Four years have passed, and Zhou Quan has passed the age of standing at this time. He has a slight beard www.biquge.info not much, which makes him look mature and steady.

Among the soldiers of the Western Army around, there were those who cried with joy, and the veteran general in the oncoming planter was even more full of disbelief.

Zhou Quan was also moved by this.

Although he was dissatisfied with the military discipline of the Western Army, he had to admit that it was the tattered and scrawny army in front of him that blocked the alien army in the west in Yanzhou and bought him four precious years.

Seeing that the seed master came forward, he also dismounted, and without waiting for the old general to salute, he held him up.

"Old man, I am very relieved to see that you are in good health!"

It's just a simple word of comfort, but the planter feels warm in his heart.

At this time, when it comes to the status of power, although Zhou Quan does not have the name of the emperor, he has the reality of the emperor, and can be said to be the most noble person in the world. But for him, not only close, but also obsessed with the gift of the younger generation.

Thinking of the attitude of Zhao Ji, who was still the emperor at the time, when he entered Beijing, was really a stark contrast.

"His Royal Highness King Ji, how did you come here, this is not a good place, Your Highness is the hope of all the people, how can you risk yourself?" The middle way of the planter.

"What kind of dangerous place is this, where the old man is, how can I be in danger?" Zhou Quan laughed, turned his face and glanced at the troops in the division again, and then said sincerely: "I got the news from the old minister, I came with the whole army, and it will take some time, so I came a little late, and I ask the old minister to forgive me." ”

The seed master was stunned, he passed the news to the Song court, but did not pass it on to Zhou Quan. However, thinking that Song Ting was now completely a puppet agent of the person in front of him, he also understood it in his heart.

"The old general judged that the western thieves are going to attack in a big way?" Zhou Quan asked again.

"Exactly, if it weren't for that, Yanzhou wouldn't have been lost." The planter said solemnly.

In the past few years, the western thieves have not been idle, after they seized Lingzhou, they used Lingzhou as a gathering point, hoarded grain and grass, and accumulated more weapons, in order to make an unprecedented expedition.

It is still very strange among the planters why the western thieves did this expedition.

You must know that this is not a plundering of hundreds or thousands of people, but an army of hundreds of thousands, crossing the Hanhai Sea, crossing the Gobi, and coming on an expedition!

Zhou Quan knew why.

After Wushu and Hu Li did not leave the Central Plains, they coerced Zhao Kai and went westward to merge with the original Western Xia Li Qianshun. Wushu is worthy of a generation of heroes, he even married a princess of Seljuk, and married one of his sisters to the emperor of Seljuk, and then also converted to the Great Food Sect - although the Jurchens have always had a close relationship with pigs, but since Wushu wants to deal with Zhou Quan, a great enemy, he doesn't care about anything, where will he care about this.

Before the Wushu joined, because of Li Qianshun's defection, the Seljuk strength increased greatly, this country originally controlled the trade routes, the financial resources were very strong, plus the expedition and plunder, with Li Qianshun's artillery, they won a decisive victory in the west, defeated the Kingdom of Jerusalem established by the Crusaders, killed its king Baudouin II, drove the Crusaders to Byzantium, and then swept the Great Eclipse and Persian countries, forcing them to pay tribute, especially the Assasin faction who had assassinated the Seljuk prime minister Nizam Mulek, The old man in the mountains, Hassan Sabah, had to change his course and cooperate with the Seljuks.

After the addition of Wushu, Seljuk obtained a large number of craftsmen and military technology from Liao and Jin, and then requisitioned craftsmen from Damascus and other places into the Western Regions to cast cannons and build troops in Hami and other places. Li Qianshun and Wushu desperately exaggerated the so-called "threat from the East", and then boasted of the wealth of the Great Song Dynasty, which made this group of robbers who believed in plundering and slaughtering as their profession extremely excited.

An important reason why Wushu and others were able to persuade Sanjar to go on an expedition was that the news brought back by the Great Food Merchant confirmed that the Huaxia side was still in a state of division, the nominal ruler of the Great Song was weakened, and the powerful minister Zhou Quan controlled part of the territory, and it was necessary to act before it completely unified China, otherwise it would be the turn of the Great Song to attack Seljuk.

The aggressor always uses his own logic to judge others.

At the same time that the big food merchant sold the news from Huaxia to Selju, he also sold the news of Selju to Zhou Quan. In the exaggerated claims of the Great Food Merchant, the Seljuks mobilized three million troops, and the expedition would be a great war of unprecedented proportions. But Zhou Quan didn't believe it at all, the long journey, the long supply line, not to mention three million people, even if it was three hundred thousand, the Seljuks couldn't make it up.

Zhou Quan judged that Seljuk was likely to gather about 100,000 men, and then order the vassal states in Hezhong and the Western Regions to send some more men and horses, and the main force should be Li Qianshun's Western Xia and Wushu's mixed forces.

The total number should not exceed 500,000 people, and if it is more than that, it will be impossible for the enemy's supplies to hold up.

"Your Highness is thousands of miles away, but you know everything about this side of things!" After hearing Zhou Quan's few more questions, the seed master exclaimed: "As His Highness said, among the enemy army, there are quite a lot of people from the Western Regions who don't understand Chinese and can only speak some ghost words, and there are even people from far away - Your Highness's meaning, this is the Seljuk country behind Li Qianshun?" ”

"It's not enough to come with all your strength, but this battle should be a gathering of the strength of the countries in the river and the Western Regions, plus the remnants of the Western Xia and Jurchen. If this battle is won, there will be no great enemies in the west within ten years, and after ten years, I will consider recovering the Western Regions and resetting the Western Regions to protect most of them. Zhou Quan said.

