Chenjiakou. The Great Tent of the Chinese Army. Wang Xing put on a strange suit and entered the tent, and after seeing Yang Dezheng, he was smiling vigorously. Yang Dezheng was approving the government affairs of Fengzhou and Shengzhou that Sun only allowed to be sent. Seeing that Wang Xing entered the tent, he smirked at himself, and said angrily: "What is the happy event that makes you so happy?" Could it be that someone introduced an old widow to you as a mother-in-law? ”

Wang Xingle smiled, waved his arms and legs, and asked mysteriously: "General, what are the differences between your subordinates today?" Yang Dezheng put down the pen in his hand, looked at Wang Xing carefully, and said, "Today's clothes look different, a little big." Wang Xing exaggeratedly shouted: "General, don't look at this big dress, there is a university here." As he spoke, Wang Xing took out the saber at his waist and slashed hard at his chest.

The long knife made a cut in Wang Xing's clothes, but it did not hurt Wang Xing. Yang Dezheng's eyes widened suddenly, and he said in surprise: "This is cotton armor?" Wang Xing gave a thumbs up proudly and said, "You still have knowledge, general, this is indeed cotton armor." Yang Dezheng stood up, left the table, walked to Wang Xing, carefully measured the cotton armor, and asked, "Where did it come from?" ”

Wang Xing said with a smile: "Someone sent six big cars, more than 10,000 pieces, and they have arrived at the gate of the barracks." Yang Dezheng was overjoyed and said, "Take me to see it quickly." "The big war is coming, and anything that can help Yang Dezheng achieve victory, Yang Dezheng will not miss it. Wang Xing took Yang Dezheng out of the barracks, and next to the two old locust trees at the gate of the barracks, there was a group of ragged men, who seemed to rarely go out, so they were full of curiosity and fear about everything in the barracks.

The leader was an old man, looking at his age, he was already over seventy years old, trembling like a gust of wind could blow. Wang Xing saw the old man and shouted loudly: "Zheng Lao Xi'er, our general is here." "Lao Xi'er is not a personal name, but a colloquial language. Just because Sun served as a county magistrate in Daizhou, he had the nickname of Sun Lao Xi'er.

After Zheng Laoxi'er saw Yang Dezheng beside Wang Xing, he hurriedly stood up, rubbed his hands and came to Yang Dezheng's side to salute. "Grass people see generals." Yang Dezheng stepped forward, helped Zheng Lao Xi'er, and said, "The old man doesn't have to be polite. Zheng Lao Xi'er showed a bright smile on his face, he turned his head and glared at the young man in the clan who was still stunned, and glared: "It's not a person, why are you stupid." ”

Those men who were squatting on the ground got up one after another and saluted Yang Dezheng. Yang Dezheng said, "No need to be polite. Zheng Lao Xi'er rubbed his hands and said: "The general drove the Liao people out of Shengzhou before, and now for the sake of us Lao Xi'er, he has to guard Chenjiakou." The grass people have nothing to repay the general. I heard that the soldiers and horses under the command of the general have nothing to defend themselves. The grass people mobilized the big guys in the town, rushed to make a batch of cotton armor, and sent it to you. ”

Yang Dezheng looked at the neat cotton armor tied on the ox cart and felt a lot. There are a lot of cotton armor on the ox cart, and it is also very neatly maintained. However, the fabrics of different colors told Yang Dezheng the origin of these cotton armors. The people of Shengzhou, under the exploitation of the Liao people, were already miserable.

