Lijili City was taken by Xiao Ming, the guard general Ye Lihong surrendered to the city, Xiao Ming comforted him with good words, let him drive all the 35,000 defenders in the city out of the city, accept the reorganization, he himself took his own guard regiment, accompanied by Alima and Luo Wen, and specially called Han Shizhong and Yang Qizhong into the city to inspect this Lijili City.

This city is basically a military town, there are only a few people in the city except for the military camp, mainly some tailors, blacksmiths and other craftsmen who serve the army, the buildings in the city are basically made of rammed earth, in addition to the officer's residence, the best building is the Liuma Station, and then there is a prostitute village, which is locked up dozens of camp prostitutes!

There are two flagpoles erected in the square in front of the city mansion, where a large number of cattle, horses and camels are tied, and there is a caravan from the Western Regions that is trapped here, it is a caravan that has just come from the Uighurs of Xizhou, it is going to Daliao to do business, Xiao Ming asked the boss of this caravan to call over, he has something to ask him.

The boss of the caravan came over and took out the papers, which were the letters of being able to do business in Liao, and nodded at Xiao Ming.

"This general is going to ask, the Western Xia army is moving troops in the Hexi region, the villain happens to know a little, I don't know if he can help the general"

"Oh!" Xiao Ming was very curious, it was not easy for such an obvious philistine businessman to spy on the military plane, "Then you can talk about it" Xiao Ming looked interested.

"Returning to this general, the villain's caravan came all the way, and saw the left wing of the Western Xia army moving eastward towards the men and horses of the Shun soldiers and horses, in addition to the 100,000 troops of the Uighur king, divided into two groups, and also thinking about marching eastward, the first batch has been merged with the Western Xia army, and the vanguard has arrived in Xiazhou.

When everyone heard the news, their faces changed, Xiao Ming took out a piece of silver and rewarded the boss of the caravan and sent him back, Yang Qizhong couldn't wait to say to Xiao Ming: "Handsome! This businessman's news is very important! What should we do? ”

Xiao Ming said: "This person is just a Uighur merchant, don't you think it's strange that the information you just talked about is so detailed, and you can see how many troops the other party has marched there?" ”

Han Shizhong nodded and said, "Dashuai's analysis is reasonable, but should we continue to go north next?" ”

Xiao Ming said: "Of course, continue to the north, although the merchant is exaggerating, but the Western Xia army is sure to transfer troops from the Hexi region, as for the Uighur king's army, it is also possible, but this does not affect our established plan, so our next target is Wulianghai City, the last northern important town in Western Xia!" ”

Yang Qizhong said: "But if what this person said is true, then Dingzhou will be in danger, and the Western Xia army will never let the northern gateway of Xingqing Mansion open, then the Dingzhou Mansion we have defeated will be dangerous!" ”

Xiao Ming said: "Don't worry, Dingzhou Mansion can't be lost, even if the soldiers and horses in the Xixia Hexi region come, they must first pass through Liangzhou and Ganzhou, where Lingzun has prepared snacks for them, you can rest assured!" ”

Han Shizhong said: "You mean that General Yang is going to attack, so did my Great Song Dynasty start a full-scale war against Western Xia?" ”

Xiao Ming smiled: "What is an all-out war? This is not true, can't the Great Song Dynasty recover the Hexi region that originally belonged to the Han people? It's just a small action after friendly consultation with Western Xia! ”

Yang Qizhong and Han Shizhong glanced at each other, and they both felt incredible, such a big event was said in Xiao Ming's mouth, so understatement, but the information he revealed was very exciting, if the Great Song Dynasty could recover the entire Hexi region, the martial arts of expanding the territory could really catch up with the Han and Tang Dynasties!

"But handsome! Why do we have to march north? It's better to directly switch to Yinzhou and Lingzhou to cooperate with his father's military operations," Yang Qizhong was still puzzled.

