In a breeding test field in Sinong Temple in Beijing, Li Youjun, Shaoqing of Sinong Temple, is accompanying Fan Ning to inspect the new product test field.

Fanning planted a total of 10 acres of potatoes, sunflowers, peanuts and other crops from the North Island.

Li Youjun was extremely interested in the new agricultural products that Fanning had brought, and he knew very well what kind of changes corn and pumpkin had brought to the Great Song Dynasty.

Now Fanning has handed over three overseas crops to him, Li Youjun is like raising his own son, carefully serving these three crops, and Fanning also gave him the experience of planting in Beidao, so that he has taken a lot of detours.

"Fan Xianggong, is the yield per mu of potatoes really so high?" Li Youjun asked in disbelief.

Fan Ning smiled slightly: "You will know in the autumn, anyway, the estimate of the North Island is about 4,000 catties per mu, not only the yield is high, but also the poor land can also be planted, such as the mountainous area, it is likely to become the staple food in the mountainous area in the future." ”

"Hearing Xianggong say this, I really can't wait to harvest it tomorrow."

"It's also fun to be patient, and watch them grow up day by day, Li Shaoqing, am I right?"

"Xianggong is absolutely right!"

Fanning squatted down in front of a peanut plant, looking closely at the growth below, the soil was sandy loam, the soil was very fertile, more suitable for the growth of potatoes and peanuts, but the soil seemed to be too wet, it should be watered more frequently.

"Don't water too often, once a day is enough."

"Remember."

Fanning pointed to the plant and said, "This is called a peanut, and the yield is also very large, and its fruit can be used to extract oil or be used as a vegetable." ”

"I also want to ask Xianggong this question! Only potatoes are known as grain, but the other two do not. ”

Fan Ning said with a smile: "Peanuts and sunflowers are actually oilseeds, but they are not only oilseeds, they can be used as vegetables when fried, they can also be used as snacks, and they can be eaten when drinking tea, which is a very good small crop." ”

"Speaking of which, I'm really looking forward to it."

"But I'm afraid not this year, this year's planting, except for the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother, all the others are reserved as seeds, continue to expand planting, at least until three or five years later, it may be on the market on a large scale."

Li Youjun nodded silently.

At this moment, an engaged man came rushing and handed a note to Fanning, "News from the Intelligence Division!" ”

Fanning opened the note and looked at it, and immediately said to the left and right: "Go to the Intelligence Division!" ”

Fanning said goodbye to Li Youjun, turned on his horse, and ran towards the city with his retinue.

After a short time, he entered the imperial city and came to the Privy Council, the Intelligence Department had moved to the Privy Council, and Fan Ning walked into the Privy Council and happened to meet Sima Liu Kui.

Liu Kui hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and Fan Ning waved his hand and asked, "I want to know the details of Datong Mansion." ”

"Please come into the hall and speak!"

Fan Ning walked into the lobby, Liu Kui took a piece of information, handed it to Fan Ning and said: "Datong Mansion is now garrisoned with 50,000 troops, but the Liao State is putting pressure on the tribes of the grassland, and it is possible that the grassland tribes will jointly send 30,000 troops to support Datong Mansion." ”

Fanning was in a somewhat solemn mood, and it seemed that he had underestimated Yelu Hongji's determination to defend Xijing.

He pondered for a moment, then left the Privy Council and hurried to the Imperial Study.

After waiting outside the Ziwei side hall for a while, a eunuch came out and said, "Summoned by the Son of Heaven, Fan Xianggong please!" ”

Fan Ning walked into the imperial study quickly, Zhao Ji was sitting in front of the table to review the folds, seeing Fan Ning come in, Zhao Ji put down the pen and smiled: "What is the important thing about Fan Xianggong?" ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen has just received news from Yingzhou, and several tribes in the grassland have also increased their troops to Datong Mansion, about 30,000 cavalry."

Zhao Ji frowned, "Does Yelu Hongji really want to fight with us in Datong?" ”

"At present, it seems that this should be the case, but there is no decisive battle, Weichen thinks that it is just that the Liao State is unwilling to give up Datong Mansion."

Zhao Ji pondered and asked, "What is Fan Xianggong going to do?" ”

"We can only increase our troops on a large scale, overwhelm the Liao army with the superiority of troops, and then seize Datong Mansion in one fell swoop."

Zhao Ji took a few steps with his hands in his hands, and said, "Is it necessary to officially launch the Battle of Yunzhou?" ”

"Weichen thinks that the time is ripe to seize Datong Mansion!"