Now, in order to make up enough of these cotton armors, I am afraid that there will be no complete bedding in the whole town, and it is estimated that there are not many clothes to wear. Moreover, many key points in the cotton armor need to be sewn with iron sheets. I believe that the iron things in Zheng Laoxi'er Town have also been looted by them. Yang Dezheng deeply bowed to Zheng Laoxi'er, "I believe that the soldiers will not die or retreat when they wear these cotton armors." ”

Zheng Lao Xi'er was startled by Yang Dezheng's gesture, and he hurriedly dodged Yang Dezheng's ceremony. A little panicked, he said: "They are all good dolls, but I don't dare to let them die." It's best to come back alive. Yang Dezheng nodded solemnly, turned around and instructed Wang Xing, and said, "Go and let the Huotou Army prepare a few tables of meals so that everyone can fill their stomachs." Then go to the military Sima who is in charge of money and food, and give a sum of money and food to Zheng Laoxi'er. ”

Wang Xing received the order and immediately went to do it. Zheng Lao Xi'er shouted vigorously, "General! We just want to do our part, but we don't dare to take money and food, and we feel sorry for it. Yang Dezheng comforted Zheng Lao Xi'er a few words, and instructed Wang Xing, who had already returned from conveying Yang Qi's order, to take Zheng Lao Xi'er and his party down to rest first. He hurried back to the big tent, spread out a piece of rice paper, picked up his pen, and wrote a line of large characters on it.

"The first merit of cutting Liao!"

Five big characters, written vigorously and powerfully. Yang Dezheng took out his own fuse again and stamped it on it. At this moment, Wang Xing hurriedly entered the big tent. "General, that stubborn old man refused to accept the general's kindness and ran away with his people." Yang Dezheng sighed and said with a wry smile: "What a stubborn old man." This is the simple people! They will never forget the kindness you have done to them. ”

Yang Dezheng rolled up the rice paper on the table and said, "Hurry up and send it to Zheng Laoxi'er." After sending the things, I went to Fengzhou City again and told Sun Wei that all villages and towns that held the handwritten letter of this handsome man would be exempted from taxes for five years. At the same time, let Jun Sima send people to send money and grain to Zheng Lao Xi'er and their town. ”

Wang Xing respectfully took over the "first merit of cutting Liao!" The handwritten letter solemnly said: "The subordinates obey the order." Zheng Laoxi'er got the "first merit of cutting Liao!" "What will be the reaction after the handwritten letter and the money and food sent by the military horse, Yang Dezheng doesn't know. But Yang Dezheng felt that when he had enough money and food, he couldn't suffer the kind people. However, Yang Dezheng thought that this was the end of the matter.

Unexpectedly, Zheng Laoxier seemed to have made a start. After Zheng Laoxi'er sent the cotton armor, the people from all over the country also sent many things one after another. Almost everything. And they didn't want to reciprocate at all, it seemed that in order to avoid Yang Dezheng's reward, the people who sent the things behind simply delivered the things to the gate of the barracks, and the people disappeared. Even the money and food that Yang Dezheng ordered people to send to Zheng Lao Xi'er were quietly sent back by them.

Yang Dezheng asked Jun Sima to count it. Half of what the people sent was food. The remaining half had cotton armor, iron armor, weapons, and a lot of bows and crossbows. Yang Dezheng even found a hundred sets of Mingguang armor among the things sent by the people. And judging from the embossing and inscription on it, they are all old objects of the Tang Dynasty.

Yang Dezheng was touched by the people, and he was moved by simplicity. With a wave of his hand, he decided to reduce the agricultural tax of the people of Shengzhou for five years. Sun Wei of Fengzhou City, after getting Yang Dezheng's order. He will resign immediately. In the end, it was Yang Dezheng who sent someone to send some of the Liao people's property seized in Shengzhou to stabilize Sun Wei, who was about to resign.

After Sun Wei unceremoniously accepted the money sent by Yang Dezheng, he also sent someone to tell Yang Dezheng in righteous words. If Yang Dezheng recklessly reduced or exempted agricultural taxes, he would immediately resign. And it was the kind that did not have three million taels of silver to replenish the treasury, and he had to quit. Yang Dezheng also understood that Sun was only using this way to warn him, asking him not to wantonly disrupt the government affairs of Fengzhou, Daizhou and Shengzhou with his own preferences. Sun is now the boss in charge of the affairs of the three states.

