Liao. Xijing City. Inside the Imperial Palace of Liao. The Empress Dowager Xiao Zhuo, who was only forty years old, wore a hat inlaid with gems and a long black dress embroidered with phoenix patterns, and sat on the dragon chair. Although Empress Dowager Xiao is already in her forties, she has good daily maintenance and has lived in the deep palace for a long time, so her skin looks very white and tender, not at all like a middle-aged woman in her forties, but more like a beautiful woman in her twenties.

Next to Empress Dowager Xiao, the seventeen-year-old little emperor of Liao, holding a small dagger in his hand, was constantly stabbing a book in front of him. Empress Dowager Xiao's favorite princess Tiejing, sitting on one side, was talking to Empress Dowager Xiao. "The queen mother, the envoy of the Song Kingdom is too uninteresting, and his daughter asked him if he wanted Yang Peng to write new poems in the near future, but he said that he told his daughter that he didn't. They simply don't take me seriously. The queen mother should clean up and take care of them and vent her anger for your daughter. ”

Princess Tiejing complained to the Empress Dowager Xiao coquettishly, and she could hang an oil bottle with a pouting mouth. Empress Dowager Xiao glared at Princess Tiejing dotingly, and said reproachfully: "You are going to be wrong, as far as the queen mother knows, the Yang family is not tolerated by the magnates in Bianliang City, Tokyo, and has been expelled to Daizhou."

You ask other people's envoys for poems, and they naturally don't have anything for you. Moreover, the queen mother also heard that the heir immortal had not been born for two and a half years. When Princess Tiejing heard this, she glared at her eyes and said disdainfully: "If a talent like Yang Peng is like this, he should be given extremely high courtesy." The emperor of the Southern Barbarians is so hateful that he can't even tolerate such a talent.

Queen Mother, you might as well send someone to invite Yang Peng to our Liao country. Empress Dowager Xiao shook her head and smiled: "This Yang Peng in your mouth is not an ordinary person. Previously, your Uncle Yelu was injured in Yanmen Pass, and he was injured. According to your Uncle Yelu, this son is not only brilliant in literature, but also has the courage of ten thousand people. Half of our Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures were laid down by him. ”

Princess Tiejing's eyes were full of brilliance, and she exclaimed in surprise: "Yang Peng is such a strange man. The little emperor who was playing with the dagger on the side raised his head and said with an arrogant face: "What's so good about Yang Peng, he is just a southern barbarian." When I grew up, I led the troops to level the Song Kingdom. Snatch Yang Peng over and send him to your mansion, sister Huang. After saying this, the little emperor added, "It's better to cut off his tongue and break his hands, so that he will not be able to write poetry for the rest of his life." ”

The first half of the sentence Princess Tiejing sounded very useful, and the second half of the sentence, Princess Tiejing listened to it, and her brows were raised. Empress Dowager Xiao glanced at the little emperor and said indifferently: "Emperor, how many poems have you memorized today?" The little emperor hurriedly put away the little dagger, picked up the sparse books on the table that had been stabbed by him, and began to recite poems with a shaking head. I want to ask why the little emperor of Liao has such a deep grudge against Yang Peng.

Just look at the faintly visible line of words on the book he was holding. Although Yang Peng's poems were favored in the Great Song Dynasty, Yang Peng's identity in the Great Song Dynasty has always been between civil servants and military generals, so it is not respected by too many readers. But in Liao, Yang Peng's poems can be said to have been welcomed by almost everyone.

Even Empress Dowager Xiao, the high-ranking and powerful ruler of the Liao State, is half of Yang Peng's fan. It is precisely because of this that when Empress Dowager Xiao taught the little emperor knowledge, she would often take Yang Peng's poems for him to study. This is also the origin of the resentment of the little emperor of Liao against Yang Peng.

