On the evening of the twenty-third day of the first lunar month, a cold wind blew.

In the study of Wei Wangfu, there are many news from all over the country on the desk, and the news of Xingwangfu has been transmitted to Kaifeng, Zhao Dezhao also knew in the letter that Liu Gang purchased elephant soldiers, and he has arranged a big net in the (Southern) Han, but he thinks that if the Great Song Dynasty wants to send troops to attack the (Southern) Han, it will almost be able to act this year.

In addition, according to Jiangning Mansion news, Han Xizai has also returned to the Jiangning Mansion after the province, although on the surface Han Xizai did not make any moves, but he must also have a heart for this, Li Yu is the lord of a country, how can he not win over and be suspicious of Han Xizai.

Zhao Dezhao smiled at the corner of his mouth, and walked to a huge map in the study, he stared at the map tightly.

It has been marked several points, the old general Liu Renzhan of Shouzhou in Huaibei is stationed in this city, and the father and son of the Liu family have been training here since they returned to the Great Zhou, and now after entering the Song Dynasty, they have been conscientious.

South of the Yangtze River, Lin Renzhao garrisoned Runzhou, day and night training soldiers and horses to prevent the Southern Attack of the Great Song Dynasty, this person is a tiger general, and he will definitely be a strong enemy of the Great Song Dynasty in the future, but his fate in history is not good, and later the Great Song Dynasty set up a strategy, which made Li Yu suspicious, and Li Yu poisoned this person with a cup of wine. But now, Zhao Dezhao has the heart to recruit, but this person is a hard bone, and it is not easy to recruit, so he can only do it slowly.

Yingluan Town, in the past, Zhao Dezhao once inspected the 14 states of Jiangbei, and saw the military exercise of the water division. At this moment, Song Yanwu has been transferred to the north and appointed as the envoy of the Zhongwu Army.

Although Song Yanwu is no longer there, since Nanping, Wuping and Shu were captured, the Great Song Dynasty naval division has controlled nine-tenths of the Yangtze River basin, and has deployed the Great Song Dynasty naval forces in Chengdu, Jiangling Mansion and Dongting Lake Yuezhou. In the port of Shanghai and Liuzhou, there are military ports built to supervise the construction of warships and ships, and to train the navy.

On the south bank of the Yangtze River, Jiangling Mansion shrank to a place, because of the depth of the (southern) Tang territory, reaching the Yangtze River in the north, connecting Wuhui in the east, connecting Nanling in the south, and Hunan border in the west.

Qian Yu and Chen Hongjin in the east are not worried.

Far in the northwest, Wang Yansheng was stationed in Yuanzhou, Li Yiyin of the Dingyan Army was stationed in Xiazhou, Li Hanchao was stationed in Guannan, Ma Renyu was stationed in Yingzhou, Han Lingkun was stationed in Changshan, He Weizhong was stationed in Yizhou, He Jiyun was stationed in Dizhou, Guo was stationed in Xishan, Wu Shouqi was stationed in Jinzhou, Li Qianpu was stationed in Xizhou, Li Jixun was stationed in Zhaoyi, Zhao Zan was stationed in Yanzhou, Yao Neibin was stationed in Qingzhou, Dong Zunzhi was stationed in Huanzhou, and Feng Jiye was stationed in Lingwu. However, what Zhao Dezhao knew was that in the autumn of the fifth year of Qiande (967), Li Yixing died on the military festival.

In the eyes of the party members, Wang Yansheng, who was stationed in Yuanzhou, was simply a nightmare. Wang Yansheng served as Zhao Dezhao's swordsman, and Zhao Dezhao knew that this person was very brutal and treated the party members who broke the law very cruelly. On several occasions he summoned his subordinates to feast and tore off the ears of prisoners in public to serve them with wine...... Wang Yansheng ate hundreds of people's ears before and after, and the party was afraid and did not dare to harass Biansai again.

Now the northwest frontier defense is very consolidated, and the Great Song Dynasty has no worries about the northwest for the time being.