In the Great Song Dynasty, it was the official title from the third grade. Yang Dezheng deeply understood what Sun Wei meant, so he didn't blame him.

Just when Yang Dezheng was moved by the people, the people who blocked him reached Daizhou. The news that the angels of Bianjing City had arrived in Daizhou had already spread to the Daizhou City Mansion. Chen Jiangling, as the deputy judge of the state, personally stopped a group of people to greet him.

The south gate of Daizhou City. Chen Jiangling wore an official uniform and led the people in the government to greet the angels of Bianjing. Hou Renbao sat in a sedan chair, followed by a large group of people, holding the holy decree, waving the order flag, and holding the honor guard to the south gate of the Daizhou Mansion.

After reaching the south gate of Daizhou City. The twenty gold-armored guards lined up were majestic. "The lower official will judge Chen Jiangling, the acting state minister, and welcome the angels." Chen Jiangling led the officials of the Daizhou Mansion and bowed down to greet Hou Renbao. Hou Renbao casually lifted the sedan curtain, glanced at Chen Jiangling, and then put down the sedan curtain, and said a word without being salty.

"Chen Jiangling? You're something. Ask Yang Yanzhao and Yang Dezheng to come and see me. A word fell. Chen Jiangling's face turned red. Chen Jiangling did not dare to attack. He still bowed and waved his hand to let the officials go to the Yang Mansion to find Yang Yanzhao.

After Yang Yanzhao got the news, he hurried to the south gate of Daizhou City. Yang Yanzhao was loyal to the Great Song Dynasty and was in awe of the angels sent by the Great Song Dynasty. After arriving at the south gate of Daizhou City. Yang Yanzhao respectfully saluted Hou Renbao's sedan chair and said, "Yang Yanzhao, a grass people, welcome the angels." ”

In the eight-lift sedan chair, Hou Renbao was closing his eyes and pretending to sleep, and he didn't seem to hear Yang Yanzhao's voice. Yang Yanzhao just stood with a bow. After standing for two hours, Hou Renbao in the sedan chair opened his eyes and asked lightly, "What about Yang Dezheng?" Why didn't he come to see him? Does he know what it is to snub an angel? ”

Yang Yanzhao said in a deep voice: "Xiao'er has something important to do, and where he is offended, he still looks at Angel Haihan." Hou Renbao yawned and said, "That's it, the official will not hold him accountable for the time being." The official is sleepy, and prepare a place for the official to rest. The official wants to be drunk for a while. ”

From beginning to end, Hou Renbao had no intention of getting off the sedan chair. After Hou Renbao's sedan chair entered Daizhou City, it was directly carried to Daizhou City Station. Hou Renbao sent someone to take a look inside the post station and felt dissatisfied. Yang Yanzhao could only arrange for Hou Renbao to live in the Yang Mansion.

After Hou Renbao lived in the Yang Mansion, he completely became an uncle. Yilai stretched out his hand to open his mouth, and even had the intention of asking Yang Yanzhao to serve him. Yang Yanzhao also followed him in everything. After all, Yang Yanzhao felt guilty. He felt that what Yang Dezheng did in Shengzhou was obviously that the Yang family was sorry for the imperial court. After being full of wine and food, Hou Renbao was personally accompanied by Yang Yanzhao to visit Yang's mansion. took a turn in the Yang Mansion, looked at the luxury of the Yang Mansion, and blatantly asked Yang Yanzhao for a bribe.

Yang Yanzhao gave him all the 10,000 taels of silver he had saved after he arrived in Daizhou. That's it, Hou Renbao is not satisfied. disliked Yang Yanzhao and sent less, and frequently ridiculed Lao Yang. The literati of the Great Song Dynasty were very tough in front of military generals, especially in front of generals like Yang Yanzhao, who were loyal but had lost their power.

