The eunuch mentor Li Zhimi, Li Kui, and Master Li have just solved Tong Guan's crisis of faith.

But suddenly he had a bigger idea.

The Great Song Dynasty had only a small influence on the small countries around it, such as the small countries in the Western Regions, and they didn't even bother to pay tribute. This is due to the reason why the Western Xia inserted a lever horizontally, blocking the exchanges between the Great Song Dynasty and the countries of the Western Regions, and fearing that the countries of the Western Regions would be bought by the Great Song Dynasty and attack the Western Xia. But more often than not, the Great Song Dynasty completely lost control of the Western Regions and the North. Lost the fear of these small countries for the Great Song Dynasty.

That's right, it's fear.

Fear the ability to disrupt the status quo, not a splendid culture, a splendid civilization, and a rich life. None of this was enough for the Central Plains Dynasty to be feared enough. Not only can it not even get the fear of the surrounding countries, but it will also make the surrounding small countries have greedy and unrealistic ideas. Only iron and blood can make the countries of the Western Regions have a sense of awe for the Central Plains Dynasty, and so is the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty.

The country is one of the small countries that has lost its reverence for the Great Song Dynasty.

The Tubo tribe, which originated on the plateau, expelled the Dangxiang tribe entrenched in the land of Hehuang in the Sui Dynasty and occupied the land of Hehuang. In the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, the state of Nga was established, and Nga was the most famous king of his country. The Great Song Dynasty called it Qingtang Tubo. But in fact, the country is not Qingtang Tubo, but a small multi-ethnic country entrenched in the land of Hehuang, with Qingtang City as the center, based on Tubo and Qiang, and is a mortal enemy with the Dangxiang people. But there are still Qiang tribes such as Burndang in the country.

The reason for the betrayal of the Great Song Dynasty was mainly because the Great Song Dynasty fell in love with the horse farm in the land of Hehuang.

Every year, this horse farm can provide up to 40,000 war horses for the Great Song Dynasty.

If the Great Song Dynasty can recover the Sweet Land, the number of war horses can be doubled.

As for the eldest brother occupying the younger brother's territory for the sake of benefits, this kind of thing does not exist, after all, in the Tang Dynasty, the land of Hehuang was originally the jurisdiction of the Central Plains Dynasty.

Li Kui's nerve-wracking thing is that he has beaten down the land of Hehuang, and how to sinicize it.

Wang Shao's method was to subdue the aristocracy, build academies, and use culture to influence these people who had lost interest in the Central Plains culture.

But Li Kui believes that this method is not impossible, but too slow.

Is the reason for this a problem with the system?

Li Kui found Gao Yu, who listened to Li Kui's question, looked confused, and asked nervously: "Renjie, shouldn't this kind of thing be a problem that the capital should consider?" ”

The implication is that Gao Yu must think that Li Kui is embarrassed by him.

The question that the prime minister will ponder, he also deserves to think about?

Besides, as long as the generals do their duty, they can kill the enemy on the battlefield and make meritorious contributions.

Li Kui snorted coldly angrily, Gao Yu, you have studied in front of Su Shi for so long, why don't you have any political consciousness at all? But when he recalled his ancestor's political performance, he found that Gao Yu's reaction was normal. On the contrary, Li Kui is an outlier. If Su Shi is politically wise, with his fame, what is the matter with Zhang Dian now?

"Go and get Tong Guan for me."

It's not that Li Kui can't think about it alone, but he wants to implement it, and see if Tong Guan has obeyed it. Tong Guan was eavesdropping in the corner, Gao Yu just turned out the door, heard the cricket barking, turned his head and saw Tong Guan hiding in the corner with his waist bent. His face was a little helpless, and he was very anxious about Tong Guan's IQ. It's just summer, where are the crickets?

