At the junction of the three kingdoms of Song, Liaoxia and Song, there are Fuzhou, Linzhou, Fengzhou, and Volcano Army in the Song Realm, which belongs to Hedong Road; There were a small number of garrisons in Liao, but most of them were tribal armies; The territory of Western Xia is simply hundreds of miles of uninhabited wilderness.

Looking back at the Yellow River rolling east behind him, Chang Zhidi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, this time to Fengzhou, they made a detour to Western Xia, avoided the Jin Su army and the Heqing army of the Liao State, and then crossed the Yellow River north.

Fortunately, the ice and snow on the mountain have not completely melted in this season, and the Yellow River is still in the dry season, so they can easily cross it.

After crossing the Yellow River, the north is hundreds of miles across the Yin Mountain, the east is the Jiashan Mountain, this area is scattered including Dangxiang, Shanxi, Duer, Bai Dadan and other tribes, the Liao State has extremely weak control over these places, this time it is finally safe!

Chang Zhidi may not be afraid of the few and extremely erosive garrisons of the Liao State, but he really didn't want to attract the attention of the Liao State and broke off the deal with the Great Song Dynasty.

This winter, Chang Shidi used 50,000 war horses to successfully exchange a large number of weapons and materials from the Great Song Dynasty. These war horses were all snatched by them from the Liao State Herdsman, and they couldn't use so much, so much of them had become a burden to keep such a large herd of horses in their hands, and now they could be used in exchange for weapons and materials in short supply, which couldn't be better.

The Great Song Dynasty's weapon-making technology is the first in the world, whether it is knives, guns, bows and arrows, they all make Chang Shidi satisfied, especially after personally trying the power of "Thunderbolt Melon", Chang Shidi is even more satisfied.

For people in the era of cold weapons, the first time to feel the explosive power of the bomb, although it is only black powder, it will be very shocking, and the long jurisdiction is no exception, a war horse for a thunderbolt melon, it is a little more expensive, but since there is this kind of sharp weapon, ambush, night attack, it is really invincible!

After a winter, the tribe has grown a lot, and the tribes on the grassland have always worshiped the strong, as long as you continue to win, there will be tribes who will continue to come to take refuge; Now the tribal army under the jurisdiction of Changdi has rapidly increased from more than 2,000 people to nearly 7,000 people, and occupies the area of Jiujiuquan in Yunfeng Prefecture of Liao; Sufficient war horses and weapons made Chang Zhidi become full of ambition, and when he chose to form an alliance with the Great Song Dynasty, he didn't expect to bring such vitality to the Divination Department, and Chang Zhidi was very grateful to Yang Yi in his heart.

The Chang Governor did not use a cart to convert the supplies, but tied them to the horses or camels, so the speed of travel was very fast; His subordinate Anu was to roam around the perimeter with seven hundred men and horses, and their task was not to loot and burn, but to expel the herdsmen who had accidentally bumped in, so that no one else could discover the pack caravan inside; Of course, if he encounters those tribes close to the Khitan, Anu doesn't mind slaughtering them all.

Rale River, under the Yin Mountain, the sky is a dome, shrouded in the four fields, the sunset has just sunk into the Yin Mountain, there is still a wind whimpering between the mountains, in a valley, the chief jurisdiction has just ordered to set up camp, then I saw a horse galloping from the south, far away, Anu took people to go up, wanted to intercept the future people, but the other party rode a gallop like electricity, Anu couldn't stop it.

When the people came to the mouth of the valley, Chang Shidi finally saw that it was the guard next to Yang Yi, and it was Yang Yi's dark cloud covering snow that was riding, no wonder it was so fast, Anu and they were thrown far away.

"General Changzhidi, let's meet again! It's polite to get off the horse! ”

Ma Hanqing went straight to the front, only to suddenly hold the reins, the dark clouds covered the snow and roared, and the tall people stood up, looking extremely proud, and even the chief couldn't help but be a little envious, after all, such a thousand miles of good horses are rare to see on the grassland.

