The leaders of the seven clans of the party, the leaders of the Hengshan Zhuqiang, the leaders, the leaders, the chiefs, and the leaders of the Han cities and tribes of the Tubo, Hui, and Han cities under the radiation of the first-line forces from Luzhou to Yinzhou rushed to Yinzhou one after another. This conference is urgent because of the upcoming army to attack the Han and the secret preparation for the battle in Xiazhou, but the effort is done in the dark, and there is still a leisurely atmosphere in the lively and prosperous on the surface.

For the heads of all walks of life in terms of food and accommodation, Yang Hao has done enough work in advance, and when he enters Yinzhou City, you will never see that this place has suffered repeated war traumas, the market is prosperous, and the entire city is well maintained in an orderly manner.

This time is not an alliance, but to order the heroes, determine the belonging, dominate the side, do not establish the military prestige but only show its wealth, then it will become a fat sheep to be slaughtered in the eyes of others, the style and prestige of the superior must be revealed, fortunately, the heroes from all walks of life have been completely prepared to take refuge in Yang Hao before this, and then saw the strong military power and financial resources of Yinzhou, most of them are happy and convinced, and they did not dare to provoke the provocation.

Now it is enough to make the people of all ethnic groups, all forts, and all villages obey Yinzhou, the time is still short, and the so-called subjugation also has a gradual process, so that they are ordered by the Yang family, pay tribute on time, and pay taxes easily, and they want to be tied to Yang Hao with all their hearts, and the enemy is currently living and dying together, and now there is no need to count on it, a truly reliable person, Yang Hao is using the conference as a guise to carry out it secretly. Therefore, Yang Hao was extremely busy during this time, meeting openly with the leaders of various departments, leading them to inspect the parade, Yang Hao also had to see the stitches, privately meet with the party Xiang Qi clan and the leaders of the Hengshan Zhuqiang who had completely thrown themselves to him, and make all kinds of arrangements for the upcoming war.

In addition to the secret arrangements for the peripheral armed forces organizations are in full swing, Yinzhou and Luzhou are also preparing for war simultaneously. In addition to strengthening ties with spies stationed in Xiazhou, Jingzhou, Youzhou, Suizhou, and other places, the administrative system is also making emergency arrangements to prevent the entire administrative system from being completely paralyzed and losing its due role after the war, the clear of the strong walls, and the loss of communications.

In addition, the subordinate relationship, personnel appointment, money and grain revenue and expenditure, various armed forces, and grain and straw support were also carried out in an orderly manner under the arrangements of Fan Siqi, Lin Pengyu and others. Yang Hao can fight a dangerous battle, but he doesn't want to fight an unprepared battle, he is racing against time, trying his best to prepare for various wars, taking the lead, taking the lead, and having an unexpected major role when the war starts.

Xu Xuan and Xiao Yan are also busy, and the various forces that have taken refuge in Yang Hao are complex, some can be directly included in Yang Hao's direct jurisdiction, some are temporarily bound to be the mainstay, and some have to be further encircled, no matter which force is involved, it is because they are afraid of Yang Hao's strength, hoping to get his protection, and of course they have to pay the price, and then how much they pay and how much benefit they get, which is very debatable.

In addition to Yang Hao's courtesy reception, thanks to the two adults and the leaders of all walks of life, they used both soft and hard to completely finalize the established policies and the people who were implemented.

Xiao Yan and Xu Xuan have a clear division of labor, Xiao Yan is not reluctant to talk and laugh, he is strict Xiao, coupled with the natural arrogant character of a celebrity and talent, his words are not only sharp, but he can be called mean, and this black face is naturally played by him. Due to the interests of all parties involved, there is no dignity and humility at the negotiation table, and the leaders of the various departments in the Western Regions are rough and arrogant, and they don't know much about the rules.

Old Xiao Yan is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, and he is a fiery energy in his bones, but unfortunately he has never had room to exert himself in the soft officialdom of the Tang Kingdom, at most he has seen things that are really invisible, and he is stabbing at the side of the yin and yang, this time it is different, Yang Hao has given him full authority, and he is on the strong side, it is really very proud.

