Ouyang Bei was packing up his things at home, and Zhao Ta told him to rush to Hebei tomorrow morning, the road was far away, and he didn't know when he would return, so he planned to take all the important things away.

Like a single person like him, in fact, he doesn't have many belongings, and if he doesn't count clothes, he only has money and some life-saving items.

At this moment, he has packed everything else, and the poisonous powder and poisonous paste left by his cousin Ouyang Camel back then needs to be pounded and packed.

Ouyang Camel is the world's master of poison, but also the holy hand of medicine, participated in the Liao Fight before leaving a lot of poison, Zhao Ta took a part of it, and used it when he conquered Western Xia.

In a trance, it has been more than nine years since Tokyo Liaoluo, Ouyang Bei has never seen Ouyang Camel again, this time he plans to go to Hebei to go to the residence of this cousin in the northwest mountains, and take a look at the two nephews by the way.

At the time of Liao, Ouyang Camel took Ouyang Rui, the second lang of the family, to Tokyo, but Ouyang Mang did not follow, at that time Ouyang Mang was already fifteen or sixteen years old, and he should get married now, Ouyang Bei thought about what gift to give.

At this moment, Qian Wenxi brought Song Qing to arrive, and Ouyang Bei couldn't help but secretly complain about the situation, the prince was determined to ask him to find a mother-in-law in Hebei, and even gave the house out, just not to let him think about coming back.

But it's also a helpless thing, he is also a little tempted when he thinks of sealing his wife and shadow, but he is used to it, and he is always contradictory and distressed.

served tea to Song Qing, and then sent Qian Wenxi out, seeing that Qian Wenxi was blinking and gesturing again, Ouyang Bei couldn't help but be stunned, peeked at Song Qing who was drinking tea in the hall, and nodded.

Although Qian Wenxi didn't speak, Ouyang Bei also knew what he meant, it was to say that Song Qing was a little arrogant, and asked him to teach him a lesson, and he also had this intention, although the house was sent out by the prince, but after Song Qing came, he didn't even have a kind word, he was cheeky and cold, as if he owed him money, it was unbearable.

When he returned to the hall, Ouyang Bei directly closed the door of the hall, and then shouted: "Bah......"

After two or three breaths, I heard a loud "boom", and the door of the hall was smashed open, and Ouyang Bei flew out upside down.

Just look at him, sitting on the ground, dumbfounded......

Zhao Ta took Xiao Zhao Xi and Xiao Anping everywhere in the past few days, and saw some famous places in the city, Buddhist temples, and explained to them the history of the Qing and Tang Dynasties, and went back and forth.

I also went to the plateau grassland outside the city, watched the snow-capped mountains of the racecourse, watched the beautiful scenery of the West Sea, and listened to the sounds of nature.

When I came back to Fuzhong, I taught the two of them to play boxing and play with sticks in their spare time, but the two were generally interested in martial arts, so they might as well study.

Zhao Ta is not forced, he will practice it, and if he doesn't practice it, he can play it, just move it.

As for Song Qing, he arranged a clerical position and went to Liu Suiyun to do some jobs in managing money and grain, although the official position was not very high, but it tested his ability.

And Song Qing would enter the mansion once a day, visiting Xiao Anping on the one hand, and entering the big hall where the stone wall of the island was placed, closing the door of the palace and staying by himself for a while.

Zhao Ta gave an order, and the hall allowed Song Qing to enter and exit freely, even if he lived in the palace, he even asked someone to build an ear room in front of the palace, which was complete with everything in it.

He called Song Qing over, pointed to the ear room and said with a smile: "If Gongliang is tired of consulting in the hall, he will go here to rest directly, and no one will disturb you." ”

Song Qing was speechless when he saw it, the ear room is the gatehouse, generally speaking, it is the place where the housekeeper and guard stay, this is to let him work part-time to protect the family and nursing home, and it is also the kind of white messenger who does not pay money, but from the other side, it is also Zhao Ta's trust in him.

Song Qing did not refuse this matter, in fact, he couldn't talk about any refusal, he would go if he wanted to rest there, and he would leave if he didn't want to rest, and Song Qing gradually talked less and less in his daily life, except for Zhao Ta and Xiao Anping, almost no one else spoke, and Qian Wenxi's cherished words were like gold.

In the blink of an eye, at the beginning of September, Zhao Ta suddenly received a secret report from a Jindi spy, saying that the Jurchen soldiers and horses had moved abnormally, and there were signs of moving south from Shangjing.

He immediately called Liu Suiyun and threw the secret report over, Liu Suiyun looked heavy after seeing it, and said, "Lord Wang, I'm afraid that the woman is going south." ”

Zhao Ta said: "Going south this season? The snow and ice in the north will fall in October, how long can the battle be fought? Can you hit Tokyo in a month? Even if Zong Wang and Mu Han are good at military affairs, I'm afraid they don't have such skills, right? ”

At this moment, it is not as good as the original history, the Great Song Dynasty has just recovered the hometown of the Mountain Queen, and there is the fall of the Western Xia, which is the morale boost, even if the Jurchens are brave and good at fighting, it is unlikely that they will fight from the grassland to Tokyo in a month.

