Chongyan Chong stared at the north, his eyes flashing with grief and anger. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Beside him, the faces of the many older planters were equally gloomy.

To the north of them is Yanzhou.

After a long period of hard fighting, the seed family still could not hold Yanzhou, although after the Jin people were driven out of the Great Wall by Zhou Quan, the imperial court has tried its best to give support to the seed family, but, in the face of more and more surging alien races, the last elite of the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty has almost run out of blood.

At this time, in Yanzhou, the wolf smoke was billowing out, and it was a wanton carnival of alien races.

Although most of the people in the city have been evacuated, there are always some lucky people who stay here to become fish on the chopping block. Thinking of their fate, the old man couldn't help but have tears in his eyes.

These aliens believed in the Great Food Religion, and their teachings had a clear content that encouraged the killing and looting of non-believers. Originally, they didn't have much climate, but after the summer thief Li Qianshun took refuge in the past, he passed on many things from Middle-earth, such as artillery.

The loss of Yanzhou has a close relationship with the opponent's artillery.

"It's been four years...... We have guarded Yanzhou for more than four years, and we can be regarded as worthy of the Zhao family and the people of the Central Plains. The seed master took one last look at Yanzhou, muttered, and then turned around: "Yan Chong, let's go." ”

Chong Yanchong was lucky not to die in Lingzhou, but at this time, he hoped that he would die in Lingzhou like his uncle, if so, he would not have to look at the current tragic situation.

At this time, it was already the fourth year of Jingkang, and the Son of Heaven of the Great Song Dynasty was still Zhao Huan, although I heard that he was now weak because of his addiction to women, but after all, he did not change the Son of Heaven. Zhao Gou is still in charge of the country in the name of the regent, but his power as the regent is also limited, and the real power in the court is in the hands of the rulers.

But even Li Bangyan, as the first assistant, did not have the power to decide on national affairs alone, and all major matters had to be decided by the Zaizhi Council, and then submitted to Zhao Gou for the seal. However, whether it can be implemented depends on the meaning of King Ji in Haizhou, and if King Ji says that he is against it, then it will be the only result of this policy if it is remanded for reconsideration and revision.

Although the imperial court has also repeatedly stated that it will do its best to support Yanzhou, the imperial court has limited strength and is really unable to intervene. Now the places that the Great Song Dynasty still controls are the Central Plains, Jingchu, and Guangnan, and Zhong Xiang in Sichuan blocked Shu Dao and established himself as the king there, and Jiangnan desperately tried to get together with Zhou Quan, but he didn't cry and begged Zhou Quan to turn it into a province.

Strangely enough, in this case, although the financial revenue of the imperial court has dropped, it has not fallen as much as imagined, because the ban on opening factories and mines has been abolished, and because the Beijing-Xu Railway has finally been completed, the financial situation of the imperial court is quite good.

It's just that this kind of good, but it is not reflected in the military strength.

Every year, the imperial court will send reinforcements to Yanzhou, but the combat effectiveness of these reinforcements is really worrying, that is, it can be used to defend the city, and it is basically for nothing to go out to fight. The imperial court seemed to be very satisfied with this situation, and had no enterprising spirit, only thinking about stabilizing the battlefield, and although the slogan of the formation and training of the new army was loud and loud, it always heard only thunder and no raindrops.

It is very clear why this is the case, the imperial court can train the new army and say that it is okay, if you really do it, those bigwigs in the court, aren't they afraid of Zhou Quan's suspicion?

"Why hasn't King Ji sent troops yet, the court can't count on it, can it be said that King Ji is also going to abandon the northwest?" Tanehiko said hatefully.

He was young, and when he saw that Da Song was hopeless, he pinned his hopes on Zhou Quan.

"There are no mineral deposits in the northwest, there is little fertile land, and the people are poor, what is the use of him? If you do, you'll have to put a lot of burden on you every year! The planter smiled sadly.

Even in the Central Plains, Zhou Quan did not collect it immediately, but let the Song family continue to maintain it, not to mention this poor northwest! In the eyes of the planters, Zhou Quan's first priority was the Central Plains, which had a large population, then Jingchu, which could be reclaimed into fertile land, then Guangnan, which had excellent ports, then Sichuan, the land of abundance, and the northwest...... As long as he can hold on, it is impossible for Zhou Quan to do this thankless thing.

"Zhou Gong is not such a person!" Chong Yanchong said.

"Hmph, how do you know he's not such a person!"

"In the past few years, you have seen the things in the newspapers, uncle." Chong Yan Chong said boldly: "What Zhou Gong does is for the benefit of the country and the people, how much does he pay for this!" ”

Donghai Business Daily also has a printing point in Chang'an, and as soon as the weekly sample newspaper comes out, it will be delivered immediately, using the express delivery of the Great Song Dynasty, that is, the way to send twelve gold medals to Yue Fei. Therefore, although the Donghai Business Daily was published in Xuzhou, it was actually available in Chang'an two days later, and then it took three or five days to reach Yanzhou. Nowadays, the content of the Donghai Business Daily is very rich, and the ancestors and grandchildren of the family do not read all of them in one issue, and sometimes there are disputes over the content of the newspaper.

Hearing Chong Yanchong talk about the boast of Zhou Quan in the newspaper, the seed master spat disdainfully: "It's all boasting, Zhou Quan is a hero, compared to Cao Reckless, do you think what the newspaper says is all true?" Even if it's true, it's just for his personal ambitions, Yan Chong, you are still too young and too simple! ”

Chong Yanchong was depressed when he heard this, but he didn't dare to talk back to his uncle again.

