Fan Ning returned to the barracks, and as soon as he arrived in front of the big tent of the Chinese army, Yang Wenguang came out to report, "Qi Privy Envoy, the chief of the Lieshan Department has sent his son again." ”

"Where are the people now?"

"Right on the side, Liu Sima is talking to him."

Fanning did not rush to the side tent, but went back to the big tent and sat down, and an entourage served tea.

He took a sip of tea and asked, "Did he come directly to the barracks, or did he go through another channel?" ”

Yang Wenguang hurriedly said: "Last time we made an appointment to contact in Heyin County, and the humble post sent a special person there, and he went to Heyin County, and then put on the armor of the Song Army and followed the cavalry back to Jincheng County." ”

"How many people are there?"

"Plus Dushan himself, a total of three people came, two entourage."

At this time, Liu Kui walked in and said with a smile: "The chief of the Lieshan Department is very angry, and he actually handed over the golden wolf head order to his son and brought it. ”

With that, he handed Fanning a golden wolf-headed warrant made of gold.

Fanning picked up the warrant and put it in his hand to look at it, it weighed about a catty, the workmanship was exquisite, the gold was shining, and it was covered with traces of time.

"Is this really the Golden Wolf Head Order?" Fanning asked with a smile.

Liu Kui said: "It should be true, I have seen the Golden Wolf Head Order of the Kerei Department, which is very similar to this." ”

"What did he say?" Fanning put the Golden Wolf Head Order back on the table.

"Qiyu Privy Envoy, he said that the plan has changed, and neither the Naiban Department nor the Dadan Department agree to fight the Song army alone, and the chief general of the Xijing Liao Army will not approve them to fight alone."

"And what do they mean?" Fanning asked quietly.

"What they mean is that when the Liao army and the Song army fight a decisive battle in the field, they will be defeated without a fight, so that it will not arouse the suspicion of the Liao army."

"Humph!"

Fan Ning snorted coldly, "How much do they want us to have a decisive battle with the Liao army?" ”

Next to him, Yang Wenguang said: "Please let the privy envoy say a word!" ”

"Old general, please speak!"

Yang Wenguang said in a deep voice: "I think that it is difficult to avoid a decisive battle between us and the Liao army in the field, in fact, the choice of war method is in the hands of the Liao army. ”

"The old general thinks that the Liao army will set up a decisive battle with us, instead of defending Datong City?"

Yang Wenguang smiled and shook his head, "The privy envoy doesn't know what a deep memory the battle of Lou Fuguan gave to Yelu Wanshan, he is extremely afraid of our iron fire and thunder, and will never defend the city again, once our army is killed under Datong City, he will definitely lead the army to meet the battle." ”

Fan Ning nodded, pointed to the golden wolf head order and asked Liu Kui, "Is he using the golden wolf head to win our trust?" ”

"Back to the Prime Minister, he is using the golden wolf head to prove his identity, in fact, he is willing to stay here as a hostage, please believe him."

"The golden wolf's head makes it impossible for me to distinguish the real from the fake, and I don't know what the sons of Dubro, the great chief of the Burning Mountain Tribe, look like, so how can I trust them."

At this time, the kind of man who had just entered the tent and was listening on the side bowed down and said, "Privy envoy, I have something to say!" ”

"Kind of old general, please speak!"

"The privy envoy seems to think that if the other party cheats, we will suffer, but in fact, even if the other party cheats, it is not terrible, and we will definitely prepare with both hands."

Fanning immediately retorted: "But the other party is preparing to deceive in a decisive battle, and the battlefield is changing rapidly, and it is difficult for us to grasp the fighter." ”

He smiled slightly: "There is a principle here, it mainly depends on which position the opponent is in to fight, if it is a striker, then don't consider whether there is an internal response at all, even if it is really an internal response, it is meaningless, the other party cannot retreat, we must concentrate our forces to strike mercilessly."