Sure enough, Li Kui heard the crickets screaming, so he shouted in the official residence: "Father-in-law Tong, since you are here, come in?" ”

Tong Guan's heart seemed to be pinched by an invisible big hand, and even his breath became short: "Master Li, our family is passing by, really passing by." ”

Seeing that Li Kui's face was not good, he only felt a kind of soreness in his knees, and the urge to rest close to the ground arose.

"Sit!"

"Did you hear it all?"

Tong Guan nodded nervously and stiffly, indicating that he had heard.

"Tong Guan, do you think Your Majesty will care about the life or death of the Tibetan people?"

"Won't it?"

"In that case, okay, you can get out!"

Tong Guan was puzzled, and he was unhappy in every way, but he didn't dare to argue with Li Kui in front of the gong. I had to walk out of the official residence with a frown, and then found Gao Yu and asked, "Our family thinks something is wrong." ”

"That's right. Brilliant and intelligent, how can I guess what he thinks?"

But Tong Guan always felt that something was wrong in his heart, and even felt uneasy. In less than half a day, he was summoned by Li Kui to enter the official residence again, but this time the situation was wrong. Tong Guan found that the generals and colonels of the Fei Lian Army were here, and it was obvious that his guess that Li Kui's idea of making a big move would soon be verified.

"I'm going to recruit soldiers in the army."

"What!"

As soon as Li Kui finished speaking, Tong Guan jumped up in fright.

Immediately, he seemed to think of Li Kui's temperament, looked around with a frightened face, and found that no one responded to him. Even Gao Yu, who he thought he could win over, sat upright, without squinting, as if he hadn't heard Tong Guan's exclamation at all. Only then did Tong Guan remember the horror of being dominated by Li Kui, laughed a few times, changed his flattering face and said to Li Kui: "Lord Li, our family is just worried that if the soldiers do not obey the control, it will ruin the good things of adults." ”

"I'm not afraid."

Li Kui waved his hand, as if to drive away flies.

Tong Guan's heart trembled, and he said, "I really hold a grudge against myself." "It was a beating before, and if I don't remember it for a long time, I'm afraid I really have to engage in military law. Even after being whipped, Tong Guan memorized all the military regulations of the Feilian Army to prevent himself from making mistakes carelessly, but he was sure that as long as Li Kui wanted to deal with him, there was a way.

Thinking of this, Tong Guan's back was cold, his forehead was shiny with sweat, and he decisively gave up the idea of insisting on Li Kui, and said to Li Kui with a shy face: "Of course, Master Li is extremely intelligent, and non-stupid people like me can guess." Although our family does not understand the deep meaning of adults, we believe that adults must be for the good of Da Song. As long as it is for the good of the Great Song Dynasty, our family will support it. ”

Looking at Tong Guanyi's rhetoric, the corners of Gao Yu's mouth grinned, and he said in his heart: "Father-in-law Tong, you finally understand the mystery of cooperating with Li Kui. ”

Li Kui nodded with a smile, and then asked the others, "Do you have any ideas?" ”

Ruan Xiaoer and Luda are all Li Kui's cronies, Li Kui said east, they will go east even if they break their heads. As for Nian Xi and the others, although they are Gao Yu's subordinates, they have a lot of experience being dominated by Li Kui, so they naturally dare not refute it.

Others...... There is only Tong Guan, who is the prison sent by the emperor, but Tong Guan has already knelt, so naturally he does not dare to question Li Kui's thoughts.

The generals arched their hands and said, "Please give the order!" ”

Li Kui settled the military meeting in a democratic way, and then began to order: "I intend to issue a mercy order to the captured soldiers. Kill a Fan and get rid of slaves. In addition, he killed all the officers and regular soldiers in the army, which seemed to be in the way. ”

The pleasant-looking Li Kui dares to provoke everyone, and the murderous Li Kui is even more difficult for anyone to provoke.

The captives were quickly reduced to about three thousand, and then Li Kui began to form formations. In addition, Li Kui sent the written official document out and informed An Tao that Lanzhou City had been defeated. He was ready to lead his troops into the land of the river.

It was a hasty decision, but no one objected.

