When Zhao Weiji and his boatload returned to Xinhua City, he immediately followed Papasostrapoulos's suggestion to make such a great move.

Because Zhao Weiji used a lot of magic tricks in later generations, he successfully deceived these scholars, so that they temporarily extinguished their missionary hearts and began to translate part of the library of Alexandria with peace of mind.

It's just that what Zhao Weiji didn't expect was that when he finished putting together the last piece of the puzzle for the construction of Xinhua City, something happened in the Central Plains.

In the second month after Zhao Weiji returned to Xinhua City, the people who ran the money village in the Central Plains returned to Xinhua City to replenish the gold coins brought a bad news, that is, the Liao State launched an attack on the Great Song Dynasty with the strength of the whole country.

"Aren't Jerushuge and Jeruss dead? How could the Liao State, which had lost two generals, still have the courage to launch a war against the Great Song Dynasty? ”

Zhao Weiji couldn't figure out the reason why the Liao State started the war four years in advance, this time period was not only not long after the Liao State had just lost two generals, but also the heyday of the Xianping rule within the Great Song Dynasty.

It stands to reason that the Liao State at this time should not have any idea of waging war against the Song Dynasty, not to mention that due to the appearance of Zhao Weiji, the Great Song Dynasty did not suffer too many losses in the previous war against the Liao as it did in history, and such a Great Song Dynasty should not become the object of the Liao State's eagerness.

Soon, Zhao Weiji got the answer to the question he couldn't understand from the people who came back, that is, the person who led the war was named Yelu Mo, and after the death of Yelu Xiuge and Yelu Xian, he became the third person in the Liao State. Under his impetus for two years. The Liao State has been actively preparing for the Song War.

And there are also certain variables on the side of the Great Song Dynasty. That is because of the "invasion" of Zhao Weiji's gold coins, which disturbed the economic environment of the entire Great Song Dynasty. Therefore, the original governance plan of the True Sect was not immediately realized, and as soon as this butterfly effect occurred, the rule of Xianping, which was supposed to be ongoing, had just begun.

Therefore, compared with the current situation, compared with history, the military strength of the Liao State is stronger, and the development of the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty has been delayed, which makes the Liao State think that this is the perfect time to launch a war against the Song Dynasty, so Yelu Mo decisively suggested that the Empress Dowager Xiao launched a full-scale war against the Song Dynasty.

Such a situation was something that Zhao Weiji never could imagine, since he crossed back, he had been worried about whether he would cause a butterfly effect, but because the previous historical process was still roughly moving forward according to the original historical framework. So Zhao Weiji ignored his influence.

In fact, the reason why he was able to move forward roughly according to the framework of history before was because Zhao Weiji's strength at that time was not great, and the changes he brought were not enough to cause historical changes.

But when he broke away from the sphere of influence of the Great Song Dynasty and began to establish his own territory in North America, the changes brought about by the growth of his own power began to intensify, and this aggravated change began to affect the course of history.

But it's useless to think about it so much now, and the urgency of delay is to think about what to do. Originally, in his own original plan, there were still four years to complete him, praise enough guns, save up an invincible army, and return to the Central Plains at a coincidental time, defeat the Liao State as a savior, and take back Yanyun, so as to completely gain a firm foothold in the imperial court.

But now he had only been able to get his rifles and artillery out for a little more than a year, which was not enough time for him to accumulate a sufficient number of weapons and train enough troops.

When he learned that the Central Plains had started a war, he found all the high-level leaders in Xinhua City and held a meeting, and the result of the meeting was that he was now able to raise a maximum of 1,000 troops.

Although the weapons and equipment can absolutely crush the cavalry of the Liao State, before the Makqin machine gun is a big killing weapon. It is almost impossible to use a thousand troops to fight against hundreds of thousands of cavalry of the Liao State on the battlefield.

It's just that at this time, Zhao Weiji can't be allowed to think about it, if he misses this opportunity. Whether it is Song Liao who finally negotiates peace as in history, or if either of them wins, it will not be easy for Zhao Weiji to return to the Central Plains to realize his ambitions in the future.

However, at this time, it is a little inconsiderate to rush back to China, and if you stay in Xinhua City, due to the long distance and inconvenient communication, the intelligence will be too far behind.

Therefore, Zhao Weiji made a choice at this time, that is, to arm the last group of soldiers who could be armed, and then go to Dongying first to find a foothold, take advantage of Dongying's relatively short distance from the Central Plains to collect intelligence, and then make further plans.

When Zhao Weiji arrived in Changsaki, Kyushu with almost all the troops that could be raised, he learned a very unfortunate news from the Central Plains merchants who were doing business in the local area, that is, before they set off, the Liao army had broken through the northern defense line and began to approach Kaifeng City.