Yang Yanzhao was ridiculed by Hou Renbao, and he was angry in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it. Hou Renbao walked around the Yang Mansion and arrived outside Yang Dezheng's courtyard. Yang Dezheng's courtyard is a delicate and elegant place in Yang's mansion. After looking at Yang Dezheng's courtyard, Hou Renbao raised his mustache and asked, "Where is this place?" Yang Yanzhao said with a smile: "This is where the child Yang Dezheng lives. Hou Renbao suddenly became interested, and did not greet Yang Yanzhao, and stepped into the courtyard.

"Go in and take a look." Bypassing the bamboo forest in front of the courtyard, a small building and a pool of lake water appeared in front of Hou Renbao. Next to the lake, a beautiful woman frowned and looked at the horizon stupidly. The beauty is beautiful, like a nine-day mystic. Hou Renbao was stunned all of a sudden.

"Ahem~" Yang Yanzhao looked at Hou Renbao's confused face, and coughed with a dark face. In fact, Yang Yanzhao was also shocked in his heart, he knew that his son had newly entered a concubine in the house, and he heard that the beauty of the country and the city had fallen, but he had never seen it. Some people may think it is an exaggeration, but in fact it is not an exaggeration at all. Although he entered Yang's mansion, he did not offer tea to Yang Yanzhao and the Cheshire Lord.

And Yang Yanzhao basically didn't come to his son's small yard, let alone went to his son's yard to see his daughter-in-law. woke up and stayed at home, so Yang Yanzhao really hadn't seen the first awakening. Yang Yanzhao coughed, waking Hou Renbao up. Hou Renbao looked at Chu Xing, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and subconsciously asked, "Who is this woman?" When Yang Yanzhao heard this, his face was angry.

The clay figurines are also three-pointed. Yang Yanzhao also knew that the civil officials in Bianjing City often gave each other concubines, but this kind of dirty thing would never happen to the Yang family. Yang Yanzhao reprimanded in a deep voice: "Angel Hou, it's getting late, it's time to go back to the room to rest." Hou Renbao's heart was hung on Xing's body, and he would care about the anger on Yang Yanzhao's face.

He waved his hand casually and said, "It's not too late, it's not too late." The official heard that Yang Dezheng received a beautiful concubine, could it be this woman? Yang Yanzhao reminded Hou Renbao again and said, "Angel Hou, it's time to rest." Hou Renbao reacted, raised his head and looked at Yang Yanzhao with an angry face, and said shamelessly: "Yang Yanzhao, if you give this woman to this official." After this official returns to Bianjing, he will definitely help your Yang family say more good things. Maybe it can save your Yang family from being imprisoned.

You should know that what Yang Dezheng did in Fengzhou and Shengzhou has already caused His Majesty's wrath. Without the official to say anything, your Yang family will not be able to be beheaded. Yang Yanzhao didn't answer, but just reminded Hou Renbao, "It's getting late, it's time to rest." At the same time, Yang Yanzhao coughed heavily, waking up the people who were in a daze by the lake.

Katsuju. Chenjiakou. Yang Dezheng didn't know that his father and mother were angry about their own affairs. He is busy stepping up preparations for the battle. Although it looked funny that they had replaced them with cotton armor, Yang Dezheng felt that with the protection of cotton armor, the combat effectiveness of the revival infantry under his command should have more than doubled.

The first batch of horizontal swords and arrows forged in the armory workshop have been equipped with soldiers. The Renaissance Army, which has changed its equipment, seems to have broken away from the shadow of the outcasts and begun to make great strides towards the regular army. Yang Dezheng was very pleased to arrive at this. What he hopes most now is that the Liao people can move south more slowly, so that they can give him a day to prepare.

As long as the Liao people are one day late, the forces under Yang Dezheng can increase one share. Under the training of Yang Wu and Peng Pai, the soldiers and horses of the Jin army were also rapidly forming. At least so far, the soldiers and horses of the Jin army have completed simple queue training. After the cohort training is complete.

