At this time, Liang Wang Wu thought about it and saw that a few nonsense words of Wu Yanzhi won the emperor's approval. He was very unhappy in his heart, so he said, "Your Majesty! The words of the flame are too idealistic. The two places of Dai and Wei are quite barren, full of mountains and Gobi, and it is extremely difficult to supply.

Now it is the time of the scorching heat, and the march of thousands of miles may be fruitless, and the horses and knights will be lost in vain. That little Khitan will definitely fall apart in an instant under the blow of General Cao, why bother so much Zhouzhang? ”

When Wu Yan heard this, he couldn't help but smile slightly: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, the use of soldiers has been strange, not right; Now that Li Thief's soldiers are very prosperous, Weichen thinks that he cannot be underestimated. Going to Daizhou, Ulzhou, and flying fox is a last resort! Weichen also thought that as soon as the horizon of the Great Zhou arrived, the two thieves would definitely collapse and escape. ”

Wu Zetian smiled and nodded: "Very good, Yanzhi's spirit is amazing, and it is rare for the martial family to have such a courageous person as Yanzhi!" I will allow you to do so.

Wan'er, pretended, let Wu Yanzhi concurrently serve as the defense envoy of Hedong and the deputy governor of Dingbei Province. The waiter is out of the flying fox, and the flank is rebellious! ”

When Wu Yan heard this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. Next, it's time for him to prepare his staff team. So he asked Wu Zetian again: "Your Majesty! Wechen has one more thing to ask for! ”

"Speak!"

"Your Majesty, Wechen wants to use the current copper and iron to make the staff concurrently serve as the chief of staff of the march, if he can win, Wechen will continue to stay in Xingzhou, Hebei Province to open an iron mine and a steel mill, so it is more convenient; Weichen expects to increase the output of steel and iron by 50 or 60 million catties a year, which is not a problem;

Second, Weichen wanted to borrow a person from the palace to serve as a marching staff officer; This man is quite brave, and he may be able to use it in the future! Please give your Majesty's permission! Wu Yanzhi pleaded.

"Oh? Who are the people in the palace? Wu Zetian asked.

"It's Yang Siqiao of the Palace Bureau. This man is very courageous, and he is brave against a hundred people. If Your Majesty can let him go with the army, he will definitely get twice the result with half the effort! Wu Yanzhi pleaded.

"Is that him? I didn't know he was so powerful, but you seem to know people! It's just a palace servant, I will allow you to be! Wu Zetian was very surprised.

The emperor agreed, and Wu Yanzhi was naturally very happy. With this person, he is even more sure of victory.

There are many eunuchs in the palace, and changing someone to be the palace eunuch will not have any impact. Many eunuchs are vain, and it is better to leave alone. They're able to take on real jobs.

"Thank you, Your Majesty! In addition, Weichen implored Wu Shouping, the nephew of the minister, to be a cavalry captain and go to the battlefield to exercise together, lest others keep saying that the children of the royal family are all incompetent! "The Way of Martial Arts.

It occurred to him that he should let his nephew exercise as well.

"You're willing to let your nephew go to the front, but it's rare! Okay, I'm ready! Many royal children don't want to go! ”

Subsequently, Wu Zetian warned some precautions, Wu Yanzhi is very useful, and Wu Zetian is of course very accurate in seeing people.

……

Back at Shang Fangjian, several staff members were waiting in the office room. Wu Yanzhi smiled and nodded: "The Holy Lord has asked me to lead 10,000 people into Taiyuan......"

He briefly told the story, and finally said: "I just don't know how the cavalry of this Nanya is fighting? ”。

Hearing that they were also going to go out with the army, several people were quite excited. If you want to be promoted, it depends on military merit to come quickly.

"According to the humble position, the combat effectiveness of this Nanya cavalry should not be bad! The key is to be able to lead the troops, as long as you know how to let the soldiers work hard, the combat effectiveness of these 4,000 cavalry and 6,000 infantry should not be underestimated! Qi Xuan said.

"I also agree with Judge Qi's opinion, these Nanya cavalry are peasants. They lack training, but we can make up for it with courage! Only a soldier who is not afraid of death is a good soldier.

Also, before leaving, we have to hurry up and produce more bullets, there are only more than 20 muskets, and we can't produce them for a while, but we can hurry up and produce more bullets.

In addition, he brought all the 1,000 catties of gunpowder with him, and sent the seven smelting supervisors in Hedong in a hurry for 300 miles, and asked them to buy saltpeter and sulfur with all their might. Within a time limit, all of them were sent to Taiyuan Metallurgical Supervisor.

We brought some more leads here, and then rushed to Taiyuan to process gunpowder. From the humble point of view, if the gunpowder can exert its power like last time and defeat the traitors of Li and Sun, it is not a matter of being caught? Jiang Shipeng analyzed.

Wu Yan thought to himself, this Jiang Shipeng learned very quickly and had already understood the power of firearms. His plan is similar to his own, and it seems that this work will be entrusted to him. So he nodded and said:

"Reasonable, please trouble Secretary Jiang to handle this matter; Strive to be able to make three or four thousand gunpowder in Taiyuan. This marching Sima was concurrently served by Judge Qi, and Secretary Jiang concurrently served as a staff officer;

There is also a staff officer, Yang Siqiao, who will come tomorrow. In addition, Yao Kuan and Yufei served as captains of the dental tent; My other nephew, Wu Shouping, will also be with me, so you can take care of each other in the future."

"Yes!"

Subsequently, they discussed the reason for Li Qianzhong's army this time. It is rumored that due to the famine in the Khitan, the vast number of Khitan people had no place to live and were destitute.

Zhao Wenhui, the governor of Yingzhou, is stubborn and self-serving. Not only did he refuse to give money, but he also wantonly scolded the Khitan leaders, and finally caused a rebellion.

Of course, no one knows whether it is true or false, only the parties concerned know.

……

Sending troops to fight is a big deal, and of course Wu Yanzhi can't be sloppy. Emperor Wu Zetian appointed more than 20 generals to accompany the army, and all of them took the line of Shandong and Hebei, and only he took the line of Shanxi and Hedong.

At that time, the government military system was implemented, that is, those who served as soldiers were peasants in peacetime, and they served for a certain period of time every year, and they could reduce or reduce taxes. In the early Tang Dynasty, being a soldier was generally a very enviable profession, and it generally took a relatively good family background and wealthy family to be qualified to be a soldier.

However, by the time of Wu Zetian, the attractiveness of this government soldier had greatly decreased. The reason is that there were several major defeats, especially the battle of Dafeichuan, which killed more than 100,000 people;

The second is that most of the official positions in the Weifu are controlled by the powerful, and it is not easy for people to be promoted as soldiers, so people are no longer reluctant to become soldiers.

He went to Xia Guan to get a fish talisman, and Xia Guan arranged for him to be a general of Zuo Wei Wei Yi Fuzhong Lang and a left leading guard Wai Youlang General as his deputy. Zhonglang will be the general of the fourth rank, and the right lang will be the military post of the fifth rank.

There must be a lot of captains and captains leading troops to come to the Zhichong Mansion, and there are a lot of these officers.

Wu Yanzhi learned that there were only more than 120 cavalry provinces, and his 4,000 cavalry were distributed in Guannei, Longyou, and Henan. As for the staging place for departure, it is the coach who decides.

When Wu Yan heard this, he discussed with several of his staff, and finally decided to assemble in two places: Luoyang and Chang'an.