For every negotiation project, Lao Xiao Yan went all out, and the men who were on the horse were put into the Jedi, and the two sides blew their beards and glared, lifted the table and smashed the teapot, which was a scene that was often seen, and when they figured out the hole cards that the other party could finally accept, Xu Xuan, who was red-faced, appeared. Xu Xuan has been doing foreign affairs work for so long, it is really long-sleeved and exquisite, after some bargaining, those leaders of various departments feel that they have face and lining, as for Yang Hao's side, he also got the maximum benefits he wanted.

Although these things are exhausting to the two bosses, the sense of accomplishment has never been experienced, especially when a strong person negotiates with a weak person, the feeling of raising his eyebrows and exhaling is unprecedented, even though the two people have not made up their minds to be loyal to Yang Hao from now on, but they have been imperceptibly and unconsciously become his sworn friend.

How useful is a paper contract? There are many conditions for a paper contract to ensure that it can be fulfilled, and even if there are no more strong measures, the head of one party will not easily tear up the contract, just because of the word credit. Credit is intangible, but also tangible, if the head of a faction of one side of the faction is branded with a mark of rebellion and unbelief, it will be basically difficult for this person to be recognized and supported by other forces, so unless it is absolutely necessary, even if it is a big traitor, he is unwilling to easily tear up his promise.

Despite this, Yang Hao still used strong means to strengthen their attention to what they had done, even if Yinzhou City was besieged by heavy troops in the coming day, and they temporarily lost control over them, when they wanted to make any decision, they had to think twice and dare not make a decision. Yang Hao's powerful means is: absolute deterrence by force. At the beginning of the creation of Luzhou, the scene of the tribes who took the initiative to provoke and attack in Hengshan Zhuqiang was subjected to a bloody counterattack, which was staged again in Yinzhou.

Desert of the wasteland, the original wax elephant.

A slow slope at the foot of the mountain, which is the south side of the foothills, is sunny, and there are half-protruding cols on the left and right, blocking the invasion of cold winds, plus heavy camel felt, cow felt, enough for the herders to withstand the severe cold of this winter.

A spring cascades down the hillside, and to the right is a sparse forest that allows herders to cut wood for fire and draw water. There are about 200 felt tents, which is considered a medium-sized tribe.

In front of a felt tent, Hita Muki, wearing a large leather robe, was slaughtering a sheep in front of the tent. Today is his son's 100th day, and he wants to invite relatives, friends and relatives to come over for drinks to celebrate. Outdoor dripping into ice, if the technique is slower, this sheep will have to freeze before it is slaughtered, but this big man's technique is obviously very clever, a knife in his hand up and down, the sheepskin has been peeled off whole, at this time the mutton is still steaming white.

There is a big pot next to it, his mother-in-law is squatting next to the stove, filling the bottom with firewood, the water in the pot is already boiling, at this time, there is a sudden burst of mournful horn sound in the distance: "Woo~~~ woo~~~~~"

This was the call for the alarm, and Hita Muki was startled, hurriedly took two steps forward, threw a whole sheep into the boiling water, and hurried to the horses beside him. The horse had not yet put on the saddle, but the sound of the trumpet was urgent, and he could not care so much, so Hitamki took the longbow from the saddle that was placed on the ground, hung it on his shoulder, took another pot of arrows, and jumped on the horse's back.

His mother-in-law hurriedly shouted, "Hita Muki." ”

Hita Muki turned around and shouted: "Hold the child, hide first, the horn is urgent, I am afraid that a strong enemy will attack." ”

At the same time, the men in the other felt tents came out one after another, whether they were in the prime of life, old age, or even twelve or thirteen years old, dressed in fat and bulky leather robes, but they all neatly mounted their horses with their bows, and quickly gathered in front of them.

The alarm horns on the hills on both sides were still blowing, and they were getting more and more hurried, and then they saw three horses galloping from the reckless snowfield, waving their weapons in the distance, and shouting loudly.

