In the middle of the night, in the thatched house, Yuan Jing finished telling the cause and effect of the incident.

The expression of the ancestor of the Yuan family remained unchanged, and he said lightly: "So Yuan Ji is in the hands of Song Jun?" ”

Yuan Jing said: "I couldn't save him last time, but now I don't know whether he is alive or dead." ”

Yuan Kun interjected on the side: "It won't die, since Zhao Ta pierced the Yuan Ji pipa bone, he planned to imprison him for a long time, otherwise why bother." ”

Yuan Jing said: "I'm afraid it's to lure my Yuan family to keep sending people to rescue, and to use fishing as an excuse." ”

Yuan Kun sighed lightly: "This is no way, this is a yang scheme, no family can directly take out the ransom of 400,000 taels of silver, even if it is my Yuan family, I am afraid that it will take a year and a half to make up for it, but even if the other party speaks and redeems people back, my Yuan family is also a big wound." ”

Yuan Jing said: "This Zhao Ta is insidious and vicious, I hate to cut him with a thousand knives!" ”

The ancestor of the Yuan family said: "You are a half-step great grandmaster who can't beat him, then he should also be in this realm, just slightly stronger than you, but those who can surpass the grandmaster in martial arts are geniuses who are difficult to come out of a hundred years, you are this kind of genius, could it be that he is too?" How old is he at the moment? Can you be middle-aged or older? ”

Yuan Jing said with a gloomy expression: "Ancestor, he is like a younger generation, not a middle-aged or old person. ”

The ancestor of the Yuan family said "oh" and nodded slightly: "I didn't expect that there would be such a genius in the Song Kingdom, I have always underestimated the rivers and lakes of the Song Kingdom, and only then traveled to Persia in the Western Regions, so it seems that I will have to go there to take a look in the future." ”

Yuan Kun said: "The ancestor martial arts are all over the sky, and wherever he goes, he is an invincible existence!" ”

The ancestor of the Yuan family glanced at him and said noncommittally: "Don't say this in the future, you must know that there are people outside the world, and there are heavens outside the sky." ”

"Yes, yes...... Yuan Kun hurriedly bowed his head and said: "What the ancestor taught is that the grandson is taught. ”

Yuan Jing peeked at this ancestor of the Yuan family, only to see the other party sitting on top of the wooden collapse, as quiet as a mountain, unfathomable, and couldn't help but compare himself with his master in his heart.

Her master is the palace master of the Tianshan Divine Eagle Palace, and he is the realm of the great master of martial arts.

Not only is her master a great grandmaster, but Li Huangzhu, the current master of the Freedom Sect, is also a great grandmaster.

Originally, she thought that in the northwest land, she only used her master and Li Huangzhu to learn martial arts, but she didn't expect that the ancestor of the family was also a great grandmaster!

Even, twenty years ago, the ancestor of the family faintly overpowered the existence of Master and Li Huangzhu!

Why was it just pressed twenty years ago? Because there has been progress in the past 20 years, even if the ancestor of the family traveled to Persia and met the heroes over there, it cannot be said that he still surpassed the other two in the past 20 years.

After all, each has its own opportunities, and there was not much difference before, and an epiphany or opportunity may reverse this gap.

Although the current realm is still the same, it is really difficult to say which is stronger or weaker in reality.

"Ancestor, the matter of Yuanji ......" Yuanjing looked at the ancestor of the Yuan family, and couldn't help asking.

"Since the militaristic state is involved, it cannot be taken lightly." The ancestor of the Yuan family said: "Although Yuanji must be rescued, it is trapped in the enemy's army, and this matter should be discussed in the long run." ”

Yuan Jing said yes, and the ancestor of the Yuan family said: "Tell me about the latest military situation, where is Zhao Ta now?" ”

Yuan Jing thought about it, Zhao Ta was naturally in Huizhou City, and Yuan Ji and some people must have been locked up in Huizhou, so he said: "Ancestor, that thief has now captured Huizhou, the seat of the Xishou Baotai Army, it should be in the city, and Yuan Ji and the rest of my Yuan family should also be detained there." ”

The ancestor of the Yuan family nodded when he heard this, and then thought for a while......

