Since then, the Ming and Tuesday countries have each entered a short period of recuperation, Chai Rong has worked hard to rectify internal affairs, and Baili Wuji has been committed to building a new type of Ming army.

Neither of these emperors could guess that an unprecedented war was looming over the Ming and Zhou Kingdoms.

Liao Muzong Yelu Jing's intention of ordering Yelu Sara to return to Beijing is very clear, that is, he wants to pour out the Liao army, and 30,000 iron cavalry will be responsible for guarding Shangjing, and with 30,000 iron cavalry sitting in Shangjing, Yelu Jing can sit back and relax.

The Liao army that poured out of the bag naturally had only one goal, and that was the Central Plains.

To the east of the Liao Kingdom is Goryeo and the sea; The north has now just pacified the eight enemy lies, expelled the Huangjiasi army, and is defended by 30,000 Liao troops, which is enough to deal with it; Signed an alliance with the Uighurs of Ganzhou in the west and Ganzhou in the southwest.

In order to complete the battle, the Liao Dynasty contacted the Uighurs of Ganzhou and sent an envoy to Tibet, inviting the Tibetans to join the alliance and waving the Central Plains together, allowing them to use Shu land south of Chengdu Prefecture.

The Liao State has now completed the prelude to the war and has begun to enter the stage of preparation.

The preparation of the Liao army was relatively simple, and Yelujing ordered all tribes of all races to assemble in Shangjing Linhuang Mansion, Zhongjing Dading Mansion, and Tokyo Liaoyang Mansion.

It's just that this time Yelujing's will is a bit harsh, and the number of people who recruit the tribes to participate in the war is 30% of the total population.

This means that a tribe needs to draw all the adult males to fight, and some small tribes even need to bring in the underage males, but there are not enough of them.

The various tribes of the Liao State continued to oppose it, but they were deterred by Yelu Jing's heavy troops. The tribes were spared.

This kind of uncontrolled conscription, if the Liao State wins, it is fine, if it is defeated. Then the Liao State will collapse, and the various northern ethnic tribes will no longer lie under the Khitan.

The time required for this conscription is long, and the date set by the Liao court is the next year, and in the early summer of the fifth year of the Liao calendar (955), Yelu Jing let the Tubo first launch an attack on the west of Shu to contain the Ming army, so that the coalition army can go south smoothly next year.

Tubo has long coveted the rich land of Shu. Raiding the border and looting is its strong point, and the cost is small and the gain is big, so so. He agreed and began to prepare for the eastward march.

In the past two years, due to the occupation of Yanyun and the land of the former Northern Han Dynasty, a large number of war horses were transported from the north to the south. The selection criteria for military horses have been raised. Eliminated war horses flowed into the people, replacing cattle, donkeys and other livestock, and were widely used in transportation.

As a result, the speed of the flow of materials among the people has risen to a higher level.

The top-down harmony of bilateral relations between the Ming and Zhou states made the material trade between the two countries flourish.

Not only civilian goods, but also ordnance began to show signs of smuggling.

Xu Shiming's intelligence network has reflected this problem several times, and Xu Shiming privately reported it to Baili Wuji.

But it was shelved indefinitely by Baili Wuji.

It's not that Baili Wuji wants to condone these two black-hearted arms dealers, but that Baili Wuji can't persuade the subjects of the Ming State to support the export of arms to the Zhou State.

Although the subjects of the Ming Kingdom possessed firearms themselves, they were shocked by the destructive power of firearms.

If the cold weapon wars of the dynasties have made people fearful. Then the destructive power of firearms warfare is far greater than that of cold weapons.

This may be another reason why firearms are not being promoted.

But Baili Wuji wanted to sell firearms to Zhou Guo, except for muskets and artillery, which were not considered for the time being. Like mines, grenades, and even guns that had been backlogged in warehouses after being reloaded, these firearms could have been sold to the Zhou State and exchanged for a large amount of money or materials.

But this attracted the unanimous opposition of the civil and military officials of the Ming Kingdom. The most convincing argument is that if the Zhou State exported the firearms sold to it by the Ming State, or if the Ming State went to war with the Zhou State in the future, these terrifying firearms would likely fall on the heads of the Ming army itself, and for the safety of the Ming people, such murder weapons should never be sold to the Zhou State.

Baili Wuji is helpless, so he has been turning a blind eye to the secret smuggling of ordnance by the people, and there are not many people in the Ming Kingdom who can smuggle a large amount of ordnance, except for Xu Shiming, the other two prime ministers of the Ming Kingdom cannot do this, except for those two.

Thinking of these two people, the corners of Baili Wuji's mouth began to twitch.

Zhu Pengliang and Jiang Jiliang, Baili Wuji raised troops in a small county in Badong, with the United Army as the team, and Zhu and Jiang gave Baili Wuji a lot of help.

Although Baili Wuji is grateful, he will not trade with the interests of the Ming Kingdom.

And Zhu and Jiang naturally didn't have the courage to smuggle firearms to Zhou Guo without permission.

The reason for the incident came from the month when Baili Wuji ascended the throne as emperor.

Hundreds of miles of Mowgli established the Ming Kingdom, and envoys were sent from all over the world to congratulate.

Among them, the villagers and elders of Badong County are naturally indispensable.

The people are a grateful group, although they can't take out any tribute that can satisfy the emperor, but being able to come already represents a piece of heart, even if they are not even qualified to enter the palace gate.

And a few days later, when Baili Wuji had some free time, Xu Shiming reported that the villagers of Badong came to congratulate him.

Baili Wuji enthusiastically explained to them, and among them were Zhu Pengliang and Jiang Jiliang.

After chatting for a while, the villagers said goodbye in a playful manner, and before leaving, they made a small request to Baili Wuji.

When Baili Wuji captured Gyeongju due to too many casualties, when recruiting soldiers from Gyeongju, he promised to accept 500 Badong disciples into the army every three years in the future, giving Badong children a way out, and after Baili Wuji gained a firm foothold in Chu State, he did accept Badong children once, and these people were part of the establishment of the special operations army.

But after Baili Wuji conquered the Southern Han, Southern Tang, and Wuyue, until the establishment of the Ming Kingdom, he never accepted the children of Badong, and it was not that Baili Wuji was unwilling to accept it, but that Badong was just a small land, tens of thousands of people, and Ding Zhuang of 500 people at a time was bound to bring inconvenience to the work and life of local families.

Moreover, now that the Ming Kingdom is vast and densely populated, where can it not be recruited to recruit troops, so Baili Wuji did not deliberately recruit Badong's children, and there is a little caution that if too many Badong children join the army, then it is easy to form a small group in the army, and after this group is formed, and then rely on the shadow of Baili Wuji Badong to make a fortune, then it is not like Xu Shiming and Xu Shouren, who are more qualified than them, and they cannot control them at all.

And this time, the request made by the Padang villagers to Baili Wuji is that they hope that Baili Wuji will give the young children of Padang a way out.

Baili Wuji couldn't bear to refuse, no one could refuse such a request. (To be continued......)