What's more, the Western Xia fell, Zhao Ta occupied Hexi, and the western army at the border did not all return, although Emperor Daojun was wary of Zhao Ta, but it was not better than the party, at this moment relatively speaking, more attention was paid to the north, and the hard-won supplement was more concerned, and the western army was left in Yanshanfu Road and Yunzhongfu Road, more than 100,000.

Liu Suiyun said: "You can't hit Tokyo, but it's enough to knock on the mountain and shake the tiger, pull the grass to find the snake, and take it back to the land of Yanyun." ”

Capture the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun from the Great Song Dynasty in a month? Zhao Tan nodded, but it was possible.

In fact, there are only a few big cities in the sixteen states of Yanyun, and although the remaining small cities are also strictly guarded, after all, the situation is limited, and they may not be able to withstand the Jurchen attack for long.

"Before this winter, the woman will take Yanyun back, and then she will bargain with the imperial court, if you can't talk about it in winter, then it is very likely that you will go south in the spring of next year." Liu Suiyun Road.

"That is to say, in fact, the Jin Kingdom is still swaying, and at the moment it is just using the Great Song Dynasty as an excuse, if the Great Song Dynasty agrees, it will be squeezed little by little, if it does not agree, then it will completely tear its face and start the southern invasion." Zhao Ta nodded, the original Jin soldier's southern invasion was Wanyan Zonghan's strong assertion, and the Jin dynasty has always been controversial, but there are more people on Zong Han's side.

"If the girl directly seized Yan Yun and put forward all kinds of conditions, Your Majesty's side ...... Will you say yes? Liu Suiyun looked at Zhao Ta and said cautiously.

"How is that possible?" Zhao Ta smiled and shook his head, he knows too well what Emperor Daojun is, it is a typical enemy who is strong, I am weak, and if the enemy is weak, I am strong, and I don't cry when I don't see the coffin.

At this time, the first Yanyun was restored, and he was enshrined in Mount Tai, and the situation created by himself in the northwest, where was he willing to agree to the other party's conditions? I can't say that I will still clamoring for the Tang Dynasty to rejuvenate the past affairs of Fuyu Goryeo and go to the grassland.

Moreover, among the conditions proposed by the Jurchens, there will definitely be one to hand over their own family and ask Xi Yin and others to identify whether they were assassins back then, which Emperor Daojun can't do even if he wants to.

The two talked for a while, and then Zhao Ta issued several military orders, telling Hehuang to take strict precautions, and then the next day he took the original military horse and went straight back to Hexi.

When he arrived in Xingzhou, Xingqing Prefecture, Yanjing had already fought, but because the distance was too far to obtain first-hand military information, he could only guess the battle situation.

The day after Zhao Ta arrived in Xingzhou, he summoned Xu Ning's cousin, Tang Long, the money leopard, to inquire about the armor making situation.

When he left, he asked Du Yi to preside, and Tang Long to supervise the work, and stepped up the armor needed to temper the iron harrier.

Originally, the three thousand iron harriers compiled by Western Xia were not enough for him, and the three thousand guards into the land might be okay, but if he really wanted to go out, it was much worse.

At least 10,000, 10,000 iron harriers, enough for the expedition.

These 10,000 pairs of armor, including the armor of the horses, cost enough to top 100,000 pairs of ordinary armor.

What is the concept of 100,000 ordinary armor?

In the case of the Great Song Army, ordinary soldiers did not wear iron armor, and at this time there was no complete infantry armor of the Southern Song Dynasty, and almost all ordinary soldiers wore cloth armor, which was riveted with some thinly polished iron nails, which was considered protection.

In the army, only generals have iron armor to wear, but the low-level heads and military envoys in the generals still do not have iron armor, only leather armor, and there may be a pair of iron armor if they go up.

The army of the Great Song Dynasty is full of calculations, and there are no 100,000 generals in it who are qualified to wear iron armor, in other words, the entire Great Song Dynasty, it is difficult to say whether there are 100,000 pairs of iron armor now.

But at this moment, Zhao Ta wants to build a 10,000 iron harrier armor equivalent to the cost of 100,000 iron armor.

Although this sounds shocking, it is not impossible to accomplish, he destroyed the Western Xia, and took over all the various technical processes mastered by the Western Xia, the iron harrier armor is only one of them, and the cold forging technology of the Western Xia has been obtained by him, and all the blades and utensils can be forged.

In addition to this necessary technology, his confidence in building at least 10,000 iron harriers lies in the fact that there is no shortage of iron ore in Hexi.

Helan Mountain and Qilian Mountain are rich in iron ore, and the quality is very good, there are fewer impurities, and the ore produced by some mines in the Central Plains is better, so there are more materials for making armor.