Xiao Ming suddenly chuckled and said, "You don't understand, I'll take you to grab the gold!" ”

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On the third day, Xiao Ming organized Ye Lihong's army to complete the formation, and then drove to Wulianghai City together, Lijili City was completely abandoned by him, cut down the gate of the barracks, demolished the garrison officer's residence, and let all the camp prostitutes go.

The merchants are happy, even the local people are very happy, the soldiers of the original garrison are here, their livelihood is very difficult, the soldier is easy to talk, just some military households and families, and then there are handicraft craftsmen, in addition to being exploited by the army, it is to rely on the merchants to do some business, now there is no garrison but there will be a large number of caravans to come, then the business will be much better.

The 35,000 Western Xia army and Xiao Ming's 30,000 army were drawn together, the target was Wulianghai City, Wulianghai City was also called Huluo Ha City, it was a large-scale military town established in the Altai region after the Western Xia invaded Liaodi, it relied on the Amu Darya River and built, although it was also built of rammed earth, but it was much taller and heavier than Lijili City.

There are not many defenders in Wulianghai, there are only more than 8,000 people in total, and Ye Lihong, the general of the Western Xia army, said to Xiao Ming: "Great King, the defender of Wulianghai City is the last general's subordinate, named Sigdali, I raised it single-handedly, it is better to ...... It's not as good as ......."

Xiao Ming smiled: "Why don't you go and surrender to him?" ”

Ye Lihong said: "This ...... It's the last general who is too talkative, and the king's military power is so strong, so the last general is still used to help! ”

Xiao Ming said: "General Yeli is humble, in fact, your suggestion is very good, if this General Sigda is willing to surrender to me, it would be great, this time there is really General Lao Yeli, this matter is without further ado, General Yeli is affected, you will leave for a trip first, right?" ”

Yeli was overjoyed, bowed down and said: "Thank you for trusting me, I will definitely live up to my mission!" "Say that, turn away, and prepare to meet Sigdare.

Yang Qi and others don't trust Ye Lihong too much, but even if the other party plays tricks, Wuliang Haicheng only has 8,000 soldiers and horses, and he can't make any waves, only Han Shizhong nodded secretly, Xiao Ming's move is very good, the so-called use of people is not suspicious, suspicious people are not used, treat the general, you must let him die, then you need to give him complete trust.

In order to show his sincerity, Ye Lihong rode a single person to Wulianghai City, Xiao Ming asked his subordinates to camp in three miles outside the city, waiting for news, Ye Lihong went to Wulianghai City for a day and a night, Xiao Ming was very patient, until ten o'clock at noon the next day, a white flag was blown on the tower of Wulianghai City.

The city gate is open in Wulianghai City, and the defenders in Wulianghai City are all 8,000 out of the city, Ye Lihong pulled a man in his thirties to come to be the guard of Wulianghai City, Sig Dali, Xiao Ming personally welcomed the two into the big tent, and a large banquet to welcome Sig Dali, but also to celebrate Ye Lihong's achievements.

At the banquet, everyone drank a lot of wine and ate meat! The generals took turns to come forward to toast Xiao Ming, Xiao Ming was a dry glass, without dragging the mud and water, among the generals only Yang Qizhong knew how much Xiao Ming had drunk, but the others didn't know the love, and now everyone toasted to Xiao Ming to see how much Xiao Ming had drunk.

Among them, Hanlu and Ye Lihong are the most concerned, and even Alima of the Guards Regiment thinks so, they want to see if this weak king of the Southern Courtyard is a hero like the legend, of course Xiao Ming knows their thoughts, so he shouted loudly: "Take the big altar!" ”

More than a dozen jars of liquor were lifted up, Xiao Ming directly picked up a jar, raised his head and poured it into his mouth, swallowed the liquor in a big gulp, and drank the jar of liquor in a big gulp, Ye Lihong and Sigdali are from the northwest, Hanlu is a Khitan hero, Alima is also a high-roller in the Western Regions, these people have always respected heroes, Xiao Ming's ability is not known, but this amount of alcohol is not fraudulent at all, and the ability to drink so much wine without getting drunk is enough for them to admire.

