten by Zhou Jun. When the time comes, it will be the disaster of extermination! ”

"But when will Song Guo join forces with us?" Xian also frowned, "Now the official family of the Song State has a very good personal relationship with Wu Haogu......"

"Wait!" "You can always wait for the opportunity...... The current Song State official family has a good relationship with Wu Haogu, let's wait for the next Song State official family! I heard that the crown prince of the Song Kingdom has always had great ambitions, as long as he can ascend the throne, the Great Song Dynasty will definitely join forces with us! ”

"But when will the crown prince of the Song Kingdom ascend the throne?"

……

"Nonsense! It's complete nonsense! You're killing chickens and taking eggs! ”

"Remember, I'm also thinking about our Ji family......"

"Think of a fart! Who has been a wealthy businessman since ancient times? What do we want so much money for? ”

"Wu Haogu's fate looks good......"

"You! Do you want me to learn martial arts? ”

"Yizhi, you have to learn, we are all supportive, not to mention more, twenty or thirty million yuan, our bank can take it out at any time!"

"Boom la la ......"

A tea cup from a Ru kiln fell to Ji Yi on the bluestone ground and smashed to pieces.

Ji Yi, who was desperately hurrying, had already arrived at Jingdong Business City at this time, and met his cousin Ji Kui in the main store building of Jingdong Bank.

Ji Kui proudly reported the good news to him - Jingdong Bank has made a lot of money now, and it is really rich and rivals the country!

But Ji Yi turned his face and reprimanded Ji Kui.

And Ji Kui's next reaction made Ji Yi even more shocked - this guy actually persuaded Ji Yi to learn martial arts!

This can frighten Ji Yi, why are the current businessmen so bold? How dare you think of such a rebellious thing?

"Remember," Ji Kui said in a low voice, "Actually, there are a lot of people here in Jingdong Shang City who are dissatisfied with the imperial court!"

What's so good about this court? I know that I collect taxes from us, and I don't do things well after collecting money, what kind of officials are I using? Ignorant! Our students from Gezhi Academy, Yuntai Academy, and Shanghai Arts and Sciences are all both civil and military, but they can only ask for a shogunate. And it is getting more and more difficult to get promoted, and you even have to be angry with a bunch of old officials. How good is it to look at Zhou Guo again? We businessmen can choose the Senate, and our sons and nephews can take the examination of officials and navy...... Don't be angry with the helper! ”

When Ji Yi heard this, his face turned as black as iron. Now the commercial market on the southeast coast is also starting to grow bigger!

In the words of later generations, a large business interest group is taking shape.

This group includes not only the big merchants and big workers, but also the navy of the coastal construction department, but also the freshmen college students who graduated from the Gezhi Academy, the Yuntai Academy on Yuzhou Island, and the Shanghai Academy of Arts and Sciences, and of course, the scholars of the Confucian school of reason.

And their opponent is the pillar of the Great Song Dynasty, the traditional Confucian scholars!

In the eyes of these new industrial and commercial magnates and new-style intellectuals, the group of scholars and doctors riding on their heads have no clue at all, they are just a bunch of fools, they can't fight, and they don't have much money, so why should they dominate the world?