Zhuozhou, the palace of Marshal Yeluming. Yeluming sat upright, looking at the emperor in front of him, and the generals were standing, standing as tall as swords.

Yelu Ming looked at the holy decree from Yelu Hongji, smiled, raised his head, and looked at the generals: "The emperor has sent a decree to me to knock down Xiongzhou!" Knock Xiongzhou down! ”

His words were filled with joy, as if he were singing.

Xiongzhou is also known as Waqiao Pass, Shi Jingjiao betrayed the country and ceded Waqiao Pass to Liao. Waqiao Pass is the key to entering the Central Plains from the land of Youyan, if the Liao State controls the Waqiao Pass, the Liao army will drive straight into the Central Plains. Fortunately, Zhou Shizong's northern expedition recaptured Waqiao Pass, blocking the Liao army in the north, unable to surpass Lei Chi.

For more than a hundred years, the Liao State has been trying every means to seize Waqiao Pass, including the Alliance of Lanyuan and Chongxi Zengsui, and the Liao State wanted to get Waqiao Pass, but the Song Dynasty refused. Waqiao Pass is too important, ceding Waqiao Pass to the Liao State is tantamount to suicide, and the Song Dynasty will not do such a stupid thing, although the Song Dynasty has lost face by accepting the New Year's coin.

To take Xiongzhou is to open up the passage into the Central Plains. The land of the Central Plains, with a flat river, many plains, and few rivers and mountains, is suitable for the horse army of the Liao State to gallop. If Xiongzhou is really defeated, the Central Plains will almost be in the pocket of Liao.

Such a heavy task was handed over to Yeluming, not to mention the joy in Yeluming's heart, he was eager to immediately raise troops to the south, go straight to Xiongzhou, and defeat Xiongzhou.

"Haha! It's finally time to fight Xiongzhou! ”

"What do you mean finally? When did Da Liao not fight Xiongzhou? ”

"Da Liao has fought Xiongzhou countless times, and after fighting with the southerners for so many years, isn't it just for Xiongzhou?"

"Xiongzhou City is high and thick, and it is difficult to take it down."

"No matter how hard it is, we will fight it too! The emperor pointed out that if Xiongzhou was defeated, then it would be a big fight. ”

When the generals heard Ye Luming's words, they were all excited, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and they talked nonsense, their heads were raised, their chests were straightened, and their spirits were vivid.

"The emperor Shengming, he wants us to attack when the weather is cold and the snow is falling." Ye Luming's joy increased a little: "At that time, the ice and snow are suitable for the Daliao warriors to gallop, and the southerners can only shrink in the quilt and lie on the woman's belly, they are not our opponents, we will definitely be able to defeat Xiongzhou!" ”

"Lay down Xiongzhou! Lay down Xiongzhou! ”

The generals cheered, waved their arms, and their eyes sparkled.

"Yelu Bodhisattva, is that Zeng Danian convinced?" Yelu Ming looked at Yelu Bodhisattva and asked.

"Don't worry, put him in the dog cage, and he will be convinced in just a few days. So far, I can't be convinced. "Yelu Bodhisattva is a little funny. The matter of putting Zeng Danian in a dog prison is really interesting.

"That's good, interrogate well, ask more useful things." Yeluming was very satisfied with his move.

"Dashuai, this matter has already been asked by the general, except that he is familiar with the geography of the southerners, it is not very useful."

Yelu Bodhisattva grinned and said with some amusement: "This Nanren likes to brag, and he said that he encountered a new weapon in his conversion, called a thunderbolt, and said that it was like thunder, and killed his thief as if it were not sincere. also said that this is a sharp weapon made by a southerner named Wu Ji, which is very powerful. ”

"Haha!" Yelu Ming raised his head to the sky and couldn't suppress his laughter: "The southerners like to brag, and the one in the whole story is also, the way of the sage, and the words of the master, blowing like flowers, but when the Da Liao warriors beat over, they shut up." This Zeng Danian tried his best to say something useless, let him suffer some hardships. ”

"Nanren doesn't have a good thing, we must make him suffer!" The generals immediately chimed in.

Zeng Danian provided a great piece of information, but because the thunderbolt was a new thing and had not been used in large quantities in warfare, no one realized its value.

Ye Luming gave an order, the Liao army began to be secretly mobilized, and all kinds of siege equipment began to prepare.

xxxxxx conversion, in the barracks. Wu Ji sweated like rain and trained hard, and now he has made physical progress, and he is still inseparable from being strong, and he is no different from a normal person.

This is all the result of Wu Ji's hard training, and of course, with the help of Huangfu Song. Without the guidance and help of Huangfu Song, Wu Ji would not have reached the level of a normal person in a short period of time.

Up to now, Wu Ji is no different from normal people, and Huangfu Song is no longer so hard, Wu Ji can just cultivate by himself.

Under the supervision of Huangfu Song, the soldiers were undergoing arduous training, and the sweat on their chins fell down one after another. Although this is a cold winter, although it has not yet reached the day of heavy snowfall, it is also very cold, and it is in such a cold day that they sweat like rain, which shows how hard their training is.

After this period of training, the Converts became more and more like an army, and their momentum became more and more fierce and fierce. Huangfu Song saw it in his eyes, he was very satisfied, and came to Wu Ji to stand still: "Commander Wu, you see, the brothers are becoming more and more like the army." After a while, you will be able to practice, and then what are you going to do? ”

"An army that has not been baptized by fire is not a real army, only an army that has experienced life and death can be regarded as a real army! I plan to take them to the Liao Realm at that time and kill them well! Wu Ji put away the knife, stopped, and wiped the hot sweat on his forehead.

