Tian Xi's twist came a little late.

Maybe Song Qi also made a move, Tian Xi is not an ordinary person, he is a Zhimuzhou as a right supplement, and he has the right to speak, Song Qi does not dare to deduct this twist. But he is also easy to do, as long as he is detained for a period of time, the limelight has passed, and then he presents it, which will not pose a threat to Song Qi.

Song Qi calculated carefully.

Actually, why should he be?

Even if he took the initiative to withdraw from the phase now, Song Jiu didn't want to enter the East Mansion.

The game of chess in the northwest hasn't been put away yet, will Song Jiu leave Xifu?

Go on.

After Li Jiqian fled back to Dijinze from Xiazhou, he saw that the Song Dynasty didn't care about him, so he took soldiers and horses from time to time to come out of Dijinze and go to Yinxia for a walk.

Zhao Kuangyi couldn't bear it anymore, and sent Tian Qinzuo and Yuan Jizhong to lead troops to patrol Xiazhou and Yinzhou.

But it's not without benefits, which proves the statement of Song Qi and others that Li Jiqian is not a problem, just a nasty rogue.

Li Jiqian developed at a high speed in Song Qi's dispute.

Song Jiu's approach made the loyal more loyal and the traitors more rebellious. Seeing that the roads and forts were gradually entering the period of completion, some unscrupulous tribes finally made a choice. This made Li Jiqian's side quickly gather more than 10,000 soldiers and horses.

Coupled with the pacification policy of the Song Dynasty, Li Jiqian was very anxious, so he said to the strategist Zhang Pu, our land has been barren for a long time, and the people who follow us are almost unable to open the lid of the pot, and who wants to fight if there is no food. Now that the Zhao family is dividing our strength with the temptation of money, what should we do?

In fact, it doesn't take much, if the Song Dynasty is given another two years and all the fortifications are completed, Li Jiqian will have a headache, and he can only wander in the Nanhetao Desert forever.

Zhang Pu did not think it was the right time to send troops. The force is still too weak. However, he thinks that Yinxia Erzhou is difficult to attack, but Youzhou is a good place, rich in products, and there is the danger of Hengshan to defend, and there is Yeli Department. The Yeri Department is located in the Hengshan area to the south of Yooju, and is connected to the security forces of Yeonju in the south.

However, Yelibu was also hesitant in his heart, and finally did not cooperate, resulting in the defeat of Li Jiqian's attack on Youzhou.

However, Li Jiqian gave the front-line soldiers a headache.

There is no other reason, and the ground is also Jinze.

It is inconvenient to use soldiers here. Someone used troops here on a large scale, and later Liao Xingzong, how badly did Liao Xingzong lose in that battle?

Therefore, it gave Li Jiqian the opportunity to resume his development and growth again.

After the defeat of Youzhou, Li Jiqian continued to fight with the Song Dynasty, so I surrendered. But he didn't let him enter Beijing, and on the other hand, he asked his younger brother Li Jizhong to recruit people from all sides. At the time of the fire in the imperial palace of the Song Dynasty. Li Jizhong caught a big fish. The leader of the Baa Wei tribe of the Northwest tribe, the demon patient Qi Yasu, took his tribe to take refuge in Li Jiqian.

Get this force. Li Jiqian's momentum has been greatly boosted.

So tens of thousands of iron horsemen rushed to Wangting Town in the northwest of Xiazhou like lightning.

Before Cao Guangshi and Yin Xian reacted in Xiazhou, Wangting Town was lost, and hundreds of Song Dynasty guards, as well as nearly 10,000 people in the surrounding area, were all captured by Li Jiqian.

Zhao Kuangyi was furious when he learned about it.

It just so happened that Song Jiu spent countless efforts to draw an approximate map of Nanhetao and sent it to Cao Guangshi.

Cao Guangshi and Yin Xian according to this map. As well as the various pieces of information fed back from the intelligence network that had been disseminated under Song Jiu's instructions, a detailed plan was formulated.

