The journey back was light and pleasant, and the soldiers were overjoyed, marching and singing joyfully. Along the way, there was constant laughter and laughter, which was more joyful than the New Year.

In this operation, 8,000 Liao troops were annihilated, coins were looted, and a large amount of booty was seized. This certainly made the soldiers happy, but it was not the most pleasing to the soldiers. What made the soldiers most happy was that in this battle, the Returned Army did not take a trick, it was completely hard-hitting, and completely overwhelmed the Liao Army, and the Liao Army had no power to fight back in front of the Returned Army.

This is best illustrated by the Leather Room Army. Although the number of this thousand-skinned room army is not large, if other Song troops go to fight, it will take 5,000 if it is as little as possible, and 10,000 if it is more to deal with it. It is more likely that the dispatch of 10,000 Song troops may not be able to deal with it, and the Song army may be very likely to defeat the leather room army. This kind of thing has not happened in the Song-Liao War for hundreds of years.

is such an elite as the leather room army, and when they encounter the conversion army, they have no power to fight back. A whole thousand people, as soon as they rushed to the front of the Converting Army, were crippled, which is the best proof of the Converting Army's strong combat strength.

The converted army has such a strong combat power, there will be many victories in the future, one victory after another, there will be no problems, the time to make meritorious achievements and raise eyebrows is coming, is there anything more hopeful and joyful?

The biggest gain of this battle is not the rich seizure, not the robbery of the New Year's coins, but the momentum, majesty, and hope!

Mrs. Zheng rode to Wu Ji's side and said with a smile: "Commander Wudu, we have to report to the official family and make the official family happy!" If the official family knew about this, they would be overjoyed. ”

That is inevitable, Song Shenzong implemented the law change, in order to make the Song Dynasty strong, break the Liao State, destroy the Western Xia, and unify China. It's a pity that after working hard for several years, I didn't succeed, and I didn't even see hope. Now, the Converts gave him not victory, but hope, and hope for a unified country.

It is conceivable that if Song Shenzong destroyed the Liao State and Western Xia, pacified Liaodong, marched into the desert, and recovered the Western Regions, Vietnam, and Nanzhao, his achievements would surpass that of Song Taizu and become Emperor Wu of Han and Taizong of Tang Dynasty of the Song Dynasty. What a joy it is!

"Good! Immediately report the victory to the officials. Wu Ji understood Mrs. Zheng's thoughts and immediately agreed. Mrs. Zheng wrote a good news and sent someone to Bianjing.

It was only a day away from conversion, but it only took more than half a day for the soldiers to arrive at the conversion.

As soon as he arrived at the conversion, he was greeted by the excited people. The news of the victory spread very quickly like a bird with wings, and before they returned to the faith, the people who converted would know about it. This encirclement, needless to say, the cheers soared into the sky, shaking the ground and shaking.

What made the people rejoice was not capture, but hope, and they also saw the hope of defeating the Liao army. The Liao State pressed the Song Dynasty for hundreds of years, and the people at the border gates suffered for hundreds of years, slaughtering the Liao State for hundreds of years, and the people were looking forward to revenge all the time, but they were powerless, and the Song Dynasty did not have this strength.

Now, the Converts have such a strong combat power, and there is even more hope for this revenge, who can not rejoice?

After a long time, the excited people calmed down, and Wu Ji ordered that the soldiers who died in battle be buried and the captured gold and silver were distributed to the soldiers. The soldiers who died in battle and lost their strength received the most and the richest, and the gold and silver under them were distributed. As for the New Year's coin, it can't be moved yet, and it needs to wait for the will of Song Shenzong.

The next time was to recruit soldiers and replenish the Converts. In this battle, there were more than 400 injuries, and they needed to be replenished. It didn't take a little effort to make this move, and as soon as the news spread, the people who came to apply formed a long line, and there were more people than modern job seekers, and the competition was fierce.

There is only one sentence of these Ding Zhuang Yingying's words: "The Conversion Army is so capable of fighting, if I don't come to Yingying, where else can I go?" ”

The soldiers were replenished, and the next thing was to summarize and train, and the days passed.

xxxxxx Bianjing, Jiying Palace. Song Shenzong, Wang Anshi, Lu Huiqing, and Lu Gongzhu were discussing state affairs.

"Ladies and gentlemen, how do you say that you can build an army that can fight well?" Song Shenzong looked at the three of them and began to discuss: "Although this dynasty is reluctant to say it, I have to say that the Great Song Dynasty did not unify China. Khitan, Western Xia, Western Regions, Nanzhao, and Jiaozhi are overseas places, and these places are far away from the Qin and Han dynasties. Since the fall of the previous dynasty, China has been divided, and the strongest ones are the Khitan and Western Xia. My ambition is to make every effort to govern the country, reorganize the army and unify China. ”

"Official Shengming!"

Wang Anshi, Lu Huiqing, and Lu Gongzhu were busy praising them.

It's so exciting, and if you can participate in it, it's a great opportunity in life, and you will make a contribution and go down in history. Even Lu Gongshu, an opposition cadre, was not lacking in excitement, and he praised it with great sincerity.

"Don't praise!" Song Shenzong waved his right hand to prevent the three of them from praising any more, frowned, and said, "If I want to fulfill this grand wish, I must build an army that can fight well, so as to sweep away the Khitan and Western Xia and unify China." ”

"The official, the minister thinks that the Great Song Dynasty cultivates benevolence and virtue, educates the Quartet, and the world sets its own ......" Lu Gong was busy offering plans, and he had the ability to speak and speak, so he wanted to come to the way of the sage and the words of the master.