"To Liaojing?" Huangfu Song was stunned, he definitely didn't expect that Wu Ji was so bold.

"Yes! You won't be afraid, will you? Wu Ji glanced at him, and then said: "There has always been only the Liao State to fight the Great Song Dynasty, and there is no matter for the Great Song Dynasty to fight the Liao State, so I don't believe in this evil!" The Liao State can fight the Great Song Dynasty, but the Great Song Dynasty can't fight the Liao State? We pulled to the Liao border, looked for an opportunity to attack on the border of Liao, and if we could fight, we would fight, and if we couldn't, we would leave. Hehe, the Liao border is so wide, there are more places to start, and there will always be a few surprises for the Liao country. ”

Wu Ji's smile was a little sinister, but it was exciting.

That's right, it has always been the Liao State that pressed the Song Dynasty to fight, and if Wu Ji dragged the Guixin Army to the Liao border to sabotage, the harvest would definitely not be wrong. First, no one has done this, and Liao State can't think of it, this is "surprise, unpreparedness to attack it." "Second, the Liao realm is very wide, and there are many objects that can be targeted, and the harvest must be no worse.

"Good! Good! Good! Huangfu Song was very excited to call Wu Ji, and couldn't stop rubbing his hands: "Hearing you say this, I can't wait to enter the Liao realm immediately." ”

patted Wu Ji on the shoulder: "Commander Wu, you continue to practice, I will go to collect information, where to start, where not to move, we must know in our hearts." ”

Regardless of Wu Ji's reaction, he went in a hurry. Going to the Liao Realm to sabotage, not to mention putting it into practice, just thinking about it makes people excited.

"Owner! Landlord. Wu Ji looked at Huangfu Song's back, and just wanted to continue training, only to hear someone call him eagerly, turned his head to look, and saw Cao Dalin coming quickly, with an eager look: "Dongjia, what do you say about this?" ”

"What's the matter?" Wu Ji was confused by what he said, and hurried to meet him.

"The owner, it's about the ore." As soon as Cao Dalin saw Wu Ji's ceremony, he immediately said something: "Dongjia, the method you said is really good, not only the stainless steel, but the stainless steel produced has increased several times, and I am so happy, I don't know how to say it." ”

Cao Dalin's mouth cracked, and his eyes narrowed into a small slit with a smile: "I have been refining steel all my life, but I have never seen such a good steel, so much steel!" One by one, I laughed so much that I would wake up when I fell asleep at night. ”

The renovation of the smelter, because of the foundation, transferred a group of people from the family, there was no shortage of funds, and it was completed in a short time. After the transformation was completed, during the trial production, Wu Ji went to see it, and the stainless steel from one furnace to another came out, which was really exciting.

With these steels, the quality of the chopping knife has been improved.

"Let's get down to business." Listening to him talk a little far, Wu Ji had to remind him.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Cao Dalin hurriedly returned to the topic: "The owner doesn't know, there is more steel, and the consumption of ore will increase." I'm running out of ore, what can I do? It's not cost-effective to go to Xiongzhou and buy it somewhere else. Instead of buying ore, which will cost a lot of money just on transportation and is not cost-effective, it is better to buy stainless steel. But if you don't buy it, won't this smelter be abandoned? ”

It is impossible to train a ton of steel from a ton of ore, and this freight is a heavy burden. If you buy ore from somewhere else, you might as well buy ready-made steel.

"What a nuisance." Wu Ji really didn't think about this, and couldn't help but be stunned: "Shopkeeper Cao, where did you buy the ore before?" I heard that there was a mining farm in the conversion. ”

"Boss, I bought my ore from conversion." Cao Dalin was a little unhappy: "The ore of conversion is not bad. However, it is too little, and no matter how much we transform, it is not enough for us. Besides, this mining farm is about to close, and if we don't have the ore, won't it be in vain? ”

"The mine is closing?" Wu Ji was really surprised.

"yes." Cao Dalin groaned for a moment and said: "Boss, this is what you make steel, but when it comes to mining, you don't know it very well, and there are many ways." Converting to this mining farm had to be closed, they took all the mines that could be mined, and the rest of the mines were very hard, and they hammered them one by one, how much effort did it take? Wages alone are worth more than ores, can you not turn them off? ”

Mining in the Song Dynasty relied on manpower, and it had to be hammered one by one. Unlike modern times, some are mechanical, some are explosives. If the ore is too hard, the labor cost is scary enough.

Therefore, there are many mines today, and the ancients have already mined them, but we can continue to mine them.

"Mining!" Wu Ji's eyes became brighter and brighter.

"Boss, what happened to you?" Cao Dalin looked at Wu Ji and found that Wu Ji's eyes were getting more and more focused, and he couldn't help but be surprised.

"Shopkeeper Cao, you are wrong, I am very good at mining. Let's go, take me to the mines. Wu Ji put the knife away and rushed to Cao Dalin.

"Boss, do you know how to mine?" Cao Dalin was a little incredulous.

"I have a mining weapon in my hand, it doesn't matter if you are hard or not, the package is very smooth." Wu Ji turned his mind confidently.

(To be continued)