Empress Dowager Xiao hurriedly walked into the big tent, and Xiao Feng, the general on duty, immediately stepped forward to greet her: "Your Highness." Empress Dowager Xiao frowned and asked, "Why hasn't there been a reply from the imperial court for so many days?" Xiao Feng said: "I just received a letter from the imperial court, and I was about to present it to the Queen Mother." Then he hurriedly walked to the back of the bookcase, took the letter he had just received, and presented it to the Empress Dowager Xiao with both hands.

Empress Dowager Xiao took the letter, opened it, took out the letter, and read it. Frowned slightly. Seeing this, the surrounding generals couldn't help but be a little anxious, and Xiao Luli couldn't help but ask, "Your Highness, what does the letter say?" Empress Dowager Xiao said: "Your Majesty and the three courts both believe that it is not appropriate to use troops in the south at this time. It is believed that the main threat at the moment is the Tokyo rebel Gao Yongchang. His Majesty and the ministers judged that although the Song people had attacked Nanjing, they were not able or willing to continue to advance north, so there was no need to rush to use troops against the south; Gao Yongchang is different, the two are already confidants, if they can't be extinguished as soon as possible, the consequences will be unimaginable. His Majesty has appointed Ye Luchun as the marshal and Zhang Lin as the deputy marshal, and raised 400,000 troops to attack Gao Yongchang. This battle is extremely crucial! The generals couldn't help but be worried. There is also Brother Ye Yu Wolf who also failed at Yanmen Pass, losing 60,000, which was also done by the Cangzhou army.

Empress Dowager Xiao glanced at the generals, "Your Majesty can't look south for the time being, and has entrusted us with the important task of guarding against the Southern Dynasty, the generals must be vigilant, don't let the Southern Dynasty take advantage of it!" The generals clenched their fists and promised. Empress Dowager Xiao walked to the main seat and sat down, picked up an arrow, and said to the Maha Wolf: "Maha Wolf, you lead your light cavalry team to camp thirty miles south, send war cavalry to patrol the south day and night, and immediately issue an alarm once you find anything abnormal!" Then he threw the arrow over. The Maha Wolf took the arrow and promised. Jerutri advised: "Remember, don't take the initiative to provoke! Now that the situation is tense, there must be no more fighting in the south unless it is absolutely necessary! "Maha Wolf answered.

Empress Dowager Xiao looked at Xiao Luli, "General Xiao, Your Majesty has approved my request, write down your sins and not punish them for the time being, and allow you to make meritorious contributions to your crimes." Xiao Duli bowed gratefully: "Thank you Queen Mother for interceding for the last general!" Empress Dowager Xiao said: "This is Your Majesty's grace, you don't have to thank me." "Yes."

Empress Dowager Xiao said: "Our army only has about 40,000 people, but I am afraid that it will not be enough. General Xiao, since you have been staying in Nanjing for a long time, then it is up to you to recruit the people to strengthen the garrison. Xiao Duli responded. ……

Yang Peng sat in the study of the left-behind mansion, looking at the letter he had just received. There are two letters, one is a letter sent by Yang Tong, and the other is a letter sent by Zhang Xiang. Yang Tong said in his heart that the situation at home was fine, but because of the change of Yang Peng's official position, they could no longer live in the prefect's yamen, and they had moved back to the villa in Tianjing New Town; Zhang Xiang said in his letter that the new prefect had arrived, which was very disgusting, but he would remember his eldest brother's instructions and try his best to manage the soldiers of the Fifth Division patiently.

Today's Cangzhou prefect is a close confidant of Pang Taishi, named Pang Zhi, and is related to Pang Taishi. After Yang Peng was promoted to the general of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures and Yulin Wei, the emperor dismissed Yang Peng from the official position of the prefect of Cangzhou and Jingdong Road, and the post of Cangzhou prefect was succeeded by Pang Zhi recommended by Pang Taishi. Not long ago, Pang Zhi had arrived in Cangzhou to take office.