Li Jiqian was unaware of it, and he still harassed the Song army with Li Jizhong and Zhang Pu with his army, and the forts from Youzhou to Xiazhou, Yinzhou and Fuzhou to the west and north could not be built.

Late one night in October. Yin Xian and Cao Guangshi took thousands of elite horses and pounced on the ground. Maybe it's not far on the map, only a few hundred kilometers, and if you drive, you can drive in three or four hours. In practice, it was very difficult to implement this strategy at the time. To the north of Xiazhou is Wangting Town, then Anqingze, Huangyangping, and then more than 1100 miles is Dijinze. There are lofty mountains and mountains, the Gobi Desert, and some oases, but most of the tribes on these oases are inclined to Li Jiqian.

But it was this harsh environment that made Cao Guangshi and Yin Xian miraculously quietly arrive at Dijinze.

This battle killed countless of Li Jiqian's subordinates, and many camp tents were burned. Including Li Jiqian's wife, Gang and another wife, Ye Li, were all captured.

Li Jiqian had no choice but to escape from Dijinze in shame and start his wandering career again.

But even so, Li Jiqian still took his soldiers and horses and escaped from the Song army.

This is also the result of a variety of reasons, one is that Cao Yin and the others have few active troops, and the vast desert has become the best cover for Li Jiqian. The second is Li Jiqian's cunning.

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"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Li Jiqian is not enough to do harm." Song Qi said.

Li Jiqian was defeated several times, and Song Jiu couldn't find an excuse to refute his words, so he had to say: "What can he do about it, but he can still live on the Nanhe Loop?" ”

"The cover of the desert is also, Your Majesty, in the opinion of the ministers, it is better to let Li Ji win back Xiazhou, let Li Jitou appease, all ethnic groups return to their hearts, Li Jiqian loses the support of the people, and the court can be captured by the time come."

Hand to hand?

Song Jiu sneered in his heart.

If this were the case, there would be no later Western Xia Kingdom.

However, Li Jiqian's previous performance was indeed too weak. Including Song Jiu was disappointed.

He pondered in his heart.

Because Li Kewen was incapable, the imperial court summoned Li Kewen back.

Now that all the rights in Xiazhou are in the hands of Cao Yin and the others, there is no Qiang people to govern together, although they say that the representative system, these party members will not be convinced.

And Li Jitou is cowardly, which is not harmful.

Song Jiu also thought of a few things, I don't know how the Song Army in another time and space will be, but the Song Army in this time and space should become stronger. Including a large number of weapons and armor, under his own leadership, the armor began to be lightweight. It may be that the defense is a little weaker, but it will be a little faster in terms of marching speed.

and a generous reward and pension system, morale should also be a little higher. At least under this system, soldiers are more daring to fight.

Eighty percent of the roads and forts in the northwest have been completed, and sixty percent of the difficult Hengshan area has also been completed, that is, the imperial court can control half of the Hengshan area. The difference is that You Xiayin's section, under the harassment of Li Jiqian, the workers have been working one after another, and only a quarter has been completed so far. But it's much better than no affirmation.

Therefore, Song Jiu did not make a sound.

In fact, Song Jiu had a very bad idea in his heart. Song Qi gave himself a red eye five times and three times, so let Li Jiqian slap Song Qi's face for him.

Song Jiu returned to the Privy Council.

His lack of opposition does not represent real inaction.

First wrote two letters, respectively to the Zhe family and the Wang family, asking them to cooperate and spy on the topography of the Nanhetao.

The area of the Nanhetao is too large, and if you calculate from the ancient Great Wall to the north, the area to the Yellow River is larger than that of Zhejiang Province in later generations.

Fortunately, there are the Zhe family and the Wang family, otherwise Li Jiqian will be supported by Qu Yehe's various ministries, and the consequences will be more serious.

It's okay too. His uncompetitive spirit didn't even attract Xiao Yanyan's attention.