The planter listened to it with a bright eye.

As a veteran general of the Western Army, why didn't he want to fight out, fight all the way to the Western Regions, and spread wild in the places where Ban Chao and Li Jing once fought!

It's just that he is old, and after ten years, he is no longer able to cavalry.

Moreover, Zhou Quan has his own subordinates, with Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Ye Chu, Song Xingfeng and other fierce generals who deter countries, and there is no need for him to be so old.

"The Western Army has worked hard over the years, and I have an idea about them." The seed master was there with a sad look, but he heard Zhou Quan speak again: "The vast majority of soldiers of the Western Army can retire, and they are treated like retired soldiers of the Huaxia Army. If you intend to continue to serve in the army, you can be assigned to the Huaxia Army and study in the lecture hall first. Now there are six armies in the Huaxia Army, and when the seventh army is expanded in the future, the Western Army will be the backbone of the martial arts learners! ”

The seed master suddenly lifted his spirits, and he turned around and summoned his only remaining nephew, Chongyan Chong: "The seed family has been defending the country for generations, and now there is only this son left, if His Royal Highness doesn't think he is stupid, he can be made to serve in front of the army!" ”

Zhou Quan was also stunned by these words, and then smiled bitterly: "Old minister, I have other uses for my grandson...... The family has been defending the border for generations, fighting against the enemy, and many battle examples are in the memory of the old minister, so I would like to ask Ling Sun to sort out the battle examples for the old minister, and study the gains and losses, so as to prepare for the later ones to examine! ”

Zhou Quan was willing to reorganize the Western Army into the Seventh Army, this is to find a legacy for this army that has shed countless blood for the country, and the second is to fulfill a wish of his uncle and father. However, it is impossible for a disciple of a general like the Breeder who is entrenched in the old Western Army to keep him in the New Western Army, otherwise, some bad habits of the old Western Army will definitely be passed down.

In other words, he wanted the name of loyalty and courage of the old Western Army, and did not need the people of the old Western Army.

The planter didn't think about it here, he became interested in what Zhou Quan arranged for Chong Yanchong: "These examples of my plantation family...... Still useful? ”

"Naturally, it is useful, and it is very useful, in the future, if you teach the tactics in the martial arts, you may have to use the examples of the family, and even if you have the opportunity, the martial arts hall will also talk about the old minister to give a lecture. Not only the seed family, but also the Zhen family, the Yao family, and the Gao family...... Anyone who fought for China on the frontier, whether in the Great Song Dynasty or in later generations, will not shed blood in vain! ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Quan pointed to the north: "After recovering Lingzhou, I will build a Ying Ling Hall in Lingzhou, which is dedicated to the heroic soul of the Western Army!" ”

Hearing his words, although he was already old, he couldn't help but feel his blood boiling.

When he looked at Zhou Quan again, not only did he not like his previous displeasure, but he was full of appreciation and satisfaction: he was worthy of his uncle and father who had served in the army, and he was inextricably linked with the Western Army, and he was worthy of being the son of the Western Army!

With the support of the division, this final transfer of the Western Army is naturally not a problem, Zhou Quan is a little determined in his heart, he also hopes that these troops who have shed blood and sacrificed for the country and the nation can have a good ending.

At this time, Zhou Quan is no longer the sincerity he had when he first came, and the things he has experienced over the years are enough for him to grow into a qualified hero.

And the essence of a businessman in him makes him more proficient in calculating gains and losses than ordinary heroes.

It's just that he doesn't have the scheming of a small businessman, and he has a more long-term strategic vision than a wealthy businessman.

"Yanzhou is an important stronghold for me to counterattack the Western Thieves, I can't fall into the hands of the enemy for a long time, old minister, are you willing to work with me to recover Yanzhou?"

"I don't dare to ask for ears!" The planter was in high spirits.

At this time, the city of Yanzhou was a mess, although Li Qianshun was proud, but the people around him were very dissatisfied.

"You all say that Middle-earth is rich, but it seems to me that it is nothing more than that!" A bearded and ring-eyed fan king shouted.

"Exactly, where is the silk, where is the tea, where is the ironware, and where are the exquisite things?" Another fan king with a high nose and eyebrows.

Li Qianshun frowned, these people are called the kings, but in fact, they are just the leaders of the small tribes on the side of the black sweat, and they dare to be the king with a thousand soldiers and horses in their hands, but he didn't make a sound, but looked at the other person beside him.

The man's eyes are deep-set, his head is covered in white cloth, he has a thick beard, and a hooked nose is particularly eye-catching. He squinted at Li Qianshun, and his face was a little unkind: "King Peach Blossom Stone, they are right, I am also very strange, where is the wealth you said?" ”

"Taifu, we have only opened the door to wealth, real wealth, there is still a thousand miles away from here, and when you get there, you can see that the trees of the city are decorated with brocade and cotton silk, the floor and walls of the palace are covered with gold, and the whole large glass mirror acts as ......a window," Li Qianshun said.

The hooked nose known as "Taifu" showed a greedy look in his eyes, and he looked southeast, as if everything Li Qianshun said was in front of him. (To be continued.) )