Most of Cangzhou's armed forces were brought to Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures by Yang Peng, and only Zhang Xiang sent Chen Jie's Fifth Division to stay behind, and Yang Xiong also stayed. The army that was taken to the sixteen states of Yanyun by Yang Peng naturally turned into the left-behind troops of the sixteen states of Yanyun, and the fifth division that remained in Cangzhou was still the left-behind forbidden army in Cangzhou and was under the jurisdiction of the prefect of Qingzhou. After Yang Peng learned that he had been relieved of his post as the prefect of Qingzhou, he sent someone to inform Zhang Xiang and Chen Jie, asking them to stay in Cangzhou with peace of mind and obey the orders of the new prefect, and told them that it would be useful for him to stay in Cangzhou.

Yang Peng put down the letter, stood up, walked out of the study, and looked at the surging sky in the distance. Zhan Jinguo, who was dressed in armor, rushed in, hugged his fists and said, "Big brother, Bi Shi'an is here." Yang Peng frowned and walked towards the front hall. When I came to the hall, I saw Bi Shi'an, who was dressed in an official robe, sitting on the main seat with a golden sword, and on both sides stood a few captains with helmets and armor and long knives in their hands, all with nostrils facing the sky and no virtue left behind.

Yang Peng hugged his fists and said: "Bi stays behind." Bi Shi'an glanced at Yang Peng and said in a commanding tone: "I'm here to receive Shangjing today." Get out of here as soon as you can. Bi Shi'an's so-called Shangjing refers to the former Liao Nanjing City, not long ago, the imperial court has issued a document to name this place Shangjing.

Zhan Jin was furious, but it was inconvenient to attack; Yang Peng smiled and asked, "Does Bi Liushou have an edict from the imperial court?" Bi Shi'an's eyes widened, "Why does this official need an edict from the imperial court?" If you want to leave, you have to leave! "Which onion are you, forgive your fate. The imperial court has an order to guard Shangjing, the Xin'an Army and Bazhou. The five prefectures under the jurisdiction of Bi Liuzhi do not include Shangjing. ”

Bi Shi'an suddenly stood up, glared at Yang Peng angrily, and said threateningly: "You dare to go against me? Yang Peng said lightly: "It's not right to do it right, I'm just carrying out the orders of the imperial court!" Glancing at Bi Shi'an, "There is one thing, Bi Liushou had better figure it out, you and I are both left-behind, and I have the title of General Yulinwei, your rank is lower than mine, it is best to talk to me politely!" "You! ......" Bi Shi'an was so angry that he couldn't refute it.

Yang Peng said to Zhan Jinguo: "Send off!" Zhan Jinguo immediately stepped forward and made a gesture of invitation to Bi Shi'an: "Please!" Bi Shi'an said fiercely: "You are toasting and not eating and drinking!" Come on, take him down for me! Several lieutenants around him immediately stepped forward to make a move.

Zhan Jinguo immediately protected Yang Peng and pulled out the sword from the sheath, and shouted loudly: "Someone! The guards immediately poured into the hall and unsheathed their swords to surround Bi Shi'an and his men. Bi Shi'an and the others couldn't help but show a look of panic. Bi Shi'an shouted inwardly: "Yang Peng, what do you want to do?" ”

Yang Peng looked at Bi Shi'an and said coldly: "I should ask you this!" What do you want to do? How dare you come to me! To make it clear, the elite of the Liao army is not worth mentioning in my eyes, let alone you Bi Shi'an! You're really a fucking thing that doesn't know how to live or die."

"You, you dare to kill me?" Yang Peng smiled coldly, "You can try." Bi Shi'an glared at Yang Peng, but he didn't dare to try after all. said to Yang Peng with a gloomy face: "You will regret your words and deeds today!" Then he brushed his sleeves and left. Several of his lackeys hurriedly followed him away. Yang Peng looked at Bi Shi'an's back and sneered.

Zhan Jinguo said to Yang Peng with some worry: "Big brother, Bi Shi'an is narrow-minded and will be revenged, I'm afraid he won't give up!" Yang Peng said: "I will pay attention to this matter." Remembering something, "By the way, I heard that Sun Tong went to the military camp outside the city this morning?" "Sun Tong, the prison sent to Yang Peng by the imperial court, just took office a few days ago.

Zhan Jinguo showed a look of annoyance, "This guy is really annoying, he interrupted our training this morning and asked questions among the soldiers!" Yesterday, he also went to various recruitment offices to inquire about the scale of our army's conscription and other things! Big brother, this guy is too much of a constraint on us! When Yang Peng said this, Yang Peng kept thinking about it.