"It's Mei Sizi", Hita Muji looked at them with a canopy in his hand, and suddenly shouted.

Mei Si is the meaning of the sun, Mei Sizi is the son of the sun, this son of the sun is the son of the patriarch of this tribe, seeing that he seems to be in danger, the soldiers at the front have picked up their bows and arrows, and the side behind has drawn out long knives, and the team of nearly a thousand horsemen hastily assembled has quickly formed a wedge formation and rushed forward to meet him.

"Hurry up, hurry up. The Yinzhou army is coming! "Hita Muji rushed to the front, he had already heard Mei Sizi's shout, he was just stunned, he heard the horse's hooves like thunder, countless war horses suddenly appeared in the mountain pass, countless horses rolled in, Jin Ge iron horses, murderous to the sky.

Immediately after, the sunlight in the sky suddenly dimmed, and countless arrows and feathers rushed up into the night, flying towards them overwhelmingly.

"Misiko, hide in the stirrups!"

The other party was still far away from an arrow, and at this time, the arrow could not be shot at all, and Hita Muki didn't even bother to take off the bow, put his hands to his mouth, and only shouted a warning to Mei Sizi, who was in the middle of the shooting. But then he was horrified to find that the arrows of the iron riders had broken through the range he knew, and the overwhelming number of sharp arrows was shooting at them so black and oppressive that the arrows were so rapid that he could even hear the sound of the wind breaking through the air.

More knights looked at the sky in horror like him, and countless arrows were reflected in their pupils, closer and closer, closer and closer, until the entire pupil was completely covered by a sudden rain of sharp arrows...... "Kill!" ”

Yang Hao's army did not put on a wedge formation, the opposite side had not been engaged in a battle has fallen a piece, the other party has lost most of the long-range power attack ability under the suppression of the first two completely one-sided firepower, and among the remaining three waves of fire, their sparse arrows have been difficult to have any effect, against such an enemy, there is no need to break the formation at all, as long as the slaughter is carried out.

They are also more than 1,000 horsemen, but the formation is uniform, the whole team forms a month arc to cover up, Zhidamuji is not dead, he was hit by an arrow in his left shoulder, an arrow in his right chest, while firmly controlling the same arrow, is anxiously jumping under the crotch of the war horse, while struggling to pull out his saber, looking up to the sky and roaring: "Kill them......"

His life ended in this roar, the knights on the opposite side had reached within a hundred paces, they were also rushing forward, and they were about to enter hand-to-hand combat, when a short javelin with a three-foot-long handle suddenly flew out of the opposing charging camp, and the knight on the opposite side was certainly amazing, and with the horsepower of the forward rush, the javelin thrown by the hand was more like lightning, whistling.

At such a close distance, the javelin thrown by his hand is like an iron leaf shield that cannot be resisted, not to mention that most of the enemies in front of him do not even have a shield at all, and before Zhidamuji shouted, a javelin pierced his chest, and the remaining strength took his huge body to slide backwards, and flew under the horse's stock, and the arrow on the horse was attacked, and he jumped in pain, lost control, flew backwards with both feet, and kicked the body of the already desperate Hita Muji more than a foot away.

"Puff puff" javelin is so powerful that once it is shot, there is no way to resist it, and no matter how strong the body is, it is like paper paste under the sharp javelin...... "Kill!" ”

Du Lai'er, the general of Yang Hao's army, pulled out his long knife, and the knights around him drew their swords and spears in response, ready to charge. They were all wearing light leather armor, carrying bows on their left and arrows on their right, and iron shields on their saddles.

The on-board enemy was less than two hundred, looking at the roaring Yinzhou Iron Cavalry, their faces were colorless, they turned their horses' heads and wanted to flee, but they had no speed advantage over the enemy who rushed over, and they soon abandoned the corpse of a warrior in the most shameful way of death: they were stabbed in the back and died.