However, Song Shenzong didn't give him a chance at all, and only heard Song Shenzong shout angrily: "Fart!" You're farting! Lu Gong, you are still the minister of the DPRK and the Central Committee, and my minister, you actually said such a stinky bullshit! ”

Song Shenzong came out with a few fart words in a row, and the roar was like thunder, which shocked Lu Gong for a moment, and as soon as he said the words of the master, the capital of the saints retracted into his stomach, his face was red and his ears were red, and he didn't dare to say a word.

Since ancient times, the emperor spoke without dirty words, like Song Shenzong scolded a few fart words, which can be called a strange thing through the ages. But it was to scold Song Shenzong so justifiably that people couldn't afford to blame.

"You scholars, you know the way of the sage, the words of the master, bullshit! The government of benevolence and virtue determines the world to be benevolent, which is purely misleading people. Song Shenzong was furious: "When Qin Shi Huang swept away the Six Kingdoms, there was a saying that the world was determined by force and the world by benevolence. Fix the world to be benevolent, that is, you nerds who can only read dead books are fart, saying that for hundreds of years, the world is chaotic and weak, and it is not as good as a big army. Qin Shi Huang threw down a will, the Qin army marched eastward, and destroyed the Six Kingdoms in ten years, which is more applicable than the battle of tongues of you nerds! ”

"The official family, the tyrannical government of Qin, without benevolence and righteousness, will soon perish......" Song Shenzong's words subverted the fundamental of scholars, although Lu Gongshu was very afraid, but he was not convinced, and he wanted to argue.

"Shut up! Even if the Qin Dynasty fell, Qin Shi Huang also unified China, which you can't erase anyway! Song Shenzong didn't argue with him, and said loudly: "When the Han Dynasty broke the Xiongnu, the ministers of the court and the central government were pedantic, and they wanted to be more benevolent and righteous and educate the Xiongnu, is it useful?" The Han Dynasty even used the humiliating policy of harmony, the more harmonious, the stronger the Xiongnu, do you scholars use their tongues? It is not as good as the strong Han army, under the leadership of Wei Huo, across the desert, the Huns now only exist in the history books. ”

After a slight pause, his voice turned higher, and he said: "Since I ascended the throne, I have always thought that the way of a saint can save the world and unify China. The Great Song Dynasty's favor for scholars was the most generous in all dynasties, far exceeding that of the Han and Tang dynasties. However, after all these years of failure, I have come to realize more and more that you scholars will only mislead people and only talk. For the Khitan and Western Xia races, only the army is useful. Lu Gong, you said, if I send you to the Liao State, and ask you to say that the Liao State will surrender, can you do it? If you can do it, I don't deserve to be the emperor, let you be the emperor, do you dare to agree? ”

These words were too serious, Lu Gong was sifting through chaff all over his body, kept kowtowing, and burst into tears, looking pitiful: "Officials, ministers never dare, never dare to have this heart." ”

"What I'm asking is whether you can say that you will descend to the Liao Kingdom, you don't have to talk about it. You don't want to be the emperor, you are loyal, I will make you the prince, nine thousand years old, under me alone, above ten thousand people, do you dare to do this miraculous feat? Song Shenzong raised his eyebrows, taking an urgent step.

"Officials, ministers are shallow in their studies, and they dare not take on such a big responsibility." Lu Gongzhu was extremely reluctant to admit it, but he had to admit that he could not complete such an important task.

"Look, this is the face of you scholars, you talk about the Tao, but when you do it, you are pushing back and obstructing, and you dare not take on heavy tasks. Lu Gongzhu, you go and tell you people who only know how to rap that I want to organize the army and put away your nonsense. If you can't do it, I'll send you to Liao. "Song Shenzong is to the point.

Since the last victory in Xiongzhou, the opposition's power has weakened, but it is far from enough, there are still people who shake their lips and oppose the new law, Song Shenzong has long been ready to clean up these people, only by cleaning up these people, can the new law be implemented, and the army can be reorganized, this time, Lu Gong fell into the trap himself, how could Song Shenzong not seize the opportunity.

Sent to Liao, facing a group of tigers and wolves, is that still a shame lost? Lu Gong was very reluctant, but he didn't dare not admit it: "The minister obeys the order!" Obey the order! ”

"Over the years, I have really come to believe more and more that it is impossible to fulfill my ambition without an army that can fight well!" Song Shenzong glanced at Lu Gongzhu, who was kneeling on the ground, ignored it, and continued: "However, it is not easy to build an elite division. I have been wondering why the same China was so strong during the Qin, Han, Sui and Tang dynasties. In the Han Dynasty, there was a saying that 'those who commit a strong man, although they are far away, will be punished', no matter where the enemy is, as long as you violate the strong man, you will be punished. Not to mention the previous dynasty, a Tang army swept the world, beating all countries, the countries came to the dynasty, Chang'an sneezed, and the world thundered! If the Great Song Dynasty had such an army, why worry that the Liao State would not be broken and the Western Xia would not be destroyed? ”

After a slight pause, he said: "I have been thinking about it, the battle of Xiongzhou has given me a clear sign, it is better to say that it is better to strike a blow from the army, yes, I am ready to build an elite division." But how should this army be built? How to restore the combat power of the Han and Tang armies? ”

"Official's family, return to the military newspaper!" At this moment, Shao Jiu walked in quickly and presented the military report.

"Oh! What is Wu Ji's reputation? Won't it be another victory? Song Shenzong snatched it, unfolded it to take a look, suddenly raised his head to the sky, and laughed: "Okay, good!" This is the legendary army, which only the Han and Tang dynasties have! ”

(To be continued)