Yang Xin did not follow the original training method to train the soldiers to kill the enemy. Instead, he came up with various ways to train the courage of the Jin army. No, when Yang Dezheng visited the army today, he saw Yang Xin set up 50 fire rings on the training ground. Groups of Jin soldiers lined up to drill through the fire circle.

Yang Xin's fire ring is not harmless, but there are many dangers. In just one morning, more than 300 people were injured in the Jin army. Even so, Yang Xin still did not stop training his courage, and even with the help of Peng Pai, he intensified his efforts to punish people. In short, it started with Yang Xin starting to train the courage of the soldiers.

The casualties in the army have not stopped. And in Yang Xin's army, there is also an extra camp dedicated to the placement of wounded soldiers. After Yang Xin visited the army and finished training, he went to the wounded barracks in the army to train the doctors temporarily recruited from Fengzhou and Shengzhou on emergency rescue measures.

Yang Dezheng was so busy again and again. On this day, as soon as Yang Dezheng came out of the wounded barracks, he saw Chen Yao rushing towards him happily, and from afar, he heard Chen Yao's shout of surprise. "General, the walls are up." When Yang Dezheng heard this, he was obviously stunned, and when Chen Yao approached, he was stunned: "Why is it so fast?" ”

Chen Yaole laughed and said, "We are using 400,000 people to build the city wall of Sanlidi, which is already slow. Today, a plaque is hung in the city gate building, and General Yang Gui asked his subordinates to invite you over. Yang Dezheng nodded excitedly and said, "Wait for me." ”

The completion of the city wall is a great joy for Yang Dezheng. With this city wall, Yang Dezheng will no longer be afraid of the Liao army pressing the border. Yang Dezheng returned to the tent, and after cleaning for a while, he put on a polished Mingguang armor, and followed Chen Yao to Chenjiakou majestically. After arriving at Chenjiakou, Yang Dezheng saw 400,000 people gathered in front of a towering and thick city wall, as if waiting for something. Yang Dezheng stood in front of this city wall, feeling a little trance-like.

Yang Dezheng remembered that half a month ago, this place was still flat. Half a month later, a four-zhang high city wall was raised. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Yang Dezheng rode his horse to the city wall, he jumped off the horse, stroked the cold bluestone on the wall, but his heart was hot.

Chen Yao couldn't guess what Yang Dezheng was thinking, and when he saw Yang Dezheng stroking the big bluestone on the wall, he hurriedly explained: "These big bluestone bricks are all mined from the mountains by the people with a hammer, and there is absolutely no cutting corners." He added, "The subordinates and General Yang Gui are staring at it, no one dares." ”

Yang Dezheng is very similar to sighing, it is really a miracle in the history of architecture. But when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back. He turned his head to look at the ragged people who were in charge of building the city, and he didn't think the city was a miracle. These are all piled up by 400,000 people with one hand, without the slightest element of miracles. Yang Dezheng was also unwilling to use the word miracle to erase the merits of the people. When Yang Dezheng ascended to the top of the city, he saw a tall city gate tower towering over the city gate.

Yang Gui was waiting for him with a group of old men who looked like foremen. Yang Dezheng hugged his fists at them and said solemnly: "Thank you for your hard work." These foremen and old men waved their hands again and again, and said, "No hard work, no hard work......

Yang Gui stepped forward with a smile and said, "Don't say these polite words, the people don't like it." You really have to think that they are hard, and when you rule this place in the future, you should be kind to them. Yang Dezheng smiled bitterly: "I have reduced the taxes of Fengzhou and Shengzhou for five years in one go. If it continues to be commuted, Sun will have to resign. I don't have many civil officials in my hands, and at present, only Sun is such a pillar of talent, and I can't let it go. ”

Yang Yanping knows a little bit about Sun Wei's temperament, and he also knows that Sun Wei is a person that Yang Dezheng values, so Yang Gui didn't feel strange at all when he heard Yang Dezheng say this. Yang Gui said with a smile: "I already know that you have reduced their taxes for five years, and I also know that there is no way to back down on taxes." The people will not ask you to pay taxes again.