The knights quickly divided into two wings and completely surrounded the two hundred tents. Du Lai'er rode and led more than 30 horsemen to the Chinese army, and all the clansmen of this tribe were concentrating there under the suppression of the knights under the pressure of the four knights.

The women and children took the children's hands and silently obeyed the orders, and since they had grown up in the grasslands of the jungle, they had become accustomed to slaughtering and plundering, and many of them had plundered from other tribes and became members of this tribe.

A white-haired old man stood at the front of the clansmen with tears in his eyes, stretched out his arms, walked forward step by step, and after ten steps away, he knelt down on the snow in front of Du Lazy, and said silently: "Lu Fozi offended Lord Yang Hao, and was willing to die, please be merciful and spare the lives of my clansmen!" ”

Du Lazy put away the long knife and shouted: "Don't say that this commander will be punished if he doesn't teach." Taiwei has already decreed that all the people under the jurisdiction of Yinzhou and those who are willing to obey the orders of Yinzhou will go to Yinzhou to meet on the twenty-eighth day of the first month, and everything is easy to discuss. Those who do not want to be subject to the jurisdiction of our Yinzhou should leave the territory of Yinzhou as soon as possible, otherwise they will be punished for invading our territory with plotters. You Lu Buddhazi neither surrendered nor moved, but the big stab received my Yinzhou relief food, what do you want? This is your own destruction, don't blame my family. ”

Lu Fozi touched the ground with his head, and kowtowed again and again, at this moment he was really remorseful and his heart was dripping blood, he knew that Li Guangrui of Xiazhou would never lose Yinzhou, his tribe had been under the rule of the Li family for more than a hundred years, in his mind, Yang Hao was just a momentary ambition, as soon as the Xiazhou army arrived, Yang Hao would be wiped out, so he didn't want to surrender to Yang Hao at all. However, under the white disaster, Yinzhou released relief, but he honestly and unceremoniously sent his clansmen to receive food. In his mind, Yinzhou Yang Hao is difficult to last, and when Li Guangrui's army arrives, his tribe will clearly stand on Li Guangrui's side, and he will definitely be reused.

Du Lazy waved his hand and said disdainfully: "Cut off his dog's head." ”

Immediately, a knight flew off his horse and stepped forward with a bloody scimitar, and the warriors held swords and looked at him with a tiger, and the men and women of the Lufo tribe who dared to move recklessly saw the knight come forward, raised his sword and fell, and cut off the head of Lu Buddhazi with a knife, grabbed his braid, and lifted the human head.

Du Lai'er said again: "All the utensils, cattle, sheep and horses, wealth and silk people, all brought back to Yinzhou, let the handsome man fall!" ”

Soon, the Lufu tribe disappeared from the mountain col, everything was swept away, and the originally white grassland was only left with patches of blood and miserable corpses, which looked like a huge white silk dyed with peach blossoms everywhere from a distance...... The same purge was also staged in other places, Mu En, Mu Kui, and Ai Yihai each dispatched in the center, dividing their subordinates into teams of 1,000 people, clarifying all the tribes under the jurisdiction of Yinzhou that refused to be tamed, and at the same time captive their tents, cattle, sheep, and wealthy people into Yinzhou.

Although Yang Hao was interested in the development of industry and commerce after establishing Luzhou, accumulated a lot of wealth, and obtained a large amount of savings from the Yinzhou treasury after conquering Yinzhou, and at the same time had the full support of the heir hall, but the rapid expansion, the establishment of a basic administrative system, the recruitment and training of soldiers, the creation and purchase of weapons and armor, the repair and transformation of the city, and the large amount of grain and materials, everything required money, and it was simply like spending money.

In particular, the translation institute, translation hall, printing hall, and academy built in Luzhou have a huge initial investment, and even a gold mountain will be spent. And the fastest return will take a year, the slowest will take ten or twenty years to appear, to support a large army, to build a strong local power, the fastest resource channel at the moment is plunder. This kind of plunder can also play a role in subduing the crowd, so why not?