Just when their family of three was happy and greedy for Yang Peng. Jerushuge, holding a parchment roll, hurried into the temple. After entering the palace, Yelu Xiu Ge saluted and said: "Ye Lu Xiu Ge has seen the imperial sister-in-law and His Majesty. ”

Princess Tiejing got up playfully, and said with a smile: "Tiejing has seen Uncle Yelu. Seeing Yelu Xiuge's hurried look, Empress Dowager Xiao raised her eyebrows and asked, "The generalissimo looks so hurried, but what is the important thing that happened?" Yelu Hugo casually handed the parchment roll to the female official beside him, and said in a deep voice: "Shengzhou lost ......"

"Shengzhou lost?" Empress Dowager Xiao was a little stunned. She hadn't heard that in six years. Ever since she helped her son secure the throne, the Liao State has been in a state of aggression. It is already fortunate that the Liao State does not invade others, and now there are people rushing to break ground on the head of the Liao State.

Tired of living? Empress Dowager Xiao's voice rose several degrees, and she swept away the motherly demeanor just now, becoming extremely majestic. "Is it Li Jiqian or Zhao Heng?" Brother Yelu said solemnly: "Neither. According to the spies, it was the Yang family. ”

Empress Dowager Xiao narrowed her eyes and said coldly: "Yang family? Are they tired of living? Yelu Hugo said: "According to the minister's understanding of Yang Yanzhao, he doesn't have the courage. And my country's spies found Yang Dezheng's figure in Shengzhou. So it is very likely that Yang Dezheng planned this matter. ”

Empress Dowager Xiao said in a deep voice: "Generalissimo, how should this matter be handled?" Yelu Hugo said: "Shengzhou should be recaptured, and by the way, Yang Dezheng will be taught a lesson." Let Yang Dezheng clearly know that he will provoke the fate of our Liao State. Empress Dowager Xiao nodded slowly and said, "In this way, do as the generalissimo said." The generalissimo immediately ordered his troops and sent them to victory. Jeruxiu beat his chest with one hand and went out of the palace to order troops.

When the little emperor of Liao heard that Yelu Xiuge was going to fight Yang Dezheng, he waved his little fist excitedly, eager to go into battle to teach Yang Dezheng a lesson. Princess Tiejing said softly after Yelu Hugh left: "Queen Mother, maybe this matter was not Yang Peng's doing, why do you have to make a big move." Empress Dowager Xiao glared at her and said in a deep voice: "You appreciate his talent, and the queen mother also appreciates his talent." However, the affairs of Shengzhou are state affairs, and they cannot be decided by personal preference. ”

Princess Tiejing realized that she had said the wrong thing, and subconsciously stuck out her tongue. Then he quietly pinched the little face of his younger brother who was the emperor, confessed, and left the palace. At this moment, he looked at Wang Gui in front of him with a look of embarrassment.

Since Sun only escorted a large amount of grain and grass to Fengzhou. Yang Dezheng decisively handed over all the government affairs of Fengzhou and Shengzhou to Sun Zhi. After selecting the soldiers and horses requisitioned from Toyosu, he left the unqualified ones to mine iron ore in Toyosu. The remaining 50,000 qualified young men were all taken by him to Chenjiakou in Shengzhou. As soon as he arrived at Chenjiakou, before he could inspect the city wall of Chenjiakou, he bumped into Wang Gui, who had come to support him with the Datong army.

When he saw Wang Gui and the 20,000 Datong army, Yang Qi was really a little embarrassed. It stands to reason that it has reached this point. Yang Dezheng was eager to pile up all the combat-ready people in Fengzhou and Shengzhou to Chenjiakou to resist the Liao. Therefore, the arrival of the Datong Army is indeed a great help for him. But although this help is big, the trouble on the body is not small.

In terms of establishment, the Datong Army was a soldier and horse subordinate to the Song Dynasty. Shengzhou, on the other hand, is not the territory of the Great Song Dynasty. The Datong Army appeared in Shengzhou and helped Shengzhou fight. This is to tell the world in disguise that Shengzhou has been ruled by the Yang family. Once this rumor spread all over the world. The hat of that wolf's ambition was buckled on the head of the Yang family.