Chang Zhidi didn't show the slightest surprise on his face, and arched his hand and said, "Presumably Master Yang sent you!" Is Mr. Yang okay? ”

"My bachelor is very good, thank you General Chang Zhidi, my bachelor has now gone to Huanzhou Ren Zhizhou, I heard that General Chang Zhidi has just returned to the grassland, missed a side, I feel a pity, so I specially sent me to see General Chang Zhidi!"

"Bachelor Yang has gone to Huanzhou to serve as Zhizhou?"

Ma Hanqing clenched his fists and replied: "Exactly!" The party has repeatedly violated my Song realm, my family's lord Wen Taowu is overlooked, and the imperial court sent my family to Huanzhou, and the general can guess it with his intention to come to Chang Zhidi! ”

Chang Zhidi was noncommittal, Yang Yi sent people to chase all the way into the Liao realm, Chang Zhidi knew in his heart that Yang Yi would never just send someone to say hello to him, so he invited Ma Hanqing into the valley to talk, Ma Hanqing did not shirk, and led the horse into the valley with Chang Zhidi.

In the tent that had just been set up, the two of them sat opposite each other on a blanket, each with a pot of mare's milk wine, a golden roasted leg of mutton, and a fragrant ......, "General Chang Zhidi should have heard the story of cranes and mussels fighting each other and fishermen profiting, right?" Ma Hanqing wiped the oil stains on his hands and said unhurriedly.

Chang Zhidi also stopped eating, looked at Ma Hanqing and said: "We grassland men are not used to going around in circles, and Brother Ma has something to say. ”

Ma Hanqing smiled and said casually: "My lord has a good idea, so he specially sent me to inform General Chang Zhidi, my family said, although General Chang Zhidi has obtained a lot of weapons, and the number of men and horses has increased several times, but if the Liao State is strangled with all his might, I am afraid that the situation of the General Chang Zhidi is still not good, and if you want to prevent the Liao State from going all out to deal with the General of Chang Zhidi, the only way is to divert the attention of the Liao State." ”

"Master Yang is right, but I don't know how to divert the attention of Liao?"

Ma Hanqing looked at Chang Zhidi into the alley, picked up the wine glass and drank it all, and then continued slowly: "General Chang Zhidi, my family will suggest that I increase the troops of the Great Song Dynasty to Hebei, but this is not enough, if General Chang Zhidi wants to develop with peace of mind, the only way to provoke the disputes in Liaoxia is to provoke the Liao Xia dispute, and the Liao State will be under pressure on both sides, and it will definitely be unable to take care of General Chang Zhidi at that time." ”

Ma Hanqing said it reasonably, and the governor was moved, thought about it carefully and replied: "Liaoxia has always been good friends, and it is not easy to provoke disputes between the two countries. ”

"It's not necessarily difficult, the general of the long jurisdiction only needs to send people to pretend to be the Liao army, enter the territory of the Western Xia and loot, the party has always loved to occupy people's homes, and let others take advantage of him, when the Western Xia once the army into the Liao territory to retaliate, the two countries will have disputes, plus our army pressed Hebei, where does the Liao country still have the heart to take care of the general of the long jurisdiction?"

Chang Zhidi's smile became even bigger after hearing this, and he also understood that Yang Yi had the intention of using him, but what did it matter?

First of all, this matter is really beneficial to the Divination Department, and they are doing this in the first place, who is not robbing it?

Anyway, it's a business with no capital!

In the western camp of Huanzhou, Yang Yi personally selected two hundred soldiers and trained them according to his requirements, how to hide, how to cooperate, how to hunt, and how to survive in the wild without logistics; A month later, these people were let out, in groups of several people, across the Hengshan, while inquiring for news, while carrying out sabotage attacks, as long as they were bald, they were military and civilian, and they were all killed if they had the opportunity.