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ Yuehua Palace, Xiao Sui teased his chubby son. If anyone saw it, they would never believe that the queen mother, who was infinitely majestic and decisive in their eyes, would actually make a grimace at people with her eyes and tongue, and the little one was so amused that he giggled and reached out to touch his mother's face from time to time.

Suddenly, the little guy frowned, pursed his mouth, the little nose and wings closed as if in luck, Xiao Sui because of the busy state affairs, usually have to let the nurse help take care of the child, and a little not familiar with her son's body language, she curiously turned her face sideways, and asked guessingly: "Baby, do you want to pull or pee?" ”

The little guy's fat face suddenly relaxed, and a shiny water poured into the sky, "Oops, oops", Xiao Fei jumped up, narrowly avoiding his head, but he had been urinated by his son, Xiao Hou was angry and laughed, and said angrily: "You stinky boy, you are plotting against your mother." ”

Xiao Xuan, who has always loved cleanliness, did not dislike her son's urine, she took a handkerchief, wiped the urine on her hands, and was about to try to change her son's diaper herself, when the female guard Ta Buyan tiptoed in, stood at the door and whispered: "Queen Mother, the secret letter of the Western Regions." ”

"Oh?" Xiao Xuan's eyes flashed, and she hurriedly stepped forward to take the secret card hidden in a bamboo tube from her hand, and instructed: "The emperor is urinating, ask someone to change his clothes." ”

"Yes."

Empress Dowager Xiao hurriedly returned to her bookcase, made the silver knife cut open the bamboo tube, took out the secret letter and looked at it, and showed a hint of a smile on her face: "Hmph, you know how to measure, and never make excessive demands on me......"

She glanced up at the nurse who was busy at the couch, and instructed Ta Buyan, who was still standing at the door: "Summon Yelu Huge into the palace and wait for me in the palace of diligence." ”

In the Qinzheng Palace, Yelu Xiuge paced back and forth, and couldn't guess what the Empress Dowager's urgent edict was. Now that the new monarch is young, the Khitan has suffered a lot of losses in the civil war, and the basic national policy has been set as rest and recuperation, maintaining the fundamentals, not announcing incidents, not fighting outside, and raising hundreds of troops internally.

"The Queen Mother has arrived~~~~"

Outside the hall, the Empress Dowager Xiao walked in in full costume, Xiao Xuan has always paid attention to appearance in front of the courtiers, even if he only meets a guest in the palace, he will never be casual. Brother Yelu Xiu only heard the voice, and he had already taken three steps forward, bowed to the ground, and shouted: "Brother Yelu Xiu, I have seen the Queen Mother." ”

Seeing that the robe with the dragon pattern of Dian Qingyun flashed, and a faint fragrance entered the nose, Xiao Xuan's voice sounded above his head: "Brother Hugh is less polite, flat body." ”

Xiao Xuan sat down after the bookcase, Yelu Xiuge got up and stepped forward, and said respectfully: "The minister is here, I don't know what the queen mother ordered?" ”

Xiao Xuan said in a rambling voice: "Brother Hugh, you transfer the tribal army, Wujing Township Ding and some of the people of the ** to dispatch the movement in the Wuqing, Yongqing, and Xingcheng areas, and the bigger the momentum, the better." Occasionally, it passes through the Baigou River and Juma River, and it doesn't matter if you enter the Song Dynasty a little. ”

Brother Yelu Xiu was taken aback, Empress Dowager Xiao smiled slightly, and said: "You might as well find some names, just say that the remnants of King De fled to that area, and the court sent troops to suppress the bandits." However, this reason does not need to be announced, wait until the Song State sends an envoy to negotiate, and then Honglu Temple will come forward. ”

Yelu Xiuge thought that the Song State was going to use troops against the Khitan, or the Khitan was going to use troops against the Song Dynasty, but when he heard Xiao Xuan say this, he was a little confused, and couldn't help but say: "The Queen Mother...... What does the Queen Mother mean by this? Please also make it clear that the minister knows what to do, so as not to be late on a business trip and spoil the queen mother's major affairs. ”