With Yang Yanzhao's character, I am afraid that he will be ashamed to death. The reason why Yang Dezheng recruited troops in Fengzhou and Shengzhou was that he was unwilling to let Yang Yanzhao get involved in this matter. He was unwilling to make it difficult for Yang Yanzhao. Also, Yang Dezheng was unwilling to stabilize Fengzhou and Shengzhou after defeating the Liao people in the future, and then be picked by the imperial court.

The Datong army helped Shengzhou defend against the Liao, and it was easy to fall into the truth. Yang Dezheng was almost certain that as long as he had repelled the Liao with the help of the Datong army. Then the imperial court will publicize everywhere that the reason why Yang Dezheng was able to repel the Liao people was entirely with the help of the imperial court. The imperial court will suppress the Yang family in the name of righteousness. forced the Yang family to hand over Daizhou, Fengzhou, and Shengzhou.

Maybe when the time comes, Yang Yanzhao will be given the name of a county king, and Yang Yanzhao will be recruited to return to Beijing to report on his work. Then, wait until Yang Yanzhao and the Yang family return to Bianjing City. There are countless conspiracies that will be inflicted on the Yang family. The Yang family will also be swallowed clean by Zhao Heng. This is not the outcome that Yang Dezheng wants to see. Although Yang Dezheng doesn't care about the name of the so-called righteousness. Because he saw what Yang Peng did, he didn't bird Zhao Heng at all, Yang Peng of Tianjing New City is the city lord, and the city lord is the same as Zhao Heng, the imperial court has six, Tianjing New City has seven, and there is also the prime minister, and the Zhao family has no way to take Yang Peng.

The imperial court is the name of these great righteousness, and it is pressed on Yang Yanzhao, which is a pressure and a quasi. After Yang Dezheng weighed the gains and losses, he solemnly said to Wang Gui, who was sitting in the tent and waiting for his order: "Uncle Wang, please take the Datong army back." Wang Gui held the teacup in his hand and said in astonishment: "Da Lang, the big war is coming, you just pushed out 20,000 soldiers and horses?" ”

Yang Dezheng said firmly: "Whether this battle can be won or not is not yet known. The affairs of Shengzhou were all done by me Yang Dezheng alone. I can't involve my father and Datongjun. Wang Gui put down the teacup in his hand and said solemnly: "Da Lang, the matter of Shengzhou, so far, it is no longer your business alone. From the moment you show up in Shengzhou, it's the entire Yang family's business.

You must know that the Yang family is now in Daizhou, but you are the right to know the state in Daizhou, and your words and deeds represent the entire Yang family. It even represents those of us who are attached to the Yang family. As far as Uncle Wang is concerned, Uncle Wang's family is one with your Yang family.

One is prosperous, and one is lost. Yang Dezheng shook his head helplessly and said: "This war with the Liao people is a war between me and the Liao people, and it does not involve the Great Song Dynasty." But once the Datong Army participated, it had something to do with the Great Song Dynasty. I don't want to hand over the hard-fought Toyosu and Katsushu to the imperial court. ”

Wang Guizheng said: "Of course, the imperial court can't beat Fengzhou and Shengzhou, but you have beaten it, so naturally it can't be easily handed over to the imperial court." Yang Dezheng shook his head and smiled: "You and I don't agree to hand over Fengzhou and Shengzhou to the imperial court, but will my father agree?" ”

"This ......" Hearing Yang Dezheng's words, Wang Gui's face was a little embarrassed. Wang Gui and Yang Yanzhao can be regarded as old partners for decades, so they naturally understand Yang Yanzhao's temper. Seeing Wang Gui's face in embarrassment. Yang Dezheng said with a smile: "So, as long as the Datong Army does not participate, no one will want to take Fengzhou and Shengzhou from me." Even if the court uses the name of righteousness, it can't suppress me. ”

"Da Lang......" Wang Gui was about to speak, but was stopped by Yang Dezheng raising his hand. Yang Dezheng waved his hand and said, "Uncle Wang, so far, it's useless to talk more." You quickly take the Datong army back to Daizhou. Once I start a big war with the Liao State here. The court might stab me in the back. When the time comes, I don't ask you to help me defend against the soldiers and horses of the court, but I ask you to help me entangle for a few days. Yang Dezheng's attitude is very resolute.