Suddenly there was a quarrel at the gate. Yang Peng looked towards the gate, and saw Sun Tong arguing with the secret guard who stopped him at the gate, "This official is a prison army, what place can't he go!" Get out of the way! "But the guard just wouldn't get out of the way.

Yang Peng said to Zhan Jinguo: "Bring him in." Zhan Jinguo answered, ran over, and immediately led the angry Sun Tong in. When Sun Tong saw Yang Peng, he didn't salute, and said with a slap on his face: "Lord Yang, what do you mean?" Why won't I be allowed in the warehouses? ”

Yang Peng smiled and said, "Master Sun, don't be impatient, sit down and talk." "No need! Lord Yang, as a supervisor appointed by the imperial court, what place can't I go? Why are you hiding it, is there something unspeakable? Sun Tong was arrogant, not like he was talking to the commander at all, but as if he was reprimanding his subordinates.

Yang Peng said: "The warehouse is heavy, and the guards naturally don't dare to let people in without my order." Since Lord Sun wants to see it, I ordered them to let them go, so why should Lord Sun be so angry? "Humph! Since I came, I feel that you have a lot of things to hide from me, you had better explain it to me, otherwise once this official tool is folded and played, I am afraid that Lord Yang will not be able to eat and go around! ”

Yang Peng smiled: "I really don't know what Master Sun wants to know. If you want to know something, just say it, and I will definitely cooperate. "Very well, first of all, I'm going to look at the storerooms. Please give the order to Lord Yang to go down and open the storeroom. Yang Peng said: "It's not early today, it's better to look at it tomorrow." ”

"No, you must see it today!" Yang Peng nodded, "Since that's the case," he looked at Zhan Jinguo, "Jin Guo, you can take Master Sun to the various warehouses for a trip." No matter what Master Sun asks, cooperate with him. Zhan Jinguo hugged his fists and promised. Sun Tong turned around and left the hall, and Zhan Jinguo followed. Yang Peng looked at Sun Tong's back and smiled coldly, and muttered, "Master Pang, Master Pang, you really can't wait to bring me down!" ”

Later that day, Zhan Jinguo came back alone, smiled and hugged his fist at Yang Peng and said, "Big brother, the prison lord has already seen it." Yang Peng smiled and asked, "He must be very disappointed, right?" "Not really! When he saw that the treasury was indeed as empty as the official document said, his whole body was stunned. Yang Peng smiled, and then advised: "Send someone to tell the left-behind personnel in Yuhe County to be careful and don't leak the news." Report any abnormalities immediately. Zhan Jinguo responded and ran down. The Yuhe County mentioned by Yang Peng is a small county town in a mountain area more than 20 miles south of Shangjing. Yang Peng told Zhan Jin Guo like this, did he already transfer the seized money, food, and ordnance there?

Yang Peng came to the backyard and strolled along a corridor. On the left side of the cloister is a sparkling lake, and on the right side of the cloister are rockeries and bushes, the scenery is quiet and beautiful, but these scenery does not attract Chen Xiao's attention at all.

A wisp of fragrant fragrance wafted in front of him, and Chen Xiao couldn't help but raise his head and saw Chai Yonghui standing a few steps in front of him. Chai Yonghui was wearing a moon-white tunic dress, with a fairy cloud ring on his head, and then hung down like a waterfall on the back of his head, his delicate face was thin with powder, and he was glamorous, his beautiful eyes were staring at Chen Xiao, and there was a shallow smile hanging on the corner of his mouth.

Yang Peng stopped and couldn't help but admire: "Miss Chai is so beautiful today!" Chai Yonghui's face turned red, turned her head, and brushed her sideburns. I heard that Bi Shi'an came to trouble you just now, and that prison soldier surnamed Sun? Yang Peng nodded.