Zhao Ta watched Yuan Ying practice his gun in the backyard of the Huizhou Military Supervision Division, and Yuan Guo stood beside him.

I saw that Yuan Ying's big gun was wonderful, and Yuan Guo was dumbfounded, even if he didn't know martial arts, he also knew the benefits of this gun, and his own family couldn't reach it.

After a while, after playing all the way to marksmanship, Yuan Ying jumped over: "Master, how am I practicing, how long will it take to get to the little grandmaster?" ”

Although Zhao Ta saw that she was practicing well, how could she know when she would be promoted to the rank of Little Grandmaster, such a leap in the realm not only needed to be accumulated, but also needed an opportunity, and sometimes it was impossible to predict herself, let alone speculate on others.

"This ......" Zhao Ta narrowed his eyes and opened his mouth: "I will be promoted to a little grandmaster next year." ”

"Huh? We'll have to wait until next year! Yuan Ying was a little deflated when she heard this, feeling that the time was too long, and she couldn't wait patiently.

"Twenty-eighth sister, what are these words!" Yuan Guo coughed and said, "How old are you this year, even if you are only sixteen or seventeen years old next year, right?" At this age, a little grandmaster is achieved, not to mention in the Yuan family, even in the entire rivers and lakes, it is rare, why not be satisfied! ”

Although Yuan Guo has no martial arts, after all, he was born in a family and is still familiar with some martial arts level realms.

"Humph!" Yuan Ying was immediately unconvinced when she heard this: "What do you know, my Yuan family is a genius who became a little grandmaster at the age of fifteen...... Forget it, I told you you don't know! ”

Yuan Guo said angrily: "Twenty-eighth sister, who do you look down on, what is there that I don't know, aren't you talking about the ancestor who traveled away from home twenty years ago!" ”

Yuan Ying blinked: "You...... Do you know the ancestor who traveled abroad? ”

Yuan Guo said: "What do I don't know, I was eight or nine years old when he left Yuanzhuang, and I have seen it many times on weekdays, but it's a pity that my body is too weak to practice martial arts, otherwise I will worship my ancestor as a teacher to learn a high and deep martial arts." ”

"Have you really seen the Ancestor? Didn't lie? Seeing Yuan Guo talking eloquently, Yuan Ying was immediately a little shocked.

"What's yours!" Yuan Guo said unhappily: "I am your eleventh brother, you won't call me brother!" ”

Yuan Ying poked the big gun to the ground: "You don't know martial arts, so I won't call you Brother Eleven!" ”

At this time, Zhao Ta wondered: "What are you two talking about, Ancestor?" ”

Yuan Guo immediately came over and bent down and said: "Lord Wang, the villain is talking about an old ancestor in the family, who is more than 100 years old, left home and traveled to Persia twenty years ago, and has never returned, and may have died on the side of Persia. ”

Zhao Ta touched his chin and said casually: "Is the martial arts very high?" ”

Yuan Guo thought for a while and said, "It's very high, it seems that my Yuan family has the highest martial arts in history." ”

Zhao Ta raised his eyebrows: "You are the one with the highest martial arts in the Yuan family?" How tall is that? What realm? ”

Yuan Guo said: "When I was a child, my ancestor didn't leave home to travel to Persia, and I heard people say at that time that my ancestor was a great master!" ”

Grand Master? Zhao Ta's expression changed slightly when he heard this, the Yuan family actually has a great master? This was something he hadn't expected!

He looked at Yuan Ying, and Yuan Ying said, "Master, I also heard that the ancestor is in the realm of a great grandmaster!" ”

Zhao Ta nodded, since both of them said so, then they couldn't be wrong, he knew that the great master in the world was originally only Shigong Jintai, but now there was an additional ancestor of the Yuan family.