Yang Yi doesn't ask for more, just kill a party bald man a day, two hundred people add up, two hundred people a day, a month down is six thousand, then I'm afraid that the party people in the north of Hengshan will have no place to cry!

Covered in sweat, he returned to the palace from Xidaying, and as soon as he entered his signature room, Yang Yi asked: "Mr. Xiao, do you have any eyebrows for the money, grain, and equipment you applied to the imperial court?" ”

Xiao Yi smiled bitterly and handed him an official document in his hand, Yang Yi saw that this was the document that made him concurrently serve as the commander of the Huanqing Road.

"No, it won't! I want ordnance, money and food, and Old Man Zhang wants to send me away with a broken official hat? ”

Yang Yi was dissatisfied, in front of Xiao Yi, he even called out "Old Man Zhang", but he had said cruel words in front of the generals in Huanzhou, what they wanted, he would try his best to satisfy them, now if the money, food and equipment don't come, he will lose his trust to the generals, how can he convince them in the future?

"Adults don't have to worry, I'm afraid it's more difficult to get money and food, but some ordnance has been approved, barely enough to deal with the front, and the imperial court is also ready to give Huanzhou two thousand war horses, and I want to do my best to come to Zhang Xianggong."

Two thousand war horses? Well, this is good, this winter in the Great Song Dynasty, a total of nearly 50,000 war horses were obtained from Changzhidi, and 2,000 to Huanzhou is nothing.

Money and food, the key is money and food!

Now that the various reforms of the imperial court have not yet been completed, the money is like flowing water, and the summer tax will not be collected for another two or three months, and Yang Yi also knows that I am afraid that Cai Jing will really not be able to come up with the money.

The chai service law is one of the main contents of the new policy, and now that it has been implemented throughout the country, it is no longer possible to let the people serve without pay, and if they want the people to work, they can only take money to hire people.

Now that the imperial court has no money and grain to approve, what can you do to hire workers? The planned series of measures will have to be put on hold, and there are too many fortifications in Huanzhou that need to be strengthened!

If the Xia army could not be kept out of the country, the people in the mountains would not dare to go down the mountain to cultivate, and the people who fled would not return...... Yang Yi rubbed his head, the middle finger of his right hand unconsciously tapped the tabletop, Xiao Yi saw this scene, and comforted: "My lord, Huanzhou is like a seriously ill patient, it is impossible to cure it all at once, you can only adjust it slowly, adults don't have to be in a hurry." ”

Yang Yi raised his hand and shook it, preventing Xiao Yi from continuing to persuade, his mind was still flying, money! How can I get the money the fastest? He even thought of things like illegal fundraising, listing, and stocks, but none of them were suitable for the Huanzhou in front of him.

"My lord, I remember that when Wang Shao opened the Xihe River, the imperial court did not have money to give Wang Shao, and Wang Xianggong's method was to let Wang Shao implement the law of equal loss in the northwest......"

"That's right! If you can't get money from the court, we can ask for policies! Yang Yi looked at Xiao Yi, well, this staff member found by the old man is really good! In order to thank my father-in-law, I have to go back and take good care of Thirteen Niang!

Xiao Yi continued: "However, the even-loss method may not be suitable for Huanzhou. ”

"Hehe, I know, we don't have to lose evenly, just have this idea; No way! This official has to go out for a walk again, see what we have in Huanzhou that can make a lot of money, and then let Old Man Zhang do a convenient ......"

As soon as Yang Yi said this, he saw the officials of the government appear outside the door.

"Lord Zhizhou, Jingyuan Road Chapter has been slightly envoy to Huanzhou, I want to see you, Lord Zhizhou!"

Zhang Qi?

Why is Zhang Qi here? Although Yang Yi couldn't guess Zhang Qi's intention, he expected that the other party would not go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, so he got up and went out of the palace.

(To be continued)