Zheng Zhi returned to Qingchi, the new generals have begun to take office, and the new army training has entered the most rigorous stage, the snow on the school field has already been cleared, and the soldiers are stepping on the wet mud to and fro, and none of the armor and clothes on their bodies are clean.

Everything is just for the big review after the New Year, no one wants to be left behind, Zheng Xianggong is not as good as others, flattery and bribery will only backfire, only if the errand is done well, will be promoted step by step.

The courses of the martial arts academy are also becoming more and more intense, and the second batch of students, Zheng Zhi, also hopes to be able to complete before the spring of next year, so that the more than 50,000 soldiers under his command will probably have a basic coverage.

The school grounds have been expanded several times, and now there are five thousand carefully selected soldiers on the outermost side of the school grounds, all of whom are brave warriors selected from the army, and each of these men has a horse, and crossbows and arrows are issued, which is the newly formed cavalry.

Although most of the horse's speed is not very good, and their archery skills are average, they are also stepping up their practice, playing horses in the morning, practicing shooting at noon, and lining up in the afternoon. As long as the sun is still in the sky, there is no moment of rest, and even if there is a meal, it is mostly eaten within a quarter of an hour.

The food is excellent, but it is practiced every day until people are exhausted. The amount of money is also relatively higher. These 5,000 cavalry have also been trained for two or three months, and when the war starts, there are still a few months, what will be the final result, Zheng Zhi didn't think much about it, but he knew that if he didn't train the Han knights at this time, there would inevitably be problems in the future.

The state capitals of Hebei East Road are now also chickens and dogs, and on the road, there are teams of ironclad soldiers everywhere, ranging from one hundred to ten, to four or five hundred. There are also groups of horse-drawn carriages constantly going back and forth on the official road, and the carriages are loaded with heavy goods, which are the materials transported from various state capitals to Hejian and Cangzhou.

Zheng Zhi used such a strong method to requisition materials and silver everywhere, and there must be a backlash, and the twists and turns of the Tokyo impeachment are like snowflakes. Most of these twists and turns were pressed by Cai Jing in Zhongshu Province and Yushitai at this time, and the war was imminent, even Cai Jing knew that this was not the time to attack Zheng Zhi, and it was impossible for Emperor Zhao Ji to condemn Zheng Zhi at this time.

But Cai Jing is scheming, although these twists and turns have been suppressed, they are also neatly organized and properly collected, and they are not used today, he will naturally use them tomorrow. Zheng Zhi not only offended the officials of the state capitals in all parts of Hebei East Road, but also offended the local families, that is, the main vested interests under his rule. If one day Zheng Zhi's guilt is really discussed in Tokyo, it is obviously not a difficult thing.

The fast horse went straight to the northwest from Cangzhou, and Zheng Zhi's letter also arrived in Qinzhou.

Qinzhou only folded to beg, folded to ask for the letter, the face was a lot more relaxed, the letter cover above the line of words: fold the father-in-law to open, and transfer to Liu Yang to circulate.

Even the words on the cover of this epistle already have the flavor of a command or an order. If it is an ordinary letter, it must have honorifics, at least an official title, Liu Zhengyan and Yang Keshi should also have a correct name and title, and use some words and phrases such as "please please" and "have labor".

I didn't want to fold it and didn't care about it, I hurriedly opened the letter with an expectant face, and after opening the folded letterhead, I saw that there were only six words on the letter: Liao people encroached on the war.

I saw that Zhe Keqiu's brows were furrowed in one place, and when he saw these six words, there was a huge shock in his heart, and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

Zhe Keqiu obviously understood the meaning of these six words, but he immediately folded the letter back to its original state, and then put it in the envelope.

Zhe Keqiu was really a little nervous, put away the letter, looked up left and right, and saw that there were still a few subordinate officials on the left and right, and immediately looked around with his eyes, and asked, "Have you seen the contents of the letter?" ”

A few subordinate officials didn't know why, so they begged to see the letter, where did a few people dare to come forward to peek, and someone quickly replied: "Back to the minister's words, the lower officials have not seen the content of the letter." ”

"Xia Guan didn't see it either!"

Zhe Keqiu heard the words and nodded: "It's good that I haven't seen it!" ”

It can be seen that the cautiousness in Zhe Keqiu's heart, the matter is too important, and Zhe Keqiu is no better than Zheng Zhi, Zheng Zhi is surrounded by martial artists and the like, and most of them are raised by themselves with one hand and one foot, or they follow themselves all the way, and there is a lot more trust.

But most of the people around him are civil officials, who eat more money from the court, and most of them are loyal to the monarch and serve the country. Although you can usually rely on it, but in this kind of thing, there is obviously a lack of trust.