Chai Yonghui frowned slightly, "Look, you have made immortal contributions to Zhao Song, not only are they not grateful, but they are also guarding you like a thief!" Yang Peng said with a smile: "Actually, the emperor treated me well, not only appointed me to stay in Beijing, but also made me the general of Yulinwei." Chai Yonghui was annoyed, and said as if he hated that iron could not become steel: "Could it be that such a little kindness will buy you?" ”

Yang Peng said with a smile: "It's not about buying or not buying, but people must always be grateful!" Since the emperor treats me well, how can I let him down! "Humph! If you continue like this, sooner or later you will die without a place to be buried! Yang Peng smiled and said nothing. Chai Yonghui stomped on his lotus foot, "You are talking!" Yang Peng shrugged his shoulders, "What is there to say?" ”

"Don't you plan for the future? The Emperor seems to be kind to you now, but no one can guarantee what he will do to you in the future! With my understanding of the Zhao family, a highly decorated military general like you will be poisoned sooner or later! Chai Yonghui looked very anxious.

Yang Peng glanced at Chai Yonghui and asked with a smile, "Why are you so nervous?" Is it nervous about me? Chai Yonghui was stunned for a moment, her delicate face turned crimson, and she said angrily: "Who is nervous about you!" ”

Yang Peng sighed, looked at the sparkling turquoise lake, and said with a regretful face: "I thought that Sister Yonghui had a secret affection for me!" It's been a long time, it turns out that I am self-inflicted! Chai Yonghui was embarrassed, "Why do you always like to say these things!" I'm ignoring you! Then he turned around and ran away.

Yang Peng looked at Chai Yonghui's graceful figure, only to feel extremely comfortable, and couldn't help but whistle and shouted: "Sister Yonghui, why did you run away?" "Chai Yonghui is running faster.

Yang Peng turned to face the lake and said with a smile: "It's okay to flirt with girls, it's really a refreshing exercise!" Immediately thinking of what Chai Yonghui had just said, the corners of his mouth slightly twitched and revealed an unfathomable smile. ……

That night, Liu Zhiliang and Duan Zhixian came to report to Yang Peng on the day's conscription. Duan Zhixian said: "Today, a total of more than 7,000 people have been recruited, and they have been placed in three recruit camps outside the city. So far, we have recruited more than 30,000 soldiers, most of whom are Han Chinese from the sixteen states of Yanyun, and a small number are Khitans. Yang Peng nodded thoughtfully.

Duan Zhixian said: "But there is one thing that is very troublesome, that Sun Tong always comes to the recruitment office to inquire about the situation, and he also has to look at the roster." I am afraid that it will be difficult for us to expand our forces to the 100,000 that we had planned. After Yang Peng conquered Shangjing, he sent a document to the imperial court requesting that the number of troops under his command be expanded to 100,000 in order to garrison Shangjing and the sixteen states of Yanyun. This request, the emperor was originally going to agree, but due to the obstruction of Pang Taishi and others, there was a change, the emperor agreed to Yang Peng's army expansion plan, but the scale of the army expansion was reduced from 100,000 to 60,000. In other words, the total number of troops under Yang Peng's command was allowed to be expanded to 60,000. According to this order, Yang Peng's current number of conscripts has reached the upper limit. Yang Peng originally wanted to secretly expand his troops to 100,000, but looking at the current situation, it seems that it is difficult to do so.

Yang Peng frowned and said, "Since this is the case, let's suspend the conscription." "Yes." In addition, Zhang Xiang was asked to recruit 10,000 soldiers in Tianjing New Town, and we were going to move the team of Tianjing New City to Youzhou, Duan Zhixian said, "Big brother, now is not the time, wait for us to drive Bi Shi'an away, because we also have Shangshu anywhere," Yang Peng thought about it.

Yang Peng thought for a while, "The recruits are not specially trained, and they are distributed to each division according to the scale of 15,000 people in each division, so that the recruits and veterans can train together." "Yes."

After Duan Zhixian and Zhan Jinguo left, Yang Peng still didn't rest, sitting behind the bookcase and looking at a proposal and thinking. The proposal was not sent by his brother, but by a Han Chinese official in Nanjing, Liao. This person's name is Qian Letian, who once served as a judge in the Liao Nanjing Left-behind Mansion, and is a native of the Han region. After Chen Xiao captured Nanjing, he left behind a group of officials of the former Liao State, one of whom was Qian Letian.