Xiao Sui said: "The Song State is about to use troops against the Han State, what I want you to do is just to contain the Song State and delay it for some things. ”

Yelu Xiuge was surprised: "The Queen Mother has already handed over the letter of state, and she will no longer interfere in the affairs of the Song Dynasty and the Han Kingdom, could it be ...... Now that you have changed your mind, do you want to keep the Han Kingdom? ”

Xiao Xuan shook his head: "Han Kingdom, it's a piece of mud that can't be painted on the wall, and it can't be supported." Even if I have never done a promise, I have no intention of using troops for the Han State and the Song State, this action is just to buy some time for Yang Hao in Yinzhou, the northwest ...... I'm afraid it's going to be a big move. ”

Speaking of this rival, Brother Yelu Xiu couldn't help but feel a little unhappy in his heart: "Queen Mother, a few days ago, I attacked Yinzhou, and I lost a lot of money by stabbing the Sixth Academy, but Yang Hao sat back and enjoyed it and won Yinzhou. We still have to respond to Yang Hao in many ways now, why do we? ”

Xiao Xuanmei glanced at it, and said solemnly: "Attack Yinzhou, if Yang Hao didn't break the city with a plan, I am afraid that I will lose all the losses of the six courtyards, and I may not be able to defeat Yinzhou, take the head of Yelusheng, we each take what we need, but we can't take the credit." The Han State is withering day by day, and it can no longer play a role in containing the Song State, and in the northwest, we must re-support a force. Zhao Guangyi has already colluded with Li Guangrui, who else is available besides Yang Hao? Brother Hugh, I have a great deal of respect for you, and I am a pillar of the country, you ...... But you have to distinguish between public and private! ”

Brother Yelu Xiu's selfishness was broken by Xiao Xuan on the spot, and he couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly gave up his hand, only to praise: "The queen mother taught me a lesson, and the ministers ...... Wrong. ”

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ Yang Hao returned to the mansion exhausted after a busy day, and sat on the rocking chair in the flower hall, Miaomiao and the doll immediately greeted him, one held ginseng tea, and the other sat down on the Jindun beside him, moved one of his thighs to his lap, and gently pounded his thighs for him.

Yang Hao took the tea from Miaomiao's hand and took two sips, lay down on the rattan chair, and asked, "What about Dong'er and Yanyan?" ”

Miao Miao massaged his head for him and replied: "The eldest lady and the second mother went to inspect the city defense with the eldest lady, and after a trip to the four cities, they will understand the rationing of troops and equipment everywhere, and it will take some time, and they must be back soon." ”

Yang Hao sighed, closed his eyes and enjoyed the warmth of the two pairs of jade hands, and asked again: "Baby, have you sent out the inscription of the reply to the official family and the unveiling post attached to the Privy Council?" ”

Wa'er said: "Well, according to the master's meaning, the slave family polished it, and let the eldest master read it and use the seal letter, and it was almost delivered to the capital." ”

Yang Hao sighed, nodded and did not speak again.

The indoor brazier is burning, warm as spring and summer, the doll and Miao Miao are wearing narrow sleeves of the leno placket, thin as cicada wings, the spring light is infinite, Miao Miao also reveals some immature and pure atmosphere, the doll has a naturally lovely baby face, ** but it is graceful and abnormal, the crisp chest is full, the split clothes are about to come out, the curve is intimidating, the childlike face **, which makes people's eyes and ears hot.

But these few days of busyness, Yang Hao seems to be really tired, so lively, delicate two beauties are by his side, but he doesn't even open his eyes, the two ladies see in their eyes, pity in their hearts, the doll can't help but faintly say: "The lord has been working hard these days, and the chiefs of various tribes and villages have dispersed one after another, and the lord will explain the matter to Lord Fan and Lord Xu, so that they can rest and recuperate." ”

Yang Hao sighed and muttered: "I can't rest, I will secretly leave Yinzhou tomorrow, Linzhou, Luzhou, and Fuzhou, all have to go, the big war is imminent, there are too many things to do, I am born to work hard......"