The rest is the money and property required to make the armor, the 10,000 iron harriers with the scarlet armor, even if there are technologies and materials, but after the construction is completed, it is also a sky-high cost, but the last thing Zhao Ta lacks is money.

Not to mention the astronomical amount of money taken from the Jiangnan Shi clan, even if he completely took over everything in Western Xia, he also got countless gold and silver, after all, this is the number of a country, accumulated in a hundred years, and killed so many wealthy families who were dissatisfied at the beginning, and the property obtained is far enough to support 10,000 iron harriers, and even tens of thousands more, it can be built.

10,000 heavily armored cavalry is almost already a rampant existence in the world, if it is tens of thousands, I am afraid that it will be able to penetrate the world a few times back and forth.

Wanyan Zongwang wants to build Tiefutu is also based on this principle, originally according to the poor appearance of the Jurchen, I am afraid that a thousand will not be able to fight, but after inheriting the plate of the Liao State, there is money, which can support the implementation of this idea.

Tang Long reported at this time: "Lord Wang, a total of 8,000 armor embryos have been created this time, counting the more than 2,000 pairs captured on the battlefield before, it is enough for tens of thousands and more than that." ”

Zhao said: "How long does it take for a nail embryo to take shape? ”

Tang Long said: "The armor embryo is the most difficult, once it is created, it will be formed quickly, as long as there are enough craftsmen, it is estimated that before the end of November, all the armor and armor will be made." ”

"Before the end of November...... Zhao Ta pondered about it, and it was still too late to deal with the Jurchens going south next year.

It's just to form an iron harrier, but it's not enough to have armor, but also to have soldiers who are suitable for wearing heavy armor, heavy armor is heavy and tall, not everyone can wear it, you need to carefully select a group of people, not to mention the figure, the character skills must be tested, but he has a lot of soldiers at the moment, this is not too much of a problem.

The only thing left to be more difficult is the war horse.

It is difficult to find 10,000 war horses that meet the standards of the Iron Harrier, even if they take over the Western Xia, the land west of the river produces war horses, but the Iron Harrier does not want ordinary war horses, the length and height are required, and the size of the skeleton are required.

For heavy horses, although equipment is important, it is more important to have a war horse, because ordinary horses do not move these weights before charging.

The matter of the war horse was handed over to Hong Qi and Huangfu Duan to be responsible for before, and at this moment, Tang Long was sent away and the two were called over to report.

Hong Qi has been raising horses under Zhao Ta over the years, from Longyou to Hexi, it can be said that he has accumulated countless experience, he was with Zhe Hanmei to learn the horse breeding skills, and later with the Fan people in the past to closely practice horse breeding skills, now it is considered a horse breeder.

And Huangfu Duan is good at treating horses, all incurable diseases can be treated, the two of them work together to manage, and raise the following war horses to be fat and strong, even better than the previous Western Xia.

As for Hong Qi's grandfather Hong Taiwei, he didn't follow Zhao Tan to Xining last year, he was too old, and he was afraid of another accident along the way, so he stayed in Tokyo, but it happened that Mi Zhenting left Miyagi to live, and the two were companions, Mi Zhenting was well-connected in Tokyo, and nothing would happen if he was there, and Zhao Ta could also put his mind at ease.

Hong Qi and Huangfu came over, Zhao Ta asked about the selection of horses, Hong Qi said: "Lord Wang, although the current war horses are enough to use, but there are not many that meet the iron harriers. ”

Zhao Tan nodded and said, "It's not easy to have more than 8,000 horses, I have my own plans for the rest, you just need to train according to the method of armor-covered war horses." ”

Iron Harrier's war horse needs special training, after all, the load is quite large, not to mention, the average horse is willing to walk with only two eyes covered with armor, so it must be trained.

Hong Qi breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, thought about it and said, "By the way, Lord Wang, Miss Zhe sent a letter a while ago to ask about the current situation of Lord Wang. ”

Zhao Ta touched his chin and said, "Hanmei is true, she never writes directly to this king, she always writes to the racecourse, and I don't know what she thinks." ”

Hong Qi scratched his head and said, "Lord Wang, my subordinates have always cared about Lord Wang, but they are a little embarrassed. ”

Zhao Ta said: "She knows that I don't have time to look for her, and I have to avoid suspicion before, after all, I am in charge of the army, but now that I have come to the northwest, I have not said to take a look, and I don't know what I am busy with." ”

Hong Qi grinned when he heard this, his expression was a little embarrassed, Zhao Qi couldn't help snorting when he saw this, waved his hand outside, and drove the two out.

After dealing with the military plane matter, Zhao Ta turned back to the back of the Qin Palace, Yuan Ying was holding a little doll in front of the palace, and the little doll saw Zhao Ta coming, and immediately stretched out his hands to want Zhao Ta to hug him.

Zhao Ta stepped forward to take it and the little guy pushed his head at the door, and the little guy was amused and "giggled".

This is the son born to Yuan Jing, it has been more than three months, and he named him Zhao Chen.

(End of chapter)