A secret guard came in, clasped his fists and said, "Master, Qian Lotte asks to see." Yang Peng looked at the sky outside and said with a smile: "This person is very anxious!" Let him in. The secret guard answered, left, and a moment later led a middle-aged man in. The middle-aged man was tall and thin, dressed in a black scribe's robe; There are three strands of long hair under the chin, a good temperament, and a pair of eyes that are bright, which belongs to the eyes of those who are very wise. This person is Qian Letian, the former judge of the Liao Nanjing Left-behind Mansion.

"General." Qian Lotian clenched his fists and bowed. Yang Peng picked up the proposal he was reading just now and raised his head, "I've already read your proposal." Advice on agriculture, commerce, handicrafts, and all other aspects of the house, is very good. Qian Letian showed a look of joy and hurriedly asked, "Has the general decided to implement it?" ”

Yang Peng shook his head, walked to the desk, sat down on the edge of the desk, and said with a smile: "There is one thing you may not have figured out. I'm left behind, and I don't have such a big right! I can't stand the policies in all aspects, and the court has to have the final say! ”

Qian Letian clenched his fists and bowed and said, "I'm sure that the general will one day carry it out according to his intentions!" Yang Peng squinted his eyes and looked at him, and said with a smile: "Why don't I think there will be such a day?" ”

Qian Letian glanced at Chen Xiao quickly, lowered his head and said: "The general is a dragon and phoenix among people, how can he live under the people for a long time." A barbarian like Ye Yu can still rise in Changbai Mountain, let alone a general! The general is just waiting for his moment. ”

Yang Peng stood up, walked up to Qian Letian, and asked lightly, "What time am I waiting for?" "The general is waiting for the moment of the complete collapse of the Liao State. As long as the Liao State suffers another major defeat, the time will come. The general can wave his army north and take the opportunity to expand his territory. However, at this moment, we must not be the enemy of Western Xia. ”

Yang Peng said with a smile: "In this way, after the Western Xia destroyed the Great Liao, I will bear the brunt of it." Qian Letian said: "As long as the general can withstand several waves of onslaught in the Western Xia, the Western Xia will inevitably temporarily give up attacking the general and go south to the Central Plains." At this time, the general can sit and wait for the opportunity to succeed or fail, and Jin Sheng will go south to pocket Hebei Zhulu and Jingdong Zhulu; Song Sheng, on the other hand, took the opportunity of the Northern Expedition and swept the Tokyo Road of Zhongjing Road in one fell swoop. No matter which way you go, the general will have the capital to compete in the world. At that time, he competed with Song Liao, and with the ability of a general, he would definitely not fall behind. ”

Yang Peng smiled, "It's very exciting." Qian Letian suddenly knelt down towards Yang Peng, hugged his fists and said: "I am willing to be loyal to the general, and I will not hesitate to go to the soup!" Yang Peng glanced at him lightly, "You are very talented and ambitious, but what about loyalty?" ”

Qian Letian hugged his fists and said: "I will let the general see the heart of loyalty!" Yang Peng said, "Take this letter and go to Tianjing New Town to study for a while, I am arranging things for you, how about it," "Ah, Tianjing New City is yours, I didn't expect it, okay, I'll set off today to learn the trust of the general." ”……

A few days later, the secret guard outside said, "One of your brothers is outside, and he wants to come in to meet you," Yang Peng said, "My brother, it's impossible, right?" Yang Peng said, "Call him in," and after a while, a teenager came to Yang Peng. Who is such a handsome and chic, graceful and graceful, jade tree in the wind, and a beautiful young man!

The young man looked at Yang Peng and said, "You are Yang Peng, it seems that you are about the same age as me, my name is Yang Dezheng, where to sneak attack the grain and grass of the Liao army in Yanmen Pass, and after success, he was chased by the Khitan army, and avoided the Khitan army along the way, and when I arrived near Youzhou, I heard that Youzhou had been taken for you, so I came to you, I was hungry." ”

Yang Peng immediately called the secret guards to prepare a meal for Yang Dezheng. He also asked another secret guard to immediately go to Daizhou to inform Yang Yanzhao and Yang Bamei of them. This guy is really, so I don't want to think that my family is crazy looking for him. Alas, I also asked someone to inform Mrs. She, otherwise the old woman would want her grandson to get sick. Well, this guy actually came to Youzhou, not bad.

If you want to know what happens next, let's see the next breakdown.