"The king is really a good drinker! I really admire it from the bottom of my heart," Notoshi said sincerely, but he asked, "But I don't know how the king arranged for these soldiers under us?" He has been holding back these words in his heart for a long time, and now he is worried about asking them, for fear of angering Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming looked at the people below looking at him with blazing eyes, so he chuckled and said to them: "You belong to Da Liao, but you are still stationed here, and the soldiers and horses under your jurisdiction are still under your jurisdiction, I will not mobilize a single soldier, but I want to ask you a question, you have to give me a sincere word."

Ye Lihong and Sigur replied at the same time: "Please also ask the king to ask questions, the last general and others must know everything and say everything!" ”

"Good! In this case, then I will ask you, if you are divided and fight all year round, you often have to face life and death battles when you eat food and become soldiers, and you leave home all the year round, and you may die on the battlefield one day, and even the corpse capital cannot be mixed and complete, I ask you, what does it mean to do this? ”

He was stunned by this question, as a soldier, he has always eaten the country's salary, of course, he is fighting for the country, who would have thought about what it means? The two of them looked at each other, neither of them knew how to answer, they turned to look at Xiao Ming with big eyes.

Xiao Ming said: "Do you know that there is a big gold mine in the Altai Mountains north of the Amu Darya River here?" ”

Sig replied: "The north of here is indeed the Altai Mountain region, and it is indeed rumored that there are gold ore discoveries, but at present, only some small ore veins have been discovered, and the Wulianghai City is basically inhabited by gold diggers from all over the world!" ”

Xiao Ming said: "Otherwise, there are gold diggers here in Altai since the Han and Tang Dynasties, there should be a huge gold mine there, I don't think you have to fight everywhere, it's better for you tens of thousands of people to dig gold here, everyone has a share in the gold, and after everyone has made a fortune, then you can go home and live!" ”

Xiao Ming looked at the two of them and said, "I don't know if you are willing to do this?" ”

Ye Lihong said: "But this is the land of Da Liao, and it hasn't been long since it was occupied by our Western Xia, doesn't this kind of gold mining belong to the emperor of Liao?" ”

"Huh!" Xiao Ming smiled: "You don't know, half of the mines and minerals in the Great Liao Kingdom now belong to me Xiao Ming, so you can relax, just dig, dig as much as you want, I will allow it to you, but, digging gold is digging gold, don't forget to help me keep this treasure land, then I will rest assured!" ”

Ye Lihong and Sigda Li are very happy in their hearts, all along, the Western Xia army has little salary for the border defenders, and they have been in the army for many years, and they have been bitter for many years, and there are many brothers under them, so it is of course a good thing to be able to dig gold boldly and make a fortune, but Xiao Ming has given himself such a big benefit, how can he not give others a little benefit, and the gold is naturally Xiao Ming who has taken the big head, and he has taken the small head, and he is grateful to Xiao Ming at the moment.

Xiao Ming was also very happy in his heart, these people volunteered to dig gold for him here, and they didn't need to be supervised, they were not taken prisoner and guarded by people, and there was an army to help him protect the Altay region, of course, everyone was happy!

In fact, Xiao Ming was really very good to these Western Xia troops, neither discriminated, nor a lot of provisions, and even paid military salaries, every day, accompanied by his own soldiers, he took the soldiers everywhere to look for mines, and was hired by the nearby gold diggers, all the expenses were all made by Xiao Ming, and all the Western Xia soldiers were grateful to Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming gave this team the nickname of the Wugu Enemy Lie Commander Division, calling them "Golden Legion", but what he didn't expect was that this army finally became Xiao Ming's reliance on dominating the Western Regions and became his most heartfelt legion!

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