I saw that Zhi Keqiu cautiously stuffed the letter into his arms, and then looked left and right a few times, and saw that several people looked like they didn't know why, and his heart was determined, and he ordered: "Prepare a horse and go to Ganzhou!" ”

Liu Zhengyan and Yang Keshi are both in Ganzhou, which is west of Liangzhou, and it is also the location of the original Western Xia Gansu Military Division. Zhe Keqiu was in a hurry to go to Ganzhou at this time, naturally to see Liu Zhengyan and Yang Keshi.

In Ganzhou, Liu Zhengyan is still worried about whether to start rebuilding Yumen Pass, which is not built, and there is no danger to defend in the northwest. Yumen Pass is to be built, there is no food and no money, if the armor is unloaded, there is no one, it is even more difficult.

Zhe Ke asked for a fast horse to come for ten days, all the way to the dust, into the city of Ganzhou, and went straight to find Liu Yang and the others.

Today's Ganzhou City has long been empty, except for a small number of Han people, whether it is a party member or a Hui or a Tubo person, they have already become prisoners, and then there are tens of thousands of ironclad soldiers. The city is not big, the houses are empty, but the soldiers can live comfortably.

Zhe Ke asked to see the two, and after the ceremony, he didn't say much, and took out the letter that he had collected close to his chest directly from his arms to the two.

Liu Zhengyan looked at it for a moment, and at first he was puzzled and didn't realize it, but after a while, he suddenly realized, and shouted in his mouth: "It's a good plan for the fair, so it's safe." Very good, very good! ”

Zhi Keqiu hurriedly raised his hand to stop Liu Zhengyan's words that he was going to continue, and then shouted left and right: "Everyone withdraws, no one is allowed in the hall for fifty steps, and the guards are transferred to inspect and guard closely, but if someone else comes out from the inside, don't worry about killing!" ”

The generals and officials of the left and right armies hurriedly went out, knowing that the stakes were very important, and they could not search the hall in a moment with countless iron armor, and then the outside of the courtyard was impassable.

At this time, Yang Keshi also read the letter, and his face showed a half-understanding look.

He just paced repeatedly, went out from time to time to take a look, and saw that the iron armor had already gone out of the courtyard gate, and then he said: "This plan kills two birds with one stone, but it is extremely risky, if someone reports it to Tokyo, I am afraid that our sin is not less than that of a kind of minister." ”

Liu Zhengyan couldn't hold back his words for a long time, and hurriedly said: "Folded Xianggong, you don't need to think much about this matter, as long as you can keep the newly acquired land, as long as you can support the generals under your command, these are nothing." Since Zheng Xianggong has ordered this, he must have thought it carefully, and Zheng Xianggong will not harm us. Listen to Zheng Xianggong's strategy and act, that is, send troops to the north, there are not only cattle and sheep in the grassland, but also chestnuts, although the grassland chestnuts are not delicious, but they can also live. ”

Yang Keshi only understood at this time, and also said: "Zheng Xianggong originally meant this, so it's okay, just start a war with the Hu people on the grassland, the Liao people are now in a bitter battle in the east, hundreds of thousands of troops have been defeated by the Jurchens, and Shangjing was attacked by the Jurchens, so they will definitely not be able to control the affairs of the grassland. It has been plundered by the Hu people for hundreds of years, and this time it is okay to rob the Hu people. ”

Zhe Ke asked to see two people who were eager to try, and they still weighed the pros and cons in their hearts, and only said: "I'm afraid that if one is not careful, this matter will be stabbed to Tokyo, and we will all become prisoners of the stairs." ”

Liu Zhengyan's face was a little unhappy when he heard this, and he only said: "Folded Xianggong, I went to Tokyo to go to the military situation, and said that the Liao people of the grassland went south to Koubian, and we were forced to fight, so let's see who dares to talk nonsense about this matter." Xu Shida, who eats inside and out, is his role model, Zheng Xianggong is merciful, if so, he will kill his whole family and not relieve his hatred. ”

Zhe Keqiu saw the appearance of the two of them, and his heart was also horizontal, but he was still worried, so he only said: "It's okay to act according to Zheng Xianggong's plan, but you two must listen to my orders, don't be impulsive, this matter needs to be considered in the long run, and you must not act lightly to avoid criticism." ”

Liu Zhengyan was relieved when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "The Prime Minister's order is, arrange it quickly." ”

Zhe Keqiu thought about it repeatedly in his heart, but it was not yet appropriate, so he only said: "The two of you gather troops and horses first, set off to Lingzhou, go north along the Yellow River to Lingzhou, and cross the Yellow River is Wurahai City (Inner Mongolia Chaoge Banner), there are still remnants of the party in Wurahai City, and we can take Wurahai City as the base camp. ”

The tribe of Zhubu was also an extremely powerful tribe on the grassland, in 1068 had rebelled against the Liao State and made a rebellion, but it was beaten by the Khitan army and lost its armor, and since then it has returned to the Liao State, but its strength has been greatly reduced, not as before. The Divination Department was about seven or eight hundred miles southwest of Ulaanbaatar (now the capital of Outer Mongolia), scattered across the vast grasslands west of Shangjing Road in Liao. In fact, most of the entire southern part of the Mongolian steppe belonged to the obstruction, but it was repeatedly defeated by the Khitans.