The soldiers did not show any resistance either, and even on their faces, there was no resentment at all. On the contrary, he returned it in fear, and he could see a kind of flattery that made people look pitiful.

Hanging Grace Order!

This is just a way of saying that a single head can be exchanged for a free identity. For the slave army, it is simply a great luck, and everything must be caught.

The only thing that makes people uneasy is whether the officials of the Song State will be able to speak.

The slavery system practiced in the country is a dark place where the powerful can have the power to kill their slaves. Even if the Great Song Dynasty conquered the land of Hehuang, it was too hurried and worried about a bigger rebellion, and did not completely change the system of the Gang Kingdom. This led to the magnates taking control of the Qingtang region and a large number of slaves and wealth. Although there is no feudal town, it exists in fact.

Once the Great Song Dynasty infringed on their Li Kui, they had a grudge against the Great Song Dynasty, and then rebelled.

And Li Kui did not intend to use these magnates, but thought that eliminating them was the best way. Let the nobles of Qingtang face the vast sea of the people, and the Great Song Dynasty still need to worry about the safety of this land?

Six thousand cavalrymen, carrying cattle and sheep and grain, embarked on the road to the west.

And Tong Guan and Gao Yu were also given the important task of transporting military rations.

In the blink of an eye, three days passed.

The cavalry completely lost news, and even the scouts no longer frequently traveled to and from Lanzhou City.

As for where Li Kui would go and where he would fight, Gao Yu and Tong Guan were horrified to find that they didn't know anything. How can a grain governor without a destination make meritorious service?

Qinzhou.

Ever since An Tao came to the capital of Qinfeng Road, he has been cleaning up the army and places. More than 30 officials have been taken. For now, the situation is stabilizing. An Tao also felt that Liwei's means were almost over, and decided to go to the barracks to check on the soldiers trained in the construction of the plant.

"My lord, we were stopped."

"Briefing!" Outside the camp gate, An Tao faced the small colonel who was blocking and gave an order with an expressionless face.

An Tao is a fellow acquaintance of the Privy Council, and the second-in-command of the proper Song Dynasty, after the colonel who stopped him knew An Tao's identity, he trembled vigorously against the Yuanmen, as if he was sick.

Chong Jianzhong heard a report from his subordinates that An Tao was outside the barracks, and hurriedly came to the gate of the camp to greet him: "The bachelor forgives the sin, the people below don't know the bachelor." ”、

An Tao waved his hand and said, "It's out of the way." In the past, there were Zhou Yafu soldiers who stopped the emperor, and I was just a court official, so it should be. ”

An Tao was noncommittal, nodded, and said to Chong Jianzhong: "Go and see the soldiers you trained." ”

In the school martial arts field, soldiers are practicing phalanxes.

There was no reaction from An Tao's car entering the barracks, and from this point of view, the kind of construction was better than An Tao imagined. And since the training of the soldiers, Chong Jianzhong has also discovered this attribute of his own. It seems that his performance in the army is far better than in the official office, as if he has been awakened to the family's talents.

"My lord, according to your requirements, the Deshun army has passed the rectification, and more than 20 people above the captain level are not qualified, which is ......"

"Deprive yourself of your official position and settle down as a citizen." As An Tao spoke, he called An Rui with his eyes. An Rui stepped forward and took out An Tao's big seal, which was glued to red clay and fell. These 20-odd lieutenants have been in the army for more than 10 years, and even longer captains have been stripped of their official positions. There is also the word of suffering, because there is no place to complain.

Generals are on the march, unless they are high-ranking generals. The generals above the command level, or the military generals with such titles as the palace front, are eligible to have the opportunity to let the emperor see their concerts, but it is also quite difficult and needs to be dotted all the way. Obviously, there were no such and high-ranking generals in the Deshun army. Generals who are above the fifth rank and are qualified to write books, even if they do do books, official documents can only be sent to the Privy Council.

The Privy Council is An Tao's territory, how can it be possible to win against An Da Lao.

