Chapter 341: Friend or Foe

He had just retired from the battlefield at Zhenbei Pass. The Flying Tiger Battalion did a lot of things that no other unit could do in that series of operations, and the Flying Tiger Battalion was actually the only army that consistently achieved tactical victories. They initially continued to harass the Tianxuan army, and finally made it impossible for the Tianxuan army to fight normally, but took a steady and small advance while asking for assistance, and finally got the defenders of Zhenbei Pass, the forbidden army, and the blood qi army together, turning a small military operation that sabotaged the Northern Liao's plot to Zhenbei Pass into a large-scale war. Although the outcome of the war was very painful for Northern Liao, the Northern Liao military still considered the performance of the Flying Tiger Battalion to be outstanding.

However, everyone began to focus on the future strategy and on how to bridge the huge gap in military strength between Northern Liao and Dongping. Northern Liao did not have such abundant resources as Dongping, such an efficient and advanced governance structure. But after this battle, the lord of the Northern Liao really made up his mind, he beheaded nineteen first-class officials at once, and the imprisoned officials were even more unknown, these people have more or less dereliction of duty and corruption performance, and have caused all kinds of damage to the Northern Liao in the past many years. Due to the many intertwined relationships, due to the collusion between the clans, royal families and other forces of the Northern Liao and these officials, the Northern Liao royal court has always turned a blind eye to these officials and these entangled forces, and let them go, because they are afraid that once these officials are moved, because there are too many aspects involved, I am afraid that the Northern Liao will be turbulent for a long time. And now, it is precisely the armies of Northern Liao that were defeated by Dongping, especially the Eastern Route Army and the Western Route Army, who are carrying out the clean-up task, and they are responsible for a large part of the work. Needless to say, the areas controlled by the Western Route Army have always been carried out by the strategy of quasi-military management, and the elimination of some officials has no impact at all. Although the Eastern Route Army had some doubts at first, it carried out the internal cleanup with great determination. Now, almost the entire Northern Liao has entered a wartime state in peacetime, from the common people to the middle-level officials, all of them implement a strict supply system, without exception. High-ranking officials, royal families and families practiced economy. All kinds of minerals and productive forces are inclined to army building.

Northern Liao's ordnance production is indeed a little backward compared to Dongping, but over the years, they have gradually and indirectly obtained a lot of technology and equipment through Chunnan. But these things are very expensive. Especially the various top-level weapons in this time and space that Chunnan directly purchased from Dongping, not to mention the high price itself, Chunnan still has to strip a layer from it. Moreover, Chunnan's purchase of ordnance from Dongping was not unlimited, although the people who could sell ordnance to the Northern Liao side were all over the world, but they could only save the numbers needed by the Northern Liao in small batches. And now, the figures that Northern Liao needs are impossible to meet in any way. Their demand is: unlimited.

This kind of trade had to be carried out by sea, and it was almost impossible to smuggle a large number of Dongping ordnance across Dongping's territory and then smuggle it across the border to Northern Liao. And on the sea, although it cannot be said that it is all the world of Dongping, at least in this northern sea, the power of the Dongping Naval Division is quite huge. The strength of Nanami Trading Company should not be underestimated. Fortunately, the Dongping Water Division and the Seven Seas Trading Company did not interfere with the general trade between Chunnan and Northern Liao, and even when Dongping and Northern Liao were at war, they did not have too strict and meticulous interception and inspection. These scarce materials were secretly carried in a shipload of goods and transported to Northern Liao.

Whether it was the impulsive purge or the nationwide military management, Gao Senqi was not so cold. He didn't know that even if Beiliao really relied on these extreme measures to defeat Dongping, and if he could be in a safe corner of the northeast of the continent, he would not dare to attack Dongping for many years, and he was afraid that he could only increase the huge gap between Dongping and Northern Liao. And Dongping, now even has an airship. With these thoughts in mind, full of thoughts of wanting to know more about Yunzhou's military power, Gao Senqi left the cleaning work he didn't like and came to Yunzhou.

When he came to Yunzhou, the scene he saw made him more and more depressed. The airship is not only a tool for killing enemies, but also a tool for transmitting important letters that the Yunzhou Transmission Bureau has begun to use in batches. With the use of the airship, the time required for mail from Danyang to Ningyuan has been shortened by two days.

Gao Senqi was not afraid of any danger he would encounter in Yunzhou, even after leaving his message in the Lingyan Pavilion of Gondor, but his guards were terrified to death. In any case, Gao Senqi can now be regarded as the top general in the Northern Liao platoon, although the official position is not very high, but just the identity of the young master recognized by the Western Route Army is enough to Xuan He. Running to Yunzhou to personally investigate and observe, everyone can still understand, but there is no need to expose the hidden treasures. Although there was an agreement between Yunzhou and the Western Route Army, such a regional agreement was completely non-binding for the two warring countries. When Yunzhou attacked Zhenzhou, the Western Route Army almost made a move; And when the army under Zhenbei Pass was in a fierce battle, it was difficult to say whether the main battle battalions of Yunzhou that were feinted on the border with Northern Liao were ready to attack again.