Wang Gui could only sigh and said, "That's it, uncle, I'll take people back." It's just that with these improvised soldiers and horses in your hands, without the help of the Datong Army, how can you win the Liao State. Yang Dezheng said calmly: "I have already given orders to all the people of Fengzhou and Shengzhou. In the land of our two states, millions of soldiers and civilians live and die together. If the Liao people want to take Shengzhou and Fengzhou, they can only kill us. ”

"Hiss~" Wang Gui gasped, didn't speak, hugged his fists at Yang Dezheng, got up and prepared to leave.

Yang Dezheng seemed to think of something, and after Wang Gui got up, he asked: "Uncle Wang, according to the investigation of my subordinates, after Guo Dabu was defeated on the border of Fengzhou and Shengzhou, he led a hundred people to flee into Daizhou. I don't know if you found out? Wang Gui was stunned and said, "I met, Ling Gong personally cut off the head of Guo Da's thief." Yang Dezheng was overjoyed and said: "After I ask Uncle Wang to go, I will order someone to pickle Guo Da's head and send it to me." I'm of great use. ”

Wang Gui nodded and said, "I know." In this way, Wang Gui rushed to Shengzhou with 20,000 Datong troops, but left Shengzhou dejectedly.

Sent Wang Gui away. Yang Dezheng crossed the horse to Chenjiakou. Today, 400,000 people have gathered at the construction site in Chenjiakou. The 400,000 people were pressed in black, almost filling the Chenjiakou construction site. When Yang Dezheng arrived at the Chenjiakou construction site, he was just in time for dinner.

The straw hut for cooking on the construction site stretched for nearly two miles. There was batter boiling in a cauldron, and some wild vegetables were floating in it. Sprinkle a pinch of salt, and the people eat sweetly. When Yang Dezheng found Yang Gui on the construction site, Yang Gui was taking Chen Yao with him, and the two of them were holding a big bowl and squatting among the people, eating sweetly.

Yang Dezheng had a gluttonous mouth, and he couldn't get used to the simple food on the construction site. Yang Dezheng casually dragged a dog's tail grass, stuffed it into his mouth, and sat down with a puff against Yang Gui. When Chen Yao saw Yang Dezheng, he was about to stand up and salute. Yang Dezheng waved his hand and motioned for him to sit down. Yang Gui's expression was as usual, and while he was eating batter, he asked casually, "Send Uncle Wang away?" ”

Yang Dezheng nodded, and asked with some surprise: "You have already guessed?" Yang Guile smiled, grabbed the chopsticks made of tree branches in his hand, and pointed to the people everywhere. There are people here, there are Fengzhou, Shengzhou, and even party members, but I can't see a person from Daizhou. That alone is enough to prove that you don't want the people of Daiju to meddle in the affairs of this place.

It even included the war with the Liao State. Yang Dezheng said: "It's still the eldest brother, you know me." Yang Gui glared and scolded: "I know all the farts, without the help of the Datong Army, how can we fight the Liao people with those temporarily recruited people in our hands?" The Liao people are all good at fighting. And eighty percent of your soldiers and horses are a group of recruits who have never fought before. What do you want to win people? ”

Yang Dezheng said calmly: "If you can't win, you have to fight." Toyosu and Shengshu, there are millions of soldiers and civilians. The Liao people had the ability, so they killed all these people. When Yang Gui heard this, his pupils shrank, and he subconsciously looked at the 400,000 people gathered in Chenjiakou. After a while, he spat out two words.