In particular, the reason why An Tao did this was to give the seed a platform in the middle of the building. Tell everyone in the Deshun army to wipe their eyeballs and brighten, and plant the old man's person in Jianzhong.

If he only relied on the prestige of Chong Jianzhong, especially in Qin Fenglu, it would be unrealistic for him to control the Deshun army.

Chong Jianzhong served as an official in Qinfeng Road for a short time, and he was not small, and he was promoted to Changping Envoy. It is considered a high-ranking official at the road level. But at the same time, he is also the most non-existent high-ranking official. It can't compare to the transfer envoy and the promotion of the Xing prison envoy. Because he has been an official for a short time, it is impossible to have too deep officialdom contacts at all, so that he can hardly borrow the help of any allies in the officialdom of Qin Fenglu.

Especially if he is still an official who was taken down from Qinfeng Road, it is even more difficult to establish his prestige in Qinzhou.

An Tao's platform is to tell everyone that Chong Jianzhong is his person. Although when Li Kui recommended Chong Jianzhong, he said that Chong Jianzhong was a handsome talent who could command the Western Army.

But An Tao didn't believe it.

When Lieutenant General Deshun Jun of Chongjian sorted it out in just half a month, An Tao suddenly had a new understanding of Chongjianzhong. This is really a talent, a general who has been delayed by reading. It's a pity that the excavation was too late, so that he was over forty years old before he had the opportunity to lead the army for the first time.

But An Tao has faith in him, and that's enough.

"Uncle Yu, you are doing a good job, the old man is very relieved. Now that the soldiers and horses of Anxi Prefecture have gone to Lanzhou City, how long do you estimate that Renjie will be able to take Lanzhou City? ”

This form of Q&A has been experienced many times, don't look at An Tao is the super boss of the Great Song Army, but this old man ...... Didn't bring any soldiers.

He was better than Li Qingchen, at least not the Hanlin Bachelor who jumped to the Privy Council. However, An Tao also has no combat experience. Chong Jianzhong is different, although he is a civil official, he is from Jiangmen. Under the influence of ears and eyes, it will not be clueless.

Chong Jianzhong bowed down and said: "Bachelor, please report that there are more than 10,000 soldiers in Lanzhou City, and the guard will be the first fierce general in Qingtang. If he wanted to hold Lanzhou, Ghost Pupil would inevitably recruit soldiers at will during the war, and the lower officials thought that this number would exceed 15,000. ”

An Tao frowned slightly, in terms of numbers, Li Kui of Anxi Prefecture did not have an advantage, and he suffered a loss in terms of troops. Coupled with the siege, it will suffer even more, isn't Lanzhou City going to hang?

Chong Jianzhong said firmly: "Don't be in a hurry, the lower officials think that when the Deshun army sets off, the two armies will converge into one place, and it will not be difficult to capture Lanzhou City." As long as we are fully prepared and prepare more siege equipment, Lanzhou City will not be able to hinder the advance of our army. ”

"One month, as long as one month, the lower officials will guarantee to take Lanzhou City."

An Tao is interesting enough to maintain the authority of the construction everywhere. There is a way for a soldier to die for a confidant, An Tao trusts him, and he must show enough ability to repay An Tao.

An Tao nodded with satisfaction and said, "This is very good, the old man will celebrate your achievements in Lanzhou City." ”

"The lower official Xie Bachelor appreciates it, and he will live up to expectations."

Newspaper –

The herald raised the good news in his hand, and after dismounting, he ran all the way to the second hall official house, knelt down on one knee and said loudly: "Report, scholar, Li Kui, the governor of Anxi Prefecture, led his troops to defeat Lanzhou City. ”

Chong Jianzhong glared and exclaimed: "The Fan army has retreated? ”

The herald turned his head to look at Chong Jianzhong, with a sneering face, and said proudly: "Annihilate the enemy." ”

Hiss –

Chong Jianzhong's face suddenly turned crimson, and his cheeks ached.