In a few days, the army was assembled, and hundreds of civil and military officials gathered together.

Zhe Keqiu sat in the middle, and on the left and right were Liu Zhengyan and Yang Keshi.

Then he listened to Zhe Keqiu and spoke: "Today, we have gathered a large army from all over the world and gathered all of you together, that is, there is something to say, the holy decree of the Tokyo official family has arrived for many days, and we have been ordered to unload the armor and reclaim the old land in Western Xia. I have to invite you to come here to convey the holy will of the officials. I also hope that all of you civil and military officers can cooperate with the matter of removing the armor, and do not teach us to be embarrassed. ”

Liu Zhengyan didn't refute when he heard this, he didn't even say a word of negative words, and many generals sat down and looked at Liu Zhengyan, only hoping that Liu Zhengyan could say a few fair words, but he heard Liu Zhengyan sigh and said: "Alas... It's hard to disobey the holy will, and I'll wait to remove the armor, so as not to end up with a farmer. ”

Everyone turned their eyes to look at Yang Keshi, only to hear Yang Keshi also say: "It's okay to remove the armor, but it just hurts the soldiers under your command." ”

After the first three people spoke, hundreds of civil and military officers under the seat, all of whom looked annoyed. The military attache was annoyed, naturally because he was worried about the soldiers under his command.

The civil officials are annoyed, but it is also for the sake of these military men, the last time they unloaded their armor, it was really difficult to cook without rice, and the matter of placing the military men fell on these civilian officials, there was no food in stock, and these military men could not really starve to death, and they also had to appease these military men not to do radical things, which shows the pressure of these civilian officials when they were on errands. At this time, it is necessary to have another errand of this kind, how can it not make these civil officials worried.

Then he listened to the fold and begged and said: "This time the armor is not as good as before, the soldiers and men are not allowed to return to their hometowns, and they must be resettled in the old place of the party. This is a difficult task, and I hope you will work together. ”

As soon as the sentence was finished, there was a buzz under the seat, where is the party how many acres of arable land? It's really a bit embarrassing to reclaim the old land of the party.

But while everyone was talking, a dusty man rushed in from outside the door, swaying left and right to the middle, kneeling on the ground as if he was about to fall, and shouted: "Report !!! Urgent military situation, the army of the grassland obstruction department has crossed the Yellow River in the north, and there are still 800 miles away from Xingqing Mansion! ”

Zhi Keqiu was shocked when he heard this, stood up and asked, "Hinder Bu is a Liao person, why did you offend my Great Song Dynasty?" ”

"The report is public, the villain doesn't know, but I can only see from a distance that there is a party member leading the way in front of the head of the queue."

Zhe Keqiu looked suddenly enlightened, and said: "How can this be reasonable, the remnants of the party dare to let the Obstruction people go south, obviously they want to use the power of outsiders to regain their homeland, how can we let these barbarians succeed, the army is gathered here today, quickly return east, and fight with the Obstruction Liao people, and will definitely keep the land that was seized by sacrificing so many Paize Brothers." Please also ask all the generals to use their lives and succeed in the first battle! ”

At this time, the left and right generals turned from sadness to joy, and no one was anxious about the upcoming big battle, and they all stood up, and some people had already shouted loudly: "The last general dares to take his brothers as the vanguard!" ”

"A hundred people will die!"

"The last general dares to take the lead, how can he let the barbarians occupy our land."

Seeing the voices of the generals one after another, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and saw the appearance on the faces of the people present, he already knew that he had passed the test today, raised his hand and signaled a few times, and said: "All disperse, point to the school soldiers, and follow a certain pull." ”

At this time, Liu Zhengyan and Yang Keshi looked at each other a few times, and their hearts were also relaxed. I also admire the fold a little more. Today's scene is obviously arranged by one-handedly.

Not only to lie to Tokyo, but also to act in front of these civil and military forces. This ensures that nothing goes wrong. Liu Zhengyan and Yang Keshi are obviously not as meticulous. 10