"Lord Wang, the ancestor was more than a hundred years old when he left home, and now twenty years have passed...... It may not be alive. Yuan Guo looked at Zhao Ta with a solemn expression, and couldn't help but speak.

Zhao Ta shook his head, what are you kidding, that's a great master, look at his master Jintai, he is also more than a hundred years old, but he is strong, vigorous and energetic, more energetic than a young man, he can sweep in Tallinn with a broom for a day without shouting tired, where is it so easy not to be there.

"The great master has profound martial arts, and he can live a long life when he reaches this realm, and your ancestor may not pass away."

"Master, you said that the ancestor is still alive?" Yuan Ying asked Yan and immediately stepped forward.

Zhao Ta nodded: "It's very likely that he is still there, do you know what he went to Persia to do?" ”

Yuan Ying didn't know and looked at Yuan Guo.

Yuan Guo didn't know, scratched his head and said, "I just remember that I said that I was traveling, and I didn't hear anything else." ”

Travel? Zhao Ta thought about it, Persia has been a little chaotic in the past twenty or thirty years, not to mention the three religions and one sect fighting each other, and there are also some sects established with the main goal of assassination and revenge, party unity and disagreement, among which the eagle's nest organization established by Huo Shan is the most famous.

Huo Shan is a Chinese name, nicknamed the old man in the mountain, the Persian name is Hassan, Ben, Sabah, and its eagle's nest organization established by the obscure doctrine of divine revelation, is the largest assassination sect in Persia, and its power has even extended as far as the area of the country of Mixu, which is Egypt.

At this time, the Ghaznavid dynasty was weakened, the Seljuk Empire began to fall apart after the division of the princes, there was frequent local unrest in Persia, and the Crusades in Europa, which continued to make a frantic response to the expansion of the eastern region for hundreds of years, and the war never completely stopped.

So what does Persia have at this time? It was chaos, twenty years ago, and now it's even more chaotic.

The ancestor of the Yuan family went to Persia, if he didn't want to plot a rebellion and go there to run a borrowed army, that is, he wanted to go there to find a martial arts master and hone his martial arts.

But he's a great grandmaster, what else is he training?

Zhao Ta was a little puzzled, but he didn't think deeply, looked at Yuan Ying and Yuan Guo, and said, "Have you been to the prison today to persuade those few?" ”

Yuan Guo shook his head when he heard this: "Lord Wang, I'll go in a while, yesterday I saw that Yuan Xia had a few soft tones, and he had the meaning of abandoning the dark and turning to the light!" ”

Zhao Ta couldn't help but look at Yuan Ying, and Yuan Ying said, "Master, I, I'm embarrassed to speak......"

Zhao Ta smiled, he asked the two of them to go to prison every day to persuade them to surrender, after all, it seems that it is impossible for Yuan Jing to ransom people with silver, so it is not a way to keep Yuan Xia locked up.

He had the heart to "click" directly, but Yuan Ying had a close relationship with those people, and it would not be good if he really killed them, so he asked the two to persuade them, as long as they were made according to Yuan Ying's oath at that time, they would be released.

But that kind of evil oath against the Yuan family, how could a few people be willing to make it easily, and it was no more than Yuan Ying was restricted by agreement before, so he had to do it.

"Do you want a few of them to live?" Zhao Ta looked at Yuan Ying and said.

"Yes, of course I want to ......," Yuan Ying whispered.

"If you want to, you have to persuade you to surrender!" Zhao Tachun induced: "If they don't surrender, I will definitely not be able to stay for a long time as a teacher, after all, they are all here to assassinate me, only by surrendering can I save a life, twenty-eight, you don't want to watch them die!" ”

Yuan Ying immediately snorted: "Master, Master, I'll go and persuade them now." ”

Zhao Ta nodded, Yuan Ying pulled up the big gun and ran out, Yuan Guo hurriedly followed, then Zhao Ta remembered something and asked, "By the way, what is the name of your ancestor of the Yuan family?" ”

"Genshin!" The two replied in unison.