However, recently, many people have found me, saying that they are willing to stay in Chenjiakou to live. I've heard that you've got some kind of Reclamation Corps, so they want to join in. Yang Dezheng was stunned and said: "This matter is easy to do, and I will hand over all the specific matters to Chen Yao." In this way, in the future, a garrison will definitely be built here, and nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses should be stationed here. Therefore, with the Guancheng of Chenjiakou as the boundary, to the west, within ten miles, all of them are used for military training.

The large area of wasteland and pasture ten miles away was all allocated to the Reclamation Corps. Their families can be allowed to build their own villages there. The old men who followed behind Yang Gui heard Yang Dezheng's words and looked excited. Yang Gui turned around and asked them with a smile, "How is it, are you satisfied?" The old men nodded excitedly and said, "Satisfied!" Satisfied! ”

The two brothers, Yang Dezheng and Yang Gui, looked at each other and smiled at the same time. Yang Gui smiled: "The trivial things have been understood, you should do the right thing, today this pass is completed, you need to give it a name." Yang Gui pondered: "What do you think of Chen Jiaguan?" Yang Gui was stunned, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, and he shook his head in a low voice: "It's not appropriate!" The reason why Chenjiakou is called Chenjiakou is because the Chen family originally lived here. However, since Shi Jingjiao dedicated this place to the Liao people, the Liao people killed the Chen family in order to rule this place conveniently.

When it comes to the Chen family, it always makes people feel a little sad inexplicably, so let's change the name. Yang Dezheng was stunned, nodded solemnly and said, "Then it's called Fuxing Pass." This place is the starting point of the revival of the sixteen states of Yanyun. Yang Gui's eyes lit up and he exclaimed: "Very good." ”

Yang Gui had already prepared the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, Yang Dezheng raised the pen and wrote the three big characters of Fuxingguan on the rice paper, and wrote the four small characters of Yang Dezheng's title on the lower right foot. The two pairs of masters and apprentices who had already been prepared on the city gate tower, one of which was specially responsible for carving, after reading Yang Dezheng's handwriting, had them hang them on the edge of the city wall in baskets.

On the edge of the city wall, slightly upward, there is a special white space. The master and apprentice began to carve quickly. Similarly, another pair of master and apprentice also began to carve Yin inscriptions on a plaque that had already been prepared. Yang Dezheng's words were engraved on the Chengguan and the plaque by their two pairs of masters and apprentices.

The engraving lasted for an hour. When the two pairs of master and apprentice carving were completed, the time just reached noon. Massive amounts of bamboo were thrown into the fire, crackling with firecrackers. Yang Dezheng lifted the red cloth that covered the plaque. The three words of Fuxingguan are plated with a layer of gold lacquer and sparkle in the sun.

The crowd erupted in a frenzied cheer. The people of the Han people always have a dependence on the heavy city wall in their hearts. A tall city wall separating Shengzhou from Liao. It made them feel safe from the bottom of their hearts.

And when Yang Dezheng waved his hand and dispatched the 20,000 revival foot soldiers in the station to the city, the people felt even more secure. The revival foot soldiers have barely had the shadow of soldiers, and they have also experienced the fight between Toyosu and Ye Qiganbo. Their guts don't need to be trained anymore.

The training of the remaining tactics and formations is far from being something that can be completed overnight. After Yang Dezheng transferred the revival pawns to the city, he entrusted them all to Yang Gui. Yang Gui was taught by Yang Yanzhao and was very good at the tactics of defending the city.

He can also grind a revival pawn in battle. The walls were built thick and wide, and the aisles on the walls were two widths. Therefore, Yang Gui trained the revival foot soldiers on the city wall, and it was completely unleashed. The city wall was completed, but neither Yang Dezheng nor Yang Gui had any intention of dismissing 400,000 people.

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