"You're ruthless!" Yang Dezheng laughed and said, "The Liao people had better hope that this battle can kill me." Otherwise, the Liao Kingdom will eventually fall into my hands. Hahaha......" Yang Gui threw the dishes and chopsticks in his hand on Yang Dezheng, and scolded: "You crazy person." After scolding this, he left without looking back. Yang Dezheng pulled his throat and asked Yang Da's back, "What are you going to do?" ”

"Build the city!" When Yang Dezheng heard this, he smiled even more proudly. That's what brothers. I know you're going crazy, and I'm willing to go crazy with you. Yang Dezheng, who was in a good mood, turned his head and asked Chen Yao, "Chen Yao, how high is the city wall?" Chen Yao, who was licking and eating the paste sticking to the wall of the bowl, heard Yang Dezheng's question, and subconsciously raised his head, but the batter on his nose was stained. Chen Yao didn't wipe off the batter, but solemnly reported to Yang Dezheng: "It has been built two zhang high." However, General Yang Gui said that it should be built to a height of at least four zhang. The people are now divided into two groups, and they are building the city day and night. ”

"Two?" The speed of building the city can already be said to be very fast. It turns out that there is indeed power in numbers. The two-zhang high city wall has been raised, and Yang Dezheng's confidence in resisting the Liao people has increased by two points. He encouraged Chen Yao a few words and left the construction site. After leaving the construction site, Yang Dezheng went to inspect the barracks. In the barracks, there are now 100,000 soldiers and horses.

In addition to the Fuxing Army, there were still 50,000 soldiers and horses recruited by Yang Dezheng from Fengzhou, and 30,000 soldiers and horses temporarily increased in Shengzhou. 100,000 soldiers and horses were hoarded in the barracks, and the scene was very spectacular. The 30,000 revival rangers that have been replenished have all been handed over to Yang Peng for training. Although Fan Long is a halfway monk, he has been leading the cavalry in the north for more than two years, so he has some experience in cavalry training. Of course, the only person in Yang Dezheng's hands who can be used to train revival rangers is Fan Long.

There were 70,000 foot soldiers left, of which 20,000 were Fuxing foot soldiers, and the other 50,000 were given by Yang Dezheng with another name, called Jin Jun. These 70,000 foot soldiers were all handed over to Yang Xin for training for the time being. In order to cooperate with Yang Dezheng's work, Yang Dezheng also sent Peng Pai, who had just arrived from Daizhou, to Yang Xin. Peng Pai's well-known method of training Tianjing New City is very practical in the army. After Yang Xin learned about Peng Pai's training method, he immediately happily mixed with Peng Pai.

And Peng Pai, who is familiar with him, took advantage of his authority to also begin to develop secret guards in the army. At present, one-third of the overseers and members of the army have been developed into secret guards by him. Yang Dezheng walked around the barracks with a sigh on his face. Then he was driven out of the barracks by the angry Yang Xin.

Yang Xin felt that Yang Dezheng was disgusted with his own training methods. But in fact, Yang Dezheng is sighing about the equipment of the foot soldiers. Now, among the soldiers and horses under Yang Dezheng's command, only the Revival Ranger barely has a complete set of leather armor, a scimitar, and two horses. The revival infantry and the Jin army infantry have only one knife, but they are still of different sizes, not a standard. Looking at it from afar, it looks like a group of homeless people.

Think of gear. Yang Dezheng hurried to the temporary weapons casting workshop in Chenjiakou. After Yang Dezheng pacified Fengzhou and Shengzhou, he immediately ordered Ma Mian to gather all the craftsmen in the two states, and also seconded a group of craftsmen from the Zhe family.

Three thousand people gathered and began to forge weapons around the clock. Half of the iron used in forging weapons was smelted from the weapons and armor captured by Yang Dezheng. Half of it was iron ore that Yang Dezheng had brought from Fengzhou. The iron ore mines in Toyosu are almost semi-open-pit and have a very rich amount of iron. Yang Dezheng sent people to dig around the clock and transport it to Chenjiakou.

And there are coal mines in Shengzhou, and Yang Dezheng decisively uses local materials. At present, there are two kinds of forged weapons in the weapon workshop. One is a horizontal knife and the other is an arrow. The horizontal knife is the standard equipment of every soldier. And arrows are the weapons to defend the city.