Genshin? Great Grandmaster Genshin? Zhao Ta touched his chin, it was a good arrogant name.

Huizhou is now stable, and the entry and exit of the city follows the strategy of Zhuo Laocheng, which is open at a fixed time every day, except for the normal exchanges of farmers, workers and herdsmen, other people are prohibited from entering and leaving the city, and ordinary merchants are not allowed to walk around the city.

In short, the things that are necessary for the people's lives are released, and everything else is still strictly controlled.

Zhao Ta took the Bai Ba and Bai Zhan brothers to walk on the streets, and the three of them did not ride horses, picking up the bustling and lively places while walking and watching.

Although Huizhou is bigger than Zhuo Luo, this so-called lively place is actually not better than Zhuo Luo, and the reason is that the population is too small.

Zhuo Luo's location is remote, although it is the prison of the army, but there are not too many people living in it, the location of Huizhou is relatively better, but the damn immortal is too close to the border, and it has always been a battleground for soldiers, so the population is actually not much more than Zhuo Luo.

Now Zhao Ta has posted a list to recruit troops, but even if the military salary is much higher than that of Western Xia, and there are all kinds of rewards, there are not many people who come to sign up.

Zhao Ta knew that if he couldn't recruit people in Huizhou, Shichuan and other places, then he wouldn't be able to recruit them elsewhere in the future, after all, Western Xia had just mobilized once in various places, and the proportion of troops in the entire Western Xia country had almost reached six to one, or even five to one.

This is already the highest ratio, with an average of one soldier in five or six people.

Among these five or six people, the elderly, women, children, and the sick and disabled are to be removed, so this is already the limit of what the Western Xia conscription can do, and as for Huizhou, Shikichuan, and Zhuo Luo, they can barely recruit a few at the moment, because it is not a place covered by mobilization, and it is difficult to recruit a single soldier in other places.

Zhao Tan looked at the sparse flow of people on the street, and sighed slightly in his heart, it is estimated that Xining Prefecture will send him a military horse in a short time, and then he doesn't know how long to wait, as for Xixia here, if he wants to expand the army in the future, it is estimated that he will have to rely on prisoners to surrender troops.

Bai Ba saw that Zhao Ta was worried in his heart, and said: "Childe, the population of this place is too small, if it is in the Central Plains Jiangnan, where is it so troublesome to recruit soldiers." ”

Zhao Ta shook his head when he heard this, there are indeed many prosperous people in Jiangnan in the Central Plains, but how many are willing to be soldiers? The source of soldiers in the Tokyo Forbidden Army has always been hereditary forbidden army military households, and then there are displaced people from all over the country, and there are very few real ordinary people who run to serve as soldiers.

As for the soldiers in the northwest and Hebei, it is another kind of military household, which is different from the military household of the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army, not to mention the low status, and has a coercive nature, and each generation must be drawn to join the army, except for these are the local poor and those who cannot eat.

After wandering on the street for more than an hour, Zhao Ta returned to the Military Supervision Department with a heavy heart, and at this time, a secret letter was sent by a soldier outside, which was actually written by Liu Suiyun from Huangzhou.

Zhao Ta opened it and was overjoyed, after this period of time to run several states in Hexi, and sent people deep into the Shengfan residence in the south of the West Sea, Liu Suiyun actually recruited nearly 10,000 new soldiers and sent him over, and he was on the way to the east at the moment.

However, Liu Suiyun also said in the letter that after this time, I am afraid that there will be no more soldiers for a long time, so let Zhao Ta think of a way on his own side in Western Xia.

Zhao Ta had just thought about it before, how could there be any good strategy, but after calculating the 10,000 more soldiers, there were 40,000 people in Huizhou, and 40,000 people could already do some big things, but he was very excited!

(End of chapter)