But if it is on the flanks or in the rear, then the other side has the opportunity to retreat, and we are also merciless, if the other side is really an internal response, they themselves will retreat, if it is not an internal response, it will have no effect on us. ”

Fanning somewhat understood, "What the old general means is that whether they are internal or not, we will fight according to the established tactics and will not be affected by them. ”

He nodded slowly, "That's what it means, so it doesn't matter if they are cheating or not, we believe that the Song army will win, and the difference between whether there is internal response or not is only the difference in the degree of casualties." ”

"What about General Yang?" Fanning asked Yang Wenguang again.

Yang Wenguang said decisively: "Humble support the opinion of the old general!" ”

Fan Ning nodded and said to Liu Kui: "You go and tell Dushan, I believe in their sincerity, and also accept their plan, I hope that the first cooperation between the two sides can have the greatest harvest!" ”

Liu Kui hesitated for a moment and asked, "Then do you want to leak this matter to the Liao army as you said last time?" ”

Fan Ning pondered for a moment, slowly shook his head and said, "This matter is difficult to grasp well, it will be bad if it is not done well, change the plan!" ”

………

Two days later, a transport team consisting of more than 10,000 people and 5,000 carts arrived in Jincheng County, and Fanning transferred 20,000 troops to participate in the unloading.

In addition to food and grass, this army brought all kinds of military supplies, including weapons, armor, fire oil, iron and thunder, war drums, military flags, and various siege weapons.

Fan Ning came to the front of the transport team, several ordnance supervision officials stepped forward to salute, Fan Ning saw Du Li, the head of the crossbow courtyard at a glance, he stepped forward and asked with a smile: "Director Du, has the stainless steel ballista I am most looking forward to been delivered?" ”

"Of course, this time I am responsible for escorting three hundred steel ballistas and fifteen thousand boxes of iron crossbow boxes."

Fanning was overjoyed and asked anxiously, "Where are the ballistas and crossbow boxes?" ”

"It's just been shipped into the city, and it's in the seventh and eighth warehouses."

"Then come back and see."

Fan Ning saw Yuan Sheng, the eunuch of the Xuanzhi, and he didn't bother to look at the ballista, so he hurriedly greeted him and asked, "Why is Gonggong Yuan here?" ”

Yuan Sheng smiled and said, "Of course I came here to send a will to Fan Xianggong." ”

With a smile on his face, he said solemnly: "Fan Xianggong takes the order!" ”

Fanning hurriedly knelt down, "Chen Fanning is here!" ”

Yuan Sheng took a sealed silver box and handed it to Fan Ning, "This is the secret decree of the official family, and Fan Xianggong needs to open it himself." ”

Fanning held up the silver box and looked at it for a moment, under the sun, the silver box flashed with bright white silver light, the whole silver box was integrated, tightly sealed, he was really curious in his heart, what could it be?

Back in the camp, Fanning took a sharp dagger and carefully cut open the silver box, which turned out to be a white silk edict.

The edict was a secret decree to be precise, and if he could destroy the Liao state, then as a reward, he would be authorized to follow the example of the Zhou system in Beidao to establish a state.

And give him another 100,000 households to immigrate.

The Zhou system is the sub-feudal system, and there are a hundred kingdoms in the Spring and Autumn Period, except for nominally respecting the Zhou royal family as the Son of Heaven, the others are completely self-established as kings.

The Son of Heaven actually gave him this kind of promise, which shows that he Fan Ning has no way to be promoted, he has become a supreme minister, the king of Chu, and if he is sealed, there will be nothing to seal except for the Son of Heaven to make Xian.

This is called the Meritorious Earthquake Lord, fortunately, the Great Song Dynasty has countless territories overseas, so that the high-ranking and powerful have a flood outlet, and they can go to distant overseas to be the king, which avoids the threat to the Son of Heaven, which is actually similar to the release of military power with a glass of wine.

The question is, why would Zhao Ji give himself an edict at this juncture? Is this a promise or a temptation?

Fan Ning paced back and forth in the big tent with his hands in his hands, he suspected that someone had slandered in Zhao Xuan's ear, as for who this person was, he believed that he would know sooner or later.