When Yang Dezheng entered the workshop, he saw the blacksmiths shouting trumpets and beating stubborn iron. Yang Dezheng looked around, and his brows slowly furrowed. He recruited a master of the horse mask and weapons workshop. "How many weapons can be produced in a day in the workshop at present?" Ma Mian gestured with his hand, and the master of the weapon workshop said with a humble smile: "Every day, I can produce 300 qualified horizontal knives and 4,000 arrows." ”

Yang Dezheng frowned and said, "Why are there so few?" The horse bowed his head in frustration. The smile on the face of the master of the weapons workshop stiffened, and he said: "General, although there are many horizontal swords every day, most of them are unqualified. ”

"Unqualified?" "Yes, basically, except for those of us craftsmen who came from the Ori family, only two or three people can build qualified horizontal knives, and the rest can't." Yang Dezheng's brows furrowed deeply, "I just walked around in it, and I saw that you obviously have special skills when forging blades, why don't you try to teach them?" ”

The master of the weapon workshop smiled dryly, rubbed his hands, and said, "The subordinates basically use secrets that are not passed on. Therefore...... "The ancients attached great importance to such things as the door. It is clear that the master of the armor workshop is reluctant to pass on this skill of forging to other craftsmen. In this way, Yang Qi has no way to force others. Yang Dezheng pondered for a while, thought of a compromise solution, and said: "Look at this, your secret method of forging horizontal knives is basically in the two processes of forging and quenching.

It is better for you to pass on the secret method of forging to them, so that they can concentrate on forging the blade embryo. And you, along with your brothers and apprentices, are responsible for forging the blade into a knife. As for the inlay of the handle and jaw of the knife in the back, it is better to leave it to some careful woman. In this way, it is divided into three processes, which can shorten the working hours and quickly forge more qualified weapons. "The craft of forging horizontal knives has been inherited from the Tang Dynasty. The prestige of Tang Dao is not blown.

Even many of the elites of the Great Song Dynasty now use Tang knives. When it comes to Tang Dao, I have to say a few more words. The so-called Tang knife does not refer to a knife in general. Rather, it is a collective term for the four types of knives.

One of them is called the barrier knife, one is the horizontal knife, the other is the Mo knife, and the other is the instrument knife. The four knives mentioned above are collectively referred to as Tang knives. Among them, the representatives of Tang knives are Mo knives and horizontal knives. The craftsmanship of the Mo knife has been lost, so what most people think of as the Tang knife is actually a horizontal knife.

The Ori family inherited the horizontal knife casting. The forged horizontal knife is full of toughness and amazing lethality. Yang Dezheng asked the master of the weapons workshop to hand over the forging process, but he was obviously still hesitant. Half of the toughness of the horizontal knife is due to the forging. Yang Dezheng withdrew the jade plaque that had been hanging around his neck from his neck, placed it in front of the master of the weapons workshop, and said coldly: "I just want to forge the secret method now, not the trick of quenching." And I can tell you for sure that they know the secret method of forging, and they will not pass it on. ”

After the master of the weapons workshop saw the jade plate on Yang Dezheng's neck, he was stunned for a moment, and then said with a wry smile: "The old slave understands." A change in title shows that the master of the Weapons Workshop knows what the jade plate on Yang Qi's neck represents. Yang Dezheng changed the process of the armory workshop and filled the armory workshop with 2,000 people.

Armory Workshop production doubled. In one day, the production of horizontal knives increased to 1,400 and arrows to 10,000. At the same time, Yang Dezheng dispatched a group of women and began to add arrow clusters and shafts to the back of the arrows. After Yang Dezheng sorted out everything in Chenjiakou as a whole, all the work was sped up a lot. And Yang Dezheng himself mobilized more than a hundred scarecrows and hid in the barracks and did not come out. Everyone in Chenjiakou is stepping up preparations for war and waiting for the arrival of the Liao people.

However, Yang Dezheng did not wait for the Liao, but waited for a group of unexpected visitors.

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.