"Let's go, let's go visit Ye Jingluo." Gao Senqi suddenly said this to his guards.

"General, never!" The guards were startled. "It's too dangerous."

"Dangerous?" Gao Senqi was a little unimpressed, he felt that the guards didn't understand Ye Tao's demeanor after all. The demeanor of the generals in the Yunzhou army is also very good, if they run around and are caught in spying behavior, it is natural that they are not negotiable. But if you set out the carriages and horses to visit them one by one, you should be able to receive a good reception. "I don't see any danger, we're already in Yunzhou. When you go to someone else's territory to play, you always have to go to the master's house to say hello. ”

A guard persuaded: "General, although you have had a friendship with Ye Tao, although Ye Tao was a strategic envoy to Yunzhou at that time, Dongping and Northern Liao have not yet torn their faces, at least they haven't fought yet." After many years of peace, there was no problem for everyone to treat it calmly, but now it is different. In the battle before Zhenbei Pass, now our two countries are at war, and the capture of the enemy chief is not to mention. Even if Ye Tao didn't covet this credit, he didn't dare to let the general go at will, right? ”

"No, it won't." Gao Senqi actually laughed: "I really haven't seen anything that Ye Tao didn't dare to do." If you don't see Ye Tao in Yunzhou, it's a pity. You know, every time I talk to him, I learn a lot. Let's go to Ye Tao's villa outside Ningyuan, we should be able to find someone. ”

Unexpectedly, Gao Senqi really couldn't find anyone. Ye Tao was still on the construction site in Gondor City at the moment. Ye Tao revealed a little that he already had a case for the sculpture of the god and needed to prepare materials, and as soon as all parties made do, they immediately decided on the material: unicorn wood. Qilin wood is also an expensive material from the south, and now the old man Qi from the South Seas to get red sandalwood and other materials, Qilin wood is produced in Chunnan, only produced in a few mountains in the deep mountains. This piece of unicorn wood, which is seven feet high and has a circumference of three people to hug, may cost two or three million taels of silver if you want to talk about the market price. This thing was given to Ye Tao by Juxian King Chang Hongquan as a full moon gift for the two sons of the Ye family, but Ye Tao really couldn't think of how to use such a precious thing, so he kept it in the warehouse of Ye's workshop. And transporting this piece of material from the storehouse of Ye's workshop to Gondor, even if you add the more arduous process of transporting it to the top of the mountain, it is only two days. In this way, Ye Tao was also happy and relaxed, and stayed in Gangduo City, and he insisted on going back and forth once in two days, which was a bit hard. In the workshop, along with the materials, there are also a large number of technicians, technicians and others who are specialized in sculpture. Ye Tao hasn't carved anything in person for a long time, everyone knows that Ye Tao is not afraid of others watching at all, in fact, the more people watch, the better Ye Tao's performance will be. To say that Ye Tao is the kind of person who comes to go crazy, everyone may not dare, but when it is said that Ye Tao has the courage to face pressure, everyone agrees.

And in this way, when Gao Senqi came to the villa and handed over the name card to see Ye Tao, after a period of consternation, it was Dai Shikui who came out to greet Gao Senqi. When they were introduced into the main living room, after a while, Gao Senqi and his guards were about to drop their jaws, Dai Shijin, Dai Shihuan, Dai Yun, Dai Ye, the heads of the Dai family and the veterans were actually there, in addition, there were a total of six battalions of Yunzhou's main combat troops and garrison troops, as well as Golan and Shi Wei, the two heads of the powerful Yunzhou power departments...... In the north, there has always been no tradition that wives can't see foreign guests, and because the management of the Dai family is all present, it is inconvenient for Dai Yun to receive guests as a hostess.

Gao Senqi and his guards were certainly surprised, but these high-ranking officials in Yunzhou were still a little uncomfortable at first. However, as everyone discussed the battle in Zhenbeiguan without avoiding suspicion, the atmosphere gradually warmed up. On the issue of campaign organization, the comments of Dai Shiheng, Dai Yun and others hit the nail on the head, and the strategy adopted by Northern Liao now is still very pertinent in Yunzhou's evaluation. On the one hand, it is indeed possible for Northern Liao to improve its combat strength in the short term and fight with Dongping, but what about the long term? How long can Northern Liao hold out, can it ensure that all kinds of measures for military management are in place, can it really be strictly economical, and can it put those funds in place? There is a more serious problem, that is, where is the bottom line of the common people, and what is the situation of the local officials in implementing the rationing system...... A bunch of questions made Gao Senqi sweat coldly.