They have been in the family for generations, but after a series of wars, only their ancestors and grandchildren are left in their direct bloodline.

Thinking of this, Chong Yanchong couldn't bear to stimulate his already gray-haired uncle.

They went down the hill, and at the bottom of the mountain, the troops who withdrew from Yanzhou stood solemnly, whether it was the veterans who had survived a hundred battles, or the Great Song Forbidden Army that had only come in the past four years, although they were all tired, no one had the slightest movement.

When it comes to governing the army, there is self-confidence among the breeders, which is definitely not inferior to any famous general at this time.

"Let's go, let's ...... Will be back! "The middle way of the planter.

The army followed him along the official road to the south, although the planter said that he would come back, but he knew in his heart that with his age and the current situation of the Great Song Dynasty, he was afraid that it would be difficult for him to return here in his lifetime.

But at this moment, smoke and dust rose in front of him, and several fast horses rushed over!

In the center of the seed master, these are the scouts he sent, and what he is most afraid of is that the western thief will take the mountain road to cut off his retreat, so he sent the scout early.

"Prepare for war!" Without waiting for his order, Tanyan Chong shouted, and the armies began to move, seizing the high ground on the side of the road, cutting down trees on both sides, and preparing fortifications.

After a while, these few rode in front of the ancestors of the seed family, and seeing that there was no blood on their bodies, the seed master center was a little calm: "What's wrong?" ”

"Reinforcements, reinforcements...... Ahem...... King Ji's reinforcements are coming, and it's Yue Fei! ”

"What?" The seed master exclaimed.

"Yue Fei!" Chong Yan Chong jumped to his feet and shouted loudly.

And the Planter Army, which was originally disciplined and busy arranging fortifications, also stopped at this moment, and everyone was shocked and then ecstatic.

"King Ji sent Yue Fei to be the envoy of the northwest, the head of the march, and the protector of the Western Regions, and the fourth army of the Huaxia Army came to help, Xianggong, we ...... We finally have reinforcements! The scout coughed twice, and then he became clear.

"I just said that King Ji will not abandon us, I said that he will send someone!" Chongyan said.

The seed master has not come back to his senses, that hero, the Duke of Zhou, who is unprofitable and can't afford to be early, will really send reinforcements, and one faction is Yue Fei, who captured Ah Gu in the world?

Although he was in the northwest, he never forgot to inquire about the intelligence of the Central Plains and the East China Sea, so he knew that in the past four years, Zhou Quan had not expanded his army as much as others thought. On the contrary, in the first year, he even disarmed, and transferred a large number of former guard sergeants to civil affairs, and stationed them in the four provinces of Liaodong, Hebei, Shandong, and Huaibei to serve as grassroots officials.

These people came from the army and brought many styles from the guards, swept away the original muddy grassroots official habits, and also made many people who were ready to see Zhou Quan's jokes drop their jaws.

They originally thought that Zhou Quan's men did not have enough manpower to maintain their rule, but they never thought that Zhou Quan directly sent out the Baisheng strong army in his hands, which was murderous and self-evident. In addition, the students sent by the Donghai Chamber of Commerce during the construction of the Beijing-Xuzhou Railway also turned into officials, and then the assessment, deletion, and training of the old officials, but after three years of hard work, the four provinces under Zhou Quan were not only stabilized, but also could continuously cultivate new talents.

This is a snowball development, and at this rate, people with a heart can basically calculate the time for Zhou Quan to annex the entire Great Song Dynasty, and it will take three years at most.

It was not until last year that Zhou Quan expanded the army again, changing the name of the original escort army to the Huaxia Army, with a total of six armies and about 150,000 troops, and the navy of about 30,000 men in the East China Sea and the South China Sea.

With the total population of more than 10 million people under Zhou Quan's rule, as well as the financial and material resources he has now, an army of 180,000 people is really not a poor army.

It was precisely because of this that the seed master suspected that Zhou Quan had no intention of going northwest at all, but at this time, he heard that Yue Fei had brought the Fourth Army, which was really unexpected by him.

"Stay vigilant...... Let's take a look here, what kind of character is Yue Fei who captured Aguta, and what kind of troops is the Huaxia Army that defeated the Jin Man Tiefutu! After a slight pause, the planter ordered.

They didn't have to wait long before they saw a long gray-brown dragon approaching in the distance.

There is no bright armor as imagined, and there is not even a sword mountain and a forest of guns, and what you see in the seed master is a very strange army.

The weapon they held in their hands had been well-known among the planters for a long time, and had sounded it more than once, but it looked like a burning stick.

But this army, which did not wear armor and did not have a mountain of swords and guns, came from afar, but with a solemn temperament, as if the mountains were moving, and like a sea of blood churning.

The seed master is an expert, and he can judge at a glance whether this is a team that can fight. With these soldiers, as long as they are given armor and blades, they must be a first-class strong army!

Is this really Zhou Quan's newly expanded army, and the expansion of the army has not reduced their combat effectiveness?

It was not until about a hundred people in this army, led by the scouts he sent, came to his senses and took a few steps forward to meet him.

The veteran's reserve made him not far away, but when he saw one of them, he was stunned, then turned over and got off the horse, and strode forward: "His Royal Highness King Ji, you ...... How did you come! ”

The person who came was not Yue Fei, but Zhou Quan, whom he had seen, it is said that there is an organization called "revenge", and he has been desperately trying to assassinate Zhou Quan all these years, but he does not dare to guarantee that there are no members in his army, and he is fighting fiercely with the western thief, how did Zhou Quan come here! (To be continued.) )