In the blink of an eye, in May of the third year of Longxing, on the Guanzhong Plain, the golden wheat fields were magnificent. The Jin army greatly developed the tuntian fields within the two roads of Yanyan, Shaanxi and China that it occupied, although it could not compare with the scale of cultivation by the people in peacetime. However, there is no problem in refunding the military to solve the urgent need. Lou Su eagerly awaited raising his eyebrows, he had been really uncomfortable in the past few months. If it weren't for Mu Han's repeated warning before his departure that he should not take the enemy lightly, and that the first task was to gain a firm foothold in Shaanxi, rather than to expand his achievements, he would have done it with the Western Army a long time ago.

Yelu Ma Wu saw the clue and persuaded more than once, but if he couldn't bear it, he would make a big plan. Xu Wei is now holding heavy troops and eyeing him, if he takes the initiative to attack, he will be in his arms. We can not take the Longxing Peace Conference seriously, but the Western Army is different, and this peace agreement is still quite binding on them. As long as our army does not act rashly and does not let the other side seize the handle, the Purple Gold Tiger will not dare to launch an offensive. What the Jin army should do now is to stabilize order as soon as possible. Accumulate grain, slow down the use of troops, and wait for the accumulation. Lou Su agreed.

At this time, Xu Wei had been fighting hard for several months, the supplies had been replenished, and the army had been rested. Building an elite cavalry unit is not only a matter of having soldiers and horses, but also requires tactics. For more than 100 years in the Great Song Dynasty, the Ma Army was not taken seriously, but there was no such condition. Now, Xu Wei has a horse army of about 7,000 horsemen through appropriation and capture. Cutting off some of the inferior horses used as transport escorts, there are more than 5,000 who can go into battle.

During this period, Xu Wei continued to pay attention to the research and development of firearms. The "Ben Thunder Arrow" has been tested in actual combat and has been proven to be an effective firearm, but it is not powerful enough. The craftsmen compensated for the lack of quality by using the advantage of quantity, and increased the original 20 gunpowder cartridge arrows to 30, or even 40. Later, because the weight of 40 medicine arrows was too large to carry, the standard was limited to 30.

As for tubular firearms, development remains the most difficult. After all, a full-fledged gun is something that only exists centuries later, and it is not easy to play it in advance across hundreds of years. At present, the capital has only basically solved the problem of "blowing up the chamber", and uses deeply buried coal to smelt. But the range is still not satisfactory, and it has been around thirty paces. Regardless of field and city warfare, it is not as good as running thunder arrows.

It is worth mentioning that the craftsmen also drummed up some "conceptual" instruments. For example, the hoop wood is the cylinder, and the bowstring is used as the elastic force, the earth-shaking thunder is changed to a smaller size, pressed into the cylinder, the barrel mouth is raised at an angle, and the fire is set off and the string is fired, and the earth-shaking thunder is thrown in a curve, which can fly over obstacles and attack the enemy hidden behind. There is also the addition of zama nails to firearms, which are fired with instruments, and the explosion of the firearm scatters zama nails all over the ground to hinder the advance of the enemy's horse infantry army.

Xu Wei does not judge success or failure, and rewards all new ideas, regardless of whether they meet the requirements of actual combat.

With these funds, Xu Wei pondered about finding a Jurchen person to practice. But then again, after all, the Song and Jin countries have now reached a peace agreement, and if a large-scale attack is launched in this situation, it is impossible to predict what the reaction of the Jin State will be, and what the reaction will be. After Zhang Jun returned to Zhenjiang, he reported on the situation in Shaanxi, and Zhao Huan's instructions to Shaanxi were to stick to the boundaries after the formal conclusion of the Song-Jin Peace Conference.

In other words, Zhenjiang Xing acquiesced to Xu Wei's loophole. Only the envoys of the Jin Emperor Wu begging to buy arrived at Zhenjiang Xing, and the border between the two countries after the formal conclusion of the peace treaty. Moreover, some time ago, the Yongxing Army Shuai Si defeated Yinshuke and Shi Jianu, and Xu Wei still grabbed the handle in his hand, because Yinshuke took the initiative to attack him.

Now the Jin army led by Lou Su is very "restrained", does not take the initiative to provoke, and even retreats to the north of Weishui. If you launch another large-scale attack at this time, you will be tantamount to tearing up the Longxing Peace Treaty that has just been concluded. No one could have predicted what the consequences of this move would be, Zhenjiang did not dare to take this risk, and Xu Wei was not willing to be this up-and-coming bird.

But seeing that the wheat is ripe, if the Jin army harvests it, how can the whole soldier have enough food to live?

The sun is like fire, and the vast plains are full of gold. Because it was noon, there were few people in the fields. Occasionally, a light breeze blows, blowing waves of wheat. This is the territory of Liyang County north of the Wei River, bordering Yaozhou in the north and Jingzhao in the west, and belongs to the front line of the Song and Jin armies in Shaanxi.

A team of horses rushed to the west, and the formation was not large, only dozens of horses. They were all dressed in civilian clothes, but the knights on horseback looked fierce, and their bows and crossbows hung from their saddles, and machetes hung from their saddles. The first few riders in front of the team were Xu Wei, Ma Kuo, Xu Cheng, Li Guan and others. Looking at the wheat field, no one spoke.

Ma Kuo jumped off the ground, entered a field, broke off two ears of wheat, and rubbed them in his hand, but some of the wheat fell off, and he put them in his mouth and chewed them, then spit them out, and then turned back and said, "At most, it will be harvested in ten days." ”

After hearing this, Xu Wei put his hand on the pergola and looked around, nodded and said: "It seems that Lou Su is also guarding us, there is not much cultivation here, and the fields are still empty." ”

"Xianggong, it is reported that someone in Dunzhou has already started to collect it." Li Guan reported.