Since the first battle of Liaozhou, the Song army in Liaozhou city under the heavy damage (northern) Han army main force, although did not destroy the (northern) Han, but (northern) Han also only beaten, Liu Jun is now silent, and scruples about the civil strife in Liao, temporarily unable to go south, and in Jinyang City, Zhao Dezhao's Changchun Hall has also been armed, Zhao Kuangyin also arranged Guo Wu for this person, for Zhao Kuangyin to pass the news, this time the (northern) Han may have to stop for a long time, dare not attack again, can recover the vitality There is a saying.

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This night, the wind was blowing very strongly, the windows were blown by the wind from time to time, making a "dong dong" sound, and the temperature outside the house also dropped a lot, and it seemed that it was about to snow again. Zhao Dezhao didn't notice the strong wind outside the house and the trembling doors and windows inside.

At three o'clock, outside the house, a dark shadow suddenly appeared at the door and knocked three times.

Zhao Dezhao knew that someone was coming, and he said in a low voice: "Come in." ”

The man was dressed in a black cloak, and the cloak mountain was stained with some snowflakes, he shook it, and did not take off his hat, Zhao Dezhao did not see his face clearly under the dim candlelight,

At this moment, the man raised his hand and arched: "Subordinate Chen Yuan has seen the young master. ”

Zhao Dezhao looked at Chen Yuan's murderous aura, he glanced at it with relief, turned around and took a letter from the table, and handed it to Chen Yuan, "Chen Yuan, I came to you today because of a task entrusted to you, you go to Nantang this time, be sure to deliver this letter to Han Xizai Han Master, he will understand after reading it." ”

Chen Yuan took the letter and put it in his cuff, "Yes, my subordinates obey orders." ”

"It may not be easy to go to Nantang here, Chenyuan, you can take the brothers of 'Mountain Eagle' with you, and if you have something, you can send a message to me through the Jiangning Mansion rudder." Zhao Dezhao didn't say anything anymore.

"My subordinates understand." Chen Yuan bowed his hand and retreated outside the door.

Zhao Dezhao was still in the study, he looked up and continued to look at the map, and at this moment he looked at the northwest Hengshan, Helan Mountain, Qilian Mountain, Ganzhou Uighurs, Guiyi Army, and Khotan.

Wubao and Yanfu County originally belonged to Suizhou, and now it belongs to the (Northern) Han Dynasty, and the (Northern) Han Dynasty built Wubao Water Village here to defend the Northwest Party Item.

After a while, Si Zichun also entered the room, and the snowflakes outside the house blew into the house at once, and immediately melted, he closed the door and faced Zhao Dezhao.

"The subordinate Sizichun has seen the young master, I don't know if the young master summoned his subordinates to come today, what important things do you have to order?"

Zhao Dezhao pointed to the Wu Bao of the (Northern) Han Dynasty on the map, and advised: "Sizichun, although there is no big problem in the northwest now, but I have to guard against it, this time you and your 'cheetahs' will go to Xiazhou, Lingzhou, and Suizhou together, and secretly monitor the party members for me, the (Northern) Han people." If there is an abnormality, send a letter immediately, but remember not to conflict with it for the time being. ”

"Yes." Four sons spring road.

"By the way, you called Yuhuatian and Wu Heng to also enter, have they arrived?"

Sizichun said: "Young master, both of them are outside the door. ”

"Is there a lot of snow outside the house?" Zhao Dezhao suddenly said this.

"Young master, the wind and snow are also heavy."

Si Zichun immediately went out of the room and called Yu Huatian and Wu Heng to enter.

"You two have worked hard. Recently, I have different tasks to give you. Yuhuatian, you are responsible for going to the (southern) Hanxing Palace, monitoring every move there, and if there is anything, you will talk to Lord Yang Duo in detail. ”

Yu Huatian replied, "Yes." And he withdrew.