"I understand, I will authorize it as soon as possible!"

After the end of the Battle of Yanshanfu, Fanning handed over the military power, and during this period, the transfer of troops was issued by the Son of Heaven.

If the Battle of Yunzhou is started once it starts, then the Son of Heaven will have military power below, and Fan Ning, an army of less than 100,000 people, can be directly mobilized.

Of course, if there is a transfer of more than 100,000 troops, or if there is a cross-regional transfer of troops, it is still necessary for the Son of Heaven to order the transfer of troops.

In the afternoon of the same day, Zhao Ji officially awarded Fan Ning a gold medal for ten troop transfers, each of which could mobilize 10,000 troops, and allowed the Yunzhou Campaign to be launched.

Fan Ning immediately transferred 100,000 western troops from Yanshan Mansion to Yingzhou to take up his post, and at the same time, Zhao Ji also ordered the general Cao Shi to lead the 120,000 troops stationed in Hebei to enter Yanshan Mansion and station.

Fanning said goodbye to his family and rushed to Yingzhou with two thousand cavalry.

Once the Yunzhou campaign was launched, the commander was Fan Ning, and the veteran Yang Wenguang and the veteran Chong Ge were the deputy generals.

The Battle of Yunzhou also slowly kicked off.

In late April, Fanning arrived in Yingzhou with two thousand cavalry.

Five days ago, the veteran general Chong Ge also arrived in Yingzhou with an army of 100,000, bringing the total strength of Yingzhou to 180,000.

The camp of the Song army has moved out of Jincheng County, and a large camp with a plate wall has been built outside the city, which covers an area of tens of thousands of acres and has stationed 180,000 troops, with neat tents and magnificent momentum.

Fanning arrived at the camp, and Yang Wenguang and Chong Ge personally led the generals to greet him at the camp.

Fanning turned over and dismounted, and everyone knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See the Privy Envoy!" ”

"Generals, it's been a long time, please get up!"

Everyone stood up one after another, and Yang Wenguang stepped forward and said, "Qi Privy Envoy, there is important information to report." ”

Fanning nodded, "Let's go to the camp and talk about it!" ”

Everyone dispersed after entering the camp, Fan Ning and the two deputy generals entered the big tent of the Chinese army, and Sima Liu Kui of the Intelligence Department also followed, but this was requested by Yang Wenguang, and this matter was related to the Intelligence Department.

Several people sat down, and Yang Wenguang said: "The incident happened the night before yesterday, our peripheral spies caught a strange man, to be precise, he found the peripheral spies himself." ”

"Who is this man?" Fanning asked.

"It's unbelievable to say, it's the son of the chief of the Lieshan Department of the grassland, this time there are 30,000 people from the grassland departments, and there are 10,000 people from the Lieshan Department, and the Lieshan Department and other grasslands are unwilling to give their lives to the Liao State, and the idea of the Lieshan Department is to have a feint with the Song army, and then they will be defeated and retreat to the grassland."

Everyone looked at each other, this sound ridiculous, the grassland army and the Song army feinted, and then retreated back to the grassland, how does it sound that there is a strong smell of conspiracy in it.

Fan Ning took a few steps with his hands in his hands, then turned back and asked, "What is the relationship between the Keree Department and the Lieshan Ministry?" ”

Liu Kui was more clear about this, he hurriedly said: "The two were originally a tribe, and then they were divided into two, the Lieshan Department was in the west, and the Kereh Department was in the east, when the Kereh Department rebelled, the Lieshan Department did not follow, but it did not help the Liao army to suppress the Kereh Department, the Kereh Department was defeated, the chief was killed, and many people fled to the Lieshan Department, resulting in the current Kereh Department is only half of the past." ”

"What does the old general think about this?"

He groaned and said slowly: "If the other party does have the intention of retreating, this is indeed a good opportunity, but if the other party is a conspiracy, as long as we prepare properly, there will be no losses, and we can even plan it." ”

Yang Wenguang said with a smile: "I and Lao Chong both advocate that the plan should be calculated, make preparations with both hands, make a feint with the grassland tribes openly, and ambush another army secretly, if the grassland cavalry is really defeated and retreated, this is of course the best, if the other party is a conspiracy, then our ambushed army can play a role." ”

Fan Ning pondered for a long time and said, "Can you leak this matter to the Liao army in some way?" ”

Yang Wenguang was stunned, "If it's true, I'm afraid that once the news is leaked, I'm afraid it will cause infighting between the Liao army and the grassland cavalry!" ”

Fanning smiled faintly, "This is exactly what I was expecting. ”