"It's not surprising that Lou Su thinks that I will attack Yan Wangyan, so I am naturally more cautious. I'm worried about the area of Hezhong Mansion in Huazhou, Tongzhou, the terrain is flat, the land is fertile, if the Jurchens have a bumper harvest......" Xu Wei said as he looked at it.

"Dashuai, what did Xuanfu Si say?" Ma Kuo came back and asked.

"The king still said restraint and restraint, not to take the initiative to provoke incidents, and not to agree with us to launch an attack." Xu Weidao. At the end of April, he had reported to Qinzhou that he was planning to launch a wave of attacks. But Wang Shu did not agree, but admonished him in every possible way, saying that this time the Jin army attacked, the excuse was that the western army took the initiative to invade Hedong. If you launch the "Wheat Harvest Offensive", the Jurchens will have something to say again.

Ma Kuo shook his head: "As soon as this wheat is harvested, Jin Jun will be able to stand firm in Shaanxi." ”

"This place is so close to our army, just send someone to grab it!" Xu Cheng said suddenly.

Ma Kuo glanced at him and asked with a smile: "Xu Tongzhi is to give you 10,000 manpower, how much grain can you harvest in a day?" And the Jurchens won't watch you reap. ”

As he was talking, the soldier suddenly called, "Come here, a team of men!" ”

Everyone took advantage of the situation and saw a group of figures running out of the village in the southeast corner, some carrying guns, some holding sticks, and some carrying a gong and clanging, rushing over here.

"Let's go." Xu Wei turned the horse's head and led his subordinates to sweep away.

In the evening, when Fang entered Chang'an City, he was blocked by Zhang Qing. He was in charge of the Commander's Office and the writing department, and was in charge of the secrets. stopped Xu Wei and said with a split: "The staff from Qinzhou is waiting in the Shuai Mansion, saying that there are 100,000 urgent matters." ”

100,000 urgent? Am I not in the way of the Jin Army? What can be a hundred thousand urgent? Xu Wei was puzzled in his heart, and he didn't delay, and immediately hit his horse and rushed back to the Shuai Mansion.

There was a man sitting in the flower hall, who was in his early thirties. Since Xu Wei crossed, he has seen many famous figures in history, and there are not a few people who are dignified and talented. But this person is simply a talent, a talent! In that hall, the waist is straight and the head is raised, and the eyes are not squinted. Seeing himself enter the hall, he got up without hurry, bowed his hand, and was neither humble nor arrogant. Although the figure is not tall, but the face is upright, if you want to judge people by their appearance, this person is a good person at first glance.

"Liu Ziyu, the official Xuanfu Division's 'Ji Yi to do office work', has seen the Minister of Economic Affairs." The man said to Xu Wei.

Xu Wei only remembered the "100,000 urgent" and asked directly: "What's the matter?" ”

"On the orders of King Xuanfusi, please go to Qinzhou immediately to discuss important matters." Liu Ziyu replied.

Xu Wei thought for a while: "Are you the timing of the Xuanfu Division?" After receiving an affirmative reply from the other party, he added, "Is it convenient to say?" ”

Liu Ziyu thought for a moment and whispered: "Go back to Dashuai, something happened in the east." ”

"To the east? Two Rivers? Xu Wei frowned.

Liu Ziyu nodded.

"Could it be ......" Xu Wei's heart was shocked, and he had already guessed what might be something. didn't ask much at the moment, and ordered Liu Ziyu to go to the pavilion for the time being, and go to Qinzhou with him early tomorrow morning. That night, Xu Wei made his own arrangements and ordered Wang Yu and Wu Jue to temporarily preside over military affairs, and Jingzhao Mansion Silu to preside over government affairs.

Before dawn the next day, he went straight to Qinzhou with Liu Ziyu, the "Ji Yi Office Officer" of the Xuanfu Division. chatting with him along the way, I learned that Liu Ziyu had just been transferred from the Transshipment Division to the Xuanfu Division. To Xu Wei's surprise, he turned out to be the eldest son of Liu Tao, the Shaanxi transit envoy! It's just that because he didn't take the imperial examination and relied on the shade to make up for the official, he was not promoted quickly.

On the ninth day of the fifth month, Xu Wei arrived in Qinzhou. Although this place is not more prosperous than Chang'an, the name of Longshang Jiangnan is not for nothing. Since ancient times, it has been the gateway of Longyou, a strategic point, and a road hub. Moreover, the people of Qin Long, who value righteousness and light life, where righteousness is, do not regret death, and the seed master said that this is a place where heroes come in, which is true.

When entering the city, the generals and soldiers of the city were all Xu Wei's subordinates, and they were very happy to see the marshal. Someone shouted, "Handsome!" The soldiers swarmed over, surrounded Xu Weituan, and kept worshipping. The people in the city, when they heard that Xiao Xu had arrived in Qinzhou, came to see the excitement, and the three layers inside and the three layers outside were surrounded by water.

It was said that he would not hit the smiling person with his hand, but Xu Wei waved his whip and shouted: "Go back!" When will Ben Shuai teach you to leave your post without permission! Frightened, a group of officers and soldiers hurriedly dispersed and returned to their posts.

When the people saw it, they said that the purple gold tiger fruit was majestic! They all dispersed, and Xu Wei and the others had to pass. Out of the encirclement, Liu Ziyu suddenly said: "The prestige of the handsome man is great, the army and the people admire it together, and the lower officials admire it tightly." ”

Xu Wei didn't hear this sentence right, and said with a smile indifferently: "Under the fame, it is actually difficult to deserve, and it is just touted by others." ”