In history, two years later (968), Dali sent a letter to the Song Dynasty court, asking for a good pass. In another year (969), there was a border rebellion in the eastern part of Dali, the mayor of Yanzhong Town, Zongqi, the leader of Qiuzhou, and the leader of Qiuzhou, Dai Lian Lang Rabbit captured Mi Nai and other three provinces, Duan Sushun (the fifth emperor of Dali, reigned in 968-985) sent Du Tong, Changhuang Shu, Bu Xie Duan Zibiao, Du Jian Sanjun, Li Le Shuang, Chang Juma, Bu Xie Duan Yanzhen and other unified troops to pacify the border villages, exterminate Dai Lian Lang Rabbit and other rebels, and at the same time crusade against Lang Yu, Afang, Tiandong.

In this year, Duan Sushun met Zhao Kuangyin's southern expedition, and Zhao Kuangyin, in view of the defeat of the Tang Dynasty, drew the Dadu River with a jade axe as the boundary, and the Dali Kingdom was preserved.

Now the king of Dali is Duan Sicong, and the rapidly expanding Gao clan has replaced the Dong clan and become the actual controller of the imperial power. In the early days of the founding of Dali, Duan Siying, the son of Duan Siping, the founder of Dali, reigned for one year and was deposed as a monk by his uncle Duan Siliang and Dong Jialuo...... Since then, the succession to the throne of the Dali Wang family has been due to the competition for the replacement of the two branches of Duan Siping and Duan Siliang, laying the line of fierce power struggle.

Zhao Dezhao is naturally familiar with the history of Dali, so he turned his head and said to Wu Heng: "Wu Heng, you are special this time, pretend to be a businessman and go to Dali to expand our power in Dali, and also pay attention to these forces, the descendants of Duan Siping and Duan Siliang of Dali, the Gao family, the Dong family, the Yang family and other major forces. ”

Wu Heng heard the command of the King of Wei, but he was a little uneasy in his heart, Dali is very far away from the Great Song Dynasty, and there is no distribution of power in Changchun Hall in Dali for the time being, the young master's order made him panic in his heart, he was afraid that things would be messed up, he said: "The young master's order is too heavy, and my subordinates may not be able to bear it." ”

"Wu Heng, there are priorities, although this matter is tricky, but at the moment I have to hand it over to you, I hope you will complete it well, this matter has a long way to go......" Zhao Dezhao looked at Wu Heng and said.

Wu Heng saw the young master looking at him with burning eyes, he felt that the burden on his shoulders was getting heavier and heavier, he lowered his head, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became heavy. After a while, Wu Heng finally raised his head, looked at Zhao Dezhao, and arched his hand: "The subordinates will definitely not disappoint the young master." ”

Zhao Dezhao said to Wu Heng: "Wu Heng, if you are in difficulty, I will send a few more subordinates to assist you, as for the money, food, and wealth, I will let Manager Bai of Guangwei Group take one or two from it, you don't have to worry about this." ”

"There is a young master."

"Do you have any other doubts now?"

Wu Heng stood in the room, and for the time being, he had no problem, he said, "No." ”

"Well, if you have something to do, remember to contact the (Southern) Han Yang helmsman, and he will pass the letter to me."

Wu Heng exited the room, closed the door, and sighed.

The snow was still falling outside, but it wasn't heavy, and it melted when it hit the ground. Zhao Dezhao saw that Wu Heng was far away, so he got up and put on a big fashion, pushed the door out, and stood outside the door to admire it alone for a while.

The next day, the weather had cleared, the wind was still a little strong, and the water on the ground had been blown dry, leaving nothing behind.

…… A few days later, Chen Yuan, Si Zichun, Yu Huatian, and Wu Heng took their respective men and horses to their respective assigned places.

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Since the beginning of the Song Dynasty, Emperor Zhao Kuangyin paid attention to the production of weapons, every time he made a weapon, he entered in ten days, called "ten lessons", these days, there was good news from the ordnance supervisor, the ordnance superintendent Wei Pi has produced some weapons used in war, such as fierce fire oil tanks, rockets, tribulus terrestris fire, poison smoke, thunderbolt fire, iron-billed fire harrier, etc., the successful development of these weapons is based on the efforts of many craftsmen and refer to Zhao Dezhao's opinion to develop and improve, as for the firearms, for the time being, they are still under development.

Emperor Zhao Kuangyin heard that a batch of military weapons had been developed, so he went out of the palace to see it in person.