However, from the current point of view, Song Jiu is very puzzled that Li Jiqian did not show any military cultivation except for the spirit of defeat and battle. Could it be that this is a Li Ji-style growth figure?

Then another order was given. Let Cao Guangshi return Li Jiqian's wife, Yeli, to the Yeli clan, and implicitly hint at it. Let the Wild tribe remarry the woman.

It's a temptation.

The monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty may not know the way. In the future, there will be another Western Xia queen in this Yeli Department, who will become Li Deming and Li Yuanhao's loyal thugs.

And they live in Hengshan, once they join forces with Li Jiqian, or have a rebellion, the impact will be equally far-reaching.

This was an opportunity, and the Wakano Ri tribe listened to their words. remarried his daughter, and from then on he was cut off from Li Jiqian, and Song Jiu was unwary of giving them a chance. If they don't want to be one-size-fits-all, then they are also Song Jiu's target.

Song Jiu called another hall official. Let him send a post to the third division.

After a while, the hall official brought a thick paperwork, and Song Jiu opened it to look through it.

These are the financial statements of the three divisions.

The year has not yet ended, but the fiscal and tax revenues and expenditures can be seen in the approximate touch.

This year, the wind and rain are good, the country is so big, there are always some disasters, but the scale is not large, and the local digestion is gone. In addition, there is no war on the front line, including no support for Liaodong. The country's financial situation is very good.

After reading it, Song Jiu said to Shi Xian: "Let's go out to see the soldiers." ”

With the increasing number of forbidden soldiers, not all the forbidden soldiers are in Kaifeng City, Luoyang has them, the Daimyo Mansion also has them, and Songzhou also has them, but they are mainly concentrated near Kaifeng. This purpose did not change in Song Jiu, what changed was the transfer of soldiers from the city to the countryside.

Whether or not it has improved its combat effectiveness, this is not easy to compare.

But there are two things that can be seen, the first is that the cost of raising soldiers in the state has dropped a lot, and the second is that the cost of living for soldiers has fallen, and the family situation is improving, and many soldiers are forced to live as before, and there are much fewer cases of their wives being used as military prostitutes.

The two of them first inspected the barracks on the west side of the palace.

Then he rode to the outskirts.

The suburbs are Song Jiu's cantonment system.

It is divided into two, one is the grain field, according to the quality of the cultivated land, two to five buckets of grain per mu is handed over every year, and the rest belongs to the soldiers themselves. Farming when he is busy, and training in his spare time.

The second is the cloth field, carrying mulberry and planting hemp and cotton. This belongs to the family's business and income, and does not need to be handed over.

It is similar to renting land lightly, but it is not, because there is a rotation system, and there are soldiers who are discharged from the army and recruits who are replenished after sacrifice, so it is calculated once a year, and it is first redivided to each commander every year according to the situation, and then each commander is divided into about ten generals, and ten generals are divided into soldiers.

Because of the small amount of handover, many soldiers were not used to farm work and rented it to the common people.

However, later on, I saw that some soldiers were willing to put down their bodies, and the situation in the family improved, and even some women were diligent, raising pigs and chickens, and the family's life quickly improved. There is also a one-year-a-round system, which makes it very troublesome for tenants to operate, and gradually this situation is decreasing.

In particular, most of the recruits who were replenished later came from the countryside, and there was no question of whether they were accustomed or not. Gradually, it became a stable system.

In the past, the soldiers were given money, food, cloth, and charcoal.

The main thing is money and cloth, but under this system, soldiers no longer need to give food and cloth, so the cost of raising soldiers is gradually decreasing.

As for the invisible one, it is the decline in servitude, which is not easy to calculate.

Song Jiu didn't look at this, after looking at the two barracks, Song Jiu asked, "Shi Gong, do you think this army can be used?" ”

"Available, morale is high, and the family has no worries about food and clothing, comparable to the soldiers of the early Tang Dynasty."

"Tang Chu Mansion soldiers?" Song Jiu smiled bitterly. Maybe, but where is Li Jing and where is Li Ji? (To be continued......)