Although Zhao Weiji knew that the entire war of the Great Song Dynasty against the northern ethnic minorities had basically been attacked by the other party and was about to defend Bianjing, Zhao Weiji really didn't expect that it had been less than half a year since the war began, why the defense line on the northern border had already been broken through, and wasn't there still Li Jilong in the north?

So he immediately sent people to the Central Plains to inquire about the situation, and he was sure to completely understand the war situation between the entire Song and Liao.

Another month passed, and the inquirer finally returned.

Zhao Weiji learned from the people who inquired about the news that the reason why the war situation was so one-sided was because the Great Song Dynasty did not do a good job of defending the Liao State, so that the Liao State could easily attack the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty.

"According to what you say, is Da Song negligent in taking precautions? With my understanding of Li Jilong, he shouldn't have made such a mistake? ”

"Back to the prince, it's not General Li Jilong's fault, because General Li Jilong was not in the north at that time."

"And where is he?"

"He was promoted by the official family to become the Pingzhang of the Tongzhong Shumen, and then he was relieved of military power."

Zhao Weiji laughed out loud after hearing the spies' report. "Uncle, father, and son all have one virtue in three generations, and no one can trust the generals.

However, now Zhao Weiji doesn't care too much about whether Li Jilong will come back to take charge of the army during the defense of Bianjing, and he cares about someone else now.

"Li Jilong has been relieved of military power, so what happened to Li Jiguang and Yang Yanzhao?"

Just as the spy was about to answer this question, a hearty laugh came from outside the house: "Ha, ha, ha, ha, my lord, you finally plan to return to the Central Plains, I thought you were happy to stay in the paradise of Xinhua City." ”

As soon as the words fell, a person entered the house from the outside, this person was none other than Guo Bailiu, who had stayed in the Central Plains.

"Why is Shu Sheng here?"

"The prince plans to return to the Central Plains, how can I Guo Bailuo not come to greet him, although the old man is too old to go to Xinhua City, but it is still okay to come to Dongying, the prince will not blame me for not going to Xinhua City with you in the first place."

"What Shu Sheng said, I learned from Huateng, your Guo family has contributed to the establishment of my money bank, and I have to thank you for it."

"The prince is polite, our Guo family has also made a lot of money because of your money. Let's not talk about these here, I can answer the question just now.

Your uncle, General Yuanjing, was pinned down by the party at this time in the northwest and couldn't move at all, this time the Liao State could make a bloody investment, in order to be able to completely defeat the Great Song Dynasty, they funded Li Jiqian a large sum, there was money, food, and people. This hand made Li Jiqian completely stronger, and at this moment he completely nailed General Yuan Jing to the northwest.

As for General Yang Yanzhao, in order to block the Liao army's attack on Yanmen Pass, he was also firmly tied to Yanmen, and the current form is very difficult. ”

After listening to Guo Bailiu's introduction, Zhao Weiji was both happy and worried, happy that these two people still had military power, with the relationship between the two of them and Zhao Weiji, the military power in their hands could become a great help for Zhao Weiji.

The worry is that these two people are now completely chained in their own defense area, let alone helping Zhao Weiji, it is very difficult to even return to Bianjing.

"Since these two people can't return to Bianjing, who is in charge of Bianjing's military affairs now? Did you let Li Jirong take over the military power again? ”

Guo Bailuo shook his head, sighed and said: "After all, the official army still doesn't trust the generals, although Li Jilonggui is the uncle of the country, but after all, the current Empress Dowager Li is not the biological mother of the official army, and the official army is still a little jealous of their Li family, so it is the prime minister Kou Zhun who is now in charge of the military affairs of Bianjing." ”

Zhao Weiji was relieved when he heard that it was Kou Zhun who was in charge of Bianjing's military affairs. Although Kou Zhun is a civilian official, he still has certain unique views on military affairs. After all, he was the one who contributed to Zhenzong's imperial expedition and the Yuanyuan Alliance in history, if he was in charge of Bianjing's military affairs, then at least Bianjing would not be broken in a short period of time, which also bought time for Zhao Weiji's return.

"Don't talk about this, Shusheng, you came just in time, I just need someone to advise me on how to return to the Central Plains when I arrive, after all, most of the people around me have been away from the Central Plains for some days, and they are not very clear about the battle situation."

"No problem with the staff, this is what the old man should serve the prince, but you tell me the truth, how many people have you brought back? Is there fifty thousand? ”

"Shu Sheng laughed, my Xinhua City is less than 100,000 people, how can I squeeze out 50,000 horses."

"How many? There's always 20,000, right? ”

Zhao Weiji smiled and shook his head, "There are no 20,000, and all the troops are full of 3,000." ”

"Three thousand?"

"That's right, it's three thousand."

Now Guo Bailiu was completely dumbfounded, three thousand people fought a fart battle. (To be continued......)